USE sofia;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS sofia.eng_t4t_vpl;
CREATE TABLE eng_t4t_vpl (
  verseID VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
  canon_order VARCHAR(12) NOT NULL,
  book VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
  chapter VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
  startVerse VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
  endVerse VARCHAR(3) NOT NULL,
  verseText TEXT CHARACTER SET UTF8 NOT NULL) ENGINE=MyISAM;
LOCK TABLES eng_t4t_vpl WRITE;
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_1","002_1_1","GEN","1","1","1","Long, long ago God created the heavens and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_2","002_1_2","GEN","1","2","2","When he began to create the earth, it was shapeless and completely desolate/chaotic. Darkness covered the deep water that surrounded the earth. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_3","002_1_3","GEN","1","3","3","God said, “I want light to shine!” And light shone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_4","002_1_4","GEN","1","4","4","God was pleased with the light. Then he made the light to shine in some places, and in other places there was still darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_5","002_1_5","GEN","1","5","5","He gave to the light the name ‘day’, and he gave to the darkness the name ‘night’. After that, there was an evening which was followed by a morning. He called that whole period of time ‘the first day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_6","002_1_6","GEN","1","6","6","Then God said, “I command that there be an empty space like a huge dome to separate the water that is above it from the water on the earth that is below it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_7","002_1_7","GEN","1","7","7","And that is what happened. God gave to the space the name ‘sky’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_8","002_1_8","GEN","1","8","8","Then there was another evening, which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the second day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_9","002_1_9","GEN","1","9","9","Then God said, “I want the water that is below the sky to come together, and dry ground to appear and rise above the water.” And that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_10","002_1_10","GEN","1","10","10","God gave to the ground the name ‘earth’, and he gave to the water that came together the name ‘oceans’. God was pleased with the earth and the oceans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_11","002_1_11","GEN","1","11","11","Then God said, “I want the earth to produce plants, including plants that will produce seeds and trees that will produce fruit. Each kind of tree will bear its own kind of fruit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_12","002_1_12","GEN","1","12","12","Then plants grew on the earth; each kind of plant began to produce its own kind of seed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_13","002_1_13","GEN","1","13","13","Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. God called that period of time ‘the third day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_14","002_1_14","GEN","1","14","14","Then God said, “I want a sun, a moon, and many stars to shine in the sky. The sun will shine in the daytime and the moon and stars will shine during the nighttime. By the changes in their appearance they will indicate the various seasons (OR, the times for special celebrations), and will enable people to know when days and years begin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_15","002_1_15","GEN","1","15","15","I want them also to be like lights in the sky that will shine on the earth.” And that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_16","002_1_16","GEN","1","16","16","God made two of them that were like big lights. The bigger one, the sun, shines during the day and the smaller one, the moon, shines during the night. He also made the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_17","002_1_17","GEN","1","17","17","God set all of them in the sky to shine on the earth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_18","002_1_18","GEN","1","18","18","to rule the day and the night, and to separate the light of the daytime from the darkness of the nighttime. God was pleased with these things he had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_19","002_1_19","GEN","1","19","19","Then there was another evening which was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fourth day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_20","002_1_20","GEN","1","20","20","Then God said, “I want many creatures to live in all the oceans, and I also want birds to fly in the sky above the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_21","002_1_21","GEN","1","21","21","So God created huge sea creatures and every other kind of creature that moves in the water, and caused them to live in all the oceans. He also created many kinds of birds. God was pleased with all those creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_22","002_1_22","GEN","1","22","22","God blessed them. He said, “Produce offspring and become very numerous. I want the creatures in the water to live in all the oceans, and birds also to become very numerous.” And that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_23","002_1_23","GEN","1","23","23","Then there was another evening that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the fifth day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_24","002_1_24","GEN","1","24","24","Then God said, “I want various kinds of creatures to appear on the earth. There will be many kinds of ◄livestock/domestic animals►, creatures that scurry across the ground, and large wild animals.” And that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_25","002_1_25","GEN","1","25","25","God made all kinds of wild animals and ◄livestock/domestic animals► and all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground. God was pleased with all these creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_26","002_1_26","GEN","1","26","26","Then God said, “Now we will make human beings that will be like us in many ways. I want them to rule over the fish in the sea, over the birds, over all the ◄livestock/domestic animals►, and over all the other creatures that scurry across the ground.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_27","002_1_27","GEN","1","27","27","So God created human beings that were like him in many ways. He made them to be like himself. He created some to be male and some to be female. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_28","002_1_28","GEN","1","28","28","God blessed them, saying, “Produce many children, who will live all over the earth and rule over it. I want them to rule over the fish and the birds and over all creatures that scurry across the ground.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_29","002_1_29","GEN","1","29","29","God said to the humans, “Listen! I have given you all the plants that produce seeds, all over the earth, and all the trees that have seeds in their fruit. All these things are for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_30","002_1_30","GEN","1","30","30","I have given all the green plants to all the wild animals and to the birds and to all the creatures that scurry across the ground, to everything that breathes, for them to eat.” And that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN1_31","002_1_31","GEN","1","31","31","God was pleased with everything that he had made. Truly, it was all very good. Then there was another evening, that was followed by another morning. He called that period of time ‘the sixth day’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_1","002_2_1","GEN","2","1","1","That is the way God created the heavens and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_2","002_2_2","GEN","2","2","2","By the time it was the seventh day, God had finished the work of creating everything, so he did not work any more on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_3","002_2_3","GEN","2","3","3","God blessed each seventh day, and he set those days apart to be special days, because on the seventh day God did not work any more, after finishing all his work of creating everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_4","002_2_4","GEN","2","4","4","That is how God created the heavens and the earth. God, whose name is Yahweh, made the heavens and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_5","002_2_5","GEN","2","5","5","At first there were no plants growing, because Yahweh God had not yet caused rain to fall on the ground. Furthermore, there was no one to till the ground for planting crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_6","002_2_6","GEN","2","6","6","Instead, mist rose up from the ground, so that it watered the surface of the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_7","002_2_7","GEN","2","7","7","Then Yahweh God took some soil and formed a man. He breathed into the man’s nostrils his own breath that gives life, and as a result the man became a living person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_8","002_2_8","GEN","2","8","8","Yahweh God made a park/garden in a place named Eden, which was east of the land of Canaan, and he put there the man that he had created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_9","002_2_9","GEN","2","9","9","Yahweh God also put there every kind of tree that is beautiful to see and that produced fruit that was good to eat. He also placed in the middle of the park/garden a tree whose fruit would enable those who ate it to live forever. He also placed there another tree whose fruit would enable those who ate it to know what actions were good to do and what actions were evil to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_10","002_2_10","GEN","2","10","10","A river flowed from Eden to provide water for the park/garden. Outside of Eden, the river divided into four rivers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_11","002_2_11","GEN","2","11","11","The name of the first river is Pishon. That river flows through all the land of Havilah, where there is gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_12","002_2_12","GEN","2","12","12","That gold ◄is very pure/has no impurities in it►. There is also a sweet-smelling gum called bdellium, and valuable stones called onyx. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_13","002_2_13","GEN","2","13","13","The name of the second river is Gihon. That river flows through all the land of Cain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_14","002_2_14","GEN","2","14","14","The name of the third river is Tigris. It flows east of the city of Asshur. The name of the fourth river is Euphrates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_15","002_2_15","GEN","2","15","15","Yahweh God took the man and put him in Eden park/garden to till/cultivate it and take care of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_16","002_2_16","GEN","2","16","17","But Yahweh said to him, “You must not eat the fruit of the tree that will enable you to know what actions are good to do and what actions are evil to do. If you eat any fruit from that tree, on that day your relationship with me will end. But I will permit you to eat the fruit of any of the other trees in the park/garden.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_18","002_2_18","GEN","2","18","18","Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good for this man to be alone. So I will make someone who will be a suitable partner for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_19","002_2_19","GEN","2","19","19","Yahweh God had taken some soil and had formed from it all kinds of animals and birds, and he brought them to the man to hear what names he would give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_20","002_2_20","GEN","2","20","20","Then the man gave names to all the kinds of livestock and birds and wild animals, but none of these creatures was a partner that was suitable for the man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_21","002_2_21","GEN","2","21","21","So Yahweh God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man was sleeping, Yahweh took out one of the man’s ribs. Then he immediately closed the opening in his body and healed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_22","002_2_22","GEN","2","22","22","Yahweh then made a woman from the rib that he had taken from the man’s body, and he brought her to the man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_23","002_2_23","GEN","2","23","23","The man exclaimed, “Wow! This is truly ◄someone like me/what I was looking for!► She is truly from my bones and from my flesh. So I will call her woman, because she was taken from me, a man.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_24","002_2_24","GEN","2","24","24","The first woman was taken from the man’s body, so that is why when a man and a woman marry, they must leave their parents. The man will join very closely to his wife, so that the two of them will be as though they are one person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN2_25","002_2_25","GEN","2","25","25","Although the man and his wife were naked, they were not ashamed about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_1","002_3_1","GEN","3","1","1","The snake was more cunning than all the other wild animals that Yahweh God had made. One day Satan gave to the snake the ability to talk to the woman. The snake said to her, “Did God really say to you, ‘Do not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the park/garden’?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_2","002_3_2","GEN","3","2","3","The woman replied, “What God said was, ‘Do not eat the fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the park/garden or touch it. If you do that, you will die. But you can eat fruit from any of the other trees.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_4","002_3_4","GEN","3","4","4","The snake said to the woman, “No, you will certainly not die. God said that ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_5","002_3_5","GEN","3","5","5","only because he knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, you will understand new things. It will be as though your eyes are opened MET, and you will know what is good to do and what is evil to do, just as God does.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_6","002_3_6","GEN","3","6","6","The woman saw that the fruit on that tree was good to eat, and it was very beautiful, and she desired it because she thought it would make her wise. So she picked some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, and he ate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_7","002_3_7","GEN","3","7","7","Immediately it was as though their eyes were opened, and they realized that they were naked, so they were ashamed. So they picked some fig leaves and fastened them together to make clothes for themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_8","002_3_8","GEN","3","8","8","Late that afternoon, when a cool breeze was blowing, they heard the sound/footsteps of Yahweh as he was walking in the park/garden. So the man and his wife hid themselves among the bushes in the park/garden, so that Yahweh God would not see them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_9","002_3_9","GEN","3","9","9","But Yahweh God called to the man, saying to him, “Why are you trying to hide from me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_10","002_3_10","GEN","3","10","10","The man replied, “I heard the sound of your footsteps/walking in the garden, and I was naked, so I was afraid and I hid myself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_11","002_3_11","GEN","3","11","11","God said, “How did you find out you were naked RHQ? It must be because you ate some of the fruit from the tree that I told you, ‘Do not eat its fruit.’” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_12","002_3_12","GEN","3","12","12","The man said, “You gave me this woman to be with me. She is the one who gave me some of the fruit from that tree, and so I ate it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_13","002_3_13","GEN","3","13","13","Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “Why did you do such a thing?” The woman replied, “I ate some of the fruit because the snake deceived me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_14","002_3_14","GEN","3","14","14","Then Yahweh God said to the snake, “Because you did this, of all the livestock and the wild animals, I will curse/punish you alone. As a result, you and all other snakes will scurry across the ground on your bellies, and so what you eat will have dirt on it as long as you live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_15","002_3_15","GEN","3","15","15","And I will cause you and the woman to act in a hostile way toward each other, and I will cause your brood and her descendants to act hostilely toward each other. You will strike at the heel of one descendant of hers, but he will strike your head.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_16","002_3_16","GEN","3","16","16","Then Yahweh said to the woman, “You will have great pain when you give birth to children; you will suffer great pain as your children are being born DOU. You will greatly desire your husband to show affection for you, but he will rule over you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_17","002_3_17","GEN","3","17","17","Then Yahweh said to the man, “You heeded what your wife said, and you ate some of the fruit of the tree concerning which I commanded you saying, ‘Do not eat it.’ So I will make it difficult to grow things in the ground because of what you did. You will have to work hard as long as you live to produce things from the ground to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_18","002_3_18","GEN","3","18","18","Thornbushes and thistle plants and other weeds will grow and prevent what you have planted from growing. And for food, you will have to eat things that just grow in your fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_19","002_3_19","GEN","3","19","19","All your life you will sweat as you work hard to produce food to eat. Then you will die EUP, and your body will be buried in the ground. I made you from soil, so when you die and are buried your body will decay and become soil again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_20","002_3_20","GEN","3","20","20","The man, whose name was Adam, named his wife Eve, which means ‘living’, because she became the ancestor of all living people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_21","002_3_21","GEN","3","21","21","Then Yahweh God killed some animals and made clothes from their skins for Adam and his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_22","002_3_22","GEN","3","22","22","Then Yahweh said, “Look! Those two have become like us because they know what is good to do and what is evil to do. So now, it will not be good if they reach out and pick and eat some of the fruit from the tree which enables people who eat it to live forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_23","002_3_23","GEN","3","23","23","So Yahweh God expelled the man and his wife from the garden of Eden. Yahweh God had created Adam from the ground, but now he forced him to till that ground so that he could grow food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN3_24","002_3_24","GEN","3","24","24","After Yahweh expelled them, on the east side of the garden he placed ◄cherubim/creatures with wings► and an angel holding a flaming sword which flashed back and forth. He did that in order to block the entrance to the garden, so that people could not go back to the tree that enables people who eat its fruit to live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_1","002_4_1","GEN","4","1","1","Adam ◄had sex/slept► with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son whom she named Cain, which sounds like the word that means ‘produce’, because, she said, “By Yahweh’s help I have produced a son.” Some time later she gave birth to another son, and she named him Abel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_2","002_4_2","GEN","4","2","2","After those boys grew up, Abel ◄tended/took care of► sheep and goats, and Cain became a farmer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_3","002_4_3","GEN","4","3","3","One day Cain harvested some of the crops he had grown and brought them to Yahweh as a gift for him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_4","002_4_4","GEN","4","4","4","and Abel took from his flock some of the first lambs that had been born and killed them and, as a gift, gave to Yahweh the fatty parts, which were the best parts. Yahweh was pleased with Abel and his offering, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_5","002_4_5","GEN","4","5","5","but he was not pleased with Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face looked dejected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_6","002_4_6","GEN","4","6","6","Yahweh said to Cain, “◄You should not be angry!/Why are you angry?► RHQ ◄You should not scowl like that!/Why do you scowl like that?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_7","002_4_7","GEN","4","7","7","If you had done what was right (OR, if you do what is right) RHQ, I would accept your offering. But if you do not do what is right, your desire to sin is ready to attack you like a wild animal that PRS crouches outside the doorway, ready to spring on its victim MET. Your desire to sin wants to control you, but you must ◄control/not obey► it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_8","002_4_8","GEN","4","8","8","But one day, Cain said to his younger brother Abel, “Let’s go for a walk in the fields.” So they went together. And when they were in the countryside, suddenly Cain attacked Abel and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_9","002_4_9","GEN","4","9","9","Later, even though Yahweh knew what Cain had done, he said to Cain, “Do you know where Abel, your younger brother, is?” Cain replied, “No, I do not know. ◄My job is not to guard my younger brother!/Am I supposed to take care of my younger brother?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_10","002_4_10","GEN","4","10","10","Yahweh said, “You have done a terrible thing RHQ! So now it is as though your younger brother’s voice is crying to me from the ground, demanding that his death must be avenged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_11","002_4_11","GEN","4","11","11","You have killed your younger brother, and the ground has soaked up his blood. So now I will expel you from this land and curse your efforts to produce crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_12","002_4_12","GEN","4","12","12","You will till the ground to plant crops, but the ground will produce very few HYP crops. And you will continually wander around the earth, and not have any place to live permanently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_13","002_4_13","GEN","4","13","13","Cain replied, “You are punishing me more then I can endure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_14","002_4_14","GEN","4","14","14","You are about to expel me from the ground that I have been cultivating, and I will no longer be able to come ◄into your presence/and talk with you►. Furthermore, I will be continually wandering around the earth with no place to live permanently, and anyone who sees me will kill me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_15","002_4_15","GEN","4","15","15","But Yahweh said to him, “No, that will not happen. I will put a mark on you to warn anyone who sees you that I will punish him severely if he kills you. I will punish that person seven times as severely as I am punishing you.” Then Yahweh put a mark on Cain’s forehead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_16","002_4_16","GEN","4","16","16","So Cain left Yahweh and went to live in the land called Nod, which means ‘wandering’, which was east of Eden. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_17","002_4_17","GEN","4","17","17","Some time later, Cain ◄had sex/slept► with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, whom she named Enoch. Then Cain started to build a city, and he named the city ‘Enoch’, the same name that his son had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_18","002_4_18","GEN","4","18","18","Enoch grew up and married and became the father of a son whom he named Irad. When Irad grew up he became the father of a son whom he named Mehujael. Mehujael grew up and became the father of a son whom he named Methuselah. Methuselah grew up and became the father of Lamech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_19","002_4_19","GEN","4","19","19","When Lamech grew up he married two women. The name of one was Adah and the other was Zillah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_20","002_4_20","GEN","4","20","20","Adah gave birth to a son she named Jabal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_21","002_4_21","GEN","4","21","21","Later, Jabal was the first person who lived in tents because he traveled from place to place to take care of livestock. His younger brother’s name was Jubal. He was the first person who made/played a ◄lyre/stringed instrument► and a flute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_22","002_4_22","GEN","4","22","22","Lamech’s other wife Zillah gave birth to a son whom she named Tubal-Cain. Later Tubal-Cain became a ◄blacksmith/one who made tools from bronze and iron►. Tubal-Cain had a younger sister whose name was Naamah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_23","002_4_23","GEN","4","23","23","One day Lamech said to his two wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen carefully to what I am saying. A young man struck me and wounded me, so I killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_24","002_4_24","GEN","4","24","24","Yahweh said long ago that he would avenge and punish anyone who killed Cain seven times as much as he punished Cain for killing his younger brother. So if anyone tries to kill me, I will punish him 77 times as much as Yahweh punished Cain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_25","002_4_25","GEN","4","25","25","Adam continued to ◄have sex/sleep► with EUP his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to another son, whom she named Seth, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘given’, because, she said, “God has given me another child to take the place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN4_26","002_4_26","GEN","4","26","26","When Seth grew up, he became the father of a son whom he named Enosh. About that time people began to worship Yahweh again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_1","002_5_1","GEN","5","1","1","Here is a list of the descendants of Adam. When God created humans, he caused them to be like him in many ways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_2","002_5_2","GEN","5","2","2","He created one man and one woman. He blessed them, and on the day that he created them, he called them ‘human beings’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_3","002_5_3","GEN","5","3","3","When Adam was 130 years old, he became the father of a son who grew up to be just like him. That was the son he named Seth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_4","002_5_4","GEN","5","4","4","After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 more years, and during those years he became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_5","002_5_5","GEN","5","5","5","Adam lived 930 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_6","002_5_6","GEN","5","6","6","When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_7","002_5_7","GEN","5","7","7","After Enosh was born, Seth lived 807 more years, and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_8","002_5_8","GEN","5","8","8","Seth lived 912 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_9","002_5_9","GEN","5","9","9","When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_10","002_5_10","GEN","5","10","10","After Kenan was born, Enosh lived 815 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_11","002_5_11","GEN","5","11","11","Enosh lived 905 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_12","002_5_12","GEN","5","12","12","When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_13","002_5_13","GEN","5","13","13","After Mahalalel was born, Kenan lived 840 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_14","002_5_14","GEN","5","14","14","Kenan lived 910 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_15","002_5_15","GEN","5","15","15","When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_16","002_5_16","GEN","5","16","16","After Jared was born, Mahalalel lived 830 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_17","002_5_17","GEN","5","17","17","Mahalalel lived 895 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_18","002_5_18","GEN","5","18","18","When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_19","002_5_19","GEN","5","19","19","Jared lived 800 years after Enoch was born, and he became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_20","002_5_20","GEN","5","20","20","Jared lived 962 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_21","002_5_21","GEN","5","21","21","When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_22","002_5_22","GEN","5","22","22","Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for 300 years after Methuselah was born, and he became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_23","002_5_23","GEN","5","23","23","Enoch lived 365 years altogether in close fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_24","002_5_24","GEN","5","24","24","Then one day he disappeared, because God took him away to be with him in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_25","002_5_25","GEN","5","25","25","When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_26","002_5_26","GEN","5","26","26","Methuselah lived 782 years after Lamech was born, and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_27","002_5_27","GEN","5","27","27","Methuselah lived 969 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_28","002_5_28","GEN","5","28","28","When Lamech was 182 years old, he became the father of a son, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_29","002_5_29","GEN","5","29","29","whom he named Noah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘relief’, because he said, “He will bring us relief from all the hard work we have been doing to produce food from the ground that Yahweh cursed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_30","002_5_30","GEN","5","30","30","Lamech lived 595 years after Noah was born and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_31","002_5_31","GEN","5","31","31","Lamech lived 777 years altogether, and then he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN5_32","002_5_32","GEN","5","32","32","When Noah was 500 years old, he became the father of a son whom he named Shem. Later he became the father of another son whom he named Ham, and later he became the father of another son whom he named Japheth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_1","002_6_1","GEN","6","1","1","When people began to become very numerous all over the earth, and many daughters were born to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_2","002_6_2","GEN","6","2","2","some of the men who ◄belonged to/believed in► God saw that some of the women who did not ◄belong to/believe in► God were very beautiful. So they took whichever ones they chose to become their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_3","002_6_3","GEN","6","3","3","Then Yahweh said, “I will not allow  my Spirit to keep people alive forever (OR, the breath of life will not remain in people forever). They will die eventually. They will live not more than 120 years before they die (OR, there will be only 120 more years before they die).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_4","002_6_4","GEN","6","4","4","There were giants called Nephils who lived on the earth at that time and later. During that time some of the Nephil men who ◄belonged to/believed in► God had sex EUP with women who did not ◄belong to/believe in► God, and they gave birth to children. The Nephils were considered to be heroic fighters, and they became famous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_5","002_6_5","GEN","6","5","5","Yahweh saw that people on the earth had become very wicked, and that everything they thought about evil things continually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_6","002_6_6","GEN","6","6","6","Yahweh was sorry that he had made people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_7","002_6_7","GEN","6","7","7","So he said, “I will completely destroy the people I made. I will also destroy all the animals and the creatures that scurry across the ground and the birds. None of them will remain on the earth, because I regret that I made them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_8","002_6_8","GEN","6","8","8","But Yahweh was pleased with Noah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_9","002_6_9","GEN","6","9","9","This is why: Noah was a man who always acted in a righteous way. No one who lived at that time could criticize him about anything. Noah lived in close fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_10","002_6_10","GEN","6","10","10","Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_11","002_6_11","GEN","6","11","11","At that time God considered that everyone else on earth was very wicked, and everywhere on the earth, people MTY were acting cruelly and violently toward each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_12","002_6_12","GEN","6","12","12","God was dismayed when he saw how evil people MTY were, because everyone (OR, all living creatures) had begun to behave in an evil way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_13","002_6_13","GEN","6","13","13","So God said to Noah, “I have decided to destroy everyone, because all over the earth people are acting violently toward each other. So I am about to get rid of them as well as everything else on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_14","002_6_14","GEN","6","14","14","I want you to make for yourself a large boat from cypress wood. Make rooms inside it. Cover the outside and the inside with tar to make it ◄waterproof/so that water cannot get in and sink the boat►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_15","002_6_15","GEN","6","15","15","This is the size you must make it: It shall be ◄150 yards/135 meters► long, ◄25 yards/22.5 meters► wide, and ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_16","002_6_16","GEN","6","16","16","Make a roof for the boat. Leave a space of about ◄18 in./.5 meter► between the sides and the roof to let air and light enter (OR, the middle of the roof should be 18 inches higher than the sides). Build the boat with three decks inside, and put a door in one side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_17","002_6_17","GEN","6","17","17","Listen carefully! I am about to cause a flood to occur that will destroy every creature that lives beneath the sky. Everything on the earth will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_18","002_6_18","GEN","6","18","18","But I will make an agreement with you(sg): You and your wife, your sons and their wives will enter the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_19","002_6_19","GEN","6","19","19","And I want to save some of all kinds of creatures. So you must also bring two of all living creatures, a male and a female, into the boat with you, so that their species also may remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_20","002_6_20","GEN","6","20","20","Two of every kind of creature will come to youin order that by your putting them in the boat  you will keep them alive. They will include two of each kind of bird and each kind of animal and each kind of creature that scurries across the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_21","002_6_21","GEN","6","21","21","You must also take some of every kind of food that you and all these animals will need, and store it in the boat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN6_22","002_6_22","GEN","6","22","22","So Noah did everything that God told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_1","002_7_1","GEN","7","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Noah, “I have seen that out of everyone who is now living, you alone always act righteously. So you and all your family go into the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_2","002_7_2","GEN","7","2","2","Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_3","002_7_3","GEN","7","3","3","Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird from all over the earth to keep them alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_4","002_7_4","GEN","7","4","4","Do this because seven days from now I will cause rain to fall on the earth. It will rain constantly for 40 days and nights. By doing that, I will destroy everything that I have made that is on the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_5","002_7_5","GEN","7","5","5","Noah did everything that Yahweh told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_6","002_7_6","GEN","7","6","6","Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_7","002_7_7","GEN","7","7","7","Before it started to rain, Noah and his wife and his sons went into the boat to escape from the flood water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_8","002_7_8","GEN","7","8","8","Pairs of animals, those that God said that he would accept for sacrifices and those that he would not accept for sacrifices, and pairs of birds and pairs of all the kinds of creatures that move close to the ground, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_9","002_7_9","GEN","7","9","9","males and females, came to Noah and then went into the boat, just as God told Noah that they would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_10","002_7_10","GEN","7","10","10","Seven days later, it started to rain and a flood began to cover the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_11","002_7_11","GEN","7","11","11","When Noah was 600 years old, ◄on the 17th day of the second month of that year/late in October►, all the water that is under the surface of the earth burst forth, and it began to rain so hard that it was as though a dam MET in the sky burst open. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_12","002_7_12","GEN","7","12","12","Rain fell on the earth constantly for 40 days and nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_13","002_7_13","GEN","7","13","13","On the day that it started to rain, Noah went into the boat with his wife, and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_14","002_7_14","GEN","7","14","14","They had already put in the boat some of every kind of wild animal and every kind of livestock and every kind of bird and every other creature that has wings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_15","002_7_15","GEN","7","15","15","Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_16","002_7_16","GEN","7","16","16","There was a male and a female of each animal that came to Noah, just as God had said they would do. After they were all in the boat, God shut the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_17","002_7_17","GEN","7","17","17","It rained for 40 days and nights, and the flood increased. It flooded until the water lifted the boat above the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_18","002_7_18","GEN","7","18","18","As he water rose higher and higher, the boat floated on the surface of the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_19","002_7_19","GEN","7","19","19","The water rose all over the earth until it covered all the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_20","002_7_20","GEN","7","20","20","Even the highest mountains were covered by more than ◄20 feet/6 meters► of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_21","002_7_21","GEN","7","21","21","As a result, every living creature on the surface of the earth died. That included birds and livestock and wild animals and other creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_22","002_7_22","GEN","7","22","22","On the land, ◄everything that breathed/every living thing► died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_23","002_7_23","GEN","7","23","23","God destroyed every living creature: People and animals and creatures that scurry across the ground and birds. Only Noah and those who were in the boat with him remained alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN7_24","002_7_24","GEN","7","24","24","The flood remained like that on the earth for 150 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_1","002_8_1","GEN","8","1","1","But God ◄did not forget/thought► about Noah and all the wild animals and all the kinds of livestock that were with him in the boat. So one day God sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the wind caused the water to begin to recede. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_2","002_8_2","GEN","8","2","2","God caused the water that was under the earth to stop bursting forth, and he caused the floodgates of water from the sky to close so that it stopped raining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_3","002_8_3","GEN","8","3","3","The water on the earth gradually receded. 150 days after the flood began, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_4","002_8_4","GEN","8","4","4","◄on the 17th day of the seventh month of that year/late in March►, the boat came to rest on one of the mountains in the Ararat region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_5","002_8_5","GEN","8","5","5","The water continued to recede until, on the first day of the tenth month of that year, the tops of other mountains became visible. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_6","002_8_6","GEN","8","6","6","40 days later, Noah opened the window that he had made in the side of the boat, and sent out a raven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_7","002_8_7","GEN","8","7","7","The raven flew back and forth to and from the boat until the water was completely gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_8","002_8_8","GEN","8","8","8","Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had all receded on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_9","002_8_9","GEN","8","9","9","But the dove did not find any place to perch, so it flew back to Noah in the boat, because there was still water all over the surface of the earth. So Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back inside the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_10","002_8_10","GEN","8","10","10","Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out of the boat again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_11","002_8_11","GEN","8","11","11","This time the dove returned to him in the evening and, surprisingly, in its beak there was a leaf from an olive tree that the dove had just plucked. Then Noah knew that the water had truly receded from the surface of the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_12","002_8_12","GEN","8","12","12","Noah waited seven more days. Then he sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_13","002_8_13","GEN","8","13","13","Noah was now 601 years old. By the first day of the first month of the Jewish year, the water had completely drained away from the ground. Noah removed the covering on top of the ark, and he was surprised to see that the surface of the ground was drying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_14","002_8_14","GEN","8","14","14","By the 27th day of the next month, the ground was completely dry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_15","002_8_15","GEN","8","15","15","Then God said to Noah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_16","002_8_16","GEN","8","16","16","“Leave the boat, along with your wife and your sons and their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_17","002_8_17","GEN","8","17","17","Bring out with you all the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that scurry across the ground, in order that they can spread all over the earth and become very numerous.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_18","002_8_18","GEN","8","18","18","So Noah left the boat, along with his wife and his sons and their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_19","002_8_19","GEN","8","19","19","And every kind of creature, including all those that scurry across the ground, all the birds, every creature that moves on the earth, left the boat. They left the boat in groups of their own species. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_20","002_8_20","GEN","8","20","20","Then Noah built a ◄stone altar/place for offering sacrifices► to Yahweh. Then he took some of the animals that Yahweh had said were acceptable as sacrifices and killed them. Then he burned them whole on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_21","002_8_21","GEN","8","21","21","When Yahweh smelled the pleasant odor, he was pleased with the sacrifice. Then he said to himself, “I will never again devastate everything on the earth because of the sinful things people do. Even though everything that people think is evil from the time they are young, I will not destroy all the living creatures again, as I did this time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN8_22","002_8_22","GEN","8","22","22","As long as the earth exists, each year there will be seasons for planting seeds and seasons for harvesting crops. Each year there will be times when it is cold and times when it is hot, summer and winter (OR, rainy season and dry season). Each day there will be daytime and nighttime.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_1","002_9_1","GEN","9","1","1","Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “I want you to have many children who will live all over the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_2","002_9_2","GEN","9","2","2","All the wild animals on the earth and all the birds, all the creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the fish, will be very afraid DOU of you. I have put them under your control. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_3","002_9_3","GEN","9","3","3","Just as I previously said you could eat green plants for food, now I am saying you can eat everything that lives and moves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_4","002_9_4","GEN","9","4","4","It is blood that causes creatures to be alive, therefore you must not eat meat that still has blood in it after the animal is killed. After you have drained the blood out, you may cook it and eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_5","002_9_5","GEN","9","5","5","I insist that murderers must be executed. Animals that kill people must also be executed. The reason that everyone who murders someone else must be executed is that ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_6","002_9_6","GEN","9","6","6","I made people to be like myself in many ways. So someone who murders another human being must be executed by others, because he killed someone who is like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_7","002_9_7","GEN","9","7","7","As for you, I want you to produce many children, in order that they and their descendants may live all over the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_8","002_9_8","GEN","9","8","8","God also said to Noah and his sons, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_9","002_9_9","GEN","9","9","9","“Listen carefully. I am now making a solemn promise to you and with your descendants, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_10","002_9_10","GEN","9","10","10","and with all the living creatures that are with you—including the birds, the livestock, and the wild animals—every living creature on the earth that came out of the boat with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_11","002_9_11","GEN","9","11","11","This is the promise that I am making to you: I will never again destroy all living creatures by a flood, or destroy everything else on the earth by a flood.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_12","002_9_12","GEN","9","12","12","Then God said to him, “This is the sign to guarantee that I will keep the promise that I am making to you and to all living creatures, a promise that I will keep forever: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_13","002_9_13","GEN","9","13","13","From time to time I will put a rainbow in the sky. It will remind me of my promise that I have made to you and everything on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_14","002_9_14","GEN","9","14","14","When I cause rain to fall from the clouds, and a rainbow appears in the sky, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_15","002_9_15","GEN","9","15","15","it will remind me about the promise that I have made to you and all living creatures, my promise that there will never again be a flood that will destroy all living creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_16","002_9_16","GEN","9","16","16","Whenever there is a rainbow in the sky, I will see it, and I will think about the promise that I have made to every living creature that is upon the earth, a promise that I will keep forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_17","002_9_17","GEN","9","17","17","Then God said to Noah, “The rainbow will be the sign of the promise that I have made to all the creatures that live on the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_18","002_9_18","GEN","9","18","18","The sons of Noah who came out of the boat were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham later became the father of Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_19","002_9_19","GEN","9","19","19","All the people on the earth are descended from those three sons of Noah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_20","002_9_20","GEN","9","20","20","Noah was a farmer. He planted grapevines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_21","002_9_21","GEN","9","21","21","When they later produced grapes, he made wine from the grapes. One day, when he drank too much of the wine, he became drunk, and he lay naked in his tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_22","002_9_22","GEN","9","22","22","Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father lying naked in the tent. So he went outside and told his two older brothers what he had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_23","002_9_23","GEN","9","23","23","Then Shem and Japheth took a large cloth and placed it across their backs, and walked backwards into the tent. They covered their father’s naked body with the cloth. Their faces were turned away from their father, so they did not see him naked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_24","002_9_24","GEN","9","24","24","When Noah woke up and was sober again, he found out how wrongfully Ham, his youngest son, had behaved toward him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_25","002_9_25","GEN","9","25","25","He said, “I am cursing Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, and his descendants. They will be like slaves to their uncles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_26","002_9_26","GEN","9","26","26","I will ask God to enlarge the territory that belongs to Japheth, and allow his descendants to live peacefully among the descendants of Shem MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_27","002_9_27","GEN","9","27","27","And I desire that Canaan’s descendants will be like slaves of Japheth’s descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_28","002_9_28","GEN","9","28","28","Noah lived 350 more years after the flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN9_29","002_9_29","GEN","9","29","29","He died when he was 950 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_1","002_10_1","GEN","10","1","1","◄This is/I will now give► a list of the descendants of Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. They had many children after the flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_2","002_10_2","GEN","10","2","2","The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_3","002_10_3","GEN","10","3","3","The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_4","002_10_4","GEN","10","4","4","The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_5","002_10_5","GEN","10","5","5","Those sons and their families who were descended from Javan lived on the islands and on the land close to the Mediterranean Sea. Their descendants became tribes, each with its own language and clans and territory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_6","002_10_6","GEN","10","6","6","The descendants of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_7","002_10_7","GEN","10","7","7","The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The descendants of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_8","002_10_8","GEN","10","8","8","Another one of Cush’s descendants was Nimrod. Nimrod was the first person on earth who became a mighty warrior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_9","002_10_9","GEN","10","9","9","Yahweh saw that he had become (OR, caused him to become) a great hunter. That is why people say to a great hunter, “Yahweh ◄sees that you are/has caused you to be► a great hunter like Nimrod.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_10","002_10_10","GEN","10","10","10","Nimrod became a king who ruled in Babylonia. The first cities over which he ruled were Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_11","002_10_11","GEN","10","11","11","From there he went with others to Assyria and built the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_12","002_10_12","GEN","10","12","12","and Resen. Resen was a large city between Nineveh and Calah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_13","002_10_13","GEN","10","13","13","Ham’s son, Egypt, became the ancestor of the Lud, Anam, Lehab and Naphtuh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_14","002_10_14","GEN","10","14","14","Pathrus, Casluh and Caphtor people-groups. The Philistine people were descended from Casluh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_15","002_10_15","GEN","10","15","15","Ham’s youngest son, Canaan, became the father of Sidon, who was his eldest son, and Heth, his younger son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_16","002_10_16","GEN","10","16","16","Canaan was also the ancestor of the Jebus, Amor, Girgash, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_17","002_10_17","GEN","10","17","17","Hiv, Ark, Sin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_18","002_10_18","GEN","10","18","18","Arved, Zemar and Hamath people-groups. Later the descendants of Canaan dispersed over a large area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_19","002_10_19","GEN","10","19","19","Their land extended from Sidon city in the north as far south as Gaza town, and then to the east as far as Gerar town, and then farther east to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim towns, and even as far as Lasha town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_20","002_10_20","GEN","10","20","20","Those are the descendants of Ham. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_21","002_10_21","GEN","10","21","21","Shem, the older brother of Japheth, became the father of Eber, and the ancestor of all the descendants of Eber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_22","002_10_22","GEN","10","22","22","The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_23","002_10_23","GEN","10","23","23","The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_24","002_10_24","GEN","10","24","24","Arphaxad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_25","002_10_25","GEN","10","25","25","Eber became the father of two sons. One of them was named Peleg, which means ‘division’, because during the time he lived, people on MTY the earth became divided and scattered everywhere. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_26","002_10_26","GEN","10","26","26","Joktan became the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_27","002_10_27","GEN","10","27","27","Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_28","002_10_28","GEN","10","28","28","Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_29","002_10_29","GEN","10","29","29","Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were descended from Joktan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_30","002_10_30","GEN","10","30","30","The areas in which they lived extended from Mesha westward to Sephar, which is in the ◄hill country/area that has a lot of hills►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_31","002_10_31","GEN","10","31","31","They are descendants of Shem. They became groups that had their own clans, their own languages, and their own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN10_32","002_10_32","GEN","10","32","32","All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own ◄genealogy/record of people’s ancestors► and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_1","002_11_1","GEN","11","1","1","At first, all the people in MTY the world spoke the same language DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_2","002_11_2","GEN","11","2","2","As people moved further east, they arrived at a plain in Babylonia region and began to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_3","002_11_3","GEN","11","3","3","Then they said to each other, “◄Hey/Come on►, let’s form bricks and bake them to make them hard, for building!” So they used bricks instead of stones, and used tar instead of ◄mortar/a mixture of cement, sand and lime► to hold them together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_4","002_11_4","GEN","11","4","4","They said, “Hey, let’s build a city for ourselves! We also ought to build a very high tower that reaches up to the sky! In that way we will become famous! If we do not do this, we will be scattered all over the earth!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_5","002_11_5","GEN","11","5","5","So they began to build the city and the tower. Then Yahweh looked down and saw the city and the tower that those puny men were building. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_6","002_11_6","GEN","11","6","6","Yahweh said, “These people are one group that all speak the same language. If they have begun to do this now, then ◄there is nothing that they will decide to do that will be impossible for them/they will be able to do whatever they decide to do► LIT! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_7","002_11_7","GEN","11","7","7","So, okay/now, we will go down there and cause there to be many different languages, so that they will not be able to understand each other.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_8","002_11_8","GEN","11","8","8","So Yahweh did that. As a result, the people stopped building the city, and Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_9","002_11_9","GEN","11","9","9","The city was called Babel which means ‘confusion’, because there Yahweh caused the people to become confused because the people MTY spoke different languages that the others could not understand, not just one language. From there Yahweh caused them to disperse all over the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_10","002_11_10","GEN","11","10","10","◄This is a bigger list/I will now tell you more► of the descendants of Shem: Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arpachshad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_11","002_11_11","GEN","11","11","11","After Arpachshad was born, Shem lived 500 more years and had more sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_12","002_11_12","GEN","11","12","12","When Arphachshad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_13","002_11_13","GEN","11","13","13","After Shelah was born, Arpachshad lived 403 more years and became the father of more sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_14","002_11_14","GEN","11","14","14","When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_15","002_11_15","GEN","11","15","15","After Eber was born, Shelah lived 403 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_16","002_11_16","GEN","11","16","16","When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_17","002_11_17","GEN","11","17","17","After Peleg was born, Eber lived 430 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_18","002_11_18","GEN","11","18","18","When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_19","002_11_19","GEN","11","19","19","After Reu was born, Peleg lived 209 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_20","002_11_20","GEN","11","20","20","When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_21","002_11_21","GEN","11","21","21","After Serug was born, Reu lived 207 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_22","002_11_22","GEN","11","22","22","When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_23","002_11_23","GEN","11","23","23","After Nahor was born, Serug lived 200 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_24","002_11_24","GEN","11","24","24","When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_25","002_11_25","GEN","11","25","25","After Terah was born, Nahor lived 119 more years and became the father of other sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_26","002_11_26","GEN","11","26","26","When Terah was 70 years old, his son Abram was born. Later, two other sons, Nahor and Haran were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_27","002_11_27","GEN","11","27","27","◄This is/I will now give► a list of the descendants of Terah: Terah’s sons were Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran’s son was named Lot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_28","002_11_28","GEN","11","28","28","Haran died before his father died. He died in Ur city in Chaldea land, where he was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_29","002_11_29","GEN","11","29","29","Abram and Nahor both married. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. Milcah and her younger sister Iscah were the daughters of Haran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_30","002_11_30","GEN","11","30","30","Sarai was unable to bear any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_31","002_11_31","GEN","11","31","31","Terah decided to leave Ur and go to live in Canaan land. So he took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and Abram’s wife Sarai with him. But instead of going to Canaan, they stopped at Haran town and lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN11_32","002_11_32","GEN","11","32","32","When Terah was 205 years old, he died there in Haran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_1","002_12_1","GEN","12","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_2","002_12_2","GEN","12","2","2","I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become ◄famous/highly esteemed►. What I do for you will be a blessing to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_3","002_12_3","GEN","12","3","3","I will bless those who ◄bless/ask God to do good things for► you, and I will ◄curse/ask God to punish► those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_4","002_12_4","GEN","12","4","4","So Abram left Haran town, as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_5","002_12_5","GEN","12","5","5","Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran town, and they left there and went to Canaan land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_6","002_12_6","GEN","12","6","6","In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem town and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_7","002_12_7","GEN","12","7","7","Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_8","002_12_8","GEN","12","8","8","From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel town. Bethel town was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai town was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_9","002_12_9","GEN","12","9","9","Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_10","002_12_10","GEN","12","10","10","There was ◄a famine/very little food to eat► in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_11","002_12_11","GEN","12","11","11","Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_12","002_12_12","GEN","12","12","12","When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_13","002_12_13","GEN","12","13","13","So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will ◄spare my life/not kill me►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_14","002_12_14","GEN","12","14","14","And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_15","002_12_15","GEN","12","15","15","When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_16","002_12_16","GEN","12","16","16","The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_17","002_12_17","GEN","12","17","17","But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_18","002_12_18","GEN","12","18","18","When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_19","002_12_19","GEN","12","19","19","Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN12_20","002_12_20","GEN","12","20","20","Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_1","002_13_1","GEN","13","1","1","So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_2","002_13_2","GEN","13","2","2","Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_3","002_13_3","GEN","13","3","3","They continued traveling from place to place from the Negev Desert toward Bethel town to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had previously set up their tents, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_4","002_13_4","GEN","13","4","4","and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_5","002_13_5","GEN","13","5","5","Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_6","002_13_6","GEN","13","6","6","But they had so many animals that they could not all stay in the same area. There was not enough land to provide water and food for all their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_7","002_13_7","GEN","13","7","7","Furthermore, the descendants of Canaan and Perizzi were also living in that area, and the land really belonged to them. And the men who took care of Abram’s animals started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot’s animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_8","002_13_8","GEN","13","8","8","So Abram said to Lot, “Since we are close relatives, it is not good for us two to quarrel, or for the men who take care of your animals to quarrel with the men who take care of my animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_9","002_13_9","GEN","13","9","9","There is plenty of land for both of us. So we should separate. You can choose whatever part you want RHQ. If you want the area over there, I will stay here. If you want the area here, I will go over there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_10","002_13_10","GEN","13","10","10","Lot looked around toward Zoar town, and saw that there was plenty of water all over the plain near the Jordan River. It was like the park/garden in Eden, and like the land in Egypt. That was before Yahweh destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which were on that plain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_11","002_13_11","GEN","13","11","11","So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan River. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_12","002_13_12","GEN","13","12","12","Abram stayed in the Canaan area, and Lot started to live near the cities in the plain of the Jordan River, and he set up his tents near Sodom city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_13","002_13_13","GEN","13","13","13","You need to know that people who lived there were extremely wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_14","002_13_14","GEN","13","14","14","After Abram and Lot separated, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look around at this whole area where you are. Look north and south, look east and west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_15","002_13_15","GEN","13","15","15","I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_16","002_13_16","GEN","13","16","16","I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as particles of dust! It will be easier to count the particles of dust than it will be to count your descendants HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_17","002_13_17","GEN","13","17","17","Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN13_18","002_13_18","GEN","13","18","18","So Abram and his men took down their tents and moved to Hebron and started to live by the huge trees at the town of Mamre. He placed a stone altar there to make sacrifices to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_1","002_14_1","GEN","14","1","1","In a region to the east, there were four kings who were friends/allies. They were King Amraphel of Babylonia, King Arioch of Ellasar, King Chedorlaomer of Elam, and King Tidal of Goiim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_2","002_14_2","GEN","14","2","2","In an area to the west, there were five other kings. They were King Bera of Sodom, King Birsha of Gomorrah, King Shinab of Admah, King Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, the city that is now called Zoar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_3","002_14_3","GEN","14","3","3","Those five kings and their armies gathered together in Siddim Valley, which is also called the Dead Sea Valley, to fight against the four kings and their armies. King Chedorlaomer and his army conquered the armies of those five kings, and demanded that those kings pay him tribute money each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_4","002_14_4","GEN","14","4","4","For twelve years he ruled them. But during the thirteenth year they rebelled and refused to keep giving him tribute money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_5","002_14_5","GEN","14","5","5","The next year, King Chedorlaomer and the other kings that were his allies took their armies and defeated the Repha people-group in Ashteroth-Karnaim and the Zuz people-group in Ham, and the Emi people-group in Shaveh-Kiriathaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_6","002_14_6","GEN","14","6","6","They also defeated the Hor people-group in the hilly area of Seir as far as El-Paran near the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_7","002_14_7","GEN","14","7","7","Then they turned back and went to Mishpat city, which is now called Kadesh. They conquered all the land belonging to the Amalek people-group and the Amor people-group who were living in Hazazon-Tamar town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_8","002_14_8","GEN","14","8","8","Then the armies of the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim and Bela marched out to fight the armies of the other four kings in Siddim Valley. That valley is close to the Salt/Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_9","002_14_9","GEN","14","9","9","They fought against the armies of Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, Tidal the king of Goiim, Amraphel the king of Shinar, and Arioch the king of Ellasar. The armies of four kings were fighting against the armies of five kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_10","002_14_10","GEN","14","10","10","The Siddim Valley was full of tar pits. So when the armies of the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah tried to run away, many of the men fell into the tar pits. The others escaped and ran away to the hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_11","002_14_11","GEN","14","11","11","As the armies of the five kings fled, the armies of the four kings seized all of the valuable things in Sodom and Gomorrah, including all the food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_12","002_14_12","GEN","14","12","12","They also captured Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since he was living in Sodom at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_13","002_14_13","GEN","14","13","13","Abram was living near the big trees near Mamre, who belonged to the Amor people-group. Abram had made an agreement with Mamre and his two brothers, Eshcol and Aner, that they would help each other if there was a war. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_14","002_14_14","GEN","14","14","14","One of the men who escaped from the battle told Abram what had happened and that his nephew Lot had been captured and taken away. So Abram summoned 318 men who were his servants, men who had been with Abram since they were born. They all went together and pursued their enemies as far north as Dan city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_15","002_14_15","GEN","14","15","15","During the night, Abram divided the men into several groups, and they attacked their enemies from various directions and defeated them. They pursued them as far as Hobah, which was north of Damascus city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_16","002_14_16","GEN","14","16","16","Abram’s men recovered all of the goods that had been taken. They also rescued Lot and all his possessions and also the women and others who had been captured by their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_17","002_14_17","GEN","14","17","17","As Abram was returning home after he and his men had defeated the armies of King Chedorlaomer and the other kings who had fought alongside him, the king of Sodom went north to meet him in Shaveh Valley, which people call the King’s Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_18","002_14_18","GEN","14","18","18","The king of Salem city, whose name was Melchizedek, was also a priest who offered sacrifices to the Supreme God. He brought some bread and wine to Abram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_19","002_14_19","GEN","14","19","19","Then he blessed Abram, saying “I ask the Supreme God, the one who created heaven and earth, to bless you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_20","002_14_20","GEN","14","20","20","The Supreme God has enabled you to defeat MTY your enemies, so we should praise/thank him.” Then Abram gave to Melchizedek a tenth part of all the things he had captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_21","002_14_21","GEN","14","21","21","The king of Sodom said to Abram, “You can keep all the goods you recovered. Just let me take back the people from my city whom you rescued.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_22","002_14_22","GEN","14","22","22","But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have solemnly promised MTY to Yahweh, the Supreme God, the one who created heaven and earth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_23","002_14_23","GEN","14","23","23","that I will not accept even one thread or a thong of a sandal from anything that belongs to you. As a result, you will never be able to say, ‘I caused Abram to become rich.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN14_24","002_14_24","GEN","14","24","24","The only thing I will accept is the food that my men have eaten. But Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre went with me and fought alongside me, so let them also have a share of the goods we brought back.” So the king of Sodom agreed to what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_1","002_15_1","GEN","15","1","1","Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of ◄anything/your enemies►. I will protect you MTY, and I will give a great reward.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_2","002_15_2","GEN","15","2","2","But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_3","002_15_3","GEN","15","3","3","Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_4","002_15_4","GEN","15","4","4","Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_5","002_15_5","GEN","15","5","5","Then Yahweh took Abram outside of his tent and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_6","002_15_6","GEN","15","6","6","Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_7","002_15_7","GEN","15","7","7","Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_8","002_15_8","GEN","15","8","8","But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_9","002_15_9","GEN","15","9","9","God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_10","002_15_10","GEN","15","10","10","So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_11","002_15_11","GEN","15","11","11","Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_12","002_15_12","GEN","15","12","12","As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_13","002_15_13","GEN","15","13","13","Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_14","002_15_14","GEN","15","14","14","But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_15","002_15_15","GEN","15","15","15","But as for you, you will die EUP peacefully when you are very old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_16","002_15_16","GEN","15","16","16","After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_17","002_15_17","GEN","15","17","17","When the sun had set and it had become dark, unexpectedly a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_18","002_15_18","GEN","15","18","18","And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_19","002_15_19","GEN","15","19","19","That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_20","002_15_20","GEN","15","20","20","the Heth, the Periz, the Repha, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN15_21","002_15_21","GEN","15","21","21","the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_1","002_16_1","GEN","16","1","1","Up to that time, Abram’s wife Sarai had not given birth to any children for Abram. But she had a female slave from Egypt, whose name was Hagar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_2","002_16_2","GEN","16","2","2","So one day Sarai said to Abram, “Listen to me! Yahweh has not allowed me to become pregnant. So ◄sleep with/have sex with► EUP my slave Hagar. Perhaps she will bear children whom I can consider to be mine.” Abram agreed to do what Sarai said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_3","002_16_3","GEN","16","3","3","So Abram ◄slept with/had sex with► Hagar, his wife Sarai’s slave from Egypt. This happened ten years after they went to live in Canaan land. Sarai gave Hagar to her husband to be his secondary wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_4","002_16_4","GEN","16","4","4","He ◄slept with/had sex with► EUP Hagar and she became pregnant. When she realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress Sarai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_5","002_16_5","GEN","16","5","5","Then Sarai said to Abram, “It is your fault! I put my servant into your arms, so that you could sleep with her EUP. Now she realizes that she is pregnant, and she despises me. I think Yahweh will punish you for doing this to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_6","002_16_6","GEN","16","6","6","So Abram said to Sarai, “You listen to me! She is your servant, so act towards her in the way you consider best.” Then Sarai started to mistreat her, so she ran away from Sarai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_7","002_16_7","GEN","16","7","7","An angel of Yahweh found her as she was near a spring of water in the desert. It was the spring that was alongside the road to Shur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_8","002_16_8","GEN","16","8","8","He said to her, “Hagar, slave of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?” She replied, “I have run away from Sarai, my mistress.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_9","002_16_9","GEN","16","9","9","The angel said, “Go back to your mistress and be under her authority MTY”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_10","002_16_10","GEN","16","10","10","The angel also said to her, “I will enable you to bear so many descendants that no one will be able to count them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_11","002_16_11","GEN","16","11","11","The angel also said to her, “Listen to this! You are pregnant. You will give birth to a son. You must name him Ishmael, which means ‘God hears’, because Yahweh has heard you crying because you feel so miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_12","002_16_12","GEN","16","12","12","But your son will be as uncontrollable as a wild donkey MET. He will oppose everyone, and everyone will oppose him MTY. He will live far away from his relatives SYN.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_13","002_16_13","GEN","16","13","13","Then Hagar realized that the angel was really Yahweh, so she said to herself, “◄It is difficult to believe that I have really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me!/Have I really seen the back of Yahweh, the one who sees me?►” RHQ So she called him ‘Yahweh, the one who sees me’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_14","002_16_14","GEN","16","14","14","That is why people call the well there ‘Beer-Lahai-Roi’, which means, ‘The well of the living one who sees us’! It is still there, between Kadesh and Bered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_15","002_16_15","GEN","16","15","15","So Hagar later gave birth to a son for Abram, and she gave to her son the name Ishmael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN16_16","002_16_16","GEN","16","16","16","Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son Ishmael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_1","002_17_1","GEN","17","1","1","When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_2","002_17_2","GEN","17","2","2","If you do that, I will make an agreement with you in which I will promise to enable you to have very many descendants.” MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_3","002_17_3","GEN","17","3","3","Abram prostrated himself with his face on the ground. Then God said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_4","002_17_4","GEN","17","4","4","“Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_5","002_17_5","GEN","17","5","5","And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, which means ‘father of many nations,’ because the people of many nations will descend from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_6","002_17_6","GEN","17","6","6","I will enable you to have very many descendants, and I will cause them to become great nations/people-groups, and some of your descendants will become kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_7","002_17_7","GEN","17","7","7","I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_8","002_17_8","GEN","17","8","8","I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they will worship.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_9","002_17_9","GEN","17","9","9","Then God said to Abraham, “Now you must obey your part of the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_10","002_17_10","GEN","17","10","10","This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_11","002_17_11","GEN","17","11","11","◄Cutting the foreskins of/Circumcising► them will be the sign that you have accepted the agreement I am making with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_12","002_17_12","GEN","17","12","12","Every male child among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, in all future generations. That includes baby boys in your household or those born from slaves that have been bought, and baby boys of foreigners who live among you but do not belong to your household. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_13","002_17_13","GEN","17","13","13","It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show you have accepted this everlasting agreement I am making. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_14","002_17_14","GEN","17","14","14","You must expel from your community any male who has not been circumcised, because by not being circumcised that person has disobeyed my agreement.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_15","002_17_15","GEN","17","15","15","God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. Since I changed your name, I will change her name also. Her name will now be Sarah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_16","002_17_16","GEN","17","16","16","I will bless her, and she will surely give birth to a son for you. And I will bless her so much that she will be the ancestor of people of many nations. Kings of some people-groups will be descended from her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_17","002_17_17","GEN","17","17","17","Abraham prostrated himself with his face on the ground to show respect to God. But then he laughed as he said to himself, “Can a man who is a 100 years old become a father of a son? And since Sarah is 90 years old, how can she bear a child?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_18","002_17_18","GEN","17","18","18","Then Abraham said to God, “Perhaps you will let Ishmael receive your blessing and inherit all I possess.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_19","002_17_19","GEN","17","19","19","Then God replied, “No! Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_20","002_17_20","GEN","17","20","20","As for Ishmael, I have heard what you asked me to do for him. I will bless him so that he also will have many descendants. Among his descendants will be rulers of twelve nations. And I will cause his descendants MTY to also become a great nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_21","002_17_21","GEN","17","21","21","But Isaac, the son whom Sarah will give birth to at this time next year, is the one with whom I will establish my agreement.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_22","002_17_22","GEN","17","22","22","When God finished talking to Abraham, God disappeared from his sight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_23","002_17_23","GEN","17","23","23","On that same day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the males that were in his household, including the sons of all the slaves he had bought, and circumcised them. He cut off their foreskins, just as God told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_24","002_17_24","GEN","17","24","24","Abraham was 99 years old when ◄he was circumcised/someone circumcised him►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_25","002_17_25","GEN","17","25","25","and Ishmael was thirteen years old when Abraham circumcised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_26","002_17_26","GEN","17","26","26","On that very day Abraham and his son, Ishmael were circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN17_27","002_17_27","GEN","17","27","27","And all the males in his household, the ones who had been born there and those who had been bought from foreigners, were also circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_1","002_18_1","GEN","18","1","1","One day during that year when it was hot, Yahweh appeared to Abraham again near the big trees that belonged to Mamre, while Abraham was sitting in the entrance to his tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_2","002_18_2","GEN","18","2","2","Abraham looked up MTY and was surprised to see three men standing near him. Actually, one was Yahweh, and the other two were angels. When he saw them, he ran to meet them. He prostrated himself with his face on the ground to show respect, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_3","002_18_3","GEN","18","3","3","and said to one of them, “Sir, if you are pleased with me, stay here for a little while LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_4","002_18_4","GEN","18","4","4","Allow my servants to bring a little water and wash your feet, and rest under this tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_5","002_18_5","GEN","18","5","5","Since you have come here to me, allow me to bring you some food SYN so that you can feel refreshed before you leave.” Yahweh replied, “All right, do as you have said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_6","002_18_6","GEN","18","6","6","So Abraham quickly went into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick, get some of our best flour and make some loaves of bread!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_7","002_18_7","GEN","18","7","7","Then he ran to the herd of cattle and selected a calf whose meat would be tender and tasty. He gave it to one of his servants and told him to quickly kill it and cook it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_8","002_18_8","GEN","18","8","8","When the meat was cooked, Abraham brought some curds and milk and the meat that had been prepared, and set them in front of his visitors. Then he stood near them, under a tree, while they ate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_9","002_18_9","GEN","18","9","9","One of them asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He replied, “She is in the tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_10","002_18_10","GEN","18","10","10","Then the leader of the group said, “I will return to you ◄about this time/in the springtime► next year, and to your amazement, your wife Sarah will have an infant son.” It happened that Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, which was behind the one who was speaking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_11","002_18_11","GEN","18","11","11","Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was far past the time of when she could bear children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_12","002_18_12","GEN","18","12","12","So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, “My body is worn out, and my husband is old. So how can I have the pleasure of having a child?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_13","002_18_13","GEN","18","13","13","Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh? Why was she thinking, ‘I am too old, so how can I bear a child?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_14","002_18_14","GEN","18","14","14","I am Yahweh! ◄Is there anything too difficult for me?/There is nothing too difficult for me!► RHQ I will return about this time next year in the springtime, and Sarah will have an infant son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_15","002_18_15","GEN","18","15","15","Then Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.” But Yahweh said, “Don’t deny it! You did laugh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_16","002_18_16","GEN","18","16","16","When the three men got up to leave, they looked down into the valley toward Sodom city. Abraham was walking with them to say “goodbye” to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_17","002_18_17","GEN","18","17","17","Yahweh thought to himself, “It is not right for me to prevent Abraham from knowing what I plan to do RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_18","002_18_18","GEN","18","18","18","Abraham’s descendants MTY will become a great and powerful nation. And people of MTY all nations will be blessed because of what I do for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_19","002_18_19","GEN","18","19","19","I have chosen him in order that he will teach his children and their families to obey me and do what is right and fair, and then I will do for Abraham what I promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_20","002_18_20","GEN","18","20","20","So Yahweh said to Abraham, “I have heard the terrible things that have been said about the people of MTY Sodom and Gomorrah. Their sins are very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_21","002_18_21","GEN","18","21","21","So I will go down now, and I will see if all the terrible things that I have heard are true or not true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_22","002_18_22","GEN","18","22","22","Then the two men turned and started walking toward Sodom. But Yahweh remained, standing in front of Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_23","002_18_23","GEN","18","23","23","Abraham came closer to him and said, “Will you really destroy righteous people along with wicked ones? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_24","002_18_24","GEN","18","24","24","What will you do if there are only 50 righteous people in the city? Will you really get rid of them all, and not spare the place/city for the sake of the 50 righteous people who are in the city? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_25","002_18_25","GEN","18","25","25","It would certainly not be right for you to do such a thing, to kill righteous people along with wicked ones, and treat righteous people and wicked people the same way. You could not do that, because you, who are the judge of everyone on the earth, will certainly do what is right regarding the people of Sodom!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_26","002_18_26","GEN","18","26","26","Yahweh replied, “If I find 50 righteous people in Sodom, I will spare the whole place/city for their sake.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_27","002_18_27","GEN","18","27","27","Abraham replied, “I should not be bold like this and speak to you, God, because I am as worthless as dust and ashes MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_28","002_18_28","GEN","18","28","28","But what will you do if there are only 45 righteous people? Will you destroy everyone in the whole city because there are only 45 and not 50 righteous people?” Yahweh replied, “I will not destroy it if I find that there are 45 righteous people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_29","002_18_29","GEN","18","29","29","Abraham continued to speak to him like this, saying, “What will you do if you find that there are only 40 righteous people there?” Yahweh replied, “I will not destroy them all, for the sake of the 40.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_30","002_18_30","GEN","18","30","30","Abraham said, “God, please don’t be angry now. Let me speak again. What will you do if there are only 30 righteous people?” He replied, “I will not do it if I find that there are 30 there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_31","002_18_31","GEN","18","31","31","Abraham said, “I should not be bold and speak to you like this, God. But what will you do if you find that there are only 20 righteous people there?” He replied, “I will not destroy the whole city, for the sake of those 20.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_32","002_18_32","GEN","18","32","32","Abraham said, “God, don’t be angry now. Just let me speak one time more. What will you do if you find that there are only ten righteous people there?” Yahweh answered, “I will not destroy the city for the sake of those ten.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN18_33","002_18_33","GEN","18","33","33","Abraham said no more, and as soon as Yahweh finished speaking with Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_1","002_19_1","GEN","19","1","1","That evening, the two angels arrived in Sodom. Lot was sitting at the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to greet them, and prostrated himself with his face on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_2","002_19_2","GEN","19","2","2","He said to them, “Gentlemen, please stay in my house tonight. You can wash your feet, and tomorrow you can continue your journey.” But they said, “No, we will just sleep in the city square.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_3","002_19_3","GEN","19","3","3","But Lot kept insisting strongly that they sleep in his house. So they entered his house with him, and he prepared a meal for them. He baked some bread without yeast, and they ate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_4","002_19_4","GEN","19","4","4","After they finished eating, before they went to bed, the men of Sodom city, all of them, from the young ones to the old ones, surrounded the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_5","002_19_5","GEN","19","5","5","They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can have sex with them!” EUP ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_6","002_19_6","GEN","19","6","6","Lot went outside the house and shut the door behind him, so that they could not go inside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_7","002_19_7","GEN","19","7","7","He said to them, “My friends, don’t do such an evil thing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_8","002_19_8","GEN","19","8","8","Listen to me. I have two daughters who have never had sex with any man. Let me bring them out to you now, and you can do with them whatever pleases you. But don’t do anything to these men, because they are guests in my house, so I must protect them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_9","002_19_9","GEN","19","9","9","But they replied, “Get out of our way! You are a foreigner; so you have no right to tell us what is right! If you don’t get out of our way, we will do worse things to you than we will do to them!” Then they lunged towards Lot, and tried forcefully to break down the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_10","002_19_10","GEN","19","10","10","But the two angels opened the door carefully, reached out their hands, and pulled Lot to them inside the house. Then they quickly shut the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_11","002_19_11","GEN","19","11","11","Then they caused all the men who were outside the door of the house, young and old, to become blind, so that they could not find the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_12","002_19_12","GEN","19","12","12","Then the two angels said to Lot, “Who else is with you here? If you have sons or sons-in-law or daughters or anyone else in the city who is related to you, take them out of the city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_13","002_19_13","GEN","19","13","13","because we are the ones who are going to destroy this place. Yahweh considers that these people are so evil that he sent us to destroy the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_14","002_19_14","GEN","19","14","14","So Lot went and spoke to the men who had pledged to marry his daughters. He said to them, “Hurry! Get out of this city, because Yahweh is about to destroy it!” But his future sons-in-law thought he was joking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_15","002_19_15","GEN","19","15","15","As it was about to dawn the next morning, the two angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up quickly! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here with you and leave! If you don’t, you will die when we destroy/Yahweh destroys the city!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_16","002_19_16","GEN","19","16","16","When Lot hesitated, the angels grasped his hand and his wife’s hand and the hands of his two daughters. They led them outside the city safely. The angels did that because Yahweh was acting mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_17","002_19_17","GEN","19","17","17","When they were outside the city, one of the angels said, “If you want to remain alive, run away quickly! Don’t look back! And don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Flee to the hills! If you don’t, you will die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_18","002_19_18","GEN","19","18","18","But Lot said to one of the angels, “No, sir, don’t make me do that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_19","002_19_19","GEN","19","19","19","Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_20","002_19_20","GEN","19","20","20","But listen to me. There is a town nearby. Let me run to that small town. Let me go there now. It is a small town, but our lives will be saved if we go there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_21","002_19_21","GEN","19","21","21","One of the angels said to Lot, “I will allow you to do what you have requested MTY. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_22","002_19_22","GEN","19","22","22","But hurry! Run there, because I cannot destroy anything until you arrive there.” People later called the name of the town Zoar which means ‘small’, because Lot said it was small. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_23","002_19_23","GEN","19","23","23","As the sun was rising, Lot and his family arrived in the town which is now called Zoar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_24","002_19_24","GEN","19","24","24","Then Yahweh caused fire and burning sulfur to fall down on Sodom and Gomorrah like rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_25","002_19_25","GEN","19","25","25","In that way, he destroyed those cities and all the people who were living in those cities. He also destroyed everything in the valley, including all the plants/vegetation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_26","002_19_26","GEN","19","26","26","But Lot’s wife stopped and looked back to see what was happening, so she died, and her body later became a pillar of salt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_27","002_19_27","GEN","19","27","27","That morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood in front of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_28","002_19_28","GEN","19","28","28","He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and he was surprised to see that all over the valley, smoke was rising, like the smoke of a huge furnace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_29","002_19_29","GEN","19","29","29","So, when God destroyed those cities in the valley, he remembered what he had promised Abraham, and he rescued Lot from the disaster that occurred in the cities where Lot had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_30","002_19_30","GEN","19","30","30","Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left there and moved with his two daughters to the mountain, and they lived in a cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_31","002_19_31","GEN","19","31","31","One day the older daughter said to ◄the younger daughter/her sister►, “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex EUP with us, as people all over the earth do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_32","002_19_32","GEN","19","32","32","Let’s make our father drink wine until he gets drunk. Then we can have sex with him EUP without him knowing it. In that way he will cause us to become pregnant and we can bear children.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_33","002_19_33","GEN","19","33","33","So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_34","002_19_34","GEN","19","34","34","The next day, his older daughter said to ◄his younger daughter/her sister►, “Listen to me. Last night I slept with our father. Let’s cause him to become drunk again tonight! This time you can go and sleep with him. If he has sex with you, you can become pregnant, and that way you can have a child, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_35","002_19_35","GEN","19","35","35","So that night, they caused their father to become drunk with wine again, and then his younger daughter went and slept with him. But again, he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_36","002_19_36","GEN","19","36","36","So Lot caused his two daughters to become pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_37","002_19_37","GEN","19","37","37","The older one later gave birth to a son, whom she named Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moab people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN19_38","002_19_38","GEN","19","38","38","The younger one also gave birth to a son, whom she named Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_1","002_20_1","GEN","20","1","1","Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_2","002_20_2","GEN","20","2","2","While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_3","002_20_3","GEN","20","3","3","But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_4","002_20_4","GEN","20","4","4","But Abimelech had not had sex EUP with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_5","002_20_5","GEN","20","5","5","He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I SYN have not done anything wrong yet.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_6","002_20_6","GEN","20","6","6","God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex EUP with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_7","002_20_7","GEN","20","7","7","Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is ◄a prophet/a man who receives messages from me►. He will pray for you, and you will ◄remain alive/not die►. But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_8","002_20_8","GEN","20","8","8","Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that MTY, his men were very afraid that God would punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_9","002_20_9","GEN","20","9","9","Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us RHQ! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in MTY my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin RHQ? You have done things to me that ◄should not be done/you should not have done►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_10","002_20_10","GEN","20","10","10","Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_11","002_20_11","GEN","20","11","11","Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_12","002_20_12","GEN","20","12","12","Besides, she really can be considered my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_13","002_20_13","GEN","20","13","13","Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_14","002_20_14","GEN","20","14","14","So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_15","002_20_15","GEN","20","15","15","And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_16","002_20_16","GEN","20","16","16","And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will bring up this matter again and say that I have done something wrong. EUP, IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_17","002_20_17","GEN","20","17","17","Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN20_18","002_20_18","GEN","20","18","18","This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_1","002_21_1","GEN","21","1","1","Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_2","002_21_2","GEN","21","2","2","She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_3","002_21_3","GEN","21","3","3","Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_4","002_21_4","GEN","21","4","4","Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_5","002_21_5","GEN","21","5","5","Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_6","002_21_6","GEN","21","6","6","And Sarah said, “Although I was sad before because I did not have any children, God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me will laugh with me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_7","002_21_7","GEN","21","7","7","Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_8","002_21_8","GEN","21","8","8","The baby grew and was weaned when he was about three years old. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_9","002_21_9","GEN","21","9","9","◄One day/During the feast► Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was ◄making fun of/playing with► Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_10","002_21_10","GEN","21","10","10","So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_11","002_21_11","GEN","21","11","11","Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son Ishmael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_12","002_21_12","GEN","21","12","12","But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_13","002_21_13","GEN","21","13","13","But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation MTY, because he is also your son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_14","002_21_14","GEN","21","14","14","So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them in a bag on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_15","002_21_15","GEN","21","15","15","After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_16","002_21_16","GEN","21","16","16","Then she went and sat nearby, about ◄as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away►, because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry loudly MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_17","002_21_17","GEN","21","17","17","The boy was crying too. And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_18","002_21_18","GEN","21","18","18","Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become a great nation.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_19","002_21_19","GEN","21","19","19","Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_20","002_21_20","GEN","21","20","20","God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good ◄archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_21","002_21_21","GEN","21","21","21","He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_22","002_21_22","GEN","21","22","22","At that time, King Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_23","002_21_23","GEN","21","23","23","So now ◄solemnly promise/swear► to me here, as God is listening, that you will ◄not deceive/act fairly to► me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_24","002_21_24","GEN","21","24","24","So Abraham promised to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_25","002_21_25","GEN","21","25","25","Then Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_26","002_21_26","GEN","21","26","26","But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_27","002_21_27","GEN","21","27","27","So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a ◄treaty/peace agreement►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_28","002_21_28","GEN","21","28","28","Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_29","002_21_29","GEN","21","29","29","Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_30","002_21_30","GEN","21","30","30","Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me SYN, so that it may be a ◄public witness/proof► that this well belongs to me because I dug it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_31","002_21_31","GEN","21","31","31","So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, because there the two of them made that agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_32","002_21_32","GEN","21","32","32","After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_33","002_21_33","GEN","21","33","33","Abraham planted a ◄tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel► there, and he worshiped the eternal God there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN21_34","002_21_34","GEN","21","34","34","Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_1","002_22_1","GEN","22","1","1","Several years later, God tested Abraham to find out whether Abraham really trusted in him and would obey him. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_2","002_22_2","GEN","22","2","2","God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son who is still here with you. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_3","002_22_3","GEN","22","3","3","So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_4","002_22_4","GEN","22","4","4","On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_5","002_22_5","GEN","22","5","5","Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_6","002_22_6","GEN","22","6","6","Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a pan containing burning coals to start a fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_7","002_22_7","GEN","22","7","7","Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and coals to light a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_8","002_22_8","GEN","22","8","8","Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_9","002_22_9","GEN","22","9","9","They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_10","002_22_10","GEN","22","10","10","Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_11","002_22_11","GEN","22","11","11","But an angel who was really Yahweh called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_12","002_22_12","GEN","22","12","12","The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son who is still with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_13","002_22_13","GEN","22","13","13","Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a ◄thicket/clump of bushes►. So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram and killed it, and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_14","002_22_14","GEN","22","14","14","Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_15","002_22_15","GEN","22","15","15","The angel who was really Yahweh called out to Abraham from heaven a second time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_16","002_22_16","GEN","22","16","16","He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son that is with you. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_17","002_22_17","GEN","22","17","17","that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities SYN.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_18","002_22_18","GEN","22","18","18","You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_19","002_22_19","GEN","22","19","19","Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_20","002_22_20","GEN","22","20","20","After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_21","002_22_21","GEN","22","21","21","The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_22","002_22_22","GEN","22","22","22","After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_23","002_22_23","GEN","22","23","23","who was the father of Rebekah, who later became Isaac’s wife. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN22_24","002_22_24","GEN","22","24","24","Nahor also had a ◄concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife►, whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_1","002_23_1","GEN","23","1","1","When Sarah was 127 years old, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_2","002_23_2","GEN","23","2","2","she died at Kiriath-Arba town, which is now called Hebron, in the Canaan region. After Abraham mourned for her, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_3","002_23_3","GEN","23","3","3","he left the body of his wife and went and spoke to some of the descendants of Heth, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_4","002_23_4","GEN","23","4","4","“I am a foreigner DOU living among you, so I do not own any land here. Sell me some land here so that I can bury my wife’s body.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_5","002_23_5","GEN","23","5","5","They replied to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_6","002_23_6","GEN","23","6","6","“Sir, you are a powerful prince among us. Choose one of our finest tombs and bury your wife’s body in it. None of us will refuse to sell land to you for a tomb for your relatives’ bodies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_7","002_23_7","GEN","23","7","7","Then Abraham stood up and bowed in respect in front of the people who owned the land, the descendants of Heth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_8","002_23_8","GEN","23","8","8","He said to them, “If you say that you are willing for me to bury my wife’s body here, listen to me, and ask Ephron, the son of Zohar for me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_9","002_23_9","GEN","23","9","9","to sell to me the cave in the Machpelah area, which is at the end of his field. Ask him to sell it to me for the full price he wants, so that I can have a burial ground among you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_10","002_23_10","GEN","23","10","10","Ephron was sitting among the people near the city gate where many HYP descendants of Heth had gathered. He heard what Abraham said to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_11","002_23_11","GEN","23","11","11","So, just to make the customary reply to start the real discussion about a price, Ephron said, “No, sir, listen to me. I will give to you the field and the cave in it, without charge, with the people here as witnesses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_12","002_23_12","GEN","23","12","12","Abraham again bowed before the people who lived in the area, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_13","002_23_13","GEN","23","13","13","and said to Ephron, as all the others were listening, “No, listen to me. If you are willing, I will pay for the field. You tell me what the price is, and I will give it to you. If you accept it, the field will become mine, and I can bury my wife’s body there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_14","002_23_14","GEN","23","14","14","Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_15","002_23_15","GEN","23","15","15","“Sir, listen to me. The land is worth 400 pieces of silver. But the price is not important to you and me. Give me the money and bury your wife’s body there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_16","002_23_16","GEN","23","16","16","Abraham agreed with Ephron about the price, and weighed for Ephron the 400 pieces of silver he had suggested, as everyone was listening, using the standard weights for silver used in that area by people who sold things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_17","002_23_17","GEN","23","17","17","So Ephron’s field in the Machpelah area, near Mamre, and the cave in the field, and all the trees that were in the field inside the boundaries of the land, became Abraham’s possession. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_18","002_23_18","GEN","23","18","18","It became Abraham’s property as all the descendants of Heth were listening there at the city gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_19","002_23_19","GEN","23","19","19","After that, Abraham buried his wife Sarah’s body in the cave in the field in the Machpelah area near Mamre, which is now called Hebron city, in the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN23_20","002_23_20","GEN","23","20","20","So the field and the cave in it were officially sold to Abraham by the descendants of Heth, to be used as a burial ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_1","002_24_1","GEN","24","1","1","Abraham was now a very old man. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in many ways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_2","002_24_2","GEN","24","2","2","One day Abraham said to the chief servant of his household, the man who was in charge of everything Abraham owned, “Put your hand between my thighs to solemnly promise you will do what I tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_3","002_24_3","GEN","24","3","3","Knowing that Yahweh God who created the heavens and the earth is listening, promise that you will not get a wife for my son, Isaac, from the women here in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_4","002_24_4","GEN","24","4","4","Instead, go back to my country and to my relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac from among them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_5","002_24_5","GEN","24","5","5","The servant asked him, “If I find a woman among your relatives, what if she is not willing to come back with me to this land? Shall I take your son back there to the country you came from, so he can find a wife and live there?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_6","002_24_6","GEN","24","6","6","Abraham replied to him, “No! Be certain that you don’t take my son there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_7","002_24_7","GEN","24","7","7","Yahweh God, who created the heavens, brought me here. He brought me from my father’s household, and from the land where my relatives lived. He spoke to me and made a solemn promise to me, saying, ‘I will give this land of Canaan to your descendants.’ He will send an angel who will go there ahead of you, and enable you to get a wife for my son there and bring her to live here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_8","002_24_8","GEN","24","8","8","But if the woman you find will not come back with you, you are free to disregard the promise you are making. The only thing that you must not do is to take my son to live there!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_9","002_24_9","GEN","24","9","9","So the servant put his hand between Abraham’s thighs and made a solemn promise about the matter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_10","002_24_10","GEN","24","10","10","Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and loaded them with all kinds of goods that his master gave him to take along. Then he left to go to Aram-Naharaim, which is in ◄northern Mesopotamia/Syria►. He arrived in Nahor city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_11","002_24_11","GEN","24","11","11","It was late in the afternoon, at the time when the women go to the well to get water, when he arrived there. He made the camels kneel down near the well, which was outside the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_12","002_24_12","GEN","24","12","12","The servant prayed, “Yahweh God whom my master Abraham worships, enable me to be successful today! Act kindly to my master, Abraham! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_13","002_24_13","GEN","24","13","13","Listen to me. I am standing near a well of water, and the young women of the city are coming to get water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_14","002_24_14","GEN","24","14","14","I am asking you this: ‘I will say to some girl, “Please lower your jar so that I may drink some water.” If she says, “Drink some, and I will draw some water from the well for your camels, too,” I will know that she is the woman whom you chose to be a wife for your servant, Isaac, and I will know that you have been kind to my master.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_15","002_24_15","GEN","24","15","15","Before he finished praying, amazingly, Rebekah arrived there, carrying a jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel, who was the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham’s younger brother Nahor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_16","002_24_16","GEN","24","16","16","She was very beautiful and still a virgin. She went down to the edge of the well, filled her jar with water, and then came back up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_17","002_24_17","GEN","24","17","17","Abraham’s servant immediately ran to meet her, and said, “Please give me a little water from your jar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_18","002_24_18","GEN","24","18","18","She replied, “Drink some, sir!” She lowered her jar from her shoulder to her hands and gave him a drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_19","002_24_19","GEN","24","19","19","After she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will also get some water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_20","002_24_20","GEN","24","20","20","She quickly emptied the water in her jar into the trough for giving water to animals, and then ran back to the well, and kept getting water for all the camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_21","002_24_21","GEN","24","21","21","The servant just watched her, without saying anything. He wanted to know if Yahweh had caused his trip to be successful or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_22","002_24_22","GEN","24","22","22","Finally, after the camels finished drinking, the servant took out a gold nose ring that weighed ◄two ounces/6 grams►, and two large gold bracelets for her arms, and gave them to Rebekah and told her to put them on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_23","002_24_23","GEN","24","23","23","Then he said, “Tell me whose daughter you are. Also, tell me, is there room in your father’s house for me and my men to sleep there tonight?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_24","002_24_24","GEN","24","24","24","She replied, “My father’s name is Bethuel. He is the son of Nahor and his wife Milcah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_25","002_24_25","GEN","24","25","25","Yes, we have room where you all can sleep tonight, and we also have plenty of straw and grain to feed the camels.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_26","002_24_26","GEN","24","26","26","The servant bowed and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_27","002_24_27","GEN","24","27","27","He said, “I thank you, Yahweh God, whom my master Abraham worships. You have continued to be kind and faithful to my master. You led me on this journey straight/directly to the house of my master’s relatives!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_28","002_24_28","GEN","24","28","28","The girl ran and told everyone in her mother’s household about what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_29","002_24_29","GEN","24","29","29","Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban. Laban went quickly to Abraham’s servant, who was still by the well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_30","002_24_30","GEN","24","30","30","He was surprised to have seen the bracelets on his sister’s arms and the nose ring and to have heard Rebekah tell what the man had said to her. So he went out and saw the man standing near the camels, close to the well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_31","002_24_31","GEN","24","31","31","He said to the man, “You who have been blessed by Yahweh, come with me! ◄Why are standing out here?/You should not keep standing out here!► RHQ I have prepared a room for you in the house, and a place for the camels to stay.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_32","002_24_32","GEN","24","32","32","So the servant went to the house, and Laban’s servants unloaded the camels, and brought straw and grain for the camels, and water for him and the men with him to wash their feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_33","002_24_33","GEN","24","33","33","They set food in front of him for him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I tell you ◄what I need to tell you/why I have come►.” So Laban said, “Tell us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_34","002_24_34","GEN","24","34","34","So the servant said, “I am Abraham’s servant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_35","002_24_35","GEN","24","35","35","Yahweh has greatly blessed my master so that he has become very rich. Yahweh has given him many sheep and cattle, a lot of gold and silver, male and female servants, camels and donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_36","002_24_36","GEN","24","36","36","My master’s wife, Sarah, bore a son for him when she was very old, and my master has given to his son everything he owns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_37","002_24_37","GEN","24","37","37","My master made me solemnly promise, saying, ‘Do not get a wife for my son from the women here in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_38","002_24_38","GEN","24","38","38","Instead, go back to my father’s family, to my own clan, and get from them a wife for my son.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_39","002_24_39","GEN","24","39","39","Then I asked my master, ‘What shall I do if the woman you show me will not come back with me?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_40","002_24_40","GEN","24","40","40","He replied, ‘Yahweh, whom I have always obeyed MTY, will send his angel with you, and he will cause your journey to be successful, with the result that you can get a wife for my son from my clan, from my father’s family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_41","002_24_41","GEN","24","41","41","But if my clan refuses to allow her to return with you, you will be freed from being cursed because of not obeying me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_42","002_24_42","GEN","24","42","42","“When I came today to the well, I prayed, ‘Yahweh God whom my master, Abraham worships, if you are willing, please allow this journey of mine to be successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_43","002_24_43","GEN","24","43","43","Listen to me. I am standing beside a well. A young woman may come to draw water. I will say to her, “Please, give me a little water to drink from your jar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_44","002_24_44","GEN","24","44","44","If she says to me, “Certainly, drink some! And I will also draw some water for your camels,” that will be the woman whom you have chosen for my master’s son!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_45","002_24_45","GEN","24","45","45","Before I finished praying, amazingly, Rebekah approached with her water jar on her shoulder. She went down to the well and got some water. I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_46","002_24_46","GEN","24","46","46","She quickly lowered her jar and said, ‘Drink some! And I will draw water from the well for your camels, too.’ So I drank some water, and she also got water for the camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_47","002_24_47","GEN","24","47","47","Then I asked her, ‘Whose daughter are you?’ She said, ‘The daughter of Bethuel, the son of Nahor and his wife, Milcah.’ I had a ring and bracelets with me, and I put the ring in her nose and put the bracelets on her arms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_48","002_24_48","GEN","24","48","48","Then I bowed and worshiped Yahweh, and I thanked Yahweh God, the one my master Abraham worships, the one who led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master’s brother to be a wife for my master’s son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_49","002_24_49","GEN","24","49","49","Now, if you are kind and faithful to my master, tell me that you will do what I am asking. If you will not do that, tell me that also, so I may know what to do MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_50","002_24_50","GEN","24","50","50","Laban and Bethuel answered, “It is clear that Yahweh has caused this to happen. So we two cannot say anything more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_51","002_24_51","GEN","24","51","51","Rebekah is here in front of you. Take her and go, and let her be a wife for your master’s son, just as Yahweh has indicated.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_52","002_24_52","GEN","24","52","52","When Abraham’s servant heard these words, he bowed down to the ground to thank Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_53","002_24_53","GEN","24","53","53","Then the servant brought out silver and gold jewelry and clothes, and gave them to Rebekah. And he gave gifts to her brother Laban and to her mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_54","002_24_54","GEN","24","54","54","Then they ate a meal together. The men who were with Abraham’s servant also slept there that night. The next morning, the servant said, “Allow me now to return to my master.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_55","002_24_55","GEN","24","55","55","But her brother and her mother replied, “Let the girl remain with us for about ten days. After that, you may take her and go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_56","002_24_56","GEN","24","56","56","But he replied to them, “Yahweh has made my journey successful, so do not detain me. Let me take her back to my master now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_57","002_24_57","GEN","24","57","57","They said, “Let’s call Rebekah and ask her what she wants to do.” MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_58","002_24_58","GEN","24","58","58","So they summoned Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man now?” She replied, “Yes, I will go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_59","002_24_59","GEN","24","59","59","So they allowed Rebekah, a woman who had taken care of her when she was very young, Abraham’s servant, and the men who had come with him. to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_60","002_24_60","GEN","24","60","60","Before they all left, they asked God to bless Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, we ask that Yahweh will cause you to have millions of descendants, and allow them to completely defeat MET all those that hate them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_61","002_24_61","GEN","24","61","61","Then Rebekah and her maid servants got ready and got on their camels and went with Abraham’s servant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_62","002_24_62","GEN","24","62","62","At that time, Isaac was living in the Negev desert. He had gone there from Beer-Lahai-Roi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_63","002_24_63","GEN","24","63","63","One evening he went out into the field to meditate as he walked. He looked up and was surprised to see some camels coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_64","002_24_64","GEN","24","64","64","Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got off the camel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_65","002_24_65","GEN","24","65","65","and asked the servant, “Who is that man who is approaching?” The servant replied, “That is Isaac, my master, the man you will be marrying.” So she took her veil and covered her face, which was the custom for a woman who was about to be married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_66","002_24_66","GEN","24","66","66","The servant told Isaac everything that had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN24_67","002_24_67","GEN","24","67","67","Then Isaac took Rebekah into the tent that belonged to his mother, Sarah, and she became his wife. And he loved her. So Isaac was comforted about his mother’s death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_1","002_25_1","GEN","25","1","1","Some time after Sarah died, Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_2","002_25_2","GEN","25","2","2","She later gave birth to six sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_3","002_25_3","GEN","25","3","3","Jokshan became the father of two sons, Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshur people-group, the Letush people-group, and the Leum people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_4","002_25_4","GEN","25","4","4","The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. They were all descendants of Keturah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_5","002_25_5","GEN","25","5","5","Abraham declared that after he died, Isaac would inherit everything he owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_6","002_25_6","GEN","25","6","6","But while Abraham was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his ◄concubines/slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives►, and then he sent them away to live in a land to the east, to keep them far from his son Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_7","002_25_7","GEN","25","7","7","Abraham lived until he was 175 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_8","002_25_8","GEN","25","8","8","He died at a very old age, joining his ancestors who had died previously DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_9","002_25_9","GEN","25","9","9","His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried his body in the cave at Machpelah area, near Mamre, in the field that Abraham had previously bought from Ephron, one of the descendants of Heth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_10","002_25_10","GEN","25","10","10","Isaac and Ishmael buried his body there, where Abraham previously buried his wife Sarah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_11","002_25_11","GEN","25","11","11","After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac moved to live near Beer-Lahai-Roi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_12","002_25_12","GEN","25","12","12","◄These are/I will now give a list of► the descendants of Abraham’s son, Ishmael, to whom Sarah’s female slave, Hagar from Egypt, had given birth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_13","002_25_13","GEN","25","13","13","These are their names, in the order in which they were born: Ishmael’s oldest son was named Nebaioth. After him were born Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_14","002_25_14","GEN","25","14","14","Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_15","002_25_15","GEN","25","15","15","Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_16","002_25_16","GEN","25","16","16","The twelve sons of Ishmael became the leaders/chiefs of people-groups that had those names. They each had their own settlement and campsite. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_17","002_25_17","GEN","25","17","17","Ishmael lived until he was 137 years old. Then he died, EUP joining his ancestors who had previously died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_18","002_25_18","GEN","25","18","18","His descendants ◄settled/went to live► in the area between Shur and Havilah, near the border of Egypt as a person travels toward Asshur. All of their camps were close to each other (OR, they all frequently attacked each other). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_19","002_25_19","GEN","25","19","19","◄This is an account of/I will now tell you about► Abraham’s son, Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_20","002_25_20","GEN","25","20","20","and when Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was one of the descendants of Aram from Paddan-Aram. Rebekah was the sister of Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_21","002_25_21","GEN","25","21","21","Almost 20 years after they were married, Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac prayed to Yahweh concerning his wife, and Yahweh answered his prayer. His wife Rebekah became pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_22","002_25_22","GEN","25","22","22","She was carrying twins in her womb, and they kept jostling each other. So she said, “Why is it that this is happening to me?” So she asked Yahweh about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_23","002_25_23","GEN","25","23","23","Yahweh said to her, “The older one of your twins will serve the younger one. The twins will be ancestors of two nations. And those two people-groups will separate from each other.” CHI ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_24","002_25_24","GEN","25","24","24","When Rebekah gave birth, it was true! Twin boys were born! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_25","002_25_25","GEN","25","25","25","The first one born was red, and his body had hair all over it, like a garment made of hair. So they named him Esau, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘hairy'. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_26","002_25_26","GEN","25","26","26","Then his brother was born, grasping Esau’s heel. So they named him Jacob, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘heel’. Isaac was 60 years old when the twins were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_27","002_25_27","GEN","25","27","27","When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_28","002_25_28","GEN","25","28","28","Isaac liked Esau more, because he enjoyed the taste of the meat of the animals that Esau killed. But Rebekah liked Jacob more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_29","002_25_29","GEN","25","29","29","One day while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came home from the field, very hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_30","002_25_30","GEN","25","30","30","He said to Jacob, “Give me some of that red stew to eat right now, because I am very hungry!” That is why Esau’s other name was Edom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘red’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_31","002_25_31","GEN","25","31","31","Jacob said, “I will give you some if you sell me ◄your birthright/the privileges you have because you are the firstborn son►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_32","002_25_32","GEN","25","32","32","Esau replied, “Well, I am about to die from being so hungry. If I die now, ◄my birthright will not benefit me./What good will my birthright be to me?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_33","002_25_33","GEN","25","33","33","Jacob said, “◄Swear to/Solemnly promise► me that you are giving me the privileges that you will have from being the firstborn son!” So that is what Esau did. He sold his birthright to Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN25_34","002_25_34","GEN","25","34","34","Then Jacob gave to Esau some bread and some stew made of lentils/beans. Esau ate and drank, and then he got up and left. By doing that, Esau showed that he ◄was not interested in/did not value► the privileges that would be his because of being the firstborn son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_1","002_26_1","GEN","26","1","1","Some time later there was a severe ◄famine/scarcity of food► there. That was different from the famine that occurred when Abraham was alive. So Isaac went southeast to Gerar town, to talk to Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group. What happened was this: Isaac considered going to Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_2","002_26_2","GEN","26","2","2","but Yahweh appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt! Live in the land where I will tell you to go! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_3","002_26_3","GEN","26","3","3","Stay in this land for a while, and I will help you and bless you, because it is to you and your descendants that I will give all these lands, and I will do what I solemnly promised to your father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_4","002_26_4","GEN","26","4","4","I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the stars in the sky. I will give to your descendants all these lands, and I will cause your descendants to be a blessing to the people of MTY all nations on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_5","002_26_5","GEN","26","5","5","I will do that because your father Abraham obeyed me. He obeyed everything that I told him to do, everything that I declared and all the laws that I gave him.” So Isaac went and asked King Abimelech if he would permit him to live in the Gerar area. The king said, “Okay,” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_6","002_26_6","GEN","26","6","6","so Isaac stayed there along with his wife and sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_7","002_26_7","GEN","26","7","7","When the men in Gerar town asked who Rebekah was, Isaac said, “She is my sister.” He said that because he was afraid to say, “She is my wife.” He thought, “Rebekah is very beautiful, so they will want her. If I say that she is my sister, they know they will have to negotiate about a bride price because I am her older brother; but if I say that she is my wife, no negotiation will be possible. They will just kill me to get her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_8","002_26_8","GEN","26","8","8","When Isaac had been there a long time, one day Abimelech, the king of the Philistine people-group, looked down from a window in his palace and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_9","002_26_9","GEN","26","9","9","So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said to him, “Now I realize that she is really your wife! So why did you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied to him, “I said that because I thought that someone here might kill me to get her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_10","002_26_10","GEN","26","10","10","Abimelech said, “◄You should not have done this to us!/Why did you do this?► RHQ One of our people might have ◄had sex with/slept with► EUP your wife, and you would have caused us to be guilty of a great sin!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_11","002_26_11","GEN","26","11","11","Then Abimelech commanded all his people, saying, “Do not harm/molest this man or his wife! Anyone who does that will surely be executed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_12","002_26_12","GEN","26","12","12","Isaac planted grain in that land that year, and he harvested a very large crop, because Yahweh blessed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_13","002_26_13","GEN","26","13","13","Isaac continued to acquire more and more possessions, until finally he became very wealthy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_14","002_26_14","GEN","26","14","14","He had large herds of sheep and goats and cattle, and many slaves. Because of that, the Philistine people envied him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_15","002_26_15","GEN","26","15","15","So all the wells that the servants of his father Abraham had dug during the time when he was alive, the people filled up with dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_16","002_26_16","GEN","26","16","16","Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “You people have become more numerous than we are, so I want you to get out of our area.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_17","002_26_17","GEN","26","17","17","So Isaac and his family moved from there. They set up their tents in Gerar Valley and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_18","002_26_18","GEN","26","18","18","There were several wells in that area that had been dug when Isaac’s father Abraham was living, but Philistine people had filled them up with dirt after Abraham died. Now Isaac and his servants removed the dirt, and Isaac gave the wells the same names that his father had given to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_19","002_26_19","GEN","26","19","19","Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and discovered a well of fresh water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_20","002_26_20","GEN","26","20","20","But other men who lived in Gerar Valley who took care of their animals argued/quarreled with the men who took care of Isaac’s animals, and said, “The water in this well is ours!” So Isaac named the well Esek, which means ‘dispute’, because they disputed about who owned it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_21","002_26_21","GEN","26","21","21","Then Isaac’s servants dug another well, but they quarreled about who owned that one also. So Isaac named it Sitnah, which means ‘opposition’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_22","002_26_22","GEN","26","22","22","They moved on from there and dug another well, but this time no one quarreled about who owned it. So Isaac named it Rehoboth, which means ‘uninhabited place’, saying, “Yahweh has given us an uninhabited place to live in, a place that is not wanted by other people, and we will become very prosperous here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_23","002_26_23","GEN","26","23","23","From there Isaac went up to Beersheba. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_24","002_26_24","GEN","26","24","24","The first night that he was there, Yahweh appeared to him and said, “I am God, whom your father Abraham worshiped. Do not be afraid of anything. I will help you and bless you, and because of what I promised my servant Abraham, I will greatly increase the number of your descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_25","002_26_25","GEN","26","25","25","So Isaac built a stone altar there and offered a sacrifice to worship Yahweh. He and his servants set up their tents there, and his servants started to dig a well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_26","002_26_26","GEN","26","26","26","While they were digging the well, King Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, along with Ahuzzath, his advisor, and Phicol, the commander of his army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_27","002_26_27","GEN","26","27","27","Isaac asked them, “You ◄acted in a hostile way toward me/treated me like an enemy► before, and sent me away. So why have you come to me now?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_28","002_26_28","GEN","26","28","28","One of them answered, “We have seen that Yahweh helps you. So we said to each other, ‘We should have an agreement between us and you. We should make a peace treaty with you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_29","002_26_29","GEN","26","29","29","stating that you will not harm us, in the same way that we did not molest EUP you.’ We always treated you well and sent you away peacefully. And now Yahweh is blessing you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_30","002_26_30","GEN","26","30","30","So Isaac made a feast for them, and they all ate and drank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_31","002_26_31","GEN","26","31","31","Early the next morning they all ◄swore/solemnly promised► each other that they would do what they had promised. Then Isaac sent them home peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_32","002_26_32","GEN","26","32","32","That day Isaac’s servants came to him and told him about the well that they had finished digging. They said, “We found water in the well!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_33","002_26_33","GEN","26","33","33","Isaac named the well Shibah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘oath’. To the present time the town there has the name Beersheba which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_34","002_26_34","GEN","26","34","34","When Esau was 40 years old, he married Judith, the daughter of Beeri, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon. Both of those women were descendants of Heth, not from Isaac’s clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN26_35","002_26_35","GEN","26","35","35","Esau’s two wives made life miserable for Isaac and Rebekah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_1","002_27_1","GEN","27","1","1","When Isaac was old, he became almost blind. One day he summoned Esau, his firstborn/older son, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_2","002_27_2","GEN","27","2","2","and said to him, “My son?” Esau replied, “Here I am!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_3","002_27_3","GEN","27","3","3","Isaac said, “Listen to me. I am very old, and I do not know when I will die. So now take your bow and quiver full of arrows and go out into the countryside, and hunt for a wild animal for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_4","002_27_4","GEN","27","4","4","Kill one and prepare the kind of tasty meat that I like. Then bring it to me so that after I eat it, I can give you a blessing before I die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_5","002_27_5","GEN","27","5","5","Rebekah was listening as Isaac said that to his son, Esau. So when Esau left the tent to go to the countryside to hunt for a wild animal in order to kill it and bring it back, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_6","002_27_6","GEN","27","6","6","Rebekah said to her son, Jacob, “Listen to me. I heard your father talking to your brother, Esau, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_7","002_27_7","GEN","27","7","7","‘Go and kill some wild animal and bring it here, and prepare the meat in a tasty way, so that I may eat it, and then before I die I can give you my blessing while Yahweh is listening.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_8","002_27_8","GEN","27","8","8","So now, my son, do what I am telling you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_9","002_27_9","GEN","27","9","9","Go out to the flock and kill two nice young goats and bring the meat to me. Then I will prepare some tasty food for your father, the way he likes it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_10","002_27_10","GEN","27","10","10","Then you can take it to your father, in order that he can eat it, and then, before he dies, he will give his blessing to you, and not to your older brother.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_11","002_27_11","GEN","27","11","11","But Jacob said to his mother Rebekah, “But my brother Esau’s skin has hair all over it, and my skin is not like that! My skin is smooth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_12","002_27_12","GEN","27","12","12","What will happen if my father touches me? He will realize that I am tricking him, and as a result ◄I will be cursed/he will say that God will do bad things to► me, not a blessing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_13","002_27_13","GEN","27","13","13","His mother replied, “If that happens, let the curse be on me. You do what I am telling you. Go and get the goats for me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_14","002_27_14","GEN","27","14","14","So Jacob went and killed two goats and brought them to his mother. Then with the meat his mother prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_15","002_27_15","GEN","27","15","15","Then Rebekah took her older son Esau’s clothes that were with her in the tent, and she put them on her younger son Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_16","002_27_16","GEN","27","16","16","She also put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_17","002_27_17","GEN","27","17","17","Then she handed him some bread and the tasty food that she had prepared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_18","002_27_18","GEN","27","18","18","Jacob took it to his father and said, “My father!” Isaac replied, “I’m here; which of my sons are you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_19","002_27_19","GEN","27","19","19","Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn son. I did what you told me to do. Sit up and eat some of the meat so that you can then bless me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_20","002_27_20","GEN","27","20","20","But Isaac asked his son, “My son, how is it that you were able to find and kill an animal so quickly?” Jacob replied, “Because Yahweh, whom you worship, enabled me to be successful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_21","002_27_21","GEN","27","21","21","Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near to me, my son, so that I can touch you and determine whether you are really my son Esau.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_22","002_27_22","GEN","27","22","22","So Jacob went close to him. Isaac. Isaac touched him and said, “Your voice sounds like Jacob, but your hands feel hairy, like the hands of your older brother, Esau.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_23","002_27_23","GEN","27","23","23","Isaac did not recognize Jacob, because he was blind and because Jacob’s hands were now hairy, like those of his older brother, Esau. So Isaac prepared to bless Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_24","002_27_24","GEN","27","24","24","But first Isaac asked, “Are you really my son Esau?” Jacob replied, “Yes, I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_25","002_27_25","GEN","27","25","25","Isaac said, “My son, bring me some of the meat that you have cooked, so that I may eat it and then give you my blessing.” So Jacob brought him some, and he ate it. Jacob also brought him some wine, and he drank it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_26","002_27_26","GEN","27","26","26","Then Isaac said to him, “My son, come here and kiss me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_27","002_27_27","GEN","27","27","27","So Jacob came close to him, and his father kissed him on the cheek. Isaac smelled the clothes Jacob was wearing. They smelled like Esau’s clothes. So he said, “Truly, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that Yahweh has blessed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_28","002_27_28","GEN","27","28","28","I ask that God will send down to you dew from heaven to water your fields, and cause you to have abundant crops, good harvests of grain, and grapes for wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_29","002_27_29","GEN","27","29","29","I ask that people of many nations will serve you and bow down to you. I ask that you will rule over your brothers, and that your mother’s descendants will also bow down to you. I ask that God will curse/punish those who ◄curse you/ask God to do bad things to you►, and bless those who bless you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_30","002_27_30","GEN","27","30","30","After Isaac finished blessing Jacob, Jacob was just leaving the room where his father was, when his older brother, Esau, returned from hunting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_31","002_27_31","GEN","27","31","31","Esau cooked some tasty meat and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “My father, please sit up and eat some of the meat that I have cooked, so that you can then give me your blessing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_32","002_27_32","GEN","27","32","32","His father, Isaac, said to him, “Who are you?” He answered, “I am Esau, your firstborn son!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_33","002_27_33","GEN","27","33","33","Then Isaac, realizing that it was not Esau who had come earlier, trembled very violently. He said, “Then who is it that brought me some meat from an animal that he had hunted and killed, and I ate it all? He was here just before you came. I blessed him, and I cannot ◄take back that blessing/declare that those things will not happen to him►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_34","002_27_34","GEN","27","34","34","When Esau heard those words of his father, he cried loudly. He was very disappointed. He said to his father, “My father, bless me, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_35","002_27_35","GEN","27","35","35","But his father said, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_36","002_27_36","GEN","27","36","36","Esau said, “It is right RHQ that his name is Jacob, which means ‘cheat,’ because he deceived me two times. The first time he took my rights from being his firstborn son, and this time he took my blessing!” Then he asked, “Do you not have any blessing left for me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_37","002_27_37","GEN","27","37","37","Isaac answered and said to Esau, “I have declared that your younger brother will rule over you, and declared that all his relatives will serve him. And I have said that God will give him plenty of grain and grapes for wine. So, my son, ◄what can I do for you?/There is nothing more that I can do for you!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_38","002_27_38","GEN","27","38","38","Esau said to his father, “My father, do you have only one blessing? My father, bless me, too!” Then Esau cried very loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_39","002_27_39","GEN","27","39","39","His father Isaac answered and said to him, “The place where you will live will be far from the fertile soil and from the dew that God sends from heaven to water the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_40","002_27_40","GEN","27","40","40","You will rob and kill people MTY in order to get what you need to live, and you will be as though you are your brother’s slave. But when you decide to rebel against him, you will ◄free yourself from/no longer be under► his control.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_41","002_27_41","GEN","27","41","41","So, because his father had given a blessing to Jacob, and not to him, Esau hated his younger brother. Esau thought to himself, “After my father dies and we finish mourning for him, I will kill Jacob!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_42","002_27_42","GEN","27","42","42","But Rebekah found out what her older son, Esau, was thinking. So she summoned her younger son, Jacob, and said to him, “Listen to me. Your older brother, Esau, is comforting himself by planning to kill you, to get revenge because of your deceiving your father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_43","002_27_43","GEN","27","43","43","So now, my son, listen carefully to what I am telling you. Escape quickly and go and stay with my brother Laban, in Haran town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_44","002_27_44","GEN","27","44","44","Stay with him a while, until your older brother is no longer angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_45","002_27_45","GEN","27","45","45","When he forgets what you did to him, I will send a message to you, to tell you to return from there. If Esau kills you, others will kill him, and then both my sons would die at the same time!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN27_46","002_27_46","GEN","27","46","46","Rebekah also said to Isaac, “These foreign women whom Esau has married, who are descendants of Heth, are making my life miserable. I would prefer to die than to see Jacob marry a woman from the descendants of Heth in this area!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_1","002_28_1","GEN","28","1","1","Then Isaac summoned Jacob, and gave him a blessing. He told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_2","002_28_2","GEN","28","2","2","Instead, go right away to Paddan-Aram in northwest Mesopotamia, to the house of your mother’s father Bethuel. Ask one of the daughters of your mother’s brother Laban to marry you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_3","002_28_3","GEN","28","3","3","I will pray that God Almighty will bless you, and enable you to get married and have many descendants, in order that they will become many people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_4","002_28_4","GEN","28","4","4","I also will pray that he will bless you and your descendants by enabling you to possess/seize the land in which you are now living as a foreigner, the land that God promised to give to my father Abraham and his descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_5","002_28_5","GEN","28","5","5","So Isaac sent Jacob to Paddan-Aram, to live with Rebekah’s brother Laban, the son of Bethuel, who belonged to the Aram people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_6","002_28_6","GEN","28","6","6","Esau found out that his father Isaac had blessed Jacob and then sent him to Paddan-Aram. He also found out that when he blessed Isaac, he told him, “Do not marry a woman of the Canaan people-group,” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_7","002_28_7","GEN","28","7","7","and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother, and had gone to Paddan-Aram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_8","002_28_8","GEN","28","8","8","Esau also realized that his father Isaac did not approve of women from the Canaan people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_9","002_28_9","GEN","28","9","9","Because of that, Esau went to see his uncle Ishmael, and married Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael. Mahalath was the sister of Nabaioth and the granddaughter of Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_10","002_28_10","GEN","28","10","10","Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and started walking along the road to Haran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_11","002_28_11","GEN","28","11","11","When he arrived at a certain place, he stopped there, because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones there and put it under his head to use as a pillow. Then he lay down and slept there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_12","002_28_12","GEN","28","12","12","While he was sleeping, he had a dream, in which he was surprised to see a stairway. The bottom of the stairway was on the earth and the top was in the sky. Jacob also saw that God’s angels were going up and down the stairway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_13","002_28_13","GEN","28","13","13","And he was surprised to see Yahweh standing at the top of the stairway, saying “I am Yahweh God, whom your grandfather Abraham worshiped, and whom Isaac worships. I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_14","002_28_14","GEN","28","14","14","Your descendants will be as numerous as the particles of dirt that are on the earth, and their territory will be very large. It will extend in all directions, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south. And people of all people-groups on earth will receive blessings because of what happens to you and to your descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_15","002_28_15","GEN","28","15","15","I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_16","002_28_16","GEN","28","16","16","During the night, when Jacob woke up from sleeping, he thought, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and until now I was not aware of it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_17","002_28_17","GEN","28","17","17","He was afraid, and he said, “This place is very awesome! This is surely the place where God lives, and this is the entrance to heaven!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_18","002_28_18","GEN","28","18","18","In the morning Jacob got up and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up on its end to show that the place was a holy place. He poured some olive oil on top of the stone to dedicate it to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_19","002_28_19","GEN","28","19","19","He named that place Bethel, which means ‘house of God’. Previously its name was Luz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_20","002_28_20","GEN","28","20","20","Jacob solemnly promised God, saying, “God, if you will help me and protect me while I am taking this journey, and if you give me enough food to eat and clothes to wear, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_21","002_28_21","GEN","28","21","21","in order that I can later return safely to my father’s house, then you, Yahweh, will be the God that I will worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN28_22","002_28_22","GEN","28","22","22","This stone that I have set up will mark the place where people can worship you. And I will give back to you a tenth of everything that you give to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_1","002_29_1","GEN","29","1","1","Jacob continued on the road MTY, and he arrived at the land that was east of Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_2","002_29_2","GEN","29","2","2","There he was surprised to see a well in a field, and three flocks of sheep were lying near the well. It was the well from which shepherds habitually got water for their sheep. There was a large stone covering the top of the well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_3","002_29_3","GEN","29","3","3","When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would work together to roll the stone away from the top of the well and get water for the sheep. When they finished doing that, they would put the stone back in its place over the top of the well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_4","002_29_4","GEN","29","4","4","On that day, Jacob asked the shepherds who were sitting there, “Where are you from?” They replied, “We are from Haran.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_5","002_29_5","GEN","29","5","5","He asked them, “Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?” They replied, “Yes, we know him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_6","002_29_6","GEN","29","6","6","Jacob asked them, “Is Laban well?” They replied, “Yes, he is well. Look! Here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_7","002_29_7","GEN","29","7","7","Jacob said, “Hey! The sun is still high in the sky. It is not time for the flocks to be gathered for nighttime. Give the sheep some water and then take them back to ◄graze/eat grass► in the pastures!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_8","002_29_8","GEN","29","8","8","They replied, “No, we cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered here and the stone is removed from the top of the well. After that, we will give water to the sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_9","002_29_9","GEN","29","9","9","While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father’s sheep. She was the one who took care of her father’s sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_10","002_29_10","GEN","29","10","10","When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of Laban, who was his mother’s brother, Jacob was so excited that he went over and by himself rolled away the stone that covered the top of the well, and he got water for his uncle’s sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_11","002_29_11","GEN","29","11","11","Then Jacob kissed Rachel on the cheek, and he cried loudly because he was so happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_12","002_29_12","GEN","29","12","12","Jacob told Rachel that he was one of her father’s relatives, the son of her aunt Rebekah. So she ran and told that to her father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_13","002_29_13","GEN","29","13","13","As soon as Laban heard that Jacob, his sister’s son, was there, he ran to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him on the cheek. Then he brought him to his home, and Jacob told him all that had happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_14","002_29_14","GEN","29","14","14","Then Laban said to him, “Truly, you are part of my family!” After Jacob had stayed there and worked for Laban for a month, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_15","002_29_15","GEN","29","15","15","Laban said to him “◄You should not work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine!/Why should you work for me for nothing just because you are a relative of mine?► RHQ Tell me how much you want me to pay you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_16","002_29_16","GEN","29","16","16","Well, Laban had two daughters. The older one was named Leah, and the younger one was named Rachel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_17","002_29_17","GEN","29","17","17","Leah had pretty eyes, but Rachel had a very attractive figure and was beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_18","002_29_18","GEN","29","18","18","Jacob ◄was in love with/wanted very much to be married to► Rachel, and he said, “I will work for you for seven years. That will be my payment for your letting me marry your younger daughter, Rachel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_19","002_29_19","GEN","29","19","19","Laban replied, “It is better for me to let you marry her than for her to marry some other man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_20","002_29_20","GEN","29","20","20","So Jacob worked for Laban for seven years to get Rachel, but to him it seemed like it was only a few days, because he loved her so much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_21","002_29_21","GEN","29","21","21","After the seven years were ended, Jacob said to Laban, “Let me marry Rachel now, because the time we agreed upon for me to work for you is ended, and I want to marry her. EUP” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_22","002_29_22","GEN","29","22","22","So Laban gathered together all the people who lived in that area and made a feast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_23","002_29_23","GEN","29","23","23","But that evening, instead of taking Rachel to Jacob, Laban took his older daughter, Leah, to him. But because it was already dark, he could not see that it was Leah and not Rachel, and he had sex EUP with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_24","002_29_24","GEN","29","24","24","(Laban had already given his slave girl Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her maid/servant.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_25","002_29_25","GEN","29","25","25","The next morning, Jacob was shocked to see that it was Leah who was with him! So he went to Laban and told him very angrily, “◄What you have done to me is disgusting!/What is this that you have done to me?► RHQ I worked for you to get Rachel, did I not? So why did you deceive me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_26","002_29_26","GEN","29","26","26","Laban replied, “In this land, it is not our custom to give a younger daughter to be married before we let someone marry our firstborn daughter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_27","002_29_27","GEN","29","27","27","After we finish this week of celebration, we will let you marry the younger one also. But in return, you must pay for Rachel by working for me for another seven years.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_28","002_29_28","GEN","29","28","28","So that is what Jacob did. After the week of celebration was ended, Laban gave him his daughter, Rachel, to be his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_29","002_29_29","GEN","29","29","29","Laban gave his slave girl, Bilhah, to Rachel to be her maid/servant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_30","002_29_30","GEN","29","30","30","Jacob had sex EUP with Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than he loved Leah. And Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_31","002_29_31","GEN","29","31","31","When Yahweh saw that Jacob did not love Leah very much, he enabled her to become pregnant. But Rachel was not able to become pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_32","002_29_32","GEN","29","32","32","Leah gave birth to a son, whom she named Reuben, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘Look, a son!’ She said, “Yahweh has seen that I was miserable, and because of that he has given me a son. Now, surely my husband will love me for giving birth to a son for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_33","002_29_33","GEN","29","33","33","Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “Because Yahweh has heard that my husband doesn’t love me, he has given me this son, too.” So she named him Simeon, which means ‘someone who hears’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_34","002_29_34","GEN","29","34","34","Later she became pregnant again, and gave birth to another son. She said, “Now, finally, my husband will hold me close to him.” So she named him Levi, which means ‘hold close’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN29_35","002_29_35","GEN","29","35","35","Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. She said, “◄This time/Now► I will praise Yahweh.” So she called his name Judah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘praise’. After that, she did not give birth to any more children for several years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_1","002_30_1","GEN","30","1","1","Rachel realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any children for Jacob. So she became jealous of her older sister, Leah, because Leah had given birth to four sons. She said to Jacob, “Enable me to become pregnant and give birth to children. If you do not do that, I think I will die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_2","002_30_2","GEN","30","2","2","Jacob became angry with Rachel and said, “◄I am not God!/Am I God?► RHQ He is the one who has prevented you from becoming pregnant!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_3","002_30_3","GEN","30","3","3","Then she said, “Look, here is my female slave, Bilhah. ◄Sleep with/Have sex with► EUP her, so that she may become pregnant and give birth to children for me. In that way it will be as though ◄I have children/her children are mine►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_4","002_30_4","GEN","30","4","4","So she gave him her slave, Bilhah, to be another wife for him, and Jacob had sex EUP with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_5","002_30_5","GEN","30","5","5","She became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_6","002_30_6","GEN","30","6","6","Rachel said, “God has ◄vindicated me/judged my case and has decided that what I have done is right►. He has also heard my requests and has given me a son.” So she named him Dan, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘he judged’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_7","002_30_7","GEN","30","7","7","Later, Rachel’s slave Bilhah became pregnant again and gave birth to another son for Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_8","002_30_8","GEN","30","8","8","Then Rachel said, “I have had a great struggle to have children like my older sister, but truly I have a son.” So she named him Naphtali, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘struggle’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_9","002_30_9","GEN","30","9","9","When Leah realized that she was not becoming pregnant and giving birth to any more children, she took her female slave, Zilpah, and gave her to Jacob to be another wife for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_10","002_30_10","GEN","30","10","10","Zilpah soon became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_11","002_30_11","GEN","30","11","11","Leah said, “I am truly fortunate!” So she named him Gad, which means ‘fortunate’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_12","002_30_12","GEN","30","12","12","Later Leah’s slave, Zilpah, gave birth to another son for Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_13","002_30_13","GEN","30","13","13","Leah said, “Now I am very happy, and people will call me happy.” So she named him Asher, which means ‘happy.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_14","002_30_14","GEN","30","14","14","When it was time to harvest wheat, Reuben went out into the fields and saw some ◄mandrakes/plants that women eat to help them to become pregnant►. He brought some of them to his mother Leah. But Rachel saw them and said to Leah, “Please give me some of those plants that your son brought to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_15","002_30_15","GEN","30","15","15","But Leah said to her, “No! ◄It was bad that you stole my husband!/Is it not bad enough that you stole my husband?► RHQ Now ◄are you going to take my son’s mandrake plants?/You want to take my son’s mandrake plants also, so that you can become pregnant!►” RHQ So Rachel said, “All right, Jacob can sleep with you tonight, if you give me some of your son’s mandrake plants.” So Leah ◄agreed/gave her some►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_16","002_30_16","GEN","30","16","16","When Jacob returned from the wheat fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. She said, “You must sleep with me tonight, because I gave Rachel some of my son’s mandrakes that enable women to become pregnant, to pay her for allowing us to do that.” So Jacob slept with her that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_17","002_30_17","GEN","30","17","17","God answered Leah’s prayers, and she became pregnant and bore a fifth son to Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_18","002_30_18","GEN","30","18","18","Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my slave to my husband to be another wife for him.” So she named him Issachar, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘reward’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_19","002_30_19","GEN","30","19","19","Leah became pregnant again and bore a sixth son for Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_20","002_30_20","GEN","30","20","20","Leah said, “God has given me a precious gift. ◄This time/Now► my husband will honor/respect me, because I have given birth to six sons for him.” So she named him Zebulon, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘accepted gift’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_21","002_30_21","GEN","30","21","21","Later she gave birth to a daughter, and named her Dinah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_22","002_30_22","GEN","30","22","22","Then God thought about what Rachel wanted. He heard her prayers and enabled her to become pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_23","002_30_23","GEN","30","23","23","She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She said, “God has caused that no longer will I be ashamed for not having children.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_24","002_30_24","GEN","30","24","24","She named him Joseph, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘may he give another’  and she said, ‘ want Yahweh to give me another son.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_25","002_30_25","GEN","30","25","25","After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Now allow me to quit working for you and let me return to my own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_26","002_30_26","GEN","30","26","26","You know the work that I have done for you for a long time to get my wives. So let me take my wives and my children, and leave.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_27","002_30_27","GEN","30","27","27","But Laban said to him, “If you are pleased with me, stay here, because I have found out by performing a magic ritual that Yahweh has blessed me because of what you have done for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_28","002_30_28","GEN","30","28","28","Tell me what you want me to pay you for continuing to work for me, and that is what I will pay you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_29","002_30_29","GEN","30","29","29","Jacob replied, “You know how I have worked for you, and you know that your livestock have increased greatly as I have taken care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_30","002_30_30","GEN","30","30","30","You had only a few animals before I came here. But now you have very many, and Yahweh has caused them to increase greatly in number wherever I have taken them. But now I need to start taking care of the needs of my own family.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_31","002_30_31","GEN","30","31","31","Laban replied, “What do you want me to give you?” Jacob replied, “I do not want you to pay me anything. But if you will do this one thing for me, I will continue to take care of your flocks and protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_32","002_30_32","GEN","30","32","32","Allow me to go and look at all of your flocks today and remove from them all the speckled sheep, all the spotted sheep, and every dark-colored lamb, all the goats that are speckled, and all the goats that are spotted, and keep them for myself. They will be my wages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_33","002_30_33","GEN","30","33","33","In that way, in the future, you will be able to know whether I have been honest regarding what you have paid me. If any of my goats are neither speckled or spotted, or if any of my lambs are not dark-colored, you will know that I have stolen them from you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_34","002_30_34","GEN","30","34","34","Laban agreed and said, “Okay, we will do as you have said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_35","002_30_35","GEN","30","35","35","But that same day Laban removed all the male goats that had black and white stripes on them or were spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled or spotted, all the goats that were partly white, and all the dark-colored lambs. He separated them and told his sons to take care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_36","002_30_36","GEN","30","36","36","Then he took these flocks and walked a distance of three days, in order that he could be that far from Jacob. Jacob continued to take care of the rest of Laban’s flocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_37","002_30_37","GEN","30","37","37","Then Jacob cut some branches of ◄poplar, almond, and plane trees/three kinds of trees that had white wood►. He peeled strips of bark from the branches, so that where the bark had been peeled off, the branches were light in color. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_38","002_30_38","GEN","30","38","38","Then he placed the peeled branches in the troughs where they put the water for the animals to drink, so that the branches would be in front of the flocks when they came to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_39","002_30_39","GEN","30","39","39","The animals also mated in front of the branches, and eventually they gave birth to animals that were speckled, or to animals that were spotted, or to animals that had black and white stripes on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_40","002_30_40","GEN","30","40","40","Furthermore, Jacob separated the female sheep in his flock from the other sheep and goats in Laban’s flock. And when his female sheep mated, he made them look toward the animals that belonged to Laban that had black and white stripes on them, and the dark-colored animals. He did that so that the female sheep would give birth to animals that were striped or dark-colored. By doing that, he made bigger flocks for himself, and he kept them separate from Laban’s flocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_41","002_30_41","GEN","30","41","41","In addition, whenever the stronger female sheep were ready to mate, Jacob put some of those peeled branches in the troughs in front of them, so that they would mate in front of the branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_42","002_30_42","GEN","30","42","42","But when weak animals were ready to mate, he did not put the branches in their troughs. So the weak ones became part of Laban’s flock, and the strong ones became part of Jacob’s flock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN30_43","002_30_43","GEN","30","43","43","As a result, Jacob became very rich. He owned many large flocks of sheep and goats, and many male and female slaves, and many camels and donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_1","002_31_1","GEN","31","1","1","Someone told Jacob that Laban’s sons were complaining and saying, “Jacob has become very rich by taking everything HYP that belonged to our father.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_2","002_31_2","GEN","31","2","2","And Jacob noticed that Laban was not acting friendly toward him as he had done before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_3","002_31_3","GEN","31","3","3","Then Yahweh said to Jacob, “Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will help you there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_4","002_31_4","GEN","31","4","4","So Jacob sent a message to Rachel and Leah, telling them to come out to the pastures where his flocks of sheep and goats were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_5","002_31_5","GEN","31","5","5","When they arrived, he said to them, “I see that your father does not act friendly toward me as he did previously. But God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_6","002_31_6","GEN","31","6","6","You two know that I have worked very hard for your father, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_7","002_31_7","GEN","31","7","7","but many times HYP he has cheated me by decreasing my wages. But God has not allowed him to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_8","002_31_8","GEN","31","8","8","When Laban said, ‘The speckled animals are the ones that I will give you to be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were speckled. When he changed and said, ‘The ones that have black and white stripes on them will be your wages,’ then all the animals gave birth to young ones that were striped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_9","002_31_9","GEN","31","9","9","In that way, God has taken away the livestock that belonged to your father and has given them to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_10","002_31_10","GEN","31","10","10","“One time, when the animals were mating, I had a dream. In my dream I looked up and was surprised to see that some of the male goats that were mating with the female goats had black and white stripes on them, some were speckled, and some were spotted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_11","002_31_11","GEN","31","11","11","An angel who was sent by God said to me in the dream, ‘Jacob!’ I replied, ‘I am here!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_12","002_31_12","GEN","31","12","12","He said to me, ‘Look up and you will see that all the male goats that are mating have black and white stripes on them, or are speckled or spotted. This is happening because I have seen all that Laban has done to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_13","002_31_13","GEN","31","13","13","I am God who appeared to you at Bethel, where you set up a stone to show that the place was holy, and you poured olive oil on the stone and made a solemn promise to me. So now leave this land immediately, and return to the land where you were born.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_14","002_31_14","GEN","31","14","14","Rachel and Leah replied, “Our father will not give us anything more when he dies RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_15","002_31_15","GEN","31","15","15","He treats us as though we were foreigners RHQ! Your working for him all these years was like a payment that you gave him as a price for us, but we will not inherit any of that money that he got as a price for us. He has spent it all! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_16","002_31_16","GEN","31","16","16","Surely all of the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So do whatever God has told you to do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_17","002_31_17","GEN","31","17","17","Then Jacob put his children and his wives on camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_18","002_31_18","GEN","31","18","18","He made all his livestock go ahead of him. Besides the livestock, he took along all the other things that he had acquired while living in Paddan-Aram. And they prepared to return to his father Isaac, in the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_19","002_31_19","GEN","31","19","19","Before they left, while Laban was shearing his sheep, Rachel stole the small wooden idols that were in her father’s tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_20","002_31_20","GEN","31","20","20","Furthermore, Jacob deceived Laban, who belonged to the Aram people-group, by not telling him that they were planning to leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_21","002_31_21","GEN","31","21","21","So Jacob and his family fled with all their possessions, and they crossed the Euphrates River, and then started traveling south toward the hilly Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_22","002_31_22","GEN","31","22","22","On the third day after they left, someone told Laban that Jacob and his family had left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_23","002_31_23","GEN","31","23","23","So he took some of his relatives with him and started to pursue Jacob. They continued walking for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_24","002_31_24","GEN","31","24","24","Then God appeared to Laban in a dream at night, and said to him, “When you catch up to Jacob, be sure that you do not say anything at all HYP to him in an angry manner!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_25","002_31_25","GEN","31","25","25","The next day, by the time Laban caught up with Jacob, Jacob and his household had set up their tents in the hilly Gilead region. So Laban and his relatives set up their tents there, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_26","002_31_26","GEN","31","26","26","Then Laban went to Jacob and said to him, “Why have you done this? You have deceived me by carrying away my daughters as though you had captured them in a war MTY! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_27","002_31_27","GEN","31","27","27","Why did you run away and deceive me? Why did you not tell me that you were going to leave, so that we could have rejoiced and sung while people played music on tambourines and harps before I said ‘goodbye’ to you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_28","002_31_28","GEN","31","28","28","◄You did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye before they left!/Why did you not allow me to kiss my grandchildren and daughters goodbye before they left?► RHQ What you have done was foolish! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_29","002_31_29","GEN","31","29","29","My relatives and I have the power to harm you, but last night the God whom your father worships said to me in a dream, ‘Be sure that you do not say anything at all to Jacob in an angry way.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_30","002_31_30","GEN","31","30","30","Now, I know you have left because you long to go back home. But why did you steal my wooden idols?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_31","002_31_31","GEN","31","31","31","Jacob replied to Laban, saying, “I did not tell you that we were planning to leave, because I was afraid. I thought that if I told you, you would forcefully take your daughters away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_32","002_31_32","GEN","31","32","32","But if you find anyone here who has your wooden idols, we will execute that person. While our relatives are watching, search for yourself to see if there is anything that belongs to you that is here with me. If you find anything, you can take it!” When Jacob said that, he did not know that Rachel had stolen the wooden idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_33","002_31_33","GEN","31","33","33","Laban went into Jacob’s tent, and then into Leah’s tent, and then into the tents of the two female slaves and searched for the idols, but he did not find them. After he left their tents, he entered Rachel’s tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_34","002_31_34","GEN","31","34","34","But Rachel had previously taken the idols and put them in the saddle of a camel, and she was sitting on the saddle. So when Laban searched all over for them inside Rachel’s tent, he did not find them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_35","002_31_35","GEN","31","35","35","Rachel said to her father, “Do not be angry with me, sir, but I cannot get up in your presence to show respect for you, because I am having my monthly menstrual period. EUP” So when Laban searched some more, he did not find the wooden idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_36","002_31_36","GEN","31","36","36","Then Jacob became angry. He rebuked Laban, saying, “What crime did I commit? For what sin that I committed have you pursued me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_37","002_31_37","GEN","31","37","37","Now you have searched through all my possessions, and what did you find from all these possessions that belongs to you? Put it here in front of my relatives and your relatives, so that they can decide who is right, you or me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_38","002_31_38","GEN","31","38","38","I was with you for 20 years. In all that time, your sheep and goats have ◄not miscarried/always given birth to animals safely►. I have not killed and eaten any rams from your flocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_39","002_31_39","GEN","31","39","39","When one of your animals was attacked and mauled/killed by a wild animal, I did not bring it to you. I replaced the dead animal with a living one of my own animals. Whenever one of your animals was stolen, during the day or during the night, you demanded that I replace it with one of my own animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_40","002_31_40","GEN","31","40","40","I suffered from the heat during the day and from the cold at night. I was often not even able to sleep PRS! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_41","002_31_41","GEN","31","41","41","I lived in your household for 20 years. I worked for you for 14 years to buy your two daughters, and for six more years to buy some of your sheep and goats. During that time, you changed and reduced my wages many times HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_42","002_31_42","GEN","31","42","42","If God, the one whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and before whom my father Isaac trembled in fear, had not been with me and helped me, you would have sent me away ◄with nothing in my hands/owning nothing►! But God saw how much I was suffering and how hard I was working, so last night he told you that what you have done to me was wrong.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_43","002_31_43","GEN","31","43","43","Laban replied, “These two women are my daughters, and their children are my grandchildren, and the animals are my animals. Everything you see here is mine HYP! But what can I do today to keep my daughters or the children they have given birth to RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_44","002_31_44","GEN","31","44","44","I cannot do anything in order to keep them, so hey, we should make a peace agreement, you and I, and do something that will remind us about our agreement.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_45","002_31_45","GEN","31","45","45","So Jacob took a large stone and set it on its end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_46","002_31_46","GEN","31","46","46","Then Jacob said to his relatives, “You also gather some stones.” So they gathered some rocks and put them in a heap, and they ate some food there near the heap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_47","002_31_47","GEN","31","47","47","Laban gave the heap the Aramaic name Jegar-Sahadutha, which means ‘rock-pile to remind us’, but Jacob gave the rock-pile the Hebrew name Galeed, which has the same meaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_48","002_31_48","GEN","31","48","48","Laban said to Jacob, “This pile of rocks we have put here today will help us to remember our agreement.” That is why Jacob called it Galeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_49","002_31_49","GEN","31","49","49","They also named the place Mizpah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘watchtower’, because Laban said, “We will ask Yahweh to watch you and me while we are separated from each other, so that we do not try to harm each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_50","002_31_50","GEN","31","50","50","If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take other women to be your wives, even if no one tells me about it, don’t forget that God sees what you and I are doing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_51","002_31_51","GEN","31","51","51","Laban also said to Jacob, “You see this large stone and this pile of rocks that we have set up to be between us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_52","002_31_52","GEN","31","52","52","Both this pile of rocks and this large stone will remind us, that I will not go past these rocks to harm you, and you will not go past these rocks to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_53","002_31_53","GEN","31","53","53","We will ask the God whom your grandfather Abraham and his father Nahor worshiped to punish MTY either one of us, if we harm the other one.” So Jacob solemnly promised to do what they said in their peace agreement. And he asked God, the one before whom his father Isaac trembled, to listen to what they promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_54","002_31_54","GEN","31","54","54","He offered a sacrifice to God there in the hilly area, and he invited his relatives to eat with him. After they had eaten, they slept there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN31_55","002_31_55","GEN","31","55","55","The next morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and asked God to bless them. Then he and his men left them and returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_1","002_32_1","GEN","32","1","1","As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_2","002_32_2","GEN","32","2","2","When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, which means ‘two camps’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_3","002_32_3","GEN","32","3","3","Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_4","002_32_4","GEN","32","4","4","He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_5","002_32_5","GEN","32","5","5","I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will ◄be friendly toward me/treat me kindly► when I arrive.’ “ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_6","002_32_6","GEN","32","6","6","The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming with him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_7","002_32_7","GEN","32","7","7","Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_8","002_32_8","GEN","32","8","8","He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_9","002_32_9","GEN","32","9","9","Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will ◄cause good things happen to/do good things for► you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_10","002_32_10","GEN","32","10","10","I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan River on my way to Haran, but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_11","002_32_11","GEN","32","11","11","So now I pray that you will rescue me from MTY my older  brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_12","002_32_12","GEN","32","12","12","But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_13","002_32_13","GEN","32","13","13","Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_14","002_32_14","GEN","32","14","14","He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_15","002_32_15","GEN","32","15","15","30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_16","002_32_16","GEN","32","16","16","He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_17","002_32_17","GEN","32","17","17","He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_18","002_32_18","GEN","32","18","18","tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_19","002_32_19","GEN","32","19","19","He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_20","002_32_20","GEN","32","20","20","And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to ◄act peacefully toward/stop being angry with► me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_21","002_32_21","GEN","32","21","21","So the men taking the gifts PRS went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_22","002_32_22","GEN","32","22","22","Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_23","002_32_23","GEN","32","23","23","After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_24","002_32_24","GEN","32","24","24","So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_25","002_32_25","GEN","32","25","25","When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_26","002_32_26","GEN","32","26","26","Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_27","002_32_27","GEN","32","27","27","The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_28","002_32_28","GEN","32","28","28","The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, which means ‘he struggles with God’, because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_29","002_32_29","GEN","32","29","29","Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “◄Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!►” RHQ But he blessed Jacob there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_30","002_32_30","GEN","32","30","30","So Jacob named the place Peniel, which means ‘God’s face’, saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_31","002_32_31","GEN","32","31","31","The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN32_32","002_32_32","GEN","32","32","32","The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_1","002_33_1","GEN","33","1","1","Then Jacob joined the rest of his family. Later that day  Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming, and there were 400 men with him. Jacob was worried because of that, so he separated the children. He put Leah’s children with Leah, Rachel’s children with Rachel, and the two female slaves’ children with their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_2","002_33_2","GEN","33","2","2","He put the two female slaves and their children in front. He put Leah and her children next. He put Rachel and Joseph at the rear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_3","002_33_3","GEN","33","3","3","He himself went ahead of them all, and as he continued to approach his older brother, he prostrated himself with his face on the ground seven times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_4","002_33_4","GEN","33","4","4","But Esau ran to Jacob. He hugged him, put his arms around his neck, and kissed him on the cheek. And they both cried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_5","002_33_5","GEN","33","5","5","Then Esau looked up and saw the women and the children. He asked, “Who are these people who are with you?” Jacob replied, “These are the wives and children that God has graciously/kindly given to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_6","002_33_6","GEN","33","6","6","Then the female slaves and their children came near and bowed in front of Esau. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_7","002_33_7","GEN","33","7","7","Then Leah and her children came and bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came near and bowed down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_8","002_33_8","GEN","33","8","8","Esau asked, “What is the meaning of all the animals that I saw?” Jacob replied, “I am giving them to you, sir, so that you will feel good toward me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_9","002_33_9","GEN","33","9","9","But Esau replied, “My younger brother, I have enough animals! Keep for yourself the animals that you have!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_10","002_33_10","GEN","33","10","10","But Jacob said, “No, please, if you feel good toward me, accept these gifts from me. You have greeted me very kindly. Seeing your smiling face assures me that you have forgiven me. It is like seeing the face of God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_11","002_33_11","GEN","33","11","11","Please accept these gifts that I have brought to you, because God has acted kindly toward me, and I still have plenty of animals!” Jacob kept on urging him to accept the animals, and finally he accepted them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_12","002_33_12","GEN","33","12","12","Then Esau said, “Let’s continue traveling together, and I will show the road to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_13","002_33_13","GEN","33","13","13","Jacob had no intention to go with Esau, but he said, “You know, sir, that the children are weak, and that I must take care of the female sheep and cows that are ◄sucking their mother’s milk/nursing their young►. If I force them to walk fast for a long distance in just one day, the animals will all die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_14","002_33_14","GEN","33","14","14","You go ahead of me. I will lead the animals slowly, but I will walk as fast as the children and animals can walk. I will catch up with you in Seir, in the land where the descendants of Edom live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_15","002_33_15","GEN","33","15","15","Esau said, “Then allow me to leave with you some of the men who came with me, to protect you.” But Jacob replied, “◄Why do that?/There is no need to do that!► RHQ The only thing that I want is for you to act friendly toward me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_16","002_33_16","GEN","33","16","16","So on that day Esau left to return to Seir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_17","002_33_17","GEN","33","17","17","But instead of going to Seir, Jacob and his family went to a place called Succoth. There he built a house for himself and his family, and built shelters for his livestock. That is the reason they named the place Succoth, which means ‘shelters’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_18","002_33_18","GEN","33","18","18","Some time later, Jacob and his family left Paddan-Aram in Mesopotamia, and they traveled safely to the Canaan region. There they set up their tents in a field near Shechem city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_19","002_33_19","GEN","33","19","19","One of the leaders of the people in that area was named Hamor. Hamor had several sons. Jacob paid the sons of Hamor 100 pieces of silver for the piece of ground on which they set up their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN33_20","002_33_20","GEN","33","20","20","He built a stone altar there, and named it El-Elohe Israel, which means ‘God, the God of Israel.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_1","002_34_1","GEN","34","1","1","One day Dinah, the daughter of Jacob and Leah, went to visit some of the women in that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_2","002_34_2","GEN","34","2","2","Shechem, one of the sons of Hamor, the ruler of that area who was descended from the Hiv people-group, saw her. He wanted her. So he grabbed her and forced her to have sex EUP with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_3","002_34_3","GEN","34","3","3","He SYN was very much attracted to her, and fell in love with her, and he tried to get her to love him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_4","002_34_4","GEN","34","4","4","So Shechem said to his father Hamor, “Please get this girl for me. I want her to become my wife!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_5","002_34_5","GEN","34","5","5","Jacob very soon found out that his daughter Dinah had been disgraced/defiled. But his sons were in the fields with his livestock, so he did nothing about it until they returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_6","002_34_6","GEN","34","6","6","In the meantime, Shechem’s father Hamor went to talk with Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_7","002_34_7","GEN","34","7","7","While they were still talking, Jacob’s sons came in from the field. When they found out what had happened, they were shocked and very angry. They said, “Shechem has done something that is very disgraceful among us Israeli people, something that never should be done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_8","002_34_8","GEN","34","8","8","But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem really likes this girl. Please allow him to marry her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_9","002_34_9","GEN","34","9","9","Let’s make an agreement: You will give your daughters to our young men to be their wives, and we will give our daughters to your young men to be their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_10","002_34_10","GEN","34","10","10","You can live among us, and live anywhere in our land that you wish. You can buy and sell things (OR, travel around) and if you find land that you want, then you can buy it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_11","002_34_11","GEN","34","11","11","Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “If you feel good toward me and do what I am asking for, I will give you whatever you ask for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_12","002_34_12","GEN","34","12","12","Tell me what gifts you want and what bride price you want, and I will give you what you ask for. I just want you to give the girl to me to be my wife.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_13","002_34_13","GEN","34","13","13","But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_14","002_34_14","GEN","34","14","14","by saying to them, “No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_15","002_34_15","GEN","34","15","15","We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_16","002_34_16","GEN","34","16","16","Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_17","002_34_17","GEN","34","17","17","But if you will not agree to being circumcised, we will take our sister and go back to our land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_18","002_34_18","GEN","34","18","18","What they said pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_19","002_34_19","GEN","34","19","19","Shechem was very much in love with Jacob’s daughter, so he quickly agreed to do what they suggested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_20","002_34_20","GEN","34","20","20","Shechem went with Hamor to the meeting place near the city gate, and they spoke to the city leaders, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_21","002_34_21","GEN","34","21","21","“These men are friendly toward us. We should let them live here and travel around (OR, buy and sell things) and if they find land that they want, they can buy it. There is plenty of land for them to live here. Our young men can marry their daughters, and their young men can marry our daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_22","002_34_22","GEN","34","22","22","But these men will agree to live among us and become one people-group with us only if all our males are circumcised, as they are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_23","002_34_23","GEN","34","23","23","But if we do that, just think! Their livestock and their possessions and their other animals will become ours RHQ! So we should agree to do what they suggest, and then they will live among us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_24","002_34_24","GEN","34","24","24","Shechem was the most respected person in his father’s household, so all the men who were there at the city gate agreed to what Hamor and Shechem suggested. So every male in the city was circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_25","002_34_25","GEN","34","25","25","On the third day after that, when the men of the city were still sore because of being circumcised, two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, who were Dinah’s brothers, took their swords and entered the city without anyone opposing them, and killed all the men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_26","002_34_26","GEN","34","26","26","They even killed Hamor and his son Shechem. Then they took Dinah out of Shechem’s house and left the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_27","002_34_27","GEN","34","27","27","Then the other sons of Jacob went into the city where all those dead bodies were. They ◄looted/took everything in► the city to get revenge for the shameful thing that had been done to their sister. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_28","002_34_28","GEN","34","28","28","They took away the people’s sheep and goats, their cattle, their donkeys, and everything else that they wanted from inside the city and from out in the countryside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_29","002_34_29","GEN","34","29","29","They took away everything that was valuable, even the children and the women. They seized and took away everything that was in the houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_30","002_34_30","GEN","34","30","30","Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have caused a lot of trouble for me! Now the Canaan people-group and the Perizzi people-group and everyone else who lives in this land will ◄hate me/say my name stinks►! I do not have many men to fight for us, so if they all gather together and come to me and attack us, they will destroy us and all our household!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN34_31","002_34_31","GEN","34","31","31","But they replied, “◄Should we have allowed Shechem to treat our sister like a prostitute?/We could not just let Shechem treat our sister like a prostitute!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_1","002_35_1","GEN","35","1","1","Some time later God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel, and live there. Build an altar to worship me, God, who appeared to you when you were fleeing from your older brother Esau.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_2","002_35_2","GEN","35","2","2","So Jacob said to his household and to all the others who were with him, “Get rid of the idols you brought from Mesopotamia. Also, bathe yourselves and put on clean clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_3","002_35_3","GEN","35","3","3","Then we will get ready and go up to Bethel. There I will make an altar to worship God. He is the one who helped me at the time when I was greatly distressed and afraid, and he has been with me wherever I have gone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_4","002_35_4","GEN","35","4","4","So they gave to Jacob all the idols that they had brought, and all their earrings. Jacob buried them in the ground under the big oak tree that was near Shechem town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_5","002_35_5","GEN","35","5","5","As they prepared to leave there, God caused the people who lived in the cities around them to be extremely afraid of Jacob’s family PRS, so that they did not pursue and attack them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_6","002_35_6","GEN","35","6","6","Jacob and all those who were with him came to Luz, which is now called Bethel, in the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_7","002_35_7","GEN","35","7","7","There he built an altar. He named the place El-Bethel, which means ‘God of Bethel’, because it was there that God revealed himself to Jacob when he was fleeing from his older brother Esau. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_8","002_35_8","GEN","35","8","8","Deborah, who had taken care of Isaac’s wife Rebekah when Rebekah was a small girl, was now very old. She died and was buried under an oak tree south of Bethel. So they named that place Allon-Bacuth, which means ‘oak of weeping’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_9","002_35_9","GEN","35","9","9","After Jacob and his family returned from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, while they were still at Bethel, God appeared to Jacob again and blessed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_10","002_35_10","GEN","35","10","10","God said to him again, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. It will be Israel.” So Jacob was then called ‘Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_11","002_35_11","GEN","35","11","11","Then God said to him, “I am God Almighty. Produce many children. Your descendants will become many nations, and some of your descendants will be kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_12","002_35_12","GEN","35","12","12","The land that I promised to give to your grandfather Abraham and your father Isaac, I will give to you. I will also give it to your descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_13","002_35_13","GEN","35","13","13","When God finished talking there with Jacob, he left him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_14","002_35_14","GEN","35","14","14","Jacob set up a large stone at the place where God had talked with him. He poured some wine and some olive oil on it to dedicate it to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_15","002_35_15","GEN","35","15","15","Jacob named that place Bethel, which means ‘house of God’, because God had spoken to him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_16","002_35_16","GEN","35","16","16","Jacob and his family left Bethel and traveled south toward Ephrath town. When they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to have severe childbirth pains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_17","002_35_17","GEN","35","17","17","When her pain was the most severe, the ◄midwife/woman who helped her to give birth► said to Rachel, “Do not be afraid, because now you have given birth to another son!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_18","002_35_18","GEN","35","18","18","But she was dying, and with her last breath she said, “Name him Benoni,” which means ‘son of my sorrow’, but his father named him Benjamin, which means ‘son of my right hand’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_19","002_35_19","GEN","35","19","19","After Rachel died, she was buried alongside the road to Ephrath, which is now called Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_20","002_35_20","GEN","35","20","20","Jacob set up a large stone over her grave, and it is still there, showing where Rachel’s grave is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_21","002_35_21","GEN","35","21","21","Jacob, whose new name was Israel, continued traveling with his family, and he set up his tents on the south side of the watchtower at Eder town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_22","002_35_22","GEN","35","22","22","While they were living in that area, Jacob’s son Reuben had sex EUP with Bilhah, one of his father’s ◄concubines/female slaves whom he had taken as a secondary wife►. Someone told Jacob about it, and it made him very angry. ◄I will now give you/Here is► a list of Jacob’s twelve sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_23","002_35_23","GEN","35","23","23","The sons of Leah were Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, then Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_24","002_35_24","GEN","35","24","24","The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_25","002_35_25","GEN","35","25","25","The sons of Rachel’s female slave Bilhah were Dan and Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_26","002_35_26","GEN","35","26","26","The sons of Leah’s female slave Zilpah were Gad and Asher. All those sons of Jacob, except Benjamin, were born while he was living in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_27","002_35_27","GEN","35","27","27","Jacob had returned back home to see his father Isaac at Mamre, which is also named Kiriath-Arba, and which is now named Hebron. Isaac’s father Abraham had also lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_28","002_35_28","GEN","35","28","28","Isaac lived until he was 180 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN35_29","002_35_29","GEN","35","29","29","He was very old when he died, joining his ancestors who had died previously. His sons Esau and Jacob buried his body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_1","002_36_1","GEN","36","1","1","◄Here is/I will now give you► a list of the descendants of Esau, whose other name was Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_2","002_36_2","GEN","36","2","2","Esau married three women from the Canaan region: Adah, the daughter of Elon from the Heth people-group; Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon from the Hiv people-group; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_3","002_36_3","GEN","36","3","3","and Basemath, who was the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_4","002_36_4","GEN","36","4","4","Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz. Basemath gave birth to Reuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_5","002_36_5","GEN","36","5","5","Oholibamah gave birth to Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. All these sons of Esau were born while he was living in the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_6","002_36_6","GEN","36","6","7","Jacob and Esau had very many possessions. The result was that they needed more land for their livestock. The land where they were living was not big enough for both of them. They had too much livestock. So Esau, whose other name was Edom, had taken his wives and sons and daughters and all the other members of his household, his sheep and goats and his other animals, and all the other things he had obtained in Canaan land, and they had moved to an area that was away from Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_8","002_36_8","GEN","36","8","8","They went to live in the Seir hilly area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_9","002_36_9","GEN","36","9","9","◄Here is/I will now give you► another list of the male descendants of Esau. He was the ancestor of the Edom people-group who live in the Seir area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_10","002_36_10","GEN","36","10","10","Esau’s wife Adah gave birth to Eliphaz, and Esau’s wife Basemath gave birth to Reuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_11","002_36_11","GEN","36","11","11","The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_12","002_36_12","GEN","36","12","12","Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a ◄concubine/female slave whom he took as a secondary wife►. Her name was Timna. She gave birth to Amalek. Those six men were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_13","002_36_13","GEN","36","13","13","Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. They were grandsons of Esau’s wife Basemath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_14","002_36_14","GEN","36","14","14","Esau’s wife Oholibamah, who was the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon, gave birth to three sons: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_15","002_36_15","GEN","36","15","15","◄Here is/I will now give you► a list of the people-groups who were descendants of Esau. His oldest son Eliphaz was the ancestor of the Teman people-group, the Omar people-group, the Zepho people-group, the Kenaz people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_16","002_36_16","GEN","36","16","16","the Korah people-group, the Gatam people-group, and the Amalek people-group. They were descendants of Eliphaz and of Esau’s wife Adah. They lived in the Edom region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_17","002_36_17","GEN","36","17","17","The sons of Esau’s son Reuel were ancestors of the Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah people-groups. They were descended from Esau’s wife Basemath. They also lived in Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_18","002_36_18","GEN","36","18","18","The sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, whose mother was Anah, were ancestors of the Jeush, Jalam, and Korah people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_19","002_36_19","GEN","36","19","19","That is the list of the sons of Esau, and the people-groups who were their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_20","002_36_20","GEN","36","20","20","◄This is/I will now give you► a list of the descendants of Seir, who belonged to the Hor people-group, who were the first people-group who lived in the Edom region: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_21","002_36_21","GEN","36","21","21","Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. Those seven men became ancestors of people-groups. Each of the people-groups had the same name as the name of their ancestor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_22","002_36_22","GEN","36","22","22","The sons of Lotan were Hori and Heman and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_23","002_36_23","GEN","36","23","23","The sons of Shobal were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_24","002_36_24","GEN","36","24","24","The sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. This Anah was the one who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was taking care of his father Zibeon’s donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_25","002_36_25","GEN","36","25","25","Anah had two children—a son named Dishon and a daughter named Oholibamah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_26","002_36_26","GEN","36","26","26","Dishon’s sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_27","002_36_27","GEN","36","27","27","Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_28","002_36_28","GEN","36","28","28","Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_29","002_36_29","GEN","36","29","30","The people-groups who were descendants of Hor lived in the Seir/Edom region. The names of the people-groups are Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_31","002_36_31","GEN","36","31","31","These are the names of the kings who ruled in Edom before any kings ruled over Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_32","002_36_32","GEN","36","32","32","Beor’s son Bela became the first king in Edom. The city where he lived was named Dinhabah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_33","002_36_33","GEN","36","33","33","When Bela died, Zerah’s son Jobab/became the king. He was from Bozrah city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_34","002_36_34","GEN","36","34","34","When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_35","002_36_35","GEN","36","35","35","When Husham died, Bedad’s son Hadan became the king. Husham’s army fought the army of the Midian people-group in the Moab region and defeated them. The city where Husham lived was Avith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_36","002_36_36","GEN","36","36","36","When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from Masrekah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_37","002_36_37","GEN","36","37","37","When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth town along the Euphrates river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_38","002_36_38","GEN","36","38","38","When Shaul died, Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_39","002_36_39","GEN","36","39","39","When Achbor’s son Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became king. The city where he lived was named Pau. His wife’s name was Mehetabel. She was the daughter of Matred, who was the daughter of Me-Zahab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN36_40","002_36_40","GEN","36","40","43","◄Here is/I will now give you► a list of all the people-groups that were descendants of Esau: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, Magdiel, and Iram. They all lived in the Edom region. The land where each people-group lived got the same name as the name of the people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_1","002_37_1","GEN","37","1","1","Jacob continued to live in the Canaan region where his father had lived previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_2","002_37_2","GEN","37","2","2","◄This is/I will now tell you► what happened to Jacob’s family. When his son Joseph was 17 years old, he was taking care of the flocks of sheep and goats with some of his older brothers. They were sons of his father’s ◄concubines/female slaves that he had taken to be his secondary wives►. Joseph sometimes told his father about bad things that his brothers were doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_3","002_37_3","GEN","37","3","3","Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_4","002_37_4","GEN","37","4","4","When Joseph’s older brothers realized that their father loved him more than he loved any of them, they hated him. They never spoke kindly to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_5","002_37_5","GEN","37","5","5","One night Joseph had a dream. He told his brothers about the dream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_6","002_37_6","GEN","37","6","6","He said to them, “Listen to the dream I had! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_7","002_37_7","GEN","37","7","7","In the dream, we were tying up bundles of wheat in the field. Suddenly my bundle stood up straight, and surprisingly, your bundles gathered around my bundle and bowed down to it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_8","002_37_8","GEN","37","8","8","His brothers said to him, “Do you think that some day you will rule over us? Are you saying that some day you are going to be our king?” RHQ They hated him even more than before because of what he had told them about his dream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_9","002_37_9","GEN","37","9","9","Later he had another dream, and again he told his older brothers about it. He said, “Listen to this! I had another dream. In this dream, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_10","002_37_10","GEN","37","10","10","He also told his father about it. His father rebuked him, saying “What are you suggesting by that dream RHQ? Do you think it means that your mother and I and your older brothers will some day bow down to the ground in front of you?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_11","002_37_11","GEN","37","11","11","Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_12","002_37_12","GEN","37","12","12","One day Joseph’s older brothers went to take care of their father’s sheep and goats that were eating grass near Shechem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_13","002_37_13","GEN","37","13","13","Some time later, Jacob said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the sheep and goats near Shechem RHQ. I am going to send you there to see them.” Joseph replied, “Okay.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_14","002_37_14","GEN","37","14","14","Jacob said, “Go and see if they are doing okay, and if the flocks are doing okay. Then come back and give me a report.” So Jacob sent Joseph from the valley where they were living, the valley where Hebron is located, to go north to find his brothers. When Joseph arrived near Shechem city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_15","002_37_15","GEN","37","15","15","while he was wandering around in the fields looking/searching for his brothers, a man saw him and asked him, “Whom are you looking/searching for?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_16","002_37_16","GEN","37","16","16","Joseph replied, “I am looking for my older brothers. Can you tell me where they are taking care of their sheep and goats?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_17","002_37_17","GEN","37","17","17","The man replied, “They are not here any more. I heard one of them saying, ‘Let’s take the sheep and goats and go to Dothan town.’” So Joseph left there and went north, and found his older brothers near Dothan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_18","002_37_18","GEN","37","18","18","But they saw him when he was still far away, and they decided to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_19","002_37_19","GEN","37","19","19","They said to each other things like, “Here comes that dreamer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_20","002_37_20","GEN","37","20","20","and “Hey, let’s kill him, and then throw his body into one of the pits/cisterns. Then we will tell people that a ferocious/wild animal attacked and killed him and ate him. And then we will ◄find out whether his dreams come true/make sure that his dreams do not come true►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_21","002_37_21","GEN","37","21","21","Reuben heard what they were saying, so he tried to persuade them not to kill MTY Joseph. He said, “No, we should not kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_22","002_37_22","GEN","37","22","22","Do not even shed his blood! We can throw him into this pit/cistern in the desert, but we should not harm him MTY.” He said that, and then left them, planning to rescue Joseph later and take him back to his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_23","002_37_23","GEN","37","23","23","So when Joseph arrived where his older brothers were, they seized him and ripped off his pretty robe with long sleeves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_24","002_37_24","GEN","37","24","24","Then they took him and threw him into the pit/cistern. But the pit/cistern was dry; there was no water in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_25","002_37_25","GEN","37","25","25","After they sat down to eat some food, they looked up and saw a ◄caravan/group of traders►, descendants of Ishmael, coming from the Gilead area. Their camels were loaded with bags of spices and nice-smelling resins. They were going down to Egypt to sell those things there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_26","002_37_26","GEN","37","26","26","Judah said to his older and younger brothers, “If we kill our younger brother and hide his body, ◄what will we gain?/we will not gain anything!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_27","002_37_27","GEN","37","27","27","So, instead of harming him, let’s sell him to these men who are descendants of Ishmael. Don’t forget, he is our own younger brother!” So they all agreed to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_28","002_37_28","GEN","37","28","28","When those traders from the Midian area came near, Joseph’s brothers pulled him up out of the pit/cistern. Then they sold him to the men from Midian for 20 pieces of silver. The traders then took Joseph to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_29","002_37_29","GEN","37","29","29","When Reuben returned to the pit/cistern, he saw that his younger brother was not there. He was so grieved that he tore his clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_30","002_37_30","GEN","37","30","30","He went back to his younger brothers and said, “The boy is not in the pit/cistern! What can I do now?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_31","002_37_31","GEN","37","31","31","Joseph’s brothers did not dare to tell their father what they had done. So, they decided to invent a story about what had happened. They got Joseph’s robe. Then they killed a goat and dipped the robe in the goat’s blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_32","002_37_32","GEN","37","32","32","They took that pretty robe back to their father and said, “We found this robe! Look at it. Is it your son’s robe?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_33","002_37_33","GEN","37","33","33","He recognized it, and he said, “Yes, it is my son’s robe! Some ferocious/wild animal must have attacked and killed him! I am sure that the animal has torn Joseph to pieces!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_34","002_37_34","GEN","37","34","34","Jacob was so grieved that he tore his clothes. He put on ◄sackcloth/clothes that people wear when they are mourning for someone who has died►. He mourned/cried for his son for many days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_35","002_37_35","GEN","37","35","35","All of his children came to try to comfort him, but he did not pay attention to what they said. He said, “No, I will still be mourning/crying when I die and go to be with my son.” So Joseph’s father continued to cry because of what had happened to his son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN37_36","002_37_36","GEN","37","36","36","In the meantime, the men/traders from Midian took Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, who was one of the king’s officials. He was the captain of the soldiers who protected the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_1","002_38_1","GEN","38","1","1","At that time, Judah left his older and younger brothers and went down from the hilly area and stayed with a man whose name was Hiram, who lived in Adullam town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_2","002_38_2","GEN","38","2","2","There he ◄met/became acquainted with► a woman who was the daughter of a man from Canaan named Shua. He married her. He had sex EUP with her, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_3","002_38_3","GEN","38","3","3","and she became pregnant and later gave birth to a son, whom he named Er. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_4","002_38_4","GEN","38","4","4","Later she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son whom she named Onan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_5","002_38_5","GEN","38","5","5","Many years later, when Judah and his family went to live in Kezib town, Judah’s wife gave birth to another son, whom she named Shelah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_6","002_38_6","GEN","38","6","6","When Judah’s oldest son Er grew up, Judah got a wife for him, a woman named Tamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_7","002_38_7","GEN","38","7","7","But Er did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_8","002_38_8","GEN","38","8","8","Then Judah said to Onan, “Your older brother died without having any sons. So marry his widow and have sex EUP with her. That is what our customs require that you should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_9","002_38_9","GEN","38","9","9","But Onan knew if he did that, any children who would be born would not be considered to be his. So every time he had sex EUP with his brother’s widow, he spilled his semen on the ground, so that she would not get pregnant and produce children for his older brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_10","002_38_10","GEN","38","10","10","Yahweh considered that what he did was wicked, so he caused him to die also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_11","002_38_11","GEN","38","11","11","Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Return to your father’s house, but do not marry anyone else. When my youngest son Shelah grows up, he can marry you.” But Judah really did not want Shelah to marry her, because he was afraid that then Shelah would die too, just as his older brothers had died. So Tamar obeyed Judah and went back to live in her father’s house again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_12","002_38_12","GEN","38","12","12","Several years later, Judah’s wife, who was the daughter of Shua, died. When the time of mourning for her was finished, Judah decided to go up to Timnah, to the place where his ◄men were shearing his sheep/sheep were being sheared► His friend Hiram, from Adullam, went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_13","002_38_13","GEN","38","13","13","Someone said to Tamar, “Your father-in-law is going to the fields near the city of Timnah to help the men who are shearing his sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_14","002_38_14","GEN","38","14","14","She realized that now Shelah was grown up, but Judah had not given her to him to be his wife. So she took off her widow’s clothes, and covered her head with a veil, so that people would not ◄recognize her/know who she was►. Then she sat down at the entrance to Enaim town, which is on the road to Timnah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_15","002_38_15","GEN","38","15","15","When Judah came along and saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, because she had covered her head like prostitutes often did (OR, and sat where prostitutes often sat). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_16","002_38_16","GEN","38","16","16","Judah did not realize that she was his daughter-in-law. So he said to her, “Hey, let me have sex EUP with you!” She replied, “What will you give me for allowing you to have sex EUP with me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_17","002_38_17","GEN","38","17","17","He replied, “I will send you a young goat from my flock of goats.” She asked, “Will you give me something now for me to keep until you send the goat?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_18","002_38_18","GEN","38","18","18","He replied, “What do you want me to give to you?” She replied, “Give me the ring that has your name on it that is tied by a cord around your neck, and give me the walking stick that you are holding in your hand.” So he gave them to her. Then he had sex EUP with her, and she became pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_19","002_38_19","GEN","38","19","19","After she left, she took off the veil and put her widow’s clothes on again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_20","002_38_20","GEN","38","20","20","Judah gave a young goat to his friend from Adullam, for him to take back to the woman, as he had promised. But his friend could not find the woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_21","002_38_21","GEN","38","21","21","So he asked the men who lived there, “Where is the prostitute who was sitting by the road at Enaim?” They replied, “There has never been a prostitute here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_22","002_38_22","GEN","38","22","22","So he went back to Judah and said, “I did not find her. Furthermore, the men who live in that town said, ‘There has never been a prostitute here.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_23","002_38_23","GEN","38","23","23","Judah said, “She can keep the things that I gave to her. If we continued to search for her, people would ridicule us. I tried to send this young goat to her, but you could not find her to give it to her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_24","002_38_24","GEN","38","24","24","About three months later, someone told Judah, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has become a prostitute and now she is pregnant!” Judah said, “Drag her outside of the city and kill her by burning her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_25","002_38_25","GEN","38","25","25","But as they were taking her outside of the city, she gave the ring and walking stick to someone, and told him to take them to Judah, and say to him, “The man who owns these things is the one who caused me to become pregnant.” She also said to tell him, “Look at this ring, and the cord that is attached to it, and this walking stick. Whose are they?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_26","002_38_26","GEN","38","26","26","When the man did that, Judah recognized the ring and the stick. He said, “She is more righteous than I am. I did not tell my son Shelah to marry her, as I promised that I would.” And Judah did not have sex EUP with her again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_27","002_38_27","GEN","38","27","27","When it was time for her to give birth, she was surprised that there were twin boys in her womb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_28","002_38_28","GEN","38","28","28","As she was giving birth, one of them put out his hand. So the midwife fastened a scarlet thread around his wrist, saying, “This one came out first.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_29","002_38_29","GEN","38","29","29","But he pulled his hand back inside the womb, and his brother came out first. So she said, “So this is how you break your way out first!” So she named him Perez, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘breaking out.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN38_30","002_38_30","GEN","38","30","30","Then his younger brother, the one who had the scarlet thread around his wrist, came out. And he was named Zerah, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘redness of dawn.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_1","002_39_1","GEN","39","1","1","Meanwhile, the descendants of Ishmael took Joseph down to Egypt. There Potiphar bought Joseph from them. Potiphar was an Egyptian who was one of the king’s officials and the captain of the king’s ◄palace guards/guards who protected the king►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_2","002_39_2","GEN","39","2","2","Because Yahweh helped Joseph, he was able to do his work very well, and lived in the house of his Egyptian master. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_3","002_39_3","GEN","39","3","3","His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_4","002_39_4","GEN","39","4","4","Joseph’s master was pleased with him, so he appointed him to be his personal servant. Then he appointed him to be the one who would take care of everything in his household and all of his possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_5","002_39_5","GEN","39","5","5","From the time Potiphar appointed Joseph to take care of everything in his household and all that he owned, Yahweh blessed the people who lived in Potiphar’s house because of Joseph. He also caused Potiphar’s crops to grow well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_6","002_39_6","GEN","39","6","6","Potiphar allowed Joseph to take care of everything that he owned. Potiphar needed to decide only about the food he ate. He was not concerned about anything else in his house. Joseph was well-built/muscular and handsome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_7","002_39_7","GEN","39","7","7","Because of that, after a while, his master’s wife started to look fondly at Joseph. So one day she said to him, “Have sex EUP with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_8","002_39_8","GEN","39","8","8","But he refused, saying to his master’s wife, “Listen! My master is not concerned about anything in this house. He has appointed me to take care of everything that he owns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_9","002_39_9","GEN","39","9","9","No one in this household has more authority than I do. The only thing that he has not allowed me to have is you, because you are his wife! So ◄how could I do this wicked thing that you are asking me to do?/I certainly could not do this wicked thing!► RHQ I would be sinning against God if I did that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_10","002_39_10","GEN","39","10","10","She kept on asking Joseph day after day to have sex EUP with her, but he refused. He would not even go near her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_11","002_39_11","GEN","39","11","11","One day Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the other household servants were in the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_12","002_39_12","GEN","39","12","12","Potiphar’s wife grabbed his cloak and said, “Have sex EUP with me!” Joseph ran out of the house, but his cloak was still in her hand! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_13","002_39_13","GEN","39","13","13","When she saw that he had run outside leaving his cloak in her hand, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_14","002_39_14","GEN","39","14","14","she called the household servants. She said to them, “Look! This Hebrew man that my husband brought to us is ◄insulting/trying to do something disgraceful to► us! He came into my room and tried to ◄rape me/make me have sex EUP with him►, but I screamed loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_15","002_39_15","GEN","39","15","15","As soon as he heard me scream loudly, he left his loincloth with me and ran outside!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_16","002_39_16","GEN","39","16","16","She kept the loincloth beside her until her husband, Joseph’s master, came home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_17","002_39_17","GEN","39","17","17","Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave whom you brought here came into my room and tried to rape me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_18","002_39_18","GEN","39","18","18","As soon as I screamed loudly, he ran outside, leaving me holding his loincloth!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_19","002_39_19","GEN","39","19","19","When Joseph’s master heard this story that his wife told him, saying “This is how your slave treated me,” he was very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_20","002_39_20","GEN","39","20","20","Joseph’s master took Joseph and put him in prison, the place where all the king’s prisoners were put, and Joseph stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_21","002_39_21","GEN","39","21","21","But Yahweh was kind to Joseph and helped him, and caused the ◄prison warden/man who was in charge of the prison► to be pleased with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_22","002_39_22","GEN","39","22","22","So the prison warden put Joseph in charge of all those who were in the prison, and in charge of all the work that was done there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN39_23","002_39_23","GEN","39","23","23","The warden was not concerned with anything that Joseph was taking care of, because Yahweh helped Joseph to do well everything that he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_1","002_40_1","GEN","40","1","1","Some time later, two of the king of Egypt’s officials did things that displeased him. One was his chief ◄drink-server/man who prepared the wine and served it to the king►, and the other was his chief ◄baker/man who baked bread for the king►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_2","002_40_2","GEN","40","2","2","The king became angry with both of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_3","002_40_3","GEN","40","3","3","So he had them put in prison, in the house of the captain of the palace guards. That was the place where Joseph was being kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_4","002_40_4","GEN","40","4","4","The two men were in prison for a long time. And during that time the captain of the palace guards appointed Joseph to be their servant, to take care of their needs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_5","002_40_5","GEN","40","5","5","One night while the king’s drink-server and his baker were there in the prison, each of them had a dream. Each dream had a different meaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_6","002_40_6","GEN","40","6","6","The next morning, when Joseph came to them, he saw that both of them were dejected/worried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_7","002_40_7","GEN","40","7","7","So he asked them, “Why do you look so sad today?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_8","002_40_8","GEN","40","8","8","One of them answered, “We both had dreams last night, but there is no one who can tell us the meaning of the dreams.” Joseph said to them, “God is the only one who can RHQ tell the meaning of dreams. So tell me what you dreamed, and God will tell me the meaning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_9","002_40_9","GEN","40","9","9","So the king’s chief drink-server told his dream to Joseph. He said, “In my dream I saw a grapevine in front of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_10","002_40_10","GEN","40","10","10","On the vine there were three branches. After the branches budded, they blossomed, and then they produced clusters of grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_11","002_40_11","GEN","40","11","11","I was holding the king’s cup, so I took the grapes and squeezed the juice into the cup. Then I gave the cup to the king to drink the juice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_12","002_40_12","GEN","40","12","12","God immediately told Joseph what the dream meant. So Joseph said to him, “This is the meaning of your dream: The three branches of the vine represent three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_13","002_40_13","GEN","40","13","13","Within three days the king will release you from prison. He will let you do the work that you did before. You will take cups of wine to the king as you did before, when you were his drink-server. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_14","002_40_14","GEN","40","14","14","But when you are out of prison and everything goes well for you, please do not forget me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_15","002_40_15","GEN","40","15","15","People took me away forcefully from the land where my fellow Hebrews live. I did nothing wrong there, and also while I have been here in Egypt, I have done nothing for which I deserved to be put in prison. So be kind to me and tell the king about me, so that he will release me from this prison!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_16","002_40_16","GEN","40","16","16","When the chief baker heard that the meaning of the dream of the king’s drink-server was very favorable, he said to Joseph, “I also had a dream. In the dream I was surprised to see three baskets of bread stacked on my head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_17","002_40_17","GEN","40","17","17","In the top basket there were many kinds of baked goods for the king, but birds were eating them from the top basket that was on my head!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_18","002_40_18","GEN","40","18","18","God again told Joseph what the dream meant, so he said, “The three baskets also represent three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_19","002_40_19","GEN","40","19","19","Within three days the king will command that your head be cut off. Then your body will be hung on a tree, and vultures will come and eat your flesh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_20","002_40_20","GEN","40","20","20","The third day after that was the ◄king’s birthday/day they celebrated when the king became one year older►. On that day the king invited all his officials to celebrate his birthday. During the celebration, while they were all gathered there, the king summoned his chief drink-server and chief baker from the prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_21","002_40_21","GEN","40","21","21","He said that his chief drink-server could have his previous job again, so that again he took cups of wine to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_22","002_40_22","GEN","40","22","22","But he commanded that the chief baker should be killed by being hanged, just as Joseph had said would happen when he told the two men the meaning of their dreams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN40_23","002_40_23","GEN","40","23","23","But the chief drink-server did not think about Joseph. He forgot to do what Joseph asked him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_1","002_41_1","GEN","41","1","1","Two complete years later, the king of Egypt had a dream. In the dream, he was standing alongside the Nile River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_2","002_41_2","GEN","41","2","2","Suddenly seven healthy fat cows come up out of the river. They started eating the grass that was on the riverbank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_3","002_41_3","GEN","41","3","3","Soon seven other cows, unhealthy-looking and thin, came up behind them from the Nile River. They stood alongside the fat cows that were on the riverbank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_4","002_41_4","GEN","41","4","4","Then the unhealthy thin cows ate the seven healthy fat cows. And then the king woke up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_5","002_41_5","GEN","41","5","5","The king went to sleep again, and he had another dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain that were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and all growing on one stalk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_6","002_41_6","GEN","41","6","6","After that, the king saw that seven other heads of grain sprouted on that (OR, on another) stalk. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_7","002_41_7","GEN","41","7","7","Then the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven ripe full heads. Then the king woke up. He realized that he had been dreaming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_8","002_41_8","GEN","41","8","8","But the next morning he was worried about the meaning of the dream. So he summoned all the magicians and wise men who lived in Egypt. He told them what he had dreamed, but none of them could tell him the meaning of the two dreams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_9","002_41_9","GEN","41","9","9","Then the chief drink-server said to the king, “Now I remember something that I should have told you! I made a mistake by forgetting to tell it to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_10","002_41_10","GEN","41","10","10","One time you were angry with two of us. So you put me and the chief baker in the prison in the house of the captain of the palace guards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_11","002_41_11","GEN","41","11","11","While we were there, one night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_12","002_41_12","GEN","41","12","12","There was a young Hebrew man there with us. He was a servant of the captain of the palace guards. We told him what we had dreamed, and he told us what our dreams meant. He told each of us the meaning of our dreams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_13","002_41_13","GEN","41","13","13","And what happened was exactly the same as the meanings that he told us: You said I could have my previous job again, but the other man was killed by being hanged. The Hebrew man’s name was Joseph.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_14","002_41_14","GEN","41","14","14","When the king heard that, he told some servants to bring Joseph to him, and they quickly brought Joseph out of the prison. Joseph shaved and put on better clothes, and then he went and stood in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_15","002_41_15","GEN","41","15","15","The king said to Joseph, “I had two dreams, and no one can tell me what they mean. But someone told me that when you hear someone tell about a dream he has had, you can tell that person what the dream means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_16","002_41_16","GEN","41","16","16","But Joseph replied to the king, “No, I cannot do that. It is God who knows the meaning of dreams, but he will enable me to tell you their meaning, and they will mean something good.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_17","002_41_17","GEN","41","17","17","The king said to Joseph, “In my first dream I was standing on the bank of the Nile River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_18","002_41_18","GEN","41","18","18","Suddenly seven healthy fat cows came up out of the river, and they started eating the grass that was on the riverbank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_19","002_41_19","GEN","41","19","19","Soon seven other cows, ugly and thin ones, came up behind them from the river. I never saw such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_20","002_41_20","GEN","41","20","20","The thin ugly cows ate the seven fat cows that came up first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_21","002_41_21","GEN","41","21","21","But afterwards, no one would have known that the thin cows ate them, because they were just as ugly as they were before. Then I woke up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_22","002_41_22","GEN","41","22","22","Then I had another dream. I saw seven heads of grain. They were full of kernels of grain and ripe, and they were all growing on one stalk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_23","002_41_23","GEN","41","23","23","Then to my surprise I saw seven other heads of grain that sprouted. They were thin and had been dried up by the hot east wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_24","002_41_24","GEN","41","24","24","The thin heads of grain swallowed the seven good heads. I told these dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain to me what they meant.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_25","002_41_25","GEN","41","25","25","Then Joseph said to the king, “Both your dreams have the same meaning. God is revealing to you in your dreams what he is about to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_26","002_41_26","GEN","41","26","26","The seven healthy cows represent seven years. The seven good heads of grain also represent seven years. The two dreams both have the same meaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_27","002_41_27","GEN","41","27","27","The seven thin ugly cows that came up behind them and the seven worthless heads of grain that were dried up by the hot east wind each represent seven years ◄of famine/when food will be very scarce►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_28","002_41_28","GEN","41","28","28","It will happen just as I have told you, because God has revealed to you what he is about to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_29","002_41_29","GEN","41","29","29","There will be seven years in which there will be plenty of food throughout the land of Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_30","002_41_30","GEN","41","30","30","but after that there will be seven years ◄of famine/when food will be very scarce►. Then people will forget all the years when there was plenty of food, because the famine that will come afterward will ruin the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_31","002_41_31","GEN","41","31","31","The people will forget how plentiful food was previously, because the famine will be very terrible. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_32","002_41_32","GEN","41","32","32","The reason God gave to you two dreams is that he wants you to know that this will happen, and he will cause it to happen very soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_33","002_41_33","GEN","41","33","33","“Now I suggest that you should choose a man who is wise and can make good decisions. I suggest that you appoint him to direct the affairs of the whole country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_34","002_41_34","GEN","41","34","34","You should also appoint supervisors over the country, in order that they can arrange to collect one-fifth of all the grain that is harvested during the seven years when food is plentiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_35","002_41_35","GEN","41","35","35","They should collect this amount of grain during those seven years that are coming, when there will be plenty of food. You should supervise them as they store it in the cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_36","002_41_36","GEN","41","36","36","This grain should be stored so that it can be eaten during the seven years when there will be a famine here in Egypt, so that the people in this country will not die from hunger.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_37","002_41_37","GEN","41","37","37","The king and his officials thought that this would be a good plan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_38","002_41_38","GEN","41","38","38","So the king said to them, “◄Can we find any other man like Joseph, a man to whom God has given his Spirit?/It is not likely that we will find another man like this man, one to whom God has given his Spirit!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_39","002_41_39","GEN","41","39","39","Then the king said to Joseph, “Because God has revealed all this to you, it seems to me that there is no one who is as wise as you and who can decide wisely about things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_40","002_41_40","GEN","41","40","40","So I will put you in charge of everything in my palace. All the people here in Egypt must obey what you command. Only because I am king MTY will I have more authority than you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_41","002_41_41","GEN","41","41","41","Then the king said to Joseph, “I am now putting you in charge of the whole country of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_42","002_41_42","GEN","41","42","42","The king took from his finger the ring that had his seal on it, and he put it on Joseph’s finger. He put robes made of fine linen on him, and he put a gold chain around his neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_43","002_41_43","GEN","41","43","43","Then he arranged for Joseph to ride around in the chariot that showed that he was the second-most important man in the country. When Joseph rode in the chariot, men shouted to the people who were on the road in front of him, “Get off the road!” So the king put Joseph in charge of everything in the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_44","002_41_44","GEN","41","44","44","The king said to Joseph, “I am the king, but no one in the whole land of Egypt will do anything IDM if you do not permit them to do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_45","002_41_45","GEN","41","45","45","The king gave Joseph a new name, Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath to be his wife. She was the daughter of Potiphera, who was a priest in a temple in On city. Then Joseph became known (OR, traveled) through all the land of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_46","002_41_46","GEN","41","46","46","Joseph was 30 years old when he started to work for the king of Egypt. To do his work, he left the king’s palace and traveled throughout Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_47","002_41_47","GEN","41","47","47","During the next seven years, the land produced abundant crops, so there was plenty of food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_48","002_41_48","GEN","41","48","48","As Joseph supervised them, his helpers collected one-fifth of all the grain that was produced during those years, and stored it in the cities. In each city, he had his helpers store up the grain that was grown in the fields that surrounded that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_49","002_41_49","GEN","41","49","49","Joseph had them store up a huge amount of grain. It looked as plentiful as the sand on the seashore. There was so much grain that after a while they stopped keeping records of how much grain was stored, because there was more grain than they could measure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_50","002_41_50","GEN","41","50","50","Before the seven years of famine started, Joseph’s wife Asenath gave birth to two sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_51","002_41_51","GEN","41","51","51","Joseph named the first one Manasseh, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘forget’, because, he said, “God has caused me to forget all my troubles and all my father’s family.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_52","002_41_52","GEN","41","52","52","He named his second son Ephraim, which means ‘to have children’, because, he said, “God has given me children here in this land where I have suffered.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_53","002_41_53","GEN","41","53","53","Finally the seven years in which there was plenty of food ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_54","002_41_54","GEN","41","54","54","Then the seven years of famine started, just as Joseph had predicted. There was also a famine in all the other nearby lands, but although the crops did not grow, there was food everywhere in Egypt, because of the grain they had stored up in the cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_55","002_41_55","GEN","41","55","55","When all the people of MTY Egypt had eaten all of their own food and were still hungry, they begged the king for food. So the king told all the people of Egypt, “Go to Joseph, and do what he tells you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_56","002_41_56","GEN","41","56","56","When the famine was very bad throughout the whole country, Joseph ordered his helpers to open the storehouses. Then they sold the grain in the storehouses to the people of Egypt, because the famine was very severe all over Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN41_57","002_41_57","GEN","41","57","57","And people from many HYP nearby countries came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was very severe everywhere HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_1","002_42_1","GEN","42","1","1","When someone told Jacob that there was grain in Egypt that people could buy, he said to his sons, “◄Why do you just sit there looking at each other?/Do not just sit there looking at each other!► RHQ We need some grain!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_2","002_42_2","GEN","42","2","2","He said to them, “Someone told me that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, in order that we will not die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_3","002_42_3","GEN","42","3","3","So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy some grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_4","002_42_4","GEN","42","4","4","But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s younger brother, to go with the others, because he was afraid/worried that something terrible might happen to him like what happened to Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_5","002_42_5","GEN","42","5","5","So Jacob’s other sons went down from Canaan to Egypt to buy grain, and others from there went too, because there was a famine in Canaan also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_6","002_42_6","GEN","42","6","6","At that time Joseph was the governor of Egypt. He was the one who sold grain to people who came from all over Egypt and from many other countries HYP to buy grain. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they were told that it was necessary for them to talk with Joseph. So they went to him and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_7","002_42_7","GEN","42","7","7","As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them. But he pretended that he did not know them. He spoke harshly to them, saying, “Where do you come from?” One of them replied, “We have come from Canaan, to buy some grain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_8","002_42_8","GEN","42","8","8","Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_9","002_42_9","GEN","42","9","9","And then Joseph remembered what he had dreamed about them many years previously. But he decided not to tell them yet that he was their younger brother. He said to them, “You are spies! You have come to find out whether we will be able to defend ourselves if you attack us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_10","002_42_10","GEN","42","10","10","One of them replied, “No, sir! We have come to buy grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_11","002_42_11","GEN","42","11","11","We are all sons of one man. We are honest men, not spies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_12","002_42_12","GEN","42","12","12","He said to them, “I do not believe you. You have come just to see whether we would be able to defend ourselves if we were attacked!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_13","002_42_13","GEN","42","13","13","But one of them replied, “No, that is not true! Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one man. Our younger brother is with our father. One younger brother has died. EUP” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_14","002_42_14","GEN","42","14","14","Joseph replied, “You are lying! I think it is just as I told you. You are spies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_15","002_42_15","GEN","42","15","15","But this is how I will determine whether what you are saying is true. I think that as surely as the king lives, you are spies. And you will not leave this place until your youngest brother comes here! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_16","002_42_16","GEN","42","16","16","Send one of your group to go and get your younger brother and bring him here. I will put the rest of you in prison, in order that I may test what you have said to find out whether what you are telling me is true. If the one who goes does not bring your younger brother here, then, just as surely as the king lives, it will be clear that you are lying and that you are spies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_17","002_42_17","GEN","42","17","17","Then Joseph put them all in prison for three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_18","002_42_18","GEN","42","18","18","On the third day, Joseph went to the prison and said to them, “I am a man who fears that God will punish me if I do not do what I promise. So do what I tell you, and I will spare your lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_19","002_42_19","GEN","42","19","19","If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, and the rest of you can take some grain back to your families who are very hungry because of the famine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_20","002_42_20","GEN","42","20","20","But if you come back here again, you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that you can prove that what you told me is true, and as a result I will not have you executed.” So they agreed to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_21","002_42_21","GEN","42","21","21","They said to each other, “It is surely because of what we did to our younger brother that ◄we are being punished/God is punishing us►! We saw that he SYN was very distressed when he pleaded with us not to harm him. But we did not pay any attention to him, and that is why we are having this trouble!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_22","002_42_22","GEN","42","22","22","Reuben said to them, “I told you not to harm the boy RHQ, but you did not pay attention to what I said! Now we are being ◄paid back/punished► for killing him MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_23","002_42_23","GEN","42","23","23","While they were talking with Joseph, they were speaking through ◄an interpreter/someone who knew their language and the Egyptian language►, but when they said these things among themselves, they were speaking in their own language, and they did not know that Joseph could understand their language, and that he could understand what they were saying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_24","002_42_24","GEN","42","24","24","Because of what they said, Joseph realized that they admitted that what they had done to him many years previously was wrong. He could not keep from crying, and he did not want them to see him crying, so he left them and went outside the room and began to cry. But then he returned to them and talked to them again. Then he took Simeon, and while they were watching, he told his servants to tie him up. He left Simeon in the prison and told the others that they could go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_25","002_42_25","GEN","42","25","25","Joseph told his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also told them to put the money that each one had paid for the grain in the top of his sack. He also told them to give them food to eat along the way. After the servants did those things for Joseph’s older brothers, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_26","002_42_26","GEN","42","26","26","his older brothers loaded the sacks of grain on their donkeys and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_27","002_42_27","GEN","42","27","27","At the place where they stopped to sleep that night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey. He was amazed to see his money in the top of the sack. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_28","002_42_28","GEN","42","28","28","He exclaimed to his brothers, “Someone has returned my money! Here it is in my sack!” They started shaking with fear, and said to each other, “What is this that God has done to us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_29","002_42_29","GEN","42","29","29","When they returned to their father in Canaan land, they told him all that had happened to them. One of them said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_30","002_42_30","GEN","42","30","30","“The man who governs the whole land of Egypt talked very harshly to us. He acted toward us as though we were spying on his country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_31","002_42_31","GEN","42","31","31","But we told him, ‘We are honest men! We are not spies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_32","002_42_32","GEN","42","32","32","Originally there were twelve of us who were brothers, the sons of one father. One has died EUP, and our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_33","002_42_33","GEN","42","33","33","The man who is the governor of the land did not believe us, so he said to us, ‘This is how I will know if you are truly honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me. Then the rest of you can take some grain for your families that are starving from hunger and go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_34","002_42_34","GEN","42","34","34","But when you return, bring your youngest brother to me, in order that I will know that you are not spies, but instead, that you are honest men. Then I will release your brother for you. And then you can buy whatever you want in this country.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_35","002_42_35","GEN","42","35","35","As they were emptying their sacks, they were surprised that in each man’s sack was his pouch of money! When they and their father saw all the pouches of money, they were frightened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_36","002_42_36","GEN","42","36","36","Their father Jacob said to them, “You have caused two of my children to be taken from me! Joseph is dead, and Simeon is gone! And now you want to take Benjamin from me! It is I who am suffering because of all these things that are happening!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_37","002_42_37","GEN","42","37","37","Reuben said to his father, “I will be responsible for Benjamin. I will take him to Egypt and bring him back to you. Let me take care of him. If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you may kill both of my sons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN42_38","002_42_38","GEN","42","38","38","But Jacob said, “No, I will not let my son go down there with you. His older brother is dead, and he is the only one of my wife Rachel’s sons who is left! If something harms him while you are traveling, you would cause me, a gray-haired old man, to die because of sorrow.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_1","002_43_1","GEN","43","1","1","The famine in Canaan got worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_2","002_43_2","GEN","43","2","2","Finally, when Jacob and his family had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, Jacob said to them, “Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain for us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_3","002_43_3","GEN","43","3","3","But Judah said to him, “The man who sold us the grain warned us sternly, ‘I will not let you see me SYN again if you come and your younger brother is not with you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_4","002_43_4","GEN","43","4","4","So, if you will send our younger brother with us, we will go down to Egypt and buy some grain for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_5","002_43_5","GEN","43","5","5","But if you will not send him, we will not go down there, because that man said to us, ‘I will not let you see me again if your younger brother is not with you.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_6","002_43_6","GEN","43","6","6","Jacob asked, “Why did you cause me to have this trouble by telling the man that you had a younger brother?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_7","002_43_7","GEN","43","7","7","One of them replied, “The man asked about us and about our family. He said, ‘Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?’ We had to answer his questions. ◄We could not know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’/How could we know that he would say, ‘The next time that you come down here, bring your brother with you!’►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_8","002_43_8","GEN","43","8","8","Then Judah said to his father Jacob, “Send the boy with me, and we will go immediately, in order that we and you and our children may get grain and not die from hunger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_9","002_43_9","GEN","43","9","9","I myself will guarantee that he will return. You can require me to do what I am promising IDM. If I do not bring him back to you safely, you can say forever that ◄I am to blame/it was my fault that he did not return to you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_10","002_43_10","GEN","43","10","10","If we had not ◄wasted so much time/waited so long►, by now we could have gone there and returned two times!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_11","002_43_11","GEN","43","11","11","Then their father Jacob said to them, “If there is no other way, do this: Put in your sacks some of the best things that are grown in this land, and take them down to the man as a gift. Take some balm/perfume and honey and spices and myrrh/ointment, some pistachio nuts, and almonds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_12","002_43_12","GEN","43","12","12","Take twice as much money as you took the previous time, because you must return the silver that someone put in the tops of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake that it was put in your sacks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_13","002_43_13","GEN","43","13","13","Take your younger brother and go back to that man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_14","002_43_14","GEN","43","14","14","I will pray that God Almighty will cause that man to act mercifully toward you, so that he will let your other brother, as well as Benjamin, come back here with you. But as for me, if my sons are taken from me, then I will not have my sons!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_15","002_43_15","GEN","43","15","15","So the men took the gifts that Jacob said that they should take, and twice the amount of money that the grain would cost, and they also took Benjamin. They went down quickly to Egypt, and they stood in front of Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_16","002_43_16","GEN","43","16","16","When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the man who ◄was in charge of/supervised► things in his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare a meal, because I want them to eat with me at noon.” And he told him in what order they were to be seated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_17","002_43_17","GEN","43","17","17","The man did as Joseph said. And he took them to Joseph’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_18","002_43_18","GEN","43","18","18","But they were afraid because he was taking them to Joseph’s house. They were thinking, “He is taking us here because of the silver that was put in our sacks the first time that we came here. While we are eating, he will have his servants attack us and seize us and cause us to become his slaves, and also take our donkeys.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_19","002_43_19","GEN","43","19","19","They went with the man who was in charge of things in Joseph’s house. When they arrived at the entrance of the house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_20","002_43_20","GEN","43","20","20","one of them said to him, “Please, sir, listen to me. We came down here previously and bought some grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_21","002_43_21","GEN","43","21","21","But at the place where we stopped for the night as we were returning home, we opened our sacks. We were astonished to see that in the top of each of our sacks was the exact amount of silver that we had paid for the grain! So we have brought it back with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_22","002_43_22","GEN","43","22","22","We have also brought more silver with us to buy more grain. We do not know who put the silver in our sacks.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_23","002_43_23","GEN","43","23","23","The man replied, “Relax! Do not worry about it! I received the silver that you brought. Your God, the God your father worships, must have put it in your sacks.” And then he brought Simeon to them from the prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_24","002_43_24","GEN","43","24","24","Then he took them into Joseph’s house. He gave them water to wash their feet and gave them food for the donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_25","002_43_25","GEN","43","25","25","He told them that they were going to eat with Joseph at noon. So the men prepared their gifts to give to Joseph when he arrived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_26","002_43_26","GEN","43","26","26","When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts that they had brought into the house. Then they bowed down to the ground in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_27","002_43_27","GEN","43","27","27","He asked them if they were ◄well/in good health►, and then he asked, “How is the health of your old father, the one that you told me about? Is he still living?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_28","002_43_28","GEN","43","28","28","One of them replied, “Yes, our father, who is willing to be your servant, is still alive, and he is well.” Then again they bowed down in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_29","002_43_29","GEN","43","29","29","Then he saw his younger brother Benjamin, his own mother’s other son. He asked them, “Is this your youngest brother, the one whom you told me about?” After they said “Yes,” he said to Benjamin, “Young man, I pray that God will act kindly toward you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_30","002_43_30","GEN","43","30","30","Joseph quickly left the room. He realized that he was about to cry because he ◄was full of emotion about his younger brother/loved his younger brother so much►. He went into his private room and cried there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_31","002_43_31","GEN","43","31","31","Then, after he washed the tears from his face, he came out, and controlling his emotions, he said to the servants, “Serve the food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_32","002_43_32","GEN","43","32","32","The people of Egypt considered that it was disgraceful for them to eat with Hebrews, so the servants served food to Joseph by himself, and served the other people of Egypt who ate with him by themselves, and they served Joseph’s older brothers and younger brother by themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_33","002_43_33","GEN","43","33","33","His brothers were astonished to see that their seats were arranged according to their ages, from the oldest to the youngest! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN43_34","002_43_34","GEN","43","34","34","And when their portions of food were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s portion! So they ate food and drank wine with Joseph and became very cheerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_1","002_44_1","GEN","44","1","1","When his brothers were ready to return home, Joseph said to the man who was in charge of things in his house, “Fill the sacks of those men with as much grain as they can carry on their donkeys. And put in the top of each man’s sack the silver that he paid for the grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_2","002_44_2","GEN","44","2","2","Then put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother’s sack, along with the silver that he paid for the grain.” So the servant did what Joseph told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_3","002_44_3","GEN","44","3","3","The next morning at dawn the men started on the way home with their donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_4","002_44_4","GEN","44","4","4","When they had not gone far from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of things in his house, “Pursue those men immediately. When you catch up to them, say to them, ‘We did good things for you! Why have you paid us back by doing something bad to us? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_5","002_44_5","GEN","44","5","5","You have stolen the cup that my master drinks from RHQ! It is the cup that he uses to find out things that nobody knows! What you did was very wicked!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_6","002_44_6","GEN","44","6","6","The servant left immediately and when he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had told him to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_7","002_44_7","GEN","44","7","7","But one of them replied to him, “Sir, why do you say such things? We are your servants, and we would never do anything like that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_8","002_44_8","GEN","44","8","8","We even brought back to you from Canaan land the silver that we found inside the tops of our sacks! So ◄we certainly would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house!/Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_9","002_44_9","GEN","44","9","9","If you discover that any of us has that cup, you can execute him, and the rest of us will become your slaves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_10","002_44_10","GEN","44","10","10","The man replied, “Okay, I will do what you say. But the one who has the cup will not be executed. Instead, he will become my slave, and the rest of you may return home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_11","002_44_11","GEN","44","11","11","Each of the men quickly lowered his sack down from the donkey to the ground and opened it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_12","002_44_12","GEN","44","12","12","Then the servant started to search for the cup in each sack. He started with the oldest brother’s sack and ended with the youngest one’s sack. And he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack and showed it to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_13","002_44_13","GEN","44","13","13","The brothers tore their clothes because they were so dismayed. They loaded the sacks on the donkeys again and returned to the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_14","002_44_14","GEN","44","14","14","When Judah and his older and younger brothers entered Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there. The servant told Joseph what had happened. Then the brothers threw themselves down on the ground in front of Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_15","002_44_15","GEN","44","15","15","He said to them, “Why did you do this? Do you not know that a man like me can find out things that nobody knows?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_16","002_44_16","GEN","44","16","16","Judah replied, “Sir, what can we say? How can we prove that we ◄are innocent/did not steal the cup►? God has ◄paid us back/punished us► for the sins we committed many years ago. So now we will become your slaves—both we and the one in whose sack the cup was found.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_17","002_44_17","GEN","44","17","17","But Joseph replied, “No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_18","002_44_18","GEN","44","18","18","Then Judah came near to Joseph and said, “Sir, please let me say something to you. You are equal to the king himself, so you could command that I be executed; but do not be angry with me for speaking to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_19","002_44_19","GEN","44","19","19","You asked us, ‘Is your father still living, and do you have another brother?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_20","002_44_20","GEN","44","20","20","We answered, ‘Our father is alive, but he is an old man. He has a young son who was born after our father became an old man. That son had an older brother, who is now dead. So the youngest son is the only one of his mother’s sons who is still alive, and his father loves him very much.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_21","002_44_21","GEN","44","21","21","Then you said to us, ‘The next time you come here, bring your younger brother down to me, so that I can see him.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_22","002_44_22","GEN","44","22","22","We said to you, ‘No, we cannot do that, because the boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die from sorrow.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_23","002_44_23","GEN","44","23","23","But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother does not come back with you, I will not let you see me again!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_24","002_44_24","GEN","44","24","24","When we returned to our father, we told him what you said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_25","002_44_25","GEN","44","25","25","Months later our father said, ‘Go back to Egypt and buy some more grain!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_26","002_44_26","GEN","44","26","26","But we said, ‘We cannot go back by ourselves. We will go only if our youngest brother is with us. We will not be able to see the man who sells grain if our youngest brother is not with us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_27","002_44_27","GEN","44","27","27","Our father replied, ‘You know that my wife Rachel gave birth to two sons for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_28","002_44_28","GEN","44","28","28","One of them disappeared, and I said, “A wild animal has surely torn him to pieces.” And I have not seen him since then. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_29","002_44_29","GEN","44","29","29","I am an old gray-haired man. If you take this other one from me, too, and something harms him, you would cause me to die because of my sorrow.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_30","002_44_30","GEN","44","30","30","“So please listen. My father will remain alive only if his youngest son remains alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_31","002_44_31","GEN","44","31","31","If he sees that the boy is not with us when we return to him, he will die. We will cause our gray-haired father to die because of his sorrow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_32","002_44_32","GEN","44","32","32","I guaranteed/promised to my father that the boy would return safely. I told him, ‘You can require me to do what I am promising. If I do not bring him back to you, you can say forever that ◄I am to blame/it is my fault► for not bringing him back to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_33","002_44_33","GEN","44","33","33","“So, please let me remain here as your slave instead of my youngest brother, and let the boy return home with his other older brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN44_34","002_44_34","GEN","44","34","34","◄I cannot return to my father if the boy is not with me!/How can I return to my father if the boy is not with me?► RHQ I do not want to see how miserable/sad my father would become!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_1","002_45_1","GEN","45","1","1","Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, “All of you go outside!” After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_2","002_45_2","GEN","45","2","2","He cried so loudly that the people of Egypt who were outside heard it, and even the people in the king’s palace heard it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_3","002_45_3","GEN","45","3","3","Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is our father still alive?” But his brothers were not able to reply, because they were frightened because of what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_4","002_45_4","GEN","45","4","4","Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Come close to me!” When they came closer, he said, “I am your brother Joseph! I am the one you sold to traders who brought me here to Egypt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_5","002_45_5","GEN","45","5","5","But now, do not be distressed, and do not be angry with yourselves for having sold me to people who brought me here, because it was to save you from dying because of the famine that God sent me here ahead of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_6","002_45_6","GEN","45","6","6","There has been a famine in this country for two years, and it will continue for five more years, so that no one will plow ground, and there will be no crops to harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_7","002_45_7","GEN","45","7","7","But God sent me here ahead of you, to keep you from starving, and to make sure that your descendants will survive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_8","002_45_8","GEN","45","8","8","Therefore, it was not you who sent me here; it was God who sent me here! He has caused me to become like a father to the king. I am in charge of everything in his palace and the governor of everyone in Egypt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_9","002_45_9","GEN","45","9","9","Now return to my father quickly, and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: “God has caused me to become the governor over the whole land of Egypt. Come down to me immediately! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_10","002_45_10","GEN","45","10","10","You can live in the Goshen region. You and your children and your grandchildren, your sheep and goats and cattle, and everything that you own, will be near me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_11","002_45_11","GEN","45","11","11","Since there will be five more years of famine, I will make sure that you have food. If you do not come here, you and your family and all of your servants will starve. EUP”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_12","002_45_12","GEN","45","12","12","“Look closely, and all of you can see, including my brother Benjamin, that it is really I, Joseph, who am speaking to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_13","002_45_13","GEN","45","13","13","Go and tell my father about how greatly I am honored here in Egypt. And tell him about everything else that you have seen. And bring my father down here quickly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_14","002_45_14","GEN","45","14","14","Then he threw his arms around his younger brother Benjamin’s neck and cried. And Benjamin hugged him and cried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_15","002_45_15","GEN","45","15","15","And then as he kissed his older brothers on their cheeks, he cried. After that, his brothers started to talk with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_16","002_45_16","GEN","45","16","16","Someone went to the palace and told the news that Joseph’s brothers had come. The king and all his officials were pleased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_17","002_45_17","GEN","45","17","17","The king said to Joseph, “Tell your brothers this: ‘Put loads of grain on your animals and return to the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_18","002_45_18","GEN","45","18","18","Then bring your father and your families back here. I will give you the best land in Egypt, and you will have the best food in the land to eat.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_19","002_45_19","GEN","45","19","19","“Also tell this to your brothers: ‘Take some carts from Egypt to carry your children and your wives, and get them and your father and come back here quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_20","002_45_20","GEN","45","20","20","Do not worry about bringing your possessions, because the best things in Egypt will be yours. Because of that, you will not need to bring any of your things from Canaan.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_21","002_45_21","GEN","45","21","21","Jacob’s sons did what the king suggested. Joseph gave them carts and food to eat along the way, as the king had ordered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_22","002_45_22","GEN","45","22","22","To each of them he gave new clothes, but he gave 300 pieces of silver and five sets of new clothes to Benjamin! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_23","002_45_23","GEN","45","23","23","And this is what he sent to his father: Ten male donkeys, loaded with some of the best goods that come from Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other food for his father’s trip to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_24","002_45_24","GEN","45","24","24","Then he sent his brothers on their way, saying to them “Do not quarrel along the way!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_25","002_45_25","GEN","45","25","25","So they left Egypt and came to their father Jacob in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_26","002_45_26","GEN","45","26","26","One of them told him, “Joseph is still alive! In fact, he is the governor over all of Egypt!” Jacob was extremely astonished; he could not believe that it was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_27","002_45_27","GEN","45","27","27","But they told him everything that Joseph had said to them, and Jacob saw the carts that Joseph had sent to carry him and his family and possessions to Egypt. Then their father Jacob’s shock ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN45_28","002_45_28","GEN","45","28","28","He said, “What you have said is enough to convince me! My son Joseph is still alive, and I will go and see him before I die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_1","002_46_1","GEN","46","1","1","So Jacob left Canaan, taking with him all his family and possessions. When they arrived at Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to God, the one whom his father Isaac worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_2","002_46_2","GEN","46","2","2","That night, God called to Jacob in a vision, saying, “Jacob! Jacob!” He replied, “I am here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_3","002_46_3","GEN","46","3","3","God said, “I am God, the one your father worshiped. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, because I will give you many descendants, and they will become a great nation there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_4","002_46_4","GEN","46","4","4","I will go down to Egypt with you, and later I will bring your descendants back to Canaan again. And Joseph will be with you MTY when you die.” IDM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_5","002_46_5","GEN","46","5","5","Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_6","002_46_6","GEN","46","6","6","So Jacob and all his family went to Egypt. They took with them the livestock and all the other possessions that they had acquired in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_7","002_46_7","GEN","46","7","7","Jacob went to Egypt with all his sons and his daughters and grandsons and granddaughters—his whole family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_8","002_46_8","GEN","46","8","25","◄Here is/I will now give you► a list of the names of the members of Jacob’s family who went with him to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son; Reuben’s sons Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; Simeon and his sons Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, who was the son of a Canaan people-group woman; Levi and his sons Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; Judah and his sons, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (his other sons, Er, and Onan, had died in Canaan); Perez and his two sons Hezron and Hamul; Issachar and his sons Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron; Zebulon and his sons Sered, Elon, and Jahleel; (Those were the sons of Jacob and Leah, and their daughter Dinah, who were born in Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia: There were 33 of them, altogether.) They had Gad and his sons Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli; Asher and his sons Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; and their sister Serah; Beriah’s sons Heber and Malkiel; (Those were the children and grandchildren of Jacob and Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah: There were 16 of them, altogether.) Joseph and Benjamin, the sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel; (Ephraim and Manasseh were Joseph’s two sons. They did not go down to Egypt because they were already in Egypt. They were sons of Asenath, the daughter of On, who was the priest in the temple in On city.) Benjamin and his sons Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard; (Those were the sons and grandsons of Rachel and Jacob: There were 14 people altogether.) Dan and his son Hushim; Naphtali and his sons Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. (Those were the sons and grandsons of Jacob and Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel: There were seven people altogether.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_26","002_46_26","GEN","46","26","26","Altogether there were 66 people who were Jacob’s descendants who went to Egypt with him. That number does not include his sons’ wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_27","002_46_27","GEN","46","27","27","Including Jacob and Joseph and Joseph’s two sons who were born in Egypt, there were 70 members of Jacob’s family when they were all there in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_28","002_46_28","GEN","46","28","28","Jacob sent Judah to go ahead of the rest of them to talk with Joseph and ask for directions on how to travel to Goshen. Then Judah returned to the rest of his family and they all traveled to the Goshen region. When they arrived there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_29","002_46_29","GEN","46","29","29","Joseph got his chariot ready and went to Goshen to meet his father. When Joseph arrived, he threw his arms around his father’s neck and cried a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_30","002_46_30","GEN","46","30","30","Jacob said to Joseph, “I have seen you and I know that you are still alive! So now I am ready to die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_31","002_46_31","GEN","46","31","31","Then Joseph said to his older brothers and younger brother and to the rest of his father’s family, “I will go to the king and say to him, ‘My older brothers and younger brother and my father and the rest of his family, who were living in Canaan land, have all come to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_32","002_46_32","GEN","46","32","32","The men are all shepherds. They take care of their livestock, and they have brought with them their sheep and goats and cattle, and everything else that they own.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_33","002_46_33","GEN","46","33","33","When the king summons you and asks, ‘What work do you do?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN46_34","002_46_34","GEN","46","34","34","answer him by saying, ‘From the time when we were young, we have taken care of livestock, just as our ancestors did.’ If you tell him that, he will let you live in the Goshen region.” Joseph told them to say that because the people of Egypt despised all shepherds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_1","002_47_1","GEN","47","1","2","Joseph chose five of his older brothers to go with him to talk to the king. He introduced his older brothers to the king, and then he said, “My father and my older brothers and younger brother have come from the Canaan region. They have brought all their sheep and goats and cattle and everything else that they own, and they are living now in Goshen region.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_3","002_47_3","GEN","47","3","3","The king asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” They replied, “We are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_4","002_47_4","GEN","47","4","4","They also said to him, “We have come here to live for a while in this land, because the famine is very severe in Canaan, and our animals have no ◄pasture/grass to eat► there. So now, please let us live in the Goshen region.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_5","002_47_5","GEN","47","5","5","The king said to Joseph, “I am happy that your father and your older brothers and younger brother have come to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_6","002_47_6","GEN","47","6","6","They can live wherever you want in the whole country of Egypt. Give your father and your brothers the best part of the land. They can live in Goshen. And if you know that any of them have any special ability to work with livestock, have them be in charge of my own livestock, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_7","002_47_7","GEN","47","7","7","Then Joseph brought his father Jacob into the palace and introduced him to the king. Jacob asked God to bless the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_8","002_47_8","GEN","47","8","8","Then the king asked Jacob, “How old are you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_9","002_47_9","GEN","47","9","9","Jacob replied, “I have been traveling around for 130 years. I have not lived as long as my ancestors, but my life has been full of troubles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_10","002_47_10","GEN","47","10","10","Then Jacob again asked God to bless the king, and left him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_11","002_47_11","GEN","47","11","11","That is how Joseph enabled his father and older brothers and younger brother to start living in Egypt. As the king had commanded, he gave them property in the best part of the land, in Goshen, which is now called Rameses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_12","002_47_12","GEN","47","12","12","Joseph also provided food for all his father’s family. The amounts that he gave them were according to how many children each of them had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_13","002_47_13","GEN","47","13","13","There were no crops growing in the whole region, because the famine was very severe. The people of Egypt and Canaan MTY became weak because they did not have enough food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_14","002_47_14","GEN","47","14","14","Joseph collected all the money that the people in Egypt and Canaan paid for the grain they were buying from him, and he brought the money to the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_15","002_47_15","GEN","47","15","15","When the people of Egypt and Canaan had spent all their money for grain, they all kept coming to Joseph and saying, “Please give us some food! If you do not give us grain, we will die RHQ! We have used all our money to buy food, and we have no money left!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_16","002_47_16","GEN","47","16","16","Joseph replied, “Since your money is all gone, bring me your livestock. If you do that, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_17","002_47_17","GEN","47","17","17","So they brought their livestock to Joseph. He gave them food in exchange for their horses, their sheep and goats, their cattle, and their donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_18","002_47_18","GEN","47","18","18","The next year they came to him again and said, “We cannot hide this from you: We have no more money, and now our livestock belongs to you. We have only our bodies and our land to give to you. We have nothing else left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_19","002_47_19","GEN","47","19","19","◄If you do not give us some food, we will die!/Do you want to watch us die?► RHQ If you do not give us seeds, our fields will become useless IDM. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we will be the king’s slaves, and he will own the land. Give us seeds that we can plant and grow food, in order that we will not die, and in order that our land will not become like a desert.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_20","002_47_20","GEN","47","20","20","So Joseph bought all the farms in Egypt for the king. The people of Egypt each sold their land to him because the famine was very severe, and they had no other way to get money to buy food. So all the farms became the king’s farms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_21","002_47_21","GEN","47","21","21","As a result, Joseph caused all the people from one border of the country to the other to become the king’s slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_22","002_47_22","GEN","47","22","22","But he did not buy the priests’ land, because they received food from the king regularly, so the food that the king gave them was enough for them. That is the reason they did not sell their land to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_23","002_47_23","GEN","47","23","23","Joseph said to the people who sold themselves and their land to him, “Listen to me! Today I have bought you and your land for the king. So here are seeds for you so that you can plant them in the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_24","002_47_24","GEN","47","24","24","But when you harvest the crop, you must give one-fifth of the crop to the king. The rest of the crop you can keep, to be seed to plant in the fields, and to be food for you and your children and for everyone else in your household to eat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_25","002_47_25","GEN","47","25","25","They replied, “You have saved our lives! We want you to be pleased with us. And we will be the king’s slaves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_26","002_47_26","GEN","47","26","26","So Joseph made a law about all the land in Egypt, stating that one-fifth of the crops that are harvested belongs to the king. That law still exists. Only the land that belonged to the priests did not become the king’s land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_27","002_47_27","GEN","47","27","27","Jacob and his family started to live in Egypt, in the Goshen region. They acquired property there. Many children were born to them there. As a result, their population increased greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_28","002_47_28","GEN","47","28","28","Jacob lived in Egypt 17 years. Altogether he lived 147 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_29","002_47_29","GEN","47","29","29","When it was almost time for him to die, he summoned his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have pleased you, make a solemn promise that you will be kind to me and faithfully do what I am now asking you: When I die, do not bury me here in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_30","002_47_30","GEN","47","30","30","Instead, take my body out of Egypt, and bury it in Canaan where my ancestors are buried.” Joseph replied, “I will do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN47_31","002_47_31","GEN","47","31","31","Jacob said, “◄Swear/Solemnly promise► to me that you will do it!” So Joseph swore to do it. Then Jacob turned over in bed, bowed his head, and worshiped God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_1","002_48_1","GEN","48","1","1","Some time later, someone told Joseph, “Hey, your father is ill.” When Joseph heard that, he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, to see his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_2","002_48_2","GEN","48","2","2","When someone told Jacob, “Look, your son Joseph has come to see you!” Jacob sat up on the bed, even though it was difficult for him to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_3","002_48_3","GEN","48","3","3","He said to Joseph, “When I was at Luz in Canaan, God Almighty appeared to me. He blessed me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_4","002_48_4","GEN","48","4","4","and said to me, ‘I am going to enable you to become the father of many children. You will have many descendants, and they will become the ancestors of many people-groups. And I will give this land to your descendants to possess forever.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_5","002_48_5","GEN","48","5","5","“And now I will consider that your two sons, who were born to you here in Egypt before I came here, will ◄belong to me/be as though they are my sons►. Ephraim and Manasseh will be as though they were my sons, and they will inherit my possessions, just like my sons Reuben and Simeon and the others will. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_6","002_48_6","GEN","48","6","6","If you later become the father of any more children, they will not be considered to be my children, but as my grandchildren, and in Canaan they will receive as part of what they inherit some of the same land that is in the territory that their brothers Ephraim and Manasseh will inherit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_7","002_48_7","GEN","48","7","7","Many years ago, as I was returning from Paddan-Aram/Mesopotamia, your mother Rachel died in the Canaan region, while we were still traveling, not far from Ephrath town. So I buried her body there alongside the road to Ephrath which is now called Bethlehem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_8","002_48_8","GEN","48","8","8","When Jacob saw Joseph’s sons, he asked, “Who are these boys?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_9","002_48_9","GEN","48","9","9","Joseph replied, “They are the sons that God has given to me here in Egypt.” Jacob said, “Bring them close to me so that I can bless them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_10","002_48_10","GEN","48","10","10","Jacob was almost blind because he was very old. He could not recognize the boys. So Joseph brought his sons close to his father, and Jacob kissed them and hugged them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_11","002_48_11","GEN","48","11","11","Jacob said to Joseph, “I did not expect to see you again, but look at this! God has allowed me to see not only you, but he has allowed me to see your children, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_12","002_48_12","GEN","48","12","12","Joseph took the boys from alongside Jacob’s knees. Then he bowed down with his face to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_13","002_48_13","GEN","48","13","13","Then Joseph took both of the boys, putting Ephraim on his right side toward Jacob’s left hand, and putting Manasseh on his left side toward Jacob’s right hand, and brought them close to Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_14","002_48_14","GEN","48","14","14","But Jacob did not do what Joseph wanted him to do. Instead, he reached out his right hand and put it on Ephraim’s head, even though he was the younger son. He crossed his arms and put his left hand on Manasseh’s head, even though Manasseh was the older son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_15","002_48_15","GEN","48","15","15","Then he ◄blessed/asked God to bless► Joseph and his sons, saying, “My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac conducted their lives as God desired, and to this very day God has led me and taken care of me as a shepherd leads and cares for his sheep MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_16","002_48_16","GEN","48","16","16","The angel whom he sent has kept me from being harmed in any way. I pray that God will bless these boys. I pray that people will never forget about me and about Abraham and Isaac because of what God does for these boys. I pray that they will have many descendants who will live all over the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_17","002_48_17","GEN","48","17","17","When Joseph saw that his father had placed his right hand on Ephraim’s head and not on Manasseh’s head, he was distressed/displeased. So he took his father’s hand to move it from Ephraim’s head to Manasseh’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_18","002_48_18","GEN","48","18","18","Joseph said to him, “My father, that is not right! The one on whom you put your left hand is my older son. Put your right hand on his head.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_19","002_48_19","GEN","48","19","19","But his father refused, saying, “I know that, my son, I know what I am doing. Manasseh’s descendants will also become a people-group, and they will become important. But his younger brother’s descendants will become greater than his will. His descendants will become several nations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_20","002_48_20","GEN","48","20","20","So he blessed them both on that day, saying, “The people in Israel will use your names when they bless people. They will say, ‘We pray that God will help you as he helped Ephraim and Manasseh.’” In that way, Jacob said that Ephraim would become more important than Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_21","002_48_21","GEN","48","21","21","Then Jacob said to Joseph, “I am about to die. But I know that God will help/protect you. And some day he will take your descendants back to the land of their ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN48_22","002_48_22","GEN","48","22","22","And it is to you, not to your brothers, that I will give the fertile hill in the Shechem area. I captured that land from the Amor people-group, fighting them with my sword and my bow and arrows.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_1","002_49_1","GEN","49","1","1","Jacob summoned all his sons, and said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_2","002_49_2","GEN","49","2","2","“Gather around me in order that I can tell you what will happen in the future. My sons, come and listen to me. I am your father, Jacob, whom God named Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_3","002_49_3","GEN","49","3","3","Reuben, you are my oldest son. You were born when I was young and energetic/strong. You are prouder and stronger than all the rest of my sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_4","002_49_4","GEN","49","4","4","But you were as uncontrollable as a flood SIM. So now you will not be my most important son, because you climbed up onto my bed, and had sex with MTY my ◄concubine/slave who had become one of my wives►. Your doing that caused me, your father, to have great shame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_5","002_49_5","GEN","49","5","5","Simeon and Levi, you have both acted like criminals. You use your swords to act violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_6","002_49_6","GEN","49","6","6","I do not want to be with you when you make evil plans DOU. I do not want to join you in your meetings, because you killed people when you became very angry, and you ◄hamstrung/cut the tendons in the legs of► oxen just to ◄have fun/see them suffer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_7","002_49_7","GEN","49","7","7","God says, ‘I will ◄curse/cause bad things to happen to► them for being very angry, for acting very cruelly when they were very furious. I will scatter their descendants MTY throughout Israel land.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_8","002_49_8","GEN","49","8","8","Judah, your older and younger brothers will praise you. They will bow down before you, because you will thoroughly defeat MTY your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_9","002_49_9","GEN","49","9","9","Judah is like a young lion SIM that has returned to its den satisfied after eating the animals that it has killed. He is like a lion that lies down and stretches out after eating; no one would dare to disturb it RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_10","002_49_10","GEN","49","10","10","There will always be a ruler MTY from the descendants of Judah MTY. Each one will hold a scepter/staff to show that he has authority as a king. He will do that until the one to whom the scepter belongs comes, the one to whom the nations will bring tribute and show that they will obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_11","002_49_11","GEN","49","11","11","The grapevines of Judah’s descendants will produce grapes very abundantly. As a result, they will not object to tying their young donkeys to the grapevines in order that the donkeys can eat the leaves of the grapevines. Wine will be very plentiful, with the result that they could wash their cloaks in wine that is as red as blood MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_12","002_49_12","GEN","49","12","12","Their eyes will be red because of drinking too much wine, but their teeth will be very white because of drinking much milk from the cows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_13","002_49_13","GEN","49","13","13","Zebulun, your descendants will live by the seashore where there will be a safe harbor for ships. Their land will extend north as far as Sidon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_14","002_49_14","GEN","49","14","14","Issachar, your descendants will be like strong donkeys that are lying down on the ground between their loads, so tired that they cannot get up! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_15","002_49_15","GEN","49","15","15","They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_16","002_49_16","GEN","49","16","16","Dan, although your tribe will be small, their leaders will rule their people just like the leaders of other tribes of Israel will rule their people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_17","002_49_17","GEN","49","17","17","Your descendants will be like snakes at the side of a road, like poisonous snakes lying beside a path. They will strike the heels of horses that pass by, causing the riders to fall backwards as the horses rear up on their hind legs.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_18","002_49_18","GEN","49","18","18","Then Jacob prayed, “Yahweh, I am waiting for you to rescue me from my enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_19","002_49_19","GEN","49","19","19","Then Jacob continued telling his sons what would happen in the future. He said, “Gad, your tribe/descendants will be attacked by a group of bandits, but your tribe/descendants will pursue and attack them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_20","002_49_20","GEN","49","20","20","Asher, your descendants will eat good-tasting food; they will produce food that is delicious enough for kings to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_21","002_49_21","GEN","49","21","21","Naphtali, your descendants will be like deer MET that are ◄free to/not tied down and can► run wherever they wish. They will give birth to children who are good-looking like ◄fawns/baby deer► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_22","002_49_22","GEN","49","22","22","Joseph, you will have many descendants MET. Their children will be as many as the fruit on a vine near a spring of water, whose branches extend over a wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_23","002_49_23","GEN","49","23","23","Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_24","002_49_24","GEN","49","24","24","But they will hold their bows steady and their arms will remain strong, because of the power MTY of my mighty God, because of Yahweh who guides and provides for me MET like a shepherd guides and provides for his sheep. The people of Israel will ask Yahweh to protect them, like people hide under a huge overhanging rock to be protected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_25","002_49_25","GEN","49","25","25","God, the one whom I worship, will help your descendants. God Almighty will bless them by sending them rain from the sky and by giving them water from deep/far below the ground. He will give them many cattle and children MET (OR, and their cattle will have many offspring). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_26","002_49_26","GEN","49","26","26","The blessings that I want God to give you are great ones. They are greater than the blessings that come from the eternal mountains, greater than the ones that come from the everlasting hills. Joseph, I pray that these blessings will ◄be given to you/come upon your head►, because you are the leader of your older brothers and younger brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_27","002_49_27","GEN","49","27","27","Benjamin, your descendants will be like MET vicious/fierce wolves: In the morning they will kill their enemies like a wolf devours ◄its prey/the animals that it has killed►, and in the evening they will divide among their warriors the spoils that they seized from their enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_28","002_49_28","GEN","49","28","28","Those twelve sons are the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel. That is what their father said to them as he blessed them, telling to each one words that were appropriate for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_29","002_49_29","GEN","49","29","29","Then Jacob said to his sons, “I will soon die. Bury my body where some of my ancestors are buried, in the cave that is in the field that was bought from Ephron, who belonged to the Heth people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_30","002_49_30","GEN","49","30","30","That field is in the Machpelah area, east of Mamre town, in Canaan. My grandfather Abraham bought it from Ephron to use as a burial place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_31","002_49_31","GEN","49","31","31","That is where they buried him and his wife Sarah. That is where they buried my father Isaac and his wife Rebekah. And that is where I buried my wife Leah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_32","002_49_32","GEN","49","32","32","That field and the cave in it were bought from the Heth people-group; so that is where I want you to bury me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN49_33","002_49_33","GEN","49","33","33","When Jacob finished giving those instructions to his sons, he lay down on his bed again. Then he died IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_1","002_50_1","GEN","50","1","1","Joseph leaned close to his father’s face and cried over him and kissed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_2","002_50_2","GEN","50","2","2","Joseph commanded his servants who were morticians to ◄embalm his father’s body/put spices on his father’s body► to ◄preserve it/keep it from decaying►, and then wrap it with strips of cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_3","002_50_3","GEN","50","3","3","So the morticians did that. It took 40 days to embalm Jacob’s body, because that is the amount of time that was always required for them to embalm a body. And the people of Egypt mourned for 70 days because of Jacob’s death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_4","002_50_4","GEN","50","4","4","When the time of mourning was finished, Joseph said to the king’s officials, “If you are pleased with me, please take this message to the king: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_5","002_50_5","GEN","50","5","5","‘When my father was about to die, he told me to solemnly promise that I would bury his body in Canaan, in the tomb that he himself had prepared. So please let me go up to Canaan and bury my father’s body. Then I will return.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_6","002_50_6","GEN","50","6","6","After they gave the king the message, he replied, “Tell Joseph, ‘Go up and bury your father’s body, as you ◄swore/solemnly promised► that you would do.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_7","002_50_7","GEN","50","7","7","So Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father’s body. All of the king’s officials, all the king’s advisors, and all the elders in Egypt went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_8","002_50_8","GEN","50","8","8","His own family’s small children and their sheep and goats and their cattle stayed in the Goshen region. But all the rest of Joseph’s family and his older brothers and younger brother and his father’s family went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_9","002_50_9","GEN","50","9","9","Men riding in chariots MTY and on horses also went along. It was a huge group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_10","002_50_10","GEN","50","10","10","They went to the east side of the Jordan River and arrived at Atad. There was a place there where people ◄threshed/beat the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff.► There they mourned loudly for Jacob for a long time. Joseph performed mourning ceremonies for his father for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_11","002_50_11","GEN","50","11","11","When the Canaan people-group who lived there saw them mourning like that, they said, “This is a sad mourning place for the people of Egypt!” So they named the place Abel-Mizraim, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘mourning of the Egyptians.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_12","002_50_12","GEN","50","12","12","Then Jacob’s sons did for him what their father had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_13","002_50_13","GEN","50","13","13","They crossed the Jordan River and carried Jacob’s body to Canaan. They buried it in the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre town. That was the field that Abraham had bought from Ephron, who was one of the Heth people-group, to use as a burial place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_14","002_50_14","GEN","50","14","14","After he had buried his father, Joseph and his older brothers and younger brother and all the others who had gone up to Canaan with him for the funeral returned to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_15","002_50_15","GEN","50","15","15","After Jacob died, Joseph’s brothers became worried. They realized what might happen. They said, “Suppose Joseph hates us and tries to get revenge for all the evil things that we did to him many years ago?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_16","002_50_16","GEN","50","16","16","So they sent someone to tell this to Joseph for them: “Before our father died, he told us this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_17","002_50_17","GEN","50","17","17","‘Say to Joseph, “Please forgive your older brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.”’ So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.” But Joseph just cried when he received their message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_18","002_50_18","GEN","50","18","18","Then his older brothers themselves came and threw themselves on the ground in front of Joseph, and one of them said, “Please listen. We will just be your servants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_19","002_50_19","GEN","50","19","19","But Joseph replied to them, “Do not be afraid! God is the one who punishes people; ◄am I God?/I am not God!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_20","002_50_20","GEN","50","20","20","As for you, yes, you wanted to do something very evil to me. But God caused something good to come from it! He wanted to save many people from dying of hunger, and that is what happened! Today they are alive! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_21","002_50_21","GEN","50","21","21","So I say again, do not be afraid! I will make sure that you and your children have enough to eat.” In that way he reassured them and made made them feel much better. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_22","002_50_22","GEN","50","22","22","Joseph lived with his father’s family in Egypt until he was 110 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_23","002_50_23","GEN","50","23","23","He lived long enough to see Ephraim’s children and grandchildren. The children of Joseph’s grandson Machir, who was Manasseh’s son, were born before Joseph died, and were adopted by Joseph to be his own children IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_24","002_50_24","GEN","50","24","24","One day Joseph said to his older brothers, “I am about to die. But God will certainly ◄help/take care of► you. And some day he will lead your descendants up out of this land and take them to Canaan, the land that he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_25","002_50_25","GEN","50","25","25","Then Joseph said, “When God enables you to do that, you must take my body back to Canaan.” He made his older brothers solemnly promise to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GN50_26","002_50_26","GEN","50","26","26","So Joseph died in Egypt when he was 110 years old. His body was embalmed and put in a coffin there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_1","003_1_1","EXO","1","1","1","The sons of Jacob who went to Egypt with him along with their families were ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_2","003_1_2","EXO","1","2","2","Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_3","003_1_3","EXO","1","3","3","Issachar, Zebulun, Benjamin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_4","003_1_4","EXO","1","4","4","Dan, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_5","003_1_5","EXO","1","5","5","Altogether there were 70 people who went with Jacob. That included his sons, his grandsons, and two great-grandsons. His son Joseph was already in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_6","003_1_6","EXO","1","6","6","Eventually Joseph and his older and younger brothers and everyone else in their family who lived ◄in that generation/at that time► died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_7","003_1_7","EXO","1","7","7","But Jacob’s descendants kept giving birth to many children IDM. The number of his descendants kept becoming larger and larger. As a result, there were so many of them that they were everywhere in Egypt (OR, that they became a threat to the Egyptians). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_8","003_1_8","EXO","1","8","8","Then several hundred years later, a new king began to rule MTY in Egypt. He did not know what Joseph had done for the people of Egypt long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_9","003_1_9","EXO","1","9","9","He said to his people, “Look at what has happened! The Israeli people have become so numerous and so powerful that they now might conquer us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_10","003_1_10","EXO","1","10","10","We must find a way to control them! If we do not do that, their population will continue to grow. Then, if enemies PRS attack us, they will join with our enemies and fight against us, and they will escape from our land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_11","003_1_11","EXO","1","11","11","So the king and his officials put supervisors over the Israeli people to cause them to suffer very much by forcing them to work very hard. They forced the Israeli people to build two cities, Pithom and Ramses, in which to store supplies for the king/government. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_12","003_1_12","EXO","1","12","12","But the more cruelly they treated the Israeli people, the bigger the Israeli population grew, and they became more numerous all over the land. So the Egyptian people began to be afraid of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_13","003_1_13","EXO","1","13","13","They forced the Israeli people to work very hard, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_14","003_1_14","EXO","1","14","14","and by making them slaves, they made their lives miserable. They forced them to build many buildings with mortar and bricks. They also forced them to do other work in the fields. In making them do all this work, the Egyptian officials treated them ruthlessly/cruelly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_15","003_1_15","EXO","1","15","15","There were two Hebrew ◄midwives/women who helped the women when they were giving birth►. Hebrew means the same as Israeli. The names of the women were Shiphrah and Puah. The king of Egypt said to those two women, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_16","003_1_16","EXO","1","16","16","“When you help the Hebrew women when they are giving birth MTY, if the baby that is born is a boy, you must kill it. If the baby is a girl, you ◄may let it live/do not have to kill them►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_17","003_1_17","EXO","1","17","17","But the midwives feared/revered God. So they did not do what the king told them to do. They allowed the baby boys to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_18","003_1_18","EXO","1","18","18","So the king summoned the two midwives and said to them, “Why are you doing this? Why are you letting the baby boys live?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_19","003_1_19","EXO","1","19","19","One of the midwives replied to the king, “You need to realize that the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women. The Hebrew women are very strong/healthy. They give birth to their babies before we can get to them to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_20","003_1_20","EXO","1","20","20","So God acted kindly toward the midwives, and the Hebrew people became even more numerous and strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_21","003_1_21","EXO","1","21","21","Furthermore, because the midwives feared/revered God, he enabled them also to give birth to children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX1_22","003_1_22","EXO","1","22","22","Then the king commanded all ◄the Egyptian people/his advisors►: “You must throw into the Nile River every baby boy born that the Hebrew women give birth to! But you can allow the baby girls to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_1","003_2_1","EXO","2","1","1","◄There was a man who/My father► was descended from Jacob’s son Levi. He married a woman who was also descended from Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_2","003_2_2","EXO","2","2","2","She became pregnant and gave birth to ◄a baby boy/me►. When she saw that he/I was a good-looking baby, she hid him/me for three months, because she was not willing to do what the king commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_3","003_2_3","EXO","2","3","3","When she was unable to ◄hide him/me/keep it a secret► any longer, she got a basket made from tall reeds. She covered the basket with tar ◄to make it waterproof/so water could not get in►. Then she put him/me in the basket and put the basket in the water in the middle of the tall grass at the edge of the Nile River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_4","003_2_4","EXO","2","4","4","His/My older sister was standing not far away, watching to see what would happen to him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_5","003_2_5","EXO","2","5","5","Soon the king’s daughter went down to the river to bathe. Her female servants were walking along the riverbank. She saw the basket amid the tall grass in the river. So she sent one of her servants to get it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_6","003_2_6","EXO","2","6","6","When the servant brought the basket to her, she opened it, and was surprised to see ◄a baby that was/me►, crying. She felt sorry for him/me, and said, “This must be one of the Hebrews’ babies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_7","003_2_7","EXO","2","7","7","Then ◄the baby’s/my► older sister approached the king’s daughter and said, “Do you want me to go and find someone from among the Hebrew women who will be able to nurse the baby for you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_8","003_2_8","EXO","2","8","8","The king’s daughter said to her, “Yes, go and find one.” So the girl went and summoned ◄the baby’s/my► mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_9","003_2_9","EXO","2","9","9","The king’s daughter said to her, “Please take this baby and nurse him for me. I will pay you for doing that.” So ◄the woman/my mother► took him/me and nursed him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_10","003_2_10","EXO","2","10","10","◄A few years later/when ◄the child/I► grew older►, she brought him/me to the king’s daughter. She adopted him/me as though I was her own son. She named him/me Moses, which sounds like the Hebrew words ‘pull out’, because she said “I pulled him out of the water.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_11","003_2_11","EXO","2","11","11","One day, after Moses/I had grown up, he/I went out of the palace area to see his/my people, the Hebrews. He/I saw how they were being forced to work very hard. He/I also saw an Egyptian man beating one of his/my Hebrew people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_12","003_2_12","EXO","2","12","12","He/I looked around to see if anyone was watching. Seeing no one, he/I killed the Egyptian man and buried his body in the sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_13","003_2_13","EXO","2","13","13","The next day he/I returned to the same place. He/I was surprised to see two Hebrew men who were fighting each other. He/I said to the man who started the fight, “Why are you ◄you should not be► striking your fellow Hebrew.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_14","003_2_14","EXO","2","14","14","The man replied, “◄Who made you our ruler and judge?/No one made you our ruler and judge!► RHQ You have no right to interfere with us Are you going to kill me just like you killed that Egyptian man yesterday?” Then Moses/I was afraid, because he/I thought, “Since that man knows what I did, surely other people know, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_15","003_2_15","EXO","2","15","15","And that was correct. The king heard about what he/I had done to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to the Midian region and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_16","003_2_16","EXO","2","16","16","The man who was the ◄priest/one who offered the people’s gifts to God► for the Midian people, whose name was Jethro, had seven daughters. One day as Moses/I sat down beside a well, those girls came to the well and got water, and filled the troughs in order to give water to their father’s flock of sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_17","003_2_17","EXO","2","17","17","Some ◄shepherds/men who took care of other sheep► came and started to chase away the girls. But Moses/I helped/rescued the girls, and got water for their sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_18","003_2_18","EXO","2","18","18","When the girls returned to their father Jethro, whose other name is Reuel, he asked them, “How is it that you were able to give water to the sheep and come home so quickly today?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_19","003_2_19","EXO","2","19","19","They replied, “A man from Egypt kept MTY other shepherds from sending us away. He also got water for us from the well and gave water to the flock of sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_20","003_2_20","EXO","2","20","20","He said to his daughters, “Where is he? ◄Why did you leave him out there?/You should not leave him out there!► RHQ Invite him in, so he can have something to eat MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_21","003_2_21","EXO","2","21","21","So they did, and Moses/I accepted and ate with them. And Moses/I decided to live there. Later Jethro gave him/me his daughter Zipporah to be his/my wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_22","003_2_22","EXO","2","22","22","Later she gave birth to a son, and Moses/I named him Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘foreigner’, because he/I said, “I am living as a foreigner in this land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_23","003_2_23","EXO","2","23","23","Many years later the king of Egypt died. The Israeli people in Egypt were still groaning because of the hard work they had to do as slaves. They called out for someone to help them, and God heard them call out PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_24","003_2_24","EXO","2","24","24","He heard them groaning. And he ◄thought about/did not forget► that he had solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to bless their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX2_25","003_2_25","EXO","2","25","25","God saw how the Israeli people were being badly treated, and he was concerned about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_1","003_3_1","EXO","3","1","1","Moses/I was taking care of the sheep that belonged to his/my father-in-law Jethro, the priest of the Midian people. He/I led the flock across the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain that was later called Sinai, the ◄mountain that had been dedicated to God/taboo mountain►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_2","003_3_2","EXO","3","2","2","One day Yahweh ◄appeared/revealed himself► to him/me, looking like an angel. The angel appeared in a flame of fire in the middle of a bush that was burning. Moses/I looked at it, and he/I was surprised that the bush was burning, but it was not burning up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_3","003_3_3","EXO","3","3","3","Moses/I thought, “I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_4","003_3_4","EXO","3","4","4","When Yahweh saw that he/I had come closer, he called to Moses/me from the middle of the bush, saying, “Moses! Moses!” He/I replied, “Yes, here I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_5","003_3_5","EXO","3","5","5","Yahweh said, “Do not come closer! Because I am God, the ground on which you are standing is holy/taboo. So take off your sandals to show respect to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_6","003_3_6","EXO","3","6","6","Then he said, “I am God, whom your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped.” So Moses/I covered his/my face, because he/I was afraid that God would kill him/me if he/I looked at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_7","003_3_7","EXO","3","7","7","Then Yahweh said, “I have seen how cruelly they are treating my people in Egypt. I have heard them ◄wailing/crying out► for help because of what the slave-drivers are forcing them to do. I know how my people are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_8","003_3_8","EXO","3","8","8","So I have come down from heaven to rescue them from the Egyptians SYN. I have come to bring them up from that land to the highlands in Canaan. I will bring them to a land that is good/fertile and that has plenty of space. It will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops MTY. It is the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_9","003_3_9","EXO","3","9","9","Truly I have now heard my Israeli people crying PRS. I have seen how the Egyptians oppress them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_10","003_3_10","EXO","3","10","10","So you go back to Egypt. I am sending you to the king, in order that he may permit you to bring my people, the Israeli people, out of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_11","003_3_11","EXO","3","11","11","But Moses/I replied, “I am not a well-known person RHQ! ◄I cannot go to the king and ask him to permit me to bring the Israeli people out of Egypt!/How can I go to the king and ask him to allow me to bring the Israeli people out of Egypt?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_12","003_3_12","EXO","3","12","12","God replied, “I will be with you. And when you bring my people out of Egypt, all of you will worship me right here on this mountain. That will prove that I am the one who sent you to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_13","003_3_13","EXO","3","13","13","Moses/I said to God, “If I go to the Israeli people and say to them, ‘God, the one your ancestors worshiped, has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’, what shall I say to them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_14","003_3_14","EXO","3","14","14","God replied, “I AM who I AM.” And he said, “Tell the Israeli people that the one who is named ‘I AM’ has sent me to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_15","003_3_15","EXO","3","15","15","God also said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors worshiped, the one that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, has sent me to you.’ This name, Yahweh, will be my name forever. That is the name that people in all future generations must use when they talk about/to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_16","003_3_16","EXO","3","16","16","Go to Egypt and gather together the elders/leaders of the Israeli people, and say to them, ‘Yahweh God, the one your ancestors worshiped, the one Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped, appeared to me. He said to him/me, “I have been watching closely what the Egyptian people have done to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_17","003_3_17","EXO","3","17","17","I promise that I will rescue you from being oppressed in Egypt, and I will take you to the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus live. It is a land good for raising livestock and growing crops MTY.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_18","003_3_18","EXO","3","18","18","My people will do what you say. Then you and their leaders must go to the king of Egypt, and you must say to him, ‘Yahweh, who is God, the one we Hebrews worship, has revealed himself to us. So now we ask you to allow us to travel for three days to a place in the desert, in order that there we may offer sacrifices to Yahweh, our God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_19","003_3_19","EXO","3","19","19","But I know that the king of Egypt will allow you to go only if he realizes I am more powerful MTY than he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_20","003_3_20","EXO","3","20","20","So I will use my power MTY to strike/punish the people of Egypt MTY by performing many miracles there. Then he will allow you to leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_21","003_3_21","EXO","3","21","21","When that happens, I will cause the people of Egypt to respect you. The result will be that when you leave Egypt, ◄you will not go empty-handed/they will give you many valuable things to take with you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX3_22","003_3_22","EXO","3","22","22","At that time, each Israeli woman will ask her Egyptian neighbors and each Egyptian woman who is living in her (OR, her neighbor’s) house to give her some silver and gold jewelry and some nice clothes. Each Egyptian woman will give them some, and you will put them on your sons and daughters to take with you. In that way you will ◄take away/confiscate► the wealth of the Egyptian people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_1","003_4_1","EXO","4","1","1","Moses/I replied, “But what if the Israeli people ◄do not believe me/are not convinced► or not do what I tell them? What if they say, ‘Yahweh did not appear to you!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_2","003_4_2","EXO","4","2","2","Yahweh said to him/me, “Look at that thing you are holding in your hand. What is it?” He/I replied, “A ◄walking stick/shepherd’s stick►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_3","003_4_3","EXO","4","3","3","He said, “Throw it down on the ground!” So, he/I threw it on the ground, and it became a snake! And he/I ran/jumped away from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_4","003_4_4","EXO","4","4","4","But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach down and pick it up by its tail!” So he/I reached down and caught it, and when he/I picked it up, it became a stick in his/my hand again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_5","003_4_5","EXO","4","5","5","Yahweh said, “Do the same thing in front of the Israeli people, in order that they may believe that I, Yahweh God, the one Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, truly appeared to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_6","003_4_6","EXO","4","6","6","Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again, saying “Put your hand inside your robe MTY!” He/I did that. And when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, his/my hand was white. It had a skin disease that made it as white as snow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_7","003_4_7","EXO","4","7","7","Then God said, “Put your hand back inside your robe MTY!” So he/I did that, and when he/I took it out again, surprisingly, it was normal again, just like the rest of his/my body! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_8","003_4_8","EXO","4","8","8","God said, “You can do that in front of the Israeli people, too. If they do not pay attention to what you say because of seeing the first miracle, they will ◄believe you/be convinced► when you perform the second miracle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_9","003_4_9","EXO","4","9","9","If they do not believe you or do what you say, even after you perform those two miracles, get some water from the Nile River and pour it on the ground. When you do that, the water from the river that you pour on the ground will become blood MTY (OR, red like blood).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_10","003_4_10","EXO","4","10","10","Moses/I replied, “O Yahweh! I am not an eloquent speaker! I was not an eloquent speaker before, and I have not become one since you started talking to me! I am not a good speaker MTY, and I speak very slowly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_11","003_4_11","EXO","4","11","11","Then Yahweh said to him/me, “You seem to forget who it is that makes people able to speak RHQ! Who is it that enables people to be unable to speak or unable to hear, or able to see or not to see? It is I, Yahweh RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_12","003_4_12","EXO","4","12","12","So start going to Egypt, and I will help you to speak MTY, and I will tell you what you should say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_13","003_4_13","EXO","4","13","13","But he/I replied, “O, Yahweh, I ask you, please send someone else instead!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_14","003_4_14","EXO","4","14","14","Then Yahweh became very angry with Moses/me. He said, “What about your older brother Aaron, who is also a descendant of Levi? I know that he is a very good/eloquent speaker. He is actually on his way here right now, and he will be very happy to see you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_15","003_4_15","EXO","4","15","15","You can talk to him and tell him what to say MTY, and I will help both of you SYN to know what to say MTY. And I will tell you both what you should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_16","003_4_16","EXO","4","16","16","He will speak for you to the Israeli people. He will be ◄your spokesman/as though he was your mouth► MET, and you will be to him as though you are his god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_17","003_4_17","EXO","4","17","17","Be sure to take with you the walking/shepherd’s stick that is in your hand, because you will perform miracles with it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_18","003_4_18","EXO","4","18","18","Moses/I returned to his/my father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me go back to Egypt, to see my fellow Israelis there. I want to know if they are still alive.” Jethro said to Moses/me, “Go, and may God give you inner peace.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_19","003_4_19","EXO","4","19","19","Yahweh said to Moses/me before he/I left Midian, “You can safely return to Egypt, because the men who were wanting to kill you MTY are now dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_20","003_4_20","EXO","4","20","20","So Moses/I took his/my wife and sons and put them on donkeys, and they/we returned to Egypt. And Moses/I took in his/my hand the stick that God told him/me to take along. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_21","003_4_21","EXO","4","21","21","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you return to Egypt, be sure to perform all the miracles that I have given you power to do, while the king is watching. But I will make him stubborn IDM, with the result that he will not let the Israeli people leave Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_22","003_4_22","EXO","4","22","22","Then say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “The Israeli people MTY are as dear to me as firstborn sons MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_23","003_4_23","EXO","4","23","23","I told you to let my people MTY leave Egypt, in order that they may worship me in the desert. If you refuse to let them go, I warn you, I will kill your firstborn son!”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_24","003_4_24","EXO","4","24","24","One night, as they were camping on the way to Egypt, Yahweh appeared to Moses/me. He wanted/threatened to kill Moses/me for disobeying his command that boys/sons be circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_25","003_4_25","EXO","4","25","25","Then his/my wife Zipporah took a flint knife and circumcised her son. Then she touched the boy’s feet (OR, genitals) with the piece of skin she had cut off, and she said, “The blood which flowed when I circumcised you will protect you from being harmed by Yahweh MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_26","003_4_26","EXO","4","26","26","She said to him, “You are safe now MET because you have been circumcised.” So Yahweh did not harm her son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_27","003_4_27","EXO","4","27","27","Yahweh said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet/see Moses!” So he went there from Egypt and met him/me at Sinai, the mountain dedicated to God, and greeted him/me by kissing him/me on the cheek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_28","003_4_28","EXO","4","28","28","Moses/I told Aaron everything that Yahweh had said to him/me when he told him/me to return to Egypt. He/I also told Aaron about all the miracles that Yahweh told him/me to perform. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_29","003_4_29","EXO","4","29","29","So Aaron and Moses/I returned to Egypt. There they/we gathered together all the Israeli elders/leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_30","003_4_30","EXO","4","30","30","Aaron told them everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me, and Aaron performed all the miracles as the people watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX4_31","003_4_31","EXO","4","31","31","They believed that what they/we were saying was true. When they heard that Yahweh had seen how the Israeli people were being cruelly oppressed and that he was going to help them, they bowed down and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_1","003_5_1","EXO","5","1","1","Then Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and one of them/us said, “Yahweh God, whom we Israeli people worship, says this to you: ‘Let my people go to the desert, in order that they may have a feast to honor me!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_2","003_5_2","EXO","5","2","2","But the king said, “Who is Yahweh? Why should I pay attention to what he says and let the Israeli people MTY go? I do not know Yahweh! And furthermore, I will not let the Israeli people go!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_3","003_5_3","EXO","5","3","3","They/we replied, “Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews worship, has ◄revealed himself/appeared► to us and told us what to tell you. So we ask you to please let us go on a three day journey into the desert. We must offer sacrifices to Yahweh God there. If we do not do that, he will cause us to die IDM from diseases or from attacks by our enemies MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_4","003_5_4","EXO","5","4","4","But the king of Egypt said to them/us, “Moses and Aaron, ◄stop trying to keep the Israeli people from working/why are you preventing the Israeli people from working?► RHQ Tell those slaves to return to work!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_5","003_5_5","EXO","5","5","5","The king also said, “Listen to me! You  people who now live in this land are now more numerous, and you want them to stop working and rest!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_6","003_5_6","EXO","5","6","6","That same day the king commanded the Egyptian slave bosses and the Israeli men supervising the slaves, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_7","003_5_7","EXO","5","7","7","“Do not continue to give the Israeli people straw for making bricks, as you have done previously. Make them go into the fields and gather straw for themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_8","003_5_8","EXO","5","8","8","But require them to make the same number of bricks that they did before. Do not decrease the number at all. They ◄are lazy/do not have enough work to do►. That is the reason they are asking me to let them go into the desert to offer sacrifices to their god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_9","003_5_9","EXO","5","9","9","Force the men to work harder, so that they will not have time to listen to lies from their leaders!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_10","003_5_10","EXO","5","10","10","So the slave bosses and supervisors of the slaves went to where the Israeli people were and said to them, “The king has said that he will no longer give you any straw. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_11","003_5_11","EXO","5","11","11","So you yourselves must go and get straw wherever you can find it. But you must still keep working to make the same number of bricks as before.” LIT ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_12","003_5_12","EXO","5","12","12","So the Israeli people went all over Egypt to find straw. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_13","003_5_13","EXO","5","13","13","The slave bosses kept telling them insistently, “Finish the work you are required to do each day, making the same amount of bricks as you did before, when we gave you straw!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_14","003_5_14","EXO","5","14","14","When they were not able to do that, the slave bosses had the Israeli supervisors beaten with sticks, and they asked them, “Why have all the men you are supervising not been able to make the same number of bricks today/now as they did before RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_15","003_5_15","EXO","5","15","15","Then the Israeli supervisors went to the king and complained, saying “Your Majesty, why are you treating us this way? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_16","003_5_16","EXO","5","16","16","Now they are not giving us any straw for making bricks, but they keep commanding us to make bricks. And now sometimes they beat us. But it is the fault of your own slave bosses that we cannot make as many bricks as before!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_17","003_5_17","EXO","5","17","17","But the king said, “You are lazy and do not want to work! That is why you keep saying, ‘Allow us to go to the desert and offer sacrifices to Yahweh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_18","003_5_18","EXO","5","18","18","So go and get back to work! We are not going to give you any straw, but you must keep making the same number of bricks!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_19","003_5_19","EXO","5","19","19","The Israeli supervisors realized that they were in a difficult situation, because they had been told, “We are not going to decrease the number of bricks you must make each day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_20","003_5_20","EXO","5","20","20","As they left the king’s palace, they met Aaron and Moses/me, who were waiting for them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_21","003_5_21","EXO","5","21","21","They said to Aaron and Moses/me, “Yahweh has seen what you two have done He will punish you MTY, because you have caused the king and his officials to despise us! You have given them an excuse MTY to kill us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_22","003_5_22","EXO","5","22","22","Moses/I left them and prayed to Yahweh again, saying, “O Yahweh, why have you caused all these evil things to happen to your people RHQ? And why did you send me here RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX5_23","003_5_23","EXO","5","23","23","Ever since I went to the king and told him what you told me to say MTY, he has treated your people very cruelly, and you have not done anything to help/rescue them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_1","003_6_1","EXO","6","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now you will see what I will do to the king and his people. I will powerfully MTY compel him to let my people go. In fact, by my power MTY I will force him to expel them from his land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_2","003_6_2","EXO","6","2","2","God also said to Moses/me, “I am Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_3","003_6_3","EXO","6","3","3","I am the one who appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and told them that I was God Almighty, but I did not tell them that my name was Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_4","003_6_4","EXO","6","4","4","I also made my solemn agreement with them, promising to give them the Canaan region. That was the area in which they were living as foreigners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_5","003_6_5","EXO","6","5","5","Furthermore, I have heard the Israeli people as they were groaning because of the hard work that the Egyptians forced them to do as their slaves. I have thought about that solemn promise that I made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_6","003_6_6","EXO","6","6","6","So tell the Israeli people that I said this: ‘I am Yahweh. I will free you from the burdens of heavy work that the Egyptians have given you. I will free you from being their slaves. With my great power MTY and by punishing them MTY very severely, I will save you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_7","003_6_7","EXO","6","7","7","I will cause you to be my own people, and I will be your God, the one you worship. You will truly know that I, Yahweh your God, am the one who has freed you from the burdens of work as slaves of the Egyptians. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_8","003_6_8","EXO","6","8","8","And I will bring you to the land that I solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. You will possess it forever. I, Yahweh, am promising this.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_9","003_6_9","EXO","6","9","9","Moses/I told that to the Israeli people, but they did not believe what he/I said. They were very discouraged IDM because of the hard work that they had been forced to do as slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_10","003_6_10","EXO","6","10","10","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_11","003_6_11","EXO","6","11","11","“Go and tell the king of Egypt again that he must allow the Israeli people to leave his land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_12","003_6_12","EXO","6","12","12","But Moses/I said to Yahweh, “Listen to what I am saying. Even the Israeli people have not paid attention to what I told them. But I am a poor speaker. MET, MTY So ◄why should the king pay attention to what I tell him?/the king will certainly not pay attention to what I tell him!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_13","003_6_13","EXO","6","13","13","But Yahweh spoke to Aaron and Moses/me and commanded them/us, “Tell the Israeli people and the king of Egypt that I have commissioned you two to lead the Israeli people out of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_14","003_6_14","EXO","6","14","14","◄Here is/I will now give you► a list of the ancestors of Moses/me and Aaron: The sons of Reuben, who was Jacob’s oldest son, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. They were ancestors of the clans that have those same names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_15","003_6_15","EXO","6","15","15","The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul. Shaul’s mother was a woman from the Canaan people-group. Those men also were ancestors of clans that have those same names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_16","003_6_16","EXO","6","16","16","These are the names of the sons of Levi, in the order in which they were born: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi was 137 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_17","003_6_17","EXO","6","17","17","The sons of Gershon were Libni and Shimei. They were ancestors of clans that have those names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_18","003_6_18","EXO","6","18","18","The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath was 133 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_19","003_6_19","EXO","6","19","19","The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. All of those people whose names I have listed belonged to tribes/clans descended from Levi, in the order in which they were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_20","003_6_20","EXO","6","20","20","Amram married his father’s sister, Jochebed. She was the mother of Aaron and Moses/me. Amram was 137 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_21","003_6_21","EXO","6","21","21","The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_22","003_6_22","EXO","6","22","22","The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_23","003_6_23","EXO","6","23","23","Aaron married Elisheba. She was the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon. Elisheba gave birth to four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_24","003_6_24","EXO","6","24","24","The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. They were the ancestors of the Korah people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_25","003_6_25","EXO","6","25","25","Aaron’s son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she gave birth to Phinehas. That ends the list of the families and clans that were descended from Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_26","003_6_26","EXO","6","26","26","Aaron and Moses/I were the ones to whom Yahweh said, “Lead all the families and clans of the Israeli people out of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_27","003_6_27","EXO","6","27","27","They/We were the ones who spoke to the king of Egypt about bringing the Israeli people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_28","003_6_28","EXO","6","28","28","On the day that Yahweh spoke to Moses/me in Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_29","003_6_29","EXO","6","29","29","he said, “I am Yahweh. You must tell the king everything that I say to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX6_30","003_6_30","EXO","6","30","30","But Moses/I said to Yahweh, “Listen to me. I am not a good speaker. MET, MTY So ◄the king will certainly not pay attention to what I say/why should the king pay attention to what I tell him?►!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_1","003_7_1","EXO","7","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. Just like I enabled prophet to speak my messages, I will cause the king to consider that you are like a god, and that Aaron is like a prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_2","003_7_2","EXO","7","2","2","You must tell everything I command you to tell to your older brother Aaron, and he will tell that to the king. He must tell the king to let the Israeli people leave his land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_3","003_7_3","EXO","7","3","3","But I will make the king stubborn IDM. As a result, even though I perform many kinds of ◄miracles/terrifying things► DOU here in Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_4","003_7_4","EXO","7","4","4","the king will not pay any attention to what you say. Then I will punish MTY the people of Egypt MTY very severely MTY, and I will lead/bring the tribes of the Israeli people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_5","003_7_5","EXO","7","5","5","Then, when I show my great power MTY to the Egyptian people and bring the Israeli people out from among them, they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_6","003_7_6","EXO","7","6","6","Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh told them/us to do. They/We went and spoke to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_7","003_7_7","EXO","7","7","7","At that time, Moses/I was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_8","003_7_8","EXO","7","8","8","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_9","003_7_9","EXO","7","9","9","“If the king says to you, ‘Prove that God sent you by performing a miracle,’ then say to Aaron, ‘Throw your stick down in front of the king, in order that it may become a snake.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_10","003_7_10","EXO","7","10","10","So Aaron and Moses/I went to the king and did what Yahweh had commanded them/us to do. Aaron threw his stick down in front of the king and his officials, and it became a snake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_11","003_7_11","EXO","7","11","11","Then the king summoned his sorcerers and men who performed magic. They did the same thing, using their magic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_12","003_7_12","EXO","7","12","12","They all threw down their sticks, and they became snakes. But Aaron’s stick, which had become a snake, swallowed up all their sticks! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_13","003_7_13","EXO","7","13","13","But the king continued to be stubborn IDM, just as Yahweh had predicted, and he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses/I said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_14","003_7_14","EXO","7","14","14","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king is very stubborn IDM. He refuses to allow my people to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_15","003_7_15","EXO","7","15","15","So tomorrow morning, go to him as he is going down to the Nile River to bathe. Wait for him at the riverbank. When he comes out of the water, show him the stick, the one which became a snake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_16","003_7_16","EXO","7","16","16","Say to him, ‘Yahweh God, the one we Hebrews worship, sent me to you to tell you to let my people go, in order that they may worship him in the desert. We told you that, but you have not paid any attention to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_17","003_7_17","EXO","7","17","17","So now Yahweh says this: “This is the way you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. Watch this: I am going to strike the water that is in the Nile River with the stick that is in my hand. When I do that, the water will become blood (OR, red like blood MTY). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_18","003_7_18","EXO","7","18","18","Then the fish in the Nile River will die, and the water in the river will stink, and the Egyptians will not be able to drink water from the Nile River.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_19","003_7_19","EXO","7","19","19","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “When you are talking to the king, say to Aaron, ‘Hold your stick out as though you were holding it over the water in Egypt—over the rivers, the canals, the ponds, and over the pools of water, in order that all of it may become red like blood.’ When Aaron does that, there will be blood throughout Egypt, even in wooden jars and in stone jars.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_20","003_7_20","EXO","7","20","20","So Aaron and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. As the king and his officials were watching, Aaron lifted up his stick and then struck the water in the Nile River with it. And all the water in the river turned red like blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_21","003_7_21","EXO","7","21","21","Then all the fish died. And the water stank, with the result that the Egyptians could not drink water from the river. Everywhere in Egypt the water became red like blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_22","003_7_22","EXO","7","22","22","But the men who performed magic did the same thing using their magic. So the king remained stubborn IDM, and he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses/I said, just as Yahweh had predicted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_23","003_7_23","EXO","7","23","23","The king turned and went back to his palace, and he did not think any more about it IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_24","003_7_24","EXO","7","24","24","The Egyptians HYP dug into the ground near the Nile River to get water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX7_25","003_7_25","EXO","7","25","25","◄One week/Seven days► passed after Yahweh caused the water in the Nile River to become red like blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_1","003_8_1","EXO","8","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go back to the king and tell him, ‘Yahweh says that you must let my people go, in order that they can worship me in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_2","003_8_2","EXO","8","2","2","But if you refuse to let them go, I will punish you by sending frogs to cover your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_3","003_8_3","EXO","8","3","3","Not only will the Nile River be full of frogs, but the frogs will come up out of the river into your palace. They will come into your bedroom and onto your bed. They will be in the houses of your officials and all the rest of your people. They will even get into your ovens and your pans for mixing the materials for baking bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_4","003_8_4","EXO","8","4","4","The frogs will jump up on you and your officials and all the rest of your people.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_5","003_8_5","EXO","8","5","5","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Say this to Aaron: ‘Hold your stick in your hand and stretch it out as though you were stretching it over the river, the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up from all this water and cover the land of Egypt.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_6","003_8_6","EXO","8","6","6","After Moses/I told that to Aaron, he stretched out his hand as though he were stretching it over all the water in Egypt. And the frogs came up from the water and covered Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_7","003_8_7","EXO","8","7","7","But the men who performed magic did the same thing, and they caused more frogs to come up from the water onto the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_8","003_8_8","EXO","8","8","8","Then the king summoned Moses/me and said, “Ask Yahweh to take away these frogs from me and my people. After that happens, I will allow your people to go, in order that they can offer sacrifices to Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_9","003_8_9","EXO","8","9","9","Moses/I said to the king, “I will be glad to pray for you and for your officials and for the rest of your people. I will ask Yahweh to get rid of the frogs from all your houses. The only frogs left will be those in the Nile River. Just tell me when I should pray.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_10","003_8_10","EXO","8","10","10","He replied, “Tomorrow.” So Moses/I said, “I will do what you say, and then you will know that Yahweh God, the one we worship, is the only true god, and that there is no other god like him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_11","003_8_11","EXO","8","11","11","The frogs will leave you and your officials and all the rest of your people. The only ones left will be in the Nile River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_12","003_8_12","EXO","8","12","12","Aaron and Moses/I left the king. Then Moses/I prayed to Yahweh, asking him to take away all the frogs he had brought to the king’s land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_13","003_8_13","EXO","8","13","13","And Yahweh did just what Moses/I asked him to do. As a result, all the frogs in the houses, in their courtyards, and in the fields died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_14","003_8_14","EXO","8","14","14","The people gathered together all the dead frogs into big piles, and the land stank from the smell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_15","003_8_15","EXO","8","15","15","But when the king saw that the problem was ended, he became stubborn IDM again. And just as Yahweh had predicted, he would not pay attention to what Aaron and Moses/we told him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_16","003_8_16","EXO","8","16","16","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell Aaron to strike the ground with his stick. When he does that, all the fine particles of ground/dust will become gnats, all over the land of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_17","003_8_17","EXO","8","17","17","So they/we did that. Aaron struck the ground with his stick, and all over Egypt, the fine particles of ground/dirt became gnats. The gnats covered the people and all their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_18","003_8_18","EXO","8","18","18","The men who worked magic tried to cause gnats to appear, but they were unable to do it. So the gnats stayed on the Egyptian people and on their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_19","003_8_19","EXO","8","19","19","The men who worked magic said to the king, “It is God who has done this with his power MTY!” But the king continued to be stubborn IDM, and he would not pay attention to us, just as Yahweh had predicted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_20","003_8_20","EXO","8","20","20","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Get up early tomorrow morning. Go down to the river and wait for the king. When he comes to bathe MTY, say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh says to you: “Let my people go, in order that they may worship me in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_21","003_8_21","EXO","8","21","21","I warn you that if you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies to you. They will come down on you and on your officials and on the rest of your people. The houses of all you Egyptians will be full of flies. They will even cover the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_22","003_8_22","EXO","8","22","22","But when that happens, I will treat the Goshen region, where my people live, differently. There will be no swarms of flies there. In that way, you will know that I, Yahweh, am doing these things here in this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_23","003_8_23","EXO","8","23","23","I will distinguish clearly between how I act toward my people and how I act toward your people. And this plague is going to happen tomorrow!”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_24","003_8_24","EXO","8","24","24","Early the next morning, Moses/I told that to the king, but the king would not pay any attention. So Yahweh did what he said he would do. He sent great swarms of flies into the palace of the king and into the houses of his officials. The whole country of Egypt was ruined by the flies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_25","003_8_25","EXO","8","25","25","Then the king summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “You Israeli people can go and offer sacrifices to your god, but you must do it here in this land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_26","003_8_26","EXO","8","26","26","But Moses/I replied, “It would not be right for us to do that, because we will be offering sacrifices that are very offensive to the Egyptian people. If we offer sacrifices that the Egyptian people think are disgusting, they will kill us by throwing stones at us RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_27","003_8_27","EXO","8","27","27","No, we need to travel for three days into the desert. There we will offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God we worship, just as he commands (OR, has commanded) us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_28","003_8_28","EXO","8","28","28","So the king said, “I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, your god, in the desert. But you must not go very far. Now pray for me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_29","003_8_29","EXO","8","29","29","Moses/I said, “Listen to me! After I leave you, I will pray to Yahweh, asking that tomorrow he will cause the swarms of flies to leave you and your officials and the rest of your people. But do not deceive us again by refusing to let our people go to offer sacrifices to Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_30","003_8_30","EXO","8","30","30","Then Moses/I left the king and prayed to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_31","003_8_31","EXO","8","31","31","And Yahweh did what Moses/I asked, and he got rid of the swarms of flies from around the king and his officials and the rest of his people. No flies remained. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX8_32","003_8_32","EXO","8","32","32","But the king was stubborn IDM this time also, and he did not allow the Israeli people to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_1","003_9_1","EXO","9","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God we Hebrews worship, says: “Allow my people to go, in order that they may worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_2","003_9_2","EXO","9","2","2","If you still keep refusing to let them go DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_3","003_9_3","EXO","9","3","3","I warn you that I will punish you with my power MTY by sending a terrible disease on all your animals—on your horses, donkeys, camels, on your cattle, and on your flocks of sheep and goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_4","003_9_4","EXO","9","4","4","But I, Yahweh, will distinguish between what I do to the animals that belong to the Israeli people and what I do to your animals. The result will be that no animal that belongs to the Israeli people will die.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_5","003_9_5","EXO","9","5","5","Tell him that I have determined/decided that tomorrow is the day that I will do this in this land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_6","003_9_6","EXO","9","6","6","The next day Yahweh did just what he said that he would do. A terrible disease afflicted all of the Egyptians’ animals, and many of them HYP died. But none of the Israeli people’s animals died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_7","003_9_7","EXO","9","7","7","The king sent men to investigate, and they were surprised to see that none of the Israeli people’s animals had died. But after they reported that to the king, he continued to be stubborn IDM, and he did not let the Israeli people go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_8","003_9_8","EXO","9","8","8","Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, “Take a few handfuls of ashes/soot from ◄a furnace/an oven where they burn lime►, and let Moses throw them up into the air, in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_9","003_9_9","EXO","9","9","9","The ashes/soot will spread all over the country of Egypt like fine dust. And the ashes/soot will cause boils to afflict both the Egyptian people and their animals, all over the land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_10","003_9_10","EXO","9","10","10","So they/we both got some ashes/soot and went and stood in front of the king. Moses/I threw the ashes/soot up into the air. The ashes/soot spread all over, causing boils to afflict the Egyptian people and their animals. All the boils became open sores. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_11","003_9_11","EXO","9","11","11","Even the men who worked magic had boils. The result was that they were suffering so much that they were not able to come to Moses/me, because the men who worked magic had boils just like all the rest of the Egyptian people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_12","003_9_12","EXO","9","12","12","But Yahweh caused the king to continue to be stubborn IDM. He did not pay any attention to what they/we said, just as Yahweh had told Moses/me would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_13","003_9_13","EXO","9","13","13","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Get up early tomorrow morning. Go and stand in front of the king and tell him that Yahweh God, the one that the Hebrew people worship, says this: ‘Let my people go, in order that they may worship me in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_14","003_9_14","EXO","9","14","14","If you do not let them go, this time I will punish with plagues not only your officials and the rest of your people, but I will punish you yourself SYN, in order that you will know there is no god like me anywhere in the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_15","003_9_15","EXO","9","15","15","By this time I could have used my power MTY to strike you and your people with terrible diseases that would have wiped you all from the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_16","003_9_16","EXO","9","16","16","But I have let you live. The reason I have let you live is to show you my power, with the result that people all over the earth HYP will know how great I MTY am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_17","003_9_17","EXO","9","17","17","You are still acting proudly and refusing to let my people go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_18","003_9_18","EXO","9","18","18","So listen to this: About this time tomorrow I will cause very heavy hail to fall in Egypt. From the time Egypt first became a country, there has never been a hailstorm as bad as this one will be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_19","003_9_19","EXO","9","19","19","So you should send a message to everyone to put their cattle, and everything else that they own that is out in the fields, under shelters. The hail will fall on every person and every animal that is out in the fields and that is not put under a shelter, and they will all die.’” So Moses/I did what Yahweh said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_20","003_9_20","EXO","9","20","20","Some of the king’s officials who heard what Yahweh had said became very afraid. So they put all their animals and their slaves under shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_21","003_9_21","EXO","9","21","21","But those who did not pay any attention to what Yahweh had said left their slaves and their animals in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_22","003_9_22","EXO","9","22","22","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Raise your hand up toward the sky, in order that hail will fall all over the land of Egypt—on the people and on their animals and on all the plants in the fields.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_23","003_9_23","EXO","9","23","23","So Moses/I lifted his/my stick up toward the sky. And Yahweh sent down hail, all over the land of Egypt. There was also thunder and lightning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_24","003_9_24","EXO","9","24","24","While very heavy hail was falling, there was thunder, and lightning struck the ground. There had never been a hailstorm like that since Egypt first became a country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_25","003_9_25","EXO","9","25","25","The hail struck everything that was in the fields all over Egypt—every person and every animal. The hail destroyed the plants in the fields and stripped the leaves off the trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_26","003_9_26","EXO","9","26","26","Only in the Goshen region, where the Israeli people were living, was there no hail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_27","003_9_27","EXO","9","27","27","Then the king sent someone to summon Aaron and Moses/me. When they/we came to the king, he said to them/us, “This time I admit that I have sinned. What Yahweh has done is right, and what I and my people have done is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_28","003_9_28","EXO","9","28","28","◄Pray to/Plead with► Yahweh to cause it to stop! We cannot endure any more of this thunder and hail! I will let your people go; they do not have to stay here in Egypt any longer.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_29","003_9_29","EXO","9","29","29","Moses/I replied, “As soon as I go out of this city, I will lift up my hands and pray to Yahweh. Then the thunder will cease, and no more hail will fall. This will happen in order that you will know that Yahweh, not your gods, controls everything that happens on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_30","003_9_30","EXO","9","30","30","But as for you and your officials, I know that you do not yet fear Yahweh God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_31","003_9_31","EXO","9","31","31","When the hail fell, the flax was ruined because the buds were forming, and the barley was ruined because its grain was ripe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_32","003_9_32","EXO","9","32","32","But none of the wheat crops was ruined, because their shoots were still very small. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_33","003_9_33","EXO","9","33","33","So Moses/I left the king and went outside the city. He/I lifted up his/my hands toward Yahweh and prayed. Then the thunder and the hail stopped, and the rain also stopped falling on the land of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_34","003_9_34","EXO","9","34","34","But when the king saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had stopped, he sinned again. He and his officials continued to be stubborn IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX9_35","003_9_35","EXO","9","35","35","So, just as Yahweh had predicted by what he told Moses/me, the king did not allow the Israeli people to leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_1","003_10_1","EXO","10","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go to the king again. I have made him and his officials stubborn IDM. I have done that in order that I would have a good reason to perform all these plagues among them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_2","003_10_2","EXO","10","2","2","and also in order that you would be able to tell your children and your grandchildren how I caused the Egyptians to act very foolishly when I performed all these miracles. Then all of you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_3","003_10_3","EXO","10","3","3","So Aaron and Moses/I went into the king’s palace and said to him, “Yahweh God, whom we Hebrews worship, says this: ‘How long will you stubbornly refuse to do what I tell you MTY? Let my people go, in order that they may worship me in the desert ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_4","003_10_4","EXO","10","4","4","If you keep refusing to let them go, I warn you that tomorrow I will bring ◄locusts/large flying insects called locusts► into your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_5","003_10_5","EXO","10","5","5","They will completely cover the ground so that you will not even be able to see the ground. They will eat everything that the hail did not destroy. They will eat everything that is left on the trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_6","003_10_6","EXO","10","6","6","They will fill your houses, and the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the rest of the Egyptians. There will be more locusts than you or your parents or your grandparents have ever seen, from the time your ancestors first came to this land until the present time!’” Then he/I turned and Aaron and I left the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_7","003_10_7","EXO","10","7","7","The king’s officials said to him, “◄How long is this man going to continue to bring disasters on us?/We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!► RHQ Let the Israeli men leave, in order that they may worship Yahweh, their god. ◄Do you not yet understand that this man has ruined Egypt?/You ought to realize by now that this man has ruined Egypt!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_8","003_10_8","EXO","10","8","8","So they brought Aaron and Moses/me back to the king. He said to them/us, “All right, you can go and worship Yahweh your god. But who are the ones who will go?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_9","003_10_9","EXO","10","9","9","Moses/I replied, “We all need to go, everyone, including those who are young and those who are old. We need to take our sons and our daughters and our flocks of sheep and goats and herds of livestock, because we must have a festival to honor Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_10","003_10_10","EXO","10","10","10","Moses/I really did not intend that the Israelis would ever return to Egypt, and the king knew that also. So the king replied sarcastically, “If you all leave, it will be clear that Yahweh has helped you, but I myself will never let you take your children and your wives when you go! It is clear that you are wickedly planning not to return. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_11","003_10_11","EXO","10","11","11","So no, I will not let you all go. The Israeli men may go and worship Yahweh, if that is what you want.” Then the king expelled them/us from his palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_12","003_10_12","EXO","10","12","12","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach out your hand as though you were stretching it over the land to welcome the locusts. They will come to the country of Egypt and eat every plant that is left in the land, every plant that the hail has not destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_13","003_10_13","EXO","10","13","13","So Moses/I held out his/my stick as though he/I was stretching it over the whole land of Egypt. Then Yahweh caused a strong wind to blow from the east, and it blew over the land all that day and all that night. By the next morning, it had brought the locusts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_14","003_10_14","EXO","10","14","14","The locusts swarmed all over Egypt. It was larger than any swarm of locusts that had ever been seen, and there will never be a swarm of locusts like that again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_15","003_10_15","EXO","10","15","15","They covered the surface of the ground and made it appear black. They ate all the plants in the land and everything on the trees that had not been destroyed by the hail. Nothing that was green was left on any plant or on any tree, anywhere in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_16","003_10_16","EXO","10","16","16","The king quickly summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh, your god, and against you two. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_17","003_10_17","EXO","10","17","17","So now I ask you to forgive me this one time for having sinned, and pray to Yahweh your god to stop these locusts MTY from causing everything to die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_18","003_10_18","EXO","10","18","18","They/We left the king, and Moses/I prayed to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_19","003_10_19","EXO","10","19","19","Then Yahweh changed the wind so that it blew strongly from the west, and it blew all the locusts into the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). There was not one locust left anywhere in the country of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_20","003_10_20","EXO","10","20","20","But Yahweh made the king stubborn IDM again, and he did not let the Israeli people go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_21","003_10_21","EXO","10","21","21","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness so complete that people will have to grope around to know where to walk.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_22","003_10_22","EXO","10","22","22","So Moses/I reached his/my hand toward the sky, and it became totally dark all over Egypt for three days and nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_23","003_10_23","EXO","10","23","23","People could not see each other. No one left his house during that whole time. But there was light in the area where the Israeli people were living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_24","003_10_24","EXO","10","24","24","The king summoned Moses/me and said, “All right, you may go and worship Yahweh. Your wives and your children may go with you. But your flocks of sheep and goats and your herds of cattle must remain here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_25","003_10_25","EXO","10","25","25","But Moses/I replied, “No, you must let us take along the sheep and goats, in order that we may have some of them to sacrifice and give as burned offerings to Yahweh, our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_26","003_10_26","EXO","10","26","26","Our livestock must also go with us; we are not going to leave one of them SYN behind. We must take them to worship Yahweh. We will not know which animals to sacrifice until we get to where we are going.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_27","003_10_27","EXO","10","27","27","But Yahweh made the king continue to be stubborn IDM, and he would not let the Israeli people go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_28","003_10_28","EXO","10","28","28","The king said to me, “Get out of here! Make sure that you never come to see me SYN again! The day you see me again, I will have you executed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX10_29","003_10_29","EXO","10","29","29","Moses/I replied, “You are correct! You will never see me SYN again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_1","003_11_1","EXO","11","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I will cause one more disaster to strike the king of Egypt and all his people MTY. After that, he will let you leave. In fact, he will expel you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_2","003_11_2","EXO","11","2","2","So now speak to all the Israeli people. Tell them to ask all their Egyptian neighbors, both men and women, to give them some silver and gold jewelry.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_3","003_11_3","EXO","11","3","3","Yahweh made the Egyptians highly respect the Israeli people. In particular, the Egyptian officials and all the rest of the people considered Moses/me to be a very great man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_4","003_11_4","EXO","11","4","4","Then Moses/I went to the king and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘About midnight tonight I will go throughout Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_5","003_11_5","EXO","11","5","5","and I will cause all the firstborn/oldest sons to die. That will include your oldest son, the oldest sons of the slave women who grind grain, and the oldest sons of everyone else. I will also kill the oldest males of the Egyptians’ livestock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_6","003_11_6","EXO","11","6","6","When that happens, people all over Egypt will wail loudly. They have never wailed like that before, and they will never wail like that again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_7","003_11_7","EXO","11","7","7","But among the Israeli people it will be so quiet that not even a dog will bark! Then you will know for sure that I, Yahweh, distinguish how I act toward the Egyptians and how I act toward the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_8","003_11_8","EXO","11","8","8","Then all these officials of yours will come and bow down before me and will say, “Please get out of Egypt, you and all the Israeli people!”’ After that, I will leave Egypt!” After Moses/I said that, he/I very angrily left the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_9","003_11_9","EXO","11","9","9","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The king will not pay any attention to what you say. The result will be that I will perform more plagues in the land of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX11_10","003_11_10","EXO","11","10","10","Aaron and Moses/I performed all these miracles in front of the king, but Yahweh made the king stubborn, and he did not let the Israeli people leave his country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_1","003_12_1","EXO","12","1","1","Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me there in Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_2","003_12_2","EXO","12","2","2","“From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_3","003_12_3","EXO","12","3","3","Tell all the Israeli people that in each family, the man who heads the family must select a lamb or a young goat for his household. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_4","003_12_4","EXO","12","4","4","If there are not enough people in his family to eat a whole cooked lamb, then his family and the family that lives next door may share one animal. Decide how many lambs you need according to the number of people in each family, and according to how much each person can eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_5","003_12_5","EXO","12","5","5","The lambs or goats that you choose must be males, one-year-old, and they must not have any defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_6","003_12_6","EXO","12","6","6","You must take special care of these animals until the 14th day of the month. On that day, all the Israeli people must slaughter the lambs or goats in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_7","003_12_7","EXO","12","7","7","Then they must take some of the blood from the lambs or goats, and they must smear it on the doorposts and the ◄lintels/horizontal beams above the doorways► of the houses in which they will eat the meat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_8","003_12_8","EXO","12","8","8","They must roast the animals immediately and eat the meat that night. They must eat it with bread that is baked without yeast and with bitter herbs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_9","003_12_9","EXO","12","9","9","You must not eat any of the meat raw, and you must not boil the meat. You must roast it whole, without cutting off the head or the legs or removing the internal parts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_10","003_12_10","EXO","12","10","10","You must eat all the meat that evening; do not let any of the meat remain to be eaten the next morning. If any of the meat is left until the next morning, you must completely burn it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_11","003_12_11","EXO","12","11","11","When you eat it, you must be dressed ready to travel, and you must eat it quickly. You must have your sandals on your feet and your walking stick in your hands. It will be a festival called Passover to honor me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_12","003_12_12","EXO","12","12","12","On that night I will go through all the country of Egypt, and I will kill all the oldest males in Egypt, both humans and animals. By doing this I will show that all the gods in Egypt are worthless. I can do this, because I am Yahweh, the all-powerful God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_13","003_12_13","EXO","12","13","13","The blood that you smear on the doorways will be a mark to indicate the houses in which you Israelis live. When I see the blood, I will ignore and pass by those houses, and I will not harm you Israelis who live there, when I punish the Egyptians. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_14","003_12_14","EXO","12","14","14","Each year, you must celebrate this festival on this day, to remember what I, Yahweh, have done for you. In all the generations to come, each year you must celebrate this festival. It must continue forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_15","003_12_15","EXO","12","15","15","For seven days you must eat bread that has no yeast in it. On the first day of that week you must get rid of all the yeast that is in your houses. During those seven days, if anyone eats bread that is baked with yeast in it, you must consider that person to be no longer an Israeli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_16","003_12_16","EXO","12","16","16","On the first day of that week, you must ◄have a holy meeting/gather together to worship me►. You must do the same thing on the seventh day. People must not work on those two days. The only work they may do is to prepare food for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_17","003_12_17","EXO","12","17","17","Every year you must keep celebrating this festival of eating bread that has no yeast in it, because it will remind you that it was on this day that I brought all your tribal groups out of Egypt. So every year, in all the generations to come, you must celebrate this day as a festival. It must continue forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_18","003_12_18","EXO","12","18","19","In the first month of the year, on the 14th day of that month, the only bread you may eat is bread that has no yeast in it. You must keep doing that each day until the 21st day of that month. For those seven days you must not have any yeast in your house. During that time, if anyone, either an Israeli or a foreigner, eats bread made with yeast, you must consider that person no longer to be an Israeli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_20","003_12_20","EXO","12","20","20","In your houses, do not eat anything that has yeast in it during those seven days.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_21","003_12_21","EXO","12","21","21","Then Moses/I summoned all the leaders of the Israeli people. He/I said to them, “Each family should select a lamb and kill it, in order that you may eat it to celebrate the festival that will be called ‘Passover’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_22","003_12_22","EXO","12","22","22","Let the lamb’s blood drain into a basin. Get a bunch/sprig of ◄hyssop/a very leafy plant► and dip it in the blood. Then smear some of the blood on the doorposts and the ◄lintels/beams above the doorways► of your houses. The people in each house must all stay inside the house until the next morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_23","003_12_23","EXO","12","23","23","When Yahweh goes throughout Egypt to kill the oldest male in each Egyptian family, he will see the blood on the ◄lintels/beams of your doorways►, and he will ignore and pass by those houses. He will not allow the angel who causes people to die to enter your houses and kill any of your oldest sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_24","003_12_24","EXO","12","24","24","You and your descendants must celebrate this festival forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_25","003_12_25","EXO","12","25","25","And when you arrive in the land that Yahweh will be giving to you as he promised, you must keep celebrating this ritual every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_26","003_12_26","EXO","12","26","26","When your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean?’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_27","003_12_27","EXO","12","27","27","you must tell them, ‘This ritual is to remember how our ancestors sacrificed lambs on the night that Yahweh’s angel passed by the houses of the Israeli people when they were in Egypt. He killed the oldest males/sons in all the Egyptian houses, but he spared the sons in MTY our houses.’” After Moses/I told them this, they all bowed their heads and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_28","003_12_28","EXO","12","28","28","Then the Israeli people did what Yahweh had told Aaron and Moses/me to tell them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_29","003_12_29","EXO","12","29","29","At midnight Yahweh killed all the oldest sons of the Egyptian people, all over Egypt. That included the king’s oldest son, the oldest sons of the prisoners in the dungeon/jail, and the oldest sons of everyone else. He also killed the oldest males of all the Egyptians’ livestock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_30","003_12_30","EXO","12","30","30","That night the king, all his officials, and all the rest of the Egyptian people awoke and discovered what had happened. They wailed loudly all over Egypt, because in every house, someone’s son had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_31","003_12_31","EXO","12","31","31","That night the king summoned Aaron and Moses/me and said, “You and all the other Israeli people, must leave my country immediately! Go and worship Yahweh, as you requested! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_32","003_12_32","EXO","12","32","32","Take your flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and leave! And ask Yahweh to bless me, also!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_33","003_12_33","EXO","12","33","33","Then the Israeli people did as Moses/I had told them. They went to their Egyptian neighbors and asked them for silver and gold jewelry and clothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_34","003_12_34","EXO","12","34","34","Yahweh caused the Egyptian people to greatly respect the Israeli people, so they gave them what they asked for. In that way, they carried away the wealth of the Egyptian people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_35","003_12_35","EXO","12","35","35","The Egyptians urged the Israeli people to leave their country quickly. They said, “If you do not do that, we will all die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_36","003_12_36","EXO","12","36","36","So the Israeli people prepared to leave at once. They took the bowls in which they mixed the dough to make bread, and the dough that was in the bowls without any yeast in it, and they wrapped the bowls in their cloaks. They put the bowls on their shoulders and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_37","003_12_37","EXO","12","37","37","The Israeli people traveled from Rameses city to Succoth town. There were about 600,000 men who went, in addition to the women and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_38","003_12_38","EXO","12","38","38","Many other people who were not Israelis went along with them. There were also livestock, the flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_39","003_12_39","EXO","12","39","39","On their way, they baked bread with the dough that they carried with them when they had been expelled from Egypt. The dough did not have yeast in it, because they were told to leave Egypt so quickly that they did not have enough time to get food ready to take with them, or enough time to mix yeast in the dough. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_40","003_12_40","EXO","12","40","40","The Israeli people had lived in Egypt 430 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_41","003_12_41","EXO","12","41","41","On the day that those 430 years ended, on that very day, all the tribes of Yahweh’s people left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_42","003_12_42","EXO","12","42","42","It was a night when Yahweh ◄protected/guarded over► them as he brought them out of Egypt. So this same night every year is a night that is dedicated to Yahweh, a night when the Israeli people in every generation remember how Yahweh protected our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_43","003_12_43","EXO","12","43","44","Then Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses/me: “These are my instructions about the Passover ritual: Do not let foreigners eat the Passover meal. But any male slaves that you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_45","003_12_45","EXO","12","45","45","Do not let people who are living among you temporarily, or servants whom you have hired, eat the Passover meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_46","003_12_46","EXO","12","46","46","Each family must eat the Passover meal inside their own house. Do not take any of the food outside the house. And do not break any of the bones of the lamb that is sacrificed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_47","003_12_47","EXO","12","47","47","All the Israeli people must celebrate this festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_48","003_12_48","EXO","12","48","48","When someone from another country comes to live with you and wants to celebrate the Passover Festival, circumcise all the males in his household. Then they may eat the Passover meal, and you should treat those people as though they were born as Israelis. But do not allow men who have not been circumcised to eat the Passover meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_49","003_12_49","EXO","12","49","49","These rules apply to people who were born as Israelis and to foreigners who come and live among you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_50","003_12_50","EXO","12","50","50","All the Israeli people obeyed Aaron and Moses/me and did what Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX12_51","003_12_51","EXO","12","51","51","On that very day Yahweh brought all the tribes of the Israeli people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_1","003_13_1","EXO","13","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_2","003_13_2","EXO","13","2","2","“Set apart all the firstborn males in order that they may belong to me. The firstborn males of the Israeli people and of their animals will be mine.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_3","003_13_3","EXO","13","3","3","Moses/I said to the people, “Do not forget this day! This is the day that you are leaving Egypt. This is the day you are freed from being their slaves. Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt by his great power MTY. Do not eat any bread that has yeast in it whenever you celebrate this day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_4","003_13_4","EXO","13","4","4","You are leaving Egypt on this day, which is the first day of the month that is named Abib. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_5","003_13_5","EXO","13","5","5","Later, when Yahweh brings you into the land where the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Hiv, and Jebus now live, the land that he solemnly promised to give to you, a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops MTY, you must celebrate this festival during this month every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_6","003_13_6","EXO","13","6","6","For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to honor Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_7","003_13_7","EXO","13","7","7","For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_8","003_13_8","EXO","13","8","8","On the day the festival starts, you must tell your children, ‘We are doing this to remember what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_9","003_13_9","EXO","13","9","9","This ritual will remind you how Yahweh brought your ancestors out of Egypt with his great power MTY. The ritual will be like something you tie on your forehead or on your wrist. It will remind you to recite to others what Yahweh has instructed you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_10","003_13_10","EXO","13","10","10","So you must celebrate this festival every year at the time Yahweh has appointed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_11","003_13_11","EXO","13","11","11","Yahweh will bring you into the land where the descendants of Canaan live, just as he promised you and your ancestors that he would do. When he gives that land to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_12","003_13_12","EXO","13","12","12","you must dedicate to Yahweh the firstborn males of all your animals. These all will belong to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_13","003_13_13","EXO","13","13","13","You may keep the firstborn male donkeys, but you must buy them back by sacrificing a lamb as a substitute for the donkey. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, you must kill it by breaking its neck. You must also buy back every one of your own firstborn sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_14","003_13_14","EXO","13","14","14","In the future, when one of your children asks, ‘What does this mean?’, you must say to him, ‘Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt with his great power MTY, and freed us from being slaves there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_15","003_13_15","EXO","13","15","15","The king of Egypt stubbornly refused to let them leave his country, so Yahweh killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, both the boys and the firstborn of their livestock. That is why we now sacrifice to Yahweh all the firstborn of our livestock, but we buy back our own firstborn sons.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_16","003_13_16","EXO","13","16","16","I repeat that this ritual will remind you about how Yahweh brought our ancestors out of Egypt by his great power MTY; it will be like something you tie on your wrist or on your forehead to remind you of that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_17","003_13_17","EXO","13","17","17","When the king of Egypt let the Israeli people go, God did not lead them to go through the land of the Philistines. That was a shorter way, but God said, “It would be bad if my people change their minds when they realize that they will have to fight the Philistines to take their land, and then decide to return to Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_18","003_13_18","EXO","13","18","18","Instead, God led them to go around through the desert toward the Red Sea (OR, the Gulf of Suez). When the Israeli people left Egypt, they were carrying weapons to fight their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_19","003_13_19","EXO","13","19","19","Moses/I had them take along the bones of Joseph with them/us, because Joseph long ago had made the Israeli people promise solemnly that they would do that. He had said to them, “God will enable your descendants to leave Egypt. When that happens, you must carry my bones with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_20","003_13_20","EXO","13","20","20","The Israeli people left Succoth and traveled to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and they set up their tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_21","003_13_21","EXO","13","21","21","When they traveled during the daytime, Yahweh went in front of them in a tall white cloud to show them the way. During the night, he went in front of them in a tall cloud that looked like a fire. By doing that, he enabled them to travel in the daytime and also at nighttime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX13_22","003_13_22","EXO","13","22","22","The tall cloud did not leave them. It was always in front of them, as a bright white cloud in the daytime and like a fire at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_1","003_14_1","EXO","14","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_2","003_14_2","EXO","14","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people to turn around and go back and set up their tents in front of Pi-Hahiroth town. That town is between Migdol and the sea, across from Baal-Zephon town. Set up your tents there, close to the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_3","003_14_3","EXO","14","3","3","When the king knows you have done that, he will think, ‘The Israeli people are confused. They are wandering around, and the desert blocks their path.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_4","003_14_4","EXO","14","4","4","But I will make the king stubborn again, and he will take his army and pursue you. Then my people will praise/thank me for winning a victory over the king and his army. And the Egyptians will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” So Moses/I told my people that, and they did what he/I told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_5","003_14_5","EXO","14","5","5","When someone told the king that the Israeli people had left during the night, he and his officials changed their minds and said, “◄What have we done?/What we have done was stupid!► RHQ The Israeli people will no longer be our slaves!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_6","003_14_6","EXO","14","6","6","So the king got his chariot and his army ready. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_7","003_14_7","EXO","14","7","7","Then he selected 600 of the best chariots, and in each chariot he placed a driver, a soldier, and a commander, and they left. Other chariots, with a driver and a soldier in each of them, also went along. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_8","003_14_8","EXO","14","8","8","Because Yahweh made the king of Egypt so stubborn that he and his army went to pursue the Israelis, who were leaving triumphantly, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_9","003_14_9","EXO","14","9","9","the Egyptian army, with all the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen, pursued the Israelis. They caught up with them as they were camped near the sea, close to Pi-Hahiroth, in front of Baal-Zephon town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_10","003_14_10","EXO","14","10","10","When the king’s army got near, the Israeli people were surprised to see that the Egyptians were marching toward them. They were terrified; so they cried out to Yahweh to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_11","003_14_11","EXO","14","11","11","Then they said to Moses/me, “Is it because there were no places in Egypt where we could be buried that you have brought us here to die in this desert RHQ? Look what you have done to us by bringing us out of Egypt RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_12","003_14_12","EXO","14","12","12","That is what we told you when we were in Egypt! We said, ‘Leave us alone, and let us work for the Egyptians RHQ!’ It would have been better for us to be slaves for the Egyptians than to die here in the desert!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_13","003_14_13","EXO","14","13","13","Moses/I replied to the people, “Do not be afraid! Be brave, and see how Yahweh will rescue you! He will save you today, and the result will be that the Egyptians that you are looking at today—you will never see them again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_14","003_14_14","EXO","14","14","14","Yahweh will fight for you! Just keep quiet. There is nothing else that you will have to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_15","003_14_15","EXO","14","15","16","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell the people to stop crying out for me to help them, and tell them to go forward. Lift up your stick and stretch it out toward the sea. The water will divide, so that all you Israeli people can go in the middle of the sea, walking on dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_17","003_14_17","EXO","14","17","17","I will make the Egyptians stubborn, so that they will try to follow you. And then as a result of what I will do to the king and his army and his chariots and his horsemen, my people will praise/thank me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_18","003_14_18","EXO","14","18","18","And when I have won a glorious victory over the king and his chariots and his horsemen, the other Egyptians will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_19","003_14_19","EXO","14","19","19","Then the angel of God, who had been in front of the Israeli people, moved and went behind them. The tall bright cloud that had been in front of them also moved behind them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_20","003_14_20","EXO","14","20","20","until it was between the Egyptian army and the Israeli people. The cloud caused the Egyptian army to be in the dark but it gave light for the Israelis. As a result, neither group could come near the other group during the whole night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_21","003_14_21","EXO","14","21","21","That evening, Moses/I stretched out his/my hand toward the sea. Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the east. It blew all night and pushed the water apart, and it caused the ground between the water to dry up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_22","003_14_22","EXO","14","22","22","Then we Israeli people went on the dry land in the middle of the sea. The water was like a wall on each side of us, on the right side and on the left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_23","003_14_23","EXO","14","23","23","Then the Egyptian army pursued them, and went after them into the middle of the sea, with their horses and their chariots and the chariot-drivers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_24","003_14_24","EXO","14","24","24","Just before dawn, Yahweh looked down from the fiery cloud, and then he caused the Egyptian army to panic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_25","003_14_25","EXO","14","25","25","He caused the wheels of the chariots to get stuck in the mud, so that they could hardly move. So the Egyptians said, “Yahweh is fighting for the Israelis and against us; let’s get out of here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_26","003_14_26","EXO","14","26","26","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Stretch out your arm toward the sea again. Then the water will come back on the Egyptians and on their chariots and their horsemen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_27","003_14_27","EXO","14","27","27","So Moses/I stretched out his/my arm, and as the sun was rising, the water returned to its normal level. The Egyptians tried to escape, but Yahweh hurled them back into the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_28","003_14_28","EXO","14","28","28","The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and the whole Egyptian army that had tried to follow us Israelis into the sea. Every one of the Egyptians drowned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_29","003_14_29","EXO","14","29","29","But we Israeli people had already crossed through the sea by walking on dry ground, with the water being like two walls, one on the right side and one on the left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_30","003_14_30","EXO","14","30","30","That is the way Yahweh saved the Israeli people from the Egyptian army on that day. The Israeli people saw the Egyptians lying dead, with their bodies washed up on the shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX14_31","003_14_31","EXO","14","31","31","The Israelis saw what Yahweh did to the Egyptians by his great power MTY, and they were in awe of Yahweh. They trusted in Yahweh and they also trusted Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_1","003_15_1","EXO","15","1","1","Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_2","003_15_2","EXO","15","2","2","Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is ◄my God/God, the one I worship►, and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell others how great he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_3","003_15_3","EXO","15","3","3","Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_4","003_15_4","EXO","15","4","4","He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_5","003_15_5","EXO","15","5","5","The water covered them like a flood; they sank to the bottom like a stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_6","003_15_6","EXO","15","6","6","O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power; with that power MTY, O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_7","003_15_7","EXO","15","7","7","You have gloriously defeated your enemies. Because you were angry with them, you have destroyed them like a fire burns up straw SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_8","003_15_8","EXO","15","8","8","You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls. In the deepest part of the sea the water became thick/solid, as though it was frozen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_9","003_15_9","EXO","15","9","9","Our enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take from them all we want.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_10","003_15_10","EXO","15","10","10","But you blew on them with your breath, and then the sea covered them. They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_11","003_15_11","EXO","15","11","11","Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you RHQ! You are glorious, completely different from all that you made. ◄There is no god like you!/What god is like you?► RHQ There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles DOU like you do RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_12","003_15_12","EXO","15","12","12","When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed up our enemies ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_13","003_15_13","EXO","15","13","13","You faithfully loved the people you rescued; with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_14","003_15_14","EXO","15","14","14","The people of other nations will hear what you have done; and they will tremble. The people in Philistia will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_15","003_15_15","EXO","15","15","15","The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed. The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_16","003_15_16","EXO","15","16","16","They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength MTY. But they will be as silent as stones until your people march past them, the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_17","003_15_17","EXO","15","17","17","to go to Canaan land. You will enable them to live MET on your hill, at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home, in the ◄holy place/temple► that you yourself will build. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_18","003_15_18","EXO","15","18","18","O Yahweh, you will rule forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_19","003_15_19","EXO","15","19","19","The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_20","003_15_20","EXO","15","20","20","Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a ◄prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God►, picked up her tambourine, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_21","003_15_21","EXO","15","21","21","and she sang this song to Yahweh: “Sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously over his enemies. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_22","003_15_22","EXO","15","22","22","Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_23","003_15_23","EXO","15","23","23","So they/we went on and came to a place named Marah. There was water there, but they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_24","003_15_24","EXO","15","24","24","The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_25","003_15_25","EXO","15","25","25","So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off one of the branches and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_26","003_15_26","EXO","15","26","26","by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak to you, and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX15_27","003_15_27","EXO","15","27","27","After they/we left Marah, they/we came to a place named Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_1","003_16_1","EXO","16","1","1","They/We left Elim, and all the Israeli people came to the desert named Sin. That is between Elim and Sinai Mountain. That was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they/we left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_2","003_16_2","EXO","16","2","2","There in the desert, the Israeli HYP people complained to Aaron and Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_3","003_16_3","EXO","16","3","3","They said to them/us, “We wish that Yahweh had killed us in Egypt! There we had meat to eat, and all the bread that we wanted. But you have brought us into this desert in order that we will all starve to death!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_4","003_16_4","EXO","16","4","4","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen to what I am going to do. I am going to send something from the sky that will take the place of bread for all of you. When I do that, the people must go out of their tents every day and gather just enough to eat on that day. When I do that, I will find out whether they will obey my instructions or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_5","003_16_5","EXO","16","5","5","On the sixth day after I start doing that, they will be able to gather twice as much as on the other days, and not have to gather any on the seventh day. Then they can prepare it to eat it on the 6th and 7th days.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_6","003_16_6","EXO","16","6","6","So Aaron and Moses/I said to all the Israeli people, “This evening you will know that it was Yahweh, not we, who brought you out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_7","003_16_7","EXO","16","7","7","And tomorrow morning you will see how great Yahweh is, because he has heard what you have complained about. He is the one whom you have really complained to, because we are just his servants.” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_8","003_16_8","EXO","16","8","8","Then Moses/I also said, “From now on, each evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and each morning he will give you something that will take the place of bread, because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants.” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_9","003_16_9","EXO","16","9","9","Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Tell all the Israeli people, ‘Come and stand here in the presence of Yahweh, because he has heard what you have been complaining about.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_10","003_16_10","EXO","16","10","10","So Aaron told them that. And as Aaron was talking to all the Israeli people, they looked toward the desert, and were surprised to see the ◄dazzling light/incredible brightness► of Yahweh in the cloud that had been leading them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_11","003_16_11","EXO","16","11","11","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_12","003_16_12","EXO","16","12","12","“I have heard what the Israeli people have been complaining about. So say to them, ‘From now on, each evening, you will have meat to eat. And each morning you will have something that will take the place of bread. You will have all you want of it to eat.’ Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_13","003_16_13","EXO","16","13","13","That evening, ◄quails/small plump birds► appeared, and there were so many that they covered the campsite. The next morning there was something like dew all around the campsite. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_14","003_16_14","EXO","16","14","14","When the dew evaporated, on the surface of the desert there was a thick layer of something that looked like white flakes. It looked like frost. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_15","003_16_15","EXO","16","15","15","When the Israeli people saw it, since they had never seen it before and did not know what it was, they said to each other, “What is it?” Moses/I replied to them, “It is something Yahweh has given you to eat, to take the place of bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_16","003_16_16","EXO","16","16","16","This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Each of you should gather as much as you need to eat. Gather two quarts/liters for each person who lives in your tents.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_17","003_16_17","EXO","16","17","17","So that is what the Israeli people did. Some gathered more and some gathered less. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_18","003_16_18","EXO","16","18","18","But when they measured what they had gathered, those that had gathered a lot did not have anything left over. And those that gathered less still had enough to eat. Each person gathered just what they needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_19","003_16_19","EXO","16","19","19","Moses/I said to them, “Do not leave any of it to eat tomorrow morning!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_20","003_16_20","EXO","16","20","20","But some of them did not pay any attention to what Moses/I said. They kept some of it until the next morning. But it was full of maggots and smelled rotten. And that made Moses/me angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_21","003_16_21","EXO","16","21","21","Each morning they gathered as much as they needed. But later, when the sun got hot, what was left on the ground melted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_22","003_16_22","EXO","16","22","22","On the sixth day after they started gathering it, each person was able to gather four quarts/liters, which was twice as much as they gathered on the other days. When the leaders of the people came to Moses/me and told him/me about that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_23","003_16_23","EXO","16","23","23","Moses/I said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘Tomorrow will be a day for you to rest completely. It will be a day dedicated to Yahweh. So today, bake or boil what you will need for today and for tomorrow. Whatever is left this evening, you should put aside and keep it to eat tomorrow.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_24","003_16_24","EXO","16","24","24","So they did what Moses/I commanded. What was left over, they kept until the next day. It did not spoil and did not get maggots in it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_25","003_16_25","EXO","16","25","25","On that day, Moses/I said, “Eat today what you have saved from yesterday, because today is a day dedicated to Yahweh. Today you will not find any of that food outside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_26","003_16_26","EXO","16","26","26","Every week, you must gather it for six days; but on the seventh day, which will be a day of rest, you will not find any.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_27","003_16_27","EXO","16","27","27","On the seventh day, some of the people went outside their tents to gather some of that food, but there was none. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_28","003_16_28","EXO","16","28","28","Then Yahweh told Moses/me to say this to the people: “How long will you people refuse to do all the things that I tell you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_29","003_16_29","EXO","16","29","29","Listen! Yahweh has given you a day of rest. So on the sixth day of each week, he will be giving you enough of this food for two days. Each of you should stay in his tent and do no work on the seventh day!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_30","003_16_30","EXO","16","30","30","So the people rested on the seventh day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_31","003_16_31","EXO","16","31","31","The Israeli people called this food manna, which sounds like the words in their language that mean ‘what is it?’ It looked like small seeds called coriander, but it was white, and it tasted like thin wafers/biscuits made with honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_32","003_16_32","EXO","16","32","32","Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: ‘You must keep two quarts/liters of it for all future generations, so that they can see the food that took the place of bread that I gave to your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_33","003_16_33","EXO","16","33","33","And he/I said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put two quarts of manna in it. Then put it in a place where Yahweh can see it. It is to be kept like that for all future generations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_34","003_16_34","EXO","16","34","34","Many years later, as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me, Aaron put the jar in front of the box that contained the stone slabs on which the Ten Commandments were written. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_35","003_16_35","EXO","16","35","35","The Israeli people were able to eat manna every day for 40 years, until they came to the border of Canaan land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX16_36","003_16_36","EXO","16","36","36","(The standard measure that they used at that time held 20 quarts/liters.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_1","003_17_1","EXO","17","1","1","Obeying what Yahweh commanded, all the Israeli people moved from the Sin Desert. They/We traveled from one place to another. They/We camped at a place named Rephidim, but there was no water there for ◄the people/us► to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_2","003_17_2","EXO","17","2","2","So the people complained to Moses/me again, saying, “Give us water to drink!” Moses/I replied to them, “Why are you ◄criticizing/arguing with► me RHQ? And why are you trying to determine whether Yahweh has the power to provide for you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_3","003_17_3","EXO","17","3","3","But the people were very thirsty, and they continued to complain to Moses/me. They were saying things like “Why did you bring us out of Egypt?”, and “Did you bring us here to cause us and our children and livestock to die ◄from thirst/because we had no water to drink► RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_4","003_17_4","EXO","17","4","4","So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. He/I said, “◄How shall I deal with these people?/I do not know how to deal with these people!► RHQ They are almost ready to kill me by throwing stones at me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_5","003_17_5","EXO","17","5","5","Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “Take some of the elders/leaders of the Israeli people with you and tell the rest of the people to follow you to Sinai Mountain. Take along the stick with which you struck the Nile River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_6","003_17_6","EXO","17","6","6","Listen carefully: I will stand in front of you on top of a large rock at the foot of the mountain. Strike the rock with your stick. When you do that, water for the people to drink will flow out of the rock.” When they/we arrived at the mountain, Moses/I did that while the Israeli elders were watching, and water flowed from the rock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_7","003_17_7","EXO","17","7","7","Moses/I gave that place two names in the Hebrew language: Massah, which means ‘testing’, and Meribah, which means ‘complaining’. He/I gave it the name Massah because the Israeli people were testing Yahweh, saying “Is Yahweh really among us and able to help us, or not?”, and he/I gave it the name Meribah because they were continually complaining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_8","003_17_8","EXO","17","8","8","Then the descendants of the Amalek people-group came and fought against the Israeli people at Rephidim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_9","003_17_9","EXO","17","9","9","Moses/I said to Joshua, who was one of our army/Israeli leaders, “Choose some men to go out and fight against the Amalek people-group tomorrow. I will stand on the top of the hill, holding the stick that God told me to carry.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_10","003_17_10","EXO","17","10","10","So Joshua did what Moses/I told him to do. He took some men to fight against the Amalek people-group. While they were fighting, Aaron, Hur, and Moses/I went up to the top of the hill so that they/we could see the whole battle area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_11","003_17_11","EXO","17","11","11","Whenever Moses/I lifted up his/my arms, the Israeli men started to win the battle. And whenever he/I lowered his/my arms, the Amalek people-group started to win. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_12","003_17_12","EXO","17","12","12","But his/my arms became tired. So Aaron and Hur rolled a large stone for Moses/me to sit on. While he/I was sitting on it, those two held up his/my arms, one on one side and the other on the other side. In that way, they kept his/my arms lifted up, and his/my arms held steady until the sun went down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_13","003_17_13","EXO","17","13","13","So Joshua and the men with him completely defeated the Amalek people-group, using their swords to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_14","003_17_14","EXO","17","14","14","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Write an account of this battle, and then read it to Joshua. Also write that some day I will completely get rid of the Amalek people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_15","003_17_15","EXO","17","15","15","Then Moses/I built a stone altar there and named it ‘Yahweh is like my flag’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX17_16","003_17_16","EXO","17","16","16","He/I said, “Hold high Yahweh’s flag! Yahweh will continue to fight against the Amalek people-group ◄forever/in all future generations►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_1","003_18_1","EXO","18","1","1","Jethro, who was the priest for the Midian people-group, and who was also Moses’/my father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for the Israeli people. He heard about how Yahweh had brought them out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_2","003_18_2","EXO","18","2","2","Moses/I had previously sent his/my wife Zipporah back home when he/I was returning to Egypt. But now Jethro came to him/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_3","003_18_3","EXO","18","3","3","bringing Zipporah and their/our two sons. One son was named Gershom, which sounds like the Hebrew word that means ‘foreigner’, because he/I had said, “I have been a foreigner living in another land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_4","003_18_4","EXO","18","4","4","Her other son was named Eliezer, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘God helps me’, because he/I had said “God, whom my father worshiped, has helped me and saved me from being killed MTY by the king of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_5","003_18_5","EXO","18","5","5","While Moses/I was camped with the Israeli people in the desert near Sinai, God’s sacred/holy mountain, Jethro came to him/me, bringing along Moses’/my wife and our two sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_6","003_18_6","EXO","18","6","6","Jethro had sent a message to Moses/me, “I, your father-in-law, Jethro, am coming to see you, bringing along your wife and your two sons!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_7","003_18_7","EXO","18","7","7","So Moses/I went out of the campsite to meet his/my father-in-law. He/I bowed before him, and kissed him on the cheek. ◄They both/We► asked each other, “Have you been healthy?” Then they/we went into Moses’/my tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_8","003_18_8","EXO","18","8","8","Moses/I told Jethro everything that Yahweh had done to the king and all the other people in Egypt for the sake of the Israeli people. He/I also told him about the troubles/problems they/we had experienced on the way, and how Yahweh had helped them/us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_9","003_18_9","EXO","18","9","9","Jethro rejoiced when he heard all that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_10","003_18_10","EXO","18","10","10","He said, “Praise Yahweh, who has rescued you from the powerful MTY Egyptian king and his army! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_11","003_18_11","EXO","18","11","11","Now I realize that Yahweh is greater than all other gods, because he rescued you all from the power MTY of the proud Egyptians when they were causing you to suffer.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_12","003_18_12","EXO","18","12","12","Then Jethro sacrificed an animal by burning it completely on the altar as an offering, and he also offered other sacrifices to God. Aaron and the Israeli elders/leaders went with them/us to eat a sacred meal with Jethro. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_13","003_18_13","EXO","18","13","13","The next day, Moses/I sat down at the place where he/I settled disputes among the people. The people were continually bringing their disputes to Moses/me, from morning until evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_14","003_18_14","EXO","18","14","14","When Jethro saw everything that Moses/I was doing for the people, he said, “◄Why are you doing all this for the people?/You should not be doing all this for the people!► RHQ Why are you doing this by yourself, and all the people are crowding around you, from morning until evening, asking you to make decisions for them RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_15","003_18_15","EXO","18","15","15","Moses/I replied, “I am doing this because the people keep coming to me to find out what God desires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_16","003_18_16","EXO","18","16","16","When they have a dispute about something, they come to me, and they ask me to decide which of them is right. I also tell them all of God’s laws and instructions.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_17","003_18_17","EXO","18","17","17","Jethro said to him/me, “What you are doing is not good for you or for the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_18","003_18_18","EXO","18","18","18","You and these people will ◄wear yourselves out/become exhausted►! This work is too much for one person. You are not able to do it by yourself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_19","003_18_19","EXO","18","19","19","Now listen to some good advice MTY I will give to you. If you do what I suggest, God will help you. You should continue to speak to God and tell him about the people’s disputes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_20","003_18_20","EXO","18","20","20","You should also teach the people what God has commanded and instructed you. You should also explain to them how they should conduct their lives, and the things that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_21","003_18_21","EXO","18","21","21","But in addition, you should choose some other men to help you. Choose men who have reverence for God and who will not accept bribes. Appoint some of them to make decisions for groups of ten people, some for groups of 50 people, some for groups of 100 people, and some for groups of 1,000 people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_22","003_18_22","EXO","18","22","22","Allow them to serve permanently to settle disputes for the people. The difficult matters the people can bring to you; but the matters that are not difficult, they can decide themselves. That will make the work easier for you, as they help you do that work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_23","003_18_23","EXO","18","23","23","If you do that, and I think that God is telling you to do it (OR, if God tells you to do it), you will not become exhausted, and all the people will be able to go home feeling satisfied about the decisions, with their disputes settled quickly”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_24","003_18_24","EXO","18","24","24","Moses/I accepted what his/my father-in-law Jethro suggested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_25","003_18_25","EXO","18","25","25","Moses/I chose capable men from among the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_26","003_18_26","EXO","18","26","26","They were appointed permanently to make decisions about the people’s disputes. They brought the difficult cases to Moses/me, but they decided the matters that were not difficult by themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX18_27","003_18_27","EXO","18","27","27","Then Moses/I said goodbye to his/my father-in-law, and Jethro returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_1","003_19_1","EXO","19","1","2","The Israeli people then left Rephidim, and exactly two months after leaving Egypt, they/we came to the desert near Sinai Mountain. They/We set up their/our tents at the base of the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_3","003_19_3","EXO","19","3","3","Moses/I climbed up the mountain to talk with God. Yahweh called to him/me from the top of the mountain and said, “This is what I want you to say to the Israeli people, the descendants of Jacob: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_4","003_19_4","EXO","19","4","4","‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You have seen what I did for all of you and how I brought you here to me. It was as though I lifted you up as an eagle carries its young eaglets on its wings MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_5","003_19_5","EXO","19","5","5","So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be ◄dearer/more special► to me than all the other people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_6","003_19_6","EXO","19","6","6","You will be people over whom I will rule, and you will all ◄be like priests/represent me to other nations as priests represent me to one nation► MET, and you will be completely dedicated to me.’ That is what you must tell the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_7","003_19_7","EXO","19","7","7","So Moses/I went down the mountain and summoned the elders/leaders of the people. He/I told them everything that Yahweh had told him/me to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_8","003_19_8","EXO","19","8","8","The people all said, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.” Then Moses/I climbed back up the mountain and reported to Yahweh what the people had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_9","003_19_9","EXO","19","9","9","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully: I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always trust in you.” Then Moses/I went down the mountain and reported to the people what Yahweh said. Then he/I went back up the mountain and told Yahweh what the people replied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_10","003_19_10","EXO","19","10","10","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go back down to the people again. Tell them to purify themselves today and tomorrow. Tell them to wash their clothes, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_11","003_19_11","EXO","19","11","11","They must do that to be ready on the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down to Sinai Mountain to where all the people can see me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_12","003_19_12","EXO","19","12","12","You must make a boundary around the base of the mountain, and tell them, ‘Be sure that you do not climb the mountain or even go near it. Anyone who even touches the base of the mountain must be executed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_13","003_19_13","EXO","19","13","13","Do not let anyone touch any person or any animal that touches the mountain. You must kill any person or animal that touches the mountain by throwing stones at it or shooting it with arrows. But when you hear a long loud trumpet sound, the people can come close to the base of the mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_14","003_19_14","EXO","19","14","14","So Moses/I went down the mountain again and told the people to purify themselves. They did what Moses/I told them to do, and they also washed their clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_15","003_19_15","EXO","19","15","15","Then Moses/I said to the people, “Be ready on the day after tomorrow. And you men must not have sex with EUP your wives until after then.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_16","003_19_16","EXO","19","16","16","Two days later, during the morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a very dark cloud on the mountain. A trumpet sounded very loudly, with the result that the people in the camp shook/trembled because they were very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_17","003_19_17","EXO","19","17","17","Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_18","003_19_18","EXO","19","18","18","All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from the chimney of a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_19","003_19_19","EXO","19","19","19","As the sound of the trumpet continued to become louder, Moses/I spoke to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered him/me in a loud voice that sounded like thunder. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_20","003_19_20","EXO","19","20","20","Then Yahweh came down again onto the top of Sinai Mountain, and he summoned Moses/me to come up to the top of the mountain. So Moses/I went up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_21","003_19_21","EXO","19","21","21","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go down again and warn the people not to cross the boundary in order to look at me. If they do that, many of them will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_22","003_19_22","EXO","19","22","22","Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_23","003_19_23","EXO","19","23","23","Then Moses/I said to Yahweh, “The people will not climb the mountain, because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to make it sacred/taboo.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_24","003_19_24","EXO","19","24","24","Yahweh replied, “Go down the mountain, and bring Aaron back up with you. But do not allow the priests or other people to cross the boundary to come up to me. If they cross it, I will punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX19_25","003_19_25","EXO","19","25","25","So Moses/I went down the mountain again and told the people what Yahweh had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_1","003_20_1","EXO","20","1","1","Then God said this to the Israeli people: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_2","003_20_2","EXO","20","2","2","“I am Yahweh God, the one you worship. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_3","003_20_3","EXO","20","3","3","So you must worship only me; you must not worship any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_4","003_20_4","EXO","20","4","4","You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or that is on the ground or that is in the water under the ground/earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_5","003_20_5","EXO","20","5","5","You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I ◄am very jealous/want you to worship me only►. I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but I will punish ◄their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_6","003_20_6","EXO","20","6","6","But I will steadfastly love thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_7","003_20_7","EXO","20","7","7","Do not use my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you should worship, and I will certainly punish those who use my name for wrong/evil purposes LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_8","003_20_8","EXO","20","8","8","Do not forget that the seventh day of every week is mine, so dedicate those days to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_9","003_20_9","EXO","20","9","9","There are six days each week for you to do all your work, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_10","003_20_10","EXO","20","10","10","but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh God, the one whom you should worship. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not allow foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_11","003_20_11","EXO","20","11","11","I, Yahweh, created the sky, the earth, the ocean, and everything that is in them, in six days. Then I stopped my work of creating everything, and rested on the seventh day. That is the reason that I, Yahweh, have blessed the rest day and set it apart to be a sacred/special day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_12","003_20_12","EXO","20","12","12","Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_13","003_20_13","EXO","20","13","13","Do not murder anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_14","003_20_14","EXO","20","14","14","Do not ◄commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_15","003_20_15","EXO","20","15","15","Do not steal anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_16","003_20_16","EXO","20","16","16","Do not falsely accuse anyone of committing a crime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_17","003_20_17","EXO","20","17","17","Do not ◄covet/desire to have► someone else’s house, someone else’s wife, someone else’s male or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that some other person owns.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_18","003_20_18","EXO","20","18","18","When the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet and saw the smoke on the mountain, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_19","003_20_19","EXO","20","19","19","and said to Moses/me, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But do not let God speak any more to us. We are afraid that if he speaks any more to us, we will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_20","003_20_20","EXO","20","20","20","Moses/I replied, “Do not be afraid! God has come to determine/test how you will behave. He wants you to revere him, and to not sin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_21","003_20_21","EXO","20","21","21","Then, as the people watched from a distance, Moses/I went close to the black cloud where God was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_22","003_20_22","EXO","20","22","23","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘You have heard how I, Yahweh, have spoken to you from heaven. I told you that you must not make any idols of silver or gold that you will worship instead of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_24","003_20_24","EXO","20","24","24","Make for me an altar from dirt. Sacrifice on it the animals that you will burn completely. Also sacrifice on it the animals that you will not burn completely, to maintain fellowship with me. Worship me MTY in any place that I choose for you to honor/worship me; and if you do that, I will come to you and bless you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_25","003_20_25","EXO","20","25","25","If you make for me an altar from stones, do not make it from stones that you have cut to make them look nice, because you will make the altar unsuitable for worshiping me if you use tools to cut the stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX20_26","003_20_26","EXO","20","26","26","Do not make an altar that has steps in front of it, because if you do that, people could see your naked buttocks as you go up the steps.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_1","003_21_1","EXO","21","1","1","“Here are some other instructions to give to the Israeli people: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_2","003_21_2","EXO","21","2","2","When/If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve you for only six years. In the seventh year you must free him from being your slave, and he is not required to pay you anything for setting him free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_3","003_21_3","EXO","21","3","3","If he was not married before he became your slave, and if he marries someone while he is your slave, his wife is not to be set free with him. But if he was married before he became your slave, you must free both him and his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_4","003_21_4","EXO","21","4","4","If a slave’s master gives him a wife, and she gives birth to sons or daughters while her husband is a slave, only the man is to be freed. His wife and children will continue to be slaves of their master. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_5","003_21_5","EXO","21","5","5","But when it is time for the slave to be set free, if the slave says, ‘I love my master and my wife and my children, and I do not want to be set free,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_6","003_21_6","EXO","21","6","6","then his master must take him to the place where they worship God (OR, to the owner’s house). There he must make the slave stand against the door or the doorpost. Then the master will use an ◄awl/pointed metal rod► to make a hole in the slave’s ear. Then he will fasten a tag to the slave’s ear to indicate that ◄he will own that slave for the rest of his life/he will own the slave as long as the slave lives►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_7","003_21_7","EXO","21","7","7","If a man sells his daughter to become a slave, she should not be set free after six years, as the male slaves are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_8","003_21_8","EXO","21","8","8","If the man who bought her wanted her to be his wife, but if later he is not pleased with her, he must sell her back to her father. He must not sell her to a foreigner, because that would be breaking the contract/agreement he made with the girl’s father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_9","003_21_9","EXO","21","9","9","If the man who buys her wants her to be a wife for his son, he must then treat her as though she were his own daughter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_10","003_21_10","EXO","21","10","10","If the master takes another slave girl to be another wife for himself, he must continue to give the first slave wife the same amount of food and clothing that he gave to her before, and he must continue to have sex EUP with her as before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_11","003_21_11","EXO","21","11","11","If he does not do all these three things for her, he must free her from being a slave, and she is not required to pay anything for being set free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_12","003_21_12","EXO","21","12","12","You must execute anyone who strikes another person with the result that the person who is struck dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_13","003_21_13","EXO","21","13","13","But if the one who struck the other did not intend to kill that person, the one who struck him can escape to a place that I will choose for you, and he will be safe there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_14","003_21_14","EXO","21","14","14","But if someone gets angry with another person and kills him, even if the murderer runs to the altar, a place that God designated as a place to be safe, you must execute him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_15","003_21_15","EXO","21","15","15","Anyone who strikes his father or mother must surely be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_16","003_21_16","EXO","21","16","16","Anyone who kidnaps another person, either in order to sell that person or to keep him as a slave, must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_17","003_21_17","EXO","21","17","17","Anyone who reviles/curses his father or his mother must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_18","003_21_18","EXO","21","18","18","Suppose two people fight, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist. And suppose the person he strikes does not die but is injured and has to stay in bed for a while, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_19","003_21_19","EXO","21","19","19","and later he is able to walk outside using a cane. Then the person who struck him does not have to be punished. However, he must pay the injured person the money he could not earn while he was recovering, and he must also pay the injured person’s medical expenses until that person is well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_20","003_21_20","EXO","21","20","20","If someone strikes his male or female slave with a stick, if the slave dies ◄immediately/as a result► IDM, the one who struck him must be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_21","003_21_21","EXO","21","21","21","But if the slave lives for a day or two after he is struck and then dies, you must not punish the one who struck him. Not having that slave to be able to work for him any longer is enough punishment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_22","003_21_22","EXO","21","22","22","Suppose two people are fighting and they hurt a pregnant woman with the result that ◄she has a miscarriage/her baby is born prematurely and dies►. If the woman is not harmed in any other way, the one who injured her must pay a fine. He must pay whatever the woman’s husband demands, after a judge approves of the fine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_23","003_21_23","EXO","21","23","23","But if the woman is injured in some additional way, the one who injured her must be caused to suffer in exactly the same way that he caused her to suffer. If she dies, he must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_24","003_21_24","EXO","21","24","25","If her eye is injured or destroyed, or if he knocks out one of her teeth, or her hand or foot is injured, or if she is burned or bruised, the one who injured her must be injured in the same way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_26","003_21_26","EXO","21","26","26","If the owner of a slave strikes the eye of his male or female slave and ruins it, he must free that slave because of what he did to the slave’s eye. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_27","003_21_27","EXO","21","27","27","If someone knocks out one of his slave’s teeth, he must free the slave because of what he did to the slave’s tooth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_28","003_21_28","EXO","21","28","28","If a bull gores a man or woman with the result that the person dies, you must kill the bull by throwing stones at it, but you must not punish the owner of the bull. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_29","003_21_29","EXO","21","29","29","But suppose the bull had attacked people several times before, and its owner had been warned, but he did not keep the bull inside a fence. Then you must kill the bull by throwing stones at it, but you must also execute its owner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_30","003_21_30","EXO","21","30","30","However, if the owner of the bull is allowed to pay a fine ◄to save his own life/in order not to be executed►, he must pay the full amount that the judges say that he must pay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_31","003_21_31","EXO","21","31","31","If someone’s bull attacks and gores another person’s son or daughter, you must treat the bull’s owner according to that same rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_32","003_21_32","EXO","21","32","32","If a bull attacks and gores a male or female slave, its owner must pay to the slave’s owner 30 pieces of silver. Then you must kill the bull by throwing stones at it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_33","003_21_33","EXO","21","33","33","Suppose someone has a pit/cistern and does not keep it covered, and someone’s bull or donkey falls into it and dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_34","003_21_34","EXO","21","34","34","Then the owner of the pit/cistern must pay for the animal that died. He must give the money to the animal’s owner, but then he can take away the animal that died and do whatever he wants to with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_35","003_21_35","EXO","21","35","35","If someone’s bull hurts another person’s bull with the result that it dies, the owners of both bulls must sell the bull that is living, and they must divide between them the money that they receive for it. They must also divide between them the meat of the animal that died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX21_36","003_21_36","EXO","21","36","36","However, if people know that the bull often attacked other animals previously, and its owner did not keep it inside a fence, then the owner of that bull must give the owner of the bull that died one of his own bulls, but he can take away the animal that died and do with it whatever he wants to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_1","003_22_1","EXO","22","1","1","Yahweh also said, “If someone steals a bull or a sheep, and then slaughters it to sell it or to sacrifice it or sells its meat to someone else, he must pay five bulls for the bull that he stole, and he must pay four sheep for the sheep that he stole. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_2","003_22_2","EXO","22","2","2","If a thief is caught while he is breaking into someone else’s house at night, if the one who catches him kills the thief, he is not guilty of murdering him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_3","003_22_3","EXO","22","3","3","But if that happens during the daytime, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murdering him. The thief must pay for what he stole. If he has no animals with which to pay for the one that he stole, he must be sold to become someone’s else’s slave and the money must be used to pay for what he stole. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_4","003_22_4","EXO","22","4","4","If the thief still has the animal when he is caught, whether it is a bull or a donkey or a sheep, and it is still alive, the thief must give back the stolen animal as well as giving two additional animals for each one that he stole. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_5","003_22_5","EXO","22","5","5","If someone allows his animals to ◄graze/eat the grass► in his field or in his vineyard, and if they stray away and eat the crops in another person’s field, the owner of the animals must pay the owner of those crops by giving him the best crops from his own field or vineyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_6","003_22_6","EXO","22","6","6","Suppose someone starts a fire in his own field, and the fire spreads through the grass and starts burning in someone else’s field, and the fire burns grain that is growing or grain that is already cut and stacked. Then the person who started the fire must pay completely for the damage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_7","003_22_7","EXO","22","7","7","Suppose someone gives to another person some money or other valuable goods and asks him to guard them in his house for a while. If those things are stolen from that person’s house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back twice as much as he stole. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_8","003_22_8","EXO","22","8","8","But if the thief is not caught, the owner of the house from which the things were stolen must stand before the judges, so that the judges can determine whether the owner of the house was the one who took the other man’s goods and sold them to someone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_9","003_22_9","EXO","22","9","9","If two people argue about which one of them owns a bull or a donkey or a sheep or some clothing, or something else that has been lost, the two people who each claim/say that the item belongs to them must stand before the judges. The one whom the judges declare is lying must pay back to the real owner twice as many bulls or donkeys or sheep or pieces of clothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_10","003_22_10","EXO","22","10","10","Suppose someone gives his donkey or bull or sheep or some other animal to someone else and asks him to take care of it for a while, and the animal dies or is injured or is stolen while no one is watching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_11","003_22_11","EXO","22","11","11","Then the person who was taking care of the animal must ◄swear/solemnly declare►, knowing that God is listening, that he did not steal the animal. If he did not steal it the owner of the animal must accept/believe that the other person is telling the truth, and the other person will not have to pay anything back to the owner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_12","003_22_12","EXO","22","12","12","But if the animal was stolen while he was supposed to be taking care of it, the man who promised to take care of it must pay back the owner for the animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_13","003_22_13","EXO","22","13","13","If he says that the animal was killed by wild animals, he must bring back the remains of the animal that was killed and show it to the animal’s owner. If he does that, he will not have to pay anything for the animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_14","003_22_14","EXO","22","14","14","If someone borrows an animal, and if that animal is hurt or dies when its owner is not there, the one who borrowed it must pay the owner for the animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_15","003_22_15","EXO","22","15","15","But if that happens when the owner of the animal is there, the one who borrowed it will not have to pay back anything. If the man who borrowed it only rented it, the money that he paid to rent it will be enough to pay for the animal dying or being injured.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_16","003_22_16","EXO","22","16","16","“If a man persuades a girl/woman to have sex with him, a girl/woman who ◄is a virgin/has never had sex with any man► and who is not engaged to be married, he must pay the bride price for her and marry her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_17","003_22_17","EXO","22","17","17","But if her father refuses to allow her to marry him, he must pay to the woman’s father the amount of money that is equal to the amount of bride price money that men pay for virgins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_18","003_22_18","EXO","22","18","18","You must execute any woman who ◄practices sorcery/is a shaman►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_19","003_22_19","EXO","22","19","19","You must execute any person who has sex with an animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_20","003_22_20","EXO","22","20","20","You must offer sacrifices only to Yahweh. You must execute anyone who offers a sacrifice to any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_21","003_22_21","EXO","22","21","21","You must not mistreat a foreigner who comes to live among you. Do not forget that you were previously foreigners in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_22","003_22_22","EXO","22","22","22","You must not mistreat any widow or any orphan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_23","003_22_23","EXO","22","23","23","If you mistreat them and they cry out to me for help, I will hear them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_24","003_22_24","EXO","22","24","24","And I will be angry with you, and I will cause you to be killed in a war MTY. Your wives will become widows, and your children will no longer have fathers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_25","003_22_25","EXO","22","25","25","If you lend money to any of my people who are poor, do not act like a moneylender and require him to pay interest on the money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_26","003_22_26","EXO","22","26","26","If he gives you his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back, you must give the cloak back to him before the sun goes down, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_27","003_22_27","EXO","22","27","27","because he needs it to keep him warm during the night. ◄That is the only covering that poor people have when they sleep at night./What else will he cover himself with during the night?► RHQ If you do not act mercifully toward him by returning his cloak, when he cries out to me asking for my help, I will help him, because I always act mercifully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_28","003_22_28","EXO","22","28","28","Do not ◄revile/speak evil about► me, and do not ◄curse/ask me to do harmful things to► any ruler of your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_29","003_22_29","EXO","22","29","29","◄Do not withhold from/Give► me the best parts of the grain that you harvest and of the olive oil and the wine that you produce. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_30","003_22_30","EXO","22","30","30","You must dedicate your firstborn sons to me. Similarly, your firstborn male cattle and sheep belong to me. After those animals are born, allow them to stay with their mothers for seven days. On the eighth day, offer them to me as a sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX22_31","003_22_31","EXO","22","31","31","You are people who are ◄completely dedicated to/set apart for► me. And I detest the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals. Therefore you should not eat such meat. Instead, throw it where the dogs can eat it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_1","003_23_1","EXO","23","1","1","“Do not tell to others ◄false rumors/untrue reports► about other people. Do not help someone who is guilty by ◄testifying falsely/lying► about what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_2","003_23_2","EXO","23","2","2","Do not join a group of people who are planning to do something evil. Do not testify the way the crowd wants you to, if that will prevent the judge from deciding the case justly/fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_3","003_23_3","EXO","23","3","3","When a poor person is on trial, do not testify in his favor just because he is poor and you feel sorry for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_4","003_23_4","EXO","23","4","4","If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away loose, take it back to its owner, even if the owner is your enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_5","003_23_5","EXO","23","5","5","If you see someone’s donkey that has fallen down because of its heavy load, help the owner to get the donkey up again, even if he is someone who hates you. Do not just walk away without helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_6","003_23_6","EXO","23","6","6","Decide the cases of poor people who are on trial as fairly as you decide the cases of other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_7","003_23_7","EXO","23","7","7","Do not accuse people falsely. Do not decide that innocent and righteous DOU people should be executed, because I will ◄punish/not forgive► people who do such an evil thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_8","003_23_8","EXO","23","8","8","Do not accept money that is a bribe, because officials who accept bribes are not able to MTY decide what is right to do, and they do not allow innocent people to be treated fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_9","003_23_9","EXO","23","9","9","Do not mistreat foreigners who live among you. You know how people often treat foreigners, because the Egyptians did not treat you well when you were foreigners there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_10","003_23_10","EXO","23","10","10","Plant seeds in your ground and gather the harvest for six years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_11","003_23_11","EXO","23","11","11","But during the seventh year you must not plant anything. If things grow without your planting seeds, allow poor people to harvest and eat the crops. If there are still crops ◄left over/that they do not harvest►, allow wild animals to eat them. Do the same thing with your grapevines/vineyards and your olive trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_12","003_23_12","EXO","23","12","12","You may work for six days each week, but on the seventh day you must rest and not work. And on the seventh day you must allow your work animals and your slaves and the foreigners who live among you also to rest and be refreshed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_13","003_23_13","EXO","23","13","13","Make certain that you obey everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not pray to MTY other gods. Do not even mention their names.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_14","003_23_14","EXO","23","14","14","“Every year you must celebrate three festivals to honor me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_15","003_23_15","EXO","23","15","15","The first one is the Festival of Bread That Has No Yeast. Celebrate it in the month that is named Abib. That is the month in which you left Egypt. Celebrate it in the way that I commanded you. And always bring LIT an offering when you come to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_16","003_23_16","EXO","23","16","16","The second one is the Festival of Harvesting. During that festival you must offer to me the first parts/harvest of your crops that grow from the seeds that you planted. The third one is the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. That will be after you finish harvesting your grain and grapes and fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_17","003_23_17","EXO","23","17","17","Every year, at each of these times, all the men must gather together to worship me, Yahweh God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_18","003_23_18","EXO","23","18","18","When you sacrifice an animal and offer it to me, you must not offer bread that has been baked with yeast. When you offer sacrifices, burn the fat from the animals on that same day. Do not allow any fat to remain until the next morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_19","003_23_19","EXO","23","19","19","Each year, when you harvest your crops, bring to the place where you worship me, Yahweh God, the first part of what you harvest. When you kill a ◄young animal/kid or lamb or calf►, do not prepare to eat it by boiling it in its mother’s milk.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_20","003_23_20","EXO","23","20","21","“Note this: I am going to send an angel ahead of you, to guard you as you travel and to bring you safely to the place that I have prepared for you. Pay attention to what he says and obey him. Do not rebel against him, because he will have my authority MTY and he will ◄punish/not forgive► LIT you if you rebel against him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_22","003_23_22","EXO","23","22","22","But if you pay attention to what he says and if you do all that I tell you to do, I will fight strongly DOU against all of your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_23","003_23_23","EXO","23","23","23","My angel will go ahead of you, and will take you to where the Amor and Heth and Periz and Canaan and Hiv and Jebus people-groups live, and I will completely get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_24","003_23_24","EXO","23","24","24","Do not bow down before their gods/idols or worship them. And do not do the things that they think that their gods want them to do. Completely destroy their gods/idols, and smash to pieces their sacred stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_25","003_23_25","EXO","23","25","25","You must worship me, Yahweh God. If you do that, I will bless your (OR, bless you by giving you) food and water, and I will protect you from becoming sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_26","003_23_26","EXO","23","26","26","No women in your land will have ◄miscarriages/babies that will die after being born prematurely►, and no women will be unable to become pregnant. And I will enable you to live a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_27","003_23_27","EXO","23","27","27","I will cause the people who oppose you to become very afraid of me. I will cause the people whom you fight against to become very confused. And then I will cause them to turn around and run away from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_28","003_23_28","EXO","23","28","28","I will cause your enemies to become terrified. And I will expel the Hiv, Canaan, and Heth people-groups from your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_29","003_23_29","EXO","23","29","29","I will not expel all of them in less than one year. If I did that, your land would become deserted, and there would be very many wild animals ◄that would attack you/you would not be able to control►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_30","003_23_30","EXO","23","30","30","I will expel those people-groups slowly, a few at a time, until the number of your people increases and you are able to live everywhere in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_31","003_23_31","EXO","23","31","31","I will cause the borders of your land to extend from the ◄Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba► in the southeast to the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, and from the Sinai Desert in the southwest to the Euphrates River in the northeast of the country. I will enable you MTY to expel the people who live there, so that you will expel them as you occupy more of the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_32","003_23_32","EXO","23","32","32","You must not make any agreement/treaty with those people or with their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX23_33","003_23_33","EXO","23","33","33","Do not allow those people to live in your land, in order that they do not cause you to sin against me. If you worship their gods, you will not be able to escape from worshiping them and sinning against me, just like someone caught in a trap is unable to escape MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_1","003_24_1","EXO","24","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Come to me, up on top of this mountain, you and Aaron and his sons Nadab and Abihu. Also take along 70 of the Israeli elders/leaders. While you are still some distance from the top of the mountain, prostrate yourselves on the ground and worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_2","003_24_2","EXO","24","2","2","Moses, I will allow you alone to come near to me. The others must not come near, and the rest of the people must not come up the mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_3","003_24_3","EXO","24","3","3","Moses/I went and told the people everything that Yahweh had said and all that he had commanded. The people all replied together, saying, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_4","003_24_4","EXO","24","4","4","Then Moses/I wrote down everything that Yahweh had commanded. Early the next morning Moses/I built a stone altar. He/I also set up twelve stones, one for each of the Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_5","003_24_5","EXO","24","5","5","He/I also selected some young men. They burned sacrifices to Yahweh and they also sacrificed some cattle that they did not burn completely, for the purpose of maintaining fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_6","003_24_6","EXO","24","6","6","Moses/I took half of the blood of the animals that were slaughtered and put it in bowls. The other half of the blood he/I threw/splashed against the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_7","003_24_7","EXO","24","7","7","Then he/I took the scroll on which he/I had written everything that Yahweh had commanded in the agreement that he had made, and he/I read it aloud, while all the people were listening. Then all the people said, “We will do all that Yahweh has told us to do. We will obey everything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_8","003_24_8","EXO","24","8","8","Then Moses/I took the blood that was in the bowls and threw/splashed it on the people. He/I said, “This is the blood that ◄confirms/puts into effect► the agreement that Yahweh made with you when he gave you all these commands.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_9","003_24_9","EXO","24","9","9","Then Moses/I, along with Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 Israeli elders/leaders, went up the mountain, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_10","003_24_10","EXO","24","10","10","and they/we saw God, the one whom the Israeli people worship. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of expensive blue stones called sapphires. They were as clear as the sky is when there are no clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_11","003_24_11","EXO","24","11","11","God did not harm MTY those Israeli elders/leaders because of their having seen him. They saw God, and they ate and drank together! Then we all went back down the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_12","003_24_12","EXO","24","12","12","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Come up to me again on top of this mountain. While you are here, I will give you two stone slabs on which I have written all the laws DOU that I have given to you to instruct/teach the people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_13","003_24_13","EXO","24","13","14","So Moses/I told the elders, “Stay here with the other people until we return! Do not forget that Aaron and Hur will be with you. So if anyone has a dispute while I am gone, he can go to those two men.” Then Moses/I went with his/my servant Joshua part of the way up the mountain that was dedicated to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_15","003_24_15","EXO","24","15","15","Then Moses/I went the rest of the way up the mountain. A cloud covered the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_16","003_24_16","EXO","24","16","16","The ◄glory/brilliant light► of Yahweh came down on the mountain and covered it for six days. On the seventh day, Yahweh called to Moses/me from the middle of the cloud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_17","003_24_17","EXO","24","17","17","When the Israeli people looked at the top of the mountain, the glory of Yahweh was like a big fire that was burning there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX24_18","003_24_18","EXO","24","18","18","Moses/I went into the cloud on top of the mountain. He/I was there for 40 days and nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_1","003_25_1","EXO","25","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “There are many things that I want you to tell to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_2","003_25_2","EXO","25","2","2","Tell them that they must give offerings/gifts to me. Receive from the people every offering/gift that they want to give to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_3","003_25_3","EXO","25","3","3","These are the things that they may offer/give: Gold, silver, bronze, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_4","003_25_4","EXO","25","4","4","blue, purple, and scarlet yarn/wool, fine ◄linen/white cloth►, goats’ hair for making cloth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_5","003_25_5","EXO","25","5","5","rams’ skins that have been ◄tanned/dyed red►, goatskins, hard wood from acacia trees, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_6","003_25_6","EXO","25","6","6","olive oil to burn in the lamps, spices to put in the olive oil for anointing the priests and in the sweet-smelling incense, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_7","003_25_7","EXO","25","7","7","expensive quartz stones called onyx, and other expensive stones to be fastened to the priest’s vest and put on the pouches that are to be fastened to the vest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_8","003_25_8","EXO","25","8","8","Tell the people to make a big Sacred Tent for me, so that I can live in it among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_9","003_25_9","EXO","25","9","9","They must make the Sacred Tent and all the things that will be used inside it according to the plan/model that I will show you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_10","003_25_10","EXO","25","10","10","“Tell the people to make a sacred chest from acacia wood. It is to be ◄45 in./110 cm.► long, ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide, and ◄27 in./66 cm.► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_11","003_25_11","EXO","25","11","11","Cover it with pure gold inside and outside, and put a gold border around the top of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_12","003_25_12","EXO","25","12","12","They must make/cast four rings from gold and fasten them to the legs of the chest. Put two rings on each side of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_13","003_25_13","EXO","25","13","13","They must make two poles from acacia wood, and they must cover them with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_14","003_25_14","EXO","25","14","14","They must put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest, so that the chest can be carried by the poles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_15","003_25_15","EXO","25","15","15","The poles must always be left in the rings; they must not take the poles out of the rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_16","003_25_16","EXO","25","16","16","Put inside the chest the two stone slabs that I will give you, on which I have written my commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_17","003_25_17","EXO","25","17","17","Tell them to make a lid for the chest from pure gold. It will be the place where I will forgive people’s sins. It also is to be ◄45 in./110 cm.► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_18","003_25_18","EXO","25","18","18","Tell them to hammer huge lump of gold into the form of two creatures that have wings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_19","003_25_19","EXO","25","19","19","One of these is to be put at each end of the chest, but the gold from which they are made must be joined to the gold from which the lid is made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_20","003_25_20","EXO","25","20","20","Tell them to place the winged creatures so that their wings touch each other and spread out over the lid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_21","003_25_21","EXO","25","21","21","Put inside the chest the stone slabs that I will give you. Then fasten the lid onto the top of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_22","003_25_22","EXO","25","22","22","I will set times to talk with you there. From above the lid of the chest, between the two winged creatures, I will tell to you all my laws that you must tell to the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_23","003_25_23","EXO","25","23","23","“Tell them to make a table from acacia wood. It is to be ◄36 in./88 cm.► long, ◄18 in./66 cm.► wide, and ◄27 in./66 cm.► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_24","003_25_24","EXO","25","24","24","Tell them to cover it with pure gold and put a gold border around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_25","003_25_25","EXO","25","25","25","Tell them to make a rim all around it, ◄3 in./7.5 cm.► wide, and put a gold border around the rim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_26","003_25_26","EXO","25","26","26","Tell them to make/cast four rings from gold and fasten the rings to the four corners of the table, one ring close to each leg of the table. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_27","003_25_27","EXO","25","27","27","The rings should be fastened to the table near the rim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_28","003_25_28","EXO","25","28","28","Make two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. The poles for carrying the table are to be inserted in the rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_29","003_25_29","EXO","25","29","29","Also tell them to make plates, cups, jars, and bowls to be used when the priests pour out wine to offer to me. They must all be made from pure gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_30","003_25_30","EXO","25","30","30","On the table, in front of the chest, there must always be the loaves of sacred bread that the priests have offered to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_31","003_25_31","EXO","25","31","31","“Tell them to make a lampstand from pure gold. They must hammer one large lump of gold to make its base and its shaft. The branches of the lampstand, the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the flower petals that decorate the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft are all to be hammered from one big lump of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_32","003_25_32","EXO","25","32","32","There are to be six branches on the lampstand, three on each side of the shaft. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_33","003_25_33","EXO","25","33","33","Each of the branches is to have on it three gold decorations that will look like almond blossoms. These decorations must also have flower buds and flower petals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_34","003_25_34","EXO","25","34","34","On the shaft of the lampstand there are to be four gold decorations that also look like almond blossoms, each one with flower buds and petals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_35","003_25_35","EXO","25","35","35","On each side, there is to be one flower bud beneath each of the branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_36","003_25_36","EXO","25","36","36","All these buds and branches, along with the shaft, are to be hammered from one large lump of pure gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_37","003_25_37","EXO","25","37","37","Also tell them to make seven small cups for holding oil. One is to be put on top of the shaft and the others are to be put on top of the branches. Place these cups so that when the lamps are lit, the light will shine toward the ◄front of the lampstand/entrance►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_38","003_25_38","EXO","25","38","38","Tell them to make tongs from pure gold, to remove the burned wicks and trays in which to put the burned wicks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_39","003_25_39","EXO","25","39","39","Tell them to use ◄75 pounds/35 kg.► of pure gold to make the lampstand and the tongs and the trays. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX25_40","003_25_40","EXO","25","40","40","Make sure that they make these things according to the instructions that I am giving you here on this mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_1","003_26_1","EXO","26","1","1","“Tell the people to make the Sacred Tent using ten long strips of fine linen. They must take blue, purple, and red thread (OR, weave the strips from blue, purple, and red thread), and a skilled craftsman must embroider these strips with designs that represent the winged creatures that are above the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_2","003_26_2","EXO","26","2","2","Each strip is to be ◄14 yards/twelve meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_3","003_26_3","EXO","26","3","3","Tell them to sew five strips together to make one set, and sew the other five strips together to make another set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_4","003_26_4","EXO","26","4","4","For each set, they must make loops of blue cloth and fasten them along the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_5","003_26_5","EXO","26","5","5","They must put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_6","003_26_6","EXO","26","6","6","Tell them to make 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. As a result, the inside of the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_7","003_26_7","EXO","26","7","7","Also, tell them to make a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_8","003_26_8","EXO","26","8","8","Each piece of cloth is to be ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_9","003_26_9","EXO","26","9","9","Tell them to sew five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and sew the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set. They must fold the sixth piece of cloth in half to make it double over the front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_10","003_26_10","EXO","26","10","10","Tell them to make 100 loops of blue cloth, and to fasten 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and fasten 50 to the outer edge of the other set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_11","003_26_11","EXO","26","11","11","Tell them to make fifty bronze clasps/fasteners and put them in the cloth loops to join the two sets together. As a result, the cover for the Sacred Tent will be as though it was one piece. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_12","003_26_12","EXO","26","12","12","Let the extra part of the cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth, hang over the back of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_13","003_26_13","EXO","26","13","13","The extra half yard/meter of each cover, the part that extends beyond the linen cloth on each side, must hang over the two sides of the Sacred Tent, to protect the sides. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_14","003_26_14","EXO","26","14","14","Tell them to make two more covers for the Sacred Tent. One is to be made from rams’ skins that have been ◄tanned/dyed red►, and the top cover is to be made from goatskin leather.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_15","003_26_15","EXO","26","15","15","“Tell them to make 48 frames from acacia wood, frames that will be set up from which to hang the Sacred Tent covers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_16","003_26_16","EXO","26","16","16","Each frame is to be ◄five yards/four meters► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_17","003_26_17","EXO","26","17","17","They must make two projections at the bottom of each frame. These will be to fasten the frames to the bases underneath them. They must make these projections at the bottom of each frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_18","003_26_18","EXO","26","18","18","Make 20 frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_19","003_26_19","EXO","26","19","19","Tell them to make 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases will go under each frame. The projections at the bottom of each frame are to be made to fit into the bases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_20","003_26_20","EXO","26","20","20","Similarly, tell them to make twenty frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_21","003_26_21","EXO","26","21","21","They must make 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases to be put under each frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_22","003_26_22","EXO","26","22","22","For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, tell them to make six frames. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_23","003_26_23","EXO","26","23","23","Also, tell them to make two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, to provide extra support. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_24","003_26_24","EXO","26","24","24","The two corner frames must be joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames there must be a gold ring for holding the crossbar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_25","003_26_25","EXO","26","25","25","In that way, for the rear of the Sacred Tent there will be eight frames, and there will be 16 bases, two under each frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_26","003_26_26","EXO","26","26","26","Tell them to make 15 crossbars from acacia wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_27","003_26_27","EXO","26","27","27","Five of them will be for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five will be for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_28","003_26_28","EXO","26","28","28","Tell them to fasten the crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent to the middle of the frames. The two long ones must extend from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side must extend from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_29","003_26_29","EXO","26","29","29","Tell them to cover the frames with gold, and make gold rings to fasten the crossbars to the frames. The crossbars must also be covered with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_30","003_26_30","EXO","26","30","30","Erect the Sacred Tent in the way that I have shown you here on this mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_31","003_26_31","EXO","26","31","31","“Tell them to make a curtain from fine linen. A skilled craftsman must embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs to represent the winged creatures that are above the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_32","003_26_32","EXO","26","32","32","Tell them to suspend/hang the curtain from four posts made from acacia wood and covered with gold. Set each post in a silver base. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_33","003_26_33","EXO","26","33","33","They must suspend/hang the top of the curtain by hooks that are fastened to the roof of the Sacred Tent. Behind the curtain, in the room called the Very Holy Place, they must put the chest containing the two stone slabs on which I have written my commandments. That curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_34","003_26_34","EXO","26","34","34","On top of the chest in the Very Holy Place they must put the lid which will be the place where blood will be sprinkled to forgive people’s sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_35","003_26_35","EXO","26","35","35","In the room that is outside of the Very Holy Place, they must put the table for the sacred bread on the north side, and put the lampstand on the south side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_36","003_26_36","EXO","26","36","36","Tell them to make a curtain to cover the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They must make it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver must embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX26_37","003_26_37","EXO","26","37","37","To hold up this curtain, they must make five posts from acacia wood. They must cover them with gold, and fasten gold clasps/fasteners to them. Also they must make a bronze base for each of these posts.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_1","003_27_1","EXO","27","1","1","“Tell them to make an altar from acacia wood. It is to be square, ◄7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters► on each side, and make it ◄4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_2","003_27_2","EXO","27","2","2","They must make a projection that looks like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections must be carved from the same block of wood as the altar. Tell them to cover the whole altar with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_3","003_27_3","EXO","27","3","3","They must make pans in which to put the greasy ashes from the animal sacrifices. Also they must make shovels for cleaning out the ashes, basins and forks for turning the meat as it cooks, and buckets for carrying hot coals/ashes. All of these things must be made from bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_4","003_27_4","EXO","27","4","4","Also tell them to make a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They must fasten to each of the corners of the altar a bronze ring for carrying the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_5","003_27_5","EXO","27","5","5","They must put the grating under the rim that is around the altar. They must make it so that it is inside the altar, halfway down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_6","003_27_6","EXO","27","6","6","For carrying the altar, they must make poles from acacia wood and cover them with bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_7","003_27_7","EXO","27","7","7","They must put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles are for carrying the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_8","003_27_8","EXO","27","8","8","The altar will be like a box, made from boards of acacia wood. They must make it according to these instructions that I am giving you here on this mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_9","003_27_9","EXO","27","9","9","“Around the Sacred Tent there is to be a courtyard. To form the courtyard, tell them to make curtains of fine linen. On the south side, the curtain is to be ◄50 yards/44 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_10","003_27_10","EXO","27","10","10","To support/hang the curtain, tell them to make twenty bronze posts, and one bronze base for each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they must make silver hooks, and metal rods covered with silver to fasten the curtains to the hooks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_11","003_27_11","EXO","27","11","11","They must make the same kind of curtains for the north side of the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_12","003_27_12","EXO","27","12","12","On the west side of the courtyard they must make a curtain ◄25 yards/22 meters► long. The curtains are to be supported by ten posts, with a base under each post. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_13","003_27_13","EXO","27","13","13","On the east side, where the entrance is, the courtyard must also be ◄25 yards/22 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_14","003_27_14","EXO","27","14","15","Tell them to make a curtain ◄22-1/2 feet/6.6 meters► wide for each side of the entrance to the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_16","003_27_16","EXO","27","16","16","They must make a curtain ◄30 feet/9 meters► long for the entrance. A skilled weaver must embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. It must be ◄supported by/hung from► four posts, each one with a base under it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_17","003_27_17","EXO","27","17","17","All the posts around the courtyard must be connected with metal rods covered with silver. The clasps/fasteners must be made of silver, and the bases must be made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_18","003_27_18","EXO","27","18","18","The whole courtyard, from the east entrance to the west end, must be ◄50 yards/44 meters► long, and the curtains that enclose it must be ◄7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters► high. All the curtains must be made of fine linen, and all the bases under the posts must be made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_19","003_27_19","EXO","27","19","19","All the things that are not made of gold that are to be used inside the Sacred Tent and in the courtyard, and all the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains, must be made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_20","003_27_20","EXO","27","20","20","“Command the Israeli people that they must bring to you the best kind of olive oil to burn in the lamps. They must bring this oil to you continually, in order that the lamps can burn continually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX27_21","003_27_21","EXO","27","21","21","They must put the lampstand outside of the curtain which is in front of the sacred chest which contains the stone slabs on which I have written my commandments. Aaron must take care of the lamps. After he dies, his descendants must do this work. The lamps are to burn every night, from evening until morning. The Israeli people must obey this regulation throughout all future generations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_1","003_28_1","EXO","28","1","1","“Summon your older brother Aaron and his sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ◄Set them apart/They are the ones whom I have chosen► from the rest of the Israeli people, in order that they can serve me by being priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_2","003_28_2","EXO","28","2","2","Tell the people to make beautiful clothes for Aaron, clothes that are suitable for one who has this dignified and sacred work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_3","003_28_3","EXO","28","3","3","Talk to all the skilled workmen, those to whom I have given special ability. Tell them  to make clothes for Aaron, for him to wear when he is ◄set apart/dedicated► to become a priest to serve me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_4","003_28_4","EXO","28","4","4","These are the clothes that they are to make: A sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his chest, a sacred apron, a robe, an embroidered tunic/gown, a ◄turban/cloth to wrap around his head►, and a sash/waistband. These are the clothes that your older brother Aaron and his sons must wear as they serve me by doing the work that priests do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_5","003_28_5","EXO","28","5","5","The skilled workmen must use fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make these clothes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_6","003_28_6","EXO","28","6","6","“The skilled workmen must make the sacred apron from fine linen, and skillfully embroider it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_7","003_28_7","EXO","28","7","7","It must have two shoulder straps, to join the front part to the back part. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_8","003_28_8","EXO","28","8","8","A carefully-woven sash, which must be made from the same materials as the sacred apron, must be sewn onto the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_9","003_28_9","EXO","28","9","9","A skilled workman must take two expensive onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_10","003_28_10","EXO","28","10","10","He must engrave the names in the order in which Jacob’s sons were born. He must engrave six names on one stone, and the other six names on the other stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_11","003_28_11","EXO","28","11","11","A gem-cutter should engrave these names on the stones. Then he should enclose the stones in ◄settings/tiny gold frames►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_12","003_28_12","EXO","28","12","12","Then he should fasten the stones onto the shoulder straps of the sacred apron, to represent the twelve Israeli tribes. In that way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes on his shoulders in order that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people (OR, in order that he will always remember that those tribes belong to Yahweh). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_13","003_28_13","EXO","28","13","13","The settings for the stones must be made from gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_14","003_28_14","EXO","28","14","14","Tell them to make two tiny chains that are braided like cords, and fasten the chains to the settings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_15","003_28_15","EXO","28","15","15","“Tell the skilled workman to make a sacred pouch for Aaron to wear over his chest. He will use the things he puts into the pouch to determine my answers to the questions he asks. It must be made of the same materials as the sacred apron, and embroidered in the same way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_16","003_28_16","EXO","28","16","16","It is to be square, and the material must be folded double, so that it is ◄9 in./22 cm.► on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_17","003_28_17","EXO","28","17","17","The skilled workman must fasten four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row he must put a red ruby, a yellow topaz, and a red garnet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_18","003_28_18","EXO","28","18","18","In the second row he must put a green emerald, a blue sapphire, and a clear/white diamond. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_19","003_28_19","EXO","28","19","19","In the third row he must put a red jacinth, a white agate, and a purple amethyst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_20","003_28_20","EXO","28","20","20","In the fourth row he must put a yellow beryl, a red carnelian, and a green jasper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_21","003_28_21","EXO","28","21","21","A gem-cutter should engrave on each of these twelve stones the name of one of the sons of Jacob. These names will represent the twelve Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_22","003_28_22","EXO","28","22","22","The two chains that are made from pure gold and braided like cords are for attaching the sacred pouch to the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_23","003_28_23","EXO","28","23","23","The workman must make two gold rings, and attach them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_24","003_28_24","EXO","28","24","24","He must make two gold cords, and fasten one end of each cord to one of the rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_25","003_28_25","EXO","28","25","25","He must fasten the other end of each cord to the two settings that enclose the stones. In that way, the sacred pouch will be attached to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_26","003_28_26","EXO","28","26","26","Then he must make two more gold rings, and attach them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch, on the inside edges, next to the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_27","003_28_27","EXO","28","27","27","He must make two more gold rings, and attach them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps, near to where the shoulder straps are joined to the sacred apron, just above the carefully-woven sash/waistband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_28","003_28_28","EXO","28","28","28","The skilled workman must tie the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch is above the sash/waistband and does not come loose from the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_29","003_28_29","EXO","28","29","29","In that way, Aaron will have the names of the twelve Israeli tribes in the sacred pouch close to his chest when he enters the Holy Place. This will remind him that I, Yahweh, will never forget my people (OR, that he represents my people when he talks to me, Yahweh). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_30","003_28_30","EXO","28","30","30","Put into the sacred pouch the two things that the priest will use to determine my answers to the questions he asks. In that way, they will be close to his chest when he enters the Holy Place to talk to me. He will use them to find out what is my will for the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_31","003_28_31","EXO","28","31","31","“Tell the workmen to use only blue cloth to make the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest’s sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_32","003_28_32","EXO","28","32","32","It is to have an opening through which the priest can put his head. They must sew a border around this opening, to keep the material from tearing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_33","003_28_33","EXO","28","33","33","At the lower edge on the robe, they must fasten decorations that look like pomegranate fruit. They must be woven from blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_34","003_28_34","EXO","28","34","34","Between each of these decorations, they must fasten a tiny gold bell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_35","003_28_35","EXO","28","35","35","When Aaron enters the Holy Place in the Sacred Tent to do his work as a priest and when he leaves the Sacred Tent, the bells will ring as he walks. As a result, he will not die because of disobeying my instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_36","003_28_36","EXO","28","36","36","“Tell them to make a tiny ornament of pure gold, and tell a ◄skilled workman/gem-cutter► to engrave on it the words, ‘Dedicated to Yahweh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_37","003_28_37","EXO","28","37","37","They should fasten this ornament to the front of the turban by a blue cord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_38","003_28_38","EXO","28","38","38","Aaron must always wear this on his forehead. In that way, Aaron himself will show that he accepts the guilt if the Israeli people offer their sacrifices to me in a way that is not correct, and I, Yahweh, will accept their sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_39","003_28_39","EXO","28","39","39","“Tell them to weave the long-sleeved tunic/gown from fine linen. Also, they must make from fine linen a turban and a sash/waistband, and embroider designs on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_40","003_28_40","EXO","28","40","40","“Tell them to make beautiful long-sleeved tunics/gowns, sashes, and caps for Aaron’s sons. Make ones that will be suitable for those who have this dignified work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_41","003_28_41","EXO","28","41","41","Put these clothes on your older brother Aaron and on his sons. Then ◄set them apart/dedicate them► for this work by anointing them with olive oil, in order that they may serve me by being priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_42","003_28_42","EXO","28","42","42","Also tell them to make linen undershorts for them. The undershorts should extend from their waists to their thighs, in order that no one can see their private parts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX28_43","003_28_43","EXO","28","43","43","Aaron and his sons must always wear those undershorts when they enter the Sacred Tent or when they come near to the altar to offer sacrifices in the Holy Place. If they do not obey this command, I will cause them to die. Aaron and all his male descendants must obey this rule forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_1","003_29_1","EXO","29","1","1","“This is what you must do to dedicate Aaron and his sons to serve me by being priests: Select one young bull and two rams that do not have any defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_2","003_29_2","EXO","29","2","2","Bake three kinds of bread using finely-ground wheat flour, but without yeast: Bake some loaves that do not have any olive oil in them, bake some loaves that have olive oil in the dough, and bake some thin wafers that will be smeared with olive oil after they are baked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_3","003_29_3","EXO","29","3","3","Put them in a basket and offer them to me when you sacrifice the young bull and the two rams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_4","003_29_4","EXO","29","4","4","Take Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and wash them ritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_5","003_29_5","EXO","29","5","5","Then put the special clothes on Aaron—the long-sleeved tunic/gown, the robe that will be worn underneath the sacred apron, the sacred apron, the sacred pouch, and the sash/waistband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_6","003_29_6","EXO","29","6","6","Place the turban on his head, and fasten to the turban the ornament that has the words ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ engraved on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_7","003_29_7","EXO","29","7","7","Then take the oil and pour some on his head to ◄dedicate him/set him apart►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_8","003_29_8","EXO","29","8","8","Then bring his sons and put the long-sleeved tunics/gowns on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_9","003_29_9","EXO","29","9","9","Put the sashes/waistbands around their waists and the caps on their heads. That is the ritual by which you are to ◄dedicate them/set them apart► to be priests. Aaron and his male descendants must serve me by being priests forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_10","003_29_10","EXO","29","10","10","“Then bring the young bull to the entrance of the Sacred Tent. Tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on the head of the young bull. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_11","003_29_11","EXO","29","11","11","Then, while they do that, kill the young bull by slitting its throat, and catch/drain the blood in a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_12","003_29_12","EXO","29","12","12","Take some of that blood with your finger and smear it on the projections of the altar. Throw/Splash the rest of the blood against the base of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_13","003_29_13","EXO","29","13","13","Take all the fat that covers the inner organs of the young bull, the best part of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn all these on the altar as an offering to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_14","003_29_14","EXO","29","14","14","But the meat of the young bull and its hide and intestines must be burned outside the camp. That will be an offering to forgive the guilt of your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_15","003_29_15","EXO","29","15","15","“Then select one of the rams, and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on the head of the ram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_16","003_29_16","EXO","29","16","16","Then kill the ram by slitting its throat. Catch/Drain some of the blood and splash it against all four sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_17","003_29_17","EXO","29","17","17","Then cut the ram into pieces. Wash its inner organs and its rear legs and put those with the head ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_18","003_29_18","EXO","29","18","18","and burn those pieces completely on the altar with the rest of the ram. That will be an offering to me, Yahweh, and the smell will please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_19","003_29_19","EXO","29","19","19","“Take the other ram that was selected for these rituals, and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on the ram’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_20","003_29_20","EXO","29","20","20","Then kill the ram by slitting its throat, and drain the blood into a bowl. Smear some of the blood on the lobe of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw/Splash the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_21","003_29_21","EXO","29","21","21","Wipe up some of the blood that is on the altar, mix it with some of the oil for anointing, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes, and on his sons and their clothes. By doing that, you will dedicate them and their clothes to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_22","003_29_22","EXO","29","22","22","“Also, cut off the ram’s fat and its fat tail and the fat that covers the inner organs, the best part of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_23","003_29_23","EXO","29","23","23","Take also one of each of the kinds of bread that was baked—one made with no oil, one with oil, and one thin wafer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_24","003_29_24","EXO","29","24","24","Put all these things in the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then tell them to lift them up high to dedicate them to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_25","003_29_25","EXO","29","25","25","Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar, on top of the other things that were placed there. That also will be an offering to me, and its smell will please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_26","003_29_26","EXO","29","26","26","Then take the meat of the ribs of the second ram that was killed, and lift it up high as an offering to me. But then this part of the animal will be for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_27","003_29_27","EXO","29","27","27","Then take the meat of the ribs, the other thigh of the first ram that was sacrificed to ◄dedicate/set apart► the priests, and the ram whose other parts were lifted high to show that they were an offering to me; and set the meat of the ribs and thigh apart for Aaron and his sons, for them to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_28","003_29_28","EXO","29","28","28","In the future, whenever the Israeli people present to me, Yahweh, offerings to maintain fellowship with me, the ribs and the thigh of animals that they sacrifice will be for Aaron and his male descendants to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_29","003_29_29","EXO","29","29","29","“After Aaron dies, the special clothes that he wore will belong to his sons. They are to wear those clothes when they are ◄set apart/dedicated► to become priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_30","003_29_30","EXO","29","30","30","Aaron’s son who becomes The Supreme Priest and enters the Sacred Tent and performs rituals in the Holy Place must stay in the Sacred Tent, wearing these special clothes, for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_31","003_29_31","EXO","29","31","31","“Take the meat of the other ram that was sacrificed to ◄set apart/dedicate► Aaron and his sons, and boil it in the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_32","003_29_32","EXO","29","32","32","After it is cooked, Aaron and his sons must eat it, along with the bread that is left in the basket, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_33","003_29_33","EXO","29","33","33","They must eat the meat of the ram that was sacrificed to forgive them for their sins when they were dedicated to do this work. They are the only ones who are permitted to eat this meat. Those who are not priests are not allowed to eat it, because it is dedicated to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_34","003_29_34","EXO","29","34","34","If any of this meat or some of the bread is not eaten that night, no one is permitted to eat any of it the next day. It must be completely burned, because it is sacred/dedicated to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_35","003_29_35","EXO","29","35","35","“Those are the rituals that you(sg) must perform during those seven days when you dedicate Aaron and his sons for this work. You must do everything that I have commanded you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_36","003_29_36","EXO","29","36","36","Each of those seven days you must also sacrifice a young bull as an offering to me, in order that I may forgive sins. Also, you must make another offering ◄to make the altar pure in my sight/in order that I will consider the altar to be pure►. You must also anoint the altar with olive oil, to ◄set it apart/dedicate it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_37","003_29_37","EXO","29","37","37","Perform these rituals every day for seven days, to ◄set apart/dedicate► the altar and make it pure. If you do not do that, anyone or anything that touches the altar will become taboo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_38","003_29_38","EXO","29","38","38","“You must also sacrifice lambs and burn them on the altar. Each of those seven days you must sacrifice two lambs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_39","003_29_39","EXO","29","39","39","One lamb must be sacrificed in the morning, and one must be sacrificed in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_40","003_29_40","EXO","29","40","40","With the first lamb, also offer ◄2 pounds/1 kilogram► of finely-ground wheat flour mixed with one quart/liter of the best kind of olive oil, and one quart/liter of wine as an offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_41","003_29_41","EXO","29","41","41","In the evening, when you sacrifice the other lamb, offer the same amounts of flour, olive oil, and wine as you did in the morning. This will be an offering to me, Yahweh, that will be burned, and its smell will please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_42","003_29_42","EXO","29","42","42","You and your descendants must continue making these offerings to me, Yahweh, throughout all future generations. You must offer them at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. That is where I will meet with you and speak to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_43","003_29_43","EXO","29","43","43","That is where I will meet with the Israeli people, and the brilliant light of my presence will cause that place to be holy/sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_44","003_29_44","EXO","29","44","44","I will dedicate the Sacred Tent and the altar. I will also dedicate Aaron and his sons to serve me by being priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_45","003_29_45","EXO","29","45","45","I will live among the Israeli people, and I will be their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX29_46","003_29_46","EXO","29","46","46","They will know that I, Yahweh their God, am the one who brought them out of Egypt in order that I might live among them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_1","003_30_1","EXO","30","1","1","“Tell the skilled workers to make an altar from acacia wood, for burning incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_2","003_30_2","EXO","30","2","2","It is to be square, ◄18 in./45 cm.► on each side. It is to be ◄3 feet/90 cm.► high. Tell them to make a projection that looks like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections must be carved from the same block of wood that the altar is made from. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_3","003_30_3","EXO","30","3","3","They must cover the top and the four sides, including the projections, with pure gold. Put a gold border around the altar, near the top. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_4","003_30_4","EXO","30","4","4","They must make two gold rings for carrying the altar. They must attach them to the altar below the border, one on each side of the altar. These rings are for the poles for carrying the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_5","003_30_5","EXO","30","5","5","Tell them to make these two poles from acacia wood and cover them with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_6","003_30_6","EXO","30","6","6","They must put this altar outside the curtain that hangs in front of the sacred chest and its lid. That is the place where I will talk with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_7","003_30_7","EXO","30","7","7","Aaron must burn sweet-smelling incense on this altar. He must burn some every morning when he takes care of the lamps, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_8","003_30_8","EXO","30","8","8","and he must burn some in the evening when he lights the lamps. The incense must be burned continually, throughout all future generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_9","003_30_9","EXO","30","9","9","The priests must not burn on the altar any incense that I have not told you to burn, or burn any animal on it, or any grain offering for me, or pour any wine on it as an offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_10","003_30_10","EXO","30","10","10","One time every year Aaron must perform the ritual for making this altar pure. He must do it by putting on its four projections some of the blood from the animal that was sacrificed ◄to remove the guilt of the people’s sins/so that the people would no longer be guilty for sins►. This ritual is to be done by Aaron and his descendants throughout all future generations. This altar must be completely dedicated to me, Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_11","003_30_11","EXO","30","11","11","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_12","003_30_12","EXO","30","12","12","“When your leaders ◄take a census of/count► the Israeli people, each man who is counted must pay to me a price to save his life. They must do this in order that no disaster will happen to them while the people are being counted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_13","003_30_13","EXO","30","13","13","Every man who is counted must pay to me ◄0.2 ounces/5.7 grams► of silver. They must use the official standard when they weigh the silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_14","003_30_14","EXO","30","14","14","All the men who are at least 20 years old must pay this amount to me when the people are counted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_15","003_30_15","EXO","30","15","15","Rich men must not pay more than this amount, and poor men must not pay less than this amount, when they pay this money to save their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_16","003_30_16","EXO","30","16","16","Your leaders must collect this money from the Israeli people and give it to those who will take care of the Sacred Tent. This money is the payment for the lives of those who take care of the Sacred Tent, ◄to enable me not to forget them/and then I will remember to protect them►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_17","003_30_17","EXO","30","17","17","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_18","003_30_18","EXO","30","18","18","“Tell the skilled workers to make a bronze washbasin and a bronze base for it. They must put it between the Sacred Tent and the altar, and fill it with water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_19","003_30_19","EXO","30","19","19","Aaron and his sons must ritually wash their hands and their feet with this water ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_20","003_30_20","EXO","30","20","20","before they enter the Sacred Tent and before they come to the altar to sacrifice offerings that will be burned on it. If they do that, they will not die because of disobeying my instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_21","003_30_21","EXO","30","21","21","They must wash their hands and their feet, in order that they will not die. They and the males descended from them must obey this ritual throughout all generations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_22","003_30_22","EXO","30","22","22","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_23","003_30_23","EXO","30","23","23","“Tell the people to collect some of the finest spices— ◄12 pounds/6 kg.► of ◄liquid myrrh/sweet-smelling sap named myrrh►, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of sweet-smelling cinnamon, ◄6 pounds/3 kg.► of a sweet-smelling cane/reed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_24","003_30_24","EXO","30","24","24","and ◄12 pounds/6 kg.► of ◄cassia/a sweet-smelling bark named cassia►. Be sure that they use the official standard when they weigh these things. Tell an expert perfumer to mix these with ◄one gallon/four liters► of olive oil ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_25","003_30_25","EXO","30","25","25","to make sacred oil for anointing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_26","003_30_26","EXO","30","26","26","Use this oil for anointing the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_27","003_30_27","EXO","30","27","27","the table and all the things that are used with it, the lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_28","003_30_28","EXO","30","28","28","and the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned, along with its bases and the washbasin and all the things that are used with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_29","003_30_29","EXO","30","29","29","Dedicate them by anointing them, in order that they will be completely holy/sacred. Anyone or anything that touches the altar will become taboo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_30","003_30_30","EXO","30","30","30","And anoint Aaron and his sons. By doing that, you will dedicate them to serve me by being priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_31","003_30_31","EXO","30","31","31","And tell the Israeli people, ‘This oil will be my sacred anointing oil that must be used throughout all future generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_32","003_30_32","EXO","30","32","32","You must not pour it on the bodies of people who are not priests, and you must not make other oil to be like it by mixing the same amount of those things. This oil is sacred, and you must consider it to be sacred.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_33","003_30_33","EXO","30","33","33","I will consider that anyone who makes ointment like this for any other purpose, and anyone who puts any of this ointment on someone who is not a priest, no longer be allowed to associate with my people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_34","003_30_34","EXO","30","34","34","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Tell the people to take equal parts of several sweet spices—stacte, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_35","003_30_35","EXO","30","35","35","and tell an expert perfumer to mix them together to make some perfume. Add some salt to keep it pure and make it holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_36","003_30_36","EXO","30","36","36","Beat some of it into a fine powder. Then take some of it into the Sacred Tent and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest. You must all consider this incense to be very holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_37","003_30_37","EXO","30","37","37","The people must not mix the same spices to make incense for themselves. This incense must be completely dedicated to me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX30_38","003_30_38","EXO","30","38","38","I will consider that anyone who makes incense like this to use it for perfume will no longer be allowed to associate with my people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_1","003_31_1","EXO","31","1","2","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Note that I have chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah, for special tasks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_3","003_31_3","EXO","31","3","3","I have caused him to be completely controlled/empowered by my Spirit, and I have given him special ability to make things and have enabled him to know how to do very skilled work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_4","003_31_4","EXO","31","4","4","He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_5","003_31_5","EXO","31","5","5","He can cut ◄jewels/valuable stones► and enclose them in tiny gold settings/frames. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_6","003_31_6","EXO","31","6","6","Note that I have also appointed Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given special ability to other men, in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_7","003_31_7","EXO","31","7","7","That includes the Sacred Tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the Sacred Tent, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_8","003_31_8","EXO","31","8","8","the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_9","003_31_9","EXO","31","9","9","the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_10","003_31_10","EXO","31","10","10","all the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron and his sons to wear when they work as priests, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_11","003_31_11","EXO","31","11","11","the oil for anointing, and the sweet-smelling incense for the Holy Place. The skilled workers must make all these things exactly as I have told you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_12","003_31_12","EXO","31","12","12","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_13","003_31_13","EXO","31","13","13","“Tell the Israeli people, ‘Obey my instructions regarding the ◄rest days/Sabbath days►. Those days will remind you and your descendants, throughout all future generations, that I, Yahweh, have ◄set you apart/chosen you► to be my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_14","003_31_14","EXO","31","14","14","You must obey my rules about the Sabbath days because they are holy/sacred. Those who treat those days in an irreverent way by working on those days must be executed to show that I no longer consider them to belong to my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_15","003_31_15","EXO","31","15","15","You may work for six days each week, but the seventh day of each week is a solemn day of rest, dedicated to me, Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on a day of rest is to be executed because I no longer want them to be able to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_16","003_31_16","EXO","31","16","16","You Israeli people must respect the rest day, and you and your descendants must ◄celebrate it/keep it holy► throughout all future generations. It will remind you of the agreement that I have made with you that will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_17","003_31_17","EXO","31","17","17","It will remind you Israeli people and remind me of that agreement  because I, Yahweh, created the heavens and the earth in six days, and on the seventh day I stopped doing that work and relaxed.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX31_18","003_31_18","EXO","31","18","18","When Yahweh finished talking with Moses/me on the top of Sinai Mountain, he gave him/me the two stone slabs on which he had engraved his commandments with his own fingers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_1","003_32_1","EXO","32","1","1","◄Moses/I► stayed on top of the mountain a long time. When the people realized that he/I was not returning quickly, they gathered near Aaron and said to him, “We do not know what has happened to that man Moses who brought us here out of Egypt. So quickly, make us ◄an idol/a statue of a god► who will lead us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_2","003_32_2","EXO","32","2","2","Aaron replied to them, “All right, I will do that, but tell your wives and your sons and your daughters to take off all their gold earrings and bring them to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_3","003_32_3","EXO","32","3","3","So the people did that. They took off all their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_4","003_32_4","EXO","32","4","4","He took all those gold earrings and melted them in a fire. He poured the gold into a mold and made a statue that looked like a young bull. The people saw it and said, “This is the god of us Israeli people! This is the one who brought us up from the land of Egypt!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_5","003_32_5","EXO","32","5","5","When Aaron saw what was happening, he built an altar in front of the statue of the young bull. Then he announced, “Tomorrow we will have a festival to honor Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_6","003_32_6","EXO","32","6","6","So the people got up early the next morning and brought animals to kill and burn as sacrifices on the altar. They also brought sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then they sat down to eat and drink wine. Then they got up and started dancing in a very immoral way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_7","003_32_7","EXO","32","7","7","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go back down from the mountain, because your people, the ones that you brought up here from Egypt, have already ◄become very depraved/wicked►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_8","003_32_8","EXO","32","8","8","They have already ◄left the road that I showed them/stopped obeying me►! They have made a statue of a young bull from melted gold. They have worshiped it and offered sacrifices to it. And they are saying, ‘This is the god of us Israeli people! This is the one who brought us up from Egypt!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_9","003_32_9","EXO","32","9","9","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “I have seen that these people are very stubborn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_10","003_32_10","EXO","32","10","10","I am very angry with them, and so I am going to get rid of them. Do not try to stop me! Then I will cause you and your descendants to become a great nation.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_11","003_32_11","EXO","32","11","11","But Moses/I pleaded with his/my God, Yahweh, and said, “Yahweh, ◄you should not be very angry with your people!/why are you so angry with your people RHQ?► These are the people whom you rescued from Egypt with very great power MTY, DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_12","003_32_12","EXO","32","12","12","Do not do anything that would allow the people of Egypt to say, ‘Their god led them out from our country, but he did that only because he wanted to kill them in the mountains and get rid of them completely RHQ!’ Stop being so angry! ◄Change your mind/Do not do what you have told me that you will do►! Do not do to your people this terrible thing that you have just said that you will do ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_13","003_32_13","EXO","32","13","13","Think about your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. You solemnly promised them, ‘I will enable you to have as many descendants as there are stars in the sky.’ You said to them, ‘I will give to your descendants all the land that I am promising to give them. It will be their land forever.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_14","003_32_14","EXO","32","14","14","So Yahweh changed his mind. He did not do to his people the terrible thing that he said he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_15","003_32_15","EXO","32","15","15","Moses/I turned away from God and went down the mountain, carrying in his hands the two stone slabs on which Yahweh had engraved his commandments. He had written on both sides of the slabs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_16","003_32_16","EXO","32","16","16","God himself had made the slabs, and he was the one who had engraved the commandments on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_17","003_32_17","EXO","32","17","17","Joshua heard the very loud noise of the people shouting. So when he and I got near the camp, Joshua said, “There is a noise in the camp that sounds like the noise of a battle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_18","003_32_18","EXO","32","18","18","But Moses/I replied, “No, that is not the shouting that people do when they have won a victory or when they have been defeated in a battle What I hear is the sound of loud singing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_19","003_32_19","EXO","32","19","19","As soon as Moses/I came close to the camp and saw the statue of the young bull and saw the people dancing, he/I became extremely angry. He/I threw the stone tablets that he/I was carrying down onto the ground, there at the base of the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_20","003_32_20","EXO","32","20","20","Then he/I took the statue of the young bull that they had made and melted it in the fire. When it cooled, he/I ground it into fine powder. Then he/I mixed the powder with water and forced the Israeli people to drink it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_21","003_32_21","EXO","32","21","21","Then he/I said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, with the result that you have made them commit such a terrible sin?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_22","003_32_22","EXO","32","22","22","Aaron replied, “Please do not be angry with me, sir. You know that these people are very determined to do evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_23","003_32_23","EXO","32","23","23","They said to me, ‘As for that man Moses, the one who brought us up here from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him. So make for us an idol that will lead us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_24","003_32_24","EXO","32","24","24","So I said to them, ‘Everyone who is wearing gold earrings should take them off.’ So they took them off and gave them to me. I threw them into the fire, and out came this statue of a young bull!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_25","003_32_25","EXO","32","25","25","Moses/I saw that Aaron had allowed the people to become completely out of control and to do things that would make their enemies think the Israeli people were foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_26","003_32_26","EXO","32","26","26","So he/I stood at the entrance to the camp and shouted, “Everyone who is loyal to Yahweh should come closer to me!” So the descendants of Levi gathered around him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_27","003_32_27","EXO","32","27","27","Then he/I said to them, “Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people, commands that every one of you should fasten your sword to your side, and then go through the camp from this entrance to the other one, and kill some of your relatives and your companions and your neighbors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_28","003_32_28","EXO","32","28","28","The descendants of Levi did what Moses/I told them to do, and they killed 3,000 men on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_29","003_32_29","EXO","32","29","29","Moses/I said to the descendants of Levi, “Today you have dedicated yourselves to serving Yahweh by ◄killing/not sparing► even your own sons and brothers, and as a result Yahweh will bless you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_30","003_32_30","EXO","32","30","30","The next day, Moses/I said to the people, “You have committed a terrible sin. But I will now climb up the mountain again to talk with Yahweh. Perhaps I can persuade him to forgive you for sinning like this.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_31","003_32_31","EXO","32","31","31","So Moses/I went back up the mountain and said to Yahweh, “I am sorry to admit that these people have committed a terrible sin. They have made for themselves a gold idol and have worshiped it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_32","003_32_32","EXO","32","32","32","But now I ask you to please forgive them for having sinned. If you will not forgive them, then erase my name from the book in which you have written the names of your people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_33","003_32_33","EXO","32","33","33","But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “It is only those who have sinned against me whose names I will erase from that book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_34","003_32_34","EXO","32","34","34","Now you go back down and lead the Israeli people to the place that I told you about. Keep in mind that my angel will go in front of you. But, at the time that I determine, I will punish them for their sin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX32_35","003_32_35","EXO","32","35","35","Later Yahweh caused a plague to strike the people because they had told Aaron to make the gold statue of a young bull. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_1","003_33_1","EXO","33","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Leave this place and go with the people whom you led out of Egypt. Go to the land that I promised Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that I would give to their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_2","003_33_2","EXO","33","2","2","I will send my angel ahead of you all, and I will expel from that land the Canaan, Amor, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_3","003_33_3","EXO","33","3","3","You will go to a land that will be very good for raising livestock and growing crops IDM. But I will not go with you myself, because if I did that, I might get rid of you while you are traveling, because you are very stubborn IDM people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_4","003_33_4","EXO","33","4","5","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Tell the Israeli people, ‘You are very stubborn IDM. If I would go with you for even a moment, I would completely ◄get rid of you/wipe you out►. Now take off your jewelry to show that you are sorry for having sinned. Then I will decide how I will punish you (OR, if I should punish you).’” So when Moses/I told to the people what God said, they started to mourn, and they all took off their jewelry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_6","003_33_6","EXO","33","6","6","After the Israeli people left Sinai Mountain, they did not wear jewelry any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_7","003_33_7","EXO","33","7","7","When the Israeli people traveled, whenever they stopped and set up their tents, Moses/I had them set up a tent outside the camp, far from the camp. I called it ‘the Sacred Tent where God and I talk together’. Everyone who wanted Yahweh to decide something for them would go out of the camp to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_8","003_33_8","EXO","33","8","8","Whenever Moses/I went out to the Sacred Tent, all the people would stand at the entrances of their tents and watch him/me until he/I had entered the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_9","003_33_9","EXO","33","9","9","When Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent, the tall cloud that looked like a fire would come down and stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and then Yahweh would talk with Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_10","003_33_10","EXO","33","10","10","When the people saw the tall cloud at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, they would all prostrate themselves on the ground and worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_11","003_33_11","EXO","33","11","11","Yahweh would speak to Moses/me directly, like someone speaks to his friend. Then Moses/I would return to the camp. But his/my young helper, Joshua, the son of Nun, stayed in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_12","003_33_12","EXO","33","12","12","Moses/I said to Yahweh, “It is true that you have told me, ‘Lead the people to the land that I will show you,’ and you have said that you know me well and that you are pleased with me, but you have not told me whom you will send with me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_13","003_33_13","EXO","33","13","13","So now, if you are truly pleased with me, I ask you, tell me the things that you intend/plan to do, in order that I will know you better and continue to please you. Also, do not forget that the Israeli people are the people whom you chose to belong to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_14","003_33_14","EXO","33","14","14","Yahweh replied, “I will go with you, and I will give you inner peace.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_15","003_33_15","EXO","33","15","15","Moses/I replied, “If you do not go with me, do not force us to leave this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_16","003_33_16","EXO","33","16","16","The only way that other people will know that you are pleased with me and with your people is if you go with us RHQ! ◄If you go with us, that will show that we are different from all the other people on the earth./If you do not go with us, what will show that we are different from all the other people on the earth?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_17","003_33_17","EXO","33","17","17","Yahweh replied to Moses/me, “What you have asked is exactly what I will do, because I know you well and I am pleased with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_18","003_33_18","EXO","33","18","18","Then Moses/I said, “Please let me see your glorious presence!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_19","003_33_19","EXO","33","19","19","Yahweh replied, “I will let you see how great and glorious I am, and I will tell you clearly that my name is Yahweh. I will act very kindly and be merciful to all those whom I choose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_20","003_33_20","EXO","33","20","20","But you are not allowed to see my face, because anyone who sees my face will ◄die/not continue to stay alive►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_21","003_33_21","EXO","33","21","21","But look! Here is a place close to me where you can stand on a large rock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_22","003_33_22","EXO","33","22","22","When my glorious presence comes past you, I will put you in a large crevice/opening in the rock, and I will cover your face with my hand until I have passed by. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX33_23","003_33_23","EXO","33","23","23","Then I will take my hand away, and you will see my back, but you will not see my face.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_1","003_34_1","EXO","34","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Cut two slabs of stone that will be like the first slabs, the ones that you broke. Then I will engrave on them the words that were on the first slabs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_2","003_34_2","EXO","34","2","2","Get ready tomorrow morning, and come up to the top of Sinai Mountain again to talk with me there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_3","003_34_3","EXO","34","3","3","Do not allow anyone to come up with you. I do not want anyone else to be anywhere on the mountain. Do not allow any sheep or cattle to graze ◄at the base of/near► the mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_4","003_34_4","EXO","34","4","4","So Moses/I cut two slabs of stone that were like the first ones. He/I arose early the next morning. He/I took the slabs and carried them in his/my hands up to the top of Sinai Mountain, as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_5","003_34_5","EXO","34","5","5","Then Yahweh descended in the tall cloud and stood with Moses/me there. He proclaimed that it was he, Yahweh, who was going to speak to Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_6","003_34_6","EXO","34","6","6","Then Yahweh passed in front of him/me and proclaimed, “I am Yahweh God. I always act mercifully and kindly toward people. I do not get angry quickly. I truly love people and I do what I promise to do for them, without changing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_7","003_34_7","EXO","34","7","7","I love people for thousands of generations. I forgive people for all kinds of sins TRI. But I will certainly punish LIT those who are guilty. I will punish not only them, but I will punish ◄their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_8","003_34_8","EXO","34","8","8","Moses/I quickly prostrated himself/myself on the ground and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_9","003_34_9","EXO","34","9","9","He/I said, “Yahweh, if you are now pleased with me, I ask that you go with us. These people are very stubborn IDM, but forgive us for all our sins DOU, and accept us to be people who belong to you forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_10","003_34_10","EXO","34","10","10","Yahweh replied, “Note this: I am going to make a solemn agreement with the Israeli people. As they are watching, I will perform great miracles. They will be miracles that no one has ever done on the earth in any nation. All the people who are near you will see the great things that I, Yahweh, will do. I will do awesome things for you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_11","003_34_11","EXO","34","11","12","Each Israeli person must obey what I am commanding you this day. Do not forget that if you obey me, I will expel the Amor, Canaan, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups from the land. But be careful that you do not make any peace agreements with any of the people who live in the land into which you are going, because if you do that, you will begin to do the evil things that they do. It will be like falling into a trap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_13","003_34_13","EXO","34","13","13","You must tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down the poles that they use to worship their female goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_14","003_34_14","EXO","34","14","14","You must worship only me, and not worship any other god, because I, Yahweh, cannot endure any rivals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_15","003_34_15","EXO","34","15","15","Do not make peace agreements with any group that lives in that land. When they worship their gods and offer sacrifices to their gods, and they invite you to join them, do not join them. If you join them, you will eat the food that they sacrifice to their gods, and you will not be faithful to me. You will be like people who commit adultery, who are not being faithful to their spouses MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_16","003_34_16","EXO","34","16","16","If you take some of their women to be wives for your sons, and these women worship their own gods, they will persuade your sons also to worship their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_17","003_34_17","EXO","34","17","17","Do not pour melted metal into molds to make statues for you to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_18","003_34_18","EXO","34","18","18","Each year, during the month of/named Abib, celebrate the Festival of Eating Bread Made Without Yeast. During that festival, for seven days you must not eat bread made with yeast, as I commanded you, because it was in that month that you left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_19","003_34_19","EXO","34","19","19","Your firstborn sons and the firstborn male animals of your cattle and sheep and goats belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_20","003_34_20","EXO","34","20","20","The firstborn of your male donkeys also belong to me. But you may buy them back by offering to me lambs in their place. If you do not do that, you must kill these animals by breaking their necks. You must also buy back your firstborn sons. You must bring an offering to me LIT each time you come to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_21","003_34_21","EXO","34","21","21","Each week you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. Even during the times when you plow the ground and harvest your crops, you must rest on the seventh day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_22","003_34_22","EXO","34","22","22","Each year celebrate the Harvest Festival, when you begin to harvest the first crop of wheat, and also celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, when you finish harvesting the grain and fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_23","003_34_23","EXO","34","23","23","Three times each year all the men must come to worship me, Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_24","003_34_24","EXO","34","24","24","I will expel the people-groups that live in the land where you will be, and I will cause your territory to become very large. As a result, no group will try to conquer your country if you come to worship me each year during those three festivals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_25","003_34_25","EXO","34","25","25","When you sacrifice an animal MTY to me, do not offer with it bread that is made with yeast. And during the Passover Festival, when you sacrifice lambs, do not keep any of the meat until the next morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_26","003_34_26","EXO","34","26","26","I am Yahweh God. You must bring to my Sacred Tent the first part of the grain that you harvest each year. When you kill a young animal/kid either a lamb or a calf, do not prepare to eat it by boiling it in its mother’s milk.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_27","003_34_27","EXO","34","27","27","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Write down the words that I have told you. By giving you these commands, I have made a solemn agreement with you and with the other Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_28","003_34_28","EXO","34","28","28","Moses/I was there on the top of the mountain with Yahweh for 40 days and nights. During that time he/I did not eat or drink anything SYN. He/I engraved on the stone slabs the words of the Ten Commandments, which were part of Yahweh’s solemn agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_29","003_34_29","EXO","34","29","29","When Moses/I came back down the mountain, carrying in his/my hand the two stone slabs on which were written the Ten Commandments, his/my face was shining because he/I had been talking with Yahweh, but he/I did not know that his/my face was shining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_30","003_34_30","EXO","34","30","30","When Aaron and the other Israeli people saw Moses/me, they were amazed/surprised that his/my face was shining. So they were afraid to come near him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_31","003_34_31","EXO","34","31","31","But Moses/I called to them. Then Aaron and the other Israeli leaders came to him/me, and he/I talked with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_32","003_34_32","EXO","34","32","32","Afterwards, all the other Israeli people came near, and he/I told them all the laws that Yahweh had given to him/me on Sinai Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_33","003_34_33","EXO","34","33","33","When Moses/I finished talking to the people, he/I put a veil over his/my face. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_34","003_34_34","EXO","34","34","34","But whenever Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent to talk with Yahweh, he/I removed the veil. When he/I came back out, he/I would always tell to the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX34_35","003_34_35","EXO","34","35","35","The Israeli people would see that Moses’/my face was still shining. Then he/I would put the veil back on his/my face again until the next time that he/I went into the Sacred Tent to talk with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_1","003_35_1","EXO","35","1","1","Moses/I gathered all the Israeli people together and said to them, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_2","003_35_2","EXO","35","2","2","Each week you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. It is a sacred day, dedicated to Yahweh. Anyone who does any work on the seventh day must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_3","003_35_3","EXO","35","3","3","Do not even light a fire in your homes on days of rest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_4","003_35_4","EXO","35","4","4","Moses/I also said to all the Israeli people, “This is also what Yahweh has commanded: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_5","003_35_5","EXO","35","5","5","Make offerings to Yahweh. Everyone who wants to should bring to Yahweh an offering. These are the things that they may offer: Gold, silver, bronze, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_6","003_35_6","EXO","35","6","6","fine white linen, blue or purple or red cloth, cloth made from goats’ hair, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_7","003_35_7","EXO","35","7","7","rams’ skins that are ◄tanned/dyed red►, fine leather made from goatskins, wood from acacia trees, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_8","003_35_8","EXO","35","8","8","oil for the lamps, spices to put in the olive oil for anointing and in the sweet-smelling incense, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_9","003_35_9","EXO","35","9","9","valuable onyx stones or other valuable stones to fasten onto the priest’s sacred apron and put on his sacred chest pouch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_10","003_35_10","EXO","35","10","10","“All the skilled workers among you should come and make all the things that Yahweh has commanded: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_11","003_35_11","EXO","35","11","11","The Sacred Tent and its covering, its fasteners and its frames, its crossbars, its posts, its bases, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_12","003_35_12","EXO","35","12","12","the sacred chest with its poles and its lid, the curtain that will separate the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_13","003_35_13","EXO","35","13","13","the table with the poles for carrying it and all the things that will be used with the table, the sacred bread that will be offered to God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_14","003_35_14","EXO","35","14","14","the lampstand for the lamps with all the things that will be used to take care of them, the oil for the lamps, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_15","003_35_15","EXO","35","15","15","the altar for burning incense, and the poles for carrying that altar, the oil for anointing and the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance of the Sacred Tent, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_16","003_35_16","EXO","35","16","16","the altar for offering sacrifices that will be completely burned and its bronze grating, the poles for carrying that altar and all the things that will be used with it, the washbasin and its base, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_17","003_35_17","EXO","35","17","17","the curtains to surround the courtyard and the posts and bases for the posts from which to hang the curtains, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_18","003_35_18","EXO","35","18","18","the pegs and ropes for the Sacred Tent and for the courtyard, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_19","003_35_19","EXO","35","19","19","and the beautiful clothes that Aaron and his sons are to wear when they do their work in the Holy Place.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_20","003_35_20","EXO","35","20","20","Then all the Israeli people returned to their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_21","003_35_21","EXO","35","21","21","Everyone who wanted to brought an offering to Yahweh. They brought some of the things that would be used to make the Sacred Tent and all the other items that would be used in the rituals, and the materials to make the sacred clothes for the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_22","003_35_22","EXO","35","22","22","All the men and women who wanted to brought gold ornaments, earrings, rings, necklaces, and many other kinds of things made of gold, and they dedicated them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_23","003_35_23","EXO","35","23","23","And many HYP people who had blue, purple, or red cloth or fine white linen or cloth made from goats’ hair or rams’ skins that were ◄tanned/dyed red► or leather made from goatskins brought some of these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_24","003_35_24","EXO","35","24","24","All those who had silver or bronze brought them as offerings to Yahweh. All those who had some acacia wood that could be used for any of the work brought it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_25","003_35_25","EXO","35","25","25","All the women who were skilled to make cloth brought fine linen thread and blue, purple, or red yarn/thread that they had made/spun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_26","003_35_26","EXO","35","26","26","And all the women who wanted to made/spun thread from goats’ hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_27","003_35_27","EXO","35","27","27","All the leaders brought valuable onyx stones and other valuable stones to be fastened to Aaron’s sacred apron and his sacred chest pouch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_28","003_35_28","EXO","35","28","28","They also brought spices to put in the sweet-smelling incense, and they brought olive oil for the lamps and for the oil for anointing and for putting in the sweet-smelling incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_29","003_35_29","EXO","35","29","29","All the Israeli men and women who wanted to brought these things to offer them to Yahweh, for doing the work that he had commanded Moses/me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_30","003_35_30","EXO","35","30","30","Moses/I said to the Israeli people, “Listen carefully. Yahweh has chosen Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, from the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_31","003_35_31","EXO","35","31","31","Yahweh has enabled his Spirit to completely control Bezalel and has given him ability and enabled him to know how to do very skilled work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_32","003_35_32","EXO","35","32","32","He can engrave skillful designs in gold, silver, and bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_33","003_35_33","EXO","35","33","33","He can cut ◄jewels/valuable stones► and enclose them in tiny gold frames. He can carve things from wood and do other skilled work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_34","003_35_34","EXO","35","34","34","Yahweh has also given to him and to Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach their skills to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX35_35","003_35_35","EXO","35","35","35","He has given to them the ability to do all kinds of work that is done by craftsmen—those who create artistic things, those who make fine white linen, those who embroider designs using blue or purple or red yarn/thread, and those who make other cloth. They are able to do many HYP kinds of skillful work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_1","003_36_1","EXO","36","1","1","“Bezalel and Oholiab, and all the other men to whom Yahweh has given ability and enabled them to understand how to do all the work to make the Sacred Tent, must make everything just as Yahweh has commanded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_2","003_36_2","EXO","36","2","2","So Moses/I summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and all the other skilled men to whom Yahweh had given special ability and who wanted to do some of the work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_3","003_36_3","EXO","36","3","3","Moses/I gave them all the things that the people had brought as offerings to Yahweh for making the Sacred Tent. But the people continued bringing more things every morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_4","003_36_4","EXO","36","4","4","As a result, the skilled men who were doing various things to make the Sacred Tent came to Moses/me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_5","003_36_5","EXO","36","5","5","and said, “The people are bringing more than we need to do the work that Yahweh has commanded us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_6","003_36_6","EXO","36","6","6","So Moses/I gave the skilled men this message that was proclaimed throughout the camp: “No one should bring anything more as an offering to make the Sacred Tent!” When the people heard that, they did not bring anything more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_7","003_36_7","EXO","36","7","7","What they had already brought was enough to do all the work. In fact, it was more than was needed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_8","003_36_8","EXO","36","8","8","All the most skilled men among the workmen made the Sacred Tent. They made it from ten strips of fine linen, and carefully embroidered it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread to make figures that resembled the winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_9","003_36_9","EXO","36","9","9","Each strip was ◄14 yards/twelve meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_10","003_36_10","EXO","36","10","10","They sewed five strips together to make one set, and they sewed the other five strips together to make the other set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_11","003_36_11","EXO","36","11","11","For each set, they made loops of blue cloth and fastened them on the outer edge of the strip, at the end of each set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_12","003_36_12","EXO","36","12","12","They put 50 loops on the edge of the first set, and 50 loops on the edge of the second set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_13","003_36_13","EXO","36","13","13","They made 50 gold clasps/fasteners, to fasten both of the sets together. In that way, the inside of the Sacred Tent was as though it was one piece. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_14","003_36_14","EXO","36","14","14","They made a cover for the Sacred Tent from eleven pieces of cloth made from goats’ hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_15","003_36_15","EXO","36","15","15","Each piece of cloth was ◄15 yards/13.5 meters► long and ◄2 yards/1.8 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_16","003_36_16","EXO","36","16","16","They sewed five of these pieces of cloth together to make one set, and they sewed the other six pieces of cloth together to make another set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_17","003_36_17","EXO","36","17","17","They made 100 loops of blue cloth. They fastened 50 of them to the outer edge of the one set and they fastened 50 to the outer edge of the other set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_18","003_36_18","EXO","36","18","18","They made 50 bronze clasps/fasteners and joined the two sets together with them. In that way it formed one cover. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_19","003_36_19","EXO","36","19","19","They made two more covers for the Sacred Tent. They made one from rams’ skins that had been ◄tanned/dyed red►, and they made the top cover from goatskin leather. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_20","003_36_20","EXO","36","20","20","They made 48 frames from acacia wood and set them up to support the covers for the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_21","003_36_21","EXO","36","21","21","Each frame was ◄15 feet/4.5 meters► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_22","003_36_22","EXO","36","22","22","They made two projections at the bottom of each frame. These were for fastening the frames to the bases underneath them. Each frame had these projections. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_23","003_36_23","EXO","36","23","23","The skilled workmen made twenty frames for the south side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_24","003_36_24","EXO","36","24","24","They made 40 silver bases to go underneath them. Two bases went under each frame. The projections on each frame fit into these bases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_25","003_36_25","EXO","36","25","25","Similarly, they made 20 frames for the north side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_26","003_36_26","EXO","36","26","26","They made 40 silver bases for them also, with two bases for under each frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_27","003_36_27","EXO","36","27","27","For the rear of the Sacred Tent, on the west side, they made six frames. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_28","003_36_28","EXO","36","28","28","They also made two extra frames, one for each corner of the rear of the Sacred Tent, to provide extra support. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_29","003_36_29","EXO","36","29","29","The two corner frames were joined from the bottom to the top (OR, joined at both the bottom and the top). At the top of each of the two corner frames they fastened a gold ring for holding the crossbar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_30","003_36_30","EXO","36","30","30","In that way, for the rear of the Sacred Tent there were eight frames, and there were 16 bases, two bases under each frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_31","003_36_31","EXO","36","31","31","The workmen made 15 crossbars from acacia wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_32","003_36_32","EXO","36","32","32","Five of them were for the frames on the north side of the Sacred Tent, five for the south side, and five for the frames at the rear of the Sacred Tent, the west side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_33","003_36_33","EXO","36","33","33","The crossbars on the north, south, and west sides of the Sacred Tent were fastened to the middle of the frames. The two long crossbars extended from one end of the Sacred Tent to the other, and the crossbar on the west side extended from one side of the Sacred Tent to the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_34","003_36_34","EXO","36","34","34","The workmen covered the frames with gold and fastened gold rings to the poles. The crossbars were put into the rings. The crossbars were also covered with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_35","003_36_35","EXO","36","35","35","They made a curtain from fine white linen. Skilled craftsmen embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, making designs that resembled the winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_36","003_36_36","EXO","36","36","36","They suspended/hung the curtain from four posts that were made from acacia wood and covered with gold. They set each post in a silver base. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_37","003_36_37","EXO","36","37","37","They made a curtain to cover the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They made it from fine linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX36_38","003_36_38","EXO","36","38","38","To support this curtain, they also made five posts from acacia wood and fastened gold clasps/fasteners to them. They completely covered the posts with gold. They also made a bronze base for each of those posts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_1","003_37_1","EXO","37","1","1","Then Bezalel made the sacred chest from acacia wood. It was ◄45 in./110 cm.► long, ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide, and ◄27 in./66 cm.► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_2","003_37_2","EXO","37","2","2","He covered it with pure gold inside and outside the chest, and he made a gold border around the top of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_3","003_37_3","EXO","37","3","3","He made/cast four rings from gold and fastened them to the legs of the chest. He put two rings on each side of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_4","003_37_4","EXO","37","4","4","He made two poles from acacia wood, and covered them with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_5","003_37_5","EXO","37","5","5","He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest, in order that the chest could be carried by means of the poles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_6","003_37_6","EXO","37","6","6","He made a lid for the chest. That was the place where Yahweh would forgive people’s sins. It also was ◄45 in./110 cm.► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_7","003_37_7","EXO","37","7","7","He made two winged creatures from hammered gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_8","003_37_8","EXO","37","8","8","One of these was put at each end of the chest. The gold with which they were made was joined to the gold from which the lid was made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_9","003_37_9","EXO","37","9","9","He placed the winged creatures facing each other so that their wings touched each other and spread out over the lid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_10","003_37_10","EXO","37","10","10","Bezalel made a table from acacia wood. It was ◄36 in./88 cm.► long, ◄18 in./44 cm.► wide, and ◄27 in./66 cm.► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_11","003_37_11","EXO","37","11","11","He covered it with pure gold, and he put a gold border around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_12","003_37_12","EXO","37","12","12","He made a rim all around it, ◄3 in./7 cm.► wide. He put a gold border around the rim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_13","003_37_13","EXO","37","13","13","He made/cast four rings from gold and fastened the rings to the four corners of the table, one ring close to each leg of the table. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_14","003_37_14","EXO","37","14","14","The rings were fastened to the table near the rim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_15","003_37_15","EXO","37","15","15","He made two poles from acacia wood and covered them with gold. These poles for carrying the table were then inserted into the rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_16","003_37_16","EXO","37","16","16","He also made from pure gold all the things to be put on the table. He made the plates, the cups, and the jars and bowls to be used when the priests poured out wine as an offering to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_17","003_37_17","EXO","37","17","17","He made the lampstand from pure gold. Its base and its shaft were hammered from one large lump of gold. The branches of the lampstand, the cups for holding the oil, the flower buds and the petals that decorated the branches of the lamp, the base, and the shaft were all hammered from one big lump of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_18","003_37_18","EXO","37","18","18","There were six branches on the lampstand, three on each side of the shaft. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_19","003_37_19","EXO","37","19","19","Each of the branches had on it three gold decorations that looked like almond blossoms. These decorations also had flower buds and flower petals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_20","003_37_20","EXO","37","20","20","On the shaft of the lampstand there were four gold decorations that also looked like almond blossoms, each one with flower buds and flower petals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_21","003_37_21","EXO","37","21","21","On each side, beneath and extending from each of the branches, there was one flower bud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_22","003_37_22","EXO","37","22","22","All these flower buds and branches, along with the shaft, were hammered from one large lump of pure gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_23","003_37_23","EXO","37","23","23","Bezalel also made seven small cups for holding oil. He put one cup on top of the shaft and he put the others on top of the branches. He made from pure gold the tongs for removing the burned wicks and the trays in which to put the burned wicks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_24","003_37_24","EXO","37","24","24","He used ◄75 pounds/35 kg.► of pure gold to make the lampstand and all the things that were used to take care of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_25","003_37_25","EXO","37","25","25","From acacia wood, Bezalel made the altar for burning incense. It was square, ◄18 in./45 cm.► on each side. It was ◄3 ft./90 cm.► high. He made a projection that looked like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood that the altar was made of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_26","003_37_26","EXO","37","26","26","He covered the top and the four sides, including the projections, with pure gold. He put a gold border around the altar, near the top. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_27","003_37_27","EXO","37","27","27","He made two gold rings for carrying the altar. Then he attached them to the altar below the border, one on each side of the altar. The poles by means of which the altar was to be carried were to be inserted into those rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_28","003_37_28","EXO","37","28","28","He made those two poles from acacia wood and covered them with gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX37_29","003_37_29","EXO","37","29","29","He also made the sacred oil for anointing and the pure sweet-smelling incense. He mixed the incense together as a skilled perfumer would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_1","003_38_1","EXO","38","1","1","Several men helped Bezalel to make the altar for burning sacrifices. They made it from acacia wood. It was square, ◄7-1/2 feet/2.2 meters► on each side, and it was ◄4-1/2 feet/1.3 meters► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_2","003_38_2","EXO","38","2","2","They made a projection that looked like a horn on each of the top corners. The projections were carved from the same block of wood that the altar was made of. They covered the whole altar with bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_3","003_38_3","EXO","38","3","3","They made the pans in which to put the greasy ashes from the animal sacrifices. They also made the shovels for cleaning out the ashes. They made the basins and forks for turning the meat as it cooked, and buckets for carrying hot coals/ashes. All of those things were made from bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_4","003_38_4","EXO","38","4","4","They also made a bronze grating to hold the wood and burning coals. They put the grating under the rim that went around the altar. They made it so that it was inside the altar, halfway down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_5","003_38_5","EXO","38","5","5","They made bronze rings in which to put the poles for carrying the altar, and fastened one of them to each of the corners of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_6","003_38_6","EXO","38","6","6","They made the poles from acacia wood and covered them with bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_7","003_38_7","EXO","38","7","7","They put the poles through the rings on each side of the altar. The poles were for carrying the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_8","003_38_8","EXO","38","8","8","The altar was hollow like an empty box. It was made from boards of acacia wood. They made/cast the washbasin and its base from bronze. The bronze was from the mirrors that belonged to the women who worked at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_9","003_38_9","EXO","38","9","9","Around the Sacred Tent Bezalel and his helpers made a courtyard. To form the courtyard, they made curtains of fine white linen. On the south side, the curtain was ◄150 feet/46 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_10","003_38_10","EXO","38","10","10","To hang the curtain, they made 20 bronze posts and 20 bronze bases, one for under each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they made silver hooks, and they made metal rods covered with silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_11","003_38_11","EXO","38","11","11","They made the same kind of curtains, posts, bases, and hooks for the north side of the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_12","003_38_12","EXO","38","12","12","On the west side of the courtyard, they made a curtain ◄75 feet/23 meters► long. They also made ten posts on which to hang the curtains, and ten bases, with silver hooks and metal rods covered with silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_13","003_38_13","EXO","38","13","13","On the east side, where the entrance is, the courtyard was ◄75 feet/23 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_14","003_38_14","EXO","38","14","15","On each side of the entrance, they made a curtain ◄22-1/2 feet/6.6 meters► wide. On each side they were hung from three posts, and one base was under each post. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_16","003_38_16","EXO","38","16","16","All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine white linen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_17","003_38_17","EXO","38","17","17","All the posts around the courtyard were made of bronze, but the tops were covered with silver. The posts were connected with metal rods covered with silver. The clasps/fasteners and hooks were made of silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_18","003_38_18","EXO","38","18","18","For the entrance of the courtyard, they made a curtain from fine white linen, and a skilled weaver embroidered it with blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. The curtain was ◄30 feet/9 meters► long and ◄7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters► high, just like the other curtains around the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_19","003_38_19","EXO","38","19","19","All the curtains were made of fine white linen. They were supported by four posts, and under each post was a base made of bronze. All the posts around the courtyard were connected with metal rods covered with silver. The clasps/fasteners were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_20","003_38_20","EXO","38","20","20","All the tent pegs to support the Sacred Tent and the curtains around the courtyard were made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_21","003_38_21","EXO","38","21","21","Here is a list of the amounts of metal used to make the Sacred Tent. Moses/I told some men from the tribe of Levi to count all the materials used and write down the amounts. Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest, supervised those men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_22","003_38_22","EXO","38","22","22","Bezalel the son of Uri and grandson of Hur made all the things that Yahweh commanded Moses/me to be made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_23","003_38_23","EXO","38","23","23","Bezalel’s helper was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. Oholiab was a skilled engraver who made artistic things. He made fine white linen, and he embroidered designs using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. He also made other cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_24","003_38_24","EXO","38","24","24","All the gold that was used to make the Sacred Tent weighed ◄2,195 pounds/1,000 kg.►. They used the official standard when they weighed the gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_25","003_38_25","EXO","38","25","25","All the silver that the people contributed when the leaders ◄took the census/counted the men► weighed ◄7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.►. They also used the official standard when they weighed the silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_26","003_38_26","EXO","38","26","26","All the men who were at least 20 years old were counted, and they each paid the required amount. That was a total of 603,550 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_27","003_38_27","EXO","38","27","27","They used ◄75 pounds/34 kg.► of silver for making/casting each of the 100 bases to put under the posts to support the curtains of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_28","003_38_28","EXO","38","28","28","Bezalel and his helpers used the ◄50 pounds/30 kg.► of silver that was not used for the bases to make the rods and the hooks for the posts, and to cover the tops of the posts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_29","003_38_29","EXO","38","29","29","The bronze that the people contributed weighed ◄5,310 pounds/2,425 kg.►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_30","003_38_30","EXO","38","30","30","With the bronze, Bezalel and his helpers made the bases for under the posts at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. They also made the altar for burning sacrifices, the grating for it and the tools used with it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX38_31","003_38_31","EXO","38","31","31","the bases for the posts that supported the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the Sacred Tent and for the curtains around the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_1","003_39_1","EXO","39","1","1","Bezalel, Oholiab, and the other skilled workmen made the beautiful clothes for Aaron to wear while he did his work as a priest in the Holy Place. They made them from blue, purple, and red cloth, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_2","003_39_2","EXO","39","2","2","They made the sacred apron from fine white linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_3","003_39_3","EXO","39","3","3","They hammered some thin sheets of gold and cut them into thin strips which they embroidered into the fine linen and into the blue, purple, and red cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_4","003_39_4","EXO","39","4","4","The apron had two shoulder straps, to join the front part to the back part at the shoulders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_5","003_39_5","EXO","39","5","5","A carefully-woven sash, which was made from the same materials as the sacred apron, was sewn onto the sacred apron. This was made exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_6","003_39_6","EXO","39","6","6","They cut two valuable onyx stones and enclosed them in a tiny gold frame, and a skilled gem-cutter engraved on the stones the names of the twelve sons of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_7","003_39_7","EXO","39","7","7","They fastened the stones to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron, to represent the twelve Israeli tribes, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_8","003_39_8","EXO","39","8","8","They made the sacred chest pouch. They made it of the same materials as the sacred apron and embroidered it in the same way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_9","003_39_9","EXO","39","9","9","It was square, and the material was folded double, so that it was ◄9 in./22 cm.► long and ◄9 in./22 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_10","003_39_10","EXO","39","10","10","They fastened four rows of valuable stones onto the pouch. In the first row, they put a red ruby, a yellow topaz, and a red garnet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_11","003_39_11","EXO","39","11","11","In the second row, they put a green emerald, a blue sapphire, and a clear/white diamond. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_12","003_39_12","EXO","39","12","12","In the third row they put a red jacinth, a white agate, and a purple amethyst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_13","003_39_13","EXO","39","13","13","In the fourth row, they put a yellow beryl, a red carnelian, and a green jasper. They set each of the stones in tiny gold frames. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_14","003_39_14","EXO","39","14","14","On each of the twelve stones they engraved the name of one of the sons of Jacob, to represent one of the twelve Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_15","003_39_15","EXO","39","15","15","They made two chains from pure gold and braided them like cords, to attach the sacred pouch to the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_16","003_39_16","EXO","39","16","16","They made two gold rings, and they attached them to the upper corners of the sacred pouch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_17","003_39_17","EXO","39","17","17","They fastened one end of each cord to one of the rings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_18","003_39_18","EXO","39","18","18","They fastened the other end of each cord to the two ◄settings/tiny frames► that enclosed the stones. Then they attached the sacred pouch to the shoulder straps of the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_19","003_39_19","EXO","39","19","19","Then they made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower corners of the sacred pouch, on the inside edges, next to the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_20","003_39_20","EXO","39","20","20","They made two more gold rings and attached them to the lower part of the front of the shoulder straps, near to where the shoulder straps were joined to the sacred apron, just above the carefully-woven sash/waistband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_21","003_39_21","EXO","39","21","21","They tied the rings on the sacred pouch to the rings on the sacred apron with a blue cord, so that the sacred pouch was above the sash/waistband and would not come loose from the sacred apron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_22","003_39_22","EXO","39","22","22","They made the robe that is to be worn underneath the priest’s sacred apron, using only blue cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_23","003_39_23","EXO","39","23","23","It had an opening through which the priest would put his head. They sewed a border around this opening, to prevent the material from tearing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_24","003_39_24","EXO","39","24","24","At the lower edge on the robe, they fastened decorations that resembled pomegranate fruit. The decorations were woven from blue, purple, and red yarn/thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_25","003_39_25","EXO","39","25","25","Between each of these decorations, they fastened a tiny bell made from pure gold, so there was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, alternating all around the hem of the robe ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_26","003_39_26","EXO","39","26","26","for Aaron to wear while he did his work as a priest. They made all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_27","003_39_27","EXO","39","27","27","They wove long-sleeved tunics/gowns from fine white linen, for Aaron and his sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_28","003_39_28","EXO","39","28","28","They also made a turban of fine linen for Aaron to wear around his head. They made the caps and the undershorts for Aaron’s sons from fine linen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_29","003_39_29","EXO","39","29","29","They made the embroidered sash/waistband for Aaron from fine linen and from blue, purple, and red cloth, and they embroidered designs on it using blue, purple, and red yarn/thread, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_30","003_39_30","EXO","39","30","30","They also made the tiny ornament of pure gold and had a skilled workman engrave on it the words, ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_31","003_39_31","EXO","39","31","31","They fastened this to the front of the turban by a blue cord, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_32","003_39_32","EXO","39","32","32","Finally they finished all the work to make the Sacred Tent. They brought to Moses/me all the things that they had made. They had made them exactly as Yahweh had commanded me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_33","003_39_33","EXO","39","33","33","They brought to him/me the Sacred Tent and all the things that were used with it: the hooks, the frames, the crossbars, the posts and their bases, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_34","003_39_34","EXO","39","34","34","the coverings for the Sacred Tent that were made of tanned/dyed rams’ skins and goatskins, the curtains, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_35","003_39_35","EXO","39","35","35","the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs on which the commandments were written, the poles, the lid for the chest, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_36","003_39_36","EXO","39","36","36","the table with all the things that were used with it, the sacred bread that was offered to God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_37","003_39_37","EXO","39","37","37","the lampstand made of pure gold and all its lamps and all the things that were to be used to take care of it, the oil for the lamps, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_38","003_39_38","EXO","39","38","38","the golden altar for burning incense, the oil for anointing, the sweet-smelling incense, the curtain for the entrance to the Sacred Tent, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_39","003_39_39","EXO","39","39","39","the bronze altar for burning sacrifices and its bronze grating, the poles for carrying it, and all the other things that were used with it, the washbasin and its base, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_40","003_39_40","EXO","39","40","40","the curtains that surrounded the courtyard, the posts and bases that supported them, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard and its ropes, the tent pegs, and all the other things that would be used in the Sacred Tent, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_41","003_39_41","EXO","39","41","41","the beautiful sacred clothes for Aaron to wear when he did his work in the Holy Place, and the special clothes for his sons to wear as they did their work as priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_42","003_39_42","EXO","39","42","42","The Israeli people had done all this work exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX39_43","003_39_43","EXO","39","43","43","Then Moses/I saw all the work that they had done. Truly, they had done everything exactly as Yahweh had commanded that it should be done. Then Moses/I asked God to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_1","003_40_1","EXO","40","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_2","003_40_2","EXO","40","2","2","“On the first day of the first month next year, tell the people to set up the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_3","003_40_3","EXO","40","3","3","Put inside it the sacred chest that contains the stone slabs on which are engraved the Ten Commandments, and hang the curtain in front of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_4","003_40_4","EXO","40","4","4","Bring the table into the Sacred Tent, and place on it all the things that are to be used with it. Bring in the lampstand and fasten the lamps to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_5","003_40_5","EXO","40","5","5","Put the gold altar for burning incense in front of the sacred chest, and set up the curtain at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_6","003_40_6","EXO","40","6","6","Put the altar for burning sacrifices in front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_7","003_40_7","EXO","40","7","7","Put the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the altar, and fill it with water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_8","003_40_8","EXO","40","8","8","Hang the curtains that will surround the courtyard, and hang the curtain at its entrance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_9","003_40_9","EXO","40","9","9","Then take the oil for anointing, and anoint the Sacred Tent and everything that is in it, to ◄set it apart/dedicate it► to me. Then it will be holy/sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_10","003_40_10","EXO","40","10","10","Also anoint the altar for offering sacrifices that will be completely burned, and all the things that will be used with it, and set it apart. Then it also will be holy/sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_11","003_40_11","EXO","40","11","11","Also anoint the washbasin and its base, to set it apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_12","003_40_12","EXO","40","12","12","Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and wash them ritually with water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_13","003_40_13","EXO","40","13","13","Then put on Aaron his sacred clothes to ◄set him apart/dedicate him►, in order that he can serve me as a priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_14","003_40_14","EXO","40","14","14","Also bring his sons there. Put their sacred tunics/gowns on them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_15","003_40_15","EXO","40","15","15","and anoint them just as you anointed their father, in order that they also may serve me by working as priests. By anointing them and their descendants, you will cause them and their descendants to be priests throughout all coming generations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_16","003_40_16","EXO","40","16","16","Moses/I did all these things exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_17","003_40_17","EXO","40","17","17","On the first day of the first month of the next year (OR, second year after they/we left Egypt), the people set up the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_18","003_40_18","EXO","40","18","18","Following Moses’/my instructions, they set up the Sacred Tent and its bases, set up the frames, attached the crossbars, and put up the posts for the curtains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_19","003_40_19","EXO","40","19","19","Then they spread out the coverings over the Sacred Tent, exactly as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_20","003_40_20","EXO","40","20","20","Then he/I took the two stone slabs on which the commandments were written and put them in the sacred chest. He/I put the carrying poles in the rings on the chest and put the lid on top of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_21","003_40_21","EXO","40","21","21","Then he/I took the chest into the Very Holy Place inside the Sacred Tent and hung the curtain. In that way, he/I prevented the people who were outside from seeing the chest. He/I did all this exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_22","003_40_22","EXO","40","22","22","He/I set the table inside the Sacred Tent, on the north side, outside the curtain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_23","003_40_23","EXO","40","23","23","He/I placed on the table the bread that was offered to Yahweh, exactly as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_24","003_40_24","EXO","40","24","24","He/I set the lampstand inside the Sacred Tent, on the south side, opposite the table. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_25","003_40_25","EXO","40","25","25","Then he/I fastened the lamps to the lampstand in Yahweh’s presence, exactly as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_26","003_40_26","EXO","40","26","26","He/I set the golden altar for burning incense inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the curtain that separated the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_27","003_40_27","EXO","40","27","27","and he/I burned some sweet-smelling incense on it, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_28","003_40_28","EXO","40","28","28","He/I hung the curtain at the entrance to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_29","003_40_29","EXO","40","29","29","At the entrance to the Sacred Tent, he/I set the altar for offering sacrifices that were to be burned completely. Then he/I offered on it the meat that was to be burned completely and the grain offering, exactly as Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_30","003_40_30","EXO","40","30","30","He/I set the washbasin between the Sacred Tent and the bronze altar, and he/I filled the washbasin with water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_31","003_40_31","EXO","40","31","32","Every time Moses/I and Aaron and his sons went into the Sacred Tent or went to the altar, they/we washed their/our hands and feet ritually, exactly as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_33","003_40_33","EXO","40","33","33","Following Moses’/my instructions, they hung the curtains that surrounded the courtyard and the altar, and they hung the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses/I finished that work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_34","003_40_34","EXO","40","34","34","Then the tall bright cloud covered the Sacred Tent, and Yahweh’s ◄glory/brilliant light► filled the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_35","003_40_35","EXO","40","35","35","Because that light was very bright, Moses/I was not able to enter the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_36","003_40_36","EXO","40","36","36","From that day, whenever the Israeli people wanted to move to another place, they went only when the bright cloud rose from above the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_37","003_40_37","EXO","40","37","37","If the cloud did not rise, they stayed where they were and did not go on until the cloud rose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EX40_38","003_40_38","EXO","40","38","38","Wherever they traveled, the bright cloud that indicated Yahweh’s presence was above the Sacred Tent during the day, and a bright fire was inside the cloud at night, with the result that all the Israeli people MTY could see it at any time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_1","004_1_1","LEV","1","1","1","While Moses/I was standing near the entrance to the Sacred Tent, Yahweh called to him/me from inside the tent. He said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_2","004_1_2","LEV","1","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring one of your sheep or goats or cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_3","004_1_3","LEV","1","3","3","‘If what you are offering is a bull that will be completely burned on the altar, it must not have any defects. You must take it to the entrance to the Sacred Tent, in order that it will be acceptable to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_4","004_1_4","LEV","1","4","4","You must lay your hands on the head of the bull. When you do that, Yahweh will accept its death in your place to forgive/pardon you for the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_5","004_1_5","LEV","1","5","5","You must slaughter the bull in front of Yahweh. Then Aaron’s sons, who are priests, will bring the blood and sprinkle it against all sides of the altar near the entrance to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_6","004_1_6","LEV","1","6","6","You must remove the skin of the animal and cut the animal into pieces. You must wash the inner parts and the legs of the bull. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_7","004_1_7","LEV","1","7","7","Then Aaron’s sons will put wood on the altar and light a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_8","004_1_8","LEV","1","8","8","Then they will arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the burning wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_9","004_1_9","LEV","1","9","9","Then one of the priests will completely burn all of it on the altar. And the aroma will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_10","004_1_10","LEV","1","10","10","‘If you are offering a sheep or a goat, it must be a male without any defect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_11","004_1_11","LEV","1","11","11","You must slaughter it in front of Yahweh, on the north side of the altar, and drain all the blood into a bowl. Then Aaron’s sons will sprinkle the blood against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_12","004_1_12","LEV","1","12","12","You must cut the animal into pieces. You must wash the inner parts and the legs of the animal. Then the priests will arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, on the burning wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_13","004_1_13","LEV","1","13","13","Then one of the priests will take all of it and completely burn all of it on the altar. And the aroma as it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_14","004_1_14","LEV","1","14","14","‘If what you are offering to Yahweh is a bird, you must offer a dove or a young pigeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_15","004_1_15","LEV","1","15","15","The priest will take it to the altar and wring/twist off its head. Then he will burn the head on the altar. He will drain out the bird’s blood onto the side of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_16","004_1_16","LEV","1","16","16","Then he will remove the bird’s ◄craw/food-grinding pouch► and what is inside it, and throw it on the east side of the altar, where the ashes are thrown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV1_17","004_1_17","LEV","1","17","17","Then he will grasp the bird’s wings and partially tear the bird open. Then he will burn it completely in the fire on the altar. And the aroma will be pleasing to Yahweh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_1","004_2_1","LEV","2","1","1","‘If you bring to Yahweh an offering of grain, it must consist of finely-ground flour. You must pour olive oil on it, and put some incense on it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_2","004_2_2","LEV","2","2","2","and take it to one of the priests. The priest will take a handful of the flour and the oil with the incense and burn it on the altar. That part will symbolize that all of the offering truly belongs to Yahweh. And the aroma will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_3","004_2_3","LEV","2","3","3","The part of that offering that is not burned will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is a very holy part of the offerings that are given to Yahweh by burning them in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_4","004_2_4","LEV","2","4","4","‘If you bring an offering that is made from grain, something that is baked in an oven, it must be made from finely-ground flour. You may bring loaves made from flour mixed with olive oil but without yeast, or you may bring wafers with olive oil smeared on them, but also made without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_5","004_2_5","LEV","2","5","5","If your offering is cooked ◄on a griddle/in a shallow pan►, it must be made from finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil and without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_6","004_2_6","LEV","2","6","6","You must crumble it and pour olive oil on it. That will be your offering made from grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_7","004_2_7","LEV","2","7","7","If your offering that is made from grain is cooked in a pan, it must be made of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_8","004_2_8","LEV","2","8","8","Bring to Yahweh your grain offering. Give it to the priest, and he will take it to the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_9","004_2_9","LEV","2","9","9","He will take a part of it that will symbolize that all the offering belongs to Yahweh. He will burn that part on the altar, and the aroma as it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_10","004_2_10","LEV","2","10","10","The part that is not burned will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is a very holy part of the offerings given to Yahweh by burning them in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_11","004_2_11","LEV","2","11","11","‘Every offering that is made from grain and that you bring to Yahweh must be made without yeast, because you must not put any yeast or honey in any offering to Yahweh that is burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_12","004_2_12","LEV","2","12","12","You may bring to Yahweh an offering of the first part of your harvest, but that is not to be burned on the altar to produce an aroma that will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_13","004_2_13","LEV","2","13","13","Put salt on all your offerings that are made from grain. The salt represents the agreement that your God made with you, so be sure that you do not forget to put salt on those offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_14","004_2_14","LEV","2","14","14","‘If you bring to Yahweh an offering of the first part of your harvest of grain, offer some new grain that has been crushed and roasted in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_15","004_2_15","LEV","2","15","15","Put olive oil and incense on it, and that will be your offering made from grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV2_16","004_2_16","LEV","2","16","16","The priest will take a part of the flour and oil along with the incense. That will symbolize that all the offering truly belongs to Yahweh. He will burn that part on the altar, to be an offering given to Yahweh by burning it in a fire.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_1","004_3_1","LEV","3","1","1","“Also tell the people, ‘When the offering that you bring to Yahweh is to maintain good fellowship with him, you may bring a bull or a cow from your herd of cattle, but what you present to Yahweh must be an animal that has no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_2","004_3_2","LEV","3","2","2","You must bring the animal to the entrance to the Sacred Tent. You must lay your hands on its head. Then you must slaughter it and drain some of its blood in a bowl. Then one of Aaron’s sons, one of the priests, will sprinkle the blood against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_3","004_3_3","LEV","3","3","3","From that offering, you must offer to Yahweh, as a sacrifice that will be burned in the fire, all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animal, or which is attached to them— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_4","004_3_4","LEV","3","4","4","the kidneys and the fat that is attached to them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_5","004_3_5","LEV","3","5","5","Then one of the priests will burn those things on the altar, along with the other parts of the animal that will be completely burned to be an offering to Yahweh. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_6","004_3_6","LEV","3","6","6","If that offering to maintain good fellowship with Yahweh is a sheep or a goat, it must also be an animal that has no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_7","004_3_7","LEV","3","7","7","If you offer a lamb, you must present it to Yahweh at the entrance to the Sacred Tent. You must lay your hands on the lamb’s head and then slaughter it. ‘You must drain some of its blood in a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_8","004_3_8","LEV","3","8","8","Then one of the priests will sprinkle that blood against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_9","004_3_9","LEV","3","9","9","You must dedicate these things to be a sacrifice to Yahweh that is burned: Its fat, the fat tail that you must cut off close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the lamb or which is attached to them— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_10","004_3_10","LEV","3","10","10","the kidneys with the fat that is on them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_11","004_3_11","LEV","3","11","11","One of the priests will burn those things on the altar to be an offering to Yahweh; it will be as though they will be a special food given to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_12","004_3_12","LEV","3","12","12","‘If your offering is a goat, you must take/present it to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_13","004_3_13","LEV","3","13","13","You must lay your hands on its head. Then you must slaughter it in front of the Sacred Tent. Then one of Aaron’s sons will sprinkle the blood against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_14","004_3_14","LEV","3","14","14","From that offering you must dedicate these things to be a sacrifice to Yahweh that is burned: All the fat that covers the inner parts of the animal or which is attached to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_15","004_3_15","LEV","3","15","15","the kidneys with the fat that is on them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_16","004_3_16","LEV","3","16","16","The priest will burn those things on the altar to be an offering to Yahweh; it will be as though they will be a special food given to Yahweh. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. All the fat of the animals that are sacrificed belongs to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV3_17","004_3_17","LEV","3","17","17","‘This is a command that must be obeyed by you and your descendants forever, wherever you live: You must not eat the fat or the blood of any animal.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_1","004_4_1","LEV","4","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_2","004_4_2","LEV","4","2","2","“Say this to the Israeli people: This is what must be done if someone sins without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of Yahweh’s commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_3","004_4_3","LEV","4","3","3","'If the Supreme MTY Priest sins, and that causes all the people to be guilty, he must bring to Yahweh a young bull that has no defects. That will be an offering for the sin that he has committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_4","004_4_4","LEV","4","4","4","He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Sacred Tent. He must lay his hands on its head. Then he must slaughter it in front of Yahweh and drain some of the blood into a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_5","004_4_5","LEV","4","5","5","Then the Supreme Priest must take some of that blood into the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_6","004_4_6","LEV","4","6","6","He must dip one of his fingers into the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the presence of Yahweh, in front of the curtain that separates the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_7","004_4_7","LEV","4","7","7","Then he must put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the altar where fragrant incense is burned in the Sacred Tent in the presence of Yahweh. The remaining part of the bull’s blood that is still in the bowl, he must pour out at the base of the altar, where sacrifices are burned, at the entrance to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_8","004_4_8","LEV","4","8","8","From that offering the Supreme Priest must separate these things from the bull that is to be burned: The fat that covers the inner parts of the bull or which is attached to them— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_9","004_4_9","LEV","4","9","9","the kidneys and the fat that is attached to them near the lower back muscle, and the fat that covers the liver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_10","004_4_10","LEV","4","10","10","Then the Supreme Priest must completely burn those things on the altar. That will be just like when the fat is removed from an animal that is sacrificed to maintain good fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_11","004_4_11","LEV","4","11","11","But all the other parts of the animal—its skin/hide and all its other meat, its head and its legs, its inner parts and the intestines, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_12","004_4_12","LEV","4","12","12","he must take outside the camp and throw them in a place that is acceptable to Yahweh, where the ashes are thrown, and he must burn them in a fire on the pile of ashes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_13","004_4_13","LEV","4","13","13","‘If all the Israeli people sin without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of Yahweh’s commands, they will be guilty, even if they do not realize that they have sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_14","004_4_14","LEV","4","14","14","When they realize that they have committed a sin, together they must bring a young bull to be an offering for their sin, to the front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_15","004_4_15","LEV","4","15","15","The elders must lay their hands on the bull’s head in the presence of Yahweh and slaughter it and catch some of the blood in a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_16","004_4_16","LEV","4","16","16","Then the Supreme MTY Priest must take some of that blood into the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_17","004_4_17","LEV","4","17","17","‘He must dip one of his fingers into the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the presence of Yahweh, in front of the curtain that separates the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_18","004_4_18","LEV","4","18","18","Then he must put some of the blood on the projections at the corners of the altar that is in the presence of Yahweh in the Sacred Tent. The remaining part of the bull’s blood, he must pour out at the base of the altar where sacrifices are burned, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_19","004_4_19","LEV","4","19","19","He must remove all the animal’s fat and burn it on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_20","004_4_20","LEV","4","20","20","He must do with this bull the same things that he did with the bull that was an offering for his own sins, and they will be forgiven {Yahweh will forgive them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_21","004_4_21","LEV","4","21","21","Then the priest must take the other parts of the bull outside the camp and burn them, like he does when he himself has sinned. That will be the offering for the sin that all the people have committed, and they will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_22","004_4_22","LEV","4","22","22","‘When one of the leaders sins without intending to sin, doing something that is forbidden in any of the commands of Yahweh his God, he will be guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_23","004_4_23","LEV","4","23","23","When he realizes that he has committed a sin, he must bring as his offering a male goat that has no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_24","004_4_24","LEV","4","24","24","He must lay his hands on the goat’s head in the presence of Yahweh and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter {are slaughtered} the animals that will be completely burned on the altar. That will be an offering for his sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_25","004_4_25","LEV","4","25","25","Then the priest must put some of the animal’s blood into a bowl and dip one of his fingers in it and put some of the blood on the corners of the projections of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_26","004_4_26","LEV","4","26","26","Then he must burn all the fat on the altar, as was done with the fat of the offering to maintain good fellowship with Yahweh. As a result of the priest’s doing that, the leader will no longer be guilty for his sin and he will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_27","004_4_27","LEV","4","27","27","‘If one of the Israeli people who is not a priest sins without intending to sin, and does something that is forbidden in any of the commands of Yahweh his God, he will be guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_28","004_4_28","LEV","4","28","28","When he realizes that he has committed a sin, he must bring as his offering a female goat that has no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_29","004_4_29","LEV","4","29","29","He must lay his hands on the goat’s head and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and catch some of the blood in a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_30","004_4_30","LEV","4","30","30","Then the priest must dip one of his fingers in the blood, and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_31","004_4_31","LEV","4","31","31","Then he must remove all the goat’s fat, and burn all the fat on the altar, like was done with the fat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. As a result of the priest doing that, the person will no longer be guilty for his sin, and he will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_32","004_4_32","LEV","4","32","32","‘If that person brings a lamb to be his offering for sin, he must bring a female lamb that has no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_33","004_4_33","LEV","4","33","33","He must lay his hands on the lamb’s head and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and catch some of the blood in a bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_34","004_4_34","LEV","4","34","34","Then the priest must dip one of his fingers in the blood and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. Then he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV4_35","004_4_35","LEV","4","35","35","Then he must remove all the lamb’s fat, and burn all the fat on the altar, like was done with the fat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. He must burn it on top of the other offerings to Yahweh that are being burned. As a result, the priest will request God to forgive that person for his sin, and he will be forgiven.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_1","004_5_1","LEV","5","1","1","Yahweh also said to tell the people, “If a judge orders any of you to tell in court something that you have seen or something that you heard someone say, if you refuse to say what you know is true, you must ◄pay a penalty/be punished► MTY for refusing to tell what you know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_2","004_5_2","LEV","5","2","2","If you accidentally touch something which God considers impure DOU, such as the carcass of a wild animal or the carcass of a bull or cow, or of an animal that scurries across the ground, you must ◄pay a penalty/be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_3","004_5_3","LEV","5","3","3","If you touch any human feces, even if you do not intend to do that, when you realize what you have done, you must ◄pay a penalty/be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_4","004_5_4","LEV","5","4","4","If you carelessly make a solemn promise to do something that is good or that is bad, when you realize what you have done, you must ◄pay a penalty/be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_5","004_5_5","LEV","5","5","5","If you are guilty of committing any of those sins, you must confess what you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_6","004_5_6","LEV","5","6","6","And for a penalty you must bring to Yahweh a female lamb or female goat, to be an offering for the sin that you have committed, and the priest will sacrifice it, and then you will no longer be guilty for your sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_7","004_5_7","LEV","5","7","7","If you are poor and cannot afford to bring a lamb, you must bring to Yahweh two doves or two young pigeons. One will be an offering for your sin and one will be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_8","004_5_8","LEV","5","8","8","You must bring them to the priest. First he will offer one of them to be an offering for your sin. He will wring/twist its neck to kill it, but he must not pull off its head completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_9","004_5_9","LEV","5","9","9","Then he must sprinkle some of the blood against the side of the altar. The remaining blood must be drained out at the base of the altar. That will be an offering for your sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_10","004_5_10","LEV","5","10","10","The priest will then do what I have commanded and offer the other bird to be completely burned on the altar. Then you will no longer be guilty for the sin you have committed, and Yahweh will forgive you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_11","004_5_11","LEV","5","11","11","However, if you are very poor and cannot afford two doves or two young pigeons, you must bring to be an offering for your sin ◄2 pounds/1 kg.► of fine flour. You must not put olive oil or incense on it, because it is an offering for sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_12","004_5_12","LEV","5","12","12","You must take it to the priest. He will take a handful of it, to symbolize that the whole offering truly belongs to Yahweh, and burn it on the altar, on top of the other offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_13","004_5_13","LEV","5","13","13","And by doing that, the priest will enable you to no longer be guilty for any of the sins that you have committed, and you will be forgiven. The part of the offering that is not burned will belong to the priest, like was true for the offerings made from grain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_14","004_5_14","LEV","5","14","14","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_15","004_5_15","LEV","5","15","15","“When you sin, without intending to, by not giving to Yahweh the things that you are required to give to him, you must pay a penalty by bringing to Yahweh a ram that has no defects. You must determine how much silver it is worth, by using the official standard in the temple. It will be an offering to cause you to no longer be guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_16","004_5_16","LEV","5","16","16","But you must also make restitution for what you failed to give to Yahweh, adding one-fifth of its value. You must give that to the priest. He will offer the ram as a sacrifice for the sin that you have committed, and cause you to no longer be guilty; and you will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_17","004_5_17","LEV","5","17","17","If you sin by doing something that is forbidden by any of Yahweh’s commands, even if you do not know that you have disobeyed one of my commands, you are guilty and must pay a penalty to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_18","004_5_18","LEV","5","18","18","When you realize what you have done, you must bring a ram to the Supreme Priest to be an offering in order that you will no longer be guilty. You must bring one that has no defects. He will offer the ram to be a sacrifice to me, and as a result you will no longer be guilty for the sin that you have committed, and you will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV5_19","004_5_19","LEV","5","19","19","It is an offering to cause you to no longer be guilty for sinning against me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_1","004_6_1","LEV","6","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_2","004_6_2","LEV","6","2","2","“If any one of you you sins against me by deceiving someone—if you refuse to return what someone has lent you, or if you steal something of his, or if you find something and claim that you do not have it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_3","004_6_3","LEV","6","3","3","you are guilty. You must return to its owner what you have stolen or what someone has lent you and you have not returned, or what you found that someone else had lost, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_4","004_6_4","LEV","6","4","4","or whatever you lied about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_5","004_6_5","LEV","6","5","5","You must not only return anything like that to its owner, but you must also pay to the owner one-fifth of its value. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_6","004_6_6","LEV","6","6","6","You must also bring to the Supreme Priest a ram to be an offering to me in order that you will no longer be guilty. The ram that you bring must be one that has no defects, one that has the value that has been officially determined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_7","004_6_7","LEV","6","7","7","Then he will offer that ram to be a sacrifice that will cause you to no longer be guilty, and you will be forgiven for the wrong things that you did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_8","004_6_8","LEV","6","8","8","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_9","004_6_9","LEV","6","9","9","“Tell this to Aaron and his sons: These are the regulations concerning the offerings that will be completely burned on the altar: The offering must remain on the altar all during the night, and the fire on the altar must always be kept burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_10","004_6_10","LEV","6","10","10","The next morning the priest must put on his linen under-clothes and linen outer clothes. Then he must remove the ashes of the offering from the fire and put them beside the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_11","004_6_11","LEV","6","11","11","Then he must take off those clothes and put on other clothes, and take the ashes outside the camp, to a place that is acceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_12","004_6_12","LEV","6","12","12","The fire on the altar must always be kept burning; the priest must not allow it to ◄go out/quit burning►. Each morning the priest must put more firewood on the fire. Then he must arrange more offerings on the fire, and burn on the altar the fat of the offerings to be burned to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_13","004_6_13","LEV","6","13","13","The fire on the altar must be kept burning continually; the priest must not allow it to go out.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_14","004_6_14","LEV","6","14","14","“These are the regulations concerning the offerings made from grain: Aaron’s sons must bring them to me in front of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_15","004_6_15","LEV","6","15","15","The priest must take a handful of fine flour mixed with olive oil and incense and burn that on the altar. That handful will signify that the whole offering truly belongs to me. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_16","004_6_16","LEV","6","16","16","Aaron and his sons may eat the remaining part of the grain offering. But they must eat it in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_17","004_6_17","LEV","6","17","17","It must not have yeast mixed with it. Like the offerings for sin and the offerings to cause people to no longer be guilty of sin, that offering is very holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_18","004_6_18","LEV","6","18","18","Any male descendants of Aaron are permitted to eat it, because it is forever their regular share of the offerings given to me and burned in the fire on the altar. Anyone else who touches those offerings made from grain will be punished by God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_19","004_6_19","LEV","6","19","19","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_20","004_6_20","LEV","6","20","20","“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the offering that they must bring to Yahweh on the day that any of them ◄is ordained/becomes a priest►: That person must bring two quarts/liters of fine flour as an offering made from grain. He must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_21","004_6_21","LEV","6","21","21","He must mix it well with olive oil and bake it in a shallow pan. He must then break it into small pieces to be burned on the altar. And the aroma while it burns will be pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_22","004_6_22","LEV","6","22","22","I have commanded that the descendants of Aaron who are appointed in turn to become the Supreme Priests after Aaron dies are the ones who must prepare those things. These offerings must be completely burned on the altar to be sacrifices to me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_23","004_6_23","LEV","6","23","23","Every offering that a priest gives that is made from grain must be completely burned; none of it is to be eaten.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_24","004_6_24","LEV","6","24","24","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_25","004_6_25","LEV","6","25","25","“Tell Aaron and his sons: These are the regulations concerning the offerings that people must bring to me so that I will forgive the people for the sins they have committed: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_26","004_6_26","LEV","6","26","26","The animals must be slaughtered in my presence in the same place that the animals that are to be completely burned on the altar are slaughtered, in the courtyard in front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_27","004_6_27","LEV","6","27","27","Any other person who touches any of its meat will be punished by God. And if its blood is splattered on your clothes, you must wash the clothes in a holy place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_28","004_6_28","LEV","6","28","28","If the meat is cooked in a clay pot, the pot must be broken afterwards. But if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured afterwards and rinsed with water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_29","004_6_29","LEV","6","29","29","Any male in a priest’s family may eat some of the cooked meat; that meat is very holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV6_30","004_6_30","LEV","6","30","30","But if the blood of those sin offerings is brought into the Sacred Tent to enable the people to be forgiven for having sinned, the meat of those animals must not be eaten. The meat must be completely burned.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_1","004_7_1","LEV","7","1","1","“These are the regulations concerning the offerings to be made by people who are guilty of not giving to me the things that are required to be given to me. Those are very sacred offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_2","004_7_2","LEV","7","2","2","Each animal that is to be offered by such people must be slaughtered in the same place where the animals that will be completely burned on the altar are slaughtered, and their blood must be sprinkled against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_3","004_7_3","LEV","7","3","3","All their fat, the fat tails that are cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animals or which is attached to them, must be burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_4","004_7_4","LEV","7","4","4","That includes the kidneys with their fat near the lower back muscle, and the protruding lobe that is attached to the liver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_5","004_7_5","LEV","7","5","5","The priest must burn them on the altar to be offerings to me, Yahweh. They are an offering for the people to be forgiven for not doing what they were required to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_6","004_7_6","LEV","7","6","6","All the males in the priest’s family are permitted to eat its meat, but it must be eaten in a sacred place, because it is very sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_7","004_7_7","LEV","7","7","7","“The regulation is the same for the offerings to enable people to be forgiven for the sins they have committed  and the offerings for when they are guilty of not giving to me the things that are required to be given to me. The meat of those offerings belongs to the priest who offers them in order that the people will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_8","004_7_8","LEV","7","8","8","The priest who slaughters an animal that will be completely burned on the altar is permitted to keep the animal’s hide for himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_9","004_7_9","LEV","7","9","9","Offerings of things made from grain that are baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or ◄in a shallow pan/on a griddle► belong to the priest who makes those offerings for another person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_10","004_7_10","LEV","7","10","10","And offerings of things made from grain, whether they were mixed with olive oil or not, also belong to the sons of Aaron.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_11","004_7_11","LEV","7","11","11","These are the regulations concerning the offerings that people make to maintain fellowship with Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_12","004_7_12","LEV","7","12","12","“If you bring an offering to thank Yahweh, along with the animal that you slaughter you must offer loaves of bread made with olive oil mixed with the flour but without yeast, and wafers that are made without yeast but with olive oil smeared on them, and loaves made from fine flour with olive oil well mixed with the flour. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_13","004_7_13","LEV","7","13","13","Along with that offering to thank Yahweh, you must bring an offering of loaves made with yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_14","004_7_14","LEV","7","14","14","You must bring one of each kind for an offering to Yahweh, but they belong to the priest who sprinkles against the altar the blood of the animal that is slaughtered as an offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_15","004_7_15","LEV","7","15","15","The meat of that offering must be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it should be left to be eaten on the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_16","004_7_16","LEV","7","16","16","“However, if your offering is the result of a solemn promise that you made to Yahweh, or if it is an offering that you make ◄voluntarily/without being required to►, you are permitted to eat some of the meat on the day it is offered, but anything that is left may be eaten on the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_17","004_7_17","LEV","7","17","17","But any meat that is left until the third day must be completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_18","004_7_18","LEV","7","18","18","If any meat from the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh is eaten on the third day, Yahweh will not accept that offering; it will be useless to offer it, because Yahweh will consider that it is worthless. Anyone who eats some of it will have to pay a penalty to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_19","004_7_19","LEV","7","19","19","“Meat that touches something that God considers to be impure must not be eaten; it must be completely burned. Anyone who has performed the rituals to become acceptable to God is allowed to eat other meat which has been offered as a sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_20","004_7_20","LEV","7","20","20","But if anyone who has not performed those rituals eats some of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_21","004_7_21","LEV","7","21","21","If anyone touches something that God considers to be impure and very displeasing to him, whether it is from a human or from an animal, and then he eats any of the meat of the offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, meat that belongs to Yahweh, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_22","004_7_22","LEV","7","22","22","Yahweh also said to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_23","004_7_23","LEV","7","23","23","“Say this to the Israeli people: ‘Do not eat any of the fat of cattle or sheep or goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_24","004_7_24","LEV","7","24","24","The fat of an animal that is found dead or that has been killed by a wild animal may be used for other purposes, but you must not eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_25","004_7_25","LEV","7","25","25","Anyone who eats the fat of an animal from which an offering has been made to Yahweh must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_26","004_7_26","LEV","7","26","26","And wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_27","004_7_27","LEV","7","27","27","If anyone eats blood, he must no longer be allowed to associate with God’s people.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_28","004_7_28","LEV","7","28","28","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_29","004_7_29","LEV","7","29","29","“Tell the Israeli people this: ‘Anyone who brings an offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh must bring part of it to be a sacrifice to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_30","004_7_30","LEV","7","30","30","He himself must bring the offering that will be burned in the fire. He must bring the fat along with the breast of the animal and lift it up in front of Yahweh to indicate that it is an offering to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_31","004_7_31","LEV","7","31","31","The Supreme Priest must burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and all his sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_32","004_7_32","LEV","7","32","32","You must give to the Supreme Priest the right thigh of the animal that is sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_33","004_7_33","LEV","7","33","33","The son of Aaron who offers the blood and the fat of that sacrifice must be given the right thigh of the animal as his share. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_34","004_7_34","LEV","7","34","34","From the offerings that the Israeli people give to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, he has declared that he has given to Aaron and his sons the breast that is lifted up and the right thigh that is offered; those portions must always be their regular share from the Israeli people.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_35","004_7_35","LEV","7","35","35","Those are the portions of the offerings brought/given to Yahweh and burned in fire that are allotted to Aaron and his sons on the day that they are set apart to serve Yahweh as priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_36","004_7_36","LEV","7","36","36","Yahweh commands that on the day that the priests are appointed MTY, the Israeli people must always give those portions to the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_37","004_7_37","LEV","7","37","37","Those are the regulations for the offerings that are to be completely burned on the altar, the offerings made from grain, the offerings to enable people to become acceptable to God again, the offerings for when people are guilty of not giving to Yahweh the things that are required to be given to him, the offerings given when the priests are appointed, and the offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV7_38","004_7_38","LEV","7","38","38","They are regulations that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain in the Sinai Desert, on the day that he commanded the Israeli people to start bringing their offerings to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_1","004_8_1","LEV","8","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_2","004_8_2","LEV","8","2","2","“Bring Aaron and his sons, and bring their ◄special clothes/clothes that they will wear while they do the work of priests►, the oil for anointing them, the bull to be offered to cause them to become forgiven for the sins they have committed, the two rams to be slaughtered, and the basket containing bread made without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_3","004_8_3","LEV","8","3","3","Then gather all the people at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_4","004_8_4","LEV","8","4","4","Moses/I did what Yahweh told him/me to do, and all the people gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_5","004_8_5","LEV","8","5","5","Then Moses/I said to the people, “This is what Yahweh has commanded us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_6","004_8_6","LEV","8","6","6","Then he/I brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_7","004_8_7","LEV","8","7","7","He/I put the special tunic/shirt on Aaron, tied the sash/waistband around him, put on him the special robe, and put on him the sacred vest/apron. He/I fastened the sacred vest/apron around him, using the skillfully woven sash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_8","004_8_8","LEV","8","8","8","He/I put the sacred pouch on his chest and put into it the two stones for him to use to find out what God wants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_9","004_8_9","LEV","8","9","9","Then he/I wrapped the turban around Aaron’s head, and fastened on the front of it the gold ornament, the object that showed that he was dedicated to God, like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_10","004_8_10","LEV","8","10","10","Then Moses/I took the olive oil and anointed the sacred tent and everything in it, and dedicated them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_11","004_8_11","LEV","8","11","11","He/I sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times. He/I anointed the altar and all the things used with it, and its huge washbasin and its stand, to dedicate them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_12","004_8_12","LEV","8","12","12","He/I poured some of the oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to dedicate him to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_13","004_8_13","LEV","8","13","13","Then he/I brought forward Aaron’s sons. He/I put tunics/shirts on them, tied sashes/waistbands around them, and wrapped turbans around their heads, like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_14","004_8_14","LEV","8","14","14","Then he/I brought the bull for the offering to cause people to be forgiven for the sins that have committed. Then Aaron and his sons put their hands on the bull’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_15","004_8_15","LEV","8","15","15","Then Moses/I slaughtered the bull, caught some of its blood in a bowl, and with his/my finger put some of that blood on the projections at the corners of the altar, to purify the altar. He/I poured the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. By doing that, he/I caused it to be a suitable place for burning sacrifices for sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_16","004_8_16","LEV","8","16","16","Moses/I took all the fat that covers the inner parts of the animal, including the liver and kidneys, and burned them on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_17","004_8_17","LEV","8","17","17","He/I took the rest of the bull, including the hide and intestines, and burned them outside the camp, like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_18","004_8_18","LEV","8","18","18","Then he/I brought the ram for the offering that would be completely burned on the altar, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_19","004_8_19","LEV","8","19","19","Then Moses/I slaughtered the ram and sprinkled its blood on all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_20","004_8_20","LEV","8","20","21","He/I cut the ram into pieces and washed the inner parts and hind legs.Then he/I put the head, the fat, and the other parts of the ram on the altar. As it burned, the aroma of the smoke was pleasing to Yahweh. It was an offering to Yahweh that was burned, as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_22","004_8_22","LEV","8","22","22","Then he/I brought the other ram, the one for consecrating the priests, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_23","004_8_23","LEV","8","23","24","Moses/I slaughtered that ram, drained some of its blood in a bowl, and put some of that blood on the lobes of the right ears, the thumbs of the right hands, and the big toes of the right feet of Aaron and his sons to indicate that what they listened to and what they did and where they went should be directed by Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_25","004_8_25","LEV","8","25","25","He/I picked up all the fat of the ram, its fat tail, the fat that covered the inner parts, including the fat that covered the liver and kidneys, and the right thigh of the ram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_26","004_8_26","LEV","8","26","27","Then from the basket containing the bread that was made without yeast, the bread which had been dedicated to Yahweh, he/I picked up one loaf of bread made without olive oil, and one loaf that was made by mixing the flour with olive oil, and one wafer. He/I put those on top of the portions of fat, and put them into the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then they lifted them up in the presence of Yahweh to indicate that it was an offering that belonged to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_28","004_8_28","LEV","8","28","28","Then Moses/I took those things from their hands and burned them on the altar. That was the offering that was burned to appoint Aaron and his sons as priests. And the aroma while it burned was pleasing to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_29","004_8_29","LEV","8","29","29","Moses/I also took the breast of the second ram and lifted it up, as Yahweh had commanded. The breast was Moses’/my share of the ram that was sacrificed to dedicate the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_30","004_8_30","LEV","8","30","30","Then Moses/I took some of the olive oil for anointing Aaron and his sons, and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his sons and on their clothes. By doing that, he/I consecrated Aaron and his sons and their clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_31","004_8_31","LEV","8","31","31","Then Moses/I said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat of the second ram at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket, like I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_32","004_8_32","LEV","8","32","32","Burn up any of the meat and bread that remains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_33","004_8_33","LEV","8","33","33","The time for you to be set apart as priests will be seven days, so do not leave the entrance of the Sacred Tent for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_34","004_8_34","LEV","8","34","34","What we have done today is what Yahweh commanded to cause that you will be forgiven for your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_35","004_8_35","LEV","8","35","35","You must stay at the entrance of the Sacred Tent for seven days and seven nights and do what Yahweh requires, in order that you will not die because of disobeying him. I am telling you that because that is what Yahweh has commanded me to tell you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV8_36","004_8_36","LEV","8","36","36","So Aaron and his sons did everything that Yahweh told Moses/me to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_1","004_9_1","LEV","9","1","1","Eight days later, Moses/I summoned the elders of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_2","004_9_2","LEV","9","2","2","Then he/I said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for the offering to enable you leaders to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and a ram to be completely burned on the altar, both of them without any defects, and offer them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_3","004_9_3","LEV","9","3","3","Then say to the Israeli people, ‘Take one male goat for the offering to enable you all to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also take a calf and a lamb that have no defects, to be an offering completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_4","004_9_4","LEV","9","4","4","Also take an ox and a ram to be an offering to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, along with an offering of flour mixed with olive oil. Do this because today Yahweh is going to appear to you.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_5","004_9_5","LEV","9","5","5","After Moses/I told this to the Israeli people, some of them took the things that Moses/I had commanded them to take, and went to the courtyard in front of the Sacred Tent. Then all the people came near and stood in front of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_6","004_9_6","LEV","9","6","6","Then Moses/I said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, in order that his glory will appear to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_7","004_9_7","LEV","9","7","7","Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice the animal that is your offering to enable you to be forgiven for the sins you have committed, and the animal that will be completely burned there. Because of those offerings, God will forgive you and the people for the sins that you have committed DOU. Do those things that Yahweh has commanded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_8","004_9_8","LEV","9","8","8","So Aaron came close to the altar and slaughtered the calf to be an offering for his sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_9","004_9_9","LEV","9","9","9","His sons brought its blood to him in a bowl. He dipped his finger into the blood and put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_10","004_9_10","LEV","9","10","10","He/I burned the fat, including that which covered the kidneys and the liver, as Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_11","004_9_11","LEV","9","11","11","Then Aaron burned the rest of the meat and the hide/skin outside the camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_12","004_9_12","LEV","9","12","12","Then Aaron slaughtered the animal that would be completely burned on the altar. His sons handed him the bowl containing its blood, and he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_13","004_9_13","LEV","9","13","13","Then they handed him the head and the pieces of the animal that would be burned, and he burned them on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_14","004_9_14","LEV","9","14","14","He washed the inner parts and the legs of the animal, and burned them on the altar, on top of the other pieces of the animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_15","004_9_15","LEV","9","15","15","Then Aaron brought the animals that would be sacrifices for the Israeli people. He took the goat and slaughtered it to be an offering to enable them to be forgiven for the sins they had committed, like he had done with the goat for his own offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_16","004_9_16","LEV","9","16","16","Then he brought the animal for the offering to be completely burned. He slaughtered it and offered it in the way that Yahweh had commanded him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_17","004_9_17","LEV","9","17","17","He also brought the offering of grain. He took a handful of it and burned it on the altar, like he had done for the animal that he had slaughtered and completely burned on the altar in the morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_18","004_9_18","LEV","9","18","18","Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, to be an offering for the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. His sons handed him the bowl containing the blood, and he sprinkled the blood against all sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_19","004_9_19","LEV","9","19","19","But he took the fat from the ox and the ram, including their fat tails that were cut close to the backbone, and all the fat that covered the livers and the kidneys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_20","004_9_20","LEV","9","20","20","He put them on top of the breasts of those animals and carried them to the altar to be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_21","004_9_21","LEV","9","21","21","Then, doing what Moses/I had commanded, he lifted up in front of Yahweh the breast and the right thigh of those animals, to signify that those two animals completely belonged to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_22","004_9_22","LEV","9","22","22","Then Aaron lifted his arms toward the people and asked Yahweh to bless them. Then having finished making all those offerings, he stepped down from the place where the altar was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_23","004_9_23","LEV","9","23","23","Then Aaron and Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent. When they/we later came out, they/we asked Yahweh to bless the people. And suddenly the glory/brightness of Yahweh appeared to all the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV9_24","004_9_24","LEV","9","24","24","A fire from Yahweh appeared and burned up the offering that was to be completely burned and the fat that was on the altar. And when all the people saw that, they shouted joyfully and prostrated themselves on the ground to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_1","004_10_1","LEV","10","1","1","Two of Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, took the pans in which they burned incense. They put some burning coals in them and put incense on top of the coals, but this fire was not acceptable to Yahweh because it was not the kind that he had commanded them to burn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_2","004_10_2","LEV","10","2","2","So suddenly a fire from Yahweh appeared and burned them up DOU in the presence of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_3","004_10_3","LEV","10","3","3","Then Moses/I said to Aaron, “That is what Yahweh predicted. He said, ‘Those priests who come near to me, I will show them that they must ◄respect me/treat me as being holy►; in the presence of all the people I am the one who must be honored.’” But Aaron said nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_4","004_10_4","LEV","10","4","4","Then Moses/I summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, who were the sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Take the corpses of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the Sacred Tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_5","004_10_5","LEV","10","5","5","So they carried the corpses, which still had their special gowns on, outside the camp, and buried them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_6","004_10_6","LEV","10","6","6","Then Moses/I said to Aaron and his other two sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “You are sad because Nadab and Abihu died, but you must act like you always do. Do not allow the hair on your heads to remain uncombed, and do not tear your clothes. But your relatives and all your fellow Israelis are allowed to mourn for those whom Yahweh destroyed by fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_7","004_10_7","LEV","10","7","7","But you must not leave the entrance of the Sacred Tent to join those who are mourning, because if you do that, you also will die, and Yahweh will punish MTY all the people of Israel. Do not forget that Yahweh has set you apart MTY to work for him here, and he does not want you to become defiled by touching a corpse.” So they did what Moses/I told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_8","004_10_8","LEV","10","8","8","Then Yahweh said to Aaron, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_9","004_10_9","LEV","10","9","9","“You and your two sons who are still alive must not drink wine or other fermented drinks before you enter the Sacred Tent; if you do that, you will die. That is a command that you and your descendants must obey forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_10","004_10_10","LEV","10","10","10","You must do that in order to learn what things are holy and what things are ◄not holy/common►, and from the things that are not holy you must learn what things are acceptable to me and what things are not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_11","004_10_11","LEV","10","11","11","And you must teach to the Israeli people all the laws that I gave to the Israeli people by telling them to Moses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_12","004_10_12","LEV","10","12","12","Moses/I said to Aaron and his two sons who were still alive, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the offering made from grain that is left after a portion of it has been offered to Yahweh to be burned, and eat it alongside the altar. It should not be eaten elsewhere, because it is very holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_13","004_10_13","LEV","10","13","13","Eat it in a holy place; it is the share for you and your sons from the offerings that were burned; I have commanded that it be your share. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_14","004_10_14","LEV","10","14","14","But you and your sons and daughters are permitted to eat the breast and the thigh that were lifted up in front of Yahweh. Eat them in any place that is ◄holy/acceptable to him►. They have been given to you and your descendants as your share of the offerings to enable the Israelis to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_15","004_10_15","LEV","10","15","15","The thigh and the breast that were lifted up in front of Yahweh must be brought with the portions of fat to be burned, to be lifted up in his presence. They will be the regular share for you and your descendants, as Yahweh has commanded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_16","004_10_16","LEV","10","16","16","When Moses/I inquired about the goat that had been sacrificed to enable the people to be forgiven by Yahweh for the sins they had committed, he/I found out that it had been completely burned. So he/I was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar and asked them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_17","004_10_17","LEV","10","17","17","“Why did you not eat near the Sacred Tent the meat of the offering for sin? It was very holy, and it was given to you to enable the Israeli people to no longer be guilty for their sins and to be forgiven for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_18","004_10_18","LEV","10","18","18","Since its blood was not taken into the holy place inside the Sacred Tent, you should have eaten the meat of the goat near the Sacred Tent, as I commanded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_19","004_10_19","LEV","10","19","19","Aaron replied to Moses/me, “Today the people brought to Yahweh their offering to be forgiven for the sins they had committed, and the offering to be completely burned, and surely that pleased Yahweh, but think about the terrible thing that happened to my other two sons! Would RHQ Yahweh have been pleased if I had eaten some of the offering to cause the people to become acceptable to God?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV10_20","004_10_20","LEV","10","20","20","When Moses/I heard that, he/I was satisfied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_1","004_11_1","LEV","11","1","1","Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_2","004_11_2","LEV","11","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people that this is what Yahweh says: From all the animals that live on the land, these are the ones that you are permitted to eat: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_3","004_11_3","LEV","11","3","3","The ones that have hooves that are completely split and that ◄chew their cuds/bring their food up from their stomachs to chew it again►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_4","004_11_4","LEV","11","4","4","There are some animals that chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, and some animals that have split hooves but do not chew their cuds. You must not eat any of those animals. For example, camels chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_5","004_11_5","LEV","11","5","5","Rock badgers chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_6","004_11_6","LEV","11","6","6","Rabbits chew their cuds but do not have split hooves, so they are unacceptable for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_7","004_11_7","LEV","11","7","7","Pigs have completely split hooves but they do not chew their cuds, so they are unacceptable for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_8","004_11_8","LEV","11","8","8","All of those animals are unacceptable for you, so you must not eat their meat or even touch their carcasses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_9","004_11_9","LEV","11","9","9","From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_10","004_11_10","LEV","11","10","10","But you must detest and not eat those that do not have fins and scales. That includes ones that are very small. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_11","004_11_11","LEV","11","11","11","You must despise them, and you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_12","004_11_12","LEV","11","12","12","You must detest everything that lives in the water that does not have fins and scales. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_13","004_11_13","LEV","11","13","13","There are some birds that you must detest and not eat. They include eagles, bearded vultures, black vultures, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_14","004_11_14","LEV","11","14","14","kites, any kind of falcon/buzzard, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_15","004_11_15","LEV","11","15","15","any kind of raven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_16","004_11_16","LEV","11","16","16","horned owls, screech owls, seagulls, any kind of hawk, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_17","004_11_17","LEV","11","17","17","small owls, cormorants, large owls, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_18","004_11_18","LEV","11","18","18","white owls, desert owls, vultures that eat dead animals, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_19","004_11_19","LEV","11","19","19","storks, any kind of heron, hoopoes, and bats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_20","004_11_20","LEV","11","20","20","You must detest and not eat flying insects that sometimes walk on the ground MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_21","004_11_21","LEV","11","21","21","But you are permitted to eat creatures with wings that sometimes walk on the ground if they have jointed legs for hopping around. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_22","004_11_22","LEV","11","22","22","They include locusts, crickets, and grasshoppers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_23","004_11_23","LEV","11","23","23","But you must detest and not eat other insects with wings that have four legs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_24","004_11_24","LEV","11","24","24","‘There are certain creatures that if you touch their carcasses you will become defiled. Anyone who touches their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_25","004_11_25","LEV","11","25","25","Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_26","004_11_26","LEV","11","26","26","‘The animals whose carcasses you must not touch are those that have hooves that are not completely divided or animals that do not chew their cuds. Anyone who touches the carcasses of any of those animals becomes ◄defiled/unacceptable to me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_27","004_11_27","LEV","11","27","27","From all the animals that walk on the ground, you must not touch the carcasses of those that have paws to walk on. Anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_28","004_11_28","LEV","11","28","28","Anyone who picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes and not touch other people until that evening, because touching their carcasses ◄defiles you/causes you to become unacceptable to me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_29","004_11_29","LEV","11","29","29","‘From all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that ◄defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me► if you touch them: Moles, rats, any kind of lizard, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_30","004_11_30","LEV","11","30","30","geckos, skinks, and chameleons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_31","004_11_31","LEV","11","31","31","Those creatures that scurry across the ground ◄defile you/cause you to become unacceptable to me►; anyone who touches one of their carcasses must not touch other people until the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_32","004_11_32","LEV","11","32","32","When one of those creatures dies and falls on something, the thing that it falls on, whatever it is used for, will become ◄defiled/unacceptable to me►, whether it is made of wood or cloth or the hide of some animal or from rough cloth. You must put it in water. Then you must not use it until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_33","004_11_33","LEV","11","33","33","If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it becomes defiled, and you must break that pot into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_34","004_11_34","LEV","11","34","34","If you pour water from that pot on any food, you must not eat that food. And you must not drink any water from that pot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_35","004_11_35","LEV","11","35","35","Anything that one of the carcasses of those creatures falls on becomes ◄defiled/unacceptable to me►; even if it falls on an oven or a cooking pot, anything that it falls on must be broken into pieces. It becomes unacceptable to me and you must not use it again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_36","004_11_36","LEV","11","36","36","If one of their carcasses falls into a spring or a pit for storing water, the water may still be drunk, but anyone who touches one of those carcasses becomes unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_37","004_11_37","LEV","11","37","37","If one of those carcasses falls on seeds that are to be planted, those seeds are still acceptable to be planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_38","004_11_38","LEV","11","38","38","But if water has been put on the seeds and then a carcass falls on them, the seeds must be thrown away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_39","004_11_39","LEV","11","39","39","‘If an animal whose meat you are permitted to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass must not touch other people until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_40","004_11_40","LEV","11","40","40","Anyone who eats some meat from that carcass must wash his clothes, and then he must not touch anyone until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_41","004_11_41","LEV","11","41","42","‘All creatures that scurry across the ground, including those that move on their bellies and those that crawl, are detestable, and they must not be eaten. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_43","004_11_43","LEV","11","43","43","Do not ◄defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me► by eating any of those creatures DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_44","004_11_44","LEV","11","44","44","I am Yahweh your God, and I am holy, so you must consecrate yourselves and be holy. You must avoid eating things that cause you to be unacceptable to me. Do not cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me by eating creatures that scurry across the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_45","004_11_45","LEV","11","45","45","I am Yahweh, the one who freed you from being slaves in Egypt, in order to be your God. Therefore, because I am holy, you must be holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_46","004_11_46","LEV","11","46","46","'Those are the regulations concerning animals and birds, all the living creatures that live in water or scurry across the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV11_47","004_11_47","LEV","11","47","47","You must learn what things I say are acceptable to me and what things are not, and learn what things you are permitted to eat and what things you are not permitted to eat.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_1","004_12_1","LEV","12","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_2","004_12_2","LEV","12","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a woman gives birth to a son, she must be avoided for seven days, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_3","004_12_3","LEV","12","3","3","The baby son must be circumcised on the eighth day after he is born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_4","004_12_4","LEV","12","4","4","Then the woman must wait 33 days to be purified from her bleeding during childbirth. She must not touch anything that is sacred or enter the Sacred Tent area until that time is ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_5","004_12_5","LEV","12","5","5","If a woman gives birth to a daughter, she must be avoided for two weeks, like she must be avoided when she is menstruating each month. Then she must wait 66 days to be purified from the bleeding that occurred when her baby was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_6","004_12_6","LEV","12","6","6","‘Then that time for her to be purified is ended, that woman must bring to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent a one-year-old lamb to be completely burned on the altar, and a dove or a young pigeon to be sacrificed to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_7","004_12_7","LEV","12","7","7","The priest will offer them to Yahweh in order that she may be forgiven for any sins she has committed. Then she will be purified from her loss of blood when the baby was born. ‘Those are the regulations for women who give birth to a son or daughter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV12_8","004_12_8","LEV","12","8","8","If a woman who gives birth to a child cannot afford a lamb, she must bring two doves or two young pigeons. One will be burned completely on the altar, and one will be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to God again. By doing that, the priest will cause that she will be forgiven for any sins she has committed, and she no longer will need to be avoided.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_1","004_13_1","LEV","13","1","1","Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_2","004_13_2","LEV","13","2","2","“When someone has on his skin a swelling or a rash or a shiny/bright spot that may become ◄contagious/a dreaded skin disease►, he must be brought to Aaron or to one of his sons who are also priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_3","004_13_3","LEV","13","3","3","The priest must examine that part of the person’s skin. If the hair in that area has become white and it appears that the sore is deeper than just on the skin, it is a contagious skin disease. When the priest sees that, he must declare that the person must stay away from other people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_4","004_13_4","LEV","13","4","4","If the spot on the person’s skin is white but it does not appear that the sore is deeper than just on the skin, the priest must tell him to stay away from other people for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_5","004_13_5","LEV","13","5","5","Then the priest must examine the person again. If the priest sees that the sore has not changed and has not spread, he must tell the person to stay away from people for seven more days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_6","004_13_6","LEV","13","6","6","Then the priest must examine him again. If the sore has faded and has not spread, the priest will allow him to be with other people again; it is only a rash. After the person washes his clothes, he will be allowed to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_7","004_13_7","LEV","13","7","7","But if the sore spreads after the priest has examined him, he must go to the priest again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_8","004_13_8","LEV","13","8","8","The priest will examine him; and if the sore has spread to more of the skin, it is a contagious skin disease, and the priest will declare that he must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_9","004_13_9","LEV","13","9","9","When anyone has a contagious skin disease, he must be brought to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_10","004_13_10","LEV","13","10","10","The priest must examine him. And if there is a white swelling in the skin that has caused the hair in that swelling to become white, and if the flesh in that area is painful/sensitive, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_11","004_13_11","LEV","13","11","11","it is a permanent skin disease, and the priest will declare that he must stay away from other people. The priest does not need to tell that person that he must avoid other people, because other people already are wanting to stay away from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_12","004_13_12","LEV","13","12","12","‘If the disease spreads all over someone’s body, and the priest examines that person and sees that it is covering his skin from his head to his feet, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_13","004_13_13","LEV","13","13","13","and it has caused all his skin to become white which will indicate that the disease has ended, the priest will declare that the person does not have to stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_14","004_13_14","LEV","13","14","14","But if the person has open sores and they are very painful/sensitive, he has a contagious skin disease, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_15","004_13_15","LEV","13","15","15","and when the priest sees that, he will declare that the person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_16","004_13_16","LEV","13","16","16","But if the person’s flesh changes and becomes white, he must go to the priest again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_17","004_13_17","LEV","13","17","17","The priest must examine him again; and if the sores have become white, the priest will declare that the person who had been infected is now permitted to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_18","004_13_18","LEV","13","18","18","‘Then someone has a boil on his skin and it has healed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_19","004_13_19","LEV","13","19","19","but in the place where the boil was a white swelling or a bright/shiny spot appears, he must go to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_20","004_13_20","LEV","13","20","20","The priest must examine it. And if it seems to be deeper than just on the skin, and if the hair in that spot has become white, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the boil had been. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_21","004_13_21","LEV","13","21","21","But when the priest examines it, if there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin and has become less bright/shiny, then the priest will order him to stay away from other people for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_22","004_13_22","LEV","13","22","22","But if it is spreading, it is contagious and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_23","004_13_23","LEV","13","23","23","But if that spot is unchanged and has not spread, it is only a scar from the boil, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_24","004_13_24","LEV","13","24","24","‘Then someone has a burn on his skin and a bright/shiny or white spot appears, and the flesh in that area is sensitive/painful, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_25","004_13_25","LEV","13","25","25","the priest must examine the spot. If the hair in that spot has turned white and it seems to be deeper than just on the surface of the skin, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the burn was, and that person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_26","004_13_26","LEV","13","26","26","But when the priest examines it and sees that there is no white hair in that spot and it is only on the surface of the skin, and has faded, the priest will declare that the person must stay away from people for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_27","004_13_27","LEV","13","27","27","On the seventh day, the priest will examine him again. If the sore is spreading, it is a contagious skin disease, and the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_28","004_13_28","LEV","13","28","28","However, if the spot is not changed and has not spread but has faded, it is only a scar from the burn, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_29","004_13_29","LEV","13","29","29","‘If a man or a woman has a sore on his head or on his chin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_30","004_13_30","LEV","13","30","30","the priest must examine it. If it appears to be deeper than just on the surface of the skin, and the hair in that spot has thinned out and has become yellowish, it is a contagious skin disease that causes itching. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_31","004_13_31","LEV","13","31","31","But when the priest examines that kind of sore, if it seems to be only on the surface of the skin and there is no healthy hair in it, the priest will tell the person to stay away from other people for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_32","004_13_32","LEV","13","32","32","On the seventh day, the priest will examine the sore again. If it has not spread and if there is no yellow hair in that spot and if it appears to be only on the surface of the skin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_33","004_13_33","LEV","13","33","33","the person must shave the hair near the sore but not the hair on the sore. And the priest will tell him to stay away from other people for seven more days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_34","004_13_34","LEV","13","34","34","On the seventh day, the priest will examine that spot again. If it has not spread and it appears to be only on the surface of the skin, the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with people again. The person must wash his clothes, and then he can be with other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_35","004_13_35","LEV","13","35","35","But if the sore later spreads, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_36","004_13_36","LEV","13","36","36","the priest must examine him again. If the itch/sore has spread, the priest does not need to look for yellow hair, because it is clear that the person has a contagious skin disease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_37","004_13_37","LEV","13","37","37","However, if the priest thinks that the spot has not changed, and healthy hair is growing in that area, it is clear that the itch has healed, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_38","004_13_38","LEV","13","38","38","‘Then a man or a woman has white spots on the skin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_39","004_13_39","LEV","13","39","39","the priest should examine them. But if the spots are dull white, it is only a rash, and the priest will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_40","004_13_40","LEV","13","40","41","‘If a man loses the hair on any part of his head, he does not need to stay away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_42","004_13_42","LEV","13","42","42","But if he gets a bright/shiny sore on his bald head or on his forehead, he has a contagious skin disease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_43","004_13_43","LEV","13","43","43","The priest must examine him. If the swollen sore is a bright spot like the spot on someone who has a contagious skin disease, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_44","004_13_44","LEV","13","44","44","the priest will declare that the man has a contagious skin disease and must not be with other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_45","004_13_45","LEV","13","45","45","‘Anyone who has a contagious skin disease must wear torn clothes and not comb his hair. When he is near other people, he must cover the lower part to his face and call out, “Do not come near me! I have a contagious skin disease!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_46","004_13_46","LEV","13","46","46","He is not allowed to be with other people as long as he has the disease. He must live alone, outside the camp.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_47","004_13_47","LEV","13","47","48","“Sometimes a person’s clothing gets mildew on it. It may be clothing that is woven from wool or made from linen or from leather. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_49","004_13_49","LEV","13","49","49","If the contaminated/mildewed part is greenish or reddish, it is a spreading mildew, and it must be shown to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_50","004_13_50","LEV","13","50","50","The priest will examine it, and then put it in a separate place by itself for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_51","004_13_51","LEV","13","51","51","On the seventh day he must examine it again. If the mildew has spread, it is clear that it is a type of mildew that destroys clothing, and that clothing must not be worn again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_52","004_13_52","LEV","13","52","52","The owner must burn completely the item that has the mildew in it, whatever kind of item it is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_53","004_13_53","LEV","13","53","53","But when the priest examines it, if the mildew has not spread, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_54","004_13_54","LEV","13","54","54","he will tell the person who owns it to wash it. Then he must put it in a separate place for another seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_55","004_13_55","LEV","13","55","55","Then the priest will examine it again. If the color of the mildew has not changed, even though it has not spread, that item must not be worn again. It does not matter if the mildew is on the inside of the clothing or on the outside; it must be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_56","004_13_56","LEV","13","56","56","But when the priest examines it after it has been washed, if the mildew has faded, he must tear out that part that had the mildew in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_57","004_13_57","LEV","13","57","57","But if the mildew reappears in that item, it is clear that it is spreading, and the whole item must be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_58","004_13_58","LEV","13","58","58","But after the clothing is washed and the mildew disappears, it must be washed again, and then it can be worn again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV13_59","004_13_59","LEV","13","59","59","Those are the regulations concerning mildew on things made of wool or linen or leather, for deciding whether those things can continue to be worn or not.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_1","004_14_1","LEV","14","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_2","004_14_2","LEV","14","2","2","“These are the regulations for anyone who has been healed of a contagious skin disease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_3","004_14_3","LEV","14","3","3","The person must be brought to a priest. The priest will take him outside the camp to where that person has been staying, and examine him. If the skin disease has been healed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_4","004_14_4","LEV","14","4","4","the priest will say that someone must bring two living birds that are acceptable to Yahweh, along with some cedar wood, some scarlet/red yarn, and some sprigs of ◄hyssop/a very leafy plant►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_5","004_14_5","LEV","14","5","5","Then the priest will command that one of the birds be killed while it is being held over a clay pot containing water from a spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_6","004_14_6","LEV","14","6","6","Then the priest will dip the other bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet/red yarn and the hyssop, into the blood of the bird that was killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_7","004_14_7","LEV","14","7","7","Then he must sprinkle some of the blood on the person who was healed; he must sprinkle it on him seven times. Then he will declare that the person is permitted to be with other people again. And the priest will release the other bird and allow it to fly away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_8","004_14_8","LEV","14","8","8","“Then the person who was healed must wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe. Then he is allowed to return to the camp, but he must stay outside his tent for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_9","004_14_9","LEV","14","9","9","On the seventh day, he must again shave off all his hair, including his beard and his eyebrows. Then he must again wash his clothes and bathe, and then he will be allowed to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_10","004_14_10","LEV","14","10","10","“The next day that person must bring two male lambs and one female lamb that is one year old, all of them with no defects. He must also bring six quarts/liters of fine flour, mixed with olive oil, to be an offering, and ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter► of olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_11","004_14_11","LEV","14","11","11","The priest who declares that the person’s skin disease is ended must bring that person, and his offerings, to me, Yahweh, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_12","004_14_12","LEV","14","12","12","“Then the priest must take one of the male lambs and lift it up, along with the olive oil, in front of me, to be a guilt offering—an offering for his being guilty for not giving to me the things that he was required to give me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_13","004_14_13","LEV","14","13","13","Then the priest must slaughter the lamb in the sacred place where the other sacrifices are offered. Like the offering to enable people to be forgiven, this guilt offering is holy, and belongs to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_14","004_14_14","LEV","14","14","14","The priest must take some of the blood of that animal and pour it on the lobe/tip of the right ear and on the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the one who has been healed of the skin disease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_15","004_14_15","LEV","14","15","15","Then the priest must take some of the olive oil and pour it in the palm of his own left hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_16","004_14_16","LEV","14","16","16","Then he must dip the forefinger of his right hand into the oil in his palm, and sprinkle it in front of me seven times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_17","004_14_17","LEV","14","17","17","Then he must put some of the oil that is still in the palm of his hand on the lobe/tip of the right ear and the thumb of the right hand and on the big toe of the right foot of the person who has been healed of the skin disease. He must put it on top of the blood that he has already put on those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_18","004_14_18","LEV","14","18","18","The remaining oil in his palm must be put on the person’s head, to indicate that I declare that the person has been forgiven for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_19","004_14_19","LEV","14","19","19","“Then the priest must slaughter one of the other two animals, to show that the one who has been healed of the skin disease has been forgiven for having sinned, and that he has become acceptable to Yahweh. Then the priest will slaughter the animal that will be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_20","004_14_20","LEV","14","20","20","He will also put on the altar the offering of grain, to indicate that the person has been forgiven for having sinned. Then that person will be allowed to be with other people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_21","004_14_21","LEV","14","21","21","“But if the person who has been healed of a skin disease is poor and cannot afford to bring all those animals, he must take to the priest one male lamb to be lifted up to be an offering for his not giving to me the things that he was required to give me. He must also take two quarts/liters of fine flour mixed with olive oil to be an offering made from grain, ◄0.6 pint/0.3 liter► of olive oil, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_22","004_14_22","LEV","14","22","22","and two doves or two young pigeons, one for him to be forgiven for the sins he has committed, and one to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_23","004_14_23","LEV","14","23","23","“On that same day, that person must take those things to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, to offer them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_24","004_14_24","LEV","14","24","24","The priest will take the lamb for the offering for that person not giving to me the things that he was required to give me, along with the olive oil, and lift them up in front of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_25","004_14_25","LEV","14","25","25","Then the priest will slaughter that lamb and drain some of the blood in a bowl, and take some of that blood and put it on the lobe/tip of the person’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_26","004_14_26","LEV","14","26","26","Then the priest will pour some of the oil into the palm of his left hand, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_27","004_14_27","LEV","14","27","27","and with his right forefinger he must sprinkle some of the oil from his palm there in my presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_28","004_14_28","LEV","14","28","28","He must put some of the oil in his palm on the same places where he put the blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_29","004_14_29","LEV","14","29","29","He must put the rest of the oil that is in his hand on the head of the person who has been healed of a skin disease, to indicate that I have forgiven him for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_30","004_14_30","LEV","14","30","30","Then the priest must sacrifice the doves or the pigeons, whichever that person has brought. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_31","004_14_31","LEV","14","31","31","One will be an offering for sin and the other will be completely burned on the altar, along with the offering of grain. By doing that, the priest will declare that the person is no longer guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_32","004_14_32","LEV","14","32","32","“Those are the regulations for anyone who has a contagious skin disease and who is poor and cannot afford the usual offerings, in order that he can be with people again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_33","004_14_33","LEV","14","33","33","Yahweh also said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_34","004_14_34","LEV","14","34","34","“I am about to give you Canaan land to belong to your people permanently. When you enter that land, there will be times when I cause/allow mildew to appear inside one of your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_35","004_14_35","LEV","14","35","35","If that happens, the owner of that house must go to the priest and tell him, ‘There is something in my house that looks like mildew.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_36","004_14_36","LEV","14","36","36","“Then the priest will say to him, ‘Take everything out of the house before I enter the house to examine the mildew. If you do not do that, I will declare that everything in the house is contaminated.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_37","004_14_37","LEV","14","37","37","After the owner takes everything outside of his house, the priest will go in and inspect the house. If the mildew has caused greenish or reddish spots/depressions on the walls that seem to be deeper than only on the surface of the walls, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_38","004_14_38","LEV","14","38","38","the priest will go outside the house and lock it up for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_39","004_14_39","LEV","14","39","39","On the seventh day, he must go into the house and inspect it again. If the mildew on the walls has spread, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_40","004_14_40","LEV","14","40","40","the priest will tell someone to tear out and throw in the dump outside the town all the stones in the walls that have mildew on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_41","004_14_41","LEV","14","41","41","Then the owner must scrape all the walls inside the house, and everything that is scraped off must be thrown into a dump outside the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_42","004_14_42","LEV","14","42","42","Then the owner must get new/other stones to replace the ones that had mildew on them, and take new clay and plaster to cover the stones in the walls of the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_43","004_14_43","LEV","14","43","43","“If the mildew appears again in the house after that is done, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_44","004_14_44","LEV","14","44","44","the priest must go and examine the house again. If the mildew has spread inside the house, it will be clear that the mildew is the kind that destroys houses, and no one will be allowed to live in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_45","004_14_45","LEV","14","45","45","It must be completely torn down—the stones, the timber and the plaster—and all those things must be thrown into a dump outside the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_46","004_14_46","LEV","14","46","46","“Anyone who goes into that house while it is locked up will not be allowed to be with other people until sunset of that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_47","004_14_47","LEV","14","47","47","Anyone who sleeps in that house or eats in that house during that time must wash his clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_48","004_14_48","LEV","14","48","48","“But when the priest comes to examine the house after it has been plastered, if the mildew has not spread, he shall declare that people may live in it, because the mildew is gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_49","004_14_49","LEV","14","49","49","But before people are allowed to live in it, the priest must take two small birds and some cedar wood and some red/scarlet yarn and some hyssop. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_50","004_14_50","LEV","14","50","50","He must kill one of the birds while holding it over a clay pot containing water from a spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_51","004_14_51","LEV","14","51","51","Then he must take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the red/scarlet yarn, and the other/living bird, and dip them into the blood of the dead bird, and sprinkle some of that blood on the house seven times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_52","004_14_52","LEV","14","52","52","By doing all those things he will cause the house to be acceptable to be lived in again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_53","004_14_53","LEV","14","53","53","Then he must release the other bird and allow it to fly away. By doing that, he will finish the ritual for causing the house to be acceptable for people to live in it again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_54","004_14_54","LEV","14","54","54","“Those are the regulations for contagious diseases, for itching sores, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_55","004_14_55","LEV","14","55","55","for mildew DOU on clothes or in a house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_56","004_14_56","LEV","14","56","56","and for swellings, rashes, or bright spots on sores, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV14_57","004_14_57","LEV","14","57","57","to find out whether a person has a contagious disease or not, and whether people will still be permitted to touch their clothing or their house, or not.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_1","004_15_1","LEV","15","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me and Aaron, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_2","004_15_2","LEV","15","2","2","“Tell this to the Israelis: When an infected discharge comes out of a man’s sexual organs EUP, that fluid should not be touched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_3","004_15_3","LEV","15","3","3","Whether that fluid is blocked or continues to drip, it causes him to be someone who should not be touched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_4","004_15_4","LEV","15","4","4","“And any bed that such a man lies on should not be touched, and anything that he sits on should not be touched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_5","004_15_5","LEV","15","5","5","Anyone who touches that person’s bed must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_6","004_15_6","LEV","15","6","6","Anyone who sits on something that man has sat on must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_7","004_15_7","LEV","15","7","7","“Anyone who touches such a man must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_8","004_15_8","LEV","15","8","8","“If such a man spits on someone else, that person who is spit upon should not be touched. He must wash his clothes, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_9","004_15_9","LEV","15","9","9","“Everything that a man who has such a discharge of fluid sits on while he is riding a horse or a donkey should not be touched, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_10","004_15_10","LEV","15","10","10","and anyone who touches the seat or saddle that he was sitting on also should not be touched until that evening. And anyone who picks up the seat or saddle must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_11","004_15_11","LEV","15","11","11","Anyone whom the man with such a discharge of fluid from his body touches without first rinsing his hands in water must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_12","004_15_12","LEV","15","12","12","“If such a man touches a clay pot, that pot must be broken into pieces. Anything made from wood that he touches must be rinsed in water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_13","004_15_13","LEV","15","13","13","“If such a man is healed from his flow of fluid, he must wait for seven days. Then he must wash his clothes and bathe in water from a spring. Then he will be able to be with others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_14","004_15_14","LEV","15","14","14","On the eighth/next day, he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come in front of Yahweh at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and give them to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_15","004_15_15","LEV","15","15","15","The priest will sacrifice them. One will be an offering for the man to become acceptable to God, and the other one will be completely burned on the altar. As a result of the priest doing that, the man will be forgiven for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_16","004_15_16","LEV","15","16","16","“Then semen accidentally flows from a man’s sexual organs EUP, he must bathe his whole body, and no one should touch him until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_17","004_15_17","LEV","15","17","17","Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed, and no one should touch it until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_18","004_15_18","LEV","15","18","18","When a man has sex with a woman and some semen spills, both of them must bathe, and no one should touch them until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_19","004_15_19","LEV","15","19","19","“Then a woman has her monthly menstrual period, no one should touch her for seven days. If anyone touches her during that time, no one should touch the person who touched her until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_20","004_15_20","LEV","15","20","20","No one should touch anything that she lies on or sits on during that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_21","004_15_21","LEV","15","21","21","Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes and bathe, and no one should touch that person until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_22","004_15_22","LEV","15","22","23","Anyone who touches something that she has been sitting on, a bed or anything else, must wash his clothes, and no one should touch that person until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_24","004_15_24","LEV","15","24","24","“If a man has sex with a woman during that time and some of the menstrual blood touches him, no one should touch him for seven days, and no one should touch the bed that he lies on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_25","004_15_25","LEV","15","25","25","“Then a woman has a vaginal discharge of blood for ◄many days/a long time►, which is not her monthly flow of blood, or if her flow of blood continues after her monthly flow ends, no one should touch her until it stops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_26","004_15_26","LEV","15","26","26","And no one should touch the bed that she lies on or anything that she sits on while that flow of blood continues, just like during her monthly menstrual period. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_27","004_15_27","LEV","15","27","27","Anyone who touches those things should not touch anyone else; he must wash his clothes and bathe, and he should not touch anyone else until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_28","004_15_28","LEV","15","28","28","“After a woman’s monthly menstrual flow ends, she must wait seven days before she touches anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_29","004_15_29","LEV","15","29","29","On the eighth/next day, she must take two doves or two pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_30","004_15_30","LEV","15","30","30","The priest will sacrifice one of them to be an offering to enable her to become acceptable to Yahweh again, and completely burn the other one on the altar. By doing that he will cause me, Yahweh, to forgive her for having sinned DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_31","004_15_31","LEV","15","31","31","“You must warn the Israeli people not to do things that ◄defile them/cause them to be unacceptable to me►. If they become ◄unacceptable to me/defiled►, they will cause my Sacred Tent which is among them to become an unacceptable place to worship me, and as a result they will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_32","004_15_32","LEV","15","32","32","“Those are the regulations for a man who has a fluid that flows from his sexual organs or who should not be touched because some of his semen spills out while having sex with a woman, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV15_33","004_15_33","LEV","15","33","33","and for any woman during her monthly menstrual period, and for any man who has sex with a woman during her menstrual period.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_1","004_16_1","LEV","16","1","1","After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_2","004_16_2","LEV","16","2","2","He said to him/me, “Warn your older brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest ◄makes atonement for/requests me to forgive► sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_3","004_16_3","LEV","16","3","3","“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that will be killed to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram to be killed to be an offering that will be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_4","004_16_4","LEV","16","4","4","Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_5","004_16_5","LEV","16","5","5","The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats to be killed as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be killed and burned completely on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_6","004_16_6","LEV","16","6","6","“Aaron must offer the bull to me to be a sacrifice in order that ◄I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_7","004_16_7","LEV","16","7","7","Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_8","004_16_8","LEV","16","8","8","He must ◄cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked► to determine which goat will be sacrificed to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_9","004_16_9","LEV","16","9","9","Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_10","004_16_10","LEV","16","10","10","Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_11","004_16_11","LEV","16","11","11","“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, and he must drain the blood into a basin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_12","004_16_12","LEV","16","12","12","Then he must take some burning coals from the bronze altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_13","004_16_13","LEV","16","13","13","There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly (OR, because of being in God’s presence). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_14","004_16_14","LEV","16","14","14","Then he must dip his finger into the basin and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_15","004_16_15","LEV","16","15","15","“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle some of that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_16","004_16_16","LEV","16","16","16","By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me because of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_17","004_16_17","LEV","16","17","17","When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place in the Sacred Tent to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter the other part of the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_18","004_16_18","LEV","16","18","18","“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_19","004_16_19","LEV","16","19","19","Then Aaron must dip his finger into the basin of blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy because of the sins of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_20","004_16_20","LEV","16","20","20","“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place inside the Sacred Tent and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_21","004_16_21","LEV","16","21","21","He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins DOU of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put the guilt of their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_22","004_16_22","LEV","16","22","22","It is as though the goat will carry away into the desert the guilt for the sins of all the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_23","004_16_23","LEV","16","23","23","“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he previously entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_24","004_16_24","LEV","16","24","24","Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_25","004_16_25","LEV","16","25","25","He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_26","004_16_26","LEV","16","26","26","“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_27","004_16_27","LEV","16","27","27","The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_28","004_16_28","LEV","16","28","28","The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_29","004_16_29","LEV","16","29","29","“On ◄October/the month after the dry season ends►, on the day that I have appointed, you all must ◄fast/abstain from eating food► and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_30","004_16_30","LEV","16","30","30","On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from the guilt of all your sins and you will become acceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_31","004_16_31","LEV","16","31","31","That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must ◄fast/abstain from eating food► all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_32","004_16_32","LEV","16","32","32","In future years, after Aaron has died, this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all DOU will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed with olive oil and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_33","004_16_33","LEV","16","33","33","and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people like Aaron did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV16_34","004_16_34","LEV","16","34","34","This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_1","004_17_1","LEV","17","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_2","004_17_2","LEV","17","2","2","“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the other Israeli people, and say this to them: ‘This is what Yahweh has commanded: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_3","004_17_3","LEV","17","3","3","If you sacrifice an ox or a lamb or a goat, you must bring it to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to present/offer it to me there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_4","004_17_4","LEV","17","4","4","If you slaughter it to be a sacrifice anywhere else in the camp or outside the camp, you will be guilty of killing an animal in an unacceptable place. As a result you will no longer be allowed to be/associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_5","004_17_5","LEV","17","5","5","That rule is in order that you Israeli people, instead of offering sacrifices in the open fields, will offer them to me by taking them to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to be offerings to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_6","004_17_6","LEV","17","6","6","After the animal is slaughtered, the priest must sprinkle some of its blood against the altar at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, and burn its fat to be an aroma that is pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_7","004_17_7","LEV","17","7","7","You people must no longer give sacrifices to the demons that resemble goats which you are worshiping. You people must obey this command forever.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_8","004_17_8","LEV","17","8","8","“And tell this to the people: ‘If any Israeli or any foreigner who is living among them brings an offering that is to be completely burned on the altar, or any other sacrifice, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_9","004_17_9","LEV","17","9","9","and does not bring it to the entrance of the Sacred Tent area to be a sacrifice to me, that person will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_10","004_17_10","LEV","17","10","10","‘I will reject IDM any Israeli or any foreigner who is living among you who eats any blood, and I will command that he no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_11","004_17_11","LEV","17","11","11","That is because the life of every creature is in its blood; I have declared that it is blood that is to be offered on the altar to enable people to be forgiven for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_12","004_17_12","LEV","17","12","12","That is why I say that you Israelis must not eat blood, and the foreigners who live among you must also not eat blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_13","004_17_13","LEV","17","13","13","‘Any Israeli or any foreigner who is living among you who hunts any animal or bird that is permitted for you to eat, must drain out the blood of the animal or bird that he kills, and cover the blood with dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_14","004_17_14","LEV","17","14","14","This is because the life of every creature is in its blood. And that is why I have said DOU to you Israelis that anyone who eats blood must no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_15","004_17_15","LEV","17","15","15","‘Anyone in Israel, including foreigners, who eats any of the meat of any creature that is found dead, or that had been killed by wild animals, must wash his clothes and bathe. Then he must not touch anyone until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV17_16","004_17_16","LEV","17","16","16","If he does not do those things, he will be punished for what he did.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_1","004_18_1","LEV","18","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_2","004_18_2","LEV","18","2","2","“Speak to the Israeli people and tell them that I, Yahweh, say this this: I am Yahweh, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_3","004_18_3","LEV","18","3","3","So you must do what I want you to do; you must not do the things that the people in Egypt, where you lived previously, do; and you must not do what is done by the people in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not imitate their behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_4","004_18_4","LEV","18","4","4","You must obey all of my laws DOU, because it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_5","004_18_5","LEV","18","5","5","If you obey all my laws and decrees, you will continue to remain alive for a long time. I, Yahweh, am the one who is promising that to you. These are some of my laws: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_6","004_18_6","LEV","18","6","6","“Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. It is I, Yahweh, who am commanding that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_7","004_18_7","LEV","18","7","7","“Do not disgrace your father by having sex with your mother DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_8","004_18_8","LEV","18","8","8","“Do not have sex with any of your father’s other wives, because that would disgrace your father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_9","004_18_9","LEV","18","9","9","“Do not have sex with your sister or your stepsister; it does not matter whether she was born in your house or somewhere else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_10","004_18_10","LEV","18","10","10","“Do not have sex with your granddaughter, because that would disgrace you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_11","004_18_11","LEV","18","11","11","“Do not have sex with your half-sister, because she is your sister. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_12","004_18_12","LEV","18","12","12","“Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_13","004_18_13","LEV","18","13","13","“Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_14","004_18_14","LEV","18","14","14","“Do not disgrace your ◄uncle/father’s brother► by having sex with his wife, because she is your aunt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_15","004_18_15","LEV","18","15","15","“Do not have sex with DOU your daughter-in-law, because she is your son’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_16","004_18_16","LEV","18","16","16","“Do not have sex with your brother’s wife, because that would disgrace your brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_17","004_18_17","LEV","18","17","17","“Do not have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman whom you have previously had sex with; they are her (OR, your) close relatives. Having sex with any of them would be a wicked thing to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_18","004_18_18","LEV","18","18","18","“While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_19","004_18_19","LEV","18","19","19","“Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_20","004_18_20","LEV","18","20","20","“Do not ◄defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me► by having sex with someone else’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_21","004_18_21","LEV","18","21","21","“Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me MTY, Yahweh, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_22","004_18_22","LEV","18","22","22","“No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_23","004_18_23","LEV","18","23","23","“No one, man or woman, should ◄defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me► by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_24","004_18_24","LEV","18","24","24","“Do not ◄defile yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me► in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became ◄unacceptable to me/defiled►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_25","004_18_25","LEV","18","25","25","They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and it was as though the land vomited out the people who lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_26","004_18_26","LEV","18","26","26","You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_27","004_18_27","LEV","18","27","27","All those detestable things were done by the people who lived in this land before you came here, and they caused the land to become defiled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_28","004_18_28","LEV","18","28","28","So if you defile the land, I will get rid of MET you like I got rid of the people of those nations that were here before you came. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_29","004_18_29","LEV","18","29","29","“You must not allow people who do any of those detestable things to associate with you who are my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV18_30","004_18_30","LEV","18","30","30","Obey everything that I command you to do, and do not defile yourselves by practicing any of the detestable customs that were practiced by the people who were there before you came. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding these things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_1","004_19_1","LEV","19","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_2","004_19_2","LEV","19","2","2","“Speak to all the people of Israel and tell them this: You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, and I want you to be like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_3","004_19_3","LEV","19","3","3","‘Each of you must respect your father and your mother. And you must ◄honor/treat respectfully► the Sabbath days. I am Yahweh, your God, and that is what I am commanding you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_4","004_19_4","LEV","19","4","4","‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, and I am the only one you must worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_5","004_19_5","LEV","19","5","5","‘Then you bring an offering to maintain fellowship with me, offer it in a way that will cause me to accept it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_6","004_19_6","LEV","19","6","6","The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_7","004_19_7","LEV","19","7","7","For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_8","004_19_8","LEV","19","8","8","I will punish anyone who eats it after the second day, because he will not have respected that what I say is holy. And that person must no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_9","004_19_9","LEV","19","9","9","‘Then you harvest your grain, leave the grain at the very edge of the field, and do not pick up the grain that has fallen on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_10","004_19_10","LEV","19","10","10","And when you harvest your grapes, do not go back a second time to try to harvest some more, and do not pick up the grapes that have fallen on the ground. Leave those things for the poor people and for foreigners who are living among you. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_11","004_19_11","LEV","19","11","11","‘Do not steal anything. ‘Do not tell lies. ‘Do not deceive each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_12","004_19_12","LEV","19","12","12","‘Do not show that you do not respect me by using/saying my name to falsely promise that you will do something. Do not forget that I am Yahweh, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_13","004_19_13","LEV","19","13","13","‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. ‘If you have agreed to pay your workers at the end of the day, do what you have promised; do not keep those wages until the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_14","004_19_14","LEV","19","14","14","‘Do not curse deaf people, and do not put things in the path of blind people to cause them to stumble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_15","004_19_15","LEV","19","15","15","‘Always LIT judge people fairly DOU. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_16","004_19_16","LEV","19","16","16","‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything in court that would result in some innocent person being executed. I, Yahweh, am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_17","004_19_17","LEV","19","17","17","‘Do not hate anyone. Instead, honestly rebuke those who ought to be rebuked, in order that you also will not be guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_18","004_19_18","LEV","19","18","18","‘Do not try to get revenge against someone or be angry with someone for a long time. Instead, love other people like you love yourself. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_19","004_19_19","LEV","19","19","19","‘Obey my laws. ‘Do not allow two different kinds of animals to mate with each other. ‘Do not plant two different kinds of seed in the same field. ‘Do not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_20","004_19_20","LEV","19","20","20","‘If a man has sex with a slave woman who has been promised to marry some other man, but she has not been bought by that man and is still a slave, the man who had sex with her must be punished. But because she is still a slave, she and the man who had sex with her must not be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_21","004_19_21","LEV","19","21","21","However, that man must bring a ram to be slaughtered at the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to be an offering in order that he no longer be guilty for his sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_22","004_19_22","LEV","19","22","22","The priest will offer that ram to me in order that the man will be forgiven for the sin that he committed, and I will forgive him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_23","004_19_23","LEV","19","23","23","‘When you enter the land that I have promised to give to you, and when you plant various kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat any of their fruit for three years DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_24","004_19_24","LEV","19","24","24","In the fourth year all of their fruit must be set aside to belong to me; it must be brought to me to be an offering to praise me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_25","004_19_25","LEV","19","25","25","But in the fifth/next year, you will be permitted to eat their fruit. If you do that, your trees will produce much fruit. I, Yahweh your God, am promising that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_26","004_19_26","LEV","19","26","26","‘Do not eat any meat that still has the animal’s blood in it. ‘Do not consult spirits to find out what will happen in the future, and do not practice sorcery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_27","004_19_27","LEV","19","27","27","‘Do not shave the hair at the sides of your heads like pagan people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_28","004_19_28","LEV","19","28","28","‘Do not cut your bodies when you are mourning for people who have died, and do not put tattoos on your bodies. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_29","004_19_29","LEV","19","29","29","‘Do not disgrace your daughters by forcing them to become prostitutes. If you cause them to become prostitutes, soon the land will be filled with prostitutes and all other kinds of people’s wicked behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_30","004_19_30","LEV","19","30","30","‘Honor my Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_31","004_19_31","LEV","19","31","31","‘Do not seek advice from those who ◄consult/talk with► the spirits of dead people DOU, because if you do that, they will defile you. I, Yahweh your God, am the one you should consult. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_32","004_19_32","LEV","19","32","32","‘Stand up when old people enter the room, and show that you respect them, and also revere me, your God; that is what I, Yahweh, am commanding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_33","004_19_33","LEV","19","33","33","‘When foreigners live among you in your land, do not mistreat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_34","004_19_34","LEV","19","34","34","You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt. I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you to do this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_35","004_19_35","LEV","19","35","35","‘When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_36","004_19_36","LEV","19","36","36","use correct measuring sticks and scales and weights on the scales and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, am giving you these laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV19_37","004_19_37","LEV","19","37","37","‘Obey carefully DOU all my laws and decrees, because I, Yahweh, am the one who am commanding them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_1","004_20_1","LEV","20","1","1","Yahweh also said this to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_2","004_20_2","LEV","20","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Any Israeli or any foreigner who is living in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to be an offering to the god Molech must be executed. The people of the town must kill him by throwing stones at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_3","004_20_3","LEV","20","3","3","I will reject IDM such people and command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_4","004_20_4","LEV","20","4","4","If the people of that man’s town ignore it when he kills one of his children to offer him as a sacrifice to Molech, and if they do not execute that person, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_5","004_20_5","LEV","20","5","5","I myself will punish that person and his family, and I will command that he no longer be able to associate with my people. And I will do the same thing to any others who do the same thing that he did to worship Molech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_6","004_20_6","LEV","20","6","6","‘ will reject IDM those who go to those who ◄consult/talk with► the spirits of dead people and fortune-tellers to seek advice from them. I will command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_7","004_20_7","LEV","20","7","7","‘Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, and I want you to be like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_8","004_20_8","LEV","20","8","8","Obey carefully DOU all my laws. I am Yahweh, the one will cause you to be holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_9","004_20_9","LEV","20","9","9","‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_10","004_20_10","LEV","20","10","10","‘If a man commits adultery with some other man’s wife, both of them, the man and the woman, must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_11","004_20_11","LEV","20","11","11","‘If a man has sex with EUP one of his father’s wives, he has disgraced his father. So both that man and that woman must be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_12","004_20_12","LEV","20","12","12","‘If a man has sex with EUP his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. What they have done is very perverse; and they will be responsible for their own deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_13","004_20_13","LEV","20","13","13","‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_14","004_20_14","LEV","20","14","14","‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, that is a wicked thing. All three of them must be burned to death, in order that such a wicked practice will not continue to be done among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_15","004_20_15","LEV","20","15","15","‘If a man has sex with an animal, he must be executed, and you must also kill that animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_16","004_20_16","LEV","20","16","16","‘Similarly, if a woman has sex with an animal, both the woman and that animal must be killed DOU; they are responsible for their own deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_17","004_20_17","LEV","20","17","17","‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his mother or his father, and they have sex together, that is disgraceful. They must not be allowed to continue to associate with my people. And because he has disgraced his sister, he must be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_18","004_20_18","LEV","20","18","18","‘If a man has sex with EUP, DOU a woman during her monthly menstrual period, they have both revealed why she was bleeding, so both of them must not be allowed to associate with my people any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_19","004_20_19","LEV","20","19","19","‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your father or your mother, because that would be disgracing someone who is a close relative. And you and the woman must both be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_20","004_20_20","LEV","20","20","20","‘If a man has sex EUP with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. I will punish both of them by causing them to die without having any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_21","004_20_21","LEV","20","21","21","‘If a man marries his brother’s wife while his brother is still living, that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother; and they both will die without having any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_22","004_20_22","LEV","20","22","22","‘Obey all my laws/decrees DOU carefully, in order that you will not be forced to leave MET the land to which I am bringing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_23","004_20_23","LEV","20","23","23","Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_24","004_20_24","LEV","20","24","24","But I said to you, “You will take their land from them; I will give it to you to be yours, a land that is very fertile IDM. I am Yahweh your God, who has set you apart from the people of other nations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_25","004_20_25","LEV","20","25","25","‘So you must distinguish between birds and animals that are unacceptable to me and those that are acceptable to me. Do not defile yourselves by eating birds or animals, or anything that scurries across the ground, that I have said are unacceptable for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_26","004_20_26","LEV","20","26","26","You must behave in ways that I consider to be holy, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the ungodly people of other nations to belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV20_27","004_20_27","LEV","20","27","27","‘You must execute any man or woman among you who ◄consults/talks with► the spirits of dead people or who is a fortune-teller. Kill them by throwing stones at them; but they will be responsible for their own deaths.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_1","004_21_1","LEV","21","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_2","004_21_2","LEV","21","2","2","‘You priests must not cause yourselves to become unfit to do my work by touching corpses. Priests are permitted to touch only the corpses of close relatives, such as the priest’s mother or father or his son or daughter or his brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_3","004_21_3","LEV","21","3","3","Priests are also permitted to touch the corpse of a sister if she is not married, because she has no husband to bury her body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_4","004_21_4","LEV","21","4","4","Priests must not cause themselves to become unfit to do my work DOU by touching corpses of people who were married to one of their close relatives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_5","004_21_5","LEV","21","5","5","You priests must not shave your heads or shave the edges of your beards or cut your bodies to show that you are mourning for someone who has died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_6","004_21_6","LEV","21","6","6","You must act in ways that I, your God, consider to be holy, and not disgrace my name/reputation. You are the ones who present to me the offerings that are burned. It is as though those offerings are food for me, your God; so you must act in ways that are holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_7","004_21_7","LEV","21","7","7","You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are ◄set apart for me/holy►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_8","004_21_8","LEV","21","8","8","You must consider that you are holy, because you offer food to me, your God. Consider yourselves to be holy because I, Yahweh, the one who caused you to be priests and  the one who enables you to be holy, am holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_9","004_21_9","LEV","21","9","9","If a priest’s daughter disgraces herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; and she must be killed by being burned in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_10","004_21_10","LEV","21","10","10","The Supreme Priest is the one among his relatives who has been appointed for that work by having his head anointed with olive oil. He is also the one who has been appointed to wear the special garments that priests wear. He must not allow the hair on his head to remain uncombed, and he must not tear his clothes when he is mourning for someone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_11","004_21_11","LEV","21","11","11","He must not enter some place where there is a corpse. He must not do that and cause himself to become unfit for his work, even if it is his father or his mother who has died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_12","004_21_12","LEV","21","12","12","He must not leave the Sacred Tent to join those who are mourning, because he would cause himself to become unfit for his work and would also defile/desecrate the Sacred Tent. He must not leave the Sacred Tent at that time, because by being anointed with olive oil he has been ◄appointed/set apart► to serve his God in the Sacred Tent. I, Yahweh, am the one who am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_13","004_21_13","LEV","21","13","13","Women whom you priests marry must be virgins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_14","004_21_14","LEV","21","14","15","You priests must not marry widows or prostitutes or divorced women, because if you did that, if you later have sons, they would not be acceptable to be priests among your people. You must marry only virgins from among your own people. I am Yahweh, who sets priests apart to be holy.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_16","004_21_16","LEV","21","16","16","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_17","004_21_17","LEV","21","17","17","“Say this to Aaron: 'For all future time, none of your descendants who has any defects on his body will be allowed to come near the altar to offer sacrifices to me which will be like MET my food: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_18","004_21_18","LEV","21","18","18","No one who is blind or lame or deformed, or whose face is disfigured, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_19","004_21_19","LEV","21","19","19","no man with a crippled foot or a crippled hand, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_20","004_21_20","LEV","21","20","20","no man who is a hunchback or a dwarf, no man whose eyes are defective, no man who has a skin disease DOU or whose testicles have been damaged is allowed to brings sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_21","004_21_21","LEV","21","21","21","No descendant of Aaron, the first Supreme Priest, who has any defect is allowed to come to the altar to offer to me, his God, sacrifices that will be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_22","004_21_22","LEV","21","22","22","Priests who have defects are permitted to eat the various kinds of holy food offered to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_23","004_21_23","LEV","21","23","23","But because of their defects, they must not go near the curtain in the Sacred Tent or near the altar, because if they did that, they would desecrate my Sacred Tent. I am Yahweh, the one who sets those places apart as being holy.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV21_24","004_21_24","LEV","21","24","24","So Moses/I told this to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_1","004_22_1","LEV","22","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_2","004_22_2","LEV","22","2","2","“Tell Aaron and his sons to greatly respect the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me; by doing that you will respect me MTY, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_3","004_22_3","LEV","22","3","3","“Tell them that for all future time, if any of their descendants comes near to the sacred offerings that the Israeli people dedicate to me while he is unfit to work for me, that person will no longer be allowed to work for me. I, Yahweh, am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_4","004_22_4","LEV","22","4","4","“If any descendant of Aaron has a contagious skin disease or a discharge from his sexual organs, he is not allowed to eat any of the sacred offerings until he is cured. He will also be unfit for his work if he touches anything which has become unacceptable to me because it has touched a corpse, or if he touches anyone who as an emission of semen, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_5","004_22_5","LEV","22","5","5","or if he touches anything that crawls on the ground, or if he touches any person who causes him to be unfit for his work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_6","004_22_6","LEV","22","6","6","Any priest who touches such things must bathe, and he must not touch anyone else until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_7","004_22_7","LEV","22","7","7","After the sun sets, he will be permitted to eat some of the sacred offerings that are for him to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_8","004_22_8","LEV","22","8","8","He must not eat anything that is found dead or that has been killed by wild animals, because if he did that, he would be unfit to work for me. I, Yahweh am commanding those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_9","004_22_9","LEV","22","9","9","“The priests must obey my commandments in order that they will not become guilty and die as a result of ◄despising/not obeying► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_10","004_22_10","LEV","22","10","10","“Anyone who is not a member of a priest’s family is not permitted to eat any of a sacred offering, and no one who is visiting the priest or whom the priest has hired is permitted to eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_11","004_22_11","LEV","22","11","11","But if a priest buys a slave, or if a slave is born in his house, that slave is permitted to eat such food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_12","004_22_12","LEV","22","12","12","If a priest’s daughter marries a man who is not a priest, she no longer is permitted to eat the sacred food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_13","004_22_13","LEV","22","13","13","But if a priest’s daughter who has no children becomes a widow or becomes divorced, if she returns to her father’s house to live there like she did when she was young, she may eat the same food that her father eats. But no other person is permitted to eat any of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_14","004_22_14","LEV","22","14","14","“If anyone who is not permitted to eat a sacred offering eats it without realizing that it is sacred, he must pay the priest for the offering, and pay him an extra one-fifth of its value. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_15","004_22_15","LEV","22","15","15","When the priests bring offerings to me, the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to them, they must not treat those offerings as though they are not sacred ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_16","004_22_16","LEV","22","16","16","by allowing those who are not priests to eat any of those offerings. If they did that, they would become guilty and must make a payment. I am Yahweh, the one who causes those offerings to be sacred.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_17","004_22_17","LEV","22","17","17","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_18","004_22_18","LEV","22","18","18","“Speak to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israeli people and tell them that I command this: ‘If any of you Israelis or foreigners who live in Israel brings to me an animal that will be completely burned on the altar, either as a result of a solemn promise that you made to me or to be an offering that is given voluntarily, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_19","004_22_19","LEV","22","19","19","it must be an animal that has no defects, in order that it will be accepted by me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_20","004_22_20","LEV","22","20","20","Do not bring any animals that have defects, because I will not accept them as an offering from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_21","004_22_21","LEV","22","21","21","Similarly, when someone brings from his cattle or sheep or goats an offering to maintain fellowship with me, either to fulfill a promise that he made to me or to be a voluntary offering, in order that I will accept it, it must have no defects DOU or blemishes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_22","004_22_22","LEV","22","22","22","Do not offer to me animals that are blind or injured or maimed/crippled, or any animal that has warts or a festering sore DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_23","004_22_23","LEV","22","23","23","You may present to me to be a voluntary offering an ox or a sheep that is injured or stunted, but it will not be accepted to fulfill a promise made to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_24","004_22_24","LEV","22","24","24","You must not offer to me animals whose testicles are bruised or crushed or torn or cut. You must not injure the testicles of any animal in your land, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_25","004_22_25","LEV","22","25","25","and you must not accept such animals that are sold/given to you by a foreigner. You must not offer them to me as a sacrifice for me. Such animals will not be accepted by me, because they are deformed or have defects.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_26","004_22_26","LEV","22","26","26","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_27","004_22_27","LEV","22","27","27","“When a calf or lamb or goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. After that, it will be acceptable as an offering to me that will be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_28","004_22_28","LEV","22","28","28","Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its baby on the same day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_29","004_22_29","LEV","22","29","29","“Then you sacrifice an animal to thank me for what I have done, sacrifice it in a way that is acceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_30","004_22_30","LEV","22","30","30","The meat must be eaten on that day; do not leave any of it until the next morning. I, Yahweh, am the one who am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_31","004_22_31","LEV","22","31","31","“Obey all my commands DOU. I, Yahweh, am commanding them; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_32","004_22_32","LEV","22","32","32","do not dishonor me MTY by disobeying them. You Israeli people must acknowledge that I, Yahweh, am holy, and I am the one who causes you to be holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV22_33","004_22_33","LEV","22","33","33","And I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order to show that that I, Yahweh, am and will always be your God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_1","004_23_1","LEV","23","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_2","004_23_2","LEV","23","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people about the festivals that I have chosen, the days when you all must gather together to worship me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_3","004_23_3","LEV","23","3","3","“You may work for six days each week, but on the seventh day you must not do any work. You must rest. It is a sacred/holy day when you must gather together to worship me. Wherever you live, you must rest on that day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_4","004_23_4","LEV","23","4","4","“There are festivals that I have established for you. Those will also be sacred/holy days when you must gather together to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_5","004_23_5","LEV","23","5","5","The first festival is ◄the Passover/when you remember that I spared your ancestors when I killed all the firstborn Egyptian sons►. That festival will begin at twilight/dusk/sunset on the chosen day ◄each spring/in March or April each year►, and end on the following day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_6","004_23_6","LEV","23","6","6","The next day, the Festival of Eating Bread That Has No Yeast will begin. That festival will continue for seven days. During that time, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_7","004_23_7","LEV","23","7","7","On the first day of that festival, you all must stop your regular work and you must gather together to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_8","004_23_8","LEV","23","8","8","On each of the seven days, you must present to me several animals to be an offering/sacrifice to be completely burned on the altar. On the seventh day, you all must again stop your regular work and gather to worship me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_9","004_23_9","LEV","23","9","9","Yahweh also told Moses/me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_10","004_23_10","LEV","23","10","10","to tell the Israeli people about other festivals. He said, “When you arrive in the land which I am giving to you, and you harvest your crops for the first time there, bring to the priest some of the first grain that you harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_11","004_23_11","LEV","23","11","11","On the day after the next Sabbath/rest day, the priest will lift it up high to dedicate it to me, in order that I will accept it as your gift. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_12","004_23_12","LEV","23","12","12","That same day, you must sacrifice to me a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects. You must burn it on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_13","004_23_13","LEV","23","13","13","You must also burn an offering of grain. That offering must consist of ◄three quarts/3.5 liters► of good flour mixed with olive oil. The smell of those things burning will be very pleasing to me. Along with that, you must also offer one quart/liter of wine, which will be a liquid offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_14","004_23_14","LEV","23","14","14","Do not eat any bread or any roasted grain or unroasted grain on that day until after you have brought those offerings to me, your God. You must always obey LIT those commands, wherever you live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_15","004_23_15","LEV","23","15","15","“Seven weeks after the priest offers that grain to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_16","004_23_16","LEV","23","16","16","on the next/50th day after he offers it, each family must bring to me an offering from the new crop of grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_17","004_23_17","LEV","23","17","17","From your homes, bring two loaves of bread to the priest. He will lift them up high to dedicate them as an offering to me. Those loaves must be baked from three quarts/liters of good flour that has yeast mixed with it. That bread will be an offering to me from the first wheat that you harvest each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_18","004_23_18","LEV","23","18","18","Along with this bread, you must present to me seven one-year-old lambs with no defects, one young bull, and two rams. They must all be completely burned on the altar. All those offerings, with the grain offering and the wine offering, will be burned, and the smell of all those things burning will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_19","004_23_19","LEV","23","19","19","Then you must also kill one male goat to be an offering/sacrifice for your sins, and two one-year-old male lambs to be an offering to enable you to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_20","004_23_20","LEV","23","20","20","The priest will lift up these offerings high to dedicate them to me. He will also offer the loaves of bread that were baked from the first wheat that you harvest. Those offerings are sacred to me, but they are for the priests to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_21","004_23_21","LEV","23","21","21","On that day, you must stop your regular work and gather to worship me. You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_22","004_23_22","LEV","23","22","22","“When you harvest the grain in your fields, do not harvest the grain along the edges of the fields, and do not pick up the grain that the harvesters drop. Leave that grain for the poor people and for the foreigners who are living among you. Do not forget that it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those things!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_23","004_23_23","LEV","23","23","23","Yahweh also told Moses/me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_24","004_23_24","LEV","23","24","24","to give these instructions/commands to the Israeli people: “Each year in September, on the day that I have chosen, you all must celebrate it by completely resting. You must not do any work on that day. When the priests blow their trumpets loudly, you all must gather together to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_25","004_23_25","LEV","23","25","25","All of you must not do your regular work on that day. Instead, you must present offerings to me that will be burned on the altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_26","004_23_26","LEV","23","26","26","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_27","004_23_27","LEV","23","27","27","“You must celebrate a day on which you request that I forgive you for the sins that you have committed. That day will be nine days after the festival when the priests blow the trumpets. On that day you must ◄fast/abstain from eating food►. You must gather together to worship me and present offerings to me that will be burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_28","004_23_28","LEV","23","28","28","You must not do any work on that day, because it is the day when the priests will offer sacrifices to me to ◄atone for/ask me to forgive► your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_29","004_23_29","LEV","23","29","29","You must expel from your group anyone who does not ◄fast/abstain from eating food► on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_30","004_23_30","LEV","23","30","30","I will get rid of anyone who does any kind of work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_31","004_23_31","LEV","23","31","31","You must not work at all! You must always obey those instructions/commands, and you must obey them wherever you live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_32","004_23_32","LEV","23","32","32","That day will be a day of complete rest for all of you, and on that day you must ◄fast/abstain from eating food► to show that you are sorry for having sinned. That day of rest and ◄fasting/abstaining from eating food► will begin on the evening before the day in which you ask me to forgive you for your sins, and it will end on the evening of the following day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_33","004_23_33","LEV","23","33","33","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_34","004_23_34","LEV","23","34","34","“Tell the Israeli people that each year they must also celebrate a festival of living in temporary shelters. That festival will begin five days after the day in which they request me to forgive them for their sins. It will last for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_35","004_23_35","LEV","23","35","35","On the first day of that festival, the people must gather together to worship me, and they must not do any regular work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_36","004_23_36","LEV","23","36","36","On each of the seven days of the festival, they must present to me an offering of animals that will be burned on the altar. On the next day, they must gather again to worship me and present to me another animal that will be burned on the altar. That also will be a sacred gathering, and they must not work on that day, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_37","004_23_37","LEV","23","37","37","“To summarize, those are the festivals that I have appointed. Celebrate those sacred festivals by gathering together to present to me all the various offerings that will be burned on the altar—animals that will be burned completely, and offerings of grain, and offerings to enable the Israeli people to maintain fellowship with me, and offerings of wine. Each offering must be brought on the day that I have indicated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_38","004_23_38","LEV","23","38","38","◄Those festivals must be celebrated/You must celebrate those festivals► in addition to worshiping on the ◄Sabbath days/days of rest►. And all those offerings must be given in addition to the offerings that people personally decide to give, and in addition to the offerings that people make to accompany the solemn promises that they have made, or offerings that people make ◄voluntarily/because they themselves want to►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_39","004_23_39","LEV","23","39","39","“Returning to my instructions about the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, you must celebrate this festival after you have harvested all the crops. On the first day and on the last day of that festival, you must rest completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_40","004_23_40","LEV","23","40","40","But on the first day, you are permitted to pick fruit from trees. Cut palm fronds/branches and other leafy branches from trees or from bushes that grow by the streams, and make shelters/huts to live in for that week. Then rejoice in my presence for those seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_41","004_23_41","LEV","23","41","41","You must celebrate this festival for seven days every year. You must never stop obeying my commands/instructions for that festival. You must celebrate it in September. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_42","004_23_42","LEV","23","42","42","During the seven days of that festival, all of you people who have been Israelis your entire lives must live in shelters/huts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_43","004_23_43","LEV","23","43","43","That will remind your descendants that their ancestors lived in shelters for many years after I rescued them from Egypt. Do not forget that I, Yahweh your God, am the one who is commanding this.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV23_44","004_23_44","LEV","23","44","44","So Moses/I gave to the Israeli people all those instructions concerning the festivals that Yahweh wanted them to celebrate each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_1","004_24_1","LEV","24","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_2","004_24_2","LEV","24","2","2","“Command the Israeli people to continually bring to you clear oil made from pressed olives to burn in the lamps in the Sacred Tent, in order that those lamps will burn all the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_3","004_24_3","LEV","24","3","3","Outside the curtain of the Very Holy Place, Aaron must take care of the lamps in my presence continually, in order that they will burn all during the night. That regulation must be obeyed forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_4","004_24_4","LEV","24","4","4","Those lampstands that burn in my presence must be taken care of continually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_5","004_24_5","LEV","24","5","5","“Also, each week you must take some fine flour and bake twelve very big loaves of bread, using about four quarts/liters of flour for each loaf. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_6","004_24_6","LEV","24","6","6","Put the loaves in two rows, with six loaves in each row, on the table covered with pure gold, in my presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_7","004_24_7","LEV","24","7","7","Along each row, place in some gold cups some pure incense to be burned to be an offering to me instead of the bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_8","004_24_8","LEV","24","8","8","New/Fresh loaves of bread must be put on the table each Sabbath day, to signify the agreement that will never end, that I have made with you Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_9","004_24_9","LEV","24","9","9","The bread that is taken off the table belongs to Aaron and his sons. They must eat it in a holy place, because it is a very holy part of the offerings that are given to me by being burned.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_10","004_24_10","LEV","24","10","11","There was a man whose mother’s name was Shelomith; she was an Israeli whose father was Dibri from the tribe of Dan. And that man’s father was from Egypt. One day that man and another Israeli man started to fight inside the camp. And while they were fighting, that man cursed Yahweh MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_12","004_24_12","LEV","24","12","12","So the Israeli people seized him and guarded him until they could find out what Yahweh would reveal to them that they should do to that man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_13","004_24_13","LEV","24","13","13","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_14","004_24_14","LEV","24","14","14","“Tie up and take outside the camp the man who has cursed me. There all those who heard what he said must put their hands on his head to indicate that he is guilty, and then all the people must kill him by throwing stones at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_15","004_24_15","LEV","24","15","15","Tell the Israelis, ‘If anyone curses me, he must ◄endure the consequences/be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_16","004_24_16","LEV","24","16","16","So anyone who curses me MTY must be executed. All the people must throw stones at him. It does not matter if he is a foreigner or an Israeli citizen; anyone who curses me must be executed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_17","004_24_17","LEV","24","17","17","“Also, If anyone murders another person, he must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_18","004_24_18","LEV","24","18","18","And anyone who kills another person’s animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_19","004_24_19","LEV","24","19","19","And if one person injures another person, the injured person is allowed to injure the person who injured him in the same way: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_20","004_24_20","LEV","24","20","20","If someone breaks one of another person’s bones, that person is allowed to break one of the bones of the person who injured him. If someone gouges out an eye of another person, that person is allowed to gouge out the eye of the person who injured him. If someone knocks out the tooth of another person, that person is allowed to knock out one of his teeth. What is done to the offender must be the same as what he did to the other person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_21","004_24_21","LEV","24","21","21","Whoever kills another person’s animal must give that person a live animal to replace the one that he killed, but anyone who murders another person must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_22","004_24_22","LEV","24","22","22","That law applies to you Israelis and and also to the foreigners who live among you; I, Yahweh your God am the one who has commanded it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV24_23","004_24_23","LEV","24","23","23","Then Moses/I told the Israelis what they must do to the man who cursed Yahweh, so they took the man outside the camp and killed him by throwing stones at him. They did what Yahweh commanded Moses/me to tell them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_1","004_25_1","LEV","25","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_2","004_25_2","LEV","25","2","2","“Tell the Israelis that I, Yahweh, say this: When you enter the land that I am about to give you, every seventh year you must honor me by not planting any seeds. You will be allowing the ground to rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_3","004_25_3","LEV","25","3","3","For six years you are to plant seeds in your fields and prune your grapevines and harvest the crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_4","004_25_4","LEV","25","4","4","But the seventh/next year you must dedicate to me, and allow your fields to rest. Do not plant seeds in your fields or prune your grapevines during that year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_5","004_25_5","LEV","25","5","5","Do not reap the grain that grows in your fields without having been planted, or harvest the grapes that grow without the vines being pruned; you must allow the land to rest for that one year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_6","004_25_6","LEV","25","6","6","But you are permitted to eat whatever crops grow by themselves during that year without having been planted. You and your male and female servants, and workers whom you have hired, and people who are living among you temporarily are permitted to eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_7","004_25_7","LEV","25","7","7","Also, during that year your livestock and the wild animals in your land are permitted to eat it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_8","004_25_8","LEV","25","8","9","‘Also, after every 49 years has ended, you must do this: ◄On the tenth day of the seventh month/At the end of September► of the next/50th year, blow trumpets throughout the country, to declare that it will be a day on which you request that I forgive you for the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_10","004_25_10","LEV","25","10","10","Set apart that year, and proclaim that throughout the country, it will be a year of restoring the land and freeing people: All the people who sold their property will receive back the property that they previously owned, and slaves must be ◄freed/allowed to return to their property and their families►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_11","004_25_11","LEV","25","11","11","That year will be a Year of Celebration; during that year do not plant anything, and do not harvest in the usual way the grain/wheat that grows without having been planted, or the grapes that grow without the vines being pruned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_12","004_25_12","LEV","25","12","12","It will be a Year of Celebration, so eat only what grows in the fields ◄by itself/without any work being done to produce anything►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_13","004_25_13","LEV","25","13","13","‘In that Year of Celebration, everyone must return to their own property. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_14","004_25_14","LEV","25","14","14","‘If you sell some of your land to a fellow Israeli or if you buy some land from one of them, you must treat that person fairly: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_15","004_25_15","LEV","25","15","15","If you buy land, the price that you will pay will depend on the number of years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. If someone sells land to you, he will charge a price that is determined by the number of years until the next Year of Celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_16","004_25_16","LEV","25","16","16","If there will be many years before the next Year of Celebration, the price will be higher; if there will be only a few years until the next Year of Celebration, the price will be lower. You could say that what he is really selling you is the number of crops which you can harvest before the next Year of Celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_17","004_25_17","LEV","25","17","17","Do not cheat each other; instead, revere me. I, Yahweh your God, am the one who am commanding this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_18","004_25_18","LEV","25","18","18","‘Obey all my laws DOU carefully. If you do that, you will continue to live safely in your country DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_19","004_25_19","LEV","25","19","19","And crops will grow well on the land, and you will have plenty to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_20","004_25_20","LEV","25","20","20","But you may ask, “If we do not plant or harvest our crops during the seventh year, what will we have to eat?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_21","004_25_21","LEV","25","21","21","My answer is that I will bless you very much during the sixth/previous year, with the result that during that year there will be enough crops to provide food for you for three years! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_22","004_25_22","LEV","25","22","22","Then, after you plant seed during the eighth/next year and wait for the crops to grow, you will eat the food grown in the sixth year, and continue to eat it until more food is harvested in the ninth year! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_23","004_25_23","LEV","25","23","23","‘You must not sell any of your land to belong to someone else permanently, because the land is not yours, it; is really mine, and you are only living on it temporarily and ◄farming/taking care of► it for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_24","004_25_24","LEV","25","24","24","Throughout the country that you will possess, you must remember that if someone sells some of his land to you, he is permitted to buy it back from you if he wants to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_25","004_25_25","LEV","25","25","25","‘So, if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells some of his property to obtain some money, the person who is most closely related to him is permitted to come and buy that land for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_26","004_25_26","LEV","25","26","26","However, if a man has no one to buy the land for him, and he himself prospers again and saves enough money to buy that land back, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_27","004_25_27","LEV","25","27","27","he must calculate how many years there will be until the next Year of Celebration. Then he must pay to the man who bought the land the money that he would have earned by continuing to grow crops on that land for those years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_28","004_25_28","LEV","25","28","28","But if the original owner does not have any money to buy the land that he sold, it will continue to belong to the man who bought it, until the next Year of Celebration. In that year it must be returned to its original owner, and he will be able to live on it again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_29","004_25_29","LEV","25","29","29","‘If someone who lives in a city that has a wall around it sells a house there, during the next year he will be permitted to buy it from the man who bought it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_30","004_25_30","LEV","25","30","30","If he does not buy it during that year, it will belong permanently to the man who bought it and to his descendants. It must not be returned to the original owner in the Year of Celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_31","004_25_31","LEV","25","31","31","But houses that are in villages that do not have walls around them are considered to be as though they are in a field. So if someone sells one of those houses, he is permitted to buy it back at any time. And if he does not buy it, it must be returned to him in the Year of Celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_32","004_25_32","LEV","25","32","32","‘If any descendants of Levi sell their houses in the towns in which they live, they are permitted to buy them back at any time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_33","004_25_33","LEV","25","33","33","And because the houses in their towns are on land that was given to them by other Israelis, that land will become theirs again in the Year of Celebration if they do not buy it back before then. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_34","004_25_34","LEV","25","34","34","But the pastureland near their towns must not be sold. It must belong to the original owners permanently/forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_35","004_25_35","LEV","25","35","35","‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and is unable to buy what he needs IDM, others of you must help him like you would help a foreigner who is living among you DOU temporarily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_36","004_25_36","LEV","25","36","36","If you lend money to him, do not charge any kind of interest DOU. Instead, show by what you do that you revere me, your God, and help that man, in order that he will be able to continue to live among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_37","004_25_37","LEV","25","37","37","If you lend him money, do not charge interest; and if you sell food to him, charge him only what you paid for it; do not get a profit from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_38","004_25_38","LEV","25","38","38","Do not forget that I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of Egypt to be your God and to give you the land of Canaan, and I did not charge you for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_39","004_25_39","LEV","25","39","39","‘If one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to you, do not force him to work like a slave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_40","004_25_40","LEV","25","40","40","Treat him like you treat workers that you hire or like someone who is living on your land temporarily. But he must work for you only until the Year of Celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_41","004_25_41","LEV","25","41","41","During that year, you must free him, and he will go back to his family and to the property that his ancestors owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_42","004_25_42","LEV","25","42","42","It is as though you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I freed from being slaves in Egypt. So none of you should be sold to become slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_43","004_25_43","LEV","25","43","43","And do not treat the Israelis whom you buy cruelly; instead, revere me, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_44","004_25_44","LEV","25","44","44","‘If you want to have slaves, you are permitted to buy them from nearby countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_45","004_25_45","LEV","25","45","45","You are also permitted to buy some of the foreigners who are living among you, and members of their clans that were born in your country. Then you will own them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_46","004_25_46","LEV","25","46","46","They will be your slaves for the remaining years of your life, and after you die, it is permitted for your children to own them. But you must not act in brutal ways toward your fellow Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_47","004_25_47","LEV","25","47","47","‘If a foreigner who is living among you DOU becomes rich, and if one of your fellow Israelis becomes poor and sells himself to that foreigner or to a member of his clan/family, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_48","004_25_48","LEV","25","48","48","it is permitted for someone to pay for him to be freed. It is permitted for one of his relatives to pay for him to be released: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_49","004_25_49","LEV","25","49","49","An uncle or a cousin or another relative in his clan may pay for him to be released. Or, if he prospers and gets enough money, he is permitted to pay for his own release. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_50","004_25_50","LEV","25","50","50","The man who wants to pay for his own release must count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration. The price he pays to the man who bought him will depend on the pay that would be given to a hired worker for that number of years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_51","004_25_51","LEV","25","51","51","If there are a lot of years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay for his release a larger amount of the money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_52","004_25_52","LEV","25","52","52","If there are only a few years that remain until the Year of Celebration, he must pay a smaller amount to be released. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_53","004_25_53","LEV","25","53","53","During the years that he is working for the man who bought him, the man who bought him must treat him like he would treat a hired worker, and all of you must make sure that his owner does not treat him cruelly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_54","004_25_54","LEV","25","54","54","‘And even if a fellow Israeli who has sold himself to a rich man is not able to pay for himself to be freed by any of these ways, he and his children must be freed in the Year of Celebration, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV25_55","004_25_55","LEV","25","55","55","because it is as though you Israelis are my slaves/servants, whom I, Yahweh your God, freed from being slaves in Egypt.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_1","004_26_1","LEV","26","1","1","Yahweh also said this to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain: “Do not make idols or set up statues of false gods or sacred stones to worship other gods. And do not put on your property a stone that has been shaped to resemble a false god and bow down to worship it. You must worship only me, Yahweh, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_2","004_26_2","LEV","26","2","2","“Honor the Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_3","004_26_3","LEV","26","3","3","“If you carefully obey all my commands DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_4","004_26_4","LEV","26","4","4","I will send rain for you at the proper/right times, in order that crops will grow on your land and there will be plenty of fruit on your trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_5","004_26_5","LEV","26","5","5","You will continue harvesting and threshing grain until it is time to harvest grapes, and you will continue to harvest grapes until it is time to start planting things in the following year. And you will have all the food that you want to eat, and you will live safely in your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_6","004_26_6","LEV","26","6","6","“If you obey all my laws, there will be peace in your country, and when you lie down to sleep, nothing will cause you to be afraid. I will get rid of the dangerous animals in your country, and there will no wars MTY in your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_7","004_26_7","LEV","26","7","7","You will pursue your enemies and kill them with your swords: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_8","004_26_8","LEV","26","8","8","Five of you will pursue 100 of them, and 100 of you will pursue 1,000 of them and kill them with your swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_9","004_26_9","LEV","26","9","9","“If you obey all my laws, I will bless you and cause you to have many children DOU. And I will do what I said that I would do in the agreement that I made with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_10","004_26_10","LEV","26","10","10","When you are still eating food from the harvest from the previous year, it will be necessary for you to throw away some of it to make space for the new harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_11","004_26_11","LEV","26","11","11","I will live among you in my Sacred Tent, and I will never reject you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_12","004_26_12","LEV","26","12","12","I will walk among you and continue to be your God, and you will continue to be my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_13","004_26_13","LEV","26","13","13","I am Yahweh your God, the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you would no longer be slaves of the people of Egypt. When you were there, you were treated as though you were animals that worked for the people of Egypt, but MET I broke the bars of the ◄yokes/frames that were put around your necks► and enabled you to walk with your heads up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_14","004_26_14","LEV","26","14","14","“But if you will not heed me and obey all these commands, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_15","004_26_15","LEV","26","15","15","and if you reject DOU my decrees and laws, and do not do DOU what I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_16","004_26_16","LEV","26","16","16","these are the things that I will do to you: I will suddenly cause there to be disasters that will ruin you. You will have diseases that cannot be cured, and fevers that will cause you to become blind and will slowly kill you. It will be useless for you to plant seeds, because your enemies will eat the crops that grow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_17","004_26_17","LEV","26","17","17","I will reject/abandon you IDM, with the result that you will be defeated by your enemies. Then those who hate you will rule you, and you will be so terrified that you will run away even when no one is pursuing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_18","004_26_18","LEV","26","18","18","“If you still will not heed me after all those things happen to you, I will continue to punish you again and again for the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_19","004_26_19","LEV","26","19","19","I will cause you to no longer be stubborn and proud; I will cause no rain to fall; it will be as though MET the sky is made of iron; and the ground will be as hard as brass MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_20","004_26_20","LEV","26","20","20","You will uselessly work very hard to plant seeds, because crops will not grow in the hard soil in your fields, and fruit will not grow on your trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_21","004_26_21","LEV","26","21","21","“If you continue to oppose me and refuse to heed me, I will cause you to experience disasters again and again, like you deserve to experience because of your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_22","004_26_22","LEV","26","22","22","I will send wild animals to attack you, and they will kill your little children and destroy your cattle. There will be very few of you who will remain alive, with the result that there will be very few HYP people walking on the roads in your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_23","004_26_23","LEV","26","23","23","“When you experience those things that I do to punish you, if you still do not pay attention to me, and if you continue to oppose me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_24","004_26_24","LEV","26","24","24","I myself will oppose you, and I will punish you for your sins again and again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_25","004_26_25","LEV","26","25","25","I will send foreign armies MTY to punish you for not doing the things that I commanded you to do in the agreement that I made with you. If you try to escape from your enemies by shutting yourselves in your cities that have walls around them, I will cause you to experience plagues, and I will allow your enemies to capture IDM you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_26","004_26_26","LEV","26","26","26","When I cut off your food supply, there will be very little flour with which to make bread. As a result, ten women will be able to bake all their bread in only one oven. When the bread is baked, each woman will divide it among the members of her family, but there will be very little for each one, and when they have eaten all of it, they will still be hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_27","004_26_27","LEV","26","27","27","“After all those things happen, if you still do not heed me, if you still oppose me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_28","004_26_28","LEV","26","28","28","I will be very angry with you, and I will oppose you, and I myself will punish you for your sins again and again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_29","004_26_29","LEV","26","29","29","You will be extremely hungry, with the result that you will kill your sons and daughters and eat their flesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_30","004_26_30","LEV","26","30","30","I will cause the shrines where you worship idols on hilltops to be destroyed. I will smash the altars where you burn incense to worship your gods, and I will cause your corpses to be piled on the lifeless statues of your gods. And I will detest you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_31","004_26_31","LEV","26","31","31","I will cause your cities to become heaps of ruins, and I will cause the buildings that are dedicated to the worship of your gods to be smashed. And I will not be pleased at all with the aroma of your offerings that are burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_32","004_26_32","LEV","26","32","32","I will completely ruin your country, with the result that even your enemies who capture it will be shocked/appalled when they see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_33","004_26_33","LEV","26","33","33","I will enable your enemies to kill you with their swords, and I will cause the rest of you to be scattered among other nations. Your country will be ruined and your cities will become ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_34","004_26_34","LEV","26","34","34","After that happens, as long as you are living in your enemies’ countries, your land will be allowed to rest, like you should have allowed it to rest every seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_35","004_26_35","LEV","26","35","35","All the time that your land is desolate, it will be able to rest, like you did not enable it to rest during all the years that you lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_36","004_26_36","LEV","26","36","36","“As for you people who will remain alive in the countries to which your enemies will have taken you, I will cause you to become so afraid that when you hear the sound of leaves being blown by the wind, you will run away. You will run like SIM you are running from a man carrying a sword, and you will fall down, even though no one is pursuing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_37","004_26_37","LEV","26","37","37","You will stumble over each other. So you will not be able to stand and fight your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_38","004_26_38","LEV","26","38","38","Many of you will die in the countries that belong to your enemies DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_39","004_26_39","LEV","26","39","39","And those of you who remain alive will slowly die and rot in the countries of your enemies because of your sins and because of the sins of your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_40","004_26_40","LEV","26","40","41","“But your descendants must confess their sins and the sins that their ancestors committed. Their ancestors acted unfaithfully toward me and were hostile to me, with the result that I forced them to go to the countries that belonged to their enemies. But when your descendants humble themselves SYN and stop being very stubborn IDM and accept being punished for their sins, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_42","004_26_42","LEV","26","42","42","I will remember the agreement that I made with your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and what I promised them about  this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_43","004_26_43","LEV","26","43","43","But before that happens, you will be forced to leave your land, with the result that the land will be able to rest while it is desolate and while the people are being punished for rejecting my laws and hating my decrees DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_44","004_26_44","LEV","26","44","44","But when that happens, I will still not reject them or hate them and destroy them completely. I will not cancel the agreement that I made with them; for I am still Yahweh their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_45","004_26_45","LEV","26","45","45","I will ◄remember/never forget► the agreement that I made with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, in order that the people of all nations will know that I, Yahweh, will continue to be your God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV26_46","004_26_46","LEV","26","46","46","Those are the decrees, the laws, and the regulations DOU that Yahweh established on Sinai Mountain between himself and the Israeli people by giving them to Moses/me to tell to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_1","004_27_1","LEV","27","1","1","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_2","004_27_2","LEV","27","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people that this is what I am saying to them: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to work solely for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying to the priest a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_3","004_27_3","LEV","27","3","3","These are the amounts that must be paid: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_4","004_27_4","LEV","27","4","4","30 pieces of silver for adult women who are between 20 and 60 years old, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_5","004_27_5","LEV","27","5","5","20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_6","004_27_6","LEV","27","6","6","five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_7","004_27_7","LEV","27","7","7","15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_8","004_27_8","LEV","27","8","8","‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price for freeing him to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_9","004_27_9","LEV","27","9","9","‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred and belongs to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_10","004_27_10","LEV","27","10","10","The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_11","004_27_11","LEV","27","11","11","If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_12","004_27_12","LEV","27","12","12","The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_13","004_27_13","LEV","27","13","13","If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay to the priest that price plus an additional 20 percent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_14","004_27_14","LEV","27","14","14","‘Similarly, if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value and that is the price that the priest must pay for it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_15","004_27_15","LEV","27","15","15","If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_16","004_27_16","LEV","27","16","16","‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_17","004_27_17","LEV","27","17","17","If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_18","004_27_18","LEV","27","18","18","But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower than the full price. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_19","004_27_19","LEV","27","19","19","If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay to the priest the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_20","004_27_20","LEV","27","20","20","However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_21","004_27_21","LEV","27","21","21","In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_22","004_27_22","LEV","27","22","22","‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_23","004_27_23","LEV","27","23","23","the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, and then that land will belong to that man again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_24","004_27_24","LEV","27","24","24","But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_25","004_27_25","LEV","27","25","25","All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_26","004_27_26","LEV","27","26","26","‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_27","004_27_27","LEV","27","27","27","If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_28","004_27_28","LEV","27","28","28","‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me and no price has been paid for it. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_29","004_27_29","LEV","27","29","29","‘No person who has done something that I consider to be very wicked is permitted to be freed from being punished; that person must surely be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_30","004_27_30","LEV","27","30","30","‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_31","004_27_31","LEV","27","31","31","If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay to the priest what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_32","004_27_32","LEV","27","32","32","One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals MTY to decide which ones he will give to me, he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_33","004_27_33","LEV","27","33","33","When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LV27_34","004_27_34","LEV","27","34","34","Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain to tell to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_1","005_1_1","NUM","1","1","1","In April of the year after the Israeli people left Egypt, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me while he/I was in the Sacred Tent, in the Sinai Desert. Yahweh said to him/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_2","005_1_2","NUM","1","2","3","“I want you and Aaron to determine how many Israeli men are able to fight in battles. Write down the names of all the men who are at least 20 years old, and write down the names of their clans and families. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_4","005_1_4","NUM","1","4","4","I have chosen one man from each of the tribes to help you to do this. Each one will be a leader of his clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_5","005_1_5","NUM","1","5","15","Their names are: Elizur, the son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben; Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, from the tribe of Simeon; Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah; Nethanel, the son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar; Eliab, the son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun; Elishama, the son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Ephraim; Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh; Abidan, the son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin; Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan; Pagiel, the son of Ocran, from the tribe of Asher; Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad; Ahira, the son of Enan, from the tribe of Naphtali.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_16","005_1_16","NUM","1","16","16","Those were the men whom Yahweh chose from the people. They were leaders of their tribes. They were the chief men of the clans of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_17","005_1_17","NUM","1","17","17","Aaron and Moses/I summoned all these leaders, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_18","005_1_18","NUM","1","18","18","and they gathered all of the people together on that same day. They listed/wrote down the names of all the men who were at least 20 years old, and with their names they wrote the names of their clans and their family groups ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_19","005_1_19","NUM","1","19","19","just as Moses/I had commanded. They wrote the names while ◄the Israelis/we► were there in the Sinai Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_20","005_1_20","NUM","1","20","43","This is a list of the number of men who were at least 20 years old and able to fight in battles, and the names of their tribes: There were 46,500 men from the tribe of Reuben (who was Jacob’s oldest son); there were 59,300 men from the tribe of Simeon; there were 45,560 men from the tribe of Gad; there were 74,600 men from the tribe of Judah; there were 54,400 men from the tribe of Issachar; there were 57,400 men from the tribe of Zebulun; there were 40,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim; there were 32,200 men from the tribe of Manasseh; there were 35,400 men from the tribe of Benjamin; there were 62,700 men from the tribe of Dan; there were 41,500 men from the tribe of Asher; there were 53,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_44","005_1_44","NUM","1","44","45","That was the number of men from each tribe that Aaron and Moses/I and the twelve leaders of the tribes of Israel listed, along with the names of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_46","005_1_46","NUM","1","46","46","The total was 603,550 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_47","005_1_47","NUM","1","47","47","But this number did not include the names of the men of the tribe of Levi, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_48","005_1_48","NUM","1","48","48","because Yahweh had said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_49","005_1_49","NUM","1","49","49","“When you ◄count/write the names of► the men of the tribes of Israel, do not count the men in the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_50","005_1_50","NUM","1","50","50","Appoint the male descendants of Levi to take care of the Sacred Tent and the chest inside it that contains the tablets on which are written the Ten Commandments. They must also take care of the other things that are inside the tent. When you travel, they are the ones who must carry the tent and all the things that are inside it, and they must take care of it and set up their tents around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_51","005_1_51","NUM","1","51","51","Whenever it is time for all of you to move to another location, the descendants of Levi are the ones who must dismantle the tent. And when it is time to stop traveling, they are the ones who must set up the Sacred Tent again. Any other person who goes near the Sacred Tent to do this work must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_52","005_1_52","NUM","1","52","52","The people of each Israeli tribe must set up their tents in their own area, and they must set up a flag/banner that represents their tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_53","005_1_53","NUM","1","53","53","But the male descendants of Levi must set up their tents around the Sacred Tent, in order to protect the other Israeli people from being punished MTY by Yahweh for coming close to the Sacred Tent. The descendants of Levi are the ones who must stand around the Sacred Tent to guard it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU1_54","005_1_54","NUM","1","54","54","So the Israeli people did everything just like Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_1","005_2_1","NUM","2","1","1","Then Yahweh said this to Aaron and Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_2","005_2_2","NUM","2","2","2","“When the Israelis set up their tents, they should set them up in areas that surround the Sacred Tent, but not close to it. The people of each tribe must set up their tents in a different area. Each tribe must erect in that area a banner of their own clan and a flag that represents their tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_3","005_2_3","NUM","2","3","4","The people of the tribes of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun must set up their tents on the east side of the Sacred Tent, close to their tribal flags. These are the names of the leaders of those tribes and the number of soldiers whom they will lead: Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, will be the leader of the 74,600 men of the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_5","005_2_5","NUM","2","5","6","Nethanel, the son of Zuar, will be the leader of the 54,500 men of the tribe of Issachar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_7","005_2_7","NUM","2","7","8","Eliab, the son of Helon, will be the leader of the 57,400 men of the tribe of Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_9","005_2_9","NUM","2","9","9","So there will be 86,400 troops on the east side of the Sacred Tent. Whenever the Israelis move to a new location, those three tribes must go in front of the others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_10","005_2_10","NUM","2","10","11","The tribes of Reuben, Simeon, and Gad must set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent, close to their tribal flags. These are the names of the leaders of those tribes and the number of men whom they will lead: Elizur, the son of Shedeur, will be the leader of the 46,500 men of the tribe of Reuben. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_12","005_2_12","NUM","2","12","13","Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, will be the leader of the 59,300 men of the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_14","005_2_14","NUM","2","14","15","Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, will be the leader of the 45,650 men of the tribe of Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_16","005_2_16","NUM","2","16","16","So there will be 151,450 troops on the south side of the Sacred Tent. Those three tribes will follow the first group when the Israelis travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_17","005_2_17","NUM","2","17","17","Behind that group will walk the descendants of Levi, who will carry the Sacred Tent. The Israelis will march in the same order that they always set up their tents. Each tribe will carry its own flag. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_18","005_2_18","NUM","2","18","19","The tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin must set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent, close to their tribal flags. These are the names of the leaders of those tribes and number of men whom they will lead: Elishama, the son of Ammihud, will be the leader of the 40,500 men of the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_20","005_2_20","NUM","2","20","21","Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, will be the leader of the 32,200 men of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_22","005_2_22","NUM","2","22","23","Abidan, the son of Gideoni, will be the leader of the 35,400 men of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_24","005_2_24","NUM","2","24","24","So there will be 108,100 troops on the west side of the Sacred Tent. Those three tribes will follow the second group, behind the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_25","005_2_25","NUM","2","25","26","The tribes of Dan, Asher, and Naphtali must set up their tents on the north side of the Sacred Tent, close to their tribal flags. These are the names of the leaders of those tribes and the number of men whom they will lead: Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, will be the leader of the 62,700 men of the tribe of Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_27","005_2_27","NUM","2","27","28","Pagiel, the son of Ocran, will be the leader of the 41,500 men of the tribe of Asher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_29","005_2_29","NUM","2","29","30","Ahira, the son of Enan, will be the leader of the 53,400 men of the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_31","005_2_31","NUM","2","31","31","So there will be 157,600 troops on the north side of the Sacred Tent. Those three tribes will be last. They must carry their own flags when the Israelis travel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_32","005_2_32","NUM","2","32","32","So there were 603,550 Israeli men who were able to fight who were listed according to their families’ ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_33","005_2_33","NUM","2","33","33","But just as Yahweh had commanded, the names of the descendants of Levi were not included. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU2_34","005_2_34","NUM","2","34","34","The Israelis did everything that Yahweh had told Moses/me. They set up their tents close to their tribal flags, and when they traveled to a new location, they walked with their own clans and family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_1","005_3_1","NUM","3","1","1","These are some of the things that happened to Aaron and Moses/me when Yahweh spoke to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_2","005_3_2","NUM","3","2","2","Aaron’s four sons were Nadab the oldest, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_3","005_3_3","NUM","3","3","3","They were appointed MTY (OR, Moses/I appointed them) to be priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_4","005_3_4","NUM","3","4","4","But, while Yahweh was watching, Nadab and Abihu died in the Sinai Desert because they burned incense in a manner that was different from what Yahweh had commanded. They had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar were the only sons of Aaron who were left to be priests, along with their father Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_5","005_3_5","NUM","3","5","5","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_6","005_3_6","NUM","3","6","6","“Bring the men of the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron, in order that they may assist him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_7","005_3_7","NUM","3","7","7","They will serve Aaron and all the other Israeli people, while they do their work inside the Sacred Tent and outside it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_8","005_3_8","NUM","3","8","8","They must serve all the Israeli people by taking care of all the things that are inside the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_9","005_3_9","NUM","3","9","9","Appoint them to help Aaron and his two sons. I have chosen them from all the Israeli people to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_10","005_3_10","NUM","3","10","10","Appoint Aaron and his two sons to do the work that priests do. But anyone else who comes close to the Sacred Tent to do that work must be executed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_11","005_3_11","NUM","3","11","11","Yahweh also told Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_12","005_3_12","NUM","3","12","12","“Note that from all the Israelis, I have chosen the men of the tribe of Levi to take the places of all the firstborn sons of the Israeli people. The male descendants of Levi belong to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_13","005_3_13","NUM","3","13","13","because truly all the firstborn males belong to me. That is because on the day that I killed all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt, I spared all the firstborn sons of the Israelis and set them apart for myself. I also set apart the firstborn males of your domestic animals. They belong to me, Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_14","005_3_14","NUM","3","14","14","Yahweh spoke to Moses/me again in the Sinai Desert. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_15","005_3_15","NUM","3","15","15","“Count the male members of the tribe of Levi. Write down their names and the names of their clans and family groups. Count all the males who are at least one month old.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_16","005_3_16","NUM","3","16","16","So Moses/I counted them, just as Yahweh commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_17","005_3_17","NUM","3","17","17","Levi had three sons, whose names were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_18","005_3_18","NUM","3","18","18","Gershon had two sons: Libni and Shimei. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_19","005_3_19","NUM","3","19","19","Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those four sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_20","005_3_20","NUM","3","20","20","Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The clans that were descended from them had the same names as those two sons. Those are the clans that were descended from Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_21","005_3_21","NUM","3","21","21","The two clans descended from Gershon are those that were descended from his sons Libni and Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_22","005_3_22","NUM","3","22","22","In those two clans there were 7,500 males who were at least one month old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_23","005_3_23","NUM","3","23","23","They were told to set up their tents on the west side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_24","005_3_24","NUM","3","24","24","The leader of those two clans was Eliasaph, the son of Lael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_25","005_3_25","NUM","3","25","25","Their work was to take care of the Sacred Tent, including the coverings of the tent, the curtain at the entrance of the tent, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_26","005_3_26","NUM","3","26","26","the ◄curtains/large pieces of cloth► that formed the walls around the courtyard that is around the tent and around the altar, the curtains that were at the entrance of the courtyard, and the ropes for fastening the tent. They also did all the work of taking care of the things outside the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_27","005_3_27","NUM","3","27","27","The clans that were descended from Kohath were those descended from his four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_28","005_3_28","NUM","3","28","28","In those four clans there were 8,600 males who were at least one month old. The work of the men of the clans was to take care of the things that are inside the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_29","005_3_29","NUM","3","29","29","They set up their tents on the south side of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_30","005_3_30","NUM","3","30","30","The leader of those four clans was Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_31","005_3_31","NUM","3","31","31","The work of the men of those clans was to take care of the sacred chest, the table on which the priest put the sacred bread, the lampstand, the altars, all the items that the priest used in the Sacred Tent, and the curtain that is inside the tent. Their work was also to take care of the things inside the tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_32","005_3_32","NUM","3","32","32","Aaron’s son Eleazar was the leader of all the male descendants of Levi. He supervised all the work that was done at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_33","005_3_33","NUM","3","33","33","The clans that were descended from Merari were those descended from his sons Mahli and Mushi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_34","005_3_34","NUM","3","34","34","In those two clans there were 6,200 males who were at least one month old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_35","005_3_35","NUM","3","35","35","They were told to set up their tents on the north side of the Sacred Tent. The leader of those two clans was Zuriel, the son of Abihail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_36","005_3_36","NUM","3","36","36","The work of the men of those two clans was to take care of the frames that held up the tent, the crossbars, the pillars, and the bases. They also did all the work that was connected with those items. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_37","005_3_37","NUM","3","37","37","Their work was also to take care of the posts that held up the curtains that formed the walls of the courtyard, and all the bases, tent pegs, and ropes that fastened those curtains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_38","005_3_38","NUM","3","38","38","Aaron and Moses/I and Aaron’s sons were told to set up their/our tents in the area in front of the Sacred Tent, on the east side. Their/Our work was to supervise the work that would be done in and around the Sacred Tent, for the benefit of the Israeli people. Only the priests were permitted to do that. Yahweh declared that we should execute anyone else who went near the tent to do the work that the priests do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_39","005_3_39","NUM","3","39","39","When Aaron and Moses/I counted all the males who were at least one month old, who belonged to the clans descended from Levi, the total was 22,000. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_40","005_3_40","NUM","3","40","40","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Now count all the other firstborn males in Israel who are at least one month old, and write down their names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_41","005_3_41","NUM","3","41","41","Also, set apart for me the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn males of the other Israelis. And set apart for me the livestock of the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn livestock of the other Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_42","005_3_42","NUM","3","42","42","So Moses/I did that. He/I counted the firstborn males of all the Israeli people, as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_43","005_3_43","NUM","3","43","43","The total of those who were at least one month old was 22,273. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_44","005_3_44","NUM","3","44","44","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_45","005_3_45","NUM","3","45","45","“Set apart the descendants of Levi to be substitutes for the firstborn males of the other Israeli people. The descendants of Levi belong to me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_46","005_3_46","NUM","3","46","46","There are 273 more firstborn males of the other Israeli people than of the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_47","005_3_47","NUM","3","47","48","To pay for these 273 males, collect five pieces of silver for each of them. Each of those pieces of silver must weigh the same as each of the silver coins that are stored in the Sacred Tent. Give this silver to Aaron and his sons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_49","005_3_49","NUM","3","49","49","So Moses/I did that. He/I collected the silver from those 273 males. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_50","005_3_50","NUM","3","50","50","The total was 1,365 pieces of silver. Each silver coin weighed the same as each of the silver coins stored in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU3_51","005_3_51","NUM","3","51","51","Moses/I gave these silver coins to Aaron and his sons, as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_1","005_4_1","NUM","4","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_2","005_4_2","NUM","4","2","2","“Write down the names of the men who belong to the clans descended from Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_3","005_4_3","NUM","4","3","3","Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. These will be men who will work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_4","005_4_4","NUM","4","4","4","“The work of these descendants of Kohath will be to take care of the sacred items that are used when the people worship at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_5","005_4_5","NUM","4","5","5","When you Israelis move to another location, Aaron and his sons must enter the tent to take down the curtain that separates the Very Holy Place from the other part of the Sacred Tent. They must cover the sacred chest with that curtain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_6","005_4_6","NUM","4","6","6","Then they must cover that with a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Over that they must spread a blue cloth. Then they must insert into the rings on the chest the poles for carrying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_7","005_4_7","NUM","4","7","7","“Then they must put a blue cloth over the table on which the priests put the sacred bread. On top of the cloth they must put the bowls for incense, the pans, the other dishes, the jars for the wine that will be offered as a sacrifice, and the sacred bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_8","005_4_8","NUM","4","8","8","Over all of this they must spread a scarlet/red cloth. Finally, they must put on top a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Then they must insert into the rings at the corners of the tables the poles for carrying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_9","005_4_9","NUM","4","9","9","“Then with another blue cloth they must cover the lampstand, the lamps, the lamp snuffers, the trays, and the special jars of olive oil to burn in the lamps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_10","005_4_10","NUM","4","10","10","They must cover the lampstand and all the other items with a nice covering made from the skins of goats. They must place all these things on a frame for carrying them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_11","005_4_11","NUM","4","11","11","“Then they must spread another blue cloth over the gold altar which is used for burning incense. Over this they must spread a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Then they must insert into the rings of that altar the poles for carrying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_12","005_4_12","NUM","4","12","12","“They must take all the other items that are inside the Sacred Tent and wrap them in a blue cloth, cover that with a nice covering made from the skins of goats, and place all that on a frame for carrying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_13","005_4_13","NUM","4","13","13","“Then they must remove the ashes from the altar on which they have burned sacrifices. Then they must cover the altar with a purple cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_14","005_4_14","NUM","4","14","14","Then they must spread on top of the cloth all the items used at the altar—the pans for carrying the hot coals, the meat forks, the shovels, the bowls for containing the blood to sprinkle on the people, and all the other containers. Then they must spread over all those things a nice covering made from the skins of goats. Then they must insert into the rings at the sides of the altar the poles for carrying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_15","005_4_15","NUM","4","15","15","“Then Aaron and his sons have finished covering all these sacred things, the Israeli people will be ready to move to a new location. The descendants of Kohath must come and carry all the sacred things to the next place where you Israelis will set up your tents. But the descendants of Kohath must not touch any of these sacred items, because they will immediately die if they touch them. They are the ones who will carry these things, but they must not touch them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_16","005_4_16","NUM","4","16","16","“Aaron’s son Eleazar will have the work of taking care of the olive oil for the lamps, the nice-smelling incense, the grain which will be burned on the altar each day, and the olive oil for anointing the priests. Eleazar is the one who will supervise the work that is done at the Sacred Tent and the men who take care of everything that is in it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_17","005_4_17","NUM","4","17","17","“Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_18","005_4_18","NUM","4","18","20","“When the descendants of Kohath approach the sacred items in the Sacred Tent to take them to another location, Aaron and his sons must always go in with them and show each of them what work to do and what things to carry. But the descendants of Kohath must not enter the Sacred Tent at any other time and look at the things that are in it. If they do that, I will get rid of all the descendants of Kohath.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_21","005_4_21","NUM","4","21","21","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_22","005_4_22","NUM","4","22","22","“Write down the names of all the men who belong to the clans descended from the Gershon division of the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_23","005_4_23","NUM","4","23","23","Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. They will be men who will also work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_24","005_4_24","NUM","4","24","24","“This is the work that they must do and the things that they must carry when you move to a new location: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_25","005_4_25","NUM","4","25","25","They must carry the curtains of the Sacred Tent; they must carry the Sacred Tent and all the things that cover it, including the nice outer covering made from skins of goats, and the curtain which is at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_26","005_4_26","NUM","4","26","26","They must also carry the curtains that form the wall that surrounds the courtyard that surrounds the Sacred Tent and the altar, the curtain that is at the entrance to the courtyard, and the ropes that fasten the curtains. They must also do the packing and loading of these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_27","005_4_27","NUM","4","27","27","Aaron and his sons will supervise the work of all the descendants of Gershom. That work includes carrying those things and doing other work that is necessary for moving them. They must tell each of the descendants of Gershom what things they must carry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_28","005_4_28","NUM","4","28","28","Those are the tasks that you must give to the men who belong to the clans descended from Gershom. Aaron’s son Ithamar is the one who will supervise their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_29","005_4_29","NUM","4","29","29","Count also the men who belong to the clans descended from Levi’s son Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_30","005_4_30","NUM","4","30","30","Write the names of the men who are between 30 and 50 years old. They will be men who will also work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_31","005_4_31","NUM","4","31","31","Their work will be to carry the frames that hold up the tent, the crossbars, the posts that hold up the curtains, and the bases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_32","005_4_32","NUM","4","32","32","They must also carry the posts for the curtains that form the walls of the courtyard and the bases for the posts, the tent pegs, and the ropes to fasten the curtains. Tell each man what things he must carry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_33","005_4_33","NUM","4","33","33","Those are the tasks that the descendants of Merari must do at the Sacred Tent. Aaron’s son Ithamar is the one who will supervise them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_34","005_4_34","NUM","4","34","34","So Aaron and Moses/I and the Israeli leaders counted the descendants of Kohath, writing also the names of their clans and family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_35","005_4_35","NUM","4","35","35","They/We counted all the men who were between 30 and 50 years old who were able to work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_36","005_4_36","NUM","4","36","36","The total was 2,750 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_37","005_4_37","NUM","4","37","37","They were the descendants of Kohath who were able to work at the Sacred Tent. Aaron and Moses/I counted them just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_38","005_4_38","NUM","4","38","38","They/We also counted the descendants of Gershon, writing also the names of their clans and family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_39","005_4_39","NUM","4","39","39","They/We counted all the men who were between 30 and 50 years old who were able to work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_40","005_4_40","NUM","4","40","40","The total was 2,630 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_41","005_4_41","NUM","4","41","41","They were the descendants of Gershon who were able to work at the Sacred Tent. Aaron and Moses/I counted them as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_42","005_4_42","NUM","4","42","42","They/We also counted the descendants of Merari, writing also the names of their clans and family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_43","005_4_43","NUM","4","43","43","They/We counted all the men who were between 30 and 50 years old who were able to work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_44","005_4_44","NUM","4","44","44","The total was 3,200 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_45","005_4_45","NUM","4","45","45","They were the descendants of Merari who were able to work. Aaron and Moses/I counted them as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_46","005_4_46","NUM","4","46","46","So Aaron and Moses/I and the Israeli leaders counted all the descendants of Levi, writing also the names of their clans and family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_47","005_4_47","NUM","4","47","47","They/We counted all the men who were between 30 and 50 years old. They were ones who were able to work at the Sacred Tent and who carried the tent and everything that was connected with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_48","005_4_48","NUM","4","48","48","The total was 8,580 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU4_49","005_4_49","NUM","4","49","49","They/We completed the counting of all the descendants of Levi, as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. And they/we told each man what work he was to do and what things he must carry when they moved to a new location. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_1","005_5_1","NUM","5","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_2","005_5_2","NUM","5","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘You must send away from your ◄camp/area where you have your tents► any man or woman who has leprosy and anyone who has a discharge of some fluid from his body, and anyone who has become unacceptable to God because of having touched a corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_3","005_5_3","NUM","5","3","3","Send them away from there in order that they will not touch people in the camp area where I live among you and cause them to become unacceptable to me.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_4","005_5_4","NUM","5","4","4","So Moses/I told that to the Israeli people, and the Israeli people obeyed what Yahweh commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_5","005_5_5","NUM","5","5","5","Yahweh also told Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_6","005_5_6","NUM","5","6","6","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If someone ◄commits a crime against/does something wrong to► another person, I consider that that person has done wrong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_7","005_5_7","NUM","5","7","7","That person must confess that he or she is guilty, and he or she must pay to the person to whom wrong was done what others consider to be a suitable/proper payment for what he has done, and he must pay an extra 20 percent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_8","005_5_8","NUM","5","8","8","If the person against whom the wrong was done has died and there is no relative to whom the money can be paid, then the money belongs to me, and it must be paid to the priest. In addition, the one who did the wrong must give a male sheep to the priest to sacrifice in order that ◄that person’s sin may be forgiven/I can forgive that person for his sin►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_9","005_5_9","NUM","5","9","9","All the sacred offerings that the Israelis bring to the priest belong to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_10","005_5_10","NUM","5","10","10","The priest can keep those gifts.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_11","005_5_11","NUM","5","11","11","Yahweh also said this to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_12","005_5_12","NUM","5","12","12","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘Suppose a man thinks that his wife has slept with another man, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_13","005_5_13","NUM","5","13","13","but neither he nor anyone else knows if it is true or not, because no one saw her doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_14","005_5_14","NUM","5","14","14","But if the woman’s husband is jealous, and if he suspects that she has committed adultery, and he wants to know whether that is true or not, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_15","005_5_15","NUM","5","15","15","he should take his wife to the priest. He must take along as an offering two quarts/liters of barley flour. The priest must not pour olive oil or incense on it, because this is an offering that the man has brought because he ◄is jealous/wants his wife to sleep only with him►. It is an offering to find out if she is guilty or not. Neither olive oil nor incense should be used because are associated with joy and this is not a time for joy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_16","005_5_16","NUM","5","16","16","The priest must tell the woman to stand in front of the altar in my presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_17","005_5_17","NUM","5","17","17","He must put some sacred water in a clay jar, and then he must put some dirt from the floor of the Sacred Tent into the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_18","005_5_18","NUM","5","18","18","He must untie/unfasten the woman’s hair. Then he must put in her hands the grain that her jealous husband is offering to determine whether she has committed adultery or not. The priest must hold the bowl that contains bitter water that will cause ◄the woman to be cursed/bad things to happen to the woman► if she is guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_19","005_5_19","NUM","5","19","19","The priest must require her to solemnly declare that she will tell the truth. Then he must say to her, “Has another man had sex EUP with you? Have you faithfully slept only with your husband or not? If you have not slept with another man, nothing bad will happen to you if you drink the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_20","005_5_20","NUM","5","20","20","But if you have had sex with another man, Yahweh will curse you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_21","005_5_21","NUM","5","21","22","Your womb will shrivel up and your stomach will swell up. You will never be able to give birth to children, and as a result, everyone will curse you and avoid you. If you have committed adultery, when you drink this water, that is what will happen to you.” Then the woman must answer, “If I am guilty, I will not object if that happens.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_23","005_5_23","NUM","5","23","23","‘Then the priest must write with ink on a small scroll these ◄curses/bad things that will happen to her if she is guilty► and then wash the ink off into the bitter water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_24","005_5_24","NUM","5","24","25","The priest must take from her the offering of barley flour that she is holding, and lift it up to dedicate it to me. Then he must put it on the altar ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_26","005_5_26","NUM","5","26","26","and burn part of it as a sacrifice. Then the woman must drink the bitter water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_27","005_5_27","NUM","5","27","27","If the woman has committed adultery, the water will cause her to suffer greatly. Her stomach will swell up and her womb will shrink, and she will be unable to give birth to children. And then her ◄relatives/fellow Israelis► will curse her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_28","005_5_28","NUM","5","28","28","But if she ◄is innocent/has not committed adultery►, her body will not be harmed, and she will still be able to give birth to children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_29","005_5_29","NUM","5","29","29","‘That is the ritual that must be performed when a woman who is married has been unfaithful to her husband, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_30","005_5_30","NUM","5","30","30","or when a man is jealous and suspects that his wife has had sex with another man. The priest must tell that woman to stand at the altar in my presence and obey these instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU5_31","005_5_31","NUM","5","31","31","Even if the woman has not done what the husband suspected, he will not be punished MTY for doing something wrong by bringing his wife to the priest. But if his wife is guilty, she will suffer as a result.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_1","005_6_1","NUM","6","1","1","Yahweh also said this to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_2","005_6_2","NUM","6","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If any of you wants to make a solemn promise to dedicate himself to belong to me in a special way, after you obey these instructions, you will be called a Nazir-man, which means “dedicated man”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_3","005_6_3","NUM","6","3","3","You must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink any vinegar made from wine or from any other alcoholic/fermented drink. You must not drink grape juice or eat grapes or raisins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_4","005_6_4","NUM","6","4","4","You must not eat anything that comes from grapevines, not even the skins or seeds of grapes, during the time that you are a Nazir-man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_5","005_6_5","NUM","6","5","5","‘Even your hair will be dedicated to me during the time that you area Nazir-man, so you must never allow anyone to cut your hair. Until the time that your solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me is ended, you must allow your hair to grow long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_6","005_6_6","NUM","6","6","6","And you must not go near a corpse during the time that you are a Nazir-man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_7","005_6_7","NUM","6","7","7","Even if the person who died is your father or your mother or your brother or your sister, you must not cause yourself to become unacceptable to me by coming close to the corpse. Your long hair MTY shows that you belong to me in a special way, so you must not cut your hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_8","005_6_8","NUM","6","8","8","You are required to keep doing this all the time that you are dedicated to me in this special way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_9","005_6_9","NUM","6","9","9","‘If anyone dies very suddenly when he is near you, then your hair that you have dedicated to me is no longer sacred. So you must wait seven days and then shave it all off. Then you must perform a special ritual to cause yourself to become acceptable to me again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_10","005_6_10","NUM","6","10","10","The next day you must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_11","005_6_11","NUM","6","11","11","‘The priest must kill the birds and offer them as sacrifices. One of them will be an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the other will be an offering that is burned completely to please me. After the priest burns them on the altar, I will forgive you for having come close to a corpse, and when your hair grows again it will be dedicated to me again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_12","005_6_12","NUM","6","12","12","The amount of time that you were set apart for me the previous time does not count, because you had become unacceptable to me by coming close to a corpse during the time that you were a Nazir-man. So you must again make a solemn promise to dedicate yourself to me for the entire amount of time that you indicated the previous time. And you must also sacrifice a one-year-old lamb for not doing what you were required to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_13","005_6_13","NUM","6","13","13","‘When the time that you promised to dedicate yourself to me is ended, go to the entrance of the Sacred Tent ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_14","005_6_14","NUM","6","14","14","and offer as sacrifices to me three animals that have no defects: Offer a one-year-old ram that will be burned completely, a one-year-old female lamb as a sacrifice to enable me to forgive your sins, and one full-grown ram as a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_15","005_6_15","NUM","6","15","15","‘When you bring those animals, you must also bring some wine to offer as a sacrifice. And you must also bring a basket of bread that you have made with very good flour and olive oil. But you must not put any yeast in the bread. Also brush/spread some olive oil on some thin wafers and bring them to the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_16","005_6_16","NUM","6","16","16","‘The priest will put the young lamb and the young ram on the altar and completely burn them, in order that I will be pleased and will forgive you for your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_17","005_6_17","NUM","6","17","17","Then he will kill the full-grown ram as an offering to restore fellowship with me, and he will also burn on the altar some of the bread and the grain and wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_18","005_6_18","NUM","6","18","18","‘After that, you must stand at the entrance of the Sacred Tent and shave off your hair. Then you must put that hair in the fire that is under the animal that has been sacrificed on the altar to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_19","005_6_19","NUM","6","19","19","‘The meat from the ram’s shoulder must be boiled. After it is cooked, the priest will take it along with one of the loaves of bread and one wafer which has been brushed with olive oil, and he will put them in your hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_20","005_6_20","NUM","6","20","20","Then the priest will take them back and lift them up high to dedicate them to me. They now belong to the priest, and he is permitted to eat some of the meat from the ram’s shoulder and from its ribs and from one of its thighs, because that meat is his share of the sacrifice. After that, you will no longer be a Nazir-man, and you will again be permitted to drink wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_21","005_6_21","NUM","6","21","21","‘Those are the regulations about the offerings that Nazir-men solemnly promise to bring to me to end their time of being dedicated to me. They must bring these offerings, but if they want to, they may bring additional offerings. And they must do everything that they solemnly promised to do when they dedicated themselves to me.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_22","005_6_22","NUM","6","22","22","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_23","005_6_23","NUM","6","23","23","“Tell Aaron and his sons that when they ask me to bless the people, they must say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_24","005_6_24","NUM","6","24","24","‘I desire that Yahweh will bless you and protect you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_25","005_6_25","NUM","6","25","25","and that he will smile at you and act kindly toward you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_26","005_6_26","NUM","6","26","26","and that he will be good to you IDM and cause things to go well for you.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU6_27","005_6_27","NUM","6","27","27","Then Yahweh said, “If Aaron and his sons ask me to bless the Israeli people, truly I will bless them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_1","005_7_1","NUM","7","1","1","When Moses/I had finished setting up the Sacred Tent, he/I dedicated MTY it to Yahweh. He/I also dedicated the things that are inside the tent, and the altar for burning sacrifices, and all the things that would be used at the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_2","005_7_2","NUM","7","2","2","Then the leaders of the twelve Israeli tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses/me to count the men who could fight in battles, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_3","005_7_3","NUM","7","3","3","came to the tent, bringing gifts to Yahweh. They brought six sturdy/large carts and twelve oxen, one ox from each of the leaders and a cart from each of the two leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_4","005_7_4","NUM","7","4","4","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_5","005_7_5","NUM","7","5","5","“Accept these gifts, in order that the descendants of Levi can use them for carrying the sacred items that are here at the Sacred Tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_6","005_7_6","NUM","7","6","6","So Moses/I took the carts and oxen and gave them to the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_7","005_7_7","NUM","7","7","7","He/I gave two carts and four oxen to the descendants of Gershon for their work, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_8","005_7_8","NUM","7","8","8","and he/I gave four carts and eight oxen to the descendants of Merari for their work. Aaron’s son Ithamar was the supervisor of all their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_9","005_7_9","NUM","7","9","9","But he/I did not give any carts or oxen to the descendants of Kohath, because they took care of the sacred items that were to be carried on their shoulders, not on carts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_10","005_7_10","NUM","7","10","10","On the day that the altar was dedicated MTY, the twelve leaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_11","005_7_11","NUM","7","11","11","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Each of the next twelve days one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_12","005_7_12","NUM","7","12","83","These are the gifts that each of the leaders brought: —a silver dish that weighed ◄more than three pounds/1.5 kg.►, and a silver bowl that weighed ◄almost two pounds/800 grams►, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be offerings of grain; they both were weighed using the standard scales; —a small gold dish that weighed ◄four ounces/14 grams►, filled with incense; —a young bull, a full-grown ram, and a one-year-old ram, to be sacrifices to be completely burned on the altar; —a goat to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive the people for the sins they have committed; —and two bulls, five full-grown rams, five male goats, and five rams that were one-year-old, to be sacrifices to maintain the people’s fellowship with Yahweh. This was the order in which the leaders brought their gifts: on the first day, Nahshon, son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah brought his gifts; on the next/second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar; on the next/third day, Eliab, son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun; on the next/fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben; on the next/fifth day, Shelumiel, son of Jurishhaddai, from the tribe of Simeon; on the next/sixth day, Eliasaph, son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad; on the next/seventh day, Elishama, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Ephraim; on the next/eighth day, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Manasseh; on the next/ninth day, Abidan, son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin; on the next/tenth day, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan; on the next/eleventh day, Pagiel, son of Acran, from the tribe of Asher; on the next/twelfth day, Ahira, son of Enam, from the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_84","005_7_84","NUM","7","84","88","When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts: —twelve silver plates and twelve silver bowls, weighing a total of about ◄60 pounds/27.6 kg.►, each of them being weighed on the scales kept in the Sacred Tent; —twelve gold dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about ◄three pounds/1.4 kg.►, each being weighed on those same scales; —twelve bulls, twelve full-grown rams, and twelve one-year-old rams, to be sacrifices that were completely burned, along with the grain offerings; —twelve goats to be sacrificed to forgive the people for the sins they have committed; —and 24 bulls, 60 full-grown rams, 60 goats, and 60 rams that were one-year-old, to be sacrifices to maintain the people’s fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU7_89","005_7_89","NUM","7","89","89","Whenever Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent to talk with Yahweh, he/I heard Yahweh’s voice speaking between the two images of creatures with wings that were above the lid of the sacred chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_1","005_8_1","NUM","8","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_2","005_8_2","NUM","8","2","2","“Tell Aaron to put the seven lamps on the lampstand and place them in such a way that they shine toward the front of the lampstand.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_3","005_8_3","NUM","8","3","3","So Moses/I told him what Yahweh said, and he did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_4","005_8_4","NUM","8","4","4","The lampstand had been made from gold that had been hammered from one large lump of gold, from its base to the decorations at the top that resembled flowers. The lampstand was made exactly like Yahweh had told Moses/me that it should be made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_5","005_8_5","NUM","8","5","5","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_6","005_8_6","NUM","8","6","6","“You must cause the descendants of Levi to be acceptable to me by setting them apart from the other Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_7","005_8_7","NUM","8","7","7","Do that by sprinkling them with water which will symbolize their being freed/cleansed from the guilt of their sins. Then they must shave off all the hair on their bodies and wash their clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_8","005_8_8","NUM","8","8","8","Then they must bring to the Sacred Tent one bull and some grain mixed with olive oil. Those things will be burned as sacrifices. They must also bring another bull that will enable me to forgive them  for the sins they have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_9","005_8_9","NUM","8","9","9","Then you must summon all the Israeli people to come together in front of the Sacred Tent, to gather around the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_10","005_8_10","NUM","8","10","10","Then the Israeli people must lay their hands on the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_11","005_8_11","NUM","8","11","11","Aaron must then present them to me to be a gift from the Israeli people, in order that they can work for me at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_12","005_8_12","NUM","8","12","12","“After that, the descendants of Levi must place their hands on the heads of the two bulls. Then the bulls will be killed and burned on the altar. One will be an offering to enable me to forgive them for the sins they have committed, and the other will be completely burned to please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_13","005_8_13","NUM","8","13","13","The descendants of Levi must stand at the altar in front of Aaron and his sons, and you must then dedicate to me the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_14","005_8_14","NUM","8","14","14","This ritual will show that the descendants of Levi are set apart from the other Israelis and that they belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_15","005_8_15","NUM","8","15","15","“After the descendants of Levi have been made acceptable to me, and presented to me like a special offering, they may start to work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_16","005_8_16","NUM","8","16","16","They will belong to me. They will work for me as substitutes for the firstborn males of all the Israelis, who also belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_17","005_8_17","NUM","8","17","17","All the firstborn males in Israel, both the people and the animals, are mine. When I caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die, I ◄spared/did not kill► the firstborn males of the Israelis. I set them apart to belong to me. I said that the firstborn males of all their domestic animals would also belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_18","005_8_18","NUM","8","18","18","But now I have chosen the descendants of Levi to take the places of the firstborn males of other Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_19","005_8_19","NUM","8","19","19","I have appointed the descendants of Levi to help Aaron and his sons at the Sacred Tent, as Aaron and his sons offer the sacrifices so that the Israeli people’s sins will be forgiven, and to prevent the Israelis from coming close to the tent with the result that a plague would cause many of them to become sick and die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_20","005_8_20","NUM","8","20","20","Aaron and Moses/I and the other Israelis helped the descendants of Levi to do everything that Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_21","005_8_21","NUM","8","21","21","The descendants of Levi sprinkled themselves with water to symbolize that they had been freed/cleansed from the guilt of their sins, and they washed their clothes. Then Aaron brought them to the altar to present them to Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to cleanse them from the guilt of their sins and cause them to become acceptable to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_22","005_8_22","NUM","8","22","22","After that, the descendants of Levi started to work at the Sacred Tent to assist Aaron and his sons. They did that just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_23","005_8_23","NUM","8","23","23","Yahweh also said this to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_24","005_8_24","NUM","8","24","24","“The descendants of Levi who are between 25 and 50 years old will work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_25","005_8_25","NUM","8","25","25","But after they become 50 years old, they must ◄retire/not do that work any more►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU8_26","005_8_26","NUM","8","26","26","They may help the other descendants of Levi to do their work at the Sacred Tent, but they must not do the work themselves. That is what you must tell them about the work they will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_1","005_9_1","NUM","9","1","1","One year after the Israelis left Egypt, during the month of March, while they were in the Sinai Desert, Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_2","005_9_2","NUM","9","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people that they must celebrate the Passover Festival again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_3","005_9_3","NUM","9","3","3","They must do it on the fourteenth day of this month, early in the evening, and they must obey all the instructions about it that I gave you previously.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_4","005_9_4","NUM","9","4","4","So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said about celebrating the Passover. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_5","005_9_5","NUM","9","5","5","The people celebrated it, there in the Sinai Desert, in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_6","005_9_6","NUM","9","6","6","But some of the Israeli people had touched a corpse, and as a result they had become unfit to celebrate the Passover. So they asked Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_7","005_9_7","NUM","9","7","7","“It is true that we have touched a corpse. But why should that prevent us from celebrating the Passover Festival and offering sacrifices to Yahweh like everyone else RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_8","005_9_8","NUM","9","8","8","Moses/I replied, “Wait here until I go into the Sacred Tent and find out what Yahweh says about it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_9","005_9_9","NUM","9","9","9","So Moses/I went into the tent and asked Yahweh what he/I should tell the people, and this is what Yahweh said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_10","005_9_10","NUM","9","10","10","“Tell this to the Israeli people: If any of you or your descendants touch a corpse and as a result become unacceptable to me, or if you are away from home on a long trip at the time to celebrate the Passover, you will still be permitted to celebrate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_11","005_9_11","NUM","9","11","11","But you must celebrate it exactly one month later, early in the evening of the fourteenth day of that month. Eat the meat of the lamb for the Passover Festival with bread that is baked without yeast and eat bitter herbs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_12","005_9_12","NUM","9","12","12","Do not leave any of it until the next morning. And do not break any of the lamb’s bones. Obey all the regulations about celebrating the Passover. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_13","005_9_13","NUM","9","13","13","But if any of you has not done anything that would make you unfit to celebrate the Passover Festival, and you are not away from home on a long trip, and you do not sacrifice to me at the proper time, you will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. ◄You will be punished/I will punish you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_14","005_9_14","NUM","9","14","14","Foreigners who live among you may also celebrate the Passover Festival, if they obey all my commands concerning it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_15","005_9_15","NUM","9","15","16","On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose the next day, the cloud resembled a huge fire. And that is what happened every day that we/the Israelis were in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_17","005_9_17","NUM","9","17","17","When the cloud rose up and started to move to a new location, we/they followed it. When the cloud stopped, we/the Israelis stopped there and set up their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_18","005_9_18","NUM","9","18","18","We/They traveled when Yahweh, by causing the cloud to move or stop, signaled to us/them when to move and when to stop. When the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent, we/the Israelis stayed at that place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_19","005_9_19","NUM","9","19","19","Sometimes the cloud stayed over the tent for a long time, so when that happened, we/they did not travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_20","005_9_20","NUM","9","20","20","Sometimes the cloud remained over the tent for only a few days. We/The people stopped and set up our/their tents as Yahweh commanded us/them, and we/they traveled to a new location when Yahweh commanded us/them to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_21","005_9_21","NUM","9","21","21","Sometimes the cloud stayed in one place for only one day. When that happened, when the cloud rose up into the sky the next morning, then we/they traveled. Whenever the cloud moved, during the day or during the night, we/they traveled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_22","005_9_22","NUM","9","22","22","If the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent for two days, or for a month, or for a year, during that time we/they stayed where we/they were. But when the cloud rose up into the sky, we/they started to travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU9_23","005_9_23","NUM","9","23","23","When Yahweh commanded us/them to stop and set up our/their tents, we/they did that. When he told us/them to move, we/they moved. We/They did whatever Yahweh told Moses/me that we/they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_1","005_10_1","NUM","10","1","1","Yahweh also told Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_2","005_10_2","NUM","10","2","2","“Tell someone to make two trumpets by hammering each one from one lump of silver. Blow the trumpets to summon the people to come together and also to signal that they must move their tents to a new location. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_3","005_10_3","NUM","10","3","3","If both trumpets are blown, it means that everyone must gather together at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_4","005_10_4","NUM","10","4","4","If only one trumpet is blown, it means that only the twelve leaders of the tribes must gather together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_5","005_10_5","NUM","10","5","5","If the trumpets are blown loudly, the tribes that are to the east of the Sacred Tent should start to travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_6","005_10_6","NUM","10","6","6","When the trumpets are blown loudly the second time, the tribes that are to the south should start to travel. The loud blasts on the trumpet will signal that they should start to travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_7","005_10_7","NUM","10","7","7","When you want only to gather the people together, blow the trumpets, but do not blow them as loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_8","005_10_8","NUM","10","8","8","“The priests who are descended from Aaron are the ones who should blow the trumpets. That is a regulation that will never be changed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_9","005_10_9","NUM","10","9","9","When you fight against enemies who attack you in your own land, tell the priests to blow the trumpets loudly. I, Yahweh, your God, will hear that, and I will rescue you from your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_10","005_10_10","NUM","10","10","10","Also tell the priests to blow the trumpets when the people are happy, and at the festivals each year, and at the times when they celebrate the new moon each month. Tell them to blow the trumpets when the people bring offerings that will be completely burned, and when they bring offerings to maintain fellowship with me. If they do that, it will help you to remember that I, Yahweh your God, will help you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_11","005_10_11","NUM","10","11","11","On the twentieth day of May in the second year after the/we Israelis left Egypt, the cloud rose up from above the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_12","005_10_12","NUM","10","12","12","So we/the Israelis traveled from the Sinai Desert, and we/they continued traveling north until the cloud stopped in the Paran Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_13","005_10_13","NUM","10","13","13","That was the first time we/they moved, obeying the instructions that Yahweh had given to Moses/me to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_14","005_10_14","NUM","10","14","14","The group that went first, carrying their flag/banner, was the group from the tribe of Judah. Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_15","005_10_15","NUM","10","15","15","The group from the tribe of Issachar followed them. Nethanel, the son of Zuar, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_16","005_10_16","NUM","10","16","16","The group from the tribe of Zebulun went next. Eliab, the son of Helon, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_17","005_10_17","NUM","10","17","17","Then they dismantled the Sacred Tent, and the descendants of Gershon and Merari carried it, and they went next. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_18","005_10_18","NUM","10","18","18","The group from the tribe of Reuben went next, carrying their flag. Elizur, the son of Shedeur, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_19","005_10_19","NUM","10","19","19","The group from the tribe of Simeon was next. Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_20","005_10_20","NUM","10","20","20","The group from the tribe of Gad was next. Eliasaph, the son of Deuel, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_21","005_10_21","NUM","10","21","21","The group descended from Kohath was next. They carried the sacred items from the Sacred Tent. The Sacred Tent itself was set up at the new location before they arrived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_22","005_10_22","NUM","10","22","22","The group from the tribe of Ephraim was next, carrying their flag. Elishama, the son of Ammihud, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_23","005_10_23","NUM","10","23","23","The group from the tribe of Manasseh went next. Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_24","005_10_24","NUM","10","24","24","The group from the tribe of Benjamin, went next. Abidan, the son of Gideoni, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_25","005_10_25","NUM","10","25","25","The ones who went last were the group from the tribe of Dan, carrying their flag. Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_26","005_10_26","NUM","10","26","26","The group from the tribe of Asher went next. Pagiel, the son of Ocran, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_27","005_10_27","NUM","10","27","27","The group from the tribe of Naphtali went last. Ahira, the son of Enan, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_28","005_10_28","NUM","10","28","28","That was the order in which the groups of Israeli tribes traveled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_29","005_10_29","NUM","10","29","29","One day Moses/I said to his/my brother-in-law Hobab, the son of Reuel from the Midian people-group, “We are on the way to the place that Yahweh promised to give to us. Come with us, and we will take good care of you, because Yahweh has promised to do good things for us Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_30","005_10_30","NUM","10","30","30","But Hobab replied, “No, I will not go with you. I want to return to my own land and to my own family.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_31","005_10_31","NUM","10","31","31","But Moses/I said, “Please do not leave us. You know the places where we can set up our tents in this desert, and you can guide us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_32","005_10_32","NUM","10","32","32","Come with us. We will share with you all the good things that Yahweh gives to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_33","005_10_33","NUM","10","33","33","So Hobab agreed to go with them. The Israelis left Sinai Mountain, which they called Yahweh’s Mountain, and they walked for three days. The men carrying the sacred chest went in front of the other people for those three days, and they kept looking for a place to set up their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_34","005_10_34","NUM","10","34","34","The cloud sent by Yahweh was over them every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_35","005_10_35","NUM","10","35","35","Each morning when the men who were carrying the sacred chest started to walk, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, arise! Scatter your enemies! Cause those who hate you to run away from you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU10_36","005_10_36","NUM","10","36","36","And each time the men stopped to set down the sacred chest, Moses/I said, “Yahweh, stay close to the thousands of us Israelis!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_1","005_11_1","NUM","11","1","1","One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_2","005_11_2","NUM","11","2","2","Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_3","005_11_3","NUM","11","3","3","So they called that place Taberah, which means ‘burning’, because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_4","005_11_4","NUM","11","4","4","Then some troublemakers from other people-groups who were traveling with the Israelis began to want better food. And when they started complaining the Israeli people also started to complain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_5","005_11_5","NUM","11","5","5","They said, “We wish we had some meat! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_6","005_11_6","NUM","11","6","6","We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without ◄cost/asking us to pay for it►. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic that we wanted. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_7","005_11_7","NUM","11","7","7","The manna resembled small white seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_8","005_11_8","NUM","11","8","8","Each morning the people would go out and gather some from the surface of the ground. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they added water and boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it and baked them. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_9","005_11_9","NUM","11","9","9","Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew from the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_10","005_11_10","NUM","11","10","10","Moses/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_11","005_11_11","NUM","11","11","11","He/I went into the Sacred Tent and asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble RHQ? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_12","005_11_12","NUM","11","12","12","◄I am not their father./Am I their father?► RHQ Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and ◄nurses it/gives it her milk► MET, RHQ? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_13","005_11_13","NUM","11","13","13","Where can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give us some meat to eat!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_14","005_11_14","NUM","11","14","14","I cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! They are like a heavy load MET, and I cannot carry this very heavy load any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_15","005_11_15","NUM","11","15","15","If you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and kill me to end my misery of trying to take care of them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_16","005_11_16","NUM","11","16","16","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_17","005_11_17","NUM","11","17","17","I will come down and talk with you there. Then I will take some of the power of my Spirit that you have, and I will put that power on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do it alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_18","005_11_18","NUM","11","18","18","“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_19","005_11_19","NUM","11","19","19","You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_20","005_11_20","NUM","11","20","20","You will eat meat every day for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. This will happen because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying “We would have had better food to eat if we had not left Egypt RHQ.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_21","005_11_21","NUM","11","21","21","But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men plus women and children here with me, so ◄why do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_22","005_11_22","NUM","11","22","22","Even if we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not RHQ be enough to provide meat for all of them Even if we caught all the fish in the sea and gave it to them, that would not be enough RHQ!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_23","005_11_23","NUM","11","23","23","But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I SYN have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_24","005_11_24","NUM","11","24","24","So Moses/I went out from the Sacred Tent and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_25","005_11_25","NUM","11","25","25","Then Yahweh came down in the cloud that was above the tent and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of the power of the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they ◄prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them►, but they did that only once. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_26","005_11_26","NUM","11","26","26","Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left their tents to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to ◄prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_27","005_11_27","NUM","11","27","27","So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_28","005_11_28","NUM","11","28","28","Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_29","005_11_29","NUM","11","29","29","But Moses/I replied, “◄Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies► RHQ? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could ◄prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh►. I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_30","005_11_30","NUM","11","30","30","Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_31","005_11_31","NUM","11","31","31","Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, and caused the quail to fall onto the ground. They were piled up on the ground about ◄3 feet/1 meter► high! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_32","005_11_32","NUM","11","32","32","So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. It seemed as though everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, so that the quail would dry out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_33","005_11_33","NUM","11","33","33","Then they cooked them and started to eat them. But while they were still eating the meat MTY, Yahweh showed that he was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, and many people died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_34","005_11_34","NUM","11","34","34","The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat like they had formerly eaten in Egypt. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, which means ‘graves of those who craved’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU11_35","005_11_35","NUM","11","35","35","From there, the Israelis continued walking east until they arrived at Hazeroth town, where they stopped and stayed for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_1","005_12_1","NUM","12","1","2","Moses’/My older sister Miriam and his/my older brother Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us RHQ? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” They told people that they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, but they were really saying that because they ◄were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people►. But Yahweh heard what they were saying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_3","005_12_3","NUM","12","3","3","The truth was that Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_4","005_12_4","NUM","12","4","4","So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_5","005_12_5","NUM","12","5","5","Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud that resembled a huge white pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_6","005_12_6","NUM","12","6","6","Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I usually reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_7","005_12_7","NUM","12","7","7","But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_8","005_12_8","NUM","12","8","8","So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him ◄clearly/using words that he will understand easily►, not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_9","005_12_9","NUM","12","9","9","Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_10","005_12_10","NUM","12","10","10","When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was as white as snow, because she now had leprosy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_11","005_12_11","NUM","12","11","11","Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_12","005_12_12","NUM","12","12","12","Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_13","005_12_13","NUM","12","13","13","So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_14","005_12_14","NUM","12","14","14","But Yahweh replied, “If her father had rebuked her for doing something wrong by spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. She should be ashamed because of what she has done. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then she will not have leprosy any more, and she may return to the camp.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_15","005_12_15","NUM","12","15","15","So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. ◄The people/We► did not move to another location until she returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU12_16","005_12_16","NUM","12","16","16","But after she returned, they/we left Hazeroth and moved north in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_1","005_13_1","NUM","13","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_2","005_13_2","NUM","13","2","2","“Send some men to Canaan land to explore it. That is the land that I will give to you Israelis. Send men who are leaders in their tribes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_3","005_13_3","NUM","13","3","3","So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded him/me. He/I sent out twelve Israeli men who were all leaders of their tribes. He/I sent them from their/our camp at Paran in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_4","005_13_4","NUM","13","4","4","These are the names of the men and the tribes they belonged to: Shammua, the son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_5","005_13_5","NUM","13","5","5","Shaphat, the son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_6","005_13_6","NUM","13","6","6","Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_7","005_13_7","NUM","13","7","7","Igal, the son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_8","005_13_8","NUM","13","8","8","Hoshea, the son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_9","005_13_9","NUM","13","9","9","Palti, the son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_10","005_13_10","NUM","13","10","10","Gaddiel, the son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_11","005_13_11","NUM","13","11","11","Gaddi, the son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_12","005_13_12","NUM","13","12","12","Ammiel, the son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_13","005_13_13","NUM","13","13","13","Sethur, the son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_14","005_13_14","NUM","13","14","14","Nahbi, the son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_15","005_13_15","NUM","13","15","15","and Geuel, the son of Maki, from the tribe of Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_16","005_13_16","NUM","13","16","16","Those are the names of the men whom Moses/I sent out to explore Canaan. Before they left, Moses/I gave Hoshea a new name, Joshua, which means ‘Yahweh is the one who saves.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_17","005_13_17","NUM","13","17","17","Before Moses/I sent them to explore Canaan, he/I said to them, “Go through the southern part of Canaan, and then go north into the hilly area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_18","005_13_18","NUM","13","18","18","See what the land is like. See if the people who live there are strong or weak. See if there are many people or only a few people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_19","005_13_19","NUM","13","19","19","Find out what kind of land they live in RHQ. Is it good or bad? Find out about the towns in which they live RHQ. Do they have walls around them or not? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_20","005_13_20","NUM","13","20","20","Find out about the soil RHQ. Is it ◄fertile/good for growing crops► or not? Find out if there are trees there RHQ. Try to bring back some of the fruit that grows in that land.” He/I said that because it was the beginning of the time to harvest grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_21","005_13_21","NUM","13","21","21","So those men went to Canaan. They went through the entire land, from the Zin desert in the south all the way to Rehob town near Lebo-Hamath in the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_22","005_13_22","NUM","13","22","22","In the south, they went to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, huge men descended from Anak, lived. Hebron was a city that was built seven years before Zoan city was built in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_23","005_13_23","NUM","13","23","23","In one valley, they cut from a grapevine one cluster of grapes. Because it was very large, they needed two men to carry it on a pole. They also picked some pomegranates and some figs to carry back to their camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_24","005_13_24","NUM","13","24","24","They called that place Eshcol which means ‘cluster’ because they had cut that huge cluster of grapes there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_25","005_13_25","NUM","13","25","25","After they explored the land for 40 days, they returned to their camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_26","005_13_26","NUM","13","26","26","They came to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people in the desert at Paran. They reported to everyone what they had seen. They also showed them the fruit that they had brought back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_27","005_13_27","NUM","13","27","27","But this is what they reported to Moses/me: “We arrived in the land that you sent us to explore. It is truly a beautiful land, and it is very fertile IDM. Here is some of the fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_28","005_13_28","NUM","13","28","28","But the people who live there are very strong. Their cities are large and are surrounded by walls. We even saw some of the huge descendants of Anak there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_29","005_13_29","NUM","13","29","29","The descendants of Amalek live in the southern part of the land, and the descendants of Heth, Jebus, and Amor live in the hilly area to the north. The descendants of Canaan live along the coast of the Mediterranean sea and along the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_30","005_13_30","NUM","13","30","30","When they said that, the people were afraid and started to cry out very loudly. But Caleb told the people who were standing near Moses/me to be quiet. Then he said, “We should go there and take the land, because we are certainly able to conquer it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_31","005_13_31","NUM","13","31","31","But the men who had gone with him said, “No, we cannot attack and defeat those people! They are much stronger than we are!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_32","005_13_32","NUM","13","32","32","So those men gave to the Israeli people a bad report about the land that they had explored. They said, “The land that we explored is very large; we cannot conquer it. And all the people whom we saw are very tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU13_33","005_13_33","NUM","13","33","33","We even saw the descendants of Nephili there. The descendants of Anak whom we saw there are descended from the giant Nephili people. When we saw them, we felt as small as grasshoppers SIM, and they thought that we looked like grasshoppers too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_1","005_14_1","NUM","14","1","1","That night, all the Israeli people cried loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_2","005_14_2","NUM","14","2","2","The next day they all complained to Aaron and Moses/me. All the men said, “We wish that we had died in Egypt, or in this desert! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_3","005_14_3","NUM","14","3","3","Why is Yahweh bringing us to this land, where we men will be killed with swords? And our wives and children will be taken away to be slaves. Instead of going to Canaan. It would be better for us to return to Egypt!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_4","005_14_4","NUM","14","4","4","Then some of them said to each other, “We should choose a leader who will take us back to Egypt!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_5","005_14_5","NUM","14","5","5","Then Aaron and Moses/I bowed down to pray in front of all the Israeli people who had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_6","005_14_6","NUM","14","6","6","Joshua and Caleb, two of the men who had explored the land, tore their clothes because they were very dismayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_7","005_14_7","NUM","14","7","7","They said to the Israeli people, “The land that we explored is very good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_8","005_14_8","NUM","14","8","8","If Yahweh is pleased with us, he will lead us into that very fertile IDM land, and he will give it to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_9","005_14_9","NUM","14","9","9","So do not rebel against Yahweh! And do not be afraid of the people in that land! We will ◄gobble them up/completely destroy them► MET! They do not have anyone who will protect them, but Yahweh will be with us and help us. So do not be afraid of them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_10","005_14_10","NUM","14","10","10","Then all the Israeli people talked about killing Caleb and Joshua by throwing stones at them. But suddenly Yahweh’s glory appeared to them at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_11","005_14_11","NUM","14","11","11","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “How long will these people reject me RHQ? I am tired of them not believing in what I can do, in spite of all the miracles I have performed among them RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_12","005_14_12","NUM","14","12","12","So I will cause a ◄plague/widespread sickness► to strike them and get rid of them. But I will cause your descendants to become a great nation. They will be a nation that is much greater and stronger than these people are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_13","005_14_13","NUM","14","13","13","But Moses/I replied to Yahweh, “Please do not do that, because the people of Egypt will hear about it! You brought these Israeli people from Egypt by your great power, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_14","005_14_14","NUM","14","14","14","and the people of Egypt will tell that to the descendants of Canaan who live in this land. Yahweh, they have already heard about you. They know that you have ◄been with/helped► these people and that they have seen you face-to-face. They have heard that your cloud is like a huge pillar that stays over them, and by using that cloud you lead them during the day, and the cloud becomes like a fire at night to give them light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_15","005_14_15","NUM","14","15","15","If you kill these people all at one time, the people-groups who have heard about your power will say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_16","005_14_16","NUM","14","16","16","‘Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land that he promised to give to them, so he killed them in the desert.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_17","005_14_17","NUM","14","17","17","“So Yahweh, now show that you are very powerful. You said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_18","005_14_18","NUM","14","18","18","‘I do not quickly become angry; instead, I love people very much, and I forgive people for having sinned and having disobeyed my laws. But I will always punish LIT people who are guilty of doing what is wrong. When parents sin, I will punish them, but I will also punish their children and their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren and their great-great-grandchildren.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_19","005_14_19","NUM","14","19","19","So, because you love people like that, forgive these people for the sins that they have committed, just like you have continued to forgive them ever since they left Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_20","005_14_20","NUM","14","20","20","Then Yahweh replied, “I have forgiven them, as you requested me to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_21","005_14_21","NUM","14","21","21","But, just as certainly as I live and that people all over the world can see my ◄glory/glorious power►, I solemnly declare this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_22","005_14_22","NUM","14","22","22","All these people saw my glory and all the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the desert, but they disobeyed me, and many times they tested whether they could continue to do evil things without my punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_23","005_14_23","NUM","14","23","23","Because of that, not one of them will see the land that I promised their ancestors that I would give to them. No one who rejected me will see that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_24","005_14_24","NUM","14","24","24","But Caleb, who serves me well, is different from the others. He obeys me completely. So I will bring him into that land that he has already seen, and his descendants will inherit/possess some of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_25","005_14_25","NUM","14","25","25","So, since the descendants of Amalek and Canaan who are living in the valleys in Canaan are very strong, when you leave here tomorrow, instead of traveling toward Canaan, go back along the road through the desert towards the Red Sea.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_26","005_14_26","NUM","14","26","26","Then Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_27","005_14_27","NUM","14","27","27","“How long will the wicked people of this nation keep complaining about me RHQ? I have heard everything that they have grumbled/complained against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_28","005_14_28","NUM","14","28","28","So now tell them this: ‘Just as certainly as I, Yahweh, live, I will do exactly what you said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_29","005_14_29","NUM","14","29","29","I will cause all of you to die here in this desert! Because you grumbled about me, none of you who are more than 20 years old and who were counted when Moses counted everyone ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_30","005_14_30","NUM","14","30","30","will enter the land that I solemnly promised to give to you. Only Caleb and Joshua will enter that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_31","005_14_31","NUM","14","31","31","You said that your children would be taken from you to become slaves, but I will take them into the land, and they will enjoy living in the land that you ◄rejected/said that you could not conquer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_32","005_14_32","NUM","14","32","32","But as for you adults, you will die here in this desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_33","005_14_33","NUM","14","33","33","And like shepherds wander around in the desert as they take care of their sheep, your children will wander around in this desert for 40 years. Because you adults were not loyal/faithful to me, your children will suffer until you all die in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_34","005_14_34","NUM","14","34","34","You will suffer for your sins for 40 years. That will be one year for each of the 40 days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_35","005_14_35","NUM","14","35","35","This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! I will do these things to every one in this group who conspired against me. They ◄conspired against/decided together to reject► me here in the desert, and they will all die right here in this desert!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_36","005_14_36","NUM","14","36","36","Then the ten men who had explored Canaan and who had urged the people to rebel against Yahweh by giving reports that discouraged the people ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_37","005_14_37","NUM","14","37","37","were immediately struck with a plague/disease that Yahweh sent, and they died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_38","005_14_38","NUM","14","38","38","Of the twelve men who had explored Canaan, only Joshua and Caleb remained alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_39","005_14_39","NUM","14","39","39","When Moses/I reported to the Israeli people what Yahweh had said, many of them were very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_40","005_14_40","NUM","14","40","40","So the people got up early the next morning and started to go toward the hilly area in Canaan. They said, “We know that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land that Yahweh promised to give to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_41","005_14_41","NUM","14","41","41","But Moses/I said, “Yahweh commanded you to return to the desert, so why are you now disobeying him RHQ? It will not ◄succeed/be possible►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_42","005_14_42","NUM","14","42","42","Do not try to enter the land now! If you try, your enemies will defeat you, because Yahweh will not ◄be with/help► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_43","005_14_43","NUM","14","43","43","When you begin to fight the descendants of Amalek and Canaan, they will slaughter you! Yahweh will abandon you, because you have abandoned him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_44","005_14_44","NUM","14","44","44","But even though Moses/I did not leave the camp, and the sacred chest that contained the Ten Commandments was not taken from the camp, the people began to go towards the hilly area in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU14_45","005_14_45","NUM","14","45","45","Then the descendants of Amalek and Canaan who lived in that hilly area came down and attacked them and chased them as far south as the town of Hormah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_1","005_15_1","NUM","15","1","1","Then Yahweh told Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_2","005_15_2","NUM","15","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you arrive in the land that I am giving to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_3","005_15_3","NUM","15","3","3","you must offer to me special sacrifices which will be pleasing to me when the priest burns them on the altar. Some of them may be offerings that will be completely burned on the altar. Some of them may be to indicate that you have made a solemn promise to me. Some of them may be offerings that you yourselves have decided to make. Some of them may be offerings at one of the festivals that you celebrate each year. These offerings may be taken from your herds of cattle or from your flocks of sheep and goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_4","005_15_4","NUM","15","4","4","When you give these offerings, you must also bring to me a grain offering of two quarts/liters of nice flour mixed with one quart/liter of olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_5","005_15_5","NUM","15","5","5","When you offer a lamb to be a sacrifice to be completely burned, you must also pour on the altar one quart/liter of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_6","005_15_6","NUM","15","6","6","‘When you offer a ram to be a sacrifice, you must also bring an offering of four quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with ◄a third of a gallon/1.3 liters► of olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_7","005_15_7","NUM","15","7","7","And also pour on the altar ◄a third of a gallon/1.3 liters► of wine. While they are being burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_8","005_15_8","NUM","15","8","8","‘Sometimes you will offer a young bull to be completely burned on the altar. Sometimes you will offer a sacrifice to indicate that you have made a solemn promise to me. Sometimes you will offer a sacrifice to maintain fellowship with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_9","005_15_9","NUM","15","9","9","When you offer these sacrifices, you must also offer a grain offering of six quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with two quarts/liters of olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_10","005_15_10","NUM","15","10","10","Also pour on the altar two quarts/liters of wine to be an offering. While those special gifts are being burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_11","005_15_11","NUM","15","11","11","Each time someone offers a bull or a ram or a male lamb or a young goat to be a sacrifice, it must be done that way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_12","005_15_12","NUM","15","12","12","You must obey these instructions for each animal that you bring to me for an offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_13","005_15_13","NUM","15","13","13","‘All of you people who have been Israelis all of your lives must obey these regulations when you offer sacrifices that will be pleasing to me when they are burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_14","005_15_14","NUM","15","14","14","If any foreigners visit you or live among you, if they also want to bring a sacrifice that will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar, they must obey these same instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_15","005_15_15","NUM","15","15","15","I consider that those who have always been Israelis and those who are foreigners are equal, and so they must all obey the same instructions. All of your descendants must also continue to obey these instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_16","005_15_16","NUM","15","16","16","You Israelis and the foreigners who live among you must all obey the same instructions.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_17","005_15_17","NUM","15","17","17","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_18","005_15_18","NUM","15","18","18","“Tell these instructions to the Israeli people: Yahweh says this: ‘When you arrive in the land to which I am taking you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_19","005_15_19","NUM","15","19","19","and you eat the crops that are growing there, you must set some of them aside to be a sacred offering to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_20","005_15_20","NUM","15","20","20","Each year set aside some of the first grain that you gather after you have threshed it. Bake a loaf of bread from the first flour that you grind and bring it to me to be a sacred offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_21","005_15_21","NUM","15","21","21","Every year, you and your descendants must continue to make and bring to me a loaf of bread baked MTY with flour from the first part of the grain that you harvest.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_22","005_15_22","NUM","15","22","22","“‘There may be times when you Israelis do not obey all these instructions that I have given to Moses to tell you, but not because you intended to disobey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_23","005_15_23","NUM","15","23","23","There may be times when some of your descendants do not obey all these instructions that I have given to Moses to tell to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_24","005_15_24","NUM","15","24","24","If you or they sin by forgetting to obey these instructions and none of the Israeli people realize that they were doing that, one young bull as an offering for all the people must be brought to the priest. That will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar. They must also bring to me a grain offering and an offering of wine, and a male goat, to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive them for the sins they have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_25","005_15_25","NUM","15","25","25","By offering these sacrifices, the priest will make atonement for all of you Israeli people. Then, as a result of their bringing to me an offering to be burned on the altar, ◄you will be forgiven/I will forgive you►, because you sinned without realizing that you were sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_26","005_15_26","NUM","15","26","26","You Israeli people and the foreigners who are living among you will all be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_27","005_15_27","NUM","15","27","27","If one person commits a sin without realizing that he was sinning, that person must bring to me a female goat to be an offering to enable me to forgive that person for the sins that person has committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_28","005_15_28","NUM","15","28","28","The priest will offer it to be a sacrifice to remove the guilt of that person, and that person will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_29","005_15_29","NUM","15","29","29","You Israelis and all the foreigners who live among you must obey these same instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_30","005_15_30","NUM","15","30","30","But those who disobey my commands ◄deliberately/because they want to►, both Israelis and the foreigners who live among you, have sinned against me by doing that. So ◄they must be expelled/you must expel them► from your camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_31","005_15_31","NUM","15","31","31","They have despised my commands and deliberately disobeyed them, so they must be punished for their sin by not being allowed to live among you any more.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_32","005_15_32","NUM","15","32","32","One day, while the Israelis were in the desert, some of them saw a man who was gathering firewood on the Sabbath/rest day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_33","005_15_33","NUM","15","33","33","Those who saw him doing that brought him to Aaron and Moses/me and the rest of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_34","005_15_34","NUM","15","34","34","They guarded him carefully, because they did not know what to do to punish him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_35","005_15_35","NUM","15","35","35","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “The man must be executed. All of you must kill him by throwing stones at him outside the camp.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_36","005_15_36","NUM","15","36","36","So they all took the man outside the camp and killed him by throwing stones at him, as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_37","005_15_37","NUM","15","37","37","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_38","005_15_38","NUM","15","38","38","“Tell this to the Israeli people: You and all your descendants must twist threads together to make tassels, and then attach them with blue cords to the bottom edges of your clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_39","005_15_39","NUM","15","39","39","When you look at the tassels, you will remember all the instructions that I gave to you, and you will obey them, instead of doing what you desire and as a result causing yourselves to become unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_40","005_15_40","NUM","15","40","40","Seeing those tassels will help you to remember that you must obey all my commands and that you must be ◄my holy people/dedicated to me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU15_41","005_15_41","NUM","15","41","41","Do not forget that I am Yahweh, your God. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt in order that you might belong to me. I am Yahweh, your God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_1","005_16_1","NUM","16","1","1","One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_2","005_16_2","NUM","16","2","2","Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_3","005_16_3","NUM","16","3","3","They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more authority than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_4","005_16_4","NUM","16","4","4","When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_5","005_16_5","NUM","16","5","5","Then he/I said to Korah and those Israeli leaders who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his priest, and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit only those whom he chooses to come into his presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_6","005_16_6","NUM","16","6","6","So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_7","005_16_7","NUM","16","7","7","Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more authority than you should!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_8","005_16_8","NUM","16","8","8","Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_9","005_16_9","NUM","16","9","9","The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. ◄Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing► to you RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_10","005_16_10","NUM","16","10","10","Yahweh has brought you, Korah, and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_11","005_16_11","NUM","16","11","11","It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining RHQ.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_12","005_16_12","NUM","16","12","12","Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but they refused to come. They sent a message saying, “We will not come to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_13","005_16_13","NUM","16","13","13","You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile IDM land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us RHQ, and that is worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_14","005_16_14","NUM","16","14","14","You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to RHQ trick these people. So we will not come to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_15","005_16_15","NUM","16","15","15","Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, so they have no reason to complain about me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_16","005_16_16","NUM","16","16","16","Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_17","005_16_17","NUM","16","17","17","You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to burn it to be an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_18","005_16_18","NUM","16","18","18","So the next day each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_19","005_16_19","NUM","16","19","19","Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_20","005_16_20","NUM","16","20","20","and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_21","005_16_21","NUM","16","21","21","“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_22","005_16_22","NUM","16","22","22","But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live MTY. Only one of these men has sinned; so, ◄is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_23","005_16_23","NUM","16","23","23","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_24","005_16_24","NUM","16","24","24","“Okay, but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_25","005_16_25","NUM","16","25","25","So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_26","005_16_26","NUM","16","26","26","He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_27","005_16_27","NUM","16","27","27","So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_28","005_16_28","NUM","16","28","28","Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who chose me and sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_29","005_16_29","NUM","16","29","29","If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_30","005_16_30","NUM","16","30","30","But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground that is under their feet to open up and swallow these men and their families and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_31","005_16_31","NUM","16","31","31","As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_32","005_16_32","NUM","16","32","32","It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_33","005_16_33","NUM","16","33","33","They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_34","005_16_34","NUM","16","34","34","They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people were terrified and cried out as they ran away, saying, “We do not want the ground to swallow us also!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_35","005_16_35","NUM","16","35","35","And then a fire from Yahweh came down from the sky and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_36","005_16_36","NUM","16","36","36","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_37","005_16_37","NUM","16","37","37","“Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men were carrying are ◄holy/dedicated to me► because they burned incense to me in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_38","005_16_38","NUM","16","38","38","Those men have now died because of their sin; so Eleazar must take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are ◄holy/dedicated to me►. What happened to those pans will now warn the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_39","005_16_39","NUM","16","39","39","So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_40","005_16_40","NUM","16","40","40","That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_41","005_16_41","NUM","16","41","41","But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_42","005_16_42","NUM","16","42","42","When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_43","005_16_43","NUM","16","43","43","Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_44","005_16_44","NUM","16","44","44","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_45","005_16_45","NUM","16","45","45","“Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately without injuring you two!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_46","005_16_46","NUM","16","46","46","Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and I know that a ◄severe plague/bad sickness► has already started among them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_47","005_16_47","NUM","16","47","47","So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_48","005_16_48","NUM","16","48","48","He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_49","005_16_49","NUM","16","49","49","But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU16_50","005_16_50","NUM","16","50","50","Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_1","005_17_1","NUM","17","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_2","005_17_2","NUM","17","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people to bring to you twelve walking sticks. They should bring one from each of the leaders of the twelve tribes. You should carve each leader’s name on his stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_3","005_17_3","NUM","17","3","3","There must be one stick for the leader of each tribe, so you must carve Aaron’s name on the stick for the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_4","005_17_4","NUM","17","4","4","Put those sticks inside the Sacred Tent, in front of the sacred chest that has in it the tablets on which the Ten Commandments are written. That is the place where I always talk with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_5","005_17_5","NUM","17","5","5","Buds will sprout on the stick of the man whom I have chosen to be the priest. When the people see that, they will stop their constantly complaining about you because they will realize that you are the one whom I have chosen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_6","005_17_6","NUM","17","6","6","So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said. Then each of the twelve Israeli leaders, including Aaron, brought his walking stick to Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_7","005_17_7","NUM","17","7","7","Moses/I placed the sticks inside the Sacred Tent in front of the sacred chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_8","005_17_8","NUM","17","8","8","The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_9","005_17_9","NUM","17","9","9","Moses/I brought all the sticks out of the Sacred Tent and showed them to the people. Each of the twelve leaders took back his own stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_10","005_17_10","NUM","17","10","10","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Put Aaron’s stick in front of the sacred chest, and let it stay there permanently. That will be a warning to people who want to rebel against me. Then no more people will die because of complaining against me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_11","005_17_11","NUM","17","11","11","So Moses/I did what Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_12","005_17_12","NUM","17","12","12","Then the Israeli people said to Moses/me, “We are going to die! All of us are surely going to die! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU17_13","005_17_13","NUM","17","13","13","Everyone who comes close to Yahweh’s Sacred Tent dies. Are the rest of us going to die, also?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_1","005_18_1","NUM","18","1","1","Yahweh said to Aaron, “You and your sons and the other members of your father’s family are the ones ◄who will be punished/whom I will punish► if anything bad happens to the things inside the Sacred Tent. But only you and your sons will be punished if the priests do something bad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_2","005_18_2","NUM","18","2","2","Require that those who belong to your tribe, the tribe of Levi, must assist you and your sons while you perform your work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_3","005_18_3","NUM","18","3","3","But while they do that work, they must not go near the sacred items inside the tent or near the altar. If they do that, they will die, and you will die, too! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_4","005_18_4","NUM","18","4","4","They may assist you in doing all the work to take care of the Sacred Tent, but no one else is permitted to come near the place where you are working. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_5","005_18_5","NUM","18","5","5","“You are the ones who will do the sacred work inside the Sacred Tent and at the altar. If you obey these instructions, I will not become very angry with the Israeli people again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_6","005_18_6","NUM","18","6","6","I myself have chosen the descendants of Levi from the other Israelis in order that they may be your special helpers. They are like a gift that I have given you to work at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_7","005_18_7","NUM","18","7","7","But it is you and your sons, who are the priests, who must perform all the rituals concerning the altar and with what happens inside the Very Holy Place. I am giving to you this work of serving as priests. So anyone else who tries to do that work must be executed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_8","005_18_8","NUM","18","8","8","Yahweh also said to Aaron, “I myself have appointed you to take care of all the sacred offerings that the Israeli people bring to me. I have given all these sacred offerings to you and to your sons. You and your descendants will get a share of these offerings permanently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_9","005_18_9","NUM","18","9","9","The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_10","005_18_10","NUM","18","10","10","You must eat those offerings in a sacred place, near the Sacred Tent. You and all of the other males in your clan may eat them, but you must consider those offerings to be holy/dedicated to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_11","005_18_11","NUM","18","11","11","“The priests lift up high the sacred offerings while they are standing in front of the altar. All of those offerings that the Israelis offer to me belong to you and your sons and daughters. They will always be your share. All the members of your family who have performed the rituals to cause them to  be acceptable to me are permitted to eat from these offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_12","005_18_12","NUM","18","12","12","“ am also giving to you the first food that people harvest each year and bring to me—the best olive oil and new wine and grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_13","005_18_13","NUM","18","13","13","All of the first crops that people harvest and bring to me belong to you. Anyone in your family who has performed the ritual to become acceptable to me is permitted to eat that food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_14","005_18_14","NUM","18","14","14","“Everything in Israel that is set apart to belong to me also belongs to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_15","005_18_15","NUM","18","15","15","The firstborn males, both humans and domestic animals, that are offered to me, will be yours. But people must buy back their firstborn sons and the firstborn animals that may not be used for sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_16","005_18_16","NUM","18","16","16","They must buy them back when they are one month old. The price that they must pay for each one is five pieces of silver. They must weigh the silver on the scales that are in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_17","005_18_17","NUM","18","17","17","“But they are not permitted to buy back the firstborn cattle or sheep or goats. They are holy and have been set apart for me. Slaughter them and sprinkle their blood on the altar. Then completely burn the fat of those animals on the altar to be an offering to me. The smell as they burn will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_18","005_18_18","NUM","18","18","18","The meat from those offerings will be yours, just like the breast and right thigh of animals that are presented to me to maintain fellowship with me as the priest lifts them up high in front of the altar are yours. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_19","005_18_19","NUM","18","19","19","Anything that the Israeli people present to me as holy/sacred gifts, I am giving to you. They are for you and your sons and daughters to eat. They will always be your share. This is an agreement that I am making with you, an agreement that will ◄last forever/never be changed►. I am also making this agreement with your descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_20","005_18_20","NUM","18","20","20","Yahweh also said to Aaron, “You priests will not receive any of the land or the property like the other Israeli people will receive. I am what you will receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_21","005_18_21","NUM","18","21","21","“Then the Israeli people bring to me a tenth of all the crops and of their newborn animals, I will give that to you descendants of Levi. That will be your payment for the work you do at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_22","005_18_22","NUM","18","22","22","The other Israelis must not go near that tent. If they go near it, I will consider that their doing that is a sin, and  they will die for committing that sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_23","005_18_23","NUM","18","23","23","Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to work at the Sacred Tent, and they will be punished if anything bad happens to it. That is a law that will never be changed. You descendants of Levi will not receive any land among the other Israeli people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_24","005_18_24","NUM","18","24","24","because I will give you one tenth of all the crops and animals that the Israelis bring to be offerings to me. That is why I said that you will not receive any land like the other Israelis will receive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_25","005_18_25","NUM","18","25","25","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_26","005_18_26","NUM","18","26","26","“Tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you receive one tenth of all the crops and animals from the Israeli people, you must give one tenth of all that to me to be a sacred offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_27","005_18_27","NUM","18","27","27","Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_28","005_18_28","NUM","18","28","28","you must give to me one tenth of all that you receive from them. That will be your sacred offering to me. You must present it to Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_29","005_18_29","NUM","18","29","29","Select the best parts of the things that are given to you to give them to me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_30","005_18_30","NUM","18","30","30","“Also, tell this to the descendants of Levi: ‘When you present those best portions of grain and wine as your offering to me, I will consider that those gifts are as though they came from your own grain fields and vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_31","005_18_31","NUM","18","31","31","You descendants of Levi and your families are permitted to eat the rest of that food, and you may eat it wherever you want to, because it is your payment for the work that you do at the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU18_32","005_18_32","NUM","18","32","32","If you give to the priests the best portions of what you receive, you will not be punished by me for accepting one tenth of the gifts that the people bring to me. But you must consider those gifts to be sacred/holy. If you sin by eating those things in ways that are contrary to these regulations that I have given to you, you will be executed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_1","005_19_1","NUM","19","1","1","Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_2","005_19_2","NUM","19","2","2","“I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israeli people to bring to you one reddish-brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that ◄has never been/no one has ever► used for plowing ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_3","005_19_3","NUM","19","3","3","Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and slaughter it and drain the blood in a basin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_4","005_19_4","NUM","19","4","4","He must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times on the ground near the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_5","005_19_5","NUM","19","5","5","Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, the rest of its blood, and even its dung. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_6","005_19_6","NUM","19","6","6","Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of a plant named hyssop, and some scarlet/red yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_7","005_19_7","NUM","19","7","7","“Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe. After doing that, he may return to the camp. But he will be unfit for doing any sacred work until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_8","005_19_8","NUM","19","8","8","The man who burns the cow must also wash his clothes and bathe, and he will also be unacceptable to me until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_9","005_19_9","NUM","19","9","9","“Then someone who has not become unacceptable to me must gather up the ashes of the cow and put them in a ◄sacred place/place that is acceptable to me► outside the camp. The ashes must be kept there for the people of Israel to use when they mix it with water for the ritual to remove the guilt of sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_10","005_19_10","NUM","19","10","10","The man who gathers up the ashes of the cow must also wash his clothes, and he also will be unfit to do any more sacred work until that evening. That is a regulation that will never be changed. It must be obeyed by you Israeli people and by any foreigners who live among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_11","005_19_11","NUM","19","11","11","“All those who touch a corpse will be unacceptable to me for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_12","005_19_12","NUM","19","12","12","On the third day and on the seventh day after touching a corpse, in order to become acceptable to me again, they must have sprinkled on them some of that water for removing the guilt of their sin. If they do not do that on both of those days, they will continue to be unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_13","005_19_13","NUM","19","13","13","All those who touch a corpse, and do not perform in the correct way the ritual to become acceptable to me again, defile Yahweh’s Sacred Tent. They will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people. The water to remove the guilt of sin was not sprinkled on them, so they continue to be unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_14","005_19_14","NUM","19","14","14","“There is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_15","005_19_15","NUM","19","15","15","Any jars that are inside that tent that are not covered are not permitted to be used. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_16","005_19_16","NUM","19","16","16","If someone who is out in a field touches the corpse of someone who was murdered, or who died from natural causes, or if someone touches a bone from some human or touches a grave, that person will be unacceptable to me for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_17","005_19_17","NUM","19","17","17","“For someone like that to become acceptable to me again, some of the ashes from the cow that was burned must be taken and put in a jar. Then some fresh water must be poured over the ashes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_18","005_19_18","NUM","19","18","18","Then someone who is still acceptable to me must take a stalk of a plant named hyssop and dip it into the water. Then that person must sprinkle some of the water on the tent where that person died, on the things that are in the tent, and on the people who were in the tent. He must also sprinkle some of that water on any person who touched a human bone or who touched a person who died, or who touched a grave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_19","005_19_19","NUM","19","19","19","On the third day and on the seventh day after that, the person who is acceptable to me must sprinkle some of that water on those who have become unacceptable to me. On the seventh day, the people who are performing that ritual to become acceptable to me again must wash their clothes and bathe. If they do that, on that evening they will become acceptable to me again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_20","005_19_20","NUM","19","20","20","“If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_21","005_19_21","NUM","19","21","21","That is a law for the Israeli people that will never be changed. Those who sprinkle that water on themselves must then wash their clothes. And anyone who touches that water which removes guilt for sins will remain unacceptable to God until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU19_22","005_19_22","NUM","19","22","22","“If someone touches a thing or a person that has become unacceptable to me, that person will remain unacceptable to me until that evening.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_1","005_20_1","NUM","20","1","1","In March/April of the next year, the Israeli people traveled/walked to the Zin Desert and ◄camped/set up their tents► near Kadesh town. While they/we were there, Moses’/my older sister Miriam died and was buried there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_2","005_20_2","NUM","20","2","2","There was no water for the people to drink there, so they came to Aaron and Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_3","005_20_3","NUM","20","3","3","They complained and said, “We wish that we had died in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent when our fellow Israelis died! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_4","005_20_4","NUM","20","4","4","◄Did you bring us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock?/You brought us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_5","005_20_5","NUM","20","5","5","Why did you bring us from Egypt to this miserable place RHQ? There is no grain, there are no figs, no grapes, and no pomegranates here. And there is no water for us to drink!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_6","005_20_6","NUM","20","6","6","Aaron and Moses/I turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Sacred Tent and prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. Then Yahweh appeared to them/us with his bright glory, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_7","005_20_7","NUM","20","7","7","and he said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_8","005_20_8","NUM","20","8","8","“You and Aaron must take Aaron’s walking stick with you and gather all the people together. While the people are watching, command that water will flow out of that large rock over there. Water for the people will flow from it; all they and all their livestock will have enough water to drink.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_9","005_20_9","NUM","20","9","9","So Moses/I did what Yahweh told him/me to do. He/I took Aaron’s walking stick from the place in the Sacred Tent where it was kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_10","005_20_10","NUM","20","10","10","Then Aaron and he/I summoned all the people to gather at the rock. Then Moses/I shouted to them, “All you rebellious people, listen! Is it necessary for us to give you water from this rock?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_11","005_20_11","NUM","20","11","11","Then Moses/I raised his/my hand and instead of speaking to the rock, he/I struck the rock two times with the walking stick. And water gushed/poured out. So all the people and their livestock drank all the water that they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_12","005_20_12","NUM","20","12","12","But Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, “You did not believe that I could demonstrate my power to the Israeli people and give them water without your striking the rock. So you will not lead them into the land that I am giving to them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_13","005_20_13","NUM","20","13","13","Later this place was called Meribah, which means ‘arguing’, because there the Israeli people argued with Yahweh, and there he showed his power to them by giving them water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_14","005_20_14","NUM","20","14","14","While the people were at Kadesh town, Moses/I sent messengers to the king of Edom to tell him this: “Your relatives, the Israeli people, are sending you this message. You know the many troubles/hardships that have happened to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_15","005_20_15","NUM","20","15","15","You know that our ancestors went down to Egypt. You know that they stayed there for many years. They suffered because the rulers of Egypt caused them to become their slaves and to work very hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_16","005_20_16","NUM","20","16","16","“But when they called out to Yahweh, he heard them and sent an angel who brought them out of Egypt. Now we have set up our tents here at Kadesh, a town at the border of your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_17","005_20_17","NUM","20","17","17","Please allow us to travel through your country. We will be careful to not walk through your fields and your vineyards. We will not even drink water from your wells. As we travel, we will stay on the king’s highway, the main road that goes from the south to the north, and we will not leave that road until we have crossed the border of your country in the north.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_18","005_20_18","NUM","20","18","18","But the king of Edom refused. He replied, “Stay out of my country! If you try to enter it, I will send my army to attack you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_19","005_20_19","NUM","20","19","19","The Israeli messengers replied, “If we travel through your country, we will stay on the main road. If we and any of our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We want only to travel through your country. We do not want anything else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_20","005_20_20","NUM","20","20","20","But the king replied, “No! Stay out of our country! We will not allow you to travel through our land!” Then he sent the strongest soldiers in his army to prevent the Israelis from entering his country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_21","005_20_21","NUM","20","21","21","So, because the king of Edom refused to allow the Israelis to travel through his country, the Israelis turned and traveled a different way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_22","005_20_22","NUM","20","22","22","The Israeli people left Kadesh. They went to Hor Mountain, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_23","005_20_23","NUM","20","23","23","which is at the border of Edom. While they were there, Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_24","005_20_24","NUM","20","24","24","“It is time for Aaron to die EUP. He will not enter the land that I am giving to you Israelis, because the two of you disobeyed me when I told you to speak to the rock to cause the water to flow at Meribah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_25","005_20_25","NUM","20","25","25","Now you, Moses, take Aaron and his son Eleazar up on Hor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_26","005_20_26","NUM","20","26","26","There you must remove Aaron’s robes that he wears when he does the work of a priest, and put them on his son, Eleazar. Aaron will die up there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_27","005_20_27","NUM","20","27","27","So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. The three of them/us climbed up Hor Mountain, while all the Israeli people watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_28","005_20_28","NUM","20","28","28","At the top of the mountain, Moses/I took off the robes that Aaron wore while he did the work of a priest and put them on Eleazar. Then Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Eleazar and Moses/I went back down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU20_29","005_20_29","NUM","20","29","29","When the Israeli people realized that Aaron had died, they all mourned for him for 30 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_1","005_21_1","NUM","21","1","1","The king of Arad city lived in the area where the Canaan people-group lived, in the desert in the southern part of the land. He heard a report that the Israelis were approaching on the road to Atharim village. So his army attacked the Israelis and captured some of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_2","005_21_2","NUM","21","2","2","Then the Israelis solemnly vowed: “Yahweh, if you will help us to defeat these people, we will completely destroy all their towns.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_3","005_21_3","NUM","21","3","3","Yahweh heard what they requested, and he enabled them to defeat the army of the Canaan people-group. The Israeli soldiers killed all the people and destroyed their towns. Ever since that time, that place has been called Hormah which means ‘destruction’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_4","005_21_4","NUM","21","4","4","Then the Israelis left Hor Mountain and traveled on the road towards the Red Sea, in order to go around the land of Edom. But the people became impatient along the way, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_5","005_21_5","NUM","21","5","5","and they began to grumble/complain against God and against Moses/me. They said, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in this desert RHQ? There is nothing to eat here, and nothing to drink. And we detest this lousy manna food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_6","005_21_6","NUM","21","6","6","So Yahweh sent poisonous snakes among them. Many of the people were bitten by the snakes and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_7","005_21_7","NUM","21","7","7","Then the people came to Moses/me and cried out, saying, “We now know that we have sinned against Yahweh and against you. Pray to Yahweh, asking that he will take away the snakes!” So Moses/I prayed for the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_8","005_21_8","NUM","21","8","8","Then Yahweh told him/me, “Make a model/image of a poisonous snake, and attach it to the top of a pole. If those who are bitten by the snakes look at that model, they will ◄recover/get well►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_9","005_21_9","NUM","21","9","9","So Moses/I made a snake from bronze and attached it to the top of a pole. Then, when those who had been bitten by a snake looked at the bronze snake, they recovered! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_10","005_21_10","NUM","21","10","10","Then the Israelis traveled to Oboth and ◄camped/set up their tents► there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_11","005_21_11","NUM","21","11","11","Then they left there, and went to Iye-Abarim, in the desert on the eastern border of Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_12","005_21_12","NUM","21","12","12","From there they traveled to the valley where the Zered riverbed is, and camped there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_13","005_21_13","NUM","21","13","13","Then they traveled to the north side of the Arnon River. That area is in the desert next to the land where the Amor people-group lived. The Arnon River is the boundary between Moab and where the Amor people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_14","005_21_14","NUM","21","14","14","That is why in the book called ‘The Book of the Wars of Yahweh’ it tells about “Waheb town in the Suphah area, and the ravines there; and the Arnon River ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_15","005_21_15","NUM","21","15","15","and the ravines there, which extend as far as Ar village on the border of Moab.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_16","005_21_16","NUM","21","16","16","From there, the Israelis traveled to Beer. There was a well there, where Yahweh previously had said to Moses/me, “Gather the people together, and I will give them water.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_17","005_21_17","NUM","21","17","17","There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_18","005_21_18","NUM","21","18","18","Sing about this well which our leaders dug; they dug out the dirt with their royal scepters and their walking sticks.” Then the Israelis left that desert and went through Mattanah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_19","005_21_19","NUM","21","19","19","Nahaliel, and Bamoth villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_20","005_21_20","NUM","21","20","20","Then they went to the valley in Moab where Pisgah Mountain rises above the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_21","005_21_21","NUM","21","21","21","Then the Israelis sent messengers to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. This was the message that they/we gave him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_22","005_21_22","NUM","21","22","22","“Allow us to travel through your country. We will stay on the king’s highway, the main road that goes from the south to the north, until we have finished traveling through your land. We will not walk through any field or vineyard, or drink water from your wells.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_23","005_21_23","NUM","21","23","23","But King Sihon refused. He would not allow them to walk through his land. Instead, he sent his whole army to attack the Israelis in the desert. They attacked the Israelis at Jahaz village. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_24","005_21_24","NUM","21","24","24","But the Israelis completely defeated them and occupied their land, from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north. They stopped at the border of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, because the Ammon army was defending the border strongly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_25","005_21_25","NUM","21","25","25","So the Israelis occupied all the cities and towns where the Amor people-group lived, and some of the Israelis began to live in them. They occupied Heshbon city and the nearby villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_26","005_21_26","NUM","21","26","26","Heshbon was the capital of the country. It was the city where King Sihon ruled. His army had previously defeated the army of the king of Moab, and then his people had begun to live in all of the land of Moab as far as the Arnon River in the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_27","005_21_27","NUM","21","27","27","For that reason, one of the poets wrote long ago, “Come to Heshbon, the city where King Sihon ruled. We want the city to be restored/rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_28","005_21_28","NUM","21","28","28","A fire blazed from Heshbon; it burned down Ar city in Moab, it destroyed everything on the hills along the Arnon River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_29","005_21_29","NUM","21","29","29","You people of Moab, terrible things have happened to you! You people who worship your god Chemosh have been ◄annihilated/wiped out►! The men who worshiped MET Chemosh have run away and are now refugees, and the women who worshiped him have been captured by the army of Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_30","005_21_30","NUM","21","30","30","But we have defeated Sihon and those descendants of Amor, all the way from Heshbon in the north to Dibon city in the south. We have completely obliterated/destroyed them as far as Nophah and Medeba towns.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_31","005_21_31","NUM","21","31","31","So the Israeli people began to live in the land where the Amor people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_32","005_21_32","NUM","21","32","32","After Moses/I sent some men to explore the area near Jazer city, Israeli people began to live in all the towns in that region and expelled the Amor people-group who lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_33","005_21_33","NUM","21","33","33","Then they turned north toward the Bashan region, but King Og of Bashan and all his army attacked them at Edrei town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_34","005_21_34","NUM","21","34","34","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do not be afraid of Og, because I am going to enable your men to defeat him and his army, and to take possession of all his land. You will do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU21_35","005_21_35","NUM","21","35","35","And that is what happened. We Israelis defeated Og’s army, and killed King Og and his sons and all his people. Not a person survived! And then we Israelis began to live in their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_1","005_22_1","NUM","22","1","1","Then the Israelis traveled west to the area of Moab that was in the valley of the Jordan River, across the river from Jericho city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_2","005_22_2","NUM","22","2","2","But King Balak, the son of Zippor, who ruled Moab, found out what the Israelis had done to the Amor people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_3","005_22_3","NUM","22","3","3","When he saw that the Israelis were very numerous, he and his people became terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_4","005_22_4","NUM","22","4","4","So the king of Moab went to the leaders of the Midian people-group and said to them, “This huge group of Israelis will ◄wipe out/destroy► everything around them, like an ox devours grass!” Balak was the king of Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_5","005_22_5","NUM","22","5","5","He sent messengers to a prophet named Balaam, who was living in his own area, in Pethor town, near the Euphrates River. He sent this message to request that Balaam would come to help him: “A huge group of people has arrived here from Egypt. It looks like they are covering the entire land! And they have begun to live close to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_6","005_22_6","NUM","22","6","6","Because they are very powerful/numerous, we are afraid of them. So please come and curse them for me. Then my army may be able to defeat them and expel them from the land where they are now living. I know that good things will happen to the people whom you bless, and disasters will happen to the people whom you curse.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_7","005_22_7","NUM","22","7","7","Balak’s messengers, who were leaders of both the Moab and Midian people-groups, took money with them to pay Balaam in order that he would come and curse the Israelis. They went to Balaam and told him what Balak had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_8","005_22_8","NUM","22","8","8","Balaam said, “Stay here tonight. Tomorrow morning I will tell you whatever Yahweh tells me that I should say to you.” So the leaders from Moab stayed there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_9","005_22_9","NUM","22","9","9","During the night, God appeared to Balaam and asked him, “◄Who are/Tell me about► these men who are staying with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_10","005_22_10","NUM","22","10","10","Balaam replied, “Balak, the king of Moab, sent these men to tell me this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_11","005_22_11","NUM","22","11","11","‘A huge group of people has come from Egypt, and they have spread all over this area. Please come immediately to curse them. Then I may be able to defeat them and expel them from this area.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_12","005_22_12","NUM","22","12","12","God replied to Balaam, “Do not go with them! I have blessed those people, so you must not curse them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_13","005_22_13","NUM","22","13","13","The next morning, Balaam got up and told Balak’s men, “Go back home. But go by yourselves, because Yahweh is not allowing me to go with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_14","005_22_14","NUM","22","14","14","So the men from Moab returned to King Balak and they reported to him, “Balaam refused to come with us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_15","005_22_15","NUM","22","15","15","But Balak sent another group of leaders to Balaam. It was a group that was larger and they were more important than the men in the first group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_16","005_22_16","NUM","22","16","16","They went to Balaam and told him this: “This is what King Balak says: ‘Please do not allow anything to hinder you from coming here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_17","005_22_17","NUM","22","17","17","I will pay you ◄a lot of money/very well► if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israeli people for me!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_18","005_22_18","NUM","22","18","18","But Balaam answered them, “Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not do anything to disobey Yahweh, ◄my God/the God whom I worship►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_19","005_22_19","NUM","22","19","19","But stay here one more night, like the other messengers did, and I will find out if Yahweh has anything more to say to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_20","005_22_20","NUM","22","20","20","That night God appeared to Balaam again and said to him, “These men have come to request that you go back with them, so you may go with them, but do only what I tell you to do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_21","005_22_21","NUM","22","21","21","So the next morning, Balaam put a saddle on his donkey and he departed with two of his servants along with the men from Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_22","005_22_22","NUM","22","22","22","Even though God had given Balaam permission to go, he was still angry. So he sent one of his angels to Balaam. This angel stood in the road to block Balaam’s path. As Balaam and the two servants were riding on their donkeys, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_23","005_22_23","NUM","22","23","23","Balaam’s donkey saw the angel. The angel was standing in the road and was holding a sword in his hand, but Balaam did not see him. Balaam’s donkey turned off the road into a field. So Balaam struck the donkey and forced it to go back onto the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_24","005_22_24","NUM","22","24","24","Then the angel stood in a place where the road was very narrow, between two vineyards, with walls on each side of the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_25","005_22_25","NUM","22","25","25","When the donkey saw the angel standing there, it walked very close to the wall to try to get past the angel. As a result, it bashed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam struck the donkey again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_26","005_22_26","NUM","22","26","26","Then the angel went further along the road and stood at a place that was extremely narrow, with the result that the donkey could not get past at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_27","005_22_27","NUM","22","27","27","This time, when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down on the ground with Balaam sitting on top of it. Balaam became extremely angry, and he struck the donkey again with his walking stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_28","005_22_28","NUM","22","28","28","Then Yahweh enabled the donkey to speak! It said to Balaam, “What bad thing have I done to you that caused you to strike me three times?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_29","005_22_29","NUM","22","29","29","Balaam shouted, “I struck you because you have caused me to appear to be foolish! If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_30","005_22_30","NUM","22","30","30","But the donkey answered, “I am your own donkey RHQ, the one that you have always ridden! Have I ever done anything like this previously?” Balaam said, “No.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_31","005_22_31","NUM","22","31","31","Then Yahweh enabled Balaam to see the angel standing on the road, holding a sword in his hand. Balaam realized that it was an angel and prostrated himself on the ground in front of the angel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_32","005_22_32","NUM","22","32","32","The angel asked him, ‘◄Why did you strike your donkey three times?/ You should certainly not have struck the donkey three times! RHQ I have come to block your path because what you are planning to do is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_33","005_22_33","NUM","22","33","33","Three times your donkey saw me and turned away from me. If it had not done that, I would certainly have killed you already, but I would have allowed the donkey to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_34","005_22_34","NUM","22","34","34","Then Balaam said to the angel, “I have sinned. But I did not realize that you were standing there, trying to block my path. So if you do not want me to continue going, I will return home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_35","005_22_35","NUM","22","35","35","But the angel replied, “I will allow you to go with these men, but you must say only what I tell you to say!” So Balaam went on with the leaders whom Balak had sent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_36","005_22_36","NUM","22","36","36","When King Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went to meet him at a Moab town alongside the Arnon River that was at the border of his own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_37","005_22_37","NUM","22","37","37","When he arrived where Balaam was, he said to him, “I sent you RHQ a message saying that you should come immediately RHQ! Why did you not come immediately? Did you think that I was not able to pay you a lot of money for coming?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_38","005_22_38","NUM","22","38","38","Balaam replied, “I have come here now, but I am not able to say anything that I want to. I will say only the words that God tells me to say MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_39","005_22_39","NUM","22","39","39","Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-Huzoth town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_40","005_22_40","NUM","22","40","40","There Balak killed some cattle and sheep as sacrifices, and offered parts of the meat to Balaam and the leaders who were with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU22_41","005_22_41","NUM","22","41","41","They slept there, and the next morning Balak took Balaam part way up the mountain to Bamoth-Baal village. From there, they could see some of the Israeli people who were down below. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_1","005_23_1","NUM","23","1","1","Balaam said to King Balak, “Build seven altars for me here. Then kill seven young bulls and seven rams for a sacrifice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_2","005_23_2","NUM","23","2","2","So Balak did that. And then he and Balaam each burned a young bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_3","005_23_3","NUM","23","3","3","Then Balaam said to Balak, “You stand here close to your burned offerings, and I will go and ask Yahweh if he has something else to tell me. Then I will tell you what he says to me.” Then Balaam went by himself to the top of a hill, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_4","005_23_4","NUM","23","4","4","and God appeared to him there. Balaam said to him, “We have built seven altars, and I have killed and burned a young bull and a ram as a sacrifice to you on each altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_5","005_23_5","NUM","23","5","5","Then Yahweh gave Balaam a message to give to King Balak. Then he said, “Go back and tell him what I told you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_6","005_23_6","NUM","23","6","6","When Balaam returned to Balak, Balak was standing with the leaders from Moab beside the offerings he had burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_7","005_23_7","NUM","23","7","7","This is the message that Balaam told them: “Balak, the King of Moab, summoned me to come here from Syria; he brought me here from the hills at the eastern side of Syria. He said, ‘Come and curse the descendants of Jacob for me, saying that bad things will happen to these Israeli people!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_8","005_23_8","NUM","23","8","8","But ◄how can I curse people whom God has not cursed?/I certainly cannot curse people whom God has not cursed!► RHQ ◄How can I condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned?/I cannot condemn people whom Yahweh has not condemned!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_9","005_23_9","NUM","23","9","9","I have seen them from the tops of the rocky peaks. I see that they are a group of people who live by themselves; they have separated themselves from other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_10","005_23_10","NUM","23","10","10","◄Who can count the descendants of Jacob; they are as numerous as particles of <dust/dirt>?/No one can count the descendants of Jacob; they are as numerous as particles of <dust/dirt>!► RHQ ◄Who can count even a quarter of the Israeli people?/No one can count even a quarter of the Israeli people!► RHQ I wish/hope that I will die like righteous people die; I hope that I will die peacefully like they will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_11","005_23_11","NUM","23","11","11","Then Balak said, “What have you done to me RHQ? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but instead you have ◄blessed them/asked Yahweh to bless them►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_12","005_23_12","NUM","23","12","12","But Balaam replied, “I can RHQ say only what Yahweh tells me to say. I cannot say anything else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_13","005_23_13","NUM","23","13","13","Then King Balak told Balaam, “Come with me to another place. There you will see only part of the Israeli people, and you will be able to curse those people for me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_14","005_23_14","NUM","23","14","14","So Balak took Balaam to a field on the top of Pisgah Mountain. There, again he built seven altars and offered a young bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_15","005_23_15","NUM","23","15","15","Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here close to your burned offerings, while I go and talk with Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_16","005_23_16","NUM","23","16","16","So Balaam did that, and Yahweh appeared to Balaam again and gave him another message. Then he said, “Go back to Balak and tell him that message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_17","005_23_17","NUM","23","17","17","So Balaam returned to where the king and the leaders from Moab were standing, next to the altar where Balak had burned the sacrifices. Balak asked him, “What did Yahweh say?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_18","005_23_18","NUM","23","18","18","Then Balaam told him this message: “Balak, listen carefully; hear what I have to say, you son of Zippor DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_19","005_23_19","NUM","23","19","19","God is not a human being. Humans lie, but God never lies. He never changes his mind/thoughts, as humans do. Whatever he has said that he will do, he does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_20","005_23_20","NUM","23","20","20","He commanded me to request him to bless the Israelis, So he has blessed them, and I cannot change that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_21","005_23_21","NUM","23","21","21","Yahweh their God is with/helping them; they have declared that he is their true king. So the descendants of Jacob will not be harmed; they will not have any troubles DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_22","005_23_22","NUM","23","22","22","God brought them out of Egypt where they were slaves; he is as strong as a wild ox. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_23","005_23_23","NUM","23","23","23","When people curse PRS the descendants of Jacob, they will not be harmed; when people work sorcery on them, it will have no power. So now people will say about the descendants of Jacob, ‘God has done wonderful things for the Israelis!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_24","005_23_24","NUM","23","24","24","They are very strong, like lionesses that are ready to attack other animals; they stand firm like lions. The lions refuse to rest until they have killed and eaten their prey, and drunk the blood of the animals they slaughtered.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_25","005_23_25","NUM","23","25","25","Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you will not curse them, then I certainly do not want you to bless them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_26","005_23_26","NUM","23","26","26","But Balaam replied, “I told you that I must do only what Yahweh tells me to do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_27","005_23_27","NUM","23","27","27","Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come with me; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to allow you to curse them from that place.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_28","005_23_28","NUM","23","28","28","So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor Mountain where they could look down and see the Israelis in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_29","005_23_29","NUM","23","29","29","Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars again and kill seven young bulls and seven rams for a sacrifice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU23_30","005_23_30","NUM","23","30","30","So Balak did what Balaam told him to do. He burned a young bull and a ram on each altar as sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_1","005_24_1","NUM","24","1","1","Balaam now realized that Yahweh wanted to bless the Israeli people, not curse them. So he did not use magic/divination like a shaman would do to find out what Yahweh wanted, as he often did. Instead, he turned toward the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_2","005_24_2","NUM","24","2","2","He saw the Israeli people camped there in their tents, with each tribe gathered in its own group. Then the Spirit of God took control of him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_3","005_24_3","NUM","24","3","3","and enabled him to give this prophetic message to Balak: “I, Balaam, the son of Beor, am giving this prophecy; I am speaking as a man who sees what will happen in the future clearly speaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_4","005_24_4","NUM","24","4","4","I hear this message from God; I see a vision from him who is all-powerful. My eyes are open as I prostrate myself in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_5","005_24_5","NUM","24","5","5","You descendants of Jacob, your tents are very beautiful; they are truly lovely! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_6","005_24_6","NUM","24","6","6","Your tents are spread out in front of me like groves of palm trees in valleys, like gardens alongside a river. They are like strong aloe trees/plants that Yahweh has planted, like strong cedar trees that grow along the rivers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_7","005_24_7","NUM","24","7","7","Your water buckets will always be full; the seeds that you plant will always have plenty of water to make them grow. The Israelis’ king will be greater than King Agag; the kingdom that he rules will be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_8","005_24_8","NUM","24","8","8","God brought the Israelis out of Egypt, leading them along with his great power MTY like a wild ox has. He devastates all the nations that oppose him; he breaks all those people’s bones into pieces, and shoots them with his arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_9","005_24_9","NUM","24","9","9","The Israelis are like lions that crouch and lie down, ready to pounce on their prey SIM. They are like lionesses that are resting, but ready to attack; no one RHQ would dare to arouse them! God will bless everyone who blesses you Israelis, and he will curse everyone who curses you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_10","005_24_10","NUM","24","10","10","Then King Balak was extremely angry with Balaam. He showed with his hands that he was very angry, and he shouted at Balaam, “I summoned you here to curse my enemies! Instead, you have ◄blessed/asked God to bless► them three times! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_11","005_24_11","NUM","24","11","11","So now, get out of here! Go back home! I said that I would pay you a lot of money if you cursed them, but Yahweh has prevented you from getting any pay!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_12","005_24_12","NUM","24","12","12","Balaam said to Balak, “Do you not remember what RHQ I told the messengers that you sent to me? I said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_13","005_24_13","NUM","24","13","13","‘Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not disobey Yahweh. I cannot do anything bad or anything that is good that he does not approve of.’ And I told you that I could say only what Yahweh says to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_14","005_24_14","NUM","24","14","14","So yes, I will return to my people, but first, allow me to tell you what will happen to you Moab people in the future.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_15","005_24_15","NUM","24","15","15","So Balaam said this to Balak: “I, Balaam, son of Beor, am again giving a prophecy, speaking as a man who sees what will happen in the future clearly speaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_16","005_24_16","NUM","24","16","16","I hear a message from God; I know things that God, who lives in heaven, has revealed to me. I see a vision from him who is all-powerful. My eyes are open as I prostrate myself in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_17","005_24_17","NUM","24","17","17","The things that I see in the vision are not going to happen now; I see things that God will cause to happen in the future. A man who is a descendant of Jacob will appear like a star MET; a king who holds a scepter will be one of the Israeli people. He will crush the heads of you people of Moab; he will wipe out the descendants of Seth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_18","005_24_18","NUM","24","18","18","The Israelis will occupy Edom, and they will conquer their enemies who live near Seir Mountain. The Israeli people will be victorious/strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_19","005_24_19","NUM","24","19","19","A ruler who is a descendant of Jacob will come; he will get rid of the people who still live in the city where Balaam first met Balak.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_20","005_24_20","NUM","24","20","20","Then Balaam looked out over where the Amalek people-group lived, and he prophesied this: “The Amalek people-group were the greatest nation, but they will be wiped out.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_21","005_24_21","NUM","24","21","21","Then he looked out over the area where the Ken people-group lived, and he prophesied this: “You think that the place where you live is secure/safe like a nest that is made in the cliffs MET, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_22","005_24_22","NUM","24","22","22","but you will be wiped out when the army of Assyria conquers you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_23","005_24_23","NUM","24","23","23","Balaam ended his prophecies by saying, “Also, ◄who can <survive/escape> when God does all these things?/no one will be able to <survive/escape> when God does all these things!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_24","005_24_24","NUM","24","24","24","Ships will come from Cyprus Island, and the men in those ships will defeat the armies of Assyria and Eber. But God will get rid of those men, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU24_25","005_24_25","NUM","24","25","25","Then Balaam and Balak returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_1","005_25_1","NUM","25","1","1","While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia Grove, some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab people-group who lived in that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_2","005_25_2","NUM","25","2","2","Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men accepted. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_3","005_25_3","NUM","25","3","3","By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal add who the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_4","005_25_4","NUM","25","4","4","Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_5","005_25_5","NUM","25","5","5","So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined others in worshiping Baal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_6","005_25_6","NUM","25","6","6","But later, while Moses/I and many HYP other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent and started to have sex with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_7","005_25_7","NUM","25","7","7","When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_8","005_25_8","NUM","25","8","8","and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly and killed both of them. When he did that, the ◄plague/serious illness► that had started to strike the Israelis stopped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_9","005_25_9","NUM","25","9","9","But 24,000 people had already died from that plague. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_10","005_25_10","NUM","25","10","10","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_11","005_25_11","NUM","25","11","11","“Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am to stop this sinful behavior. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_12","005_25_12","NUM","25","12","12","Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_13","005_25_13","NUM","25","13","13","In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because he showed that he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_14","005_25_14","NUM","25","14","14","The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_15","005_25_15","NUM","25","15","15","The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_16","005_25_16","NUM","25","16","16","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_17","005_25_17","NUM","25","17","17","“Take your men and attack the Midian people-group and kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU25_18","005_25_18","NUM","25","18","18","They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because one of your men had sex with Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague started because the people sinned at Peor Mountain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_1","005_26_1","NUM","26","1","1","After the plague ended, Yahweh said to Eleazar and Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_2","005_26_2","NUM","26","2","2","“Count all the people of Israel again. Write down the names of all the men who are at least 20 years old who are able to fight in battles, along with their family names.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_3","005_26_3","NUM","26","3","3","So while the Israelis were on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, Eleazar and Moses/I told this to the Israeli leaders: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_4","005_26_4","NUM","26","4","4","“Write down the names of all the Israeli men who are at least 20 years old, as Yahweh has commanded us.” So they did that, and this is a record of all the descendants of Jacob who came out of Egypt who were still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_5","005_26_5","NUM","26","5","7","They counted 43,730 men from the tribe of Reuben, Jacob’s oldest son. They were in clans descended from Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_8","005_26_8","NUM","26","8","8","Pallu’s son was Eliab ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_9","005_26_9","NUM","26","9","9","and his grandsons were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram were the leaders who joined with Korah to conspire against Aaron and Moses/me and rebelled against Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_10","005_26_10","NUM","26","10","10","But the earth opened up and swallowed them and Korah. Yahweh also sent a fire that burned up 250 men who supported those three men. That was a warning to all the Israeli people that they should respect and obey the leaders whom Yahweh had appointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_11","005_26_11","NUM","26","11","11","But the descendants of Korah did not die on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_12","005_26_12","NUM","26","12","14","The Israeli leaders counted 22,200 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were in clans descended from Nemuel, Jamin, Jakin, Zerah, and Shaul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_15","005_26_15","NUM","26","15","18","They counted 40,500 men from the tribe of Gad. They were in clans descended from Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ozni, Eri, Arod, and Areli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_19","005_26_19","NUM","26","19","22","They counted 76,500 men from the tribe of Judah. They were in clans descended from Shelah, Perez, Zerah, Hezron, and Hamul. Judah’s other two sons, Er and Onan, died in Canaan without having had any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_23","005_26_23","NUM","26","23","25","They counted 64,300 men from the tribe of Issachar. They were in clans descended from Tola, Puvah, Jashub, and Shimron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_26","005_26_26","NUM","26","26","27","They counted 60,500 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were in clans descended from Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_28","005_26_28","NUM","26","28","34","They counted 52,700 men from the tribe of Manasseh, who was one of the sons of Joseph. They were in clans descended from Machir, from his son Gilead, and from his six grandsons—Jezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Shemida, and Hepher. Hepher’s son Zelophehad did not have any sons, but he had five daughters—Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_35","005_26_35","NUM","26","35","37","They counted 32,500 men from the tribe of Ephraim, who was Joseph’s other son. They were in clans descended from Shuthelah, Becher, Tahan, and Shuthelah’s son Eran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_38","005_26_38","NUM","26","38","41","They counted 45,600 men from the tribe of Benjamin. They were in clans descended from Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, Shephupham, and Hupham, and from Bela’s two sons—Ard and Naaman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_42","005_26_42","NUM","26","42","43","They counted 64,400 men from the tribe of Dan. They were in one clan descended from Shuham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_44","005_26_44","NUM","26","44","47","They counted 53,400 men from the tribe of Asher. They were in clans descended from Imnah, Ishvi, and Beriah, and from Beriah’s two sons—Heber and Malkiel. Asher also had a daughter named Serah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_48","005_26_48","NUM","26","48","50","They counted 45,400 men from the tribe of Naphtali. They were in clans descended from Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_51","005_26_51","NUM","26","51","51","The total of the Israeli men whom the leaders counted was 601,730. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_52","005_26_52","NUM","26","52","52","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_53","005_26_53","NUM","26","53","53","“Divide Canaan land among the tribes. Distribute the land according the number of people in each tribe that are on your lists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_54","005_26_54","NUM","26","54","56","Decide by ◄casting lots/throwing stones which are marked► to determine which group will get which area, but give the largest areas to the groups with the most people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_57","005_26_57","NUM","26","57","57","The leaders also counted the male descendants of Levi. They were in clans descended from Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_58","005_26_58","NUM","26","58","58","These also included people from the clans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. All of them were descendants of Levi. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_59","005_26_59","NUM","26","59","59","whose wife was Jochebed. She also was a descendant of Levi, but she was born in Egypt. She and Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses/me, and their/our older sister Miriam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_60","005_26_60","NUM","26","60","60","Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_61","005_26_61","NUM","26","61","61","But Nadab and Abihu died when they burned incense for a sacrifice to Yahweh in a way that disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_62","005_26_62","NUM","26","62","62","The leaders counted 23,000 men from the descendants of Levi who were at least one month old. But these men were not counted when the rest of the Israeli people were counted, because they were not given any land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_63","005_26_63","NUM","26","63","63","Those were the men whom Eleazar and Moses/I said should be counted. They counted the Israeli people on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_64","005_26_64","NUM","26","64","64","None of the men whom they counted were on the lists that were made by Aaron and Moses/me when the Israelis were in the Sinai Desert, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU26_65","005_26_65","NUM","26","65","65","because Yahweh had said about them, “They will all die in this desert,” and that is what happened. The only ones who were still alive were Jephunneh’s son Caleb and Nun’s son Joshua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_1","005_27_1","NUM","27","1","1","One day the five daughters of Zelophehad came to Moses/me. They were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_2","005_27_2","NUM","27","2","2","They came to the entrance of the Sacred Tent and stood in front of Eleazar, Moses/me, the tribal leaders, and many EUP other Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_3","005_27_3","NUM","27","3","3","They said, “Our father died during the time that we were in the desert, and he did not have any sons. But he was not among those who supported Korah, who rebelled against Yahweh. He died just because he was a sinner like everyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_4","005_27_4","NUM","27","4","4","◄Why should the name of his clan disappear with the result that we do not receive any land only because our father had no sons?/It is not right that the name of his clan disappear with the result that we do not receive any land only because our father had no sons.► RHQ So give us some land like our relatives will be getting!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_5","005_27_5","NUM","27","5","5","So Moses/I asked Yahweh what to do about their request. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_6","005_27_6","NUM","27","6","6","And Yahweh replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_7","005_27_7","NUM","27","7","7","“What the daughters of Zelophehad are requesting is right. You must give them some land, just as you are giving to their father’s relatives. Give to each of them some of the land that would have been given to their brothers if they had any. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_8","005_27_8","NUM","27","8","8","“Also tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If a man who has no sons dies, give the things that his sons would have inherited to his daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_9","005_27_9","NUM","27","9","9","If the man has no sons or daughters, give to his brothers the things that his sons and daughters would have inherited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_10","005_27_10","NUM","27","10","10","If the man had no brothers, give to his father’s brothers the things that his sons or daughters or brothers would have inherited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_11","005_27_11","NUM","27","11","11","If the man’s father has no brothers, give to his closest relative the things that the others would have inherited.’ That will be a rule for the Israeli people, because I am giving this as a command to you, Moses, to tell them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_12","005_27_12","NUM","27","12","12","One day, Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Climb to the top of the Abarim Mountains east of the Jordan River. Then look out over the land that I am giving to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_13","005_27_13","NUM","27","13","13","After you have seen it, you will die EUP just like your older brother Aaron did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_14","005_27_14","NUM","27","14","14","The reason that you will die and not enter that land is that you both disobeyed my instructions/commands in the Zin Desert. When the Israeli people rebelled against me there at Meribah, near Kadesh, I told you to speak to the rock to cause water to flow out of it. But because you struck the rock instead of speaking to it, you did not show the people my holy power.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_15","005_27_15","NUM","27","15","15","Then Moses/I said this to Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_16","005_27_16","NUM","27","16","16","“Yahweh, you are the God who directs the spirits of all people. So please appoint a new leader for the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_17","005_27_17","NUM","27","17","17","Appoint someone who will lead your people when they go to fight a battle, so that they will not just wander around like sheep that do not have a shepherd.” SIM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_18","005_27_18","NUM","27","18","18","Yahweh replied, “Get Joshua, the son of Nun, who has my Spirit within him. Lay your hands on him to appoint him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_19","005_27_19","NUM","27","19","19","Cause him to stand in front of Eleazar the priest, as all the people are watching, and commission/appoint him to be the new leader of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_20","005_27_20","NUM","27","20","20","Give to him some of the authority that you now have, in order that all the Israeli people will know that they must obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_21","005_27_21","NUM","27","21","21","When you all need me to guide you, Joshua will stand in front of Eleazar. Then by ◄casting lots/throwing marked stones on the ground► Eleazar will find out what they should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_22","005_27_22","NUM","27","22","22","So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. He/I presented Joshua to Eleazar and to all the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU27_23","005_27_23","NUM","27","23","23","Moses/I laid his/my hands on him and commissioned/appointed him to do the work that Yahweh told Moses/me to tell him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_1","005_28_1","NUM","28","1","1","Yahweh said this to Moses/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_2","005_28_2","NUM","28","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: Bring to me the offerings that will be burned on the altar. When they are burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me. And tell them that they must bring them at the proper/right time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_3","005_28_3","NUM","28","3","3","Tell them that what they must bring to me each day are two male lambs that are one-year-old. They must have no defects. They must be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_4","005_28_4","NUM","28","4","4","They should bring one in the morning and the other early in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_5","005_28_5","NUM","28","5","5","They must also bring an offering of grain, consisting of two quarts/liters of finely-ground flour, mixed with a quart of olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_6","005_28_6","NUM","28","6","6","That is the offering that they must bring every day. They started to bring those offerings while you were at Sinai Mountain. When those offerings are burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_7","005_28_7","NUM","28","7","7","When they burn each lamb, they must also pour on the sacred altar one quart/liter of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_8","005_28_8","NUM","28","8","8","In the evening, when they offer the second lamb, they must also bring the same offerings of grain and wine as they burned in the morning. When they are burned, the smell will also be very pleasing to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_9","005_28_9","NUM","28","9","9","“On each ◄Sabbath/rest day►, you must bring two male lambs that have no defects. Also bring a grain offering of four quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil and a wine offering of four quarts/liters of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_10","005_28_10","NUM","28","10","10","Those are the offerings that are to be burned on the altar each ◄Sabbath/rest day►. Those are in addition to the offerings of two lambs and wine that you must bring each day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_11","005_28_11","NUM","28","11","11","“On the first day of each month, you must bring to me an offering of two young bulls, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one-year-old. All of these must be without defects. They must all be burned completely on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_12","005_28_12","NUM","28","12","12","Also bring with each bull an offering of six quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. With each male sheep make an offering of four quarts of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_13","005_28_13","NUM","28","13","13","Also bring an offering of two quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil with each lamb. When all of these are burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_14","005_28_14","NUM","28","14","14","With each bull, also bring two quarts/liters of wine. With each male sheep, bring ◄1-1/3 quarts/1.2 liters► of wine. With each lamb, bring one quart/liter of wine. These offerings must be brought on the first day of each month and burned completely on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_15","005_28_15","NUM","28","15","15","In addition to these offerings that you burn, you must bring to me one goat for an offering to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_16","005_28_16","NUM","28","16","16","“The Passover Festival must be celebrated to honor me each year on the fourteenth day of the first month of each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_17","005_28_17","NUM","28","17","17","The Festival of Unleavened Bread will start on the next day. For the following seven days, the bread that you eat must be made without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_18","005_28_18","NUM","28","18","18","On the first day of that festival, you must gather together to worship me, and you must not do any work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_19","005_28_19","NUM","28","19","19","On that day, you must bring to me for an offering that will be completely burned on the altar two young bulls, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one-year-old. They must all have no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_20","005_28_20","NUM","28","20","20","With each of these bulls, bring a grain offering of grain, consisting of six quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. With the male sheep, bring an offering of grain consisting of four quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_21","005_28_21","NUM","28","21","21","With each of the seven lambs, bring an offering of two quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_22","005_28_22","NUM","28","22","22","Also bring one goat for a sacrifice to cause you to be forgiven for your sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_23","005_28_23","NUM","28","23","23","Bring these offerings in addition to the offerings that you bring each morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_24","005_28_24","NUM","28","24","24","The smell of the grain that is burned on the altar each day for seven days will be very pleasing to me. Bring the grain in addition to the animals and the wine that you burn on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_25","005_28_25","NUM","28","25","25","On the seventh day of that festival, you must again gather together to worship me, and you must not do any work.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_26","005_28_26","NUM","28","26","26","“On the day of the Harvest Festival, when you bring to me the first grain that you have harvested, you must gather together to worship me. Do not do any work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_27","005_28_27","NUM","28","27","27","Bring to me two young bulls, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one-year-old. When they are completely burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_28","005_28_28","NUM","28","28","28","Also bring a grain offering of nice flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull, bring six quarts/liters, and with each male sheep, bring four quarts/liters, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_29","005_28_29","NUM","28","29","29","and with each of the lambs bring two quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_30","005_28_30","NUM","28","30","30","Also sacrifice one male goat to cause you to be forgiven for your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU28_31","005_28_31","NUM","28","31","31","Bring these offerings and the offering of wine in addition to the animals and grain that you burn on the altar each day. And remember that the animals that you sacrifice must have no defects.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_1","005_29_1","NUM","29","1","1","“Each year, gather together to worship me on the first day of the seventh month, and do not do any work on that day. On that day the priests must blow their trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_2","005_29_2","NUM","29","2","2","When the offerings on the altar on that day are being completely burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me. The animals that you must bring are one young bull, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one-year-old. They must have no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_3","005_29_3","NUM","29","3","3","With these animals bring an offering of grain consisting of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. With the bull, bring six quarts/liters. With the male sheep, bring four quarts/liters, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_4","005_29_4","NUM","29","4","4","and with each of the seven lambs bring two quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_5","005_29_5","NUM","29","5","5","Also offer one male goat in order that you will be forgiven for your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_6","005_29_6","NUM","29","6","6","All of those animals are in addition to the animals that are completely burned on the altar each morning and on the first day of each month. The offerings of grain and wine must be made exactly as I have told you to do. When these offerings are burned, the smell will be very pleasing to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_7","005_29_7","NUM","29","7","7","“Each year, on the tenth day of the seventh month, you must gather together to worship me. Do not eat any food or do any work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_8","005_29_8","NUM","29","8","8","When you burn offerings on the altar on that day, the smell will be very pleasing to me. The animals that you must bring are one young bull, one male sheep, and seven male lambs that are one-year-old. They must have no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_9","005_29_9","NUM","29","9","9","With the bull, bring an offering of grain consisting of six quarts/liters of nice flour mixed with olive oil. With the male sheep, bring four quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_10","005_29_10","NUM","29","10","10","With each of the lambs, bring two quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_11","005_29_11","NUM","29","11","11","Also bring one male goat to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed, and the animals and grain and wine that you burn on the altar each day to enable me to forgive you for the sins you have committed. Those offerings will be in addition to the animals and grain and wine that are completely burned on the altar each day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_12","005_29_12","NUM","29","12","12","“On the fifteenth day of the seventh month of each year, you must all gather together to worship me. You must not do any work on that day. You must continue to celebrate for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_13","005_29_13","NUM","29","13","13","When the offerings are burned on the altar, the smell will be very pleasing to me. The animals that you must bring are 13 young bulls, two male sheep, and 14 male lambs that are one-year-old. These animals must have no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_14","005_29_14","NUM","29","14","14","With each of the 13 bulls, bring a grain offering of six quarts/liters of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil. With each of the male sheep, bring four quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_15","005_29_15","NUM","29","15","15","With each of the 14 lambs, bring two quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_16","005_29_16","NUM","29","16","16","Also bring one male goat to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive you for your sins, in addition to the offerings of animals and grain and wine that are completely burned on the altar each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_17","005_29_17","NUM","29","17","34","“For the next six days of the festival, you must also bring animals to sacrifice. On the second day, bring twelve bulls. On the third/next day, bring eleven bulls. One the fourth/next day, bring ten bulls. On the fifth/next day, bring nine bulls. On the sixth/next day, bring eight bulls. On the seventh/last day, bring seven bulls. But on each of those days, all the other sacrifices and offerings that you bring will remain the same. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_35","005_29_35","NUM","29","35","35","“On the eighth day of the festival, you must again gather together to worship me, and do not do any work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_36","005_29_36","NUM","29","36","36","On that day, you must bring to the altar one bull, one full-grown ram, and seven lambs that are one-year-old. These animals must have no defects. They must all be burned on the altar, and their smell will please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_37","005_29_37","NUM","29","37","37","Bring also with the bull and the male sheep and each of the lambs the offerings of grain and wine that ◄are required/I told you to bring►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_38","005_29_38","NUM","29","38","38","Also offer one male goat to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive you for your sins. These animals will be in addition to the offerings of animals and grain and wine that are completely burned on the altar each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_39","005_29_39","NUM","29","39","39","“At your festivals, these are the offerings that you must bring to me: The offerings that will be completely burned on the altar, the offerings of grain and wine, and the offerings to maintain fellowship with me. Those are in addition to the offerings that you give to me because you promised to do something, and other special offerings that you want to give to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU29_40","005_29_40","NUM","29","40","40","Then Moses/I told to the Israeli people all the things that Yahweh had commanded him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_1","005_30_1","NUM","30","1","1","Moses/I spoke with the leaders of the Israeli tribes. He/I told them these commands that Yahweh had given to him/me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_2","005_30_2","NUM","30","2","2","“If a man solemnly promises Yahweh that he will do something, he must do what he promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_3","005_30_3","NUM","30","3","3","“If a young woman who is still living with her parents solemnly promises to Yahweh to do something, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_4","005_30_4","NUM","30","4","4","and if her father hears about what she promised, and if he does not object, she must do what she promised DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_5","005_30_5","NUM","30","5","5","But if her father hears about what she promised and does not allow her to do that, then she does not need to do what she promised. Yahweh will forgive her for not doing what she promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_6","005_30_6","NUM","30","6","6","“If a woman promises Yahweh that she will do something, but then she gets married, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_7","005_30_7","NUM","30","7","7","if her husband hears about what she promised to do, and he does not object, she must do what she promised DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_8","005_30_8","NUM","30","8","8","But if her husband hears about it and does not allow her to do that, she does not need to do what she promised, and Yahweh will forgive her for not doing what she promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_9","005_30_9","NUM","30","9","9","“If a widow or a woman who has been divorced makes a promise, she must do what she promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_10","005_30_10","NUM","30","10","10","“If a woman who is married promises DOU to do something, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_11","005_30_11","NUM","30","11","11","and if her husband hears about it but does not object, she must do what she promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_12","005_30_12","NUM","30","12","12","But if he hears about it and does not allow her to do that, she does not need to do what she promised, and Yahweh will forgive her for not doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_13","005_30_13","NUM","30","13","13","A woman’s husband may require her to do what she has promised, or he may not allow her to do what she has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_14","005_30_14","NUM","30","14","14","If he does not object for several days after he hears about it, she must do what she promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_15","005_30_15","NUM","30","15","15","But if he waits a long time after she has promised to do something and then he tells her that he will not permit her to do it, if she does not do what she promised, she will not be punished; her husband is the one whom Yahweh will punish.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU30_16","005_30_16","NUM","30","16","16","Those are the rules that Yahweh gave to Moses/me for husbands and wives, and for young women who are still living with their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_1","005_31_1","NUM","31","1","1","Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_2","005_31_2","NUM","31","2","2","“Before you die, tell the Israeli people that they should ◄pay back/get revenge on► the Midian people-group for what they did to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_3","005_31_3","NUM","31","3","3","So Moses/I said to the people, “Get some men prepared for battle. Yahweh will enable them to ◄pay back/get revenge on► the Midian people-group for what they did to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_4","005_31_4","NUM","31","4","4","Select 1,000 men from each tribe to fight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_5","005_31_5","NUM","31","5","5","So 12,000 men prepared for fighting in the battle, 1,000 from each tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_6","005_31_6","NUM","31","6","6","When Moses/I sent them to the battle, Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went with them. He took with him some of the things from the Sacred Tent and the trumpets that would be blown to give the signal to start the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_7","005_31_7","NUM","31","7","7","The Israeli men fought the soldiers from the Midian people-group, as Yahweh had told Moses/me to tell them to do, and they killed every man from the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_8","005_31_8","NUM","31","8","8","Among those whom they killed were the five kings of the Midian people-group—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed with a sword Balaam, the son of Beor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_9","005_31_9","NUM","31","9","9","They captured all the women and children of the Midian people-group and took away their cattle, their flocks of sheep, and herds of goats, and all their other possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_10","005_31_10","NUM","31","10","10","Then they burned down all the houses in the towns and villages where the people of the Midian people-group lived, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_11","005_31_11","NUM","31","11","11","but they took home with them all the women and children and animals and possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_12","005_31_12","NUM","31","12","12","They brought all these to Eliezer and Moses/me, and to the rest of the Israeli people who were at their/our camp on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_13","005_31_13","NUM","31","13","13","Eleazar and all the leaders of the people and Moses/I went outside the camp to greet/meet with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_14","005_31_14","NUM","31","14","14","But Moses/I was angry with some of the men who had returned from the battle. He/I was angry with the army officers and the men who were commanders of 1,000 men and those who were commanders of 100 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_15","005_31_15","NUM","31","15","15","He/I asked them, “Why did you allow the women to live RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_16","005_31_16","NUM","31","16","16","They are the ones who did what Balaam suggested and urged/persuaded our people to worship Baal instead of Yahweh. As a result, Yahweh caused a plague to strike his people while they were at Peor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_17","005_31_17","NUM","31","17","17","So, now you must kill all the boys of the Midian people-group, and also kill all the women who have had sex EUP with any man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_18","005_31_18","NUM","31","18","18","Spare only the girls who are virgins EUP. You can keep them to be your wives or your slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_19","005_31_19","NUM","31","19","19","All of you who have killed someone or touched the corpse of someone who was killed in the battle must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day, you must perform the ritual to cause you and those whom you have captured to become acceptable to God again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_20","005_31_20","NUM","31","20","20","You must also wash your clothes and anything that you took to the battle that is made of leather or goat’s hair or wood.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_21","005_31_21","NUM","31","21","21","Then Eleazar said to the soldiers who had returned from the battle, “This is what Yahweh has instructed Moses: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_22","005_31_22","NUM","31","22","22","You must put into a fire any gold or silver or bronze or iron or tin or lead things that you brought back from the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_23","005_31_23","NUM","31","23","23","Put everything that will not burn into the fire, and then they will be acceptable for you to use. But also sprinkle those things with the water that causes things and people to become acceptable to God. The things that would burn if you put them in a fire, sprinkle them with that water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_24","005_31_24","NUM","31","24","24","On the seventh day, wash your clothes, and then you will become acceptable to God again. After you do that, you may return to the camp.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_25","005_31_25","NUM","31","25","25","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_26","005_31_26","NUM","31","26","26","“Tell Eleazar and the leaders of the family groups that they must write down a list of all the goods, the women, and the animals that were captured in the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_27","005_31_27","NUM","31","27","27","Then they must divide all those things, half given to the men who fought in the battle and the other half given to the rest of the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_28","005_31_28","NUM","31","28","28","From the men who fought in the battle, take one from every 500 people and from every 500 cattle and donkeys and sheep, to be a tax for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_29","005_31_29","NUM","31","29","29","Take these things to Eleazar to ◄be my share/belong to me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_30","005_31_30","NUM","31","30","30","And from the half that belongs to the ordinary people, take one item from every 50. That includes people, cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and other animals. Give those things to the descendants of Levi who take care of my Sacred Tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_31","005_31_31","NUM","31","31","31","So Eleazar and Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_32","005_31_32","NUM","31","32","35","There were 675,000 sheep, 72,000 cattle, 61,000 donkeys, and 32,000 virgins that they had captured from the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_36","005_31_36","NUM","31","36","36","The men who fought in the battle took 337,000 sheep from the battle, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_37","005_31_37","NUM","31","37","37","and they gave 675 of them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_38","005_31_38","NUM","31","38","38","They took 36,000 cattle and gave 72 of them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_39","005_31_39","NUM","31","39","39","They took 30,500 donkeys, and they gave 61 of them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_40","005_31_40","NUM","31","40","40","They took 16,000 virgins, and they dedicated 32 of them to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_41","005_31_41","NUM","31","41","41","Moses/I gave to Eleazar all the animals that had been given to Yahweh, as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_42","005_31_42","NUM","31","42","46","Moses/I separated what those who had fought in the battle received from what the other people received. The people had taken 337,500 sheep, 36,000 cattle, 30,500 donkeys, and 16,000 virgins, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_47","005_31_47","NUM","31","47","47","From what the people received, Moses/I took one from every 50 items and dedicated them to Yahweh. That included animals and people. As Yahweh commanded, he/I gave them all to the descendants of Levi who took care of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_48","005_31_48","NUM","31","48","48","Then the army officers and those who commanded 1,000 men and those who commanded 100 men came to Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_49","005_31_49","NUM","31","49","49","They said, “We, who are your servants, have counted the soldiers whom we command, and we found that none of them ◄is missing/has been killed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_50","005_31_50","NUM","31","50","50","So to thank Yahweh for that, we have brought to him a gift of the gold items that we found after the battle: Gold arm bands and bracelets and rings and earrings and necklaces. This will enable us to be forgiven for our sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_51","005_31_51","NUM","31","51","51","So Eleazar and Moses/I accepted the gold items that they brought. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_52","005_31_52","NUM","31","52","52","The total of it weighed about ◄420 pounds/190 kg.►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_53","005_31_53","NUM","31","53","53","Each soldier had taken these things for himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU31_54","005_31_54","NUM","31","54","54","Eleazar and Moses/I accepted these gold items from these commanders and put them in the Sacred Tent to remind the Israeli people about how Yahweh had helped them defeat the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_1","005_32_1","NUM","32","1","1","The people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad had much livestock. They saw that the land near Jazer city and the Gilead region east of the Jordan River had good grass for the animals to graze on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_2","005_32_2","NUM","32","2","2","So their leaders came to Eleazar and the other leaders of the people and Moses/me. They said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_3","005_32_3","NUM","32","3","3","“We have a great amount of livestock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_4","005_32_4","NUM","32","4","4","Yahweh has enabled us Israelis to capture some land that is very good for animals to graze on—the land near Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_5","005_32_5","NUM","32","5","5","If it pleases you, we would like this land to be ours, instead of land on the other side of the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_6","005_32_6","NUM","32","6","6","Moses/I replied to the leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben, “It is not right for RHQ your fellow Israelis to go to fight in wars and you stay here! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_7","005_32_7","NUM","32","7","7","If you do that, you will cause the other Israelis to be discouraged, with the result that they will not cross the Jordan River to the land that Yahweh is giving to them RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_8","005_32_8","NUM","32","8","8","Your ancestors did the same kind of thing. I sent them from Kadesh-Barnea to see what the land of Canaan was like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_9","005_32_9","NUM","32","9","9","They went as far as Eshcol Valley, but when they saw the huge people in the land, they returned and caused the Israeli people to be discouraged, saying ‘We should not try to enter the land that Yahweh said that he is giving to us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_10","005_32_10","NUM","32","10","10","So Yahweh became very angry with them, and he solemnly declared this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_11","005_32_11","NUM","32","11","12","‘From all the people who came out of Egypt, the only ones who are at least 20 years old who will see the land that I promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, are Jephunneh’s son Caleb and Nun’s son Joshua, because they trusted me completely. None of the other people who came out of Egypt will even see that land, because they have not completely believed in my power.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_13","005_32_13","NUM","32","13","13","So Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people, and as a result he has caused us to wander in this desert for 40 years. Finally, all the people who had sinned against Yahweh by refusing to trust him died, one by one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_14","005_32_14","NUM","32","14","14","And you are acting like your ancestors did! You sinful Israeli people are going to cause Yahweh to be more angry with you than he was with our ancestors ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_15","005_32_15","NUM","32","15","15","If you stop trusting him, he will cause you and all your fellow Israelis to stay longer in the desert, and he will get rid of all of you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_16","005_32_16","NUM","32","16","16","Then the leaders of the tribes of Reuben and Gad said to Moses/me, “First we will build pens for our animals and build cities for our families here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_17","005_32_17","NUM","32","17","17","Then our families will live in strong cities with walls around them, and they will be safe from the people who live in this land. Then we will get ready to fight battles. We will help the other Israelis to get land on the other side of the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_18","005_32_18","NUM","32","18","18","We will not return to our homes until every Israeli has received some land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_19","005_32_19","NUM","32","19","19","We will not take any land on the west side of the Jordan River; our land will be here on the east side.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_20","005_32_20","NUM","32","20","20","So Moses/I told them, “Okay, I will tell you what you all must do. You must get ready to fight battles for Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_21","005_32_21","NUM","32","21","21","You all must cross the Jordan River carrying your weapons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_22","005_32_22","NUM","32","22","22","After Yahweh helps us to take that land from the people who live there, you will be permitted to return to your homes. You will have done what you have promised Yahweh and the Israeli people that you would do, and you may keep this land to be your own, given to you by Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_23","005_32_23","NUM","32","23","23","“But if you do not do these things, you will be sinning against Yahweh, and he will punish you for that sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_24","005_32_24","NUM","32","24","24","Now you can build cities for your families and pens for your animals, but after doing that, you must do what you have promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_25","005_32_25","NUM","32","25","25","The leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben replied, “We will do what you have asked us to do MTY, because you are our leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_26","005_32_26","NUM","32","26","26","Our wives and children and our cattle and sheep and goats will stay here in the cities in the Gilead area, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_27","005_32_27","NUM","32","27","27","but we will prepare to go to battle. We will take our weapons and go across the Jordan River and fight for Yahweh, just as you, our leader, have said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_28","005_32_28","NUM","32","28","28","So Moses/I gave instructions about them to Eleazar, Joshua, and the leaders of the Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_29","005_32_29","NUM","32","29","29","Moses/I said to them, “If the men from the tribes of Gad and Reuben prepare for battle and cross the Jordan River with you, in order to do what Yahweh desires and help you to take that land, give them the Gilead area to belong to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_30","005_32_30","NUM","32","30","30","But if they do not take their weapons and go with you prepared to fight, they will not receive this land. They will need to accept some land in Canaan, like the rest of you will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_31","005_32_31","NUM","32","31","31","The leaders of the tribes of Gad and Reuben replied, “We will do what you have said and what Yahweh has said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_32","005_32_32","NUM","32","32","32","We will cross the river into Canaan land, and we will do what Yahweh desires and be prepared for battle. But our land will be here on the east side of the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_33","005_32_33","NUM","32","33","33","So Moses/I agreed to give that land to the tribes of Gad and Reuben and to half of the tribe of Joseph’s son Manasseh. That land was previously the land where Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, ruled, and the land where Og, the king of Bashan region, ruled, including its cities and surrounding land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_34","005_32_34","NUM","32","34","34","The people of the tribe of Gad rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_35","005_32_35","NUM","32","35","35","Atroth-Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_36","005_32_36","NUM","32","36","36","Beth-Nimrah, and Beth-Haran cities. Those were cities with strong walls around them. And they also built pens for their sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_37","005_32_37","NUM","32","37","37","The people of the tribe of Reuben rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_38","005_32_38","NUM","32","38","38","Nebo, Baal-Meon, and Sibmah cities. When they rebuilt Nebo and Baal-Meon, they gave new names to those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_39","005_32_39","NUM","32","39","39","The descendants of Manasseh’s son Makir went to the Gilead region and compelled the people of the Amor people-group to leave that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_40","005_32_40","NUM","32","40","40","So Moses/I gave Gilead to the family of Makir, and they started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_41","005_32_41","NUM","32","41","41","Jair, who was also a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured the small towns in that region, and he named them the Towns of Jair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU32_42","005_32_42","NUM","32","42","42","A man named Nobah went and captured Kenath city and the nearby towns, and then he put his own name to be the new name of that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_1","005_33_1","NUM","33","1","1","Here is a list of the places where the/we Israelis went as Aaron and Moses/I led them/us after they/we left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_2","005_33_2","NUM","33","2","2","Yahweh commanded Moses/me to write down the names of the places where they/we went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_3","005_33_3","NUM","33","3","3","On the fifteenth day of the first month of the year, the day after we celebrated the ◄Passover/the time when Yahweh killed all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt►, they/we left Rameses city in Egypt and marched boldly while the Egyptian army was coming behind them/us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_4","005_33_4","NUM","33","4","4","As they/we left, the people of Egypt were still burying the bodies of their firstborn sons. By killing them, Yahweh showed that the gods that the people of Egypt worshiped were false gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_5","005_33_5","NUM","33","5","5","After leaving Rameses, they/we first went to Succoth and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_6","005_33_6","NUM","33","6","6","Then they/we left Succoth and went to Etham, at the edge of the desert, and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_7","005_33_7","NUM","33","7","7","Then they/we left Etham and returned to Pi-Hahiroth, to the east of Baal-Zephon, and set up their/our tents near Migdol. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_8","005_33_8","NUM","33","8","8","Then they/we left Pi-Hahiroth and walked through the Red Sea into the Etham Desert, and set their/our tents at Marah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_9","005_33_9","NUM","33","9","9","Then they/we left Marah and went to Elim. There were twelve springs and 70 palm trees there. They/We set up our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_10","005_33_10","NUM","33","10","10","Then they/we left Elim and went to the area near the Red Sea and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_11","005_33_11","NUM","33","11","11","Then they/we left the Red Sea area and went to the area near the Sin Desert and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_12","005_33_12","NUM","33","12","12","Then they/we left the Sin Desert and went to Dophkah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_13","005_33_13","NUM","33","13","13","Then they/we left Dophkah and went to Alush and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_14","005_33_14","NUM","33","14","14","Then they/we left Alush and went and set up their/our tents at Rephidim, where they/we had no water to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_15","005_33_15","NUM","33","15","15","Then they/we left Rephidim and went to the Sinai Desert and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_16","005_33_16","NUM","33","16","16","Then they/we left the Sinai Desert and went to Kibroth-Hattaavah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_17","005_33_17","NUM","33","17","17","Then they/we left Kibroth-Hattaavah and went to Hazeroth and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_18","005_33_18","NUM","33","18","18","Then they/we left Hazeroth and went to Rithmah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_19","005_33_19","NUM","33","19","19","Then they/we left Rithmah and went to Rimmon-Perez and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_20","005_33_20","NUM","33","20","20","Then they/we left Rimmon-Perez and went to Libnah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_21","005_33_21","NUM","33","21","21","Then they/we left Libnah and went to Rissah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_22","005_33_22","NUM","33","22","22","Then they/we left Rissah and set up their/our tents at Kehelathah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_23","005_33_23","NUM","33","23","23","Then they/we left Kehelathah and went to Shepher Mountain and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_24","005_33_24","NUM","33","24","24","Then they/we left Shepher and went to Haradah Mountain and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_25","005_33_25","NUM","33","25","25","Then they/we left Haradah and went to Makheloth and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_26","005_33_26","NUM","33","26","26","Then they/we left Makheloth and went to Tahath and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_27","005_33_27","NUM","33","27","27","Then they/we left Tahath and went to Terah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_28","005_33_28","NUM","33","28","28","Then they/we left Terah and went to Mithcah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_29","005_33_29","NUM","33","29","29","Then they/we left Mithcah and went to Hashmonah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_30","005_33_30","NUM","33","30","30","Then they/we left Hashmonah and went to Moseroth and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_31","005_33_31","NUM","33","31","31","Then they/we left Moseroth and went to Bene-Jaakan and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_32","005_33_32","NUM","33","32","32","Then they/we left Bene-Jaakan and went to Hor-Haggidgad and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_33","005_33_33","NUM","33","33","33","Then they/we left Hor-Haggidgad and went to Jotbathah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_34","005_33_34","NUM","33","34","34","Then they/we left Jotbathah and went to Abronah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_35","005_33_35","NUM","33","35","35","Then they/we left Abronah and went to Ezion-Geber and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_36","005_33_36","NUM","33","36","36","Then they/we left Ezion-Geber and went to Zin Desert and set up their/our tents at Kadesh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_37","005_33_37","NUM","33","37","37","Then they/we left Kadesh and went to Hor Mountain, at the border of Edom land and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_38","005_33_38","NUM","33","38","38","Aaron, the priest, obeyed Yahweh and climbed up the mountain. There he died, on the first day of their/our fifth month, 40 years after the/we Israelis left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_39","005_33_39","NUM","33","39","39","Aaron was 123 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_40","005_33_40","NUM","33","40","40","(That was when the king of Arad city heard that the/we Israelis were coming. Arad was in the southern part of Canaan, where the Canaan people-group lived.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_41","005_33_41","NUM","33","41","41","The Israelis left Hor Mountain and went to Zalmonah and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_42","005_33_42","NUM","33","42","42","Then they/we left Zalmonah and went to Punon and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_43","005_33_43","NUM","33","43","43","Then they/we left Punon and went to Oboth and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_44","005_33_44","NUM","33","44","44","Then they/we left Oboth and went to Iye-Abarim, which was on the border of the Moab region, and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_45","005_33_45","NUM","33","45","45","Then they/we left Iye-Abarim and went to Dibon-Gad and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_46","005_33_46","NUM","33","46","46","Then they/we left Dibon-Gad and set up their/our tents at Almon-Diblathaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_47","005_33_47","NUM","33","47","47","Then they/we left Almon-Diblathaim and went to the Abarim Mountains, near Nebo and set up their/our tents there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_48","005_33_48","NUM","33","48","48","Then they/we left the Abarim Mountains and went to the plains of the Moab region, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_49","005_33_49","NUM","33","49","49","They/We set up our tents there; their/our tents stretched for several miles/km. from Beth-Jeshimoth to Acacia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_50","005_33_50","NUM","33","50","50","While we were there on the plains of the Moab region near the Jordan River, across from Jericho, Yahweh spoke to Moses/me. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_51","005_33_51","NUM","33","51","51","“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan River and enter the Canaan region, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_52","005_33_52","NUM","33","52","52","you must force all the people who live there to leave. Destroy all their carved statues and all their idols made of metal. Wreck all the places where they worship their idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_53","005_33_53","NUM","33","53","53","Take their land from them and start to live there, because I have given their land to you for you to own. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_54","005_33_54","NUM","33","54","54","“Divide up the land by throwing ◄lots/small stones which have been marked► to decide which group will get which area. Give the larger areas to the groups that have more people, and give the smaller areas to the groups that have fewer people. Each tribe will receive its own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_55","005_33_55","NUM","33","55","55","If you do not force the people who live there to leave, they will cause you to have much trouble. They will be like sharp hooks in your eyes, and like thorns in your sides. And they will bring trouble to you, in that land where you will be living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU33_56","005_33_56","NUM","33","56","56","And then I will punish you, as I had planned to punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_1","005_34_1","NUM","34","1","1","Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_2","005_34_2","NUM","34","2","2","“Tell this to the Israeli people: You will soon enter Canaan land, and it will become yours. These will be the borders of the land: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_3","005_34_3","NUM","34","3","3","On the south you will receive part of the Zin Desert, near the border of the Edom region. On the east side, the border will start at the south end of the Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_4","005_34_4","NUM","34","4","4","It will extend to a little south of the Scorpion Pass, and extend west through the Zin Desert and south of Kadesh-Barnea. From there it will extend to Hazar Addar and from there to Azmon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_5","005_34_5","NUM","34","5","5","From Azmon it will extend west to the dry riverbed at the border of Egypt and then to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_6","005_34_6","NUM","34","6","6","The border on the west will be the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_7","005_34_7","NUM","34","7","7","The border on the north will start from the Mediterranean Sea and extend east to Hor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_8","005_34_8","NUM","34","8","8","From there it will extend to Lebo-Hamath and then to Zedad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_9","005_34_9","NUM","34","9","9","From there the border will extend to Ziphron, and it will end at Hazar-Enan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_10","005_34_10","NUM","34","10","10","The border on the east will start at Hazar-Enan and extend south to Shepham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_11","005_34_11","NUM","34","11","11","From there it will extend east of Ain to Riblah and then along the hills that are east of Galilee Lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_12","005_34_12","NUM","34","12","12","Then the border will extend south along the Jordan River and end at the Dead Sea. Those will be the borders around your country.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_13","005_34_13","NUM","34","13","13","So Moses/I told all that to the Israeli people. Then he/I said to them, “That is the land that you will receive. You must throw ◄lots/stones that have been marked► to decide which area will go to each of the nine and a half tribes, because Yahweh has commanded that it should be divided among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_14","005_34_14","NUM","34","14","14","The tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have already received the land in which they will live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_15","005_34_15","NUM","34","15","15","They have received land on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_16","005_34_16","NUM","34","16","16","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_17","005_34_17","NUM","34","17","17","“These are the men who will divide the land: First, Eleazar and Joshua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_18","005_34_18","NUM","34","18","18","But one leader from each of the twelve tribes will help them divide the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_19","005_34_19","NUM","34","19","28","“From the tribe of Judah, appoint Jephunneh’s son Caleb. From the tribe of Simeon appoint Ammihud’s son Shemuel. From the tribe of Benjamin appoint Kislon’s son Elidad. From the tribe of Dan appoint Jogli’s son Bukki. From the tribe of Manasseh appoint Ephod’s son Hanniel. From the tribe of Ephraim appoint Shiphtan’s son Kemuel. From the tribe of Zebulun appoint Parnach’s son Elizaphan. From the tribe of Issachar appoint Azzan’s son Paltiel. From the tribe of Asher appoint Shelomi’s son Ahihud. From the tribe of Naphtali appoint Ammihud’s son Pedahel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU34_29","005_34_29","NUM","34","29","29","Yahweh commanded that all those were the men who should divide the Canaan region among the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_1","005_35_1","NUM","35","1","1","Yahweh told this to Moses/me while the Israeli people were on the plain in the Moab region near the Jordan River, across from Jericho: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_2","005_35_2","NUM","35","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people that from the land that they will receive, they must give to the descendants of Levi some cities in which they can live. They must also give them some land around these cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_3","005_35_3","NUM","35","3","3","Those will be for the descendants of Levi to live in, and around the cities will be land for their cattle and flocks of sheep and goats and other animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_4","005_35_4","NUM","35","4","4","“The land that you give them for their animals must extend out for ◄1,500 feet/450 meters► from the walls of the cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_5","005_35_5","NUM","35","5","5","Also measure ◄3,000 feet/900 meters► in each direction out from the walls of each city. That additional land will be land for their animals outside the walls of the cities.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_6","005_35_6","NUM","35","6","6","“Six of the cities that you give to the descendants of Levi will be cities to which people can run to be safe. If someone accidentally kills someone else, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities to be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_7","005_35_7","NUM","35","7","7","You must also give to the descendants of Levi 42 other cities and the land around those cities, for their animals,. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_8","005_35_8","NUM","35","8","8","The Israeli tribes that have the most people must give them more cities than the tribes that have fewer people give. Each tribe must give some of its cities to the descendants of Levi, but the tribes that have more land must give more cities, and the tribes that have less land will give fewer cities.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_9","005_35_9","NUM","35","9","9","Yahweh also said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_10","005_35_10","NUM","35","10","10","“Tell this to the Israeli people: When you cross the Jordan River and enter the Canaan region, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_11","005_35_11","NUM","35","11","11","you must choose some cities to which people can run to be safe/protected. If someone kills another person ◄accidentally/without planning to do that►, the one who killed that person may run to one of those cities and be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_12","005_35_12","NUM","35","12","12","One of the relatives of the person who was killed may think he must avenge his relative’s death by killing the murderer. But in that city, the killer will be safe because the people in that city would kill those relatives if they tried to get revenge there. The man who killed someone accidentally must be put on trial in a court. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_13","005_35_13","NUM","35","13","13","You must set apart six cities to be cities to which someone who killed another person accidentally may run and be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_14","005_35_14","NUM","35","14","14","There must be three of those cities on the east side of the Jordan River and three that will be on the west side, in the Canaan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_15","005_35_15","NUM","35","15","15","Those six cities will be cities where Israeli people may run to and be safe, and where foreigners and other people who are living among you can also run to and be safe. Any of those people who accidentally kills someone may run to one of those cities and be safe/protected there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_16","005_35_16","NUM","35","16","18","“But you must consider that anyone who kills another person with an iron weapon or with a big rock or with a piece of wood, is a murderer, and the one who killed the other person must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_19","005_35_19","NUM","35","19","19","A relative of the person who was murdered must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_20","005_35_20","NUM","35","20","20","If someone shoves another person over a cliff or throws something at another person ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_21","005_35_21","NUM","35","21","21","or hits that person with his hand/fist and causes that person to die, if he did it because he hated that person, then you must consider that he is a murderer, and must be executed. A relative of the person who was killed must be the one who executes the murderer as soon as he finds him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_22","005_35_22","NUM","35","22","22","“But someone might accidentally shove someone else, or accidentally throw something at another person and hit him, not because he hates that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_23","005_35_23","NUM","35","23","23","Or he might drop a rock on someone that he did not see. If the one who does that does not plan to hurt anyone and does not hate the person that was killed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_24","005_35_24","NUM","35","24","24","the people of that city must decide whether the relative of the dead person has the right to get revenge, or whether the one who killed the other person truly did it ◄accidentally/without planning to do it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_25","005_35_25","NUM","35","25","25","If they decide that the killer planned to kill the other person, they must not allow him to stay in their city. But if they decide that it was done accidentally, they must protect the killer from being killed by the dead person’s relative. They must send the killer to one of the cities where he will be safe/protected, and allow him to stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. After that, the killer may go back to his home, because the dead person’s relative no longer has the right to get revenge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_26","005_35_26","NUM","35","26","26","“But while the Supreme Priest is still living, the person who is in that safe city must not leave that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_27","005_35_27","NUM","35","27","27","If he goes outside the city, and if a relative of the dead person finds him, that relative is permitted to kill that person, and people will not consider that the relative is guilty of murder. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_28","005_35_28","NUM","35","28","28","The killer must stay in that city where he will be safe/protected until the Supreme Priest dies. He will be safe from revenge after that, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to be a sacrifice to atone for that murder. After that, the killer may return to his home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_29","005_35_29","NUM","35","29","29","“You must always obey those regulations, wherever you live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_30","005_35_30","NUM","35","30","30","“If someone is accused of killing another person, the one who is accused may be executed only if there are people who saw him do it. There must be more than one witness; no one is permitted to be executed if there was only one ◄witness/person who saw him do it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_31","005_35_31","NUM","35","31","31","“If there is a murderer who truly should be executed, do not spare his life by accepting ◄a ransom/money for him not to be killed►. He must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_32","005_35_32","NUM","35","32","32","“If someone has run to a city where he will be safe/protected, do not allow him to give you money in order that you will permit him to return to his home before the Supreme Priest dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_33","005_35_33","NUM","35","33","33","“You must execute people who truly murder others. If you did not do that, you would be causing the people who live in the land to become unacceptable to me. Anyone who deliberately kills an innocent person must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU35_34","005_35_34","NUM","35","34","34","I am Yahweh, and I live among you Israelis, so do not spoil/pollute the land by allowing people to murder others without being punished.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_1","005_36_1","NUM","36","1","1","The family leaders of the clan of Gilead of the tribe of Manasseh went to Moses/me and the other family leaders of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_2","005_36_2","NUM","36","2","2","They said to Moses/me, “Yahweh commanded you, our leader, to apportion the land to the Israeli tribes by throwing ◄lots/stones that have been marked► to decide which group would get which area. Yahweh also commanded you to give the land that belonged to our fellow Israeli Zelophehad to his daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_3","005_36_3","NUM","36","3","3","But if his daughters marry men from the other Israeli tribes, that land will no longer belong to our tribe. People of other tribes will get it. So some of our land will no longer belong to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_4","005_36_4","NUM","36","4","4","When the Year of Celebration comes, when all the land that has been bought by someone is returned to its original owners, the land that belonged to Zelophehad will belong to the tribes of the men that his daughters marry. So some of our land, the land that we received from our fathers, will be taken from us, and we will never own it again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_5","005_36_5","NUM","36","5","5","Yahweh told Moses/me what to reply to them, so Moses/I said this to them: “These men from the tribe of Manasseh are right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_6","005_36_6","NUM","36","6","6","This is what Yahweh is saying to the daughters of Zelophehad: ‘Each of you may marry anyone you want to, but you must marry only someone from your own tribe.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_7","005_36_7","NUM","36","7","7","In that way, the land that belongs to Israelis will not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli will keep the land in the tribe that belonged to his ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_8","005_36_8","NUM","36","8","8","A woman who inherits her father’s land may get married, but she must marry someone from her own tribe. In that way, every Israeli will keep the land that belonged to his ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_9","005_36_9","NUM","36","9","9","The land must not be passed from one tribe to another tribe. Each Israeli tribe must keep the land that it received from its ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_10","005_36_10","NUM","36","10","10","Zelophehad’s daughters obeyed what Yahweh told Moses/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_11","005_36_11","NUM","36","11","11","The five daughters—Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah—married their cousins, their father’s relatives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_12","005_36_12","NUM","36","12","12","The men whom they married were from the tribe of Manasseh, so their land continued to belong to their father’s family and tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NU36_13","005_36_13","NUM","36","13","13","Those were the commands DOU that Yahweh gave to Moses/me to tell to the Israelis, while they/we were on the plains of the Moab region, close to the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_1","006_1_1","DEU","1","1","1","In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan River. They/We had set up our tents near a place named Suph, between Paran town on the one side of the river and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab towns on the other side of the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_2","006_1_2","DEU","1","2","2","To walk from Sinai Mountain to the Kadesh-Barnea oasis, people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_3","006_1_3","DEU","1","3","3","Forty years after ◄the Israelis/we► left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_4","006_1_4","DEU","1","4","4","This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon city, and Og, the king of the Bashan region who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_5","006_1_5","DEU","1","5","5","Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan River. He/I ◄explained to them/enabled them to understand► God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_6","006_1_6","DEU","1","6","6","“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai Mountain, ‘You have stayed for a very long time at the bottom of this mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_7","006_1_7","DEU","1","7","7","So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan River Valley, to the hilly region, to the western ◄foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains►, to the desert area to the south, to the Mediterranean Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon Mountains, and northeast to the great Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_8","006_1_8","DEU","1","8","8","Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_9","006_1_9","DEU","1","9","9","Moses/I also said to the people, “When we were still at Sinai Mountain, I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_10","006_1_10","DEU","1","10","10","Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_11","006_1_11","DEU","1","11","11","And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_12","006_1_12","DEU","1","12","12","But I certainly cannot RHQ ◄solve/deal with► all of your complaints/problems. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_13","006_1_13","DEU","1","13","13","So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_14","006_1_14","DEU","1","14","14","Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_15","006_1_15","DEU","1","15","15","So I took the wise and respected men that your ancestors chose from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to ◄rule/have authority► over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_16","006_1_16","DEU","1","16","16","I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_17","006_1_17","DEU","1","17","17","You must ◄be impartial/not favor one person more than another►; you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think about how you decide matters, because you will decide matters as God wants you to. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_18","006_1_18","DEU","1","18","18","At that time I also told you other things that you should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_19","006_1_19","DEU","1","19","19","“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai Mountain and went through that huge desert that was very ◄dangerous/difficult to travel through►, on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_20","006_1_20","DEU","1","20","20","I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors worshiped, is giving to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_21","006_1_21","DEU","1","21","21","Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be ◄at all/even a little bit► afraid.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_22","006_1_22","DEU","1","22","22","But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should first send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_23","006_1_23","DEU","1","23","23","I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_24","006_1_24","DEU","1","24","24","They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_25","006_1_25","DEU","1","25","25","They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_26","006_1_26","DEU","1","26","26","“But your ancestors refused to go and conquer that land. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_27","006_1_27","DEU","1","27","27","Your ancestors stayed in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_28","006_1_28","DEU","1","28","28","◄Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.► RHQ The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high HYP walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw giants there that are descendants of Anak.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_29","006_1_29","DEU","1","29","29","Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid ◄at all/even a little bit► DOU of those people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_30","006_1_30","DEU","1","30","30","Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_31","006_1_31","DEU","1","31","31","and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. SIM’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_32","006_1_32","DEU","1","32","33","I reminded them that he always went ahead of them while they traveled in the desert. He directed them by a pillar of fire during the night and a pillar of cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_34","006_1_34","DEU","1","34","34","Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_35","006_1_35","DEU","1","35","36","‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants some of the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_37","006_1_37","DEU","1","37","37","But because of what your ancestors did, Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_38","006_1_38","DEU","1","38","38","Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_39","006_1_39","DEU","1","39","39","Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_40","006_1_40","DEU","1","40","40","But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the ◄Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_41","006_1_41","DEU","1","41","41","Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack the people who live in that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_42","006_1_42","DEU","1","42","42","But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_43","006_1_43","DEU","1","43","43","So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They again rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_44","006_1_44","DEU","1","44","44","Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out of their towns and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like a swarm of bees pursues people, and they pursued them south from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_45","006_1_45","DEU","1","45","45","So your ancestors went back to Kadesh-Barnea and cried out to request Yahweh to help them, but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT1_46","006_1_46","DEU","1","46","46","So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_1","006_2_1","DEU","2","1","1","“Then we turned around and went through the desert toward the ◄Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba►, as Yahweh told us to do, and we wandered in the Edom area for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_2","006_2_2","DEU","2","2","2","Then Yahweh said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_3","006_2_3","DEU","2","3","3","‘You have been wandering around this hilly area for a long enough time. Now turn and travel toward the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_4","006_2_4","DEU","2","4","4","And tell the people that they are about to travel near the land that belongs to the descendants of Esau, who are also descendants of Isaac. They live in the hilly Edom region. They will be afraid of you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_5","006_2_5","DEU","2","5","5","but do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you even a tiny bit HYP of their land. I have given that land to the descendants of Esau. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_6","006_2_6","DEU","2","6","6","When you travel near their land, buy food and water from them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_7","006_2_7","DEU","2","7","7","Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you SYN have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_8","006_2_8","DEU","2","8","8","So we continued to travel. We avoided going through the hilly area where the descendants of Esau live. We stayed away from the road through the Jordan River Valley past Ezion-Geber and Elath towns, and we turned and traveled northeast toward the desert area where the Moab people-group lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_9","006_2_9","DEU","2","9","9","Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not bother/harass the people of Moab, and do not start to fight against them, because I am not going to give you any of their land. Do not forget that they are descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot, and I have given to them Ar city, their capital, and the other areas in that country.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_10","006_2_10","DEU","2","10","10","A large group of giants called Emim formerly lived there. They were strong and numerous, and as tall as the giants who were descendants of Anak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_11","006_2_11","DEU","2","11","11","They and the descendants of Anak are also called the Repha giants, but the people of Moab call them Emim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_12","006_2_12","DEU","2","12","12","The Hor people-group also formerly lived in the Edom area, but the descendants of Esau chased them out. They defeated and killed them and ◄settled in/occupied► their land, just as the Israeli people later expelled their enemies from the land that Yahweh gave to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_13","006_2_13","DEU","2","13","13","I also said to the Israeli people, “Then we crossed the Zered Gorge, as Yahweh told us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_14","006_2_14","DEU","2","14","14","It had been thirty-eight years from the time we first left Kadesh-Barnea until we crossed the Zered Gorge. During those years, all the Israeli ◄fighting men/soldiers► of that generation had died, as Yahweh had vowed would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_15","006_2_15","DEU","2","15","15","They died because Yahweh opposed them, until he had gotten rid of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_16","006_2_16","DEU","2","16","16","After all the men who had been old enough to fight in wars had died DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_17","006_2_17","DEU","2","17","17","Yahweh said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_18","006_2_18","DEU","2","18","18","‘Today you all must cross the border into the Moab region, near Ar, their capital city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_19","006_2_19","DEU","2","19","19","When you come near the border of the land where the Ammon people-group live, do not bother/harass them or start to fight against them. They are also descendants of Lot, so I am not going to give you any of the land that I have given to them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_20","006_2_20","DEU","2","20","20","That region is also called the land of the Repha giants, who formerly lived there. The Ammon people-group call them the Zamzum group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_21","006_2_21","DEU","2","21","21","They were a large and powerful group, who were as tall as the descendants of Anak. But Yahweh got rid of them, and the Ammon people-group expelled them and took their land away from them and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_22","006_2_22","DEU","2","22","22","Yahweh had done the same thing for the descendants of Esau who live in the hilly area of Edom. He got rid of the Hor people-group, with the result that the Edom people-group took their land from them and started to live there. They still live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_23","006_2_23","DEU","2","23","23","People who came from Crete Island got rid of the Av group who previously lived in the land close to the Mediterranean Sea, as far south as Gaza. They took their land from them and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_24","006_2_24","DEU","2","24","24","“After we had gone through the Moab region, Yahweh said to us, ‘Now cross the Arnon River. I will help you to defeat IDM the army of Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lives in Heshbon city. So attack their army and start to take their land from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_25","006_2_25","DEU","2","25","25","Today I will begin to cause everyone, everywhere, to be afraid of you. Everyone who hears about you will tremble and be terrified.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_26","006_2_26","DEU","2","26","26","Then I sent messengers to go from the desert to King Sihon at Heshbon. I told them to give this peaceful message to the king: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_27","006_2_27","DEU","2","27","27","‘Please allow us to travel through your land. We promise that we will stay on the road; we will not turn off to the right or to the left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_28","006_2_28","DEU","2","28","28","We will pay for any food or water that you allow us to buy. We want only to walk through your country, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_29","006_2_29","DEU","2","29","29","until we cross the Jordan River into the land that Yahweh our God is giving to us. Do for us just as the descendants of Esau who live in the Edom area and the Moab people-group did for us when they allowed us to go through their areas.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_30","006_2_30","DEU","2","30","30","But King Sihon would not allow us to go through his country. That was because Yahweh our God caused him to be stubborn IDM. The result was that Yahweh enabled us to defeat his army and take his land IDM, which we still live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_31","006_2_31","DEU","2","31","31","Yahweh said to me, ‘Listen! I am about to allow you to defeat Sihon’s army and to take the people’s land from them. So start to occupy it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_32","006_2_32","DEU","2","32","32","Then Sihon came out of the city with all his army to fight against us at Jahaz town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_33","006_2_33","DEU","2","33","33","But God enabled us to defeat DOU them, and we killed Sihon and his sons and all his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_34","006_2_34","DEU","2","34","34","We captured all their cities and destroyed them all. We killed all the men and women and children; we did not allow any of them to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_35","006_2_35","DEU","2","35","35","We took the valuable things that were in the cities that we captured and also their cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_36","006_2_36","DEU","2","36","36","Yahweh our God enabled us to capture IDM all their towns from Aroer in the south, which is at the edge of the Arnon River Valley, to the Gilead region in the north. Some of their cities had walls around them, but we were able to climb over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT2_37","006_2_37","DEU","2","37","37","But we did not go near the area where the Ammon people-group live, or the banks of the Jabbok riverbed, or the towns in the hilly area, or any other place where Yahweh our God told us not to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_1","006_3_1","DEU","3","1","1","“Then we turned north and went toward the Bashan region. Og, the king of that area, and all his soldiers marched south to fight against us at Edrei town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_2","006_3_2","DEU","3","2","2","Yahweh said to me, ‘Do not be afraid of him, because I will enable your army to defeat MTY him and all his army and to capture all their land. Do to him what you did to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who ruled in Heshbon city.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_3","006_3_3","DEU","3","3","3","“So Yahweh enabled us to defeat IDM King Og and all his army. We killed them all; we did not allow any of them to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_4","006_3_4","DEU","3","4","4","There were 60 cities in that region near Argob, in King Og’s kingdom of Bashan. But we captured all of them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_5","006_3_5","DEU","3","5","5","All those cities had high walls around them with gates and bars. We also captured many villages that did not have walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_6","006_3_6","DEU","3","6","6","We completely destroyed everything, just as we had done in the area that King Sihon ruled. We killed all the men, women, and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_7","006_3_7","DEU","3","7","7","But from those cities we took for ourselves all the livestock and other valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_8","006_3_8","DEU","3","8","8","“So at that time we took from those two kings of the Amor people-group all the land east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Hermon Mountain in the north.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_9","006_3_9","DEU","3","9","9","(That mountain is called Sirion by the people of Sidon city and is called Senir by the Amor people-group.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_10","006_3_10","DEU","3","10","10","“We captured all the towns on the ◄plateau/high level land►, and all the Gilead region, and all the Bashan region as far east as Edrei and Salecah towns, which also belonged to Og’s kingdom.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_11","006_3_11","DEU","3","11","11","(Og was the last king who was a descendant of the Repha giants. His bed was made of iron. It was almost ◄14 feet/4 meters► long and ◄6 feet/2 meters► wide. It is still RHQ in Rabbah city in the Ammon area.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_12","006_3_12","DEU","3","12","12","“From the land that we captured at that time, I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the land north of Aroer town near the Arnon River, and some of the hilly area of the Gilead region, along with the nearby towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_13","006_3_13","DEU","3","13","13","The other part of the Gilead region and all of the Bashan region, which was the Argob region that King Og had ruled, I allotted to half of the tribe of Manasseh.” (The entire Bashan region is called the land of the Repha giants.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_14","006_3_14","DEU","3","14","14","“Jair, from the tribe of Manasseh, conquered all the Bashan area as far north as the border of the Geshur and Maacah territories. He gave his own name to the villages there, and they are still called the villages of Jair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_15","006_3_15","DEU","3","15","15","The northern part of the Gilead region I allotted to the Machir clan, who are descendants of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_16","006_3_16","DEU","3","16","16","I allotted to the tribes of Reuben and Gad the southern part of the Gilead region, extending south to the Arnon River. The middle of the river is the southern boundary. The northern boundary is the Jabbok River, which is part of the border of the Ammon area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_17","006_3_17","DEU","3","17","17","To the west their territory extended to the Jordan River  Valley, from Galilee Lake in the north to the Dead Sea in the south and to the slopes of Pisgah Mountain to the east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_18","006_3_18","DEU","3","18","18","At that time, I told you three tribes, ‘Yahweh our God is giving you this land east of the Jordan River, for you to occupy/capture. So now, give your soldiers weapons, and send them across the Jordan River ahead of the men from the other Israeli tribes to help them to conquer/capture the land that has been allotted to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_19","006_3_19","DEU","3","19","19","But your wives and children and your very numerous cattle must stay in the towns that I have allotted to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_20","006_3_20","DEU","3","20","20","Your men must help your fellow Israelis until Yahweh enables them to live there peacefully after they capture all the land that Yahweh our God is giving to them on the west side of the Jordan River, just like he did for you here on the east side of the river. After that, you all may return to this land that I have allotted to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_21","006_3_21","DEU","3","21","21","And I told Joshua, ‘You SYN have seen everything that Yahweh our God did to those two kings, Sihon and Og. He will do the same thing to the people who are now in the land that you will be entering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_22","006_3_22","DEU","3","22","22","Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God is the one who will fight for you all.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_23","006_3_23","DEU","3","23","23","“At that time, I earnestly prayed, saying ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_24","006_3_24","DEU","3","24","24","‘Yahweh our Lord, you have merely begun to show me that you are very great and to show me the powerful things that you can do MTY. There is certainly no RHQ god in heaven or on earth who can do the powerful things/deeds that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_25","006_3_25","DEU","3","25","25","So please allow me to cross the Jordan River and to see the good/fertile land on the west side, the beautiful hilly area and the mountains in Lebanon.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_26","006_3_26","DEU","3","26","26","But Yahweh was angry with me because of what your ancestors had made me do, so he would not pay attention to me. Instead, he said, ‘That is enough talk from you! Do not talk to me about that again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_27","006_3_27","DEU","3","27","27","Climb up to the top of Pisgah Mountain and look toward the west and to the east, toward the north and to the south. Look at MTY it all carefully, because you will not cross the Jordan River to see the land from there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_28","006_3_28","DEU","3","28","28","But tell Joshua what he must do and encourage him to be strong, because he is the one who will lead the people across the river in order that they can occupy/capture the land that you will see from the top of the mountain.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT3_29","006_3_29","DEU","3","29","29","So we remained in the Jordan River Valley close to Beth-Peor town.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_1","006_4_1","DEU","4","1","1","“Now, you Israeli people, obey all the rules and regulations DOU that I will teach you. If you do that, you will remain alive and you will enter and occupy/capture the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_2","006_4_2","DEU","4","2","2","Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away from what I tell you. Obey all the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_3","006_4_3","DEU","4","3","3","“You have seen what Yahweh did at Baal-Peor Mountain. He got rid of all the people who worshiped the god Baal there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_4","006_4_4","DEU","4","4","4","but you who faithfully continued to worship Yahweh our God are still alive today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_5","006_4_5","DEU","4","5","5","“Note that I have taught you all the rules and regulations, just like Yahweh our God told me to do. He wants you to obey them when you are living in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_6","006_4_6","DEU","4","6","6","Obey them faithfully because, if you do that, you will show the people of other nations that you are very wise. When they hear about all these laws, they will say, ‘The people of this great nation of Israel are certainly very wise DOU!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_7","006_4_7","DEU","4","7","7","Even if other nations are great, there is none RHQ of them that has a god who is as near to them as Yahweh our God is to us! Whenever we call out to him to help us, he answers/helps us ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_8","006_4_8","DEU","4","8","8","And there is no RHQ other nation, even if it is a great nation, that has laws that are as just/fair as the laws that I am telling to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_9","006_4_9","DEU","4","9","9","“But be very careful! DOU, IDM Do not forget what you SYN have seen God do. Remember those things as long as you are alive. Tell them to your children and your grandchildren. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_10","006_4_10","DEU","4","10","10","Tell them about the day that your ancestors stood in the presence of Yahweh our God at Sinai Mountain, when he said to me, ‘Gather the people together, in order that they can hear what I say. I want them to learn to have an awesome respect for me as long as they are alive, and I want them to teach their children to do that also.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_11","006_4_11","DEU","4","11","11","Tell them that your ancestors came near the bottom of the mountain, while the mountain burned with a fire that went up to the sky, and the mountain was covered with dark clouds and black smoke. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_12","006_4_12","DEU","4","12","12","Then Yahweh spoke to your ancestors out of the middle of the fire. Your ancestors heard him speak, but they did not see him. They only heard his voice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_13","006_4_13","DEU","4","13","13","And he declared to them his agreement. That agreement contained the Ten Commandments that he wants you to obey. He wrote those on two stone tablets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_14","006_4_14","DEU","4","14","14","Yahweh commanded me to teach all the rules and regulations to you, in order that you would obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_15","006_4_15","DEU","4","15","15","“On the day that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors at Sinai Mountain, he was invisible. So, be careful ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_16","006_4_16","DEU","4","16","16","that you do not sin by making for yourselves any idol of something that can be seen! Do not make an idol that resembles any person, either a man or a woman, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_17","006_4_17","DEU","4","17","17","or that resembles any animal or any bird ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_18","006_4_18","DEU","4","18","18","or any ◄reptile/creature that scurries across the ground► or any fish in the deep ocean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_19","006_4_19","DEU","4","19","19","And be careful to not look up toward the sky and be tempted to worship anything that you see there—the sun or the moon or the stars. Yahweh our God has given those to be a blessing to all people everywhere, but you must not worship them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_20","006_4_20","DEU","4","20","20","Yahweh has brought your ancestors out of Egypt, where they were suffering as though they were in a blazing furnace, in order that they would be people who belong to him, which is what you are today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_21","006_4_21","DEU","4","21","21","“But Yahweh was angry with me because of what your ancestors made me do. He vowed that I would not cross the Jordan River to enter the good/fertile land that he is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_22","006_4_22","DEU","4","22","22","He said that I must die here in this land and never cross the Jordan River. But you will go across it, and you will occupy that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_23","006_4_23","DEU","4","23","23","Be sure that you do not forget the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you. He commanded you to not make any kind of idol, because he has forbidden that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_24","006_4_24","DEU","4","24","24","You must not do that because Yahweh your God will destroy anyone who worships idols, like MET a fire completely destroys things. He wants people to worship only him, he ◄cannot accept/will punish► people who worship anyone or anything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_25","006_4_25","DEU","4","25","25","“When you have been in the land of Canaan for a long time and you have children and grandchildren, do not sin by making an idol that represents anything at all, because Yahweh says that is evil, and if you do that, you will cause him to become angry with you and punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_26","006_4_26","DEU","4","26","26","Today I am requesting everyone who is in heaven and everyone who is on the earth MTY to watch what you are doing. If you disobey what I am telling you, you will soon all die in the land that you will be crossing the Jordan River to occupy. You will not live very long there; Yahweh will completely get rid of many HYP of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_27","006_4_27","DEU","4","27","27","And the rest of you, Yahweh will force you to go and live among the people of many other nations. Only a few of you will ◄survive/remain alive► there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_28","006_4_28","DEU","4","28","28","When you are in those nations, you will worship gods that are made of wood and stone, gods made by humans, gods that cannot see anything or hear anything or eat anything or smell anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_29","006_4_29","DEU","4","29","29","But while you are there, if you will try to know Yahweh your God, and if you try with your entire inner being to know him, he will ◄answer/reveal himself to► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_30","006_4_30","DEU","4","30","30","In the future, after you have been mistreated there and all those bad things happen to you, you will again worship only Yahweh and obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_31","006_4_31","DEU","4","31","31","Yahweh is a God who acts mercifully. If you continue to obey him, he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the agreement that he solemnly made with your ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_32","006_4_32","DEU","4","32","32","“Now think about the past, about the time before you were born, about all the time since God first created people here on the earth. You could search everywhere, in heaven and on the earth. ◄Has anything like this ever happened that is as great as what Yahweh did for the Israeli people?/Certainly nothing has ever happened that is as great as what Yahweh did for the Israeli people.► RHQ ◄Has anyone ever heard of anything like this?/Certainly no one has ever heard of anything like this.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_33","006_4_33","DEU","4","33","33","◄Has any group ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did?/Certainly no group has ever remained alive after they heard a god speak to them from the middle of a fire, like we did.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_34","006_4_34","DEU","4","34","34","Certainly no other god has ever tried to take a huge group of people from one nation to another location, like he did for us when he brought us out of Egypt. We saw Yahweh our God use great power MTY, DOU when he performed many kinds of DOU miracles, and sent plagues, and did many other very terrifying things in Egypt for us, and rescued us when the army of Egypt tried to fight against us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_35","006_4_35","DEU","4","35","35","“Yahweh showed all these things to you, in order that you would know that only he is truly God, and that there is no other God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_36","006_4_36","DEU","4","36","36","He allowed your ancestors to hear him speak from heaven in order that he could discipline them. Here on the earth he allowed them to see his great fire on Sinai Mountain, and he spoke to them from the middle of the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_37","006_4_37","DEU","4","37","37","Because he loved our ancestors, he chose you Israelis who are their descendants, and by his great power he brought your ancestors out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_38","006_4_38","DEU","4","38","38","As they advanced, he expelled the people of nations that were greater and more powerful than they were, in order that he could allow them to capture their land and cause it to become yours, which is what is happening now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_39","006_4_39","DEU","4","39","39","“So today you should ◄meditate on/think about► the fact that Yahweh is God, that he is/rules in heaven and also on the earth, and that there is no other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_40","006_4_40","DEU","4","40","40","Obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, in order that things will go well for you and for your descendants, and that you will live a long time in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, to belong to you forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_41","006_4_41","DEU","4","41","41","Then Moses/I set apart three cities that are on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_42","006_4_42","DEU","4","42","42","If someone accidentally killed another person, a person who had not been his enemy previously, he could escape to one of those cities. He would be safe/protected in one of those cities because the people there would protect him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_43","006_4_43","DEU","4","43","43","For the tribe of Reuben, Moses/I set apart Bezer city in the ◄plateau/high level► area. For the tribe of Gad, Moses/I set apart Ramoth city in the Gilead area. For the tribe of Manasseh, Moses/I set apart Golan city in the Bashan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_44","006_4_44","DEU","4","44","44","Moses/I gave God’s laws to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_45","006_4_45","DEU","4","45","45","They included all the rules and instructions and commands that Moses/I gave to them, after they/we had come out of Egypt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_46","006_4_46","DEU","4","46","46","when they/we were in the valley east of the Jordan River. They/We were across from Beth-Peor town, in the land that previously was ruled by Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon city. Moses/I and the other Israelis had defeated his army when they/we came out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_47","006_4_47","DEU","4","47","47","They/We captured Sihon’s land and the land that Og, the king of the Bashan region, ruled. They were the two kings who ruled the Amor people-group in the area east of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_48","006_4_48","DEU","4","48","48","Their land extended from Aroer town in the south along the Arnon River, as far north as Sirion Mountain, which most people call Hermon Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT4_49","006_4_49","DEU","4","49","49","It also included all the area east of the Jordan River  Valley, all the way south to the Dead Sea and east to the slopes of Pisgah Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_1","006_5_1","DEU","5","1","1","Moses/I summoned all the people of Israel and said to them, “You Israeli people, listen to all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. Learn them and be sure to obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_2","006_5_2","DEU","5","2","2","When we were at Sinai Mountain, Yahweh our God made an agreement with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_3","006_5_3","DEU","5","3","3","But this agreement was not only for our ancestors. He made it also for us who are alive now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_4","006_5_4","DEU","5","4","4","Yahweh spoke with us face-to-face on that mountain, from the middle of the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_5","006_5_5","DEU","5","5","5","On that day, I stood between your ancestors and Yahweh to tell them what he said, because they were afraid of the fire, and they did not climb up the mountain. This is what Yahweh said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_6","006_5_6","DEU","5","6","6","‘I am Yahweh your God, the one you worship. I am the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_7","006_5_7","DEU","5","7","7","You must worship only me; you must not worship any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_8","006_5_8","DEU","5","8","8","You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or anything that is on the ground or anything that swims in the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_9","006_5_9","DEU","5","9","9","You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I ◄am very jealous/want you to worship me only►. I punish those who sin and hate me. I punish not only them, but I will punish ◄their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_10","006_5_10","DEU","5","10","10","But I will steadfastly love ◄thousands of generations/all the descendants► of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_11","006_5_11","DEU","5","11","11","Do not use/speak my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you should worship, and I will certainly punish those who use/speak my name for wrong/evil purposes LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_12","006_5_12","DEU","5","12","12","Do not forget that the seventh day of every week is mine. Dedicate those days to me just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_13","006_5_13","DEU","5","13","13","There are six days each week for you to do all your work, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_14","006_5_14","DEU","5","14","14","but the seventh day is a rest day, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh your God. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not tell foreigners to work, those who are living in your country. You must allow your slaves to rest on that day just like you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_15","006_5_15","DEU","5","15","15","Do not forget that you were slaves in Egypt, and that I, Yahweh your God, brought you out from there by my very great power. DOU, MTY That is the reason that I am commanding that all of you must rest on the seventh/Sabbath day each week. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_16","006_5_16","DEU","5","16","16","Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, just like I, Yahweh your God, am commanding you, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh your God, will give you, and in order that things will go well for you there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_17","006_5_17","DEU","5","17","17","Do not murder anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_18","006_5_18","DEU","5","18","18","Do not ◄commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_19","006_5_19","DEU","5","19","19","Do not steal anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_20","006_5_20","DEU","5","20","20","Do not tell lies about anyone when you are speaking in a court. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_21","006_5_21","DEU","5","21","21","Do not ◄covet/desire to have► someone else’s wife, someone else’s house, someone else’s fields, someone else’s male slave or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that another person owns.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_22","006_5_22","DEU","5","22","22","Those are the commandments that Yahweh spoke to your ancestors. When they were gathered there at the bottom of the mountain, he spoke with a very loud voice from the middle of the fire, and there were dark clouds surrounding the mountain. He spoke only those ten commandments, no more. Then he wrote them on two stone tablets and gave them to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_23","006_5_23","DEU","5","23","23","After your ancestors heard Yahweh’s voice when he spoke to them out of the darkness, while there was a big fire burning on the mountain, their leaders and elders came to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_24","006_5_24","DEU","5","24","24","and one of them said, ‘Listen to us! Yahweh our God showed us that he is very great and glorious when we heard him speak MTY from the fire. Today we have realized that it is possible for us humans to continue to live even though God has spoken to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_25","006_5_25","DEU","5","25","25","But we are afraid that we will die RHQ if we hear Yahweh our God speak MTY to us again; his terrible fire will destroy/kill us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_26","006_5_26","DEU","5","26","26","◄Who has/Certainly no human has► remained alive after hearing the all-powerful God speak MTY to them from a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_27","006_5_27","DEU","5","27","27","So Moses, you go up the mountain and listen to everything that Yahweh our God will say. Then come back and tell us everything that he has said, and we will listen to what he has said and obey it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_28","006_5_28","DEU","5","28","28","Yahweh heard your leaders say that, so when I went back up the mountain, Yahweh said to me, ‘I have heard what your leaders have said, and what they have said is right/correct. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_29","006_5_29","DEU","5","29","29","I surely wish that they would always think like that and revere me and obey all my commandments, in order that things may go well for them and for their descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_30","006_5_30","DEU","5","30","30","So go down and tell them to return to their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_31","006_5_31","DEU","5","31","31","But then you come back up here and stand near me, and I will give to you all the rules and regulations that I want them to obey. Then you can teach them to the people, in order that they will obey them when they are in the land that I am giving to them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_32","006_5_32","DEU","5","32","32","So I went back down to the people, and I said to them, ‘Be sure that you do everything that Yahweh our God has commanded us to do. Do not disobey any of his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT5_33","006_5_33","DEU","5","33","33","Conduct your lives as Yahweh our God has commanded us to do, in order that you may live a long time, and in order that things will go well for you when you are living in the land that you will occupy.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_1","006_6_1","DEU","6","1","1","“These are the commandments and rules and regulations that Yahweh our God commanded me to teach to you. He wants you to obey them in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_2","006_6_2","DEU","6","2","2","He wants you to revere him, and he wants you and your descendants to always obey all these rules and regulations that I am giving to you, in order that you may live for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_3","006_6_3","DEU","6","3","3","So, you Israeli people, listen to them carefully and obey them. If you do that, things will go well with you, and you will become a nation with a very large population when you are living in that very fertile IDM land. That is what Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, promised would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_4","006_6_4","DEU","6","4","4","“You Israeli people, listen! Only Yahweh is our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_5","006_6_5","DEU","6","5","5","You must love him with all your inner being and with all that you feel and with all that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_6","006_6_6","DEU","6","6","6","Never forget IDM these commands that I am giving to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_7","006_6_7","DEU","6","7","7","Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them all the time: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down and when you are doing things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_8","006_6_8","DEU","6","8","8","Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_9","006_6_9","DEU","6","9","9","Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_10","006_6_10","DEU","6","10","10","“Yahweh our God vowed to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that he will give you a land that already has in it large and prosperous cities that you did not build. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_11","006_6_11","DEU","6","11","11","He said that the houses in those cities will already be full of many good things that others put there; you did not put them there. There will be wells that others have dug. There will be vineyards and olive trees that others planted. So when Yahweh brings you into that land, and you have all that you want to eat, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_12","006_6_12","DEU","6","12","12","be sure that you do not forget Yahweh who rescued you from being slaves in Egypt and gave all these things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_13","006_6_13","DEU","6","13","13","“You must revere Yahweh our God, and you must serve only him and say that he should MTY punish you if you do not do what you have promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_14","006_6_14","DEU","6","14","14","You must not worship any other gods, the gods that the people-groups who will live near you worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_15","006_6_15","DEU","6","15","15","Yahweh our God, who lives among you, ◄will not accept/will punish► people who worship anyone or anything else. So if you worship any other god, Yahweh will be very angry with you, and he will get rid of you completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_16","006_6_16","DEU","6","16","16","Do not do sinful things to find out if you can do them without Yahweh our God punishing you, like your ancestors did at Massah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_17","006_6_17","DEU","6","17","17","Be sure that you always obey all the laws, the commandments, the rules, and the regulations that he has given to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_18","006_6_18","DEU","6","18","18","Do what Yahweh says is right and good. If you do that, things will go well with you. You will be able to enter and occupy the good/fertile land that Yahweh vowed to give to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_19","006_6_19","DEU","6","19","19","He will do that by expelling your enemies from that land, just like he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_20","006_6_20","DEU","6","20","20","“In the future, when your children ask you, ‘Why did Yahweh our God command us to obey all these rules and regulations?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_21","006_6_21","DEU","6","21","21","tell them, ‘Our ancestors were slaves of the king in Egypt, but Yahweh brought them out of Egypt by his great power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_22","006_6_22","DEU","6","22","22","They saw him do many kinds of miracles DOU and do terrifying things to the people of Egypt and to the king and his officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_23","006_6_23","DEU","6","23","23","He rescued our ancestors from Egypt and brought them here to give them this land, just like he vowed that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_24","006_6_24","DEU","6","24","24","And he commanded us to obey all these laws and to revere him, for our own good and in order that he would protect our nation and enable us to prosper, as he is doing now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT6_25","006_6_25","DEU","6","25","25","Yahweh our God will ◄approve of us/consider us to be righteous► if we carefully obey everything that he has commanded us to do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_1","006_7_1","DEU","7","1","1","“Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_2","006_7_2","DEU","7","2","2","When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat DOU them, you must kill all of them. You must not make ◄an alliance/a peace treaty► with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_3","006_7_3","DEU","7","3","3","You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_4","006_7_4","DEU","7","4","4","Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_5","006_7_5","DEU","7","5","5","This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their ◄altars/places for sacrificing animals►, break apart the stone pillars that are dedicated to their male god Baal, cut down the poles that they use when they worship the goddess Asherah, and burn their wooden idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_6","006_7_6","DEU","7","6","6","You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_7","006_7_7","DEU","7","7","7","“It was not because you were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_8","006_7_8","DEU","7","8","8","Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power MTY, and freed you from being slaves MTY of the king of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_9","006_7_9","DEU","7","9","9","So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love ◄for 1,000 generations/forever► all those who love him and who obey his commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_10","006_7_10","DEU","7","10","10","But for those who hate him, he will ◄pay them back/do to them what they deserve►; he will punish them and quickly get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_11","006_7_11","DEU","7","11","11","“So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_12","006_7_12","DEU","7","12","12","If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_13","006_7_13","DEU","7","13","13","He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children DOU. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and grapes to make wine and plenty of olive oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_14","006_7_14","DEU","7","14","14","He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children LIT. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_15","006_7_15","DEU","7","15","15","And Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that our ancestors knew about in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_16","006_7_16","DEU","7","16","16","You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not SYN act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap from which you will never be able to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_17","006_7_17","DEU","7","17","17","“Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot RHQ expel them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_18","006_7_18","DEU","7","18","18","Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_19","006_7_19","DEU","7","19","19","Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt, and the many DOU miracles that he performed, and the very powerful DOU, MTY way by which he brought your ancestors out of Egypt. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_20","006_7_20","DEU","7","20","20","Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_21","006_7_21","DEU","7","21","21","Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_22","006_7_22","DEU","7","22","22","He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not try to expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, and you would not be able to get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_23","006_7_23","DEU","7","23","23","Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies one people-group at a time. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_24","006_7_24","DEU","7","24","24","He will enable you to defeat IDM their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_25","006_7_25","DEU","7","25","25","You must burn the wooden idols that represent their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold decorations that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap to cause you to want to worship those idols. Yahweh hates the worship of those idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT7_26","006_7_26","DEU","7","26","26","You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise DOU those idols, because they are things that Yahweh has cursed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_1","006_8_1","DEU","8","1","1","“You must faithfully obey all the commandments that I am giving you today. If you do that, you will live a long time, you will become very numerous, and you will occupy the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_2","006_8_2","DEU","8","2","2","And do not forget how Yahweh our God led us as we traveled through the desert during these past 40 years. He caused you to have many problems/difficulties, because he wanted to cause you to realize that you needed to trust him and not yourselves. And he wanted to test you, to find out what you intended to do IDM, whether you would obey his commandments or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_3","006_8_3","DEU","8","3","3","So he caused you to have/experience difficulties. He allowed you to become hungry. Then he gave you manna food from heaven, food that you and your ancestors had never eaten before. He did that to teach you that people need food for their bodies; but they also need food for their spirits, which comes from paying attention to everything that Yahweh says MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_4","006_8_4","DEU","8","4","4","During those 40 years of walking through the desert, our clothes did not wear out and our feet did not swell from walking a very long way through the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_5","006_8_5","DEU","8","5","5","Do not forget that Yahweh our God disciplines us, like parents discipline their children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_6","006_8_6","DEU","8","6","6","“Do obey the commandments of Yahweh our God, and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and revere him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_7","006_8_7","DEU","8","7","7","He is about to bring you into a good/fertile land, which has streams which flow down from the hills and pour/flow out of springs in the valleys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_8","006_8_8","DEU","8","8","8","It is a land on which wheat and barley grow, a land where there are fig trees and pomegranates, and a land where there are olive trees and honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_9","006_8_9","DEU","8","9","9","It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will ◄not lack anything/have everything that you need► LIT, a land which has iron ore in its rocks and from which you can dig copper ore from its hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_10","006_8_10","DEU","8","10","10","Every day you will eat until your stomachs are full, and you will thank Yahweh our God for the fertile/good land that he has given you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_11","006_8_11","DEU","8","11","11","But, when that happens, be sure not to forget Yahweh our God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_12","006_8_12","DEU","8","12","12","When your stomachs are full every day, and when you have built good houses and are living in them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_13","006_8_13","DEU","8","13","13","and when the number of your cattle and sheep has greatly increased, and when you have accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, and the amount of all your other possessions has greatly increased, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_14","006_8_14","DEU","8","14","14","be sure that you do not become proud IDM and forget Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt and brought them out from there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_15","006_8_15","DEU","8","15","15","Do not forget that he led them while they traveled through that huge and terrible desert, where there were poisonous snakes and scorpions. And do not forget that where the ground was very dry and there was no water, he caused water to flow for them out of ◄solid/very hard► rock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_16","006_8_16","DEU","8","16","16","Do not forget that in that desert he gave your ancestors manna to eat, food that they had never eaten before. He caused them to have/experience many problems/difficulties, because he wanted them to realize that they needed to trust him and not themselves. And he wanted to test them, to find out whether they intended to obey him, in order that when those difficulties ended, he would do many good things for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_17","006_8_17","DEU","8","17","17","Be sure that you do not think to yourselves, ‘I have acquired all these things by my own power MTY and ability.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_18","006_8_18","DEU","8","18","18","Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who has enabled you to become rich. He does this because he faithfully does what he solemnly promised our ancestors that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_19","006_8_19","DEU","8","19","19","“ solemnly warn you that if you forget Yahweh our God and turn to other gods and start to serve them and worship them, you will certainly be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT8_20","006_8_20","DEU","8","20","20","If you do not obey Yahweh our God, he will certainly destroy you just like he will destroy the people-groups that you will fight against.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_1","006_9_1","DEU","9","1","1","“You people of Israel, listen to me! You will soon HYP cross the Jordan River. In the land that you will enter, there are large cities that have very high walls around them that seem to HYP extend up to the sky. There are people-groups in that land that are more numerous and more powerful than you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_2","006_9_2","DEU","9","2","2","Those people are very tall and strong. Some of them are giants who are descendants of Anak. You know about them, and you have heard people say that no one RHQ can defeat the descendants of Anak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_3","006_9_3","DEU","9","3","3","But I want you to know that Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will be like a raging/roaring fire. While you advance, he will defeat and destroy them. As a result, you will quickly be able to expel some of them and kill the others, which is what Yahweh promised that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_4","006_9_4","DEU","9","4","4","“After Yahweh our God has expelled them for you, do not say to yourselves, ‘It is because we are righteous that Yahweh has enabled us to capture this land.’ The truth is that it is because the people in that land are wicked that Yahweh will expel them as you advance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_5","006_9_5","DEU","9","5","5","I say again that it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_6","006_9_6","DEU","9","6","6","I want you to know that it is not because you are righteous that Yahweh our God is giving you this good/fertile land. I say that because you are not righteous; you are a very stubborn IDM people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_7","006_9_7","DEU","9","7","7","“Never forget what your ancestors did in the desert that caused Yahweh our God to become angry. From the day that we left Egypt until the day that we arrived here, you and your ancestors have continually rebelled against him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_8","006_9_8","DEU","9","8","8","Even at Sinai Mountain your ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry. Because he was very angry, he was ready to get rid of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_9","006_9_9","DEU","9","9","9","When I climbed the mountain to receive from him the stone tablets on which he had written the Ten Commandments that he was giving to them, I stayed there 40 days and nights, and during that time I did not eat or drink anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_10","006_9_10","DEU","9","10","10","Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets on which he had written the commandments with his own fingers. They were the words/commandments that he had spoken to your ancestors from the fire on that mountain, when they were gathered together at the bottom of the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_11","006_9_11","DEU","9","11","11","“At the end of those 40 days and nights, Yahweh gave me those two stone tablets on which he had written those commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_12","006_9_12","DEU","9","12","12","But then he said to me, ‘Go down the mountain immediately, because the people whom you are leading, the people whom you led out of Egypt, have committed a terrible sin! They have very quickly done what I commanded them not to do. They have made for themselves a metal statue of a calf to worship.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_13","006_9_13","DEU","9","13","13","Then Yahweh said to me, ‘I have been watching these people, and I see that they are very stubborn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_14","006_9_14","DEU","9","14","14","So do not try to stop me. I am going to destroy all of them, with the result that no one anywhere will remember ◄their names MTY/that they ever existed►. Then I will enable you to become the ancestor of a nation that will be more numerous and more powerful than they are.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_15","006_9_15","DEU","9","15","15","So I turned and went down the mountain, carrying in my hands the two stone tablets on which the Ten Commandments were written. Fire was burning all over the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_16","006_9_16","DEU","9","16","16","I looked, and I was shocked to see that your ancestors had committed a great sin against Yahweh. They very quickly had begun to do what Yahweh our God had commanded them not to do. They had requested Aaron to make for them a metal image of a calf to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_17","006_9_17","DEU","9","17","17","So while they were watching, I lifted up those two stone tablets and threw them on the ground, and they broke into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_18","006_9_18","DEU","9","18","18","Then I ◄prostrated myself/lay► on the ground in Yahweh’s presence as I had done before, and I did not eat or drink anything for 40 days and nights. I did that because your ancestors had sinned against Yahweh and caused him to become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_19","006_9_19","DEU","9","19","19","I was afraid/worried that because Yahweh was very angry with them, he would get rid of all of them. But again I prayed that he would not do that, and again he listened to me and answered my prayer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_20","006_9_20","DEU","9","20","20","Yahweh was also very angry with Aaron for making that golden calf and was ready to kill Aaron. But at the same time I prayed for Aaron also, and Yahweh answered my prayer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_21","006_9_21","DEU","9","21","21","Your ancestors had sinned by requesting Aaron to make a metal statue of a calf. So I took that statue and I melted it in a fire and crushed it and ground it into very tiny pieces HYP. Then I threw those tiny pieces into the stream that flowed down the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_22","006_9_22","DEU","9","22","22","Your ancestors also caused Yahweh to become very angry by what they did at places which they named Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_23","006_9_23","DEU","9","23","23","And when we were at Kadesh-Barnea, Yahweh said to your ancestors, ‘Go up and capture the land that I am about to give to you!’ But they rebelled against him. They did not trust him, and they did not obey what he told MTY them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_24","006_9_24","DEU","9","24","24","Your ancestors rebelled against Yahweh from the first day that I knew them, in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_25","006_9_25","DEU","9","25","25","So, as I said, I lay on the ground in Yahweh’s presence for 40 days and nights, because Yahweh had said that he would get rid of your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_26","006_9_26","DEU","9","26","26","And I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Lord God, these people belong to you; do not destroy them. They are people whom you rescued and brought out of Egypt by your very great power. DOU, MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_27","006_9_27","DEU","9","27","27","Do not forget what you promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Please ignore these stubborn and wicked people and the sin that they have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_28","006_9_28","DEU","9","28","28","If you do not do that, and if you get rid of them, the people of Egypt will hear about it and say that you were not able to bring them into the land that you promised to give to them. They will say that you took them into the desert only to kill them there because you hated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT9_29","006_9_29","DEU","9","29","29","Do not forget that they are your people. You chose them to belong to you. You brought them out from Egypt by your very great power DOU, MTY.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_1","006_10_1","DEU","10","1","1","“Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Cut two stone tablets like the first ones. And make a wooden chest to put them in. Then bring the tablets up to me on this mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_2","006_10_2","DEU","10","2","2","I will write on those tablets the same words that I wrote on the first tablets, the ones that you broke. Then you can put them in the chest.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_3","006_10_3","DEU","10","3","3","“So I made a chest. I used wood from an acacia tree to make it. Then I cut two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I went up the mountain carrying the tablets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_4","006_10_4","DEU","10","4","4","There Yahweh wrote on the tablets the same Ten Commandments that he had written on the first tablet. They are the commandments that he told to your ancestors from the middle of the fire on the mountain, when they were gathered at the bottom of the mountain. Then Yahweh gave the tablets to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_5","006_10_5","DEU","10","5","5","and I turned and went down the mountain. Then, just as he had commanded, I put them in the chest that I had made. And they are still there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_6","006_10_6","DEU","10","6","6","(Then, from the wells that belonged to the people of Jaakan, the Israeli people traveled to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar took his place and became the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_7","006_10_7","DEU","10","7","7","From there, the Israelis traveled to Gudgodah, and from there to Jotbathah, which was a place that had many streams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_8","006_10_8","DEU","10","8","8","At that time, Yahweh ◄set apart/appointed► the tribe of Levi to carry the chest that contained the tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments, and to stand in Yahweh’s presence in the sacred tent, to offer sacrifices, and to pray for Yahweh to bless the people. They are still doing those things at the present time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_9","006_10_9","DEU","10","9","9","That is the reason that the tribe of Levi did not receive any land like the other tribes did. What they received was the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s priests, which is what he said that they should do.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_10","006_10_10","DEU","10","10","10","“I stayed on the mountain 40 days and nights, just like I did the first time. I prayed to Yahweh, and he ◄answered my prayers/did what I requested► again and said that he would not destroy your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_11","006_10_11","DEU","10","11","11","Then Yahweh said to me, ‘Continue your journey, going in front of the people, to occupy the land that I vowed your ancestors that I would give to you.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_12","006_10_12","DEU","10","12","12","“Now, you Israeli people, I will tell you RHQ what Yahweh our God requires/demands that you do. He requires you to revere him, to conduct your lives as he wants you to, to love him, and to serve him wholeheartedly DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_13","006_10_13","DEU","10","13","13","and to obey all of his commandments DOU which I am giving to you today for your benefit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_14","006_10_14","DEU","10","14","14","“Do not forget that Yahweh our God owns even the sky and everything that is in it. He also owns the earth and everything that is on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_15","006_10_15","DEU","10","15","15","But in spite of owning all those things, Yahweh loved your ancestors, and from all the people-groups on the earth he chose us, their descendants, and we are still his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_16","006_10_16","DEU","10","16","16","So you must stop sinning MET and stop being stubborn IDM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_17","006_10_17","DEU","10","17","17","Yahweh our God is greater than all gods, and he is greater than all rulers. He is very powerful DOU and awesome. He ◄is impartial/does not do things that favor one ◄group/person► more than others►, and he does not accept bribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_18","006_10_18","DEU","10","18","18","He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly. He loves even ◄foreigners/people from other countries► who live among us Israeli people, and he gives them food and clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_19","006_10_19","DEU","10","19","19","So you must love those foreigners too, because you were once foreigners when you were living in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_20","006_10_20","DEU","10","20","20","Revere Yahweh our God and worship only him. ◄Be faithful to/Have a close relationship with► him, and say that he should punish you if you do not do what you promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_21","006_10_21","DEU","10","21","21","He is the one whom you must praise. He is our God, and we have seen the great and amazing things that he has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT10_22","006_10_22","DEU","10","22","22","When our ancestors, Jacob and his family, went down to Egypt, there were only seventy of them. But now Yahweh our God has caused us to be as numerous as the stars in the sky.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_1","006_11_1","DEU","11","1","1","“Because of all that Yahweh your God has done for you, you must love him and continually obey all his rules and regulations and commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_2","006_11_2","DEU","11","2","2","It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he disciplined by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties. So, starting today, continue to think about how very great and very powerful he is DOU, MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_3","006_11_3","DEU","11","3","3","Think about the various miracles DOU that he performed in Egypt. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to his country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_4","006_11_4","DEU","11","4","4","Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Red Sea to flood/cover over them while they were pursuing your ancestors, and how the army of Egypt was completely ◄wiped out/destroyed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_5","006_11_5","DEU","11","5","5","Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_6","006_11_6","DEU","11","6","6","Think about what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the two sons of Eliab from the tribe of Reuben. While all of your ancestors were watching, the earth split open, and they fell into the opening and disappeared, along with their families and their tents, their servants, and their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_7","006_11_7","DEU","11","7","7","You SYN and your ancestors have seen all these miracles that Yahweh performed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_8","006_11_8","DEU","11","8","8","So, obey all the commandments that I am giving you today, in order that you will be strong and able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_9","006_11_9","DEU","11","9","9","and in order that you will live for a long time in that land, the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to them and to their descendants, a land that is very fertile IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_10","006_11_10","DEU","11","10","10","The land that you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where your ancestors lived. In Egypt, after they planted seeds, it was necessary for them to work hard MTY to water the plants that grew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_11","006_11_11","DEU","11","11","11","But the land that you are about to enter is a land where there are many hills and valleys, where there is plenty of rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_12","006_11_12","DEU","11","12","12","Yahweh takes care of that land. He SYN watches over it every day, from the beginning of each year to the end of each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_13","006_11_13","DEU","11","13","13","Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_14","006_11_14","DEU","11","14","14","each year he will send rain on your land at the ◄right times/times when it is needed►, ◄in the autumn/at the end of the dry season► and ◄in the spring/before the next dry season starts►. As a result, you will have grain and grapes to make wine and olives to make olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_15","006_11_15","DEU","11","15","15","And he will cause grass to grow in your fields for your livestock to eat. You will have all the food that you want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_16","006_11_16","DEU","11","16","16","“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_17","006_11_17","DEU","11","17","17","because if you do that, Yahweh will become very angry with you. He will prevent any rain from falling. As a result, the crops will not grow, and you will soon die from hunger in the good land that Yahweh is about to give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_18","006_11_18","DEU","11","18","18","So, keep thinking IDM about these commands. Write them on tiny scrolls and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads to help you to remember them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_19","006_11_19","DEU","11","19","19","Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them all the time: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down at night and when you are getting up in the morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_20","006_11_20","DEU","11","20","20","Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_21","006_11_21","DEU","11","21","21","Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you and your descendants as long as there is a sky above the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_22","006_11_22","DEU","11","22","22","“Faithfully continue to obey what I am commanding you to do—to love Yahweh our God, and to conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and to ◄be faithful to/have a close relationship with► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_23","006_11_23","DEU","11","23","23","If you do that, Yahweh will expel all the people-groups in that land as you advance, people-groups that are more numerous and more powerful than you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_24","006_11_24","DEU","11","24","24","All the ground in that land on which you walk will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert in the south to the Lebanon Mountains in the north, and from the Euphrates River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_25","006_11_25","DEU","11","25","25","Yahweh our God will cause all the people in that land to be afraid of you, which is what he promised, with the result that no people-group will be able to stop you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_26","006_11_26","DEU","11","26","26","“Listen carefully: Today I am telling you that Yahweh will either bless you or he will curse you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_27","006_11_27","DEU","11","27","27","If you obey the commandments of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, he will bless you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_28","006_11_28","DEU","11","28","28","If you do not obey them, and if you turn away from him to worship other gods that you have never known about before, he will curse you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_29","006_11_29","DEU","11","29","29","And when Yahweh brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, some of you must stand on top of Gerizim Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to bless you, and the others must stand on top of Ebal Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to curse you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_30","006_11_30","DEU","11","30","30","(Those two mountains are RHQ west of the Jordan River, west of the Jordan Valley near the huge oak tree at Moreh village in the land where the Canaan people-group lives. They live close to the sacred trees near Gilgal.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_31","006_11_31","DEU","11","31","31","“You will soon cross the Jordan River to occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. When you enter that land and start to live there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT11_32","006_11_32","DEU","11","32","32","be sure to obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_1","006_12_1","DEU","12","1","1","“◄I will now tell you again/These, again, are► the rules and regulations that you must faithfully obey in the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, is giving to you to occupy. You must obey these laws all the time that you are alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_2","006_12_2","DEU","12","2","2","You must destroy all the places where the people-groups that you will expel worship their gods, on the tops of mountains and hills and under big green trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_3","006_12_3","DEU","12","3","3","You must tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars. Completely burn the statues of their goddess Asherah in fires, and chop down their wooden idols, in order that no one will ever worship them MTY in those places again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_4","006_12_4","DEU","12","4","4","“Do not worship Yahweh like the people in Canaan worship their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_5","006_12_5","DEU","12","5","5","Instead, you must go to the place that Yahweh will choose. It will be in the area where one of your tribes will live. That is where you must go to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_6","006_12_6","DEU","12","6","6","That is the place where you must bring your sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and your other sacrifices, ◄your tithes/ten percent of all of your crops►, other offerings that you decide to give, and the firstborn animals from your cattle and sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_7","006_12_7","DEU","12","7","7","There, in the presence of Yahweh our God, who has greatly blessed you, you and your families will eat the good things that you have worked to produce, and you will be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_8","006_12_8","DEU","12","8","8","“When you are in that land, you must not do some of the things that we have been doing. Until now, you have all been worshiping Yahweh the way you wanted to, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_9","006_12_9","DEU","12","9","9","because you have not yet arrived in the land which Yahweh is giving to you, where you will be able to live peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_10","006_12_10","DEU","12","10","10","But when you cross the Jordan River, you will start to live in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. He will protect you from all your enemies that will surround you, and you will live peacefully/safely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_11","006_12_11","DEU","12","11","11","“Yahweh will choose one place where he wants you to worship him. That is the place to which you must bring all the offerings that I command you to bring: The sacrifices that must be completely burned on the altar, your other sacrifices, other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, ◄your tithes/ten percent of all your crops►, and all the special offerings that you will solemnly promise to give to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_12","006_12_12","DEU","12","12","12","Rejoice there in the presence of Yahweh, along with your children, your male and female servants, and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns. Do not forget that the descendants of Levi will not have their own land, like you will have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_13","006_12_13","DEU","12","13","13","Be sure that you do not offer sacrifices anywhere you want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_14","006_12_14","DEU","12","14","14","You must offer them only in the place that Yahweh will choose for you, in an area that belongs to one of your tribes. That is the only place where he wants you to offer sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar, and to do the other things that I am commanding you to do when you worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_15","006_12_15","DEU","12","15","15","“However, you will be permitted to kill and eat the meat of your animals in the places where you live. As often as you want to, you may eat the meat of the animals that Yahweh our God will bless you by giving them to you. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done things like that may all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_16","006_12_16","DEU","12","16","16","But you must not eat the blood of any animals; you must let the blood drain onto the ground before you cook the meat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_17","006_12_17","DEU","12","17","17","In the places where you live, you must not eat the things that you are offering to Yahweh: You must not eat the ◄tithes/ten percent► of your grain or of your wine, or of your olive oil, or the firstborn of your cattle and sheep, or the offerings that you yourselves decide to give to Yahweh, or any other offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_18","006_12_18","DEU","12","18","18","Instead, you and your children and your male and female servants and the descendants of Levi who live in your towns must go to the place that he has chosen and eat those things there in the presence of Yahweh. And you should rejoice in the presence of Yahweh about everything that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_19","006_12_19","DEU","12","19","19","Be sure that you take care of the descendants of Levi all during the time that you live in your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_20","006_12_20","DEU","12","20","20","“When Yahweh our God gives you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he has promised to do, and you say ‘I would like some meat to eat’ because you are craving/wanting some meat, you will be permitted to eat meat whenever you want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_21","006_12_21","DEU","12","21","21","If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far from where you live, you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_22","006_12_22","DEU","12","22","22","Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God, and those who have not done things like that, are all permitted to all eat that meat, just like you would eat the meat of a deer or an antelope. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_23","006_12_23","DEU","12","23","23","But be sure that you do not eat the blood of any animal, because it is the blood that sustains life in living beings, and so you must not eat the life along with the meat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_24","006_12_24","DEU","12","24","24","Do not eat the blood; instead, let it drain onto the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_25","006_12_25","DEU","12","25","25","If you obey this command and do what Yahweh says is right for you to do, things will go well for you and for your descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_26","006_12_26","DEU","12","26","26","“But the sacred offerings that Yahweh has told you to give and the other offerings that you yourselves decide to give, you must take to the place that Yahweh will choose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_27","006_12_27","DEU","12","27","27","You must offer there the sacrifices that will be completely burned on Yahweh’s altar. You must also offer there the sacrifices from which you may eat some of meat after you kill the animals and drain out the blood and some of it is thrown on the sides of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_28","006_12_28","DEU","12","28","28","Faithfully obey all these things that I have commanded you. If you do that, things will go well forever for you and your descendants, because you will be doing what Yahweh our God says is right for you to do and what pleases him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_29","006_12_29","DEU","12","29","29","“When you enter the land that you will occupy, as you advance, Yahweh our God will get rid of the people-groups that live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_30","006_12_30","DEU","12","30","30","After he does that, be sure that you do not worship the gods that they have been worshiping, because if you do that, you will be caught in the same trap that they were caught in MET. Do not ask anyone about those gods, saying, ‘Tell me how they worshiped their gods, in order that I can worship them also.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_31","006_12_31","DEU","12","31","31","Do not try to worship Yahweh our God like they have worshiped their gods, because when they worship them, they do disgusting things, things that Yahweh hates. The worst thing that they do is that they sacrifice their own children and burn them on their altars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT12_32","006_12_32","DEU","12","32","32","“Be sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_1","006_13_1","DEU","13","1","1","“Possibly there will be people among you who say that they are prophets. They may say that they are able to interpret the meaning of dreams or perform various kinds of miracles DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_2","006_13_2","DEU","13","2","2","They will say those things in order to induce/persuade you to worship gods that you have never known about before. But even if what they predict happens, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_3","006_13_3","DEU","13","3","3","do not pay attention to what they say. Yahweh our God will be testing you to find out if you love him with all your inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_4","006_13_4","DEU","13","4","4","You must conduct your lives as Yahweh our God wants you to, and you must revere him, and do what he tells you to do MTY, and worship only him, and ◄be faithful to/have a close relationship with► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_5","006_13_5","DEU","13","5","5","“But you must execute anyone who falsely says that he is a prophet, or someone who falsely says that he can interpret dreams, or who tells you to rebel against Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt. People like that are only wanting to cause you to stop conducting your lives as Yahweh has commanded you to do. Execute them, to get rid of this evil among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_6","006_13_6","DEU","13","6","6","It does not matter if even your brother or your daughter or your wife or some close/dear friend secretly urges you, saying ‘Let’s worship other gods. They are gods which you or your ancestors have never known about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_7","006_13_7","DEU","13","7","7","Some of them may encourage you to worship gods that people-groups that live near you worship, or gods that groups who live far away worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_8","006_13_8","DEU","13","8","8","Do not SYN do what they suggest. Do not even listen to them. Do not even be merciful to them, and do not keep secret what they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_9","006_13_9","DEU","13","9","9","Execute them! You who are their relative must be the first one to throw stones at them to kill them, and then let everyone else MTY throw stones at them, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_10","006_13_10","DEU","13","10","10","Kill such people by throwing stones at them, because they are trying to cause you to stop worshiping Yahweh our God, who rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_11","006_13_11","DEU","13","11","11","When they are executed, all the Israeli people will hear what happened, and they will become afraid, and none of them will do such an evil thing again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_12","006_13_12","DEU","13","12","12","“When you are living in one of the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you may hear ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_13","006_13_13","DEU","13","13","13","that some worthless people there among you IDM are deceiving the people of their town, saying, ‘Let’s go and worship other gods,’ but they are gods that you have never heard about before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_14","006_13_14","DEU","13","14","14","Investigate it thoroughly/carefully. If you find out that it is true that such a disgraceful thing has happened, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_15","006_13_15","DEU","13","15","15","kill all the people in that town. And kill all their livestock, too. Destroy the town completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_16","006_13_16","DEU","13","16","16","Gather all the possessions that belonged to the people who lived there and pile them up in the city plaza. Then burn the town and everything in it, as though it were an offering to Yahweh that would be completely burned on the altar. The ruins/ashes must stay there forever; the town must never be rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_17","006_13_17","DEU","13","17","17","None of you Israelis must take for yourselves IDM anything that Yahweh has said must be destroyed. But if you do what I say, Yahweh will stop being angry with you, and he will act mercifully toward you. And he will cause you to have many children/descendants, which is what he promised our ancestors that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT13_18","006_13_18","DEU","13","18","18","Yahweh our God will do all those things if you do what he is telling you to do, and if you obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today and do what Yahweh says is right for you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_1","006_14_1","DEU","14","1","1","“We are people who belong to Yahweh our God. So, when people die, do not show that you are grieving by gashing/cutting yourselves or by shaving the hair on your foreheads like the other people-groups do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_2","006_14_2","DEU","14","2","2","We belong to Yahweh alone. Yahweh chose us from all the other people-groups on the earth to be his special people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_3","006_14_3","DEU","14","3","3","“Do not eat anything that Yahweh detests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_4","006_14_4","DEU","14","4","4","The animals whose meat you are permitted to eat are cattle, sheep, goats, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_5","006_14_5","DEU","14","5","5","deer, gazelles, wild goats, antelopes, and mountain sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_6","006_14_6","DEU","14","6","6","Those are animals that have split hoofs and that also ◄chew their cuds/regurgitate their food from their stomachs to chew it again►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_7","006_14_7","DEU","14","7","7","But there are other animals that chew their cuds that you must not eat. Those are camels, rabbits, and rock badgers. They chew their cuds, but their hooves are not split. So they are not acceptable for you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_8","006_14_8","DEU","14","8","8","Do not eat pigs. They are unacceptable for you to eat; their hooves are split, but they do not chew cud. Do not eat the meat of those animals; do not even touch their dead bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_9","006_14_9","DEU","14","9","9","You are permitted to eat any fish that has scales and fins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_10","006_14_10","DEU","14","10","10","But anything else that lives in the water that does not have scales and fins, you must not eat, because if you eat them, you will become unacceptable to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_11","006_14_11","DEU","14","11","11","“You are permitted to eat the flesh of any bird that is acceptable to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_12","006_14_12","DEU","14","12","12","But eagles, vultures, black vultures, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_13","006_14_13","DEU","14","13","13","buzzards, all kinds of kites, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_14","006_14_14","DEU","14","14","14","all kinds of crows, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_15","006_14_15","DEU","14","15","15","ostriches, seagulls, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_16","006_14_16","DEU","14","16","16","owls, hawks, falcons, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_17","006_14_17","DEU","14","17","17","pelicans, vultures that eat dead animals, cormorants, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_18","006_14_18","DEU","14","18","18","storks, herons, hoopoes, and bats, you must not eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_19","006_14_19","DEU","14","19","19","“All insects with wings and which walk on the ground are unacceptable to Yahweh; do not eat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_20","006_14_20","DEU","14","20","20","But other insects with wings and which hop along the ground are acceptable to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_21","006_14_21","DEU","14","21","21","“Do not eat any animal that has died naturally, because its blood has not been drained out. You may allow foreigners who live among you to eat those things or you may sell them to other foreigners. But you belong to Yahweh our God; and those who belong to him are not permitted to eat the meat of animals whose blood has not been drained out. “You must not cook a young sheep or goat in its mother’s milk.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_22","006_14_22","DEU","14","22","22","“Once each year you must set apart ◄a tithe/10 percent► of all the crops that are produced/harvested in your fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_23","006_14_23","DEU","14","23","23","Take those things to the place that Yahweh our God will choose for you to worship him. There eat the tithes of your grain, your wine, your olive oil, and the meat of the firstborn male animals of your cattle and your sheep. Do this in order that you may learn to always revere Yahweh, the one who has blessed you by giving you these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_24","006_14_24","DEU","14","24","24","If the place that Yahweh has chosen for you to worship him is very far from your home, with the result that you are not able to take there the tithes of your crops with which Yahweh has blessed you, do this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_25","006_14_25","DEU","14","25","25","Sell IDM the tithes of your crops, wrap the money carefully in a cloth, and take it with you to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_26","006_14_26","DEU","14","26","26","There, with that money, you may buy whatever you want to—beef or lamb or wine or fermented drinks. And there, in the presence of Yahweh, you and your families should eat and drink those things and be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_27","006_14_27","DEU","14","27","27","But be sure to not neglect/forget to help the descendants of Levi who live in your towns, because they will not own any land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_28","006_14_28","DEU","14","28","28","“At the end of every three years, bring a tithe of all your crops that have been produced/harvested in that year and store it in your towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT14_29","006_14_29","DEU","14","29","29","That food is for the descendants of Levi, because they do not have their own land, and for foreigners who live among you, and for orphans and widows who live in your towns. They are permitted to come to where the food is stored and take what they need. Do that in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_1","006_15_1","DEU","15","1","1","“At the end of every seven years, you must ◄cancel all debts/tell people who owe you money that they do not need to pay it back►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_2","006_15_2","DEU","15","2","2","Do it like this: Each of you who has lent money to a fellow Israeli must cancel that debt. You must not insist that he pay it back. You must do that because Yahweh has declared that the debts must be canceled every seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_3","006_15_3","DEU","15","3","3","During that year you may require foreigners who live among you to pay what they owe you, but you must not try to require that any fellow Israeli pay you what he owes you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_4","006_15_4","DEU","15","4","5","Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. If you obey Yahweh our God and obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today, there will not be any poor people among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_6","006_15_6","DEU","15","6","6","Yahweh our God will bless you like he has promised to do, and you will be able to lend money to people of other people-groups, but you will not need to borrow from any of them. You will control the finances of many people-groups, but they will not control your finances. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_7","006_15_7","DEU","15","7","7","“In the towns that Yahweh our God is giving to you, if there are any Israelis who are poor, do not be selfish IDM and refuse IDM to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_8","006_15_8","DEU","15","8","8","Instead, be generous IDM and lend to them the money that they need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_9","006_15_9","DEU","15","9","9","Be sure that you do not say to yourself, ‘The year when debts will be canceled is near, so I do not want to lend anyone any money now, because he will not need to pay it back when that year comes.’ It would be evil to even think that. If you act in an unfriendly way toward a needy fellow Israeli, and give him nothing, he will cry out to Yahweh about you, and Yahweh will say that you have sinned by not helping that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_10","006_15_10","DEU","15","10","10","Give freely to poor people and give generously IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_11","006_15_11","DEU","15","11","11","If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. There will always be some poor people in your land, so I command you to give generously to poor DOU people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_12","006_15_12","DEU","15","12","12","“If any of your fellow Israeli men or women sell themselves to one of you to become your slave, you must free them after they have worked for you for six years. When the seventh year comes, you must free them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_13","006_15_13","DEU","15","13","13","When you free them, do not allow them to go ◄empty-handed/without giving them anything►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_14","006_15_14","DEU","15","14","14","Give to them generously from the things with which Yahweh has blessed you—sheep, grain, and wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_15","006_15_15","DEU","15","15","15","Do not forget that your ancestors were once slaves in Egypt, and Yahweh our God freed them. That is the reason that I am now commanding you to do this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_16","006_15_16","DEU","15","16","16","“But one of your slaves may say, ‘I do not want to leave you.’ He loves you and your family, because you have treated him well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_17","006_15_17","DEU","15","17","17","If he says that, take him to the door of your house and, while he stands against the doorway, pierce one of his earlobes with ◄an awl/a sharp pointed tool►. That will indicate that he will be your slave for the rest of his life. Do the same thing to any female slave who does not want to leave you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_18","006_15_18","DEU","15","18","18","“Do not complain when you are required to free your slaves. Keep in mind that they served you for six years, and you paid them only half as much as you pay the servants that you hire. If you free them, Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_19","006_15_19","DEU","15","19","19","“◄Set aside for/Dedicate to► Yahweh our God the firstborn male animals from your cattle and sheep. Do not force them to do any work for you, and do not ◄shear/cut off► the wool of the firstborn animals to sell the wool. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_20","006_15_20","DEU","15","20","20","You and your family may kill them and eat their meat in the presence of Yahweh at the place that Yahweh chooses for you to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_21","006_15_21","DEU","15","21","21","But if the animals have any defects, if they are lame or blind, or if they have any other serious defect, you must not sacrifice them to Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_22","006_15_22","DEU","15","22","22","You may kill and eat the meat of those animals at your homes. Those who have done things that cause them to become unacceptable to God and those who have not done such things are permitted to eat that meat, just like anyone is permitted to eat the meat of a deer or an antelope. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT15_23","006_15_23","DEU","15","23","23","But you must not eat any of the blood; you must drain all the blood on the ground when you kill those animals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_1","006_16_1","DEU","16","1","1","“Each year honor Yahweh our God by celebrating the Passover Festival in the month of Abib in early spring. It was on a night in that month that Yahweh rescued your ancestors from Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_2","006_16_2","DEU","16","2","2","In order to celebrate that festival, go to the place that Yahweh will choose for you to worship him, and offer there one young animal from your cattle or your sheep to be the Passover sacrifice, to honor Yahweh MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_3","006_16_3","DEU","16","3","3","When you eat the Passover meal, the bread that you eat must not have yeast in it. You must eat this kind of bread, which will be called the bread of suffering/misery, for seven days. This is to help you to remember all during the time that you are alive that when your ancestors left Egypt, where they were suffering because they were slaves, they left very quickly. They did not put in yeast and wait for the dough to swell up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_4","006_16_4","DEU","16","4","4","During that festival, you must not have any yeast in any house in your land for seven days. Furthermore, the meat of the animals that you sacrifice on the evening of the first day of the Passover Festival must be eaten during that night; do not allow any of it to remain until the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_5","006_16_5","DEU","16","5","6","“To honor Yahweh our God, you must offer the Passover sacrifice only at the place that he chooses for you to worship him; do not offer that sacrifice in any other town in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. Offer that sacrifice when the sun is setting, at the same time of day that your ancestors started to leave Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_7","006_16_7","DEU","16","7","7","Boil the meat and eat it at the place of worship that Yahweh our God chooses. The next morning, you may return to your tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_8","006_16_8","DEU","16","8","8","Each day for six days the bread that you eat must have no yeast in it. On the seventh day, you must all gather to worship Yahweh our God. It will be a day of rest; you must not do any work on that day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_9","006_16_9","DEU","16","9","9","“Each year, from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_10","006_16_10","DEU","16","10","10","Then, to honor Yahweh our God, celebrate the Harvest Festival. Do that by bringing to him an offering of grain. Yahweh has blessed you by causing it to grow in your fields during that year. If you had a big harvest, bring a big offering. If you had a small harvest, bring a small offering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_11","006_16_11","DEU","16","11","11","Each married couple should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. Their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi who are in that town, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who are living among you, should also be joyful. Bring those offerings to the place of worship that Yahweh will choose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_12","006_16_12","DEU","16","12","12","“When you celebrate these festivals by obeying these commands, remember that your ancestors were previously slaves in Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_13","006_16_13","DEU","16","13","13","“Each year, after you have threshed all your grain and pressed the juice from all your grapes, you must celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_14","006_16_14","DEU","16","14","14","Each married couple along with their children, their servants, the descendants of Levi who are in that town, and the foreigners, orphans, and widows who are living among you, should be joyful in the presence of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_15","006_16_15","DEU","16","15","15","Honor Yahweh our God by celebrating this festival for seven days in the place that Yahweh chooses for you to worship him. You should all be joyful, because Yahweh will have blessed your harvest and all the other work that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_16","006_16_16","DEU","16","16","16","“So, each year all of you Israeli men must gather with your families to worship Yahweh our God at the place that he will choose, to celebrate three festivals: The Passover Festival, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. Each of you men must bring LIT an offering for Yahweh to these festivals ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_17","006_16_17","DEU","16","17","17","in proportion to the blessings that Yahweh has given you during that year.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_18","006_16_18","DEU","16","18","18","“Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_19","006_16_19","DEU","16","19","19","They must not judge unjustly. They must not favor one person more than another. The judges must not accept bribes, because if a judge accepts a bribe, even if he is wise and honest, it will be very difficult for him to judge fairly IDM; he will do what the person who gave him the bribe wants him to do and declare that the righteous/innocent people must be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_20","006_16_20","DEU","16","20","20","You must be completely fair and just DOU, in order that you will enter and occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_21","006_16_21","DEU","16","21","21","“When you make an altar to worship Yahweh our God, do not put next to it any wooden statue that represents the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT16_22","006_16_22","DEU","16","22","22","And do not set up any stone pillar to worship any idol, because Yahweh hates them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_1","006_17_1","DEU","17","1","1","“Do not sacrifice to Yahweh our God any cattle or sheep or goats that have any defects, because Yahweh hates that kind of gift.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_2","006_17_2","DEU","17","2","2","“When you are living in any of the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, suppose you hear that there is some man or woman who sins by disobeying the agreement that Yahweh has made with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_3","006_17_3","DEU","17","3","3","Suppose someone tells you that that person has worshiped and served other gods, or the sun, or the moon, or the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_4","006_17_4","DEU","17","4","4","If you hear that some person has been doing that, you must investigate it thoroughly. If you find out that it is true that this detestable thing has happened in Israel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_5","006_17_5","DEU","17","5","5","you must take outside the town the man or woman who has done it. Then you must kill that person by throwing stones at him or her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_6","006_17_6","DEU","17","6","6","But you are allowed to execute such people only if at least two witnesses testify that they saw them doing that. They must not be executed if there is only one witness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_7","006_17_7","DEU","17","7","7","The ◄witnesses/ones who saw them doing it► must be the first ones to throw stones at them. Then the other people MTY should throw stones at them. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_8","006_17_8","DEU","17","8","8","“Sometimes it will be very difficult for a judge to decide what really happened. He might be trying to decide whether, when someone injured or killed another person, he did it accidentally or deliberately. Or he might be trying to decide if some person is suing another person unfairly. If in some town it is very difficult to know what really happened, with the result that the judge cannot decide it, you should go to the place that Yahweh our God has chosen for you to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_9","006_17_9","DEU","17","9","9","There you should present the case to the descendants of Levi who are the priests, and to the judge who is serving at that time, and they should decide what should be done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_10","006_17_10","DEU","17","10","10","After they make their decision, you must do what they tell you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_11","006_17_11","DEU","17","11","11","Accept what they have decided, and do what they say that you should do. Do not try to change in any way what they have decided IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_12","006_17_12","DEU","17","12","12","You must execute anyone who proudly/arrogantly disobeys the judge or the priest who stands there in the presence of Yahweh and decides what should be done. By doing that, you will get rid of evil practices among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_13","006_17_13","DEU","17","13","13","Then after that person is executed, all the people will hear about it, and they will be afraid, and none of them will act that way any more.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_14","006_17_14","DEU","17","14","14","“I know that after you have occupied the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you are living there, you will say, ‘We should have a king to rule over us, like the kings that other nations around us have.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_15","006_17_15","DEU","17","15","15","Yahweh our God will permit you to have a king, but be sure that you appoint someone whom he has chosen. That man must be an Israeli; you must not appoint someone who is a foreigner to be your king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_16","006_17_16","DEU","17","16","16","After he becomes the king, he should not acquire a large number of horses for himself. He should not send people to Egypt to buy horses for him, because Yahweh said to you, ‘Never return to Egypt for anything’! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_17","006_17_17","DEU","17","17","17","And he must not have a lot of wives, because if he did that, they would turn him SYN away from worshiping only Yahweh. And he must not acquire a lot of silver and gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_18","006_17_18","DEU","17","18","18","“When he becomes your king, he must appoint someone to copy these laws. He must copy them from the scroll that is kept by the priests who are descended from Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_19","006_17_19","DEU","17","19","19","He must keep this new scroll near him and read from it every day of his life, in order that he may learn to revere Yahweh, and to faithfully obey DOU all the rules and regulations that are written in these laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT17_20","006_17_20","DEU","17","20","20","If he does that, he SYN will not think that he is ◄better/more important► than IDM his fellow Israelis, and he will completely obey LIT Yahweh’s commands. As a result, he and his descendants will rule as kings in Israel for many years.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_1","006_18_1","DEU","18","1","1","“The priests, who are all from the tribe of Levi, will not receive any land in Israel. Instead, they will receive some of the food that other people offer to be burned on the altar to be sacrificed to Yahweh and some of the other sacrifices that will be offered to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_2","006_18_2","DEU","18","2","2","They will not be allotted any land like the other tribes will be. What they will receive is the work/privilege of being Yahweh’s priests, which is what he said that they should have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_3","006_18_3","DEU","18","3","3","“When the people bring an ox or a sheep to be sacrificed, they must give to the priests the shoulder, the cheeks/jaws, and the stomach of those animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_4","006_18_4","DEU","18","4","4","You must also give to them the first part of the grain that you harvest, and the first part of the wine that you make, and the first part of the olive oil that you make, and the first part of the wool that you shear from your sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_5","006_18_5","DEU","18","5","5","You must do this because Yahweh our God has chosen the tribe of Levi from all of your tribes, in order that men from that tribe would always be the priests who would serve him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_6","006_18_6","DEU","18","6","6","“If any man from the tribe of Levi who has been living in one of the towns in Israel wants to come from there to the place of worship that Yahweh has chosen, and start living there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_7","006_18_7","DEU","18","7","7","he is permitted to serve Yahweh there as a priest, just like the other men from the tribe of Levi who have been serving there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_8","006_18_8","DEU","18","8","8","He must be given the same amount of food that the other priests receive. He is permitted to keep the money that his relatives give him for selling some of their possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_9","006_18_9","DEU","18","9","9","When you enter the land that Yahweh our God is giving you, you must not imitate the disgusting things that the people-groups who are there now do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_10","006_18_10","DEU","18","10","10","You must not sacrifice any of your children by burning them on your altars. Do not practice ◄divination/using supernatural power to reveal what will happen in the future►. Do not do/practice ◄soothsaying/magic to find out what will happen in the future►. Do not ◄interpret omens/say that because of something that you have seen you know what will happen►. Do not practice sorcery/witchcraft. Do not practice ◄putting spells on people/saying things to cause bad things to happen to others►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_11","006_18_11","DEU","18","11","11","Do not try to talk with spirits of dead people. Do not do/practice magic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_12","006_18_12","DEU","18","12","12","Yahweh hates people who do any of those disgusting things. And as you advance through that land, he is going to expel the people-groups because they do/practice those disgusting things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_13","006_18_13","DEU","18","13","13","But you must always avoid doing any of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_14","006_18_14","DEU","18","14","14","The people-groups that you are about to expel from the land that you will occupy ◄consult/seek advice from► soothsayers and those who practice divination. But as for you, Yahweh our God does not allow you to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_15","006_18_15","DEU","18","15","15","Some day he will send from among you a prophet like me. He is the one who will tell you what will happen in the future, and he is the one whom you must heed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_16","006_18_16","DEU","18","16","16","On the day that your ancestors were gathered at the bottom of Sinai Mountain, they pleaded with me saying, ‘We do not want Yahweh to speak MTY to us again, and we do not want to see this huge fire that is burning on the mountain!’ Your ancestors said that because they were afraid that they would die if Yahweh spoke to them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_17","006_18_17","DEU","18","17","17","Then Yahweh said to me, ‘What they have said is true/wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_18","006_18_18","DEU","18","18","18","So I will send from among them a prophet who will be like you. I will tell him what to say, and then he will tell people everything that I tell him to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_19","006_18_19","DEU","18","19","19","He will speak for me. And I will punish anyone who does not heed what he says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_20","006_18_20","DEU","18","20","20","But if any other person says that he is a prophet and dares to speak a message which he falsely says comes from me but which I did not tell him to speak, or if anyone who speaks a message that he says other gods MTY have revealed to him, he must be executed for doing that.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_21","006_18_21","DEU","18","21","21","But if you say to yourself, ‘How can we know if a message that someone tells us does not come from Yahweh?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT18_22","006_18_22","DEU","18","22","22","The answer is that when someone speaks a message about what will happen in the future, a message that he says was revealed by Yahweh, if what he says does not happen, you will know that the message did not come from Yahweh. That person has wrongly claimed that it was revealed to him by Yahweh. So you do not need to be afraid of anything that he says.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_1","006_19_1","DEU","19","1","1","After Yahweh our God has gotten rid of the people-groups from the land that he is giving to you, and after you have expelled them from their cities and you start to live in their houses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_2","006_19_2","DEU","19","2","3","you must divide into three parts the land that he is giving to you. Then choose a city in each part. You must make good roads in order that people can get to those cities easily. Someone who kills another person can escape to one of those cities to be safe/protected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_4","006_19_4","DEU","19","4","4","“This is the rule about someone who has killed another person. If someone ◄accidentally/without planning to► kills another person who was not his enemy, he may escape to one of those cities and be safe/protected there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_5","006_19_5","DEU","19","5","5","For example, if two men go into the forest to cut some wood, if the axe head comes off the handle while one of them is chopping down a tree and the axe head strikes and kills the other man, the man who was using the axe will be allowed to run to one of those cities and be safe there, because the people of that city will protect him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_6","006_19_6","DEU","19","6","6","Because he accidentally killed someone, and because the man was not his enemy, he can try to run to one of those cities. If there were only one city, it may be a long distance to that city. Then if the relative of the man who was killed MTY, the man who is supposed/expected to get revenge, is very angry, he may be able to catch the other person before he arrives at that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_7","006_19_7","DEU","19","7","7","To prevent that from happening, you must choose three cities, not only one, in order that someone can get to one of those cities quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_8","006_19_8","DEU","19","8","9","“If you do everything that I am today commanding you to do, and if you love Yahweh our God, and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, Yahweh our God will give you much more land than you will have when you first occupy it, which is what he promised to do. He will give you all the land which he promised your ancestors that he would give to you. When he gives you that land, you must select three more cities to which people may escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_10","006_19_10","DEU","19","10","10","Do this in order that people who ◄are innocent/have killed someone else without planning to► will not die, and you will not be guilty for allowing them to be executed, in the land that Yahweh is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_11","006_19_11","DEU","19","11","11","“But suppose someone hates his enemy and hides and waits for that person to come along the road. Then when he passes by, suddenly he attacks him and murders him. If the attacker flees to one of those cities to be protected there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_12","006_19_12","DEU","19","12","12","the elders of the city where the murdered man lived must not protect the attacker. They. must send someone to the city to which the other man escaped, and bring him to MTY the relative who is supposed/expected to get revenge, so that he may execute that man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_13","006_19_13","DEU","19","13","13","You must not pity those who murder other people! Instead, you must execute them, in order that the people in the land of Israel will not murder MTY innocent people, and in order that things will go well for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_14","006_19_14","DEU","19","14","14","“When you are living in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, do not move the markers of your neighbors’ property boundaries which were placed there long ago.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_15","006_19_15","DEU","19","15","15","“If someone is accused of committing a crime, one ◄witness/person who says, ‘I saw him do it’► is not enough. There must be at least two ◄witnesses/people who say, ‘We saw him do it’►. If there is only one witness, the judge must not believe that what he says is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_16","006_19_16","DEU","19","16","16","“If someone tries to do wrong to another person by falsely accusing him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_17","006_19_17","DEU","19","17","17","both of them must go to the place where the people worship, to talk to the priests and judges who are serving at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_18","006_19_18","DEU","19","18","18","The judges must ◄investigate the case carefully/try to find out which one is telling the truth►. If the judges determine that one of them has accused the other falsely, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_19","006_19_19","DEU","19","19","19","that person must be punished in the same way that the other one would have been punished if the judge decided that he ◄was guilty/had done what is wrong►. By punishing such people, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_20","006_19_20","DEU","19","20","20","And/Because when that person is punished, everyone will hear what has happened, and they will be afraid, and no one will dare to act that way any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT19_21","006_19_21","DEU","19","21","21","You must not pity people who are punished like that. The rule should be that a person who has murdered someone else must be executed; one of a person’s eyes must be gouged out if he has gouged out someone else’s eye, one tooth of a person who has knocked out the tooth of another person must be knocked out; one hand of a person who has cut off the hand of another person must likewise be cut off; one foot of a person who has cut off the foot of another person must also be cut off.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_1","006_20_1","DEU","20","1","1","“When your soldiers go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your ancestors safely out of Egypt, will be with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_2","006_20_2","DEU","20","2","2","When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_3","006_20_3","DEU","20","3","3","He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid DOU or tremble or panic DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_4","006_20_4","DEU","20","4","4","because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_5","006_20_5","DEU","20","5","5","Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house RHQ and has not dedicated it to God, he should go home and dedicate the house. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house and live in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_6","006_20_6","DEU","20","6","6","If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it RHQ, he should go home. If he stays here and dies in the battle, someone else will harvest the grapes and enjoy the wine made from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_7","006_20_7","DEU","20","7","7","If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman but has not married her yet RHQ, he should go home. If he stays here and dies in the battle, someone else will marry her.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_8","006_20_8","DEU","20","8","8","“Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid RHQ, he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_9","006_20_9","DEU","20","9","9","And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders to lead the groups of soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_10","006_20_10","DEU","20","10","10","“When you come near a city that is far away to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_11","006_20_11","DEU","20","11","11","If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_12","006_20_12","DEU","20","12","12","But if they refuse to surrender peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city and break through the walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_13","006_20_13","DEU","20","13","13","Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture IDM the city, you must kill all the men in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_14","006_20_14","DEU","20","14","14","But you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else that you want to take from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_15","006_20_15","DEU","20","15","15","You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_16","006_20_16","DEU","20","16","16","“But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_17","006_20_17","DEU","20","17","17","You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_18","006_20_18","DEU","20","18","18","If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_19","006_20_19","DEU","20","19","19","“When you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees outside the city. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not RHQ your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT20_20","006_20_20","DEU","20","20","20","You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to go over the walls and capture the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_1","006_21_1","DEU","21","1","1","“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_2","006_21_2","DEU","21","2","2","If that happens, your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_3","006_21_3","DEU","21","3","3","Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_4","006_21_4","DEU","21","4","4","They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_5","006_21_5","DEU","21","5","5","The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives MTY when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_6","006_21_6","DEU","21","6","6","The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_7","006_21_7","DEU","21","7","7","and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person MTY, and we did not see who did it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_8","006_21_8","DEU","21","8","8","Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued from Egypt. Do not consider ◄us to be guilty/that we should be punished because► of murdering someone who ◄is innocent/had not done something that is wrong►. Instead, forgive us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_9","006_21_9","DEU","21","9","9","By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_10","006_21_10","DEU","21","10","10","“When you soldiers go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them IDM, and ◄they become your prisoners/you capture them►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_11","006_21_11","DEU","21","11","11","one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_12","006_21_12","DEU","21","12","12","He should take her to his home, and there she must shave all the hair off her head and cut her fingernails to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_13","006_21_13","DEU","21","13","13","She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, and put on Israeli clothes. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of leaving her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_14","006_21_14","DEU","21","14","14","Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave and sell her to someone else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_15","006_21_15","DEU","21","15","15","“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_16","006_21_16","DEU","21","16","16","On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess after he dies, he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him a bigger share, the share that the older son should receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_17","006_21_17","DEU","21","17","17","He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_18","006_21_18","DEU","21","18","18","“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always ◄rebelling against/disobeying► his parents, and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_19","006_21_19","DEU","21","19","19","If that happens, his parents must take him to the ◄gate of/central meeting place in► the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_20","006_21_20","DEU","21","20","20","Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him MTY. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_21","006_21_21","DEU","21","21","21","Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear about what happened and they will be afraid to do what he did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_22","006_21_22","DEU","21","22","22","“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT21_23","006_21_23","DEU","21","23","23","you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because God has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. You must bury the corpse that day, in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_1","006_22_1","DEU","22","1","1","“If you see some Israeli’s ox or sheep that has strayed away, do not act as though you did not see it. Take it back to its owner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_2","006_22_2","DEU","22","2","2","But if the owner does not live near you, or if you do not know who the owner is, take the animal to your house. It can stay with you until the owner comes, searching for it. Then you must give the animal to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_3","006_22_3","DEU","22","3","3","You must do the same thing if you see a donkey, or a piece of clothing, or anything else that someone has lost. Do not refuse to do what you should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_4","006_22_4","DEU","22","4","4","“And if you see a fellow Israeli’s donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, do not act as though you did not see it. Help the owner to lift the animal up so that it can stand on its feet again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_5","006_22_5","DEU","22","5","5","“Women must not wear men’s clothes, and men must not wear women’s clothes. Yahweh our God hates people who do things like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_6","006_22_6","DEU","22","6","6","“If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and the mother bird is sitting in the nest on its eggs or with the baby birds, do not take the mother bird and kill it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_7","006_22_7","DEU","22","7","7","You are permitted to take the baby birds, but you must allow the mother bird to fly away. Do this in order that things will go well for you and that you will live for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_8","006_22_8","DEU","22","8","8","“If you build a new house, you must put a ◄railing/low wall► around the edge of the roof. If you do that, and if someone falls off the roof and dies, ◄you will not be guilty of causing that person to die/his death MTY will not be your fault►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_9","006_22_9","DEU","22","9","9","“Do not plant any crop in the area where your grapevines are growing. If you do, you are not allowed to harvest the crops that you have planted or to harvest the grapes to make wine from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_10","006_22_10","DEU","22","10","10","“Do not hitch together an ox and a donkey for plowing your fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_11","006_22_11","DEU","22","11","11","“Do not wear clothing that is made by weaving together ◄wool and linen/two different kinds of thread►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_12","006_22_12","DEU","22","12","12","“Twist threads together to make tassels and sew/fasten them on the four bottom corners of your cloak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_13","006_22_13","DEU","22","13","13","“Suppose a man marries a young woman and has sex with her and later decides that he does not want her any more, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_14","006_22_14","DEU","22","14","14","and he says false things about her, and claims that she was not a virgin when he married her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_15","006_22_15","DEU","22","15","15","If that happens, the young woman’s parents must take the sheet that was on the bed when that man and their daughter were married, which still has bloodstains on it, and show it to the elders of the city at the ◄gate of/central meeting place in► the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_16","006_22_16","DEU","22","16","16","Then the father of the young woman must say to the elders, ‘I gave my daughter to this man to be his wife. But now he says that he doesn’t want her any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_17","006_22_17","DEU","22","17","17","And he has falsely said that she was not a virgin when he married her. But look! Here is what proves that my daughter was a virgin! Look at the bloodstains on the sheet where they slept the night that they were married!’ And he will show the sheet to the elders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_18","006_22_18","DEU","22","18","18","Then the elders of that city must take that man and whip him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_19","006_22_19","DEU","22","19","19","They shall require that he pay a fine of 100 pieces of silver and give the money to the father of the young woman, because the man caused an Israeli young woman to be disgraced. Also, that woman must continue to live with him; she is his wife. He is not allowed to divorce her during the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_20","006_22_20","DEU","22","20","20","“But if what the man said is true, and there is nothing to prove that she was a virgin when he married her, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_21","006_22_21","DEU","22","21","21","they must take that young woman to the door of her father’s house. Then the men of that city must execute her by throwing stones at her. They must do that because she has done something in Israel that is very disgraceful, by having sex with some man while she was still living in her father’s house. By executing her like that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_22","006_22_22","DEU","22","22","22","“If a man is caught while he is having sex with another man’s wife, both of them must be executed. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_23","006_22_23","DEU","22","23","23","“Suppose in some town a man sees a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married to another man, and he is caught having sex with EUP her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_24","006_22_24","DEU","22","24","24","You must take both of them to the ◄gate of/central meeting place in► that town. There you must execute them both by throwing stones at them. You must execute the young woman because she did not shout for help even though she was in the town. And the man must be executed because he had sex EUP with someone who was already engaged/promised to be married. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_25","006_22_25","DEU","22","25","25","“But suppose out in the open countryside a man meets a young woman who is engaged/promised to be married, and he rapes her. If that happens, only that man must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_26","006_22_26","DEU","22","26","26","You must not punish the young woman, because she did not do anything for which she deserves to be executed. This case is like when one man attacks another man in the countryside and murders him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_27","006_22_27","DEU","22","27","27","because the man who raped her saw her when she was in the open countryside, and even though she called out for help, there was no one there who could rescue her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_28","006_22_28","DEU","22","28","28","“If a man rapes a young woman who is not engaged/promised to be married, if someone sees him while he is doing that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_29","006_22_29","DEU","22","29","29","that man must pay 50 pieces of silver to the young woman’s father, and he must marry her, because he forced her to have sex with him. He is not allowed to divorce her for the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT22_30","006_22_30","DEU","22","30","30","“ man must not disgrace his father by having sex with any of his father’s wives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_1","006_23_1","DEU","23","1","1","“Any man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off shall not be ◄included as one of/allowed to worship with► Yahweh’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_2","006_23_2","DEU","23","2","2","“No ◄illegitimate person/person whose mother and father were not married►, or descendant of that person, extending to the tenth generation, shall be included as one of Yahweh’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_3","006_23_3","DEU","23","3","3","“No one from the Ammon or Moab people-groups shall be ◄included as one of/allowed to worship with► Yahweh’s people, extending to the tenth generation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_4","006_23_4","DEU","23","4","4","One reason is that their leaders refused to give your ancestors food and water when they were traveling from Egypt to Canaan. Another reason is that they wanted to pay Balaam, the son of Beor from Pethor town in Mesopotamia, to curse you Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_5","006_23_5","DEU","23","5","5","But Yahweh our God did not pay attention to Balaam; instead, he caused Balaam to bless your ancestors, because Yahweh loved them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_6","006_23_6","DEU","23","6","6","As long as Israel is a nation, you must not do anything to cause things to go well for those two people-groups or enable them to prosper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_7","006_23_7","DEU","23","7","7","“But do not despise anyone from the Edom people-group, because they are descendants of your ancestor Jacob, just like you are. And do not despise people from Egypt, because they treated your ancestors well when they first lived in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_8","006_23_8","DEU","23","8","8","The children and grandchildren of people from Edom and Egypt who live among you may be ◄included among/allowed to worship with► Yahweh’s people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_9","006_23_9","DEU","23","9","9","“When your soldiers are living in tents at a time of fighting your enemies, they must avoid doing things that would make them unacceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_10","006_23_10","DEU","23","10","10","If any soldier becomes unacceptable to God because semen comes out of his body during the night, the next morning he must go outside the camp and stay there during that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_11","006_23_11","DEU","23","11","11","But in the evening of that day, he must bathe himself, and at sunset he is allowed to come back into the camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_12","006_23_12","DEU","23","12","12","“Your soldiers must have a toilet area outside the camp where you can go when you need to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_13","006_23_13","DEU","23","13","13","When you go to fight against your enemies, carry a stick along with your weapons, in order that when you need to defecate EUP, you can dig a hole with the stick, and then cover up the hole when you have finished defecating. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_14","006_23_14","DEU","23","14","14","You must keep the camp acceptable to Yahweh our God, because he is with you in your camp to protect you and to enable you to defeat your enemies. Do not do anything disgraceful/indecent that would cause Yahweh to abandon you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_15","006_23_15","DEU","23","15","15","“If slaves who escape from their masters come to you and request you to protect them, do not send them back to their masters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_16","006_23_16","DEU","23","16","16","Allow them to stay/live among you, in whatever town they choose, and do not mistreat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_17","006_23_17","DEU","23","17","17","“Do not allow any Israeli man or woman to become a prostitute at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_18","006_23_18","DEU","23","18","18","Also, do not allow any people who earned money from being a prostitute to bring any of that money into the temple of Yahweh our God, even if they solemnly promised to pay that money to Yahweh. Yahweh hates those who are prostitutes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_19","006_23_19","DEU","23","19","19","“When you lend money or food or anything else to a fellow Israeli, do not charge them interest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_20","006_23_20","DEU","23","20","20","You are allowed to charge interest when you lend money to foreigners who live in your land, but not when you lend money to Israelis. Do this in order that Yahweh our God will bless you in everything that you do in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_21","006_23_21","DEU","23","21","21","“When you vow to give something to Yahweh your God or to do something for him, do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_22","006_23_22","DEU","23","22","22","But if you SYN do not vow to do something, that is not sinful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_23","006_23_23","DEU","23","23","23","But if you voluntarily promise to do something, you must do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_24","006_23_24","DEU","23","24","24","“When you walk through someone else’s vineyard, you are allowed to pick and eat as many grapes as you want, but you must not cut some from a vine and carry them away in a container. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT23_25","006_23_25","DEU","23","25","25","When you walk along a path in someone else’s field of grain, you are allowed to pluck/pick some of the grain and eat it, but you must not cut any grain with a sickle and take it with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_1","006_24_1","DEU","24","1","1","“Suppose a man marries a woman and later decides that he does not want her because there is something about her that he doesn’t like. And suppose he writes on paper that he is divorcing her, and he gives the paper to her SYN and sends her away from his house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_2","006_24_2","DEU","24","2","2","Then suppose that she goes and marries another man, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_3","006_24_3","DEU","24","3","3","and that man later also decides that he does not like her, and he also writes on paper that he is divorcing her, and he sends her away from his house. Or, suppose that the second husband dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_4","006_24_4","DEU","24","4","4","If either of those things happens, her first husband must not marry her again. He must consider that she has become unacceptable to Yahweh. Yahweh would consider it to be disgusting if he married her again. You must not sin MTY by doing that in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_5","006_24_5","DEU","24","5","5","“When some man has recently become married, he must not be required to become a soldier in the army or be required to do any other work for the government for one year after being married. He should stay happily at home with his wife for that year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_6","006_24_6","DEU","24","6","6","“Anyone who lends money to someone else is allowed to require that person to give him something to guarantee that he will pay back the money that he borrowed. But he must not take from him his ◄millstone/stone for grinding grain►. That would be taking the millstone that his family needs to grind the grain to make the bread they need to stay alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_7","006_24_7","DEU","24","7","7","“If someone kidnaps/steals a fellow Israeli to cause that person to become his slave or to sell him to become someone else’s slave, you must execute the person who did that. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_8","006_24_8","DEU","24","8","8","“If you are suffering from ◄leprosy/a dreaded skin disease►, be sure to do everything that the priests, who are from the tribe of Levi, tell you to do. Obey carefully the instructions that I have given to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_9","006_24_9","DEU","24","9","9","Do not forget what Yahweh our God did to Miriam, when she became a leper, after your ancestors left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_10","006_24_10","DEU","24","10","10","“When you lend something to someone, do not go into his house to take the cloak that he says that he will give you to guarantee that he will return what he has borrowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_11","006_24_11","DEU","24","11","11","Stand outside his house, and the man to whom you are lending something will bring the cloak out to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_12","006_24_12","DEU","24","12","12","But if he is poor, do not keep that cloak all night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_13","006_24_13","DEU","24","13","13","When the sun sets, take the cloak back to him, in order that he may wear it while he sleeps. If you do that, he will ask God to bless you, and Yahweh our God will be pleased with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_14","006_24_14","DEU","24","14","14","“Do not mistreat any servants whom you have hired who are poor and needy DOU, whether they are Israelis or foreigners who are living in your town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_15","006_24_15","DEU","24","15","15","Every day, before sunset, you must pay/give them the money that they have earned. They are poor and they need to get their pay. If you do not pay them right away, they will cry out against you to Yahweh, and he will punish MTY you for having sinned like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_16","006_24_16","DEU","24","16","16","“Parents must not be executed for crimes that their children have committed, and children must not be executed for crimes that their parents have committed. People should be executed only for the crimes that they themselves have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_17","006_24_17","DEU","24","17","17","“You must LIT do for foreigners who live among you and for orphans what the laws state must be done for them. And if you lend something to a widow, do not take her coat from her as a guarantee that she will return it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_18","006_24_18","DEU","24","18","18","Do not forget that you had great hardships/troubles when you were slaves in Egypt, and Yahweh our God rescued you from there. That is why I am commanding you to help others who have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_19","006_24_19","DEU","24","19","19","“When you harvest your crops, if you have forgotten that you left one bundle in the field, do not go back to get it. Leave it there for foreigners, orphans, and widows. If you do that, Yahweh will bless you in everything that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_20","006_24_20","DEU","24","20","20","And when you have harvested/picked all your olives from the trees once, do not go back to pick the ones that are still on the trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_21","006_24_21","DEU","24","21","21","Similarly, when you pick the grapes in your vineyard, do not go back a second time to try to find more. Leave them for the foreigners, orphans, and widows among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT24_22","006_24_22","DEU","24","22","22","Do not forget that Yahweh was kind to you when you were slaves in Egypt. That is why I am commanding you to be kind to those who are needy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_1","006_25_1","DEU","25","1","1","“If two Israelis have a dispute and they go to a court, the judge will probably decide/declare that one of them ◄is innocent/did not do any wrong► and the other one is guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_2","006_25_2","DEU","25","2","2","If the judge says that the guilty person must be punished, he shall command him to lie with his face on the ground and be whipped. The number of times he is struck with a whip will depend on what kind of crime he committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_3","006_25_3","DEU","25","3","3","It is permitted that he be struck as many as 40 times, but no more than that. If he is struck more than 40 times, he would be humiliated publicly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_4","006_25_4","DEU","25","4","4","When your ox is treading/walking on the grain to separate the chaff from the grain, do not ◄muzzle it/put a covering on its mouth► to prevent it from eating some of the grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_5","006_25_5","DEU","25","5","5","If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex EUP with her. It is his duty to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_6","006_25_6","DEU","25","6","6","If she later gives birth to a son, that son is to be considered MTY the son of the man who died, in order that the dead man’s name will not disappear from Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_7","006_25_7","DEU","25","7","7","“But if the dead man’s brother does not want to marry that woman, she must stand at the ◄gate/central meeting place► of the town and say to the town elders, ‘My husband’s brother will not do ◄his duty/what he is supposed to do►. He refuses to marry me in order that I may give birth to a son who will  prevent my dead husband’s name from disappearing in Israel.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_8","006_25_8","DEU","25","8","8","Then the elders must summon that man and talk to him. If he still refuses to marry that widow, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_9","006_25_9","DEU","25","9","9","she must go up to him while the elders are watching, and take off one of his sandals to symbolize/show that he would not receive any of her property, and spit in his face, and say to him, ‘This is what happens to the man who refuses to do what is needed to allow his dead brother to have a son in order that our family name does not disappear.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_10","006_25_10","DEU","25","10","10","After that happens, that man’s family will be known as ‘the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_11","006_25_11","DEU","25","11","11","When two men are fighting with each other, and the one man’s wife comes near to help her husband by grabbing hold of the other man’s genitals, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_12","006_25_12","DEU","25","12","12","do not act mercifully toward her; cut off her hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_13","006_25_13","DEU","25","13","14","“When you are buying or selling things, do not try to cheat people by having two kinds of weights, one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something, and two kinds of measuring baskets, one which you use when you buy something and one which you use when you sell something. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_15","006_25_15","DEU","25","15","15","Always use correct weights and correct measuring baskets, in order that Yahweh our God will allow you to live a long time in the land that he is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_16","006_25_16","DEU","25","16","16","Yahweh hates all those who act dishonestly, and he will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_17","006_25_17","DEU","25","17","17","Continue to remember what the Amalek people-group did to your ancestors when they were coming out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_18","006_25_18","DEU","25","18","18","They attacked your ancestors as your ancestors were traveling, when they were weak and exhausted. Those people were not afraid of God at all, so they attacked your ancestors from the rear and killed all those who were unable to walk as fast as the others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT25_19","006_25_19","DEU","25","19","19","Therefore, when Yahweh our God has given you the land that he promised to give you, and when he has enabled you to rest from fighting all your enemies around you, kill all the Amalek people-group, with the result that no one will remember them any more. Do not forget to do this!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_1","006_26_1","DEU","26","1","1","“After you occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you ◄have settled/are living► there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_2","006_26_2","DEU","26","2","2","each of you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship MTY there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_3","006_26_3","DEU","26","3","3","Go to the Supreme Priest who is serving at that time and say to him, ‘By giving you this first part of my harvest today, I am declaring to Yahweh our God that I have picked it in the land that he vowed to our ancestors to give to us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_4","006_26_4","DEU","26","4","4","Then the priest must take the basket of food from your hand and put it on the altar where sacrifices are offered to Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_5","006_26_5","DEU","26","5","5","Then in Yahweh’s presence you must say this: ‘My ancestor Jacob was a man from Aram/Syria who was continually wandering from one place to another. He took his family to Egypt. They were a small group when they went there, but they lived there and their descendants became a very large/populous DOU and powerful nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_6","006_26_6","DEU","26","6","6","Then the people of Egypt treated them very harshly DOU, and they forced them to become their slaves and to work very hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_7","006_26_7","DEU","26","7","7","Then our ancestors cried out to you, Yahweh our God, and you heard them. You saw that they were suffering, and that they were forced to work very hard, and were being oppressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_8","006_26_8","DEU","26","8","8","Then by your great power MTY and by performing many kinds of miracles DOU, and other terrifying things, you brought them out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_9","006_26_9","DEU","26","9","9","You brought us to this land and gave it to us, a land that is very fertile IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_10","006_26_10","DEU","26","10","10","So now, Yahweh, I have brought to you the first part of the harvest from the land that I received.’ Then you must set the basket down in Yahweh’s presence and worship him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_11","006_26_11","DEU","26","11","11","And you must celebrate by eating a meal together to thank Yahweh our God for all the good things that he has given to you and to your family. And you must invite the descendants of Levi and the foreigners who are living among you to also rejoice and eat with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_12","006_26_12","DEU","26","12","12","Every third year, you must bring to the descendants of Levi and to the foreigners who are living among you and the orphans and the widows ◄a tithe/10 percent► of your crops, in order that in every town they will have plenty to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_13","006_26_13","DEU","26","13","13","Then you must say to Yahweh, ‘I have brought to you, from my house, all of the sacred tithe from my harvest this year. I am giving it to the descendants of Levi, to the foreigners, the orphans, and the widows, as you commanded us to do. I have not disobeyed any of your commands about the tithes, and I have not forgotten any of your commands about tithes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_14","006_26_14","DEU","26","14","14","I declare that I have not eaten any food from the tithe while I was mourning for someone who died. And I have not touched any of it while I was unacceptable to you; I have not offered any of it to spirits of dead people. Yahweh, I have obeyed you and done everything that you have commanded us concerning the tithe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_15","006_26_15","DEU","26","15","15","So please look down from your holy place in heaven, and bless us, your Israeli people. Also bless this very fertile IDM land which you have given to us, which is what you promised our ancestors that you would do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_16","006_26_16","DEU","26","16","16","Today Yahweh our God is commanding you to obey all these rules and regulations. So obey them faithfully, with your entire inner being DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_17","006_26_17","DEU","26","17","17","Today you have declared that Yahweh is your God, and that you will conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and that you will obey all his commands and rules and regulations, and that you will do all that he tells you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_18","006_26_18","DEU","26","18","18","And today Yahweh has declared that you are his people, which is what he promised that you would be, and he commands you to obey all his commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT26_19","006_26_19","DEU","26","19","19","If you do that, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation that he has established, and he will enable you to praise him and honor him DOU. You will truly belong to Yahweh our God, which is what he has promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_1","006_27_1","DEU","27","1","1","Moses/I, along with the other Israeli leaders, said this to the people: “Obey all the commandments that I am giving to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_2","006_27_2","DEU","27","2","4","Soon you will cross the Jordan River and enter the land that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, promised to give to you. There, in that very fertile IDM land on the west side of the Jordan River, set up some large stones on Ebal Mountain, and cover them with plaster. Then write on those stones all these laws and teachings/instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_5","006_27_5","DEU","27","5","5","And build a stone altar there to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, but do not cut those stones with iron tools. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_6","006_27_6","DEU","27","6","6","The altar that you make to burn sacrifices to Yahweh our God must be made with uncut stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_7","006_27_7","DEU","27","7","7","And there you must sacrifice offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh, and you must eat your share of those offerings and rejoice/celebrate in the presence of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_8","006_27_8","DEU","27","8","8","And, when you write these laws on those stones, you must write them very clearly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_9","006_27_9","DEU","27","9","9","Then Moses/I, along with the priests, said to all the Israeli people, “You Israeli people, be quiet and listen to what I am saying. Today you have become the people who belong to Yahweh, our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_10","006_27_10","DEU","27","10","10","So, you must do what he tells you, and obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_11","006_27_11","DEU","27","11","11","On that same day Moses/I said to the Israeli people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_12","006_27_12","DEU","27","12","12","“After you have crossed over the Jordan River, the tribes of Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin must stand on Gerizim Mountain and request Yahweh to bless the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_13","006_27_13","DEU","27","13","13","And the tribes of Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali must stand on Ebal Mountain and listen to the things that Yahweh will do when he curses the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_14","006_27_14","DEU","27","14","14","The descendants of Levi must shout these words loudly: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_15","006_27_15","DEU","27","15","15","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who makes an idol of stone, or of wood, or of metal, and secretly sets it up and worships it. Yahweh considers that those things, made by humans SYN, are detestable/disgusting.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_16","006_27_16","DEU","27","16","16","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_17","006_27_17","DEU","27","17","17","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who removes someone else’s markers of property boundaries.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_18","006_27_18","DEU","27","18","18","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who leads a blind person to go ◄in the wrong direction/where that person does not want to go►.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_19","006_27_19","DEU","27","19","19","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who deprives foreigners or orphans or widows of the things that the laws state must be done for them.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_20","006_27_20","DEU","27","20","20","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who ◄shows no respect for/disgraces his father► by having sex with EUP any of his father’s wives.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_21","006_27_21","DEU","27","21","21","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who has sex EUP with any animal.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_22","006_27_22","DEU","27","22","22","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who has sex with his sister or with his half-sister.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_23","006_27_23","DEU","27","23","23","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who has sex with EUP his mother-in-law.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_24","006_27_24","DEU","27","24","24","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who secretly murders someone else.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_25","006_27_25","DEU","27","25","25","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who accepts a bribe to murder someone who ◄is innocent/has not done something that is wrong.►’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT27_26","006_27_26","DEU","27","26","26","‘Yahweh will curse anyone who disobeys these laws and refuses to declare that these laws are good.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_1","006_28_1","DEU","28","1","1","“If you do what Yahweh our God tells you to do and faithfully obey everything that I am today commanding you to do, he will cause you to become greater than any other nation on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_2","006_28_2","DEU","28","2","2","If you obey Yahweh, this is what he will do to bless you: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_3","006_28_3","DEU","28","3","3","He will bless everything that you do when you are in the cities and he will bless everything that you do when you are working in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_4","006_28_4","DEU","28","4","4","He will bless you by giving you many children IDM and by giving you abundant crops, and plenty of cattle and sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_5","006_28_5","DEU","28","5","5","He will bless you by causing you to have good harvests with plenty of grain MTY to make bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_6","006_28_6","DEU","28","6","6","He will bless you everywhere—when you go out of your houses and when you come into your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_7","006_28_7","DEU","28","7","7","Yahweh will enable you to defeat the armies of your enemies; they will attack you from one direction, but they will run away from you in seven/many directions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_8","006_28_8","DEU","28","8","8","Yahweh will bless you by filling your barns with grain, and he will bless all the work that you do; he will bless you in the land that he is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_9","006_28_9","DEU","28","9","9","“If you obey all the commandments that Yahweh our God has given to you and if you conduct your lives as he wants you to do, you will continue to be his people, which is what he promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_10","006_28_10","DEU","28","10","10","“When all the people-groups on the earth will realize that you belong to MTY Yahweh, and they will be afraid of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_11","006_28_11","DEU","28","11","11","“And Yahweh will cause you to prosper very much. He will give you many children IDM, many cattle, and abundant crops in the land that he vowed to our ancestors that he would give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_12","006_28_12","DEU","28","12","12","“When rain is needed, Yahweh will send it from where he stores it in the sky, and he will bless all your work, with the result that you will be able to lend money to many other nations, but you will not need to borrow money from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_13","006_28_13","DEU","28","13","13","If you faithfully obey all of the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving you today, Yahweh will cause your nation to be a leader among the nations, not inferior to them; you will always be prosperous and never be needy/poor IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_14","006_28_14","DEU","28","14","14","Yahweh will do all these things for you if you do not turn away from obeying what I am commanding you today, and if you never worship or serve other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_15","006_28_15","DEU","28","15","15","But if you do not do what Yahweh our God is telling you to do, and if you do not faithfully obey all his rules and regulations that I am giving to you today, this is what he will do to curse you: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_16","006_28_16","DEU","28","16","16","He will curse you when you are in the cities and he will curse you when you are working in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_17","006_28_17","DEU","28","17","17","He will curse you by not allowing you to have good harvests with plenty of grain MTY to make bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_18","006_28_18","DEU","28","18","18","He will curse you by giving you only a few children IDM, by causing you to have poor crops, and by not enabling you to have many cattle and sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_19","006_28_19","DEU","28","19","19","He will curse you everywhere—when you go out of your houses and when you come into your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_20","006_28_20","DEU","28","20","20","If you do evil things and reject Yahweh, he will curse you by causing you to ◄be confused/not know what to do►, and to be frustrated in everything that you do, until your enemies quickly and completely destroy you {you will be quickly and completely destroyed}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_21","006_28_21","DEU","28","21","21","Yahweh will cause you to experience terrible diseases, until not one of you remains alive in the land that you are about to enter and occupy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_22","006_28_22","DEU","28","22","22","Yahweh will strike/afflict you with diseases that shrivel your bodies, with fever, with inflammation/swelling. It will be extremely hot, and it will not rain. There will be scorching winds, and Yahweh will cause your crops to rot. All these things will strike you until you die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_23","006_28_23","DEU","28","23","23","There will be no rain MET, with the result that the ground will be as hard as iron MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_24","006_28_24","DEU","28","24","24","Instead of sending rain, Yahweh will send strong winds to blow sand and dust over your land, until your land is ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_25","006_28_25","DEU","28","25","25","Yahweh will enable your enemies to defeat you; your soldiers will attack your enemies from one direction, but they will run away from your enemies in seven/many directions, and when the people of other nations see what is happening to you, they will say that it is horrible. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_26","006_28_26","DEU","28","26","26","You will die, and birds and wild animals will come and eat your corpses, and there will not be anyone to scare/shoo them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_27","006_28_27","DEU","28","27","27","Yahweh will cause you to have boils on your skin, like he caused the people of Egypt to have many years ago. He will cause you to have tumors, open sores, and your skin will itch, and there will be nothing that will cure those diseases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_28","006_28_28","DEU","28","28","28","Yahweh will cause some of you to become insane; he will cause some of you to become blind, and he will cause some of your minds to become confused. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_29","006_28_29","DEU","28","29","29","Because you will not be able to see where you are going, at midday you will ◄grope/feel your way► around with your hands, like people do in the darkness. You will continually be oppressed and robbed, and no one will help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_30","006_28_30","DEU","28","30","30","Some of you men will be engaged/promised to marry a young woman, but someone else will rape her. You will build houses, but you will never live in them. You will plant grapevines, but you will not eat the grapes; someone else will eat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_31","006_28_31","DEU","28","31","31","Your enemies will butcher your cattle while you watch them, and you will not get any of the meat to eat. They will drag away your donkeys while you watch them do it, and they will not give them back to you. They will take away your sheep; and no one will help you rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_32","006_28_32","DEU","28","32","32","While you watch, your sons and daughters will be given to foreigners to become their slaves. Every day you will very sadly watch for your children to return, but ◄you will watch in vain/they will never return►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_33","006_28_33","DEU","28","33","33","People from a foreign nation will take all the crops that you worked hard to produce, and they will constantly treat you harshly and cruelly DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_34","006_28_34","DEU","28","34","34","The result will be that all these terrible things that you see/experience will cause you to become insane. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_35","006_28_35","DEU","28","35","35","Yahweh will cause your legs to be covered with painful boils that cannot be healed, and you will have boils from the bottoms of your feet to the tops of your heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_36","006_28_36","DEU","28","36","36","Yahweh will cause your king and the rest of you to be taken to another country, to a place in which you and your ancestors have never lived before, and there you will worship and serve gods that are made of wood or stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_37","006_28_37","DEU","28","37","37","When the people-groups in nearby countries see what has happened to you, they will be shocked/horrified; they will make fun DOU of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_38","006_28_38","DEU","28","38","38","You will plant plenty of seeds in your fields, but you will reap only a small harvest, because locusts will eat the crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_39","006_28_39","DEU","28","39","39","You will plant grapevines and take care of them, but you will not pick any grapes to make wine, because worms will eat the vines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_40","006_28_40","DEU","28","40","40","Olive trees will grow everywhere in your land, but you will not get any olive oil to rub on your skin because the olives will drop on the ground before they are ripe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_41","006_28_41","DEU","28","41","41","You will have sons and daughters, but they will not stay with you, because they will be captured and taken away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_42","006_28_42","DEU","28","42","42","Swarms of locusts/insects will eat your crops and the leaves of all your trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_43","006_28_43","DEU","28","43","43","Foreigners who live in your land will become more and more powerful, and you will become less and less powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_44","006_28_44","DEU","28","44","44","They will have money to  lend to you, but you will not have any money to lend to them. They will be superior IDM to you, and you will be inferior to them IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_45","006_28_45","DEU","28","45","45","“You will experience all these disasters, and you will continue to experience them you until you are destroyed, if you do not do what Yahweh your God told you to do, and do not obey all the rules and regulations that he gave to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_46","006_28_46","DEU","28","46","46","“These disasters will warn DOU you and your descendants forever about what happens to groups who disobey Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_47","006_28_47","DEU","28","47","47","“Because Yahweh blessed you abundantly in many ways, you should have served him very joyfully DOU, but you did not do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_48","006_28_48","DEU","28","48","48","“Therefore, you will work for the enemies whom Yahweh will send to attack you. You will be hungry and thirsty; you will not have clothes to wear; and you will lack everything else that you need. And Yahweh will cause you to become slaves MET and work hard until he gets rid of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_49","006_28_49","DEU","28","49","49","“Yahweh will cause an army from very far away HYP to attack you, whose soldiers speak a language that you do not know/understand. They will swoop down on you quickly like an eagle SIM attacks its prey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_50","006_28_50","DEU","28","50","50","They will be fierce looking. They will not act mercifully toward anyone, not even young children and old people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_51","006_28_51","DEU","28","51","51","They will kill and eat your livestock, and they will eat your crops, and you will ◄starve/die because you do not have anything to eat►. They will not leave for you any grain or wine or olive oil or cattle or sheep; and you will all die from hunger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_52","006_28_52","DEU","28","52","52","Your enemies will surround your towns throughout the land that Yahweh your God is about to give to you, and they will break down the high and strong walls around your towns, walls which you trusted/thought would protect you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_53","006_28_53","DEU","28","53","53","“When your enemies are surrounding your towns, you will be extremely hungry, with the result that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters that Yahweh your God has given to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_54","006_28_54","DEU","28","54","55","When your enemies have surrounded your towns, even the most gentle and sensitive men among you will want food very desperately, with the result that they will kill their own children and eat their flesh, because they will not have anything else to eat. They will not even share any of it with their brothers or wives whom they love very much or with any of their children who are still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_56","006_28_56","DEU","28","56","57","Even the most gentle and sensitive/kind women among you, who are very refined/rich with the result that they have never had to walk anywhere HYP, will do the same thing. When your enemies have surrounded your towns, those women will be extremely hungry, with the result that after they give birth to a baby, they will secretly kill it and eat its flesh and also eat its afterbirth. And they will not share any of it with their husbands whom they love very much or with any of their other children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_58","006_28_58","DEU","28","58","58","“If you do not faithfully obey all of the laws that I am writing, and if you do not revere Yahweh our glorious God MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_59","006_28_59","DEU","28","59","59","he will punish you by causing you and your descendants to experience great afflictions and plagues which will last for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_60","006_28_60","DEU","28","60","60","He will cause you to experience the plagues that he sent on the people of Egypt, and you will never be healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_61","006_28_61","DEU","28","61","61","He will also cause you to experience many other sicknesses and diseases that I have not talked about in these laws, until you all will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_62","006_28_62","DEU","28","62","62","You became as numerous as the stars in the sky, but only a few of you will remain alive, if you do not obey Yahweh your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_63","006_28_63","DEU","28","63","63","Yahweh was very happy to do good things for you and to cause you to become very numerous, but now he will be happy to ruin you and get rid of you. Those of you who do not die from these plagues will be snatched away from the land that you will soon be entering to possess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_64","006_28_64","DEU","28","64","64","“Yahweh will scatter you among many people-groups, all over the earth, and in those areas/places you will serve other gods that are made of wood or stone, gods which you and your ancestors have never known/worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_65","006_28_65","DEU","28","65","65","In those places you will be restless. Yahweh will cause you to be constantly worried/anxious, feel hopeless, and discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_66","006_28_66","DEU","28","66","66","You will always be afraid that your enemies will kill you. You will be very fearful, all day and all night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_67","006_28_67","DEU","28","67","67","Because you will be very fearful/afraid because of the terrible things that you see, each morning you will say ‘I wish it were evening already!’ and each evening you will say ‘I wish it were morning already!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT28_68","006_28_68","DEU","28","68","68","Yahweh will send some of you back to Egypt in ships, even though he promised that you would never be forced to go there again. There in Egypt you will try to sell yourselves to become slaves of your enemies in order to have food to eat, but no one will buy you. All those things will happen to you if you do not obey the laws that Yahweh is giving to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_1","006_29_1","DEU","29","1","1","These are the things that the Israelis were required to do to keep the agreement that Yahweh was making with them. Moses/I commanded them to keep this agreement when they/we were in the Moab region on the east side of the Jordan River. This was in addition to the agreement that Yahweh had made with them/us at Sinai Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_2","006_29_2","DEU","29","2","2","Moses/I summoned all the Israeli people and said to them, “You saw SYN for yourselves what Yahweh did to the king of Egypt and to his officials and to his entire country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_3","006_29_3","DEU","29","3","3","You SYN saw all the plagues that Yahweh caused them to experience, and all the various miracles DOU that Yahweh performed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_4","006_29_4","DEU","29","4","4","But until now, Yahweh has not enabled you to understand the meaning of all that you have seen and heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_5","006_29_5","DEU","29","5","5","For 40 years Yahweh has led you while you traveled/walked through the desert. During that time, your clothes and your sandals have not worn out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_6","006_29_6","DEU","29","6","6","You did not have bread to eat or wine or other fermented/strong drinks to drink, but Yahweh took care of you, in order that you would know that he is your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_7","006_29_7","DEU","29","7","7","“And when we came to this place, Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon city, and Og, the king who ruled the Bashan region, came with their armies to attack us, but we defeated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_8","006_29_8","DEU","29","8","8","We took/conquered their land and divided it among the tribes of Reuben and Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_9","006_29_9","DEU","29","9","9","“So faithfully keep all of this agreement, in order that you will be successful in everything that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_10","006_29_10","DEU","29","10","10","Today all of us are standing in the presence of Yahweh our God. The leaders of all our tribes, our elders, our officials, all you Israeli men, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_11","006_29_11","DEU","29","11","11","your wives, your children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood for you and carry water for you, are here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_12","006_29_12","DEU","29","12","12","We are here today to promise to keep this solemn agreement with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_13","006_29_13","DEU","29","13","13","He is making this agreement with you in order to confirm that you are his people, and that he is your God. This agreement is what he promised you, and which is what he vowed to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_14","006_29_14","DEU","29","14","14","This agreement is not only with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_15","006_29_15","DEU","29","15","15","He is making this agreement with us who are here today and also with our descendants who are not yet born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_16","006_29_16","DEU","29","16","16","“You remember the things that our ancestors suffered in Egypt, and how they traveled through the land that belonged to other nations after they came out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_17","006_29_17","DEU","29","17","17","In those countries they saw those disgusting idols made of wood and stone and decorated with silver and gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_18","006_29_18","DEU","29","18","18","So be sure that no man or woman or family or tribe that is here today turns away from Yahweh our God, to worship/serve the gods of those nations. Doing that would be like a root of a plant that would grow among you and bear poisonous and bitter fruit MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_19","006_29_19","DEU","29","19","19","“Be sure that no one here today who hears this agreement thinks, ‘Everything will go well with me, even if I stubbornly do what I want to.’ If you are stubborn like that, the result will be that Yahweh will eventually get rid of all of you, both good people and evil people MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_20","006_29_20","DEU","29","20","20","Yahweh will not forgive anyone who is stubborn like that. Instead, he will be extremely angry DOU with that person, and that person will experience all the curses that I have told you about, until Yahweh gets rid of that person and his family IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_21","006_29_21","DEU","29","21","21","From all the tribes of Israel, Yahweh will separate that individual. Yahweh will cause him to experience all the disasters that I have listed in the agreement that states the things that Yahweh will do to curse those who disobey the laws that I have written in this scroll/book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_22","006_29_22","DEU","29","22","22","“In the future, your descendants and people from other countries will see the disasters and the illnesses that Yahweh has caused to happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_23","006_29_23","DEU","29","23","23","They will see that all your land has been ruined by burning sulfur and salt. Nothing will have been planted. Not even weeds will grow there. Your land will resemble Sodom and Gomorrah cities, and Admah and Zeboiim cities, which Yahweh destroyed when he was very angry DOU with the people who lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_24","006_29_24","DEU","29","24","24","And the people from those other nations will ask, ‘Why did Yahweh do this to this land? Why was he very angry with the people who lived here?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_25","006_29_25","DEU","29","25","25","“Then other people will reply, ‘It is because they refused to keep the agreement that Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, had made with them when he brought them out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_26","006_29_26","DEU","29","26","26","Instead, they served/worshiped other gods that they had never worshiped before, gods that Yahweh had told them not to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_27","006_29_27","DEU","29","27","27","So, Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people in this land, and he caused them to experience all the disasters that their leader warned them about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_28","006_29_28","DEU","29","28","28","Yahweh became extremely angry DOU with them and took/yanked them MET out of their land and banished them into another land, and they are still there.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT29_29","006_29_29","DEU","29","29","29","“There are some things that Yahweh our God has ◄kept secret/not revealed►, but he has revealed his laws to us, and he expects us and our descendants to obey them forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_1","006_30_1","DEU","30","1","1","“I have now told you about the ways that Yahweh our God will bless you if you obey him and the ways that he will curse you if you disobey him. I am saying that you must choose which you want. But when you choose not to obey his laws, some day you will be living in the countries to which he will scatter you, and you will remember what I told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_2","006_30_2","DEU","30","2","2","Then, if you return to Yahweh our God and faithfully IDM obey all that I have today commanded you to do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_3","006_30_3","DEU","30","3","3","he will be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_4","006_30_4","DEU","30","4","4","Even if you have been scattered to the most distant places on the earth, Yahweh our God will gather you from there and bring you back to your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_5","006_30_5","DEU","30","5","5","He will enable you to possess again the land where your ancestors lived. And he will cause you to be more prosperous and more numerous than you are now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_6","006_30_6","DEU","30","6","6","Yahweh our God will change MET your inner beings, with the result that you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do. And then you will continue to live in that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_7","006_30_7","DEU","30","7","7","Yahweh our God will cause your enemies and those who oppressed/persecuted you to experience all the disasters that I have told you about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_8","006_30_8","DEU","30","8","8","You will do what Yahweh wants you to do, as you did before, and you will obey all the commands that I have given to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_9","006_30_9","DEU","30","9","9","Yahweh our God will cause you to be very successful in all that you do. You will have many children IDM, and a lot of cattle, and you will have abundant crops. He will again be happy to enable you to prosper, just like he was happy to enable your ancestors to prosper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_10","006_30_10","DEU","30","10","10","But he will do those things only if you do what he has told you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations that I have written about in this scroll, and if you will love him more than you love anything else and want to do only what he wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_11","006_30_11","DEU","30","11","11","The commands that I am giving to you today are not very difficult for you to obey, and they are not difficult to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_12","006_30_12","DEU","30","12","12","They are not in heaven, with the result that you need to say, ‘◄Who will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them down here to us in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to go up to heaven for us to bring them down here to us in order that we can hear them and obey them.►’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_13","006_30_13","DEU","30","13","13","And they are not on the other side of the sea, with the result that you need to say, ‘◄Who will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them?/Someone will need to cross the sea for us and bring them back to us, in order that we can hear them and obey them.►’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_14","006_30_14","DEU","30","14","14","You do not need to do that because his commands are here with you. You know them MTY and you have ◄memorized them/put them in your minds►. So you can easily obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_15","006_30_15","DEU","30","15","15","So listen! Today I am allowing you to choose between doing what is evil and doing what is good, between what will enable you to live for a long time and what will cause you to die while you are still young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_16","006_30_16","DEU","30","16","16","I say again, if you obey the commands of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, and if you love him and conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and if you obey all his rules and regulations, you will prosper and become very numerous, and Yahweh our God will bless you in the land that you are about to enter and possess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_17","006_30_17","DEU","30","17","17","But if you turn away from Yahweh and refuse to heed what he says, and if you allow yourselves to be led away to worship other gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_18","006_30_18","DEU","30","18","18","I am warning you today that you will soon die. You will not live for a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to enter and possess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_19","006_30_19","DEU","30","19","19","I am requesting that everyone in heaven and the earth testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you want to live for a long time or to soon die, whether you want Yahweh to bless you or to curse you. So choose to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT30_20","006_30_20","DEU","30","20","20","Choose to love Yahweh our God, and to obey him MTY, and to ◄be faithful to/have a close relationship with► him. If you do that, you and your descendants will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh solemnly promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that he would give to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_1","006_31_1","DEU","31","1","1","When Moses/I finished saying all that to the Israeli people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_2","006_31_2","DEU","31","2","2","he/I said to them, “Now I am 120 years old. I am no longer able to go everywhere that you go (OR, to be your leader). Furthermore, Yahweh has told me that I will not cross the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_3","006_31_3","DEU","31","3","3","But Yahweh our God will go ahead of you. He will enable you to destroy the nations that are living there, in order that you can occupy their land. Joshua will be your leader, which is what Yahweh already told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_4","006_31_4","DEU","31","4","4","Yahweh will do to those nations what he did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amor people-group when he destroyed their armies MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_5","006_31_5","DEU","31","5","5","Yahweh will enable you to conquer those nations, but you must kill all of the people of those nations, which is what I have commanded you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_6","006_31_6","DEU","31","6","6","Be brave and confident. Do not be afraid of those people. Do not forget that it is Yahweh our God who will go with you. He will always help LIT you and never abandon you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_7","006_31_7","DEU","31","7","7","Then Moses/I summoned Joshua, and while all the Israeli people were listening, he/I said to him, “Be brave and confident. You are the one who will lead these people into the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them, and you will enable them to occupy it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_8","006_31_8","DEU","31","8","8","It is Yahweh who will go ahead of you. He will be with you. He will always help LIT you. He will never abandon you. So do not be afraid or dismayed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_9","006_31_9","DEU","31","9","9","Moses/I wrote down all these laws on two scrolls and gave one scroll to the priests, who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments, and gave the other scroll to the Israeli elders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_10","006_31_10","DEU","31","10","10","Moses/I told them, “At the end of every seven years, at the time that all debts are canceled, read this to the people during the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_11","006_31_11","DEU","31","11","11","Read it to all the Israeli people when they gather at the place that Yahweh chooses for them to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_12","006_31_12","DEU","31","12","12","Gather together everyone—men, women, children, even the foreigners who are living in your towns—in order that they may hear these laws and learn to revere Yahweh our God, and to faithfully obey everything that is written in these laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_13","006_31_13","DEU","31","13","13","If they do that, your descendants who have never known these laws will hear them and will also learn to revere Yahweh our God, during all the years that they live in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to occupy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_14","006_31_14","DEU","31","14","14","Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Listen carefully. You will soon die. Summon Joshua, and you go to the Sacred Tent with him, in order that I may appoint him to be the new leader.” So Joshua and Moses/I went to the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_15","006_31_15","DEU","31","15","15","There Yahweh appeared to them/us in a pillar of cloud, and that cloud was close to the door of the tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_16","006_31_16","DEU","31","16","16","Yahweh said to Moses/me, “You will soon die EUP. Then these people will become unfaithful MET to me. They will abandon me and ◄break/stop obeying► the agreement that I made with them. They will begin to worship the foreign/pagan gods that are worshiped by the people of the land that they will enter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_17","006_31_17","DEU","31","17","17","When that happens, I will become very angry with them. I will abandon them DOU and I will no longer help them IDM, and I will destroy them {they will be destroyed}. Many terrible things will happen to them, with the result that they will say, ‘We are certain that RHQ these things are happening to us because our God is no longer with us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_18","006_31_18","DEU","31","18","18","And because of all the evil things that they will have done, and especially because they will have started to worship other gods, I will refuse to help IDM them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_19","006_31_19","DEU","31","19","19","“So, I am going to give you a song. Write it on a scroll and teach it to the Israeli people and cause them to memorize it. It will be like a witness that accuses them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_20","006_31_20","DEU","31","20","20","I am about to take them into a very fertile IDM land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their stomachs will always be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and ◄break/stop obeying► the agreement that I made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_21","006_31_21","DEU","31","21","21","And they will experience many terrible disasters. After that happens, their descendants will never forget this song, and it will be like a witness that says, ‘Now you know why Yahweh punished your ancestors.’ I will soon take them into the land that I vowed that I would give to them; but now, before I do that, I know what they are thinking that they will do when they are living there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_22","006_31_22","DEU","31","22","22","So on the day that Yahweh gave Moses/me this song, he/I wrote it down, and he/I taught it to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_23","006_31_23","DEU","31","23","23","Then Yahweh ◄appointed/set apart► Joshua and said to him, “Be brave and confident, because you will lead the Israeli people into the land that I vowed that I would give to them. And I will be with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_24","006_31_24","DEU","31","24","24","Then Moses/I finished writing on a scroll all the laws that Yahweh had told to him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_25","006_31_25","DEU","31","25","25","Then Moses/I told the descendants of Levi, who were carrying the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_26","006_31_26","DEU","31","26","26","“Take this scroll on which these laws are written, and place it beside the Sacred Chest that contains the agreement that Yahweh our God made with you, in order that it may remain there to testify about what Yahweh will do to the people if they disobey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_27","006_31_27","DEU","31","27","27","I say this because I know that these people are very stubborn DOU. They have rebelled against Yahweh all during the time that I have been with them, and they will rebel much more after I die! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_28","006_31_28","DEU","31","28","28","So gather all the elders of the tribes and your officials, in order that I can tell them the words of this song, and request all those who are in heaven and on the earth to be witnesses to testify against these people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_29","006_31_29","DEU","31","29","29","I say that because I know that after I die, the people will become very wicked. They will turn away from doing everything that I have commanded them to do. And in the future, because of all the evil things that they will do, they will cause Yahweh to become angry with them. And he will cause them to experience disasters.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT31_30","006_31_30","DEU","31","30","30","Then, while all the Israeli people listened, Moses/I sang/recited this entire song to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_1","006_32_1","DEU","32","1","1","“Listen to me, all you who are in the heavens, and all you who are on the earth, listen to what I say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_2","006_32_2","DEU","32","2","2","I wish/desire that my teaching will fall on you like rain drops or be like dew on the ground, and be like a gentle rain on the young plants, like showers on the grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_3","006_32_3","DEU","32","3","3","I will praise Yahweh MTY. And all you people should tell others that our God is very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_4","006_32_4","DEU","32","4","4","He is like a rock MET under which we are protected; everything that he does is perfect and completely just/fair DOU. He always does what he says that he will do; he never does anything that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_5","006_32_5","DEU","32","5","5","“But you Israeli people have been very unfaithful to him; because of your sins, you no longer deserve to be his children. You are extremely wicked and deceitful DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_6","006_32_6","DEU","32","6","6","You foolish and senseless DOU people, ◄is this the way that you should repay Yahweh for all that he has done for you?/this is certainly not the way that you should repay Yahweh for all that he has done for you.► RHQ He is your father; he created you RHQ; he caused you to become a nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_7","006_32_7","DEU","32","7","7","“Think about what happened long ago; consider what happened to your ancestors. Ask your parents, and they will inform you; ask the older people, and they will tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_8","006_32_8","DEU","32","8","8","When God, who is greater than any other god, long ago divided the people into groups, he assigned to the nations their land. He determined where each people-group should live and ◄assigned to/chose for► each people-group a god/angel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_9","006_32_9","DEU","32","9","9","But Yahweh decided that we would be his people; he chose us, the descendants of Jacob, to belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_10","006_32_10","DEU","32","10","10","“He saw our ancestors when they were in a desert, wandering in a land ◄that was desolate/where no people lived►. He protected them and took care of them, as every person takes good care of his own eyes. SIM, IDM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_11","006_32_11","DEU","32","11","11","Yahweh protected his people just like an eagle encourages its babies to fly and flutters over them MET, spreading its wings and catching them if they start to fall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_12","006_32_12","DEU","32","12","12","Yahweh was the only one who led them; no other foreign god helped him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_13","006_32_13","DEU","32","13","13","“After they entered the land that Yahweh promised to give to them, Yahweh enabled them to rule the hilly areas; they ate the crops that grew in the fields. They found honey in the rocks, and their olive trees MTY grew even in stony ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_14","006_32_14","DEU","32","14","14","The cows gave them plenty of curds/yogurt, the goats gave them plenty of milk, they had well-fed sheep and cattle, they had very good wheat, and they made delicious wine from their grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_15","006_32_15","DEU","32","15","15","“The Israeli people became rich and prosperous, but then they rebelled against God; they abandoned him, the one who created them, the one who powerfully saves them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_16","006_32_16","DEU","32","16","16","So he abandoned them because they started to worship other/strange gods. Because of their worshiping disgusting idols, he became angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_17","006_32_17","DEU","32","17","17","They offered sacrifices to gods who were really demons, gods that their ancestors had never known; they offered sacrifices to gods that they had recently found out about, gods whom your ancestors had never revered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_18","006_32_18","DEU","32","18","18","They forgot the true God, the one who protects them MET, the one who created them and caused them to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_19","006_32_19","DEU","32","19","19","“When Yahweh saw that they had abandoned him, he became angry, so he rejected the Israeli people, who are like his sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_20","006_32_20","DEU","32","20","20","He said, ‘They are very wicked/stubborn people, very unfaithful; so I will no longer help them, and then I will watch and see what happens to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_21","006_32_21","DEU","32","21","21","They made me very angry because of their worshiping idols, which are not really gods; they have caused me to be jealous MET because I want them to worship only me. So now, in order to cause them to become jealous, I will send to attack them an army of a nation of worthless and foolish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_22","006_32_22","DEU","32","22","22","I will be very angry, and I will destroy them like a fire that will burn on the earth and all the way down to the place where dead people are MET; that fire will destroy the earth and everything that grows on it, and it will even burn what is down under the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_23","006_32_23","DEU","32","23","23","I will cause them to experience many disasters; they will feel as though MET I am shooting all my arrows at them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_24","006_32_24","DEU","32","24","24","They will die because of being hungry and because of having hot fevers and because of terrible diseases; I will send wild animals to attack MTY them, and poisonous snakes to bite MTY them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_25","006_32_25","DEU","32","25","25","Outside their houses, their enemies will kill them MTY with swords, and in their homes, their enemies will cause them to be terrified. Their enemies will kill young men and young women, and they will kill infants and old people with gray hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_26","006_32_26","DEU","32","26","26","I wanted to scatter the Israeli people to distant countries in order that no one would ever remember them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_27","006_32_27","DEU","32","27","27","But if I did that, their enemies would wrongly boast that they were the ones who had gotten rid of my people; they would say, “We SYN are the ones who defeated them; it was not Yahweh who has done all these things.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_28","006_32_28","DEU","32","28","28","You Israelis are a nation of people who do not have any sense. None of you is wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_29","006_32_29","DEU","32","29","29","If you were wise, you would understand why you would be punished; you would have realized what was going to happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_30","006_32_30","DEU","32","30","30","You would have realized why 1,000 of your soldiers would be defeated by only one of the enemy soldiers, and why two of your enemies would chase away 10,000 Israeli soldiers. You would realize that this would happen only if God, the one who always defended you MET, had allowed your enemies to defeat you, because he had abandoned you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_31","006_32_31","DEU","32","31","31","Your enemies know that their gods are not powerful like Yahweh, our God, so their gods could not have defeated us Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_32","006_32_32","DEU","32","32","32","Your enemies are like MET grapevines planted near the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah cities; the grapes from those vines are bitter and poisonous; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_33","006_32_33","DEU","32","33","33","the wine from those grapes is like the poison of snakes DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_34","006_32_34","DEU","32","34","34","“Yahweh says, ‘I know RHQ what I have planned to do to the Israeli people and to their enemies, and those plans are so secure that it as though he locked them up MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_35","006_32_35","DEU","32","35","35","I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done to my people, at the right time for them to be punished IDM; they will soon experience disasters, and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_36","006_32_36","DEU","32","36","36","“But Yahweh will see that you who are truly his people, who ◄are innocent/have not done things that are wrong►, and he will be merciful to you. And he will see that you are helpless, and that there are very few of you, slaves or free people, who are still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_37","006_32_37","DEU","32","37","37","Then Yahweh will ask his people, ‘Where are the gods that you thought would protect you MET? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_38","006_32_38","DEU","32","38","38","You gave to those gods the best parts of the animals that you sacrificed, and you poured out wine for them to drink. So, they should begin to help you; they should be the ones who will protect you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_39","006_32_39","DEU","32","39","39","“But now you will realize that I, only I, am God; there is no other god who is a real god. I am the one who can kill people and who can cause people to live; I can wound people, and I can heal people, and there is no one who can prevent me from doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_40","006_32_40","DEU","32","40","40","I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare that just as sure as I live forever, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_41","006_32_41","DEU","32","41","41","that when I sharpen my sword, as I SYN prepare to punish people, I will get revenge on my enemies; I will pay back those who hate me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_42","006_32_42","DEU","32","42","42","I will kill all of my enemies with a sword; it will be as though I had arrows that will be covered with their blood. I will kill MTY all those whom I capture and cut off their leaders’ heads.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_43","006_32_43","DEU","32","43","43","“You people of all nations, you as well as his people should praise Yahweh, because Yahweh gets revenge on those who kill the people who serve him; and he cleanses his people’s land which has become defiled because of their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_44","006_32_44","DEU","32","44","44","Joshua and Moses/I recited the words of that song while the Israeli people were listening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_45","006_32_45","DEU","32","45","45","When they/we finished reciting to the Israeli people the words of this song, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_46","006_32_46","DEU","32","46","46","Moses/I said, “Never forget all these commands that I have been giving you today. Teach these laws to your children, in order that they will faithfully obey all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_47","006_32_47","DEU","32","47","47","These instructions are very important LIT. If you obey them, you will live a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to occupy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_48","006_32_48","DEU","32","48","48","On that same day, Yahweh said to Moses/me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_49","006_32_49","DEU","32","49","49","“Go to the Abarim Mountain range here in the Moab region, across from Jericho. Climb Nebo Mountain, and look toward the west to see Canaan land, the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_50","006_32_50","DEU","32","50","50","You will die on that mountain EUP, DOU, like your older brother Aaron died on Hor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_51","006_32_51","DEU","32","51","51","You will die because both of you disobeyed me in the presence of the Israeli people, when you all were at Meribah Springs near Kadesh town in the Zin Desert. You did not honor and respect me in the presence of the Israeli people in the way that I deserve because I am God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT32_52","006_32_52","DEU","32","52","52","When you are on that mountain where I told you to go, you will see in the distance in front of you the land that I am about to give to the Israeli people, but you will not enter it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_1","006_33_1","DEU","33","1","1","Before God’s prophet Moses died, he asked God to bless the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_2","006_33_2","DEU","33","2","2","This is what he said: “Yahweh came and spoke to us at Sinai Mountain; he came like MET the sun rises in the Edom region and like his light shone on us when we were in the desert near Paran Mountain after we left Sinai Mountain. He came with 10,000 angels, and there was a flaming fire at his right side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_3","006_33_3","DEU","33","3","3","Yahweh truly loves his people, and protects MTY all those who belong to him. So they prostrate themselves in front of him, and they listen to his instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_4","006_33_4","DEU","33","4","4","I gave them laws to obey, laws that would be the most precious thing that the descendants of Jacob owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_5","006_33_5","DEU","33","5","5","So Yahweh became the king of his Israeli people when all the tribes and their leaders were gathered together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_6","006_33_6","DEU","33","6","6","I say this about the tribe of Reuben: I desire/hope that their tribe will never disappear, but they will never become numerous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_7","006_33_7","DEU","33","7","7","“ say this about the tribe of Judah: Yahweh, listen to them when they call out for help; and unite them with the other tribes again. Fight for them, and help them to fight against their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_8","006_33_8","DEU","33","8","8","I say this about the tribe of Levi: Yahweh, give to those who are dedicated to you the sacred stones that they will use to find out what you want to be done; You tested them at a spring in the desert, a spring that they named Massah and also named Meribah to find out if they would ◄remain loyal to/continue to obey► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_9","006_33_9","DEU","33","9","9","The tribe of Levi did what you told them to do and obeyed the agreement that you made with the Israeli people; those laws were more important to them HYP than their siblings and parents and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_10","006_33_10","DEU","33","10","10","The tribe of Levi will teach the Israeli people DOU your rules and regulations, and they are the ones who will burn incense and who will completely burn on the altar the offerings that the people bring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_11","006_33_11","DEU","33","11","11","Yahweh, bless their work and ◄accept/be pleased with► all that they do. Crush/Destroy all their enemies; do not enable their enemies to be able to fight against them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_12","006_33_12","DEU","33","12","12","I say this about the tribe of Benjamin: They are the tribe that Yahweh loves; he keeps them safe. He protects them continually, and he lives among their hills MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_13","006_33_13","DEU","33","13","13","“ say this about the tribes of Joseph: I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless their land by giving them rain/dew from the sky and water from deep in the ground, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_14","006_33_14","DEU","33","14","14","by giving them good fruit ripened  by the sun and good crops at harvest time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_15","006_33_15","DEU","33","15","15","I desire/hope that very nice fruit will grow on trees in their ancient mountains/hills DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_16","006_33_16","DEU","33","16","16","and that their land will be have many good crops, blessed by Yahweh, the one who appeared to me in a burning bush. I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless the tribes of Joseph in all those ways, because he was the leaders of his older brothers when they were in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_17","006_33_17","DEU","33","17","17","The descendants of Joseph will be as strong as SIM a bull; with their weapons they will wound their enemies, like MET a wild ox gores other animals with its horns. They will force other people-groups, all of them, to be exiled to the most distant places on the earth. That is what the descendants of the two sons of Joseph will do, the ten thousands of the tribe of Ephraim and the thousands of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_18","006_33_18","DEU","33","18","18","“ say this about the tribes of Zebulun and Issachar: I desire/hope that the people of Zebulun will prosper in their travels across the seas, and that the people of Issachar will prosper while they stay at home and take care of their cattle and crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_19","006_33_19","DEU","33","19","19","They will invite people from the other Israeli tribes to the mountain where they worship Yahweh, and they will offer the correct/proper sacrifices to him. They will become rich from the work that they do on the seas and from the things that they make from (OR, find in) the sand on the beaches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_20","006_33_20","DEU","33","20","20","“ say this about the tribe of Gad: Praise Yahweh, the one who made their territory large. The people of their tribe will attack their enemies fiercely SIM like a lion that crouches, waiting to tear off the arm or the scalp of some animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_21","006_33_21","DEU","33","21","21","They chose the best part of the land for themselves; a large share of the land, a share that should be given to a leader was allotted to them. When the leaders of the tribes of Israel gathered together, they decided that the tribe of Gad should have a large share of the land. The tribe of Gad obeyed the commands of Yahweh and the things that he decided that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_22","006_33_22","DEU","33","22","22","“ say this about the tribe of Dan: The people of the tribe of Dan are like SIM a young lion; they leap from their caves in the Bashan region to attack their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_23","006_33_23","DEU","33","23","23","“ say this about the tribe of Naphtali: The people of the tribe of Naphtali have been blessed by Yahweh, who has been very kind to them; their land extends far south from Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_24","006_33_24","DEU","33","24","24","“ say this about the tribe of Asher: May Yahweh bless the descendants of Asher more than he will bless the other tribes. May he favor Asher’s descendants most of all. I desire/hope that their land will be filled with olive trees that will produce a lot of IDM olives to make olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_25","006_33_25","DEU","33","25","25","Their towns will be protected by high walls with gates that have bronze and iron bars; I desire/hope that they will be strong and secure/protected all the time that they are alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_26","006_33_26","DEU","33","26","26","“You people of Israel, there is no god like your God, who rides majestically across the sky to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_27","006_33_27","DEU","33","27","27","God, who lives forever, is the one who ◄gives you refuge/protects you►; it is as though he puts his everlasting arms under you to support you. He will expel your enemies while you advance; he has told you to destroy all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_28","006_33_28","DEU","33","28","28","So, you Israeli people will live safely; you descendants of Jacob will not be disturbed by others; in the land where you will live, there will be plenty of grain and wine, and there will be plenty of rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT33_29","006_33_29","DEU","33","29","29","You people of Israel, Yahweh ◄has blessed/is pleased with► you. There is certainly RHQ no nation like your nation, whom Yahweh has rescued from being slaves in Egypt. He will be like MET a shield to protect you and like MET a sword to enable you to defeat your enemies. Your enemies will come to you begging for you to act mercifully toward them, but you will trample on their backs/necks.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_1","006_34_1","DEU","34","1","1","Then Moses climbed up from the plains in the Moab region to the top of Pisgah Peak on Nebo Mountain, across the Jordan River from Jericho. There Yahweh showed him all the land that the Israelis would occupy. He showed him the Gilead region as far north as Dan city; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_2","006_34_2","DEU","34","2","2","all the land that the tribe of Naphtali would occupy; all the land that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh had occupied; all the land that the tribe of Judah would occupy as far west as the Mediterranean sea; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_3","006_34_3","DEU","34","3","3","the desert area in the south part of Judah; and the Jordan Valley that extends from Jericho in the north to Zoar city in the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_4","006_34_4","DEU","34","4","4","Then Yahweh said to him, “You have now seen this land that I solemnly promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have allowed you to see it from a distance, but you will not go there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_5","006_34_5","DEU","34","5","5","So Moses, who always served Yahweh faithfully, died there on that mountain in the Moab region, which is what Yahweh said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_6","006_34_6","DEU","34","6","6","Yahweh buried Moses’ body in a valley in the Moab region, opposite/near Beth-Peor town, but no one to this day knows where Yahweh buried him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_7","006_34_7","DEU","34","7","7","Moses was 120 years old when he died, but he was still very strong, and he could still see MTY very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_8","006_34_8","DEU","34","8","8","The Israeli people mourned for him in the plains of the Moab region for 30 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_9","006_34_9","DEU","34","9","9","God caused Joshua to be very wise, because Moses had put his hands on Joshua to appoint him to be their new leader. The Israeli people obeyed Joshua, and they obeyed all the commands that Yahweh had given to Moses to tell to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_10","006_34_10","DEU","34","10","10","Since the time that Moses lived, there has never been a prophet in Israel like him. Yahweh spoke to him face-to-face/directly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_11","006_34_11","DEU","34","11","11","No other prophet has performed all the kinds of DOU miracles that Yahweh sent Moses to perform in front of the king of Egypt, his officials, and all HYP the people of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DT34_12","006_34_12","DEU","34","12","12","No other prophet has been able to do all the great and terrifying things that Moses did while all the Israelis watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_1","007_1_1","JOS","1","1","1","After Moses, who served Yahweh well, died, Yahweh said to Nun’s son Joshua, who had been Moses’ assistant, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_2","007_1_2","JOS","1","2","2","“You know that my servant Moses is now dead. So now get ready to lead all these Israeli people across the Jordan River. Enter the land that I will soon give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_3","007_1_3","JOS","1","3","3","I will give to you all the land that you walk on, as I promised Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_4","007_1_4","JOS","1","4","4","That land will extend from the desert in the south, to the Lebanon Mountains in the northwest, and to the big Euphrates River in the northeast, and to the Mediterranean Sea on the west. It will include all the land where the descendants of Heth live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_5","007_1_5","JOS","1","5","5","No group will be able to oppose and defeat you during your life. I will help you as I helped Moses. I will always be with LIT you; I will never forsake you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_6","007_1_6","JOS","1","6","6","“Be strong and courageous, because you are the one who will lead these Israeli people and enable them to possess the land that I solemnly promised to their ancestors that I would give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_7","007_1_7","JOS","1","7","7","Just be strong and very courageous. Be sure to obey all the laws that my servant Moses gave to you. In order that you may be successful wherever you go, do not stop obeying any of them IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_8","007_1_8","JOS","1","8","8","Make sure to habitually read to the people some of the laws that God gave Moses. Meditate on those laws every day and every night. And be sure to obey all those laws. If you do that, you will be successful in everything that you do DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_9","007_1_9","JOS","1","9","9","Do not forget RHQ that I have commanded you to be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid, and do not be discouraged, because I, Yahweh, your God, will ◄be with/help► you wherever you go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_10","007_1_10","JOS","1","10","10","Then Joshua commanded the leaders of the people of Israel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_11","007_1_11","JOS","1","11","11","“Go throughout the camp and tell the people this: ‘Prepare all the food that you will take with you, because the day after tomorrow you will cross this Jordan River, in order to possess the land that Yahweh, our God, is about to give you.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_12","007_1_12","JOS","1","12","12","But to the clans that were descendants of Reuben and Gad, and to the half clan that were descendants of Manasseh, Joshua said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_13","007_1_13","JOS","1","13","13","“Do not forget what Moses, the servant of Yahweh, commanded you: ‘Yahweh, your God, has given you this land in order that you can live here safely/peacefully.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_14","007_1_14","JOS","1","14","14","Your wives and your children and your livestock may stay here in this land on the east side of the Jordan River, but all your soldiers must cross the river, ahead of the people of the other tribes. They must take all their weapons with them. You must continue to help your fellow Israelis ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_15","007_1_15","JOS","1","15","15","until they are able to live there safely/peacefully, as Yahweh has enabled you to do. You must help them until after they have conquered all the people in the land that Yahweh, your God, is giving them. After that, your soldiers may return to live in this land that Moses gave to you here on the east side of the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_16","007_1_16","JOS","1","16","16","The people answered Joshua, “We will do everything that you have commanded us to do, and we will go wherever you tell us to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_17","007_1_17","JOS","1","17","17","As we obeyed all that Moses told us to do, we will obey all that you tell us to do. We pray that Yahweh will ◄be with/help► you as he ◄was with/helped► Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS1_18","007_1_18","JOS","1","18","18","Anyone who ◄rejects what you say/opposes you► and does not obey what you command DOU, we will execute. But we want you to be strong and courageous!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_1","007_2_1","JOS","2","1","1","Then Joshua chose two men from their camp at Acacia. He told them, “Go across the Jordan River and secretly find out all that you can about the land on that side of the river, especially about Jericho city.” So the two men crossed the river and entered Jericho. They entered the house of a prostitute, whose name was Rahab. They stayed in her house that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_2","007_2_2","JOS","2","2","2","But someone saw them and told the king of Jericho, “Some Israeli men have come here tonight to spy out the land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_3","007_2_3","JOS","2","3","3","So the king sent some messengers to tell Rahab, “Bring out the men who came and entered your house, so that we can kill them, because they have come here to ◄spy out/find out all they can about► this land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_4","007_2_4","JOS","2","4","4","She told them that the two men had gone to her house. But she had hidden the two men there. So when the messengers came to her house, she told them, “Two men came here, but I did not know where they had come from. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_5","007_2_5","JOS","2","5","5","At dusk, just before ◄guards closed the city gate/the city gates were closed►, the two men left. I do not know where they went. So, go quickly and search for them! Perhaps you may catch them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_6","007_2_6","JOS","2","6","6","But she was lying, she had taken the two men up to the flat roof of her house and had hidden them under the piles of flax that she had laid on the roof. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_7","007_2_7","JOS","2","7","7","The messengers went out of the city to search for the two men. Immediately, the guards shut the city gate. The messengers went along the road that leads down to the place where people can walk across the Jordan River, but they did not find the two men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_8","007_2_8","JOS","2","8","8","Before the two men lay down to sleep that night, Rahab went up to the roof ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_9","007_2_9","JOS","2","9","9","and said to them, “We know that Yahweh is about to give this land to you Israelis, and as a result all the people living in this land are terrified because of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_10","007_2_10","JOS","2","10","10","We have heard about how Yahweh dried up the water of the Red Sea for you to cross it when you left Egypt. And we have heard how you killed Sihon and Og, the two kings of the tribe of Amor who lived east of the Jordan River. You Israelis totally destroyed everyone and everything in their kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_11","007_2_11","JOS","2","11","11","When we heard about those things, we were very dismayed. We no longer have enough courage to fight against you, because we know that Yahweh, the God whom you worship, is helping you. And we know that he rules everything in heaven and here on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_12","007_2_12","JOS","2","12","12","So now I want you to solemnly promise me, and ask Yahweh to punish you if you do not do what you promise. Solemnly promise me that you will act kindly to me and my family, because I have acted kindly to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_13","007_2_13","JOS","2","13","13","Do something to prove that you will ◄spare the lives of/not kill► my father and my mother, my brothers and sisters, and all of their families. Promise me that you Israelis will not kill us when you destroy this city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_14","007_2_14","JOS","2","14","14","The two men replied, “We desire that God will cause us to die if we do not do as we say! If you do not tell others what we are planning to do, we will act kindly toward you all when Yahweh enables us to possess the land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_15","007_2_15","JOS","2","15","15","One of the outside walls of the house where Rahab lived was part of the wall that was around the city. So she fastened a rope outside the window that was in that wall, by which the men could climb down the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_16","007_2_16","JOS","2","16","16","Then she said to them, “When you leave the city, go up into the hills so that the men who are searching for you will not find you. Hide in caves in the hills for three days, until the men who are searching for you return to the city. Then you can return safely to your camp.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_17","007_2_17","JOS","2","17","17","The two men gave her a red cord, and said to her, “This is what you must do; if you do not do this, we will not be required to do what we have vowed to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_18","007_2_18","JOS","2","18","18","You must tie this red cord in the window that has the rope by which we will climb down. You must let the cord hang there. And you must bring your father and your mother and your brothers and all the others in your family inside the house. Then, when our army enters your land, we will see the cord, and we will not kill the people in your house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_19","007_2_19","JOS","2","19","19","If anyone in your family goes outside this house into the street, our soldiers will kill them, and we will not be guilty MTY for doing that. But if anyone who is in this house with you is injured, we will be guilty for causing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_20","007_2_20","JOS","2","20","20","But if you tell anyone what we are planning to do, we are not required to do what we have vowed to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_21","007_2_21","JOS","2","21","21","Rahab said, “I agree to do what you say.” So they climbed down the rope and left. And she left the red cord tied in the window. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_22","007_2_22","JOS","2","22","22","When the two men left the city, they went up into the hills. They stayed there for three days, while the men who had been sent by the king continued to search for them. They searched all along the road, but they did not find the two men. So they returned to the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_23","007_2_23","JOS","2","23","23","Then the two men started back toward their camp. They went down from the hills, went down to the river, crossed it at the place where people can walk across it, and returned to their camp. They told Joshua everything that had happened to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS2_24","007_2_24","JOS","2","24","24","They said to Joshua, “We are sure that Yahweh is going to enable us to possess everything that is in that land. The people there are terrified IDM because of us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_1","007_3_1","JOS","3","1","1","Joshua and all the other Israelis got up early the next morning. They left their camp at Acacia and went down to the Jordan River. They camped there for two nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_2","007_3_2","JOS","3","2","2","Then the leaders went throughout the camp, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_3","007_3_3","JOS","3","3","3","telling the people, “You will see some of the priests, who are descendants of Levi, carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments that Yahweh our God gave us. When you see them, leave the places where you are camped and follow them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_4","007_3_4","JOS","3","4","4","You have not been ◄here/along this road► before, so you must follow the priests. But do not walk close to the chest. Stay ◄1,000 yards/900 meters► from the chest. The chest is sacred, so ◄God will punish you/you will be punished► if you come close to it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_5","007_3_5","JOS","3","5","5","Then Joshua told the people, “Perform the ceremonies needed to make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, because tomorrow he is going to do things for you that will amaze you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_6","007_3_6","JOS","3","6","6","Then Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the chest and go in front of the rest of the people.” So they lifted up the chest and went ahead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_7","007_3_7","JOS","3","7","7","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “This is the day that I will begin to show all the Israeli people that you are a great leader. Then they will honor you, and know that I am with/helping you as I ◄was with/helped► Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_8","007_3_8","JOS","3","8","8","Tell the priests who are carrying the chest that contains the Ten Commandments, ‘When you come to the edge of the Jordan River, stand in the water.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_9","007_3_9","JOS","3","9","9","Then Joshua said to the Israeli people, “Come close to me in order that you can listen to what Yahweh, your God, is saying.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_10","007_3_10","JOS","3","10","10","When they came near, he said to them, “This is how you will know that God, who is all-powerful, is among you, and that he will expel for you the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Hiv, Periz, Girgash, Amor, and Jebus who are now living in that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_11","007_3_11","JOS","3","11","11","Keep in mind that Yahweh is the one who rules over all the earth. The chest belongs to him, and it will be carried into the Jordan River ahead of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_12","007_3_12","JOS","3","12","12","So choose twelve men, one from each of the tribes of Israel, and I will tell you later what I want them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_13","007_3_13","JOS","3","13","13","As for the priests who are carrying the chest, as soon as they put their feet into the Jordan River, the water will stop flowing. It will pile up because I will cause it to be blocked upstream.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_14","007_3_14","JOS","3","14","14","So when the Israeli people packed up their tents in order to cross the river, the priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments went in front of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_15","007_3_15","JOS","3","15","15","It was springtime, when people harvest their crops, and  at that time the river floods over its banks. But as soon as the priests reached the edge of the river and stepped into the water, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_16","007_3_16","JOS","3","16","16","the water stopped flowing. The water piled up far upstream, at a town named Adam, near Zarethan. The water stopped flowing down to the Dead Sea. So the people were able to cross the river near Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS3_17","007_3_17","JOS","3","17","17","The priests who were carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh had given them stood on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan riverbed, while the rest of the Israeli people crossed the river as though they were crossing dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_1","007_4_1","JOS","4","1","1","After all the people of the Israeli nation had finished crossing the Jordan River, Yahweh said to Joshua, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_2","007_4_2","JOS","4","2","2","“When you choose the twelve men, one from each tribe, whom I mentioned previously, tell them to pick up large stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests are still standing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_3","007_4_3","JOS","4","3","3","Tell them to carry the stones with you and put them down at the place where you will stay tonight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_4","007_4_4","JOS","4","4","4","So Joshua chose twelve men, one from each tribe. He called them together, and said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_5","007_4_5","JOS","4","5","5","“Go into the middle of the Jordan riverbed, to where the priests are standing, holding the chest that Yahweh, your God, gave you. Each of you must pick up a large stone, one for each tribe, and carry it on your shoulder to our camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_6","007_4_6","JOS","4","6","6","Then pile them up to be a memorial for you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean?’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_7","007_4_7","JOS","4","7","7","tell them that the water in the Jordan River was blocked off when the priests were carrying the chest that contained the Ten Commandments that Yahweh gave us. When the chest was carried into the Jordan River, the water was blocked off so that we could cross the riverbed. These stones will be a memorial for the descendants of us Israeli people forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_8","007_4_8","JOS","4","8","8","So those Israeli men did what Joshua told them to do. They went and picked up twelve large stones from the middle of the Jordan riverbed, one stone for each of the tribes, just as Yahweh had told Joshua. They carried the stones to their camp and put them down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_9","007_4_9","JOS","4","9","9","Then Joshua set up twelve other large stones in a pile, in the middle of the Jordan riverbed, where the priests who carried the chest containing the Ten Commandments were standing. And those stones are still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_10","007_4_10","JOS","4","10","10","The priests who carried the chest remained standing in the middle of the Jordan riverbed until the people had finished doing everything that Yahweh had commanded Joshua to tell them to do. Those were the same instructions that Moses had given to Joshua. The Israeli people crossed the riverbed quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_11","007_4_11","JOS","4","11","11","As soon as all of them had crossed, as the people watched, the priests carried the chest the rest of the way across the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_12","007_4_12","JOS","4","12","12","The soldiers of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and of half of the soldiers of the tribe of Manasseh, crossed over ahead of the rest of the Israeli people, carrying their weapons, as Moses had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_13","007_4_13","JOS","4","13","13","As Yahweh was watching, there were about 40,000 of those soldiers, carrying weapons ready for battle, who crossed the riverbed to the plains near Jericho, ready to fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_14","007_4_14","JOS","4","14","14","On that day, all the people of Israel saw that Yahweh had caused Joshua to be a great leader. And they honored Joshua for the rest of his life, just as they had honored Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_15","007_4_15","JOS","4","15","15","Yahweh said to Joshua, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_16","007_4_16","JOS","4","16","16","“Now tell the priests who are carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments to come up from the Jordan riverbed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_17","007_4_17","JOS","4","17","17","So Joshua commanded the priests to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_18","007_4_18","JOS","4","18","18","Then the priests, carrying the chest containing the Ten Commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses, came up out of the riverbed. And as soon as they walked up out of the riverbed onto the riverbank, the water of the Jordan River flowed again, and flooded over the river banks as it had done before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_19","007_4_19","JOS","4","19","19","It was on the tenth day of the first month of that year that the people crossed over the Jordan River and camped at a place called Gilgal, on the east side of the land near Jericho city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_20","007_4_20","JOS","4","20","20","The men who were carrying the twelve large stones from the Jordan riverbed brought them to Joshua, and he set them up at Gilgal ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_21","007_4_21","JOS","4","21","21","Joshua said to the Israeli people, “In the future, when your children and grandchildren ask, ‘◄What do these stones mean/Why are these stones here►?’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_22","007_4_22","JOS","4","22","22","tell them, ‘We Israeli people crossed the Jordan River as though we were crossing on dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_23","007_4_23","JOS","4","23","23","As we were watching, Yahweh, your God, dried up the river until we had all crossed over. Yahweh, the God whom we worship, did to the Jordan River just like he did to the Red Sea, when he caused it to become dry as our parents were watching, until they all crossed over it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS4_24","007_4_24","JOS","4","24","24","Yahweh did that in order that all the people-groups of the earth may know that he MTY is very powerful, and in order that you may always ◄be in awe of/revere► Yahweh, your God.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_1","007_5_1","JOS","5","1","1","All the kings of the people-groups to the west of the Jordan River and all the kings of the groups who were descendants of Canaan and who lived close to the Mediterranean Sea heard about how Yahweh had dried up the water of the Jordan River until all we Israeli people had crossed over. So they became very dismayed. They no longer were courageous enough to fight us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_2","007_5_2","JOS","5","2","2","While they were camped at Gilgal, Yahweh said to Joshua, “The Israeli males who lived in Egypt were circumcised before they left there. Now make knives from flint stones and circumcise all the Israeli males who have been born since then.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_3","007_5_3","JOS","5","3","3","So Joshua made knives and circumcised the Israeli males at a place that is now called ‘Circumcision Hill’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_4","007_5_4","JOS","5","4","4","The reason they did that is that all the men who left Egypt, those who were old enough to be soldiers, died in the desert after they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_5","007_5_5","JOS","5","5","5","They had been circumcised in Egypt, but the baby boys who had been born while their parents were camping in the desert after they left Egypt had not been circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_6","007_5_6","JOS","5","6","6","Our Israeli ancestors traveled around in the desert for 40 years, and all the men who were old enough to be soldiers had died. The women had also died. They had not obeyed Yahweh, so Yahweh said that they would not arrive at the land that he had promised to our ancestors that he would give to us, a land that was very fertile MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_7","007_5_7","JOS","5","7","7","The sons of those who had disobeyed Yahweh were the ones whom Joshua circumcised at Gilgal. They were circumcised because they had not been circumcised while they were traveling in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_8","007_5_8","JOS","5","8","8","After all the Israeli males had been circumcised, they remained in the camp and rested until their wounds were healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_9","007_5_9","JOS","5","9","9","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Because your forefathers were slaves in Egypt, the Egyptians felt a revulsion toward you. But today I have removed the revulsion the Egyptians have had toward you.” Because of that, the people called the place ‘Gilgal’, which sounds like the Hebrew word ‘removed’, and it still has that name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_10","007_5_10","JOS","5","10","10","In the evening of the fourteenth day of that month, while the Israeli people were camped at Gilgal, on the plain near Jericho city, they celebrated the Passover Festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_11","007_5_11","JOS","5","11","11","The next day, they found some barley grain in the fields in that area. So they took that and roasted it and ate it with bread that was made without yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_12","007_5_12","JOS","5","12","12","The next day, God stopped sending  manna for the Israeli people to eat. After that, they ate food that was grown in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_13","007_5_13","JOS","5","13","13","One day when Joshua came near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him. The man was holding a sword in his hand. Joshua approached him and asked him, “Are you going to fight for us or against us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_14","007_5_14","JOS","5","14","14","The man replied, “I am not planning to fight with you or against you. Instead, I am the commander of Yahweh’s army in heaven, and I have come down from there to assure you that Yahweh will help you.” Then Joshua bowed down with his face on the ground ◄to show his respect for/to worship► the man, and said to him, “Tell me what you want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS5_15","007_5_15","JOS","5","15","15","The commander of Yahweh’s army replied, “Take off your sandals! I am Yahweh, and the ground on which you are standing is holy because I am here.” So Joshua took off his sandals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_1","007_6_1","JOS","6","1","1","Meanwhile, the guards of Jericho shut the gates of the city tightly, because they were afraid of the Israeli army. No one was allowed to go into the city or go out of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_2","007_6_2","JOS","6","2","2","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Listen to what I say! I am going to enable your army SYN to capture/conquer MTY Jericho and its king and its soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_3","007_6_3","JOS","6","3","3","So your army must march around the city for six days, once each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_4","007_6_4","JOS","6","4","4","Tell seven priests to march around with them. Each priest must carry a trumpet. Four other priests must carry the sacred chest, and they must walk behind the priests who are carrying the trumpets. On the seventh day, the army must march around the city seven times, and the priests must be blowing the trumpets while they march. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_5","007_6_5","JOS","6","5","5","After they have all marched around the city seven times, the priests must blow their trumpets once, very loudly. When the Israeli people/soldiers hear that, they must shout loudly. Then the wall of the city will collapse, and all the Israeli people/soldiers will go straight into the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_6","007_6_6","JOS","6","6","6","So Joshua summoned the priests and said to them, “Tell four priests to carry the chest that contains the Ten Commandments that Yahweh gave to us. Tell seven other priests to carry trumpets and walk in front of them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_7","007_6_7","JOS","6","7","7","And Joshua told the soldiers, “Start marching! March around the city, with several soldiers with weapons marching in front. Behind them will march the seven priests with trumpets, and behind them will march the four priests carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_8","007_6_8","JOS","6","8","8","After Joshua told that to the army, the seven priests, each carrying a sacred trumpet, started marching, blowing their trumpets. The four priests who were carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest followed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_9","007_6_9","JOS","6","9","9","The group of soldiers carrying weapons marched in front of the priests who were blowing their trumpets, and the rest of the soldiers followed the four men carrying the chest. While they were all marching, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_10","007_6_10","JOS","6","10","10","But the rest of the people were silent, because Joshua had commanded them, “Do not make a war cry. Do not yell or say anything until the day when I tell you to shout. On that day, you must shout loudly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_11","007_6_11","JOS","6","11","11","So the men carrying Yahweh’s sacred chest and all the others did what Joshua told them to do. They marched around the city once. Then they all returned to their camp and stayed there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_12","007_6_12","JOS","6","12","12","The next morning, Joshua and the priests got up early, and the four priests carried Yahweh’s sacred chest again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_13","007_6_13","JOS","6","13","13","The seven priests who were carrying trumpets went in front of the men carrying the chest. The seven priests were blowing their trumpets as they marched. The group of soldiers carrying weapons went in front of all the others, and the rest of the army followed all the others. All the time, the seven priests were blowing their trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_14","007_6_14","JOS","6","14","14","So on that second day they again marched around the city once and then returned to their camp. They did the same thing for six days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_15","007_6_15","JOS","6","15","15","On the seventh day, they got up at dawn, and they all marched around the city the same way that they had done before, but this time they marched around the city seven times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_16","007_6_16","JOS","6","16","16","As they were marching around the seventh time, when the priests were about to blow the long/loud blast on their trumpets, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout, because Yahweh will enable you to capture the city! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_17","007_6_17","JOS","6","17","17","Yahweh has declared that you must destroy IDM the city and everything in it to show that it belongs to him. You must spare only Rahab the prostitute and the others who are in her house, because she hid the spies whom we sent there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_18","007_6_18","JOS","6","18","18","And because Yahweh has declared that everything must be destroyed IDM, you must not take EUP any of the things in the city. If you take anything, you will cause Yahweh to destroy our own camp and cause terrible things to happen to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_19","007_6_19","JOS","6","19","19","But all the silver and gold and articles made from iron and bronze that you find, you must set apart for Yahweh. You must put those things in his treasury.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_20","007_6_20","JOS","6","20","20","So they did what Joshua told them to do. When the priests blew a long blast on their trumpets, the people/army shouted loudly, and the wall of the city collapsed! Then the Israeli soldiers rushed in and captured the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_21","007_6_21","JOS","6","21","21","They killed IDM every living thing in the city—men and women, young people and old people, even cattle and sheep and donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_22","007_6_22","JOS","6","22","22","Then Joshua said to the two men ◄who had spied on/whom he had sent to learn all they could about► the land, “Go to the prostitute’s house. Bring her out, along with all her family, just as you promised to her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_23","007_6_23","JOS","6","23","25","So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_26","007_6_26","JOS","6","26","26","At that time, Joshua warned the people, “Yahweh will curse/punish anyone who tries to rebuild this city, Jericho. When that person lays/builds its foundation, his oldest son will die. And when he finishes building the city wall and sets up its gates, his youngest son will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS6_27","007_6_27","JOS","6","27","27","Because of what happened that day, it was clear that Yahweh was with/helped Joshua, and Joshua became famous throughout the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_1","007_7_1","JOS","7","1","1","Yahweh had commanded that all the things that they had captured in Jericho should be destroyed to show that they belong to him. But there was a man from the tribe of Judah named Achan. He was the son of Carmi and grandson of Zabdi and great-grandson of Zerah. He disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded and took for himself some of those things. So Yahweh was very angry with the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_2","007_7_2","JOS","7","2","2","Joshua told some of his men to go from Jericho to Ai town, which was east of Bethel city and near Beth-Aven town. He said to them, “Go to Ai and ◄spy out the area/see what the area is like►.” So the men went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_3","007_7_3","JOS","7","3","3","When they returned to Joshua they said, “There are only a few people in Ai. So we do not need to send all of our soldiers to defeat them. Send 2.000 or 3,000 men to attack them. That will be enough.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_4","007_7_4","JOS","7","4","4","So about 3,000 Israeli men went to attack Ai. But the men of Ai defeated them badly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_5","007_7_5","JOS","7","5","5","They killed about 36 Israelis and chased the rest of Israeli men from the city gate to the bottom of the hill. When the other Israelis saw that this had happened, they became very discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_6","007_7_6","JOS","7","6","6","Joshua and the other Israeli leaders tore their clothes because they were very sad about being defeated. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of the Sacred Tent in which was the sacred chest. They stayed there until that evening. They also threw dirt on their heads to show that they were very sad about what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_7","007_7_7","JOS","7","7","7","Then Joshua prayed and said, “Lord God, you brought us Israelis safely across the Jordan River. So why are you now allowing the Amor people-group to defeat us RHQ? This would not have happened if we had stayed on the other side of the Jordan River! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_8","007_7_8","JOS","7","8","8","Lord, we Israelis have been defeated by our enemies, so I do not know what to say now RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_9","007_7_9","JOS","7","9","9","The Canaan people-group and all the other people who are living in this land will hear about this. Then they will surround us and kill all of us! Then what will you do ◄to defend your reputation MTY/to show that you are a powerful God►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_10","007_7_10","JOS","7","10","10","But Yahweh said to Joshua, “Stand up! Stop lying there with your face on the ground RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_11","007_7_11","JOS","7","11","11","You Israelis have sinned! You have disobeyed the commands that I told you to obey. One of your men has taken some of the things that I told you to destroy. He has stolen them and taken them for himself and lied about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_12","007_7_12","JOS","7","12","12","That is why you Israelis have been unable to be strong when you went to attack your enemies. That is why you have run away from them. And now you yourselves may be destroyed. If you do not do as I commanded you and destroy everything that you captured in Jericho I will not help you any more!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_13","007_7_13","JOS","7","13","13","“Now go and tell this to the people: ‘Tomorrow you must perform the rituals that will cause yourselves to become acceptable to Yahweh again. Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says that one of you has kept things that he told you to destroy. You will never defeat your enemies until you get rid of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_14","007_7_14","JOS","7","14","14","‘Tomorrow morning you must present yourselves before Yahweh, tribe by tribe. Then Yahweh will indicate to which tribe the man who took those things belongs. Then Yahweh will indicate to which clan from that tribe the guilty man belongs. Then Yahweh will indicate to which family he belongs. And then he will indicate which person in that family took those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_15","007_7_15","JOS","7","15","15","Then the one who has taken some of the things that should have been destroyed will be destroyed in a fire. And everything he owns will be destroyed with him, because he has disobeyed the command that Yahweh gave us and has done something that is disgraceful to us Israeli people.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_16","007_7_16","JOS","7","16","16","Early the next morning, Joshua told all the Israeli people to stand before the Sacred Tent, tribe by tribe. When they did that, Yahweh indicated that a man from the tribe of Judah was the one who had taken the things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_17","007_7_17","JOS","7","17","17","Then the clans of Judah presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the clan of Zerah was the guilty one. Then the families of Zerah’s clan presented themselves, and Yahweh indicated that someone from the family of Zabdi was the guilty one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_18","007_7_18","JOS","7","18","18","Then Joshua told the men from that family to present themselves. And Yahweh indicated that Achan was guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_19","007_7_19","JOS","7","19","19","Then Joshua said to Achan, “Son, tell the truth IDM. Confess to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, what you have done. And tell me what you did, and do not try to ◄conceal anything/prevent me from knowing what you did►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_20","007_7_20","JOS","7","20","20","Achan replied, “It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_21","007_7_21","JOS","7","21","21","Among the things in Jericho that I saw was a beautiful coat from Babylonia. I also saw 200 pieces of silver and some gold that weighed as much as 50 pieces of silver. I wanted those things very much for myself, so I took them. I buried them all in the ground under my tent. You will find them there. The silver is buried under the other things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_22","007_7_22","JOS","7","22","22","So Joshua sent some men to find those things. They ran to Achan’s tent and found all the things hidden there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_23","007_7_23","JOS","7","23","23","The men brought them all out of the tent and took them to Joshua and the rest of the Israeli people. Then they spread/laid them out on the ground, where Yahweh could see them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_24","007_7_24","JOS","7","24","24","Then Joshua and the rest of the people led Achan down to the valley. They also took down there the silver, the coat, the gold, Achan’s wife and sons and daughters, and his cattle and donkeys and sheep, and his tent, and everything else that he owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_25","007_7_25","JOS","7","25","25","Joshua said, “◄I do not know why you caused so much trouble for us/You have caused a lot of trouble for us► RHQ, but now Yahweh will cause trouble for you.” Then all the people threw stones at Achan and his family until they all died. Then the people burned their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS7_26","007_7_26","JOS","7","26","26","They piled rocks over the ashes of their corpses, and those rocks are still there. That is why that valley is called Trouble Valley. After that, Yahweh was no longer angry with the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_1","007_8_1","JOS","8","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged because of what happened at Ai. Lead all of your soldiers and go there again. I will help you to defeat the king of Ai, his people, and his city, and enable you to take his land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_2","007_8_2","JOS","8","2","2","Your army will do to the people of Ai and their king like what you did to the people of Jericho and their king. But this time I will permit you to take all their possessions and keep them for yourselves. But first, tell some of your soldiers to hide behind the city and prepare to suddenly attack it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_3","007_8_3","JOS","8","3","3","So Joshua led all his army toward Ai. He chose 30,000 of his best fighters/warriors and prepared to send them out during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_4","007_8_4","JOS","8","4","4","He said to them, “Listen carefully. Some of you must hide on the other side of the city. Do not go far from the city. Just be ready to attack. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_5","007_8_5","JOS","8","5","5","I and the men who are with me will march toward the city in the morning. The men in the city will come out to fight us, like they did before. Then we will turn around and start to run away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_6","007_8_6","JOS","8","6","6","They will think that we are running away from them like we did before. So they will chase us away from the city. While we are running away, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_7","007_8_7","JOS","8","7","7","those of you who are hiding come out and rush into the city and capture it. Yahweh your God will enable you to conquer it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_8","007_8_8","JOS","8","8","8","After you capture the city, burn it. Do what Yahweh has commanded us to do. Those are the orders I am giving to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_9","007_8_9","JOS","8","9","9","Then Joshua prepared to send some of them to hide and wait between Ai and Bethel, which was west of Ai. But Joshua stayed with his other soldiers that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_10","007_8_10","JOS","8","10","10","Early the next morning, Joshua gathered his soldiers together. Then he and the other Israeli leaders led them up to Ai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_11","007_8_11","JOS","8","11","11","They all set up their tents close to Ai, just to the north of the city, where all the people of the city could see them. There was a valley between them and the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_12","007_8_12","JOS","8","12","12","Then Joshua chose about 5,000 men and told them to go and hide just west of the city, between Ai and Bethel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_13","007_8_13","JOS","8","13","13","So those men did that. The main group of soldiers was north of the city, and the others were hiding west of the city. That night Joshua went down into the valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_14","007_8_14","JOS","8","14","14","When the king of Ai saw the Israeli army, he and his soldiers got up early the next morning and quickly went out of the city to fight them. They went to a place east of the city, but they did not know that some Israeli soldiers were hiding behind the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_15","007_8_15","JOS","8","15","15","Joshua and the Israeli soldiers who were with him allowed the army of Ai to push them back. They ran toward the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_16","007_8_16","JOS","8","16","16","The men in Ai were ordered to chase after Joshua and his men. So they left the city and started to pursue the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_17","007_8_17","JOS","8","17","17","All the men of Ai and the men of Bethel pursued the Israeli army. They did not leave even one man in Ai to defend it. The gates of the city were left wide open. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_18","007_8_18","JOS","8","18","18","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Lift up your spear and  point it toward Ai, because I am going to enable your soldiers to capture it!” So Joshua pointed his spear toward Ai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_19","007_8_19","JOS","8","19","19","When the Israeli men who were hiding saw that, they rushed out from the places where they were hiding and ran into the city. They quickly captured it and set it on fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_20","007_8_20","JOS","8","20","20","When the men of Ai looked back, they saw smoke rising from their city. But they could not escape, because the Israeli troops stopped running away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_21","007_8_21","JOS","8","21","21","Joshua and his men saw that the men who had been hiding had captured the city and were burning it, and they saw the smoke rising. So they turned around and started to attack the men of Ai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_22","007_8_22","JOS","8","22","22","Meanwhile, the soldiers who had captured the city came out and attacked them from the rear. So the men of Ai were caught between the two groups of Israeli soldiers. None of the men of Ai escaped. The Israelis fought until they killed all of them. Only the king of Ai was still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_23","007_8_23","JOS","8","23","23","Then they seized the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_24","007_8_24","JOS","8","24","24","While they were fighting, the Israeli army pursued the men of Ai into the fields and into the desert, and killed all of them. Then they went to Ai and killed everyone who was there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_25","007_8_25","JOS","8","25","25","They killed 12,000 men and women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_26","007_8_26","JOS","8","26","26","Joshua continued to point his spear LIT toward Ai, until all the people in Ai had been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_27","007_8_27","JOS","8","27","27","The Israeli soldiers took for themselves the animals and the other things that had belonged to the people of Ai, just like Yahweh had told Joshua that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_28","007_8_28","JOS","8","28","28","Joshua and his soldiers burned Ai city and caused it to become a pile of ruins. It is still like that today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_29","007_8_29","JOS","8","29","29","Joshua hanged the king of Ai on a tree and left his corpse hanging there until the evening. At sunset Joshua told his men to take the king’s corpse down from the tree and to throw it on the ground at the city gate. After they did that, they piled a lot of rocks on top of the corpse, and that pile of rocks is still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_30","007_8_30","JOS","8","30","30","Joshua told his men to build on Ebal Mountain an altar for Yahweh, the God who is worshiped by the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_31","007_8_31","JOS","8","31","31","They built it just like Moses, the man who served God well, had written previously in the laws that God had given to him. They made it from stones that had not been cut using iron tools. The Israelis then offered sacrifices to Yahweh that were burned completely on the altar. They also offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_32","007_8_32","JOS","8","32","32","As the Israelis watched, Joshua wrote on stones the laws that Yahweh had given to Moses previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_33","007_8_33","JOS","8","33","33","The Israeli leaders, the officials, the judges, and other Israelis were there, standing nearby. Many people who were not Israelis were also there. Half of the people stood on one side of the valley below Ebal Mountain, and the other half of the people stood on the other side of the valley below Gerizim Mountain. The sacred chest was in the valley between the two groups. That was what Moses had previously commanded that the people should do when Yahweh was about to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_34","007_8_34","JOS","8","34","34","Then Joshua read to the people all that Moses had written previously. That included what Yahweh had taught them and the ways that he promised to bless them if they obeyed his commands, or to curse them if they disobeyed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS8_35","007_8_35","JOS","8","35","35","All the Israelis gathered together to listen—the men, the women, and the children. The ◄foreigners/people who were not Israelis► who were living among them also listened, while Joshua read all the commands that Moses had written. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_1","007_9_1","JOS","9","1","1","There were several kings who ruled in lands that are on the west side of the Jordan River. They were the kings of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group. They lived in the hilly area, in the foothills further west, and on the plains along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They heard about what happened at Ai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_2","007_9_2","JOS","9","2","2","So they all gathered their armies to fight Joshua and the Israeli army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_3","007_9_3","JOS","9","3","3","When the people who lived in Gibeon city heard that Joshua’s army had defeated the people of Jericho and Ai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_4","007_9_4","JOS","9","4","4","they decided to trick the Israelis. They gathered some old sacks and some old leather wine bags that had been mended after they were cracked, and they put these on the backs of their donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_5","007_9_5","JOS","9","5","5","They put on old sandals that had been patched, and wore old ragged clothes. And they took along bread that was dry and moldy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_6","007_9_6","JOS","9","6","6","They traveled to where Joshua and the other Israelis had set up their tents near Gilgal. They said to Joshua and the other Israeli leaders, “We have traveled from a distant land. We want you to make a peace agreement with us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_7","007_9_7","JOS","9","7","7","The Israeli leaders said to those men from Gilead who were from the Hiv people-group, “We do not know if you truly live far from us. If you live near us, we cannot RHQ make a peace agreement with you, because God has commanded us to get rid of the people that are living near us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_8","007_9_8","JOS","9","8","8","They replied to Joshua, “If you make a peace agreement with us, we will be your servants.” But Joshua answered, “What people-group are you? Where do you come from?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_9","007_9_9","JOS","9","9","9","The men from Gibeon answered, “We want to be your servants. We have come here from a distant land, because we have heard about the great things that your god has done. We have heard about everything that he did in Egypt to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_10","007_9_10","JOS","9","10","10","We have heard that he enabled you to defeat the armies of two kings of the Amor people-group, on the east side of the Jordan River—Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon city, and Og, the king who ruled in Ashtaroth in the Bashan area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_11","007_9_11","JOS","9","11","11","So our leaders and the rest of our people said to us, ‘Take some food and go to talk with the Israelis. Tell them, “We want to be your servants. So make a peace agreement with us.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_12","007_9_12","JOS","9","12","12","Look at our bread. It was fresh and warm from having been baked on the day that we left our area, but now it is dry and moldy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_13","007_9_13","JOS","9","13","13","Look at our leather wine bags. They were new when we filled them with wine before we left, but now they are cracked and old. Our clothes and our sandals are worn out from traveling on the long road to come here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_14","007_9_14","JOS","9","14","14","The Israeli leaders tasted the bread, but they did not ask Yahweh what to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_15","007_9_15","JOS","9","15","15","So Joshua agreed to make a peace agreement with the men from Gibeon to not kill them. All the Israeli leaders vowed to do what Joshua said in the agreement. Then the men from Gibeon returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_16","007_9_16","JOS","9","16","16","Three days later the Israelis found out that the men from Gibeon lived nearby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_17","007_9_17","JOS","9","17","17","So they went to where the men from Gibeon lived. After traveling only three days, they came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_18","007_9_18","JOS","9","18","18","But the Israelis did not attack the people of those cities, because they had promised to live peacefully with them, and Yahweh had heard them promise to do that. All the Israeli people grumbled against their leaders for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_19","007_9_19","JOS","9","19","19","But the leaders answered, “We promised to live peacefully with them, and Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, heard us promise to do that. So now we cannot attack EUP them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_20","007_9_20","JOS","9","20","20","This is what we will do: We will not kill them. If we kill them, God will be very angry with us and punish us because of not doing what we promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_21","007_9_21","JOS","9","21","21","So we must allow them to live. But they will cut wood for us, and they will carry water for us.” So the Israeli leaders did what they had promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_22","007_9_22","JOS","9","22","22","Then Joshua summoned the men from Gibeon and asked them, “Why did you lie to us? Your land was near to where we had set up our tents, but you told us that you were from a distant land! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_23","007_9_23","JOS","9","23","23","So now you will become our slaves. You will always be forced to cut wood and carry water for us Israeli people who worship in the temple of our God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_24","007_9_24","JOS","9","24","24","The men from Gibeon replied, “We lied to you because we were afraid that you would kill us. We heard that Yahweh, your God, declared to his servant Moses that he would enable you to conquer all the people in this land and to kill all the people who lived in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_25","007_9_25","JOS","9","25","25","So now you can decide what you will do with us. Do what you think is right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_26","007_9_26","JOS","9","26","26","So Joshua saved the lives of the people of Gibeon by not allowing the Israelis to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS9_27","007_9_27","JOS","9","27","27","Instead, he forced them to become the Israelis’ slaves. They cut wood and carried water for the Israelis. They also brought the wood and water that was needed for the sacred altar of Yahweh, to whatever place Yahweh decided that they should build one. And the people of Gibeon are still doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_1","007_10_1","JOS","10","1","1","Later, Adonizedek, the king of Jerusalem, heard that Joshua’s army had captured Ai town and had destroyed everything in the town. He heard that they had done to the people of Ai and to their king the same thing that they had done to the people of Jericho and their king. He also heard that the people of Gibeon city had made a peace treaty with the Israeli people, and that the people of Gibeon were now living near the Israelis and being protected by them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_2","007_10_2","JOS","10","2","2","Because of that, he and the people whom he ruled became very afraid, because Gibeon was an important city, like the other cities that had kings. And even though Gibeon was a larger city than Ai and all its soldiers were good fighters, they thought Joshua’s army might defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_3","007_10_3","JOS","10","3","3","So King Adonizedek sent a message to Hosham the king of Hebron city, to Piram the king of Jarmuth city, to Jarmuth the king of Lachish city, and to Debir the king of Eglon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_4","007_10_4","JOS","10","4","4","In the message he said, “Please come up with your armies and help me to attack Gibeon, because the people of Gibeon have made a peace treaty with Joshua and the Israelis.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_5","007_10_5","JOS","10","5","5","So those five kings who ruled all the groups who were descendants of Amor—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Debir—came up with all of their soldiers and surrounded the city. Then they prepared to attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_6","007_10_6","JOS","10","6","6","So the people of Gibeon sent a message to Joshua while he was in the camp at Gilgal. They said, “We are your servants. So do not forsake us. Come up to us quickly and save us! Help us, because the kings of all of the groups descended from Amor and their armies have joined their forces and have come from the hilly area to attack us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_7","007_10_7","JOS","10","7","7","So Joshua and all his army, including the soldiers who were his best fighting men, marched up from Gilgal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_8","007_10_8","JOS","10","8","8","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of those armies! I will enable your army to defeat them IDM. None of them will be able to ◄resist/fight and defeat► your army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_9","007_10_9","JOS","10","9","9","Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_10","007_10_10","JOS","10","10","10","They attacked their enemies before anyone knew that they had come. Yahweh caused their enemies to ◄become very confused/start running in all directions► when they saw the Israeli army. As a result, the Israeli army defeated them very severely at Gibeon and killed many of them. The rest of them fled along the road that goes up to Beth-Horon. But the Israeli army pursued them and killed them all along the road that goes to Azekah and Makkedah towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_11","007_10_11","JOS","10","11","11","As they fled in front of the Israeli army, Yahweh threw down huge hailstones from the sky. As a result, more of them died from hailstones falling on them than died as a result of the Israeli army killing them with swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_12","007_10_12","JOS","10","12","12","On the day that Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat the groups who were descendants of Amor, Joshua said to Yahweh while the Israeli people were listening, “Yahweh, cause the sun to stand still over Gibeon, and cause the moon to not move when it is over Aijalon Valley.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_13","007_10_13","JOS","10","13","13","And that is what happened. The sun stood still, and the moon did not move, until the Israeli army defeated their enemies. That is what has been written in the book that Jashar wrote. The sun stopped while it was in the middle of the sky, and did not ◄set/go down► for about a whole day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_14","007_10_14","JOS","10","14","14","On that day Yahweh did a great miracle that someone asked him to do. There was never a day like that previously, and there has never been a day like that since. Yahweh was certainly fighting for the Israeli people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_15","007_10_15","JOS","10","15","15","After Joshua’s army defeated their enemies, they all returned to their camp at Gilgal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_16","007_10_16","JOS","10","16","16","While the enemy soldiers were fleeing from Joshua’s army, their five kings also fled and hid in a cave at Makkedah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_17","007_10_17","JOS","10","17","17","Then someone told Joshua, “We found those five kings, hiding in a cave at Makkedah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_18","007_10_18","JOS","10","18","18","When Joshua heard that, he said, “Roll some very large rocks to the entrance of the cave so that the kings cannot escape, and leave some soldiers there to guard it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_19","007_10_19","JOS","10","19","19","But do not stay there! Pursue our enemies! Attack them from behind! Do not allow them to escape to their cities, because Yahweh, our God, will enable you to defeat/kill them. IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_20","007_10_20","JOS","10","20","20","So Joshua’s army did what he told them to do. They killed almost all of the enemy soldiers, but a few of them were able to reach their cities and be safe inside the walls of the cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_21","007_10_21","JOS","10","21","21","Then Joshua’s army returned to Joshua, who was still in their camp at Makkedah. No one in the land dared to criticize MTY the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_22","007_10_22","JOS","10","22","22","Then Joshua said, “Open the entrance of the cave, and bring out to me those five kings!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_23","007_10_23","JOS","10","23","23","So the soldiers brought those five kings out of the cave—the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_24","007_10_24","JOS","10","24","24","When they brought those kings to Joshua and forced them to lie on the ground, he summoned all the Israeli soldiers, and then he said to the army commanders, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings!” So the commanders did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_25","007_10_25","JOS","10","25","25","Then Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid of any of our enemies! Never be discouraged! Be strong and courageous. This is what Yahweh will do to all the enemies you will fight!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_26","007_10_26","JOS","10","26","26","Then Joshua killed each of the five kings with his sword, and told his soldiers to hang the bodies of the five kings on trees. So they did that, and they left the bodies hanging on the trees until sunset. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_27","007_10_27","JOS","10","27","27","At sunset, Joshua told them to take the bodies down from the trees and throw them into the cave where they had been hiding. So the soldiers did that, and then they put those large rocks at the entrance of the cave again. Those rocks are still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_28","007_10_28","JOS","10","28","28","That is how Joshua’s army attacked and captured Makkedah. They killed the king and everyone else in the town. They did not leave anyone alive. They did to the king of Makkedah the same thing that they had done to the king of Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_29","007_10_29","JOS","10","29","29","That same day, Joshua and his Israeli army went southwest from Makkedah to Libnah city and attacked it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_30","007_10_30","JOS","10","30","30","Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer MTY that city and its king. They killed everyone in the city; they did not ◄spare anyone/allow anyone to remain alive►. They killed the king of Libnah just like they had killed the king of Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_31","007_10_31","JOS","10","31","31","Then Joshua and his army went south from Libnah to Lachish city. They surrounded the city and attacked it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_32","007_10_32","JOS","10","32","32","On the second day of the battle, Yahweh enabled the Israelis to conquer MTY the city. And like they had done at Libnah, they killed everyone DOU in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_33","007_10_33","JOS","10","33","33","King Horam from Gezer city and his army came to help the soldiers of Lachish, but Joshua’s army defeated Horam and his army, and did not allow any of them to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_34","007_10_34","JOS","10","34","34","Then Joshua and his army went west from Lachish to Eglon city. They surrounded the city and attacked it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_35","007_10_35","JOS","10","35","35","On that day, they captured the city and killed MTY everyone in it DOU, just like they had done at Lachish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_36","007_10_36","JOS","10","36","36","Then Joshua and his army went west from Eglon up into the hills to Hebron city. They attacked the city ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_37","007_10_37","JOS","10","37","37","and captured it. They killed the king and everyone else, just like they had done at Eglon. They did not allow anyone to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_38","007_10_38","JOS","10","38","38","Then Joshua and his army turned south and went to Debir city and attacked it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_39","007_10_39","JOS","10","39","39","They captured the city and its king, and also captured the nearby towns. Then they killed everyone DOU; they did to the people there the same thing that they had done at Hebron and Libnah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_40","007_10_40","JOS","10","40","40","That is how Joshua and his army conquered the entire southern part of Canaan. They defeated the kings who ruled the hilly area, the dry southern area, the western foothills, and the eastern slopes. They killed everyone DOU in those areas; they did not allow anyone to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_41","007_10_41","JOS","10","41","41","Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea city in the far south to Gaza city near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_42","007_10_42","JOS","10","42","42","At that one time, Joshua’s army conquered all the kings and captured all the territory that they ruled. They were able to do that because Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worship, was fighting for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS10_43","007_10_43","JOS","10","43","43","Then Joshua and his army returned to their camp at Gilgal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_1","007_11_1","JOS","11","1","1","When King Jabin of Hazor city heard about all those things that had happened, he sent messages to Jobab, the king of Madon city, to the king of Shimron city, and to the king of Acshaph city, requesting them to send their armies to come and help him fight against the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_2","007_11_2","JOS","11","2","2","He also sent messages to the kings in the northern hilly area and to the kings in the Jordan River Valley, south of Galilee Lake and in the western hills. He sent a message to the king of Naphoth-Dor in the west ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_3","007_11_3","JOS","11","3","3","and to the kings of the Canaan people-group in the eastern and western parts of the land. He sent messages to the Amor people-group and the Heth people-group and the Periz people-group and the Jebus people-group who lived in the hilly area. He also sent a message to the Hiv people-group who lived below Hermon Mountain in the Mizpah area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_4","007_11_4","JOS","11","4","4","So the armies of all those kings gathered together, bringing their horses and chariots. There seemed to be HYP as many soldiers as grains of sand on the seashore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_5","007_11_5","JOS","11","5","5","All of those kings and their armies gathered together at Merom Pond, and they set up their tents there. Then they made plans to fight against the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_6","007_11_6","JOS","11","6","6","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, because at this time tomorrow I will enable your men to defeat them. Your men must also cripple their horses and burn their chariots.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_7","007_11_7","JOS","11","7","7","So Joshua and his army traveled to Merom Pond and attacked their enemies ◄by surprise/before they were ready to fight►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_8","007_11_8","JOS","11","8","8","Yahweh enabled the Israelis to defeat them. They pursued them to Sidon city in the far north, and to Misrephoth-Maim in the northwest, and to Mizpah Valley in the northeast. The Israelis fought them until ◄they were all dead/there were no survivors►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_9","007_11_9","JOS","11","9","9","Then Joshua and his men did what Yahweh told them to do: They crippled their enemies’ horses and burned their chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_10","007_11_10","JOS","11","10","10","The king of Hazor had ruled the people of all the kingdoms whose armies had fought against the Israelis. So Joshua’s army went back to Hazor and captured that city and killed their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_11","007_11_11","JOS","11","11","11","They killed everyone in Hazor; ◄they did not spare anyone/no one was left alive► DOU. Then they burned the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_12","007_11_12","JOS","11","12","12","Joshua’s army captured all of those cities and killed all of their kings. They did that like Moses, the man who served Yahweh well, had commanded them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_13","007_11_13","JOS","11","13","13","Joshua’s men burned Hazor city, but they did not burn any of the other cities that were built on small hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_14","007_11_14","JOS","11","14","14","The Israelis took for themselves the animals that they found in those cities and everything else that was valuable DOU. But they killed all the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_15","007_11_15","JOS","11","15","15","Many years before, Yahweh had told Moses to do that, and then Moses told Joshua to do it. So Joshua did everything that Yahweh had commanded Moses to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_16","007_11_16","JOS","11","16","16","Joshua’s army defeated all the people who were living in that land. They took control over the hilly area and the area in the southern part of Canaan, all the area of Goshen, the western foothills, and the Jordan River Valley. They took control over all the mountains in Israel and all the hills near the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_17","007_11_17","JOS","11","17","17","They took control of all the land from Halak Mountain in the south up to the Seir hilly area as far as Baal-Gaal in Lebanon Valley in the north, at the bottom of Hermon Mountain. They captured all the kings of those areas and killed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_18","007_11_18","JOS","11","18","18","Joshua’s men fought against those groups for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_19","007_11_19","JOS","11","19","19","There was only one group that made a peace agreement with the Israelis; they were the people of the Hiv people-group who lived in Gibeon. The Israelis captured all the other towns in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_20","007_11_20","JOS","11","20","20","Yahweh caused the people in all those other groups to be stubborn IDM, with the result that they fought against the Israeli army, and the Israelis killed them all. They were not merciful to any of them. That is what Yahweh had commanded Moses to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_21","007_11_21","JOS","11","21","21","Joshua’s army also fought the Anak people-group who lived in the hills near Hebron, Debir, and Anah cities. They also fought against the people who lived in the hilly area of Judah and Israel, and they killed all of those people and destroyed their cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_22","007_11_22","JOS","11","22","22","As a result, there were no descendants of Anak who remained alive in Israel. Only a few remained alive in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS11_23","007_11_23","JOS","11","23","23","Joshua’s army took control of all the land, just as Yahweh long ago had told Moses to do. Yahweh gave the land to the Israelis, because he had promised to give it to them. Then Joshua divided the land among the Israeli tribes. After that, there was ◄peace/no more battles► in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_1","007_12_1","JOS","12","1","1","The Israelis took control of the land that was east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River gorge in the south to Hermon Mountain in the north, including all the land on the eastern side of the Jordan River Valley. That land previously belonged to the two kings whose armies the Israelis defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_2","007_12_2","JOS","12","2","2","One of them was Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group. He lived in Heshbon city and ruled over the area from Aroer town along the Arnon River Gorge, north to the Jabbok River. His land started in the middle of the gorge, which was the border between his land and the land of the Ammon people-group. Sihon also ruled over the southern half of the Gilead region, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_3","007_12_3","JOS","12","3","3","and over the land on the eastern side of the Jordan River Valley, from Galilee Lake south to the Dead Sea. He also ruled over the land east of the Dead Sea from Beth-Jeshimoth south to the side of Pisgah Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_4","007_12_4","JOS","12","4","4","The other king whom the Israeli army defeated was Og, the king of the Bashan region. He was the last of the descendants of the giant Rapha. He ruled that land, living alternately in Ashtaroth and Edrei cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_5","007_12_5","JOS","12","5","5","He ruled over the area from Hermon Mountain and Salecah in the north, and over all the Bashan area in the east, and to the borders of the kingdoms of Geshur and Maacah to the west. Og ruled the northern half of the Gilead region, as far as the border of the land ruled by King Sihon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_6","007_12_6","JOS","12","6","6","Moses, the man who served Yahweh well, and all the Israeli army defeated the armies of those kings. Then Moses gave that land to the tribes of Reuben and Gad and half of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_7","007_12_7","JOS","12","7","7","Joshua and the Israeli army also defeated kings who ruled over the land on the west side of the Jordan River. He gave that land to the Israeli people, dividing it among the other tribes. That land was between Baal-Gad city in the Lebanon Valley in the far north all the way south to Halak Mountain, which is near the land of the Edom people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_8","007_12_8","JOS","12","8","8","That land included the mountains, the western hilly area, the Jordan River  Valley, the western slopes of the mountains, the desert in Judea, and the Negev desert in the south. That whole area was the land where the Heth, Amor, Canaan, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups lived. The Israeli army defeated the armies of the kings of each of these cities: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_9","007_12_9","JOS","12","9","9","Jericho, Ai (which was near Bethel), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_10","007_12_10","JOS","12","10","10","Jerusalem, Hebron, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_11","007_12_11","JOS","12","11","11","Jarmuth, Lachish, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_12","007_12_12","JOS","12","12","12","Eglon, Gezer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_13","007_12_13","JOS","12","13","13","Debir, Geder, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_14","007_12_14","JOS","12","14","14","Hormah, Arad, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_15","007_12_15","JOS","12","15","15","Libnah, Adullam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_16","007_12_16","JOS","12","16","16","Makkedah, Bethel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_17","007_12_17","JOS","12","17","17","Tappuah, Hepher, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_18","007_12_18","JOS","12","18","18","Aphek, Lasharon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_19","007_12_19","JOS","12","19","19","Madon, Hazor, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_20","007_12_20","JOS","12","20","20","Shimron Meron, Acshaph, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_21","007_12_21","JOS","12","21","21","Taanach, Megiddo, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_22","007_12_22","JOS","12","22","22","Kedesh, Jokneam in the Carmel area, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_23","007_12_23","JOS","12","23","23","Dor in the Naphoth-Dor area, Goyim in the Gilgal area, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS12_24","007_12_24","JOS","12","24","24","and Tirzah. There was a total of 31 kings that the Israeli army defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_1","007_13_1","JOS","13","1","1","When Joshua was very old, Yahweh said to him, “Joshua, you are now an old man, but there is still a lot of land for your army to capture. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_2","007_13_2","JOS","13","2","2","Here is a list of the land that remains: The Geshur region and all the area where the Philistia people-group live; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_3","007_13_3","JOS","13","3","3","the area where the Canaan people-group live, from the Shihor River in the south at the eastern border of Egypt, to Ekron city in the north; the rulers of the five cities of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the area where the Avva people-group live, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_4","007_13_4","JOS","13","4","4","which is south of the area where the Canaan people-group live; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_5","007_13_5","JOS","13","5","5","the area where the Gebal people-group live; and all the Lebanon area east of Baal-Gad city at the bottom of Hermon Mountain, as far as Lebo-Hamath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_6","007_13_6","JOS","13","6","6","All the people of the Sidon people-group live in the hilly area from Lebanon to Misrephoth-Maim, but I will force them to leave that area before you Israelis arrive there. Be sure to give that area to the Israeli people when you divide the land among them, like I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_7","007_13_7","JOS","13","7","7","Divide all that land among the nine Israeli tribes and half of the tribe of Manasseh, the tribes that do not have land on the east side of the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_8","007_13_8","JOS","13","8","8","Half of the tribe of Manasseh and the tribes of Reuben and Gad had already been told what land they would receive, because Moses, the man who served Yahweh well, had already assigned to them the land on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_9","007_13_9","JOS","13","9","9","Their land extended from Aroer town at the Arnon River gorge to the town in the middle of the gorge. It included the whole plain from Medeba town south to Dibon town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_10","007_13_10","JOS","13","10","10","All the towns ruled by King Sihon were in that area. The land extended to where the Ammon people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_11","007_13_11","JOS","13","11","11","The Gilead area was also there, and the regions where the people of the Geshur and Maacah people-groups lived, and all of Hermon Mountain and all the Bashan region south to Salecah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_12","007_13_12","JOS","13","12","12","All the land ruled by Og, the king who ruled the Bashan region, was in that land. Og was one of the last descendants of Repha; previously he had ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei cities, but the armies of Moses had defeated their armies and had taken their land from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_13","007_13_13","JOS","13","13","13","But the Israelis did not force the people of the Geshur and Maacah people-groups to leave their land, so they still live among the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_14","007_13_14","JOS","13","14","14","The tribe of Levi was the only tribe that did not get any land. Instead, just like Yahweh promised, they continued to receive food from the sacrifices that were given to Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worship, the sacrifices that were burned on the sacred altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_15","007_13_15","JOS","13","15","15","Moses had allotted land to each clan in the tribe of Reuben. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_16","007_13_16","JOS","13","16","16","Their land extended from Aroer town near the Arnon River gorge to Medeba town. That included all of the plain that is near Medeba and the town in the middle of the gorge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_17","007_13_17","JOS","13","17","17","It also included Heshbon city and all the nearby towns on the plain—Dibon, Bamioth-Baal, Beth-Baal-Meon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_18","007_13_18","JOS","13","18","18","Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_19","007_13_19","JOS","13","19","19","Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth-Shahar on the hill overlooking the valley, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_20","007_13_20","JOS","13","20","20","Beth-Peor, the hills in the Pisgah area, and Beth-Jeshimoth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_21","007_13_21","JOS","13","21","21","That land included all the towns on the plain and all the area that King Sihon had previously ruled. But the army of Moses had defeated him and the rulers of the Midian people-group: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. The armies of all those rulers fought battles along with the army of Sihon, and they lived in that country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_22","007_13_22","JOS","13","22","22","The Israeli army killed many people during those battles, including Balaam, the prophet from Beor, who tried to use magic to predict/tell what would happen in the future. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_23","007_13_23","JOS","13","23","23","The western boundary of the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_24","007_13_24","JOS","13","24","24","Moses also allotted some land to each clan in the tribe of Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_25","007_13_25","JOS","13","25","25","Their land included the Jazer area and all the towns of the Gilead area; half of the land where the Ammon people-group lived, as far as Aroer town which is near Rabbah town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_26","007_13_26","JOS","13","26","26","the area from Heshbon city to Ramath-Mizpah and Betonim towns; the area from Mahanaim town to the Debir region; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_27","007_13_27","JOS","13","27","27","Beth-Haram, Beth-Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon cities in the valley; and the other area that King Sihon had ruled on the east side of the Jordan River. That area extended north  to the southern end of Galilee Lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_28","007_13_28","JOS","13","28","28","All this land, including the towns and villages, was allotted to the tribe of Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_29","007_13_29","JOS","13","29","29","Moses also had allotted some of the land on the east side of the Jordan River to half of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_30","007_13_30","JOS","13","30","30","Their land extended north from Mahanaim city. It included all the Bashan region, all the land that King Og had ruled, and all the towns in the Jair area in Bashan. Altogether that area included 60 towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_31","007_13_31","JOS","13","31","31","Their area also included half of the Gilead region, and the cities of Ashtaroth and Edrei where King Og had ruled. All that area was allotted to the clans descended from Manasseh’s son Makir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_32","007_13_32","JOS","13","32","32","Moses had allotted to those tribes the land that was on the plain of the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS13_33","007_13_33","JOS","13","33","33","But Moses did not allot any land to the tribe of Levi because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, promised that he himself would always provide for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_1","007_14_1","JOS","14","1","1","Eleazar the Supreme Priest, Joshua, and the leaders of the twelve tribes repeated what land would be allotted to each of the Israeli tribes in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_2","007_14_2","JOS","14","2","5","Yahweh had told Moses many years previously in what way he wanted the division of the land to be decided. Moses had already declared that two and a half tribes would be allotted land on the east side of the Jordan River. Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. Half of the tribe descended from Manasseh was allotted land on the east side of the Jordan, along with the tribes of Reuben and Gad. The people belonging to the nine and a half other tribes on the west side of the Jordan River threw ◄lots/stones that had been marked► to decide which land each tribe would receive. The tribe of Levi was not allotted any land. They received only towns that already existed, towns in which to live, and ◄pastures/fields of grass► for their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_6","007_14_6","JOS","14","6","6","One day some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelis were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh’s son Caleb. He said to Joshua, “I am sure that you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses about you and me when we were at Kadesh-Barnea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_7","007_14_7","JOS","14","7","7","I was 40 years old at that time. Moses sent me and you and some other men to explore this land. When we returned, I gave to Moses a true report IDM about what we had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_8","007_14_8","JOS","14","8","8","The other men who went with us gave a report that caused the people to be afraid IDM. But I fully/completely believed that Yahweh would enable us to take the land from the people who lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_9","007_14_9","JOS","14","9","9","So on that day, Moses solemnly promised me, ‘Some of the land on which you walked will become yours. It will belong to your descendants forever. I am giving it to you because you fully trusted in Yahweh, my God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_10","007_14_10","JOS","14","10","10","“Now Yahweh has done for me what he promised. Forty-five years have passed since Moses said that to me during the time that we were wandering around in the desert. And just like Yahweh promised, he has kept me alive and well all during that time. Now I am eighty-five years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_11","007_14_11","JOS","14","11","11","I am as strong today as I was on the day that Moses sent me to explore this land. I am as ready to fight now as I was then. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_12","007_14_12","JOS","14","12","12","So please give me the hilly area that Yahweh promised to give to me at that time long ago. At that time, you heard me say that the Amalek people-group lived there. You heard me say that their cities were large, and they had walls around them to protect them from attacks by their enemies. But now, Yahweh will help me, and as a result I will force them to leave, just like Yahweh said would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_13","007_14_13","JOS","14","13","13","So Joshua asked God to bless Caleb, and he gave to Caleb the city of Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS14_14","007_14_14","JOS","14","14","15","Previously that city was called Kiriath-Arba, because Arba was the greatest man among the Amalek people-group. Hebron still belongs to the descendants of Caleb, because Caleb completely/fully trusted in Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, and obeyed him. After that happened, there was ◄peace/no battles► in Canaan land for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_1","007_15_1","JOS","15","1","1","The land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah was divided among its clans. That land extended south along the border of the Edom region, as far as the Zin Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_2","007_15_2","JOS","15","2","2","The southern border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah started at the south end of the Dead Sea and extended west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_3","007_15_3","JOS","15","3","3","It extended south of Scorpion Pass to Zin Desert, and from there west to a place south of Kadesh-Barnea, past Hezron town, to Addar town, and from there it turned northwest to Karka town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_4","007_15_4","JOS","15","4","4","From there it continued to Azmon, and from there to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt, and from there west  to the Mediterranean Sea. That was the southern border. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_5","007_15_5","JOS","15","5","5","The eastern border of the land of the tribe of Judah was the Dead Sea, and it extended north to where the Jordan River ends at the Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_6","007_15_6","JOS","15","6","6","The northern border started where the Jordan River ends at the Dead Sea. It extended north to Beth-Hoglah town, and from there it extended north of Beth-Arabah town to the big stone set up by Reuben’s son Bohan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_7","007_15_7","JOS","15","7","7","From there the border continued west through Achor Valley to Debir city. From there it turned north to Gilgal city. Gilgal is north of the road that goes through Adummim Pass, on the south side of the valley. From Gilgal the border extended west to the springs at En-Shemesh, and from there to En-Rogel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_8","007_15_8","JOS","15","8","8","From there it extended through Ben-Hinnom Valley, south of the city where the Jebus people-group lived. (That city is now named Jerusalem.) From there the border extended to the top of the hill on the west side of Hinnom Valley, at the northern end of the valley where the Repha giants lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_9","007_15_9","JOS","15","9","9","From there the border extended northwest to Nephtoah Spring, and from there to the cities near Ephron Mountain. From there the border extended west toward Baalah, which is now named Kiriath-Jearim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_10","007_15_10","JOS","15","10","10","Then the border extended further west to Seir Mountain. Then it continued southwest along the north side of Jearim Mountain, which is also named Kesalon, to Beth-Shemesh city. From there it extended northwest past Timnah city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_11","007_15_11","JOS","15","11","11","to the hill north of Ekron city. From there it extended west to Shikkeron town and past Baalah Mountain to Jabneel town, then northwest to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_12","007_15_12","JOS","15","12","12","The western border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Judah was the Mediterranean Sea. All the clans of Judah lived inside those borders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_13","007_15_13","JOS","15","13","13","Yahweh commanded Joshua to give part of the land for the tribe of Judah to Caleb. So he gave to Caleb Kiriath-Arba city, which is now named Hebron. (Arba was the ancestor of the Anak people-group.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_14","007_15_14","JOS","15","14","14","Caleb forced the three clans of the Anak people-group to leave Hebron. Those were the Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_15","007_15_15","JOS","15","15","15","Then Caleb left there and went to fight against the people living in Debir city, which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_16","007_15_16","JOS","15","16","16","Caleb said, “If someone attacks the people in Kiriath-Sepher and captures their city, I will give my daughter Acsah to him to be his wife.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_17","007_15_17","JOS","15","17","17","Othniel, the son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_18","007_15_18","JOS","15","18","18","When Caleb’s daughter married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give her a field. Then Acsah went to talk with her father Caleb. As she got down from her donkey, Caleb asked her, “Do you want something?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_19","007_15_19","JOS","15","19","19","Acsah replied, “Yes, I want you to do something for me. You have given me some land in the southern part of Canaan, but there is no water there. So please give me some land that has springs.” So Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs near Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_20","007_15_20","JOS","15","20","20","Here is a list of the towns in the land that God had promised to give to the tribe of Judah. Each clan was allotted some of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_21","007_15_21","JOS","15","21","21","The tribe of Judah was allotted all these towns in the southern desert area of Canaan, near the border of the Edom region: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_22","007_15_22","JOS","15","22","22","Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_23","007_15_23","JOS","15","23","23","Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_24","007_15_24","JOS","15","24","24","Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_25","007_15_25","JOS","15","25","25","Hazor-Hadattah, Kerioth-Hezron (which is also named Hazor), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_26","007_15_26","JOS","15","26","26","Amam, Shema, Molodah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_27","007_15_27","JOS","15","27","27","Hazar-Gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-Pelet, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_28","007_15_28","JOS","15","28","28","Hazar-Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_29","007_15_29","JOS","15","29","29","Baalah, Iim, Ezem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_30","007_15_30","JOS","15","30","30","Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_31","007_15_31","JOS","15","31","31","Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_32","007_15_32","JOS","15","32","32","Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. There were 29 towns altogether and their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_33","007_15_33","JOS","15","33","33","The tribe of Judah was allotted these towns in the northern part of the western foothills: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_34","007_15_34","JOS","15","34","34","Zanoah, En-Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_35","007_15_35","JOS","15","35","35","Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_36","007_15_36","JOS","15","36","36","Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (which is also named Gederothaim). Altogether there were 14 towns and their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_37","007_15_37","JOS","15","37","37","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southern part of the western foothills: Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-Gad, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_38","007_15_38","JOS","15","38","38","Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_39","007_15_39","JOS","15","39","39","Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_40","007_15_40","JOS","15","40","40","Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_41","007_15_41","JOS","15","41","41","Gederoth, Beth-Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah. There were 16 towns altogether and their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_42","007_15_42","JOS","15","42","42","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the central part of the western foothills: Libnah, Ether, Ashan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_43","007_15_43","JOS","15","43","43","Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_44","007_15_44","JOS","15","44","44","Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah. There were nine towns altogether, with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_45","007_15_45","JOS","15","45","47","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns close to the Mediterranean Sea with their surrounding villages: Ekron and the towns between Ekron and the coast, Ashdod, and Gaza. The area extended south to the dry riverbed on the border of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_48","007_15_48","JOS","15","48","48","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southwest part of  the hilly region: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_49","007_15_49","JOS","15","49","49","Dannah, Kiriath-Sannah (which is now named Debir), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_50","007_15_50","JOS","15","50","50","Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_51","007_15_51","JOS","15","51","51","Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. There were eleven towns with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_52","007_15_52","JOS","15","52","52","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the south-central part of the hilly region: Arab, Dumah, Eshan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_53","007_15_53","JOS","15","53","53","Janim, Beth-Tappuah, Aphekah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_54","007_15_54","JOS","15","54","54","Humtah, Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron), and Zior. There were nine towns altogether with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_55","007_15_55","JOS","15","55","55","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the southeastern part of the hilly region: Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_56","007_15_56","JOS","15","56","56","Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_57","007_15_57","JOS","15","57","57","Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah. There were ten towns altogether with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_58","007_15_58","JOS","15","58","58","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the central part of the hilly region: Halhul, Beth-Zur, Gedor, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_59","007_15_59","JOS","15","59","59","Maarath, Beth-Anoth, and Eltekon. There were six towns altogether with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_60","007_15_60","JOS","15","60","60","The tribe of Judah was also allotted two towns in the northern part of the hilly region, Rabbah and Kiriath-Baal (which is also named Kiriath-Jearim). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_61","007_15_61","JOS","15","61","61","The tribe of Judah was also allotted these towns in the desert near the Dead Sea: Beth-Arabah, Middin, Secacah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_62","007_15_62","JOS","15","62","62","Nibshan, Salt city, and En-Gedi. There were six towns altogether with their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS15_63","007_15_63","JOS","15","63","63","The army of the tribe of Judah was not able to force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So the people of that group are still living among the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_1","007_16_1","JOS","16","1","1","The land that was allotted to the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh that were descended from Joseph started at the Jordan River, east of the springs at Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_2","007_16_2","JOS","16","2","2","It extended west from Jericho to the hilly area near Bethel, which is also called Luz. It extended as far as Ataroth, at the border of the land where the Arki people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_3","007_16_3","JOS","16","3","3","From there it extended west to the border of the land where the Japhleti people-group lived, and then it extended west to the area near Lower Beth-Horon. From there it extended west to Gezer city and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_4","007_16_4","JOS","16","4","4","That is the land that the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh were allotted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_5","007_16_5","JOS","16","5","5","The border of the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Ephraim started at Ataroth-Addar city in the east. It extended to Upper Beth-Horon ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_6","007_16_6","JOS","16","6","6","and from there to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_7","007_16_7","JOS","16","7","7","From Michmethath on the north it extended east to Taanath and from there on to Janoah. From there it extended south to Ataroth city and to Naarah town. From there it extended to Jericho and from there to the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_8","007_16_8","JOS","16","8","8","The northern border extended from Tappuah west to Kanah Ravine, and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. That was the land that was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_9","007_16_9","JOS","16","9","9","Many of those towns were really within the area allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS16_10","007_16_10","JOS","16","10","10","The people of the tribe of Ephraim could not force the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer, so the Canaan people-group still live among the people of the tribe of Ephraim, but the Israelis forced the people of the Canaan people-group to become their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_1","007_17_1","JOS","17","1","1","This is a list of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh. Manasseh’s oldest son was Makir and his grandson was Gilead. Makir’s descendants were great warriors, so the lands in the Gilead and Bashan regions were allotted to their clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_2","007_17_2","JOS","17","2","2","Land was also allotted to the other clans of the tribe of Manasseh: The clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_3","007_17_3","JOS","17","3","3","Hepher’s son Zelophehad had no sons, but he had five daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_4","007_17_4","JOS","17","4","4","They went to Eleazar the Supreme Priest, and to Joshua and to the other Israeli leaders. They said, “We want you to give us some land, because Yahweh told Moses that he should give to us some land, just like you gave to the men.” So Eleazar did what Yahweh had commanded, and he allotted to them some land, just like he allotted to their uncles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_5","007_17_5","JOS","17","5","5","So the tribe of Manasseh eventually had ten sections of land west of the Jordan River and two sections, Gilead and Bashan, on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_6","007_17_6","JOS","17","6","6","So those female descendants of Manasseh also were allotted land on the west side of the river just like the men were allotted. The other parts of the Gilead area were allotted to the male descendants of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_7","007_17_7","JOS","17","7","7","The land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was between the land where the tribe of Asher lives and Michmethath town, near Shechem city. The border extended south to the Tappuah Spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_8","007_17_8","JOS","17","8","8","The land near the Tappuah area belonged to the tribe of Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah, which was at the border of the land that was allotted to the tribe of Manasseh, was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_9","007_17_9","JOS","17","9","9","The border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh extended south to Kanah Gorge. From there it extended west along the north side of the gorge and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_10","007_17_10","JOS","17","10","10","The land on the south side of the gorge belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and the land on the north side belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. The western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Manasseh was the Mediterranean Sea. To the north, the border of their land extended from the land allotted to the tribe of Asher at the northwest to the land allotted to the tribe of Issachar at the northeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_11","007_17_11","JOS","17","11","11","But there are cities inside the area allotted to the tribes of Issachar and Asher. Those cities, along with their surrounding villages, were allotted to people from the tribe of Manasseh. These cities are Beth-Shan, Ibleam, Dor (which is also named Naphoth-Dor,) Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_12","007_17_12","JOS","17","12","12","The men of the tribe of Manasseh were not able to force the people who lived in those cities to leave, so the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live in those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_13","007_17_13","JOS","17","13","13","But years later when the Israelis became better warriors, they forced the Canaan people-group to work for them as slaves, although they did not force them to leave the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_14","007_17_14","JOS","17","14","14","The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh said to Joshua, “You allotted to us only one area of land, but there are a lot of us. Yahweh has blessed us very much with the result that our tribe has grown very large. So why did you give us only a small part of the land RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_15","007_17_15","JOS","17","15","15","Joshua replied to them, “I agree that you do not have enough land in the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. So, since you have a lot of people, I will allot more land to you, in the hilly region. But you will have to cut down the trees in the forest and  make a place for yourselves in the land where the Periz and Repha people-groups live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_16","007_17_16","JOS","17","16","16","The people of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh replied, “It is true that the land in the hilly area is not big enough for us, but the Canaan people-group who live in the lowlands, in Beth-Shan and the surrounding villages in that area, and in the Jezreel Valley, have iron chariots, so we will not be able to defeat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_17","007_17_17","JOS","17","17","17","Joshua replied to them, “Your tribe is very numerous and very powerful. So I will allot more land for you in the hilly area, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS17_18","007_17_18","JOS","17","18","18","but you will have to cut down the trees in order to make a place for you to live. It is true that the Canaan people-group are strong and have iron chariots, but you will be able to force them to leave that valley.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_1","007_18_1","JOS","18","1","2","The Israeli people captured all the land that they were able to, but there were still seven tribes that had not been allotted any land. The Israeli people all gathered at Shiloh, and they set up the Sacred Tent there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_3","007_18_3","JOS","18","3","3","Joshua said to them, “Why are you waiting a long time to take control of the rest of the land that Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped, has promised to give to you RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_4","007_18_4","JOS","18","4","4","Choose three men from each of your seven tribes. Then I will send them to explore the parts of the land which you have not occupied yet. When they finish exploring it, they must write a report, in which they will ◄make a map/show the boundaries► of the land that each tribe wants to receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_5","007_18_5","JOS","18","5","5","They will divide the remaining land into seven parts. The tribe of Judah will keep its land in the south, and the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh will keep their land in the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_6","007_18_6","JOS","18","6","6","But in their report, the men from the seven tribes should describe the seven parts of the remaining land that they wish to receive, and bring the report to me. While Yahweh is watching, I will ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to decide which land should be allotted to each tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_7","007_18_7","JOS","18","7","7","But the tribe of Levi will not be allotted any land, because their reward is that they will be Yahweh’s priests. The tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already been allotted their land on the east side of the Jordan River, just as Moses, the man who served God well, decided, so they will not get any more land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_8","007_18_8","JOS","18","8","8","When the men who were chosen got ready to leave, Joshua told them, “Go and explore the land. Then write a report of what you have seen, and bring it back to me. Then while Yahweh is watching, I will ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► here at Shiloh, to determine what area each tribe will receive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_9","007_18_9","JOS","18","9","9","So the men left and walked through the area. Then they described in a scroll each town that was in the seven parts into which they had divided the land. Then they returned to Joshua, who was still at Shiloh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_10","007_18_10","JOS","18","10","10","After Joshua read their report, while Yahweh was watching, he ◄cast lots/threw marked stones► to choose which land would be allotted to each of the seven Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_11","007_18_11","JOS","18","11","11","The first tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Benjamin. Each clan in that tribe was allotted some of the land that was between the area that was allotted to the tribe of Judah and the area that was allotted to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_12","007_18_12","JOS","18","12","12","The northern border started at the Jordan River and extended west along the northern side of Jericho, into the hilly area. From there the border extended west to the desert near Beth-Aven town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_13","007_18_13","JOS","18","13","13","From there it extended southwest to Luz (which is now named Bethel). From there it extended southwest to Ataroth-Addar town, which is on the hill south of Lower Beth-Horon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_14","007_18_14","JOS","18","14","14","At the hill south of Beth-Horon, the border turned and extended south to Kiriath-Baal town, which is also named Kiriath-Jearim. That is a town where people of the tribe of Judah live. That was the western border of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_15","007_18_15","JOS","18","15","15","The southern border of their land started near Kiriath-Jearim and extended west to Nephtoah Springs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_16","007_18_16","JOS","18","16","16","From there it extended south to the bottom of the hill, near Ben-Hinnom Valley, on the north side of Repha Valley. The border extended south along the Hinnom Valley, south of the city where the Jebus people-group lived, to En-Rogel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_17","007_18_17","JOS","18","17","17","From there the border extended west to En-Shemesh, and continued to Geliloth near Adummim Pass. Then it extended to the great stone of Reuben’s son Bohan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_18","007_18_18","JOS","18","18","18","From there the border extended to the northern edge of Beth-Arabah town and down into the Jordan River Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_19","007_18_19","JOS","18","19","19","From there it extended east to the northern edge of Beth-Hoglah town and ended at the north end of the Dead Sea, where the Jordan River flows into the Dead Sea. That was the southern boundary of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_20","007_18_20","JOS","18","20","20","The Jordan River was the eastern boundary of the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. Those were the boundaries of the land allotted to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_21","007_18_21","JOS","18","21","21","The cities in the land allotted to the tribe of Benjamin were Jericho, Beth-Hoglah, Emek-Keziz, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_22","007_18_22","JOS","18","22","22","Beth-Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_23","007_18_23","JOS","18","23","23","Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_24","007_18_24","JOS","18","24","24","Kephar-Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba. Altogether there were fourteen towns and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_25","007_18_25","JOS","18","25","25","The tribe of Benjamin also had the towns of Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_26","007_18_26","JOS","18","26","26","Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_27","007_18_27","JOS","18","27","27","Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS18_28","007_18_28","JOS","18","28","28","Zelah, Haeleph, the city where the Jebus people-group lived (which is now named Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath. Altogether there were 14 towns and the surrounding villages. All that area was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_1","007_19_1","JOS","19","1","1","The second/next tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Simeon. Each clan in that tribe was allotted some land that was inside the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_2","007_19_2","JOS","19","2","2","Their land included the towns of Beersheba (which is also named Sheba), Moladah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_3","007_19_3","JOS","19","3","3","Hazar-Shual, Balah, Ezem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_4","007_19_4","JOS","19","4","4","Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_5","007_19_5","JOS","19","5","5","Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth. Hazar-Susah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_6","007_19_6","JOS","19","6","6","Beth-Lebaoth, and Sharuhen. Altogether there were 13 towns and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_7","007_19_7","JOS","19","7","7","The land allotted to them also included the four cities of Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan, and their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_8","007_19_8","JOS","19","8","8","They were also allotted some very small villages in an area that extended south to Baalath-Beer (which is also named Ramah, in the southern desert). That was the land allotted to the clans of the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_9","007_19_9","JOS","19","9","9","The tribe of Judah had been allotted much more land than they needed, so part of their land was given to the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_10","007_19_10","JOS","19","10","10","The third/next tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Zebulun. Each clan of that tribe was allotted some of the land. The southern border started at Sarid city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_11","007_19_11","JOS","19","11","11","It extended west to Maralah city and on to Dabbesheth city, and on to the brook just north of Jokneam city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_12","007_19_12","JOS","19","12","12","The border extended east from Sarid to the area near Kisloth-Tabor city and on to Daberath town and on to Japhia town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_13","007_19_13","JOS","19","13","13","From there it extended east to Gath-Hepher city and Eth-Kazin town, and north to Rimmon city. From there the border extended west to Neah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_14","007_19_14","JOS","19","14","14","From Neah it extended south to Hannathon city and from there to Iphtah-El Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_15","007_19_15","JOS","19","15","15","Their area included the towns of Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem. Altogether there were twelve towns and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_16","007_19_16","JOS","19","16","16","That was the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_17","007_19_17","JOS","19","17","17","The fourth/next tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Issachar. Each of the clans of that tribe was allotted some of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_18","007_19_18","JOS","19","18","18","Their land included the cities of Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_19","007_19_19","JOS","19","19","19","Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_20","007_19_20","JOS","19","20","20","Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_21","007_19_21","JOS","19","21","21","Remeth, En-Gannim, En-Haddah, and Beth-Pazzez. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_22","007_19_22","JOS","19","22","22","The border of the area that was allotted to the tribe of Issachar was close to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-Shemesh cities, and ended in the east at the Jordan River. Altogether there were 16 cities and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_23","007_19_23","JOS","19","23","23","Those cities and villages were in the land allotted to the clans of the tribe of Issachar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_24","007_19_24","JOS","19","24","24","The fifth/next tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Asher. Each of the clans in that tribe was allotted some of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_25","007_19_25","JOS","19","25","25","Their land included the towns of Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_26","007_19_26","JOS","19","26","26","Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal. The western border started at Carmel Mountain and Shihor-Libnath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_27","007_19_27","JOS","19","27","27","From there it extended southeast to Beth-Dagon town, and then to the area that was allotted to the tribe of Zebulun and Iphtah-El Valley. From there the border extended east and then north to Beth-Emek town and Neiel and Cabul towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_28","007_19_28","JOS","19","28","28","From there it extended west to Abdon, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah cities, and continued to Sidon, which is a big city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_29","007_19_29","JOS","19","29","29","From there the border extended south toward Ramah and to the big city of Tyre that had strong walls around it. From there the border extended west to Hosah town and ended at the Mediterranean Sea. Within their area were the towns of Aczib, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_30","007_19_30","JOS","19","30","30","Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob. Altogether there were 22 towns and their surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_31","007_19_31","JOS","19","31","31","Those cities and villages were within the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Asher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_32","007_19_32","JOS","19","32","32","The sixth/next tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Naphtali. Each of the clans in that tribe was allotted some of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_33","007_19_33","JOS","19","33","33","The border of their land started in the west at the huge oak tree at Zaanannim, near Heleph town. It extended east through Adami-Nekeb city and Jabneel, and then to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_34","007_19_34","JOS","19","34","34","The western boundary extended through Aznoth-Tabor as far as Hukkok city. It extended to the borders of the tribe of Zebulun at the south, to the border of the tribe of Asher on the west, and the Jordan River at the east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_35","007_19_35","JOS","19","35","35","Within their land were several cities with strong walls around them. They were Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_36","007_19_36","JOS","19","36","36","Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_37","007_19_37","JOS","19","37","37","Kedesh, Edrei, En-Hazor, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_38","007_19_38","JOS","19","38","38","Iron, Migdal-El, Horem, Beth-Anath, and Beth-Shemesh. Altogether there were 19 cities and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_39","007_19_39","JOS","19","39","39","Those cities and surrounding villages were in the land that was allotted to the clans of the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_40","007_19_40","JOS","19","40","40","The seventh/last tribe that was allotted land was the tribe of Dan. Each of the clans in that tribe was allotted some of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_41","007_19_41","JOS","19","41","41","Their land included the towns of Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-Shemesh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_42","007_19_42","JOS","19","42","42","Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_43","007_19_43","JOS","19","43","43","Elon, Timnah, Ekron, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_44","007_19_44","JOS","19","44","44","Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_45","007_19_45","JOS","19","45","45","Jehud, Bene-Berak, Gath-Rimmon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_46","007_19_46","JOS","19","46","46","Me-Jarkon, Rakkon, and the area near Joppa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_47","007_19_47","JOS","19","47","47","But the people of the tribe of Dan were unable to take control of the land that had been allotted to them. So they went northeast and fought against the people in Leshem city. They defeated and killed all the people who lived there. Then they began to live in Leshem, and changed the name of the city to Dan, the man from whom their tribe descended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_48","007_19_48","JOS","19","48","48","All of those towns and surrounding villages were in the land that was allotted to the clans in the tribe of Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_49","007_19_49","JOS","19","49","49","After the Israeli leaders divided the land among the tribes, they allotted some land to Joshua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_50","007_19_50","JOS","19","50","50","They allotted to him Timnath-Serah. Yahweh had said that he could have whatever city he wanted, and that was the city that he chose. It was in the hilly region which was allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. Joshua rebuilt the city and lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS19_51","007_19_51","JOS","19","51","51","Those were the areas that were allotted to the various tribes of Israel. Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of each tribe divided up the land while they were all at Shiloh, by ◄casting lots/throwing marked stones► to decide which area each tribe would receive. They did that while Yahweh was watching, at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. In that way they completed dividing up the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_1","007_20_1","JOS","20","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Joshua, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_2","007_20_2","JOS","20","2","2","“Tell the Israeli people that they should choose some cities to which people can run in order to be safe/protected, like I told Moses that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_3","007_20_3","JOS","20","3","3","If someone kills another person accidentally, not intending to kill that person, the one who killed that person may run/escape to one of these cities and be safe/protected from someone trying to get revenge for that person’s death MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_4","007_20_4","JOS","20","4","4","When the one who killed someone arrives at the gate of one of those cities, he must stop there and tell the leaders of the city what happened. If they believe him, they must allow him to enter the city, and they must give him a place to live among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_5","007_20_5","JOS","20","5","5","If some relative of the one who was killed comes to that city to get revenge, the leaders of that city must not allow the relative to take the killer, because what happened was accidental. He did not hate that person and as a result deliberately kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_6","007_20_6","JOS","20","6","6","But the person who killed someone must stay in that city until the city judges put him on trial. Only if the judges decide that the person who has run/escaped to their city did not deliberately kill the other person will they allow him to stay in that city, and he must stay there until the Supreme Priest dies. Then he may safely go back to his own town, because the death of the Supreme Priest will be considered to atone/pay for the death of the person who was killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_7","007_20_7","JOS","20","7","7","So the Israelis chose these cities to be cities to which people could run to be safe/protected: Kedesh in the Galilee district in the hilly area where the tribe of Naphtali lived; Shechem in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived; Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron) in the hilly area where the tribe of Judah lived; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_8","007_20_8","JOS","20","8","8","Bezer, on the east side of the Jordan River near Jericho, in the flat land in the desert where the tribe of Reuben lived; Ramoth in the Gilead region in the land where the tribe of Gad lived; and Golan in the Bashan region where the tribe of Manasseh lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS20_9","007_20_9","JOS","20","9","9","Any Israeli or any foreigner who lived among us, anyone who killed someone ◄accidentally/without planning to do it►, was allowed to run to one of those cities, and be safe/protected from some relative of the person who died coming there and killing him to get revenge. He could stay in that city until there was a trial there to decide whether he was telling the truth or not when he said that he did not plan to kill that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_1","007_21_1","JOS","21","1","2","While Eleazar the Supreme Priest and Joshua and the leaders of all the Israeli tribes were at Shiloh, the leaders of the clans of the tribe of Levi went to them and said, “Yahweh commanded Moses that you should give us towns where we can have pasture/fields/grassland for our animals, but you have not done these things yet.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_3","007_21_3","JOS","21","3","3","So the Israeli leaders obeyed this command from Yahweh. They agreed to give towns and pasturelands to the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_4","007_21_4","JOS","21","4","4","First they allotted some cities to the Kohath clans, who belonged to the tribe of Levi. To those who were descendants of the first Supreme Priest Aaron, they allotted 13 towns in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_5","007_21_5","JOS","21","5","5","To the other members of the Kohath clan they allotted ten cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives on the west side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_6","007_21_6","JOS","21","6","6","The people from the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_7","007_21_7","JOS","21","7","7","The people from the Merari clans were allotted twelve cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_8","007_21_8","JOS","21","8","8","So the Israeli leaders gave cities and pastureland to the tribe of Levi, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_9","007_21_9","JOS","21","9","9","These are the names of the cities and surrounding pasturelands that were allotted to them, that were in the areas where the tribes of Judah and Simeon lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_10","007_21_10","JOS","21","10","10","First, they allotted cities to the members of the Kohath clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_11","007_21_11","JOS","21","11","11","They allotted to them Kiriath-Arba (which is now named Hebron), in the hilly area of Judah. Arba received its name because Arba was the ancestor of the giants of the Anak people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_12","007_21_12","JOS","21","12","12","But the fields and villages surrounding Arba had already been allotted to Caleb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_13","007_21_13","JOS","21","13","13","They allotted to them Hebron, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected. They also allotted to the Kohath clan the cities of Libnah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_14","007_21_14","JOS","21","14","14","Jattir, Eshtemoa, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_15","007_21_15","JOS","21","15","15","Holon, Debir, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_16","007_21_16","JOS","21","16","16","Ain, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh. Altogether they were allotted those nine cities which were located in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Judah and Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_17","007_21_17","JOS","21","17","17","The Kohath clan was also allotted these four cities: Gibeon, Geba, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_18","007_21_18","JOS","21","18","18","Anathoth, and Almon. Those cities were in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_19","007_21_19","JOS","21","19","19","Altogether those 13 towns and surrounding pastureland were allotted to the priests who were descended from Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_20","007_21_20","JOS","21","20","20","The other members the Kohath clan were allotted four cities and the surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_21","007_21_21","JOS","21","21","21","Those cities were Shechem (which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Gezer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_22","007_21_22","JOS","21","22","22","Kibzaim, and Beth-Horon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_23","007_21_23","JOS","21","23","23","They were also allotted four cities and surrounding pastureland in the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Dan. Those cities were Eltekeh, Gibbethon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_24","007_21_24","JOS","21","24","24","Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_25","007_21_25","JOS","21","25","25","They were also allotted two towns and surrounding pastureland that had been allotted to the  part of the tribe of Manasseh that lived on the west side of the Jordan River. Those cities were Taanach and Gath-Rimmon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_26","007_21_26","JOS","21","26","26","Those were the ten cities and surrounding pastureland that were allotted to the other members of the Kohath clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_27","007_21_27","JOS","21","27","27","They also allotted towns and the surrounding pastureland to the Gershon clans. Those clans were also descended from Levi. They were allotted two cities from the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Manasseh that is on the east side of the Jordan River. Those cities were Golan in the Bashan region, which was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, and Be-Eshtarah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_28","007_21_28","JOS","21","28","28","From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Issachar they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Kishion, Daberath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_29","007_21_29","JOS","21","29","29","Jarmuth, and En-Gannim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_30","007_21_30","JOS","21","30","30","From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Asher they were allotted four cities. Those cities were Mishal, Abdon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_31","007_21_31","JOS","21","31","31","Helkath, and Rehob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_32","007_21_32","JOS","21","32","32","From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted three cities. Those cities were Kedesh in the Galilee region (it was one of the cities to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected), Hammoth-Dor, and Kartan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_33","007_21_33","JOS","21","33","33","So altogether the Gershon clans were allotted 13 cities and the surrounding pasturelands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_34","007_21_34","JOS","21","34","34","The other descendants of Levi, the ones who belonged to the Merari clans, were also allotted towns and their surrounding pasturelands. From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Zebulun they were allotted four cities. They were Jokneam, Kartah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_35","007_21_35","JOS","21","35","35","Dimnah, and Nahalal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_36","007_21_36","JOS","21","36","36","From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Reuben they were allotted four cities. They were Bezer, Jahaz, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_37","007_21_37","JOS","21","37","37","Kedemoth, and Mephaath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_38","007_21_38","JOS","21","38","38","From the area that had been allotted to the tribe of Gad they were allotted four cities. They were Ramoth, which was one of the cities in the Gilead region to which people could run/escape to be safe/protected, Mahanaim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_39","007_21_39","JOS","21","39","39","Heshbon, and Jazer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_40","007_21_40","JOS","21","40","40","Altogether twelve cities were allotted to the Merari clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_41","007_21_41","JOS","21","41","41","So altogether 48 cities were allotted to the tribe of Levi, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_42","007_21_42","JOS","21","42","42","and each city had surrounding pastureland. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_43","007_21_43","JOS","21","43","43","In that way Yahweh allotted to the Israeli people all the land that he had promised to give to their/our ancestors. The Israeli people took control of most of those areas and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_44","007_21_44","JOS","21","44","44","Just like he had promised our ancestors, Yahweh allowed them/us to have peace with the enemies that surrounded them/us. Yahweh enabled the Israelis/us to defeat their/our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS21_45","007_21_45","JOS","21","45","45","Yahweh did all the things that he had promised to the Israeli people/us. Everything that he said would happen did happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_1","007_22_1","JOS","22","1","1","Joshua then summoned the leaders of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_2","007_22_2","JOS","22","2","2","He said to them, “You have done everything that Moses, who served Yahweh well, told you to do. You have also done what I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_3","007_22_3","JOS","22","3","3","For a long time you have helped the other tribes to defeat their enemies. You have obeyed everything that Yahweh your God commanded you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_4","007_22_4","JOS","22","4","4","He promised to give peace to us Israelis, and he has done what he promised. So now you may go back to your homes, to the land that Moses gave to you, on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_5","007_22_5","JOS","22","5","5","Moses also commanded you to love Yahweh your God and to obey his commands, and to continue to worship him and serve him by everything that you think and everything that you do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_6","007_22_6","JOS","22","6","6","Then Joshua blessed them and said goodbye to them, and they prepared to leave and return to their homes on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_7","007_22_7","JOS","22","7","7","Moses had given the Bashan region to half the tribe of Manasseh, and land on the west side of the Jordan River to the other half of the tribe. Before they left, he asked God to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_8","007_22_8","JOS","22","8","8","He said, “Go back to your homes and to all the things that you have taken from your enemies—the many animals and silver and gold and things made of bronze and iron, and many beautiful clothes. But you should share some of those things with other people of your tribe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_9","007_22_9","JOS","22","9","9","So the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh left the other Israelis at Shiloh in Canaan land, to return to their homes in the Gilead region. That was the area that belonged to them. It had been allotted to them by Moses as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_10","007_22_10","JOS","22","10","10","The people from those three tribes arrived near the western side of the Jordan River, at a town called Geliloth. There they built a large altar. Then they crossed the Jordan River to the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_11","007_22_11","JOS","22","11","11","But the other Israelis who were still at Shiloh heard about the altar that those men had built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_12","007_22_12","JOS","22","12","12","They became very angry with the men of those tribes, so they decided to fight them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_13","007_22_13","JOS","22","13","13","The Israelis sent Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar the Supreme Priest, to talk with the people of those three tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_14","007_22_14","JOS","22","14","14","They also sent one leader from each of the ten tribes that were still at Shiloh. Each of them was a leader of his clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_15","007_22_15","JOS","22","15","15","Those leaders went to the Gilead region to talk to the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. They said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_16","007_22_16","JOS","22","16","16","“All the other Israelis are asking, ‘Why have you rebelled against the God whom we Israelis worship by building an altar for yourselves? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_17","007_22_17","JOS","22","17","17","Have you forgotten what happened at Peor, when some Israelis sinned by worshiping the god that the Moab people-group worship? Many Israelis became very sick and died because of that sin, and we are still suffering because of their sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_18","007_22_18","JOS","22","18","18","Are you now turning away from obeying Yahweh and refusing to do what he wants? If you do not stop rebelling against Yahweh today, he will be angry with all of us Israelis tomorrow.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_19","007_22_19","JOS","22","19","19","“If you think that Yahweh considers that your land here is not suitable for worshiping him, come back to our land where Yahweh’s Sacred Tent is. We can share our land with you. But do not rebel against Yahweh and against us by building another altar for Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_20","007_22_20","JOS","22","20","20","Do you remember what happened when Zerah’s son Achan refused to obey Yahweh’s command to destroy everything in Jericho? That one man disobeyed God’s command, but many HYP other Israelis were punished. Achan died because of his sin, but other Israelis also died.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_21","007_22_21","JOS","22","21","21","The leaders of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_22","007_22_22","JOS","22","22","22","“Yahweh, the Almighty God, knows why we did that, and we want you to know, too. If we have done something wrong against Yahweh, you may kill us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_23","007_22_23","JOS","22","23","23","If we have disobeyed one of Yahweh’s laws, we request that he should punish us. We did not build that new altar to completely burn animals as sacrifices to Yahweh, or to offer on it sacrifices of grain or sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_24","007_22_24","JOS","22","24","24","“This is the reason that we built that altar: We were afraid/worried that some day your descendants would say that our descendants are not true Israelis. We were afraid that then they would say, ‘You are not allowed to worship Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_25","007_22_25","JOS","22","25","25","Yahweh caused the Jordan River to be a boundary between us and you people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad. So you are not allowed to worship Yahweh.’ We were worried that your descendants would force our descendants to stop worshiping Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_26","007_22_26","JOS","22","26","26","“That is the reason that we decided to build that new altar. But it is not an altar for completely burning sacrifices of animals and burning other sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_27","007_22_27","JOS","22","27","27","We built that new altar to prove/show to you and to us and to all of our descendants that we worship Yahweh by completely burning animal sacrifices and offerings of grain and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh only at the place Yahweh chooses. We do not want your descendants to say to our descendants, ‘You do not belong to Yahweh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_28","007_22_28","JOS","22","28","28","“In the future, if your descendants say that, our descendants can say, ‘Look at the altar that our ancestors made! It is exactly like Yahweh’s altar that our ancestors built, but we do not burn sacrifices on it. It only shows that we are Israelis!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_29","007_22_29","JOS","22","29","29","We certainly do not want to rebel against Yahweh or stop doing what he desires, by building an altar for completely burning some sacrifices and burning grain offerings and making other sacrifices. We know that there is only one true altar for Yahweh our God, and it is in front of the Sacred Tent at Shiloh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_30","007_22_30","JOS","22","30","30","When Phinehas the priest and the other ten leaders heard what they said, they were pleased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_31","007_22_31","JOS","22","31","31","So Phinehas said to them, “Now we know that Yahweh is with all of us Israelis, and that you were not rebelling against him when you built that altar. And we know that Yahweh will not punish us Israelis because of your having done that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_32","007_22_32","JOS","22","32","32","Then Phinehas and the Israeli leaders left the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad in the Gilead region, and returned to Canaan. There they told the other Israelis what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_33","007_22_33","JOS","22","33","33","They were pleased, and they thanked God. And they did not talk any more about fighting against the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and destroying everything in their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS22_34","007_22_34","JOS","22","34","34","The people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad named their new altar ‘A reminder to us all that Yahweh is God’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_1","007_23_1","JOS","23","1","1","Yahweh enabled the Israelis to live peacefully for many years with the people-groups that were around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_2","007_23_2","JOS","23","2","2","Joshua was now very old. One day he summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the leaders of the clans, the judges, and other officials. He said to them, “I am now very old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_3","007_23_3","JOS","23","3","3","You people have seen what Yahweh our God has done to help you defeat the people-groups that lived in this land. Yahweh our God has fought for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_4","007_23_4","JOS","23","4","4","But do not forget that he has given to you all this land, from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, all this land that I have allotted to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_5","007_23_5","JOS","23","5","5","Yahweh our God will compel the people who are still living there to leave. He will push them out as you advance. Then the land will be yours, as Yahweh has promised you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_6","007_23_6","JOS","23","6","6","“Be sure that you obey all the laws that are in the book that Moses wrote. Do not disobey any part of it IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_7","007_23_7","JOS","23","7","7","Do not associate with the people who live among us who are not Israelis and who worship other gods. Do not mention the names of their gods, and do not use the names of their gods when you promise to do something. Do not serve their gods or worship them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_8","007_23_8","JOS","23","8","8","You must continue to do what Yahweh our God wants us to do, as you have been doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_9","007_23_9","JOS","23","9","9","“Yahweh has forced many very powerful people-groups to leave as you advanced. No people-group has been able to defeat you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_10","007_23_10","JOS","23","10","10","Each of you will be able to cause 1,000 of them to run away, because Yahweh your God will fight for you, just like he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_11","007_23_11","JOS","23","11","11","So be sure that you continue to love Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_12","007_23_12","JOS","23","12","12","“If you turn away from doing what Yahweh desires and you associate with the people who are not Israelis, and if you marry them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_13","007_23_13","JOS","23","13","13","then you can be sure that Yahweh our God will not help you to expel those people-groups from your land. They will be like traps DOU, MET that will catch you. They will be like whips that strike your backs, and like thorns that will scratch your eyes. As a result, none of you will be left in this good land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_14","007_23_14","JOS","23","14","14","“It is almost time for me to die, like everyone does EUP. You know in your hearts DOU that Yahweh has done for you LIT everything that he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_15","007_23_15","JOS","23","15","15","He has given to you all the good things that he promised. In the same way, the other things that he promised, things that are not good, will also happen. He said that if you do what is evil, he will get rid of you and send you away from this good land that he has given to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS23_16","007_23_16","JOS","23","16","16","That will happen if you do not obey the commands that Yahweh our God told you to obey. If you serve other gods and worship them, Yahweh will become very angry with you. Very quickly he will expel you from this good land that he has given to you, and none of you will be left here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_1","007_24_1","JOS","24","1","1","Many years later, Joshua summoned representatives of all the tribes of Israel. He gathered together the elders, the leaders, the judges, and the other officials at Shechem city. He told them to listen to what God wanted to tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_2","007_24_2","JOS","24","2","2","Joshua said to all of them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, is saying: ‘Long ago, your ancestors, including Abraham’s father Terah and Abraham’s younger brother Nahor, lived on the east side of the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_3","007_24_3","JOS","24","3","3","But I took your ancestor Abraham from that land east of the Euphrates River, and I led him as he lived in various places in this land of Canaan, and I enabled him to have many descendants. First, I enabled him to have a son, Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_4","007_24_4","JOS","24","4","4","When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_5","007_24_5","JOS","24","5","5","“Many years later, I sent Moses and his older brother Aaron to help your people, and I caused the people of Egypt to suffer very much because of what I did there. Then I enabled your ancestors to leave Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_6","007_24_6","JOS","24","6","6","When I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, they came to the Red Sea. The Egyptian army pursued them, some riding in chariots and others on horses, and they also arrived at the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_7","007_24_7","JOS","24","7","7","Then your ancestors pleaded with me to help them. So he caused ◄darkness/a very dark cloud► to come between your ancestors and the Egyptian army, so that the Egyptian army could not see your ancestors. I separated the water in the Red Sea so that your ancestors could cross it, but when the Egyptian army tried to cross in the same way to pursue them, I caused the water to come back and cover them, and the Egyptian soldiers all drowned, as your ancestors watched and were amazed IDM. But after that, you lived in the desert for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_8","007_24_8","JOS","24","8","8","“Then I brought your ancestors to the area where the groups who were descendants of Amor lived, east of the Jordan River. They fought against you, but I enabled you to defeat them IDM. I enabled you to destroy them so that you could live in their land IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_9","007_24_9","JOS","24","9","9","Then, Zippor’s son Balak, the King of Moab, ◄decided that his army would fight against/opposed► the Israelis. He summoned Beor’s son Balaam and asked him to curse you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_10","007_24_10","JOS","24","10","10","But I would not do what Balaam asked, so he ◄blessed/said that I would do great things for► you four times, and I did not enable the army of Moab to defeat you IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_11","007_24_11","JOS","24","11","11","“Then you all crossed the Jordan River and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho prepared to fight against you, and the armies of the descendants of Amor, Periz, Canaan, Heth, Girgash, Hiv, and Jebus all prepared to do the same thing but I enabled you to defeat IDM them all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_12","007_24_12","JOS","24","12","12","I am the one who caused them to panic as you advanced and enabled you to defeat them, as I had enabled you to do earlier to the two kings of the groups who were descendants of Amor. You did not defeat them by using your own bows and arrows and swords; it was I who defeated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_13","007_24_13","JOS","24","13","13","So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. Now you live in those cities and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_14","007_24_14","JOS","24","14","14","Then Joshua said to the people, “Because of all that Yahweh has done for you, revere him, and serve/worship him very faithfully. Throw away the idols that your ancestors worshiped on the east/other side of the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve only Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_15","007_24_15","JOS","24","15","15","But if you do not want to serve/worship Yahweh, you should decide today what gods you will serve/worship. You should decide whether you will serve/worship the gods that your ancestors who lived on the other/east side of the Euphrates River served, or whether you will serve/worship the gods that the descendants of Amor, who previously lived in the land where you are now living, serve/worship. But as for me and my family MTY, we will serve/worship Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_16","007_24_16","JOS","24","16","16","The Israeli people answered, “We will never quit serving/worshiping Yahweh! We would never think of IDM serving/worshiping other gods! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_17","007_24_17","JOS","24","17","17","It was our God, Yahweh, who brought our parents and grandparents up out of Egypt. He rescued them from that land where they were slaves. As he rescued them, they saw him perform great miracles. He protected them all the time when they were traveling. He protected them from all the people-groups through whose territory they traveled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_18","007_24_18","JOS","24","18","18","As our forefathers advanced, Yahweh expelled the descendants of Amor and the other people-groups who lived in this land. Yahweh is our God, so we are saying that we also will serve/worship him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_19","007_24_19","JOS","24","19","19","Joshua replied to the people, “I think that you are not able to serve/worship Yahweh, because he is a holy God. He will not forgive your sinning and rebelling against him. He demands that you serve/worship only him IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_20","007_24_20","JOS","24","20","20","He has been good to you in the past, but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn against you and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish IDM you severely!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_21","007_24_21","JOS","24","21","21","But the people replied to Joshua, “No, we will not turn away from worshiping/serving Yahweh We will serve/worship Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_22","007_24_22","JOS","24","22","22","Then Joshua said, “You yourselves are saying that you have decided to serve/worship Yahweh.” They replied, “Yes, we are saying that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_23","007_24_23","JOS","24","23","23","Then Joshua said, “Since you have decided that, you must throw away all the other gods/idols that you have among you. You must also promise that you will wholeheartedly give yourselves to Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis serve/worship.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_24","007_24_24","JOS","24","24","24","The people replied, “We will serve/worship Yahweh, our God, and obey him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_25","007_24_25","JOS","24","25","25","That day, Joshua established an agreement between the people and Yahweh. He wrote for them all the laws that they were required to obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_26","007_24_26","JOS","24","26","26","He wrote all those laws on a scroll. He called it ‘The laws of God’. Then he told some men to set up a large stone there at Shechem, under the large oak tree near the place where they worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_27","007_24_27","JOS","24","27","27","He said to all the people, “Look! It is as though this stone has heard everything that Yahweh said to you and that you promised Yahweh. It will serve as a witness against you if you rebel against your God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_28","007_24_28","JOS","24","28","28","Then Joshua sent the people away, and all of them returned to their own areas/homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_29","007_24_29","JOS","24","29","29","Some time after that, Nun’s son Joshua, the faithful servant of Yahweh, died. He was 110 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_30","007_24_30","JOS","24","30","30","The Israeli people buried his body on his own property in Timnath-Serah town town. It is north of Gaash Mountain in the hilly area of the tribe who were descendants of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_31","007_24_31","JOS","24","31","31","The Israeli people served/worshiped Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive. After Joshua died, they continued serving/worshiping Yahweh while the elders who had experienced everything that Yahweh had done for the Israeli people were still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_32","007_24_32","JOS","24","32","32","Joseph’s bones, which the Israeli people had brought with them from Egypt, were also buried at Shechem. The people buried them in the piece of land that Jacob had bought long ago for 100 pieces of silver from Hamor, the father of Shechem. That piece of land was in the area that was given to the people who were descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, Joseph’s sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JS24_33","007_24_33","JOS","24","33","33","Eleazar, the Supreme Priest, the son of Aaron, also died. They buried his body at Gibeah, in the area that had been given to Eleazar’s son Phinehas, in the hilly area that belonged to the people who were descendants of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_1","008_1_1","JDG","1","1","1","After Joshua died, the Israeli people asked Yahweh, “Which of our tribes should attack the Canaan people-group first?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_2","008_1_2","JDG","1","2","2","Yahweh replied, “I will enable the tribe of Judah to defeat IDM the Canaan people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_3","008_1_3","JDG","1","3","3","The men of Judah went to their fellow Israelis, the men from the tribe of Simeon, and said to them, “Come and help us to fight the Canaan people-group in order that we can take from them the land that Yahweh allotted to us. If you do that, we will go with you and help you conquer the people in the land that Yahweh promised to give to you.” So the men from the tribe of Simeon went with the men of the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_4","008_1_4","JDG","1","4","4","When the men of those two tribes attacked, Yahweh enabled them to defeat 10,000 men of the Canaan people-group and the Periz people-group DOU at Bezek city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_5","008_1_5","JDG","1","5","5","During the battle they found Adoni-Bezek, the leader of the city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_6","008_1_6","JDG","1","6","6","but he tried to run away. The Israelis pursued him and caught him. Then they cut off his thumbs and his big toes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_7","008_1_7","JDG","1","7","7","Adoni-Bezek said, “My army captured 70 kings. We cut off their thumbs and big toes. After that, we forced those kings to eat scraps that fell from our table. Now God has ◄paid me back for/done to me like► what we did to them.” Then the men of Judah took Adoni-Bezek to Jerusalem, and he died there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_8","008_1_8","JDG","1","8","8","The army of Judah fought against the men of Jerusalem, and they captured the city. With their swords they killed the people who lived there and they burned the houses in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_9","008_1_9","JDG","1","9","9","Later, the men of Judah went down to fight the Canaan people-group who lived in the hilly area, in the desert to the south, and in the foothills to the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_10","008_1_10","JDG","1","10","10","The men of Judah also went to fight against the Canaan people-group who lived in Hebron city, which at that time was named Kiriath-Arba. They defeated the armies of kings Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_11","008_1_11","JDG","1","11","11","Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir city, which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_12","008_1_12","JDG","1","12","12","Before they attacked the city, Caleb said to them, “If one of you attacks and captures Kiriath-Sepher, I will allow him to marry my daughter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_13","008_1_13","JDG","1","13","13","Othniel, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the city. So Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him, to become his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_14","008_1_14","JDG","1","14","14","When Acsah married Othniel, she told him to ask her father to give him a field. But she decided to ask him herself. She rode to Caleb’s house on her donkey, and when she got off the donkey, Caleb could see that something was troubling her. So he asked her, “What do you want?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_15","008_1_15","JDG","1","15","15","She replied, “I want you to do a favor for me. You have given me some land in the southern desert, but it is very dry there. So please also give me some land that has springs of water.” So Caleb gave her some land on higher ground that had a spring, and some land on lower ground that also had a spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_16","008_1_16","JDG","1","16","16","The people of the Ken people-group who were descendants of Moses’ father-in-law left Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. They went with some of the men of Judah to live with them in the southern desert area, near Arad city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_17","008_1_17","JDG","1","17","17","The men of Judah and their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Simeon defeated the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Zephath city. They completely destroyed the city and gave it a new name, Hormah, which means ‘complete destruction’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_18","008_1_18","JDG","1","18","18","The men of Judah also captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron cities and all the land that is near those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_19","008_1_19","JDG","1","19","19","Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because those people had better weapons—they had iron chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_20","008_1_20","JDG","1","20","20","Hebron city was given to Caleb because Moses had promised him that he could have that city. And Caleb forced the three clans descended from Anak to leave that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_21","008_1_21","JDG","1","21","21","But the people of the tribe of Benjamin could not force the people of the Jebus people-group to leave Jerusalem. So, since that time the people of the Jebus people-group have lived in Jerusalem with the people of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_22","008_1_22","JDG","1","22","22","The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh went to fight against the men of Bethel city, and Yahweh helped them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_23","008_1_23","JDG","1","23","23","They sent some spies to find out everything that they could find out about Bethel, which was previously called Luz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_24","008_1_24","JDG","1","24","24","The spies saw a man who was coming out of the city. They said to him, “If you show us a way to get into the city, we will be kind to you and we will not kill you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_25","008_1_25","JDG","1","25","25","So the man showed them a way to enter the city. The men of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh entered the city and killed all the people with their swords, but they did not kill the man who showed them how to get into the city, and they did not kill his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_26","008_1_26","JDG","1","26","26","That man went to the area where the descendants of Heth lived, and built a city. He named the city Luz, and that is still the name of that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_27","008_1_27","JDG","1","27","27","There were people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Beth-Shan, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, and Megiddo cities and in the surrounding villages. The men of the tribe of Manasseh did not force those people to leave those towns, because the people of the Canaan people-group were determined to stay there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_28","008_1_28","JDG","1","28","28","Later, the Israelis became ◄stronger/more numerous►, and they forced the people of the Canaan people-group to work for them as their slaves, but they did not force all the people of the Canaan people-group to leave their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_29","008_1_29","JDG","1","29","29","The men of the tribe of Ephraim did not force the people of the Canaan people-group to leave Gezer city. So the people of the Canaan people-group continued to live with the people of the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_30","008_1_30","JDG","1","30","30","The men of the tribe of Zebulun did nor compel the people of the Canaan people-group who were living in Kitron and Nahalol cities to leave. They stayed there and lived among the people of the tribe of Zebulun, but the people of Zebulun forced them to work for them as their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_31","008_1_31","JDG","1","31","31","The men of the tribe of Asher did not force the people of the Canaan people-group who lived in Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek and Rehob cities to leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_32","008_1_32","JDG","1","32","32","So the people of the tribe of Asher lived among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_33","008_1_33","JDG","1","33","33","The men of the tribe of Naphtali did not compel the people who lived in Beth-Shemesh and Beth-Anath cities to leave, so the people in those two cities continued to live there, but the people of the Canaan people-group were forced to work as the slaves of the people of the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_34","008_1_34","JDG","1","34","34","The people of the Amor people-group forced the people of the tribe of Dan to live in the hills. They did not allow them to come down and live on the plain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_35","008_1_35","JDG","1","35","35","The people of the Amor people-group were determined to stay in Heres Mountain and in Aijalon and Shaalbim cities. But when the Israelis became ◄stronger/more numerous►, they forced the people of the Amor people-group to work as their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG1_36","008_1_36","JDG","1","36","36","The land where the Amor people-group lived extended from Scorpion Pass toward the west beyond Sela town, up into the hilly area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_1","008_2_1","JDG","2","1","1","Yahweh appeared in the form of an angel and  went up from Gilgal to a place that was later called Bokim. He said to the Israeli people, “I brought your ancestors up here from Egypt. I led them into this land that I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said to them, ‘The agreement that I made with you, as for me, I will never ◄break it/say that it is ended►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_2","008_2_2","JDG","2","2","2","But as for you, you must never make a peace agreement with the people who live in this land. You must tear down the altars where they make sacrifices to idols.’ But you have not obeyed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_3","008_2_3","JDG","2","3","3","So now, I am telling you that I will not expel your enemies as you advance. They will be like thorns in your sides. And they will try to trap you by making you worship their idols.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_4","008_2_4","JDG","2","4","4","After he told that to all the Israelis, the people cried loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_5","008_2_5","JDG","2","5","5","They called that place Bokim, which means ‘weeping’. There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_6","008_2_6","JDG","2","6","6","After Joshua sent the Israeli people away, each group went to possess the land that had been allotted to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_7","008_2_7","JDG","2","7","7","They served Yahweh as long as Joshua was alive, and as long as the elders, those who had seen all the great things that Yahweh had done for Israel, were alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_8","008_2_8","JDG","2","8","8","Then Yahweh’s servant Joshua died. He was 110 years old when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_9","008_2_9","JDG","2","9","9","They buried his body in the area he had received from Moses, at Timnath-Serah, in the area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, north of Gaash Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_10","008_2_10","JDG","2","10","10","After all the people died who lived at the same time as Joshua EUP, a group of people grew up who did not know Yahweh, and did not know what great things he had done for the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_11","008_2_11","JDG","2","11","13","They did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They worshiped idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Astarte. They worshiped DOU the various gods that the people-groups around them worshiped. They stopped worshiping Yahweh, the God their ancestors worshiped, the one who had brought their ancestors out of Egypt. That caused Yahweh to be very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_14","008_2_14","JDG","2","14","14","So he allowed people from other groups to raid them and steal their crops and animals. They were no longer able to resist their enemies, and Yahweh allowed all their enemies around them to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_15","008_2_15","JDG","2","15","15","Whenever the Israelis went to fight their enemies, Yahweh MTY was opposing them, and allowed their enemies to defeat them, just as he had promised he would do. So the Israelis were greatly distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_16","008_2_16","JDG","2","16","16","Then Yahweh gave leaders to them. These leaders rescued the Israelis from the people who were raiding them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_17","008_2_17","JDG","2","17","17","But the Israelis still would not pay attention to their leaders. Instead, they went to the idols, acting like prostitutes who gave themselves to men who were not their husbands MET, and they worshiped those idols. They were not like their ancestors. Their ancestors obeyed what Yahweh commanded, but their descendants quickly stopped behaving as their ancestors had behaved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_18","008_2_18","JDG","2","18","18","Whenever Yahweh gave a leader to them, he helped that leader and enabled him to rescue the people from their enemies. He helped them like that as long as that leader was alive. Yahweh pitied them as they groaned because they were being oppressed and caused to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_19","008_2_19","JDG","2","19","19","But after that leader died, the people went back to behaving in ways even more evil than their ancestors had behaved. They worshiped other gods and bowed down to them and did all LIT the things that they thought those gods wanted them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_20","008_2_20","JDG","2","20","20","So Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people. He said, “These people have disobeyed the agreement I made with their ancestors. They have not done what I told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_21","008_2_21","JDG","2","21","21","So I will no longer expel the people-groups that Joshua left in this land when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_22","008_2_22","JDG","2","22","22","I will use them to test the Israeli people to see whether they will do what I want them to do, as their ancestors did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG2_23","008_2_23","JDG","2","23","23","Yahweh had allowed those people-groups to stay in that land. He did not expel them by allowing Joshua and his men to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_1","008_3_1","JDG","3","1","2","At that time there were still many people-groups in Canaan. Yahweh left them there to test the Israeli people. But many of the Israelis in Canaan were ones who had not fought in any of the wars in Canaan. So Yahweh also left those people-groups in Canaan so that the descendants of those who had not fought in any of the wars might learn how to fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_3","008_3_3","JDG","3","3","3","This is a list of the people-groups that Yahweh left there: The Philistines and their five leaders, the people living in the area near Sidon city, the descendants of Canaan, and the descendants of Hiv who were living in the mountains of Lebanon between Baal-Hermon Mountain and Lebo-Hamath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_4","008_3_4","JDG","3","4","4","Yahweh left these people-groups there to test the Israelis, to see if they would obey his commands which he had told Moses to give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_5","008_3_5","JDG","3","5","5","The Israelis lived among the Canaan people-group, the Hiv people-group, the Amor people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_6","008_3_6","JDG","3","6","6","Moses had told the people not to associate with any of those people. But the Israelis took daughters of people from those people-groups to be their own wives, and gave their own daughters to men of those groups, to marry them. And as a result they started to worship the gods of those people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_7","008_3_7","JDG","3","7","7","The Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. They forgot about Yahweh, their God, and they started to worship the idols that represented the god Baal and the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_8","008_3_8","JDG","3","8","8","Yahweh became very angry with the Israelis. So he allowed king Cushan from Mesopotamia to conquer them and rule them for eight years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_9","008_3_9","JDG","3","9","9","But when they pleaded to Yahweh to help them, he gave them a leader to rescue them. He was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_10","008_3_10","JDG","3","10","10","Yahweh’s Spirit came upon him, and he became their leader. He led an army that fought against the army of Cushan, and defeated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_11","008_3_11","JDG","3","11","11","After that, there was peace in the land for 40 years, until Othniel died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_12","008_3_12","JDG","3","12","12","After that, the Israelis again did things that Yahweh said were very evil. As a result, he allowed the army of King Eglon, who ruled the  Moab area, to defeat the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_13","008_3_13","JDG","3","13","13","Eglon persuaded the leaders of the Ammon and Amalek people-groups to join their armies with his army to attack Israel. They captured Jericho, which was called ‘The City of Palm Trees’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_14","008_3_14","JDG","3","14","14","Then King Eglon ruled the Israelis for eighteen years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_15","008_3_15","JDG","3","15","15","But then the Israelis again pleaded to Yahweh to help them. So he gave them another leader to rescue them. He was Ehud, a left-handed man, the son of Gera, from the descendants of Benjamin. The Israelis sent him to King Eglon to give him their yearly protection money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_16","008_3_16","JDG","3","16","16","Ehud had with him a double-edged dagger, about a foot and a half long. He strapped it to his right thigh, under his clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_17","008_3_17","JDG","3","17","17","He gave the money to King Eglon, who was a very fat man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_18","008_3_18","JDG","3","18","18","Then Ehud started to go back home with the men who had carried the money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_19","008_3_19","JDG","3","19","19","When they arrived at the stone carvings near Gilgal, he told the other men to go on, but he himself turned around and went back to the king of Moab. When he arrived at the palace, he said to the king, “Your majesty, I have a secret message for you.” So the king told all his servants to be quiet, and sent them out of the room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_20","008_3_20","JDG","3","20","20","Then, as Eglon was sitting alone in the upstairs room of his summer palace, Ehud came close to him and said, “I have a message for you from God.” As the king got up from his chair, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_21","008_3_21","JDG","3","21","21","Ehud reached with his left hand and pulled the dagger from his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_22","008_3_22","JDG","3","22","22","He thrust it in so far that the handle went into the king’s belly, and the blade came out the king’s back. Ehud did not pull the dagger out. He left it there, with the handle buried in the king’s fat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_23","008_3_23","JDG","3","23","23","Then Ehud left the room. He went out to the porch. He shut the doors to the room and locked them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_24","008_3_24","JDG","3","24","24","After he had gone, King Eglon’s servants came back, but they saw that the doors of the room were locked. They said, “The king must be defecating in the inner room.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_25","008_3_25","JDG","3","25","25","So they waited, but when the king did not open the doors of the room, after a while they were worried. They got a key and unlocked the doors. And they saw that their king was lying on the floor, dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_26","008_3_26","JDG","3","26","26","Meanwhile, Ehud escaped. He passed by the stone carvings and arrived at Seirah, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_27","008_3_27","JDG","3","27","27","There he blew a trumpet to signal that the people should join him to fight the people of Moab. So the Israelis went with him from the hills. They went down toward the Jordan river, with Ehud leading them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_28","008_3_28","JDG","3","28","28","He said to the men, “Yahweh is going to allow us to defeat your enemies, the people of Moab. So follow me!” So they followed him down to the river, and they stationed some of their men at the place where people can walk across the river, in order that they could kill any people from Moab who tried to cross the river to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_29","008_3_29","JDG","3","29","29","At that time, the Israelis killed about 10,000 people from Moab. They were all strong and capable men, but not one of them escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_30","008_3_30","JDG","3","30","30","On that day, the Israelis conquered the people of Moab. Then there was peace in their land for 80 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG3_31","008_3_31","JDG","3","31","31","After Ehud died, Shamgar became their leader. He rescued the Israelis from the Philistines. In one battle he killed 600 Philistines with an ◄ox goad/sharp wooden pole►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_1","008_4_1","JDG","4","1","1","After Ehud died, the Israelis again started doing things Yahweh said were very evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_2","008_4_2","JDG","4","2","2","So he allowed the army of Jabin, one of the kings of Canaan land, who ruled in Hazor city, to conquer the Israelis. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-Haggoyim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_3","008_4_3","JDG","4","3","3","Sisera’s army had 900 chariots. For 20 years he oppressed the Israelis. Then they pleaded to Yahweh to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_4","008_4_4","JDG","4","4","4","At that time Deborah, who was the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophetess who had become the leader in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_5","008_4_5","JDG","4","5","5","She would sit under her palm tree at a place between Ramah and Bethel, in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and people would come to her and ask her to settle disputes between them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_6","008_4_6","JDG","4","6","6","One day she summoned Barak, the son of Abinoam, when he was in Kedesh, in the area where the descendants of Naphtali lived. She said to him, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, is commanding you to do: ‘Take with you 1,000 men, some from the descendants of Naphtali and some from the descendants of Zebulun, and lead them to Tabor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_7","008_4_7","JDG","4","7","7","Yahweh will lure Sisera, the commander of King Jabin’s army, to come with his chariots and his army, to the Kishon River, a few miles away. I will enable your men to defeat them there.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_8","008_4_8","JDG","4","8","8","Barak replied, “I will go only if you go with me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_9","008_4_9","JDG","4","9","9","She replied, “Okay, I will go with you. But because that is what you have decided to do, Yahweh will enable a woman to defeat Sisera, and the result will be that ◄you will not be honored/people will not honor you► for doing that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_10","008_4_10","JDG","4","10","10","So Deborah went with Barak to Kedesh. There he summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men came to him, and then they went together with Deborah to Tabor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_11","008_4_11","JDG","4","11","11","At that time Heber, one of the descendants of the Ken people-group, had moved with his wife Jael from the area where that group lived, and set up his tent near the big oak tree at Zaanannim, near Kedesh. Heber was a descendant of Moses’ brother-in-law Hobab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_12","008_4_12","JDG","4","12","12","Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain with an army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_13","008_4_13","JDG","4","13","13","So he gathered his troops with their 900 chariots, and they marched from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the Kishon River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_14","008_4_14","JDG","4","14","14","Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day that Yahweh will enable your army to defeat the army of Sisera. Yahweh is going ahead of you!” So Barak led his men as they descended from Tabor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_15","008_4_15","JDG","4","15","15","As they advanced, Yahweh caused Sisera and all his chariots and his army to have great difficulty maneuvering/moving around. So Sisera jumped down from his chariot and ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_16","008_4_16","JDG","4","16","16","But Barak and his men pursued the other chariots and the enemy soldiers as far as Harosheth-Haggoyim. They killed all of the men in Sisera’s army. Not one man survived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_17","008_4_17","JDG","4","17","17","But Sisera ran to Jael’s tent. He did that because his boss, King Jabin of Hazor city, was a good friend of Jael’s husband Heber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_18","008_4_18","JDG","4","18","18","Jael went out to greet Sisera. She said to him, “Sir, come into my tent! Do not be afraid!” So he went into the tent and lay down, and she covered him with a blanket. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_19","008_4_19","JDG","4","19","19","He said to her, “I’m thirsty; can you give me some water?” So she opened a leather container of milk, and gave him a drink. Then she covered him with the blanket again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_20","008_4_20","JDG","4","20","20","He said to her, “Stand in the entrance of the tent. If someone comes and asks ‘Is anyone else here?’, say ‘No.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_21","008_4_21","JDG","4","21","21","Sisera was very exhausted, so he soon was asleep. While he was sleeping, Jael crept quietly to him, holding a hammer and a tent peg. She pounded the peg into his skull, and all the way through his head into the ground, and he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_22","008_4_22","JDG","4","22","22","When Barak passed by Jael’s tent to look for Sisera, she went out to greet him. She said, “Come in, and I will show you the man you are searching for!” So he followed her into the tent, and he saw Sisera lying there, dead, with the tent peg through his head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_23","008_4_23","JDG","4","23","23","On that day God enabled the Israelis to defeat the army of Jabin, the king of the people of Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG4_24","008_4_24","JDG","4","24","24","From that time, the Israeli people continued to become stronger, and the army of King Jabin continued to become weaker. Finally the Israelis were able to completely subdue the people ruled by the king of Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_1","008_5_1","JDG","5","1","1","On that day, Deborah sang this song, along with Barak: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_2","008_5_2","JDG","5","2","2","“When the leaders of the Israeli people really lead them, and the people follow them, it is time to praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_3","008_5_3","JDG","5","3","3","Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you leaders! I will sing to Yahweh. With this song I will praise Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_4","008_5_4","JDG","5","4","4","O Yahweh, when you came from Seir, when you marched from that land better known as Edom, the earth shook, and rain poured down from the skies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_5","008_5_5","JDG","5","5","5","The mountains shook when you came, just like Sinai Mountain shook when you appeared there, because you are Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_6","008_5_6","JDG","5","6","6","“When Shamgar was our leader and when Jael ruled us, we were afraid to walk on the main roads; instead, caravans of travelers walked on winding less traveled roads to avoid being molested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_7","008_5_7","JDG","5","7","7","People left their small villages, and moved into the walled cities until I, Deborah, became their leader. I became like a mother to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_8","008_5_8","JDG","5","8","8","When the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh and chose new gods, enemies attacked the gates of the cities, and then they took away the shields and spears from 40,000 Israeli soldiers. Not one shield or spear was left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_9","008_5_9","JDG","5","9","9","I am thankful for the leaders and soldiers who volunteered to fight. Praise Yahweh for them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_10","008_5_10","JDG","5","10","10","“You wealthy people who ride on donkeys, sitting on nice padded saddles, and you people who just walk on the road, you all listen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_11","008_5_11","JDG","5","11","11","Listen to the voices of the singers who gather at the places where the animals drink water. They tell about how Yahweh acted righteously when he enabled the Israeli warriors to conquer their enemies. “Yahweh’s people marched down to the gates of our city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_12","008_5_12","JDG","5","12","12","The people came to my house and shouted, ‘Deborah, wake up! Wake up and start singing!’ They also shouted, ‘Barak, son of Abinoam, get up, and capture our enemies!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_13","008_5_13","JDG","5","13","13","Later, some of the Israeli people came down from Tabor Mountain with us, their leaders. These men who belonged to Yahweh came with me to fight their strong enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_14","008_5_14","JDG","5","14","14","Some came from the tribe descended from Ephraim. They came from land that once belonged to the descendants of Amalek. And men from the tribe descended from Benjamin followed them. Troops from the group descended from Makir also came down, and officers from the tribe descended from Zebulun came down, carrying staffs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_15","008_5_15","JDG","5","15","15","Leaders from the tribes descended from Issachar joined Barak and me. They followed Barak, rushing down into the valley. But men from the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide whether or not to join us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_16","008_5_16","JDG","5","16","16","Why did you men stay at your sheep pens, waiting to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks of sheep to come to the pens? Men in the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide whether they would join us to fight our enemies, or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_17","008_5_17","JDG","5","17","17","Similarly, the men living in the Gilead area stayed at home, east of the Jordan River. And the men from the tribe descended from Dan, why did they stay home? The tribe descended from Asher sat by the seashore. They stayed in their coves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_18","008_5_18","JDG","5","18","18","But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked ◄their lives/were ready to die fighting► on the battlefield, and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_19","008_5_19","JDG","5","19","19","“The kings of Canaan fought us at Taanach, near the springs in Megiddo Valley. But since they did not defeat us, they did not carry away any silver or other treasures from the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_20","008_5_20","JDG","5","20","20","It was as though the stars in the sky fought for us and as though those stars in their paths fought against Sisera. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_21","008_5_21","JDG","5","21","21","The Kishon River swept them away— that river that has been there for ages. I will tell myself to be brave and continue marching on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_22","008_5_22","JDG","5","22","22","The hooves of the horses of Sisera’s army pounded the ground. Those powerful horses kept galloping along. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_23","008_5_23","JDG","5","23","23","The angel sent by Yahweh said, ‘Curse the people of Meroz town, because they did not come to help Yahweh to defeat the mighty warriors of Canaan.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_24","008_5_24","JDG","5","24","24","“But God is very pleased with Jael, the wife of Heber from the Ken people-group. He is more pleased with her than with all the other women who live in tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_25","008_5_25","JDG","5","25","25","Sisera asked for some water, but Jael gave him some milk. She brought him some yogurt/curds in a bowl that was suitable for kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_26","008_5_26","JDG","5","26","26","Then, when he was asleep, she reached for a tent peg with her left hand, and she reached for a hammer with her right hand. She hit Sisera hard with it and crushed his head. She pounded the tent peg right through his head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_27","008_5_27","JDG","5","27","27","He collapsed and fell dead at her feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_28","008_5_28","JDG","5","28","28","“Sisera’s mother looked out from her window. She waited for him to return. She said, ‘Why is he taking so long to come home in his chariot? Why don’t I hear the sound of the wheels of his chariot?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_29","008_5_29","JDG","5","29","29","One wise woman replied to her, and she kept consoling herself by repeating those words: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_30","008_5_30","JDG","5","30","30","‘Perhaps they are dividing up the things and the people they captured after the battle. Each soldier will get one or two women. Sisera will get some beautiful robes, and some beautiful embroidered robes for me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG5_31","008_5_31","JDG","5","31","31","But that is not what happened! Yahweh, I hope that all your enemies will die as Sisera did! And I desire that all those who love you will be as strong as the sun when it rises! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_1","008_6_1","JDG","6","1","1","Again the Israelis did things that Yahweh said were very evil. So he allowed the people of Midian to conquer them and rule them for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_2","008_6_2","JDG","6","2","2","The people of Midian treated the Israelis so cruelly that the Israelis fled to the mountains. There they made places to live in caves and animal dens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_3","008_6_3","JDG","6","3","3","Whenever the Israelis planted things in their fields, the people of Midian and Amalek and other groups from the east invaded Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_4","008_6_4","JDG","6","4","4","They set up tents in the area, and then destroyed the crops as far south as Gaza. They did not leave anything for the Israelis’ sheep or cattle or donkeys to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_5","008_6_5","JDG","6","5","5","They came into Israel with their tents and their livestock like a swarm of locusts. There were so many of them that arrived riding on their camels that no one could count them. They stayed and ruined the Israelis’ crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_6","008_6_6","JDG","6","6","6","The people of Midian took almost everything the Israelis owned. So finally the Israelis pleaded for Yahweh to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_7","008_6_7","JDG","6","7","7","When the Israelis pleaded with Yahweh to help them because of what the people from Midian were doing to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_8","008_6_8","JDG","6","8","8","he sent to them a prophet, who said, “Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, says this: ‘Your ancestors were slaves in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_9","008_6_9","JDG","6","9","9","But I rescued them from the leaders of Egypt and from all the others who oppressed them. I expelled their enemies from this land, and gave it to your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_10","008_6_10","JDG","6","10","10","I told you all, “I am Yahweh, your God. You are now in the land where the descendants of Amor live, but you must not worship the gods whom they worship.” But you did not pay attention to me.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_11","008_6_11","JDG","6","11","11","One day Yahweh appeared in the form of an angel and sat underneath a big oak tree at Ophrah town. That tree belonged to Joash, who was from the clan of Abiezer. Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in the pit where they pressed grapes to make wine. He was threshing the grain there in order to hide it from the people of Midian. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_12","008_6_12","JDG","6","12","12","Yahweh went over to Gideon and said to him, “You mighty warrior, Yahweh is helping you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_13","008_6_13","JDG","6","13","13","Gideon replied, “Sir, if Yahweh is helping us, why have all these bad things happened to us? We heard about RHQ all the miracles that Yahweh performed for our ancestors. We heard people tell us about how he rescued them from being slaves in Egypt. But now Yahweh has abandoned us, and we are ruled by the people from Midian.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_14","008_6_14","JDG","6","14","14","Then Yahweh turned toward him and said, “I will give you strength to enable you to rescue the Israelis from the people of Midian. I am sending you to do that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_15","008_6_15","JDG","6","15","15","Gideon replied, “But Yahweh, how can I rescue the Israelis? My clan is the least significant in the whole tribe descended from Manasseh, and I am the least significant person in my whole family!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_16","008_6_16","JDG","6","16","16","Yahweh said to him, “I will help you. So you will defeat the army of Midian as easily as if you were fighting only one man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_17","008_6_17","JDG","6","17","17","Gideon replied, “If you are truly pleased with me, do something which will prove that you who are speaking to me are really Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_18","008_6_18","JDG","6","18","18","But do not go away until I go and bring back an offering to you.” Yahweh answered, “Okay, I will stay here until you return.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_19","008_6_19","JDG","6","19","19","Gideon hurried to his home. He killed a young goat and cooked it. Then he took ◄a half a bushel/18 liters► of flour and baked some bread without yeast. Then he put the cooked meat in a basket, and put the broth from the meat in a pot, and took it to Yahweh, who was sitting under the tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_20","008_6_20","JDG","6","20","20","Then Yahweh said to him, “Put the meat and the bread on this rock. Then pour the broth on top of it.” So Gideon did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_21","008_6_21","JDG","6","21","21","Then Yahweh touched the meat and bread with the walking stick that was in his hand. A fire flamed up from the rock and burned up everything that Gideon had brought! And then Yahweh disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_22","008_6_22","JDG","6","22","22","When Gideon realized that it was really Yahweh who had appeared in the form of an angel and talked with him, he exclaimed, “O, Yahweh, I have seen you face-to-face when you had the form of an angel! So I will surely die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_23","008_6_23","JDG","6","23","23","But Yahweh called to him and said, “Do not be afraid! You will not die because of seeing me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_24","008_6_24","JDG","6","24","24","Then Gideon built an altar to worship Yahweh there. He named it ‘Yahweh gives us peace’. That altar is still there in Ophrah town, in the land that belongs to the descendants of Abiezer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_25","008_6_25","JDG","6","25","25","That night Yahweh said to Gideon, “Take the second-best/oldest bull from your father’s herd, the bull that is seven years old. Kill it. Then tear down the altar that your father built to worship the god Baal. Also cut down the pole for worshipping the goddess Astarte that is there beside it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_26","008_6_26","JDG","6","26","26","Then build a stone altar to worship me, your God Yahweh, here on this hill. Take the wood from the pole you cut down and make a fire to cook the meat of the bull as a burnt offering to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_27","008_6_27","JDG","6","27","27","So Gideon and his servants did what Yahweh commanded. But they did it at night, because he was afraid what the other members of his family and the other men in town would do to him if they found out that he had done that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_28","008_6_28","JDG","6","28","28","Early the next morning, as soon as the men got up, they saw that the altar to Baal had been torn down, and the pole for worshiping Astarte was gone. They saw that there was a new altar there, and on it was what remained from the bull they had sacrificed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_29","008_6_29","JDG","6","29","29","The people asked each other, “Who did this?” After they investigated, someone told them that it was Gideon, the son of Joash, who had done it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_30","008_6_30","JDG","6","30","30","They went to Joash and said to him, “Bring your son out here! ◄He must be executed/We must kill him►, because he destroyed our god Baal’s altar and cut down the pole for our goddess Astarte!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_31","008_6_31","JDG","6","31","31","But Joash replied, “Are you trying to defend Baal? Are you trying to argue his case? Anyone who tries to defend Baal should be executed by tomorrow morning! If Baal is truly a god, he ought to be able to defend himself, and to get rid of the person who tore down his altar!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_32","008_6_32","JDG","6","32","32","From that time, people called Gideon Jerub-Baal, which means ‘Baal should defend himself’, because he tore down Baal’s altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_33","008_6_33","JDG","6","33","33","Soon after that, the armies of the people of Midian and of Amalek and the people from the east gathered together. They crossed the Jordan River to attack the Israelis. They set up their tents in Jezreel Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_34","008_6_34","JDG","6","34","34","Then Yahweh’s Spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a ram’s horn to summon the men to prepare to fight. So the men of the clan of Abiezer came to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_35","008_6_35","JDG","6","35","35","He also sent messengers throughout the tribes descended from the four tribes of Manasseh, Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali to tell their soldiers to come, and all of them came. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_36","008_6_36","JDG","6","36","36","Then Gideon said to God, “If you are truly going to enable me to rescue the Israeli people as you promised, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_37","008_6_37","JDG","6","37","37","confirm it by doing this: Tonight I will put a dry wool fleece on the ground where I thresh the grain. Tomorrow morning, if the fleece is wet with dew but the ground is dry, then I will know that I am the one you will enable to rescue the people of Israel as you promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_38","008_6_38","JDG","6","38","38","And that is what happened. When Gideon got up the next morning, he picked up the fleece, and squeezed out a whole bowlful of water! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_39","008_6_39","JDG","6","39","39","Then Gideon said to God, “Do not be angry with me, but let me ask you to do one more thing. Tonight I will put the fleece out again. This time, let the fleece remain dry, while the ground is wet with the dew.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG6_40","008_6_40","JDG","6","40","40","So that night, God did what Gideon asked him to do. The next morning the fleece was dry, but the ground was covered with dew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_1","008_7_1","JDG","7","1","1","The next morning, Gideon and his men got up early and went as far as Harod Spring. The army of Midian was camped north of them, in the valley near Moreh Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_2","008_7_2","JDG","7","2","2","Yahweh said to Gideon, “You have too many soldiers with you. If I allow all of you to fight the army of Midian, if your army defeats them, they will boast to me that they defeated their enemies by themselves, without my help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_3","008_7_3","JDG","7","3","3","So tell the men, ‘Whoever among you is timid or afraid may leave us and go home.’ ” So after Gideon told that to them, 22,000 of them went home. Only 10,000 men were left there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_4","008_7_4","JDG","7","4","4","But Yahweh told Gideon, “There are still too many men! Take them down to the spring, and there I will choose from among them, which ones will go with you and which ones will not go.”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_5","008_7_5","JDG","7","5","5","When Gideon took the men down to the spring, Yahweh told him, “When they drink, put into one group the ones who scoop the water into their hands, and then lap it up like dogs do. Put into another group the ones who kneel down and bend over and drink with their mouths in the water.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_6","008_7_6","JDG","7","6","6","So when they drank, only 300 men drank from their hands. All the others drank with their mouths down in the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_7","008_7_7","JDG","7","7","7","Then Yahweh told Gideon, “The 300 men who lapped the water from their hands will be your army! I will enable them to defeat the Midian army. Let all the others go home!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_8","008_7_8","JDG","7","8","8","So Gideon’s 300 men collected the food and rams’ horns from all the other men, and then he sent them home. The men of Midian were camping in the valley below Gideon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_9","008_7_9","JDG","7","9","9","That night, Yahweh said to Gideon, “Get up and go down to their camp, and you will hear something that will convince you that I will enable your men to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_10","008_7_10","JDG","7","10","10","But if you are afraid to attack them by yourself, take your servant Purah with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_11","008_7_11","JDG","7","11","11","Go down and listen to what some of the Midian soldiers are saying. Then you will be very encouraged, and you will be ready to attack their camp.” So Gideon took Purah with him, and they went down to the edge of the enemy camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_12","008_7_12","JDG","7","12","12","The armies of the people of Midian and Amalek and from the east had set up their tents and looked like a swarm of locusts. It seemed that their camels were as impossible to count as the grains of sand on the seashore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_13","008_7_13","JDG","7","13","13","Gideon crept closer and heard one man telling a friend about a dream. He said, “I just had a dream, and in the dream I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumble down into our Midian camp. It struck a tent so hard that the tent turned upside down and collapsed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_14","008_7_14","JDG","7","14","14","His friend said, “Your dream can mean only one thing. It means that God will enable Gideon, the man of Israel, to defeat all of the armies that are here with us men from Midian.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_15","008_7_15","JDG","7","15","15","When Gideon heard the man tell about his dream and the meaning of that dream, he thanked God. Then he and Purah returned to the Israeli camp, and he shouted to the men, “Get up! Because God is enabling you to defeat the men from Midian!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_16","008_7_16","JDG","7","16","16","He divided his men into three groups. He gave each man a ram’s horn and an empty clay jar. He also gave each of them a torch that they lit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_17","008_7_17","JDG","7","17","17","Then he said to them, “Watch me. When we come close to the enemy camp, spread out to surround the camp. Then do exactly what I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_18","008_7_18","JDG","7","18","18","As soon as I and the men with me blow our ram’s horns, you men in the other two groups surrounding the camp blow your horns and shout, ‘We are doing this for Yahweh and for Gideon!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_19","008_7_19","JDG","7","19","19","A while before midnight, just after a new group of Israeli guards took the places of the previous group, Gideon and the 100 men with him arrived at the edge of the Midian camp. Suddenly they all blew their horns, and broke their jars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_20","008_7_20","JDG","7","20","20","Then the men in all three groups blew their horns and smashed their jars. They held the torches high with their left hands, and held up the horns with their right hands and alternatively blew them and shouted, “We have swords to fight for Yahweh and for Gideon!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_21","008_7_21","JDG","7","21","21","Each of Gideon’s men stood in his position around the enemy camp. As they watched, all the Midian men started running around and shouting in a panic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_22","008_7_22","JDG","7","22","22","While the 300 Israeli men kept blowing their horns, Yahweh caused their enemies to start fighting each other with their swords/daggers. Some of them killed each other. The rest fled. Some fled south to Beth-Shittah. Some fled to Zerarah village, near Tabbath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_23","008_7_23","JDG","7","23","23","Then Gideon sent messages to the soldiers in the areas where the descendants of Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh lived, to tell them to come and pursue the army of Midian. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_24","008_7_24","JDG","7","24","24","He also sent messengers throughout the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, saying, “Come down to attack the army of Midian. Come down to the Jordan River, to the place where people can wade across, to prevent enemy troops from crossing it! Station men as far south as Beth-Barah.” So the men of Ephraim did what Gideon told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG7_25","008_7_25","JDG","7","25","25","They also captured Oreb and Zeeb, the two generals of the Midian army. They killed Oreb at the big rock which is now called the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the place where people crush grapes that is now called the winepress of Zeeb. Afterwards, the Israelis cut off the heads of Oreb and Zeeb and brought them to Gideon, while he was near the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_1","008_8_1","JDG","8","1","1","Then the descendants of Ephraim said to Gideon, “Why have you acted toward us like this? When you went out to fight against the people of Midian, why did you not summon us to help you?” They rebuked Gideon severely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_2","008_8_2","JDG","8","2","2","But Gideon replied, “I have done RHQ very little compared with what you have done! My small clan of descendants of Abiezer only started the battle, but your very large group of descendants of Ephraim helped me to finish the task very well. It is like the final grapes of the harvest being much better than the first grapes that are picked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_3","008_8_3","JDG","8","3","3","God enabled you to defeat Oreb and Zeeb, the generals of the army from Midian. That is RHQ much more important than what I did!” After Gideon told them that, they no longer resented what he had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_4","008_8_4","JDG","8","4","4","Then Gideon and his 300 men went east and crossed the Jordan River. Although they were very tired, they continued to pursue their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_5","008_8_5","JDG","8","5","5","When they arrived at Succoth town, Gideon said to the town leaders, “Please give my men some food! They are very tired. We are pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_6","008_8_6","JDG","8","6","6","But the leaders of Succoth replied, “You have not caught RHQ Zebah and Zalmunna yet. So why should we give food to your troops now? Catch them first, and then we will give you food.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_7","008_8_7","JDG","8","7","7","Gideon replied, “Because you said that, after Yahweh enables us to defeat Zebah and Zalmunna, we will return. And then we will make whips from thorns from the desert, and with them we will rip the flesh off your bones!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_8","008_8_8","JDG","8","8","8","From there, Gideon and his 300 men went to Peniel and asked for food there, but the people gave him the same answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_9","008_8_9","JDG","8","9","9","So he said to the men of Peniel, “After I defeat those kings, I will return and tear down this tower!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_10","008_8_10","JDG","8","10","10","By that time, Zebah and Zalmunna had gone to Karkor town with 15,000 troops. They were all that were left of the armies that had come from the east. 120,000 of their men had already been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_11","008_8_11","JDG","8","11","11","Gideon and his men went east along the road on which caravans travel. They went past Nobah and Jogbehah villages and arrived at the enemy camp by surprise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_12","008_8_12","JDG","8","12","12","Zebah and Zalmunna fled, but Gideon’s men pursued them and captured them and all their warriors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_13","008_8_13","JDG","8","13","13","After that, Gideon and his men took Zebah and Zalmunna with them and started to return, going through Heres Pass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_14","008_8_14","JDG","8","14","14","There he captured a young man from Succoth, and demanded that he write down the names of all of the leaders in the town. The young man wrote down seventy-seven names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_15","008_8_15","JDG","8","15","15","Then Gideon and his men returned to Succoth and said to those leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you made fun of me and said ‘You have not RHQ caught Zebah and Zalmunna yet! After you catch them, we will give your exhausted men some food.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_16","008_8_16","JDG","8","16","16","Then Gideon’s men took the town leaders and whipped them with whips made from briers from the desert, to teach them that they deserved to be punished for not giving them any food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_17","008_8_17","JDG","8","17","17","Then they went to Peniel and tore down the tower, and killed all the men in the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_18","008_8_18","JDG","8","18","18","Then Gideon said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “The men you killed near Tabor Mountain, what did they look like?” They replied, “They were like you; they all looked like they were sons of a king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_19","008_8_19","JDG","8","19","19","Gideon replied, “They were my brothers! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, I would not kill you if you had not killed them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_20","008_8_20","JDG","8","20","20","Then he turned to his oldest son, Jether. He said to him, “Kill them!” But Jether was only a boy, and he was afraid, so he did not pull out his dagger to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_21","008_8_21","JDG","8","21","21","Then Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, “Do not ask a young boy to do the work that a man should do!” So Gideon killed both of them. Then he took the gold ornaments from the necks of their camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_22","008_8_22","JDG","8","22","22","Then a group of Israeli men came to Gideon and said to him, “You be our ruler! We want you and your son and your grandsons to be our rulers, because you rescued us from the Midian army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_23","008_8_23","JDG","8","23","23","But Gideon replied, “No, I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you. Yahweh will rule over you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_24","008_8_24","JDG","8","24","24","Then he said, “I request only one thing. I request that each of you give me one earring from the things you captured after the battle.” All the men descended from Ishmael wore gold earrings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_25","008_8_25","JDG","8","25","25","They replied, “We will be glad to give earrings to you!” So they spread a cloth on the ground, and each man threw on it one gold earring that he had taken from a man he had killed in the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_26","008_8_26","JDG","8","26","26","The weight of all the earrings was ◄43 pounds/19.4 kg.►. That did not include other things that they gave to Gideon—the other ornaments or the pendants or the clothes that the kings of Midian wore or the gold chains that were on the necks of their camels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_27","008_8_27","JDG","8","27","27","Gideon made/decorated a sacred vest from the gold, and later he put it in his hometown, Ophrah. But soon the Israeli people started to worship the vest. So it became like a trap MET for the people, causing them to worship it instead of worshiping only God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_28","008_8_28","JDG","8","28","28","That is how the Israelis defeated the people from Midian. The people of Midian did not become strong enough to attack Israel again. So while Gideon was alive, there was peace in the land for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_29","008_8_29","JDG","8","29","29","Gideon went back home to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_30","008_8_30","JDG","8","30","30","He had many wives, and they bore him seventy sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_31","008_8_31","JDG","8","31","31","He also had a slave wife in Shechem town, who bore him a son whom he named Abimelech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_32","008_8_32","JDG","8","32","32","Gideon died when he was very old. They buried his body in the grave where his father Joash was buried, at Ophrah, in the land belonging to the descendants of Abiether. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_33","008_8_33","JDG","8","33","33","But as soon as Gideon died, the Israelis stopped worshiping God and started worshiping the images of the god Baal, like MET adultresses leave their husbands and go to sleep with other men. They made a statue of a new god called Baal-Berith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_34","008_8_34","JDG","8","34","34","They forgot about Yahweh, the one who had rescued them from all their enemies that surrounded them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG8_35","008_8_35","JDG","8","35","35","And even though Gideon had done many good things for the Israelis, they were not kind to Gideon’s family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_1","008_9_1","JDG","9","1","1","Gideon’s son Abimelech went to talk with his mother’s brothers in Shechem city. He said to them and to all his mother’s relatives, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_2","008_9_2","JDG","9","2","2","“Ask all the leaders of your city: ‘Do you think it would be good for all 70 of Gideon’s sons to rule over you? Or would it be better to have only one of his sons, me, to rule over you?’ And do not forget that I am your relative! MTY” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_3","008_9_3","JDG","9","3","3","So Abimelech’s mother’s brothers spoke to all the leaders of Shechem about what Abimelech had said. They said to each other, “We should allow Abimelech to rule over us, because he is our relative.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_4","008_9_4","JDG","9","4","4","So the leaders of Shechem took from the temple of their god Baal-Berith ◄almost 2 pounds/0.8 kg.► of silver and gave it to Abimelech. With that silver he paid some worthless troublemakers to help him, and they went with Abimelech wherever he went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_5","008_9_5","JDG","9","5","5","They went to Ophrah, his father’s town, and murdered 69 of his 70 brothers, the sons of his father Gideon. They killed all those men on one huge rock. But Gideon’s youngest son Jotham hid from Abimelech and his men, and he escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_6","008_9_6","JDG","9","6","6","Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo gathered under the big sacred tree in Shechem. There they appointed Abimelech to be their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_7","008_9_7","JDG","9","7","7","When Jotham heard about that, he climbed up Gerizim Mountain. He stood at the top of the mountain and shouted to the people down below, “You leaders of Shechem, listen to me, in order that God will listen to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_8","008_9_8","JDG","9","8","8","One day the trees decided to appoint a king to rule over all of them. So they said to the olive tree, ‘You be our king!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_9","008_9_9","JDG","9","9","9","“But the olive tree said, ‘No! I will not be your king Men and gods enjoy the oil from my fruit. I will not RHQ stop producing olives from which we make that oil, in order to rule over you other trees!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_10","008_9_10","JDG","9","10","10","“Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘You come and be our king!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_11","008_9_11","JDG","9","11","11","“But the fig tree replied, ‘No! I do not want to RHQ stop producing my good sweet fruit, and rule over you other trees!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_12","008_9_12","JDG","9","12","12","“Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and be our king!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_13","008_9_13","JDG","9","13","13","“But the grapevine replied, ‘No! I will not be your king The new wine that is made from my grapes causes people and gods who drink it to become very happy. I do not want to stop producing grapes and rule over you other trees!’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_14","008_9_14","JDG","9","14","14","“Then all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and be our king!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_15","008_9_15","JDG","9","15","15","“The thornbush replied, ‘If you truly want to appoint me to be your king, come into the shade of my tiny branches. But if you do not want to do that, I hope/desire that fire will come out from me and burn up all the huge cedar trees in Lebanon country!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_16","008_9_16","JDG","9","16","16","“After Jotham finished telling them this parable, he said, “So now I ask you, were you being completely honest and sincere when you appointed Abimelech to be your king RHQ? And have you treated Gideon and his family RHQ fairly? Have you rewarded Gideon by honoring him as he deserved because of all the good things he did for you? No! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_17","008_9_17","JDG","9","17","17","“Do not forget that my father fought a battle for you, and he was willing to die for you if that had been necessary, to save you from the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_18","008_9_18","JDG","9","18","18","But now you have rebelled against my father’s family, and you have killed 69 of his sons on one huge rock. And you have appointed Abimelech—who is the son of my father’s slave girl, not the son of his wife—to be the king who will rule you people of Shechem. You have done that only because he is one of your relatives! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_19","008_9_19","JDG","9","19","19","So, if today you have truly acted fairly and sincerely toward Gideon and his family, I hope/desire that he will cause you to be happy and that you will cause him to be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_20","008_9_20","JDG","9","20","20","But if what you did was not right, I wish/desire that Abimelech will burn up all of you leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo with fire! And I also hope/desire that the leaders of Shechem and Beth-Millo will cause fire to burn up Abimelech!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_21","008_9_21","JDG","9","21","21","After Jotham finished saying that, he escaped from them and ran away to Beer town. He stayed there because he was afraid that his brother Abimelech would try to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_22","008_9_22","JDG","9","22","22","Abimelech became the leader of all the people of Israel. He ruled them for three years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_23","008_9_23","JDG","9","23","23","Then God sent an evil spirit to cause trouble between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, with the result that the leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_24","008_9_24","JDG","9","24","24","The leaders of Shechem had previously helped Abimelech to kill 69 of Gideon’s sons, who were his brothers. So now God sent the evil spirit to punish all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_25","008_9_25","JDG","9","25","25","The leaders of Shechem ◄set an ambush/sent men to hide► on the hilltops to ambush Abimelech. Those men robbed everyone who passed by. But someone told Abimelech about it, so he did not go near them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_26","008_9_26","JDG","9","26","26","There was a man named Gaal, the son of Ebed, who moved into Shechem city, along with his brothers. Soon the leaders of Shechem started to trust him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_27","008_9_27","JDG","9","27","27","They went out of the city to their vineyards and picked some grapes. They pressed the grapes to make juice, and then they made wine. Then they had a feast in the temple of their god, and they ate a lot of food and drank a lot of wine. Then they cursed Abimelech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_28","008_9_28","JDG","9","28","28","Gaal said, “◄Why should we allow Abimelech to rule over us?/We should not allow Abimelech to rule over us!► RHQ He is only one of Gideon’s sons so he really does not belong to us RHQ! And he appointed Zebul, the governor of our city, to be his deputy! We should ◄serve/be loyal to► one of the descendants of Hamor, the founder of our city, and let him be our leader, not Abimelech RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_29","008_9_29","JDG","9","29","29","If you would appoint me to be your leader, I would get rid of Abimelech. I would say to him, ‘Get your army ready, and then come to fight us!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_30","008_9_30","JDG","9","30","30","When someone told Zebul what Gaal said, he was very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_31","008_9_31","JDG","9","31","31","He secretly sent some messengers to Abimelech. They told him, “Gaal and his brothers have come here to Shechem, and they are causing the people of the city to rebel against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_32","008_9_32","JDG","9","32","32","You and your men should get up during the night and go and hide in the fields outside the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_33","008_9_33","JDG","9","33","33","As soon as the sun rises in the morning, get up and attack the city. When Gaal and his men come out to fight against you, you can do to them whatever you want to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_34","008_9_34","JDG","9","34","34","So Abimelech and all the men who were with him got up during the night. They divided into four groups, and  hid in the fields near Shechem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_35","008_9_35","JDG","9","35","35","The next morning, Gaal went out and stood at the entrance to the city gate. While he was standing there, Abimelech and his soldiers came out of their hiding places and started walking toward the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_36","008_9_36","JDG","9","36","36","When Gaal saw the soldiers, he said to Zebul, “Look! There are people coming down from the hills!” But Zebul said, “You are seeing only the shadows of trees on the hills. They are not people; they only resemble people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_37","008_9_37","JDG","9","37","37","But Gaal looked again and said, “Look! There are people coming down from the top of the sacred mountain! There is a group of them coming down from where the tree is where people talk with the spirits of dead people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_38","008_9_38","JDG","9","38","38","Zebul said to Gaal, “Now ◄what good is your bragging?/your bragging is worthless!► MTY, RHQ You said, ‘◄Why should we serve Abimelech/We should not allow Abimelech to rule over us►?’ You made fun of these men. So now go out and fight them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_39","008_9_39","JDG","9","39","39","So Gaal led the men of Shechem outside the city to fight Abimelech and his men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_40","008_9_40","JDG","9","40","40","Abimelech and his men pursued them, and they killed many of Gaal’s men before they could return safely inside the city gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_41","008_9_41","JDG","9","41","41","Abimelech then stayed at Arumah, about five miles away from Shechem, and Zebul’s men forced Gaal and his brothers to leave Shechem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_42","008_9_42","JDG","9","42","42","The next day, the people of Shechem got ready to leave the city and work in their fields. When someone told Abimelech about that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_43","008_9_43","JDG","9","43","43","he divided his men into three groups, and told them to hide in the fields. So they did that. And when they saw the people coming out of the city, they jumped up and attacked them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_44","008_9_44","JDG","9","44","44","Abimelech and the men who were with him ran to the city gate. The other two groups ran out to the people in the fields and attacked them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_45","008_9_45","JDG","9","45","45","Abimelech and his men fought all day. They captured the city and killed all the people. They tore down all the buildings, and then they threw salt over the ruins in order that nothing would grow there again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_46","008_9_46","JDG","9","46","46","When the leaders who lived in the tower/fortress outside of Shechem heard what had happened, they ran and hid inside the fortress, which was also a temple of their god El-Berith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_47","008_9_47","JDG","9","47","47","But someone told Abimelech that all the leaders had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_48","008_9_48","JDG","9","48","48","So he and all the men who were with him went up Zalmon Mountain which is near Shechem. Abimelech cut some branches of trees with an axe, and put them on his shoulders. Then he said to all the men who were with him, “Quickly, do what I have just done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_49","008_9_49","JDG","9","49","49","So his men all cut branches then carried them down the mountain, following Abimelech. They went to the fortress and piled the branches against its walls. Then they kindled a fire, and the fire burned down the fortress and killed all the people who were inside. So all the people who were inside the fortress—about 1,000 men and women—died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_50","008_9_50","JDG","9","50","50","Then Abimelech and his men went to Thebes city. They surrounded it and captured it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_51","008_9_51","JDG","9","51","51","But there was a strong tower inside the city. So all the men, women, and leaders of the city ran to the tower. When they were all inside, they locked the door. Then they climbed up to the roof of the tower. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_52","008_9_52","JDG","9","52","52","Abimelech and his men came to the tower and tried to get in the door, but they could not. Then Abimelech prepared to light a fire to burn down the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_53","008_9_53","JDG","9","53","53","But when Abimelech came near the doorway, a woman who was on the roof dropped a big grinding stone on his head, and crushed his skull. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_54","008_9_54","JDG","9","54","54","Abimelech quickly called to the young man who carried Abimelech’s weapons, and said, “Pull out your sword and kill me with it! I do not want people to say ‘It was a woman who killed Abimelech.’” So the young man thrust his sword into Abimelech, and Abimelech died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_55","008_9_55","JDG","9","55","55","When the Israeli soldiers saw that Abimelech was dead, they all returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_56","008_9_56","JDG","9","56","56","In that way God punished Abimelech for the evil things that he had done to his father and especially for killing all 69 of his brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG9_57","008_9_57","JDG","9","57","57","God also punished the men of Shechem for the evil things that they had done. And when those things happened, it fulfilled what Gideon’s son Jotham said when he cursed Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_1","008_10_1","JDG","10","1","1","After Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah and grandson of Dodo became the leader to rescue the Israeli people from their enemies. He belonged to the tribe of Issachar, but he lived in Shamir city in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_2","008_10_2","JDG","10","2","2","He ruled the Israeli people for 23 years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_3","008_10_3","JDG","10","3","3","After Tola died, Jair, from the Gilead region, became the Israelis’ leader, and he ruled them for 22 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_4","008_10_4","JDG","10","4","4","He had thirty sons, and each of them had his own donkey to ride on. They each controlled a different town in the Gilead region. That region is still named ‘The Towns of Jair’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_5","008_10_5","JDG","10","5","5","When Jair died, he was buried in Kamon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_6","008_10_6","JDG","10","6","6","Again the Israelis did things that Yahweh said were wrong/evil. They worshiped the idols of their god Baal and their goddess Astarte. They also worshiped the gods of the Aram, Sidon, Moab, and Ammon people-groups, and the gods of the Philistia people-group. They abandoned Yahweh and stopped worshiping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_7","008_10_7","JDG","10","7","7","So Yahweh was very angry with them, and he allowed the Philistia and Ammon people-groups to defeat IDM the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_8","008_10_8","JDG","10","8","8","In that same year, those people started to oppress the Israelis who lived in the Gilead region on the east side of the Jordan River. That was where the Amor people-group also lived. were They caused the Israelis who lived in that region to suffer for 18 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_9","008_10_9","JDG","10","9","9","Then the people of the Ammon people-group crossed the Jordan River to fight against the people of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. They caused the Israelis’ lives to be very miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_10","008_10_10","JDG","10","10","10","So the Israelis cried out to Yahweh, saying “We have sinned against you. We have abandoned you, and we have been worshiping the idols of their god Baal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_11","008_10_11","JDG","10","11","11","Yahweh answered them, saying, “When the people of Egypt, and the Amor and Ammon and Philistia people-groups ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_12","008_10_12","JDG","10","12","12","and the Sidon and Amalek and Maon people-groups were cruel to you, you cried out to me, and then I rescued you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_13","008_10_13","JDG","10","13","13","But now you have abandoned me again, and you have been worshiping other gods. So I will not rescue you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_14","008_10_14","JDG","10","14","14","You have chosen those gods to be the ones that you worship. So call to them to help you. Allow them to rescue you when you have a lot of trouble!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_15","008_10_15","JDG","10","15","15","But the Israeli people said to Yahweh, “Truly we have sinned. Punish us in whatever way you wish to, but please rescue us now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_16","008_10_16","JDG","10","16","16","Then the Israelis threw away the idols of the gods that belonged to other people-groups, and they worshiped Yahweh again. He saw that they were suffering very much, and he felt sorry IDM for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_17","008_10_17","JDG","10","17","17","The Ammon people-group gathered to fight against the Israelis, and they set up their tents in the  Gilead region. The Israeli men also gathered and set up their tents at Mizpah, which was a city in Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG10_18","008_10_18","JDG","10","18","18","The Israeli leaders said, “Who will lead our soldiers to attack the Ammon people-group? The one who will lead us will become the leader of all us who live in this Gilead region.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_1","008_11_1","JDG","11","1","1","There was a man from the Gilead region named Jephthah. He was a great warrior. His father was also named Gilead. But his mother was a prostitute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_2","008_11_2","JDG","11","2","2","Gilead’s wife gave birth to several sons. When they grew up, they forced Jephthah to leave home, saying to him, “You are the son of a prostitute, not the son of our mother. So when our father dies, you will not receive any of his property.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_3","008_11_3","JDG","11","3","3","So Jephthah ran away from his brothers, and he went to the Tob region. While he was there, some worthless men started to spend a lot of time with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_4","008_11_4","JDG","11","4","4","Some time later, the Ammon people-group started to fight against the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_5","008_11_5","JDG","11","5","5","When that happened DOU, the leaders of the Gilead region went to Jephthah to bring him back from the Tob region to their area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_6","008_11_6","JDG","11","6","6","They said to him, “Come with us and lead our army, and help us to fight against the men from the Ammon people-group!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_7","008_11_7","JDG","11","7","7","But Jephthah replied, “You hated me RHQ previously! You forced me to leave my father’s house! So why are you coming to me now, asking me to help you when you are experiencing trouble?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_8","008_11_8","JDG","11","8","8","The leaders from Gilead replied, “Yes, we are having trouble, and that is the reason that we have come to you now. If you come with us and help us to fight against the Ammon people-group, after we defeat them, we will appoint you to be the leader of all us people in the  Gilead region.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_9","008_11_9","JDG","11","9","9","Jephthah replied, “If I go back to Gilead with you to fight against the Ammon people-group, and if Yahweh helps us to defeat them, will you truly appoint me to be your leader?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_10","008_11_10","JDG","11","10","10","They replied, “Yahweh is listening to everything that we say. So he will punish us  if we do not do everything that you tell us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_11","008_11_11","JDG","11","11","11","So Jephthah went with them back to the Gilead region, and the people appointed him to be their leader and the commander of their army. And Jephthah solemnly promised to Yahweh there at Mizpah to serve him well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_12","008_11_12","JDG","11","12","12","Jephthah sent some messengers to the king of the Ammon people-group. They asked the king, “What have we done to make you angry, with the result  that your army is coming to fight against the people in our land?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_13","008_11_13","JDG","11","13","13","The king replied, “We have come to fight against you Israelis because you took our land when you came here from Egypt. You took all our land east of the Jordan River, from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north. So if you now give it back to us, there ◄will be peace between us/we will not fight against you►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_14","008_11_14","JDG","11","14","14","The messengers returned to Jephthah and told him what the king had said. So Jephthah sent the messengers to the king again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_15","008_11_15","JDG","11","15","15","They said to him, “This is what Jephthah says: ‘It is not true  that we Israelis took the land from the Moab people-group and the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_16","008_11_16","JDG","11","16","16","When the Israeli people came out of Egypt, they walked through the desert to the Red Sea, and then walked across it and traveled to Kadesh town at the border of the Edom region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_17","008_11_17","JDG","11","17","17","They sent messengers to the king of the Edom people-group, to say to him, “Please allow us Israelis to walk across your land.” But the king of the Edom people-group refused. Later we sent the same message to the king of the Moab people-group, but he also refused to allow the Israelis to go through his land. So the Israelis stayed at Kadesh for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_18","008_11_18","JDG","11","18","18","Then the Israelis went into the desert and walked outside the borders of the Edom and Moab regions. They walked east of the Moab region, east of the Arnon River, which is the eastern border of the Moab region. They did not cross that river to enter the  Moab region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_19","008_11_19","JDG","11","19","19","‘Then the Israelis sent a message to Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon city. They asked him, “Will you please allow us Israeli people to cross through your land to arrive at the land to which we are going.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_20","008_11_20","JDG","11","20","20","But Sihon did not trust the Israelis; he thought that they would steal some of the things in his land. So he gathered all his troops and they set up their tents at Jahaz village and then they attacked the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_21","008_11_21","JDG","11","21","21","But Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, enabled the Israeli army to defeat IDM Sihon and his army. Then they ◄took possession of/started to live in► all the land where the Amor people-group had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_22","008_11_22","JDG","11","22","22","The Israelis took all the land that belonged to the Amor people-group, from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and from the desert in the east to the Jordan River in the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_23","008_11_23","JDG","11","23","23","‘It was Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, who forced the Amor people-group to leave as the Israelis advanced. So do you now think that you can force the Israelis to leave RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_24","008_11_24","JDG","11","24","24","You take the land that your god Chemosh has given to you. And we will live in the land that Yahweh our God has given to us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_25","008_11_25","JDG","11","25","25","◄You are no/Are you► better than Zippor’s son Balak, who was the king of the Moab people-group? He never RHQ quarreled with the Israeli people, and he never started to fight against us RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_26","008_11_26","JDG","11","26","26","For 300 years the Israeli people have lived in Heshbon and Aroer cities in your region, and in the surrounding towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon River. Why have you people of the Ammon people-group not taken back those cities during all those years RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_27","008_11_27","JDG","11","27","27","We have not sinned against you, but you are sinning against me by attacking me and my army. I trust that Yahweh, the great judge, will decide whether we Israelis are right, or whether you people of the Ammon people-group are right.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_28","008_11_28","JDG","11","28","28","But the king of the Ammon people-group did not pay attention to that message from Jephthah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_29","008_11_29","JDG","11","29","29","Then the Spirit of Yahweh took control of Jephthah. Jephthah went through the  Gilead region and through the area where the tribe of Manasseh lived, to enlist/gather men for his army. He finally gathered them together in Mizpah city in the  Gilead region to fight against the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_30","008_11_30","JDG","11","30","30","There Jephthah made a solemn promise to Yahweh. He said, “If you will enable my army to defeat IDM the Ammon people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_31","008_11_31","JDG","11","31","31","when I return from the battle, I will sacrifice to you the first person who comes out of my house to greet me. It will be a sacrifice that will be completely burned on the altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_32","008_11_32","JDG","11","32","32","Then Jephthah and his men went from Mizpah to attack the Ammon people-group, and Yahweh enabled his army to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_33","008_11_33","JDG","11","33","33","Jephthah and his men killed them, from Aroer city all the way to the area around the city of Minnith. They destroyed 20 cities, as far as the city of Abel Keramim. So the Israelis completely defeated the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_34","008_11_34","JDG","11","34","34","When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, his daughter was the first one to come out of the house to meet him. She was joyfully playing a tambourine and dancing. She was his only child; he had no sons and no other daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_35","008_11_35","JDG","11","35","35","When Jephthah saw his daughter, he tore his clothes to show that he was very sad about what he was going to do. He said to her, “My daughter, you have caused me to become very sad DOU because I made a solemn promise to Yahweh to sacrifice the first one who came out of my house, and I must do what I promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_36","008_11_36","JDG","11","36","36","His daughter said, “My father, you made a solemn promise to Yahweh. So you must do to me what you promised, because you said that you would do that if Yahweh helped you to defeat our enemies, the Ammon people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_37","008_11_37","JDG","11","37","37","Then she also said, “But allow me to do one thing. ◄First/before you do what you promised►, allow me to go up into the hilly area and wander around for two months. Since I will never be married and have children, allow me and my friends to go and cry together.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_38","008_11_38","JDG","11","38","38","Jephthah replied, “All right, you may go.” So she left for two months. She and her friends stayed in the hills and they cried for her because she would never be married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_39","008_11_39","JDG","11","39","39","After two months, she returned to her father Jephthah, and he did to her what he had vowed. So his daughter never was married. Because of that, the Israelis now have a custom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG11_40","008_11_40","JDG","11","40","40","Every year the young Israeli women go into the hills for four days to remember and cry about what happened to the daughter of Jephthah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_1","008_12_1","JDG","12","1","1","The men of the tribe of Ephraim summoned their soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan River to the town of  Zaphon to talk with Jephthah. They said to him, “◄Why did you not ask us for help?/You should have requested us► to help your army fight the Ammon people-group. So we will burn down your house while you are in it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_2","008_12_2","JDG","12","2","2","Jephthah replied, “The Ammon people-group were oppressing us greatly. When we were prepared to start to attack them, I requested you to come and help us, but you refused. My men and I defeated the Ammon people-group, but you did not help us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_3","008_12_3","JDG","12","3","3","When I saw that you would not help us, I was willing to be killed in the battle against the Ammon people-group. But Yahweh helped us to defeat them. You did not help us when we requested it before, so ◄why have you come here today to fight against me?/you should not have come here today to fight against me.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_4","008_12_4","JDG","12","4","4","Then Jephthah summoned the men of the Gilead region to fight against the men of the tribe of Ephraim. The men of the tribe of Ephraim said, “You men from the  Gilead region are men who deserted us. Long ago you left us and moved to the area between our tribe and the tribe of Manasseh.” Because of their saying that, the men of the Gilead region attacked the men of the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_5","008_12_5","JDG","12","5","5","The men of Gilead captured that ◄ford/place where people can walk across► at the Jordan River to go to the land where the tribe of Ephraim live. Whenever one of the soldiers from the tribe of Ephraim came to the ford to try to escape, he would say, “Let me cross the river.” Then the men of Gilead would ask him, “Are you from the tribe of Ephraim?” If he said “No,” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_6","008_12_6","JDG","12","6","6","they would say to him, “Say the word ‘Shibboleth’.” The men of Ephraim could not pronounce that word correctly. So if the person from the tribe of Ephraim said ‘Sibboleth’, they would know that he was lying and that he was really from the tribe of Ephraim, and they would kill him there at the ford. So the men of Gilead killed 42,000 people from the tribe of Ephraim at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_7","008_12_7","JDG","12","7","7","Jephthah, the man from the Gilead region, was a leader of the Israeli people for six years. Then he died and was buried in a town in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_8","008_12_8","JDG","12","8","8","After Jephthah died, a man named Ibzan, from Bethlehem, became the leader of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_9","008_12_9","JDG","12","9","9","He had 30 sons and 30 daughters. He forced all his daughters to marry men who were not in his clan, and brought women from outside his clan to marry his sons. He was the leader of the Israeli people for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_10","008_12_10","JDG","12","10","10","When he died, he was buried in Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_11","008_12_11","JDG","12","11","11","After Ibzan died, a man named Elon, from the tribe of Zebulun, became the leader of the Israeli people. He was their leader for ten years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_12","008_12_12","JDG","12","12","12","Then he died and was buried in Aijalon city in the area where the tribe of Zebulun lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_13","008_12_13","JDG","12","13","13","After Elon died, a man named Abdon who was the son of Hillel, from Pirathon city, in the area where the tribe of Ephraim live became the leader of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_14","008_12_14","JDG","12","14","14","He had 40 sons and 30 grandsons. Each of them had his own donkey on which to ride. Abdon was the leader of the Israeli people for eight years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG12_15","008_12_15","JDG","12","15","15","When Abdon died, he was buried in Pirathon, in the hilly area where the descendants of Amalek lived previously, but now it is the area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_1","008_13_1","JDG","13","1","1","Again the Israeli people did things that Yahweh said were very evil. So Yahweh enabled the people of Philistia to conquer them. They ruled over the Israelis for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_2","008_13_2","JDG","13","2","2","There was a man named Manoah from the descendants of Dan who lived in Zorah town. His wife was unable to become pregnant, so they had no children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_3","008_13_3","JDG","13","3","3","One day, Yahweh appeared to Manoah’s wife in the form of an angel, and said to her, “Even though you have not been able to give birth to any children until now, you will soon become pregnant and give birth to a son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_4","008_13_4","JDG","13","4","4","From now until he is born, you must not drink any wine or other alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that will make you unacceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_5","008_13_5","JDG","13","5","5","After you give birth to your son, you must never allow his hair to be cut. He must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies. He is the one who will rescue many of the Israeli people from the people of Philistia.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_6","008_13_6","JDG","13","6","6","The woman ran and told her husband, “A prophet came to me. He looked awesome, like an angel from God. I did not ask where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_7","008_13_7","JDG","13","7","7","But he told me, ‘You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. Until then, you must not drink any wine or any alcoholic/fermented drink, and you must not eat any food that would make you unacceptable to God. Your son must be dedicated to God from the day he is born until the day he dies.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_8","008_13_8","JDG","13","8","8","Then Manoah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “O Yahweh, I plead with you, allow that prophet whom you sent to us to come again, and teach us how we should raise the boy who will be born to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_9","008_13_9","JDG","13","9","9","God did what Manoah asked, and Yahweh again appeared to his wife in the form of an angel, while she was out in the field. But again her husband Manoah was not with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_10","008_13_10","JDG","13","10","10","So she quickly ran and said to her husband, “The man who appeared to me a few days ago has come back again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_11","008_13_11","JDG","13","11","11","Manoah ran back with his wife, and asked, “Are you the man who talked with my wife a few days ago?” He replied, “Yes, I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_12","008_13_12","JDG","13","12","12","Manoah asked him, “When what you promised occurs and my wife gives birth to a son, what rules must he obey, and what work will he do when he grows up?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_13","008_13_13","JDG","13","13","13","Yahweh replied, “Your wife must obey all the instructions I gave her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_14","008_13_14","JDG","13","14","14","Before the baby is born, she must not eat grapes, or drink wine or any other alcoholic/fermented drink, or eat anything that would make her unacceptable to God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_15","008_13_15","JDG","13","15","15","Then Manoah said, “Please stay here until we can kill and cook a young goat for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_16","008_13_16","JDG","13","16","16","Yahweh replied, “I will stay here, but I will not eat anything. However, you may kill an animal and sacrifice it as a burned offering to Yahweh.” (Manoah did not realize that the man he thought was an angel was really Yahweh.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_17","008_13_17","JDG","13","17","17","Then Manoah asked him, “What is your name? When what you have promised happens, we want to honor you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_18","008_13_18","JDG","13","18","18","Yahweh replied, “◄Why do you ask me my name?/You should not ask me my name.► RHQ It is ◄wonderful/it cannot be understood►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_19","008_13_19","JDG","13","19","19","Then Manoah killed a young goat and burned it on a rock, along with a grain offering, as a sacrifice to Yahweh. And Yahweh did an amazing thing while Manoah and his wife watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_20","008_13_20","JDG","13","20","20","Flames from the altar blazed up toward the sky, and Yahweh ascended in the flames. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_21","008_13_21","JDG","13","21","21","Although Yahweh did not appear in the form of an angel to Manoah and his wife again, Manoah realized that the man they thought was an angel was really Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_22","008_13_22","JDG","13","22","22","So he said, “Now we will die, because we have seen God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_23","008_13_23","JDG","13","23","23","But his wife said, “No, we will not die, because if Yahweh intended to kill us, he would not have accepted the burned offering and the grain offering. And he would not have appeared to us and told us the wonderful thing that would happen to us, and he would not have performed this miracle.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_24","008_13_24","JDG","13","24","24","When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG13_25","008_13_25","JDG","13","25","25","And while he was in Mahaneh-Dan, which is between Zorah and Eshtaol towns, Yahweh’s Spirit began to control him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_1","008_14_1","JDG","14","1","1","One day when Samson was in Timnah town, he saw a young Philistine woman there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_2","008_14_2","JDG","14","2","2","When he returned home, he told his mother and father, “I saw a young Philistine woman in Timnah, and I want you to get her for me so I can marry her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_3","008_14_3","JDG","14","3","3","His mother and father objected very strongly. They said, “Is there no woman from our tribe, or from the other Israeli tribes, that you could marry? Why must you go to the heathen Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She is the one I want!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_4","008_14_4","JDG","14","4","4","His mother and father did not realize that Yahweh was arranging this. He was preparing a way for Samson to defeat the Philistines, who were ruling over Israel at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_5","008_14_5","JDG","14","5","5","So, as Samson was going down to Timnah, followed by his mother and father, a young lion attacked Samson near the vineyards close to Timnah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_6","008_14_6","JDG","14","6","6","Then Yahweh’s Spirit came upon Samson powerfully, with the result that he tore the lion apart with his hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he did not tell his mother and father about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_7","008_14_7","JDG","14","7","7","When they arrived in Timnah, Samson talked with the young woman, and he liked her very much. And his father made arrangements for the wedding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_8","008_14_8","JDG","14","8","8","Later, when Samson returned to Timnah for the wedding, he turned off the path to see the carcass of the lion. He discovered that after other creatures had eaten all the flesh, a swarm of bees had made a hive in the skeleton and had made some honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_9","008_14_9","JDG","14","9","9","So he scooped some of the honey into his hands and ate some of it as he was walking along. He also gave some of it to his mother and father, but he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the skeleton of the lion, because anyone dedicated to God was not to touch any corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_10","008_14_10","JDG","14","10","10","As his father was making the final arrangements for the marriage, Samson gave a party for the young men in that area. That was the custom for men to do when they were about to be married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_11","008_14_11","JDG","14","11","11","Thirty young man were invited to the party. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_12","008_14_12","JDG","14","12","12","Samson said to them, “Allow me to tell you a riddle. If you tel me the meaning of my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give each of you a linen robe and an extra set of clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_13","008_14_13","JDG","14","13","13","But if you cannot tell me the meaning, you must each give me a linen robe and an extra set of clothes.” They replied, “All right. Tell us your riddle.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_14","008_14_14","JDG","14","14","14","So he said, “From the thing that eats came something to eat; out of something strong came something sweet.” But for three days they could not tell him the meaning of the riddle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_15","008_14_15","JDG","14","15","15","On the fourth day, they said to Samson’s bride, “Ask your husband to tell you the meaning of the riddle. If you do not do that, we will burn down your father’s house, with you inside it! Did you invite us here only to make us poor by forcing us to buy a lot of clothes for your husband?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_16","008_14_16","JDG","14","16","16","So Samson’s wife came to him, crying, and said to him, “You do not really love me. You hate me! You have told a riddle to my friends, but you have not told me the meaning of the riddle!” He replied, “I have not told the meaning of the riddle even to my mother and father, so why should I tell it to you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_17","008_14_17","JDG","14","17","17","She continued to cry every time she was with him, all during the rest of the celebration. Finally, on the seventh day, because she continued to nag him, he told her the meaning of the riddle. Then she told it to the young men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_18","008_14_18","JDG","14","18","18","So, before sunset on the seventh day, the young men came to Samson and said to him, “What/Nothing is sweeter than honey RHQ. What/Nothing is stronger than a lion RHQ!” Samson replied, “You should not force a heifer to plow a field MET. Similarly, if you had not forced my bride to ask me about the riddle MET, you would not have known the answer to my riddle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_19","008_14_19","JDG","14","19","19","Then Yahweh’s Spirit powerfully took control of Samson. He went down to the coast at Ashkelon town, and killed 30 men. He took their clothes and went back to Timnah and gave them to the men who had told him the meaning of the riddle. But he was very angry about what had happened, so he went back home to live with his mother and father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG14_20","008_14_20","JDG","14","20","20","So ◄Samson’s wife was given/the bride’s father gave Samson’s wife► to the man who who had been Samson’s best man at the wedding, but Samson did not know that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_1","008_15_1","JDG","15","1","1","During the time that they harvested wheat, Samson took a young goat to Timnah as a present for his wife. He planned to sleep with EUP his wife, but her father would not let him go into her room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_2","008_15_2","JDG","15","2","2","He said to Samson, “I really thought that you hated her. So I gave her to the man who had been your best man at the wedding, and she married him. But look, her younger sister is RHQ more beautiful than she is. You can marry her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_3","008_15_3","JDG","15","3","3","Samson replied, “No! And this time I have a right to get revenge on you Philistines!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_4","008_15_4","JDG","15","4","4","Then he went out into the fields and caught 300 foxes. He tied their tails together, two-by-two. He fastened torches to each pair of tails. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_5","008_15_5","JDG","15","5","5","Then he lit the torches and let the foxes run through the fields of the Philistines. The fire from the torches burned all the grain to the ground, including the grain that had been cut and piled in bundles. The fire also burned down their grapevines and their olive trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_6","008_15_6","JDG","15","6","6","The Philistines asked, “Who did this?” Someone told them, “Samson did it. He married a woman from Timnah, but then his father-in-law gave her to the man who was Samson’s best man at the wedding, and she married him.” So the Philistines went to Timnah and got the woman and her father, and burned them to death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_7","008_15_7","JDG","15","7","7","Samson found out about that, and he said to them, “Because you have done this, I will not stop until I get revenge on you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_8","008_15_8","JDG","15","8","8","So he attacked the Philistines furiously, and killed many of them. Then he went to hide in a cave in the large rock at a place called Etam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_9","008_15_9","JDG","15","9","9","The Philistines did not know where he was, so they  went up to where the descendants of Judah lived, set up their tents near Lehi town and then raided the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_10","008_15_10","JDG","15","10","10","The men there asked the Philistines, “Why have you attacked us?” The Philistines replied, “We have come to capture Samson. We have come to get revenge on him for what he did to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_11","008_15_11","JDG","15","11","11","Someone there knew where Samson was hiding. So 3,000 men from Judah went down to get Samson at the cave in the rock where he was hiding. They said to Samson, “Do you not realize that the people of Philistia are ruling over us? Do you not realize what they will do to us?” Samson replied, “The only thing I did was that I got revenge on them for what they did to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_12","008_15_12","JDG","15","12","12","But the men from Judah said to him, “We have come to tie you up and put you in the hands of the Philistines.” Samson said, “All right, but promise me that you yourselves will not kill me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_13","008_15_13","JDG","15","13","13","They replied, “We will just tie you up and take you to the Philistines. We will not kill you.” So they tied him with two new ropes, and led him away from the cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_14","008_15_14","JDG","15","14","14","When they arrived at Lehi, the Philistines came toward him, shouting triumphantly. But Yahweh’s Spirit came upon Samson powerfully. He snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were stalks of burned flax, and the ropes fell off his wrists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_15","008_15_15","JDG","15","15","15","Then he saw a donkey’s jawbone lying on the ground. It was fresh, so it was hard. He picked it up and killed about 1,000 Philistine men with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_16","008_15_16","JDG","15","16","16","Then Samson wrote this poem: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have made them like a heap of dead donkeys. With the jawbone of a donkey I killed 1,000 men.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_17","008_15_17","JDG","15","17","17","When he finished killing those men, he threw the jawbone away, and later that place was called Jawbone Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_18","008_15_18","JDG","15","18","18","Then Samson was very thirsty, so he called out to Yahweh, “You have given me strength to win a great victory. So now must I die because of being thirsty, with the result that those heathen Philistines will take away my body and mutilate it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_19","008_15_19","JDG","15","19","19","So God caused water to gush out of a depression in the ground at Lehi. Samson drank from it and soon felt strong again. He named that place ‘The spring of the one who called out’. That spring is still there at Lehi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG15_20","008_15_20","JDG","15","20","20","Samson was the leader of the Israeli people for 20 years, but during that time the Philistines were the ones who really ruled over the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_1","008_16_1","JDG","16","1","1","One day Samson went to Gaza city in the Philistia area. He spent some time with a prostitute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_2","008_16_2","JDG","16","2","2","People soon found out that Samson was there, so the men of Gaza gathered together at the city gate and waited all night. They said to themselves, “When it dawns tomorrow morning, we will kill him when he tries to leave the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_3","008_16_3","JDG","16","3","3","But Samson did not stay there all night. At midnight, he got up. He went to the city gate, he took hold of its two posts, and he lifted it up out of the ground, with its connecting cross bar still attached. He put it on his shoulders and carried it many miles uphill to Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_4","008_16_4","JDG","16","4","4","Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, and started to live with her. She lived in Sorek Valley in the Philistia area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_5","008_16_5","JDG","16","5","5","The Philistine leaders went to her and said, “Find out from Samson what makes him so strong. And find out how we can subdue him and tie him up securely. If you do that, each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_6","008_16_6","JDG","16","6","6","So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me what makes you so strong, and tell me how someone can subdue you and tie you up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_7","008_16_7","JDG","16","7","7","Samson said, “If someone ties me with seven new bowstrings, ones that are not dry yet, I will become as weak as other men.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_8","008_16_8","JDG","16","8","8","So after Delilah told that to the Philistine leaders, they brought seven new bowstrings to Delilah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_9","008_16_9","JDG","16","9","9","Then she hid the men in one of the rooms in her house. Then while Samson was sleeping, she tied him up with the bowstrings. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come here to capture you!” But Samson snapped the bowstrings as easily as though they were strings that had been singed in a fire. So the Philistines did not find out what made Samson so strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_10","008_16_10","JDG","16","10","10","Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have deceived me and lied to me! Now tell me the truth, how someone can tie you up securely.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_11","008_16_11","JDG","16","11","11","Samson replied, “If someone ties me with new ropes, ones that have never been used, I will be as weak as other men.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_12","008_16_12","JDG","16","12","12","So again, she told the Philistine leaders, and they came and hid in the room as they had done before. And again, while Samson was sleeping, she took the new ropes and tied him up with them. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson snapped the ropes on his arms as easily as if they were threads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_13","008_16_13","JDG","16","13","13","Then Delilah said, “You have deceived me and lied to me again! Please tell me how someone can tie you up securely!” Samson replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the threads you are weaving on the loom, and then fasten those threads with the pin that makes the threads tight, then I will be as weak as other men.” So again, while Samson was sleeping on her lap, Delilah held the seven braids of his hair, and wove them into the threads on the loom, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_14","008_16_14","JDG","16","14","14","and she tightened them with the pin. Then she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” But Samson woke up and pulled out the pin, and pulled his hair from the threads on the loom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_15","008_16_15","JDG","16","15","15","Then Delilah said to him, “How can you say that you love me when you do not tell me the truth about yourself? You have deceived me three times, and you still have not told me what really makes you so strong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_16","008_16_16","JDG","16","16","16","Day after day she nagged him like that. He thought he would die from her nagging IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_17","008_16_17","JDG","16","17","17","Finally Samson told her the truth. He said, “I have been set apart for God since the day I was born. And because of that, my hair has never been cut. If my hair were shaved off, my strength would be gone, and I would be as weak as other men.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_18","008_16_18","JDG","16","18","18","Delilah realized that this time he had told her the truth. So she summoned the Philistine leaders again, saying, “Come back one more time, because Samson has really told me everything about why he is so strong”. So the Philistine leaders returned and brought to Delilah the money that they promised to give her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_19","008_16_19","JDG","16","19","19","Again she lulled Samson to sleep, with his head in her lap. Then she called one of the Philistine men to come and shave off Samson’s hair. As he did that, Samson began to get weaker. And finally his strength was all gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_20","008_16_20","JDG","16","20","20","Then after she tied him up, she called out, “Samson! The Philistines have come to capture you!” He woke up and thought, “I will do as I did before. I will shake these ropes off myself and be free!” But he did not realize that Yahweh had left him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_21","008_16_21","JDG","16","21","21","So the Philistine men seized him and gouged out his eyes. Then they took him to Gaza. There they put him in prison and bound him with bronze chains. They made him turn a millstone to grind grain every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_22","008_16_22","JDG","16","22","22","But his hair started to grow again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_23","008_16_23","JDG","16","23","23","Several months later the Philistine leaders celebrated a big festival. During the festival they offered sacrifices to their god Dagon. They praised him, saying, “Our god has enabled us to defeat our great enemy Samson!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_24","008_16_24","JDG","16","24","24","And when the other people saw Samson, they also praised their god Dagon, saying, “Samson ruined our crops and killed many of our people, but our god has put our enemy into our hands. Our god helped us to capture the one who has killed so many of us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_25","008_16_25","JDG","16","25","25","By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, “Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!” So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_26","008_16_26","JDG","16","26","26","Samson said to the servant who was leading him by his hand, “Place my hands against the two pillars. I want to rest against them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_27","008_16_27","JDG","16","27","27","At that time the temple was full of men and women. All the Philistine leaders were also there. And there were about 3,000 people on the roof, watching Samson and making fun of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_28","008_16_28","JDG","16","28","28","Then Samson prayed, saying, “Yahweh, my Lord, think about me again! Please give me strength one more time, so that I may get revenge on the Philistines for gouging out my eyes!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_29","008_16_29","JDG","16","29","29","Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars of the temple. He put his right hand on one pillar and his left hand on the other pillar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_30","008_16_30","JDG","16","30","30","Then he shouted to God, “Let me die with the Philistines!”, and he pushed with all his strength. The pillars collapsed, and the temple crashed down on the Philistine leaders and all the other Philistine people, and they all died. So Samson killed more people when he died than he had killed all during his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG16_31","008_16_31","JDG","16","31","31","Later his brothers and their relatives went down from Zorah to Gaza to get his body. They took it back home and buried it between Zorah and Eshtaol, at the place where Samson’s father Manoah was buried. Samson had been Israel’s leader for 20 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_1","008_17_1","JDG","17","1","1","There was a man named Micah who lived in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_2","008_17_2","JDG","17","2","2","One day he said to his mother, “I heard you curse whoever stole ◄1,100 pieces/28 pounds/13 kg.► of silver from your house. I am the one who took the silver, and I still have it.” His mother replied, “My son, I pray that Yahweh will bless you for admitting that you took it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_3","008_17_3","JDG","17","3","3","Micah gave all the silver back to his mother. Then she said to herself, “I will give some of this silver to Yahweh.” And she said to her son, “My son, I want you to make an idol and a statue from this silver. So I will give some of this silver back to you for making these things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_4","008_17_4","JDG","17","4","4","So when he gave all the silver to his mother, she took ◄200 pieces/about 5 pounds/1.6 kg.► of it to a ◄silversmith/man who made things from silver►. With the silver that man made an idol and a statue, and gave them to Micah. Micah put them in his house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_5","008_17_5","JDG","17","5","5","He had in his house a special ◄shrine/place for putting sacred things►. He made a sacred vest and some small idols and put them in this shrine along with the big idol and the statue. Then Micah chose one of his sons to become his priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_6","008_17_6","JDG","17","6","6","At that time, the Israeli people did not have a king. So Micah and everyone else did whatever they considered to be the right thing to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_7","008_17_7","JDG","17","7","7","There was a young man who had been living in Bethlehem in the area where the tribe of Judah lives. He wanted to work as a priest because he was a member of the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_8","008_17_8","JDG","17","8","8","So he left Bethlehem to find another place to live and work. He came to Micah’s house in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_9","008_17_9","JDG","17","9","9","Micah asked him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I come from Bethlehem. I am from the tribe of Levi, and I am looking for a place to live and work as a priest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_10","008_17_10","JDG","17","10","10","Micah said to him, “Stay with me, and you can become like a father to counsel me, and be my priest. Each year I will give to you ten pieces of silver and some new clothes. And I will provide food for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_11","008_17_11","JDG","17","11","11","So the young man agreed to live with Micah. He became like one of Micah’s own sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_12","008_17_12","JDG","17","12","12","Micah appointed him to be a priest, and he lived in Micah’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG17_13","008_17_13","JDG","17","13","13","Then Micah said, “Now I know that Yahweh will do good things for me, because I have a man from the tribe of Levi to be my priest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_1","008_18_1","JDG","18","1","1","At that time the Israelis had no king. Also at that time, the tribe of Dan was still searching for some land where they could live. The other Israeli tribes had been able to ◄capture/take possession of► the land that had been allotted to them, but the tribe of Dan had not been able to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_2","008_18_2","JDG","18","2","2","So they chose five soldiers from their clans, men who lived in Zorah and Eshtaol cities, to go through the land and explore it and try to find some land where their tribe could live. They came to Micah’s house in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived, and they stayed there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_3","008_18_3","JDG","18","3","3","While they were in his house and they heard the young man who had become Micah’s priest talking, they recognized from ◄his accent/the way that he talked► that he was from the southern part of Israel. So they went to him and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing here? Why did you come here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_4","008_18_4","JDG","18","4","4","He told them the things that Micah had done for him. And he said, “Micah ◄has hired me/is paying me to work for him►, and I have become his priest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_5","008_18_5","JDG","18","5","5","So they said to him, “Please ask God if we will succeed in what we are trying to do on this journey.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_6","008_18_6","JDG","18","6","6","The young man replied, “Things will go well for you. Yahweh will go with you on this journey.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_7","008_18_7","JDG","18","7","7","The next day the five men left. When they came to Laish city, they saw that the people there lived safely, like the people in Sidon city did. The people there thought that they were safe/protected from any enemies, and they had plenty of good fertile land. They lived very far from the people of Sidon, so the people of Sidon would not be able to help defend/protect them. They had no other ◄allies/groups nearby that would help them in battles►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_8","008_18_8","JDG","18","8","8","When those five men returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their relatives asked them “What did you find out?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_9","008_18_9","JDG","18","9","9","They replied, “We have found some land, and it is very good. We should go and attack the people who live there. Why are you staying here and doing nothing RHQ? Do not wait any longer! We should go immediately and take possession of that land! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_10","008_18_10","JDG","18","10","10","When you go there, you will see that there is plenty of land, and it has everything that we will need. The people there are not expecting anyone to attack them. Surely God is giving that land to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_11","008_18_11","JDG","18","11","11","So 600 men from the tribe of Dan left Zorah and Eshtaol, carrying their weapons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_12","008_18_12","JDG","18","12","12","On their way they set up their tents near Kiriath-Jearim city in the area where the tribe of Judah lives. That is why the area west of Kiriath-Jearim was named ‘Camp of Dan’, and that is still its name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_13","008_18_13","JDG","18","13","13","From there, they went to the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. And they arrived at Micah’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_14","008_18_14","JDG","18","14","14","The five men who had explored the land near Laish said to their fellow Israelis, “Do you know that in one of these houses there is a sacred vest, several idols, and a statue? We think that you know what you should do.” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_15","008_18_15","JDG","18","15","15","So they went to the house where the man from the tribe of Levi lived, which was the house where Micah lived, and they greeted the young man from the tribe of Levi who had become Micah’s priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_16","008_18_16","JDG","18","16","16","The 600 men of the tribe of Dan stood outside the gate of the house, carrying their weapons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_17","008_18_17","JDG","18","17","17","The five men who had explored the land went into Micah’s house, and took all the idols, the sacred vest, and the statue. While they did that, the 600 men stood outside the gate, talking with the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_18","008_18_18","JDG","18","18","18","When the priest saw them bringing out the idols and the sacred vest and the statue, he said to them, “What are you doing?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_19","008_18_19","JDG","18","19","19","They replied, “Be quiet! Do not say anything! You come with us and be like a father to us and a priest for us. Is it better for you to stay here and be a priest for the people in the house of one man, or to be a priest for a clan, and a priest for a whole tribe of Israelis?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_20","008_18_20","JDG","18","20","20","The priest liked what they were suggesting. So he took the sacred vest and the idols, and he prepared to go with the men from the tribe of Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_21","008_18_21","JDG","18","21","21","They all put their little children and their animals and everything else that they owned in front of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_22","008_18_22","JDG","18","22","22","After they had gone a little distance from Micah’s house, Micah saw what was happening. He quickly summoned the men who lived near him, and they ran and caught up with the men from the tribe of Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_23","008_18_23","JDG","18","23","23","They shouted at them. The men of the tribe of Dan turned around and said to Micah, “What is the problem? Why have you gathered these men to pursue us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_24","008_18_24","JDG","18","24","24","Micah shouted, “You took the silver idols that were made for me! You also took my priest! I do not have anything left RHQ! So why do you ask me, ‘What is the problem?’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_25","008_18_25","JDG","18","25","25","The men from the tribe of Dan replied, “You should not shout loudly like that! One of our angry men might attack you and kill you and your family!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_26","008_18_26","JDG","18","26","26","Then the men from the tribe of Dan continued walking. Micah realized that there was a very large group of them, so that it would be useless for him to try to fight them. So he turned around and went home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_27","008_18_27","JDG","18","27","27","The men of the tribe of Dan were carrying the things that had been made for Micah, and they also took his priest, and they continued traveling to Laish. They attacked the people who were peacefully living there, and killed them with their swords, and then they burned everything in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_28","008_18_28","JDG","18","28","28","Laish was far from the city of Sidon, so the people of Sidon could not rescue the people of Laish. And the people of Laish had no other allies. Laish was in a valley near Beth-Rehob town. The people of the tribe of Dan rebuilt the city and started to live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_29","008_18_29","JDG","18","29","29","They gave to the city a new name, Dan, in honor of their ancestor Dan, who was one of the sons of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_30","008_18_30","JDG","18","30","30","The people of the tribe of Dan set up in the city the idols that had been made for Micah. Jonathan, who was the son of Gershom and the grandson of Moses, was appointed to be their priest. His descendants continued to be priests until the Israelis were captured and taken to Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG18_31","008_18_31","JDG","18","31","31","After the people of the tribe of Dan set up the idols that had been made for Micah, they worshiped those idols, even though the Sacred Tent where they had been commanded to worship God, was at Shiloh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_1","008_19_1","JDG","19","1","1","At that time the Israeli people had no king. There was a man from the tribe of Levi who lived in a remote place in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. He had previously taken as a wife a woman who was a slave. She was from Bethlehem, in the area where the tribe of Judah lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_2","008_19_2","JDG","19","2","2","But she started to sleep with other men also. Then she left him and returned to her father’s house in Bethlehem. She stayed there for four months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_3","008_19_3","JDG","19","3","3","Then her husband took his servant and two donkeys and went to Bethlehem. He went to ask her to come back to live with him again. When he arrived at her father’s house, she invited him to come in. Her father was happy to see him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_4","008_19_4","JDG","19","4","4","The woman’s father asked him to stay. So he stayed there for three days. During that time he ate and drank and slept there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_5","008_19_5","JDG","19","5","5","On the fourth day, they all got up early in the morning. The man from the tribe of Levi was preparing to leave, but the woman’s father said to him, “Eat something before you go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_6","008_19_6","JDG","19","6","6","So the two men sat down to eat and drink together. Then the woman’s father said to him, “Please stay another night. Relax/Rest and have a joyful time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_7","008_19_7","JDG","19","7","7","The man from the tribe of Levi wanted to leave, but the woman’s father requested him to stay one more night. So he stayed again that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_8","008_19_8","JDG","19","8","8","On the fifth day, the man got up early and prepared to leave. But the woman’s father said to him again, “Have something to eat. Wait until this afternoon, and then leave.” So the two men ate together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_9","008_19_9","JDG","19","9","9","In the afternoon, when the man from the tribe of Levi and his slave wife and his servant got up to leave, the woman’s father said, “It will soon be dark. The day is almost over. Stay here tonight and have a good/joyful time. Tomorrow morning you can get up early and leave for your home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_10","008_19_10","JDG","19","10","10","But the man from the tribe of Levi did not want to stay for another night. He put saddles on his two donkeys, and started to go with his slave wife and his servant toward Jebus city, which is now named Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_11","008_19_11","JDG","19","11","11","Late in the afternoon, they came near to Jebus. The servant said to his master, “We should stop in this city where the Jebus people-group live, and stay here tonight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_12","008_19_12","JDG","19","12","12","But his master said, “No, it would not be good for us to stay here where foreign people live. There are no Israeli people here. We will go on to Gibeah city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_13","008_19_13","JDG","19","13","13","He said to his servant, “Let’s go. It is not far to Gibeah. We can go there, or we can go a bit further to Ramah. We can stay in one of those two cities tonight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_14","008_19_14","JDG","19","14","14","So they continued walking. When they came near Gibeah, where people from the tribe of Benjamin live, the sun was setting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_15","008_19_15","JDG","19","15","15","They stopped to stay there that night. They went to the public square of that city and sat down. But no one who passed by invited them to stay in their house for that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_16","008_19_16","JDG","19","16","16","Finally, in the evening, an old man came by. He had been working in the fields. He was from the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim, but at that time he was living in Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_17","008_19_17","JDG","19","17","17","He realized that the man from the tribe of Levi was only traveling and did not have a home in that city. So he asked the man, “Where have you come from? And where are you going?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_18","008_19_18","JDG","19","18","18","He replied, “We are traveling from Bethlehem to my home in the hilly area where people of the tribe of Ephraim live. I went from there to Bethlehem, but now we are going to Shiloh where Yahweh’s Sacred tent (OR, my house) is. No one here has invited us to stay in their house tonight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_19","008_19_19","JDG","19","19","19","We have straw and food for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the young woman and my servant. We do not need anything else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_20","008_19_20","JDG","19","20","20","The old man said, “I wish that things will go well for you, but I would like to provide what you need. Do not stay here in the square tonight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_21","008_19_21","JDG","19","21","21","Then the old man took them to his house. He gave food to the donkeys. He gave water to the man and the woman and the servant to wash their feet. And he gave them something to eat and drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_22","008_19_22","JDG","19","22","22","While they were having a good/joyful time together, some wicked men from that city surrounded the house and started to bang on the door. They shouted to the old man, “Bring out to us the man who has come to your house. We want to have sex with him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_23","008_19_23","JDG","19","23","23","The old man went outside and said to them, “Friends, I will not do that. That would be a very evil thing. This man is a guest in my house. You should not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_24","008_19_24","JDG","19","24","24","Look, my daughter is here. She is still a virgin. And this man’s slave wife is here. I will bring them out to you now. You may do to them whatever you wish, but do not do such a terrible/disgraceful/shameful thing to this young man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_25","008_19_25","JDG","19","25","25","But the men did not pay attention to what he said. So the man from the tribe of Levi took his slave wife and sent her to them, outside the house. They raped EUP her and abused her all night. Then at dawn, they allowed her to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_26","008_19_26","JDG","19","26","26","She returned to the old man’s house, where her husband was staying, but she fell down at the doorway and lay there all night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_27","008_19_27","JDG","19","27","27","In the morning, when the man from the tribe of Levi got up, he went outside of the house to continue his journey. He saw his slave wife lying there at the doorway of the house. Her hands were on the doorsill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_28","008_19_28","JDG","19","28","28","He said to her, “Get up! Let’s go!” But she did not answer, because she had died. He put her body on the donkey and traveled to his home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_29","008_19_29","JDG","19","29","29","When he arrived home, he took a knife and cut the body of the slave woman into twelve pieces. Then he sent one piece to each area of Israel, along with a message telling what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG19_30","008_19_30","JDG","19","30","30","Everyone who saw a piece of the body and the message said, “Nothing like this has ever happened before. Not since our ancestors left Egypt have we heard of such a terrible thing. We need to think carefully about it. Someone should decide what we should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_1","008_20_1","JDG","20","1","1","All the Israelis, from Dan city in the north to Beersheba city in the south, and even from the  Gilead region on the east side of the Jordan River, heard what had happened. So they they gathered together at Mizpah, at the place where they worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_2","008_20_2","JDG","20","2","2","The leaders of eleven of the tribes of Israel stood in front of the people who gathered there. There were 400,000 men with swords who were there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_3","008_20_3","JDG","20","3","3","The people of the tribe of Benjamin heard that the other Israelis had gone up to Mizpah, but none of the men from their tribe went to the meeting there. The Israelis who had come to Mizpah asked about the evil thing that had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_4","008_20_4","JDG","20","4","4","So the husband of the woman who had been killed replied, “My slave wife and I came to Gibeah city, wanting to stay there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_5","008_20_5","JDG","20","5","5","That evening, the men of Gibeah came to attack me. They surrounded the house where I was staying and wanted to have sex with me and then kill me. They raped and abused my slave wife all night, and she died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_6","008_20_6","JDG","20","6","6","I took her body home and cut it into pieces. Then I sent one piece to each area of Israel, because I wanted you all to know about this wicked and disgraceful/shameful thing that has been done here in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_7","008_20_7","JDG","20","7","7","So now, all you Israeli people, speak, and tell me what you think should be done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_8","008_20_8","JDG","20","8","8","All the people stood up, and in unison said, “None of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_9","008_20_9","JDG","20","9","9","This is what we must do to the people of Gibeah. First, we will ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to determine which group should attack them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_10","008_20_10","JDG","20","10","10","We will choose ◄one tenth/one from every ten► of the men from all the Israeli tribes. Those men will go and find food for the men who will go to attack the people of Gibeah. Then the other men will go to Gibeah to ◄pay the people back/punish them► for this terrible thing that they have done here in Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_11","008_20_11","JDG","20","11","11","And all the Israeli people agreed that the people of Gibeah should be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_12","008_20_12","JDG","20","12","12","Then the Israeli men sent messengers throughout the tribe of Benjamin. They demanded, “Do you realize that some of your men have done a very evil thing? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_13","008_20_13","JDG","20","13","13","Bring those wicked men to us, in order that we can execute them. By doing that, we will be doing what should be done because of this evil thing that has happened in Israel.” But the people of the tribe of Benjamin did not pay attention to their fellow Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_14","008_20_14","JDG","20","14","14","The men of the tribe of Benjamin left their cities and gathered at Gibeah to fight the other Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_15","008_20_15","JDG","20","15","15","In that one day the men of the tribe of Benjamin recruited 26,000 soldiers who knew how to fight using swords. They also chose/recruited 700 men from Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_16","008_20_16","JDG","20","16","16","From all those soldiers there were 700 men who were left-handed, and each of them could sling a stone at a target that was very small and as narrow as a hair, and the stone always hit the target! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_17","008_20_17","JDG","20","17","17","There were 400,000 men from the other Israeli tribes who had swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_18","008_20_18","JDG","20","18","18","Those other Israelis went up to Bethel and asked God, “Which tribe should be the first to attack the men from the tribe of Benjamin?” Yahweh answered, “The men from the tribe of Judah should go first.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_19","008_20_19","JDG","20","19","19","The next morning, the Israeli men went and set up their tents near Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_20","008_20_20","JDG","20","20","20","Then they went to fight against the men from the tribe of Benjamin, and stood in their positions for fighting a battle, facing Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_21","008_20_21","JDG","20","21","21","The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and fought against them, and they killed 22,000 Israeli men on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_22","008_20_22","JDG","20","22","23","Late that afternoon, the remaining Israeli men went to the place of worship and cried until the sun set. Then they asked Yahweh, “Should we attack the men of the tribe of Benjamin again, even though they are our fellow Israelis?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them again.” So the Israeli men encouraged each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_24","008_20_24","JDG","20","24","24","The next day they again stood in their positions for fighting, just like they had done on the previous day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_25","008_20_25","JDG","20","25","25","The men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and attacked the Israelis, and killed 18,000 more of their men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_26","008_20_26","JDG","20","26","26","In the afternoon, all the people of Israel who had not been killed again went to Bethel. There they sat down and cried to Yahweh, and they ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► until it was evening. They brought some offerings which they burned completely on the altar, and they also brought some offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_27","008_20_27","JDG","20","27","28","At that time, the Sacred Chest that contained the stone tablets on which were written the Ten Commandments was there at Bethel. A priest named Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, often stood in front of that chest and talked with Yahweh. While he stood there on that day, he asked Yahweh, “Shall we go again to fight against our fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin, or shall we stop fighting against them?” Yahweh answered, “Go again tomorrow, because tomorrow I will enable you to defeat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_29","008_20_29","JDG","20","29","29","So the next day, 10,000 of the Israeli men ◄set up ambushes/went to hide► in the fields around Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_30","008_20_30","JDG","20","30","30","The other Israeli men went and stood in their positions for fighting a battle just like they had done on the previous days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_31","008_20_31","JDG","20","31","31","When the men of the tribe of Benjamin came out of the city to fight against them, the Israeli men retreated away from the city, and the men of the tribe of Benjamin pursued them. The men of the tribe of Benjamin killed many Israelis, like they had done before. They killed about 30 Israelis. They killed some in the fields, and they killed some on the road that went to Bethel and on the road that went to Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_32","008_20_32","JDG","20","32","32","The men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are defeating them like we did before!” But then Israeli men did what they had planned. The main group of Israeli men retreated a short distance from the city, to trick the men of Gibeah and cause them to pursue the Israeli men along the roads outside the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_33","008_20_33","JDG","20","33","33","The main group of Israeli men left their positions and retreated, and then they stood in their battle positions again at a place named Baal-Tamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_34","008_20_34","JDG","20","34","34","Then while the men of Gibeah were running out of the city toward them, the other 10,000 Israelis came out from the places where they had been hiding, west of Gibeah. They were men who had come from all parts of Israel. There was a very big battle. But the men of the tribe of Benjamin did not know that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_35","008_20_35","JDG","20","35","35","Yahweh enabled the Israeli men to defeat the men of the tribe of Benjamin. They killed 25,000 of them, even though they all were using swords. This is what happened: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_36","008_20_36","JDG","20","36","38","The main group of Israeli men arranged with the men who would be hiding that they should send up a smoke signal to enable the main group of soldiers to know when they should attack. Then the main group of Israeli men retreated for a short distance, because they knew that the other Israeli men who had been hiding on the other side of Gibeah would attack the people of the tribe of Benjamin by surprise. So after the main group of Israeli men retreated a little distance, the men who had been hiding rushed out and ran into Gibeah and used their swords to kill everyone in the city. Then they started to burn the buildings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_39","008_20_39","JDG","20","39","39","By that time, the men of the tribe of Benjamin said, “We are winning the battle, as we did before!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_40","008_20_40","JDG","20","40","40","But then smoke from the burning buildings began to rise up from the city. The men of the tribe of Benjamin turned around and saw that the whole city was burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_41","008_20_41","JDG","20","41","41","Then the main group of Israeli men also saw the smoke, and they knew that the smoke signaled that they should turn around and begin to attack. The men of the tribe of Benjamin were very afraid, because they realized that they were about to suffer a disastrous defeat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_42","008_20_42","JDG","20","42","42","So the men of the tribe of Benjamin tried to run away toward the desert to escape from the Israeli men, but they were not able to escape, because the Israeli men who had burned the two cities came out of those cities and killed many of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_43","008_20_43","JDG","20","43","43","They surrounded some of the men of the tribe of Benjamin, and pursued the others to the area east of Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_44","008_20_44","JDG","20","44","44","They killed 18,000 strong soldiers of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_45","008_20_45","JDG","20","45","45","Then the rest of the men of the tribe of Benjamin realized that they had been defeated. They ran toward the desert to Rimmon Rock, but the Israeli men killed 5,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin along the roads. They pursued the rest of them to Gidom, and they killed 2,000 more men of the tribe of Benjamin there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_46","008_20_46","JDG","20","46","46","Altogether, there were 25,000 men of the tribe of Benjamin who were killed, all of whom had swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_47","008_20_47","JDG","20","47","47","But 600 men of the tribe of Benjamin ran to Rimmon Rock in the desert. They stayed there for four months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG20_48","008_20_48","JDG","20","48","48","Then the Israeli men went back to the land belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, and killed the people in every city. They also killed all the animals, and destroyed everything else that they found there. And they burned all the cities that they came to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_1","008_21_1","JDG","21","1","1","When the Israeli men gathered at Mizpah before the battle started, they vowed, “None of us will ever allow one of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_2","008_21_2","JDG","21","2","2","But now the Israelis went to Bethel and they cried loudly to Yahweh all day, until the sun went down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_3","008_21_3","JDG","21","3","3","They kept saying, “Yahweh, God of us Israeli people, it is as though one of the tribes of us Israelis does not exist any more! ◄Why has this happened to us?/It is terrible that this has happened to us!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_4","008_21_4","JDG","21","4","4","Early the next morning the people built an altar. Then they completely burned some sacrifices on the altar, and also offered other sacrifices to maintain fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_5","008_21_5","JDG","21","5","5","Then, because they had vowed that anyone who did not meet with them at Mizpah to help fight the men of the tribe of Benjamin would be killed, they asked among themselves, “Were there any of the tribes of Israel who did not come to Mizpah to meet with us in the presence of Yahweh?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_6","008_21_6","JDG","21","6","6","The Israelis felt sorry for their fellow Israelis from the tribe of Benjamin. They said, “Today one of our Israeli tribes ◄has disappeared/no longer exists►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_7","008_21_7","JDG","21","7","7","Yahweh heard us solemnly declare that we would not allow any of our daughters to marry any man from the tribe of Benjamin. What can we do to make certain that the men of the tribe of Benjamin who were not killed will have wives?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_8","008_21_8","JDG","21","8","8","Then one of them asked, “What group from any of the tribes of Israel did not send any men here to Mizpah?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_9","008_21_9","JDG","21","9","9","They realized that when the soldiers were counted, there was no one from Jabesh-Gilead city who had come there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_10","008_21_10","JDG","21","10","10","So all the Israelis decided to send 12,000 very good soldiers to Jabesh-Gilead to kill the people there with their swords, even to kill the married women and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_11","008_21_11","JDG","21","11","11","They told this to those men: “This is what you must do: You must kill every man in Jabesh-Gilead. You must also kill every married woman. But do not kill the unmarried women.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_12","008_21_12","JDG","21","12","12","So those soldiers went to Jabesh-Gilead and killed all the men, married women, and children. But they found 400 unmarried young women there. So they brought them to their camp at Shiloh, in Canaan, across the river from the Gilead area that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_13","008_21_13","JDG","21","13","13","Then all the Israelis who had gathered sent a message to the 600 men who were at Rimmon Rock. They said that they would like to make peace with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_14","008_21_14","JDG","21","14","14","So the men came back from Rimmon Rock. The Israelis gave to them the women from Jabesh-Gilead whom they had not killed. But there were only 400 women. But there were not enough women for those 600 men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_15","008_21_15","JDG","21","15","15","The Israelis still felt sorry for the men of the tribe of Benjamin, because Yahweh had ◄decimated/almost wiped out► one of the Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_16","008_21_16","JDG","21","16","16","The Israeli leaders said, “We have killed all the married women of the tribe of Benjamin. Where can we get women to be wives of the men who are still alive? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_17","008_21_17","JDG","21","17","17","These men must have wives to give birth to children, in order that their families will continue. If that does not happen, all the people of one of the tribes of Israel will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_18","008_21_18","JDG","21","18","18","But we cannot allow our daughters to marry these men, because we vowed that Yahweh will curse anyone who gives one of his daughters to become a wife of any man of the tribe of Benjamin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_19","008_21_19","JDG","21","19","19","Then one of them ◄had an idea/thought of something that they could do►. He said, “Every year there is a festival to honor Yahweh at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel and east of the road that extends from Bethel to Shechem, and it is south of Lebonah city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_20","008_21_20","JDG","21","20","20","So the Israeli leaders told the men of the tribe of Benjamin, “When it is the time for that festival, go to Shiloh and hide in the vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_21","008_21_21","JDG","21","21","21","Keep watching for the young women to come out of the city to dance. When they come out, all of you should run out of the vineyards. Each of you can seize one of the young women of Shiloh. Then you can all return to your homes with those women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_22","008_21_22","JDG","21","22","22","If their fathers or brothers come to us and complain about what you have done, we will say to them, ‘Be kind to the men of the tribe of Benjamin. When we fought them, we did not leave any women alive to become their wives, and you did not give those young women to the men from the tribe of Benjamin. They stole them. So you will not be guilty, even though you said that you would not allow any of your daughters to marry one of them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_23","008_21_23","JDG","21","23","23","So that is what the men of the tribe of Benjamin did. They went to Shiloh at the time of the festival. And when the young women were dancing, each man caught one of them and took her away and married her. Then they took their wives back to the land that God had given to them. They rebuilt their cities that had been burned down, and they lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_24","008_21_24","JDG","21","24","24","The other Israelis went to their homes in the areas where their tribes and clans lived, the areas that God had allotted to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JG21_25","008_21_25","JDG","21","25","25","At that time, the Israeli people did not have a king. Everyone did what they themselves thought was right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_1","009_1_1","RUT","1","1","1","During the time before kings ruled Israel, ◄there was a famine/the people there had nothing to eat►. There was a man who lived there whose name was Elimelech. His wife’s name was Naomi, and his sons’ names were Mahlon and Chilion. They were all from Bethlehem town, from the Ephrath clan in Judah region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_2","009_1_2","RUT","1","2","2","Because of the famine, they left Bethlehem and went east to live for a while in Moab region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_3","009_1_3","RUT","1","3","3","While they were there, Elimelech died, and Naomi had only her two sons with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_4","009_1_4","RUT","1","4","4","They married women from Moab. One of them was named Orpah, and the other one was named Ruth. But after they had lived in that area for about ten years, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_5","009_1_5","RUT","1","5","5","Mahlon and Chilion died. So then Naomi had no husband and no sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_6","009_1_6","RUT","1","6","6","One day while Naomi was in Moab, she heard someone say that Yahweh had helped his people in Israel and that now there was plenty of food to eat. So she prepared to return to Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_7","009_1_7","RUT","1","7","7","She left the place where she had been living and started to walk with her daughters-in-law along the road back to Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_8","009_1_8","RUT","1","8","8","Then as the three of them were walking, Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Each of you should turn around and go back to your mother’s home. You treated your husbands kindly before they died, and you have treated me kindly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_9","009_1_9","RUT","1","9","9","Now I desire that Yahweh will enable each of you to have another husband in whose home you will feel secure.” Then she kissed both of them, and they cried aloud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_10","009_1_10","RUT","1","10","10","They each said, “No, we want to go with you as you return to your relatives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_11","009_1_11","RUT","1","11","11","But Naomi said, “No, my daughters, return home. ◄It will not do any good for you to come with me!/What good will it do for you to come with me?► RHQ Do you think I will get married again and have more sons who could become your husbands? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_12","009_1_12","RUT","1","12","12","Even if I thought I could have another husband, and even if I got married today and became pregnant EUP tonight and later gave birth to sons, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_13","009_1_13","RUT","1","13","13","would you remain single/unmarried until they grew up and became old enough for you to marry? No, my daughters, you would not do that. Your situations are bad because your husbands have died, but it is possible that you will each marry again. My situation is much worse, because Yahweh SYN has opposed me, and now I am too old to get married again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_14","009_1_14","RUT","1","14","14","Then Ruth and Orpah cried again because of what Naomi said. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, and left, but Ruth clung to Naomi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_15","009_1_15","RUT","1","15","15","Naomi said to her, “Look! Your sister-in-law is going back to her relatives and to her gods! Go back with her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_16","009_1_16","RUT","1","16","16","But Ruth replied, “No! Don’t urge me to leave you! I want to go with you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your relatives will be my relatives, and the God you worship will be the God I worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_17","009_1_17","RUT","1","17","17","Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only when one of us dies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_18","009_1_18","RUT","1","18","18","When Naomi realized that Ruth was very determined to go with her, she stopped urging her to return home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_19","009_1_19","RUT","1","19","19","So the two women continued walking until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived there, everyone in town was excited to see them. The women of the town exclaimed, “◄Can this be Naomi?/It is difficult to believe that this is Naomi!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_20","009_1_20","RUT","1","20","20","Naomi said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi, which means ‘pleasant’. Instead, call me Mara, which means ‘bitter’, because God Almighty has made my life very unpleasant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_21","009_1_21","RUT","1","21","21","When I left here, I felt rich, because I had a family. But Yahweh has brought me back here and now I feel poor, because I have no family. Do not call me Naomi RHQ. I feel as though Yahweh has spoken against (OR, afflicted) me. Almighty God has caused me to experience a great tragedy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT1_22","009_1_22","RUT","1","22","22","That summarizes the account of Naomi returning home along with her daughter-in-law Ruth, the woman from Moab. And it happened that when they arrived in Bethlehem, the barley grain harvest was just beginning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_1","009_2_1","RUT","2","1","1","There was a man in Bethlehem who belonged to the clan of Naomi’s dead husband, Elimelech. He was rich and well-known/influential. His name was Boaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_2","009_2_2","RUT","2","2","2","One day Ruth said to Naomi, “Let me go to the fields and pick up the grain left behind by the workers.” Naomi replied, “Go ahead, my daughter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_3","009_2_3","RUT","2","3","3","So Ruth went to the fields and began to pick up some of the left-over grain. And it happened that she was working in a field that belonged to Boaz, the man from the clan of her dead father-in-law, Elimelech! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_4","009_2_4","RUT","2","4","4","Just then, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem. He greeted the men who were harvesting the grain, saying, “I want Yahweh to bless you!” They replied, “We want Yahweh to bless you, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_5","009_2_5","RUT","2","5","5","Then Boaz saw Ruth, and asked the ◄foreman/man in charge of the other workmen►, “Whose daughter is that young woman?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_6","009_2_6","RUT","2","6","6","The foreman replied, “She is the woman from Moab who returned from there with her mother-in-law Naomi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_7","009_2_7","RUT","2","7","7","She said to me, ‘Please let me walk behind the men who are harvesting the grain and pick up some of the grain they leave behind.’ I gave her permission, and she went into the field, and she has been working from this morning until now. The only time she did not work was when she rested for a short time in the shelter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_8","009_2_8","RUT","2","8","8","So Boaz went over to Ruth and said to her, “Young lady, listen to me. Don’t go and pick up grain in another field. Do not go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_9","009_2_9","RUT","2","9","9","Watch where the men are harvesting, and follow along behind the servant girls. I will tell the men who are working not to touch/molest you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get some water to drink from the jars that the men have filled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_10","009_2_10","RUT","2","10","10","When he said that, she knelt down in front of him in respect, with her face touching the ground. She exclaimed, “Why are you acting so kindly toward me, by paying attention to me? I am not even a Jew; I am a foreigner!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_11","009_2_11","RUT","2","11","11","Boaz replied, “People have told me all about what you have done for your mother-in-law. They told me that you left your parents and your homeland, and you came here to live among people whom you did not know before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_12","009_2_12","RUT","2","12","12","I hope/desire that Yahweh will repay you for what you have done. You have put yourself in the care of Yahweh, like a little bird puts itself under its mother’s wings MET. I desire that he will reward you very greatly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_13","009_2_13","RUT","2","13","13","She replied, “Sir, I hope you will continue to act kindly toward me. You have comforted/encouraged me, even though I am lower in status than any of your servant girls.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_14","009_2_14","RUT","2","14","14","At mealtime, Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Take some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar and eat it.” Then when she sat down with the men who had been harvesting, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all the grain she wanted, and had some left over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_15","009_2_15","RUT","2","15","15","As she stood up to start gathering grain again, Boaz ordered his workers, “Even if she gathers some grain near the bundles of grain that have been cut, do not scold her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_16","009_2_16","RUT","2","16","16","Instead, pull out some stalks of grain from the bundles, and leave them on the ground for her to pick up, and do not rebuke her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_17","009_2_17","RUT","2","17","17","So Ruth gathered grain in the field until evening. Then she ◄threshed/beat with a stick► the barley that she had gathered, to separate the kernels from the stalks, and the barley filled a large basket. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_18","009_2_18","RUT","2","18","18","She carried it back to town, and showed to her mother-in-law how much she had gathered. Ruth also showed to her the grain that was left over after she had eaten enough from what Boaz had given her at lunchtime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_19","009_2_19","RUT","2","19","19","Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you gather grain today? In whose field did you work? God will surely bless the man who was kind to you.” Then Ruth told her about the man in whose field she had been working. She said, “The name of the man who owns the field where I worked today is Boaz.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_20","009_2_20","RUT","2","20","20","Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless him! He has not stopped acting kindly toward us, who are still living, and to our husbands who have died.” Then she added, “That man is a close relative of Elimelech; he is one of those who has a responsibility to help those who are his relatives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_21","009_2_21","RUT","2","21","21","Then Ruth said, “He also said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they have finished harvesting all my grain.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_22","009_2_22","RUT","2","22","22","Naomi replied, “My daughter, it will be good for you to go to his field with his servant girls, because if you go to someone else’s field, someone might harm/molest you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT2_23","009_2_23","RUT","2","23","23","So Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s servant girls while she was working. She gathered stalks of grain until the barley harvest and the wheat harvest were finished. During that time she lived with Naomi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_1","009_3_1","RUT","3","1","1","One day, Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, I think that I should RHQ try to arrange for you to have a husband MTY who will ◄take care of/provide for► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_2","009_3_2","RUT","3","2","2","Boaz, the man with whose servant  girls you have been gathering grain, is a close relative of our dead husbands. Listen carefully. Tonight he will be at the ground where the barley has been threshed. He will be separating the barley grain from the chaff. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_3","009_3_3","RUT","3","3","3","Bathe yourself and put on some perfume. Put on your best clothes. Then go down to the ground where they have threshed the grain. But do not let Boaz know that you are there while he is eating supper and drinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_4","009_3_4","RUT","3","4","4","When he has finished eating, notice where he lies down to sleep. Then when he is asleep, take the blanket off his feet and lie close to his feet. When he wakes up, he will tell you what to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_5","009_3_5","RUT","3","5","5","Ruth replied, “I will do everything that you have told me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_6","009_3_6","RUT","3","6","6","So she went down to the ground where they had threshed the barley grain. There she did everything that her mother-in-law had told her to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_7","009_3_7","RUT","3","7","7","When Boaz finished eating supper and drinking wine, he felt happy. Then he went over to the far end of the pile of grain. He lay down and went to sleep. Then Ruth approached him quietly. She took the blanket off his feet and lay down there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_8","009_3_8","RUT","3","8","8","In the middle of the night, he suddenly awoke. He sat up and saw that a woman was lying at his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_9","009_3_9","RUT","3","9","9","He asked her, “Who are you?” She replied, “I am your servant, Ruth. Since you are the one who has a responsibility to take care of someone like me whose dead husband was your close relative, spread the corner of your cloak over my feet to show that you will marry me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_10","009_3_10","RUT","3","10","10","Boaz replied, “Young lady, I hope that Yahweh will ◄bless/be kind to► you! You have acted kindly toward your mother-in-law, and now you are acting even more kindly toward me by wanting to marry me, instead of wanting to marry a young man. You have not looked for either a rich young man or a poor young man, to marry him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_11","009_3_11","RUT","3","11","11","Now, young lady, I will do everything you ask. Don’t worry that people in this town might think I am doing wrong by marrying you because you are a woman from Moab. All the people in this town know that you are an honorable woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_12","009_3_12","RUT","3","12","12","But there is one problem. Although it is true that I am a close relative of your mother-in-law’s dead husband, there is another man who is a closer relative than I am, and therefore he should be the one to marry you and take care of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_13","009_3_13","RUT","3","13","13","You stay here for the rest of this night. Tomorrow morning I will tell this man about you. If he says that he will marry you and take care of you, fine, we will let him do that. But if he is not willing to do that, I solemnly promise that as surely as Yahweh lives, I will marry you and take care of you. So lie/sleep here until it is morning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_14","009_3_14","RUT","3","14","14","So she lay at his feet until morning. But she got up and left before it was light enough that people would be able to recognize her, because Boaz said, “I do not want anyone to know that a woman was here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_15","009_3_15","RUT","3","15","15","He also said to her, “Bring to me your cloak and spread it out.” When she did that, he poured into it six measures/24 liters/50 pounds of barley, and put in on her back. Then he (OR, she) went back to the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_16","009_3_16","RUT","3","16","16","When Ruth arrived home, her mother-in-law asked her, “My daughter, how did ◄things go/Boaz act toward you►?” Then Ruth told her everything that Boaz had done for her and said to her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_17","009_3_17","RUT","3","17","17","She also said to Naomi, “He gave me all this barley, saying ‘I do not want you to return to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT3_18","009_3_18","RUT","3","18","18","Then Naomi said, “My daughter, just wait until we see what happens. I am sure that Boaz will take care of LIT the matter of your marriage today. LIT” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_1","009_4_1","RUT","4","1","1","Meanwhile, Boaz went up to the town gate and sat there. That was the place where people met together to decide important matters. When the man that Boaz had mentioned came there, the close relative of Ruth and Naomi’s dead husbands who had a responsibility to take care of Naomi and Ruth, Boaz said to him, “My friend, come over here and sit down.” So the man went and sat down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_2","009_4_2","RUT","4","2","2","Boaz then gathered ten of the elders of the town and asked them to sit down there also. After they sat down, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_3","009_4_3","RUT","4","3","3","he said to the man who had the responsibility to take care of Naomi, “Naomi has returned from Moab region. She wants to sell the field that belonged to our relative Elimelech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_4","009_4_4","RUT","4","4","4","I thought that I should tell you about that, and suggest that you buy it, while these elders who are sitting here are listening. If you are willing to buy the property, do that. But if you do not want to buy it, tell me, so that I will know. I am suggesting this to you because you are the one who has the first right to buy it, and I am the one who has the second/next right to buy it.” The man replied, “I will buy it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_5","009_4_5","RUT","4","5","5","Then Boaz told him, “When you buy the land from Naomi, you will also be taking Ruth, the woman who is from Moab, to be your wife, in order that she may give birth to a son who will  inherit the property of her dead husband MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_6","009_4_6","RUT","4","6","6","Then the close relative of Ruth’s dead husband said, “If that is so, I do not want to buy the field, because then my own children would not inherit the property; Ruth’s children would inherit it. You buy the property!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_7","009_4_7","RUT","4","7","7","At that time, it was the custom in Israel, when a person bought property that belonged to another person, that the man who was selling the property would take off one of his sandals and give it to the one who was buying the property. That was the way they finalized sales in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_8","009_4_8","RUT","4","8","8","So that close relative said to Boaz, “You buy the field yourself!” And he took off one of his sandals and gave it to Boaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_9","009_4_9","RUT","4","9","9","Then Boaz said to the elders and all the other people who were there, “Today you have all seen that I have bought from Naomi all the property that belonged to her dead husband Elimelech and his dead sons Mahlon and Chilion. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_10","009_4_10","RUT","4","10","10","I am also taking Ruth, the woman from Moab, Mahlon’s widow, to be my wife, in order that she may give birth to a son who will inherit the property of the dead man. In that way, Elimelech’s name will continue LIT among the members of his family and among all the people of this town. Today you all are witnesses of what I have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_11","009_4_11","RUT","4","11","11","All the elders and the others who were sitting at the town gate agreed, and one of them said, “Yes, we are witnesses. We hope/desire that Yahweh will enable this woman, who will be coming into your home, to give birth to many children, as Rachel and Leah did. They are the women from whom all us people MTY of Israel are descended. We hope that you will become rich in the clan of Ephratah, and become famous MTY here in Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_12","009_4_12","RUT","4","12","12","We hope/desire that Yahweh will enable you and this young woman to have many descendants. And we hope/desire that your family will be as important as the family of your ancestor Perez, the son of Judah and Tamar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_13","009_4_13","RUT","4","13","13","So Boaz took Ruth home, and she became his wife. He ◄slept with/had sexual relations with► her EUP and Yahweh enabled her to become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_14","009_4_14","RUT","4","14","14","The women of Bethlehem said to Naomi, “Praise Yahweh! Now he has given LIT you a grandson who will be the one who will have the responsibility to take care of you. We hope that he will become famous MTY throughout Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_15","009_4_15","RUT","4","15","15","He will make you feel young again, and he will take care of you when you become old. Your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given birth to a son, who will ◄be better to/do more for► you than if you had seven sons of your own.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_16","009_4_16","RUT","4","16","16","Then Naomi took the baby and put him on her lap, and took care of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_17","009_4_17","RUT","4","17","17","The women who were living near her said, “It is as though Naomi now has a son!” And they named him Obed. Later, Obed became the father of Jesse, and later Jesse became the father of King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RT4_18","009_4_18","RUT","4","18","22","Here is a list of the ancestors of King David: Perez’s son was Hezron. Hezron’s son was Ram. Ram’s son was Amminadab. Amminadab’s son was Nahshon. Nahshon’s son was Salmon. Salmon’s son was Boaz. Boaz’s son was Obed. Obed’s son was Jesse. Jesse’s son was King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_1","010_1_1","1SA","1","1","1","There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah town in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lived. His father was Jeroham, his grandfather was Elihu, and his great-grandfather was Tohu. He belonged to the Zuph clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_2","010_1_2","1SA","1","2","2","He had two wives: Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had several children, but Hannah had no children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_3","010_1_3","1SA","1","3","3","Once every year Elkanah went up with his family from Ramah to Shiloh city. He went there to worship Yahweh, the commander  of the armies of angels, and to offer sacrifices to him. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, helped their father to do the work as priests of Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_4","010_1_4","1SA","1","4","4","Each time Elkanah offered sacrifices there, he gave some of the meat to Peninnah and some to each of her sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_5","010_1_5","1SA","1","5","5","But even though he loved Hannah very much, he gave her only one special amount of meat because Yahweh had not permitted her to give birth to any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_6","010_1_6","1SA","1","6","6","And his other wife, Peninnah, would ridicule Hannah to make her feel miserable, because Yahweh had not allowed her to bear children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_7","010_1_7","1SA","1","7","7","This happened every year. When they went up to the temple of Yahweh at Shiloh, Peninnah ridiculed Hannah so much that Hannah cried and would not eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_8","010_1_8","1SA","1","8","8","Then Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, ◄why are you crying?/please quit crying!► RHQ ◄Why are you not eating?/Please eat something!► RHQ Why are you so upset/sad? You have me; is that not more important to you than if you had ten sons? (OR, I love you more than your sons would love you, even if you had ten sons.)” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_9","010_1_9","1SA","1","9","9","One year, after they had finished eating and drinking at Shiloh, Hannah stood up to pray. Eli the priest was nearby, sitting on a chair by the doorway of the sacred tent of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_10","010_1_10","1SA","1","10","10","Hannah was very distressed, and she cried very sorrowfully as she prayed to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_11","010_1_11","1SA","1","11","11","She made a vow saying, “O Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, if you will look at me and see how miserable I am, and think about me and allow me to give birth to a son, then I will dedicate him to you to serve you for the rest of his life. And to show that he is dedicated to you, ◄no one will ever be allowed to cut his hair/his hair will never be cut►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_12","010_1_12","1SA","1","12","12","As she was praying like that to Yahweh, Eli the priest saw Hannah’s lips moving as she was praying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_13","010_1_13","1SA","1","13","13","But Hannah was only praying silently; she was not making any sound. So Eli thought that she was drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_14","010_1_14","1SA","1","14","14","He said to her, “How long will you continue to get drunk RHQ? ◄Throw away your wine/Quit drinking wine►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_15","010_1_15","1SA","1","15","15","Hannah replied, “Sir, I am not drunk! I have not been drinking wine or any other alcoholic drink. I feel very distressed and I have been telling Yahweh about how I feel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_16","010_1_16","1SA","1","16","16","Do not think that I am a worthless/wicked woman! I have been praying like this because I am very distressed DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_17","010_1_17","1SA","1","17","17","Eli replied, “I wish/desire that things will go well for you. I desire that God, the one we Israeli people worship, will give you what you requested from him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_18","010_1_18","1SA","1","18","18","She replied, “I want you to think highly/well about me.” Then she returned to her family and after she ate something, her face no longer looked sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_19","010_1_19","1SA","1","19","19","Early the next morning, Elkanah and his family got up and worshiped Yahweh again, and then they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah ◄slept with/had sex with► Hannah. Then Yahweh answered her prayer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_20","010_1_20","1SA","1","20","20","and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, which sounds like the words in the Hebrew language that mean ‘heard by God’, because she said “Yahweh heard me when I requested from him a son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_21","010_1_21","1SA","1","21","21","The following year, Elkanah again went up to Shiloh with his family to make the kind of sacrifice he made each year, and also to give a special offering to God that he had promised to give him previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_22","010_1_22","1SA","1","22","22","But Hannah did not go with them. She said to her husband, “After I have weaned the baby, I will take him to Shiloh and present him to Yahweh, and he will stay there for the rest of his life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_23","010_1_23","1SA","1","23","23","Elkanah said, “Do what seems the best to you. Stay here until you have weaned him. What I desire is that Yahweh will enable you to do what you have promised.” So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her son until she weaned him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_24","010_1_24","1SA","1","24","24","After she weaned him, even though Samuel was very young, she took him to the temple/house of Yahweh at Shiloh. To offer as a sacrifice, she took along a three-year-old bull, a sack containing ◄20 pounds/9 kg.► of flour, and a container of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_25","010_1_25","1SA","1","25","25","After the priest had slaughtered the bull and offered it to Yahweh on the altar, Hannah and Elkanah brought the boy to Eli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_26","010_1_26","1SA","1","26","26","Then Hannah said to him, “Sir, ◄Do you remember me?/I solemnly affirm►, I am the woman who prayed as I stood here beside you several years ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_27","010_1_27","1SA","1","27","27","I prayed that Yahweh would enable me to give birth to a child, and this is the child whom I requested Yahweh to give me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S11_28","010_1_28","1SA","1","28","28","So now I am presenting him to Yahweh. He will belong to Yahweh as long as he lives.” Then Elkanah and his family worshiped Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_1","010_2_1","1SA","2","1","1","Then Hannah prayed, saying, “I rejoice in what you, Yahweh, have done. I am strong MET because I belong to you. I ◄laugh at/ridicule► my enemies, because you, Yahweh have rescued me from being taunted by them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_2","010_2_2","1SA","2","2","2","There is no one who is holy like you, Yahweh. There is no other god like you. There is no one like you, our God, who can protect us as though you were putting us beneath a huge rock where we can hide from danger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_3","010_2_3","1SA","2","3","3","You people who oppose God, stop boasting! Yahweh is a God who knows everything, and he will evaluate/judge everyone’s actions. So don’t speak so arrogantly! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_4","010_2_4","1SA","2","4","4","Yahweh, you break the bows/weapons of mighty soldiers, and you give strength to those who stumble because of being weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_5","010_2_5","1SA","2","5","5","Many people who previously had plenty to eat, now have to work for other people to earn money to buy food, but many who were always hungry are not hungry any more. The woman who did not have any children before, now has given birth to many/seven children, and the woman who had many children before, now is very lonely because they have all died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_6","010_2_6","1SA","2","6","6","Yahweh, you cause some people to die, and you restore some people who are almost dead. For some people, it seems that they will soon go to where the dead people are, but you cause them to become healthy again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_7","010_2_7","1SA","2","7","7","Yahweh, you cause some people to be poor and you cause some people to be rich, you humble some people and you honor some people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_8","010_2_8","1SA","2","8","8","Sometimes you lift poor people up so that they are no longer despondent, sitting in the dust, or sitting on heaps of ashes; you cause them to sit next to princes; you cause them to sit on chairs/thrones where people who are highly honored sit. Yahweh, you are the one who laid the foundations of the earth, and you have set the whole world on those foundations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_9","010_2_9","1SA","2","9","9","You will protect your loyal/faithful people SYN, but you will cause the wicked to die EUP and descend to the dark place where dead people are. We do not defeat our enemies by our own strength; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_10","010_2_10","1SA","2","10","10","Yahweh, you will break into pieces those who oppose you. You will cause thunder in the sky to show that you ◄oppose/are angry with► them. Yahweh, you will judge people everywhere, even those who live in the most remote places on the earth. You will give strength to the king whom you will appoint, and give him great power over his enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_11","010_2_11","1SA","2","11","11","Then Elkanah and his family returned to Ramah, but Samuel, the little boy, stayed to help Eli the priest serve Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_12","010_2_12","1SA","2","12","12","Eli’s two sons, who were also priests, were very wicked. They did not revere (OR, respect/obey) Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_13","010_2_13","1SA","2","13","13","While the people were boiling the meat from their sacrifices in the huge pot at the temple, one of Eli’s sons, would send his servant to come with a large three-pronged fork in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_14","010_2_14","1SA","2","14","14","He would stick the fork into the meat in the pot, and whatever meat fastened onto the fork, he would take and give it to the priest who sent him. Eli’s sons did this to all the Israeli people who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_15","010_2_15","1SA","2","15","15","Furthermore, before the fat on the meat was cut off and and burned as a sacrifice to Yahweh, the servant of the priest would sometimes come to the man who was making the sacrifice and say to him, “Give me some meat now to take to the priest for him to roast! He wants raw meat; he does not want boiled meat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_16","010_2_16","1SA","2","16","16","If the man said to the servant, “Let the priests cut off and burn the fat first; then you can take what you want,” the servant would reply, “No, give it to me now; if you do not give it to me, I will take it forcefully!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_17","010_2_17","1SA","2","17","17","Yahweh considered that the young sons of Eli were committing a very great sin, because they were treating very disrespectfully the offerings that were being given to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_18","010_2_18","1SA","2","18","18","As for Samuel, who was still a very young boy, he continued to do work for Yahweh, wearing a little sacred linen vest like the Supreme Priest wore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_19","010_2_19","1SA","2","19","19","Each year his mother made a new little robe for him and took it to him when she went up to Shiloh with her husband to offer a sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_20","010_2_20","1SA","2","20","20","Then Eli would ask God to bless Elkanah and his wife, and he would say to Elkanah, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will enable your wife to give birth to other children, to take the place of the one whom she dedicated to Yahweh.” Then Elkanah and his family would return home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_21","010_2_21","1SA","2","21","21","And Yahweh was very kind to Hannah, and enabled her to give birth to three other sons and two daughters. Their son Samuel grew up while he was doing work for Yahweh in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_22","010_2_22","1SA","2","22","22","Eli became very old. He often heard about all the evil things that his sons were doing to the Israeli people. He heard that they sometimes ◄slept with/had sex with► the women who worked at the entrance to the tent where God spoke to his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_23","010_2_23","1SA","2","23","23","He said to them, “◄It is terrible that you do such things!/Why do you do such things?► RHQ Many people keep telling me about the evil things that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_24","010_2_24","1SA","2","24","24","My sons, stop it! The reports about you that the people who belong to Yahweh tell others are terrible EUP! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_25","010_2_25","1SA","2","25","25","If one person sins against another person, God can ◄intercede/act as a referee► between them. But if someone sins against Yahweh, no one can RHQ ◄intercede/act as a referee► between them!” But Eli’s sons would not listen to what their father said. This was because Yahweh had decided that someone should kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_26","010_2_26","1SA","2","26","26","The boy Samuel continued to grow up, and the things that he did pleased Yahweh and the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_27","010_2_27","1SA","2","27","27","One day, a prophet came to Eli and told him, “This is what Yahweh has told me: ‘When your ancestors were slaves of the king of Egypt, I appeared to Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_28","010_2_28","1SA","2","28","28","From all the tribes of the Israeli people, I chose him and his male descendants to be priests for me. I appointed them to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear a sacred apron as they worked for me. And I declared that they could take and eat some of the meat that the Israeli people burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_29","010_2_29","1SA","2","29","29","So why do you show disrespect for the sacrifices and offerings that I commanded the people to bring to me RHQ? You are honoring your sons more than you are honoring me, by allowing them to get fat from eating the best parts of all the sacrifices that the Israeli people bring to me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_30","010_2_30","1SA","2","30","30","“Therefore, this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, declares: ‘I definitely promised that Aaron and his descendants would continue to serve IDM me forever.’ But now I declare this: ‘It will not continue like that! I will honor those who honor me, but I will despise those who despise me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_31","010_2_31","1SA","2","31","31","Listen carefully! There will soon be a time when I will cause all the strong young men in your family to die. The result will be that no men in your family will live long enough to become old men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_32","010_2_32","1SA","2","32","32","You will be distressed and envious as you see the blessings that I will give to the other people in Israel. And I repeat that no men in your family will ever live long enough to become old men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_33","010_2_33","1SA","2","33","33","There is one of your descendants whom I will spare, and not prevent him from serving me as a priest. But he will become blind, and then he will always be sad and grieving. But all your other descendants will die violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_34","010_2_34","1SA","2","34","34","And your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, will both die on the same day. And that will prove to you that all that I have said will come true/happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_35","010_2_35","1SA","2","35","35","‘ have chosen another man to be my priest. He is one who will serve me faithfully: He will do everything I want DOU him to do. And I will enable him to have many descendants IDM who will be priests and will always serve me by helping the king whom I will choose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S12_36","010_2_36","1SA","2","36","36","All of your descendants who remain alive will have to go to that priest and ask him to give them money and food, and they will each have to say, “Please allow me to help the other priests, in order that I may earn some money to buy some food.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_1","010_3_1","1SA","3","1","1","While he was still a boy, Samuel was working for Yahweh while Eli supervised him. At that time there were very few messages that anyone received from Yahweh, and very few people saw visions that Yahweh gave them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_2","010_3_2","1SA","3","2","2","By that time Eli’s eyes were very weak; he was almost blind. One night he was sleeping in his room, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_3","010_3_3","1SA","3","3","3","and Samuel was sleeping in the sacred tent, where the chest that contained the Ten Commandments was kept. While the sacred lamp was still burning, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_4","010_3_4","1SA","3","4","4","Yahweh called, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “I’m here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_5","010_3_5","1SA","3","5","5","Then he got up and ran to Eli. He said to him, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli replied, “No, I did not call you. Go back to your bed.” So Samuel went and lay down again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_6","010_3_6","1SA","3","6","6","Then Yahweh called again, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up again and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” But Eli said, “No, my son, I did not call you. Go back and lie down.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_7","010_3_7","1SA","3","7","7","At that time Samuel did not yet know that  Yahweh could speak to him, because Yahweh had not previously revealed anything to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_8","010_3_8","1SA","3","8","8","After Samuel lay down again, Yahweh called him a third time. So again Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “I am here, because you called me!” Then Eli realized that it was Yahweh who was calling the boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_9","010_3_9","1SA","3","9","9","So he said to Samuel, “Go and lie down again. If someone calls you again, say ‘Speak to me, Yahweh, because I am listening!’ ” So Samuel went and lay down again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_10","010_3_10","1SA","3","10","10","Then Yahweh came and stood there and called as he had done the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak to me, because I am listening!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_11","010_3_11","1SA","3","11","11","Then Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen carefully. I am about to do something here in Israel that will shock/horrify IDM everyone who hears about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_12","010_3_12","1SA","3","12","12","When that happens, I will punish Eli and his family. I will do to them everything that I said that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_13","010_3_13","1SA","3","13","13","His sons have shown great disrespect for me by the disgraceful things they have done, and Eli did not restrain them. So I told him that I would punish his family forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_14","010_3_14","1SA","3","14","14","I solemnly promised to Eli’s family, ‘You will never be able to avoid the consequences for your sin, even if you give me sacrifices or offerings.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_15","010_3_15","1SA","3","15","15","Samuel lay down again until morning. Then he got up and opened the doors of the Sacred Tent as usual. He was afraid to tell Eli about the vision that Yahweh had given him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_16","010_3_16","1SA","3","16","16","But Eli called him and said, “Samuel, my son!” Samuel answered, “I am here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_17","010_3_17","1SA","3","17","17","Eli asked him, “What was it that Yahweh told you? Do not conceal it! I want God to punish you severely if you do not tell me everything that he said to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_18","010_3_18","1SA","3","18","18","So Samuel told him everything. He did not refuse to tell him anything. Then Eli said, “He is Yahweh. I am willing for him to do what he thinks is best.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_19","010_3_19","1SA","3","19","19","As Samuel grew up, Yahweh helped him, and caused everything to ◄come true/happen► that Samuel predicted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_20","010_3_20","1SA","3","20","20","So all the people of Israel, from the northern end of the country to the southern end, realized that Samuel was truly a prophet of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S13_21","010_3_21","1SA","3","21","21","Yahweh continued to appear to Samuel in Shiloh and give messages to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_1","010_4_1","1SA","4","1","1","And Samuel told to all the people of Israel the messages that God gave him. At that time the Israeli army went to fight against the army of the Philistine people. The Israeli army set up their tents at Ebenezer, and the Philistine army set up their tents at Aphek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_2","010_4_2","1SA","4","2","2","The Philistine army attacked the Israeli army, and as the battle continued, the Philistines defeated the Israelis and killed about 4,000 of their soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_3","010_4_3","1SA","4","3","3","When the remaining Israeli soldiers returned to their camp, the Israeli elders/leaders said, “Why did Yahweh allow the Philistine army to defeat us today? We should bring the chest that contains the Ten Commandments here from Shiloh, in order that Yahweh will go with us when we go to the battle again, and in order that our enemies will not defeat us again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_4","010_4_4","1SA","4","4","4","So the soldiers did that. They sent some men to Shiloh, and those men brought back the chest that contained the Ten Commandments. They thought that if they did that, Yahweh would help them. They believed that Yahweh sat on a throne between the statues of winged creatures that were on top of the chest that Yahweh Almighty had given them. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, went with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_5","010_4_5","1SA","4","5","5","When the Israeli people saw the men bringing the box into their camp, they were so happy that they shouted loudly. They shouted so loudly that they made the ground shake! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_6","010_4_6","1SA","4","6","6","The Philistines asked, “What are the people in the Hebrew camp shouting about?” Someone told them that they were shouting because the chest that contained the Ten Commandments of Yahweh had been brought to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_7","010_4_7","1SA","4","7","7","Then the Philistines became very afraid. They said, “One of the Israelis’ gods has come into their camp to help them We are in big trouble now! Nothing like this has happened to us before! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_8","010_4_8","1SA","4","8","8","◄Who can/Can anyone► save us from their powerful gods RHQ? They are the gods who struck the people of Egypt with many plagues before the Israelis left Egypt and traveled through the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_9","010_4_9","1SA","4","9","9","You Philistine men, be courageous! Fight very hard! If you do not do that, they will defeat us, and then you will become their slaves, just like they have been our slaves previously!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_10","010_4_10","1SA","4","10","10","So the Philistine men fought very hard, and they defeated the Israelis. They killed 30,000 Israeli soldiers, and the other Israeli soldiers fled and ran away to their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_11","010_4_11","1SA","4","11","11","The Philistines captured the sacred chest, and they killed Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_12","010_4_12","1SA","4","12","12","On that same day, one man of the tribe descended from Benjamin tore his clothes and threw dirt on his head to show that he was very sad. He ran from the place where the armies were fighting, and he arrived at Shiloh late that afternoon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_13","010_4_13","1SA","4","13","13","Eli was waiting beside the road. He wanted to hear news about the battle, and he was also very anxious to know if anything bad had happened to God’s sacred chest. When the messenger arrived and told people what had happened, everyone in the town started to cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_14","010_4_14","1SA","4","14","14","Eli asked, “Why are they making all that noise?” The messenger ran over to Eli and told him the news. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_15","010_4_15","1SA","4","15","15","At that time, Eli was 98 years old, and he was blind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_16","010_4_16","1SA","4","16","16","The messenger said to Eli, “I have just come from where the armies were fighting. I left there earlier today.” Eli asked, “What happened?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_17","010_4_17","1SA","4","17","17","The man replied, “The Philistines defeated our Israeli army. They killed thousands of our soldiers, and the others ran away. The Philistines killed your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas. They also captured God’s sacred chest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_18","010_4_18","1SA","4","18","18","Eli was very old, and he was very fat; and when he heard what had happened to the sacred chest, he fell backward from his chair beside the town gate. His neck was broken and he died. He had led the Israeli people for 40 years before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_19","010_4_19","1SA","4","19","19","The wife/widow of Eli’s son Phinehas was pregnant, and it was almost time for her to give birth to her baby. When she heard that God’s sacred chest had been captured and that her husband and her father-in-law were dead, her labor pains suddenly began. She quickly gave birth to a boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_20","010_4_20","1SA","4","20","20","The women who were helping her tried to encourage her by saying to her, “You have given birth to a son!” But she did not pay any attention DOU to what they said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_21","010_4_21","1SA","4","21","21","She named the boy Ichabod, which means ‘no glory’, because she said, “God’s glory has departed from Israel.” She said that because God’s sacred chest had been captured and because her husband and her father-in-law had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S14_22","010_4_22","1SA","4","22","22","She said, “God’s glory has left Israel, because God’s sacred chest has been captured!” And then she died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_1","010_5_1","1SA","5","1","1","After the army of the Philistia people-group captured God’s sacred chest in Ebenezer town, they took it to Ashdod which is one of their biggest cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_2","010_5_2","1SA","5","2","2","They carried it into the temple of their god Dagon, and placed it alongside a statue of Dagon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_3","010_5_3","1SA","5","3","3","But early the next morning, when the people of Ashdod went to see it, they saw that the statue had fallen on its face in front of Yahweh’s sacred chest! So they set the statue up in its place again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_4","010_5_4","1SA","5","4","4","But the following morning, they saw that it had fallen down in front of the sacred chest again. But this time, the statue’s head and hands had broken off, and were lying in the doorway. Only its body remained intact/unbroken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_5","010_5_5","1SA","5","5","5","That is the reason that since that time, the priests of Dagon and everyone else who enters the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the doorsill where the hands and head of Dagon fell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_6","010_5_6","1SA","5","6","6","Then Yahweh SYN powerfully caused the people of Ashdod and the people who lived in nearby villages to have ◄a very great plague/serious illness► of tumors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_7","010_5_7","1SA","5","7","7","The men of Ashdod realized why this was happening, and they cried out, “The god of the Israeli people is punishing us and is also punishing our god Dagon. So we cannot allow the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis to remain here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_8","010_5_8","1SA","5","8","8","They summoned the five kings of the Philistia people-group, and asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of the god of the Israelis?” The kings replied, “Take the sacred chest to Gath city.” So they moved it to Gath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_9","010_5_9","1SA","5","9","9","But after they took it to Gath, Yahweh powerfully struck the people of that city also, with the result that many men, including young men and old men, got tumors on their skin. Then the people became very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_10","010_5_10","1SA","5","10","10","So they took the sacred chest to Ekron city. But when the men carried the sacred chest into Ekron, the people there cried out, “Why are you bringing the sacred chest of the God of the Israelis into our city RHQ? By doing that you will cause us and the rest of our people to die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_11","010_5_11","1SA","5","11","11","The people were terrified/in panic because they knew that God was starting to punish them severely. So they summoned the five kings of the Philistia people-group again, and pleaded with them, saying, “Take this sacred chest of the god of the Israelis back to its own place! If you do not do that quickly, we will all die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S15_12","010_5_12","1SA","5","12","12","Some of the people in Ekron had already died, and the rest of the people were suffering because of tumors on their skin. So they all cried out to their gods MTY to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_1","010_6_1","1SA","6","1","1","The people of Philistia kept God’s sacred chest in their area for seven months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_2","010_6_2","1SA","6","2","2","Then they summoned their priests and their ◄diviners/men who practice rituals to find out what would happen in the future►. They asked them, “What should we do with the sacred chest of Yahweh? Tell us how we should send it back to its own land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_3","010_6_3","1SA","6","3","3","Those men replied, “Send with it an offering to show Yahweh that you know that you are guilty for having captured the chest, in order that the plague will stop. If you do that, and then if you are healed, you will know that Yahweh is the one who caused you to experience the plague.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_4","010_6_4","1SA","6","4","4","The people of Philistia asked, “What kind of offering should we send?” The men replied, “Make five gold models of the tumors on your skin, and five gold models of rats. Make five of each because that is the same number as the number of your kings, and because the plague has struck both you people and your five kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_5","010_6_5","1SA","6","5","5","Make models that represent the rats and the tumors that are ruining your land. Make them in order to honor the god of the Israeli people. If you do that, perhaps he will stop punishing IDM you, and your gods, and your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_6","010_6_6","1SA","6","6","6","Do not be RHQ stubborn IDM like the Egyptians and their king were. They did not do what the Israelis’ god told them to do, so he punished them. After the Israelis’ god finished punishing them very severely, they were glad to allow the Israelis to leave their country RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_7","010_6_7","1SA","6","7","7","“So you must build a new cart. Then get two cows that have very recently given birth to calves. They must be cows that have never been hitched to a cart MTY. Hitch those cows to the new cart, and take the calves away from their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_8","010_6_8","1SA","6","8","8","Put the Israelis’ god’s sacred chest on the cart. Also put in the cart the five gold models of the tumors on your skin and the five gold models of rats. Put them in a small box alongside the sacred chest. They will be an offering to show that you know that you deserved to be punished for capturing the sacred chest. Then send the cows down the road, pulling the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_9","010_6_9","1SA","6","9","9","Watch the cart as the cows pull it. If they pull it to Beth-Shemesh town in Israel, we will know that it was the Israelis’ god who caused us to experience this plague. But if they do not take it there, we will know that it was not the god MTY of the Israelis who has punished us. We will know that it just happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_10","010_6_10","1SA","6","10","10","So the people did what the priests and men who predicted what would happen in the future told them to do. They made a cart and hitched two cows to it. They took the calves from their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_11","010_6_11","1SA","6","11","11","They put in the cart Yahweh’s sacred chest and the box with the models of the gold rats and the tumors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_12","010_6_12","1SA","6","12","12","Then the cows started walking, and they went straight toward Beth-Shemesh. They stayed on the road, and were mooing all the time. They did not turn to the left or to the right. The five kings of the Philistia area followed the cows until they reached the edge of Beth-Shemesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_13","010_6_13","1SA","6","13","13","At that time, the people of Beth-Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley outside the city. When the cows came along the road, they looked up and saw the sacred chest. They were extremely happy to see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_14","010_6_14","1SA","6","14","15","The cows pulled the cart into the field of a man named Joshua, and they stopped alongside a large rock. Several men from the tribe of Levi lifted from the cart the sacred chest and the box containing the gold models of the rats and the tumors, and they put them all on the large rock. Then the people smashed the cart and kindled a fire with the wood from which the cart had been made. They slaughtered the cows and burned their bodies/carcasses on the fire to be an offering for Yahweh that would be completely burned. That day the people of Beth-Shemesh offered to Yahweh many sacrifices that were completely burned, and other sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_16","010_6_16","1SA","6","16","16","The five kings from the Philistia area watched all this, and then they returned to Ekron, that same day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_17","010_6_17","1SA","6","17","17","The five gold models of tumors that they sent to be an offering to Yahweh to show that they knew that they deserved to be punished were gifts from those five kings who were rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_18","010_6_18","1SA","6","18","18","The models of the five gold rats were gifts from the people of those five cities and the surrounding towns. The large rock at Beth-Shemesh, on which the men of the tribe of Levi set the sacred chest, is still there in the field that belonged to Joshua. When people see it, they remember what happened there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_19","010_6_19","1SA","6","19","19","But seventy men from Beth-Shemesh looked into Yahweh’s sacred chest, and because of that, Yahweh caused them to die. Then the people mourned very much because Yahweh punished IDM those men like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_20","010_6_20","1SA","6","20","20","They said, “No one RHQ can ◄resist the power of/stand in the presence of► Yahweh, our holy God, and remain alive! Where can we send the sacred chest?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S16_21","010_6_21","1SA","6","21","21","They sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-Jearim city to tell them, “The people of Philistia have returned Yahweh’s sacred chest to us! Come here and take it away!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_1","010_7_1","1SA","7","1","1","When the men of Kiriath-Jearim received that message, they came to Beth-Shemesh and took the sacred chest of Yahweh. They took it to the house of Abinadab, which was on a hillside. They appointed Abinadab’s son Eleazar to take care of the chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_2","010_7_2","1SA","7","2","2","The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath-Jearim for a long time—a total of 20 years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned because it seemed that Yahweh had abandoned them (OR, and then they asked Yahweh to help them). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_3","010_7_3","1SA","7","3","3","Then Samuel said to all the Israeli people, “If you truly IDM want to act like Yahweh’s people should, you must get rid of your statues of the goddess Astarte and the idols/statues of all the other foreign gods. You must decide to serve/worship only Yahweh. If you do that, he will rescue you from the power of MTY the Philistia people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_4","010_7_4","1SA","7","4","4","So the Israelis got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Astarte, and they worshiped only Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_5","010_7_5","1SA","7","5","5","Then Samuel told them, “All you Israeli people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_6","010_7_6","1SA","7","6","6","So they gathered at Mizpah, which was the town where Samuel previously was the leader of the Israeli people. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water from a well, and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols, they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_7","010_7_7","1SA","7","7","7","When the kings of the Philistia area heard that the Israeli people had gathered at Mizpah, they led their armies there to attack the Israelis. When the Israelis found out that the Philistia army was approaching them, they became very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_8","010_7_8","1SA","7","8","8","They told Samuel, “Pray to Yahweh to rescue us from the Philistia army MTY, and do not stop pleading!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_9","010_7_9","1SA","7","9","9","So Samuel took a very young lamb and killed it and offered it to Yahweh to be a sacrifice that was completely burned on the altar. Then he prayed and pleaded that Yahweh would help the Israelis, and Yahweh did help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_10","010_7_10","1SA","7","10","10","While Samuel was burning the offering, the Philistia army came near to attack the Israelis. But Yahweh caused it to thunder very loudly. The soldiers of the Philistia army became very frightened, and then they ◄became confused/did not know what to do►. So the Israelis were able to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_11","010_7_11","1SA","7","11","11","The Israeli men ran out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistia soldiers almost to Beth-Car town, and killed many Philistia soldiers while they were trying to run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_12","010_7_12","1SA","7","12","12","After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between Mizpah and Jeshanah towns. He named the stone ‘Ebenezer’, which means ‘stone of help’, because he said “Yahweh has helped us until the present time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_13","010_7_13","1SA","7","13","13","So the Philistia people were defeated, and for a long time they did not enter the Israeli land to attack them again. During the time that Samuel was alive, Yahweh powerfully protected MTY the Israeli people from being attacked by the Philistia army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_14","010_7_14","1SA","7","14","14","The Israeli army was able to capture again the Israeli villages between Ekron and Gath that the Philistia army had captured before. The Israelis were also able to take again the other areas around those cities that the Philistia army had taken from the Israelis previously. And there was peace between the Israelis and the Amor people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_15","010_7_15","1SA","7","15","15","Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israeli people until he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_16","010_7_16","1SA","7","16","16","As long as he was alive, every year he traveled back and forth between Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah cities. In those cities he listened to disputes between people and made decisions about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S17_17","010_7_17","1SA","7","17","17","After he listened to disputes and made decisions in each of those towns, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people’s disputes there, also, and make decisions about them. And he built an altar at Ramah to offer sacrifices to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_1","010_8_1","1SA","8","1","1","When Samuel became old, he appointed his two sons, Joel and Abijah, to lead/rule the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_2","010_8_2","1SA","8","2","2","They judged people’s disputes/cases in Beersheba town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_3","010_8_3","1SA","8","3","3","But they were not like their father. They wanted only to get a lot of money. They accepted bribes, and they did not make honest decisions about people’s disputes/cases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_4","010_8_4","1SA","8","4","4","Finally, the Israeli leaders met at Ramah town to discuss the matter with Samuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_5","010_8_5","1SA","8","5","5","They said to him, “Listen! You are now old, and your sons are not like you. Appoint a king to rule over us, like the kings that other countries have!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_6","010_8_6","1SA","8","6","6","Samuel was very unhappy with them for requesting that, so he prayed to Yahweh about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_7","010_8_7","1SA","8","7","7","Yahweh replied, “Do what they have requested you to do. But ◄do not think/the truth is not► that you are the one whom they are really rejecting. I have been their king, and I am the one they are really rejecting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_8","010_8_8","1SA","8","8","8","Ever since I brought them out of Egypt, they have rejected me, and they have worshiped other gods. And now they are also rejecting you in the same way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_9","010_8_9","1SA","8","9","9","Do what they are asking you to do. But warn/tell them about how their kings will act toward them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_10","010_8_10","1SA","8","10","10","So Samuel told those people what Yahweh had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_11","010_8_11","1SA","8","11","11","He said, “If a king rules over you, this is what he will do to you: He will force many of your sons to join the army. He will make some of them run in front of his chariots to clear people out of his way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_12","010_8_12","1SA","8","12","12","Some of them will be commanders of his soldiers, but others will work for him like slaves. He will force some of them to plow his fields and then later harvest his crops. He will force others to make his weapons and equipment for his chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_13","010_8_13","1SA","8","13","13","The king will take some of your daughters from you and force them to make perfumes for him and cook food for him and bake bread for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_14","010_8_14","1SA","8","14","14","He will take your best fields and vineyards and olive tree groves/orchards, and give them to his own officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_15","010_8_15","1SA","8","15","15","He will take a tenth of your harvests and distribute it among the officers and servants who work in his palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_16","010_8_16","1SA","8","16","16","He will take from you your male and female servants, your best cattle and donkeys, and force them to work for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_17","010_8_17","1SA","8","17","17","He will take one tenth of your sheep and goats. And you will become his slaves! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_18","010_8_18","1SA","8","18","18","When that time comes, you will complain loudly to the king, the king that you yourselves have chosen, but Yahweh will not ◄pay attention to/help► you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_19","010_8_19","1SA","8","19","19","But the people refused to pay attention to what Samuel said. They said, “We do not care what you say! We want a king! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_20","010_8_20","1SA","8","20","20","We want to be like the other nations. We want a king to rule us and to lead our soldiers when they go to fight.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_21","010_8_21","1SA","8","21","21","When Samuel told Yahweh what the people had said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S18_22","010_8_22","1SA","8","22","22","Yahweh replied, “Do what they are telling you to do. Give them a king!” So Samuel agreed, and then he sent the people home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_1","010_9_1","1SA","9","1","1","There was a rich and influential man whose name was Kish. He belonged to the tribe descended from Benjamin. Kish was the son of Abiel and the grandson of Zeror. He was from the family of Becorath and from the clan of Aphiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_2","010_9_2","1SA","9","2","2","Kish had a son whose name was Saul. He was more handsome than any of the other Israeli men, and he was a head/foot taller than any of the other Israeli men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_3","010_9_3","1SA","9","3","3","One day, some of Kish’s female donkeys wandered off. So Kish told Saul, “Take one of my servants with you, and go and search for the donkeys!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_4","010_9_4","1SA","9","4","4","So Saul did that. He took a servant, and they walked through the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and then they went through the areas named Shalishah and Shaalim, and then they went through all the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived, but they could not find the donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_5","010_9_5","1SA","9","5","5","Finally, they came to the area of Zuph. Then Saul said to the servant, “Let’s go back home. If we do not do that, my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_6","010_9_6","1SA","9","6","6","But the servant said, “I have another idea IDM. There is one of God’s prophets who lives in this town. People respect him very much, because everything he predicts comes true. Let’s go talk to him. Perhaps he can tell us where we can go to find the donkeys.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_7","010_9_7","1SA","9","7","7","Saul replied to the servant, “If we go talk with him, we should give a gift to him, but what can we give to him? We have no more food in our sacks. Do we have anything else to give to him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_8","010_9_8","1SA","9","8","8","The servant replied, “Look at this! I have a small silver coin. I can give this to him, and then he will tell us where to go to find the donkeys.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_9","010_9_9","1SA","9","9","11","Saul said, “Okay, let’s go talk to him.” So they went to the town where the prophet lived. As they were going up the hill into the town, they met some young women who were coming out of the town to get some water from a well. One of them asked the women, “Is the seer in the town today?” They said that because previously, if people in Israel wanted a message from God, they would say, “Let’s go to the seer,” and people who now are called prophets were at that time called ‘those who see ◄visions from God/all that God sees►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_12","010_9_12","1SA","9","12","12","The women replied, “Yes, he is in the town. In fact, he is walking on the road ahead of you. He has just arrived in the town, because the people are going to offer a sacrifice on the altar where the people gather to worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_13","010_9_13","1SA","9","13","13","If you go quickly, you will have time to talk to him before he goes there. The people who have been invited will not start eating until he arrives there and ◄blesses/asks God to bless► the sacrifice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_14","010_9_14","1SA","9","14","14","So Saul and the servant entered the town. As they went through the gates, they saw Samuel as he was coming toward them, on the way to where people were going to offer sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_15","010_9_15","1SA","9","15","15","On the previous day, Yahweh had told Samuel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_16","010_9_16","1SA","9","16","16","“At this time tomorrow, I will send to you a man from the land where the descendants of Benjamin live. Pour olive oil on his head to indicate that he will be the leader of my Israeli people. I have seen that my people are suffering because the Philistine people are oppressing them, and I have heard my people as they have called out to me for help. The man on whose head you pour olive oil will rescue my people from the MTY Philistine people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_17","010_9_17","1SA","9","17","17","When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “This is the man I told you about yesterday! He is the one who will rule my people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_18","010_9_18","1SA","9","18","18","Saul saw Samuel as he was sitting at the town gateway but he did not know that it was Samuel. He went over to him and asked him, “Can you tell me, where is the house of the man who sees ◄visions from God/all that God sees►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_19","010_9_19","1SA","9","19","19","Samuel replied, “I am that man. Go ahead of me with your servant to the place where the people make sacrifices. Both of you will eat with me today. Tomorrow morning I will tell you what you are wanting to know, and then I will send you home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_20","010_9_20","1SA","9","20","20","Also, do not worry any more about those donkeys that wandered away three days ago. ◄Someone has found them/They have been found►. But what you need to know is that it is you and your family that all the Israeli people are wanting!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_21","010_9_21","1SA","9","21","21","Saul replied, “I am from the tribe of Benjamin RHQ. That is the smallest tribe in Israel RHQ! And my family is the least important family in our tribe! So why are you talking to me like this, about the Israeli people wanting me and my family?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_22","010_9_22","1SA","9","22","22","Then Samuel brought Saul and the servant into the big dining room, and told them to sit at the head of the table, indicating that he was honoring them more than he was honoring the 30 people who had been invited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_23","010_9_23","1SA","9","23","23","Then Samuel told the cook, “Bring to me the special piece of meat that I told you to set aside.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_24","010_9_24","1SA","9","24","24","So the cook brought the leg and the meat that was on it, and set it in front of Saul, even though those portions were for only the priest to eat. Samuel said to Saul, “Start eating it. I told the cook to save this for you, so that you could eat it at this time, when all these people whom I invited are here.” So Saul and Samuel ate together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_25","010_9_25","1SA","9","25","25","After they finished eating, they returned to the town. Then Samuel took Saul up to the flat roof of his house, and fixed a bed for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_26","010_9_26","1SA","9","26","26","As the sun was rising the next morning, Samuel called up to Saul, “Get up! It is time for me to send you on the road back home.” So Saul got up, and later Samuel and Saul left the house together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S19_27","010_9_27","1SA","9","27","27","When they got to the edge of the town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant ahead. After the servant left, Samuel said to Saul, “Stay here for a few minutes, in order that I can give you a message I received from God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_1","010_10_1","1SA","10","1","1","Then Samuel took a small jar of olive oil and poured some of it on Saul’s head. Then he kissed Saul on the cheek, and told him, “I am doing this because Yahweh has chosen you to be the leader of his Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_2","010_10_2","1SA","10","2","2","And this will prove it to you: When you leave me today, when you arrive near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, you will meet two men. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys have been found, but now your father is worrying about you, and he is asking people, “Have you seen my son?’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_3","010_10_3","1SA","10","3","3","When you arrive at the large oak tree at Tabor town, you will see three men coming toward you. They will be on their way to worship God at Bethel town. One of them will be leading three young goats, one will be carrying three loaves of bread, and one will be carrying a container of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_4","010_10_4","1SA","10","4","4","They will greet you, and they will offer you two of the loaves of bread. Accept them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_5","010_10_5","1SA","10","5","5","When you arrive at the hill where people worship God near Gibeah town, where there is the camp where the Philistine soldiers stay, you will meet a group of prophets who will be coming down from the altar on top of the hill. There will be people in front of them who will be playing various musical instruments: a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre. And all of them will be speaking messages that come directly from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_6","010_10_6","1SA","10","6","6","At that time the Spirit of Yahweh will come upon you, and you also will speak messages that come directly from God. ◄You will be changed/The Spirit of Yahweh will change you►, so that you will become like a different person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_7","010_10_7","1SA","10","7","7","After those things occur, do whatever you think is right to do, and God will ◄be with/help► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_8","010_10_8","1SA","10","8","8","Then go ahead of me, down to Gilgal city, and wait for me there, for seven days. Then I will join you there, to burn sacrifices and offer other sacrifices to enable you to maintain fellowship with God. When I arrive there, I will tell you what other things you should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_9","010_10_9","1SA","10","9","9","As Saul started to leave there, God changed Saul’s inner being. And all the things that Samuel had predicted happened on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_10","010_10_10","1SA","10","10","10","When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, they saw some prophets who were speaking messages that came directly from God. As the prophets were approaching Saul and his servant, God’s Spirit came upon Saul powerfully, and he also began to speak messages from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_11","010_10_11","1SA","10","11","11","When people who had known Saul previously heard him speaking messages from God as the prophets were doing, they said to each other, “What has happened to this son of Kish? Is he now really one of the ◄prophets/men who speak messages from God►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_12","010_10_12","1SA","10","12","12","One of the men who lived there replied, “Saul cannot be a prophet, because all prophets receive their power to speak messages from God, not from their parents.” And that is why, when people hear about a report of someone prophesying, they think about what happened to Saul and say, “We are surprised about that person becoming a prophet, like we were surprised to hear that Saul had really become one of the prophets.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_13","010_10_13","1SA","10","13","13","When Saul finished speaking the messages that God gave him, he went to the place where the people offered sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_14","010_10_14","1SA","10","14","14","Later, Saul’s uncle saw him there, and asked him, “Where did you go?” Saul replied, “We went to look for the donkeys. When we could not find them, we came here to ask Samuel if he could tell us where they were.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_15","010_10_15","1SA","10","15","15","Saul’s uncle replied, “What did Samuel tell you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_16","010_10_16","1SA","10","16","16","Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But he did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about him becoming the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_17","010_10_17","1SA","10","17","17","Later Samuel summoned the people of Israel to gather at Mizpah to hear a message from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_18","010_10_18","1SA","10","18","18","After they arrived, he said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God we Israeli people worship, says: I brought you Israeli people out of Egypt. I rescued your ancestors from the power of the rulers of Egypt and from all the other kings who oppressed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_19","010_10_19","1SA","10","19","19","I am the one who saves you from all your troubles and difficulties. But today you have rejected me, your God, and you have said, ‘We don’t care! Give us a king!’ So I will do what you want. Now have representatives of your tribes and of  your clans stand here in the presence of Yahweh.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_20","010_10_20","1SA","10","20","20","When those representatives came near to Samuel, God indicated that he had chosen someone from the tribe descended from Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_21","010_10_21","1SA","10","21","21","Then Samuel told representatives of the tribe of Benjamin to come forward, and God indicated that from that tribe he had chosen someone from the family of Matri, and then God indicated that from the family of Matri he had chosen Saul, the son of Kish. But when they looked for Saul, they could not find him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_22","010_10_22","1SA","10","22","22","So they asked Yahweh, “Where is Saul?” Yahweh replied, “He is hiding among the army equipment.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_23","010_10_23","1SA","10","23","23","So they quickly went there and found him, and brought him in front of all the people. They could see that truly he was a head taller than anyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_24","010_10_24","1SA","10","24","24","Then Samuel said to all the people there, “This is the man whom Yahweh has chosen to be your king. Among all us Israeli people, there is no one like him!” Then all the people shouted, “We hope that this king will live a long time!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_25","010_10_25","1SA","10","25","25","Then Samuel told the people what things the king would force them to do, and all the things the king was required to do. He wrote all those things on a scroll, and then he put it in a sacred place in the temple. Then Samuel sent all the people home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_26","010_10_26","1SA","10","26","26","When Saul returned to his home in Gibeah town, a group of men decided to continually accompany Saul. They did that because God ◄motivated them/put it in their minds► to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S110_27","010_10_27","1SA","10","27","27","But some worthless men said, “◄How can this man save us from our enemies?/This man will not be able to save us from our enemies.►” RHQ They despised him, and refused to give him any gifts to show that they would be loyal to him. But Saul did not say anything to rebuke them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_1","010_11_1","1SA","11","1","1","About a month later, King Nahash of Ammon led his army across the Jordan River, and they surrounded Jabesh city in the Gilead region. But all the men of Jabesh went and said to Nahash, “Make an agreement/treaty with us not to kill us, and then we will let you rule us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_2","010_11_2","1SA","11","2","2","Nahash replied, “I will do that if you do one thing. Allow us to gouge out all the right eyes of your people. By doing that we will cause the people in other countries to despise all you Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_3","010_11_3","1SA","11","3","3","The leaders of Jabesh replied, “Do not attack us for the next seven days. During that time, we will send messengers throughout Israel to tell them what you are demanding. If no one will help us, then we will ◄surrender to you/allow you to do to us whatever you want►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_4","010_11_4","1SA","11","4","4","Being very confident that his army was very superior, Nahash agreed. So the leaders of Jabesh sent messengers throughout Israel. When the messengers came to Gibeah, which was the city where Saul lived, and they told the people there about the situation, everyone started to cry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_5","010_11_5","1SA","11","5","5","At that time, Saul was plowing in the field. When he returned home, he asked, “Why are all the people crying?” So they told him what the messengers from Jabesh had reported. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_6","010_11_6","1SA","11","6","6","Then God’s Spirit came powerfully upon Saul, and he became very angry because of what Nahash wanted to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_7","010_11_7","1SA","11","7","7","He took two of his oxen and killed them and cut them into pieces. Then he sent messengers carrying those pieces throughout Israel to tell people this message: “Saul says that he cut this ox in pieces, and that he  will do the same thing to the oxen of anyone who refuses to come with him and Samuel to fight the army from Ammon!” Then Yahweh caused all the people of Israel to be afraid of what Saul might do to them (OR, of what Yahweh might do to them) if they did not go and help Saul. So the men all gathered together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_8","010_11_8","1SA","11","8","8","When Saul gave them all weapons at Bezek, he saw that there were 300,000 Israeli men there, as well as 30,000 men from the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_9","010_11_9","1SA","11","9","9","So Saul sent messengers back to the people at Jabesh to tell them, “We will rescue/save you by noontime tomorrow.” When the people of Jabesh heard that message, they were very joyful/happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_10","010_11_10","1SA","11","10","10","Then the men of Jabesh told Nahash, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and then you can do to us whatever you want to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_11","010_11_11","1SA","11","11","11","But before the sun rose the next morning, Saul and his army arrived. He divided them into three groups. They rushed into the camp of the soldiers from Ammon, and attacked them. By noontime they had killed most of them, and those who were not killed scattered. Each of them who ran away ran away alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_12","010_11_12","1SA","11","12","12","Then the people of Jabesh said to Samuel, “Where are those men who said that they did not want Saul to be our king? Bring them here, and we will kill them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_13","010_11_13","1SA","11","13","13","But Saul replied, “No, we are not going to execute anyone today, because this is the day that Yahweh has saved us Israeli people. It is a day to rejoice, not to kill anyone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_14","010_11_14","1SA","11","14","14","Then Samuel said to the people, “Let’s all go to Gilgal, and there we will again proclaim that Saul is our king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S111_15","010_11_15","1SA","11","15","15","So they went to Gilgal. There, knowing that Yahweh was watching, they proclaimed that Saul was their king. Then they offered sacrifices to enable them to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. And Saul and all the other Israeli people were very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_1","010_12_1","1SA","12","1","1","Then Samuel said this to all the Israeli people: “I have done everything that you told me to do, and I have given/appointed a king to rule you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_2","010_12_2","1SA","12","2","2","My own sons are grown up and with you now, but I have appointed Saul instead of one of them, and he is now your leader. I am now old, and my hair is gray. I have been your leader ever since I was a boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_3","010_12_3","1SA","12","3","3","Now tell me, while Yahweh is listening, and while the king whom he has chosen is listening: whose ox or donkey have I stolen during all those years? Whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed/treated badly? From whom have I accepted a bribe, in order that I would ignore the evil things he had done? If I have done any of those things, tell me, and I will pay back what I owe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_4","010_12_4","1SA","12","4","4","They replied, “No, you have never cheated anyone or oppressed anyone or accepted a bribe from anyone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_5","010_12_5","1SA","12","5","5","Then Samuel said, “Today Yahweh can testify, and the king whom you chose can testify, that I have not taken a bribe from anyone.” They replied, “Yes, Yahweh can say that he knows that is true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_6","010_12_6","1SA","12","6","6","Samuel continued by saying, “Yahweh is the one who appointed Moses and Aaron to lead our ancestors. He is the one who brought them out of Egypt. And he is the one who will testify that what I am saying is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_7","010_12_7","1SA","12","7","7","Now while Yahweh is listening, stand here quietly while I accuse you and tell you that your requesting a king instead of trusting Yahweh to lead you was wrong. I will do that by reminding you of all the great miracles that Yahweh performed for you and your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_8","010_12_8","1SA","12","8","8","“Many years after Jacob went to Egypt, our ancestors pleaded to Yahweh to help them. So Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron to them, and they led our ancestors out of Egypt, and eventually they settled in this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_9","010_12_9","1SA","12","9","9","“But our ancestors soon forgot about Yahweh, their God. So he allowed Sisera, the commander of the army from Hazor, to defeat them. He also allowed the Philistines and the army of the king of Moab to fight our ancestors and defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_10","010_12_10","1SA","12","10","10","Then our ancestors pleaded with Yahweh again to help them. They admitted, ‘Yahweh, we have sinned, and we have forsaken you. We have worshiped idols that represent the god Baal and the goddess Astarte. But if you rescue us from our enemies, we will worship you only.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_11","010_12_11","1SA","12","11","11","So Yahweh sent men such as Gideon, Barak, Jephthah, and me to save you. And as a result, you did not have to worry about any enemies attacking you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_12","010_12_12","1SA","12","12","12","“But now, when king Nahash of Ammon came with his army to attack you, you were afraid. So, you came to me, and said, ‘We want a king to rule us,’ even though Yahweh was already your king! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_13","010_12_13","1SA","12","13","13","So now, look, here is the king whom you have chosen. You asked for a king, and Yahweh has now appointed a king for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_14","010_12_14","1SA","12","14","14","If you will revere Yahweh and if you serve him, and if you listen to what he says and obey what he commands, and if you and the king who rules over you do what Yahweh your God wants you to do, ◄things will go well for you all/Yahweh will bless you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_15","010_12_15","1SA","12","15","15","But if you do not listen to what Yahweh says, if you disobey what he commands, then he will punish MTY you all, just as he punished our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_16","010_12_16","1SA","12","16","16","“Now stand here quietly and see the great thing that Yahweh is about to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_17","010_12_17","1SA","12","17","17","You know that RHQ it does not rain at this time of the year, during the time when you harvest wheat. But I will ask Yahweh to send thunder and lightning and rain today. When he does that, you will realize that Yahweh considers that you have done a very wicked thing by requesting a king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_18","010_12_18","1SA","12","18","18","Then Samuel prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused it to thunder and lightning and rain. So all the people became very afraid of Yahweh and of Samuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_19","010_12_19","1SA","12","19","19","They cried out to Samuel, “Pray for us! We have added to our previous sins by requesting a king! Pray to Yahweh, your God, in order that we will not die because of having done that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_20","010_12_20","1SA","12","20","20","Samuel replied, “Do not be afraid! You have done this evil thing, but do not turn away from doing the things that Yahweh wants you to do. Instead, serve Yahweh wholeheartedly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_21","010_12_21","1SA","12","21","21","Do not abandon Yahweh and worship useless idols. They cannot help you or save you from your enemies, because they are truly useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_22","010_12_22","1SA","12","22","22","Yahweh decided to make us his people. So he will not abandon us people whom he has chosen, because he would injure his own reputation of being completely faithful if he did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_23","010_12_23","1SA","12","23","23","But as for me, I have solemnly promised that I will not sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you what things are good and right for you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_24","010_12_24","1SA","12","24","24","But you must revere Yahweh and serve him wholeheartedly. Never forget all the great things that he has done for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S112_25","010_12_25","1SA","12","25","25","But if you keep doing wicked things, he will get rid of you and your king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_1","010_13_1","1SA","13","1","1","Saul was no longer a young man when he became the king. He ruled Israel for 42 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_2","010_13_2","1SA","13","2","2","Several years after he became king, he chose three thousand men from the Israeli army to go with him to fight the Philistines. Then he sent the other soldiers back home. Of the men he chose, 2,000 stayed with Saul at Micmash and in the hilly area near Bethel, and 1,000 stayed with Saul’s son Jonathan at Gibeah, in the area where the descendants of Benjamin lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_3","010_13_3","1SA","13","3","3","Jonathan and the men who were with him attacked the Philistine soldiers who were camped at Geba. The other Philistines heard about that. So Saul realized that the army of Philistia would probably come to fight the Israelis again. So Saul sent messengers to blow trumpets throughout Israel to gather the people together and proclaim to them, “All you Hebrews need to hear that now the Philistines will start a war with us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_4","010_13_4","1SA","13","4","4","The messengers told the rest of the army to gather together with Saul at Gilgal. And all the people in Israel heard the news. People were saying, “Saul’s army has attacked the Philistine camp, with the result that now the Philistines hate us Israelis very much.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_5","010_13_5","1SA","13","5","5","The Philistines gathered together and were given equipment to fight the Israelis. The Philistines had 3,000 chariots, and 6,000 chariot-drivers. Their soldiers seemed to be as many as grains of sand on the seashore HYP. They went up and set up their tents at Micmash, to the east of Beth-Aven (which means ‘house of wickedness’, and really referred to Bethel town). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_6","010_13_6","1SA","13","6","6","The Philistines attacked the Israelis very strongly, and the Israeli soldiers realized that they were in a very bad situation. So many of the Israeli soldiers hid in caves and holes in the ground, or among the rocks, or in pits, or in wells. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_7","010_13_7","1SA","13","7","7","Some of them crossed the Jordan River at a place where it was very shallow. Then they went to the area where the descendants of Gad lived and to the Gilead region. But Saul stayed at Gilgal. All the soldiers who were with him were shaking because they were so afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_8","010_13_8","1SA","13","8","8","Saul waited seven days, which was the number of days that Samuel had told him to wait for him. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal during that time, so many of the men in Saul’s army began to leave him and run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_9","010_13_9","1SA","13","9","9","So Saul said to the soldiers, “Bring to me an animal to be completely burned on the altar and one for the offering to enable us to maintain fellowship with God.” So the men did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_10","010_13_10","1SA","13","10","10","And just as he was finished burning those offerings, Samuel arrived. Saul went to greet him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_11","010_13_11","1SA","13","11","11","Samuel saw what Saul had done, and he said to Saul, “Why have you done this?” Saul replied, “I saw that my men were leaving me and running away, and that you did not come here during the time that you said that you would come, and that the Philistine army was gathering together at Micmash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_12","010_13_12","1SA","13","12","12","“So I thought, ‘The Philistine army is going to attack us here at Gilgal, and I have not yet asked Yahweh to bless/help us.’ So I felt it was necessary to offer the burnt offerings to seek God’s blessings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_13","010_13_13","1SA","13","13","13","Samuel replied, “What you did was very foolish! You have not obeyed what Yahweh, your God, commanded about sacrifices. If you had obeyed him, God would have allowed you and your descendants to rule Israel for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_14","010_13_14","1SA","13","14","14","But now because of what you have done, you will die, and after you die, none of your descendants will rule. Yahweh is seeking for a man to be king who will be just the kind of person that he wants him to be, so that he can appoint him to be the leader of his people. Yahweh will do this because you have not obeyed what he commanded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_15","010_13_15","1SA","13","15","15","Then Samuel left Gilgal and went up to Gibeah. Saul stayed at Gilgal with his soldiers. There were only about 600 of them left who had not run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_16","010_13_16","1SA","13","16","16","Saul and his son Jonathan and the soldiers who were with them went to Geba city in the area of the tribe of Benjamin and set up their tents there. The Philistine army set up their tents at Micmash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_17","010_13_17","1SA","13","17","17","Three groups of Philistia men soon left the place where their army was staying, and went and ◄raided the Israeli towns/attacked the Israelis and took their possessions►. One group went north toward Ophrah city in the  Shual region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_18","010_13_18","1SA","13","18","18","One group went west to Beth-Horon city. The third group went toward the Israeli border, above Zeboim Valley, near the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_19","010_13_19","1SA","13","19","19","At that time, there were no men in Israel who ◄were blacksmiths/could make things from iron►. The people of Philistia would not permit the Israelis to do that, because they were afraid that they would make iron swords and spears for the Hebrews to fight with. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_20","010_13_20","1SA","13","20","20","So whenever the Israelis needed to sharpen the blades of their plows, or picks, or axes, or sickles, they were forced to take those things to a Philistia man who could sharpen those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_21","010_13_21","1SA","13","21","21","They needed to pay ◄one fourth of an ounce/8 grams► of silver for sharpening a plow, and ◄an eighth of an ounce/4 grams► of silver to sharpen an axe, or a sickle, or ◄an ox goad/a pointed rod to jab an ox to make it walk►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_22","010_13_22","1SA","13","22","22","So because the Israelis could not make weapons from iron, on the day that the Israelis fought against the men of Philistia, Saul and Jonathan were the only Israeli men who had swords. None of the others had a sword; they had only bows and arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S113_23","010_13_23","1SA","13","23","23","Before the battle started, some Philistia men went to ◄the pass/a narrow place between two cliffs► outside Micmash to guard it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_1","010_14_1","1SA","14","1","1","One day, Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me; we will go over to where the Philistia soldiers have put up their tents.” So they went, but Jonathan did not tell his father what they were going to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_2","010_14_2","1SA","14","2","2","On that day, Saul and the 600 soldiers who were with him were sitting around a pomegranate tree at a place where the people threshed grain, near Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_3","010_14_3","1SA","14","3","3","Ahijah the priest was also there. He was wearing the sacred vest. Ahijah was the son of Ahitub, who was a brother of Ichabod. Ichabod and Ahitub were the sons of Phinehas, who was the son of Eli, who had been Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh. No one knew that Jonathan had left the Israeli camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_4","010_14_4","1SA","14","4","4","Jonathan planned that he and the young man would go through a narrow ◄pass/place between two cliffs► to get to where the Philistia army was. The cliff on one side of the pass was named Bozez, and the other cliff was named Seneh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_5","010_14_5","1SA","14","5","5","One cliff faced north toward Micmash, and the cliff on the other side faced south toward Geba town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_6","010_14_6","1SA","14","6","6","Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come with me. We will go to where those ◄pagans/people who do not believe in Yahweh► MTY have set up their tents. Perhaps Yahweh will help us. It does not matter whether we are only two men or many people; nothing can hinder Yahweh from enabling us to defeat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_7","010_14_7","1SA","14","7","7","The young man who was carrying Jonathan’s weapons said, “Do what you think is the best thing for us to do. I will help you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_8","010_14_8","1SA","14","8","8","Then Jonathan said, “Okay, come with me. We will cross the valley to where the Philistia army is, and allow them to see us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_9","010_14_9","1SA","14","9","9","If they then say to us, ‘You two stay there until we come down to you,’ we will stay there and not go up to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_10","010_14_10","1SA","14","10","10","But if they say to us, ‘Come up here and fight against us,’ that will show us that Yahweh will enable us to defeat them. Then we will go up and fight them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_11","010_14_11","1SA","14","11","11","When the two of them crossed the valley, the Philistia soldiers saw them coming. They said, “Look! The Hebrews are crawling out of the holes in which they have been hiding!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_12","010_14_12","1SA","14","12","12","Then the Philistia soldiers who were closest to Jonathan and the young man who carried his weapons said, “Come up here, and we will teach you something about how to fight IDM!” Jonathan said to the young man who was with him, “Come behind me and climb up, because Yahweh is going to help us to defeat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_13","010_14_13","1SA","14","13","13","So Jonathan climbed up, using his hands and his feet because it was very steep. The young man climbed up following him. As Jonathan climbed, he struck and killed many Philistia soldiers, and the young man who was with him killed many more as he followed behind Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_14","010_14_14","1SA","14","14","14","In that first battle the two of them killed about 20 Philistia soldiers in an area that was about half an acre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_15","010_14_15","1SA","14","15","15","Then all the other Philistia soldiers, the ones in the camp and the ones who had been attacking the Israeli towns, ones who were out in the field much closer, panicked. Then God caused the ground to shake, and they all became terrified/very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_16","010_14_16","1SA","14","16","16","Saul’s ◄lookouts/men who were watching to see if enemies were coming► were in Gibeah town in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. They saw that the soldiers of the Philistia army were running away in all directions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_17","010_14_17","1SA","14","17","17","Saul realized that some of his soldiers must have attacked the Philistia army. So he  said to the soldiers who were with him, “Check to see if any of our men are not here.” So they checked, and they found out that Jonathan and the man who carried his weapons were gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_18","010_14_18","1SA","14","18","18","So Saul said to Ahijah the Supreme Priest, “Bring the sacred vest here and find out what we should do.” On that day Ahijah was wearing the sacred vest, going in front of the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_19","010_14_19","1SA","14","19","19","But while Saul was talking to the priest, he saw that the Philistia soldiers were becoming more panicked/confused. So Saul said to Ahijah, “Take your hand down from the sacred vest. Do not waste any more time using the marked stones in the vest to find out what Yahweh wants us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_20","010_14_20","1SA","14","20","20","Then Saul gathered his men and they went toward the battle. They found that the Philistia soldiers were so confused that they were striking each other with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_21","010_14_21","1SA","14","21","21","Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men revolted and joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_22","010_14_22","1SA","14","22","22","Some of the Israeli soldiers had previously run away and hidden in the mountains where the tribe of Ephraim lived. But when they heard that the Philistia soldiers were running away, they came down and joined the other Israeli soldiers and pursued the Philistia soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_23","010_14_23","1SA","14","23","23","So Yahweh rescued the Israelis on that day. The Israeli soldiers continued to pursue their enemies beyond Beth-Aven town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_24","010_14_24","1SA","14","24","24","Before Saul’s soldiers went to the battle, Saul declared to them solemnly, “I do not want any of you to eat any food before this evening, before we have defeated all our enemies. If anyone eats anything, Yahweh will curse/punish him.” So none of the Israeli soldiers ate any food, and they became faint/weak because they were very hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_25","010_14_25","1SA","14","25","25","The Israeli army went into the forest, and they found honeycombs on the ground, but they did not eat any honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_26","010_14_26","1SA","14","26","26","They were afraid to eat any, because they had solemnly promised that they would not eat any food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_27","010_14_27","1SA","14","27","27","But Jonathan did not hear what his father commanded because he had left the camp very early in the morning. So when he saw a honeycomb, he dipped the end of his walking stick into it and ate some honey. After he ate the honey, he felt stronger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_28","010_14_28","1SA","14","28","28","But one of the Israeli soldiers saw him and said to him, “Your father solemnly declared to us that Yahweh would curse/punish anyone who ate any food today. So now we are very tired and weak from being hungry because we obeyed him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_29","010_14_29","1SA","14","29","29","Jonathan exclaimed, “My father has caused trouble for all of us! See how refreshed/strong I am after eating a little honey! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_30","010_14_30","1SA","14","30","30","If he had permitted all of us to eat from the food we took from our enemies while we were pursuing them, we would have been able to kill many more of their soldiers!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_31","010_14_31","1SA","14","31","31","The Israelis pursued and killed Philistia soldiers all that day, from Micmash town west to Aijalon. But they continued to become weaker from being hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_32","010_14_32","1SA","14","32","32","They had taken many sheep and cattle that the Philistia soldiers had abandoned. Now, because they were extremely hungry, they butchered some of those animals and ate the meat without draining the blood from the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_33","010_14_33","1SA","14","33","33","One of the soldiers told Saul, “Look! The men are sinning against Yahweh by eating meat that still has blood in it!” Saul replied to the men who were near him, “They have disobeyed Yahweh! Roll a large stone over here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_34","010_14_34","1SA","14","34","34","After they did that, he said to those men, “Go and tell all the soldiers that each of them must bring an ox or a sheep to me, and kill it here on this stone, and drain the blood before he eats any of the meat. They should not sin against Yahweh by eating meat from some animal without draining its blood.” So that night all the soldiers brought animals and slaughtered them there. Then Saul built an altar to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_35","010_14_35","1SA","14","35","35","That was the first time that he built an altar for Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_36","010_14_36","1SA","14","36","36","Then Saul said to the Israeli soldiers, “Let’s pursue the Philistia soldiers tonight. We can attack them all night. We will not allow any of them to escape alive.” The Israeli soldiers answered, “We will do whatever you think is the best thing for us to do.” But the priest said, “We should ask Yahweh what he thinks we should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_37","010_14_37","1SA","14","37","37","So Saul asked God, “Should we pursue the Philistine soldiers? Will you enable us to defeat them?” But God did not answer Saul that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_38","010_14_38","1SA","14","38","38","Then Saul summoned all the leaders of his army. He said to them, “I am sure that God has not answered me because someone has sinned. We must find out what sin someone has committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_39","010_14_39","1SA","14","39","39","Yahweh has rescued us from the Philistia army. Just as certain as Yahweh lives, whoever has sinned must be executed. Even if it is my son Jonathan who has sinned, he must be executed.” His men knew who was guilty, but none of them said anything to Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_40","010_14_40","1SA","14","40","40","Then Saul said to all the Israeli soldiers, “You stand on one side. My son Jonathan and I will stand on the other side.” His men replied, “Do whatever you think is best.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_41","010_14_41","1SA","14","41","41","Then Saul prayed to Yahweh, the Israelis’ God, “Tell me who is guilty and who is not guilty.” Then the priest ◄cast lots/threw the stones that were marked►, and they indicated that it was either Jonathan or Saul who was the guilty one, and that the other men were not guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_42","010_14_42","1SA","14","42","42","Then Saul said to the priest, “Throw the stones again to indicate which of us two is guilty.” So he did, and the stones indicated that Jonathan was the guilty one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_43","010_14_43","1SA","14","43","43","Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done that was wrong.” Jonathan replied, “I ate a little bit of honey. It was only a little bit that was on the end of my stick. Do I deserve to be executed because of doing that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_44","010_14_44","1SA","14","44","44","Saul replied, “Yes, you must be executed! I hope/wish that God will strike me and kill me if you are not executed for having done that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_45","010_14_45","1SA","14","45","45","But the Israeli soldiers said to Saul, “Jonathan has won a great victory for all us Israelis. Should he be executed for eating some honey RHQ? Certainly not! Just as surely as Yahweh lives, we will not allow you to injure him in any manner IDM, because today God helped Jonathan to kill many soldiers of the Philistia army!” So by saying that the Israeli soldiers rescued Jonathan, and he was not executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_46","010_14_46","1SA","14","46","46","Then Saul ordered his soldiers to stop pursuing the Philistia army, so the Philistia soldiers returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_47","010_14_47","1SA","14","47","47","After Saul became the ruler/king of the Israeli people, his army fought against their enemies in many areas. They fought against armies of the Moab people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Edom people-group, the kings of Zobah city/area, and the Philistia people-group. Wherever the Israeli army fought, they defeated their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_48","010_14_48","1SA","14","48","48","Saul’s army fought bravely and defeated the very tall descendants of Amalek. His army rescued the Israelis from those who had ◄plundered/forcefully taken things from► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_49","010_14_49","1SA","14","49","49","Saul’s sons were Jonathan, Ishbosheth, and Malchishua. He also had two daughters, Merab and her younger sister Michal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_50","010_14_50","1SA","14","50","50","Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of Saul’s army was Abner, who was the son of Saul’s uncle Ner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_51","010_14_51","1SA","14","51","51","Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were both sons of Abiel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S114_52","010_14_52","1SA","14","52","52","All the time that Saul was alive, his army fought against the Philistia army. And whenever Saul saw a young man who was ◄brave/not afraid to fight► and strong, he forced him to join his army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_1","010_15_1","1SA","15","1","1","One day Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to appoint you to be the king of the Israeli people. So now listen to this message from Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_2","010_15_2","1SA","15","2","2","Yahweh, the commander  of the armies of angels has declared this: ‘I am going to punish the descendants of Amalek for attacking the Israeli people after the Israelis left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_3","010_15_3","1SA","15","3","3","So now go with your army and attack the Amalek people-group. Destroy them completely—destroy them and everything that belongs to them—the men and women, their children and infants, their cattle and sheep and camels and donkeys. Do not ◄spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive►!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_4","010_15_4","1SA","15","4","4","So Saul summoned the army, and they gathered at Telaim town. There were 200,000 soldiers. 10,000 of them were from Judah, and the others were from the other Israeli tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_5","010_15_5","1SA","15","5","5","Then Saul went with his army to a town where some of the Amalek people-group lived. His army prepared to attack them suddenly by hiding in the valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_6","010_15_6","1SA","15","6","6","Then Saul sent this message to the Ken people-group who lived in that area: “You acted kindly toward all our Israeli ancestors when they left Egypt. But we are going to kill all of the Amalek people-group, because they opposed/attacked our ancestors. So move away from where the Amalek people-group live. If you do not move away, you will be killed when they are killed.” So when  the Ken people-group heard that, they immediately left that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_7","010_15_7","1SA","15","7","7","Then Saul’s army slaughtered the Amalek people-group, from Havilah town in the east to Shur town in the west. Shur was at the border between Israel and Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_8","010_15_8","1SA","15","8","8","Saul’s army captured Agag, the king of the Amalek people-group, but they killed everyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_9","010_15_9","1SA","15","9","9","They not only ◄spared/did not kill► Agag, but they also took the best sheep and goats and cattle. They took everything that was good. They destroyed only the animals that they considered to be worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_10","010_15_10","1SA","15","10","10","Then Yahweh said to Samuel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_11","010_15_11","1SA","15","11","11","“I am sorry that I appointed Saul to be your king, because he has turned away from me and has not obeyed what I commanded him to do.” Samuel was very disturbed/upset when he heard that, and he cried out to Yahweh all that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_12","010_15_12","1SA","15","12","12","Early the next morning, Samuel got up and went to talk with Saul. But someone told Samuel, “Saul went to Camel city, where he has set up a monument to honor himself. Now he has left there and gone down to Gilgal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_13","010_15_13","1SA","15","13","13","When Samuel arrived at Gilgal he approached Saul, and Saul said to him,, “I wish/desire that Yahweh will bless you! I have obeyed what Yahweh told me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_14","010_15_14","1SA","15","14","14","But Samuel replied, “If that is true, why is it that I hear cattle mooing and I hear sheep bleating?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_15","010_15_15","1SA","15","15","15","Saul replied, “The soldiers took them from the Amalek people-group. They saved the best sheep and cattle, in order to offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh, your God. But we have completely destroyed all the others.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_16","010_15_16","1SA","15","16","16","Samuel said to Saul, “Stop talking! Allow me to tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.” Saul replied, “Tell me what he said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_17","010_15_17","1SA","15","17","17","Samuel said, “Previously you did not think that you were important. But now you have become RHQ the leader of the tribes of Israel. Yahweh appointed you to be their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_18","010_15_18","1SA","15","18","18","And Yahweh sent you to do something for him. He said to you, ‘Go and get rid of all those sinful people, the Amalek people-group. Attack them and kill all of them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_19","010_15_19","1SA","15","19","19","So why did you not obey Yahweh RHQ? Why did your men take the best animals RHQ? Why did you do what Yahweh said was evil?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_20","010_15_20","1SA","15","20","20","Saul replied to Samuel, “Hey, I did what Yahweh sent me to do! I brought back King Agag, but we killed everyone else! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_21","010_15_21","1SA","15","21","21","My men brought back only the best sheep and cattle and other things, in order to sacrifice them to Yahweh your God here at Gilgal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_22","010_15_22","1SA","15","22","22","But Samuel replied, “Which do you think pleases Yahweh more, animals that are completely burned on the altar and other sacrifices, or people obeying him SYN? It is better to obey Yahweh than to offer sacrifices to him. It is better to pay attention to what he says than to burn the fat of rams, even though God said they should be sacrificed to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_23","010_15_23","1SA","15","23","23","To rebel against God is as sinful as doing sorcery/black magic, and being stubborn is as sinful as worshiping idols. So, because you disobeyed what Yahweh told you to do, he has declared that you will no longer be king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_24","010_15_24","1SA","15","24","24","Then Saul said to Samuel, “Yes, I have sinned. I disobeyed what you told me to do, which is what Yahweh commanded. I did that because I was ◄afraid of/worried about► what my men would say if I did not do what they wanted. So I did what they demanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_25","010_15_25","1SA","15","25","25","But now, please forgive me for having sinned. And come back with me to where the people are in order that I may worship Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_26","010_15_26","1SA","15","26","26","But Samuel replied, “No, I will not go back with you. You have rejected/disobeyed what Yahweh commanded you to do. So he has rejected you, and declared that you will no longer be the king of Israel. So I do not want to talk any more with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_27","010_15_27","1SA","15","27","27","As Samuel turned to leave, Saul tried to stop him by grabbing the edge of Samuel’s robe, and it tore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_28","010_15_28","1SA","15","28","28","Samuel said to him, “You tore my robe! And today Yahweh has torn away from you the kingdom of Israel! He will appoint someone else to be king, someone who is a better man than you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_29","010_15_29","1SA","15","29","29","And since the one who is the glorious God of the Israeli people does not lie, he will not change ◄his mind/what he has said►. Humans sometimes change their minds, but God does not do that, because he is not a human.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_30","010_15_30","1SA","15","30","30","Then Saul pleaded again. He said, “I know that I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the leaders of the Israeli people and in front of all the other Israeli people by coming back to them with me in order that I may worship Yahweh your God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_31","010_15_31","1SA","15","31","31","So Samuel finally agreed to do that, and they went together back to where the people were, and Saul worshiped Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_32","010_15_32","1SA","15","32","32","Then Samuel said, “Bring King Agag to me.” So they brought Agag to him. Agag was confidently expecting that they would spare him/not kill him. He was thinking, “Surely I will not have to endure an agonizing death!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_33","010_15_33","1SA","15","33","33","But Samuel said to him, “You have killed the sons of many women with your sword, so now your mother will no longer have a son.” And Samuel cut Agag into pieces with his sword, there at Gilgal, in the presence of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_34","010_15_34","1SA","15","34","34","Then Samuel left there and returned to his home in Ramah, and Saul went to his home in Gibeah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S115_35","010_15_35","1SA","15","35","35","Samuel never saw Saul again, but he was very sad about what Saul had done. And Yahweh was very sorry that he had appointed Saul to be the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_1","010_16_1","1SA","16","1","1","Finally, Yahweh said to Samuel, “I have decided that I will not allow Saul to continue to be the king. So you should not RHQ keep feeling sad about what he has done. Put some olive oil in a small container and go to Bethlehem to anoint someone with the oil, and appoint him to be king. I am sending you there to a man named Jesse, because I have chosen one of his sons to be the king of Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_2","010_16_2","1SA","16","2","2","But Samuel said, “I am afraid RHQ to do that! If Saul hears about it, he will kill me!” Yahweh said, “Take a ◄heifer/young female cow► with you, and say to people that you have come to kill it and offer it as a sacrifice to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_3","010_16_3","1SA","16","3","3","“Invite Jesse to come to the sacrifice. When he comes, I will show you what you should do. And I will show you which of his sons I have chosen to be the king. Then you should anoint that one with the olive oil to be the king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_4","010_16_4","1SA","16","4","4","Samuel did what Yahweh told him to do. He went to Bethlehem. When the town leaders came to him, they trembled, because they were worried that Samuel had come to rebuke them about something. One of them asked him, “Have you come to speak peacefully to us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_5","010_16_5","1SA","16","5","5","Samuel replied, “Yes. I have come peacefully, to make a sacrifice to Yahweh. Perform the rituals to make yourselves acceptable to Yahweh, and then come with me to where they will offer the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the ritual to make Jesse and his sons acceptable to God, and he also invited them to the sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_6","010_16_6","1SA","16","6","6","When they arrived there, Samuel looked at Jesse’s oldest son Eliab, and thought, “Surely this is the one whom Yahweh has appointed to be king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_7","010_16_7","1SA","16","7","7","But Yahweh said to Samuel, “No, he is not the one whom I have chosen. Don’t pay attention to his being handsome and very tall, because I have not chosen him. I do not evaluate people as people do. You people evaluate people by their appearance, but I evaluate people by what is in their inner beings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_8","010_16_8","1SA","16","8","8","Then Jesse told his next oldest son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But when he did that, Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_9","010_16_9","1SA","16","9","9","Then Jesse told his next oldest son Shammah to step forward. He stepped forward, but Samuel said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_10","010_16_10","1SA","16","10","10","Similarly, Jesse told his other four sons to walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen any of these sons of yours.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_11","010_16_11","1SA","16","11","11","Then Samuel asked Jesse, “Do you have any other sons?” Jesse replied, “My youngest son is not here; he is out in the fields taking care of the sheep.” Samuel said, “Send someone to bring him here! We will not sit down to eat until he gets here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_12","010_16_12","1SA","16","12","12","So Jesse sent someone to bring David there. And when David arrived, Samuel saw that he was handsome and healthy, and had bright eyes. Then Yahweh said, “This is the one whom I have chosen; anoint him to be king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_13","010_16_13","1SA","16","13","13","So as David stood there in front of his older brothers, Samuel took the container of oil that he had brought and poured some of it on David’s head to set him apart to serve God. After they all ate, Samuel left  and returned to Ramah. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on David powerfully, and stayed with David for the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_14","010_16_14","1SA","16","14","14","But Yahweh’s Spirit left Saul. Instead of his Spirit staying with Saul, Yahweh sent an evil spirit to Saul to terrify him repeatedly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_15","010_16_15","1SA","16","15","15","One of his servants said to him, “It is evident that an evil spirit sent by God is terrifying you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_16","010_16_16","1SA","16","16","16","So we suggest that you allow us, your servants here, to search for a man who plays the harp well. He can play the harp whenever the evil spirit bothers you. Then you will calm down and you will be okay again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_17","010_16_17","1SA","16","17","17","Saul replied, “Fine/Okay, find for me a man who can play the harp well, and bring him to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_18","010_16_18","1SA","16","18","18","One of his servants said to him, “A man named Jesse, in Bethlehem town, has a son who plays the harp very well. Furthermore, he is a brave man, and is a capable soldier. He is handsome and he always speaks wisely. And Yahweh always protects him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_19","010_16_19","1SA","16","19","19","So Saul sent this message to Jesse: “Send your son David to me, the one who takes care of sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_20","010_16_20","1SA","16","20","20","So after they went to Jesse and told him that, he agreed. He  got a young goat, a container of wine, a donkey on which he put some loaves of bread, and gave them to David to take to Saul as a present. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_21","010_16_21","1SA","16","21","21","Then David went to Saul and started to work for him. Saul liked David very much, and he became the man who carried Saul’s weapons when Saul went to fight in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_22","010_16_22","1SA","16","22","22","Then Saul sent a messenger  to Jesse to tell him, “I am pleased with David. Please let him stay here and work for me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S116_23","010_16_23","1SA","16","23","23","Jesse agreed, and after that, whenever the evil spirit whom God sent tormented Saul, David played the harp. Then Saul would become calm, and the evil spirit would leave him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_1","010_17_1","1SA","17","1","1","The Philistines gathered their army to fight the Israeli army. They gathered together near Socoh, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. They set up their tents at Ephes-Dammim, which is between Socoh and Azekah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_2","010_17_2","1SA","17","2","2","Saul gathered the Israeli army near Elah Valley, and they set up their tents. Then they all took their places, ready to fight the Philistines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_3","010_17_3","1SA","17","3","3","So the Philistine and Israeli armies faced each other. They were on two hills, with a valley between them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_4","010_17_4","1SA","17","4","4","Then Goliath, from Gath city, came out from the Philistine camp. He was a champion warrior/soldier. He was ◄over 9 feet/3 meters► tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_5","010_17_5","1SA","17","5","5","He wore a helmet made of bronze to protect his head, and he wore a coat made of metal plates to protect his body. The coat weighed ◄125 pounds/56 kg.►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_6","010_17_6","1SA","17","6","6","He wore bronze guards/protectors on his legs. He had a long bronze dagger fastened on his back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_7","010_17_7","1SA","17","7","7","He also had a big spear. It had a cord on it to enable him to throw it better (OR, which was as thick as a weaver’s beam). The tip of the spear was made of iron and weighed ◄15 pounds/almost 7 kg.►. A soldier carrying a huge shield walked in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_8","010_17_8","1SA","17","8","8","Goliath stood there and shouted to the Israeli army, “Why are you all lined up for battle? I am the great Philistine soldier, and I think RHQ you are merely Saul’s slaves. Choose one man to fight for all of you, and send him down here to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_9","010_17_9","1SA","17","9","9","If he fights with me and kills me, then my fellow Philistines will all be your slaves. But if I defeat him and kill him, then you Israelis will all be our slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_10","010_17_10","1SA","17","10","10","I defy/challenge you men of the Israeli army. Send me a man who will fight with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_11","010_17_11","1SA","17","11","11","When Saul and all the Israeli soldiers heard that, they were extremely terrified DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_12","010_17_12","1SA","17","12","12","David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was from the clan of Ephrath. He lived in Bethlehem, in the area where the descendants of Judah lived. Jesse had eight sons. When Saul was king, Jesse had already become a very old man DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_13","010_17_13","1SA","17","13","13","Jesse’s three oldest sons, Eliab and Abinadab and Shammah, had gone with Saul to fight the Philistines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_14","010_17_14","1SA","17","14","14","David was Jesse’s youngest son. While his three oldest brothers were with Saul, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_15","010_17_15","1SA","17","15","15","David went back and forth: Sometimes he went to Saul’s camp, and sometimes he stayed in Bethlehem to take care of his father’s sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_16","010_17_16","1SA","17","16","16","For 40 days Goliath came out from the Philistine camp and stood there taunting the Israeli army/telling the Israelis to choose one man to fight with him. He did it twice each day, once in the morning and once in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_17","010_17_17","1SA","17","17","17","One day, Jesse said to David, “Here is a sack of roasted grain and ten loaves of bread. Take these quickly to your older brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_18","010_17_18","1SA","17","18","18","And here are ten large chunks of cheese. Take them to their commander. And see how things are going with your older brothers. Then if they are okay, bring back something to show they are all right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_19","010_17_19","1SA","17","19","19","His brothers were with Saul and all the other Israeli soldiers, camped alongside Elah Valley, preparing to fight the Philistines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_20","010_17_20","1SA","17","20","20","So David arranged for another shepherd to take care of the sheep. Early the next morning he took the food and went to the Israeli camp, as Jesse told him to do. He arrived there just as the Israeli soldiers were forming their ranks and going out to the battlefield. As they went, they were shouting a war cry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_21","010_17_21","1SA","17","21","21","The Philistine army and the Israeli army stood on the hillsides, facing each other, ready for the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_22","010_17_22","1SA","17","22","22","David gave the food to the man who was taking care of the war equipment. He told him to take care of the food that he brought, and then he went and greeted his older brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_23","010_17_23","1SA","17","23","23","While he was talking with them, he saw Goliath coming out from among the Philistine soldiers, shouting to the Israelis, challenging them to send a man to fight him. David heard what Goliath was saying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_24","010_17_24","1SA","17","24","24","When all the Israeli soldiers saw Goliath, they were terrified and started to ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_25","010_17_25","1SA","17","25","25","They were saying to each other, “Look at him coming up toward us! And listen to him as he defies us Israelis! The king says that he will give a big reward to whoever kills this man. He also says that he will give his daughter to that man for him to marry her, and that he will no longer require that man’s family to pay taxes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_26","010_17_26","1SA","17","26","26","David talked to some of the men who were standing near him. He said, “What will be given to whoever kills this Philistine and frees us Israelis from this shame/disgrace? And who does  this heathen Philistine think he is, defying/ridiculing the army that serves the all-powerful God?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_27","010_17_27","1SA","17","27","27","They told him the same thing that the other men had said, about what the king would do for anyone who killed Goliath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_28","010_17_28","1SA","17","28","28","But when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard David talking to the men, he was angry. He said to David, “Why have you come down here? Is someone taking care of those few sheep that you left in the desert? I know you are just a ◄smart-aleck/brat►! You just want to watch the battle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_29","010_17_29","1SA","17","29","29","David replied, “Have I done something wrong? I was merely asking a question!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_30","010_17_30","1SA","17","30","30","Then he walked over to another man and asked him the same question, but the man gave him the same answer. Each time he asked someone, he received the same answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_31","010_17_31","1SA","17","31","31","Finally, someone told king Saul what David had asked, and Saul sent someone to bring David to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_32","010_17_32","1SA","17","32","32","David told king Saul, “No one should ◄worry/become a coward► because of that Philistine man. I will go and fight with him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_33","010_17_33","1SA","17","33","33","Saul said to David, “You are only a young man, and he has been a very capable soldier all his life. So you are not able to go and fight with him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_34","010_17_34","1SA","17","34","34","David replied, “I have been taking care of my father’s sheep for many years. Whenever a lion or a bear came and carried away a lamb, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_35","010_17_35","1SA","17","35","35","I went after the lion or the bear and attacked it and rescued the lamb from the wild animal’s mouth. Then I grabbed the animal by its jaw/throat and struck it and killed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_36","010_17_36","1SA","17","36","36","I have killed both lions and bears. And I will do the same to this heathen Philistine, because he has defied/ridiculed the army of the all-powerful God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_37","010_17_37","1SA","17","37","37","Yahweh has rescued me from paws of lions and bears, and he will rescue me from this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “All right, go and fight him, and I hope/desire that Yahweh will help you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_38","010_17_38","1SA","17","38","38","Then Saul gave to David his own clothes that he always wore in battles, and he gave him a bronze helmet and a coat made of metal plates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_39","010_17_39","1SA","17","39","39","David put these things on. Then he fastened his sword over them, and tried to walk. But he could not walk, because he was not accustomed to wearing those things. So David said to Saul, “I cannot fight wearing all these things, because I am not accustomed to wearing them!” So he took them off. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_40","010_17_40","1SA","17","40","40","Then he took his walking/shepherd’s stick, and he picked up five smooth stones from the brook/stream. He put them in the pouch of his shoulder-bag. Then he put his sling in his hand and started walking toward Goliath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_41","010_17_41","1SA","17","41","41","Goliath walked toward David, with the soldier who was carrying his shield walking in front of him. When he got near David, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_42","010_17_42","1SA","17","42","42","he looked at David closely. He saw that David had a handsome face and healthy body, but that he was only a young man. So he sneered at David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_43","010_17_43","1SA","17","43","43","He said to David, “Are you coming to me with a stick because you think that I am a dog?” Then he called out to his gods to harm David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_44","010_17_44","1SA","17","44","44","He said to David, “Come here to me, and I will kill you and give your dead body to the birds and wild animals to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_45","010_17_45","1SA","17","45","45","David replied, “You are coming to me with a sword and a dagger and a spear. But I am coming to you ◄in the name/with the authority► of almighty Yahweh. He is the God whom the army of Israel worships, and he is the God whom you have defied/ridiculed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_46","010_17_46","1SA","17","46","46","Today Yahweh will enable me to defeat you. I will strike you down and cut off your head. And we Israelis will kill many Philistine soldiers and give their bodies to the birds and wild animals to eat. And everyone in the world will hear about it and know that we Israeli people worship an all-powerful God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_47","010_17_47","1SA","17","47","47","And everyone here will know that Yahweh can rescue people without a sword or a spear. Yahweh always wins his battles, and he will enable us to defeat all of you Philistines.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_48","010_17_48","1SA","17","48","48","As Goliath came closer to attack David, David ran quickly toward him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_49","010_17_49","1SA","17","49","49","He put his hand into his shoulder-bag and took out one stone. He put it in his sling and hurled it toward Goliath. The stone hit Goliath on the forehead and penetrated his skull, and he fell face down onto the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_50","010_17_50","1SA","17","50","51","Then David ran and stood over Goliath. He pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath and killed him with it, and then cut off his head. In that way David defeated the Philistine without having his own sword. He used only a sling and a stone! When the other Philistines saw that their great warrior was dead, they ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_52","010_17_52","1SA","17","52","52","The Israeli men shouted and ran after them. They pursued them all the way to Gath and to the gates of Ekron city. They struck them as they went, with the result that dead/wounded Philistines were lying on the road all the way from Shaaraim to Gath and Ekron towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_53","010_17_53","1SA","17","53","53","When the Israelis returned from chasing the Philistines, they ◄plundered/took everything from► the Philistine camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_54","010_17_54","1SA","17","54","54","David later took the head of Goliath to Jerusalem, but he kept Goliath’s weapons in his own tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_55","010_17_55","1SA","17","55","55","As Saul watched David going toward Goliath, he said to Abner, the commanded of his army, “Abner, whose son is that young man?” Abner replied, “◄As sure as you are alive/Truly► IDM, I do not know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_56","010_17_56","1SA","17","56","56","Then the king said, “Find out whose son he is!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_57","010_17_57","1SA","17","57","57","Later, as David returned from killing Goliath, Abner took him to Saul. David was carrying Goliath’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S117_58","010_17_58","1SA","17","58","58","Saul asked him, “Young man, whose son are you?” David replied, “Sir, perhaps you have forgotten that I am the son of your servant Jesse, who has served you faithfully, who lives in Bethlehem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_1","010_18_1","1SA","18","1","1","After David finished talking with Saul, he met Saul’s son, Jonathan. Jonathan immediately liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_2","010_18_2","1SA","18","2","2","From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_3","010_18_3","1SA","18","3","3","Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_4","010_18_4","1SA","18","4","4","Jonathan took off his own outer robe and gave it to David. He also gave David his soldier’s tunic, his sword, his bow and arrows, and his belt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_5","010_18_5","1SA","18","5","5","David went wherever Saul sent him. And whatever Saul told him to do, David did it very successfully. As a result, Saul appointed David to be a commander in the army. All the officers and other men in the army ◄approved of/were very pleased with► that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_6","010_18_6","1SA","18","6","6","But, when the men in the army were returning home after David had killed Goliath, the women came out from many HYP towns in Israel to meet/greet King Saul. They were singing and dancing very joyfully, playing tambourines and lyres. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_7","010_18_7","1SA","18","7","7","As they danced, they sang this song to each other: “Saul has killed 1,000 enemy soldiers, But David has killed 10,000 of them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_8","010_18_8","1SA","18","8","8","When Saul heard them singing that, he did not like it. He became very angry. He said to himself, “They are saying that David killed 10,000 men, but that I have killed only 1,000. Soon they will want to make him their king!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_9","010_18_9","1SA","18","9","9","From that time, Saul watched David very closely because he was suspicious that David would try to become king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_10","010_18_10","1SA","18","10","10","The next day, an evil spirit sent by God suddenly took control of Saul. He began to act like a madman, inside his house. David was playing the lyre for him, as he did every day. Saul was holding a spear in his hand, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_11","010_18_11","1SA","18","11","11","and he hurled it at David, saying to himself, “I will fasten David to the wall with the spear!” He did that two times, but David jumped aside both times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_12","010_18_12","1SA","18","12","12","Because it became evident that Yahweh had abandoned Saul but that he was helping David, Saul was afraid of David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_13","010_18_13","1SA","18","13","13","So he appointed David as a commander of 1,000 soldiers and sent David away from him, hoping that David would be killed in a battle. But when David led his soldiers in their battles, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_14","010_18_14","1SA","18","14","14","he always had great success, because Yahweh was helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_15","010_18_15","1SA","18","15","15","When Saul heard that David and his soldiers were very successful, he became more afraid of David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_16","010_18_16","1SA","18","16","16","But all the people of Israel and of Judah loved David, because he led the soldiers very successfully in the battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_17","010_18_17","1SA","18","17","17","One day Saul said to David, “I am ready to give you my oldest daughter, Merab, to be your wife. I will do that if you serve me bravely by fighting battles for Yahweh against the Philistines”. He said that because he thought, “I will not try to get rid of David by myself. I will allow the Philistines to do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_18","010_18_18","1SA","18","18","18","But David said to Saul, “I am not RHQ a very important person, and my family is not very important, and my clan is not a very important Israeli clan. So I do not deserve to become your son-in-law.” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_19","010_18_19","1SA","18","19","19","So, when it was time for Merab to be given to David to become his wife, instead, Saul gave her to a man named Adriel, from Meholah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_20","010_18_20","1SA","18","20","20","But Saul’s other daughter, Michal, fell in love with David. When they told Saul about that, he was pleased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_21","010_18_21","1SA","18","21","21","He thought, “I will let Michal marry him, in order that she may trap him, and the Philistines will be able to kill him.” So he said to David, “You can marry Michal,” and by saying that, he indicated for the second time that David would become his son-in-law. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_22","010_18_22","1SA","18","22","22","Saul told his servants, “Talk to David privately, and say to him, ‘Listen, the king is pleased with you, and all of us his servants love you. So now we think that you should marry Michal and become the king’s son-in-law.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_23","010_18_23","1SA","18","23","23","So they told that to David. But David said, “It would be a great honor RHQ to become the king’s son-in-law. But I do not think that I should do that, because I am only a poor and insignificant man.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_24","010_18_24","1SA","18","24","24","When the servants told Saul what David had said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_25","010_18_25","1SA","18","25","25","Saul replied, “Go and say to David, ‘In order for  the king to allow you to marry Michal, he wants you to kill 100 Philistines and cut off their foreskins and bring the foreskins to him to prove that you have killed them. In that way he will get revenge on his enemies.’ ” But what Saul wanted was that the Philistines would kill David while David was trying to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_26","010_18_26","1SA","18","26","26","When the servants told that to David, he was very pleased that he could become the king’s son-in-law by doing that. The king had said how many days he would allow for David to do that. But before that time ended, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_27","010_18_27","1SA","18","27","27","David and his men went and killed, not 100, but 200 Philistines! He brought their foreskins to Saul, and counted them while Saul was watching, in order to prove that he had done what the king required so that he could become Saul’s son-in-law. So then Saul was obligated to allow David to marry his daughter Michal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_28","010_18_28","1SA","18","28","28","But when Saul realized that Yahweh was helping David, and that his daughter loved David, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_29","010_18_29","1SA","18","29","29","he became more afraid of David. So, as long as Saul lived, he was David’s enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S118_30","010_18_30","1SA","18","30","30","The Philistine armies repeatedly came to fight the Israelis, but every time they fought, David and his soldiers were more successful than any of Saul’s other army commanders. As a result, David became very famous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_1","010_19_1","1SA","19","1","1","Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_2","010_19_2","1SA","19","2","2","So he warned David, “My father Saul is seeking for a way to kill you. So be careful. Tomorrow morning go and find a place to hide in the field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_3","010_19_3","1SA","19","3","3","I will ask my father to go out there with me. While we are out there, I will talk to him about you. Then I will tell you everything that he tells me.” So David did what Jonathan told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_4","010_19_4","1SA","19","4","4","The next morning, Jonathan spoke with his father, saying many good things about David. He said, “You should never do anything to harm your servant David! He has never done anything to harm you! Everything that he has done has helped you very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_5","010_19_5","1SA","19","5","5","He was in danger of being killed when he fought against Goliath, the champion of the Philistia army. By enabling David to kill him, Yahweh won a great victory for all the people of Israel. You were very happy when you saw that. Why would you want to do anything now to harm David RHQ? There is no reason for you to kill him, because he has not done anything wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_6","010_19_6","1SA","19","6","6","Saul listened to what Jonathan said. Then Saul said, “I solemnly promise that just as certain as Yahweh lives, I will not kill David.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_7","010_19_7","1SA","19","7","7","Afterward, Jonathan summoned David and told him what he and Saul had said. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David served Saul as he had done before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_8","010_19_8","1SA","19","8","8","One day a war started again, and David led his soldiers to fight against the Philistia army. David’s army attacked them very furiously, with the result that the Philistia army ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_9","010_19_9","1SA","19","9","9","But one day when sitting in his house, an evil spirit sent from Yahweh suddenly came upon Saul. While David was playing his harp for Saul, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_10","010_19_10","1SA","19","10","10","Saul hurled his spear at David to try to fasten him to the wall. David ◄dodged/jumped to one side►, and the spear did not hit him. The spear stuck in the wall, but that night David escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_11","010_19_11","1SA","19","11","11","Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house. He told them to watch the house and to kill David while he was leaving the house the following morning. But David’s wife Michal saw them and warned him, “To survive, you must run away tonight, because if you do not do that, you will be killed tomorrow!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_12","010_19_12","1SA","19","12","12","So she enabled David to climb out through a window, and he ran away and escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_13","010_19_13","1SA","19","13","13","Then Michal took an idol and put it in the bed. She covered it with some of David’s clothes, and put some goat’s hair on the head of the idol. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_14","010_19_14","1SA","19","14","14","When the messengers came to the house the next morning, she told them that David was sick and could not get out of bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_15","010_19_15","1SA","19","15","15","When they reported that to Saul, he told them to go back to David’s house. He said to them, “Bring him to me lying on his bed, in order that I can kill him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_16","010_19_16","1SA","19","16","16","But when those men entered David’s house, they saw that there was only an idol in the bed, with goat’s hair on its head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_17","010_19_17","1SA","19","17","17","When they reported that to Saul, Saul summoned Michal and said to her, “Why did you trick me like that? You allowed my enemy to escape!” Michal replied to Saul, “David told me that if I did not help him escape, he would kill me!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_18","010_19_18","1SA","19","18","18","After David had escaped from Saul, he went to Samuel, who was at his home at Ramah. He told Samuel everything that Saul had done to try to kill him. Then David and Samuel went to Naioth, which was a section of Ramah city, and they stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_19","010_19_19","1SA","19","19","19","Someone told Saul that David was in Naioth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_20","010_19_20","1SA","19","20","20","So Saul sent some messengers to capture David. When those messengers arrived in Ramah, they met some men who were proclaiming ecstatic messages, and Samuel was there, as their leader. When Saul’s messengers met them, the Spirit of God took control of Saul’s men, and they also spoke ecstatically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_21","010_19_21","1SA","19","21","21","When Saul heard about that, he sent messengers a third time, but they also started to speak ecstatically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_22","010_19_22","1SA","19","22","22","Finally, Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the well at a place named Secu, he asked people there, “Where are Samuel and David?” The people replied, “They are at Naioth in Ramah city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_23","010_19_23","1SA","19","23","23","While Saul was walking toward Naioth, the Spirit of God also took control of him. While he walked on, he continued speaking ecstatic messages until he came to Naioth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S119_24","010_19_24","1SA","19","24","24","There he took off his clothes, and he spoke messages from God in front of Samuel. He lay on the ground doing that all day and all night. That is the reason that when people see someone doing something that is very unexpected, they think about what happened to Saul, and they say, “We are surprised, like the people were surprised to see Saul acting like a prophet?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_1","010_20_1","1SA","20","1","1","David ran away from the Naioth section of Ramah city. He went to Jonathan and asked him, “What have I done to displease your father? What did I do that was wrong? Why is he trying to kill me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_2","010_20_2","1SA","20","2","2","Jonathan replied, “My father is surely not trying to kill you! He always tells me before he does anything that he is planning. He tells me about important things and unimportant things that he plans to do. ◄Why would he refuse to tell me if he were planning to kill me?/I am sure that he would not refuse to tell me if he were planning to kill you.► RHQ So what you are saying cannot be true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_3","010_20_3","1SA","20","3","3","Then David solemnly declared this to Jonathan: “Your father knows very well that you and I are very good friends, so he says to himself, ‘I will not tell Jonathan what I am going to do. If I tell Jonathan, he will be upset/distressed, and then he will tell David.’ But just as certain as Yahweh lives and you live, I am only one step away from being killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_4","010_20_4","1SA","20","4","4","Jonathan said to David, “I will do whatever you tell me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_5","010_20_5","1SA","20","5","5","David replied, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. I always eat with the king at that festival. But tomorrow I will hide in the field, and I will stay there for one night. I will stay there until the evening of the day after tomorrow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_6","010_20_6","1SA","20","6","6","If your father asks why I am not there at the festival, say to him, ‘David requested me to allow him to go to his home in Bethlehem, where his family will offer the sacrifice that they offer during this festival every year.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_7","010_20_7","1SA","20","7","7","If your father says ‘That is okay’, then I know I will be safe. But if he becomes extremely angry, you will know that he is determined to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_8","010_20_8","1SA","20","8","8","Please be kind to me. Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me that you and I will always be loyal friends. If I deserve to be punished MTY, kill me yourself. I do not want RHQ you to allow your father to punish IDM me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_9","010_20_9","1SA","20","9","9","Jonathan replied, “I will never do that! But if I find out that my father is determined to harm/kill you, I will certainly warn you.” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_10","010_20_10","1SA","20","10","10","David asked him, “How will I find out if your father answers you harshly?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_11","010_20_11","1SA","20","11","11","Jonathan replied, “Come with me. We will go out into the field.” So they went together out into the field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_12","010_20_12","1SA","20","12","12","There Jonathan said to David, “I promise this while Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, is listening: At this time the day after tomorrow, I will find out what my father is thinking about you. If he is saying good things about you, I will certainly send a message to you to tell that to you RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_13","010_20_13","1SA","20","13","13","But if he is planning to hurt/kill you, I will enable you to know IDM that, and enable you to go away safely. I desire that Yahweh will punish me severely if I do not do that for you. I desire/hope that Yahweh will be with you and help you like he has helped my father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_14","010_20_14","1SA","20","14","14","But while I am still alive, please be kind to me in the same way that Yahweh is kind to me, and do not kill me when you become king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_15","010_20_15","1SA","20","15","15","But if I die, never stop being kind to my family, even after Yahweh has gotten rid of all your enemies all over the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_16","010_20_16","1SA","20","16","16","David agreed. So Jonathan made a solemn agreement with David. And he said, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will get rid of all your enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_17","010_20_17","1SA","20","17","17","And Jonathan requested David to repeat his solemn promise to be his close friend, because Jonathan loved David as much as he loved himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_18","010_20_18","1SA","20","18","18","Then Jonathan said, “Tomorrow we will celebrate the Festival of the New Moon. When you are not sitting at your place when we eat, my father will ◄miss you/see that you are not there►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_19","010_20_19","1SA","20","19","19","The day after tomorrow, in the evening, go to the place where you hid before. Wait by the pile of stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_20","010_20_20","1SA","20","20","20","I will come out and shoot three arrows as though I were trying to shoot at a target. The arrows will hit the ground close to the pile of stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_21","010_20_21","1SA","20","21","21","Then I will send a boy to bring the arrows back to me. If you hear me say to him, ‘They are closer to me’, then as surely as Yahweh lives, you will know that everything is fine, and that Saul will not kill you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_22","010_20_22","1SA","20","22","22","But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are farther away’, you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_23","010_20_23","1SA","20","23","23","I hope/desire that Yahweh will watch you and me and enable us to never forget what we have promised each other.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_24","010_20_24","1SA","20","24","24","So David went and hid in the field. When the Festival of the New Moon started, the king sat down to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_25","010_20_25","1SA","20","25","25","He sat where he usually sat, close to the wall. Jonathan sat across from him, and Abner the army commander sat next to Saul. But no one was sitting in the place where David usually sat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_26","010_20_26","1SA","20","26","26","On that day, Saul did not say anything about David, because he was thinking, “Something must have happened that caused David to become unacceptable to worship God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_27","010_20_27","1SA","20","27","27","But the next day, when David was not sitting at the place where he usually sat, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why has that son of Jesse not been here to eat with us yesterday and today?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_28","010_20_28","1SA","20","28","28","Jonathan replied, “David earnestly requested me that I permit him to go to Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_29","010_20_29","1SA","20","29","29","He said, ‘Please allow me to go, because our family is going to offer a sacrifice. My older brother insisted that I be there. So please allow me to go to be with my older brothers.’ I allowed David to go, and that is the reason that he is not here eating with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_30","010_20_30","1SA","20","30","30","Saul was ◄furious/very angry► with Jonathan. He yelled at him, “You stupid bastard EUP! I know that you are being loyal to that son of Jesse. By doing that, you will bring shame to yourself and to your mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_31","010_20_31","1SA","20","31","31","As long as Jesse’s son is living, you will never become the king, and you will never rule over a kingdom! So now, summon David, and bring him to me. He must be executed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_32","010_20_32","1SA","20","32","32","Jonathan asked his father, “Why should David be executed? What wrong has he done?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_33","010_20_33","1SA","20","33","33","Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to kill him, but the spear did not hit him. So Jonathan knew that his father really wanted to kill David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_34","010_20_34","1SA","20","34","34","Jonathan was very angry, and he left the room. On that second day of the festival, he refused to eat anything. He was disgusted about what his father had done, and he was worried about David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_35","010_20_35","1SA","20","35","35","The following morning Jonathan went out to the field to give a message to David, like he had agreed that he would do. He took a young boy with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_36","010_20_36","1SA","20","36","36","Jonathan said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows that I shoot.” The boy started running, and Jonathan shot an arrow ahead of the boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_37","010_20_37","1SA","20","37","37","When the boy ran to the place where the arrow hit the ground, Jonathan called out, “The arrow is further away!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_38","010_20_38","1SA","20","38","38","Then he shouted to the boy, “Act quickly; do not wait! Do not stop!” The boy picked up the arrow and brought it back to Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_39","010_20_39","1SA","20","39","39","But the boy did not understand the meaning of what Jonathan had said; only Jonathan and David knew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_40","010_20_40","1SA","20","40","40","Then Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy and told him, “Go back to the town.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_41","010_20_41","1SA","20","41","41","When the boy left, David came out from the south side of the pile of stones behind which he had been hiding. He went to Jonathan and bowed in front of Jonathan three times, with his face touching the ground. Then David and Jonathan kissed each other on the cheek/neck, and they cried together. But David cried more than Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S120_42","010_20_42","1SA","20","42","42","Jonathan said to David, “May things go well for you as you go. Yahweh has heard what we solemnly promised to always do for each other, and what we said that our descendants must do for each other.” Then David left, and Jonathan went back to the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_1","010_21_1","1SA","21","1","1","David fled from there and went to Nob city to see Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech trembled when he saw David because he was afraid that something bad had happened. He said to David, “Why are you alone? Why have no men come with you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_2","010_21_2","1SA","21","2","2","David deceived Ahimelech by replying, “The king sent me. But he does not want anyone to know anything about what he sent me to do. I have told my men where they should meet me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_3","010_21_3","1SA","21","3","3","Now I want to know, do you have any food here for me to eat IDM? Could you give me five loaves of bread, or whatever other food that you can find?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_4","010_21_4","1SA","21","4","4","The priest answered David, “There is no ordinary bread here, but I have some of the sacred bread that was placed before Yahweh. Your men may eat it if they have not slept with EUP women recently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_5","010_21_5","1SA","21","5","5","David replied, “They have not been near women for many days. I do not allow my men to defile themselves by sleeping with women while they are preparing to fight in battles. They must continue to keep themselves acceptable to God when they are on ordinary trips, and today they have kept themselves acceptable to God because now we are doing something very special/important.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_6","010_21_6","1SA","21","6","6","The only bread that the priest had was the sacred bread that had been placed in Yahweh’s presence in the Sacred tent. So the priest gave David some of that bread. On that day the priest had taken those loaves from the table and replaced them with ◄fresh/newly baked► loaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_7","010_21_7","1SA","21","7","7","It happened that Doeg, from the Edom people-group, was there on that day to make himself acceptable to Yahweh, and he saw what Ahimelech did. He was one of Saul’s officials and the leader of Saul’s shepherds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_8","010_21_8","1SA","21","8","8","David asked Ahimelech, “Do you have a spear or a sword that I could use? The king appointed us to do this task and told us to leave immediately, so I did not have time to bring any weapons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_9","010_21_9","1SA","21","9","9","Ahimelech replied, “I have only the sword that belonged to Goliath the giant from the Philistia people-group whom you killed in Elah Valley. It is wrapped in a cloth, and is behind the sacred vest in the Sacred Tent. If you want it, take it, because I have no other weapon here.” David replied, “Truly, there is no other sword that is as good as that one! Give it to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_10","010_21_10","1SA","21","10","10","So Ahimelech gave it to him, and David left there. He and his men and went to Gath city in the Philistia region, to stay with King Achish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_11","010_21_11","1SA","21","11","11","But the officers of King Achish objected to David being there. They said to King Achish, “This man is RHQ David, the king of Israel! He is the one RHQ whom our enemies, the Israeli people, honored by dancing and singing, ‘Saul has killed thousands of his enemies, but David has killed tens of thousands of them!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_12","010_21_12","1SA","21","12","12","David heard what those men were saying, so he was afraid of what King Achish might do to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_13","010_21_13","1SA","21","13","13","So he pretended that he was insane. He started scratching on the gates of the city and allowing his saliva to run down his beard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_14","010_21_14","1SA","21","14","14","Then King Achish said to his men, “Look at this man! He is acting like an insane man! Why have you brought him to me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S121_15","010_21_15","1SA","21","15","15","Have you brought him because I do not have enough insane men here already RHQ? I do not want RHQ him to come into my house!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_1","010_22_1","1SA","22","1","1","David and his men left Gath and went east to hide in a cave on a hill at Adullam city. Soon his older brothers and all his other relatives came and stayed with him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_2","010_22_2","1SA","22","2","2","Then other men came there. Some were men who had caused trouble, some were men who owed money, and some were men who were not content IDM with the government. They continued to come until there were 400 men there, and David was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_3","010_22_3","1SA","22","3","3","Later they left there and went east to Mizpah city in the Moab region. There David requested the king of Moab, “Please allow my father and mother to live here with you until I know what God is going to do for me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_4","010_22_4","1SA","22","4","4","The king gave him permission, so David’s parents stayed with the king of Moab all the time that David and the men who were with him were hiding in that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_5","010_22_5","1SA","22","5","5","One day the prophet Gad told David, “Leave ◄your fortress/this area► and return to Judah.” So David and his men went to Hereth forest in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_6","010_22_6","1SA","22","6","6","One day, someone told Saul that David and his men had arrived in Judah. On that day, Saul was sitting underneath the tamarisk tree on a hill at Gibeah town. He was holding his spear, and was surrounded by his army officers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_7","010_22_7","1SA","22","7","7","He shouted to them, “You men of the tribe of Benjamin, listen to me! Do you think that the son of Jesse will give all of you fields and vineyards if he becomes your king? Will he appoint all of you to become generals and captains in his army RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_8","010_22_8","1SA","22","8","8","Is that why you have all conspired against me RHQ? None of you told me when my son Jonathan made a solemn agreement with that son of Jesse. None of you feels sorry for me. That son of Jesse was my servant, but now my son is encouraging him to hide in order to ◄ambush me/attack me suddenly►, as he is doing today!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_9","010_22_9","1SA","22","9","9","Doeg, a man from the Edom people-group, was standing there with Saul’s officers. He said to Saul, “When I was at Nob, I saw that son of Jesse talking to Ahimelech, the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_10","010_22_10","1SA","22","10","10","Ahimelech asked Yahweh what David should do. Then Ahimelech gave to David some food and the sword of Goliath, the giant from the Philistia people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_11","010_22_11","1SA","22","11","11","Then Saul summoned Ahimelech and all Ahimelech’s relatives who were priests at Nob. So they all came to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_12","010_22_12","1SA","22","12","12","Saul said to Ahimelech, “You son of Ahitub, listen to me!” Ahimelech answered, “Yes, sir!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_13","010_22_13","1SA","22","13","13","Saul said, “Why are you and Jesse’s son conspiring to get rid of me? You gave him some bread and a sword. You requested God to tell David what he should do. David has rebelled against me, and right now he is hiding somewhere, waiting to attack me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_14","010_22_14","1SA","22","14","14","Ahimelech replied, “I do not understand why you are saying that, because David, your son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguards, is very loyal to you. No one is more loyal to you than David! Everyone in your household respects him very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_15","010_22_15","1SA","22","15","15","Furthermore, this was certainly not RHQ the first time that I requested God to say what he wanted David to do. And it is not right for you to accuse me or any of my relatives of trying to get rid of you, because I do not know anything about anyone wanting to do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_16","010_22_16","1SA","22","16","16","The king then shouted, “Ahimelech, you and your all your relatives are going to be executed right now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_17","010_22_17","1SA","22","17","17","Then he commanded his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of Yahweh, because they are allies of David, and they are conspiring with David against me! They knew that David was trying to run away from me, but they did not tell me!” But Saul’s bodyguards refused to kill Yahweh’s priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_18","010_22_18","1SA","22","18","18","Then the king said to Doeg, “You kill them!” So Doeg, the man from the Edom people-group, went out and struck them with his sword. On that day he killed eighty-five men who were wearing the sacred vests because they were God’s priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_19","010_22_19","1SA","22","19","19","He also went and killed many people in Nob, the city where the priests lived. He killed men, women, children, babies, cattle, donkeys, and sheep there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_20","010_22_20","1SA","22","20","20","But Abiathar, Ahimelech’s son, escaped. He ran away and joined David and the men who were with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_21","010_22_21","1SA","22","21","21","He told David that Saul had commanded Doeg to kill Yahweh’s priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_22","010_22_22","1SA","22","22","22","Then David said to him, “That man from the Edom people-group, Doeg, was there at Nob on the day that I was there. I knew that he would surely tell Saul what happened. So it is my fault that your father and all of his family have been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S122_23","010_22_23","1SA","22","23","23","You stay with me, and do not be afraid. The man who wants to kill you wants to kill me also, but you will be safe if you stay with me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_1","010_23_1","1SA","23","1","1","One day someone told David, “You need to know that the Philistia army is attacking Keilah town and they are stealing grain from where men are threshing it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_2","010_23_2","1SA","23","2","2","David asked Yahweh, “Should my men and I go to fight against those men from the Philistia people-group?” Yahweh answered, “Yes, go. Attack them, and rescue the people of Keilah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_3","010_23_3","1SA","23","3","3","But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid that Saul will attack us here in Judah. We will be more afraid if we go to Keilah where the Philistia army is!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_4","010_23_4","1SA","23","4","4","So David asked Yahweh again if they should go to Keilah. Yahweh answered, “Yes, go down to Keilah. I will help you to defeat the men of the Philistia people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_5","010_23_5","1SA","23","5","5","So David and his men went to Keilah. They fought against the men of the Philistia people-group and captured many of their cattle. David and his men killed many of the Philistia men and rescued the people of Keilah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_6","010_23_6","1SA","23","6","6","Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, fled to be with David at Keilah, and he brought the sacred vest with him to use it to determine what God wanted to be done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_7","010_23_7","1SA","23","7","7","Soon Saul found out that David was at Keilah. So he said, “That is good! God is enabling me to capture him! He has trapped himself in that town, because it has high walls with gates around it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_8","010_23_8","1SA","23","8","8","So Saul summoned his army, and they prepared to go down to Keilah to attack David and his men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_9","010_23_9","1SA","23","9","9","But David found out that Saul was planning for his army to attack him. So he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring here the sacred vest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_10","010_23_10","1SA","23","10","10","So when Abiathar brought it, David prayed, “Yahweh, God of us Israelis, I have heard that Saul is planning to come here with his army and destroy Keilah because I am here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_11","010_23_11","1SA","23","11","11","Will Saul come down here to Keilah, as people reported to me? Will the leaders of Keilah enable Saul to capture me? Yahweh, God of us Israelis, please tell me!” Yahweh answered, “Yes, Saul will come down.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_12","010_23_12","1SA","23","12","12","Then David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah enable Saul’s army to capture me and my men if we stay here?” By means of the stones in the sacred vest, Yahweh replied, “Yes, they will.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_13","010_23_13","1SA","23","13","13","So David and his 600 men left Keilah. They continued to move from one place to another, wherever they thought that Saul would not find them. And when Saul found out that David had escaped from Keilah, he did not go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_14","010_23_14","1SA","23","14","14","David and his men stayed in hiding places in the desert and in the hills of Ziph Desert. Every day Saul sent men to search for David, but Yahweh did not allow them to capture David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_15","010_23_15","1SA","23","15","15","While David and his men were at a place named Horesh in Ziph desert, he found out that Saul was coming there to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_16","010_23_16","1SA","23","16","16","But Saul’s son Jonathan went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him to continue to trust God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_17","010_23_17","1SA","23","17","17","Jonathan told him, “Do not be afraid, because my father will not be able to harm IDM you. Some day you will be the king of Israel, and I will be the second most important man in Israel. My father Saul also knows that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_18","010_23_18","1SA","23","18","18","Then the two of them repeated their solemn promise that Yahweh had heard them make previously, that they would always be loyal to each other. Then Jonathan went home, but David stayed at Horesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_19","010_23_19","1SA","23","19","19","Some people from Ziph went to Saul when he was at Gibeah, and they told him, “David and his men are hiding in our land RHQ! They are hiding in places at Horesh on Hakilah Hill, south of a place named Jeshimon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_20","010_23_20","1SA","23","20","20","So, O king, come down there any time that you want to. It is our duty to capture him and turn him over to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_21","010_23_21","1SA","23","21","21","Saul replied, “I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for telling that to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_22","010_23_22","1SA","23","22","22","Go back and find out more about him. Find out exactly where he is staying, and find out who has seen him there. People tell me that he is very clever, so we need to be clever also to be able to capture him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_23","010_23_23","1SA","23","23","23","Find out all the places where he and his men hide. Then come back and tell me everything that you have found out. Then I will take my army and go there with you. If David is in any of the clans/caves of Judah, we will search for him and find him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_24","010_23_24","1SA","23","24","24","So those people went back to Ziph before Saul went there. At that time David and his men were in Maon Desert, south of Jeshimon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_25","010_23_25","1SA","23","25","25","Saul and his soldiers went to search for David, but David heard about that. So he and his men went further south to a rocky hill/peak in the Maon Desert. When Saul heard about that, he and his men followed David and his men to the Maon Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_26","010_23_26","1SA","23","26","26","Saul and his soldiers were walking along one side of the hill/peak, and David and his men were on the other side. David and his men were hurrying to escape from Saul’s soldiers, because Saul and his soldiers were coming much closer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_27","010_23_27","1SA","23","27","27","But then a messenger came to Saul and said to him, “Come quickly! The Philistia army is attacking the people in our land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_28","010_23_28","1SA","23","28","28","So Saul stopped pursuing David, and he and his soldiers went to fight against the Philistia army. That is the reason that people call that place ‘Escape Rock’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S123_29","010_23_29","1SA","23","29","29","David and his men also left the Maon Desert and went to places to hide safely at En-Gedi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_1","010_24_1","1SA","24","1","1","After Saul and his soldiers returned home after fighting against the Philistia army, someone reported to Saul that David and his men had gone into the desert near En-Gedi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_2","010_24_2","1SA","24","2","2","When  Saul heard that, he chose 3,000 men from various areas in Israel, and they went to search for David and his men at a place named Rocks of Wild Goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_3","010_24_3","1SA","24","3","3","At a place where the road was alongside some sheep pens, Saul left the road and entered a cave to defecate EUP. He did not know that David and his men were hiding further inside that same cave! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_4","010_24_4","1SA","24","4","4","David’s men saw Saul and whispered to David, “Today is the day that Yahweh spoke about when he said, ‘I will enable you to defeat your enemy.’ You can do to him whatever you want to!” So David crept toward the entrance of the cave and with his knife he cut off a piece of Saul’s robe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_5","010_24_5","1SA","24","5","5","And then he returned to his men. But then David felt guilty for having cut off a piece of Saul’s robe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_6","010_24_6","1SA","24","6","6","He said to his men, “I should not have done that to the king! I hope/desire that Yahweh will never allow me to attack the one whom God has appointed, because Yahweh is the one who chose him to be the king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_7","010_24_7","1SA","24","7","7","By saying that, David restrained his men, and did not allow them to kill Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_8","010_24_8","1SA","24","8","8","After Saul left the cave and started to walk on the road again, David came out of the cave and shouted to Saul, “King Saul!” Saul turned around and looked, and David bowed down with his face touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_9","010_24_9","1SA","24","9","9","Then he said to Saul, “◄Why do you pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’?/You should not pay attention to people when they say ‘David wants to harm you’.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_10","010_24_10","1SA","24","10","10","Today you can see with your own eyes that what they say is not true. Yahweh put you in a place where my men and I could have killed you when you were in this cave. Some of my men told me that I should do that, but I did not do that. I said to them, ‘I will not harm my master, because he is the king whom Yahweh appointed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_11","010_24_11","1SA","24","11","11","Your majesty, look at this piece of your robe that is in my hand! I cut it from your robe, but I did not kill you. So now you should be able to understand that I am not planning to do anything evil to you. I have not done anything wrong to you, but you are searching for me to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_12","010_24_12","1SA","24","12","12","I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge and decide which of us ◄is doing what is right/pleases him►. And I hope/desire that he will punish you for the wrong things that you have done to me. But I will not try to harm you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_13","010_24_13","1SA","24","13","13","There is a proverb that has the words, ‘Evil things are done by evil people.’ But I am not evil, so I will not do evil things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_14","010_24_14","1SA","24","14","14","“You are the king of Israel. So ◄why are you pursuing me?/you should not be pursuing me.► RHQ I am as harmless as MET a dead dog or a flea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_15","010_24_15","1SA","24","15","15","I hope/desire that Yahweh will judge which of us is doing what ◄he wants/is right►. I trust that he will act like a lawyer and judge ◄my case/what I have done►, and that he will rescue me from your power MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_16","010_24_16","1SA","24","16","16","When David finished speaking, Saul called out to him and asked, “My son David, is that your voice that I am hearing?” Then he began to cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_17","010_24_17","1SA","24","17","17","He said, “You are a better man than I am. You have done something very good to me when I tried to do something very bad to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_18","010_24_18","1SA","24","18","18","When Yahweh put me in a place in that cave where you could have easily killed me, you did not do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_19","010_24_19","1SA","24","19","19","◄Who else would/No one else would► find his enemy and allow his enemy to escape when he could kill him instead RHQ. I hope/desire that Yahweh will reward you for being kindly to me today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_20","010_24_20","1SA","24","20","20","I know that some day you will surely become the king, and that your kingdom will prosper as you rule the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_21","010_24_21","1SA","24","21","21","Now while Yahweh is listening, solemnly promise to me that you will not kill my family and get rid of all my descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S124_22","010_24_22","1SA","24","22","22","David solemnly promised Saul that he would not harm Saul’s family. Then Saul went back home, and David and his men went back up into the place where they had been hiding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_1","010_25_1","1SA","25","1","1","Soon after that, Samuel died, and all the Israeli people gathered and mourned for him. They buried his body outside his home in Ramah. Then David and his men moved to the Maon Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_2","010_25_2","1SA","25","2","2","In Maon town there was a man who owned land in Carmel, a nearby village. He was very rich; he owned 3,000 sheep and 1,000 goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_3","010_25_3","1SA","25","3","3","His name was Nabal; he was a descendant of Caleb. His wife Abigail was a wise and beautiful woman, but Nabal was very cruel and treated people very unkindly IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_4","010_25_4","1SA","25","4","4","One day while David and his men were in the desert, someone told him that Nabal was cutting the wool from his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_5","010_25_5","1SA","25","5","5","So David told ten of his men, “Go to Nabal at Carmel and greet him for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_6","010_25_6","1SA","25","6","6","Then tell to him this message from me, ‘I wish/desire that things will go well for you and your family and for everything that you possess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_7","010_25_7","1SA","25","7","7","‘ heard people say that you are cutting the wool from your sheep. Previously, when your shepherds were among us, we did not harm them. All the time that your shepherds were among us at Camel, we did not steal any sheep from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_8","010_25_8","1SA","25","8","8","You can ask your servants if this is true, and they will tell you that it is true. We have come here at a time when you are celebrating, so I ask you to please be kind to us and give these men whatever extra food you have, for me, David, and my men to eat.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_9","010_25_9","1SA","25","9","9","When David’s men arrived where Nabal was, they gave David’s message to him, and they waited for him to reply. But Nabal spoke harshly to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_10","010_25_10","1SA","25","10","10","He said to them, “Who does this man, this son of Jesse, think that he is? DOU, RHQ There are many slaves who are running away from their masters at the present time, and it seems to me that he is just one of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_11","010_25_11","1SA","25","11","11","I give bread and water to the men who are cutting the wool from my sheep, and I give them meat from animals that I have slaughtered. Why should I take some of those things and give them to a group of outlaws RHQ? ◄Who knows where they have come from?/I do not even know where they have come from.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_12","010_25_12","1SA","25","12","12","Then David’s men returned and told him what Nabal had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_13","010_25_13","1SA","25","13","13","When David heard that, he told his men, “We are going to kill Nabal; fasten your swords!” So he fastened on his sword and about 400 men fastened on their swords and went with David. There were 200 of his men who stayed with their supplies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_14","010_25_14","1SA","25","14","14","One of Nabal’s servants found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, “David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_15","010_25_15","1SA","25","15","15","All the time that we were in the fields close to them, those men of David were very kind to us. They did not harm us. They did not steal anything from us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_16","010_25_16","1SA","25","16","16","They protected us during the daytime and during the night. They were like a wall MET around us to protect us while we were taking care of our sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_17","010_25_17","1SA","25","17","17","So now you should think about it and decide what you can do. If you do not do something, terrible things will happen to our master and to all his family. Nabal is an extremely wicked man, with the result that he will not heed anyone when that person tries to tell him anything that he should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_18","010_25_18","1SA","25","18","18","When Abigail heard that, she very quickly gathered 200 loaves of bread, and also got two leather bags full of wine, the meat from five sheep, a bushel of roasted grain, 100 packs of raisins, and 200 packs of dried figs. She put all those things on donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_19","010_25_19","1SA","25","19","19","Then she told her servants, “Go ahead of me. I will follow you.” But she did not tell her husband what she was going to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_20","010_25_20","1SA","25","20","20","David and his men had left the place where they were staying and were on the road to Nabal’s property. They were coming down a hill when they met Abigail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_21","010_25_21","1SA","25","21","21","David had been saying to his men, “It was useless for us to protect that man and all his possessions here in this desert. We did not steal anything that belonged to him, but he has done evil to me in return for our good things we did for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_22","010_25_22","1SA","25","22","22","I hope/desire that God will strike me and kill me IDM if he or even one of his men IDM is still alive tomorrow morning!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_23","010_25_23","1SA","25","23","23","When Abigail saw David, she quickly got down from her donkey and bowed before him, with her face touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_24","010_25_24","1SA","25","24","24","Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, “Sir, I deserve to be punished for what my husband has done. Please listen to what I say to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_25","010_25_25","1SA","25","25","25","Please do not pay attention to IDM what this worthless man Nabal has said. His name means ‘fool’, and he surely is a foolish man. But I, who am willing to be your servant, did not see the messengers whom you sent to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_26","010_25_26","1SA","25","26","26","Yahweh has prevented you from getting revenge on anyone and killing anyone. I hope/desire that as surely as Yahweh lives and as surely as you live, your enemies will be cursed like Nabal will be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_27","010_25_27","1SA","25","27","27","I have brought a gift for you and for the men who are with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_28","010_25_28","1SA","25","28","28","Please forgive me if I have done anything wrong to you. Yahweh will surely reward you by allowing many of your descendants to become kings of Israel, because you are fighting the battles that Yahweh wants you to fight. And I know that throughout all your life you have not done anything wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_29","010_25_29","1SA","25","29","29","Even when those who are trying to kill you pursue you, you are safe, because Yahweh your God takes care of you. You will be protected as though you were MET a bundle that he has safely tied up. But your enemies will disappear as fast as stones that are hurled from a sling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_30","010_25_30","1SA","25","30","30","Yahweh has promised to do good things for you, and he will do what he has promised. And he will cause you to become the ruler of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_31","010_25_31","1SA","25","31","31","When that happens, you will be glad that you did not kill any people in Nabal’s household. You will not think that you deserve to be punished for having taken revenge yourself and killed innocent people. And when Yahweh enables you to successfully become the king, please do not forget to be kind to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_32","010_25_32","1SA","25","32","32","David replied to Abigail, “I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, because he sent you to talk with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_33","010_25_33","1SA","25","33","33","I hope/desire that Yahweh will bless you for being very wise. You have prevented me from taking revenge myself and killing many people MTY today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_34","010_25_34","1SA","25","34","34","Just as surely as Yahweh the God whom we Israelis worship is alive, he has prevented me from harming you. If you had not come quickly to talk to me, neither Nabal nor even one of Nabal’s men IDM would be still alive tomorrow morning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_35","010_25_35","1SA","25","35","35","Then David accepted the gifts that Abigail had brought to him. He said to her, “I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I have heard what you said, and I will do what you have requested.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_36","010_25_36","1SA","25","36","36","When Abigail returned to Nabal, he was in his house, having a big celebration like kings have. He was very drunk and feeling very happy. So Abigail did not say anything to him that night about her meeting with David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_37","010_25_37","1SA","25","37","37","The next morning, when he was no longer drunk, she told him everything that had happened when she talked with David. Immediately ◄he had a stroke/a blood vessel burst in his brain► and he became paralyzed MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_38","010_25_38","1SA","25","38","38","About ten days later Yahweh struck him again and he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_39","010_25_39","1SA","25","39","39","After David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Praise Yahweh! Nabal insulted me, but Yahweh ◄vindicated me/got revenge for me►. He has prevented me from doing anything wrong. And he has punished Nabal for the wrong that he did.” Then David sent messengers to Abigail, to ask her if she would become his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_40","010_25_40","1SA","25","40","40","His servants went to Carmel and said to Abigail, “David sent us to take you to become his wife.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_41","010_25_41","1SA","25","41","41","Abigail bowed down with her face touching the ground. Then she told the messengers to tell David, “I am happy to become your wife. I will be your servant. And I am willing to wash the feet of your slaves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_42","010_25_42","1SA","25","42","42","Abigail quickly got on her donkey and went with David’s messengers. Five of her maids went with her. When she arrived where David was, she became his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_43","010_25_43","1SA","25","43","43","David had previously married Ahinoam, a woman from Jezreel town near Carmel. So both Abigail and Ahinoam were now David’s wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S125_44","010_25_44","1SA","25","44","44","King Saul’s daughter Michal was also David’s wife, but Saul had given her to Laish’s son Paltiel, who was from Gallim town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_1","010_26_1","1SA","26","1","1","One day some of the people of Ziph town went to Saul while he was at Gibeah, and they said to him, “David is hiding in a cave on Hakilah hill, across from Jeshimon town.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_2","010_26_2","1SA","26","2","2","So Saul chose 3,000 of the best Israeli soldiers and went with them to Ziph Desert to search for David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_3","010_26_3","1SA","26","3","3","Saul and his men set up their tents close to the road on Hakilah hill, east of Jeshimon town, but David and his men stayed in the desert. When David heard that Saul was searching for him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_4","010_26_4","1SA","26","4","4","he sent some spies to find out for certain that Saul had come to Hakilah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_5","010_26_5","1SA","26","5","5","Then that evening David went to the place where Saul had set up his tent. From a distance he saw where Saul and his army commander, Abner, were sleeping. Saul was sleeping with all his army sleeping around him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_6","010_26_6","1SA","26","6","6","David went back to where his men were and talked to Ahimelech, who was from the Heth people-group, and Joab’s brother Abishai, whose mother was David’s older sister Zeruiah. He asked them, “Who will go with me down into the camp where Saul is?” Abishai replied, “I will go with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_7","010_26_7","1SA","26","7","7","So that night David and Abishai crept into Saul’s camp. They saw that Saul was asleep. His spear was stuck in the ground near his head. Saul was asleep in the middle of the camp. Abner the army commander and the other soldiers were sleeping around Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_8","010_26_8","1SA","26","8","8","Abishai whispered to David, “Today Yahweh has enabled us to kill your enemy! Allow me to fasten Saul to the ground by thrusting my spear into him. It will be necessary for me to strike him only once. I will not need to strike him twice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_9","010_26_9","1SA","26","9","9","But David whispered to Abishai, “No, do not kill Saul. Yahweh has appointed him to be king, so Yahweh will surely RHQ punish anyone who kills him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_10","010_26_10","1SA","26","10","10","Just as surely as Yahweh lives, he himself will punish Saul. Perhaps Yahweh will strike him when it is Saul’s time to die, or perhaps Saul will be killed in a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_11","010_26_11","1SA","26","11","11","But I hope/desire that Yahweh will prevent me from harming the king whom he has appointed. Let’s take Saul’s spear and water jug that are near his head. Then let’s get out of here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_12","010_26_12","1SA","26","12","12","So David took the spear and the jug, and he and Abishai left. No one saw them or knew what they were doing, and no one woke up, because Yahweh had caused them to be sound asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_13","010_26_13","1SA","26","13","13","David and Abishai went across the valley and climbed to the top of the hill, a long way from Saul’s camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_14","010_26_14","1SA","26","14","14","Then David shouted to Abner, “Abner, can you hear me?” Abner woke up and replied “Who are you, waking up the king by calling out to him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_15","010_26_15","1SA","26","15","15","David replied, “I am sure that you are the greatest man in Israel IRO, RHQ! So why did you not guard your master, the king? Someone came into your camp in order to kill your master, the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_16","010_26_16","1SA","26","16","16","You have done a very poor job of guarding Saul. So just as surely as Yahweh lives, you and your men should be executed! You have not guarded your master whom Yahweh appointed to be the king. Where are the king’s spear and the water jug that were close to his head?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_17","010_26_17","1SA","26","17","17","The shouting woke  Saul up and he recognized that it was David’s voice. He called out, saying, “My son David, is that your voice?” David replied, “Yes, your majesty it is my voice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_18","010_26_18","1SA","26","18","18","Then David added, “Sir, why are you pursuing me RHQ? What wrong have I done RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_19","010_26_19","1SA","26","19","19","Your majesty, listen to me! If Yahweh has caused you to be angry with me, I should offer a sacrifice in order to appease him. But if it is people who have caused you to be angry with me, I hope/desire that Yahweh will curse them. They have forced me to leave the land that Yahweh gave to me. They have told me, ‘Go somewhere else and worship other gods!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_20","010_26_20","1SA","26","20","20","Now do not force me to die MTY far from where we worship Yahweh. You, the king of Israel, have come here searching for me. But I do not want to harm you! I am as harmless as a flea MET. You are searching for me like people hunt for a bird in the mountains! MET” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_21","010_26_21","1SA","26","21","21","Then Saul said, “David, my son. I have sinned by trying to kill you. So come back home. Today you have considered my life to be very valuable and so you have not killed me. So I will not try to harm you. I have made a big mistake and have acted foolishly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_22","010_26_22","1SA","26","22","22","David replied, “ will leave your spear here. Send one of your young men here to get it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_23","010_26_23","1SA","26","23","23","Yahweh rewards us for the things that we do that are right and for being loyal to him. Even when Yahweh placed me where I could easily have killed you, I refused to do that, because you are the one whom Yahweh has appointed MTY to be the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_24","010_26_24","1SA","26","24","24","Just like I considered your life to be valuable and spared your life today, I hope/desire that Yahweh will consider my life to be valuable and spare my life and save me from all my troubles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S126_25","010_26_25","1SA","26","25","25","Then Saul said to David, “My son David, I pray that Yahweh will bless you. You will do great things very successfully.” Then David returned to his men, and Saul went back home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_1","010_27_1","1SA","27","1","1","But David thought, “Some day Saul will capture me if I stay around here. So the best thing that I can do is to escape and go to the Philistia area. If I do that, Saul will stop searching for me here in Israel, and I will be safe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_2","010_27_2","1SA","27","2","2","So David and his 600 men left Israel and went to see Maoch’s son Achish, who was king of Gath city in the Philistia area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_3","010_27_3","1SA","27","3","3","David and his men and their families started to live there in Gath, the city where king Achish lived. David’s two wives were with him—Ahinoam from Jezreel, and Nabal’s widow Abigail, from Carmel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_4","010_27_4","1SA","27","4","4","When someone told Saul that David had run away and was living in Gath, he stopped searching for David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_5","010_27_5","1SA","27","5","5","One day David said to Achish, “If you are pleased with us, give us a place in one of the small villages where we can stay. There is no need RHQ for us to stay in the city where you are the king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_6","010_27_6","1SA","27","6","6","Achish liked what David suggested. So that day Achish gave to David Ziklag town. As a result, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah since that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_7","010_27_7","1SA","27","7","7","David and his men lived in the Philistia area for 16 months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_8","010_27_8","1SA","27","8","8","During that time David and his men raided the people who lived in the areas where the Geshur, Girzi, and Amalek people-groups lived. Those people had lived there a long time. That area extended south from Telam to the Shur Desert and to the border of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_9","010_27_9","1SA","27","9","9","Whenever David’s men attacked them, they killed all the men and women, and they took all the people’s sheep and cattle and donkeys and camels, and even their clothes. Then they would bring those things back home, and David would go to talk to Achish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_10","010_27_10","1SA","27","10","10","Each time Achish would ask David, “Where did you go raiding today?” David would lie to him. Sometimes he would reply that they had gone to the southern part of Judah, and sometimes he would say that they had gone to Jerahmeel, or to the area where the Ken people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_11","010_27_11","1SA","27","11","11","David’s men never brought back to Gath any man or woman who was left alive. David thought, “If we do not kill everyone, some of them who are still alive will go and tell Achish the truth about what we really did.” David did that all the time that he and his men lived in the Philistia area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S127_12","010_27_12","1SA","27","12","12","So Achish believed what David told him, and said to himself, “Because of what David has done, his own people, the Israelis, must now hate him very much. So he will have to stay here and serve me forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_1","010_28_1","1SA","28","1","1","Some time later, the people of Philistia gathered their army to attack the Israelis again. King Achish told David, “I am expecting that you and your men will join with my men to attack the Israelis.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_2","010_28_2","1SA","28","2","2","David replied, “We will go with you, and then you will see for yourself what we can do!” Achish said, “Okay, I will appoint you to be my bodyguard permanently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_3","010_28_3","1SA","28","3","3","While Samuel was still alive, Saul did many things that pleased Yahweh. One of the good things that Saul did was to expel from Israel all the people who were fortune-tellers or who talked to the spirits of dead people. But Samuel had died, and all the Israeli people had mourned for him. Then they had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. After that, Saul did not try to please Yahweh any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_4","010_28_4","1SA","28","4","4","The army of Philistia gathered and set up their tents at Shunem city, in the north of Israel. Saul gathered the Israeli army and set up their tents at Gilboa in the eastern part of the same valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_5","010_28_5","1SA","28","5","5","When Saul saw the army of Philistia, he became so afraid that his heart pounded/shook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_6","010_28_6","1SA","28","6","6","He prayed to Yahweh, but Yahweh did not answer him. Yahweh did not tell Saul what he should do by  giving him a dream, or by having the priest throw the marked stones that were in his sacred vest, or by giving a message about Saul to any prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_7","010_28_7","1SA","28","7","7","Then Saul said to his servants, “Find for me a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people, in order that I can ask her what will happen.” His servants replied, “There is a woman in Endor town who does that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_8","010_28_8","1SA","28","8","8","So Saul took off the clothes that showed that he was the king, and he put on ordinary clothes ◄to disguise himself/so that people would not recognize who he was►. Then he and two of his men went during the night to talk to that woman. Saul said to her, “I want you to talk to a spirit of someone who has died. Cause to appear the person whose name I will give to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_9","010_28_9","1SA","28","9","9","But the woman replied, “You surely know what Saul has done. He expelled from this land all the people who talk to spirits of dead people and all fortune-tellers. I think that you are trying to trap me, in order that I will be executed for doing something that is not permitted.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_10","010_28_10","1SA","28","10","10","Saul replied, solemnly asking Yahweh to listen to what he was saying, “Just as surely as Yahweh lives, you will not be punished for doing this.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_11","010_28_11","1SA","28","11","11","Then the woman said, “Whom do you want me to cause to appear?” Saul replied, “Cause Samuel to appear.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_12","010_28_12","1SA","28","12","12","So the woman did that. But when she saw Samuel, she screamed. She said, “You have tricked me RHQ! You are Saul! You will execute me for doing this!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_13","010_28_13","1SA","28","13","13","Saul said to her, “Do not be afraid. What do you see?” The woman said, “I see a god/spirit coming up out of the ground.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_14","010_28_14","1SA","28","14","14","Saul said, “What does he look like?” The woman replied, “An old man wearing a robe is appearing.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel. So he bowed down with his face touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_15","010_28_15","1SA","28","15","15","Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you bothered/disturbed me by causing me to appear?” Saul said, “I am very worried. The army of Philistia is about to attack my army, and God has abandoned me. He does not answer my questions any more. He does not give me dreams to tell me what to do or give messages to prophets to tell me what to do. That is the reason that I came to see you. So you tell me what I should do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_16","010_28_16","1SA","28","16","16","Samuel said, “Yahweh has abandoned you and has become your enemy. So why do you ask me what you should do? RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_17","010_28_17","1SA","28","17","17","He has done what he told me previously that he would do to you. He has torn the kingdom away from you, and he is giving it to someone who is another Israeli—David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_18","010_28_18","1SA","28","18","18","You did not obey Yahweh. Yahweh was very angry with the Amalek people-group. You did not kill all of their animals, with the result that you did not show that he was very angry with them. That is the reason that he has done this to you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_19","010_28_19","1SA","28","19","19","Yahweh will enable the Philistia army to defeat you and all the other Israeli soldiers. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me in the place where spirits of dead people are. Yahweh will cause the whole Israeli army to be defeated by the Philistia army.” And after Samuel said that, he disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_20","010_28_20","1SA","28","20","20","Saul immediately fell flat on the ground. He was so afraid because of what Samuel had said that he became paralyzed. He was also very weak because he had not eaten anything all that day and night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_21","010_28_21","1SA","28","21","21","The woman saw that he was extremely worried/terrified. She said to him, “Listen to me! I have done what you requested me to do. I could be executed for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_22","010_28_22","1SA","28","22","22","So now please pay attention to what I say. Allow me to give you some food, in order that you will eat it and get enough strength to go back to your army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_23","010_28_23","1SA","28","23","23","But Saul refused. He said, “No, I will not eat anything.” Then Saul’s servants also urged him to eat something, and finally he heeded what they said. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_24","010_28_24","1SA","28","24","24","The woman had a fat calf close to her house. She quickly slaughtered it and cooked it. She took some flour and mixed it with olive oil, and baked it without putting in any yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S128_25","010_28_25","1SA","28","25","25","She placed the food in front of Saul and his servants, and they ate some of it. Then that night they got up and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_1","010_29_1","1SA","29","1","1","The Philistia army gathered at Aphek Valley, which is near Shunem. The Israelis set up their tents at Jezreel city, which was in the same valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_2","010_29_2","1SA","29","2","2","The kings of Philistia divided their men into groups; some groups had 100 soldiers and some groups had 1,000 soldiers. David and his men were marching behind, with King Achish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_3","010_29_3","1SA","29","3","3","But the Philistia commanders asked, “What are these Hebrews doing here, marching with us to battle?” Achish replied, “Their leader is David. He previously worked for King Saul of Israel, but now he has been living near me for more than a year. During all the time since he left Saul, I have not seen/found that he has any faults.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_4","010_29_4","1SA","29","4","4","But the Philistia army commanders were angry with Achish for allowing David’s army to be going with them. They said to him, “Send David and his men back to the city that you gave to him! We do not want him to go with us into the battle. If he goes with us, we will have an enemy in our own midst! He would please King Saul by killing our own soldiers RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_5","010_29_5","1SA","29","5","5","Have you forgotten that David is the one about whom the Israelis dance and sing, saying, ‘Saul has killed 1000 of our enemies, but David has killed 10,000 of them!’?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_6","010_29_6","1SA","29","6","6","So Achish summoned David, and said to him, “Just as surely as Yahweh lives, you have been loyal to me. I would like very much for you to fight along with my army. Since the day that you came to me, I have not found/seen that you have any faults. But the other Philistia rulers do not trust you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_7","010_29_7","1SA","29","7","7","So all of you go back home, and I hope/desire that things will go well for you. I do not want you(sg) to do anything that the other rulers of Philistia will not be pleased with.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_8","010_29_8","1SA","29","8","8","David replied, “What wrong have I done? Since the day that I first came to you until today, have I done anything that you think is evil? Your majesty, why will you not allow me to go and fight against your enemies?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_9","010_29_9","1SA","29","9","9","Achish replied, “I know that you are as just as good as an angel from God. But the commanders of my army have said, ‘We will not allow David and his men to go with us into the battle.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_10","010_29_10","1SA","29","10","10","So early tomorrow morning you and your men must leave. Get up as soon as it is light and leave.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S129_11","010_29_11","1SA","29","11","11","So David and his men got up early the following morning and returned to the area where the Philistia people lived. And the Philistia army went up to Jezreel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_1","010_30_1","1SA","30","1","1","Three days later, when David and his men arrived at Ziklag, they discovered that men of the Amalek people-group had raided Ziklag and towns in the southern part of Judah. They had destroyed Ziklag and burned down all the buildings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_2","010_30_2","1SA","30","2","2","They had captured the women and the children and everyone else, and had taken them away. But they had not killed anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_3","010_30_3","1SA","30","3","3","When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_4","010_30_4","1SA","30","4","4","David and his men cried loudly, until they were so weak that they could not cry any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_5","010_30_5","1SA","30","5","5","David’s two wives, Ahinoam and Abigail, had also been taken away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_6","010_30_6","1SA","30","6","6","David’s men were threatening to kill him by  throwing stones at him, because they were very angry because their sons and daughters had been taken away. David was very distressed, but Yahweh his God gave him strength. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_7","010_30_7","1SA","30","7","7","David did not know what to do, so he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring to me the sacred vest.” So Abiathar brought it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_8","010_30_8","1SA","30","8","8","and David asked Yahweh, “Should I and my men pursue the men who took our families? Will we be able to catch up to them?” Yahweh answered by means of the stones in Abiathar’s sacred pouch, “Yes, pursue them. You will catch up to them, and you will be able to rescue your families.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_9","010_30_9","1SA","30","9","9","So David and the 600 men who were with him left, and they came to the Besor Ravine. Some of his men stayed there with some of their supplies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_10","010_30_10","1SA","30","10","10","David and 400 men continued to pursue the men who captured their families. The other 200 men stayed there at the ravine, because they were so exhausted that they could not cross the ravine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_11","010_30_11","1SA","30","11","11","As David and the 400 men were going, they saw a man from Egypt in a field; so they took him to David. They gave the man some water to drink and some food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_12","010_30_12","1SA","30","12","12","They also gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters/packs of raisins. The man had not had anything to eat or drink for three days and nights, but after he ate and drank he felt refreshed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_13","010_30_13","1SA","30","13","13","David asked him, “Who is your master? And where do you come from?” He replied, “I am from Egypt. I am a slave of a man from the Amalek people-group. Three days ago my master left me here, because I was sick and I was not able to go with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_14","010_30_14","1SA","30","14","14","We had raided the southern part of Judah where the Kereth people-group live, and some other towns in Judah, and the area south of Hebron city where the descendants of Caleb live. We also burned Ziklag town.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_15","010_30_15","1SA","30","15","15","David asked him, “Can you lead us to this group of raiders?” He replied, “Yes, I will do that if you ask God to listen while you promise that you will not kill me or give me back to my master. If you promise that, I will take you to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_16","010_30_16","1SA","30","16","16","David agreed to do that, so the man from Egypt led David and his men to where the men from the Amalek people-group were. Those men were lying on the ground, eating and drinking and celebrating because of having captured many things from the Philistia and Judah areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_17","010_30_17","1SA","30","17","17","David and his men fought against them from sunset that day until the evening of the following day. Four hundred of them escaped and rode away on camels, but none of the others escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_18","010_30_18","1SA","30","18","18","David rescued his two wives, and he and his men got back everything else that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_19","010_30_19","1SA","30","19","19","Nothing was missing. They took all their people back to Ziklag—young people and old people, their wives, their sons and their daughters. They also recovered all the other things that the men of the Amalek people-group had taken from Ziklag. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_20","010_30_20","1SA","30","20","20","They took with them the sheep and cattle that had been captured, and his men caused those animals to go in front of them, saying, “These are animals that we captured in the battle; they belong to David!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_21","010_30_21","1SA","30","21","21","David and his men got back to where the other 200 men were waiting, the men who did not go with David because they were very exhausted. They had stayed at Besor Ravine. When they saw David and his men coming, they went out to greet them. And David greeted them and said to them, “I hope that things are going well with you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_22","010_30_22","1SA","30","22","22","But some of the men who had gone with David, men who were evil and troublemakers, said, “These 200 men did not go with us. So we should not give to them any of the things that we recovered/captured. Each of them should take only his wife and children and go back to their homes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_23","010_30_23","1SA","30","23","23","David replied, “No, my fellow Israelis, it would not be right to divide up like that the things that Yahweh has allowed us to capture. Yahweh has protected us and enabled us to defeat the enemies who attacked our town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_24","010_30_24","1SA","30","24","24","◄Who will pay attention to you if you say things like that?/No one will pay attention to you if you say things like that.► RHQ The men who stayed here with our supplies will get the same amount that the men who went into the battle will get. They will all receive the same amount.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_25","010_30_25","1SA","30","25","25","David made that to be a law DOU for the Israeli people, and that is still a law in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_26","010_30_26","1SA","30","26","26","When David and all the others arrived in Ziklag, David sent to his friends who were leaders in Judah some of the things that they had captured from the Amalek people-group. He said to them, “Here is a present for you. These are things that we took from Yahweh’s enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_27","010_30_27","1SA","30","27","27","Here is a list of the cities and towns to whose leaders David sent gifts: Bethel, Ramoth in the southern part of Judah, Jattir, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_28","010_30_28","1SA","30","28","28","Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_29","010_30_29","1SA","30","29","29","Racal, the cities where the descendants of Jehrameel lived and the cities where the Ken people-group lived, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_30","010_30_30","1SA","30","30","30","Hormah, Bor-Ashan, Athach, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S130_31","010_30_31","1SA","30","31","31","Hebron, and all the other places where David and his men had gone when they were hiding from Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_1","010_31_1","1SA","31","1","1","Later, the Philistines again fought against the Israelis. The Israelis ran away from them, and ◄many Israelis were killed/the Philistines killed many Israelis► on Gilboa Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_2","010_31_2","1SA","31","2","2","The Philistines caught up with Saul and his three sons, and they killed all three of his sons, Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_3","010_31_3","1SA","31","3","3","The fighting was very fierce around Saul. When the Philistine ◄archers/men with bows and arrows► caught up with Saul, they wounded him badly with their arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_4","010_31_4","1SA","31","4","4","Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to thrust their swords into me and make fun of me while I am dying.” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified, and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. The sword pierced his body and he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_5","010_31_5","1SA","31","5","5","When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_6","010_31_6","1SA","31","6","6","So Saul, three of his sons, and the man who carried Saul’s weapons, all died on that same day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_7","010_31_7","1SA","31","7","7","When the Israeli people on the north side of the Jezreel Valley and on the east side of the Jordan River heard that the Israeli army had run away and that Saul and his sons had died, they left their towns and ran away. Then the Philistines came and occupied their towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_8","010_31_8","1SA","31","8","8","The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead Israeli soldiers, they found the bodies of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_9","010_31_9","1SA","31","9","9","They cut off Saul’s head and took his weapons. Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news, in the temple where they kept their idols, and to the other people, that their army had killed Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_10","010_31_10","1SA","31","10","10","They put Saul’s weapons in the temple of their goddess Astarte. They also fastened the bodies of Saul and his sons to the wall that surrounded Beth-Shan city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_11","010_31_11","1SA","31","11","11","When the people who lived in Jabesh in the Gilead region heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_12","010_31_12","1SA","31","12","12","all their bravest soldiers walked all night to Beth-Shan. They took the corpses of Saul and his sons down from the city wall, and they took them back to Jabesh and burned the corpses there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S131_13","010_31_13","1SA","31","13","13","They took the bones and buried them under a big tamarisk tree. Then they ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_1","011_1_1","2SA","1","1","1","After Saul died, David and the men who were with him returned to Ziklag town after defeating the descendants of Amalek. They stayed in Ziklag for two days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_2","011_1_2","2SA","1","2","2","On the third day, unexpectedly a man arrived there who had come from where Saul’s army was camped. He had torn his clothes and put dust on his head to show that he was grieving. He came to David, and prostrated himself on the ground in front of David to show respect for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_3","011_1_3","2SA","1","3","3","David asked him, “Where have you come from?” The man replied, “I escaped from where the Israeli army had been camped.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_4","011_1_4","2SA","1","4","4","David asked him, “What happened? Tell me about the battle!” The man replied, “The Israeli soldiers ran away from the battle. Many of them were killed. And Saul and his son Jonathan ◄are dead/were also killed►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_5","011_1_5","2SA","1","5","5","David said to the young man, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_6","011_1_6","2SA","1","6","6","The young man replied, “It happened that I was on Gilboa Mountain where the battle occurred, and I saw Saul, leaning on his spear. The enemy chariots and their drivers had come very close to Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_7","011_1_7","2SA","1","7","7","Saul turned around and saw me, and he called out to me. I answered him and said, ‘What do you want me to do?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_8","011_1_8","2SA","1","8","8","He replied, ‘Who are you?’ I replied, ‘I am a descendant of Amalek.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_9","011_1_9","2SA","1","9","9","Then he said to me, ‘Come over here and kill me. I am still alive, but I am enduring a lot of pain.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_10","011_1_10","2SA","1","10","10","So I went to him and killed him, because I knew that he was wounded very badly and would ◄not continue to live/soon die►. I took the crown that was on his head and the band/bracelet that was on his arm, and I have brought them to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_11","011_1_11","2SA","1","11","11","Then David and all the men who were with him tore their clothes to show that they were very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_12","011_1_12","2SA","1","12","12","They mourned for Saul and his son Jonathan, and they cried and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► until it was evening. They also mourned for all the army of Yahweh, and for all the Israeli people, because many of their soldiers had been killed in the battle MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_13","011_1_13","2SA","1","13","13","Then David asked the young man who had told him about the battle, “Where are you from?” He replied, “My father is a descendant of Amalek, but we live in Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_14","011_1_14","2SA","1","14","14","David asked him, “◄Why were you not afraid that you would be punished if you killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed MTY to be the king?/You should have been afraid that you would be punished if you killed Saul, whom Yahweh had appointed MTY to be the king.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_15","011_1_15","2SA","1","15","16","You yourself said, ‘I killed the man whom Yahweh appointed to be the king.’ So you have caused yourself to be guilty MTY of causing your own death!” Then David summoned one of his soldiers and said to him, “Kill him!” So the soldier killed him by striking him with a sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_17","011_1_17","2SA","1","17","17","Then David composed/wrote this sad song about Saul and Jonathan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_18","011_1_18","2SA","1","18","18","and he commanded that it be taught to the people of Judah. The song is called ‘The Bow and Arrow’ and it has been written in the Book of Jashar: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_19","011_1_19","2SA","1","19","19","“You Israeli people, your glorious MTY leaders have been killed on the mountains! It is very sad that those mighty men have died! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_20","011_1_20","2SA","1","20","20","“Do not tell it to our enemies in the Philistia area; do not tell to the people who live in Gath city what happened; do not proclaim it in the streets of Ashkelon city, because if you tell them, even the women in that area will be happy; do not allow those ◄pagan women/women who do not know God► to rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_21","011_1_21","2SA","1","21","21","I hope/desire that there will be no rain or dew on the mountains of the Gilboa area APO, and that no grain will grow in the fields there, because there the shield of Saul, the mighty king, fell on the ground. No one rubbed olive oil on Saul’s shield; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_22","011_1_22","2SA","1","22","22","instead, it was stained with the blood of those whom he had killed, and the fat of mighty enemy soldiers was smeared on it. Jonathan PRS did not retreat carrying his bow and arrows, and Saul always defeated his enemies when he fought them with his sword. PRS, LIT ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_23","011_1_23","2SA","1","23","23","“Saul and Jonathan were loved and they pleased many people. They were together LIT while they lived and when they died. In battles they were swifter than eagles and they were stronger than lions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_24","011_1_24","2SA","1","24","24","“You Israeli women, cry about Saul; He provided beautiful scarlet/red clothes for you and he gave you gold ornaments/jewelry to fasten on those clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_25","011_1_25","2SA","1","25","25","“It is very sad that this mighty soldier has died! Jonathan has been killed on the mountains/hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_26","011_1_26","2SA","1","26","26","Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you; you were very dear to me. You loved me in a wonderful manner; it was better than the way that a woman loves her husband and her children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S21_27","011_1_27","2SA","1","27","27","“It is very sad that those mighty men have died, and their weapons are now abandoned! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_1","011_2_1","2SA","2","1","1","Some time after that, David asked Yahweh, “Should I go back to live in one of the towns in Judah?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go up there.” Then David asked, “To which town should I go?” Yahweh replied, “To Hebron.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_2","011_2_2","2SA","2","2","2","So David went up there, taking his two wives, Ahinoam who was from Jezreel city, and Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_3","011_2_3","2SA","2","3","3","He also took the men who had been with him, and their families. They all started to live in villages near Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_4","011_2_4","2SA","2","4","4","Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and one of them poured olive oil on David’s head to show they were appointing him to be MTY the king of the tribe MTY of Judah. When David found out that the people of Jabesh town in the Gilead region had buried Saul’s body, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_5","011_2_5","2SA","2","5","5","he sent messengers to the men of Jabesh to tell them this: “I desire/hope that Yahweh will bless you for having shown, by burying the body of Saul your king, that you were loyal to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_6","011_2_6","2SA","2","6","6","Now I also desire/hope that Yahweh will faithfully love you and be loyal to you. And I will do good things for you because of what you have done for Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_7","011_2_7","2SA","2","7","7","Now, although Saul your king is dead, be strong and courageous, like the people of Judah, who have appointed me to be their king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_8","011_2_8","2SA","2","8","8","While this was happening, Ner’s son Abner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ishbosheth and went across the Jordan River to Mahanaim town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_9","011_2_9","2SA","2","9","9","There Abner proclaimed that Ishbosheth was now the king of the Gilead region and of the tribe of Asher and the region of Jezreel and the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin. That meant that he was the king of all of the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_10","011_2_10","2SA","2","10","10","Ishbosheth was 40 years old when he started to rule over the people of Israel. He ruled them for two years. But the tribe of Judah ◄was loyal to David/wanted David to be their king►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_11","011_2_11","2SA","2","11","11","and he ruled them for seven and a half years while he was living in Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_12","011_2_12","2SA","2","12","12","One day Abner and the officials of Isbosheth went from Mahanaim across the Jordan River to Gibeon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_13","011_2_13","2SA","2","13","13","Joab, whose mother was Zeruiah, and some of David’s officials went from Hebron to Gibeon, and met at the pool there. They all sat down, the one group on one side of the pool and the other group on the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_14","011_2_14","2SA","2","14","14","Abner said to Joab, “Let’s tell some of our young men to fight each other!” Joab replied, “Okay!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_15","011_2_15","2SA","2","15","15","So twelve men from the tribe of Benjamin fought for Ishbosheth, against twelve of David’s soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_16","011_2_16","2SA","2","16","16","Each of them grabbed the head of the man against whom he was fighting, and thrust his sword into that man’s side. The result was that all 24 of them fell down dead. So that area in Gibeon is now called ‘Field of Swords’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_17","011_2_17","2SA","2","17","17","Then the others started to fight. It was a very fierce battle. Abner and the men of Israel were defeated by David’s soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_18","011_2_18","2SA","2","18","18","Zeruiah’s three sons were there on that day: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was able to run very fast; he could run as fast as a wild gazelle/antelope. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_19","011_2_19","2SA","2","19","19","Asahel started to pursue Abner. He ran straight toward Abner, without stopping. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_20","011_2_20","2SA","2","20","20","Abner looked behind him, and said “Is that you, Asahel?” Asahel replied, “Yes!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_21","011_2_21","2SA","2","21","21","Abner yelled at him, “Turn to one side or the other, and pursue someone else!” But Asahel would not stop pursuing Abner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_22","011_2_22","2SA","2","22","22","So Abner yelled at him again, “Stop ◄chasing after/pursuing► me! ◄Why should I kill you?/It would not be good for me to kill you!► RHQ If I did that, ◄how could I <face/be reconciled with> your brother Joab?/it would be very difficult for me to <face/be reconciled with> your brother Joab.► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_23","011_2_23","2SA","2","23","23","But Asahel refused to stop pursuing Abner. So Abner suddenly turned and thrust the butt end of his spear into Asahel’s stomach. Because he thrust it very strongly, that end of the spear went though Asahel’s body and came out at his back, and he fell to the ground, dead. All the other soldiers who came to the place where his body was lying stopped and stood there, stunned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_24","011_2_24","2SA","2","24","24","But Joab and Abishai continued to pursue Abner. At sunset they came to Ammah Hill, which is east of Giah, along the road to the desert near Gibeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_25","011_2_25","2SA","2","25","25","The men from the tribe of Benjamin gathered around Abner in one group, and stood at the top of a hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_26","011_2_26","2SA","2","26","26","Then Abner called out to Joab, saying “Are we going to continue to fight forever RHQ? Do you not realize that if we continue fighting, the result will be very bad RHQ? We are all descendants of Jacob. So we should stop fighting each other ◄How long will it be until you tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us?/Tell your soldiers to stop pursuing us.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_27","011_2_27","2SA","2","27","27","Joab replied, “Just as surely as God lives, if you had not said that, my soldiers would have continued pursuing your men until tomorrow morning!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_28","011_2_28","2SA","2","28","28","So Joab blew a trumpet to signal that they should stop fighting. So all his men did that. They did not pursue the soldiers of Israel any more, and they stopped fighting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_29","011_2_29","2SA","2","29","29","That night Abner and his soldiers went through the Jordan River Valley. They crossed the Jordan River and marched all the next morning, and they finally arrived at Mahanaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_30","011_2_30","2SA","2","30","30","Joab and his soldiers stopped pursuing Abner. And when he gathered all his soldiers together, he found out that in addition to Asahel, only 19 of them had been killed in the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_31","011_2_31","2SA","2","31","31","But David’s soldiers had killed 360 of Abner’s men, all from the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S22_32","011_2_32","2SA","2","32","32","Some of Joab’s soldiers took Asahel’s body and buried it in the tomb where his father had been buried, in Bethlehem. Then they marched all during the night, and at dawn they arrived back home at Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_1","011_3_1","2SA","3","1","1","There was a long war between those who wanted Saul’s son to be their king and those who wanted David to be their king. But more and more people began to want David to be the king, while the number of people who wanted Saul’s son to be the king continued to become smaller. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_2","011_3_2","2SA","3","2","2","David’s wives gave birth to six sons at Hebron. The oldest was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam, from Jezreel city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_3","011_3_3","2SA","3","3","3","The next one was Kileab, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal, from Carmel city. The next one was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of the Geshur region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_4","011_3_4","2SA","3","4","4","The next one was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. The next one was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_5","011_3_5","2SA","3","5","5","The youngest one was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah, another one of David’s wives. Those sons of David were all born in Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_6","011_3_6","2SA","3","6","6","While those who wanted Saul’s son to rule over them and those who wanted David to rule over them continued to fight against each other, Abner was becoming more influential among those who wanted Saul’s son to be the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_7","011_3_7","2SA","3","7","7","When Saul was alive, he had as one of his wives a slave woman named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. But one day Abner had sexual relations with her. So Ishbosheth said to Abner, “Why have you had sexual relations with EUP my father’s slave wife?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_8","011_3_8","2SA","3","8","8","Abner became very angry about what Ishbosheth said to him. He said to Ishbosheth, “◄Do you think that I am a worthless dog MET from Judah?/You are treating me as though I am a worthless dog MET from Judah.► RHQ From the beginning, I have been loyal to Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends. And I have prevented you from being defeated by David’s army. So now ◄why are you criticizing me about what I have done with some woman?/you should not be criticizing me about what I have done with some woman.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_9","011_3_9","2SA","3","9","10","Yahweh solemnly promised that he would not allow Saul and his descendants to continue to rule. He promised that he would cause David to rule over all the tribes of Israel and Judah, from Dan city far in the north to Beersheba city far in the south. So I hope/desire that God will punish me severely HYP if I do not enable that to happen!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_11","011_3_11","2SA","3","11","11","Ishbosheth was very afraid of Abner, so he did not say anything in reply to Abner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_12","011_3_12","2SA","3","12","12","Then Abner sent messengers to David when he was at Hebron, to say to him, “Either you or I should be RHQ the ruler of this entire nation, but not Isbosheth. However, if you make an agreement with me, I will help you by encouraging all the people of Israel to ◄be want you to be their king/start to support► you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_13","011_3_13","2SA","3","13","13","David sent back this reply: “Good! I am willing to make an agreement with you. But before that happens, there is one thing that you must do. When you come to see me, you must bring my wife Michal, Saul’s daughter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_14","011_3_14","2SA","3","14","14","Then David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, to say to him, “I had to kill 100 men from Philistia and cut off their foreskins to give to Saul to pay for Michal to be my wife. So now give her back to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_15","011_3_15","2SA","3","15","15","So Ishbosheth sent some men to take Michal from her husband Palti. But when they took her, her husband followed them all the way to Bahurim town, crying as he went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_16","011_3_16","2SA","3","16","16","Then Abner turned and said to him, “Go back home!”, so he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_17","011_3_17","2SA","3","17","17","Abner went to the Israeli leaders and talked with them. He said, “For a long time you have wanted David to be your king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_18","011_3_18","2SA","3","18","18","So now you have an opportunity to do that. Keep in mind that Yahweh promised this: ‘With the help of David, who serves me well, I will rescue my people from the people of Philistia, and from the power MTY of all their other enemies’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_19","011_3_19","2SA","3","19","19","Abner also spoke to the people of the tribe of Benjamin. Then he went to Hebron, to tell David what all the people of Israel and the people of the tribe of Benjamin had agreed to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_20","011_3_20","2SA","3","20","20","When Abner came with 20 of his soldiers to see David at Hebron, David made a feast for all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_21","011_3_21","2SA","3","21","21","Afterwards, Abner said to David, “Sir/Your majesty, I will now go and encourage all the people of Israel to accept you to be their king, as you have desired.” Then Abner left, peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_22","011_3_22","2SA","3","22","22","Soon after that, Joab and some of David’s other soldiers returned to Hebron after raiding one of their enemies’ villages, bringing with them a lot of things that they had captured. But Abner was not there at Hebron, because David had sent him safely home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_23","011_3_23","2SA","3","23","23","When Joab and the soldiers who were with him arrived, someone told him that Abner had come there and talked with the king, and that the king allowed to go home safely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_24","011_3_24","2SA","3","24","24","So Joab went to the king and said, “Why have you done that? Listen to me! Abner is your enemy, but when he came to you, you allowed him RHQ to leave! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_25","011_3_25","2SA","3","25","25","Do you not know that he came to you to deceive you and to find out everything that you are doing, and all the places that you go to?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_26","011_3_26","2SA","3","26","26","After Joab left David, he sent some messengers to get Abner. They found him at Sirah Well, and brought him back to Hebron, but David did not know that they had done that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_27","011_3_27","2SA","3","27","27","So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab met him at the city gate, and took him aside as though he wanted to speak with him privately. Then he stabbed Abner in the stomach with his knife/sword. In that way he murdered Abner because Abner had killed MTY Joab’s brother Asahel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_28","011_3_28","2SA","3","28","28","Later, after David heard what had happened, he said, “Yahweh knows that I and the people of my kingdom are not at all ◄responsible for/guilty of► murdering MTY Abner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_29","011_3_29","2SA","3","29","29","I hope/desire that Joab and all his family will be punished MTY for doing that! I hope/desire that there will always be someone in his family who has sores, or someone who is a leper, or some man who is forced to do women’s work, or someone who is killed in a battle, or someone who does not have enough food to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_30","011_3_30","2SA","3","30","30","That is how Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_31","011_3_31","2SA","3","31","31","Then David said to Joab and to all Joab’s soldiers, “Tear your clothes and put on coarse cloth to show that you are sad, and mourn for Abner!” And at the funeral, King David walked behind the men who were carrying the coffin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_32","011_3_32","2SA","3","32","32","They buried Abner’s body at Hebron. And at the grave, the king cried loudly, and all the other people also cried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_33","011_3_33","2SA","3","33","33","David sang this sad song to lament for Abner: “It is not right that RHQ Abner died like outlaws die! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_34","011_3_34","2SA","3","34","34","No one tied his hands or put chains on his feet, like they do to criminals. No, he was murdered by wicked men!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_35","011_3_35","2SA","3","35","35","Then many HYP people came to David to tell him to eat some food before sunset, but David refused. He said, “I hope/desire that God will punish me severely HYP if I eat any food before the sun goes down!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_36","011_3_36","2SA","3","36","36","All the people saw what David did, and they were pleased. Truly, everything that the king did pleased the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_37","011_3_37","2SA","3","37","37","So all the people realized that the king had not wanted Abner to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_38","011_3_38","2SA","3","38","38","The king said to his officials, “◄Do you not realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel?/You should realize that a leader and a great man has died today in Israel.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S23_39","011_3_39","2SA","3","39","39","Even though Yahweh appointed me to be the king, today I feel weak. These two sons of Zeruiah, Joab and Abishai, are very violent; I cannot control them. So I hope/desire that Yahweh will punish them severely in return for this wicked thing that they have done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_1","011_4_1","2SA","4","1","1","When Saul’s son Ishbosheth heard that Abner had been killed at Hebron, he realized that he might also be killed. He became discouraged, and all the Israeli people ◄trembled/became afraid►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_2","011_4_2","2SA","4","2","2","Ishbosheth had two officers who were leaders of groups that raided other villages. They were brothers; their names were Baanah and Rechab, sons of Rimmon from Beeroth town in the tribe of Benjamin. Beeroth is in the area that had been assigned to the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_3","011_4_3","2SA","4","3","3","But the people of Beeroth had fled to Gittaim town, and they still live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_4","011_4_4","2SA","4","4","4","Saul’s son Jonathan had a son named Mephibosheth. When Mephibosheth was five years old, Saul and Jonathan died in the battle. When people brought that news from Jezreel, Mephibosheth’s nursemaid picked him up and ran away. She ran very fast, with the result that she dropped him, and his legs became crippled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_5","011_4_5","2SA","4","5","5","One day, Rechab and Baanah left their home to go to Ishbosheth’s house. They arrived there about noontime, when Ishbosheth was taking his midday nap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_6","011_4_6","2SA","4","6","6","The woman who was the doorkeeper was sifting wheat. While doing that, she became sleepy, and fell asleep. So Rechab and his brother Baanah were able to creep in quietly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_7","011_4_7","2SA","4","7","7","They entered Ishbosheth’s bedroom, where he was sleeping. They killed him with their swords and cut off his head. They carried his head and walked all night through the Jordan River Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_8","011_4_8","2SA","4","8","8","They took the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron. They said to him, “Here is the head of Ishbosheth, the son of your enemy Saul, who tried to kill you. Your majesty, today Yahweh has allowed you to get revenge on Saul and his descendants!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_9","011_4_9","2SA","4","9","9","But David replied to them, “Yahweh is the one who has rescued me from all my troubles. And just as surely as Yahweh lives, what I am now saying is also true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_10","011_4_10","2SA","4","10","10","When a messenger came to Ziklag and told me ‘Saul is dead!’ and he thought that the news that he was bringing to me was good news, I seized him and commanded one of my soldiers to kill him. That was the reward I gave to him for his news! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_11","011_4_11","2SA","4","11","11","So because you two evil men murdered a man who is ◄innocent/has done nothing wrong► when he was sleeping on his bed in his own house, I will do something worse to you. I will surely RHQ get revenge on you two for murdering MTY him, and ◄wipe you/cause you to disappear► from the earth!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S24_12","011_4_12","2SA","4","12","12","Then, following David’s orders, his soldiers killed the two men, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hung their bodies (OR, their hands and feet) on a pole near the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it respectfully in the tomb of Abner, there at Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_1","011_5_1","2SA","5","1","1","Then the leaders of all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron, and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors IDM that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_2","011_5_2","2SA","5","2","2","In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers in our battles. You are the one to whom Yahweh promised, ‘You will be the leader MET of my people; you will be their king.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_3","011_5_3","2SA","5","3","3","So while Yahweh was listening, all those leaders of the people of Israel declared there at Hebron that David would be their king. And David made a sacred agreement with them. They anointed him with olive oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_4","011_5_4","2SA","5","4","4","David was 30 years old when he became their king. He ruled them for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_5","011_5_5","2SA","5","5","5","In Hebron he ruled over the tribe of Judah for seven and a half years, and in Jerusalem he ruled over all the people of Judah and Israel for 33 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_6","011_5_6","2SA","5","6","6","One day King David and his soldiers went to Jerusalem to fight against the Jebus people-group who lived there. The people there thought that David’s army would not be able to capture the city, so they sent a message to David, saying “Your army will never be able to get inside our city! Even the blind and crippled people will be able to chase you away!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_7","011_5_7","2SA","5","7","7","But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion Hill, and later it was known as David’s City. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_8","011_5_8","2SA","5","8","8","On that day, David said to his soldiers, “Those who want to get rid of the Jebus people-group should go through the water tunnel to enter the city. Then they can attack those people whom I SYN detest—and we will find out if any blind and crippled people will be able to stop them!” That is why people say, “Blind and crippled people cannot enter Yahweh’s temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_9","011_5_9","2SA","5","9","9","After  David and his soldiers captured the city with its strong walls around it, he lived there, and they named it ‘David’s City’. David and his soldiers built the city around the fortress, starting where the land was ◄filled in/terraces► on the east side of the hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_10","011_5_10","2SA","5","10","10","David continued to become more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_11","011_5_11","2SA","5","11","11","One day Hiram, the king of Tyre city, sent ambassadors/messengers to David to talk about making agreements between their countries. Hiram agreed to provide cedar trees to make lumber, and also that he would send carpenters and masons, to build a palace for David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_12","011_5_12","2SA","5","12","12","His doing that caused David to realize that Yahweh truly had appointed him to be the king of Israel, and that Yahweh was going to cause his kingdom to prosper, because Yahweh loved the Israeli people, whom he had chosen to belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_13","011_5_13","2SA","5","13","13","After David moved from Hebron to Jerusalem, he took more slave women to be his second-class wives, and he also married other women. All of those women gave birth to more sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_14","011_5_14","2SA","5","14","14","The names of the sons who were born in Jerusalem were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_15","011_5_15","2SA","5","15","15","Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_16","011_5_16","2SA","5","16","16","Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_17","011_5_17","2SA","5","17","17","When the Philistia people heard that David had been appointed to be the king of Israel, their army went up toward Jerusalem to try to capture David. But David heard that they were coming, so he went down to another fortified place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_18","011_5_18","2SA","5","18","18","The army of Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley southwest of Jerusalem and spread all over the valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_19","011_5_19","2SA","5","19","19","David asked Yahweh, “Should my men and I attack the Philistia army? Will you enable us to defeat them IDM?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, attack them, because I will certainly enable your army to defeat them. IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_20","011_5_20","2SA","5","20","20","So David and his army went to where the Philistia army was, and there they defeated them. Then David said, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies like a flood.” SIM So that place is called ‘Lord of Bursting-through’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_21","011_5_21","2SA","5","21","21","The Philistia men left their idols there; so David and his soldiers took them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_22","011_5_22","2SA","5","22","22","Then the Philistia army returned to Rephaim Valley and spread all over the valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_23","011_5_23","2SA","5","23","23","So again David asked Yahweh if his army should attack them. But Yahweh replied, “Do not attack them from here. Tell your men to go around them and attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_24","011_5_24","2SA","5","24","24","When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like an army marching, attack them, because I will have gone ahead of you to enable your army to defeat their army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S25_25","011_5_25","2SA","5","25","25","So David did what Yahweh told him to do, and his army defeated the Philistia army from Geba city all the way west to Gezer city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_1","011_6_1","2SA","6","1","1","Then David chose 30,000 Israeli men and gathered them together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_2","011_6_2","2SA","6","2","2","He led them to the place in Judah formerly called Baalah, now called Kiriath-Jearim. They went in order to bring from there to Jerusalem the sacred chest, which had the name of Yahweh, the leader of the armies of the angels in heaven, written on it, and which had the statues of the winged creatures on top of it. Between those statues was where Yahweh spoke messages about ruling his people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_3","011_6_3","2SA","6","3","3","The sacred chest was in the house of Abinadab, on top of a hill. They went there, and they put the chest on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio, the two sons of Abinadab, were guiding the oxen that were pulling the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_4","011_6_4","2SA","6","4","4","Uzzah walked alongside the cart, and Ahio walked in front of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_5","011_6_5","2SA","6","5","5","David and all the Israeli men were celebrating in God’s presence, singing with all their strength and playing lyres and harps, and beating tambourines, and clashing castanets and cymbals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_6","011_6_6","2SA","6","6","6","But when they came to the place where Nacon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah put his hand on the sacred chest to ◄steady it/prevent it from falling off the cart►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_7","011_6_7","2SA","6","7","7","Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he killed him right there alongside the sacred chest, because he had touched the chest, and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the sacred chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_8","011_6_8","2SA","6","8","8","David was angry because Yahweh had punished Uzzah. So ever since that time, that place has been called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_9","011_6_9","2SA","6","9","9","David was also afraid of what else Yahweh would do to punish them, so he said, “◄How can I take the sacred chest with me to Jerusalem?/I am afraid to take the sacred chest with me to Jerusalem.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_10","011_6_10","2SA","6","10","10","So he did not want to take the sacred chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to another place; they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, from Gath city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_11","011_6_11","2SA","6","11","11","They left the sacred chest in the house of Obed-Edom for three months, and during that time Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_12","011_6_12","2SA","6","12","12","Later, people told David, “Yahweh has blessed Obed-Edom and his family because he is taking care of the sacred chest!” When David heard that, he and some other men went to Obed-Edom’s house, and very joyfully brought the sacred chest from there to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_13","011_6_13","2SA","6","13","13","This time, descendants of Levi were carrying the sacred chest, but when they had walked only six steps, they stopped, and there David killed a bull and a fat calf, and offered them to Yahweh for a sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_14","011_6_14","2SA","6","14","14","David was wearing only a linen cloth wrapped around his waist, and was dancing very energetically to honor Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_15","011_6_15","2SA","6","15","15","David and the Israeli men took the sacred chest up to Jerusalem, shouting loudly and blowing trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_16","011_6_16","2SA","6","16","16","While they were carrying the sacred chest into the city, David’s wife Michal, who was Saul’s daughter, looked out the window of her house. She saw King David leaping and dancing to honor Yahweh. So she was disgusted with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_17","011_6_17","2SA","6","17","17","They brought the sacred chest into the tent that David had erected for it. Then David gave to Yahweh offerings to be completely burned on an altar, and other offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_18","011_6_18","2SA","6","18","18","When David had finished offering those sacrifices, he asked Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of the angels, to bless the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_19","011_6_19","2SA","6","19","19","He also distributed food to all the people. To each Israeli man and woman he gave a loaf of bread, some meat, and a raisin cake. Then all the people returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_20","011_6_20","2SA","6","20","20","When David went home to ask Yahweh to bless his family, his wife Michal came out to meet him. She said to him, “Maybe you, the king of Israel, think that you IRO were honoring yourself today, but really, you acted like a fool, uncovering yourself while the female servants of your officials were watching!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_21","011_6_21","2SA","6","21","21","David replied to Michal, “I was doing that to honor Yahweh, who chose me instead of your father and other members of his family, to be the king of the Israeli people, the people who belong to Yahweh. And I will continue to dance to honor Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_22","011_6_22","2SA","6","22","22","Even though you think that what I did was disgraceful, I will continue to do it even more. You may despise me because of what I did, but the women whom you were talking about will honor me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S26_23","011_6_23","2SA","6","23","23","As a result, Saul’s daughter Michal never gave birth to any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_1","011_7_1","2SA","7","1","1","After King David began to live in his palace, Yahweh protected him from all his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_2","011_7_2","2SA","7","2","2","One day he said to the prophet Nathan, “It is not right that I am here, living in a beautiful house made of cedar wood, but the chest that contains God’s Ten Commandments is kept in a tent!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_3","011_7_3","2SA","7","3","3","Then Nathan said to the king, “Yahweh is helping/directing you, so do regarding that chest whatever you are thinking.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_4","011_7_4","2SA","7","4","4","But that night, Yahweh said to Nathan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_5","011_7_5","2SA","7","5","5","“Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to him: ‘You are not the one RHQ who should build a temple for me to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_6","011_7_6","2SA","7","6","6","I have not lived in any building from the day that I brought the Israeli people up from Egypt until now. Instead, I have been living in a tent, moving from one place to another when the Israelis moved to other places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_7","011_7_7","2SA","7","7","7","Wherever I went with all the Israelis as they traveled, I never said RHQ to any of their leaders whom I appointed to lead them, “Why have you not built me a temple made of cedar wood?”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_8","011_7_8","2SA","7","8","8","So this is what you should say to my servant David: ‘The Almighty Commander of the armies of angels says that he took you from a pasture where you were taking care of sheep, and appointed you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_9","011_7_9","2SA","7","9","9","I have ◄been with/helped► you wherever you have gone. I have gotten rid of all your enemies as you advanced. I will enable you to become very famous, as well-known as the names of all the greatest men who have ever lived on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_10","011_7_10","2SA","7","10","11","Formerly, during the time that I appointed leaders for my Israeli people, many violent groups oppressed the Israelis. But this will not happen any more. I have chosen a place where my Israeli people can live peacefully and no one will disturb them any more. I will give them rest from being attacked by their enemies. And I will defeat all your enemies. I declare to you that I, Yahweh, will enable your descendants to rule after you die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_12","011_7_12","2SA","7","12","12","When your life ends EUP and you go to be with your ancestors, I will appoint one of your sons to be king, and I will enable his kingdom to ◄be strong/resist all their enemies►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_13","011_7_13","2SA","7","13","13","He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me MTY, and I will cause his descendants to be kings MTY of Israel forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_14","011_7_14","2SA","7","14","14","I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is  a son to me MET. When he does something that is wrong, I will punish him as fathers punish their sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_15","011_7_15","2SA","7","15","15","But I will not stop faithfully loving him as I stopped loving Saul, whom I removed from being king before you became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_16","011_7_16","2SA","7","16","16","Your descendants will rule the kingdom of Israel forever. Their rule will never end. DOU’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_17","011_7_17","2SA","7","17","17","So Nathan told David everything that Yahweh had told him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_18","011_7_18","2SA","7","18","18","Then David went into the Sacred Tent and sat in the presence of Yahweh, and prayed this: “Yahweh, my God, I am not worthy RHQ for you to have done all these things for me, and my family is not worthy, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_19","011_7_19","2SA","7","19","19","“And now, O Yahweh my God, in addition to everything else, you have spoken about what will happen to my descendants in the future for many generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_20","011_7_20","2SA","7","20","20","“ Yahweh God, what more can I, David, say to you for honoring me? Although you know very well what I am like, Yahweh my God, you have done things for me as though I was the most important man on the earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_21","011_7_21","2SA","7","21","21","For my sake and because it is what you wanted to do, you have done all these great things for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_22","011_7_22","2SA","7","22","22","“ Yahweh my God, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, just as we have always heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_23","011_7_23","2SA","7","23","23","And there is no other nation in the world like Israel. Israel is the only nation on the earth whose people you went out to rescue RHQ. By the great and awesome things that you did, you have become famous/well-known throughout the world. As your people advanced through this land, you expelled other people-groups who were here in Canaan, who worshiped other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_24","011_7_24","2SA","7","24","24","And you caused us Israeli people to be your people forever, and you, Yahweh, have become our God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_25","011_7_25","2SA","7","25","25","“And now, Yahweh my God, I pray that you will cause the things that you promised to me about my descendants to be fulfilled forever, and that you will do the things that you said that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_26","011_7_26","2SA","7","26","26","When that happens, you will become famous forever, and people will exclaim, ‘The Almighty Commander of the armies of angels is the God who rules Israel.’ And you will cause that forever there will be descendants of mine who will rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_27","011_7_27","2SA","7","27","27","“Yahweh Almighty, the God whom we Israeli people worship, you have revealed to me that you will make some of my descendants kings. For that reason, I have been brave enough to pray like this to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_28","011_7_28","2SA","7","28","28","So now, O Yahweh Almighty, because you are God, we can trust that you will do what you promise. You have promised these good things to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S27_29","011_7_29","2SA","7","29","29","So now I ask you that if it pleases you, you will bless my descendants, in order that they may continue to rule forever. Yahweh God, you have promised these things, and so I know that you will keep blessing my descendants forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_1","011_8_1","2SA","8","1","1","Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia army and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_2","011_8_2","2SA","8","2","2","David’s army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. David forced their soldiers to lie down on the ground close to each other. His men killed two out of every three of them. The other Moab people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and they were forced to give to him every year the payment/tax that he demanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_3","011_8_3","2SA","8","3","3","David’s army also defeated the army of Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, who ruled the state of Zobah in Syria. That happened when David went to rule again over the area at the upper part of the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_4","011_8_4","2SA","8","4","4","David’s army captured 1,700 of Hadadezer’s soldiers who rode on horses, and 20,000 of his other soldiers. They also crippled/hamstrung most of the horses that pulled the chariots, but they left/spared enough horses to pull 100 chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_5","011_8_5","2SA","8","5","5","When the army of Syria came from Damascus city to help King Hadadezer’s army, David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_6","011_8_6","2SA","8","6","6","Then David stationed ◄groups of his soldiers/army camps► in their area, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to give to David’s government every year the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s army to win victories wherever they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_7","011_8_7","2SA","8","7","7","David’s soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by Hadadezer’s officials, and brought them to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_8","011_8_8","2SA","8","8","8","They also brought to Jerusalem a lot of bronze that they found in Betah and Berothai, two cities that King Hadadezer had previously ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_9","011_8_9","2SA","8","9","9","When Toi, the king of the Hamath city in Syria, heard that David’s army had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_10","011_8_10","2SA","8","10","10","he sent his son Joram to greet King David and to ◄congratulate him/say that he was happy► about his army defeating Hadadezer’s army, which Toi’s army had fought many times. Joram brought to David many items/gifts made from gold, silver, and bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_11","011_8_11","2SA","8","11","11","King David dedicated all those items to Yahweh. He also dedicated the silver and gold which his army had taken from the nations that they had conquered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_12","011_8_12","2SA","8","12","12","They had taken items from the Edom people-group and the Moab people-group, from the Ammon people-group, from the Philistia people, and from the descendants of  Amalek, as well as from the people that Hadadezer previously ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_13","011_8_13","2SA","8","13","13","When David returned after defeating the armies of Syria, he became more famous because his army killed 18,000 soldiers from the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley near the Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_14","011_8_14","2SA","8","14","14","David stationed ◄groups of his soldiers/army camps► throughout the Edom area, and forced the people there to accept him as their king. Yahweh enabled David’s army to win battles wherever they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_15","011_8_15","2SA","8","15","15","David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_16","011_8_16","2SA","8","16","16","Joab was the army commander; Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided that they should do; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_17","011_8_17","2SA","8","17","17","Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the official secretary; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S28_18","011_8_18","2SA","8","18","18","Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was the commander of ◄David’s bodyguards/the men who protected the king►; and David’s sons were priests (OR, his administrators/advisors). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_1","011_9_1","2SA","9","1","1","One day David asked, “Is there anyone who is a descendant of Saul to whom I can be kind?” He asked this because he wanted to honor Jonathan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_2","011_9_2","2SA","9","2","2","They told him that there was in Jerusalem a man named Ziba who had been a servant of Saul’s family. So David sent messengers to summon Ziba. When he arrived, the king asked him, “Are you Ziba?” He replied, “Yes, your majesty, I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_3","011_9_3","2SA","9","3","3","The king asked him, “Is there anyone in Saul’s family to whom I can be kind, as I promised Jonathan that I would do?” Ziba replied, “Yes, there is one son of Jonathan who is still alive. His feet are crippled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_4","011_9_4","2SA","9","4","4","The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba replied, “He is living in the house of Machir, son of Ammiel, in Lo-Debar city east of the Jordan River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_5","011_9_5","2SA","9","5","5","So King David sent messengers to bring Mephibosheth to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_6","011_9_6","2SA","9","6","6","When Mephibosheth came to David, he knelt down with his face on the ground, to show respect. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” He replied, “Yes, your majesty, how may I serve you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_7","011_9_7","2SA","9","7","7","David said to him, “Do not be afraid; I will be kind to you because Jonathan your father was my loyal friend. I will give back to you all the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul. And I want you to always eat with me at my house MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_8","011_9_8","2SA","9","8","8","Mephibosheth bowed in front of David again and said, “Sir, I am as worthless as MET a dead dog; I do not deserve RHQ that you be kind to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_9","011_9_9","2SA","9","9","9","Then the king summoned Saul’s servant Ziba and said to him, “Saul was your master; now I am giving to Mephibosheth everything that belonged to Saul and his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_10","011_9_10","2SA","9","10","10","You and your 15 sons and your 20 servants must till/plow the land for Mephibosheth’s family, and plant crops and harvest them, in order that they will have food to eat. But Mephibosheth will eat food with me at my house.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_11","011_9_11","2SA","9","11","11","Ziba replied to the king, “Your majesty, I will do everything that you have commanded me to do.” So after that, Mephibosheth always ate at the king’s table, as though he were one of the king’s sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_12","011_9_12","2SA","9","12","12","Mephibosheth had a young son named Mica. All of Ziba’s family became servants of Mephibosheth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S29_13","011_9_13","2SA","9","13","13","And Mephibosheth, who was still crippled in both of his feet, started to live in Jerusalem, and he always ate ◄at the king’s table/with the king►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_1","011_10_1","2SA","10","1","1","Some time later, the king of the Ammon people-group died, and his son Hanun became their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_2","011_10_2","2SA","10","2","2","David thought, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that David was sorry that Hanun’s father had died. When those messengers arrived in the land where the Ammon people-group lived, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_3","011_10_3","2SA","10","3","3","the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is to honor your father that King David has sent these men to say that he is sorry that your father died RHQ? We think that he has sent them here to look around the city to determine how his army can conquer us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_4","011_10_4","2SA","10","4","4","Hanun believed what they said; so he commanded some soldiers to seize David’s officials and insult them by shaving off one side of each man’s beard, and by cutting off the lower part of their robes, with the result that their buttocks could be seen, and then they sent them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_5","011_10_5","2SA","10","5","5","The men were very humiliated/ashamed, so they did not want to return home. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent someone to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_6","011_10_6","2SA","10","6","6","Then the leaders of the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted IDM David IDM. So they sent some men to hire/pay some soldiers from other nearby areas to help defend them. They hired 20,000 soldiers from the  Beth-Rehob and Zobah regions northeast of Israel, and 12,000 soldiers from the  Tob region, and 1,000 soldiers from the army of the king of Maacah region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_7","011_10_7","2SA","10","7","7","When David heard about that, he sent Joab with all of the army that Joab commanded, to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_8","011_10_8","2SA","10","8","8","The soldiers of the Ammon people-group marched out and ◄stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle► at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah. The other soldiers from Syria and Tob and Maacah stood by themselves ◄in their positions/arranged themselves for battle► in the nearby fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_9","011_10_9","2SA","10","9","9","Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he chose some of the best Israeli soldiers, and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_10","011_10_10","2SA","10","10","10","He appointed his older brother Abishai to be the commander of all the other soldiers, and he told them to ◄stand in their positions/arrange themselves► in front of the army of the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_11","011_10_11","2SA","10","11","11","Then Joab said, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, your men must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat, we will come and help your men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_12","011_10_12","2SA","10","12","12","We must be strong, and fight hard IDM to defend our people and the cities ◄that belong to/where we worship► our God. I will pray/request that Yahweh do what he considers to be good.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_13","011_10_13","2SA","10","13","13","So Joab and his army advanced to attack the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_14","011_10_14","2SA","10","14","14","And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab’s army stopped fighting against the army of the Ammon people-group, and Joab and his army returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_15","011_10_15","2SA","10","15","15","After the leaders of the army of Syria saw that the Israeli army had defeated them, they gathered all their troops together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_16","011_10_16","2SA","10","16","16","Their king, Hadadezer, summoned the soldiers of Syria who lived on the east side of the Euphrates River. They gathered at Helam city. Their commander was Shobach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_17","011_10_17","2SA","10","17","17","When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan River and marched to Helam. There, the army of Syria ◄took their positions/arranged themselves for battle►, and the battle started. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_18","011_10_18","2SA","10","18","18","But the soldiers of Syria ran away from the Israeli soldiers. David and his army killed 700 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also wounded Shobach, their commander, and he died there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S210_19","011_10_19","2SA","10","19","19","When all the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with the Israelis and agreed to accept David as their king. So the army of Syria was afraid to help the army of the Ammon people-group any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_1","011_11_1","2SA","11","1","1","In that region, kings usually went with their armies to fight their enemies in the springtime. But the following year, in the springtime, David did not do that. Instead, he stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent his commander Joab to lead the army. So Joab went with the other officers and the rest of the Israeli army. They crossed the Jordan River and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then they surrounded their capital city, Rabbah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_2","011_11_2","2SA","11","2","2","Late one afternoon, after David got up from taking a nap, he walked around on the flat roof of his palace. He saw a woman who was bathing in the courtyard of her house. The woman was very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_3","011_11_3","2SA","11","3","3","David sent a messenger to find out who she was. The messenger returned and said, “She is RHQ Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and her husband is Uriah, from the Heth people-group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_4","011_11_4","2SA","11","4","4","Then David sent more messengers to get her. They brought her to David, and he ◄slept/had sex► EUP with her. (She had just finished performing the rituals to make herself pure after her monthly menstrual period.) Then Bathsheba went back home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_5","011_11_5","2SA","11","5","5","After some time, she realized that she was pregnant. So she sent a messenger to tell David that she was pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_6","011_11_6","2SA","11","6","6","Then David sent a message to Joab. He said, “Send Uriah, from the Heth people-group, to me.” So Joab did that. He sent Uriah to David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_7","011_11_7","2SA","11","7","7","When he arrived, David asked if Joab was well, and if other soldiers were well, and how the war was progressing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_8","011_11_8","2SA","11","8","8","Then David, hoping that Uriah would go home and sleep with his wife, said to Uriah, “Okay, go home and relax for a while. IDM” So Uriah left, and David gave someone a gift of some food to take to Uriah’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_9","011_11_9","2SA","11","9","9","But Uriah did not go home. Instead, he slept at the palace entrance with the king’s palace guards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_10","011_11_10","2SA","11","10","10","When someone told David that Uriah did not go to his house that night, David summoned him again and said to him, “Why didn’t you go home to be with your wife last night, after having been away for a long time?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_11","011_11_11","2SA","11","11","11","Uriah replied, “The soldiers of Judah and Israel are camping in the open fields, and even our commander Joab is sleeping in a tent, and the sacred chest is with them. ◄How could I/It would not be right for me to► go home, eat and drink, and sleep with my wife RHQ. I solemnly declare IDM that I will never do such a thing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_12","011_11_12","2SA","11","12","12","Then David said to Uriah, “Stay here today. I will let you return to the battle tomorrow.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_13","011_11_13","2SA","11","13","13","The next day, David invited him to a meal. So Uriah had a meal with David, and David made him drink a lot of wine so that he would get drunk, hoping that if he was drunk, he would sleep with his wife. But that night, Uriah again did not go home. Instead, he slept on his cot with the king’s servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_14","011_11_14","2SA","11","14","14","Someone reported that to  David, so the next morning he wrote a letter to Joab, and gave it to Uriah to take to Joab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_15","011_11_15","2SA","11","15","15","In the letter, he wrote, “Put Uriah in the front line, where the fighting is the ◄worst/most severe►. Then command the soldiers to pull back from him, in order that he will be killed by our enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_16","011_11_16","2SA","11","16","16","So after Joab got the letter, as his army was surrounding the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew that their enemies’ strongest and best soldiers would be fighting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_17","011_11_17","2SA","11","17","17","The men from the city came out and fought with Joab’s soldiers. They killed some of David’s officers, including Uriah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_18","011_11_18","2SA","11","18","18","Then Joab sent a messenger to David to tell him about the fighting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_19","011_11_19","2SA","11","19","19","He said to the messenger, “Tell David the news about the battle. After you finish telling that to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_20","011_11_20","2SA","11","20","20","if David is angry because so many officers were killed, he may ask you, ‘Why did your soldiers go so close to the city to fight RHQ? Did you not know that they would shoot arrows at you while they were standing on top of the city wall RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_21","011_11_21","2SA","11","21","21","Do you not remember how Abimelech, the son of Gideon, was killed? A woman who lived in Thebez threw a huge ◄millstone/stone for grinding grain► on him from the top of a tower, and he died. So why did your troops go near to the city wall?’ If the king asks this, then tell him, ‘Your officer Uriah also was killed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_22","011_11_22","2SA","11","22","22","So the messenger went and told David everything that Joab told him to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_23","011_11_23","2SA","11","23","23","The messenger said to David, “Our enemies were very brave, and came out of the city to fight us in the fields. They were defeating us but we forced them back to the city gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_24","011_11_24","2SA","11","24","24","Then their archers shot arrows at us from the top of the city wall. They killed some of your officers. They killed your officer Uriah, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_25","011_11_25","2SA","11","25","25","David said to the messenger, “Go back to Joab and say to him, ‘Do not be distressed about what happened, because no one ever knows who will be killed in a battle.’ Tell him that the next time his troops should attack the city more strongly, and capture it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_26","011_11_26","2SA","11","26","26","When Uriah’s wife Bathsheba heard that her husband had died, she mourned for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S211_27","011_11_27","2SA","11","27","27","When her time of mourning was ended, David sent messengers to bring her to the palace. Thus, she became David’s wife. She later gave birth to a son. But Yahweh was very displeased with what David had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_1","011_12_1","2SA","12","1","1","Yahweh told the prophet Nathan what David had done, and he sent Nathan to tell this story to David: “I heard about two men who were living in a certain city. One was rich and the other was poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_2","011_12_2","2SA","12","2","2","The rich man owned a lot of cattle and sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_3","011_12_3","2SA","12","3","3","But the poor man had only one little female lamb, which he had bought. He raised the lamb, and it grew up with his children. He would give the lamb some of his own food and let it drink from his cup. He let the lamb sleep in his arms. The lamb was like a daughter to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_4","011_12_4","2SA","12","4","4","One day a visitor came to visit the rich man. The rich man did not want to take one of his own animals and kill it to prepare a meal for the visitor. So instead, he stole the poor man’s lamb and killed it and prepared a meal for his visitor.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_5","011_12_5","2SA","12","5","5","When David heard that, he was very angry about what the rich man had done. He said to Nathan, “I solemnly declare that the man who did that should be executed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_6","011_12_6","2SA","12","6","6","But before he is executed, he should pay back to the poor man four lambs for doing this, and for not having pity on the poor man.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_7","011_12_7","2SA","12","7","7","Nathan said to David, “You are the man I have been talking about! And this is what Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, says to you: ‘I appointed you to be king of Israel, after having rescued you from Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_8","011_12_8","2SA","12","8","8","I gave you his palace and his wives. I caused you to become the king to rule Israel and Judah. If you had told me that you were not content with what I gave you, I would have given you twice as much! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_9","011_12_9","2SA","12","9","9","So why have you despised my commandment about not committing adultery? You have done what I consider to be very evil! You have arranged for Uriah to be killed in a battle by the Ammon people-group’s soldiers, and you have taken his wife to be your wife! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_10","011_12_10","2SA","12","10","10","You have despised me, and have taken Uriah’s wife to be your wife. So for many generations some of your descendants will die violently. MTY, PRS ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_11","011_12_11","2SA","12","11","11","I solemnly declare to you that I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble to you. I will take your wives and give them to him, and he will have sexual relations with them in the daytime, where everyone can see it, and you will know all about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_12","011_12_12","2SA","12","12","12","What you did, you did secretly, but what I will cause to happen, everyone in Israel will be able to see it or know about it. IDM’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_13","011_12_13","2SA","12","13","13","David replied, “I have sinned against Yahweh.” Nathan said to David, “Yahweh has forgiven you for your sin: You will not die because of this sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_14","011_12_14","2SA","12","14","14","But, you have shown contempt for Yahweh by doing this. So, your baby will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_15","011_12_15","2SA","12","15","15","Then Nathan went home. Then Yahweh caused the baby t o become very sick, the one that Uriah’s wife had given birth to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_16","011_12_16","2SA","12","16","16","So David prayed to God that the child would not die. He ◄fasted/abstained from food►, and he went into the room where he slept and lay all night on the floor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_17","011_12_17","2SA","12","17","17","The next morning his advisors stood around him and urged him to get up. But he would not get up, and he would not eat any food with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_18","011_12_18","2SA","12","18","18","One week later the baby died. David’s servants were afraid to tell that to David. They said to each other, “Hey, while the baby was still alive, we talked to him, but he would not answer us. Now, if we tell him that the baby is dead RHQ, he may do something to harm himself!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_19","011_12_19","2SA","12","19","19","But when David saw that his servants were whispering something to each other, he realized that the baby must be dead. So he asked them, “Is the baby dead?” They replied, “Yes, he is dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_20","011_12_20","2SA","12","20","20","Then David got up from the floor. He bathed himself, put lotions on his body, and put on other clothes, Then he went into Yahweh’s Sacred Tent and worshiped Yahweh. Then he went home. He asked his servants for some food. They gave him some, and he ate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_21","011_12_21","2SA","12","21","21","Then his servants said to him, “We do not understand RHQ why you have done this! While the baby was still alive, you cried for him and refused to eat anything. But now that the baby has died, you are not crying any more! You got up and ate some food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_22","011_12_22","2SA","12","22","22","David replied, “While the baby was still alive, I fasted and cried. I thought, ‘Who knows? Yahweh may be merciful to me and not allow the baby to die’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_23","011_12_23","2SA","12","23","23","But now the baby is dead. So ◄there is no reason for me to <fast/abstain from eating food> any more./why should I <fast/abstain from eating food> any more?► RHQ ◄Can I bring him back to me?/I certainly cannot bring him back to me!► RHQ Some day I will go to where he is, but he will not return to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_24","011_12_24","2SA","12","24","24","Then David comforted his wife, Bathsheba. Then he ◄slept/had sexual relations► with her, and she became pregnant again and gave birth to another son. David named that son Solomon. Yahweh loved that little boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_25","011_12_25","2SA","12","25","25","He told the prophet Nathan to tell David to name the baby boy Jedediah which means ‘loved by Yahweh’, because Yahweh loved him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_26","011_12_26","2SA","12","26","26","◄Meanwhile/While all that was happening►, Joab’s soldiers attacked Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammon people-group; and they captured the king’s fortress. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_27","011_12_27","2SA","12","27","27","Then Joab sent messengers to David, to tell him this: “My troops are attacking Rabbah, and we have captured the city’s water supply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_28","011_12_28","2SA","12","28","28","Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named ‘the City of Joab’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_29","011_12_29","2SA","12","29","29","So David gathered all his troops. They went with David to Rabbah and attacked it and captured it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_30","011_12_30","2SA","12","30","30","Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of Milcom the god of Rabbah) and put it on his own head. It was very heavy; it weighed ◄75 pounds/34 kg.►, and it had many very valuable stones fastened to it. His soldiers also took many other valuable things from the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S212_31","011_12_31","2SA","12","31","31","Then they brought the people of Rabbah out of the city and forced them to work for them using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s troops also forced them to make bricks. David’s soldiers did this in all the towns of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_1","011_13_1","2SA","13","1","1","David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. Another of David’s sons, Amnon, was attracted to Tamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_2","011_13_2","2SA","13","2","2","He wanted to have sex with EUP his half-sister very much, with the result that he made himself sick thinking about her all the time. But it was not possible for Amnon to get her, because she was a virgin, so they kept men away from her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_3","011_13_3","2SA","13","3","3","But Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, who was the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty/shrewd man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_4","011_13_4","2SA","13","4","4","One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “You are the king’s son, but every day I see that RHQ you seem very depressed/sad. What is your problem?” Amnon replied, “I ◄am in love/want to sleep► EUP with Tamar, my half-brother Absalom’s sister.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_5","011_13_5","2SA","13","5","5","Jonadab said to him, “Lie down on your bed, and pretend that you are sick. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Allow my half-sister Tamar to come and give me some food to eat. She can prepare the food while I am watching her. Then she can serve it to me herself.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_6","011_13_6","2SA","13","6","6","So Amnon lay down, and pretended that he was sick. When the king came to see him, Amnon said to him, “I am sick; please allow my half-sister Tamar to come and make a couple scones/dumplings for me while I am watching, and then she can serve them to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_7","011_13_7","2SA","13","7","7","So David sent a message to Tamar in the palace, saying “Amnon is sick and he wants you to go to his house and prepare some food for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_8","011_13_8","2SA","13","8","8","So Tamar went to Amnon’s house, where he was lying in bed. She took some dough and kneaded it, and formed it into some scones/dumplings while he was watching her. Then she baked them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_9","011_13_9","2SA","13","9","9","She took them out of the pan and put them on a plate in front of him, but he refused to eat them. Then he said to everyone else in the room, “All the rest of you, leave me now!” So all the others left his room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_10","011_13_10","2SA","13","10","10","Then Amnon said to Tamar, “Bring the food into my room and serve it to me.” So Tamar took into his room the scones/dumplings that she had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_11","011_13_11","2SA","13","11","11","But when she brought them close for him to eat them, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come to bed with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_12","011_13_12","2SA","13","12","12","She replied, “No, do not force me to do such a disgraceful thing! We never do things like that in Israel! That would be awful/terrible! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_13","011_13_13","2SA","13","13","13","As for me, if I did that, I would not be able to RHQ endure being disgraced by having done that. And as for you, everyone in Israel would condemn you for having done such a disgraceful deed. So I plead with you, talk to the king. I am sure that he will allow me to marry you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_14","011_13_14","2SA","13","14","14","But he would not listen to her. He was stronger than she was, so he forced her to have sex with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_15","011_13_15","2SA","13","15","15","Then Amnon hated her very much. He hated her much more than he had desired her. He said to her, “Get up and get out of here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_16","011_13_16","2SA","13","16","16","But she said to him, “No! It would be very wrong for you to send me away. It would be worse than what you just did to me!” But he would not listen to her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_17","011_13_17","2SA","13","17","17","He summoned his personal servant and said to him, “Take this woman outside, away from me, and lock the door so that she cannot come in again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_18","011_13_18","2SA","13","18","18","So the servant put her outside and locked the door. Tamar was wearing a long robe with long sleeves, which was the clothing that was usually worn by the unmarried daughters of the king at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_19","011_13_19","2SA","13","19","19","But Tamar tore the long robe that she was wearing, and put ashes on her head to show that she was very sad. Then she put her hands on her head to show that she was grieving, and she went away, crying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_20","011_13_20","2SA","13","20","20","Her brother Absalom saw her and said to her, “Has your half-brother Amnon DOU forced you to have sex with him EUP? Please, my sister, do not tell anyone, and do not become depressed/sad.” So Tamar went to live in Absalom’s house, and she was very sad and lonely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_21","011_13_21","2SA","13","21","21","When King David heard about all that, he became very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_22","011_13_22","2SA","13","22","22","And Absalom hated Amnon, because he had raped his sister, so he would not speak to Amnon about anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_23","011_13_23","2SA","13","23","23","Two years later, Absalom’s servants were shearing sheep at Baal-Hazor, which is near a town named Ephraim. When they finished shearing the sheep, they celebrated, and Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come and celebrate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_24","011_13_24","2SA","13","24","24","Absalom went to the king and said to him, “Sir, my servants have been shearing my sheep. Please come with your officials to celebrate with us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_25","011_13_25","2SA","13","25","25","But the king replied, “No, my son, it would not be good for all of us to go, because it would cause you to do a lot of work and spend a lot of money for food.” Absalom continued urging him, but the king would not go. Instead, he said that he hoped/desired that God would bless them while they celebrated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_26","011_13_26","2SA","13","26","26","Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, please allow my half-brother Amnon to go with us.” But the king replied, “Why do you want him to go with you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_27","011_13_27","2SA","13","27","27","But Absalom continued to insist, so finally the king permitted Amnon and all David’s other sons to go with Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_28","011_13_28","2SA","13","28","28","So they all went. And at the celebration, Absalom commanded his servants, “Notice when Amnon has become a bit drunk from the wine. Then when I signal to you, kill him. Do not be afraid; you will be doing this only because I told you RHQ to do it. So be courageous and do it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_29","011_13_29","2SA","13","29","29","So Absalom’s servants did what Absalom told them to do. They killed Amnon. All the rest of David’s sons saw what happened and fled, riding on their mules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_30","011_13_30","2SA","13","30","30","While they were on their way home, someone went quickly and reported to David, “Absalom has killed all of your other sons; none of them is still alive!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_31","011_13_31","2SA","13","31","31","The king stood up, tore his clothes because he was extremely sad, and then he threw himself down on the ground. All the servants who were there also tore their clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_32","011_13_32","2SA","13","32","32","But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “Your Majesty, I am sure that they have not killed all your sons. I am sure that only Amnon is dead, because Absalom has determined to do this ever since the day that Amnon raped EUP his half-sister Tamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_33","011_13_33","2SA","13","33","33","So, your majesty, do not believe the report that all your sons are dead. I am sure that only Amnon is dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_34","011_13_34","2SA","13","34","34","In the meantime, Absalom ran away. Just then, the soldier/sentry who was standing on the city wall saw a large crowd of people coming down the hill along the road from Horonaim. He ran and told the king what he had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_35","011_13_35","2SA","13","35","35","Jonadab said to the king, “Aha! What I told you is true. Your other sons are alive and have come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_36","011_13_36","2SA","13","36","36","And as soon as he said that, David’s sons came in. They all started crying, and David and all his officials also cried very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_37","011_13_37","2SA","13","37","38","But Absalom had fled. He went to stay with the king of the Geshur region, who was Talmai the son of Ammihud. Absalom stayed there for three years. David mourned for his son Amnon for a long time, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S213_39","011_13_39","2SA","13","39","39","but after that, he desired very much to see Absalom, because he was no longer grieving about Amnon being dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_1","011_14_1","2SA","14","1","1","Joab realized that the king yearned IDM to see Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_2","011_14_2","2SA","14","2","2","So Joab sent someone to Tekoa town to bring back a woman who was very clever. When she arrived, Joab said to her, “Pretend that you are grieving because someone has died. Put on clothes that show that you are mourning. Do not put any lotion/ointment on your body. Act as if you are a woman who has been mourning for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_3","011_14_3","2SA","14","3","3","And go to the king, and tell him what I tell you to say.” Then Joab told her what to say MTY to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_4","011_14_4","2SA","14","4","4","So the woman from Tekoa went to the king. She prostrated herself in front of him and then bowed down to him, and said, “Your Majesty, help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_5","011_14_5","2SA","14","5","5","The king replied, “What is your problem?” She replied, “Please, sir, I am a widow. My husband died some time ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_6","011_14_6","2SA","14","6","6","I had two sons. But one day they quarreled with each other out in the fields. There was no one to separate them, and one of them struck the other one and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_7","011_14_7","2SA","14","7","7","Now, all my family oppose me. They are insisting that I allow them to kill my son who is still alive MTY, in order that they may get revenge for his killing his brother. But if they do that, I will not have any son to inherit my husband’s possessions. That would be like MET extinguishing the last coals of a fire, and my husband would not have a son to preserve our family’s name. DOU” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_8","011_14_8","2SA","14","8","8","Then the king said to the woman, “Go back home; I will take care of this matter for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_9","011_14_9","2SA","14","9","9","The woman from Tekoa replied to the king, “Your Majesty, if you are criticized for helping me, my family and I will accept the blame. You and the royal family will ◄be innocent/not have done what is wrong►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_10","011_14_10","2SA","14","10","10","The king said to her, “If anyone says anything to threaten you/cause you trouble you, bring that person to me, and I will make sure that he will never cause you trouble again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_11","011_14_11","2SA","14","11","11","Then the woman said, “Your Majesty, please pray that Yahweh your God will not allow my relative, who wants to get revenge on my son for killing MTY his brother, to be able to do that.” David replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, your son will not be harmed at all. IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_12","011_14_12","2SA","14","12","12","Then the woman said, “Your Majesty, please allow me to say one more thing to you.” He replied, “Speak!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_13","011_14_13","2SA","14","13","13","The woman said, “Why have you done this bad thing to God’s people? You have not allowed your son Absalom to return home. By saying what you have just said, you have certainly declared RHQ that what you have done is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_14","011_14_14","2SA","14","14","14","We all die; we are like SIM water that cannot be picked up after it is spilled on the ground. But God does not just cause us to die; he creates ways to bring us back when we become separated from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_15","011_14_15","2SA","14","15","15","“Now, Your Majesty, I have come to you because others have threatened me. So I said to myself, ‘I will go and talk to the king, and perhaps he will do what I request him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_16","011_14_16","2SA","14","16","16","Perhaps he will listen to me, and save me from the man who is trying to kill my son. If my son is killed, it would result in us disappearing from the land that God gave to us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_17","011_14_17","2SA","14","17","17","“And I thought, ‘What the king says will comfort/encourage me, because the king is like SIM an angel of God. He knows what is good and what is evil.’ I pray/desire that Yahweh our God will ◄be with/direct► you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_18","011_14_18","2SA","14","18","18","Then the king said to the woman, “I will now ask you a question. Answer it, and tell me the truth. LIT” The woman replied, “Your majesty, ask your question.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_19","011_14_19","2SA","14","19","19","The king said, “Was Joab the one who told you to do this?” She replied, “Yes, Your Majesty, as surely as you live, I cannot avoid telling you what is true. Yes, indeed, it was Joab who told me to come here, and who told me what to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_20","011_14_20","2SA","14","20","20","He did it in order to cause you to think differently about this matter. Your Majesty, you are as wise as God’s angels, and it seems that you know everything that happens on the earth, so you know why Joab sent me here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_21","011_14_21","2SA","14","21","21","Then the king summoned Joab and said to him, “Listen! I have decided to do what you want. So go and get that young man Absalom and bring him back to Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_22","011_14_22","2SA","14","22","22","Joab prostrated himself on the ground, and then he bowed down before the king, and asked God to bless him. Then Joab said, “Your Majesty, today I know that you are pleased with me, because you have agreed to do what I requested.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_23","011_14_23","2SA","14","23","23","Then Joab got up and went to Geshur, and got Absalom and brought him back to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_24","011_14_24","2SA","14","24","24","But the king said/commanded that Absalom would not be permitted to live in the palace. He said, “I do not want him to come to see me.” So Absalom lived in his own house, and did not go to talk to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_25","011_14_25","2SA","14","25","25","Absalom was very handsome. He looked perfect, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head. In all of Israel there was no one whom people admired more than Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_26","011_14_26","2SA","14","26","26","His hair was very thick, and he cut it only once each year, when it became too heavy for him. Using the standard weights, he would weigh the hair that he cut off, and it always weighed about five pounds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_27","011_14_27","2SA","14","27","27","Absalom had three sons and one daughter named Tamar. She was a very beautiful woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_28","011_14_28","2SA","14","28","28","After Absalom returned to Jerusalem, he lived there two years, and during that time he never was allowed to see the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_29","011_14_29","2SA","14","29","29","So he sent a messenger to Joab to ask him to come and talk to him, but Joab refused to come. So Absalom sent a message to him a second time, but he still would not come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_30","011_14_30","2SA","14","30","30","Then Absalom said to his servants, “You know that Joab’s field is next to mine, and that he has barley growing there. Go and light a fire there to burn his barley.” So Absalom’s servants went there and lit a fire, and all his barley burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_31","011_14_31","2SA","14","31","31","Joab knew who had done it, so he went to Absalom’s house and said to him, “Why have your servants burned the barley in my field?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_32","011_14_32","2SA","14","32","32","Absalom replied, “Because you did not come to me when I sent messages to you requesting that you come. I wanted to request that you go to the king to say to him, ‘Absalom ◄wants to know what good it did/says that is was useless► RHQ for him RHQ to leave Geshur and come here. He thinks that it would have been better for him to have stayed there. He wants you to allow him to talk to you. And if you think that he has done something that is wrong, you can command that he be executed.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S214_33","011_14_33","2SA","14","33","33","So Joab went to the king, and told him what Absalom had said. Then the king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king and knelt down in front of him with his face touching the ground. Then the king kissed Absalom to show that he was pleased to see him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_1","011_15_1","2SA","15","1","1","Some time later, Absalom acquired a chariot and horses to pull it. He hired 50 men to run in front of him to honor him while he was riding around Jerusalem in the chariot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_2","011_15_2","2SA","15","2","2","Furthermore, he always rose early each morning and stood by the city gate. Whenever someone came there with a dispute/quarrel that he wanted the king to decide, Absalom would call out to him, asking “What city are you from?” When the person told him what city and tribe he was from, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_3","011_15_3","2SA","15","3","3","Absalom would say to him, “Listen, I am sure that what you are saying/claiming is right. But there is no one whom the king has appointed/authorized to listen to people like you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_4","011_15_4","2SA","15","4","4","Absalom would then add, “I wish that I were a judge in this land. If I were a judge, anyone who had a dispute could come to me, and I would decide it fairly/justly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_5","011_15_5","2SA","15","5","5","And whenever anyone came near to Absalom to bow respectfully in front of him, Absalom would reach out and embrace him and kiss him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_6","011_15_6","2SA","15","6","6","Absalom did this to everyone in Israel who came to the king because of having a dispute with someone. In that way, Absalom persuaded all the Israeli people to be more pleased with him IDM than they were pleased with David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_7","011_15_7","2SA","15","7","7","Four years later, Absalom went to the king and said, “Please allow me to go to Hebron city, in order that I can do what I promised Yahweh that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_8","011_15_8","2SA","15","8","8","When I was living in Geshur, in Syria, I promised Yahweh that if he brought me back to Jerusalem, I would worship him in Hebron.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_9","011_15_9","2SA","15","9","9","The king replied, “You may go.” So Absalom went to Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_10","011_15_10","2SA","15","10","10","But while he was there, he secretly sent messengers to all the tribes in Israel, to tell them, “When you hear the sound of the trumpets being blown, shout ‘Absalom has become the king at Hebron!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_11","011_15_11","2SA","15","11","11","Absalom had taken with him to Hebron 200 men from Jerusalem, but they did not know what Absalom was planning to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_12","011_15_12","2SA","15","12","12","While Absalom was offering sacrifices at Hebron, he sent a message to Ahithophel, from Giloh town, requesting him to come. Ahithophel was one of the king’s advisors. So the number of people who joined Absalom and who were ready to rebel against David became larger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_13","011_15_13","2SA","15","13","13","Soon a messenger came to David and said to him, “All HYP the Israeli people SYN are joining Absalom to rebel against you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_14","011_15_14","2SA","15","14","14","So David said to all his officials, “We must leave immediately if we want to escape from Absalom! We must go quickly, before he and his men arrive. If we do not do that, they will kill us and everyone else in the city!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_15","011_15_15","2SA","15","15","15","The king’s officials said, “Okay, your majesty, we are ready to do whatever you decide.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_16","011_15_16","2SA","15","16","16","So the king left ten of his slave wives there to take care of the palace, but all the other people in his palace went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_17","011_15_17","2SA","15","17","17","When they all were leaving the city, they stopped at the last house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_18","011_15_18","2SA","15","18","18","The king and his officials stood there while his bodyguards went by in front of him. 600 soldiers from Gath city also walked by in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_19","011_15_19","2SA","15","19","19","Then David said to Ittai, the leader of the soldiers from Gath, “◄Why are you going with us?/You should not be going with us.► RHQ Go back and stay with Absalom the new king. You are not an Israeli; you are living away from your own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_20","011_15_20","2SA","15","20","20","You have lived here in Israel for only a short time HYP. And we do not even know where we will be going. So it is not right RHQ for me to force you to wander around with us. And take your troops with you. And I hope/wish that Yahweh will faithfully love and be loyal to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_21","011_15_21","2SA","15","21","21","But Ittai replied, “Your Majesty, as surely as you live, wherever you go, I will go; I will stay with you, whether they kill me or allow me to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_22","011_15_22","2SA","15","22","22","David replied to Ittai, “Okay, march with us!” So Ittai and all his troops and their families went with David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_23","011_15_23","2SA","15","23","23","All the people along the road cried when they saw them walking by. The king and all the others crossed the Kidron Valley and then they all went up the hill toward the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_24","011_15_24","2SA","15","24","24","Abiathar and Zadok, the priests, were walking with them. The descendants of Levi who helped the priests also went with them, carrying the sacred chest that contained the Ten Commandments. But they set it on the ground until all the others had left the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_25","011_15_25","2SA","15","25","25","Then the king said to Zadok, “You and Abiathar take the sacred chest back into the city. If Yahweh is pleased with me, he will some day allow me to return to see it and the place where it is kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_26","011_15_26","2SA","15","26","26","But if he says that he is not pleased with me, then I am willing for him to do to me whatever he thinks is good.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_27","011_15_27","2SA","15","27","27","He also said to Zadok, “Listen to what I suggest. You and Abiathar return to the city peacefully/safely, and take your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_28","011_15_28","2SA","15","28","28","I will wait in the desert at the place where people can walk across the river, until you send a message to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_29","011_15_29","2SA","15","29","29","So Zadok and Abiathar carried the sacred chest back to Jerusalem, and they stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_30","011_15_30","2SA","15","30","30","David and those with him went up Olive Tree  Hill. David was crying while he walked. He was walking barefoot and had something covering his head to show that he was sorrowful. All those who were going with him also covered their heads and were crying while they walked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_31","011_15_31","2SA","15","31","31","Someone told David that Ahithophel had joined with those who were rebelling against David. So David prayed, “Yahweh, cause whatever Ahithophel suggests to Absalom that he should do to be considered to be foolish!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_32","011_15_32","2SA","15","32","32","When they arrived at the top of the hill, where there was a place where the people worshiped God, suddenly Hushai, from the Arki people-group, met David. He had torn his clothes and put dirt on his head to show that he was very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_33","011_15_33","2SA","15","33","33","David said to him, “If you go with me, you will not be able to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_34","011_15_34","2SA","15","34","34","But if you return to the city, you can help me by saying to Absalom, ‘Your Majesty, I will serve you as faithfully as I served your father.’ If you do that and stay near Absalom, you will be able to oppose any advice that Ahithophel gives to Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_35","011_15_35","2SA","15","35","35","Zadok and Abiathar the priests are already there RHQ. Whatever you hear people say in the king’s palace, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_36","011_15_36","2SA","15","36","36","Keep in mind that Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan are also there. You can tell them whatever you find out, and send them to report it to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S215_37","011_15_37","2SA","15","37","37","So David’s friend Hushai returned to the city, at the same time that Absalom was entering Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_1","011_16_1","2SA","16","1","1","When David and the others had gone a little way past the top of the hill, Mephibosheth’s servant Ziba met him. He had with him two donkeys that were carrying 200 loaves of bread, 100 bunches/clusters of raisins, 100 bunches of fresh fruit, and a leather bag full of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_2","011_16_2","2SA","16","2","2","The king said to Ziba, “What are these for?” Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for your family to ride on, the bread and the fruit are for your soldiers to eat, and the wine is for them to drink when they become exhausted in the desert.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_3","011_16_3","2SA","16","3","3","The king said, “Where is Mephibosheth, the grandson of your former master Saul?” Ziba deceived David by saying, “He stayed in Jerusalem, because he thinks that now the Israeli people will allow him to rule the kingdom that his grandfather Saul ruled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_4","011_16_4","2SA","16","4","4","The king said to Ziba, “Okay, everything that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours.” Ziba replied, “Your Majesty, I will humbly serve you; and I desire/hope that you will always be pleased with me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_5","011_16_5","2SA","16","5","5","When King David and those with him arrived at Bahurim town, a man named Shimei met him. Shimei, whose father was Gera, was one of Saul’s relatives. Shimei was cursing David as he approached. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_6","011_16_6","2SA","16","6","6","Then he threw stones at David and his officials, even though the officials and David’s bodyguards surrounded David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_7","011_16_7","2SA","16","7","7","Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_8","011_16_8","2SA","16","8","8","Yahweh is ◄getting revenge on/punishing► you all for murdering MTY many people in Saul’s family. And now he is giving Saul’s kingdom to your son Absalom. You murderer, you are being paid back for the many people that you have killed/murdered MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_9","011_16_9","2SA","16","9","9","Then Abishai said to the king, “Your Majesty, this man is as worthless as MET a dead dog! ◄Why should he be allowed to curse you?/He should not be allowed to curse you.► RHQ Allow me to go over there and cut off his head!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_10","011_16_10","2SA","16","10","10","But the king replied, “You two sons of Zeruiah, ◄do not tell me what to do/this does not concern you► RHQ. If he is cursing me because Yahweh told him to do that, certainly no one should say ‘◄Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.► RHQ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_11","011_16_11","2SA","16","11","11","Then David said to Abishai and to all his officials, “You know that my own son is trying to kill me. So it is not surprising that this man from the tribe of Benjamin is also trying to kill me. So ignore him, and allow him to curse me, because perhaps he thinks that Yahweh told him to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_12","011_16_12","2SA","16","12","12","Perhaps Yahweh will see that I am having all this trouble, and some day he will repay me by ◄blessing/doing good things for► me in return for this man cursing me today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_13","011_16_13","2SA","16","13","13","Then David and those who were with him walked along the road, and Shimei continued walking along the hillside near him. While he walked along, he cursed David and threw stones and dirt at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_14","011_16_14","2SA","16","14","14","When David and those who were with him arrived at the Jordan River, they were very tired. So they rested there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_15","011_16_15","2SA","16","15","15","While that was happening, Absalom and all the Israeli people who were with him had arrived in Jerusalem. Ahithophel had also arrived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_16","011_16_16","2SA","16","16","16","When David’s friend Hushai came to Absalom, he said to Absalom, “I desire/hope that the king will live a long time! May you live for many years!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_17","011_16_17","2SA","16","17","17","Absalom said to Hushai, “You have been loyal RHQ to your friend David for a long time. So why did you not go with him instead of coming to me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_18","011_16_18","2SA","16","18","18","Hushai replied, “I will serve the one whom Yahweh and these people and all the other people of Israel have chosen to be their king. So I will stay with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_19","011_16_19","2SA","16","19","19","You are my master King David’s son; if I do not serve you, what other man should I serve RHQ? I will serve you as I served your father.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_20","011_16_20","2SA","16","20","20","Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “What do you advise that we should do?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_21","011_16_21","2SA","16","21","21","Ahithophel replied, “Your father left some of his slave wives in the palace to take care of it. Have sex EUP with them. When everyone in Israel hears that you have done that, they will realize that you are acting very contemptuously toward your father. Then all those who are with you will be very encouraged.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_22","011_16_22","2SA","16","22","22","So they set up a tent for Absalom on the roof of the palace. And Absalom went into the tent and had sex EUP with his father’s slave wives, one by one, and everyone HYP could see him going into the tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S216_23","011_16_23","2SA","16","23","23","In those days, people accepted what Ahithophel recommended as though he were speaking the words of God. So just as David had always accepted what Ahithophel said, now Absalom did also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_1","011_17_1","2SA","17","1","1","Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Allow me to choose 12,000 men, and I will leave with them tonight to pursue David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_2","011_17_2","2SA","17","2","2","We will attack him while he is tired and discouraged, and cause him to be very frightened. All the soldiers who are with him will run away. We will kill only the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_3","011_17_3","2SA","17","3","3","Then we will bring back all his soldiers to you, like SIM a ◄bride/woman comes to her husband when she is married►. You are wanting to kill only one man; so the other people will not be harmed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_4","011_17_4","2SA","17","4","4","Absalom and all the Israeli leaders who were with him thought that what Ahithophel said would be good to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_5","011_17_5","2SA","17","5","5","But Absalom said, “Summon Hushai also, and we will hear what he suggests.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_6","011_17_6","2SA","17","6","6","So when Hushai arrived, Absalom told him what Ahithophel had suggested. Then he asked Hushai, “What do you think we should do? If you do not think that we should do what Ahithophel suggests, tell us what you think that we should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_7","011_17_7","2SA","17","7","7","Hushai replied, “This time what Ahithophel has suggested is not good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_8","011_17_8","2SA","17","8","8","You know that your father and the men who are with him are strong soldiers, and that now they are very angry, like SIM a mother bear whose cubs have been stolen from her. Furthermore, your father knows how to fight because he has fought in many battles. He will not stay with his troops during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_9","011_17_9","2SA","17","9","9","Right now he is probably already hiding in one of the pits, or in some other place. If his soldiers start to attack your soldiers, and if they kill some of them, whoever hears about that will say ‘Many of the soldiers with Absalom have been killed!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_10","011_17_10","2SA","17","10","10","Then your other soldiers, even if they are as fearless SIM, IDM as lions, they will become very afraid. Do not forget that everyone in Israel knows that your father is a great/strong soldier, and that the soldiers who are with him are also very brave/courageous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_11","011_17_11","2SA","17","11","11","“So what I suggest is that you summon all the Israeli soldiers, from Dan in the far north to Beersheba in the far south. They will be as many as the grains of sand on the seashore HYP. And then you yourself lead us into the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_12","011_17_12","2SA","17","12","12","We will find your father, wherever he is, and we will attack him from all sides, like SIM dew covers all the ground. And neither he nor any of the soldiers who are with him will survive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_13","011_17_13","2SA","17","13","13","If he escapes into some city, all our soldiers will bring ropes and pull that city down into the valley. As a result, not one stone will be left there on top of the hill where that city was!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_14","011_17_14","2SA","17","14","14","Absalom and all the other Israeli men who were with him said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, they would have been able to defeat/kill David. But as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested, Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_15","011_17_15","2SA","17","15","15","Then Hushai told the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, what both he and Ahithophel had suggested to Absalom and the Israeli leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_16","011_17_16","2SA","17","16","16","Then he said to them, “Send a message quickly to David. Tell him to not stay at the place where people walk across the river, near the desert. Instead, he and his soldiers must cross the Jordan River immediately, in order that they will not be killed/wiped out.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_17","011_17_17","2SA","17","17","17","The priest’s two sons, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, were waiting at En-Rogel Spring, outside Jerusalem. They did not dare to enter the city, because if someone saw them, he would report it to Absalom. While they were at En-Rogel, a female servant of the two priests would frequently go to them and report to them what was happening, and then they would go and report it to King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_18","011_17_18","2SA","17","18","18","But a young man saw them, and went and reported it to Absalom. They found out what the young man had done, so both of them left quickly and went to stay in the house of a man in Bahurim. That man had a well in his courtyard; so the two men went down into the well to hide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_19","011_17_19","2SA","17","19","19","The man’s wife took a cloth/mat and covered the well, and scattered grain on top of it in order that no one would know that two men were hiding inside it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_20","011_17_20","2SA","17","20","20","Some of Absalom’s soldiers found out where the two men had gone. So they went to the house, and asked the woman, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” She replied, “They crossed the river.” So the soldiers crossed the river and searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_21","011_17_21","2SA","17","21","21","After they had gone, the two men came out of the well and went and reported to King David what had happened and what Ahithophel had suggested. Then they said to him, “Cross the river quickly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_22","011_17_22","2SA","17","22","22","So David and all his soldiers quickly started to cross the Jordan River, and by dawn they had all crossed to the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_23","011_17_23","2SA","17","23","23","When Ahithophel realized that Absalom was not going to do what he suggested, he put a saddle on his donkey and returned to his own town. He gave to his family instructions about his possessions, and then he hanged himself because he knew that Absalom would be defeated and that he would be considered a traitor and be killed. His body was buried in the tomb where his ancestors had been buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_24","011_17_24","2SA","17","24","24","David and his soldiers arrived at Mahanaim. And Absalom and all his Israeli soldiers also crossed the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_25","011_17_25","2SA","17","25","25","Absalom had appointed his cousin Amasa to be the commander of his army, instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. Amasa’s mother was Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and the sister of Joab’s mother Zeruiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_26","011_17_26","2SA","17","26","26","Absalom and his Israeli soldiers set up their tents in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_27","011_17_27","2SA","17","27","27","When David and his soldiers arrived at Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah city in the Ammon area, and Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-Debar city, and Barzillai from Rogelim town in the Gilead region ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_28","011_17_28","2SA","17","28","28","brought sleeping mats, bowls, clay pots, barley, wheat flour, parched grain, beans, and lentils to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S217_29","011_17_29","2SA","17","29","29","They brought honey and curds, sheep, and some cream/cheese for David and his soldiers to eat. They knew that David and his soldiers would be hungry and tired and thirsty from marching in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_1","011_18_1","2SA","18","1","1","David arranged his soldiers for the battle. He divided them into groups, and appointed a commander for each 100 soldiers and a commander for each 1,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_2","011_18_2","2SA","18","2","2","He sent them out in three groups. Joab commanded one group, Joab’s brother Abishai commanded a second group, and Ittai from Gath commanded the third group. David said to them, “I myself will go with you to the battle.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_3","011_18_3","2SA","18","3","3","But his soldiers said, “No, we will not allow you to go with us. If they force us all to run away, they will not be concerned about that happening. Or if they kill half of us, that will also not be what they want. To them, killing you is more important than killing 10,000 of us. So it will be better that you stay here in the city and send help to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_4","011_18_4","2SA","18","4","4","The king replied, “Okay, I will do whatever seems best to you.” So he stood at the gate and watched while his soldiers marched out, group by group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_5","011_18_5","2SA","18","5","5","While they were leaving, the king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!” And all the troops heard it when David gave that order about Absalom to those three commanders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_6","011_18_6","2SA","18","6","6","So the army went out to fight against the Israeli soldiers who were with Absalom. They fought the battle in the forest where people from the tribe of Ephraim lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_7","011_18_7","2SA","18","7","7","David’s soldiers defeated Absalom’s soldiers. They killed 20,000 of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_8","011_18_8","2SA","18","8","8","The battle was fought {They fought the battle} all over that area, and the number of men who died because of dangerous things in the forest PRS was greater than the number of men who were killed ◄in the battle/by swords►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_9","011_18_9","2SA","18","9","9","During the battle, Absalom suddenly came near some of David’s soldiers. Absalom was riding on his mule; and when the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak tree, Absalom’s head/hair was caught in the branches. The mule kept going, but Absalom was left dangling in the air. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_10","011_18_10","2SA","18","10","10","One of David’s soldiers saw what happened, and went and told Joab, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_11","011_18_11","2SA","18","11","11","Joab said to the man, “What? You say that you saw him hanging there, so why did you not kill him immediately RHQ? If you had killed him, I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_12","011_18_12","2SA","18","12","12","The man replied to Joab, “Even if you gave me 1,000 pieces of silver, I would not have done anything to harm IDM the king’s son. We all heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake, do not harm my son Absalom!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_13","011_18_13","2SA","18","13","13","If I had disobeyed the king and killed Absalom, the king would have heard about it, because the king hears about everything, and even you would not have defended me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_14","011_18_14","2SA","18","14","14","Joab said, “I am not going to waste time talking to you!” Then he took three spears and went to where Absalom was, and thrust them into Absalom’s chest/heart while he was still alive, dangling from the oak tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_15","011_18_15","2SA","18","15","15","Then ten young men who carried weapons for Joab surrounded Absalom and finished killing him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_16","011_18_16","2SA","18","16","16","Then Joab blew his trumpet to signal that they should not fight any more, and his soldiers returned from pursuing those Israeli soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_17","011_18_17","2SA","18","17","17","They took Absalom’s body and threw it into a huge pit in the forest, and covered it with a huge pile of stones. Then all the remaining Israeli soldiers who had been with Absalom fled to their own towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_18","011_18_18","2SA","18","18","18","Absalom had no sons to preserve his family name. So, while Absalom was alive, he built a monument to himself in the King’s Valley near Jerusalem, in order that people would remember him. He put his name on the monument, and people still call it Absalom’s monument. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_19","011_18_19","2SA","18","19","19","After Absalom had been killed, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz said to Joab, “Allow me to run to the king to tell him the good news that Yahweh has rescued him from the power of his enemies!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_20","011_18_20","2SA","18","20","20","But Joab said to him, “No, I will not allow you to take news to the king today. Some other day I will allow you to take some news, but not today. If you took news today it would not be good news for the king, because his son is dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_21","011_18_21","2SA","18","21","21","Then Joab said to David’s servant who was from Ethiopia, “You go and tell the king what you have seen.” So the man from Ethiopia bowed in front of Joab, and started to run. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_22","011_18_22","2SA","18","22","22","Then Ahimaaz said again to Joab, “Even though that man from Ethiopia is running, allow me to run behind him.” Joab replied, “My boy/son, why do you want to do that? You will not receive any reward for your news!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_23","011_18_23","2SA","18","23","23","But Ahimaaz replied, “That does not matter, I want to go.” So Joab said, “Okay, go.” So Ahimaaz ran along another road through the Jordan Valley and arrived where David was before the man from Ethiopia arrived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_24","011_18_24","2SA","18","24","24","David was sitting between the outer gate and the inner gate of the city. The watchman/lookout went up on top of the city wall and stood on the roof over the gates. He looked out and saw one man running alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_25","011_18_25","2SA","18","25","25","The watchman called down and reported it to the king. The king said, “If he is alone, that indicates/means that he is bringing good news.” The man who was running continued to come closer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_26","011_18_26","2SA","18","26","26","Then the watchman saw another man running. So he called down to the gatekeeper, “Look! There is another man running!” And the king said, “He also is bringing some good news.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_27","011_18_27","2SA","18","27","27","The watchman said, “I think the first man must be Ahimaaz, because he is running like Ahimaaz runs.” The king said, “He is a good man, and I am sure he is coming with good news.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_28","011_18_28","2SA","18","28","28","When Ahimaaz reached the king, he called out “I hope/desire that things will go well with you!” Then he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king and said, “Your Majesty, praise Yahweh our God, who has rescued you from the men who were rebelling against you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_29","011_18_29","2SA","18","29","29","The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” Ahimaaz did not want to answer that question, so he replied, “When Joab sent me, I saw that there was a lot of confusion, but I do not know what it was about.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_30","011_18_30","2SA","18","30","30","Then the king said, “Stand aside.” So Ahimaaz stepped aside and stood there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_31","011_18_31","2SA","18","31","31","Suddenly the man from Ethiopia arrived, and said, “Your Majesty, I have good news for you! Yahweh has enabled your soldiers to defeat all those who rebelled against you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_32","011_18_32","2SA","18","32","32","The king said to him, “Is the young man Absalom safe/all right?” And the man from Ethiopia replied, “Sir, I wish/desire that what happened to him would happen to all of your enemies and to all those who rebel against you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S218_33","011_18_33","2SA","18","33","33","The king realized that he meant that Absalom was dead, so he became ◄extremely distressed/overcome with grief►, and he went up to the room above the gateway and cried. While he was going up, he kept crying out, “O, my son Absalom! My son! O, my son Absalom, I desire/wish that I had died instead of you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_1","011_19_1","2SA","19","1","1","Someone told Joab that the king was crying and mourning because Absalom had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_2","011_19_2","2SA","19","2","2","All of David’s soldiers became sad. Instead of rejoicing about defeating the soldiers who had fought with Absalom, they were sad because they heard that the king was mourning because Absalom was dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_3","011_19_3","2SA","19","3","3","The soldiers returned to the city quietly, like SIM soldiers do when they are ashamed because they ran away from battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_4","011_19_4","2SA","19","4","4","The king covered his face with his hands and kept crying loudly, “O, my son Absalom! O, Absalom, my son! My son!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_5","011_19_5","2SA","19","5","5","Then Joab entered the room where the king was, and said to the king, “Today you have caused your soldiers to be ashamed! You have humiliated the men who saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters and your ordinary wives and your slave wives! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_6","011_19_6","2SA","19","6","6","It seems that you love those who hate you and that you hate those who love you. You have caused it to be clear today that your commanders and your officers are not at all important to you. I think that if Absalom were still alive and we were all dead today, you would be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_7","011_19_7","2SA","19","7","7","So, now go and thank your soldiers for what they did. Because I solemnly declare that if you do not do that, none of them will still be with you by tomorrow morning and that would be worse for you than all the disasters/troubles that you have experienced since you were a boy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_8","011_19_8","2SA","19","8","8","So the king got up and went and sat near the city gate. And all the people were told, “Hey, the king is sitting at the gate!” So they all came and gathered around him. Meanwhile, all the Israeli troops who had been with Absalom had returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_9","011_19_9","2SA","19","9","9","Then all the people throughout the tribes of Israel started to quarrel among themselves. They said to each other, “King David rescued us from the people of Philistia and from our other enemies. But now he has fled from Absalom and left Israel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_10","011_19_10","2SA","19","10","10","We appointed MTY Absalom to be our king, but he died in the battle against David’s soldiers. So ◄why does someone not try to bring King David back?/surely someone should try to bring King David back.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_11","011_19_11","2SA","19","11","11","King David found out what the people were saying. So he sent the two priests, Zadok and Abiathar, to say to the leaders of Judah, “The king says that he has heard that all the Israeli people want him to be king again. And he says, ‘◄Why should you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace?/It is not right that you be the last ones to bring me back to my palace.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_12","011_19_12","2SA","19","12","12","You are my relatives; we have the same ancestor IDM. So ◄why should you be the last ones to bring me back?/you should certainly not be the last ones to bring me back.► RHQ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_13","011_19_13","2SA","19","13","13","And say to Amasa, “You are one of my relatives. I hope/desire that God strike me dead IDM if I do not appoint you to be, from now on, the commander of my army instead of Joab.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_14","011_19_14","2SA","19","14","14","By sending that message to them, David convinced all the people of Judah IDM that they should ◄be loyal to him/accept him as their king►. So they sent a message to the king, saying “We want you and all your officials to return here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_15","011_19_15","2SA","19","15","15","So the king and his officials started back toward Jerusalem. When they reached the Jordan River, the people of Judah came there to Gilgal to meet the king, and to bring him across the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_16","011_19_16","2SA","19","16","16","Shimei, the man from the tribe of Benjamin, also came down quickly to the river with the people of Judah to meet King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_17","011_19_17","2SA","19","17","17","There were 1,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who came with him. And Ziba, who had been the servant of Saul, also hurried down to the Jordan River, bringing 20 of his servants with him. They all came to the king, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_18","011_19_18","2SA","19","18","18","and then they all prepared to take the king and all his family across the river, at the place where they could walk across it. They wanted to do whatever the king wanted them to do. As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei came to him and prostrated himself in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_19","011_19_19","2SA","19","19","19","He said to the king, “Your Majesty, please forgive me. Please do not keep thinking about the terrible thing that I did on the day that you left Jerusalem. Do not think about it any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_20","011_19_20","2SA","19","20","20","Because I know that I have sinned. Look, I have come today, the first one from the northern tribes to come here to greet you today, Your Majesty.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_21","011_19_21","2SA","19","21","21","But Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, said, “He cursed the one that Yahweh appointed MTY to be the king! So ◄should he not be executed for doing that?/he certainly should be executed for doing that.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_22","011_19_22","2SA","19","22","22","But David said, “You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide what to do to him). It is as though you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, so I say that certainly no one RHQ in Israel should be executed today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_23","011_19_23","2SA","19","23","23","Then the king said to Shimei, “I solemnly promise that I will not execute you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_24","011_19_24","2SA","19","24","24","Then Miphibosheth, Saul’s grandson, came down to the river to greet the king. He had not washed his feet or trimmed his beard or washed his clothes, from the time that the king left Jerusalem until the day that he returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_25","011_19_25","2SA","19","25","25","When he arrived from Jerusalem to greet the king, the king said to him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_26","011_19_26","2SA","19","26","26","He replied, “Your Majesty, you know that I am crippled. When I heard that you were leaving Jerusalem, I said to my servant Ziba, ‘Put a saddle on my donkey in order that I can ride on it and go with the king.’ But he deceived me and left without me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_27","011_19_27","2SA","19","27","27","And he lied to you about me. But, Your Majesty, you are as wise as God’s angel. So do whatever seems right to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_28","011_19_28","2SA","19","28","28","All of my grandfather’s family expected/deserved that we would be executed. But you did not execute me; you allowed me to eat food with you at your table! So I certainly do not have RHQ the right to request you for anything more.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_29","011_19_29","2SA","19","29","29","The king replied, “You certainly do not need to say any more. I have decided that you and Ziba will divide equally the land that belonged to your grandfather Saul.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_30","011_19_30","2SA","19","30","30","Mephibosheth replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I am content that you have returned safely. So allow him to take all the land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_31","011_19_31","2SA","19","31","31","Barzillai, the man from the Gilead region, had come down to the Jordan River from his town of Rogelim, to escort the king across the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_32","011_19_32","2SA","19","32","32","Barzillai was a very old man, 80 years old. He was a very wealthy man, and he had provided food for the king and his soldiers while they were at Mahanaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_33","011_19_33","2SA","19","33","33","The king said to Barzillai, “Come with me to Jerusalem, and I will take care of you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_34","011_19_34","2SA","19","34","34","But Barzillai replied, “I certainly do not have RHQ many more years to live. So ◄why should I go with you to Jerusalem?/there is certainly no reason for me to go with you to Jerusalem.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_35","011_19_35","2SA","19","35","35","I am now 80 years old. I do not RHQ know what is enjoyable and what is not enjoyable. I cannot RHQ enjoy what I eat and what I drink. I cannot RHQ hear the voices of men and women as they sing. So ◄why should I be another burden to you?/I do not want to be another burden to you.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_36","011_19_36","2SA","19","36","36","I will cross the Jordan River with you and go a little further, and that will be all the reward that I need for helping you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_37","011_19_37","2SA","19","37","37","Then please allow me to return to my home, because that is where I want to die, near my parents’ grave. But here is my son Chimham. Your Majesty, allow him to go with you and serve you, and do for him whatever seems good to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_38","011_19_38","2SA","19","38","38","The king replied, “Okay, he will cross the river with me, and I will do for him whatever seems good to you. And I will do for you whatever you want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_39","011_19_39","2SA","19","39","39","Then King David and all the others crossed the Jordan River. He kissed Barzillai and asked God to bless him. Then Barzillai returned to his home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_40","011_19_40","2SA","19","40","40","After they crossed the river, Chimham went with the king, and all the army of Judah and half the army of the other Israeli tribes escorted/accompanied the king to Gilgal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_41","011_19_41","2SA","19","41","41","Then all the soldiers from the other Israeli tribes came to the king and said, “◄Why is it that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men?/It is not right that our relatives, the men from Judah, took you away from us and wanted to be the only ones to escort you and your family across the river, along with all your men.► RHQ Why did you not request us to do that?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_42","011_19_42","2SA","19","42","42","The soldiers from Judah replied, “We did it because the king is from Judah. So ◄why are you angry about that?/you should not be angry about that.► RHQ The king has never paid for our food, and he has never given us any gifts.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S219_43","011_19_43","2SA","19","43","43","The men of the other Israeli tribes replied, “There are ten tribes in Israel, and only one in Judah. So it is ten times more right for us to say that David is our king than it is for you to say that. So why are you despising us RHQ? We were certainly RHQ the first ones to talk about bringing David back to Jerusalem to be our king again.” But the men of Judah spoke more harshly than the men from the other tribes of Israel did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_1","011_20_1","2SA","20","1","1","There was a man there at Gilgal named Sheba. He was a man who always caused trouble. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was the son of Bichri. He blew a trumpet and called out, “We have nothing to do with DOU David, that son of Jesse! So, men of Israel, let’s go to our homes!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_2","011_20_2","2SA","20","2","2","So all the men from the other Israeli tribes deserted David and went with Sheba, but the men of Judah stayed with David. They wanted him to be their king, and went with him from near the Jordan River up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_3","011_20_3","2SA","20","3","3","When David arrived at the palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten slave wives whom he had left there to take care of the palace and put them in another house. He put a guard at that house, and he provided for them what they needed, but he never had sexual relations EUP with them again. So they remained shut up in their house until they died. It was as though they were widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_4","011_20_4","2SA","20","4","4","One day the king said to Amasa, “Summon the soldiers of Judah to come here within three days, and you be here also.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_5","011_20_5","2SA","20","5","5","So Amasa went to summon them, but he did not return within the time that David told him to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_6","011_20_6","2SA","20","6","6","So David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba will harm us more than Absalom did. So you take my soldiers and pursue him. If you do not do that, he and his soldiers may occupy/capture some of the ◄fortified towns/towns that have walls around them►, and escape from us. IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_7","011_20_7","2SA","20","7","7","So Abishai and Joab and the king’s bodyguards and the other soldiers left Jerusalem, to pursue Sheba. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_8","011_20_8","2SA","20","8","8","When they arrived at the huge rock in the Gibeah region, Amasa met them. Joab was wearing a soldier’s uniform. He had a dagger/long knife fastened to his belt. When he came close to Amasa, he allowed the dagger to fall on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_9","011_20_9","2SA","20","9","9","Joab said to Amasa, “Are things going well with you, my friend?” Then Joab grabbed Amasa’s beard with his right hand, in order to kiss him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_10","011_20_10","2SA","20","10","10","But Amasa did not see that Joab was holding another dagger in his other hand. And Joab stabbed it into Amasa’s belly, and his insides spilled out onto the ground. Amasa died immediately; Joab did not need to stab him again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai continued to pursue Sheba. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_11","011_20_11","2SA","20","11","11","One of Joab’s soldiers stood alongside Amasa’s body and called out, “Everyone who wants Joab to be our commander and who wants David to be our king, go with Joab!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_12","011_20_12","2SA","20","12","12","Amasa’s body was lying on the road. It was covered with blood. The soldier of Joab who had called out saw that many others of Joab’s soldiers were stopping to see it, so he dragged Amasa’s body off the road into a field, and threw a cloth/blanket over the body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_13","011_20_13","2SA","20","13","13","After the body had been taken off the road, all the soldiers went with Joab to pursue Sheba. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_14","011_20_14","2SA","20","14","14","Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, and arrived at Abel-Beth-Maacah town in the northern part of Israel. There, all the members of his father Bichri’s clan gathered, and went with Sheba into the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_15","011_20_15","2SA","20","15","15","The soldiers who were with Joab found out that Sheba had gone there, so they went there and surrounded the town. They built a dirt ramp up against the town wall. They also pounded against the wall with heavy poles, to cause it to collapse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_16","011_20_16","2SA","20","16","16","Then a wise woman who was in that town stood on the top of the wall and shouted down, “Listen to me! Tell Joab to come here, because I want to talk to him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_17","011_20_17","2SA","20","17","17","So after they told Joab, he came there, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He replied, “Yes, I am.” She said to him, “Listen to what I say.” He replied, “I am listening.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_18","011_20_18","2SA","20","18","18","She said, “Long ago people used to say, ‘Go to Abel town to get good advice about your problems.’ And that is what people did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_19","011_20_19","2SA","20","19","19","We are peaceful and loyal Israelis. Our people here are important and respected IDM. So ◄why are you trying to destroy a town that belongs to Yahweh?/you should not be trying to destroy a town that belongs to Yahweh.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_20","011_20_20","2SA","20","20","20","Job replied, “I would certainly never want to ruin or destroy your town! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_21","011_20_21","2SA","20","21","21","That is not what we want to do. But Bichri’s son Sheba, a man from the hilly area in the tribe of Ephraim, is rebelling against King David. Put this man into our hands, and then we will ◄go away from/not attack► this town.” The woman replied to Joab, “Okay, what we will do is, we will cut off his head and throw it over the wall to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_22","011_20_22","2SA","20","22","22","Then this wise woman went to the elders of the town and told them what she had said to Joab. So they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it over the wall to Joab. Then Joab blew his trumpet to signal that the battle was ended, and all his soldiers left the town and returned to their homes. And Joab returned to Jerusalem and told the king what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_23","011_20_23","2SA","20","23","23","Joab was the commander of the entire Israeli army. Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was the commander of David’s bodyguards; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_24","011_20_24","2SA","20","24","24","Adoram supervised the men who were forced to work for the king; Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the man who reported to the people everything that David decided; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_25","011_20_25","2SA","20","25","25","Sheva was the official secretary; Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S220_26","011_20_26","2SA","20","26","26","and Ira from Jair town was also one of David’s priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_1","011_21_1","2SA","21","1","1","During the time that David ruled, there was a famine in Israel for three years. David prayed to Yahweh about it. And Yahweh said, “In order for the famine to end, Saul’s family needs to be punished MTY because Saul killed many people from Gibeon city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_2","011_21_2","2SA","21","2","2","The people of Gibeon were not Israelis; they were a small group of the Amor people-group whom the Israelis had solemnly promised to protect. But Saul had tried to kill all of them because he ◄was very zealous/wanted very much► to enable the people of Judah and Israel to be the only ones living in that land. So the king summoned the leaders of Gibeon ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_3","011_21_3","2SA","21","3","3","and said to them, “What shall I do for you? How can I make amends/up for what was done to your people, in order that you will bless us who belong to Yahweh?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_4","011_21_4","2SA","21","4","4","They replied, “You cannot settle our quarrel with Saul and his family by giving us silver or gold. And we do not have the right to kill any Israelis.” So David asked, “Then/So what do you say that I should do for you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_5","011_21_5","2SA","21","5","5","They replied, “Saul wanted to get rid of us. He wanted to annihilate/kill all of us, in order that none of us would live anywhere in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_6","011_21_6","2SA","21","6","6","Hand over to us seven of Saul’s descendants. We will hang them where Yahweh is worshiped in Gibeon, our town, the town where Saul, whom Yahweh previously chose to be king, lived.” The king replied, “Okay, I will hand them over to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_7","011_21_7","2SA","21","7","7","The king did not hand over to them Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, because of what he and Mephibosheth’s father Jonathan had solemnly promised to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_8","011_21_8","2SA","21","8","8","Instead, he took Armoni and another man named Mephibosheth, the two sons that Saul’s slave wife Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, had given birth to, and the five sons that Saul’s daughter Merab had given birth to. Merab’s husband was Adriel, the son of a man named Barzillai from Meholah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_9","011_21_9","2SA","21","9","9","David handed those men over to the men from Gibeon. Then they hanged those seven men on a hill where they worshiped Yahweh. They were all killed during the time of the year that the people started to harvest the barley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_10","011_21_10","2SA","21","10","10","Then Rizpah took coarse cloth made from goats’ hair, and spread it on the rock where the corpses lay. She stayed there from the time that people started to harvest the barley until the rains started. She did not allow any birds to come near the corpses during the day, and she did not allow any animals to come near during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_11","011_21_11","2SA","21","11","11","When someone told David what Rizpah had done, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_12","011_21_12","2SA","21","12","12","he went with some of his servants to Jabesh in the Gilead region and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. The people of Jabesh had stolen their bones from the ◄plaza/public square► in Beth-Shan city, where the men from Philistia had hanged them previously, on the day that they had killed Saul and Jonathan on Gilboa Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_13","011_21_13","2SA","21","13","13","David and his men took the bones of Saul and Jonathan, and they also took the bones of the seven men from Gibeon whom the men from Philistia had hanged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_14","011_21_14","2SA","21","14","14","They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan in Zela town in the land of the tribe of Benjamin. Doing all that the king commanded, they buried their bones in the tomb where Saul’s father Kish was buried. After that, because God saw that Saul’s family had been punished to pay for Saul’s murder of many people from Gibeon, he answered the Israelis’ prayers for their land, and caused the famine to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_15","011_21_15","2SA","21","15","15","The army of Philistia again started to fight against the army of Israel. And David and his soldiers went to fight the Philistines. During the battle, David became weary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_16","011_21_16","2SA","21","16","16","One of the Philistia men thought that he could kill David. His name was Ishbi-Benob. He was a descendant of a group of giants. He carried a bronze spear that weighed about ◄7-1/2 pounds/3-1/2 kg.►, and he also had a new sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_17","011_21_17","2SA","21","17","17","But Abishai came to help David, and attacked the giant and killed him. Then David’s soldiers forced him to promise that he would not go with them into a battle again. They said to him, “If you die, and none of your descendants become king, that would be like MET extinguishing the last light in Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_18","011_21_18","2SA","21","18","18","Some time after that, there was a battle with the army of Philistia near Gob village. During the battle, Sibbecai, from the Hushah clan, killed Saph, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_19","011_21_19","2SA","21","19","19","Later there was another battle with the army of Philistia at Gob. During that battle, Elhanan, the son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem, killed the brother of Goliath from Gath city; Goliath’s spear shaft/handle was ◄very thick, like the bar on a weaver’s loom/over two inches thick►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_20","011_21_20","2SA","21","20","20","Later there was another battle near Gath. There was a ◄huge man/giant► there who liked to fight in battles. He had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from the Rapha giants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_21","011_21_21","2SA","21","21","21","But when he ◄made fun of/ridiculed► the men in the Israeli army, Jonathan, the son of David’s older brother Shimeah, killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S221_22","011_21_22","2SA","21","22","22","Those four men were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed MTY by David and his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_1","011_22_1","2SA","22","1","1","After Yahweh had rescued David from Saul and his other enemies, David sang a song to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_2","011_22_2","2SA","22","2","2","This is what he sang: Yahweh, you are like a huge overhanging rock under which I can hide MET; you are like my fortress, and you rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_3","011_22_3","2SA","22","3","3","Yahweh, you protect me; you are like a shield; you are the powerful one MET who saves me; you are like a place where I ◄find refuge/am safe►. You save me from those who act violently toward me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_4","011_22_4","2SA","22","4","4","I call out to you, Yahweh; you deserve to be praised, and you rescue me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_5","011_22_5","2SA","22","5","5","“ almost died PRS; it was like MET a huge wave had crashed over me, and almost destroyed me like a flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_6","011_22_6","2SA","22","6","6","I thought that I would die; it was as though death wrapped ropes around me; it was as though I was in a trap where I would surely die. PRS, MET ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_7","011_22_7","2SA","22","7","7","But when I was ◄very distressed/in great trouble►, I called out to you, Yahweh; I cried out to you, my God. And from your temple you heard me; you listened when I called to you to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_8","011_22_8","2SA","22","8","8","“Then it was as though the earth quaked and shook; it was as though the foundations that ◄held up/supported► the sky trembled, because you were angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_9","011_22_9","2SA","22","9","9","It was as though smoke poured out of your nostrils and burning coals and fire that burns everything came out of your mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_10","011_22_10","2SA","22","10","10","You tore open the sky and came down; there was a thick dark cloud under your feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_11","011_22_11","2SA","22","11","11","You rode through the sky on a winged creature; the wind enabled you to travel swiftly MET, like a bird. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_12","011_22_12","2SA","22","12","12","The darkness surrounded you, like a blanket; thick clouds that were full of water also surrounded you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_13","011_22_13","2SA","22","13","13","Out of the lightning in front of you fire from burning coals flamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_14","011_22_14","2SA","22","14","14","Then, Yahweh, you spoke like thunder from the sky; it was your voice, God, you who are greater than all other gods, that was heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_15","011_22_15","2SA","22","15","15","When you sent flashes of lightning, it was as though MET you shot your arrows and scattered your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_16","011_22_16","2SA","22","16","16","Then the bottom of the ocean was uncovered; the foundations of the world could be seen when you rebuked your enemies with a snort from your nostrils. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_17","011_22_17","2SA","22","17","17","“Yahweh, you reached down from heaven and lifted me up; you pulled me up from the deep water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_18","011_22_18","2SA","22","18","18","You rescued me from my strong enemies, from those who hated me; I could not defeat them because they were very strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_19","011_22_19","2SA","22","19","19","They attacked me when I was experiencing troubles/difficulties, but Yahweh, you protected me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_20","011_22_20","2SA","22","20","20","You brought me to a place where I was safe; you rescued me because you were pleased with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_21","011_22_21","2SA","22","21","21","“Yahweh, you rewarded me because I do what is right; you did good things for me because I ◄was innocent/had not done things that are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_22","011_22_22","2SA","22","22","22","Yahweh, I have obeyed your laws; I have not turned away from you, my God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_23","011_22_23","2SA","22","23","23","All of your regulations were in my mind, and I did not turn away from obeying all your statutes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_24","011_22_24","2SA","22","24","24","You know that I have not done anything that is evil; I have kept myself from doing things for which I should be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_25","011_22_25","2SA","22","25","25","So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right, because you know that I ◄am innocent of doing/have not done► wrong things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_26","011_22_26","2SA","22","26","26","“Yahweh, you are faithful/loyal to those who always trust in you; you always do what is good to those whose behavior is always good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_27","011_22_27","2SA","22","27","27","You act sincerely toward those whose inner beings are pure, but you are hostile to those who are perverse/wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_28","011_22_28","2SA","22","28","28","You rescue those who are humble, but you watch MTY those who are proud and humiliate them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_29","011_22_29","2SA","22","29","29","Yahweh, you are like MET a lamp that causes it to become light when I am in the dark. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_30","011_22_30","2SA","22","30","30","With your strength/help I can run through a line of enemy soldiers and I can climb over the wall that surrounds their city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_31","011_22_31","2SA","22","31","31","“My God whom I worship, everything that you do is perfect; you always do what you promise that you will do. You are like a shield MET to all those who request you to protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_32","011_22_32","2SA","22","32","32","Yahweh, you are RHQ the only one who is God; only you are like a huge rock MET under which we are protected/safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_33","011_22_33","2SA","22","33","33","God, you whom I worship are a strong refuge for me; you keep me safe on the roads that I walk on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_34","011_22_34","2SA","22","34","34","When I walk in the mountains, you enable me to walk safely, without stumbling MET like a deer runs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_35","011_22_35","2SA","22","35","35","You teach me how to fight in a battle in order that I can shoot arrows well from a very strong bow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_36","011_22_36","2SA","22","36","36","It is as though MET you have given me a shield by which you have saved/rescued me, and you have answered my prayers and caused me to become famous/great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_37","011_22_37","2SA","22","37","37","You have not allowed my enemies to capture me IDM, and I have not fallen down during battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_38","011_22_38","2SA","22","38","38","“ pursued my enemies and defeated them; I did not stop fighting them until they were all killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_39","011_22_39","2SA","22","39","39","I struck them down; I stabbed them with my sword; they fell down at my feet and did not stand up again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_40","011_22_40","2SA","22","40","40","You have given me strength for fighting battles and caused those who were attacking me to fall down, and I trampled on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_41","011_22_41","2SA","22","41","41","You caused my enemies to turn and run away from me; I destroyed those who hated me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_42","011_22_42","2SA","22","42","42","They ◄looked for/wanted► someone to rescue them, but no one did. They cried out to you, Yahweh, for help, but you did not answer them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_43","011_22_43","2SA","22","43","43","I crushed them, and as a result they became like SIM tiny particles of dust. I trampled them, and they became like SIM mud in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_44","011_22_44","2SA","22","44","44","“You rescued me from those who tried to rebel against me, and you appointed me to rule many nations; people whom I did not know previously are now ◄under my authority/my slaves►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_45","011_22_45","2SA","22","45","45","Foreigners humbly bowed down in front of me; as soon as they heard about me, they obeyed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_46","011_22_46","2SA","22","46","46","They became afraid, and they came to me, trembling, from the places where they were hiding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_47","011_22_47","2SA","22","47","47","“Yahweh, you are alive! I praise you! You are like MET a huge overhanging rock under which I am safe/protected! You are the one who rescues me MET. Everyone should exalt/honor/praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_48","011_22_48","2SA","22","48","48","You enable me to conquer my enemies; you cause people of other nations to be ◄under my authority/my slaves►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_49","011_22_49","2SA","22","49","49","You delivered me from my enemies; you caused me to be honored more than they were; you rescued me from men who always acted violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_50","011_22_50","2SA","22","50","50","Because of all that, I exalt you among many people-groups and I sing to praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S222_51","011_22_51","2SA","22","51","51","You enable me, whom you appointed to be king, to powerfully conquer my enemies; you faithfully love me, David, and you will love my descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_1","011_23_1","2SA","23","1","1","David, the son of Jesse, was a man whom God caused to become great. He was appointed to become king by the God whom Jacob worshiped. He wrote beautiful songs for the Israeli people. This is the last song that he wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_2","011_23_2","2SA","23","2","2","“The Spirit of Yahweh tells me what to say; the message that I speak MTY comes from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_3","011_23_3","2SA","23","3","3","God, the one whom we Israeli people worship, has spoken; the one who protects us Israeli people said to me, ‘Kings who rule people justly have an awesome respect for me, God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_4","011_23_4","2SA","23","4","4","They are like the sun that shines at dawn and causes the grass to sprout/sparkle after the rain ends.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_5","011_23_5","2SA","23","5","5","And truly, that is how God will surely bless my family RHQ because he made an agreement with me that will endure forever, an agreement in which he promises that no part of it will ever be changed. He will surely cause me to prosper RHQ, and he will always help me, and that is all that I desire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_6","011_23_6","2SA","23","6","6","But he will get rid of godless/evil people like SIM people throw away thorns that injure people if they try to pick them up with their hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_7","011_23_7","2SA","23","7","7","Someone who wants to get rid of thornbushes does not grab them; he uses an iron shovel or a spear to dig them out and then he burns them completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_8","011_23_8","2SA","23","8","8","These are the names of David’s three greatest warriors. The first was Esh-Baal, whose other name was Jashobeam, from the Hachmon clan (OR, the son of Hachmon). He was the leader of the three men. One time he fought against 800 enemies and killed them all with his spear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_9","011_23_9","2SA","23","9","9","The second/next one of the three greatest warriors was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh. One day he was with David when they defied/challenged the soldiers of Philistia who had gathered for the battle. The other Israeli soldiers retreated, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_10","011_23_10","2SA","23","10","10","but Eleazar stood there and fought the soldiers of Philistia until his arm became very tired, with the result that his hand cramped and he could not stop gripping his sword. Yahweh won a great victory on that day. And afterwards the other Israeli soldiers returned to where Eleazar was, and stripped off the armor from the men whom he had killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_11","011_23_11","2SA","23","11","11","The third one of the greatest warriors was Shammah, the son of Agee from the clan/town of Harar. One time the Philistia soldiers gathered at Lehi town, where there was a field full of lentils/peas that they wanted to steal. The other Israeli soldiers ran away from the Philistia troops, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_12","011_23_12","2SA","23","12","12","but Shammah stood there in the field and did not let the Philistia soldiers steal the crops, and killed them. Yahweh won a great victory on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_13","011_23_13","2SA","23","13","13","Altogether there were 30 special warriors among David’s soldiers. Once, when it was almost time to harvest the crops, three of those 30 men went down to Adullam Cave, where David was staying. A group of men from the Philistia army had set up their tents in Rephaim Valley near Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_14","011_23_14","2SA","23","14","14","David and his soldiers were in the cave because it was safe there, and another group of Philistia soldiers was occupying Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_15","011_23_15","2SA","23","15","15","One day David very much wanted some water to drink, and said “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_16","011_23_16","2SA","23","16","16","So his three greatest warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out on the ground as an offering to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_17","011_23_17","2SA","23","17","17","He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like RHQ drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three great warriors did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_18","011_23_18","2SA","23","18","18","Abishai, Joab’s younger brother, was the leader of the 30 greatest warriors. One day he fought against 300 men and killed them all with his spear. As a result, he also became famous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_19","011_23_19","2SA","23","19","19","He was the most famous of the thirty greatest warriors, and he became their leader/commander, but he was not one of the three greatest warriors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_20","011_23_20","2SA","23","20","20","Jehoiada’s son Benaiah, from Kabzeel town, also did great deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from the Moab people-group. Also, he went down into a pit on a day when snow was falling, and killed a lion there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_21","011_23_21","2SA","23","21","21","He also killed a huge soldier from Egypt who carried a spear. Benaiah had only his club, but he attacked the giant with it. Then he snatched the spear from the man’s hand and killed him with his own spear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_22","011_23_22","2SA","23","22","22","Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. As a result, he became famous, like the three greatest warriors were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_23","011_23_23","2SA","23","23","23","He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty great warriors, but not as famous as the three greatest warriors. David appointed him to be the commander of his bodyguards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_24","011_23_24","2SA","23","24","24","These are the names of the great warriors: Asahel, the brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_25","011_23_25","2SA","23","25","25","Shammah and Elika, from the Harod clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_26","011_23_26","2SA","23","26","26","Helez, from Pelet city; Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_27","011_23_27","2SA","23","27","27","Abiezer, from Anathoth city; Mebunnai whose other name was Sibbecai, from Hushah’s clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_28","011_23_28","2SA","23","28","28","Zalmon whose other name was Ilai, from Ahoh’s clan; Maharai, from Netophah town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_29","011_23_29","2SA","23","29","29","Heleb, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah town; Ittai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah town in the land that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_30","011_23_30","2SA","23","30","30","Benaiah, from Pirathon town; Hiddai, from the valleys near Gaash Mountain; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_31","011_23_31","2SA","23","31","31","Abi-Albon, from the clan of Arabah; Azmaveth, from Bahurim town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_32","011_23_32","2SA","23","32","32","Eliahba, from Shaalbon town; The sons of Jashen; Jonathan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_33","011_23_33","2SA","23","33","33","Shammah, from Harar town/clan; Ahiam the son of Sharar, from Harar town/clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_34","011_23_34","2SA","23","34","34","Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai, from Maacah town; Eliam, the son of Ahithophel, from Gilo town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_35","011_23_35","2SA","23","35","35","Hezro, from Carmel city; Paarai, from Arba city; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_36","011_23_36","2SA","23","36","36","Igal, the son of Nathan, from Zobah city; Bani, from the tribe of Gad; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_37","011_23_37","2SA","23","37","37","Zelek, from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_38","011_23_38","2SA","23","38","38","Ira and Gareb, from Jattir town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S223_39","011_23_39","2SA","23","39","39","Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, from the Heth people-group. Altogether, there were 37 famous soldiers, but some of them had died and their names were not included. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_1","011_24_1","2SA","24","1","1","Yahweh was angry with the Israeli people again, so he incited David to cause trouble for them. He said to David, “Send some men to count the people of Israel and Judah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_2","011_24_2","2SA","24","2","2","So the king said to Joab, the commander of his army, “Go with your officers through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan city in the far north to Beersheba town in the far south, and count the people, in order that I may know how many people there are who are able to be soldiers in the army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_3","011_24_3","2SA","24","3","3","But Joab replied to the king, “Your Majesty, I wish/desire that Yahweh our God will cause there to be 100 times as many people in Israel as there are now, and I wish/desire that you would see that happen before you die. But why do you want us to do this?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_4","011_24_4","2SA","24","4","4","But the king commanded Joab and his officers to do it. So they left the king and went out to count the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_5","011_24_5","2SA","24","5","5","They crossed the Jordan River and set up their tents south of Aroer town, in the middle of the valley, in the territory that was given to the tribe of Gad. From there they went north to Jazer city ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_6","011_24_6","2SA","24","6","6","Then they went north to the Gilead region and to Kadesh city, in the land where the Heth people-group lived. Then they went to Dan city in the far north of Israel, and then further west, to Sidon city near the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_7","011_24_7","2SA","24","7","7","Then they went south to Tyre, a city with high walls around it, and to all the cities where the Hiv and Canaan people-groups live. Then they went east to Beersheba, in the southern part of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_8","011_24_8","2SA","24","8","8","After nine months and 20 days, when they had finished going throughout the land and counting the people, they returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_9","011_24_9","2SA","24","9","9","They reported to the king the number of people that they had counted. There were 800,000 men in Israel and 500,000 men in Judah who were able to become soldiers in the army MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_10","011_24_10","2SA","24","10","10","But after David’s men had counted the people, David regretted IDM that he had told them to do that. One night he said to Yahweh, “I have committed a very big sin. Please forgive me, because what I have done is very foolish.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_11","011_24_11","2SA","24","11","11","When David got up the next morning, Yahweh gave a message to the prophet Gad. He said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_12","011_24_12","2SA","24","12","12","“Go and tell this to David: ‘I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_13","011_24_13","2SA","24","13","13","So Gad went to David and told him what Yahweh had said. He said to David, “You can choose whether there will be three years of famine in your land, or three months of your army running away from your enemies, or three days when there will be a ◄plague/very severe illness► in your land. You think about it and choose which one you want, and tell me, and I will return to Yahweh and tell him what your answer is.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_14","011_24_14","2SA","24","14","14","David said to Gad, “All those are very terrible things for me to choose between! But allow Yahweh to punish MTY me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, because they will not be merciful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_15","011_24_15","2SA","24","15","15","So Yahweh sent a plague on the Israeli people. It started that morning and did not stop until the time that he had chosen/set. All over the land, from Dan to Beersheba, there were 70,000 Israelis who died because of the plague. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_16","011_24_16","2SA","24","16","16","When Yahweh’s angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy the people by this plague, Yahweh changed his mind about punishing any more people. He said to the angel who was killing them with the plague, “Stop what you are doing IDM! That is enough!” When he said that, the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_17","011_24_17","2SA","24","17","17","When David saw the angel who was causing the people to become sick and die, he said to Yahweh, “Truly, I am the one who has committed the sin. I have done a very wicked thing, but these people are as innocent as sheep MET. They have certainly not RHQ done anything that is wrong. So you should punish IDM me and my family, not these people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_18","011_24_18","2SA","24","18","18","That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up to the place where Araunah threshes grain, and build an altar to worship Yahweh there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_19","011_24_19","2SA","24","19","19","So David did what Gad told him to do, which was what Yahweh had commanded, and he went up there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_20","011_24_20","2SA","24","20","20","When Araunah looked down and saw the king and his officials coming toward him, he prostrated himself on the ground in front of the king, with his face touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_21","011_24_21","2SA","24","21","21","Araunah said, “Your Majesty, why have you come to me?” David replied, “I have come to buy this ground where you thresh grain, in order to build an altar to Yahweh and offer sacrifices on it, in order that he will stop the plague.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_22","011_24_22","2SA","24","22","22","Araunah replied to David, “Your Majesty, offer to Yahweh whatever you wish/want. Here, take my oxen to use for the offering that will be completely burned on the altar. And here, take their yokes and the boards that I use for the threshing, and use them for the wood that you will burn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_23","011_24_23","2SA","24","23","23","I, Araunah, am giving all this to you, the king.” Then he said, “I desire/hope that Yahweh our God will accept your offering.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_24","011_24_24","2SA","24","24","24","But the king said to Araunah, “No, I will not take these things as a gift. I will pay you for it. I will not take sacrifices that have cost me nothing, and offer them to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” So he paid 50 pieces of silver to Araunah for the oxen and the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("S224_25","011_24_25","2SA","24","25","25","Then David built an altar to Yahweh, and he offered the oxen to be completely burned on the altar, and he also offered sacrifices to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then, Yahweh answered David’s prayers, and he caused the plague in Israel to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_1","012_1_1","1KI","1","1","1","When King David was very old IDM, DOU, even though his servants put many blankets on top of him, he was unable to become warm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_2","012_1_2","1KI","1","2","2","So they said to him, “Your Majesty, allow us to search for a young virgin who can stay with you and take care of you. She can sleep close to you and enable you to become warm.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_3","012_1_3","1KI","1","3","3","The king gave them permission,  so they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful young woman. They found a woman named Abishag, from Shunem town, and brought her to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_4","012_1_4","1KI","1","4","4","She was truly very beautiful. She took care of DOU the king, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_5","012_1_5","1KI","1","5","6","After Absalom died, David’s oldest surviving son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. He was a very handsome/good-looking man. But David had never rebuked him about anything he did. After Absalom died, Adonijah thought that he would become king. So he started to boast, saying “I will become king now.” Then he provided for himself some chariots, and men to drive them, and horses to pull them, and 50 men to run as his bodyguards in front of those chariots wherever he went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_7","012_1_7","1KI","1","7","7","One day he conferred with Joab, David’s army commander, and Abiathar the priest, and they promised/agreed to help/support Adonijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_8","012_1_8","1KI","1","8","8","But Zadok, who was also a priest, Benaiah who had supervised David’s bodyguards, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei, and David’s most capable soldiers refused to help/support Adonijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_9","012_1_9","1KI","1","9","9","One day Adonijah went to Snake Rock near En-Rogel Spring, which is near Jerusalem, to sacrifice some sheep and oxen and fattened cattle. He invited most of his brothers, King David’s other sons, to come. He also invited all of the king’s officials from Judah to come to the celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_10","012_1_10","1KI","1","10","10","But he did not invite Nathan or Benaiah or the king’s most capable soldiers or his younger/half-brother Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_11","012_1_11","1KI","1","11","11","Nathan found out what they were doing, so he went to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba and asked her, “Have you not heard that Haggith’s son Adonijah is declared himself to be the king? And King David does not know about it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_12","012_1_12","1KI","1","12","12","So if you want to save yourself and your son Solomon from being killed, allow me to tell you what you should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_13","012_1_13","1KI","1","13","13","Go immediately to King David. Say to him, ‘Your Majesty, you solemnly promised me RHQ that my son Solomon would become the king after you die, and that he would sit on your throne and rule. So why is it that Adonijah has said that he is now the king?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_14","012_1_14","1KI","1","14","14","Then, while you are still talking to the king, I will come in and tell him that what you are saying to him about Adonijah is true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_15","012_1_15","1KI","1","15","15","So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. He was very old, and Abishag was taking care of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_16","012_1_16","1KI","1","16","16","Bathsheba bowed very low in front of the king, and the king asked her, “What do you want?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_17","012_1_17","1KI","1","17","17","She replied, “Your Majesty, you solemnly promised me, knowing that Yahweh our God was listening IDM, that my son Solomon would become king after you die, and that he would sit on your throne and rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_18","012_1_18","1KI","1","18","18","But now, believe it or not, Adonijah has become king, and you do not know anything about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_19","012_1_19","1KI","1","19","19","He has sacrificed a lot of oxen and fattened cattle and sheep, and he has invited all of your other sons to the celebration. He has also invited Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of your army, but he did not invite your son Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_20","012_1_20","1KI","1","20","20","Your Majesty, all the people SYN of Israel are expecting you to tell them who is the one who will become king after you are no longer the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_21","012_1_21","1KI","1","21","21","If you do not do that, what will happen is that after you die EUP people will consider that my son Solomon and I are rebelling, and they will execute us because we did not help Adonijah to become king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_22","012_1_22","1KI","1","22","22","While she was still talking to the king, Nathan came to the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_23","012_1_23","1KI","1","23","23","The king’s servants/advisors told David, “Nathan the prophet has come.” So Bathsheba left, and Nathan went into where the king was and knelt down, with his face on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_24","012_1_24","1KI","1","24","24","Then Nathan said, “Your Majesty, have you declared that Adonijah will become king after you are no longer the king? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_25","012_1_25","1KI","1","25","25","I say that  because today he has gone down to En-Rogel Spring and has sacrificed a lot of oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep. And he has invited all of your other sons, Joab the army commander, and Abiathar the priest. They are all eating and drinking with him and saying ‘We hope/desire that King Adonijah will live a long time!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_26","012_1_26","1KI","1","26","26","But he did not invite me or Zadok the priest or Benaiah or Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_27","012_1_27","1KI","1","27","27","Did you, as the king, say that they should do this without telling your other officials who you want to become king MTY after you are no longer the king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_28","012_1_28","1KI","1","28","28","Then after Nathan left the room, King David said to one of his servants, “Tell Bathsheba to come in here again.” So he went and told her, and she came in and stood in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_29","012_1_29","1KI","1","29","30","Then the king said, “Yahweh has rescued me from all my troubles. I promised you, with Yahweh the God whom we Israelis worship listening, that your son Solomon would be king after I am no longer the king. Today, as surely as Yahweh lives, I solemnly declare that I will do what I promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_31","012_1_31","1KI","1","31","31","Bathsheba knelt down with her face on the ground and said, “Your Majesty, I hope/desire that you will live for many more years HYP!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_32","012_1_32","1KI","1","32","32","Then King David said, “Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah.” So someone went and summoned them. When they came in, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_33","012_1_33","1KI","1","33","33","he said to them, “Put my son Solomon on my mule. Take him with my officials down to Gihon Spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_34","012_1_34","1KI","1","34","34","There, you two, Zadok and Nathan, should anoint him, with olive oil to appoint him to be the king of Israel. Then you must blow trumpets, and all the people there must shout, ‘We hope/desire that King Solomon will live for many years!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_35","012_1_35","1KI","1","35","35","Then follow him back here, and he will come and sit on my throne. He will then become king instead of me. I have appointed him to be the ruler of all the people of Israel and of Judah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_36","012_1_36","1KI","1","36","36","Benaiah replied, “We will do that! We hope/wish that Yahweh, who is your God and our God, will cause it to happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_37","012_1_37","1KI","1","37","37","King David, Yahweh has helped you; we hope/wish that he will also help Solomon and enable him to become a greater king than you have been.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_38","012_1_38","1KI","1","38","38","So Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and the two groups of men who were the king’s bodyguards went and put Solomon on King David’s mule and escorted him down to Gihon Spring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_39","012_1_39","1KI","1","39","39","There Zadok took the container of olive oil from the Sacred Tent and ◄anointed/poured some oil on► Solomon. Then the trumpets were blown, and all the people shouted, “We hope/wish that King Solomon will live for many years!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_40","012_1_40","1KI","1","40","40","Then all the people followed him back up to the city, shouting joyfully and playing flutes. They shouted very loudly, with the result that the ground shook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_41","012_1_41","1KI","1","41","41","When Adonijah and all ◄his guests/the people whom he had invited► were finishing eating at their celebration, they heard the noise. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpets, he asked, “What is causing all that noise in the city?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_42","012_1_42","1KI","1","42","42","While he was still speaking, Jonathan, the son of Abiathar the priest, arrived. Adonijah said, “Come in! You are a man whom we can trust, so you must be bringing us good news!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_43","012_1_43","1KI","1","43","43","Jonathan replied, “No, I do not have good news! His Majesty, King David, has caused Solomon to be the king! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_44","012_1_44","1KI","1","44","44","He sent Zadok, Nathan, Benaiah, and his own group of bodyguards to go with Solomon. They put Solomon on King David’s mule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_45","012_1_45","1KI","1","45","45","They went down to Gihon Spring, and there Zadok and Nathan anointed him to become the king. Now they have returned from there to the city, shouting joyfully. That is why there is that great/loud noise that you are hearing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_46","012_1_46","1KI","1","46","46","So Solomon is now our king MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_47","012_1_47","1KI","1","47","47","Furthermore, the palace officials came to His Majesty, King David, to tell him that they approved of what he had done. They said, ‘We wish/hope that our God will enable Solomon MTY to become more famous than you have been and enable him to be a better king than you have been.’ When they said that, the king, lying on his bed, bowed his head to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_48","012_1_48","1KI","1","48","48","Then he said, ‘I praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, because he has allowed one of my sons to become the king today, and has permitted me to see it happen.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_49","012_1_49","1KI","1","49","49","Then all of Adonijah’s guests ◄trembled/were afraid►, so they all immediately got up and left and scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_50","012_1_50","1KI","1","50","50","Adonijah was afraid of what Solomon would do, so he went to the Sacred Tent and grabbed the projections at the corners of the altar, because he knew that no one would kill him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_51","012_1_51","1KI","1","51","51","But someone told Solomon, “Hey/Listen, Adonijah is afraid of you, so he has gone to the Sacred Tent and  is holding on to the corners of the altar. He is saying, ‘Before I leave, I want King Solomon to solemnly promise that he will not command that I be executed.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_52","012_1_52","1KI","1","52","52","Solomon replied, “If he proves that he is loyal to me, I will not harm him at all IDM. But if he does anything that is wrong, he will be executed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K11_53","012_1_53","1KI","1","53","53","So King Solomon sent some men to Adonijah, and they brought him back from the altar. He came to Solomon and bowed down in front of him. Then Solomon said to him, “Go home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_1","012_2_1","1KI","2","1","1","When David knew that he was about to die, he gave these final instructions to his son Solomon: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_2","012_2_2","1KI","2","2","2","“I am about to die EUP, like everyone else on earth does. Be courageous and conduct yourself as an adult should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_3","012_2_3","1KI","2","3","3","Do what Yahweh our God tells you to do. Conduct yourself as he wants you to do. Obey all of his laws and commands and precepts and instructions that are written in the laws that Moses gave us. Do this in order that you will prosper in all that you do and wherever you go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_4","012_2_4","1KI","2","4","4","If you continually do that, Yahweh will do what he promised me: He said, ‘If your descendants do what I tell them to do, and faithfully obey my commands with all their inner beings, they will always be LIT the ones who will rule MTY Israel.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_5","012_2_5","1KI","2","5","5","“There is something else that I want you to do. You know what Joab did to me. He killed my two army commanders, Abner and Amasa. He murdered them violently MTY during a time of peace, pretending that it was a time of war. Those two men ◄were innocent/had not done what was wrong►. But Joab killed them and caused their blood to stain his belt and his sandals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_6","012_2_6","1KI","2","6","6","Because you are wise, do to him what you think is best for you to do, but do not allow him to become old MTY and then die IDM peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_7","012_2_7","1KI","2","7","7","“But be kind to the sons of Barzillai, the man from the  Gilead region, and be sure that they always have enough food to eat MTY. Do that because Barzillai helped me when I was running away from your older brother Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_8","012_2_8","1KI","2","8","8","Also, you remember Gera’s son Shimei from Bahurim town in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live. You know what he did to me. He cursed me terribly on the day I left Jerusalem and went to Mahanaim town. But when he later came down to see me at the Jordan River, I solemnly promised, while Yahweh listened MTY, that I would not cause him to be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_9","012_2_9","1KI","2","9","9","But now you must LIT surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man MTY, but be sure that he loses/sheds a lot of blood when you kill him MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_10","012_2_10","1KI","2","10","10","Then David died EUP and was buried in that part of Jerusalem which was called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_11","012_2_11","1KI","2","11","11","David had been the king of Israel for 40 years: He ruled for seven years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_12","012_2_12","1KI","2","12","12","Solomon became the ruler/king MTY to take the place of his father David and took control of all of the kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_13","012_2_13","1KI","2","13","13","One day Adonijah came to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba. She said to him, “Have you come because you want things to go well?” He replied, “Yes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_14","012_2_14","1KI","2","14","14","But then he said, “I have something to ask you to do.” She said, “Tell me what you want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_15","012_2_15","1KI","2","15","15","He said, “You know that all the Israeli people expected me to be their king because I am David’s oldest surviving son. But that did not happen. Instead, my younger brother became king, because that is what Yahweh wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_16","012_2_16","1KI","2","16","16","Now I have one thing that I ask you to do. Please do not refuse to do it.” She replied, “Tell me what you want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_17","012_2_17","1KI","2","17","17","He said, “Please ask King Solomon to give to me Abishag, the woman from Shunem town, to be my wife. I am sure that he will not refuse.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_18","012_2_18","1KI","2","18","18","Bathsheba replied, “Okay, I will speak to the king for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_19","012_2_19","1KI","2","19","19","So Bathsheba went to King Solomon, to tell him what Adonijah wanted. The king got up from his throne and went to greet her and bowed down to her. Then he sat on his throne again and asked someone to bring a chair for her. So she sat down at the king’s right side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_20","012_2_20","1KI","2","20","20","Then she said, “I have one small thing which I want you to do; please do not say that you will not do it.” The king replied, “Mother, what do you want? I will not refuse you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_21","012_2_21","1KI","2","21","21","She said, “Allow Abishag to be given to your older brother Adonijah to be his wife.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_22","012_2_22","1KI","2","22","22","The king replied angrily, “What? Are you requesting me to give Abishag to Adonijah? Does he want me to allow him to rule the kingdom, too? Because he is my older brother, does he think that he should be the king? Does he think that Abiathar should be the priest instead of Zadok, and that Joab should be the army commander instead of Benaiah because they supported him when he tried to become the king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_23","012_2_23","1KI","2","23","23","Then Solomon solemnly promised, requesting Yahweh to listen, “I wish God would strike me and kill me if I do not cause Adonijah to be executed for requesting this! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_24","012_2_24","1KI","2","24","24","Yahweh has appointed me to be the king and placed me here to rule MTY as my father David did. He has promised that my descendants MTY will be the kings of Israel. So just as surely as Yahweh lives, I solemnly promise that Adonijah will be executed today!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_25","012_2_25","1KI","2","25","25","So King Solomon gave orders to Benaiah to go and kill Adonijah, and Benaiah did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_26","012_2_26","1KI","2","26","26","Then Solomon said to Abiathar the priest, “Go to Anathoth town, to your land there. You deserve to be killed, but I will not execute you now, because you were the one who supervised the men who carried Yahweh’s Sacred Chest for David my father, and you endured all the troubles that my father endured.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_27","012_2_27","1KI","2","27","27","So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being the priest of Yahweh. By doing that he caused to happen what Yahweh had said many years previously at Shiloh, that some day he would get rid of the descendants MTY of Eli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_28","012_2_28","1KI","2","28","28","Joab had not supported Absalom when he tried to become the king, but he had supported Adonijah. So when Joab heard what had happened, he ran to the Sacred Tent, and he grasped the projections on the corners of the altar, because he knew that no one would kill him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_29","012_2_29","1KI","2","29","29","When someone told Solomon that Joab had run to the Sacred Tent and was standing alongside the altar, Solomon told Benaiah, “Go and execute Joab.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_30","012_2_30","1KI","2","30","30","So Benaiah went to the Sacred Tent and said to Joab, “The king commands you to come out!” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah went back to the king and reported what he had said to Joab, and what Joab had replied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_31","012_2_31","1KI","2","31","31","The king replied to him, “Do what he has requested. Kill him and bury his body. If you do that, my descendants MTY and I will no longer be punished for what Joab did when he killed MTY two men who ◄were innocent/had not done anything that is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_32","012_2_32","1KI","2","32","32","But Yahweh will punish MTY Joab for attacking and killing Abner, the commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa, the commander of the army of Judah, two men who were more righteous and better DOU men than he is. My father David did not even know that Joab was planning to murder them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_33","012_2_33","1KI","2","33","33","Joab and his descendants will be punished IDM forever for his murdering Abner and Amasa. But things will forever go well for David’s descendants MTY who rule MTY as King David did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_34","012_2_34","1KI","2","34","34","So Benaiah went into the Sacred Tent and killed Joab. Joab was buried on his property in the desert part of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_35","012_2_35","1KI","2","35","35","Then the king appointed Benaiah to be the commander of the army instead of Joab, and he appointed Zadok to be the priest instead of Abiathar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_36","012_2_36","1KI","2","36","36","Then the king sent a messenger to summon Shimei, and the king said to him, “Build a house for yourself here in Jerusalem. Remain there and do not leave the city to go anywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_37","012_2_37","1KI","2","37","37","Be sure that the day that you leave Jerusalem and go across the Kidron Brook, you will be executed, and it will be ◄your own fault/what you deserve►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_38","012_2_38","1KI","2","38","38","Shimei replied, “Your Majesty, what you say is good. I will do what you have said.” So Shimei remained in Jerusalem for several years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_39","012_2_39","1KI","2","39","39","But three years later, two of Shimei’s slaves ran away. They went to stay with Maacah’s son Achish, the king of Gath city. When someone told Shimei that they were in Gath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_40","012_2_40","1KI","2","40","40","he put a saddle on his donkey and got on it and went to Gath. He found his slaves staying with King Achish and brought them back home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_41","012_2_41","1KI","2","41","41","But someone told King Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_42","012_2_42","1KI","2","42","42","So the king sent a soldier to summon Shimei and said to him, “I told you to solemnly promise, knowing that Yahweh MTY was listening, that you must not leave Jerusalem. I told you RHQ, ‘Be sure that if you ever leave Jerusalem, you will be executed.’ And you replied RHQ to me, ‘What you have said is good; I will do what you have said.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_43","012_2_43","1KI","2","43","43","So why did you not do what you solemnly promised to Yahweh? Why did you disobey what I commanded you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_44","012_2_44","1KI","2","44","44","The king also said to Shimei, “You know all the evil things that you did to my father David. So Yahweh will now punish you for the evil things that you did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_45","012_2_45","1KI","2","45","45","But Yahweh will bless me, and he will enable David’s descendants MTY to rule forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K12_46","012_2_46","1KI","2","46","46","Then the king gave an order to Benaiah, and he went and killed Shimei. So Solomon was completely in control of the kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_1","012_3_1","1KI","3","1","1","Solomon went to see the king of Egypt. Solomon made an agreement with him to marry his daughter. They also made an alliance/agreement that their armies would not attack each other. Then Solomon brought the king’s daughter to live in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. She lived there until Solomon’s workers had finished building his house and the temple of Yahweh and the wall around Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_2","012_3_2","1KI","3","2","2","At that time the temple of Yahweh had not yet been built, so the Israeli people were still offering sacrifices at many other places of worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_3","012_3_3","1KI","3","3","3","Solomon loved Yahweh, and he obeyed all the instructions that his father David had given him. But he also offered sacrifices and burned incense at various altars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_4","012_3_4","1KI","3","4","4","One day the king went to Gibeon city to offer a sacrifice there, because that was where the most famous/important altar was. In previous years he had offered hundreds of sacrifices on that altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_5","012_3_5","1KI","3","5","5","That night, Yahweh appeared to him in a dream. He asked Solomon, “What would you like me to give to you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_6","012_3_6","1KI","3","6","6","Solomon replied, “You always greatly and faithfully loved my father David, who served you well. You did that because he ◄was faithful to/faithfully obeyed► you and acted righteously and honestly toward you. And you have showed how greatly and faithfully you loved him by giving to him me, his son, and now I am ruling MTY as he did before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_7","012_3_7","1KI","3","7","7","“Now, Yahweh my God, you have appointed me to be the king like my father was. But I am very young, like a little child MET. I do not know how to lead/rule my people at all IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_8","012_3_8","1KI","3","8","8","I am here among the people whom you have chosen. They are a very large group of people; there are very, very many of them, with the result that no one can count them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_9","012_3_9","1KI","3","9","9","So please enable me to think clearly, in order that I may rule your people well. Enable me to know what is good and what is evil. If you do not do that, I will never RHQ be able to rule this great group of people who belong to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_10","012_3_10","1KI","3","10","10","Yahweh was very pleased that Solomon had requested that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_11","012_3_11","1KI","3","11","11","God said to him, “You did not request that you live for many years or that you become very rich or that you be able to kill all your enemies. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise, in order that you will be able to know and to do what is right while you govern these people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_12","012_3_12","1KI","3","12","12","So, I will certainly do what you requested. I will enable you to be very wise DOU. The result will be that no one who has lived before you or who will live after you will be as wise as you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_13","012_3_13","1KI","3","13","13","I will also give you things that you did not request: I will enable you to become very rich and honored, as long as you live. You will be richer and more honored than any other king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_14","012_3_14","1KI","3","14","14","If you conduct your life IDM as I want you to, and if you obey all my laws and commandments, as your father David did, I will enable you to live for many years.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_15","012_3_15","1KI","3","15","15","Then Solomon awoke, and he realized that God had spoken to him in a dream. Then he went to Jerusalem and stood in front of the Sacred Tent where the Sacred Chest was, and he offered many sacrifices that were completely burned on the altar and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then he made a feast for all his officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_16","012_3_16","1KI","3","16","16","One day two prostitutes came and stood in front of King Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_17","012_3_17","1KI","3","17","17","One of them said, “Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house. I gave birth to a baby while she was there in the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_18","012_3_18","1KI","3","18","18","Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_19","012_3_19","1KI","3","19","19","“But one night this woman’s baby died because she accidentally rolled on top of her baby while sleeping and smothered it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_20","012_3_20","1KI","3","20","20","So she got up at midnight and took my baby boy who was lying beside me while I was sleeping. She carried him to her bed and brought her dead baby and put it in my bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_21","012_3_21","1KI","3","21","21","When I awoke the next morning and was ready to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. But when I looked at it closely in the morning light, I saw that it was not my baby!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_22","012_3_22","1KI","3","22","22","But the other woman said, “That is not true! The baby that is alive is mine, and the baby that is dead is yours!” Then the first woman said, “No, the dead baby is yours, and the one that is alive is mine!” And they continued to argue in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_23","012_3_23","1KI","3","23","23","Then the king said, “Both of you are saying, ‘My baby is the one that is alive and the one that is dead is yours.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_24","012_3_24","1KI","3","24","24","So he said to one of his servants, “Bring me a sword.” So the servant brought a sword to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_25","012_3_25","1KI","3","25","25","Then the king said to the servant, “Cut the baby that is alive into two parts. Give one part to each of the women.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_26","012_3_26","1KI","3","26","26","But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, “No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!” But the other woman said to the king, “No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_27","012_3_27","1KI","3","27","27","Then the king said to the servant, “Do not kill the baby. Give the baby to the woman who said ‘Do not cut the baby in half,’ because she is truly the baby’s mother.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K13_28","012_3_28","1KI","3","28","28","All the Israeli people heard about what the king had decided, and they revered him. They realized that God had truly enabled him to be very wise, to judge people’s matters fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_1","012_4_1","1KI","4","1","1","Solomon was the king who ruled all of Israel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_2","012_4_2","1KI","4","2","2","and these were his most important officials: Zadok’s son Azariah was the priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_3","012_4_3","1KI","4","3","3","Shisha’s sons Elihoreph and Ahijah were the official secretaries. Ahilud’s son Jehoshaphat was the one who announced to the people the king’s decisions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_4","012_4_4","1KI","4","4","4","Benaiah was the commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were also priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_5","012_4_5","1KI","4","5","5","Nathan’s son Azariah was the administrator of the governors. Another of Nathan’s sons, Zabud, was a priest and the king’s chief advisor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_6","012_4_6","1KI","4","6","6","Ahishar supervised the servants who worked in the palace. Abda’s son Adoniram supervised the men who were forced to do work for the government. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_7","012_4_7","1KI","4","7","7","Solomon appointed twelve men, one to govern each of the regions  in Israel. They also were required to provide food for the king and all the others who lived and worked in the palace. Each man was required to provide from his own region the food for one month each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_8","012_4_8","1KI","4","8","8","Their names were: Ben-Hur, for the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_9","012_4_9","1KI","4","9","9","Ben-Deker, for Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-Shemesh, and Elon-Bethhanan cities; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_10","012_4_10","1KI","4","10","10","Ben-Hesed, for Arubboth and Socoh towns and the area near Hepher town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_11","012_4_11","1KI","4","11","11","Ben-Abinadab, who was married to Solomon’s daughter Taphath, for all the Dor district; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_12","012_4_12","1KI","4","12","12","Ahilud’s son Baana, for Taanach and Megiddo towns, and all the region near Zarethan city, and from Beth-Shan city south of Jezreel as far as Abel-Meholah town and Jokmeam city; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_13","012_4_13","1KI","4","13","13","Ben-Geber, for Ramoth city in the  Gilead region, and for the villages in Gilead that belonged to Jair, who was a descendant of Manasseh, and the Argob area in the Bashan region. There were 60 large towns in that region altogether, each town with a wall around it and bronze bars across the gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_14","012_4_14","1KI","4","14","14","Iddo’s son Ahinadab, for Mahanaim city east of the Jordan River; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_15","012_4_15","1KI","4","15","15","Ahimaaz, who had married Solomon’s daughter Basemath, for the territory of the tribe of Naphtali; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_16","012_4_16","1KI","4","16","16","Hushai’s son Baana, for the territory of the tribe of Asher and for Aloth town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_17","012_4_17","1KI","4","17","17","Paruah’s son Jehoshaphat, for the territory of the tribe of Issachar; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_18","012_4_18","1KI","4","18","18","Ela’s son Shimei, for the territory of the tribe of Benjamin; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_19","012_4_19","1KI","4","19","19","Uri’s son Geber, for the Gilead region, the land that Sihon the king of the Amor people-group formerly ruled, and the Bashan area, which was the area that Og formerly ruled. In addition to all those, Solomon appointed one governor for the territory of the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_20","012_4_20","1KI","4","20","20","There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand HYP on the seashore. They had plenty to eat and drink and they were happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_21","012_4_21","1KI","4","21","21","Solomon’s kingdom extended from the Euphrates River in the northeast to the Philistia area in the west and to the border of Egypt in the south. The conquered people in those areas paid taxes and were under Solomon’s control for the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_22","012_4_22","1KI","4","22","22","To feed the people in his palace and his guests Solomon needed people to bring to him every day 150 bushels of fine flour and 300 bushels of wheat, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_23","012_4_23","1KI","4","23","23","ten cattle that were kept in stalls/barns, 20 cattle that were kept in pastures, 100 sheep, and ◄deer and gazelles and roebucks/three kinds of deer►, and poultry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_24","012_4_24","1KI","4","24","24","Solomon ruled over all the area west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah city in the northeast to Gaza city in the southwest. He ruled over all the kings in that area. And there was peace between his government and the governments of nearby countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_25","012_4_25","1KI","4","25","25","All during the years that Solomon ruled, the people of Judah and Israel lived safely. Each family had its own grapevines and fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_26","012_4_26","1KI","4","26","26","Solomon had 4,000 stalls for the horses that pulled his chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses (OR, in the chariots). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_27","012_4_27","1KI","4","27","27","His twelve governors supplied the food that King Solomon needed for himself and for all those who ate in the palace. Each governor supplied food for one month each year. They provided everything LIT that Solomon required. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_28","012_4_28","1KI","4","28","28","They also brought stalks of barley and wheat for the fast horses that pulled the chariots and for the other work horses. They brought it to the places where the horses were kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_29","012_4_29","1KI","4","29","29","God enabled Solomon to be extremely wise and to have great insight/understanding. He understood about more things than the number of grains of sand on the seashore HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_30","012_4_30","1KI","4","30","30","He was wiser than all the wise men in Arabia and Mesopotamia and all the wise men in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_31","012_4_31","1KI","4","31","31","Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were considered to be very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_32","012_4_32","1KI","4","32","32","He composed/wrote 3,000 ◄proverbs/wise sayings► and more than 1,000 songs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_33","012_4_33","1KI","4","33","33","He talked about various kinds of plants, from the huge cedar trees in Lebanon to the tiny hyssop plants that grow in cracks in walls. He also talked about wild animals and birds and reptiles and fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K14_34","012_4_34","1KI","4","34","34","People came from all over the world to hear the wise things that Solomon said. Many kings sent men to listen to him and then return and tell them what Solomon said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_1","012_5_1","1KI","5","1","1","Hiram, the king of Tyre city, had always been a close friend of King David. When he heard that Solomon had been appointed to become the king after his father was no longer king, he sent some messengers to Solomon to congratulate him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_2","012_5_2","1KI","5","2","2","Solomon gave those messengers this message to take back to Hiram: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_3","012_5_3","1KI","5","3","3","“You know that my father David led his soldiers to fight many wars against his enemies in the nearby countries. So he could not arrange to build a temple in which we MTY could worship Yahweh our God, until after Yahweh enabled the Israeli army to defeat IDM all his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_4","012_5_4","1KI","5","4","4","But now Yahweh our God has enabled us to have peace with all the surrounding countries. ◄There is no danger that/We do not need to worry that► we will be attacked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_5","012_5_5","1KI","5","5","5","Yahweh promised my father David, ‘Your son, whom I will enable to be king after you are no longer king, will build a temple for me MTY.’ Because of that, I have decided to build a temple in which we can worship MTY Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_6","012_5_6","1KI","5","6","6","“So I am requesting that you command your workers to cut cedar trees for me. My men will work with them, and I will pay your workers whatever you decide. But my men cannot do the work alone, because they do not know how to cut down trees like your workers from Sidon city do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_7","012_5_7","1KI","5","7","7","When Hiram heard the message from Solomon, he was very happy and said, “I praise Yahweh today for giving David a very wise son to rule that great nation!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_8","012_5_8","1KI","5","8","8","He sent this message back to Solomon: “I have heard the message that you sent to me, and I am ready to do what you ask. I will provide cedar and cypress logs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_9","012_5_9","1KI","5","9","9","My workers will bring the logs down from the Lebanon mountains to the Mediterranean sea. Then they will tie them together to make rafts to float them in the water along the coast to the place that you indicate. Then my workers will untie the logs, and your workers will take them from there. What I want you to do is to supply food for the people who work in my palace.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_10","012_5_10","1KI","5","10","10","So Hiram arranged for his workers to supply all the cedar and cypress logs that Solomon wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_11","012_5_11","1KI","5","11","11","Each year Solomon gave Hiram 100,000 bushels of wheat and 110,000 gallons of pure olive oil to feed the people who worked in his palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_12","012_5_12","1KI","5","12","12","Yahweh enabled Solomon to be wise, just like he had promised. Solomon and Hiram made a treaty/agreement that there would be peace between their two governments/countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_13","012_5_13","1KI","5","13","13","King Solomon forced 30,000 men from all over Israel to become his workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_14","012_5_14","1KI","5","14","14","Adoniram was their boss. Solomon divided the men into three groups. Each month 10,000 of them went to Lebanon and worked for a month there, and then they came back home for two months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_15","012_5_15","1KI","5","15","15","Solomon also forced 80,000 men to cut stones in the hilly area and 70,000 men to haul the stones to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_16","012_5_16","1KI","5","16","16","And he also assigned 3,600 men to supervise their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_17","012_5_17","1KI","5","17","17","The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K15_18","012_5_18","1KI","5","18","18","Solomon’s workers and Hiram’s workers and men from Gebal/Byblos city shaped the stones and prepared the timber to build the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_1","012_6_1","1KI","6","1","1","480 years after the Israeli people left Egypt, during the fourth year that Solomon ruled Israel, early in May, Solomon’s workers began to build the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_2","012_6_2","1KI","6","2","2","Inside, the main part of the temple was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_3","012_6_3","1KI","6","3","3","The entrance room was 15 feet long and 30 feet wide, just as wide as the main part of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_4","012_6_4","1KI","6","4","4","There were windows in the walls of the temple. The windows were narrower on the outside than on the inside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_5","012_6_5","1KI","6","5","5","Against the two sides and against the back of the temple walls, they built a structure/building that had rooms in it. This structure had three levels/stories and each was 7-1/2 feet high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_6","012_6_6","1KI","6","6","6","Each room in the lowest level/story was 7-1/2 feet wide. Each room in the middle level/story was nine feet wide. The rooms in the top level/story were 10-1/2 feet wide. The wall of the temple at the top level/story was thinner than the wall at the middle level/story, and the wall of the middle level/story was thinner than the wall at the bottom level/story. The result was that the rooms could be supported by the wall underneath them, and did not require wooden beams to support them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_7","012_6_7","1KI","6","7","7","The huge stones for the foundation of the temple were cut and shaped at the quarry to become very smooth. The result was that while the workers were building the temple there was no noise, because they did not use hammers or chisels or any other iron tools there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_8","012_6_8","1KI","6","8","8","The entrance to the bottom level/story of that attached structure was on the south side of the temple. There were stairs from the bottom level/story to the middle and top level/story. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_9","012_6_9","1KI","6","9","9","So Solomon’s workers finished building the framework of the temple. They made the ceiling from cedar beams and boards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_10","012_6_10","1KI","6","10","10","They built the structure that had three levels/stories, that was against the walls of the temple. Each level/story was 7-1/2 feet high, and was joined to the temple with cedar beams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_11","012_6_11","1KI","6","11","11","Then Yahweh said this to Solomon: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_12","012_6_12","1KI","6","12","12","“I want to tell you about this temple that you are building. If you continually obey all my statutes and laws and commands, I will do for you what I promised to your father David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_13","012_6_13","1KI","6","13","13","I will live among the Israeli people, in this temple, and I will never abandon them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_14","012_6_14","1KI","6","14","14","Solomon’s workers  finished building the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_15","012_6_15","1KI","6","15","15","On the inside, they lined/covered the walls with cedar boards. They lined/covered them from the floor to the ceiling. They made the floor from cypress boards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_16","012_6_16","1KI","6","16","16","Inside the back part of the temple they built an inner room, called the Very Holy Place. It was 30 feet long. All the walls of this room were lined with cedar boards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_17","012_6_17","1KI","6","17","17","In front of the Very Holy Place there was a room that was 60 feet long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_18","012_6_18","1KI","6","18","18","The cedar boards on the walls inside the temple were decorated with carvings of gourds and flowers. The walls were completely covered with cedar boards, with the result that the stones of the walls behind them could not be seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_19","012_6_19","1KI","6","19","19","At the back of the temple they made the Very Holy Place, where the Sacred Chest would be put. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_20","012_6_20","1KI","6","20","20","That room was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. They covered the walls with very thin sheets of pure gold. For burning incense they also made an altar of cedar boards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_21","012_6_21","1KI","6","21","21","Solomon told them to cover the other walls inside the temple with very thin sheets of pure gold and to fasten gold chains across the entrance to the Very Holy Place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_22","012_6_22","1KI","6","22","22","They covered all the walls of the temple and the altar that was outside the Very Holy Place with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_23","012_6_23","1KI","6","23","23","Inside the Very Holy Place, they made from olive tree wood large statues of two creatures with wings. Each one was 15 feet tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_24","012_6_24","1KI","6","24","26","They each were the same size and had the same shape. They each had two wings which were spread out. Each wing was 7-1/2 feet long, with the result that the distance between the outer ends of the two wings was 15 feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_27","012_6_27","1KI","6","27","27","They put those statues next to each other in the Very Holy Place so that the wing of the one touched the one wing of the other in the center of the room, and the outer wings touched the walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_28","012_6_28","1KI","6","28","28","They covered the statues with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_29","012_6_29","1KI","6","29","29","Solomon told them to decorate the walls of the main room and the Very Holy Place by carving representations of winged creatures and palm trees and flowers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_30","012_6_30","1KI","6","30","30","They also covered the floor of both rooms with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_31","012_6_31","1KI","6","31","31","They made a set of doors from olive tree wood, and placed them at the entrance to the Very Holy Place. The doorposts joined at the top to form a pointed arch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_32","012_6_32","1KI","6","32","32","The doors were decorated by carving on them representations of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers. All of these things were covered with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_33","012_6_33","1KI","6","33","33","They made a rectangular door frame from olive tree wood, and put it between the entrance room and the main room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_34","012_6_34","1KI","6","34","34","They made two folding doors from cypress wood and fastened them to the door frame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_35","012_6_35","1KI","6","35","35","The doors were also decorated with wood carvings of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers, and they were also covered evenly with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_36","012_6_36","1KI","6","36","36","They built a courtyard in front of the temple. The walls around the courtyard were made of cedar and stone; to make the walls, between each layer of cedar beams they put down two layers of stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_37","012_6_37","1KI","6","37","37","They laid the foundation of the temple of Yahweh in early May, in the fourth year that Solomon ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K16_38","012_6_38","1KI","6","38","38","In the eleventh year that he ruled, in the middle of October, they finished building the temple and all of its parts, doing exactly what Solomon told them to do. It required seven years to build it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_1","012_7_1","1KI","7","1","1","They also built a palace for Solomon, but it required 13 years to build it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_2","012_7_2","1KI","7","2","2","One of the buildings they constructed was a large ceremonial hall. It was called the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. It was 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It was supported/held up by four rows of pillars of wood from cedar trees. There were 15 pillars in each row. There were cedar beams across each row. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_3","012_7_3","1KI","7","3","3","To support the roof there were cedar beams that connected the rows of pillars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_4","012_7_4","1KI","7","4","4","On each of the two side walls there were three rows of windows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_5","012_7_5","1KI","7","5","5","All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_6","012_7_6","1KI","7","6","6","They also built another building called the Hall of Pillars. It was 75 feet long and 45 feet wide. It had a covered porch whose roof was supported by pillars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_7","012_7_7","1KI","7","7","7","Then they made a building called the Hall of the Throne. It was also called the Hall of Judgment. That was where Solomon decided/judged concerning people’s disputes. The walls were covered with cedar boards, from the floor to the rafters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_8","012_7_8","1KI","7","8","8","In the courtyard behind the Hall of Judgment they built a house for Solomon to live in that was made like the other buildings. They also built the same kind of house for his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_9","012_7_9","1KI","7","9","9","All of those buildings and the walls around the palace courtyard were made from costly blocks of stone, from the foundations up to the eaves. The stones were cut at the quarry, according to the sizes that were needed, and the sides of the stones were shaped by cutting/smoothing them with saws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_10","012_7_10","1KI","7","10","10","The foundations were also made from huge blocks of stone that were prepared at the quarry. Some of them were twelve feet long and some were fifteen feet long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_11","012_7_11","1KI","7","11","11","On top of the foundation stones were other blocks of stone that were cut according to the sizes they needed, and cedar beams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_12","012_7_12","1KI","7","12","12","The palace courtyard, the inner courtyard in front of the temple, and the entrance room of the temple had walls made by putting down three layers of cut stones between each layer of cedar beams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_13","012_7_13","1KI","7","13","14","There was a man who lived in Tyre city whose name was Huram. He knew how to make very nice things from bronze. His father had also lived in Tyre and had also been very skilled at making things from bronze, but Huram’s father was no longer living. His mother was from the tribe of Naphtali. Huram was very wise and intelligent and was very skilled at making things from bronze. Solomon invited him to come to Jerusalem and supervise all the work of making things from bronze, and Huram agreed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_15","012_7_15","1KI","7","15","15","He made two bronze pillars. Each one was 27 feet tall and 18 feet around. Each was hollow, and the walls of the pillars were 3 in./7.4 cm. thick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_16","012_7_16","1KI","7","16","16","He also made two bronze caps to be put on top of the pillars. Each cap was 7-1/2 feet tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_17","012_7_17","1KI","7","17","17","Then he made bronze wreaths of chains to decorate the top part of each pillar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_18","012_7_18","1KI","7","18","18","He also made bronze figures that resembled pomegranates. He put two rows of pomegranates over the top parts of each pillar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_19","012_7_19","1KI","7","19","19","The top part over each pillar was shaped like a lily. Each lily leaf was six feet tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_20","012_7_20","1KI","7","20","20","These top parts were placed on a bowl-shaped section around which was draped the wreaths of chains. He made 200 figures that represented pomegranates and put them in two rows around the top/head of each pillar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_21","012_7_21","1KI","7","21","21","His helpers set up the pillars in front of the entrance of the temple. The pillar on the south side was named Jakin, and the pillar on the north side was named Boaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_22","012_7_22","1KI","7","22","22","The bronze top parts that were shaped like lilies were placed on top of the pillars. So Huram and his helpers finished making the bronze pillars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_23","012_7_23","1KI","7","23","23","Huram also constructed a very large round bronze tank that was made of metal and cast in a clay mold. It was 7-1/2 ft./2.3 meters high, 30 feet/9 meters across/wide, and 45 feet/13.5 meters around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_24","012_7_24","1KI","7","24","24","Around the outer edge of the rim of the tank were two rows of gourds that were made of bronze. But the gourds were not cast separately; they were cast in the same mold as the rest of the tank. For each foot of length around the rim of the tank there were six figures of gourds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_25","012_7_25","1KI","7","25","25","Huram also cast twelve bronze statues of oxen. He placed them to face outward. He placed three of them to face north, three to face west, three to face south, and three to face east. His helpers put the bronze tank on the backs of the statues of the oxen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_26","012_7_26","1KI","7","26","26","The sides of the tank were 3 in./8 cm. thick. The rim was like the rim of a cup. It curved outward, like the petals of a lily. When the tank was full, it held about 10,000 gallons of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_27","012_7_27","1KI","7","27","27","Huram also made ten bronze carts. Each was six feet long and six feet wide and 4-1/2 feet tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_28","012_7_28","1KI","7","28","28","On the sides of the carts there were panels which were set in frames. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_29","012_7_29","1KI","7","29","29","On those panels were bronze figures of lions, bulls, and winged creatures. Below and above the lions and bulls there were decorations of bronze wreaths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_30","012_7_30","1KI","7","30","30","Each cart had four bronze wheels and two axles made of bronze. At the top corners of each cart were bronze supports to hold up a basin. On these supports were also decorations of bronze wreaths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_31","012_7_31","1KI","7","31","31","On top of each cart, under each basin, was a frame that resembled a circular collar. The top of each circular frame was 18 inches above the top of the cart, and the bottom of it was nine inches below the top of the cart. There were also decorations of bronze wreaths on the frame engraved within square panels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_32","012_7_32","1KI","7","32","32","The wheels were 27 inches high. They were below the panels. The wheels were connected to axles that had been cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_33","012_7_33","1KI","7","33","33","The wheels of the carts were like the wheels of chariots. The axles, the rims, the spokes, and the hubs were all cast from bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_34","012_7_34","1KI","7","34","34","At the top corners of each cart there were handles. These were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_35","012_7_35","1KI","7","35","35","There was a nine-inch bronze band around the top of each cart. There were braces attached to the corners of each cart. The bands and the braces were cast in the same mold as the rest of the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_36","012_7_36","1KI","7","36","36","The braces and the panels on the sides of the carts were also decorated with figures of winged creatures, lions, and palm trees, whenever there was space for them, and there were bronze wreaths all around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_37","012_7_37","1KI","7","37","37","That is how Huram made the ten carts. They were all cast in the same mold, so they were all alike: They all were the same size and had the same shape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_38","012_7_38","1KI","7","38","38","Huram also made ten bronze basins, one for each cart. Each basin was six feet across and held 200 gallons of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_39","012_7_39","1KI","7","39","39","Huram placed five of the carts on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put the big tank at the southeast corner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_40","012_7_40","1KI","7","40","40","Huram also made pots, shovels for carrying ashes, and bowls for carrying the blood of the animals that would be sacrificed. He completed all the work that King Solomon requested him to do for the temple. This is a list of the bronze things he made: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_41","012_7_41","1KI","7","41","41","the two pillars; the two top parts to be put over the pillars; the two wreaths of chains to decorate the tops of the pillars; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_42","012_7_42","1KI","7","42","42","the 400 figures of pomegranates, in two rows, with 100 in each row, that were placed over the top parts of the pillars; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_43","012_7_43","1KI","7","43","43","the ten carts; the ten basins; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_44","012_7_44","1KI","7","44","44","the big tank; the twelve statues of oxen on whose backs the tank was placed; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_45","012_7_45","1KI","7","45","45","the pots, shovels for the ashes of the altar, and bowls. Huram and his workers made all these things for King Solomon and put them outside the temple. They were all made of polished bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_46","012_7_46","1KI","7","46","46","They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan River Valley, between the cities of Succoth and Zarethan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_47","012_7_47","1KI","7","47","47","Solomon did not tell his workers to weigh those bronze objects, because there were many items. So no one ever knew what they weighed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_48","012_7_48","1KI","7","48","48","Solomon’s workers also made all the gold items for the temple: the altar; the table on which the priests put the sacred bread placed before God; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_49","012_7_49","1KI","7","49","49","the ten lampstands that were put in front of the Very Holy Place, five on the south side and five on the north side; the decorations that resembled flowers; the lamps; the tongs to grasp the hot coals; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_50","012_7_50","1KI","7","50","50","the cups, the gold lamp wick snuffers, the small lamp bowls, the dishes for incense, the pans for carrying the hot coals, and the hinges for the doors at the entrance to the Very Holy Place and for the doors at the entrance to the main room of the temple. Those things were all made of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K17_51","012_7_51","1KI","7","51","51","So Solomon’s workers finished all the work for the temple. Then they placed in the temple storerooms all the things that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold, and the other valuable items. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_1","012_8_1","1KI","8","1","1","Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes, and the leaders of the clans. He wanted them to join in bringing Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion Hill to the temple, where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_2","012_8_2","1KI","8","2","2","So all the Israeli leaders came to King Solomon during the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, in October. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_3","012_8_3","1KI","8","3","3","When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_4","012_8_4","1KI","8","4","4","and brought it to the temple. The descendants of Levi who assisted the priests helped them to carry to the temple the Sacred Tent and all the sacred things that had been in the tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_5","012_8_5","1KI","8","5","5","Then King Solomon and many of the Israeli people who had gathered in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Chest sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and oxen. No one was able to count the sacrifices because there were so many. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_6","012_8_6","1KI","8","6","6","The the priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Very Holy Place in the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of the winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_7","012_8_7","1KI","8","7","7","The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_8","012_8_8","1KI","8","8","8","The poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen by people who were standing at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by people standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_9","012_8_9","1KI","8","9","9","The only things that were in the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the people after they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_10","012_8_10","1KI","8","10","10","When the priests came out of the temple, suddenly it was filled with a cloud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_11","012_8_11","1KI","8","11","11","It was the glory/radiance of Yahweh that filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_12","012_8_12","1KI","8","12","12","Then Solomon prayed this: “Yahweh, you have placed the sun in the sky, but you have decided that you would live in very dark clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_13","012_8_13","1KI","8","13","13","I have built for you a magnificent temple, a place for you to live in forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_14","012_8_14","1KI","8","14","14","Then, while all the people stood there, the king turned around and faced them, and he asked God to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_15","012_8_15","1KI","8","15","15","He said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong! By his own power he has done what he promised to give to my father David. What he promised was this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_16","012_8_16","1KI","8","16","16","‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen any city in Israel in which a temple should be built for my people to worship me there. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_17","012_8_17","1KI","8","17","17","Then Solomon said, “My father David wanted to build a temple in order that we Israeli people could worship Yahweh our God there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_18","012_8_18","1KI","8","18","18","But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_19","012_8_19","1KI","8","19","19","However, you are not the one who I want to build it. It is one of your sons, who I want to build a temple for me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_20","012_8_20","1KI","8","20","20","And now Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling my people, like Yahweh promised. I have arranged for this temple to be built for us Israelis to worship Yahweh, the God, to whom we Israelis belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_21","012_8_21","1KI","8","21","21","I have also provided a place in the temple for the Sacred Chest in which are the two stone tablets on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_22","012_8_22","1KI","8","22","22","Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was facing the Israeli people who had gathered there. He spread out his arms toward heaven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_23","012_8_23","1KI","8","23","23","and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people belong to/worship, there is no god like you up in heaven or down here on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us. And that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_24","012_8_24","1KI","8","24","24","You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you very well, that you would do. Truly, you promised to do these things for him, and today we see that by your power you have done them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_25","012_8_25","1KI","8","25","25","So now, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis belong to/worship, please do the things that you promised my father that you would do. You told him that there would always be some of his descendants who would rule Israel, if they would conduct their lives as he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_26","012_8_26","1KI","8","26","26","So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised to do for my father David, who served you well, to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_27","012_8_27","1KI","8","27","27","But God, you cannot really live on the earth. There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven. So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_28","012_8_28","1KI","8","28","28","But Yahweh, my God, please listen to me while I am praying to you this day, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_29","012_8_29","1KI","8","29","29","Please keep protecting this temple night and day. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ I request that you listen to me whenever I turn toward this temple and pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_30","012_8_30","1KI","8","30","30","I request that when I pray to you and your people pray to you while they turn toward this place, that in your home in heaven you will hear us and forgive us for the sins that we have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_31","012_8_31","1KI","8","31","31","If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_32","012_8_32","1KI","8","32","32","then you listen from heaven, and decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_33","012_8_33","1KI","8","33","33","And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies in a battle because they have sinned against you, and if they are forced to go to some distant country, if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you have justly punished them, and if they plead that you will forgive them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_34","012_8_34","1KI","8","34","34","listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they have committed, and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_35","012_8_35","1KI","8","35","35","And when you do not allow any rain to fall on the land because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you have justly punished them, if they turn away from their sinful behavior and humbly pray to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_36","012_8_36","1KI","8","36","36","listen to them from heaven, and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they have committed. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then send rain on this land that you have given to your people to belong to them permanently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_37","012_8_37","1KI","8","37","37","And when the people of this land experience famines, or if there is a plague/illness that causes many people to become sick, or if their crops are destroyed by very hot winds or by  mildew or by  locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities in order to attack them, if any of those bad things happen to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_38","012_8_38","1KI","8","38","38","when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you knowing that they are suffering because they have sinned, and if they stretch out their arms toward this temple and pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_39","012_8_39","1KI","8","39","39","listen to them from your home in heaven, and forgive them, and help them. You are the only one who knows what people are thinking, so act toward everyone as they deserve, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_40","012_8_40","1KI","8","40","40","in order that your people may then have an awesome respect for you, all the years that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_41","012_8_41","1KI","8","41","42","There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they come here to this temple to worship you and pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_43","012_8_43","1KI","8","43","43","in your home in heaven, listen to their prayers, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that so that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we your Israeli people do. And then they will know that this temple that I have caused to be built to honor you, is where you should be worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_44","012_8_44","1KI","8","44","44","And if you send your people to go to fight against their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_45","012_8_45","1KI","8","45","45","listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_46","012_8_46","1KI","8","46","46","It is true that everyone sins. So, if your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to defeat them and capture them and take them away to their enemies’ country, even to countries that are far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_47","012_8_47","1KI","8","47","47","If that happens, while they are in those countries to which they were forced to go, if they sincerely repent and plead with you there saying ‘We have sinned and have done things that are very wicked,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_48","012_8_48","1KI","8","48","48","if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen to be the place where we should worship you, and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you, and if they pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_49","012_8_49","1KI","8","49","49","then from your home in heaven listen to them while they plead for your help, and assist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_50","012_8_50","1KI","8","50","50","Forgive them for all the sins that they have committed against you, and cause their enemies to be kind to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_51","012_8_51","1KI","8","51","51","Do not forget that the Israelis are your people; they are your special possession; you brought our ancestors out of Egypt where they were greatly suffering as though they were in a blazing furnace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_52","012_8_52","1KI","8","52","52","I request that you always listen to your Israeli people and to me, their king, and heed their prayers whenever they call out to you to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_53","012_8_53","1KI","8","53","53","You chose them from all the other people-groups in the world to belong to you, which is what you told Moses to tell them when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_54","012_8_54","1KI","8","54","54","After Solomon had finished praying and pleading to Yahweh for his help, he stood up in front of the altar where he had been kneeling. He lifted up his arms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_55","012_8_55","1KI","8","55","55","Then he asked God to bless all the Israeli people. He prayed loudly, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_56","012_8_56","1KI","8","56","56","“Praise Yahweh, who has given us his people peace, like he promised that he would do. He has done every one of the good things that he promised to Moses, the man who served him very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_57","012_8_57","1KI","8","57","57","I pray that our God will be with us like he was with our ancestors, and that he will never abandon us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_58","012_8_58","1KI","8","58","58","I pray that he will cause us to loyally serve him, to conduct our lives as he wants us to, and to obey all his commandments and statutes and laws that he gave to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_59","012_8_59","1KI","8","59","59","I pray that Yahweh our God will never forget these words that I have prayed, pleading for his help; I pray that he will think about them by day and by night. I pray that he will always help us Israeli people and me, giving us the things that we need day by day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_60","012_8_60","1KI","8","60","60","If he does that, all the people-groups in the world will know that he is the only one who is God, and that there is no other one who is God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_61","012_8_61","1KI","8","61","61","I pray that you, his people, will always be fully committed to Yahweh, and that you will obey all his statutes and commands, like you are doing now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_62","012_8_62","1KI","8","62","62","Then the king and all the Israeli people who were there offered sacrifices to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_63","012_8_63","1KI","8","63","63","They sacrificed 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. Then the king and all the people dedicated the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_64","012_8_64","1KI","8","64","64","On that day, the king also dedicated/set apart the middle part of the courtyard that was in front of the temple. Then he offered sacrifices that would be completely burned in the courtyard, the offerings of grain and the fat of the animals that were sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. They sacrificed them there because the bronze altar was not big enough for all those sacrifices to be burned on it that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_65","012_8_65","1KI","8","65","65","Then Solomon and all the Israeli people celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days. There was a huge crowd of people there, some of whom had come from distant places like Hamath in the far north and the border of Egypt in the far south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K18_66","012_8_66","1KI","8","66","66","On the eighth day, Solomon sent the people to their homes. They all praised him and went home happy because of all the things that Yahweh had done to bless King David and his Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_1","012_9_1","1KI","9","1","1","After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple and his palace and everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_2","012_9_2","1KI","9","2","2","Yahweh appeared to him in a dream a second time, like he had appeared to him at the city of Gibeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_3","012_9_3","1KI","9","3","3","Yahweh said to him, “I heard what you prayed and what you pleaded for me to do. I have set apart/dedicated this temple which your workers have built to be the place where people will worship me forever. I will always watch over it and protect it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_4","012_9_4","1KI","9","4","4","“And as for you, if you conduct your life as I want you to, like your father David did, and if you very sincerely obey all the statutes and laws that I have commanded you to obey, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_5","012_9_5","1KI","9","5","5","I will do what I promised your father that I would do: I promised him that Israel would always be ruled by his descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_6","012_9_6","1KI","9","6","6","“But if you or your descendants turn away from me and disobey the commands and decrees that I have given to you, and if you start to worship other gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_7","012_9_7","1KI","9","7","7","I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise the people of Israel and make fun of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_8","012_9_8","1KI","9","8","8","This temple will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by will be astonished when they see it, and they will be shocked and say, ‘Why has Yahweh done this to this land and to this temple?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_9","012_9_9","1KI","9","9","9","And other people will reply, ‘It happened because the Israeli people abandoned Yahweh their God, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt. They started to accept and worship other gods. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_10","012_9_10","1KI","9","10","10","Solomon’s workers labored for 20 years to build the temple and the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_11","012_9_11","1KI","9","11","11","Hiram, the king of Tyre had arranged for his workers to give Solomon all the cedar and pine logs and all the gold that he needed for this work. After it was all finished, King Solomon gave to Hiram 20 cities in the Galilee region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_12","012_9_12","1KI","9","12","12","But when Hiram went from Tyre to Galilee to see the cities that Solomon had given to him, he was not pleased with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_13","012_9_13","1KI","9","13","13","He said to Solomon, “My friend, those cities that you gave me are worthless!” So, that area is still called ‘Worthless’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_14","012_9_14","1KI","9","14","14","Hiram paid Solomon only five tons of gold for those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_15","012_9_15","1KI","9","15","15","This is a record of the work that King Solomon forced men to do. He forced them to build the temple and his palace and the terraces/landfills on the east side of the city, and the wall around Jerusalem, and to rebuild the cities of Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_16","012_9_16","1KI","9","16","16","The reason they needed to rebuild Gezer was that the army of the king of Egypt had attacked Gezer and captured it. Then they had burned the houses in the city and killed all the people of the Canaan people-group who lived there. The king of Egypt gave that city to his daughter as a gift when she married Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_17","012_9_17","1KI","9","17","17","So Solomon’s workers also rebuilt Gezer, and they also rebuilt Lower Beth-Horon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_18","012_9_18","1KI","9","18","18","They also rebuilt Baalath and Tamar towns in the desert in the southern part of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_19","012_9_19","1KI","9","19","19","They also built cities where they kept the supplies for Solomon, the places where his horses and chariots were kept. They also built everything else that Solomon wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area over which he ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_20","012_9_20","1KI","9","20","20","There were many people who belonged to the Amor people-group, the Heth people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group who were not killed when the Israelis captured their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_21","012_9_21","1KI","9","21","21","Their descendants still lived in Israel. It was those people whom Solomon forced to become his slaves to build all those places, and they are still slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_22","012_9_22","1KI","9","22","22","But Solomon did not force any Israeli people to become slaves. Some Israelis became soldiers and army officers and commanders and drivers of his chariots and soldiers who rode on horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_23","012_9_23","1KI","9","23","23","There were 550 officials who supervised the slaves who worked to build all those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_24","012_9_24","1KI","9","24","24","After Solomon’s wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, moved from the place outside Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’ to the palace that Solomon’s workers built for her, Solomon told his workers to fill in the slopes on the east side of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_25","012_9_25","1KI","9","25","25","Three times each year Solomon brought to the temple offerings that were completely burned on the altar and offerings to restore fellowship with Yahweh. He also brought incense to be burned in the presence of Yahweh. And so his men finished building the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_26","012_9_26","1KI","9","26","26","King Solomon’s workers also built a fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber city, which is near Elath city, on the shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, in the land belonging to the Edom people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_27","012_9_27","1KI","9","27","27","King Hiram sent some very expert sailors to work on the ships with Solomon’s workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K19_28","012_9_28","1KI","9","28","28","They sailed to the Ophir region and brought back to Solomon about 16 tons of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_1","012_10_1","1KI","10","1","1","The queen who ruled the Sheba area heard that Yahweh had caused Solomon to become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult to answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_2","012_10_2","1KI","10","2","2","She came with a large group of wealthy/influential people, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the topics/things in which she was interested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_3","012_10_3","1KI","10","3","3","Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_4","012_10_4","1KI","10","4","4","The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_5","012_10_5","1KI","10","5","5","she saw the food that was served on his table every day; she saw where his officials lived (OR, how his officials were seated at the table), their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be offered. She was extremely amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_6","012_10_6","1KI","10","6","6","She said to King Solomon, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_7","012_10_7","1KI","10","7","7","But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half of what they could have told me about you. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_8","012_10_8","1KI","10","8","8","Your wives are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_9","012_10_9","1KI","10","9","9","Praise Yahweh, your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by causing you to become the king of Israel! God has always loved the Israeli people, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_10","012_10_10","1KI","10","10","10","Then the queen gave to the king the things that she had brought. She gave him almost five tons of gold and a large amount of spices and valuable gems. Never again did King Solomon receive more spices than the queen gave him at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_11","012_10_11","1KI","10","11","11","In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, in which they had previously brought gold from Ophir, they also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems/valuable stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_12","012_10_12","1KI","10","12","12","King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings/supports in the temple of Yahweh and in the king’s palace and also to make harps and lyres for the ◄musicians/men who played musical instruments►. That wood was the largest amount of (OR, the finest) wood that had ever been seen in Israel. And no one since then has ever seen so much wood of that kind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_13","012_10_13","1KI","10","13","13","King Solomon gave to the queen from Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her those gifts in addition to the gifts that he always gave to other rulers who visited him. Then she and the people who came with her returned to her own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_14","012_10_14","1KI","10","14","14","Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_15","012_10_15","1KI","10","15","15","That was in addition to the taxes paid to him by the merchants and traders, and the annual taxes paid by the kings of Arabia and by the governors of the regions in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_16","012_10_16","1KI","10","16","16","King Solomon’s workers took this gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put ◄almost 15 pounds/more than 6 kg.► of gold on each shield. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_17","012_10_17","1KI","10","17","17","His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with ◄almost 4 pounds/1.5 kg.► of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_18","012_10_18","1KI","10","18","18","His workers also made for him a large throne. Part of it was covered with ◄ivory decorations made from► tusks of elephants and part of it was covered with very fine gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_19","012_10_19","1KI","10","19","20","There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a statue of a lion on both sides of each step. So altogether there were twelve statues of lions. The back of the throne was rounded at the top. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_21","012_10_21","1KI","10","21","21","All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon ruled, silver was not considered to be valuable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_22","012_10_22","1KI","10","22","22","The king had a ◄fleet/large number► of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned from the places to which they had sailed, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_23","012_10_23","1KI","10","23","23","King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_24","012_10_24","1KI","10","24","24","People from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had put into his mind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_25","012_10_25","1KI","10","25","25","All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons (OR, myrrh), or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_26","012_10_26","1KI","10","26","26","Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode on the horses (OR, in the chariots). Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_27","012_10_27","1KI","10","27","27","During the years that Solomon was king, silver became as common in Jerusalem as stones; and lumber from cedar trees in the foothills of Judah was as plentiful as lumber from fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_28","012_10_28","1KI","10","28","28","Solomon’s agents bought horses and supervised the men who brought them into Israel from the areas of Musri and Cilicia that were famous for breeding horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K110_29","012_10_29","1KI","10","29","29","In Musri they bought chariots and horses; they paid 600 pieces of silver for each chariot and 150 pieces of silver for each horse. They brought them to Israel. Then they sold many of them to the kings of the Heth people-group and the kings of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_1","012_11_1","1KI","11","1","1","King Solomon married many foreign women. First he married the daughter of the king of Egypt. He also married women from the Heth people-group and from the Moab, Ammon, and Edom people-groups, and from Sidon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_2","012_11_2","1KI","11","2","2","He married them even though Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people, “Do not marry people from those areas, because if you do that, they will surely persuade you IDM to worship the gods that they worship!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_3","012_11_3","1KI","11","3","3","Solomon married 700 women who were kings’ daughters. He also had 300 wives who were his slaves/servants. And his wives caused him to turn away from worshiping God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_4","012_11_4","1KI","11","4","4","By the time that Solomon became old, they had persuaded him to worship the gods from their countries. He was not completely dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God like his father SYN David had been. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_5","012_11_5","1KI","11","5","5","Solomon worshiped Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worshiped, and he worshiped Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_6","012_11_6","1KI","11","6","6","That’s how Solomon did things that Yahweh said were evil. He did not conduct his life like his father David had done; he did not conduct his life as Yahweh wanted him to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_7","012_11_7","1KI","11","7","7","On the hill to the east of Jerusalem he built a place to worship Chemosh, the disgusting god that the Moab people-group worshiped, and a place to worship Molech, the disgusting god that the Ammon people-group worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_8","012_11_8","1KI","11","8","8","He also built places where all his foreign wives could burn incense and offer sacrifices to the gods from their own countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_9","012_11_9","1KI","11","9","10","Even though Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, had appeared to Solomon two times, and had commanded him to not worship foreign gods, Solomon refused to obey Yahweh. So Yahweh was angry with Solomon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_11","012_11_11","1KI","11","11","11","and said to him, “You have chosen to break the agreement that I made with you and to disobey what I commanded you. So I am surely not going to allow you to rule all of your kingdom. I am going to allow one of your officials to rule it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_12","012_11_12","1KI","11","12","12","But, because of what I promised your father David, I will allow you to rule all your kingdom while you are still living. After you die, I will not allow your son to rule the whole kingdom MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_13","012_11_13","1KI","11","13","13","But I will not take all the kingdom away from him. Instead, I will allow him to rule one tribe besides the tribe of Judah, because of what I promised to David, who served me well, and because I want David’s descendants to rule in Jerusalem, where my temple is located.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_14","012_11_14","1KI","11","14","14","Yahweh caused Hadad, from the family of the kings in the Edom people-group, to rebel against Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_15","012_11_15","1KI","11","15","16","What happened was that previously, when David’s army had conquered the Edom people-group, his army commander Joab had gone there to help bury the Israeli soldiers who had been killed in the battle. Joab and his army remained in the Edom area for six months, and during that time they killed all the males of that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_17","012_11_17","1KI","11","17","17","Hadad was a young child at that time, and he had escaped to Egypt, along with some of his father’s servants from the Edom area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_18","012_11_18","1KI","11","18","18","They went to the Midian region, and then they went to the desert area at Paran. Some other men joined them there. Then they all traveled to Egypt and went to see the king of Egypt. The king gave Hadad some land and ordered his servants to give him some food regularly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_19","012_11_19","1KI","11","19","19","The king liked Hadad. As a result he gave him the sister of his own wife, Queen Tahpenes, to be Hadad’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_20","012_11_20","1KI","11","20","20","Later Hadad’s wife gave birth to a son named Genubath. The sister of Tahpenes ◄raised him/brought him up► in the palace, where he lived with the king’s sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_21","012_11_21","1KI","11","21","21","While Hadad was in Egypt, he heard that David had died EUP, and that Joab, the commander of David’s army, was also dead. So he said to the king of Egypt, “Please allow me to return to my own country.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_22","012_11_22","1KI","11","22","22","But the king said to him, “Why do you want to go back to your country? Is there something that you lack that you want me to give to you?” Hadad replied, “No, but please just allow me to go.” So the king allowed him to leave, and he returned to his own country and became the king of Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_23","012_11_23","1KI","11","23","23","God also caused another man named Rezon, the son of Eliada, to rebel against Solomon. Rezon had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of the Zobah area north of Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_24","012_11_24","1KI","11","24","24","Rezon then became the leader of a group of outlaws. That happened after David’s army had defeated Hadadezer and had also killed all his soldiers. Rezon and his men went to Damascus and started to live there, and the people there appointed him to be their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_25","012_11_25","1KI","11","25","25","All during the time that Solomon was alive, while Rezon was ruling not only Damascus but all of Syria, he was an enemy of Israel and caused trouble for Israel like Hadad did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_26","012_11_26","1KI","11","26","26","Another man who rebelled against IDM Solomon was one of his officials named Jeroboam, the son of Nebat. He was from Zeredah town in the region where the tribe of Ephraim lives. His mother was a widow named Zeruah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_27","012_11_27","1KI","11","27","27","This is what happened. Solomon’s workers were filling in the land/ground on the east side of Jerusalem and repairing the walls around the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_28","012_11_28","1KI","11","28","28","Jeroboam was a very capable young man. So, when Solomon saw that he worked very hard, he appointed him to supervise all the men who were forced to work in the areas where the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_29","012_11_29","1KI","11","29","29","One day when Jeroboam was walking alone along the road outside of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh city met him. Ahijah was wearing a new robe, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_30","012_11_30","1KI","11","30","30","which he took off and tore into twelve pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_31","012_11_31","1KI","11","31","31","He said to Jeroboam, “Take ten of these pieces for yourself, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says to you, ‘I am going to tear the kingdom from Solomon, and I am going to enable you to become the ruler of ten of the tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_32","012_11_32","1KI","11","32","32","Solomon’s descendants will still rule one tribe (OR, two tribes), because of what I promised  David, a man who served me very well, and because of Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen from all the cities in Israel to be the city where my people will worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_33","012_11_33","1KI","11","33","33","I am going to do this because Solomon has rejected me and has been worshiping Astarte, the goddess that the people of Sidon worship, Chemosh, the god that the Moab people-group worship, and Milcom, the god that the Ammon people-group worship. He has not conducted his life as I wanted him to. He has not obeyed my statutes and laws, like his father David did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_34","012_11_34","1KI","11","34","34","‘But I will not take the entire kingdom away from him. I will enable him to rule Judah all during the years that he is alive. I will do that because of what I promised to do for David, whom I chose to be the king, and who served me well, and who always obeyed my commandments and laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_35","012_11_35","1KI","11","35","35","But I will take the other ten tribes of his kingdom and give them to you to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_36","012_11_36","1KI","11","36","36","I will allow Solomon’s son to rule one tribe, in order that descendants MET of David will always rule in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen to be the place where my people worship me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_37","012_11_37","1KI","11","37","37","I will enable you to become the king of Israel, and you will rule over all the territory that you want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_38","012_11_38","1KI","11","38","38","If you obey all that I command you to do, and conduct your life as I want you to, and if you do what I say is right by obeying my laws and commandments like David did, I will help you. I will make sure that your descendants will rule after you die, like I promised to do for David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_39","012_11_39","1KI","11","39","39","Because of Solomon’s sins, I will punish David’s descendants, but I will not continue to punish them forever.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_40","012_11_40","1KI","11","40","40","Solomon found out what Ahijah told Jeroboam, so he tried to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam escaped and went to Egypt. He went to Shishak, the king of Egypt, and stayed with him until after Solomon died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_41","012_11_41","1KI","11","41","41","A record of all the other things that Solomon did, and all the wise things that he said and wrote, was written in the Book Telling what Solomon Did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_42","012_11_42","1KI","11","42","42","He was the king in Jerusalem who ruled over all of Israel for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K111_43","012_11_43","1KI","11","43","43","Then Solomon died EUP, and was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_1","012_12_1","1KI","12","1","1","All HYP the people of northern Israel went to Shechem city in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_2","012_12_2","1KI","12","2","2","When Jeroboam, who was still in Egypt, heard about that, he returned from Egypt to Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_3","012_12_3","1KI","12","3","3","The leaders of the northern tribes summoned him, and they went together to talk to Rehoboam. They said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_4","012_12_4","1KI","12","4","4","“Your father Solomon forced us to work very hard MET for him. If you ◄lighten these loads/do not force us to work that hard►, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you faithfully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_5","012_12_5","1KI","12","5","5","He replied, “Go away, and come back three days from now and I will give you my answer.” So those leaders and Jeroboam left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_6","012_12_6","1KI","12","6","6","Then King Rehoboam consulted the older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still living. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer those men?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_7","012_12_7","1KI","12","7","7","They replied, “If you want to serve your people well, speak kindly to those men when you reply to them. If you do that, your people will always serve you faithfully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_8","012_12_8","1KI","12","8","8","But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now ◄his advisors/the ones who told him what would be good to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_9","012_12_9","1KI","12","9","9","He said to them, “What should I say to the men who are asking me to reduce the work and taxes that my father required from them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_10","012_12_10","1KI","12","10","10","They replied, “This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_11","012_12_11","1KI","12","11","11","What I mean is that my father required you to work hard and pay high taxes. But I will make those loads heavier. It was as though my father whipped you, but it will be as though I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_12","012_12_12","1KI","12","12","12","So three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to Rehoboam again, as he had told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_13","012_12_13","1KI","12","13","13","The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_14","012_12_14","1KI","12","14","14","He told them what the younger men had advised. He said, “My father put heavy burdens of work and taxes on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. It was as though he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_15","012_12_15","1KI","12","15","15","So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh wanted would occur, what he had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam becoming king of the ten tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_16","012_12_16","1KI","12","16","16","When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not RHQ want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David MTY, he can rule his own kingdom MTY!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_17","012_12_17","1KI","12","17","17","And after that, the only Israeli people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_18","012_12_18","1KI","12","18","18","Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram to talk to the Israeli people. Adoniram was the man who supervised all the men who were forced to work for Rehoboam. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_19","012_12_19","1KI","12","19","19","Ever since that time, the people of the northern tribes of Israel have been rebelling against the descendants MTY of King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_20","012_12_20","1KI","12","20","20","When the Israeli people heard that Jeroboam had returned from Egypt, they invited him to come to a meeting, and there they appointed him to be the king of Israel. Only the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin continued to be loyal to the kings descended from King MTY David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_21","012_12_21","1KI","12","21","21","When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes MTY of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against the northern tribes of MTY Israel and defeat them, in order that he could rule all the tribes of his kingdom again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_22","012_12_22","1KI","12","22","22","But God spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_23","012_12_23","1KI","12","23","23","“Go and tell this to Solomon’s son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and the people from the northern tribe who live in Judah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_24","012_12_24","1KI","12","24","24","‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’ ” So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all paid attention to what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_25","012_12_25","1KI","12","25","25","Then Jeroboam’s workers built walls around Shechem city in the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and he ruled from there for a while. He and his workers then left there and went to Peniel town, and they built walls around that town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_26","012_12_26","1KI","12","26","27","Then Jeroboam said to himself, “If my people continue to go to Jerusalem and offer sacrifices to Yahweh at the temple there, soon they will again become loyal to Rehoboam, the king of Judah DOU, and they will kill me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_28","012_12_28","1KI","12","28","28","So he consulted his advisors, and then he did what they suggested. He told his workers to make gold statues of two calves. Then he said to the people, “You have been going to Jerusalem to worship for a long time. It is a big trouble for you to continue going there. You people of Israel, look! These statues are the gods that brought our ancestors up from Egypt! So you can worship these, here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_29","012_12_29","1KI","12","29","29","He told his workers to place one of the statues in Bethel city in the south and one in Dan city in the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_30","012_12_30","1KI","12","30","30","So what Jeroboam did caused the people to sin. Some of them went and worshiped the calf at Bethel, and others went and worshiped the other calf at Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_31","012_12_31","1KI","12","31","31","Moses had declared that only men from the tribe of Levi would be priests, but Jeroboam also told his workers to build shrines on hilltops, and then he appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to be priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_32","012_12_32","1KI","12","32","32","He also appointed Adonijah and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram. They had a celebration at the end of October, like the celebration of Living in Temporary Shelters that occurred in Judah each year. On the altar that they built in Bethel, he offered sacrifices to the gold statues of calves that they had made, and he stationed the priests there at the shrines that his workers had built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K112_33","012_12_33","1KI","12","33","33","Jeroboam went up to that altar on that day in October which he himself had chosen. There on that altar he burned incense to be a sacrifice. And he declared that the people should celebrate that festival on that same day every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_1","012_13_1","1KI","13","1","1","One day a prophet, obeying what Yahweh commanded him to do, went from Judah north to Bethel. He arrived there right at the time that Jeroboam was standing at the altar, ready to burn incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_2","012_13_2","1KI","13","2","2","Saying what Yahweh told him to say, the prophet shouted, “This is what Yahweh says about this altar APO: ‘I want you to know that some day a descendant MTY of King David will be born. His name will be Josiah, and he will come here. He will slaughter at this altar the priests who are burning incense for sacrifices on the hills in this area, and he will burn the bones of dead people on this altar.’” APO ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_3","012_13_3","1KI","13","3","3","Then the prophet also said, “This is what will prove to you that Yahweh has said this: This altar will be split apart, and the ashes that are on it will be scattered.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_4","012_13_4","1KI","13","4","4","When King Jeroboam heard the prophet say that, he pointed his finger at him and said to his servants, “Seize that man!” But immediately the king’s arm became paralyzed/stiff, with the result that he could not move it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_5","012_13_5","1KI","13","5","5","And the altar immediately split apart, and the ashes spilled out on the ground, which is what the prophet said that Yahweh MTY had predicted would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_6","012_13_6","1KI","13","6","6","Then the king said to the prophet, “Please pray that Yahweh will be merciful to me and heal my arm!” So the prophet prayed, and Yahweh completely healed the king’s arm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_7","012_13_7","1KI","13","7","7","Then the king said to the prophet, “Come home with me and eat some food. And I will also give you a reward for what you have done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_8","012_13_8","1KI","13","8","8","But the prophet replied, “Even if you would promise to give me half of everything that you own MTY, I will not go with you, and I will not eat or drink anything with you here, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_9","012_13_9","1KI","13","9","9","because Yahweh commanded me not to eat or drink anything here. He also commanded me not to return home on the road on which I came here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_10","012_13_10","1KI","13","10","10","So he started to return home, but he did not go on the road on which he came to Bethel. He went on a different road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_11","012_13_11","1KI","13","11","11","At that time there was an old man living in Bethel who was a prophet. His sons came and told him what the prophet from Judah had done there on that day, and they also told him what the prophet had said to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_12","012_13_12","1KI","13","12","12","Their father said, “On which road did he go?” So his sons showed him the road on which the prophet from Judah had gone when he left Bethel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_13","012_13_13","1KI","13","13","13","Then he said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey.” So they did that, and he got on the donkey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_14","012_13_14","1KI","13","14","14","He went along the road to ◄find/catch up with► the prophet from Judah. He found him sitting under an oak tree. He said to him, “Are you the prophet who came from Judah?” He replied, “Yes, I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_15","012_13_15","1KI","13","15","15","The old prophet said to him, “Come home with me and eat some food.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_16","012_13_16","1KI","13","16","16","He replied, “No, I am not allowed to go with you into your house, or to eat or drink anything with you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_17","012_13_17","1KI","13","17","17","because Yahweh told me, ‘Do not eat or drink anything here, and do not return home on the road on which you came.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_18","012_13_18","1KI","13","18","18","Then the old prophet said to him, “I also am a prophet, like you are. Yahweh sent an angel to tell me that I should take you home with me and give you some food and drink.” But the old man was lying when he said that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_19","012_13_19","1KI","13","19","19","But because of what the old prophet said, the prophet from Judah returned with him to his home and ate some food and drank some water with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_20","012_13_20","1KI","13","20","20","While they were sitting at the table, Yahweh spoke to the old man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_21","012_13_21","1KI","13","21","21","Then he cried out to the prophet from Judah, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have disobeyed him, and you have not done what he commanded you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_22","012_13_22","1KI","13","22","22","Instead, you have come back here and had things to eat and drink in a place where he commanded you not to do that. As a result, you will be killed, and your body will not be buried in the grave where your ancestors are buried.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_23","012_13_23","1KI","13","23","23","When they had finished eating, the old man put a saddle on the donkey for the prophet from Judah, and the prophet from Judah left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_24","012_13_24","1KI","13","24","24","But as he was going, a lion met him and killed him. The prophet’s corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey was standing beside it, and the lion was also standing beside the corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_25","012_13_25","1KI","13","25","25","Some men passed by and were surprised to see the corpse on the road and the lion standing next to the corpse. So they went into Bethel and reported what they had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_26","012_13_26","1KI","13","26","26","When the old man who had brought the prophet from Judah to his home heard about it, he said, “That is the prophet who disobeyed what Yahweh told him to do! That is why Yahweh allowed the lion to attack him and kill him. That is what Yahweh said would happen!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_27","012_13_27","1KI","13","27","27","Then he said to his sons, “Put a saddle on my donkey.” So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_28","012_13_28","1KI","13","28","28","Then he rode on the donkey and found the prophet’s corpse on the road, and his donkey and the lion were still standing there alongside the corpse. But the lion had not eaten any of the flesh of the prophet and had not attacked the donkey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_29","012_13_29","1KI","13","29","29","The old man picked up the corpse of the prophet and put it on his donkey and brought it back to Bethel, in order to mourn for him and to bury his corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_30","012_13_30","1KI","13","30","30","He buried the prophet’s corpse in the grave where other people in his family had been buried. Then he and his sons mourned for him, saying, “We are very sorry, my brother!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_31","012_13_31","1KI","13","31","31","After they had buried him, the old man said to his sons, “When I die, bury my corpse in the grave where we buried the prophet from Judah. Lay my corpse next to his corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_32","012_13_32","1KI","13","32","32","And do not forget what he said, because  the things that Yahweh told him to say about the altar in Bethel, and about the shrines on the hills in the towns in Samaria, will surely happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_33","012_13_33","1KI","13","33","33","But King Jeroboam still did not turn away from continuing to do evil things. Instead, he appointed more priests who were not descended from Levi. Anyone who wanted to be a priest, he appointed to be a priest, in order that he could offer sacrifices on the hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K113_34","012_13_34","1KI","13","34","34","Because he committed that sin, a few years later God got rid of most of Jeroboam’s descendants and did not allow them to become kings of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_1","012_14_1","1KI","14","1","1","At that time, Jeroboam’s son Abijah became very sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_2","012_14_2","1KI","14","2","2","Jeroboam said to his wife, “Disguise yourself, in order that no one will recognize that you are my wife. Then go to Shiloh city, where the prophet Ahijah lives. He is the one who predicted/prophesied that I would become the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_3","012_14_3","1KI","14","3","3","Take with you ten loaves of bread and some small flat cakes, and a jar of honey, and give them to him. Tell him about our son, and he will tell you what will happen to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_4","012_14_4","1KI","14","4","4","So his wife went to Shiloh, to Ahijah’s house. Ahijah was unable to see, because he was very old and had become blind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_5","012_14_5","1KI","14","5","5","But before she got there, Yahweh told Ahijah that Jeroboam’s wife was coming to inquire about their son, who was very sick. And Yahweh told Ahijah what he should tell her. When she came to him, she pretended to be another woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_6","012_14_6","1KI","14","6","6","But when Ahijah heard her footsteps as she entered the doorway, he said to her, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! ◄Why do you pretend that you are someone else?/It will not help you to pretend that you are someone else.► RHQ Yahweh has given me bad news to tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_7","012_14_7","1KI","14","7","7","Go and tell Jeroboam that this is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says to you: ‘I chose you from among the common people and enabled you to become the king of my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_8","012_14_8","1KI","14","8","8","I took most of the kingdom of Israel away from David’s descendants and gave it to you. But you have not been like David, who served me very well. He obeyed all my commandments very sincerely, doing only things that I considered to be right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_9","012_14_9","1KI","14","9","9","But you have done more evil things/deeds than all those who ruled before you. You have rejected me, and you have caused me to become very angry by making metal images of other gods so that you and others could worship them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_10","012_14_10","1KI","14","10","10","‘So, I am going to cause terrible things to happen to your family. I will cause all your male descendants to die, young ones and old ones. I will completely get rid of your family MTY. I will get rid of your family MTY just like a man completely burns dung to cook his food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_11","012_14_11","1KI","14","11","11","The corpses of any members of your family who die in cities will be eaten by dogs. And the corpses of any members of your family who die in the open fields will be eaten by vultures. This will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said that it will happen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_12","012_14_12","1KI","14","12","12","So go back home. And as soon as you enter the city, your son will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_13","012_14_13","1KI","14","13","13","All the Israeli people will mourn for him and bury him. He is the only one of Jeroboam’s family who will be buried properly, because he is the only one of Jeroboam’s family with whom Yahweh is pleased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_14","012_14_14","1KI","14","14","14","Furthermore, Yahweh will appoint for himself a king to rule over Israel who will get rid of Jeroboam’s descendants. And that will start to happen today! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_15","012_14_15","1KI","14","15","15","Yahweh will punish the people of Israel; he will shake them like the wind shakes the reeds that grow in a stream. He will expel the Israeli people from this good land that he gave to our ancestors. He will scatter them into countries east of the Euphrates River, because they have caused him to become very angry by worshiping statues of the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_16","012_14_16","1KI","14","16","16","Yahweh will abandon the Israeli people because of the sins that Jeroboam committed, sins which led the Israeli people to commit them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_17","012_14_17","1KI","14","17","17","Jeroboam’s wife returned home to Tirzah city, the new capital of Israel. And just as she entered her house, her son died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_18","012_14_18","1KI","14","18","18","All the Israeli people mourned for him and buried him, which is what Yahweh had told his servant, the prophet Ahijah, would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_19","012_14_19","1KI","14","19","19","Everything else that Jeroboam did, and the record of wars that his army fought, and how he ruled, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_20","012_14_20","1KI","14","20","20","Jeroboam ruled for 22 years; then he died EUP and his son Nadab became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_21","012_14_21","1KI","14","21","21","Solomon’s son Rehoboam ruled Judah. He was 41 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled for 17 years. He ruled in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh chose out of all the tribes of Israel to be the place where he should be worshiped MTY. Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah; she was from the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_22","012_14_22","1KI","14","22","22","The people of Judah did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. They caused him to become angry because they committed more sins than their ancestors had committed: They worshiped many other gods instead of worshiping only Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_23","012_14_23","1KI","14","23","23","They built places to worship those gods; on high hills, and under big trees they set up stone pillars to worship the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_24","012_14_24","1KI","14","24","24","Also, there were male prostitutes at these places of worship. The Israeli people did the same disgraceful things that had been done by the people whom Yahweh had expelled while the Israelis were advancing through the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_25","012_14_25","1KI","14","25","25","When Rehoboam had been ruling for almost five years, King Shishak of Egypt came with his army to attack Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_26","012_14_26","1KI","14","26","26","They took away all the valuable things in the temple and in the king’s palace, including the gold shields that Solomon’s workers had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_27","012_14_27","1KI","14","27","27","King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to replace them and entrusted them to officers who guarded the entrance to the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_28","012_14_28","1KI","14","28","28","Every time that the king went into the temple, those guards carried those shields; and when he left the temple they returned the shields to the storeroom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_29","012_14_29","1KI","14","29","29","Everything else that Rehoboam did is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_30","012_14_30","1KI","14","30","30","There were wars continually between the armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K114_31","012_14_31","1KI","14","31","31","Then Rehoboam died EUP, and he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Abijah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_1","012_15_1","1KI","15","1","1","After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_2","012_15_2","1KI","15","2","2","He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maacah, the granddaughter of David’s son Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_3","012_15_3","1KI","15","3","3","Abijah committed the same kind of sins that his father had committed. He was not fully dedicated/committed to Yahweh his God, as his grandfather David had been. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_4","012_15_4","1KI","15","4","4","But, because of what Yahweh his God had promised to David, Yahweh gave Abijah a son MET to rule in Jerusalem after him, and in order to protect Jerusalem from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_5","012_15_5","1KI","15","5","5","Yahweh did that because David had always done what pleased Yahweh and because David had always obeyed Yahweh. The only time when he disobeyed Yahweh was when he caused Uriah to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_6","012_15_6","1KI","15","6","6","There were wars between the armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all during the time that Abijah ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_7","012_15_7","1KI","15","7","7","Everything else that Abijah did is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_8","012_15_8","1KI","15","8","8","Abijah died EUP and was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, and his son Asa became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_9","012_15_9","1KI","15","9","9","After Jeroboam had been the king of Israel for almost 20 years, Asa started to rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_10","012_15_10","1KI","15","10","10","He ruled in Jerusalem for 41 years. His grandmother was Maacah, the granddaughter of Absalom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_11","012_15_11","1KI","15","11","11","Asa did what was pleasing to Yahweh, as his ancestor David had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_12","012_15_12","1KI","15","12","12","He got rid of the male prostitutes that were at the places where the people worshiped idols, and he also got rid of all the idols that his ancestors had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_13","012_15_13","1KI","15","13","13","He also removed his grandmother Maacah so that she no longer had influence in the government because of being the mother of a previous king. He did that because she had made a disgusting wooden statue of the goddess Asherah. Asa told his workers to cut down the statue and burned it in the Kidron Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_14","012_15_14","1KI","15","14","14","He was not able to destroy all the places where the people worshiped idols on the high hills, but he continued to be dedicated/committed to Yahweh his entIre life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_15","012_15_15","1KI","15","15","15","He told his workers to place in the temple all the items that his father had dedicated to God, and all the gold and silver things that he had dedicated to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_16","012_15_16","1KI","15","16","16","There were wars between the armies of Asa and Baasha, the king of Israel, all during the time that they ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_17","012_15_17","1KI","15","17","17","Baasha’s army invaded Judah. They captured Ramah town north of Jerusalem. Then they started to build a wall around it in order to prevent people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_18","012_15_18","1KI","15","18","18","So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was still in the storerooms in the temple and in the palace. He told them to take it to Damascus and give it to King Ben-Hadad who ruled Syria. Ben-Hadad was the son of Tabrimmon and grandson of Hezion. He told the workers to say this to Ben-Hadad: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_19","012_15_19","1KI","15","19","19","“I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, because he will be afraid of your army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_20","012_15_20","1KI","15","20","20","So the workers went and gave the message to Ben-Hadad, and he did what Asa suggested. He sent his army commanders and their soldiers to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah, the area near Galilee Lake, and all the land of the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_21","012_15_21","1KI","15","21","21","When Baasha heard about that, he told his soldiers to stop working at Ramah. He and his soldiers returned to Tirzah and stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_22","012_15_22","1KI","15","22","22","Then King Asa sent a message to all the people in the towns in Judah, stating that they all were required to go to Ramah and carry away the stones and timber that Baasha’s soldiers had been using to build a wall around the city. With those stones and timber they fortified Mizpah city north of Jerusalem, and Geba, a town in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_23","012_15_23","1KI","15","23","23","Everything else that Asa did, the armies that his soldiers defeated, and the names of the cities that he caused to be fortified, are RHQ written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. But when Asa became old, he got a disease in his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_24","012_15_24","1KI","15","24","24","He died EUP and was buried where his ancestors were buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoshaphat became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_25","012_15_25","1KI","15","25","25","After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost two years, King Jeroboam’s son Nadab started to rule Israel. He ruled for two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_26","012_15_26","1KI","15","26","26","He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His behavior was sinful like his father’s behavior had been, and what he did led the people of Israel to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_27","012_15_27","1KI","15","27","27","A man named Baasha, from the tribe of Issachar, planned to harm him. He killed Nadab when Nadab and his army had surrounded Gibbethon city in the Philistia area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_28","012_15_28","1KI","15","28","28","That DOU was when Asa had been the king ruling Judah for almost three years. Then Baasha became the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_29","012_15_29","1KI","15","29","29","As soon as Baasha became king, he commanded his soldiers to kill all of Jeroboam’s family. Doing what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh would happen, they killed all of Jeroboam’s family. None of them ◄was left/remained alive►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_30","012_15_30","1KI","15","30","30","That happened because Yahweh had become very angry with Jeroboam because of all the sins that Jeroboam had committed, and because of the sins that he had persuaded the people of Israel to commit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_31","012_15_31","1KI","15","31","31","Everything else that Nadab did is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_32","012_15_32","1KI","15","32","32","There were wars between the armies of King Asa and King Baasha all the time that they ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_33","012_15_33","1KI","15","33","33","After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost three years, Baasha, the son of Ahijah, started to rule Israel at Tirzah city. He ruled for 24 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K115_34","012_15_34","1KI","15","34","34","He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, and his behavior was sinful like his father’s had been, and he led the people of Israel to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_1","012_16_1","1KI","16","1","1","During the time that Baasha was king of Israel, the prophet Jehu, Hanani’s son, gave Baasha this message that he had received from Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_2","012_16_2","1KI","16","2","2","“You were very insignificant/unimportant IDM when I caused you to become the ruler of my Israeli people. But you have caused me to become very angry by doing IDM the kinds of evil things that King Jeroboam did. You have also caused me to become angry by causing my people to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_3","012_16_3","1KI","16","3","3","So now I will get rid of you and your family MTY. I will do to you just like I did to Jeroboam and his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_4","012_16_4","1KI","16","4","4","The bodies of those in your family who die in this city will not be buried; they will be eaten by dogs; and the corpses of those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_5","012_16_5","1KI","16","5","5","The other things that happened during the time that Baasha ruled Israel, and the things that he did, are written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_6","012_16_6","1KI","16","6","6","When Baasha died, he was buried in Tirzah, the capital city. Then his son Elah became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_7","012_16_7","1KI","16","7","7","Yahweh gave that message about Baasha and his family to the prophet Jehu. Baasha had done many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, which caused Yahweh to become angry. Baasha did the same kind of things that King Jeroboam and his family had done previously. Yahweh was also angry with Baasha because he had killed all of Jeroboam’s family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_8","012_16_8","1KI","16","8","8","After Asa had been the king of Judah for almost 26 years, Elah became the king of Israel. Elah ruled in Tirzah for only two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_9","012_16_9","1KI","16","9","9","A man named Zimri was one of Elah’s army officers. He commanded the drivers of half of Elah’s army’s ◄chariots/two-wheeled vehicles pulled by horses►. He made plans to kill Elah while Elah was in Tirzah, getting drunk at the house of a man named Arza. Arza was the man who took care of the things in the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_10","012_16_10","1KI","16","10","10","Zimri went into Arza’s house and killed Elah. Then Zimri became the king of Israel. That was when Asa had been the king of Judah for 27 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_11","012_16_11","1KI","16","11","11","As soon as Zimri became king MTY, he killed all of Baasha’s family MTY. That included every male IDM in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_12","012_16_12","1KI","16","12","12","That was just what Yahweh told the prophet Jehu would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_13","012_16_13","1KI","16","13","13","Baasha and his son Elah had sinned and led the Israeli people to sin. They caused Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped, to become angry, because they both urged the people to worship worthless idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_14","012_16_14","1KI","16","14","14","Everything else that Elah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_15","012_16_15","1KI","16","15","15","So Zimri became the king of Israel after Asa had been king of Judah for 27 years. But Zimri ruled in Tirzah for only seven days. The Israeli army was beseiging/surrounding Gibeah, a town which belonged to the Philistine people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_16","012_16_16","1KI","16","16","16","The men in the Israeli army camp heard that Zimri had secretly planned to kill King Elah, and then had killed him. So on that day the soldiers chose Omri, the commander of their army, to become the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_17","012_16_17","1KI","16","17","17","The Israeli army was camped near Gibbethon city. When they heard what Zimri had done, they left there and went to Tirzah, and surrounded the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_18","012_16_18","1KI","16","18","18","When Zimri realized that the city was about to be captured, he went into his palace and set it on fire. So the palace burned down, and he died in the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_19","012_16_19","1KI","16","19","19","He died because he had sinned by doing the things that Yahweh considered to be evil. Jeroboam had led the Israeli people to sin, and Zimri sinned just like Jeroboam had sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_20","012_16_20","1KI","16","20","20","All the other things that Zimri did, and the record of how he rebelled against King Elah, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_21","012_16_21","1KI","16","21","21","After Zimri died, the Israeli people were divided. One group wanted Tibni, the son of Ginath, to be their king. The other group wanted Omri to be the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_22","012_16_22","1KI","16","22","22","Those who supported Omri ◄were stronger than/defeated► those who supported Tibni. So Tibni was killed, and Omri became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_23","012_16_23","1KI","16","23","23","Omri became king when Asa had been king of Judah for almost 31 years. Omri ruled Israel for 12 years. For the first six years he ruled in Tirzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_24","012_16_24","1KI","16","24","24","Then he bought a hill from a man named Shemer and paid him about ◄150 pounds/70 kg.► of silver for it. Then Omri ordered his men to build a city on that hill, and he called it Samaria, to honor Shemer, the man who owned it previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_25","012_16_25","1KI","16","25","25","But Omri did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil deeds than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_26","012_16_26","1KI","16","26","26","When Jeroboam was previously the king, he had led the Israeli people to sin, and Omri committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did. The Israeli people caused Yahweh, the God the Israeli people had worshiped, to become very angry, because they worshiped worthless idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_27","012_16_27","1KI","16","27","27","Everything that Omri did, and the record of the victories that his army won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_28","012_16_28","1KI","16","28","28","After Omri died, he was buried in Samaria, and his son Ahab became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_29","012_16_29","1KI","16","29","29","Ahab became king of Israel when Asa had ruled Judah for almost 38 years. Ahab ruled in Samaria city for 22 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_30","012_16_30","1KI","16","30","30","Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_31","012_16_31","1KI","16","31","31","He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam did, but he did things that were worse than the things that Jeroboam did. He married a woman named Jezebel, the daughter of Ethbaal, the king of Sidon city. Then Ahab started to worship Baal, the god that the Canaan people-group worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_32","012_16_32","1KI","16","32","32","He built a temple in Samaria in order that the Israeli people could worship Baal there, and he put an altar there for making sacrifices to Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_33","012_16_33","1KI","16","33","33","He also made an idol that represented Asherah, Baal’s wife. He did many more things that caused Yahweh to become angry. He did more evil things than any of the previous kings of Israel had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K116_34","012_16_34","1KI","16","34","34","During the years that Ahab ruled, Hiel, a man from Bethel city, rebuilt Jericho city. But when he started to rebuild the city, his oldest son Abiram died. And when the city was finished, while Hiel was building the city gates, his youngest son Segub died. They died just like Yahweh had told Joshua would happen to the sons of anyone who would rebuild Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_1","012_17_1","1KI","17","1","1","Elijah was a prophet who lived in Tishbe town in the Gilead region. One day he went to King Ahab and said to him, “Yahweh is the God whom we Israelis worship and the God whom I worship and serve. Just as certainly as Yahweh lives, there will be no dew or rain for the next few years, if I do not command rain to fall!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_2","012_17_2","1KI","17","2","2","Then Yahweh said to Elijah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_3","012_17_3","1KI","17","3","3","“Because you have made the king angry with you, escape from the king and, go to the east, to the Kerith Brook, east of where it flows into the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_4","012_17_4","1KI","17","4","4","You will be able to drink water from the brook, and you will be able to eat what the crows bring to you, because I have commanded them to bring food to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_5","012_17_5","1KI","17","5","5","So Elijah did what Yahweh commanded him to do. He went and camped alongside Kerith Brook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_6","012_17_6","1KI","17","6","6","Crows bought bread and meat to him every morning and every evening, and he drank water from the brook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_7","012_17_7","1KI","17","7","7","But after a while, the water in the brook dried up, because rain did not fall anywhere in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_8","012_17_8","1KI","17","8","8","Then Yahweh said to Elijah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_9","012_17_9","1KI","17","9","9","“Go and live in Zarephath village, near Sidon city. There is a widow there who will give you food to eat. I have already told her what to do about that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_10","012_17_10","1KI","17","10","10","So Elijah did what God said. He went to Zarephath. As he arrived at the gates of the village, he saw a widow who was gathering sticks. He said to her, “Would you please bring me a cup of water?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_11","012_17_11","1KI","17","11","11","While she was going to get it, he called out to her, “Bring me a piece of bread, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_12","012_17_12","1KI","17","12","12","But she replied, “Your God knows that what I am telling you is true: I do not have even one piece of bread in my house. I have only a handful of flour in a jar, and a little olive oil in a jug. I was gathering a few sticks to use these to make a fire and cook one more meal, and then after my son and I eat that, we will die from hunger.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_13","012_17_13","1KI","17","13","13","But Elijah said to her, “Do not be worried! Go home and do what you said that you were going to do. But first, bake me a little loaf of bread and bring it to me. After you do that, take what is left and prepare some food for you and your son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_14","012_17_14","1KI","17","14","14","I know that you will be able to do that, because Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says this: ‘There will always be plenty of flour and olive oil left in your containers, until the time when I send rain again and the crops grow again!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_15","012_17_15","1KI","17","15","15","So the woman did exactly what Elijah told her to do. And she and her son and Elijah had enough food every day, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_16","012_17_16","1KI","17","16","16","because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_17","012_17_17","1KI","17","17","17","Some time later, the woman’s son became sick. He continued to get worse, and finally he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_18","012_17_18","1KI","17","18","18","So the woman went to Elijah and said to him, “You are a prophet; so why have you done this to me? Have you come here to punish me for my sins by causing my son to die?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_19","012_17_19","1KI","17","19","19","But Elijah replied, “Give your son to me.” So she gave her son to him, and he took the boy’s body from her and carried it up the steps to the room where he stayed. He laid the boy’s body on his bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_20","012_17_20","1KI","17","20","20","Then Elijah cried out to Yahweh, “O Yahweh my God, this widow has kindly allowed me to stay in her home. So why have you brought this tragedy to her and caused her son to die?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_21","012_17_21","1KI","17","21","21","Then Elijah stretched himself on top of the boy’s body and called out to Yahweh saying, “Yahweh my God, please allow this boy to become alive again!” He did this three times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_22","012_17_22","1KI","17","22","22","Yahweh heard what Elijah prayed, and he caused the boy to  become alive again DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_23","012_17_23","1KI","17","23","23","Elijah carried the boy down the steps and gave him to his mother. He said, “Look, your son is alive!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K117_24","012_17_24","1KI","17","24","24","The woman said to Elijah, “Now I know for certain that you are a prophet and that the words that you speak are truly from Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_1","012_18_1","1KI","18","1","1","For almost three years there was no rain in Samaria. Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: “Go and meet with King Ahab and tell him that I will soon send rain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_2","012_18_2","1KI","18","2","2","So Elijah went to talk to Ahab. In Samaria there was almost no food for anyone to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_3","012_18_3","1KI","18","3","3","There was a man there named Obadiah. He was in charge of the king’s palace. He greatly revered Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_4","012_18_4","1KI","18","4","4","One time when Queen Jezebel had tried to kill all Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah hid 100 of them in two caves. He put 50 prophets in each cave, and he brought food and water to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_5","012_18_5","1KI","18","5","5","By this time, the ◄famine/lack of food and water► had become very severe in Samaria. So Ahab summoned Obadiah and said to him, “We must check/look near every spring and in every valley to see if we can find enough grass to give to some of my horses and mules, so that they will not all die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_6","012_18_6","1KI","18","6","6","So they both started walking throughout the land. Obadiah went in one direction by himself, and Ahab went in another direction by himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_7","012_18_7","1KI","18","7","7","While Obadiah was walking along, he saw Elijah coming toward him. Obadiah recognized Elijah and bowed down in front of him and said, “Is it really you, Elijah, my master?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_8","012_18_8","1KI","18","8","8","Elijah replied, “Yes. Now go and tell Ahab, your master, that I am here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_9","012_18_9","1KI","18","9","9","Obadiah objected. He said, “Sir, I have not RHQ harmed you at all. So why are you sending me back to Ahab? He will kill me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_10","012_18_10","1KI","18","10","10","Yahweh your God knows that I am telling the truth when I solemnly declare that King Ahab has searched in every kingdom all over the world HYP to find you. Each time that some king said to him, ‘Elijah is not here,’ Ahab demanded that the king of that country solemnly swear/declare that the king was telling the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_11","012_18_11","1KI","18","11","11","Now you say to me, ‘Go and tell your master that Elijah is here!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_12","012_18_12","1KI","18","12","12","But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you away, and I will not know where he will take you. So when I tell Ahab that you are here and he comes to me and he does not find you here, he will kill me! But I do not deserve to die because I have revered Yahweh since I was a boy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_13","012_18_13","1KI","18","13","13","My master, have you not heard about what I did when Jezebel wanted to kill all of Yahweh’s prophets? I hid 100 of them in two caves and took food and water to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_14","012_18_14","1KI","18","14","14","Now, sir, you say, ‘Go and tell your master that Elijah is here.’ But if I do that, and he comes and you are not here, he will kill me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_15","012_18_15","1KI","18","15","15","But Elijah replied, “Yahweh, the Almighty One whom I serve IDM, knows that I am telling the truth as I solemnly declare that I will go to meet with Ahab today.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_16","012_18_16","1KI","18","16","16","So Obadiah went to tell Ahab that Elijah had come. Ahab went to meet with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_17","012_18_17","1KI","18","17","17","When he saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, the one who causes trouble for the people of Israel?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_18","012_18_18","1KI","18","18","18","Elijah replied, “It is not I who have caused trouble for the people of Israel! You and your family are the ones who have caused trouble! You have refused to obey Yahweh’s commands, and you have worshiped the idols of Baal instead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_19","012_18_19","1KI","18","19","19","So now, command all the Israeli people to come to Carmel Mountain, and be sure to bring all the 450 prophets who worship Baal and the 400 prophets who worship the goddess Asherah, the ones to whom your wife Jezebel brings food and water.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_20","012_18_20","1KI","18","20","20","So Ahab summoned all his prophets and all the other Israeli people to the top of Carmel Mountain, and Elijah went up there too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_21","012_18_21","1KI","18","21","21","Then Elijah stood in front of them and said, “How long RHQ are you going to be undecided about who is truly God? If Yahweh is truly God, then worship/serve him. If Baal is truly God, then worship/serve him!” But the people said nothing in reply, because they were afraid of what Jezebel would do to them if they admitted that they worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_22","012_18_22","1KI","18","22","22","Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only true prophet of Yahweh who is left, but Baal has 450 prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_23","012_18_23","1KI","18","23","23","Bring two bulls. The prophets of Baal may choose the one that they want. They must kill it and cut it into pieces and lay the pieces on the wood that is on the altar that they have made. But they must not light a fire under the wood. I will kill the other bull and cut it in pieces and lay the pieces on the altar that I make. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_24","012_18_24","1KI","18","24","24","Then they must call to their god MTY, and I will call to Yahweh. The god who answers by lighting a fire to the wood that is on that altar is the true God!” Then all the people thought that Elijah’s suggestion was good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_25","012_18_25","1KI","18","25","25","Then Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “You call to Baal first, because there are many of you. Choose one of the bulls and prepare it, and then call to your god. But do not light a fire under the wood!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_26","012_18_26","1KI","18","26","26","So they killed one of the bulls and cut it up and placed the pieces on the altar. Then they called out to Baal all morning. They shouted, “Baal, answer us!” But no one answered. There was no reply at all DOU. Then they danced wildly around the altar that they had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_27","012_18_27","1KI","18","27","27","About noontime, Elijah started to make fun of them. He said, “Surely Baal is a god, so it seems that you must shout louder! Perhaps he is thinking about something, or perhaps he has gone to the toilet. Or perhaps he is traveling somewhere, or perhaps he is asleep and you need to wake him up!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_28","012_18_28","1KI","18","28","28","So they shouted louder. Then, doing one of the things that they frequently did when they worshiped Baal, they slashed/cut themselves with knives and swords until a lot of blood flowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_29","012_18_29","1KI","18","29","29","They continued calling out to Baal all afternoon. But there was no reply, no answer, no god who paid attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_30","012_18_30","1KI","18","30","30","Then Elijah called to the people saying, “Come closer!” So they all crowded around him. Then Elijah repaired the altar of Yahweh that had previously been ◄ruined/torn down► by the prophets of Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_31","012_18_31","1KI","18","31","31","Then he took twelve large stones, each one to represent one of the Israeli tribes. The names of those tribes were given to them by their ancestor Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_32","012_18_32","1KI","18","32","32","With these stones he rebuilt Yahweh’s altar. Then around the altar he dug a little ditch that was large enough to hold about ◄three gallons/12 liters► of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_33","012_18_33","1KI","18","33","33","He piled wood on top of the stones. He killed the bull and cut it in pieces. Then he laid the pieces on top of the wood. Then he said, “Fill four large jars with water, and pour the water on top of the pieces of meat and the wood.” So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_34","012_18_34","1KI","18","34","34","Then he said, “Do the same thing again!” So they did it again. Then he said “Do it a third time!” So they did it again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_35","012_18_35","1KI","18","35","35","As a result, the water flowed down below the altar and filled the ditches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_36","012_18_36","1KI","18","36","36","When it was time to offer the evening sacrifices, Elijah walked close to the altar and prayed. He said, “Yahweh, you who are the God that our ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob worshiped, prove today that you are the God whom the Israeli people should worship, and prove that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all these things because you told me to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_37","012_18_37","1KI","18","37","37","Yahweh, answer me! Answer me in order that these people will know that you, Yahweh God, have the power to do what you say that you will do, and that you have caused them to trust in IDM you again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_38","012_18_38","1KI","18","38","38","Immediately a fire from Yahweh flashed down from the sky. The fire burned up the pieces of meat, the wood, the stones, and the dirt that was around the altar. It even dried up all the water in the ditch! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_39","012_18_39","1KI","18","39","39","When the people saw that, they prostrated themselves on the ground and shouted, “Yahweh is God! Yahweh is God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_40","012_18_40","1KI","18","40","40","Then Elijah commanded them, “Seize all the prophets of Baal! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the people seized all the prophets of Baal, and took them down the mountain to the Kishon Valley, and Elijah killed them all there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_41","012_18_41","1KI","18","41","41","Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go and get something to eat and drink. But do it quickly, because it is soon going to rain very hard!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_42","012_18_42","1KI","18","42","42","So Ahab and his men left to prepare a big meal. But Elijah went back up to the top of Carmel Mountain and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_43","012_18_43","1KI","18","43","43","Then he said to his servant, “Go and look out toward the sea, to see if there are any rain clouds.” So his servant went and looked, and came back and said, “I do not see anything.” This happened six times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_44","012_18_44","1KI","18","44","44","But when the servant went the seventh time, he came back and said, “I saw a very small cloud above the sea. As I extend my arm, the cloud is about the size of my hand/fist.” Then Elijah shouted to him, “Go and tell King Ahab to get his chariot ready and go home immediately! If he does not do that, the rain will stop him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_45","012_18_45","1KI","18","45","45","Very soon the sky was full of black clouds. There was a strong wind, and then it began to rain very hard. Ahab got into his chariot and started to return to Jezreel city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K118_46","012_18_46","1KI","18","46","46","Yahweh gave extra strength to Elijah. He tucked his cloak into his belt in order to run fast, and he ran ahead of Ahab’s chariot all the way 17 miles/26 km. to Jezreel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_1","012_19_1","1KI","19","1","1","When Ahab got home, he told his wife Jezebel what Elijah had done. He told her that Elijah had killed all the prophets of Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_2","012_19_2","1KI","19","2","2","So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: “By this time tomorrow I will have killed you, just like you killed all those prophets of Baal. If I do not do that, I hope the gods will kill me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_3","012_19_3","1KI","19","3","3","When Elijah received her message, he was afraid. So taking his servant with him, he fled in order that he would not be killed. He went far south to Beersheba, in Judah. He left his servant there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_4","012_19_4","1KI","19","4","4","Then he went by himself further south into the desert. He walked all day. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that Yahweh would allow him to die. He said, “Yahweh, I’ve had enough. So allow me to die, because for me to live is no better than being with my ancestors who have died.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_5","012_19_5","1KI","19","5","5","Then he lay down under the broom tree and slept. But while he was sleeping, an angel touched him and woke him up and said to him, “Get up and eat some food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_6","012_19_6","1KI","19","6","6","Elijah looked around and saw some bread which had been baked on hot stones, and he also saw a jar of water. So he ate some bread and drank some water and lay down to sleep again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_7","012_19_7","1KI","19","7","7","Then the angel who had been sent by Yahweh came again and touched him, and said, “Get up and eat some more food, because you need more strength to go on a long journey.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_8","012_19_8","1KI","19","8","8","So he got up and ate and drank some more, and because of doing that, he got enough strength to enable him to travel for forty days and nights to Sinai Mountain, the mountain that was dedicated to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_9","012_19_9","1KI","19","9","9","He went into a cave there and slept there that night. The next morning, Yahweh said to him “Elijah, why are you here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_10","012_19_10","1KI","19","10","10","Elijah replied, “I have zealously served you, Yahweh, God Almighty. But the Israeli people have broken the agreement that they made with you. They have torn down your altars, and they have killed all of your prophets. I am the only one whom they have not killed, and now they are trying to kill me, too. So I am running away from them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_11","012_19_11","1KI","19","11","11","Yahweh said to him, “Go out and stand in front of me on this mountain while I pass by.” Suddenly a strong windstorm struck the mountain. As a result, rocks were loosened from the mountainside. But Yahweh was not in the wind. Then there was an earthquake, but Yahweh was not in the earthquake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_12","012_19_12","1KI","19","12","12","Then there was a fire, but Yahweh was not in the fire. Then there was a sound like someone whispering quietly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_13","012_19_13","1KI","19","13","13","When Elijah heard that, he wrapped his cloak around his face. He went out of the cave and stood at its entrance. And he heard Yahweh speaking to him, saying again, “Elijah, why are you here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_14","012_19_14","1KI","19","14","14","He replied again, “I have zealously served you, Yahweh, God Almighty. But the Israeli people have broken the agreement that they made with you. They have torn down your altars, and they have killed all of your prophets. I am the only one whom they have not killed, and now they are trying to kill me, too. So I am running away from them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_15","012_19_15","1KI","19","15","15","Then Yahweh told him, “Go back to the desert near Damascus. When you arrive there, anoint with olive oil a man named Hazael, to appoint him to be the king of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_16","012_19_16","1KI","19","16","16","Then anoint Jehu, the son of Nimshi, to be the king of Israel, and also anoint Elisha the son of Shaphat, from Abel-Meholah town, to become my prophet after you are dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_17","012_19_17","1KI","19","17","17","Hazael’s army will kill many people, and those who escape from being killed by his army will be killed by Jehu’s army, and those who escape from being killed by Jehu’s army will be killed by Elisha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_18","012_19_18","1KI","19","18","18","But you need to know that there are still 7,000 people in Israel who have never bowed to worship Baal or kissed his idol.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_19","012_19_19","1KI","19","19","19","So Elijah went to Syria and found Elisha as he was plowing a field with a team of oxen. There were eleven other men who were in front of him, plowing with teams of oxen in the same field. Elijah went to Elisha, and took off his own coat and put it on Elisha, to show Elisha that he wanted him to take his place as a prophet. Then he started to walk away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_20","012_19_20","1KI","19","20","20","Elisha left the oxen standing there and ran after Elijah, and said to him, “I will go with you, but first let me kiss my parents goodbye.” Elijah replied, “Okay, go home. But do not forget why I have given my cloak to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K119_21","012_19_21","1KI","19","21","21","So Elisha went back to his oxen. He killed them and cut them in pieces and used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast the meat. He distributed the meat to the other people in his town, and they all ate some. Then he went with Elijah and became his helper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_1","012_20_1","1KI","20","1","1","Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, gathered all his army, and he persuaded 32 other kings to join him with their armies and horses and chariots. They marched to Samaria city, the capital of Israel, and surrounded it, and prepared to attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_2","012_20_2","1KI","20","2","2","Ben-Hadad sent messengers into the city to King Ahab, to say this to him: “This is what King Ben-Hadad says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_3","012_20_3","1KI","20","3","3","‘You must give to me all your silver and gold, your ◄good-looking/most beautiful► wives/women and strongest children.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_4","012_20_4","1KI","20","4","4","The king of Israel replied to them, “Tell this to King Ben-Hadad: ‘I agree to do what you requested. You can have me and everything that I own.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_5","012_20_5","1KI","20","5","5","The messengers told that to Ben-Hadad, and he sent them back with another message: “I sent a message to you saying that you must give me all your silver and gold and your wives and your children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_6","012_20_6","1KI","20","6","6","But in addition to that, about this time tomorrow, I will send some of my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials, and to bring to me everything that pleases them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_7","012_20_7","1KI","20","7","7","King Ahab summoned all the leaders of Israel, and said to them, “You can see/realize for yourselves that this man is trying to cause much trouble. He sent me a message insisting that I must give him my wives and my children, my silver and my gold, and I agreed to do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_8","012_20_8","1KI","20","8","8","The leaders and all the other people said to him, “Do not pay any attention to him! Do not do what he is requesting!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_9","012_20_9","1KI","20","9","9","So Ahab said to Ben-Hadad’s messengers, “Tell the king that I agree to give him the things that he first requested, but I do not agree to allow his officials to take anything that they want from my palace and from the houses of my officials.” So the messengers reported that to King Ben-Hadad, and they returned with another message from Ben-Hadad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_10","012_20_10","1KI","20","10","10","In that message he said, “We will destroy your city completely, with the result that there will not be enough dust and rubble left for each of my soldiers to have one handful! I hope/wish that the gods will strike me dead if we do not do that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_11","012_20_11","1KI","20","11","11","King Ahab replied to the messengers, “Tell King Ben-Hadad that a soldier who is putting on his armor preparing to fight a battle MTY should not boast at that time; he should wait until after he wins the battle.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_12","012_20_12","1KI","20","12","12","Ben-Hadad heard that message while he and the other rulers were drinking wine in their temporary shelters. He told his men to prepare to attack MTY the city. So his men did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_13","012_20_13","1KI","20","13","13","At that moment, a prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Do not be at all afraid of RHQ the large enemy army that you see! I will enable your army to defeat them today, and you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_14","012_20_14","1KI","20","14","14","Ahab asked, “What group of our army will defeat them?” The prophet replied, “The young soldiers who are commanded by the district governors will do it.” The king asked, “Who should lead the attack?” The prophet replied, “You should!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_15","012_20_15","1KI","20","15","15","So Ahab gathered the young soldiers who were commanded by the district governors. There were 232 of those men. Then he also summoned all the Israeli army. There were only 7,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_16","012_20_16","1KI","20","16","16","They started to attack at noon, while Ben-Hadad and the other rulers were getting drunk in their temporary shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_17","012_20_17","1KI","20","17","17","The young soldiers advanced first. Some scouts who had been sent out by Ben-Hadad reported to him, “There are men coming out of Samaria city”! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_18","012_20_18","1KI","20","18","18","He said, “It does not matter whether they are coming to fight against us or to ask for peace. Capture them, but do not kill them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_19","012_20_19","1KI","20","19","19","The young Israeli soldiers went out of the city to attack the Syrian army, and the other soldiers in the Israeli army followed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_20","012_20_20","1KI","20","20","20","Each Israeli soldier killed a Syrian soldier. The rest of the Syrian army then ran away, and the Israeli soldiers pursued them. But King Ben-Hadad escaped riding his horse, along with some other men riding horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_21","012_20_21","1KI","20","21","21","Then the king of Israel went out of the city, and he and his soldiers captured all the other Syrian horses and chariots, and also killed a large number of Syrian soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_22","012_20_22","1KI","20","22","22","Then that same prophet went to King Ahab and said to him, “Go back and prepare your soldiers, and think carefully about what will be necessary for you to do, because the king of Syria with attack with his army again in the springtime of next year.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_23","012_20_23","1KI","20","23","23","After the Syrian army was defeated, Ben-Hadad’s officials said to him, “The gods that the Israelis worship are gods who live in the hills. Samaria is built on a hill, and that is why their soldiers were able to defeat us. But if we fight against them in the plains/lowlands, we certainly will be able to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_24","012_20_24","1KI","20","24","24","So, this is what you should do: You must remove the 32 kings who are leading your troops and replace them with army commanders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_25","012_20_25","1KI","20","25","25","Then gather an army like the army that was defeated. Gather an army that has as many horses and chariots as the first army had. Then we will fight the Israelis in the plains/lowlands, and we will surely defeat them.” Ben-Hadad agreed with them, and he did what they suggested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_26","012_20_26","1KI","20","26","26","In the spring of the following year, he gathered his soldiers and marched with them to Aphek city east of Galilee Lake, to fight against the Israeli army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_27","012_20_27","1KI","20","27","27","The Israeli army was also gathered together, and they were equipped with the things that they needed for the battle. Then they marched out and formed two groups facing the Syrian army. Their army was very small; they resembled two small flocks of goats, whereas the Syrian army was very large and spread all over the countryside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_28","012_20_28","1KI","20","28","28","A prophet came to King Ahab and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘The Syrians say that I am a god who lives in the hills, and that I am not a god who lives in the valleys. So I will show that they are wrong by enabling your men to defeat this huge army IDM in the valley, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_29","012_20_29","1KI","20","29","29","The two armies stayed in their tents for seven days, in groups that faced each other. Then, on the seventh day, they started fighting. The Israeli army killed 100,000 Syrian soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_30","012_20_30","1KI","20","30","30","The other Syrian soldiers ran away into Aphek City. Then the wall of the city collapsed and killed 27,000 more Syrian soldiers. Ben-Hadad also escaped into the city, and hid in the back room of a house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_31","012_20_31","1KI","20","31","31","His officials went to him and said, “We have heard a report that the Israelis act mercifully. So allow us to go to the king of Israel, wearing coarse sacks around our waists and ropes on our heads/necks to indicate that we will be his slaves. Perhaps if we do that, he will allow you to remain alive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_32","012_20_32","1KI","20","32","32","The king permitted them to do that, so they wrapped coarse sacks around their waists and put ropes on their heads/necks, and they went to the king of Israel and said to him, “Ben-Hadad, who greatly respects you, says, ‘Please do not kill me.’” Ahab replied, “Is he still alive? He is like a brother to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_33","012_20_33","1KI","20","33","33","Ben-Hadad’s officials were trying to find out if Ahab would act mercifully, and when Ahab said “brother,” they ◄were optimistic/thought that Ahab would be merciful►. So they replied, “Yes, he is like your brother!” Ahab said, “Go and bring him to me.” So they went and brought Ben-Hadad to him. When Ben-Hadad arrived, Ahab told him to get in his chariot and sit with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_34","012_20_34","1KI","20","34","34","Ben-Hadad said to him, “I will give back to you the towns that my father’s army took from your father. And I will allow you to set up market areas for your merchants in Damascus my capital, just as my father did in Samaria your capital.” Ahab replied, “Because you agree to do that, I will not execute you.” So Ahab made an agreement with Ben-Hadad, and allowed him to go home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_35","012_20_35","1KI","20","35","35","Then Yahweh spoke to a member of a group of prophets and said to him, “Ask one of your fellow prophets to strike and wound you.” So he did what Yahweh told him to do. He said to one of his fellow prophets, ‘Strike me and wound me.’ But that man refused to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_36","012_20_36","1KI","20","36","36","So the prophet said to him, “Because you refused to obey what Yahweh told you to do, a lion will kill you as soon as you leave me.” And as soon as he left that prophet, a lion suddenly pounced on him and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_37","012_20_37","1KI","20","37","37","Then the prophet found another prophet, and said to him, “Strike me!” So that man hit him very hard and injured him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_38","012_20_38","1KI","20","38","38","Then the prophet put a large bandage/cloth over his face so that no one would recognize him. Then he went and stood alongside the road, waiting for the king to come by. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_39","012_20_39","1KI","20","39","39","When the king passed by, the prophet cried out to him, saying “Your majesty, after I was wounded while I was fighting in a battle, a soldier brought to me one of our enemies that he had captured, and said to me, ‘Guard this man! If he escapes, you must pay me 3,000 pieces of silver, and if you do not pay that, you will be executed!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_40","012_20_40","1KI","20","40","40","But while I was busy doing other things, the man escaped!” The king of Israel said to him, “That is your problem! You yourself have said that you deserve to be punished.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_41","012_20_41","1KI","20","41","41","The prophet immediately took off the bandage, and the king of Israel recognized that he was one of the prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_42","012_20_42","1KI","20","42","42","And the prophet said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You have allowed that man Ben-Hadad to escape after I commanded you to be sure to execute him! Since you did not do that, you will be killed instead. And your army will be destroyed because you allowed some of his army to escape!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K120_43","012_20_43","1KI","20","43","43","The king went back home to Samaria, very angry and depressed/dejected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_1","012_21_1","1KI","21","1","1","King Ahab had a palace in Jezreel city. Near the palace was a vineyard owned by a man from that city whose name was Naboth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_2","012_21_2","1KI","21","2","2","One day, Ahab went to Naboth and said to him, “Your vineyard is close to my palace. I would like to buy it, so that I can plant some vegetables there. In exchange, I will give you a better vineyard somewhere else, or if you prefer, I will pay you for your vineyard.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_3","012_21_3","1KI","21","3","3","But Naboth replied, “That land belonged to my ancestors, so I want to keep it. I hope that Yahweh will never allow me to give that land to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_4","012_21_4","1KI","21","4","4","So Ahab became very sullen and angry because of what Naboth had said. He went home and lay down on his bed. He turned his face toward the wall, and he refused to eat anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_5","012_21_5","1KI","21","5","5","His wife Jezebel came in and asked him, “Why are you so depressed? Why are you refusing to eat anything?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_6","012_21_6","1KI","21","6","6","Ahab replied, “I talked to Naboth, that man from Jezreel. I told him that I wanted his vineyard. I said, ‘I will buy it from you, or I will give you another vineyard for it.’ But he refused to let me have it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_7","012_21_7","1KI","21","7","7","His wife replied, “You are RHQ the king of Israel, so you can get whatever you want Get up, and eat some food and do not worry about what Naboth said. I will get Naboth’s vineyard for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_8","012_21_8","1KI","21","8","8","Then Jezebel wrote some letters, and she signed Ahab’s name on them. She used his official seal to seal them. Then she sent them to the older leaders and other important men who lived in Naboth’s town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_9","012_21_9","1KI","21","9","9","This is what she wrote in the letters: “Proclaim a day when all the people will gather together and ◄fast/abstain from eating food►. Give to Naboth an important place to sit among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_10","012_21_10","1KI","21","10","10","Then find two men who always cause trouble. Give them places to sit opposite/facing him. Tell these men to testify that they heard Naboth say things that criticized God and the king. Then take Naboth out of the city and kill him by throwing stones at him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_11","012_21_11","1KI","21","11","11","The leaders received the letters and did what Jezebel had written in the letters for them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_12","012_21_12","1KI","21","12","12","They declared a day on which the people would all ◄fast/abstain from food►. And they gave Naboth a seat in a place where honored people sat, in front of the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_13","012_21_13","1KI","21","13","13","Two men who always caused trouble sat opposite/facing Naboth. While everyone was listening, they stated that they had heard Naboth say things that criticized God and the king. So the people seized Naboth. They took him outside the city and killed him by throwing stones at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_14","012_21_14","1KI","21","14","14","Then those leaders sent a message to Jezebel, saying “We have executed Naboth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_15","012_21_15","1KI","21","15","15","When Jezebel found out that Naboth had been killed, she told Ahab, “Naboth is dead. Now you can go and take possession of the vineyard that he refused to sell to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_16","012_21_16","1KI","21","16","16","When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went to the vineyard to claim that he now owned it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_17","012_21_17","1KI","21","17","17","Then Yahweh spoke to Elijah the prophet. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_18","012_21_18","1KI","21","18","18","“Go to Samaria and talk to Ahab, the king of Israel. He is in the vineyard of a man named Naboth. He has gone there to claim that he now owns it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_19","012_21_19","1KI","21","19","19","Tell Ahab that this is what I, Yahweh, say to him: ‘You have murdered Naboth and taken his land.’ So I am telling you this: ‘In the same place where Naboth died and dogs came and licked up Naboth’s blood, you will die and the dogs will lick up your blood, too!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_20","012_21_20","1KI","21","20","20","So when Elijah met with Ahab, Ahab said to him, “You, my enemy, have found me!” RHQ Elijah answered, “Yes, I have found you. You have never stopped doing the things that Yahweh says are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_21","012_21_21","1KI","21","21","21","So this is what Yahweh says to you: ‘I will soon get rid of you. I will kill you, and I will also kill every male in your household, including those who are slaves and those who are not slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_22","012_21_22","1KI","21","22","22","Your family will all be killed, just like the family of King Jeroboam and like the family of King Baasha were killed. I will get rid of you because you have caused me to become very angry, and you have also led the Israeli people to sin.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_23","012_21_23","1KI","21","23","23","Yahweh has also told me that your wife Jezebel will be killed, and dogs in Jezreel will eat her corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_24","012_21_24","1KI","21","24","24","The dead bodies of the members of your family who die in this city will not be buried, they will be eaten by dogs, and the corpses of those who die in the fields will be eaten by vultures.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_25","012_21_25","1KI","21","25","25","There was no man no man like Ahab who always did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. His wife Jezebel incited/urged him to do many of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_26","012_21_26","1KI","21","26","26","The most abominable/detestable thing that Ahab did was to worship idols, just like the Amor people-group had done. And that is why Yahweh took the Amor people’s land from them and gave it to the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_27","012_21_27","1KI","21","27","27","After Elijah finished talking to Ahab, Ahab tore his clothes to show that he was sorry for all the sins that he had committed. He put on rough clothes that were made from sacks, and he refused to eat anything. He even wore those rough clothes made from sacks when he slept, to show that he was sorry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_28","012_21_28","1KI","21","28","28","Then Yahweh said this to Elijah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K121_29","012_21_29","1KI","21","29","29","“I have seen RHQ that Ahab is now very sorry for all the evil things that he has done. So the things that I promised to do to his family will not happen while he is still alive. I will cause them to happen after his son becomes king. Then those things will happen to his family.” MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_1","012_22_1","1KI","22","1","1","For almost three years there was no war between Syria and Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_2","012_22_2","1KI","22","2","2","Then King Jehoshaphat, who ruled Judah, went to visit King Ahab, who ruled Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_3","012_22_3","1KI","22","3","3","While they were talking, Ahab said to his officials, “Do you realize that the Syrians are still occupying our city of Ramoth in the Gilead region? And we are doing nothing to retake that city!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_4","012_22_4","1KI","22","4","4","Then he turned to Jehoshaphat and asked, “Will your army join my army to fight against the people of Ramoth and retake that city?” Jehoshaphat replied, “Certainly I will do whatever you want, and you may command my troops. You may take my horses into battle, also.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_5","012_22_5","1KI","22","5","5","Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_6","012_22_6","1KI","22","6","6","So Ahab summoned about 400 of his prophets together, and he asked them, “Should my army go to fight the people in Ramoth and retake that city, or not?” They answered, “Yes, go and attack them, because God will enable your army to defeat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_7","012_22_7","1KI","22","7","7","But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_8","012_22_8","1KI","22","8","8","The King of Israel replied, “There is one man we can talk to. We can ask him if he can find out what Yahweh wants. His name is Micaiah; he is the son of Imlah. But I hate him, because when he ◄prophesies/tells what God says to him► he never says that anything good will happen to me. He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_9","012_22_9","1KI","22","9","9","So the king of Israel told one of his officers to summon Micaiah immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_10","012_22_10","1KI","22","10","10","The king of Israel and the king of Judah were wearing their ◄royal robes/robes that showed that they were kings►. They were sitting on thrones at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria city. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of the kings, ◄prophesying/predicting what was going to happen►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_11","012_22_11","1KI","22","11","11","One of them, whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled horns of a bull. Then he proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these your army will keep attacking the Syrians like a bull attacks another animal MET, until you completely destroy them!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_12","012_22_12","1KI","22","12","12","All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, “Yes! If you go up to attack Ramoth city in the Gilead region, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_13","012_22_13","1KI","22","13","13","Meanwhile, the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are predicting that the king’s army will defeat the Syrians. So be sure that you agree with them and say ◄what will be favorable/that the king’s army will be successful►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_14","012_22_14","1KI","22","14","14","But Micaiah replied, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what Yahweh tells me to say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_15","012_22_15","1KI","22","15","15","When Micaiah came to Ahab, Ahab asked him, “Micaiah, should we go to fight against the people of Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_16","012_22_16","1KI","22","16","16","But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was ◄lying/being sarcastic►, so he said to Micaiah, “I have told you RHQ many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_17","012_22_17","1KI","22","17","17","So Micaiah said to him, “The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_18","012_22_18","1KI","22","18","18","Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you RHQ that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_19","012_22_19","1KI","22","19","19","But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven surrounding him, on his right side and on his left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_20","012_22_20","1KI","22","20","20","And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_21","012_22_21","1KI","22","21","21","Finally one evil spirit came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_22","012_22_22","1KI","22","22","22","Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_23","012_22_23","1KI","22","23","23","So now I tell you that Yahweh has caused all of your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_24","012_22_24","1KI","22","24","24","Then Zedekiah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_25","012_22_25","1KI","22","25","25","Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken to on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide from the Syrian troops!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_26","012_22_26","1KI","22","26","26","King Ahab commanded his soldiers, “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_27","012_22_27","1KI","22","27","27","Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_28","012_22_28","1KI","22","28","28","Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, it will be clear that it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said to all those who were standing there, “Do not forget what I have said to King Ahab!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_29","012_22_29","1KI","22","29","29","So the King of Israel and the King of Judah led their armies to Ramoth, in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_30","012_22_30","1KI","22","30","30","King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, in order that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your ◄royal robe/robe that shows that you are a king►.” So Ahab disguised himself, and they both went into the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_31","012_22_31","1KI","22","31","31","The King of Syria told this to his thirty-two men who were driving the chariots: “Attack only the king of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_32","012_22_32","1KI","22","32","32","So when the men who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat wearing ◄his royal robes/clothes that showed he was the king►, they pursued him. They shouted, “There is the king of Israel!” But when Jehoshaphat cried out, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_33","012_22_33","1KI","22","33","33","they realized that he was not the king of Israel. So they stopped pursuing him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_34","012_22_34","1KI","22","34","34","But one Syrian soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_35","012_22_35","1KI","22","35","35","The battle continued all the day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian troops. The blood from his wound ran down to the floor of the chariot. And late in the afternoon he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_36","012_22_36","1KI","22","36","36","Just as the sun was going down, someone among the Israeli troops shouted, “The battle is ended! Everyone should return home!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_37","012_22_37","1KI","22","37","37","So king Ahab died, and they took his body in the chariot to Samaria city and buried his body there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_38","012_22_38","1KI","22","38","38","They washed his chariot alongside the pool in Samaria, a pool where the prostitutes bathed. And dogs came and licked the king’s blood, just like Yahweh had predicted would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_39","012_22_39","1KI","22","39","39","The account/record of the other things that happened while Ahab was ruling, and about the palace decorated with much ivory that they built for him, and the cities that were built for him, was written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_40","012_22_40","1KI","22","40","40","When Ahab died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried. Then his son Ahaziah became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_41","012_22_41","1KI","22","41","41","Before King Ahab died, when he had been ruling in Israel for four years, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat started to rule in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_42","012_22_42","1KI","22","42","42","Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for twenty-five years. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_43","012_22_43","1KI","22","43","43","Jehoshaphat was a good king, just like his father Asa had been. He did things that pleased Yahweh. But while he was king, he did not remove all the pagan altars that the people had built on the hilltops. So the people continued to offer sacrifices to idols on those altars and burned incense there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_44","012_22_44","1KI","22","44","44","Jehoshaphat also made a peace agreement with the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_45","012_22_45","1KI","22","45","45","All the other things that happened while Jehoshaphat was ruling, and the great things that he did and the victories his troops won, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_46","012_22_46","1KI","22","46","46","Jehoshaphat’s father Asa had tried to expel the male prostitutes that stayed at the pagan shrines, but some of them were still there. Jehoshaphat got rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_47","012_22_47","1KI","22","47","47","At that time, there was no king in Edom; a ruler who had been appointed by Jehoshaphat ruled there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_48","012_22_48","1KI","22","48","48","Jehoshaphat ordered some Israeli men to build a fleet/group of ships to sail south to the Ophir region to get gold. But they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber/Elath, so the ships never sailed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_49","012_22_49","1KI","22","49","49","Before the ships were wrecked, Ahab’s son Ahaziah suggested to Jehoshaphat, “Allow my sailors to go with your sailors,” but Jehoshaphat refused. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_50","012_22_50","1KI","22","50","50","When Jehoshaphat died, his body was buried where his ancestors were buried in Jerusalem, the city where King David had ruled. Then Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_51","012_22_51","1KI","22","51","51","Before King Jehoshaphat died, when he had been ruling in Judah for 17 years, Ahab’s son Ahaziah began to rule in Israel. Ahaziah ruled in Samaria for two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_52","012_22_52","1KI","22","52","52","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, doing the evil things that his father and mother had done and the evil things that Jeroboam had done—the king who had led all the Israeli people to sin by worshiping idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K122_53","012_22_53","1KI","22","53","53","Ahaziah bowed in front of Baal’s idol and worshiped it. That caused Yahweh, the God who was the true God of the Israeli people, to become very angry, just as Ahaziah’s father had caused Yahweh to become angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_1","013_1_1","2KI","1","1","1","After King Ahab died, the country of Moab rebelled against Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_2","013_1_2","2KI","1","2","2","One day, Ahaziah, the new king of Israel, fell through the wooden slats/boards around the edge of the flat roof of his palace in Samaria. He was badly injured, so he summoned some messengers and told them, “Go to Ekron city in Philistia, and ask their god Baalzebub whether I will ◄recover/become well►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_3","013_1_3","2KI","1","3","3","But an angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, the prophet from Tishbe town, “The king of Samaria is sending some messengers to Ekron. Go and meet them and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, the god of those people, whether you will recover? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_4","013_1_4","2KI","1","4","4","Yahweh says that you should tell King Ahaziah that he will not recover from his being injured; he will surely die.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_5","013_1_5","2KI","1","5","5","So Elijah went to meet the messengers and told that to them, and they returned to the king instead of going to Ekron. The king asked them, “Why did you return so soon?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_6","013_1_6","2KI","1","6","6","They replied, “A man came to meet us, and said to us, ‘Return to the king who sent you and tell him that Yahweh says, “◄Is it because there no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to Ekron to consult Baalzebub, their god?/You seem to think there is no God in Israel, with the result that you are sending messengers to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you will recover.► RHQ Go tell the king that he will not recover from being injured; instead, he will surely die.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_7","013_1_7","2KI","1","7","7","The king said to them, “The man who came to meet you and told that to you, what did he look like?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_8","013_1_8","2KI","1","8","8","They replied, “He was a hairy man and he had a wide leather belt around his waist.” The king exclaimed, “That was Elijah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_9","013_1_9","2KI","1","9","9","Then the king sent an officer with 50 soldiers to seize Elijah. They found Elijah sitting on the top of a hill. The officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_10","013_1_10","2KI","1","10","10","But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; so, I command that fire come down from the sky and burn up you and your 50 soldiers!” Immediately, fire came down from the sky and completely burned up the officer and his 50 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_11","013_1_11","2KI","1","11","11","When the king found out about that, he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. They went to where Elijah was, and the officer called out to him, “Prophet, the king commands that you come down immediately!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_12","013_1_12","2KI","1","12","12","But Elijah replied, “I am a prophet; to prove that, I command that fire come down from the sky and kill you and your soldiers!” Then a fire from God came down from the sky and killed the officer and his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_13","013_1_13","2KI","1","13","13","When the king heard about that he sent another officer with 50 more soldiers. They went to where Elijah was, and the officer prostrated himself in front of Elijah, and said to him, “Prophet, I plead with you, be kind to me and my 50 soldiers, and ◄do not kill us/allow us to remain alive►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_14","013_1_14","2KI","1","14","14","We know that two times fire came down from the sky and killed officers and the 50 soldiers who were with them. So now, please be kind to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_15","013_1_15","2KI","1","15","15","Then the angel from Yahweh said to Elijah, “Go down and go  with him. Do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah went with them to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_16","013_1_16","2KI","1","16","16","When Elijah arrived, he said to the king, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You sent messengers to go to Ekron to ask Baalzebub, their god, whether you would recover. You acted as though RHQ there is no God in Israel to consult. So you will not recover from being injured; instead, you are going to die!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_17","013_1_17","2KI","1","17","17","So Ahaziah died, which is what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. Ahaziah’s younger brother Joram became the new king, when Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, had been ruling Judah for almost two years. Ahaziah’s brother became the king because Ahaziah had no son to become the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K21_18","013_1_18","2KI","1","18","18","If you want to know about all the other things that Ahaziah did, they are RHQ written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_1","013_2_1","2KI","2","1","1","When Yahweh was about to take the prophet Elijah up to heaven in a ◄whirlwind/twisting wind►, Elijah and his fellow prophet Elisha were traveling south from Gilgal town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_2","013_2_2","2KI","2","2","2","Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told only me to go to Bethel town.” But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went down together to Bethel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_3","013_2_3","2KI","2","3","3","A group of prophets came to Elisha and Elijah before they entered the town, and they asked Elisha, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss Elijah away from you today?” Elisha answered, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” IDM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_4","013_2_4","2KI","2","4","4","Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told only me to go to Jericho.” But Elisha replied again, “Just as certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they went together to Jericho city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_5","013_2_5","2KI","2","5","5","As they neared Jericho, a group of prophets who were from there came to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that Yahweh is going to take your master/boss Elijah away from you today?” He answered again, “Certainly I know that, but don’t talk about it!” IDM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_6","013_2_6","2KI","2","6","6","Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, because Yahweh has told only me to go to the Jordan River.” But again Elisha replied, “As certainly as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not leave you!” So they continued walking together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_7","013_2_7","2KI","2","7","7","Fifty men from a group of prophets who were from Jericho also went, but they watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped at the edge of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_8","013_2_8","2KI","2","8","8","Then Elijah rolled up his cloak and struck the water with it. A path opened up for them through the river, and they walked across as though they were on dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_9","013_2_9","2KI","2","9","9","When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “What do you want me to do for you before ◄I am taken away/Yahweh takes me away►?” Elisha replied, “I want to receive twice as much of your power as you have had, (OR enable me to very powerfully continue your ministry).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_10","013_2_10","2KI","2","10","10","Elijah replied, “You have asked for something which is difficult for me to cause to happen. But, if you see me when ◄I am taken from you/Yahweh takes me from you►, you will get what you are requesting. But if you do not see me, then you will not get it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_11","013_2_11","2KI","2","11","11","As they were walking and talking, suddenly a chariot that had fire surrounding it, pulled by horses which also had fire surrounding them, appeared. The chariot driver drove the chariot between Elijah and Elisha and separated them. Then Elijah was taken up to heaven in a ◄whirlwind/twisting wind►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_12","013_2_12","2KI","2","12","12","Elisha saw it. He cried out, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers have taken my master away!” They disappeared into the sky, and Elisha never saw Elijah again. Then Elisha tore his own robe into two pieces to show that he was sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_13","013_2_13","2KI","2","13","13","Elijah’s cloak had fallen off when he was taken away, so Elisha picked it up and returned to the bank of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_14","013_2_14","2KI","2","14","14","He rolled up the cloak and struck the water with it, and cried out, “Will Yahweh, the God who enabled Elijah to perform miracles, enable me to do similar things?” Then the water separated, and a path opened up for him, and Elisha went across. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_15","013_2_15","2KI","2","15","15","When the group of prophets from Jericho saw what happened, they exclaimed, “Elisha now has the power that Elijah had!” MTY They walked over to him and bowed down in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_16","013_2_16","2KI","2","16","16","One of them said, “Sir, if you permit us, 50 of our strongest men will go and search for your master on the other side of the river. Perhaps the Spirit of Yahweh has left him on some mountain or in some valley.” Elisha replied, “No, do not send them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_17","013_2_17","2KI","2","17","17","But they kept insisting. Finally he was tired of saying “No,” and he said, “Okay, send them.” So 50 men searched for three days, but they did not find Elijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_18","013_2_18","2KI","2","18","18","They returned to Jericho, and Elisha was still there. He said to them, “I told you that you should not go, because you would not find him!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_19","013_2_19","2KI","2","19","19","Then the leaders of Jericho city came to talk with Elisha. One of them said, “Our master, we have a problem. You can see that this is a very nice place to live in. But the water is bad, and as a result, crops will not grow on the land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_20","013_2_20","2KI","2","20","20","Elisha said to them, “Put some salt in a new bowl and bring the bowl to me.” So they brought it to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_21","013_2_21","2KI","2","21","21","Then he went out to the spring from which the people in the town got water. He threw the salt into the spring. Then he said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have made this water good/pure. No longer will anyone die, from having drunk this water, and now crops will be able to grow.’” LIT ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_22","013_2_22","2KI","2","22","22","And the water became pure, just as Elisha said it would be. Since that time it has always remained pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_23","013_2_23","2KI","2","23","23","Elisha left Jericho and went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, a group of young boys from Bethel saw him and started to make fun of him. They continued shouting, “Go away, you bald-headed man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_24","013_2_24","2KI","2","24","24","Elisha turned around and looked/glared at them. He asked Yahweh to ◄curse them/do something bad to them►. Immediately two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K22_25","013_2_25","2KI","2","25","25","Elisha left Bethel and went to Carmel Mountain, and after that he returned to Samaria city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_1","013_3_1","2KI","3","1","1","After Jehoshaphat had been ruling Judah for almost 18 years, Ahab’s son Joram became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for twelve years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_2","013_3_2","2KI","3","2","2","He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as much evil as his father and mother had done, and he got rid of the pillar for worshiping Baal which his father had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_3","013_3_3","2KI","3","3","3","But he committed the sins that King Jeroboam had committed and which led the Israeli people to sin, and he did not stop committing those sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_4","013_3_4","2KI","3","4","4","Mesha, the king of Moab, raised sheep. Every year he was forced to give 100,000 lambs and the wool from 100,000 rams to the king of Israel, because his kingdom was controlled by the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_5","013_3_5","2KI","3","5","5","But after King Ahab died, Mesha rebelled against the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_6","013_3_6","2KI","3","6","6","So King Joram left Samaria and gathered together all his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_7","013_3_7","2KI","3","7","7","Then he sent this message to Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. So will your army join my army and fight against the army of Moab?” Jehoshaphat replied, “Yes, we will help you. We are ready to do whatever you want us to. My soldiers and my horses are ready to help you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_8","013_3_8","2KI","3","8","8","He asked, “On which road shall we march to attack them?” Joram replied, “We will go south to Jerusalem, where your army will join us. Then we will all go south of the Dead Sea, and then turn north through the Edom Desert.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_9","013_3_9","2KI","3","9","9","So the king of Israel and his army went with the kings of Judah and Edom and their armies. They marched for seven days. Then there was no water left for their soldiers or for their animals that carried supplies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_10","013_3_10","2KI","3","10","10","The king of Israel exclaimed, “This is a terrible situation! It seems that Yahweh will allow the three of us to be captured by the army of MTY Moab!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_11","013_3_11","2KI","3","11","11","Jehoshaphat said, “Is there a prophet here who can ask Yahweh for us what we should do?” One of Joram’s army officers said, “Elisha, the son of Shaphat, is here. He was Elijah’s assistant.” IDM ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_12","013_3_12","2KI","3","12","12","Jehoshaphat said, “It will be good to ask him, because he speaks what Yahweh tells him to say.” So those three kings went to Elisha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_13","013_3_13","2KI","3","13","13","Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Why do you come to me RHQ? Go and ask those prophets that your father and mother consulted!” But Joram replied, “No, we want you to ask Yahweh, because it seems that Yahweh is going to allow us three kings to be captured by the army of Moab.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_14","013_3_14","2KI","3","14","14","Elisha replied, “I serve Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven. As surely as he lives, if I did not respect Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not even think about doing anything to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_15","013_3_15","2KI","3","15","15","But, bring a musician to me.” So they did that. And when the musician played on his harp, the power of Yahweh came on Elisha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_16","013_3_16","2KI","3","16","16","He said, “Yahweh says that he will cause this dry stream-bed to be full of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_17","013_3_17","2KI","3","17","17","The result will be that your soldiers and your animals that carry supplies and your livestock will have plenty of water to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_18","013_3_18","2KI","3","18","18","That is not difficult for Yahweh to do. But he will do more than that. He will also enable you to defeat the army of Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_19","013_3_19","2KI","3","19","19","You will conquer all their beautiful cities, cities that have high walls around them. You must cut down all their fruit trees, stop water from flowing from their springs, and ruin their fertile fields by covering them with rocks.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_20","013_3_20","2KI","3","20","20","The next morning, at the time when they offered the sacrifices of grain, they were surprised to see water flowing from Edom and covering the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_21","013_3_21","2KI","3","21","21","When the people of Moab heard that the three kings had come with their armies to fight against them, all the men who were able to fight in battles, from the youngest men to the oldest ones, were summoned, and they ◄took their positions/prepared to fight► at the southern border of their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_22","013_3_22","2KI","3","22","22","But when they rose early the next morning, they saw that the water across from them appeared to be as red as blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_23","013_3_23","2KI","3","23","23","They exclaimed, “It is blood! The three enemy armies must have fought and killed each other! So let’s go and take everything that they have left!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_24","013_3_24","2KI","3","24","24","But when they reached the area where the Israeli soldiers had set up their tents, the Israelis attacked the soldiers from Moab and forced them to retreat. The Israeli soldiers pursued the soldiers from Moab and killed many of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_25","013_3_25","2KI","3","25","25","The Israelis also destroyed their cities. And whenever they passed fertile fields, they threw rocks on those fields, until the fields were covered with rocks. They stopped water from flowing from the springs and cut down the fruit trees. Finally, only the capital city, Kir-Hareseth, remained. The Israeli soldiers who threw stones with slings surrounded the city and attacked it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_26","013_3_26","2KI","3","26","26","When the king of Moab realized that his army was being defeated, he took with him 700 men who fought with swords, and they tried to force a way through the Israeli lines of soldiers to escape to get help from the king of Syria, but they were unable to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K23_27","013_3_27","2KI","3","27","27","Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have become the next king, and killed him and offered him for a sacrifice to their god Chemosh, burning him on top of the city wall. The Israeli soldiers were horrified, with the result that they left that city and returned to their own country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_1","013_4_1","2KI","4","1","1","One day the widow of one of Yahweh’s prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, “My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh very much. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening to take away my two sons to be his slaves as payment for what I owe him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_2","013_4_2","2KI","4","2","2","Elisha replied, “What can I do to help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?” She replied, “We have only a container of olive oil; we have nothing else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_3","013_4_3","2KI","4","3","3","Elisha said, “Go to your neighbors and borrow from them as many empty jars as you can. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_4","013_4_4","2KI","4","4","4","Then take the jars into your house with your sons. Shut the door. Then pour olive oil from your container into the other jars. When each jar is full, set it aside and fill another jar. Keep doing that until all the jars are full.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_5","013_4_5","2KI","4","5","5","So she did what Elisha told her to do. Her sons kept bringing jars to her, and she kept filling them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_6","013_4_6","2KI","4","6","6","Soon all the jars were full. So she said to one of her sons, “Bring me another jar!” But he replied, “There are no more jars!” And then the olive oil stopped flowing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_7","013_4_7","2KI","4","7","7","When she told Elijah what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the jars of oil. And with the money you get, pay what you owe, and there will be enough extra money to keep buying food for yourself and your sons.” So she did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_8","013_4_8","2KI","4","8","8","One day Elisha went to Shunem town. There was a wealthy woman who lived there with her husband. One day she invited Elisha to her house for a meal. Elisha went there and from then on, every time Elisha was in Shunem, he went to their house to eat a meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_9","013_4_9","2KI","4","9","9","One day the woman said to her husband, “I am sure that this man who often comes here is a prophet who brings messages  from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_10","013_4_10","2KI","4","10","10","I think we should make a small room for him on our flat roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. If we do that, whenever he comes here, he will have a place to stay.” So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_11","013_4_11","2KI","4","11","11","One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to that room to rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_12","013_4_12","2KI","4","12","12","He said to his servant Gehazi, “Tell the woman that I want to speak to her.” So the servant went and told her. When she came to the doorway of Elisha’s room, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_13","013_4_13","2KI","4","13","13","Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tell her that we both appreciate all the kind things that she has done for us. Then ask her what we can do for her. Ask, ‘Do you want me to go to the king or the army commander, to request something for you?’” Gehazi told her, and she replied, “No, he does not need to do that, because my family/relatives are able to give me what I need.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_14","013_4_14","2KI","4","14","14","Later, Elisha asked Gehazi, “What do you think that we can do for that woman?” He replied, “She does not have a son, and her husband is an old man. So maybe we should ask Yahweh to enable her to have a son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_15","013_4_15","2KI","4","15","15","Elisha told Gehazi, “Call her back again.” So Gehazi went and called her. And when the woman returned, as she stood in the doorway, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_16","013_4_16","2KI","4","16","16","Elisha said to her, “About this time next year you will be holding your infant son in your arms.” But she protested, “O, sir, you are a prophet who brings messages  from God, so please do not deceive/lie to me by saying things like that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_17","013_4_17","2KI","4","17","17","But a few months later, the woman became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son at that time the following year, just like Elisha had predicted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_18","013_4_18","2KI","4","18","18","When the child was older, one day he went out to the fields to see his father, who was working with the men who were harvesting grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_19","013_4_19","2KI","4","19","19","Suddenly the boy exclaimed, “My head hurts! My head hurts a lot!” His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him home to his mother!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_20","013_4_20","2KI","4","20","20","So the servant carried him home, and his mother held him on her lap. But at noontime the boy died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_21","013_4_21","2KI","4","21","21","She carried him up the steps to the prophet’s room and laid him on the bed. She left him there and went out and shut the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_22","013_4_22","2KI","4","22","22","She then called out to her husband, saying, “Send to me one of the servants and a donkey, so that I can ride on it quickly to the prophet, and then come back!” But she did not tell her husband that their son had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_23","013_4_23","2KI","4","23","23","Her husband called out to her and said, “Why do you want to go today? This is not the day when we celebrate the Festival of the New Moon, and it is not a Sabbath day!” But she only replied, “Just do what I requested and everything will be all right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_24","013_4_24","2KI","4","24","24","So she told the servant to put saddles on two donkeys, and as they left, she said, “Hurry! Do not slow down unless t tell you to do that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_25","013_4_25","2KI","4","25","25","As they approached Carmel Mountain, where Elisha was, Elisha saw her in the distance. He said to Gehazi, “Look, the woman from Shunem is coming! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_26","013_4_26","2KI","4","26","26","Run to her, and ask her if everything is all right with her and her husband and with her child!” So Gehazi ran to her and asked her, but she did not tell Gehazi anything. She only said, “Yes, everything is fine.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_27","013_4_27","2KI","4","27","27","But when she came to where Elisha was, she prostrated herself on the ground in front of Elisha and took hold of his feet. Gehazi started to push her away, but Elisha said, “◄Do not push her away/Leave her alone►! Something is troubling her very much, but Yahweh has not told me what it is.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_28","013_4_28","2KI","4","28","28","Then she said to Elisha, “O, sir, I did not ask you to enable me to give birth to a son RHQ. And I told you not to lie to me about that!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_29","013_4_29","2KI","4","29","29","Then Elisha realized that something must have happened to her son. So he said to Gehazi, “Get ready to leave immediately. Take my staff/walking stick and go to her home. Do not stop to talk to anyone on the way. Go quickly to where her son is and lay the staff on the child’s face. If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will enable him to be well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_30","013_4_30","2KI","4","30","30","But the boy’s mother said, “Just as certain as Yahweh lives and you live, I will not go home if you do not go with me.” So Elisha returned with her to her home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_31","013_4_31","2KI","4","31","31","Gehazi hurried quickly, and when he got to the woman’s home, he laid the staff/walking stick on the child’s face, but the child did not move or say anything. So Gehazi returned to meet Elisha along the road, and told him, “The child is still dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_32","013_4_32","2KI","4","32","32","When Elisha reached the house, he saw that the boy was lying dead on his bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_33","013_4_33","2KI","4","33","33","Elisha went into the room by himself and shut the door and prayed to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_34","013_4_34","2KI","4","34","34","Then he lay down on the boy’s body, and put his mouth on the boy’s mouth, and put his eyes on the boy’s eyes, and put his hands on the boy’s hands. Then the boy’s body started to become warm! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_35","013_4_35","2KI","4","35","35","Elisha got up and walked back and forth in the room several times. Then he stretched his body on the boy’s body again. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_36","013_4_36","2KI","4","36","36","Then Elisha summoned Gehazi. He said, “Call the boy’s mother!” So Gehazi went and called her, and when she came in, Elisha said, “Here, take your son!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_37","013_4_37","2KI","4","37","37","She gratefully prostrated herself at Elisha’s feet. Then she picked up her son and carried him downstairs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_38","013_4_38","2KI","4","38","38","Then Elisha returned to Gilgal. But at that time there was ◄a famine/very little food► in that area. One day as the group of prophets was sitting in front of Elisha listening to what he was teaching, he said to his servant, “Put a large pot on the stove and make some stew for these men.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_39","013_4_39","2KI","4","39","39","One of the prophets went out to the fields to gather some vegetables. But he gathered only some wild gourds and put them in his cloak and brought them back. He shredded them and put them in the pot, but he did not know that the gourds were poisonous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_40","013_4_40","2KI","4","40","40","He served the stew to the prophets, but after the men had eaten only a couple bites, they cried out, “Elisha, there is something in the pot that will kill us!” So they would not eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_41","013_4_41","2KI","4","41","41","Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” They brought him some, and he threw it in the pot and he said, “It is all right now. You can eat it.” And they ate it, and it did not harm them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_42","013_4_42","2KI","4","42","42","One day a man from Baal-Shalishah town brought to Elisha a sack of freshly cut grain and 20 loaves of barley bread, made from the first grain that they harvested that year. Elisha said to his servant, “Give it to the group of prophets, so that they can eat it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_43","013_4_43","2KI","4","43","43","But his servant exclaimed, “Do you think that we can feed 100 of us prophets with only that much?” RHQ But Elisha replied, “Give it to the prophets so that they can eat it, because Yahweh says that there will be plenty for all of them, and there will be some left over!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K24_44","013_4_44","2KI","4","44","44","After his servant gave it to the prophets, they ate all that they wanted, and there was food left over, just as Yahweh had promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_1","013_5_1","2KI","5","1","1","A man named Naaman was the commander of the army of Syria. Yahweh had enabled him to win many victories/battles. He was a great warrior, and as a result the king of Syria greatly respected him. But he had ◄leprosy/a dreaded skin disease►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_2","013_5_2","2KI","5","2","2","Some time previously, groups of soldiers/marauders from Syria had raided/attacked the land of Israel, and they had captured a young girl and taken her to Syria. She became a servant for Naaman’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_3","013_5_3","2KI","5","3","3","One day, that girl said to her, “I wish that ◄my master/your husband► would go to see the prophet in Samaria. That prophet would heal your husband from his leprosy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_4","013_5_4","2KI","5","4","4","Naaman’s wife told her husband what the girl from Israel had said, and Naaman told that to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_5","013_5_5","2KI","5","5","6","The king said to him, “Okay, go and see the prophet. I will write a letter for you to take to the king of Israel, saying that I sent you.” The king wrote in the letter, “I am sending this letter with my army commander Naaman, who serves me faithfully. I want you to heal him of his disease.” So Naaman, assuming/thinking that the king of Israel was the prophet, took the letter and 750 pounds of silver, 150 pounds of gold, and ten sets of clothing, to give to the king of Israel, and he went to Samaria, taking along several servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_7","013_5_7","2KI","5","7","7","When he arrived in Samaria, he gave the letter to the king of Israel. The king read the letter. Then, being very dismayed, the king tore his clothes and said, “I am not God RHQ! I am not able to enable people to live or to die RHQ! Why does the king who wrote this letter request me to cure this man of his leprosy? I think that he is just wanting to start a fight with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_8","013_5_8","2KI","5","8","8","But the prophet Elisha heard that the king of Israel had torn his robe and said that. So he sent a message to the king, saying, “Why are you upset/frustrated RHQ? Send Naaman to me, and he will find out that because I am a true prophet here in Israel, I can help/heal him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_9","013_5_9","2KI","5","9","9","So Naaman went with his horses and chariots to Elisha’s house and waited outside the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_10","013_5_10","2KI","5","10","10","But Elisha did not come to the door. Instead, he sent a messenger to Naaman, to tell him, “Go to the Jordan River and wash yourself seven times in the river. Then your skin will be restored/healed, and you will no longer have leprosy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_11","013_5_11","2KI","5","11","11","But Naaman became very angry. He said, “I thought that surely he would wave his hand over the leprosy, and pray to Yahweh his god, and heal me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_12","013_5_12","2KI","5","12","12","Surely the Abana River and the Pharpar River in Damascus in my own country of Syria are RHQ better than any of the rivers in Israel! Why can I not wash in those rivers and be healed?” RHQ So he turned and walked away with great anger/disgust. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_13","013_5_13","2KI","5","13","13","But his servants came to him, and one of them said, “Sir, if that prophet had told you to do something difficult, you would certainly RHQ have done it. So you should certainly do what he says and wash in the Jordan River to be healed!” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_14","013_5_14","2KI","5","14","14","So Naaman went down to the Jordan River and washed himself seven times, as ◄the prophet/Elisha► told him to do. Then his skin was restored/healed, and it became healthy/smooth, like the skin of a young child. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_15","013_5_15","2KI","5","15","15","Then Naaman and those who were with him went back to talk to Elisha. They stood in front of him, and Naaman said, “Now I know that there are no real gods anywhere else in the world, but there is a God here in Israel! So now please accept these gifts that I have brought to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_16","013_5_16","2KI","5","16","16","But Elisha replied, “Just as certainly as Yahweh, the one whom I serve, lives, I will not accept any gifts.” Naaman kept urging him to accept the gifts, but Elisha kept refusing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_17","013_5_17","2KI","5","17","17","Then Naaman said, “Okay, but I have one request. This dirt here in Israel is holy, so please allow me to take some dirt from this place and put it in sacks on two mules. Then I will take it back home with me and make an altar on this dirt. From now on, I will offer sacrifices to Yahweh on that altar. I will not offer sacrifices to any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_18","013_5_18","2KI","5","18","18","However, when my master, the king, goes into the temple of the god Rimmon to worship him/it there, and he is leaning on my arm, I hope/desire that Yahweh will forgive me because I will have to bow down, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_19","013_5_19","2KI","5","19","19","Elisha replied, “Go home, and do not worry about that.” So Naaman and his servants started to travel home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_20","013_5_20","2KI","5","20","20","But then Elisha’s servant Gehazi said to himself, “It is not good that my master allowed this Syrian man to leave like this. He should have accepted his gifts. So just as certainly as Yahweh lives, I will go and catch up with Naaman and get something from him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_21","013_5_21","2KI","5","21","21","So Gehazi hurried to catch up with Naaman. When Naaman saw Gehazi running toward him, he stopped the chariot in which he was riding, jumped out, and went to see what Gehazi wanted. He asked him, “Is everything all right?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_22","013_5_22","2KI","5","22","22","Gehazi replied, “Yes, but two young prophets from the hilly area where the descendants of Ephraim live have just arrived. Elisha has sent me to tell you that he would like 75 pounds of silver and two sets of clothing to give to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_23","013_5_23","2KI","5","23","23","Naaman replied, “Certainly! You can have 150 pounds of silver!” He urged Gehazi to take it. He also gave him two sets of clothing. He tied up the silver in two bags and gave them to two of his servants to carry back to Elisha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_24","013_5_24","2KI","5","24","24","But when they arrived at the hill where Elisha lived, Gehazi took the silver and the clothes from Naaman’s servants and sent the servants back to Naaman. Then he took those things into his house and hid them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_25","013_5_25","2KI","5","25","25","When he went to Elisha, Elisha asked him, “Where did you go, Gehazi?” Gehazi replied, “I did not go anywhere.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_26","013_5_26","2KI","5","26","26","Elisha asked him, “Do you not realize that my spirit was there when Naaman got out of his chariot to talk with you? This is certainly not RHQ the time to accept gifts of money and clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and servants! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K25_27","013_5_27","2KI","5","27","27","Because you have done this, you and your children and all your descendants, forever, will have leprosy just like Naaman had!” And when Gehazi left the room, he was a leper! His skin was as white as snow! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_1","013_6_1","2KI","6","1","1","One day a group of prophets said to Elisha, “Look, this place where we meet together with you is very small. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_2","013_6_2","2KI","6","2","2","Allow us to go to the Jordan River and cut down some trees to make logs to build a new meeting place.” So Elisha said, “Okay, go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_3","013_6_3","2KI","6","3","3","One of them said to Elisha, “Please come with us.” So Elisha replied, “Okay, I will go with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_4","013_6_4","2KI","6","4","4","So they went together. When they reached the Jordan River, they cut down some trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_5","013_6_5","2KI","6","5","5","But while one of them was cutting down a tree, suddenly the axe head separated from the handle and fell into the water. He cried out to Elisha, “O, Master, what shall I do? The axe is not mine; I borrowed it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_6","013_6_6","2KI","6","6","6","Elisha replied, “Where did it fall into the water?” After the man showed him the place, Elisha cut off a stick, and threw it into the water, and caused the iron axe head to float on top of the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_7","013_6_7","2KI","6","7","7","Elisha said, “Take it out of the water.” So the man reached his hand down and picked up the axe head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_8","013_6_8","2KI","6","8","8","Whenever the king of Syria prepared to send his army to fight against Israel, he first consulted his officers, and then told them where they should set up their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_9","013_6_9","2KI","6","9","9","But each time, Elisha would send a message to warn the king of Israel, telling him where the army of Syria was planning to attack them, saying, “Be sure that your army does not go near that place, because the army of Syria has set up their tents there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_10","013_6_10","2KI","6","10","10","So the king of Israel would send messengers to warn the people who lived in that place, and the people would remain on guard. That happened several times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_11","013_6_11","2KI","6","11","11","The king of Syria was very upset/disturbed/angry about that. So he summoned his army officers and said to them, “Obviously one of you is ◄betraying us/revealing our plans► to the king of Israel. Which one of you is doing it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_12","013_6_12","2KI","6","12","12","One of his officers answered, “Your Majesty, it is not one of us. Elisha the prophet knows what we plan to do, and he tells the king of Israel everything. He even knows what you say in your own bedroom!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_13","013_6_13","2KI","6","13","13","The king of Syria replied, “Go and find out where he is, and I will send some men there to capture him.” Someone told him, “People say that he is in Dothan town north of Samaria.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_14","013_6_14","2KI","6","14","14","So the king sent a large group of soldiers to Dothan with horses and chariots. They arrived at night and surrounded the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_15","013_6_15","2KI","6","15","15","Early the next morning, Elisha’s servant got up and went outside the house. He saw the soldiers of Syria with their horses and chariots surrounding the town. So he went inside the house and reported it to Elisha and exclaimed, “O, sir! What are we going to do?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_16","013_6_16","2KI","6","16","16","Elisha replied, “Do not be afraid! Those who will be helping us will be more than those who will be helping them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_17","013_6_17","2KI","6","17","17","Then he prayed, “Yahweh, I request that you open my servant’s eyes in order that he can see what is out there!” So Yahweh enabled the servant to look out and see that surrounding the hill on which the town was built was a huge number of horses, and chariots made of fire! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_18","013_6_18","2KI","6","18","18","When the army of Syria prepared to attack Elisha, he prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, cause all these soldiers to become blind!” Yahweh answered his prayer and caused them to be unable to see clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_19","013_6_19","2KI","6","19","19","Then Elisha went to them and said, “You are not on the right road; this is not the city that you are searching for. I will take you to the man whom you are searching for.” But he led them to Samaria, the capital of Israel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_20","013_6_20","2KI","6","20","20","As soon as they entered Samaria, Elisha prayed again, saying, “Yahweh, now enable these soldiers to see correctly again!” So Yahweh enabled them to see correctly, and they were surprised to see that they were inside Samaria city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_21","013_6_21","2KI","6","21","21","When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, “Sir, shall I tell my soldiers to kill them? Shall we kill all of them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_22","013_6_22","2KI","6","22","22","Elisha replied, “No, you must not kill them. If your army captured many of your enemies in a battle, you would certainly not RHQ kill them. Give these men something to eat and drink, and then allow them to return to their king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_23","013_6_23","2KI","6","23","23","So the king of Israel did that. He told his servants to provide a big feast for them. And when they had eaten and drunk plenty, he sent them away. They returned to the king of Syria and told him what had happened. So for a while after that, soldiers from Syria stopped raiding/attacking towns in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_24","013_6_24","2KI","6","24","24","But some time later, Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, assembled his entire army, and they went to Samaria and surrounded the city for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_25","013_6_25","2KI","6","25","25","Because of that, after a while there was hardly any food left inside the city, with the result that eventually a donkey’s head, which was usually worthless, cost eighty pieces of silver, and ◄one cup/0.3 liter► of dove’s dung cost five pieces of silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_26","013_6_26","2KI","6","26","26","One day when the king of Israel was walking on top of the city wall, a woman cried out to him, “Your Majesty, help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_27","013_6_27","2KI","6","27","27","He replied, “If Yahweh will not help you, I certainly cannot RHQ help you. I certainly RHQ do not have any wheat or wine! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_28","013_6_28","2KI","6","28","28","What is your problem?” She replied, “Several days ago, that woman over there said to me, ‘Because we have nothing left to eat, let’s kill your son today, in order that we can eat his flesh. Then tomorrow we can kill my son and eat his flesh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_29","013_6_29","2KI","6","29","29","So we killed my son and cut his body up and boiled his flesh and ate it. The next day, I said to her, ‘Now give your son to me, in order that we can kill him and cook his flesh and eat it.’ But she has hidden her son!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_30","013_6_30","2KI","6","30","30","When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his robe to show that he was very distressed. The people who were standing close to the wall were able to see that the king was wearing rough cloth underneath his robe because he was very distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_31","013_6_31","2KI","6","31","31","The king exclaimed, “I wish/hope that God will strike me dead if I do not cut off the head of Elisha today, because he is the one who has caused these terrible things to happen to us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_32","013_6_32","2KI","6","32","32","So the king sent an officer to get Elisha. Before the officer arrived, Elisha was sitting in his house with some Israeli elders who were talking with him. Elisha said to them, “That murderer, the king of Israel, is sending someone here to kill me. Listen: When he arrives, shut the door and do not allow him to come in. And the king will be coming right behind that officer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K26_33","013_6_33","2KI","6","33","33","And while he was still speaking, the king and the officer arrived. The king said, “It is Yahweh who has caused us to have all this trouble/suffering. ◄Why should I wait any longer RHQ for him to do something to help us?/It is useless for me to wait any longer for him to help us!►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_1","013_7_1","2KI","7","1","1","Elisha replied to the king, “Listen to what Yahweh says: ‘He says that by this time tomorrow, at the marketplace here in Samaria, you will be able to buy ◄ten pounds/five kg.► of fine wheat or ◄20 pounds/ten kg.► of barley for only one piece of silver.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_2","013_7_2","2KI","7","2","2","The king’s officer said to Elijah, “That cannot happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the windows of the sky and send grain down to us, that certainly could not RHQ happen!” Elisha replied, “Because you said that, you SYN will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_3","013_7_3","2KI","7","3","3","That day there were four men who had ◄leprosy/a dreaded skin disease► who were sitting outside the gate of Samaria city. They said to each other, “◄Why should we wait here until we die?/It is ridiculous for us to wait here until we die.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_4","013_7_4","2KI","7","4","4","If we go into the city, we will die there, because there is no food there. If we remain sitting here, we will die here. So let’s go to where the army of Syria has set up their tents. If they kill us, we will die. But if they allow us to remain alive, we will not die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_5","013_7_5","2KI","7","5","5","So when it was getting dark, those four men went to the camp where the army of Syria had set up their tents. But when they reached the camp, they saw that there was no one there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_6","013_7_6","2KI","7","6","6","What had happened was that Yahweh had caused the army of Syria to hear something that sounded like a large army marching with chariots and horses. So they said to each other, “Listen! The king of Israel has hired the kings of Egypt and the Heth people-group and their armies, and they have come to attack us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_7","013_7_7","2KI","7","7","7","So they all ran away that evening and left their tents and their horses and donkeys there, because they were afraid that they would be killed if they stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_8","013_7_8","2KI","7","8","8","When those four lepers came to the edge of the area where the soldiers of Syria had set up their tents, they went into one tent, and saw all the things that had been left there. So they ate and drank what was there, and they took the silver and the gold and clothes. Then they went outside the tent and hid those things. Then they entered another tent, and took things from there, and then went outside and hid them, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_9","013_7_9","2KI","7","9","9","But then they said to each other, “We are not doing what is right. We have good news to tell others today. If we do not tell it to anyone now, and if we wait until morning to tell it, we will certainly be punished by Yahweh. So let’s go right now to the palace and tell it to the king’s officials!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_10","013_7_10","2KI","7","10","10","So they went to the guards at the city gates and called out to them, “We went to where the army of Syria had set up their tents, but we did not see or hear anyone there. Their horses and donkeys were still tied up, but their tents were all deserted/abandoned!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_11","013_7_11","2KI","7","11","11","The guards shouted the news, and some people who heard it went to the palace and reported it there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_12","013_7_12","2KI","7","12","12","When the king heard it, he got up out of his bed and said to his officials, “I will tell you what the army of Syria is planning to do. They know that we have no food here, so they have left their tents and are hiding in the fields. They think that we will leave the city to find some food, and then they will capture us and capture the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_13","013_7_13","2KI","7","13","13","But one of his officials said, “Many of our Israeli people have already died from ◄hunger/not having anything to eat►. If those of us who are still alive all stay here, we also will die anyway. So let’s send some men with five of our horses that are still alive to go and see what has really happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_14","013_7_14","2KI","7","14","14","So they chose some men and told them to go in a chariot and find out what had happened to the army of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_15","013_7_15","2KI","7","15","15","They went as far as the Jordan River. All along the road they saw clothes and equipment that the soldiers from Syria had thrown away while they were running away very quickly. So the men returned to the king and reported what they had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_16","013_7_16","2KI","7","16","16","Then many of the people of Samaria also went out of the city and went to where the army of Syria had previously set up their tents. They entered all the tents and took everything. So there was now plenty of everything! As a result people could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver, which was what Yahweh had said would happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_17","013_7_17","2KI","7","17","17","The king of Israel had appointed the officer who was his assistant to supervise what was happening at the marketplace. But as he was standing near the gate, all the people who were rushing outside the city trampled on him, and he died, which was what Elisha had said would happen to him when Elisha previously went to talk to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_18","013_7_18","2KI","7","18","18","Elisha had told him that by the next day there would be plenty of food, with the result that anyone could buy ten pounds of fine wheat or 20 pounds of barley for only one piece of silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_19","013_7_19","2KI","7","19","19","And the officer had answered, “That certainly cannot RHQ happen! Even if Yahweh himself would open the sky and send down some grain, that could not happen.” And Elisha had replied, “Because you said that, you SYN will see it happen, but you will not be able to eat any of the food!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K27_20","013_7_20","2KI","7","20","20","And that is what happened to him. The people who were rushing out of the city gate trampled on him, and he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_1","013_8_1","2KI","8","1","1","After Elisha caused the son of the woman from Shunem town to become alive again, he told her that she should leave with her family and live somewhere else for a while, because Yahweh was going to ◄send a famine/cause food to become very scarce► in the land. He said that the famine would last for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_2","013_8_2","2KI","8","2","2","So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in the Philistia region for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_3","013_8_3","2KI","8","3","3","After the seven years were ended, they returned to their home. The woman went to the king to request that her house and her land be given back to her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_4","013_8_4","2KI","8","4","4","When she arrived, the king was talking with Gehazi, Elisha’s servant. The king was saying to him, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_5","013_8_5","2KI","8","5","5","While Gehazi was telling the king that Elisha had caused the son of a woman from Shunem to become alive again, that woman came in and requested the king to enable her to get her house and land back again. Gehazi exclaimed, “Your Majesty, this is the woman whose son Elisha caused to become alive again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_6","013_8_6","2KI","8","6","6","When the king asked her about it, she told him that what Gehazi had said was true. The king summoned one of his officials and said to him, “I want everything that this woman possessed previously, including the value of all the crops that have been harvested during these last seven years while she was away from her land, to be given back to her.” So the official did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_7","013_8_7","2KI","8","7","7","Elisha went to Damascus, the capital of Syria, when Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, was very sick. When someone told the king that Elisha was in Damascus, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_8","013_8_8","2KI","8","8","8","the king told one of his officials named Hazael, “Go and talk to that prophet and take a present/gift with you to give to him. Request him to ask Yahweh if I will recover from my illness.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_9","013_8_9","2KI","8","9","9","So Hazael went to talk with Elisha. He took with him forty camels that were carrying many kinds of goods that were produced in Damascus. When Hazael met him, he said to him, “Your friend Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, sent me to ask you whether you think he will recover from his illness.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_10","013_8_10","2KI","8","10","10","Elisha said to Hazael, “Go and say to him, ‘Yes, you will certainly not die from this illness,’ but Yahweh has shown me that he will certainly die before he recovers.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_11","013_8_11","2KI","8","11","11","Then Elisha stared at him and had a terrified look on his face. That caused Hazael to feel uneasy/embarrassed. Then suddenly Elisha started to cry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_12","013_8_12","2KI","8","12","12","Hazael said, “Sir, why are you crying?” Elisha replied, “Because Yahweh has enabled me to know the terrible things that you will do to the people of Israel: You will burn their cities with walls around them, you will kill their fine young men with a sword, you will bash the heads of their children, and you will rip open the bellies of their pregnant women with a sword.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_13","013_8_13","2KI","8","13","13","Hazael replied, “I am as insignificant as MET a dog; ◄how could I do such things?/I would never do such terrible things!►” RHQ Elisha replied, “Yahweh has also revealed to me that you will become the king of Syria.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_14","013_8_14","2KI","8","14","14","Then Hazael left and returned to his master/boss the king, who asked him, “What did Elisha say?” He replied, “He told me that you would certainly recover.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_15","013_8_15","2KI","8","15","15","But the next day, while the king was sleeping, Hazael took a blanket and soaked it in water. Then he spread it on the king’s face in order that he could not breathe, and he died. Then Hazael became the king of Syria instead of Ben-Hadad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_16","013_8_16","2KI","8","16","16","After King Joram, the son of Ahab, had been ruling in Israel for almost five years, Jehoshaphat’s son Jehoram became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_17","013_8_17","2KI","8","17","17","He was thirty-two years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_18","013_8_18","2KI","8","18","18","His wife was the daughter of King Ahab. And like everyone in Ahab’s family, he continually did the evil things that the previous kings of Israel had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_19","013_8_19","2KI","8","19","19","But Yahweh did not want to get rid of the people of Judah, because of what he had promised David, who served him very well. He had promised David that his descendants MET would always rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_20","013_8_20","2KI","8","20","20","During the time that Jehoram ruled, the king of Edom rebelled against Judah, and they appointed their own king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_21","013_8_21","2KI","8","21","21","So Jehoram went with his army and all their chariots to Zair city near the border of Edom. There the army of Edom surrounded them. But during the night, Jehoram and the commanders in their chariots were able to get through the enemy lines and escaped. And all his soldiers also fled to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_22","013_8_22","2KI","8","22","22","So after that, Edom was no longer controlled by Judah, and it is still like that. During that same time, the people of Libnah city also freed themselves from being controlled by Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_23","013_8_23","2KI","8","23","23","If you want to read about the other things that Jehoram did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_24","013_8_24","2KI","8","24","24","Jehoram died EUP and was buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_25","013_8_25","2KI","8","25","25","After Ahab’s son Joram has been ruling in Israel for almost twelve years, Jehoram’s son Ahaziah became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_26","013_8_26","2KI","8","26","26","Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he started to rule. He ruled in Jerusalem for only one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of King Ahab and the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_27","013_8_27","2KI","8","27","27","King Ahab conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done. He did things that Yahweh considered to be very evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_28","013_8_28","2KI","8","28","28","Ahaziah’s army joined the army of King Joram of Israel to fight against the army of King Hazael of Syria. Their armies started fighting at Ramoth city in the Gilead region, and the soldiers of Syria wounded Joram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K28_29","013_8_29","2KI","8","29","29","King Joram returned to Jezreel city to recover from his wounds. King Ahaziah went to visit him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_1","013_9_1","2KI","9","1","1","Meanwhile, the prophet Elisha summoned one of the other prophets. He said to him, “Get ready IDM and go to Ramoth city in the Gilead region. Take this jar of olive oil with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_2","013_9_2","2KI","9","2","2","When you arrive there, search for a man named Jehu, the son of Jehoshaphat and grandson of Nimshi. Go with him into a room away from his companions, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_3","013_9_3","2KI","9","3","3","and pour some of this oil on his head. Then say to him, ‘Yahweh declares that he is appointing you to be the king of Israel.’ Then open the door and run away as quickly as you can.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_4","013_9_4","2KI","9","4","4","So the young prophet went to Ramoth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_5","013_9_5","2KI","9","5","5","When he arrived, he saw that the commanders of the army were having a conference. He looked at Jehu and said, “Sir, I have a message for one of you.” Jehu replied, “Which one of us is the message for?” The young prophet replied, “It is for you, commander/sir.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_6","013_9_6","2KI","9","6","6","So Jehu got up and went with the young prophet into a house. There the young prophet poured some olive oil on Jehu’s head and said to him, “Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, declares this: ‘I am appointing you to be the king of my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_7","013_9_7","2KI","9","7","7","You must kill your master King Joram, the son of Ahab, because I want to punish Ahab’s wife Jezebel for murdering MTY many of my prophets and other people who served me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_8","013_9_8","2KI","9","8","8","You must kill not only Joram but all of Ahab’s family. I want to get rid of every male in the family, including young ones and old ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_9","013_9_9","2KI","9","9","9","I will get rid of Ahab’s family, like I got rid of the families of two other kings of Israel, Jeroboam and Baasha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_10","013_9_10","2KI","9","10","10","And when Jezebel dies, her corpse will not be buried. Dogs will eat her corpse there in Jezreel city.’” After the young prophet said this, he left the room and ran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_11","013_9_11","2KI","9","11","11","When Jehu came out of the room to where his other commanders were, they said to him, “Is everything all right? Why did that mad fellow come to you?” He replied, “You know what kinds of things young prophets like him say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_12","013_9_12","2KI","9","12","12","They said, “You are lying! Tell us what he said!” He replied, “He told me that Yahweh said, ‘I am appointing MTY you to be the king of Israel.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_13","013_9_13","2KI","9","13","13","Then they all spread their cloaks on the steps of the building for Jehu to walk out on, and they blew trumpets and shouted, “Jehu is now the king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_14","013_9_14","2KI","9","14","15","King Joram and his army had been defending Ramoth against the attacks by the army of the king of Syria. King Joram had returned to Jezreel city, to recover from being wounded in the battle against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria. And Jehu made plans to kill Joram. He said to his other commanders, “If helping me is truly what you want, make sure that no one leaves this city to go to warn the people of Jezreel about what I am planning to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_16","013_9_16","2KI","9","16","16","Then Jehu and his officers got into their chariots and rode to Jezreel, where Joram was still recovering. And King Ahaziah of Judah was there, visiting Joram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_17","013_9_17","2KI","9","17","17","A guard was standing in the watchtower in Jezreel. He saw Jehu and his men approaching. He called out, “I see a lot of men who are approaching!” King Joram heard what the watchman said, so he said to his soldiers, “Send someone on a horse to go and find out if they are coming to be friendly to us or to attack us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_18","013_9_18","2KI","9","18","18","So a man rode out to meet Jehu and said to him, “The king wants to know if you are coming to be friendly to us.” Jehu replied, “This is not the time for you RHQ to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and come behind me!” So the guard in the watchtower reported that the messenger had reached the group that was approaching, but that he was not returning alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_19","013_9_19","2KI","9","19","19","So King Joram sent another messenger, who asked Jehu the same question. Again Jehu replied, “This is not the time RHQ for you to be concerned about acting friendly! Turn around and follow me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_20","013_9_20","2KI","9","20","20","Then the watchman reported again, “That messenger also reached them, but he is not coming back alone. And the leader of the group must be Jehu, the son of Nimshi, because he is driving his chariot furiously, like Jehu does!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_21","013_9_21","2KI","9","21","21","Joram said to his soldiers, “Get my chariot ready!” So they did that. Then King Joram and King Ahaziah both rode toward Jehu, each one in his own chariot. And it happened that they met Jehu at the field that had previously belonged to Naboth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_22","013_9_22","2KI","9","22","22","When Joram met Jehu, he said to him, “Are you coming on a peaceful visit?” Jehu replied, “◄How can there be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing very much <witchcraft/sorcery> like your mother Jezebel did?/There certainly cannot be peace while you and your people are prostrating themselves to worship idols and practicing <witchcraft/sorcery> like your mother Jezebel has been doing!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_23","013_9_23","2KI","9","23","23","Joram cried out, “Ahaziah, they have deceived us! They want to kill us!” So Joram turned his chariot around and tried to flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_24","013_9_24","2KI","9","24","24","But Jehu drew his bow mightily and shot an arrow that pierced Joram between his shoulder blades. The arrow went through his body and pierced his heart, and he slumped down dead in his chariot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_25","013_9_25","2KI","9","25","25","Then Jehu said to his assistant Bidkar, “Take his corpse and throw it here into the field that belonged to Naboth. I am sure that you remember that when you and I were riding together in chariots behind King Joram’s father Ahab, that Yahweh said this about Ahab: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_26","013_9_26","2KI","9","26","26","‘Yesterday I saw Ahab murder MTY Naboth and his sons here. And I solemnly promise that I will punish him right here in this same field!’ So take Joram’s corpse and throw it into that field! That will fulfill what Yahweh said would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_27","013_9_27","2KI","9","27","27","When King Ahaziah saw what happened, he fled in his chariot toward Beth-Haggan town. But Jehu pursued him and said to his other commanders, “Shoot him, also!” So they shot him with arrows while he was riding in his chariot on the road up to Gur, near Ibleam town. He continued going in his chariot until he reached Megiddo city, where he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_28","013_9_28","2KI","9","28","28","His officials took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it in the tombs in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_29","013_9_29","2KI","9","29","29","Ahaziah had become the king of Judah when Joram had been ruling Israel for almost eleven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_30","013_9_30","2KI","9","30","30","Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Ahab’s widow Jezebel heard what had happened, she put paint/makeup on her eyelids, and combed her hair to make it beautiful, and looked out the window of the palace toward the street below. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_31","013_9_31","2KI","9","31","31","While Jehu was entering the city gate, she called out to him, “You are like Zimri! You are a murderer! I think you are certainly not RHQ coming on a peaceful visit!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_32","013_9_32","2KI","9","32","32","Jehu looked up toward the window, and then he said, “Who is ◄on my side/wants to help me►? Anyone?” Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window and pointed to themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_33","013_9_33","2KI","9","33","33","Jehu said to them, “Throw her down here!” So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground and died, some of her blood splattered on the city wall and on the horses that were pulling the chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_34","013_9_34","2KI","9","34","34","Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Then he said to some of his men, “Take the corpse of that women whom Yahweh has cursed and bury it, because she is a king’s daughter and therefore should be buried properly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_35","013_9_35","2KI","9","35","35","But when they went to get her corpse to bury it, all that was left was only her skull and the bones of her feet and her hands. Everything else was gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_36","013_9_36","2KI","9","36","36","When they reported this to Jehu, he said, “That is what Yahweh said would happen! He told his servant/prophet Elijah, ‘In the city of Jezreel, dogs will eat the flesh of Jezebel’s corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K29_37","013_9_37","2KI","9","37","37","Her bones will be scattered there in Jezreel like dung, with the result that no one will be able to recognize them and say, “These are Jezebel’s bones.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_1","013_10_1","2KI","10","1","1","There were seventy descendants of King Ahab who were living there in Samaria. Jehu wrote a letter and made copies of it  and sent them to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to those who raised and tutored Ahab’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_2","013_10_2","2KI","10","2","2","This is what he wrote: “You are the ones who are taking care of the king’s descendants. You have chariots and horses and weapons, and you live in cities that have walls around them. So as soon as you receive this letter, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_3","013_10_3","2KI","10","3","3","choose one of the king’s sons, the one who is the best qualified, and appoint him to be your king. Then prepare to fight to defend him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_4","013_10_4","2KI","10","4","4","But when they got those letters from Jehu and read them, they became very afraid. They said, “King Joram and King Ahaziah could not resist him; ◄how can we resist him?/we cannot possibly resist him!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_5","013_10_5","2KI","10","5","5","So the officer who was in charge of the palace and the mayor of the city sent a message to Jehu saying, “We want to serve you, and we are ready to do whatever you tell us to do. We will not appoint anyone to become our king. You do whatever you think is best.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_6","013_10_6","2KI","10","6","6","So Jehu sent a second letter to them, writing this: “If you ◄are on my side/want to help me►, and if you are ready to obey me, kill King Ahab’s descendants and cut off their heads and bring their heads to me here in Jezreel at this time tomorrow.” The seventy descendants of King Ahab were being brought up and supervised by the leaders of Samaria city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_7","013_10_7","2KI","10","7","7","When they received the letter from Jehu, they killed all seventy of Ahab’s descendants and cut off their heads. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_8","013_10_8","2KI","10","8","8","A messenger came to Jehu and told him, “They have brought the heads of Ahab’s descendants.” So Jehu commanded that the heads should be put in two piles at the city gate and that the heads should stay there until the next morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_9","013_10_9","2KI","10","9","9","The next morning he went out to the city gate and said to all the people, “I am the one who plotted against King Joram and killed him. You are not guilty of doing that. But it was Yahweh, not I RHQ who commanded that all these descendants of Ahab should be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_10","013_10_10","2KI","10","10","10","So you need to know that everything that Yahweh said would happen has happened. He has caused to happen what he told the prophet Elijah would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_11","013_10_11","2KI","10","11","11","Then Jehu executed all the other relatives of Ahab in Jezreel, and all Ahab’s officers, and close friends, and his priests. He did not allow any of them to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_12","013_10_12","2KI","10","12","12","Then Jehu left Jezreel and went toward Samaria. While he was going there, at a place called ‘Shepherds’ Camp’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_13","013_10_13","2KI","10","13","13","he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked them, “Who are you?” They replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to Jezreel to visit the children of Queen Jezebel and the other members of King Joram’s family.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_14","013_10_14","2KI","10","14","14","Jehu said to his men, “Seize them!” So they seized them and killed all of them at the pit named Beth-Eked. There were 42 people whom they killed; they did not allow any of them to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_15","013_10_15","2KI","10","15","15","Then Jehu continued to travel toward Samaria. Along the road, he was met by Jonadab, a leader of the Rechab clan. Jehu greeted him and said to him, “Are you as devoted to me IDM as I am devoted to you?” Jonadab replied, “Yes, I am.” Jehu said, “If you are, shake hands with me.” So Jonadab shook hands with him, and Jehu helped him to get into his chariot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_16","013_10_16","2KI","10","16","16","Jehu said to him, “Come with me, and you will see that I am very devoted to Yahweh.” So they rode together to Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_17","013_10_17","2KI","10","17","17","When they arrived in Samaria, Jehu killed all of Ahab’s relatives who were still alive. He did not ◄spare any of them/allow any of them to remain alive►. That was what Yahweh told Elijah would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_18","013_10_18","2KI","10","18","18","Then Jehu summoned all the people of Samaria, and said to them, “King Ahab was devoted to your god Baal a little bit, but I will serve him much more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_19","013_10_19","2KI","10","19","19","So now summon all the prophets of Baal, all of Baal’s priests, and all the others who worship Baal. I am going to make a great sacrifice to Baal. I want all of them to be there. Any of them who is not there will be executed.” But Jehu was planning to trick them; he was planning to kill all those who worshiped Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_20","013_10_20","2KI","10","20","20","Then Jehu commanded, “Announce that we are going to set aside a day to honor Baal.” So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_21","013_10_21","2KI","10","21","21","Jehu decided what day they would gather and sent messages throughout Israel telling everyone what day to gather on, and on that day, everyone who worshiped Baal came. No one stayed at home. They all went into the huge temple of Baal and filled it from one end to the other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_22","013_10_22","2KI","10","22","22","Jehu told the priest who took care of the sacred robes to bring them out and give them to the people who worshiped Baal. So the priest did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_23","013_10_23","2KI","10","23","23","Then Jehu went into the temple of Baal with Jonadab, and he said to the people who were there to worship Baal, “Be sure that only those who worship Baal are here. Be sure that no one who worships Yahweh has come in.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_24","013_10_24","2KI","10","24","24","Then he and Jonadab prepared to offer sacrifices and other offerings to Baal that would be completely burned on the altar that was there in Samaria. But Jehu had stationed eighty of his men outside the temple, and had said to them, “I want you to kill all the people who are in the temple. Anyone who allows one of them to escape will be executed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_25","013_10_25","2KI","10","25","25","As soon as Jehu and Jonadab had finished killing the animals that would be completely burned to be an offering to Baal, they went outside and said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill all of them! Do not allow any of them to escape!” So the guards and officers went in and killed them all with their swords. Then they dragged their corpses outside the temple. Then they went into the inner room of the temple, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_26","013_10_26","2KI","10","26","26","and they carried out the sacred pillar of Baal that was there, and they burned it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_27","013_10_27","2KI","10","27","27","So they destroyed that pillar that honored Baal, and then they burned down the temple, and made it a public toilet. And it is still a toilet! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_28","013_10_28","2KI","10","28","28","That is how Jehu got rid of the worship of Baal in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_29","013_10_29","2KI","10","29","29","But Jehu did not quit committing the kinds of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin by worshiping the gold statues of calves in Bethel and Dan cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_30","013_10_30","2KI","10","30","30","Then Yahweh said to Jehu, “You have done what pleased me by getting rid of all of Ahab’s descendants. So I promise you that your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_31","013_10_31","2KI","10","31","31","But Jehu did not obey all the laws of Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. He did not stop committing the sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins that led the Israeli people to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_32","013_10_32","2KI","10","32","32","At that time, Yahweh began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller. The army of King Hazael of Syria conquered much of the Israeli territory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_33","013_10_33","2KI","10","33","33","He conquered the parts east of the Jordan River, as far south as Aroer town on the Arnon River. That included the Gilead and Bashan regions, where the tribes of Gad, Reuben, and half of the tribe of Manasseh lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_34","013_10_34","2KI","10","34","34","If you want to read more about all the other things that Jehu did RHQ, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_35","013_10_35","2KI","10","35","35","Jehu died EUP, and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz became the king in place of his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K210_36","013_10_36","2KI","10","36","36","Jehu had ruled in Samaria as the king of Israel for twenty-eight years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_1","013_11_1","2KI","11","1","1","When King Ahaziah’s mother Athaliah saw that her son had been killed, she commanded that all the members of Ahaziah’s family who might become king must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_2","013_11_2","2KI","11","2","2","So Ahaziah’s sons were all about to be murdered. But Jehosheba, who was King Jehoram’s daughter and Ahaziah’s half-sister, took Ahaziah’s very young son Joash and hid him and ◄his nursemaid/the woman who took care of him► in a bedroom in the temple. So he was not killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_3","013_11_3","2KI","11","3","3","He stayed with Jehosheba for six years. All during that time, he remained hidden in the temple, while Athaliah ruled Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_4","013_11_4","2KI","11","4","4","But during the next year, Jehoiada the Supreme Priest summoned the officers who supervised the royal bodyguards and the palace guards. He told them to come to the temple. There he required them to solemnly promise that they would do what he told them to do. And he showed King Ahaziah’s son Joash to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_5","013_11_5","2KI","11","5","5","He gave them these instructions: “There are three groups of you guards. When one group finishes their work on the Sabbath day, divide yourselves into three smaller groups. One group must guard the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_6","013_11_6","2KI","11","6","6","Another group must guard at the Sur Gate. The other group must guard at the gate behind the other groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_7","013_11_7","2KI","11","7","7","The two groups that are not working on the Sabbath day must guard the temple to protect little King Joash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_8","013_11_8","2KI","11","8","8","You must stand around the king wherever he goes, with your weapons in your hands. You must kill anyone who comes near you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_9","013_11_9","2KI","11","9","9","The officers who supervised the guards did what Jehoiada told them to do. Each one brought to Jehoiada the guards that he supervised—the guards who were just finishing their work and those who were about to start their work on the Sabbath day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_10","013_11_10","2KI","11","10","10","The priest distributed to the commanders of the guards the spears and shields that had belonged to King David, that were kept/stored in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_11","013_11_11","2KI","11","11","11","Then he commanded all the guards to stand in their positions, each one with his sword in his hand, all around the young king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_12","013_11_12","2KI","11","12","12","Then he brought Joash out. He put the crown on his head and gave him a scroll on which were written the rules that the kings needed to obey. Then he poured some olive oil on Joash’s head and proclaimed that he was now the king. The people all clapped their hands and shouted, “We desire/hope that the king will live for many years!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_13","013_11_13","2KI","11","13","13","When Athaliah heard the noise that was being made by the guards and the other people, she ran to the temple, where the people were gathered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_14","013_11_14","2KI","11","14","14","She saw the new king standing there alongside one of the big pillars, which was the place at the temple where the kings usually stood. She saw that he was surrounded by the temple officers and men blowing trumpets, and that the people were shouting joyfully, and some of them were also blowing trumpets. She tore her clothes to show her distress and shouted, “You are traitors! You have tricked/deceived me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_15","013_11_15","2KI","11","15","15","Jehoiada immediately said, “Kill her, but do not kill her here at the temple of Yahweh! Take her away between two rows of guards. And kill anyone who tries to rescue her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_16","013_11_16","2KI","11","16","16","She tried to flee, but the guards seized her and took her to the palace, to the place where horses enter the courtyard. They killed her there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_17","013_11_17","2KI","11","17","17","Then Jehoiada made a solemn agreement between the king and the people, that they would always ◄obey/be faithful to► Yahweh. He also made an agreement requiring the people to be loyal to Joash their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_18","013_11_18","2KI","11","18","18","Then all the people of Israel who were there went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and the statues of Baal. They also killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars. Jehoiada stationed/put guards at the temple of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_19","013_11_19","2KI","11","19","19","Then he and the officers of the temple, the officers who supervised the royal bodyguards, and the king’s bodyguards brought the king from the temple to the palace. All the people followed them. Joash entered the palace at the Guard Gate and sat down on the throne, which showed that he was the new king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_20","013_11_20","2KI","11","20","20","All the people of Judah rejoiced. And because Athaliah had been killed, the city was quiet/calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K211_21","013_11_21","2KI","11","21","21","Joash was seven years old when he became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_1","013_12_1","2KI","12","1","1","When Jehu had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, Joash became the king of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother was Zibiah, from Beersheba city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_2","013_12_2","2KI","12","2","2","All his life, he did what pleased Yahweh, because Jehoiada the priest instructed/taught him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_3","013_12_3","2KI","12","3","3","But the places where the people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills were not destroyed, and they continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense at those places, instead of at the place that God had chosen for them in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_4","013_12_4","2KI","12","4","4","Joash said to the priests, “You must take all the money which the people contribute, both the money they are required to give and the money that they themselves decide to give, as sacred offerings to buy things for the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_5","013_12_5","2KI","12","5","5","Each priest must take the money from people who know him (OR, from one of the treasurers), and he must use that money to repair the temple whenever he sees that there is something that needs to be repaired.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_6","013_12_6","2KI","12","6","6","But after Joash had been ruling for almost twenty-three years, the priests still had not repaired anything in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_7","013_12_7","2KI","12","7","7","So Joash summoned Jehoiada and the other priests and said to them, “◄Why are you not repairing things in the temple?/You should have been repairing things in the temple!► RHQ From now on, you must not keep the money that you receive from people who know you (OR, the treasurers). You must give it to the people who will be repairing things in the temple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_8","013_12_8","2KI","12","8","8","The priests agreed to do that, and they also agreed that they themselves would not do the repair work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_9","013_12_9","2KI","12","9","9","Then Jehoiada took a chest and bored a hole in the lid. He placed it alongside the altar for burning incense/sacrifices that was on the right as anyone enters the temple. The priests who guarded the entrance to the temple put in the box the money that was brought to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_10","013_12_10","2KI","12","10","10","Whenever they saw that there was a lot of money in the chest, the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest would come and count the money. Then they would put it in bags and tie the bags shut. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_11","013_12_11","2KI","12","11","11","Then, after they weighed it, they would give the money to the men who supervised the work in the temple. Then the supervisors would use that money to pay the carpenters and builders who did the repair work in the temple, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_12","013_12_12","2KI","12","12","12","and the masons and the stone cutters. Also with some of that money they bought timber and stones that had been cut to be used in the repair work, and to pay all the other expenses for the repair work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_13","013_12_13","2KI","12","13","13","But they did not use any of that money to pay men to make silver cups or wick trimmers or bowls or trumpets or any other items made of silver or gold to be used in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_14","013_12_14","2KI","12","14","14","All that money was given to the men who were doing the work of repairing the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_15","013_12_15","2KI","12","15","15","The men who supervised the work always did things honestly, so the king’s secretary and the Supreme Priest never required that the supervisors report what they had spent the money for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_16","013_12_16","2KI","12","16","16","But the money that people gave to pay for the wrong things that they had done and the money they gave to purify themselves because of the sins that they had committed was not put in the chest. That money belonged to the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_17","013_12_17","2KI","12","17","17","At that time, Hazael, the king of Syria, went with his army and attacked Gath city and conquered it. Then he decided that they would attack Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_18","013_12_18","2KI","12","18","18","So Joash, the king of Judah, took all the money that the previous kings, Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, had dedicated to Yahweh. He added some of his own money, and all the gold that was in the rooms in the temple where valuable things were kept/stored, and the gold in his palace, and sent it all to King Hazael, to ◄appease him/persuade him to not attack Jerusalem►. So King Hazael took his army away from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_19","013_12_19","2KI","12","19","19","If you want to read more of  what Joash did, it  is all written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K212_20","013_12_20","2KI","12","20","21","Joash’s officials plotted against him, and two of them killed Joash on the road that goes down to the Silla district. The two men who did that were Jozabad, the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of Shomer. Joash was buried in the place where his ancestors were buried, in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_1","013_13_1","2KI","13","1","1","After Joash had been ruling Judah for almost 23 years, Jehu’s son Jehoahaz became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for 17 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_2","013_13_2","2KI","13","2","2","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil and committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. He did not stop committing those sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_3","013_13_3","2KI","13","3","3","So Yahweh became very angry with the Israeli people, and he allowed the army of King Hazael of Syria and his son Ben-Hadad to defeat the Israelis many times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_4","013_13_4","2KI","13","4","4","Then Jehoahaz prayed to Yahweh for help, and Yahweh heeded him, because he saw that the army of the king of Syria was oppressing the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_5","013_13_5","2KI","13","5","5","Yahweh sent a leader to Israel, who enabled them to be freed from being controlled by Syria. After that, the Israeli people lived peacefully as they had done previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_6","013_13_6","2KI","13","6","6","But they still continued to commit the same kind of sins that Jeroboam and his family had committed and which led the Israelis to also sin. And the statue of the goddess Asherah remained in Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_7","013_13_7","2KI","13","7","7","Jehoahaz had only 50 men who rode on horses and ten chariots and 10,000 other soldiers, because the army of Syria had killed all the rest, trampling them like people walk on dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_8","013_13_8","2KI","13","8","8","If you want to read about RHQ everything else that Jehoahaz did, you can read about it in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_9","013_13_9","2KI","13","9","9","Jehoahaz died EUP and was buried in Samaria. Then his son Jehoash became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_10","013_13_10","2KI","13","10","10","Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz, started to rule in Israel after King Joash had been ruling in Judah for 23 years. Jehoash ruled in Samaria for 17 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_11","013_13_11","2KI","13","11","11","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He refused to turn away from worshiping idols, which was the sin that many years earlier King Jeroboam had told the Israeli people to commit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_12","013_13_12","2KI","13","12","12","The other things that happened while Jehoash was king and all the things that he did are written in the book called ‘The Account of What the Kings of Israel Did’. In that account they wrote about Jehoash’s army’s victories, and their war with the army of King Amaziah of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_13","013_13_13","2KI","13","13","13","When Jehoash died, he was buried in Samaria where the other kings of Israel were buried. Then his son Jeroboam became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_14","013_13_14","2KI","13","14","14","Elisha became very ill. Just before he died, King Jehoash went to Elisha and cried in front of him. Saying the same words that Elisha had said when Elijah was taken to heaven, he said, “My father/master! My father/master! The chariots of us Israeli people and their drivers are taking my master away!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_15","013_13_15","2KI","13","15","15","Elisha said to him, “Bring to me a bow and some arrows!” So the king did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_16","013_13_16","2KI","13","16","16","Then Elisha told the king to put his hands on the bow and prepare to shoot some arrows. And then Elisha put his own hands on the king’s hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_17","013_13_17","2KI","13","17","17","Then Elisha told him, “Have someone open that window toward the east.” So they opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot!” So the king did. Then Elisha said, “That is the arrow that indicates that your army will defeat the Syrian army. Your army will completely defeat their army at Aphek town.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_18","013_13_18","2KI","13","18","18","Then Elisha said, “Pick up the other arrows and strike the ground with them!” So the king picked up the arrows and struck the ground three times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_19","013_13_19","2KI","13","19","19","But Elisha was angry with him. He exclaimed, “You should have struck the ground five or six times! If you had done that, your army would have defeated the Syrian army until they were completely wiped out! But now, because you struck the ground only three times, your army will defeat them only three times!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_20","013_13_20","2KI","13","20","20","Then Elisha died and was buried. Groups of raiders from Moab came to Israel each year during ◄spring/the time when the cold season was ending►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_21","013_13_21","2KI","13","21","21","One year, when some Israeli people were burying a man’s body, they saw a group of those raiders. They were afraid, so quickly they threw that man’s body into the tomb where Elisha had been buried, and they ran away. But as soon as the man’s body touched Elisha’s bones, the dead man became alive again and jumped up! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_22","013_13_22","2KI","13","22","22","King Hazael of Syria sent soldiers to oppress the Israeli people all during the years that Jehoahaz ruled Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_23","013_13_23","2KI","13","23","23","But Yahweh was very kind DOU to the Israeli people. He helped them because of the agreement that he had made with their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not get rid of the Israelis, and he still has not rejected them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_24","013_13_24","2KI","13","24","24","When Hazael the king of Syria died, his son Ben-Hadad became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K213_25","013_13_25","2KI","13","25","25","The army of King Jehoash of Israel defeated the army of King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_1","013_14_1","2KI","14","1","1","After Jehoash had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Joash’s son Amaziah became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_2","013_14_2","2KI","14","2","2","He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_3","013_14_3","2KI","14","3","3","Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do as many things that pleased Yahweh as King David had done. He did some of the good things that his father Joash had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_4","013_14_4","2KI","14","4","4","But, like his father, he did not tear down the places for worshipping Yahweh at pagan shrines. The people continued to burn incense to honor Yahweh on those hills instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_5","013_14_5","2KI","14","5","5","As soon as he was completely in control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_6","013_14_6","2KI","14","6","6","But he did not execute their children. He obeyed what was written in the laws that God gave to Moses: “Parents must not be executed for the crimes/sins committed by their children, and children must not be executed for crimes/sins committed by their parents. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_7","013_14_7","2KI","14","7","7","Amaziah’s soldiers killed 10,000 soldiers of the Edom people-group in the Salt Valley south of the Dead Sea, and they captured Sela city and gave it a new name, Joktheel. That is still its name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_8","013_14_8","2KI","14","8","8","Then Amaziah sent messengers to King Jehoash of Israel, saying “Come here and let’s talk together.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_9","013_14_9","2KI","14","9","9","But King Jehoash replied to King Amaziah: “Once a thornbush growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in order that he may marry her.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon passed by the thornbush and trampled it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_10","013_14_10","2KI","14","10","10","The meaning of what I am saying is that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so now you have become very proud. But you should be content with defeating the people of Edom, and allow your soldiers to stay at home. If you cause trouble by fighting against us, you will surely RHQ cause a disaster to happen to you and to your people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_11","013_14_11","2KI","14","11","11","But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. So he marched with his army to fight against the Israeli army at Beth-Shemesh city in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_12","013_14_12","2KI","14","12","12","The Israeli army defeated the army of Judah, and all the soldiers of Judah fled and ran back home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_13","013_14_13","2KI","14","13","13","Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there, and they also marched to Jerusalem and tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about ◄200 yards/180 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_14","013_14_14","2KI","14","14","14","Jehoash’s soldiers seized all the gold and silver that they found, and all the utensils that were in the temple, and all the valuable things that were in the palace, and took them to Samaria. They also took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_15","013_14_15","2KI","14","15","15","If you want to know about all the other things that Jehoash did when he was king, including when he and his army fought against the army of King Amaziah of Judah, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_16","013_14_16","2KI","14","16","16","Jehoash died EUP, and he was buried in Samaria, where the other kings of Israel had been buried. Then his son Jeroboam #2 became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_17","013_14_17","2KI","14","17","17","Amaziah, the king of Judah, lived for 15 more years after Jehoash, the king of Israel, died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_18","013_14_18","2KI","14","18","18","If you want to know more about  everything else that Amaziah did, it is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_19","013_14_19","2KI","14","19","19","Some people in Jerusalem plotted against Amaziah, so he fled to Lachish city. But they followed him there and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_20","013_14_20","2KI","14","20","20","They took his corpse back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried, in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_21","013_14_21","2KI","14","21","21","Then all the people of Judah appointed Amaziah’s son Uzziah, when he was 16 years old, to be their king ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_22","013_14_22","2KI","14","22","22","After his father died, Uzziah’s workers captured Elath city, and it came under the control of Judah again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_23","013_14_23","2KI","14","23","23","When Amaziah had been ruling Judah for almost 15 years, Jeroboam #2 became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for 41 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_24","013_14_24","2KI","14","24","24","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did not stop committing the same kind of sins that Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_25","013_14_25","2KI","14","25","25","His soldiers conquered again some of the territory that had previously belonged to Israel, from Hamath city in the north to the Dead Sea in the south. That is what Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped, promised the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, from Gath-Hepher town, would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_26","013_14_26","2KI","14","26","26","That happened because Yahweh saw that the Israelis’ enemies were causing the Israelis to  suffer very much. And there was absolutely no one IDM who would help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_27","013_14_27","2KI","14","27","27","But Yahweh said that he would not destroy Israel completely, so he enabled King Jeroboam #2 to rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_28","013_14_28","2KI","14","28","28","If you want to know more about everything else that Jeroboam #2 did, about his fighting courageously in battles, and about his enabling the Israelis to capture again Damascus and Hamath cities, they are written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K214_29","013_14_29","2KI","14","29","29","Jeroboam #2 died EUP, and was buried  where the other kings of Israel were buried, and his son Zechariah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_1","013_15_1","2KI","15","1","1","After Jeroboam #2 had been ruling Israel for almost twenty-seven years, Uzziah, the son of King Amaziah of Judah, began to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_2","013_15_2","2KI","15","2","2","He was 16 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah, from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_3","013_15_3","2KI","15","3","3","He did things that Yahweh was pleased with, like his father Amaziah had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_4","013_15_4","2KI","15","4","4","But, the places at the pagan shrines where they worshiped Yahweh were not destroyed, and the people continued to burn incense to honor Yahweh at those places instead of in Jerusalem, the place that Yahweh had appointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_5","013_15_5","2KI","15","5","5","Yahweh caused Uzziah to become a leper, and he was a leper for the rest of his life. He was not allowed to live in the palace. He lived alone in a house, and his son Jotham ruled the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_6","013_15_6","2KI","15","6","6","If you want to know about everything else that Uzziah did, it is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_7","013_15_7","2KI","15","7","7","Uzziah died EUP, and they buried him in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Jotham officially became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_8","013_15_8","2KI","15","8","8","After Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-eight years, Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam #2, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria city for only six months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_9","013_15_9","2KI","15","9","9","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his ancestors had done. He committed the same kind of sins that Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins which led the Israeli people to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_10","013_15_10","2KI","15","10","10","Then Shallum, the son of Jabesh, made plans to assassinate Zechariah. He killed him at Ibleam town, and then he became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_11","013_15_11","2KI","15","11","11","Everything else that Zechariah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_12","013_15_12","2KI","15","12","12","When Zechariah died, that ended the dynasty of King Jehu. That fulfilled what Yahweh said to King Jehu would happen: “Your son and grandson and great-grandson and great-great-grandson will all be kings of Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_13","013_15_13","2KI","15","13","13","Shallum, the son of Jabesh, became the king of Israel after King Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-nine years. But Shallum ruled in Samaria for only one month. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_14","013_15_14","2KI","15","14","14","Then Menahem, the son of Gadi, went up from Tirzah city to Samaria and assassinated Shallum. Then Menahem became the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_15","013_15_15","2KI","15","15","15","Everything else that Shallum did, including his killing King Zechariah, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_16","013_15_16","2KI","15","16","16","While Menahem was ruling in Samaria, he completely destroyed Tappuah village south of Samaria and killed all the people who lived there and in the surrounding territory. He did that because the people in that city refused to surrender to him. With his sword he even ripped open the bellies of pregnant women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_17","013_15_17","2KI","15","17","17","When King Azariah had been ruling Judah for almost thirty-nine years, Menahem, the son of Gadi, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for ten years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_18","013_15_18","2KI","15","18","18","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He committed the same kinds of sins that King Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin. He continued to commit those sins for the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_19","013_15_19","2KI","15","19","19","Then King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria came with his army to attack Israel. So Menahem gave him ◄thirty-eight tons/35,000 kg.► of silver in order that Tiglath-Pileser would help Menahem to continue to be king and rule his country more strongly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_20","013_15_20","2KI","15","20","20","Menahem obtained that money from the rich men in Israel. He compelled each of them to contribute 50 pieces of silver. So Tiglath-Pileser took that money and went back home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_21","013_15_21","2KI","15","21","21","If you want to know more about everything that Menahem did, it is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_22","013_15_22","2KI","15","22","22","Menahem died EUP and was buried, and his son Pekahiah became the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_23","013_15_23","2KI","15","23","23","When King Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost 50 years, Menahem’s son Pekahiah became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for only two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_24","013_15_24","2KI","15","24","24","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He committed the same kind of sins that King Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins which led the people of Israel to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_25","013_15_25","2KI","15","25","25","Then one of Pekahiah’s army commanders whose name was Pekah, the son of Remaliah, planned with 50 men from the Gilead region to kill Pekahiah. They assassinated him in a fortified place in the king’s palace in Samaria. Then Pekah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_26","013_15_26","2KI","15","26","26","Everything else that Pekahiah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_27","013_15_27","2KI","15","27","27","When King Uzziah had been ruling Judah for almost 52 years, Pekah, the son of Remaliah, became the king of Israel. He ruled in Samaria for 20 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_28","013_15_28","2KI","15","28","28","He also did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He committed the same kind of sins that King Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_29","013_15_29","2KI","15","29","29","While Pekah was the king, Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, came with his army  and captured the cities of Ijon, Abel-Beth-Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, and the regions of Gilead, Galilee, and Naphtali. His army forced the Israeli people to leave their country and go to live in Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_30","013_15_30","2KI","15","30","30","Then Hoshea, the son of Elah, plotted to kill Pekah. He assassinated him when Uzziah’s son Jotham had been ruling Judah for almost 20 years. Then Hoshea became the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_31","013_15_31","2KI","15","31","31","Everything else that Pekah did is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_32","013_15_32","2KI","15","32","32","When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost two years, Uzziah’s son Jotham began to rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_33","013_15_33","2KI","15","33","33","He was 25 years old when he started to rule, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_34","013_15_34","2KI","15","34","34","He did many things that pleased Yahweh, like his father Uzziah had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_35","013_15_35","2KI","15","35","35","But he did not destroy the places on the tops of hills where the people worshiped Yahweh, and the people continued to burn incense there to honor Yahweh. Jotham’s workers built the Upper Gate of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_36","013_15_36","2KI","15","36","36","If you want to know more about everything else that Jotham did, it is written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_37","013_15_37","2KI","15","37","37","It was during the time that Jotham was the king that Yahweh sent King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel with their armies to attack Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K215_38","013_15_38","2KI","15","38","38","Jotham died EUP and was buried where his ancestors had been buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then his son Ahaz became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_1","013_16_1","2KI","16","1","1","When Pekah had been ruling Israel for almost 17 years, Ahaz, the son of Jotham, became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_2","013_16_2","2KI","16","2","2","He was 20 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. He did not do things that pleased Yahweh his God, good things like his ancestor King David had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_3","013_16_3","2KI","16","3","3","Instead, he was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He even sacrificed his son as an offering to idols. That was worse than the disgusting things that the people who previously lived there had done, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis were advancing through the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_4","013_16_4","2KI","16","4","4","Ahaz offered sacrifices and burned incense to honor Yahweh on the tops of many hills and under many HYP big trees, instead of in Jerusalem as Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_5","013_16_5","2KI","16","5","5","While he was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Assyria and King Pekah of Israel came with their armies and attacked Jerusalem. They surrounded the city, but they could not conquer it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_6","013_16_6","2KI","16","6","6","At that time the army of the king of Edom expelled the people of Judah who were living in Elath city. Some of the people of Edom started to live there, and they are still living there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_7","013_16_7","2KI","16","7","7","King Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria, to tell this message to him: “I promise that I will completely do what you tell me to do, as though I was your son. Please come and rescue us from the armies of Syria and Israel who are attacking my country.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_8","013_16_8","2KI","16","8","8","Ahaz took the silver and gold that was in the palace and in the temple and sent it to Assyria to be a present/gift for the king of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_9","013_16_9","2KI","16","9","9","So Tiglath-Pileser did what Ahaz requested. His army marched to Damascus and captured it, and they took the people of Damascus as prisoners to live in the capital city of Assyria, and executed King Rezin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_10","013_16_10","2KI","16","10","10","When King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser, he saw the altar that was there. So he sent to Uriah, the Supreme Priest in Jerusalem, a drawing of the altar and a model that was exactly like the altar in Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_11","013_16_11","2KI","16","11","11","So Uriah built an altar in Jerusalem, following the drawing that King Ahaz had sent. Uriah finished the altar before Ahaz returned to Jerusalem from Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_12","013_16_12","2KI","16","12","12","When the king returned from Damascus, he saw the altar. He went to it ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_13","013_16_13","2KI","16","13","13","and burned animal sacrifices and a grain offering on it. He also poured a wine offering on it and threw on it the blood of the offerings to maintain fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_14","013_16_14","2KI","16","14","14","The old bronze altar which had been dedicated long ago to Yahweh was between the new altar and the temple, so Ahaz moved it to the north side of his new altar, which was bigger than the old altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_15","013_16_15","2KI","16","15","15","Then King Ahaz ordered Uriah: “Each morning put on this new altar the sacrifices that will be completely burned, and in the evening put on it the grain offering, along with my offering and the offerings that the people bring, ones that will be completely burned, and my grain offering and the people’s grain and wine offerings. Pour against the sides of the altar the blood of all the animals that are sacrificed. But the old bronze altar will be only for me to use to find out what Yahweh wants me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_16","013_16_16","2KI","16","16","16","So Uriah did what the king commanded him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_17","013_16_17","2KI","16","17","17","King Ahaz told his workers to take off the frames of the carts that were outside the temple and to take down the basins that were on them. They also took down the bronze tank from the backs of the bronze statues of the oxen and put it on a stone foundation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_18","013_16_18","2KI","16","18","18","Then to please the king of Assyria, Ahaz had them remove from the temple the roof under which the people walked into the temple on the Sabbath Day, and closed up the private entrance into the temple for the kings of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_19","013_16_19","2KI","16","19","19","If you want to know about the other things that Ahaz did, they are written RHQ in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K216_20","013_16_20","2KI","16","20","20","Ahaz died EUP, and he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, where his ancestors had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_1","013_17_1","2KI","17","1","1","Elah’s son Hoshea began to rule Israel after King Ahaz had ruled Judah for twelve years. Hoshea ruled in Samaria for nine years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_2","013_17_2","2KI","17","2","2","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, but he did not do as many evil things as the previous kings of Israel had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_3","013_17_3","2KI","17","3","3","The army of King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked and defeated the army of King Hoshea. As a result, the Israelis were forced to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to Assyria each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_4","013_17_4","2KI","17","4","4","But several years later, Hoshea secretly planned to rebel against the rulers of Assyria. He sent messengers to So/Osorkon, the king of Egypt, asking if his army could help the Israelis fight against the army of Assyria. Hoshea also stopped paying the tribute/taxes that he had been paying to Assyria every year. But the king of Assyria found out about those things, so he told his officers to put Hoshea in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_5","013_17_5","2KI","17","5","5","Then he brought the army of Assyria to Israel, and they attacked everywhere in that land. His army surrounded Samaria city for three years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_6","013_17_6","2KI","17","6","6","Finally, after King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for nine years, the army of Assyria MTY forcefully entered the city and captured the people. They took the Israeli people to Assyria and forced some of them to live in Halah town. They forced others to live near the Habor River in Gozan district. They forced others to live in the towns where the Mede people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_7","013_17_7","2KI","17","7","7","Those things happened because the Israeli people had sinned against Yahweh their God. He had rescued their ancestors from the power MTY of the king of Egypt and brought them safely out of Egypt, but later they began to worship other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_8","013_17_8","2KI","17","8","8","They imitated the things that the heathen/pagan people-groups did. Those were the groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis occupied their land. The Israeli people also did the evil things that the kings of Israel ◄introduced/showed to them►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_9","013_17_9","2KI","17","9","9","The Israeli people also secretly did many things that were not pleasing to Yahweh their God. They built shrines to worship idols in all their cities, including small towns and big cities with walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_10","013_17_10","2KI","17","10","10","They set up stone pillars to honor gods, and poles to worship the goddess Asherah at the top of every high hill and under every big tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_11","013_17_11","2KI","17","11","11","The Israelis burned incense in every place where they worshiped those gods, just like the people-groups who lived there previously had done—the groups that Yahweh had expelled from the land. The Israelis did many wicked things that caused Yahweh to become angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_12","013_17_12","2KI","17","12","12","Yahweh warned them many times that they should not worship idols, but they did it anyway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_13","013_17_13","2KI","17","13","13","Yahweh frequently sent his prophets and ◄seers/those who saw visions from Yahweh► to warn the people of Israel and the people of Judah. The message that Yahweh gave them was, “Turn away from all your evil behavior. Obey my commands and my laws, the laws that I told your ancestors to obey and which I told the prophets who served me to tell to you again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_14","013_17_14","2KI","17","14","14","But the Israeli people would not pay attention. They were stubborn IDM just like their ancestors were. Just like their ancestors did, they refused to believe in Yahweh their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_15","013_17_15","2KI","17","15","15","They rejected Yahweh’s laws and the agreement that he had made with their ancestors. They ignored Yahweh’s warnings. They worshiped worthless idols and as a result they themselves became worthless. Although Yahweh had commanded them not to imitate the evil behavior of the people-groups that lived near them, they disobeyed that command. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_16","013_17_16","2KI","17","16","16","The Israeli people disobeyed all of Yahweh’s commands. They made two metal calves to worship. They set up two poles to worship the goddess Asherah, and they worshiped the god Baal, and the sun, the moon, and the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_17","013_17_17","2KI","17","17","17","They also burned their own sons and daughters to be sacrifices to those gods. They went to fortune-tellers and they practiced sorcery. They continually chose MET to do all kinds of evil things that caused Yahweh to become angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_18","013_17_18","2KI","17","18","18","So, because Yahweh was very angry with the Israeli people, he allowed their enemies to take them away from their country. Only the people of the tribe of Judah were left in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_19","013_17_19","2KI","17","19","19","But even the people of Judah did not obey the commands of Yahweh their God. They imitated the evil customs that the Israelis had introduced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_20","013_17_20","2KI","17","20","20","So Yahweh rejected all the people of Israel and of Judah. He punished them by allowing the armies of other nations to defeat them and take them away. He got rid of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_21","013_17_21","2KI","17","21","21","Earlier, when Yahweh allowed the people of Israel to separate/break away from the area MTY that King David had estabished, they chose Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, to be their king. Then Jeroboam enticed the people of Israel to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship idols instead. He led them to commit great sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_22","013_17_22","2KI","17","22","22","And the Israeli people continued to do the evil things that Jeroboam introduced. They did not turn away from those sins, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_23","013_17_23","2KI","17","23","23","until finally Yahweh got rid of them. That was just what his prophets had warned would happen. The Israeli people were taken away to the land of Assyria, and they still remain there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_24","013_17_24","2KI","17","24","24","The king of Assyria ordered his soldiers to take groups of people from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim cities to the Samaria region, and to resettle them in the towns there, to take the place of the Israelis who lived there previously. Those people took control over the whole Samaria region and lived in the towns there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_25","013_17_25","2KI","17","25","25","But those people who came from other countries did not worship Yahweh when they first arrived in Samaria. So Yahweh sent lions to kill some of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_26","013_17_26","2KI","17","26","26","Then those people sent a message to the king of Assyria. They wrote, “We people who have resettled in the towns in Samaria do not know how to worship the God that the Israelis worshiped in this land. So he has sent lions among us to kill us, because we have not worshiped him correctly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_27","013_17_27","2KI","17","27","27","When the king of Assyria read this letter, he commanded his officers, “You brought many priests here from Samaria. Send one of them back there. Tell him to teach the people who are now living there how to worship correctly the God whom the Israelis worshiped in that land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_28","013_17_28","2KI","17","28","28","So the officers did that. They sent one of the Israeli priests back to Samaria. That priest went to live in Bethel city, and he taught the people there how to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_29","013_17_29","2KI","17","29","29","But the people who returned from Babylon and started to live in Samaria and continued to make their own idols. They placed them in the shrines that the Israelis had built there. The people of each people-group made idols in the cities in which they were living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_30","013_17_30","2KI","17","30","30","The people from Babylon made idols to represent their god Succoth-Benoth. The people from Cuthah made idols to represent their god Nergal. The people from Hamath made idols to represent their god Ashima. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_31","013_17_31","2KI","17","31","31","The people of Avva made idols to represent their gods Nibhaz and Tartak. The people from Sepharvaim sacrificed their own children. They completely burned them in pits where hot fires were kept burning, as offerings to their gods Adrammelech and Anammelech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_32","013_17_32","2KI","17","32","32","But those people also worshiped Yahweh, and they appointed from among their own groups many people to be priests at the shrines on the tops of the hills, in order that those priests could offer sacrifices for them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_33","013_17_33","2KI","17","33","33","So they revered Yahweh, but they also worshiped their own gods, just as the people living in the countries from which they had been taken to Samaria did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_34","013_17_34","2KI","17","34","34","They still keep their old customs. They really do not worship Yahweh, and they do not obey all the laws and commands that Yahweh gave to the descendants of Jacob, to whom he gave the new name Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_35","013_17_35","2KI","17","35","35","Yahweh had previously made an agreement with their ancestors, commanding them not to worship other gods or bow down to honor them or do other things to please them or offer sacrifices to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_36","013_17_36","2KI","17","36","36","He had said to them, “You must have an awesome respect for me, Yahweh, the one who brought you out of Egypt with my very great power DOU. I am the one whom you must bow down to honor, and I am the one to whom you must offer sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_37","013_17_37","2KI","17","37","37","You must always obey the laws and commands that I told Moses to write for you. You must not worship other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_38","013_17_38","2KI","17","38","38","And you must not forget the agreement that I made with your ancestors. You must not revere other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_39","013_17_39","2KI","17","39","39","Instead, you must revere me, Yahweh, your God. If you do that, I will rescue you from the power MTY of all your enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_40","013_17_40","2KI","17","40","40","But the people from those foreign nations would not heed what Yahweh said. Instead, they continued to adhere to their old customs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K217_41","013_17_41","2KI","17","41","41","So, they worshiped Yahweh, but they also worshiped their idols. And their descendants still do the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_1","013_18_1","2KI","18","1","1","After King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost three years, Hezekiah, the son of Ahaz, began to rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_2","013_18_2","2KI","18","2","2","He was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of a man whose name was Zechariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_3","013_18_3","2KI","18","3","3","Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_4","013_18_4","2KI","18","4","4","He destroyed the places where people worshiped Yahweh on the tops of hills, and he broke into pieces the stone pillars for worshiping the goddess Asherah. He also broke into pieces the bronze replica/statue of a snake that Moses had made. He did that because the people had named it Nehushtan, and they were burning incense in front of it to honor it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_5","013_18_5","2KI","18","5","5","Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped. There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as devoted to Yahweh as he was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_6","013_18_6","2KI","18","6","6","He remained loyal to Yahweh and never disobeyed him. He carefully obeyed all the commandments that Yahweh had given to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_7","013_18_7","2KI","18","7","7","Yahweh always ◄helped/was with► him. He was successful in everything that he did. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to ◄pay taxes to him/do what the king of Assyria wanted him to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_8","013_18_8","2KI","18","8","8","His army defeated the soldiers of  Philistia as far south as Gaza city and the nearby villages. They conquered the entire area, from the smallest watchtower to the largest cities surrounded by walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_9","013_18_9","2KI","18","9","9","After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, and when King Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost seven years, the army of King Shalmaneser of Assyria invaded Israel and surrounded Samaria city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_10","013_18_10","2KI","18","10","10","In the third year they captured the city. That was when Hezekiah has been ruling Judah for almost six years, and when Hoshea had been ruling Israel for almost nine years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_11","013_18_11","2KI","18","11","11","The king of Assyria commanded that the people of Israel be taken to Assyria. Some of them were taken to Halah town, some were taken to a place near the Habor River in the Gozan region, and some were taken to cities where the Mede people-group live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_12","013_18_12","2KI","18","12","12","That happened because the Israelis did not obey Yahweh their God. They disobeyed the agreement that Yahweh had made with their ancestors, and all the laws that Moses, the man who served Yahweh very well, had told them to obey. They would not obey those laws; they would not even listen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_13","013_18_13","2KI","18","13","13","After King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, the army of King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They did not capture Jerusalem, but they  captured all the other cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_14","013_18_14","2KI","18","14","14","King Hezekiah sent a message to Sennacherib, while Sennacherib was in Lachish, saying “What I have done was wrong. Please tell your soldiers to stop attacking us. If you do that, I will pay you whatever you tell me to.” So the king of Assyria said that Hezekiah must pay to him ◄ten tons/9,000 kg.► of silver and ◄one ton/900 kg.► of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_15","013_18_15","2KI","18","15","15","So Hezekiah gave to him all the silver that was in the temple and that was stored in the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_16","013_18_16","2KI","18","16","16","Hezekiah’s men also stripped the gold from the doors of the temple and the gold that he himself had put on the doorposts, and he sent all that gold to the king of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_17","013_18_17","2KI","18","17","17","But the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish city to persuade King Hezekiah to surrender. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows from the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_18","013_18_18","2KI","18","18","18","They sent a message requesting King Hezekiah to come to them, but the king sent three of his officials to talk to them. He sent Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who supervised the palace; Shebna, the official secretary; and Asaph’s son Joah, who communicated the king’s messages to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_19","013_18_19","2KI","18","19","19","One of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the king of Assyria, the great king, says: ‘What are you trusting in to rescue you RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_20","013_18_20","2KI","18","20","20","You say that you have weapons to fight us, and some country promises to help you, and that will enable you to defeat us, but that is only talk RHQ. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my soldiers from Assyria? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_21","013_18_21","2KI","18","21","21","Listen to me! You are relying on the army of Egypt. But that is like MET using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the king of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_22","013_18_22","2KI","18","22","22","But perhaps you will say to me, “No, we are ◄relying on/trusting in► Yahweh our God to help us.” I would reply, “Is he not the one whom you insulted by tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to worship only in front of the altar in Jerusalem?” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_23","013_18_23","2KI","18","23","23","So I suggest that you make a deal between you and my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but I do not think that you are able to find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_24","013_18_24","2KI","18","24","24","You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses to assist you. But they certainly would not RHQ be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_25","013_18_25","2KI","18","25","25","Furthermore, ◄do you think that we have come to destroy Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help?/do not think that we have come to Jerusalem without Yahweh’s help.► RHQ It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_26","013_18_26","2KI","18","26","26","Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Sir, please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it and be frightened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_27","013_18_27","2KI","18","27","27","But the official replied, “Do you think RHQ that my master sent me to say these things only to you and not to the people who are standing on the wall? If you reject this message, the people in this city will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_28","013_18_28","2KI","18","28","28","Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language to the people sitting on the wall. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the king of Assyria. He says, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_29","013_18_29","2KI","18","29","29","‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you. He will not be able to rescue you from my power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_30","013_18_30","2KI","18","30","30","Do not allow him to persuade you to rely on Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of Assyria will never capture this city!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_31","013_18_31","2KI","18","31","31","“Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines, and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_32","013_18_32","2KI","18","32","32","You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to produce grapes for making wine. It will be a land that has plenty of olive trees and honey. If you do what the king of Assyria commands, you will not die. You will continue to live. ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to persuade you to trust in Yahweh saying that he will rescue you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_33","013_18_33","2KI","18","33","33","The gods that people of other nations worship have never rescued them from the power MTY of the king of Assyria RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_34","013_18_34","2KI","18","34","34","Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad cities unable to rescue their people from the king of Assyria RHQ? What happened to the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, towns that we completely destroyed and their gods disappeared RHQ? Did any god rescue Samaria from my power? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_35","013_18_35","2KI","18","35","35","No, none of the gods of the countries that my army attacked rescued their people RHQ from me! So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power MTY?’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_36","013_18_36","2KI","18","36","36","But the people who were listening stayed silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had told them, “When the official from Assyria talks to you, do not answer him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K218_37","013_18_37","2KI","18","37","37","Then Eliakim the palace administrator and Shebna the court secretary and Joah the royal historian went back to Hezekiah with their clothes torn because they were extremely distressed, and they told him what the official from Assyria had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_1","013_19_1","2KI","19","1","1","When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough cloth because he was very distressed. Then he went to the temple to ask God what to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_2","013_19_2","2KI","19","2","2","He summoned Eliakim and Shebna and the ◄older/most important► priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, and told them to talk to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_3","013_19_3","2KI","19","3","3","He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that we are having great distress/trouble now. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like MET a woman who is about to give birth to a child, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_4","013_19_4","2KI","19","4","4","Perhaps Yahweh your God has heard everything that the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss/master, the king of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will rebuke/punish him for what he said.’ And he requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive here in Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_5","013_19_5","2KI","19","5","5","When the messengers from Hezekiah came to Isaiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_6","013_19_6","2KI","19","6","6","Isaiah said to them, “Go back to your boss/master and tell him, ‘This is what Yahweh says: Those messengers from the king of Assyria have said evil things about me. But you should not be disturbed because of what they said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_7","013_19_7","2KI","19","7","7","Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that will worry him, that a foreign army is about to attack his country. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by men using swords.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_8","013_19_8","2KI","19","8","8","The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria and his army had left Lachish city, and that they were attacking Libnah, which is a nearby city. So the official went there to report to him what had happened in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_9","013_19_9","2KI","19","9","9","Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army, and was coming to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah to fight against the army from Ethiopia, he sent other messengers to King Hezekiah with a letter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_10","013_19_10","2KI","19","10","10","In the letter he wrote this to Hezekiah: “Do not allow your god on whom you are relying to deceive you by promising that the city of Jerusalem will not be captured by my army MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_11","013_19_11","2KI","19","11","11","You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries. Our armies have completely destroyed them. So, ◄do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_12","013_19_12","2KI","19","12","12","Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue the people in the Gozan region and in Haran and Rezeph cities in northern Syria and the people of Eden who had been ◄deported/forced to go► to Tel-Assar city? None of the gods of those cities were able to rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_13","013_19_13","2KI","19","13","13","What happened to the kings of Hamath and Arpad and Sepharvaim and Ivvah cities RHQ? Most of them are dead, and the other people were deported!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_14","013_19_14","2KI","19","14","14","Hezekiah took the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_15","013_19_15","2KI","19","15","15","Then Hezekiah prayed, “Yahweh, the God whom to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of creatures with wings, above the Sacred Chest. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_16","013_19_16","2KI","19","16","16","So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look at what is happening. And listen to what King Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_17","013_19_17","2KI","19","17","17","“Yahweh, it is true that the armies of the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_18","013_19_18","2KI","19","18","18","And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But that was not difficult to do, because they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, and that is why they were destroyed easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_19","013_19_19","2KI","19","19","19","So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power MTY of the king of Assyria, in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_20","013_19_20","2KI","19","20","20","Then Isaiah sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: 'I have heard what you prayed to me about Sennacherib, the king of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_21","013_19_21","2KI","19","21","21","This is what I say to him: “The people of Jerusalem MTY despise you and make fun of you. They wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_22","013_19_22","2KI","19","22","22","Who do you think that you are despising and ridiculing? Who do you think you were shouting at? Who do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the holy God whom the Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_23","013_19_23","2KI","19","23","23","The messengers that you sent made fun of me. You said, 'With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cyprus trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its dense forests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_24","013_19_24","2KI","19","24","24","We have dug wells in other countries and drank water from them. And by marching through MTY the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up HYP!” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_25","013_19_25","2KI","19","25","25","‘But I reply, “Have you never heard that long ago I determined that those things would happen? I planned it long ago, and now I have been causing it to happen. I planned that your army would have the power to capture many cities that were surrounded by high walls, and cause them to become piles of rubble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_26","013_19_26","2KI","19","26","26","The people who lived in those cities have no power, and as a result they became dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as plants and grass in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_27","013_19_27","2KI","19","27","27","“But I know everything about you. I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are ◄raging/speaking very angrily► against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_28","013_19_28","2KI","19","28","28","So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard MTY you speak very proudly/arrogantly, it will be as though I will put a hook in your nose and an iron ◄bit/piece of metal► in your mouth in order that I can lead you where I want you to go, and I will force you to return to your own country on the same road on which you came here, without conquering Jerusalem.” ' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_29","013_19_29","2KI","19","29","29","Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “This is what will happen to prove that I am telling the truth: This year and next year you and your people will be able to harvest only ◄wild grain/grain that grows without having been planted►. But the following year, you Israelis will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and to plant vineyards and eat the grapes that you harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_30","013_19_30","2KI","19","30","30","The people MTY in Judah who remain alive will prosper and have many children; they will be like plants whose roots go deep down into the ground and which produce much MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_31","013_19_31","2KI","19","31","31","There will be many people in Jerusalem DOU who will survive, because Yahweh, the commander of the armies of angels in heaven, wants PRS it to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_32","013_19_32","2KI","19","32","32","So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter this city; they will not even shoot any arrows into it! His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields, and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against the city walls to enable them to attack the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_33","013_19_33","2KI","19","33","33","Their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city! That will happen because I, Yahweh have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_34","013_19_34","2KI","19","34","34","I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed. I will do this for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised to King David, who served me well.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_35","013_19_35","2KI","19","35","35","That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had put up their tents, and killed 185,000 of their soldiers! When the rest of their soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_36","013_19_36","2KI","19","36","36","Then King Sennacherib left and went home to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K219_37","013_19_37","2KI","19","37","37","One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat region, northwest of Nineveh. And another of Sennacherib's sons, Esarhaddon, became the king of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_1","013_20_1","2KI","20","1","1","About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He thought that he was about to die. Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you are not going to recover from this illness. You are going to die.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_2","013_20_2","2KI","20","2","2","Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_3","013_20_3","2KI","20","3","3","“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you.” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_4","013_20_4","2KI","20","4","4","Isaiah left the king, but before he had crossed the middle courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave him a message ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_5","013_20_5","2KI","20","5","5","which said, “Go back to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, and say to him, ‘I, Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David worshiped, have heard what you prayed. And I have seen your tears. So, listen: I will heal you. Two days from now you will be able to go up to my temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_6","013_20_6","2KI","20","6","6","I will enable you to live for 15 more years. And I will rescue you and this city again from the power MTY of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me well.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_7","013_20_7","2KI","20","7","7","So Isaiah returned to the palace and told Hezekiah what Yahweh had said. Then he saidto Hezekiah’s servants, “Bring a paste made of boiled figs. Put some of it on his boil, and he will get well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_8","013_20_8","2KI","20","8","8","Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “What will Yahweh do to prove that he will heal me and that two days from now I will be able to go up to the temple?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_9","013_20_9","2KI","20","9","9","Isaiah replied, “Yahweh will do something that will prove to you that he will do what he promised. Do you want him to cause the shadow on the stairway/sundial to go back ten steps/degrees, or to go forward ten steps/degrees?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_10","013_20_10","2KI","20","10","10","Hezekiah replied, “It is easy to cause the shadow to move forward, because that is what it always does. Tell him to cause it to move backward ten steps/degrees.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_11","013_20_11","2KI","20","11","11","So Isaiah prayed earnestly to Yahweh, and Yahweh caused the shadow to go backward ten steps/degrees on the stairway/sundial that King Ahaz had made (OR, that workers had built for King Ahaz). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_12","013_20_12","2KI","20","12","12","At that time, King Merodach-Baladan, the son of Baladan the previous King of Babylonia, heard a report that King Hezekiah had been very sick. So he wrote some letters and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_13","013_20_13","2KI","20","13","13","When the messengers arrived, Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his ◄treasure houses/places where very valuable things were stored►—the silver and gold, the spices, the nice-smelling olive oil, and all the weapons for his soldiers. He showed them all the valuable things in his storerooms and everywhere else in his kingdom HYP; he showed them everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_14","013_20_14","2KI","20","14","14","Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” Hezekiah replied, “They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_15","013_20_15","2KI","20","15","15","Isaiah asked, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_16","013_20_16","2KI","20","16","16","Isaiah knew that Hezekiah had done a very foolish thing. So Isaiah said to him, “Listen to what Yahweh says to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_17","013_20_17","2KI","20","17","17","There will be a time when everything that is still in your palace, all the valuable things that were put there by you and your ancestors, will be carried away to Babylon. There will be nothing left here! That is what Yahweh says to you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_18","013_20_18","2KI","20","18","18","Furthermore, some of your own descendants will be forced to go there, and they will be castrated in order that they may become servants in the palace of the King of Babylon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_19","013_20_19","2KI","20","19","19","Then Hezekiah replied to Isaiah, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace and security in Israel all the rest of my life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_20","013_20_20","2KI","20","20","20","If you want to know more about RHQ all the other things that Hezekiah did, about his brave deeds in battle, about his ordering a reservoir to be built in the city and a tunnel to be dug to bring water into the reservoir, they are all written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K220_21","013_20_21","2KI","20","21","21","Later Hezekiah died EUP, and his son Manasseh became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_1","013_21_1","2KI","21","1","1","Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to rule. He ruled Judah for 55 years from Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_2","013_21_2","2KI","21","2","2","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land of Israel as his people advanced through the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_3","013_21_3","2KI","21","3","3","He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines for worshiping Yahweh that his father Hezekiah had destroyed because they were not in the place that Yahweh had said they should worship him. He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping Baal. He made a statue of the goddess Asherah, like Ahab the king of Israel had done previously. And Manasseh worshiped DOU the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_4","013_21_4","2KI","21","4","4","He directed his workers to build altars for worshiping foreign gods in the temple of Yahweh, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem where I want people to worship MTY me, forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_5","013_21_5","2KI","21","5","5","He directed that altars for worshiping the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_6","013_21_6","2KI","21","6","6","He even sacrificed his own son by burning him in a fire. He performed rituals to practice sorcery and magic rituals. He also went to people who consulted the spirits of dead people to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered to be extremely evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_7","013_21_7","2KI","21","7","7","He placed the statue of the goddess Asherah in the temple, the place about which Yahweh had said to David and his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem. This is the city that I have chosen from all the territory of the twelve tribes of Israel, where I want people to worship me, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_8","013_21_8","2KI","21","8","8","And if the Israeli people obey all my commands and all the laws that I gave to Moses, the man who served me very well, I will not again force them to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_9","013_21_9","2KI","21","9","9","But the people did not heed Yahweh. And Manasseh persuaded them to commit sins that are more evil than the sins that were committed by the people of the nations that Yahweh had expelled from the land as the Israeli people advanced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_10","013_21_10","2KI","21","10","10","These are some of the things that the prophets said many times, messages that Yahweh had given them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_11","013_21_11","2KI","21","11","11","“Manasseh, the king of Judah, has done these abominable things, things that are much worse than the things that the Amor people-group did in this land long ago. He has persuaded the people of Judah to sin by worshiping idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_12","013_21_12","2KI","21","12","12","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, say: I will the cause the people of Jerusalem and the rest of Judah to experience great disasters. It will be terrible, with the result that everyone who hears about it will be stunned MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_13","013_21_13","2KI","21","13","13","I will judge and punish MET the people of Jerusalem like I punished the family of King Ahab of Israel. I will ◄wipe Jerusalem clean/remove all the people from Jerusalem►, like MET people wipe a plate and then turn it upside down after they have finished eating, to show that they are now satisfied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_14","013_21_14","2KI","21","14","14","And I will abandon the people who remain alive, and I will allow their enemies to conquer them and steal everything valuable from their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_15","013_21_15","2KI","21","15","15","I will do this because my people have done things that I consider to be very evil, things which have caused me to become very angry. They have caused me to become angry continually, ever since their ancestors left Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_16","013_21_16","2KI","21","16","16","Manasseh commanded his officials to kill many innocent people in Jerusalem, with the result that their blood flowed in the streets. He did this in addition to persuading the people of Judah to sin against Yahweh by worshiping idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_17","013_21_17","2KI","21","17","17","If you want to know more about all the things that Manasseh did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_18","013_21_18","2KI","21","18","18","Manasseh died EUP and was buried in the garden outside his palace, the garden that Uzza had made. Then Manasseh’s son Amon became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_19","013_21_19","2KI","21","19","19","Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king. He ruled Judah from Jerusalem for only two years. His mother’s name was Meshullemeth. She was from Jotbah town, and was the granddaughter of Haruz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_20","013_21_20","2KI","21","20","20","Amon did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_21","013_21_21","2KI","21","21","21","He imitated the behavior of his father, and he worshiped the same idols that his father had worshiped DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_22","013_21_22","2KI","21","22","22","He abandoned Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors had worshiped, and did not behave as Yahweh wanted him to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_23","013_21_23","2KI","21","23","23","Then one day some of his officials plotted to kill him. They assassinated him in the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_24","013_21_24","2KI","21","24","24","But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated King Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_25","013_21_25","2KI","21","25","25","If you want to read about RHQ the other things that Amon did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K221_26","013_21_26","2KI","21","26","26","Amon was also buried in the tomb in the garden that Uzza had made. Then Amon’s son Josiah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_1","013_22_1","2KI","22","1","1","Josiah was eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years. His mother was Jedidah and his grandfather was Adaiah from Bozkath town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_2","013_22_2","2KI","22","2","2","Josiah did things that were pleasing to Yahweh and conducted his life as his ancestor King David had done. He completely obeyed IDM all the laws of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_3","013_22_3","2KI","22","3","3","After Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, he sent his secretary Shaphan, the son of Azaliah and grandson of Meshullam, to the temple with these instructions: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_4","013_22_4","2KI","22","4","4","“Go to Hilkiah, the Supreme Priest, and tell him to give me a report, telling me how much money the men who guard the doors of the temple have collected from the people as offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_5","013_22_5","2KI","22","5","5","Then tell him to give all that money to the men who are supervising the work of repairing the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_6","013_22_6","2KI","22","6","6","They must give that money to the carpenters, the builders, and the masons, and they should also buy the timber and the stones that they will use to repair the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_7","013_22_7","2KI","22","7","7","But the men who supervise the work will not be required to make a report on the money that is given to them, saying what they spent it for, because those men are completely honest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_8","013_22_8","2KI","22","8","8","After Shaphan said that to Hilkiah the king’s secretary, Hilkiah said to Shaphan, “I have found in the temple a scroll on which is written the laws that God gave to Moses!” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan, and he started to read it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_9","013_22_9","2KI","22","9","9","Then Shaphan took the scroll to the king and said to him, “Your temple guards have taken the money that was in the temple, and they have given it to the men who will supervise the work of repairing the temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_10","013_22_10","2KI","22","10","10","Then Shaphan said to the king, “I have brought to you a scroll that Hilkiah gave to me.” And Shaphan started to read it to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_11","013_22_11","2KI","22","11","11","When the king heard the laws that were written in the scroll that Shaphan was reading to him, he tore his clothes because he was very dismayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_12","013_22_12","2KI","22","12","12","Then he gave these instructions to Hilkiah, to Shaphan’s son Ahikam, to Micaiah’s son Achbor, and to Asaiah, the king’s special advisor: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_13","013_22_13","2KI","22","13","13","“Go and ask Yahweh for me and for all the people of Judah, about what is written in this scroll that has been found. Because it is clear that Yahweh is very angry with us because our ancestors disobeyed what was written on this scroll, things that we should have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_14","013_22_14","2KI","22","14","14","So Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to ◄consult/talk with► a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer/northern part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum, son of Tikvah and grandson of Harhas, took care of the robes that were worn in the temple (OR, by the king). Those five men told her about the scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_15","013_22_15","2KI","22","15","15","She said to them, “This is what Yahweh the God whom we Israelis worship says: ‘Go back and tell the king who sent you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_16","013_22_16","2KI","22","16","16","that this is what Yahweh says: “Listen to this carefully. I am going to cause all the people who live here in Jerusalem to experience a disaster, which is what was written in the scroll that the king has read. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_17","013_22_17","2KI","22","17","17","I will do that because they have abandoned me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry by worshiping all the idols that they have made (OR, by all the wicked things that they have done), and my anger is like MET a fire that will not be put out.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_18","013_22_18","2KI","22","18","18","The king of Judah sent you to inquire what I, Yahweh, wanted you to do, so this is what you should say to him: “Because you have heeded what was written in the scroll, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_19","013_22_19","2KI","22","19","19","and you repented and humbled yourself when you heard what I said to warn you about what would happen to this city and the people who live here and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. I said that I would cause this city to be abandoned. It will be a city whose name people will use when they curse someone. But I have heard what you prayed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K222_20","013_22_20","2KI","22","20","20","so I will allow you to die EUP and be buried peacefully. I will cause the people who live here to experience a terrible disaster, but you will not be alive to see it.” ’ ” After the men heard that, they returned to King Josiah and gave him that message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_1","013_23_1","2KI","23","1","1","Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and of the other places in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_2","013_23_2","2KI","23","2","2","They went together to the temple, along with the priests and the prophets, and many other HYP people, from the most important people to the least important people. And while they listened, the king read to them all of the laws that Moses had written. He read from the scroll that had been found in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_3","013_23_3","2KI","23","3","3","Then the king stood next to the pillar where the kings stood when they made important announcements, and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to sincerely obey DOU all of Yahweh’s commands and regulations DOU. He also promised to ◄fulfill the conditions of/do what was written in► the agreement he made with Yahweh. And all the people also promised to obey the agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_4","013_23_4","2KI","23","4","4","Then the king commanded Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and all the other priests who assisted him and the men who guarded the entrance to the temple to bring out from the temple all the items that people had been using to worship Baal, the goddess Asherah, and the stars. After they carried them out, they burned all those things outside the city near the Kidron Valley. Then they took all the ashes to Bethel, because that city was already considered to be desecrated/unholy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_5","013_23_5","2KI","23","5","5","There were many pagan priests that the previous kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the altars on the tops of hills in Judah. They had been offering sacrifices to Baal, to the sun, the moon, the planets, and the stars. The king stopped them from doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_6","013_23_6","2KI","23","6","6","He commanded that the statue of the goddess Asherah be taken out of the temple. Then they took it outside Jerusalem, down to the Kidron Brook, and burned it. Then they pounded the ashes to powder and scattered that over the graves in the public cemetery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_7","013_23_7","2KI","23","7","7","He also destroyed the rooms in the temple where the temple male prostitutes lived. That was where women wove robes that were used to worship the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_8","013_23_8","2KI","23","8","9","Josiah also brought to Jerusalem all the priests who were offering sacrifices in the other cities in Judah. He also desecrated the places on the tops of hills where the priests had burned incense to honor idols, from Geba in the north to Beersheba in the south. Those priests were not allowed to offer sacrifices in the temple, but they were allowed to eat the unleavened bread that the priests who worked in the temple ate. He also commanded that the altars that were dedicated to the goat demons near the gate built by Joshua, the mayor of Jerusalem, be destroyed. Those altars were at the left of the main gate into the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_10","013_23_10","2KI","23","10","10","Josiah also desecrated the place named Topheth, in the Hinnom Valley, in order that no one could offer his son or daughter there to be completely burned for a sacrifice to the god Molech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_11","013_23_11","2KI","23","11","11","He also removed the horses that the previous kings of Judah had dedicated to worshiping the sun, and he burned the chariots that were used in that worship. Those horses and chariots were kept in the courtyard outside the temple, near the entrance to the temple, and near the room where one of Josiah’s officials, whose name was Nathan-Melech, lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_12","013_23_12","2KI","23","12","12","Josiah also commanded his servants to tear down the altars that the previous kings of Judah had built on the roof of the palace, above the room where King Ahaz had stayed. They also tore down the altars that had been built by King Manasseh in the two courtyards outside the temple. He commanded that they be smashed to pieces and thrown down into the Kidron Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_13","013_23_13","2KI","23","13","13","He also commanded that the altars that King Solomon had built east of Jerusalem, south of Olive Tree Hill, be desecrated. Solomon had built them for the worship of the disgusting idols—the statue of the goddess Astarte worshiped by the people in Sidon city, Chemosh the god of the Moab people-group, and Molech the god of the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_14","013_23_14","2KI","23","14","14","They also broke into pieces the stone pillars that the Israeli people worshiped, and cut down the pillars that honored the goddess Asherah, and they scattered the ground there with human bones to desecrate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_15","013_23_15","2KI","23","15","15","Furthermore, he commanded them to tear down the place of worship at Bethel which had been built by King Jeroboam #1, the king who persuaded the people of Israel to sin. They tore down the altar. Then they broke its stones into pieces and pounded them to become powder. They also burned the statue of the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_16","013_23_16","2KI","23","16","16","Then Josiah looked around and saw some tombs there on the hill. He commanded his men to take the bones out of those tombs and burn them on the altar. By doing that, he desecrated the altar. That was what a prophet had predicted many years before when Jeroboam #1 was standing close to that altar at a festival. Then Josiah looked up and saw the tomb of the prophet who had predicted that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_17","013_23_17","2KI","23","17","17","Josiah asked, “Whose tomb is that?” The people of Bethel replied, “It is the tomb of the prophet who came from Judah and predicted that these things that you have just now done to this altar would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_18","013_23_18","2KI","23","18","18","Josiah replied, “Allow his tomb to remain as it is. Do not remove the prophet’s bones from the tomb.” So the people did not remove those bones, or the bones of the other prophet, the one who had come from Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_19","013_23_19","2KI","23","19","19","In every city in Israel, at Josiah’s command, they tore down the shrines that had been built by the previous kings of Israel, which had caused Yahweh to become very angry. He did to all those shrines/altars the same thing that he had done to the altars at Bethel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_20","013_23_20","2KI","23","20","20","He ordered that all the priests who offered sacrifices on the altars on the tops of hills must be killed on those altars. Then he burned human bones on every one of those altars to desecrate them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_21","013_23_21","2KI","23","21","21","Then the king commanded all the people to celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh their God, which was written in the law of Moses that they should do every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_22","013_23_22","2KI","23","22","22","During all the years that leaders ruled Israel and during all the years that kings had ruled Israel and Judah, they had not celebrated that festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_23","013_23_23","2KI","23","23","23","But now, after Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, to honor Yahweh they celebrated the Passover Festival in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_24","013_23_24","2KI","23","24","24","Furthermore, Josiah got rid of all the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah who practiced sorcery and those who requested the spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do. He also removed from Jerusalem and from the other places in Judah all the household idols and all the other idols and abominable things. He did those things in order to obey what had been written in the scroll that Hilkiah had found in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_25","013_23_25","2KI","23","25","25","Josiah was totally devoted to Yahweh. There had never been in Judah or Israel a king like him. He obeyed all the laws of Moses. And there has never since then been a king like Josiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_26","013_23_26","2KI","23","26","26","But Yahweh had become extremely angry with the people of Judah because of all the things that King Manasseh had done to infuriate him, and he continued to be very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_27","013_23_27","2KI","23","27","27","He said, “I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel. I will banish the people of Judah, with the result that they will never enter my presence again. And I will reject Jerusalem, the city that I chose to belong to me, and I will abandon the temple, the place where I said that I MTY should be worshiped.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_28","013_23_28","2KI","23","28","28","If you want to know more about RHQ all the other things that Josiah did, they are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_29","013_23_29","2KI","23","29","29","While Josiah was the king of Judah, King Neco of Egypt led his army north to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah tried to stop the army of Egypt at Megiddo city, but Josiah was killed in a battle there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_30","013_23_30","2KI","23","30","30","His officials placed his corpse in a chariot and took it back to Jerusalem, where it was buried in his own tomb, a tomb where the other previous kings had not been buried. Then the people of Judah poured olive oil on the head of Josiah’s son Joahaz, to appoint him to be the new king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_31","013_23_31","2KI","23","31","31","Joahaz was 23 years old when he became the king of Judah, but he ruled from Jerusalem for only three months. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_32","013_23_32","2KI","23","32","32","Joahaz did many things that Yahweh said were evil, just like many of his ancestors had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_33","013_23_33","2KI","23","33","33","King Neco’s army came from Egypt and captured him and tied him up with chains and took him as a prisoner to Riblah town in Hamath district, to prevent him from continuing to rule in Jerusalem. Neco forced the people of Judah to pay to him ◄7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.► of silver and ◄75 pounds/34 kg.► of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_34","013_23_34","2KI","23","34","34","King Neco appointed another son of Josiah, Eliakim, to be the new king, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Joahaz to Egypt, and later Joahaz died there in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_35","013_23_35","2KI","23","35","35","King Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people of Judah. He collected more from the rich people and less from the poor people. He collected silver and gold from them, in order to pay to the king of Egypt what he commanded them to give. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_36","013_23_36","2KI","23","36","36","Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K223_37","013_23_37","2KI","23","37","37","He did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his ancestors had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_1","013_24_1","2KI","24","1","1","While Jehoiakim was ruling Judah, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_2","013_24_2","2KI","24","2","2","Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_3","013_24_3","2KI","24","3","3","These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. He had decided to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_4","013_24_4","2KI","24","4","4","Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_5","013_24_5","2KI","24","5","5","The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_6","013_24_6","2KI","24","6","6","When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_7","013_24_7","2KI","24","7","7","The army of the king of Babylon defeated the army of Egypt, and took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook at the border of Egypt in the south to the Euphrates River in the north. So the army of the king of Egypt did not return to attack Judah again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_8","013_24_8","2KI","24","8","8","Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for only three months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_9","013_24_9","2KI","24","9","9","Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_10","013_24_10","2KI","24","10","10","While Jehoiachin was king, some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came along with the whole Babylonian army to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_11","013_24_11","2KI","24","11","11","While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_12","013_24_12","2KI","24","12","12","Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_13","013_24_13","2KI","24","13","13","Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_14","013_24_14","2KI","24","14","14","They took from Jerusalem to Babylon 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_15","013_24_15","2KI","24","15","15","Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and all the important people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_16","013_24_16","2KI","24","16","16","They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_17","013_24_17","2KI","24","17","17","Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king of Judah, and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_18","013_24_18","2KI","24","18","18","When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_19","013_24_19","2KI","24","19","19","But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K224_20","013_24_20","2KI","24","20","20","Yahweh was very angry. So ◄and finally/after he had been patient a long time► he expelled the people of Jerusalem and the other places in Judah and sent them to Babylon. That is what happened when Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_1","013_25_1","2KI","25","1","1","On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps made of dirt against the walls of the city, so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_2","013_25_2","2KI","25","2","2","They did that for two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_3","013_25_3","2KI","25","3","3","After Zedekiah had been ruling for eleven years, the ◄famine/shortage of food► had become very bad. All their food was gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_4","013_25_4","2KI","25","4","4","On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, and that enabled them to enter the city. All the soldiers of Judah wanted to escape. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the king and the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan River Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_5","013_25_5","2KI","25","5","5","But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_6","013_25_6","2KI","25","6","6","The Babylonian soldiers took King Zedekiah to Riblah city in Babylon. There the king of Babylon decided what they would do to punish him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_7","013_25_7","2KI","25","7","7","There the king of Babylon forced Zedekiah to watch as the Babylonian soldiers killed all of Zedekiah’s sons. Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They put bronze chains on his hands and feet and then they took him to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_8","013_25_8","2KI","25","8","8","On August 14 of that year, after Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for 19 years, Nebuzaradan arrived in Jerusalem. He was one of king Nebuchadnezzar’s officials and captain of the men that guarded the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_9","013_25_9","2KI","25","9","9","He commanded his soldiers to burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. So they burned down all the important buildings in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_10","013_25_10","2KI","25","10","10","Then Nebuzaradan supervised all the soldiers of the Babylonian army as they tore down the walls of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_11","013_25_11","2KI","25","11","11","Then he and his soldiers took to Babylon the people who were still living in the city, the other people who lived in that area, and the soldiers who had previously surrendered to the Babylonian army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_12","013_25_12","2KI","25","12","12","But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to stay in Judah to take care of the vineyards and to plant crops in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_13","013_25_13","2KI","25","13","13","The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_14","013_25_14","2KI","25","14","14","They also took the pots, the shovels, the instruments for ◄snuffing out/extinguishing► the wicks of the lamps, the dishes, and all the other bronze items that the Israeli priests had used for offering sacrifices at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_15","013_25_15","2KI","25","15","15","The soldiers also took away the ◄firepans/trays for carrying burning coals►, the basins, and all the other items made of pure gold or pure silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_16","013_25_16","2KI","25","16","16","The bronze from the two pillars, the carts with wheels, and the huge basin were very heavy; they could not be weighed. ◄Those things had been made/A man named Hiram had made these things► for the temple when Solomon was the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_17","013_25_17","2KI","25","17","17","Each of the pillars was ◄27 feet/8 meters► tall. The bronze capital/top of each pillar was ◄7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters► high. They were each decorated all around with something that looked like a net made of bronze chains connecting bronze pomegranates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_18","013_25_18","2KI","25","18","18","Nebuzaradan took with him to Babylon Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah his assistant, and the three men who guarded the entrance to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_19","013_25_19","2KI","25","19","19","And they found people who were still hiding in Jerusalem. From those people he took one officer from the Judean army, five of the king’s advisors, the chief secretary of the army commander who was in charge of recruiting men to join the army, and 60 other important Judean men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_20","013_25_20","2KI","25","20","20","Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_21","013_25_21","2KI","25","21","21","There at Riblah, in Hamath province, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. That is what happened when the people of Judah were ◄taken forcefully/exiled► from their land to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_22","013_25_22","2KI","25","22","22","Then King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah, who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to be the governor of the people who were still living in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_23","013_25_23","2KI","25","23","23","When all the army captains of Judah and their soldiers who had not surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar found out that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor, they met with him at Mizpah town. These army captains were Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth from Netophah town, and Jaazaniah from the Maacah region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_24","013_25_24","2KI","25","24","24","Gedaliah solemnly promised them that the officials from Babylon were not planning to harm them. He said, “You may live in this land without being afraid and serve the king of Babylon, and if you do, everything will go well for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_25","013_25_25","2KI","25","25","25","But in October of that year, Ishmael, whose grandfather Elishama was one of the relatives of the descendants of King David, went to Mizpah along with ten other men and assassinated/killed Gedaliah and all the men who were with him. There were also men from Judah and men from Babylon whom they assassinated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_26","013_25_26","2KI","25","26","26","Then many HYP of the people from Judah, important people and unimportant ones, and the army captains, were very afraid of what the Babylonians would do to them, so they fled to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_27","013_25_27","2KI","25","27","27","Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar’s son Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_28","013_25_28","2KI","25","28","28","He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and honored him more than the other kings who had been taken/exiled to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_29","013_25_29","2KI","25","29","29","He gave Jehoiachin new clothes to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison, and he allowed Jehoiachin to eat at the king’s table every day for the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("K225_30","013_25_30","2KI","25","30","30","The king of Babylon also gave him money every day, so that he could buy the things that he needed. The king continued to do that until Jehoiachin died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_1","014_1_1","1CH","1","1","1","The first person God created was Adam. Adam’s son was Seth. Seth’s son was Enosh. Enosh’s son was Kenan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_2","014_1_2","1CH","1","2","2","Kenan’s son was Mahalalel. Mahalalel’s son was Jared. Jared’s son was Enoch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_3","014_1_3","1CH","1","3","3","Enoch’s son was Methuselah. Methusalah’s son was Lamech. Lamech’s son was Noah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_4","014_1_4","1CH","1","4","4","Noah’s sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_5","014_1_5","1CH","1","5","5","The sons (OR, descendants) of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_6","014_1_6","1CH","1","6","6","The sons (OR, descendants) of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_7","014_1_7","1CH","1","7","7","The descendants of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_8","014_1_8","1CH","1","8","8","The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim (OR, Egypt), Put, and Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_9","014_1_9","1CH","1","9","9","The descendants of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons (OR, descendants) of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_10","014_1_10","1CH","1","10","10","Another descendant of Cush was Nimrod. When he grew up, he became a mighty warrior on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_11","014_1_11","1CH","1","11","11","Mizraim (OR, Egypt) was the ancestor of the Lud people-group, the Anam people-group, the Lehab people-group, the Naphtuh people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_12","014_1_12","1CH","1","12","12","the Pathrus people-group, the Casluh people-group, and the Caphtor people-group. The people of the Philistia region were descended from the Casluh people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_13","014_1_13","1CH","1","13","13","Canaan’s first son was Sidon. He was also the ancestor of the Heth people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_14","014_1_14","1CH","1","14","14","the Jebus people-group, the Amor people-group, the Girgash people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_15","014_1_15","1CH","1","15","15","the Hiv people-group, the Ark people-group, the Sin people-group, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_16","014_1_16","1CH","1","16","16","the Arvad people-group, the Zemar people-group, and the Hamath people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_17","014_1_17","1CH","1","17","17","The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. Aram’s sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_18","014_1_18","1CH","1","18","18","Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_19","014_1_19","1CH","1","19","19","Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg which sounds like the word that means ‘divided’ because during the time that he lived, the people on the earth were divided into various language groups. Peleg’s younger brother was Joktan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_20","014_1_20","1CH","1","20","20","Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_21","014_1_21","1CH","1","21","21","Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_22","014_1_22","1CH","1","22","22","Obal, Abimael, Sheba, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_23","014_1_23","1CH","1","23","23","Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_24","014_1_24","1CH","1","24","24","The descendants of Shem, in order from him to Abraham, were Arphaxad, Shelah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_25","014_1_25","1CH","1","25","25","Eber, Peleg, Reu, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_26","014_1_26","1CH","1","26","26","Serug, Nahor, Terah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_27","014_1_27","1CH","1","27","27","and Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_28","014_1_28","1CH","1","28","28","Abraham’s sons were Isaac and Ishmael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_29","014_1_29","1CH","1","29","29","The son of Abraham’s slave wife Hagar was Ishmael. Ishmael’s twelve sons were Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_30","014_1_30","1CH","1","30","30","Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_31","014_1_31","1CH","1","31","31","Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_32","014_1_32","1CH","1","32","32","After Abraham’s wife Sarah died, he took another wife named Keturah. The sons of Abraham and Keturah were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan’s sons were Sheba and Dedan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_33","014_1_33","1CH","1","33","33","Midian’s sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_34","014_1_34","1CH","1","34","34","The son of Abraham and his wife Sarah was Isaac, and Isaac’s sons were Esau and Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_35","014_1_35","1CH","1","35","35","The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_36","014_1_36","1CH","1","36","36","The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho (OR, Zephi), Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_37","014_1_37","1CH","1","37","37","Reuel’s sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_38","014_1_38","1CH","1","38","38","Another descendant of Esau was Seir. His descendants lived in the Edom region. Seir’s sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_39","014_1_39","1CH","1","39","39","Lotan’s sons were Hori and Homam, and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_40","014_1_40","1CH","1","40","40","Shobal’s sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. Zibeon’s sons were Aiah and Anah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_41","014_1_41","1CH","1","41","41","Anah’s son was Dishon. 1 Dishon’s sons were Hemdan (OR, Hamran), Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_42","014_1_42","1CH","1","42","42","Ezer’s sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan (OR, Jaakan). Dishan’s sons were Uz and Aran. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_43","014_1_43","1CH","1","43","43","These are the names of the kings that ruled the Edom region before any kings ruled over Israel: Bela, the son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of the city in which he lived was Dinhabah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_44","014_1_44","1CH","1","44","44","When Bela died, Jobab, the son of Zerah from Bozrah city, became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_45","014_1_45","1CH","1","45","45","When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people-group lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_46","014_1_46","1CH","1","46","46","When Husham died, Hadad, the son of Bedad, became the king. He ruled in Avith city. Hadad’s army defeated the army of the Midian people-group in the Moab region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_47","014_1_47","1CH","1","47","47","When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from Masrekah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_48","014_1_48","1CH","1","48","48","When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from Rehoboth city along the Euphrates river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_49","014_1_49","1CH","1","49","49","When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan, the son of Achbor, became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_50","014_1_50","1CH","1","50","50","When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad became the king. He was from Pau city. His wife’s name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_51","014_1_51","1CH","1","51","51","Then Hadad died. The leaders of the clans of the Edom people-group were Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_52","014_1_52","1CH","1","52","52","Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_53","014_1_53","1CH","1","53","53","Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R11_54","014_1_54","1CH","1","54","54","Magdiel, and Iram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_1","014_2_1","1CH","2","1","1","The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_2","014_2_2","1CH","2","2","2","Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_3","014_2_3","1CH","2","3","3","Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people-group. When Judah’s oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_4","014_2_4","1CH","2","4","4","Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_5","014_2_5","1CH","2","5","5","The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_6","014_2_6","1CH","2","6","6","Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda (OR, Dara). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_7","014_2_7","1CH","2","7","7","One of the sons of Zimri was Carmi. Carmi’s son Achan (OR, Achar) caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that had been devoted to Yahweh to be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_8","014_2_8","1CH","2","8","8","Ethan’s son was Azariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_9","014_2_9","1CH","2","9","9","Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb (OR, Chelubai). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_10","014_2_10","1CH","2","10","10","Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_11","014_2_11","1CH","2","11","11","Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_12","014_2_12","1CH","2","12","12","Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_13","014_2_13","1CH","2","13","13","Jesse’s oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_14","014_2_14","1CH","2","14","14","Nethanel, Raddai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_15","014_2_15","1CH","2","15","15","Ozem, and the youngest was David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_16","014_2_16","1CH","2","16","16","Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_17","014_2_17","1CH","2","17","17","Abigail’s husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_18","014_2_18","1CH","2","18","18","Hezron’s younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_19","014_2_19","1CH","2","19","19","When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_20","014_2_20","1CH","2","20","20","Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_21","014_2_21","1CH","2","21","21","When Hezron was 60 years old, he married EUP Makir’s daughter, who was the sister of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_22","014_2_22","1CH","2","22","22","Segub was the father of Jair. Jair’s army controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_23","014_2_23","1CH","2","23","23","But the armies of Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured Kenath city and the nearby towns; altogether they captured 60 towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_24","014_2_24","1CH","2","24","24","Shortly after Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrath town, his widow Abijah had a son Asshur; Asshur started Tekoa town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_25","014_2_25","1CH","2","25","25","Hezron’s oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel’s oldest son was Ram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_26","014_2_26","1CH","2","26","26","Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_27","014_2_27","1CH","2","27","27","The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_28","014_2_28","1CH","2","28","28","Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_29","014_2_29","1CH","2","29","29","Abishur’s wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_30","014_2_30","1CH","2","30","30","Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_31","014_2_31","1CH","2","31","31","Appaim’s son was Ishi; Ishi’s son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan’s daughters was Ahlai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_32","014_2_32","1CH","2","32","32","Shammai’s younger brother was Jada. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_33","014_2_33","1CH","2","33","33","Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_34","014_2_34","1CH","2","34","34","Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_35","014_2_35","1CH","2","35","35","Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_36","014_2_36","1CH","2","36","36","Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_37","014_2_37","1CH","2","37","37","Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_38","014_2_38","1CH","2","38","38","Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_39","014_2_39","1CH","2","39","39","Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_40","014_2_40","1CH","2","40","40","Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_41","014_2_41","1CH","2","41","41","Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_42","014_2_42","1CH","2","42","42","Jerahmeel’s younger brother was Caleb. Caleb’s oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_43","014_2_43","1CH","2","43","43","Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_44","014_2_44","1CH","2","44","44","Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_45","014_2_45","1CH","2","45","45","Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-Zur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_46","014_2_46","1CH","2","46","46","Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah’s sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_47","014_2_47","1CH","2","47","47","Ephah’s father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_48","014_2_48","1CH","2","48","48","Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah’s sons were Sheber, Tirhanah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_49","014_2_49","1CH","2","49","49","Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_50","014_2_50","1CH","2","50","51","These people were also descendants of Caleb: Caleb had another wife whose name was Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started Kiriath-Jearim city. Salma started Bethlehem town. Hareph started Beth-Gader town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_52","014_2_52","1CH","2","52","52","Shobal’s descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_53","014_2_53","1CH","2","53","53","His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath-Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The Zorath and Eshtaol clans were descendants of the Mishra clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_54","014_2_54","1CH","2","54","54","Salma’s descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the Atroth-Beth-Joab clan, the other half of the Manahath clan, and the Zor clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R12_55","014_2_55","1CH","2","55","55","Salma’s descendants also included the families at Jabez town who wrote and copied important documents. These were the Tirath clan, the Shimeath clan, and the Sucath clan. They were all from the Ken people-group who came from Hammath city, and who had married members of the family MTY of Rechab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_1","014_3_1","1CH","3","1","1","Six sons of King David were born in Hebron city. His oldest son was Amnon, whose mother Ahinoam was from Jezreel city. His next son was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_2","014_3_2","1CH","3","2","2","His next son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king who ruled in Geshur town. His next son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_3","014_3_3","1CH","3","3","3","The next son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital. His youngest son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_4","014_3_4","1CH","3","4","4","They were all born in Hebron, where David ruled for 7-1/2 years. After that, David ruled in Jerusalem for 33 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_5","014_3_5","1CH","3","5","5","Many of David’s children were born in Jerusalem. Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel, gave birth to four of his sons: Shammua (OR, Shimea), Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_6","014_3_6","1CH","3","6","6","Nine other sons of David were also born there. They were Ibhar, Elishua (OR, Elishama), Eliphelet, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_7","014_3_7","1CH","3","7","7","Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_8","014_3_8","1CH","3","8","8","Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_9","014_3_9","1CH","3","9","9","In addition to all those sons, David’s slave wives also gave birth to sons. David also had one daughter whose name was Tamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_10","014_3_10","1CH","3","10","10","Solomon’s son was King Rehoboam. Rehoboam’s son was King Abijah. Abijah’s son was King Asa. Asa’s son was King Jehoshaphat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_11","014_3_11","1CH","3","11","11","Jehoshaphat’s son was King Jehoram (OR, Joram). Jehoram’s son was King Ahaziah. Ahaziah’s son was King Joash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_12","014_3_12","1CH","3","12","12","Joash’s son was King Amaziah. Amaziah’s son was King Azariah. Azariah’s son was King Jotham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_13","014_3_13","1CH","3","13","13","Jotham’s son was King Ahaz. Ahaz’s son was King Hezekiah. Hezekiah’s son was King Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_14","014_3_14","1CH","3","14","14","Manasseh’s son was King Amon. Amon’s son was King Josiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_15","014_3_15","1CH","3","15","15","Josiah’s oldest son was Johanan. His other sons were Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Shallum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_16","014_3_16","1CH","3","16","16","Jehoiakim’s sons were Jehoiachin (OR, Jeconiah) and Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_17","014_3_17","1CH","3","17","17","King Jehoiachin was captured and taken to Babylon. His sons were Shealtiel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_18","014_3_18","1CH","3","18","18","Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_19","014_3_19","1CH","3","19","19","Pedaiah’s sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Two of Zerubbabel’s sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister was Shelomith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_20","014_3_20","1CH","3","20","20","Zerubbabel’s five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_21","014_3_21","1CH","3","21","21","The descendants of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_22","014_3_22","1CH","3","22","22","Shecaniah’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s five sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_23","014_3_23","1CH","3","23","23","Neariah’s three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R13_24","014_3_24","1CH","3","24","24","Elioenai’s seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_1","014_4_1","1CH","4","1","1","The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_2","014_4_2","1CH","4","2","2","Shobal’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the ancestors of the Zorath people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_3","014_4_3","1CH","4","3","4","The oldest son of Caleb and his wife Ephrathah was Hur. Hur was the one who started/founded Bethlehem town. His three sons were Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam’s sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_5","014_4_5","1CH","4","5","5","Hezron’s son Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives whose names were Helah and Naarah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_6","014_4_6","1CH","4","6","6","The sons of Asshur and his wife Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_7","014_4_7","1CH","4","7","7","The sons of Ashhur and his wife Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_8","014_4_8","1CH","4","8","8","and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_9","014_4_9","1CH","4","9","9","There was another descendant of Judah whose name was Jabez. He was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez which means ‘pain’ because she said, “I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_10","014_4_10","1CH","4","10","10","One day he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelis worshiped, saying, “Please greatly bless me and ◄enlarge my land/give me a lot of land/property►. Remain IDM with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain.” And God did what Jabez requested him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_11","014_4_11","1CH","4","11","11","Another descendant of Judah was Shuhah. His younger brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_12","014_4_12","1CH","4","12","12","Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah founded Nahash town, but their families lived in Recah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_13","014_4_13","1CH","4","13","15","Another descendant of Judah was Jephunneh. His son was Caleb. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen’s Valley. The valley was named that because many of the people who lived there were ◄craftsmen/men who were experts in making things►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_16","014_4_16","1CH","4","16","16","Another descendant of Judah was Jehallelel. His sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_17","014_4_17","1CH","4","17","18","Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Ezrah also had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Gedor, Heber was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Soco, and Jekuthiel was the father of (OR, founded the town of) Zanoah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_19","014_4_19","1CH","4","19","19","Hodiah’s wife, who was Naham’s sister, bore two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people-group, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maacath people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_20","014_4_20","1CH","4","20","20","Another descendant of Judah was Shimon. Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. Another descendant of Judah was Ishi. His descendants were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_21","014_4_21","1CH","4","21","21","One of Judah’s sons was Shelah. Shelah’s sons were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the families of those who made things from linen at Beth-Ashbea, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_22","014_4_22","1CH","4","22","22","Jokim, and the men of Cozeba town, and Joash and Saraph, two men who married women from the Moab region and later lived in Bethlehem (OR, and ruled in Jashubi-Lehem). All their names and a record of what they did are written in very old scrolls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_23","014_4_23","1CH","4","23","23","They made pottery for the king; some of them lived in Netaim town and some of them lived in Gederah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_24","014_4_24","1CH","4","24","24","Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_25","014_4_25","1CH","4","25","25","Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_26","014_4_26","1CH","4","26","26","Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_27","014_4_27","1CH","4","27","27","Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children. So the descendants of Simeon never were as many as the descendants of his younger brother Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_28","014_4_28","1CH","4","28","28","The descendants of Simeon lived in these cities and towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_29","014_4_29","1CH","4","29","29","Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_30","014_4_30","1CH","4","30","30","Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_31","014_4_31","1CH","4","31","31","Beth-Marcaboth, Hazar-Susim, Beth-Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_32","014_4_32","1CH","4","32","32","They also lived in villages near those towns: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_33","014_4_33","1CH","4","33","33","There were other villages where they lived, as far southwest as Baalath town. Those were the places where they lived, and their names, according to the family records. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_34","014_4_34","1CH","4","34","38","The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was the son of Seraiah and the grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was the son of Shiphi and the grandson of Allon, who was the son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was the son of Shemaiah. Those families became very large/numerous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_39","014_4_39","1CH","4","39","39","They went outside of Gedor town on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_40","014_4_40","1CH","4","40","40","They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet. Previously the descendants of Noah’s son Ham had lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_41","014_4_41","1CH","4","41","41","But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, the leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there, and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there, because there was good pastureland there for their sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_42","014_4_42","1CH","4","42","42","Ishi’s four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led 500 other descendants of Simeon and attacked the people who were living in the hilly area of the Edom region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R14_43","014_4_43","1CH","4","43","43","They killed the few descendants of Amalek who were still alive. From that time until now, the descendants of Simeon have lived in the Edom region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_1","014_5_1","1CH","5","1","1","Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. Therefore, he should have received the special rights/privileges that belonged to firstborn sons. But he had sex with his father’s slave wife, so his father gave the rights if a firstborn son to the sons of Reubers younger brother Joseph. And in the family records, Reuben is not mentioned first, like the firstborn sons always are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_2","014_5_2","1CH","5","2","2","Although Judah became more influential than his brothers, and a ruler of the tribe descended from him, Joseph’s family received the rights that belonged to firstborn sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_3","014_5_3","1CH","5","3","3","But Reuben was Jacob’s oldest son. Reuben’s sons were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_4","014_5_4","1CH","5","4","4","Another descendant of Reuben was Joel. Joel’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_5","014_5_5","1CH","5","5","5","Shimei’s son was Micah. Micah’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah’s son was Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_6","014_5_6","1CH","5","6","6","Baal’s son was Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the tribe/descendants of Reuben. But Tiglath-Pileser the king of Assyria captured him and took him to Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_7","014_5_7","1CH","5","7","7","The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records. The first name written was Jeiel. Then Zechariah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_8","014_5_8","1CH","5","8","8","and then Bela. Bela was the son of Azaz, and Azaz was the son of Shema, and Shema was the son of Joel. Reuben’s clan was very large. Some of them lived near Aroer city as far north as Nebo town and Baal-Meon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_9","014_5_9","1CH","5","9","9","Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert south of the Euphrates River. They went there because they had a huge amount of cattle, with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_10","014_5_10","1CH","5","10","10","When Saul was king of Israel, Bela’s clan fought against the descendants of Hagar and defeated them. After that, Bela’s clan lived in the tents that the descendants of Hagar had lived in previously, in all the area east of the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_11","014_5_11","1CH","5","11","11","The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in the Bashan region, all the way east to Salecah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_12","014_5_12","1CH","5","12","12","Joel was their chief; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_13","014_5_13","1CH","5","13","13","Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_14","014_5_14","1CH","5","14","14","They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was Huri’s son. Huri was Jaroah’s son. Jaroah was Gilead’s son. Gilead was Michael’s son. Michael was Jeshishai’s son. Jeshishai was Jahdo’s son. Jahdo was the son of Buz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_15","014_5_15","1CH","5","15","15","Ahi was Abdiel’s son. Abdiel was Guni’s son. Ahi was the leader of their clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_16","014_5_16","1CH","5","16","16","The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland on the Sharon plain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_17","014_5_17","1CH","5","17","17","All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_18","014_5_18","1CH","5","18","18","There were 44,760 soldiers from the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They all carried shields and swords and bows and arrows. They were all trained to fight well in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_19","014_5_19","1CH","5","19","19","They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_20","014_5_20","1CH","5","20","20","The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat IDM the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_21","014_5_21","1CH","5","21","21","They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_22","014_5_22","1CH","5","22","22","But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until the army of Babylonia captured them and took them away to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_23","014_5_23","1CH","5","23","23","There were many people who belonged to the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They lived in the Bashan region east of the Jordan River, as far north as Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Hermon Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_24","014_5_24","1CH","5","24","24","Their clan leaders were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all strong, brave, and famous soldiers, and leaders of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_25","014_5_25","1CH","5","25","25","But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods/idols that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R15_26","014_5_26","1CH","5","26","26","So the God whom the Israelis worshiped caused Pul, the king of Assyria, to conquer those tribes. Pul’s other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His army captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to various places in Assyria: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. They have lived in those places from that time to the present time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_1","014_6_1","1CH","6","1","1","Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_2","014_6_2","1CH","6","2","2","Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_3","014_6_3","1CH","6","3","3","Amram’s children were Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and Moses. Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_4","014_6_4","1CH","6","4","4","Eleazar was the father of Phinehas. Phinehas was the father of Abishua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_5","014_6_5","1CH","6","5","5","Abishua was the father of Bukki. Bukki was the father of Uzzi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_6","014_6_6","1CH","6","6","6","Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_7","014_6_7","1CH","6","7","7","Meraioth was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_8","014_6_8","1CH","6","8","8","Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_9","014_6_9","1CH","6","9","9","Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Johanan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_10","014_6_10","1CH","6","10","10","Johanan was the father of Azariah. Azariah was a priest in the temple that Solomon commanded to be built in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_11","014_6_11","1CH","6","11","11","Azariah was the father of Amariah. Amariah was the father of Ahitub. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_12","014_6_12","1CH","6","12","12","Ahitub was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Shallum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_13","014_6_13","1CH","6","13","13","Shallum was the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_14","014_6_14","1CH","6","14","14","Azariah was the father of Seraiah. Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_15","014_6_15","1CH","6","15","15","Jehozadak was forced to leave his home when Yahweh sent King Nebuchadnezzar’s army MTY to capture many people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah and compel them to go to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_16","014_6_16","1CH","6","16","16","Levi’s sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_17","014_6_17","1CH","6","17","17","Gershon’s sons were Libni and Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_18","014_6_18","1CH","6","18","18","Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_19","014_6_19","1CH","6","19","19","Merari’s sons were Mahli and Mushi. Here is a list of the descendants of Levi, who became leaders of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_20","014_6_20","1CH","6","20","20","Gershon’s oldest son was Libni. Libni’s son was Jehath. Jehath’s son was Zimmah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_21","014_6_21","1CH","6","21","21","Zimmah’s son was Joah. Joah’s son was Iddo. Iddo’s son was Zerah. Zerah’s son was Jeatherai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_22","014_6_22","1CH","6","22","22","Kohath’s other son was Amminadab. Amminadab’s son was Korah. Korah’s son was Assir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_23","014_6_23","1CH","6","23","23","Assir’s son was Elkanah. Elkanah’s son was Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph’s son was Assir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_24","014_6_24","1CH","6","24","24","Assir’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Uriel. Uriel’s son was Uzziah. Uzziah’s son was Shaul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_25","014_6_25","1CH","6","25","25","Elkanah’s other sons were Amasai and Ahimoth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_26","014_6_26","1CH","6","26","26","Ahimoth’s son was Elkanah. Elkanah’s son was Zophai. Zophai’s son was Nahath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_27","014_6_27","1CH","6","27","27","Nahath’s son was Eliab. Eliab’s son was Jeroham. Jeroham’s son was Elkanah. Elkanah’s son was Samuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_28","014_6_28","1CH","6","28","28","Samuel’s oldest son was Joel; his other son was Abijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_29","014_6_29","1CH","6","29","29","Merari’s oldest son was Mahli. Mahli’s son was Libni. Libni’s son was Shimei. Shimei’s son was Uzzah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_30","014_6_30","1CH","6","30","30","Uzzah’s son was Shimea. Shimea’s son was Haggiah. Haggiah’s son was Asaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_31","014_6_31","1CH","6","31","31","After the Sacred Chest was brought to Jerusalem, King David appointed some of the men who were descendants of Levi to be in charge of the music in the Sacred Tent where the people worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_32","014_6_32","1CH","6","32","32","Those musicians first sang and played their instruments in the Sacred Tent, which was also called the Tent of Meeting, and they continued to do that until Solomon’s workers built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. In all their work, they obeyed the instructions that David had given them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_33","014_6_33","1CH","6","33","33","Here is a list of the musicians and their sons: From Kohath’s descendants there was Heman, the leader of the singers. Heman was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Samuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_34","014_6_34","1CH","6","34","34","Samuel was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Eliel. Eliel was the son of Toah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_35","014_6_35","1CH","6","35","35","Toah was the son of Zuph. Zuph was the son of Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Mahath. Mahath was the son of Amasai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_36","014_6_36","1CH","6","36","36","Amasai was the son of another man whose name was Elkanah. Elkanah was the son of Joel. Joel was the son of Azariah. Azariah was the son of Zephaniah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_37","014_6_37","1CH","6","37","37","Zephaniah was the son of Tahath. Tahath was the son of Assir. Assir was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_38","014_6_38","1CH","6","38","38","Korah was the son of Izhar. Izhar was the son of Kohath. Kohath was the son of Levi. Levi was the son of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_39","014_6_39","1CH","6","39","39","Heman’s helper was Asaph. His group of singers stood at the right side of Heman. Asaph was the son of Berekiah. Berekiah was the son of Shimea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_40","014_6_40","1CH","6","40","40","Shimea was the son of Michael. Michael was the son of Baaseiah. Baaseiah was the son of Malkijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_41","014_6_41","1CH","6","41","41","Malkijah was the son of Ethni. Ethni was the son of Zerah. Zerah was the son of Adaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_42","014_6_42","1CH","6","42","42","Adaiah was the son of Ethan. Ethan was the son of Zimmah. Zimmah was the son of Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_43","014_6_43","1CH","6","43","43","Shimei was the son of Jahath. Jahath was the son of Gershon, and Gershon was the son of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_44","014_6_44","1CH","6","44","44","A group of singers from Merari’s family helped Heman and Asaph. They stood to the left of Heman. The leader of this group was Ethan, the son of Kishi. Kishi was the son of Abdi. Abdi was the son of Malluch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_45","014_6_45","1CH","6","45","45","Malluch was the son of Hashabiah. Hashabiah was the son of Amaziah. Amaziah was the son of Hilkiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_46","014_6_46","1CH","6","46","46","Hilkiah was the son of Amzi. Amzi was the son of Bani. Bani was the son of Shemer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_47","014_6_47","1CH","6","47","47","Shemer was the son of Mahli. Mahli was the son of Mushi. Mushi was the son of Merari, and Merari was the son of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_48","014_6_48","1CH","6","48","48","The other descendants of Levi were appointed to do other work in the sacred tent, the place where the people worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_49","014_6_49","1CH","6","49","49","Aaron and his descendants were the ones who placed on the altar the sacrifices that were to be burned completely, and they burned incense on another altar. Those sacrifices were in order that Yahweh would no longer be angry with the people of Israel for having sinned. Those men also did other work in the Very Holy Place in the sacred tent, obeying the instructions that Moses, who served God well, had given to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_50","014_6_50","1CH","6","50","50","These were the descendants of Aaron: Aaron’s son was Eleazar. Eleazar’s son was Phinehas. Phinehas’s son was Abishua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_51","014_6_51","1CH","6","51","51","Abishua’s son was Bukki. Bukki’s son was Uzzi. Uzzi’s son was Zerahiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_52","014_6_52","1CH","6","52","52","Zerahiah’s son was Meraioth. Meraioth’s son was Amariah. Amariah’s son was Ahitub. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_53","014_6_53","1CH","6","53","53","Ahitub’s son was Zadok, and Zadok’s son was Ahimaaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_54","014_6_54","1CH","6","54","54","Here is a list of the places where Aaron’s descendants lived. Those who were descendants of Kohath were the first group to be allotted cities to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_55","014_6_55","1CH","6","55","55","They were allotted Hebron city in Judah and the pastureland around the city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_56","014_6_56","1CH","6","56","56","but the fields farther from the city and the villages near the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_57","014_6_57","1CH","6","57","57","The descendants of Aaron who were descendants of Kohath were allotted Hebron, one of the cities to which people could flee and be protected if they accidentally killed someone. They also were allotted the towns and pastureland near Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_58","014_6_58","1CH","6","58","58","Hilen, Debir, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_59","014_6_59","1CH","6","59","59","Ashan, Juttah, and Beth-Shemesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_60","014_6_60","1CH","6","60","60","They were also allotted Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth cities from the tribe of Benjamin. Altogether, these clans descended from Kohath were allotted 13 towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_61","014_6_61","1CH","6","61","61","The other clans descended from Kohath were allotted ten towns from the clans of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_62","014_6_62","1CH","6","62","62","The descendants of Gershon were allotted 13 cities and towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lived in the Bashan region on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_63","014_6_63","1CH","6","63","63","The descendants of Merari were allotted twelve cities and towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_64","014_6_64","1CH","6","64","64","The leaders of Israel allotted those towns and the nearby pasturelands to the descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_65","014_6_65","1CH","6","65","65","They also allotted to them the cities and towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin that were listed previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_66","014_6_66","1CH","6","66","66","Some of the descendants of Kohath were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_67","014_6_67","1CH","6","67","67","They were allotted Shechem, which was one of the cities to which people could flee and be protected if they accidentally killed someone, along with the nearby pastureland in the hills of Ephraim. They were also allotted these towns and pastureland near them: Gezer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_68","014_6_68","1CH","6","68","68","Jokmeam, Beth-Horon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_69","014_6_69","1CH","6","69","69","Aijalon, and Gath-Rimmon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_70","014_6_70","1CH","6","70","70","The other descendants of Kohath were allotted Aner and Bileam towns and the nearby pastureland from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_71","014_6_71","1CH","6","71","71","The descendants of Gershon, who were part of the tribe of Manasseh, lived east of the Jordan River. They were allotted the cities and towns and pastureland near them: Golan in the Bashan and Ashtaroth regions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_72","014_6_72","1CH","6","72","72","From the tribe of Issachar they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Kedesh, Daberath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_73","014_6_73","1CH","6","73","73","Ramoth, and Anem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_74","014_6_74","1CH","6","74","74","From the tribe of Asher they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Mashal, Abdon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_75","014_6_75","1CH","6","75","75","Hukok, and Rehob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_76","014_6_76","1CH","6","76","76","And from the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Kedesh in the Galilee region, and Hammon and Kiriathaim towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_77","014_6_77","1CH","6","77","77","The other descendants of Levi, those descended from Merari, were allotted towns and pasturelands from the tribe of Zebulun near Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono, and Tabor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_78","014_6_78","1CH","6","78","79","From the tribe of Reuben they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Bezer in the desert, Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath. The tribe of Reuben lived east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_80","014_6_80","1CH","6","80","80","From the tribe of Gad, they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Ramoth in the Gilead region, the cities of Mahanaim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R16_81","014_6_81","1CH","6","81","81","Heshbon, and Jazer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_1","014_7_1","1CH","7","1","1","Issachar’s four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_2","014_7_2","1CH","7","2","2","Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel (OR, Shemuel). They were all leaders of the clans descended from them. In the record of Tola’s descendants were the names of 22,600 men who served in the army during the time that David was the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_3","014_7_3","1CH","7","3","3","Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s five sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. Izrahiah and his sons were all leaders of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_4","014_7_4","1CH","7","4","4","In the record of Izrahiah’s descendants were the names of 36,000 men who served in the army because they had many wives and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_5","014_7_5","1CH","7","5","5","In the records of the clans descended from Issachar were the names of 87,000 men who served in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_6","014_7_6","1CH","7","6","6","Some of the sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, and Jediael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_7","014_7_7","1CH","7","7","7","Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were all leaders of clans. In the records of the clans descended from Bela there were names of 22,034 men who served in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_8","014_7_8","1CH","7","8","8","Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_9","014_7_9","1CH","7","9","9","In the records of the clans descended from Beker were the names of 20,200 men and leaders of the clans who served in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_10","014_7_10","1CH","7","10","10","Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_11","014_7_11","1CH","7","11","11","They were all leaders of clans descended from them. There were 17,200 of them who served in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_12","014_7_12","1CH","7","12","12","Shuppim and Huppim were descendants of Ir. One of the descendants of Aher was Hushim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_13","014_7_13","1CH","7","13","13","Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s slave wife Bilhah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_14","014_7_14","1CH","7","14","14","This is a list of Manasseh’s descendants. Manasseh had a slave wife who was from Syria. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_15","014_7_15","1CH","7","15","15","Makir had two wives. They were from the clans of Huppim and Shuppim. One of Makir’s wives was named Maacah. Another descendant of Makir was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had no sons; he had only daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_16","014_7_16","1CH","7","16","16","Makir’s wife Maacah gave birth to two sons whom she named Peresh and Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_17","014_7_17","1CH","7","17","17","Ulam’s son was Bedan. All those men were considered to be descendants of Gilead, who was the son of Makir and grandson of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_18","014_7_18","1CH","7","18","18","Makir’s sister name was Hammoleketh who was the mother of Ishdod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_19","014_7_19","1CH","7","19","19","One son of Gilead was Shemida, whose sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_20","014_7_20","1CH","7","20","20","This is a list of the descendants of Ephraim. One son of Ephraim’s was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was also named Tahath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_21","014_7_21","1CH","7","21","21","Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah. Ephraim’s other sons, Ezer and Elead, went to Gath city to steal some cows and sheep. But they were both killed by some of the men from that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_22","014_7_22","1CH","7","22","22","Their father Ephraim cried/mourned for them for many days, and his family came to comfort him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_23","014_7_23","1CH","7","23","23","Then he and his wife had sex EUP again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah which resembles the word ‘trouble’, because of the trouble that his family had experienced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_24","014_7_24","1CH","7","24","24","Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. Her workers built three towns: Lower Beth-Horon, Upper Beth-Horon, and Uzzen-Sheerah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_25","014_7_25","1CH","7","25","25","Another son of Ephraim was Rephah. Rephah’s son was Resheph. Resheph’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_26","014_7_26","1CH","7","26","26","Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_27","014_7_27","1CH","7","27","27","Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Joshua, the man who led the Israelis after Moses died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_28","014_7_28","1CH","7","28","28","This is a list of the cities and areas where the descendants of Ephraim lived: Bethel and the nearby villages; Naaran to the east; Gezer to the west and the nearby villages; and Shechem and the nearby villages. Those villages extended north as far as Ayyah and the nearby villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_29","014_7_29","1CH","7","29","29","Along the border of the area where the descendants of Manasseh lived were these towns: Beth-Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the nearby villages. The people who lived in all those places were descendants of Jacob’s son Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_30","014_7_30","1CH","7","30","30","Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_31","014_7_31","1CH","7","31","31","Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was the father of Birzaith ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_32","014_7_32","1CH","7","32","32","Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Their sister was Shua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_33","014_7_33","1CH","7","33","33","Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_34","014_7_34","1CH","7","34","34","Japhlet’s younger brother was Shomer. Shomer’s sons were Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_35","014_7_35","1CH","7","35","35","Shomer’s younger brother was Hotham (OR, Helem). Hotham’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_36","014_7_36","1CH","7","36","36","Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_37","014_7_37","1CH","7","37","37","Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran whose other name was Jether, and Beera. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_38","014_7_38","1CH","7","38","38","Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_39","014_7_39","1CH","7","39","39","Another descendant of Asher was Ulla, whose sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R17_40","014_7_40","1CH","7","40","40","All those men were descendants of Asher, and they were all leaders of their clans. They were brave warriors and excellent leaders. In the record of the clans that are descended from Asher are the names of 26,000 men who served in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_1","014_8_1","1CH","8","1","1","Benjamin had five sons: Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_2","014_8_2","1CH","8","2","2","Nohah, and Rapha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_3","014_8_3","1CH","8","3","3","The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_4","014_8_4","1CH","8","4","4","Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_5","014_8_5","1CH","8","5","5","Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_6","014_8_6","1CH","8","6","6","One of Gera’s sons was Ehud. The descendants of Ehud were leaders of their clans who lived in Geba city, but they were forced to move to Manahath city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_7","014_8_7","1CH","8","7","7","Ehud’s sons/descendants were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera was the one who led them when they moved to Manahath. Gera was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_8","014_8_8","1CH","8","8","11","Another descendant of Benjamin was Shaharaim. He and his wife Hushim had two sons, Abitub and Elpaal. In the Moab region, Shaharaim divorced Hushim and his other wife Baara. Then he married a woman whose name was Hodesh, and they had seven sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. They were all leaders of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_12","014_8_12","1CH","8","12","13","Elpaal’s sons were Eber, Misham, Shemed, Beriah, and Shema. Shemed built the towns of Ono and Lod, and the nearby villages. Beriah and Shema were leaders of their clans, who lived in Aijalon city. They forced the people who lived in Gath city to leave their city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_14","014_8_14","1CH","8","14","16","Beriah’s sons were Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_17","014_8_17","1CH","8","17","17","Other descendants of Elpaal were Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_18","014_8_18","1CH","8","18","18","Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_19","014_8_19","1CH","8","19","21","Another descendant of Benjamin was Shimei. Shimei’s descendants included Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_22","014_8_22","1CH","8","22","22","Shashak’s sons were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_23","014_8_23","1CH","8","23","23","Abdon, Zicri, Hanan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_24","014_8_24","1CH","8","24","24","Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_25","014_8_25","1CH","8","25","25","Iphdeiah, and Penuel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_26","014_8_26","1CH","8","26","27","Another descendant of Benjamin was Jeroham, whose sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_28","014_8_28","1CH","8","28","28","In the records of these clans it is written that all those men were leaders of their clans, and they lived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_29","014_8_29","1CH","8","29","29","Another descendant of Benjamin was Jeiel. He lived in Gibeon town, and he was the leader there. His wife was Maacah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_30","014_8_30","1CH","8","30","30","His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_31","014_8_31","1CH","8","31","31","Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_32","014_8_32","1CH","8","32","32","and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. All these sons of Jeiel also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_33","014_8_33","1CH","8","33","33","Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of King Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_34","014_8_34","1CH","8","34","34","Jonathan’s son was Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_35","014_8_35","1CH","8","35","35","Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_36","014_8_36","1CH","8","36","36","Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_37","014_8_37","1CH","8","37","37","Moza was the father of Binea. The son of Binea was Raphah. The son of Raphah was Eleasah. The son of Eleasah was Azel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_38","014_8_38","1CH","8","38","38","Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_39","014_8_39","1CH","8","39","39","Azel’s younger brother was Eshek. Eshek’s oldest son was Ulam. His other sons were Jeush and Eliphelet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R18_40","014_8_40","1CH","8","40","40","Ulam’s sons were brave warriors and ◄good archers/able to shoot arrows well►. Altogether they had 150 sons and grandsons. Those were the descendants of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_1","014_9_1","1CH","9","1","1","The names of all the people of Israel were listed/written with the names of their clans, and that information was written in the scroll/book named ‘The Record of the Kings of Israel’. Many of the people of Judah were captured and forced to go to Babylon. That happened because they did not faithfully do what was pleasing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_2","014_9_2","1CH","9","2","2","The first people who returned to Judah 70 years later and lived in their own land and in their own cities and towns were some Israeli priests, other descendants of Levi, and men who worked in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_3","014_9_3","1CH","9","3","3","Other people from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh also returned to Judah and lived in Jerusalem. This is a list of those people of the tribe of Judah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_4","014_9_4","1CH","9","4","4","Uthai the son of Ammihud. Ammihud was the son of Omri; Omri was the son of Imri; Imri was the son of Bani; Bani was a descendant of Perez; Perez was the son of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_5","014_9_5","1CH","9","5","5","Asaiah and his sons were descendants of Shelah. Asaiah was the oldest son in his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_6","014_9_6","1CH","9","6","6","Jeuel and others of his relatives in Zerah’s clan. There were 690 people in this clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_7","014_9_7","1CH","9","7","7","From the tribe of Benjamin, Sallu, the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Hodaviah; Hodaviah was the son of Hassenuah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_8","014_9_8","1CH","9","8","8","Ibneiah the son of Jeroham. Elah the son of Uzzi. Uzzi was the son of Micri. Meshullam the son of Shephatiah. Shephatiah was the son of Reuel; Reuel was the son of Ibnijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_9","014_9_9","1CH","9","9","9","In other records of the people descended from Benjamin, there are the names of 956 people who were living in Jerusalem. All these were leaders of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_10","014_9_10","1CH","9","10","10","Some of the priests who returned to Judah were: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_11","014_9_11","1CH","9","11","11","and Azariah who was the son of Hilkiah. Hilkiah who was the son of Meshullam; Meshullam who was the son of Zadok, Zadok who was the son of Meraioth; Meraioth who was the son of Ahitub; Ahitub who supervised the temple guards; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_12","014_9_12","1CH","9","12","12","Adaiah who was the son of Jeroham; Jeroham who was the son of Pashhur; Pashhur who was the son of Malchijah; Maasai who was the son of Adiel; Adiel who was the son of Jahzerah; Jahzerah who was the son of Meshullam; Meshullam who was the son of Meshillemith; Meshillemith who was the son of Immer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_13","014_9_13","1CH","9","13","13","Altogether there were 1,760 priests who returned to Judah. They were leaders of their clans, and they all were responsible for doing work in the temple of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_14","014_9_14","1CH","9","14","14","From the descendants of Levi who returned to Judah there was Shemaiah the son of Hasshub. Hasshub was the son of Azrikam; Azrikam was the son of Hashabiah; Hashabiah was a descendant of Levi’s youngest son Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_15","014_9_15","1CH","9","15","15","Other descendants of Levi who returned to Judah were Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica. Mica was the son if Zicri; Zicri was the son of Asaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_16","014_9_16","1CH","9","16","16","There was also Obadiah the son of Shemaiah. Shemaiah was the son of Galal. Galal was the son of Jeduthun. There was also Berekiah the son of Asa. Asa was the son of Elkanah, who lived in one of the villages where the Netophath people-clan lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_17","014_9_17","1CH","9","17","17","From the descendants of Levi who returned to Judah who guarded the temple gates there were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and some of their relatives. Shallum was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_18","014_9_18","1CH","9","18","18","Those gatekeepers from the tribe of Levi stood at the King’s Gate on the east side of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_19","014_9_19","1CH","9","19","19","Shallum was the son of Kore. Kore was the son of Ebiasaph. Ebiasaph was the son of Korah. Shallum and his relatives were gatekeepers, and they were responsible to guard the gates of the Sacred Tent of Yahweh, like their ancestors had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_20","014_9_20","1CH","9","20","20","Previously Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had supervised the gatekeepers, and Yahweh ◄was with/helped► Phinehas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_21","014_9_21","1CH","9","21","21","Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_22","014_9_22","1CH","9","22","22","Altogether, there were 212 men who were chosen to guard the gates. Their names were written in the records of the clans in their villages. King David and the prophet Samuel appointed/chose those men because those men ◄were dependable/always did what they were told to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_23","014_9_23","1CH","9","23","23","The work of those gatekeepers and their descendants was to guard the entrances of the Sacred Tent of Yahweh. That was before the temple was built to replace the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_24","014_9_24","1CH","9","24","24","There were gatekeepers on each of the four sides of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_25","014_9_25","1CH","9","25","25","Sometimes it was necessary for the relatives of the gatekeepers who lived in those villages to come and help them. Each time some of them came, they helped the gatekeepers for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_26","014_9_26","1CH","9","26","26","There were four descendants of Levi who worked every day, and they supervised the gatekeepers. They also took care of the rooms and treasures in the Sacred Tent of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_27","014_9_27","1CH","9","27","27","They remained awake all during the night to guard the Sacred Tent, and each morning they opened the gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_28","014_9_28","1CH","9","28","28","Some of the gatekeepers took care of the articles that were used in worship. They also took care of the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices that were used in the sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_29","014_9_29","1CH","9","29","29","Other gatekeepers were appointed to take care of the other things in the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_30","014_9_30","1CH","9","30","30","But some of the priests had the work of mixing the spices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_31","014_9_31","1CH","9","31","31","There was a descendant of Levi named Mattithiah, the oldest son of Shallum, who was a descendant of Korah. He ◄was very dependable/always did what he was told to do►, so they gave him {he was given} the work of baking the bread that was used in the offerings on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_32","014_9_32","1CH","9","32","32","Some of the gatekeepers who were descended from Kohath prepared the freshly baked loaves of sacred bread that were placed on the table inside the Sacred Tent every Sabbath/rest day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_33","014_9_33","1CH","9","33","33","Some of the descendants of Levi were musicians who worked in the Sacred Tent. The leaders of those families stayed/slept in the rooms of the Sacred Tent. They did not do any other work in the Sacred Tent because they were responsible to serve as musicians day and night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_34","014_9_34","1CH","9","34","34","Those are the names of the leaders of the clans descended from Levi. Their names were written in the records of the clans. They all lived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_35","014_9_35","1CH","9","35","35","One of the descendants of Benjamin, Jeiel, lived in Gibeon city. He was the city leader. His wife’s name was Maacah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_36","014_9_36","1CH","9","36","36","His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_37","014_9_37","1CH","9","37","37","Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_38","014_9_38","1CH","9","38","38","Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. Jeiel’s family lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_39","014_9_39","1CH","9","39","39","Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of King Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_40","014_9_40","1CH","9","40","40","Jonathan’s son was Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_41","014_9_41","1CH","9","41","41","Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_42","014_9_42","1CH","9","42","42","Ahaz was the father of Jadah (OR, Jarah). Jadah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_43","014_9_43","1CH","9","43","43","Moza was the father of Binea. The son of Binea was Rephaiah. The son of Rephaiah was Eleasah. The son of Eleasah was Azel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R19_44","014_9_44","1CH","9","44","44","Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_1","014_10_1","1CH","10","1","1","The army of Philistia again fought against the Israelis. The Israeli soldiers ran away from them, and many Israelis were killed {the soldiers of Philistia killed many Israelis} on Gilboa Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_2","014_10_2","1CH","10","2","2","The soldiers of Philistia caught up with Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_3","014_10_3","1CH","10","3","3","The fighting was very fierce around Saul, and the ◄archers/men who shot arrows► shot Saul and wounded him severely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_4","014_10_4","1CH","10","4","4","Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, “Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to injure me further and make fun of me while I am dying.” But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_5","014_10_5","1CH","10","5","5","When the man carrying his weapons saw that Saul was dead, he also threw himself on his own sword and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_6","014_10_6","1CH","10","6","6","So Saul and three of his sons all died, and none of his descendants ever became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_7","014_10_7","1CH","10","7","7","When the Israelis who were living in the valley saw that their army had run away and that Saul and his three sons were dead, they left their towns and ran away. Then the soldiers from Philistia came and ◄occupied/lived in► those towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_8","014_10_8","1CH","10","8","8","The next day, when the Philistines came to take away the weapons of the dead Israeli soldiers, they found the corpses of Saul and his three sons on Gilboa Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_9","014_10_9","1CH","10","9","9","They took the clothes off Saul’s corpse and cut off his head and took it and Saul’s armor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_10","014_10_10","1CH","10","10","10","Then they sent messengers throughout their land, to proclaim the news throughout their own area, to their idols and to the other people. They put Saul’s armor in the temple where their idols were, and they hung Saul’s head in the temple of their god Dagon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_11","014_10_11","1CH","10","11","11","All the people who lived in Jabesh in the Gilead region heard what the Philistines had done to Saul’s corpse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_12","014_10_12","1CH","10","12","12","So the bravest men/soldiers of Jabesh went and got the corpses of Saul and his sons and brought them back to Jabesh. They buried their bones under a large tree in Jabesh. Then the people of Jabesh ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_13","014_10_13","1CH","10","13","13","Saul died because he did not faithfully obey what Yahweh told him to do. He even went to a woman who talks to the spirits of dead people and asked her what he should do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R110_14","014_10_14","1CH","10","14","14","instead of asking Yahweh what he should do. So Yahweh caused him to die, and he appointed David, the son of Jesse, to be the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_1","014_11_1","1CH","11","1","1","Then the people of Israel came to David at Hebron town and said to him, “Listen, we have the same ancestors IDM that you have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_2","014_11_2","1CH","11","2","2","In the past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led our Israeli soldiers in our battles. You are the one to whom Yahweh our God promised, ‘You will be the leader MET of my people; you will be their king.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_3","014_11_3","1CH","11","3","3","So all the Israeli elders came to David at Hebron. And David made a sacred agreement with them while Yahweh was listening. They anointed him with olive oil to set him apart to be the king of the Israeli people. That is what Yahweh had previously told the prophet Samuel would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_4","014_11_4","1CH","11","4","4","David and all the Israeli soldiers SYN went to Jerusalem. At that time, Jerusalem was called Jebus, and the people who lived there were the Jebus people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_5","014_11_5","1CH","11","5","5","Those people said to David, “Your soldiers will not be able to get inside our city!” But David’s soldiers captured the city, even though it had strong walls around it, and since then it has been called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_6","014_11_6","1CH","11","6","6","What happened was this:: David said to his soldiers, “The one who leads our soldiers to attack the Jebus people-group will become the commander of all my army.” Joab, the son of Zeruiah, led the soldiers, so he became the commander of all the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_7","014_11_7","1CH","11","7","7","After they captured the city which had strong walls around it, David moved there. That is why they named it ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_8","014_11_8","1CH","11","8","8","David’s workers rebuilt the city, starting where the land was filled in and extending to the wall that was around the city. Joab’s men repaired the other parts of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_9","014_11_9","1CH","11","9","9","David became more and more powerful/influential, because the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels was with/helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_10","014_11_10","1CH","11","10","10","Yahweh had promised that David would become the king. And all the Israeli people ◄were happy that David was/supported David as► their king. There were many soldiers/warriors who helped David’s kingdom to remain strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_11","014_11_11","1CH","11","11","11","This is a list of the leaders of David’s most mighty warriors: Jashobeam was from the Hacmon clan. He was one of the leaders of David’s most powerful soldiers. One time he fought against 300 enemies and killed them all with his spear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_12","014_11_12","1CH","11","12","12","Another one was Eleazar, who was the son of Dodo from the clan of Ahoh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_13","014_11_13","1CH","11","13","13","One day he was with David at Pas Dammim when the soldiers of Philistia gathered there for the battle. There was a field of barley there. At first the Israeli soldiers ran away from the soldiers of Philistia, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_14","014_11_14","1CH","11","14","14","but then David and Eleazar stopped in the middle of the field and fought to defend it and killed many of the soldiers of Philistia. Yahweh enabled them to win a great victory on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_15","014_11_15","1CH","11","15","15","One time three of David’s thirty most mighty warriors came to David when he was camping next to the huge rock outside the cave near Adullam. At that same time, the army of Philistia had camped in the Rephaim Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_16","014_11_16","1CH","11","16","16","David was in a fortress, and some of the soldiers of Philistia were occupying Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_17","014_11_17","1CH","11","17","17","One day David was very thirsty and said, “I wish that someone would bring me some water from the well near the gate at Bethlehem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_18","014_11_18","1CH","11","18","18","So those three most outstanding warriors forced their way through the camp of Philistia soldiers and drew some water from the well, and brought it to David. But he would not drink it. Instead, he poured it out on the ground to be an offering to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_19","014_11_19","1CH","11","19","19","He said, “Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like RHQ drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!” So he refused to drink it. That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_20","014_11_20","1CH","11","20","20","Joab’s younger brother Abishai was the leader of the 30 most mighty warriors. One time Abishai fought 300 enemy soldiers with his spear and killed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_21","014_11_21","1CH","11","21","21","So he became as famous as those three most outstanding warriors. He became their commander, even though he was not one of those three men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_22","014_11_22","1CH","11","22","22","Jehoiada’s son Benaiah was a brave soldier from Kabzeel town who did heroic deeds. He killed two of the best warriors from the Moab people-group. One day he went down into a pit when snow was falling on the ground and killed a lion there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_23","014_11_23","1CH","11","23","23","He also killed a soldier from Egypt who was ◄7-1/2 feet/2.3 meters► tall. The soldier from Egypt carried a spear that was as long as a weaver’s rod. Benaiah had only a club, but he grabbed the other man’s spear and killed him with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_24","014_11_24","1CH","11","24","24","Those are some of the things that Benaiah did. So he became as famous as the three mighty warriors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_25","014_11_25","1CH","11","25","25","He was more honored than the other members of the group of thirty most mighty warriors, but he did not become a member of the group of three most outstanding warriors. David appointed him to be the leader of his bodyguards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_26","014_11_26","1CH","11","26","26","These are the names of David’s mighty warriors: Asahel, the younger brother of Joab; Elhanan, the son of Dodo, from Bethlehem; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_27","014_11_27","1CH","11","27","27","Shammah, from the Harod clan; Helez, from the Pelon clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_28","014_11_28","1CH","11","28","28","Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa town; Abiezer, from Anathoth city; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_29","014_11_29","1CH","11","29","29","Sibbecai, from Hushah’s clan; Ilai from Ahoh’s clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_30","014_11_30","1CH","11","30","30","Maharai, from Netophah town; Heled, the son of Baanah, also from Netophah town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_31","014_11_31","1CH","11","31","31","Ithai, the son of Ribai, from Gibeah town  in the land that belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; Benaiah, from Pirathon town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_32","014_11_32","1CH","11","32","32","Hurai, from the valleys near Gaash Mountain; Abiel from the clan of Arabah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_33","014_11_33","1CH","11","33","33","Azmaveth, from Baharum town; Eliahba, from Shaalbon town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_34","014_11_34","1CH","11","34","34","The sons of Hashem from the Gizon clan; Jonathan the son of Shagee from the Harar town/clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_35","014_11_35","1CH","11","35","35","Ahiam the son of Sharar/Sacar, from Harar town/clan; Eliphal the son of Ur; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_36","014_11_36","1CH","11","36","36","Hepher from the Mekerath clan; Ahijah from the Pelon clan/town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_37","014_11_37","1CH","11","37","37","Hezro from Carmel city; Naarai the son of Ezbai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_38","014_11_38","1CH","11","38","38","Joel the younger brother of Nathan; Mibhar the son of Hagri; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_39","014_11_39","1CH","11","39","39","Zelek from the Ammon people-group; Naharai, the man who carried Joab’s weapons, from Beeroth town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_40","014_11_40","1CH","11","40","40","Ira and Gareb from Jattir town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_41","014_11_41","1CH","11","41","41","Uriah, Bathsheba’s husband, from the Heth people-group; Zabad the son of Ahlai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_42","014_11_42","1CH","11","42","42","Adina the son of Shiza, a leader from the tribe of Reuben, who had thirty soldiers with him; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_43","014_11_43","1CH","11","43","43","Hanan the son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna town/clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_44","014_11_44","1CH","11","44","44","Uzzia from Ashterath town; Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham, from Aroer city; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_45","014_11_45","1CH","11","45","45","Jediael the son of Shimri and his younger brother Joha, from Tiz town/clan; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_46","014_11_46","1CH","11","46","46","Eliel from Mahavah town/clan; Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam; Ithmah from the Moab region; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R111_47","014_11_47","1CH","11","47","47","Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel from Zobah town/clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_1","014_12_1","1CH","12","1","1","David went to Ziklag town to escape from King Saul. While he was there, many warriors came and joined him, and they helped him when he fought battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_2","014_12_2","1CH","12","2","2","They carried bows and arrows. They were able to shoot arrows and to sling stones. They could use either their right arms or their left arms to do that. They were relatives of Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_3","014_12_3","1CH","12","3","3","Their leader was Ahiezer. Next in command was Joash. They were both sons of Shemaah from Gibeah city. These are the names of some of those warriors: Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah; Jehu from Anathoth town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_4","014_12_4","1CH","12","4","4","Ishmaiah from the Gibeon city, who was a leader of the thirty mighty warriors; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad from Gederah town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_5","014_12_5","1CH","12","5","5","Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah from Haruph town; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_6","014_12_6","1CH","12","6","6","Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer and Jashobeam, who were descendants of Korah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_7","014_12_7","1CH","12","7","7","Joelah and Zebadiah, who were sons of Jeroham, from Gedor town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_8","014_12_8","1CH","12","8","8","Some men from the tribe of Gad east of the Jordan River joined David when he was at his fortress in the caves in the desert. They were brave warriors who were trained for fighting battles and able to use shields and spears well. They SYN were as fierce as SIM, MTY lions, and they could run as fast as HYP, SIM deer/gazelles on the hills/mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_9","014_12_9","1CH","12","9","9","Ezer was their leader. Next in command was Obadiah. Next was Eliab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_10","014_12_10","1CH","12","10","10","Next was Mishmannah. Next was Jeremiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_11","014_12_11","1CH","12","11","11","Next was Attai. Next was Eliel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_12","014_12_12","1CH","12","12","12","Next was Johanan. Next was Elzabad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_13","014_12_13","1CH","12","13","13","Next was another man whose name was Jeremiah. The last was Macbannai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_14","014_12_14","1CH","12","14","14","Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_15","014_12_15","1CH","12","15","15","They crossed to the west side of the Jordan River during March, at the time of the year when the river was flooded. They chased from there all the people who lived in the valleys on both sides of the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_16","014_12_16","1CH","12","16","16","Some other men from the tribe of Benjamin and from Judah also came to David in his fortress. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_17","014_12_17","1CH","12","17","17","David went out of the cave to meet them and said to them, “If you have come peacefully to help me, I am eager to have you join with me. But if you have come to enable my enemies to capture me, even though I SYN have not done anything to harm you, I hope/wish that the God whom our ancestors ◄worshiped/belonged to► will see it and condemn/punish you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_18","014_12_18","1CH","12","18","18","Then God’s Spirit came upon Amasai, who was another leader of the thirty greatest warriors, and he said, “David, we want to be with you; you who are the son of Jesse, we will join you. We know that things will go very well DOU for you and for those who are with you, because your God is helping you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_19","014_12_19","1CH","12","19","19","So David welcomed those men, and he appointed them to be leaders of his soldiers. Some men from the tribe of Manasseh also joined David when he went with the soldiers of Philistia to fight against Saul’s army. But David and his men did not really help the army of Philistia. After the leaders of Philistia talked about David and his soldiers, they sent David away. They said, “If David joins his master Saul again, we will all be killed {his army will kill all of us}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_20","014_12_20","1CH","12","20","20","When David went to Ziklag, these were the men from the tribe of Manasseh who went with him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, another man whose name was Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai. Each of them had been a commander of 1,000 men in Saul’s army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_21","014_12_21","1CH","12","21","21","They were all brave soldiers, and they helped David to fight against the groups of men who roamed throughout the country, robbing people. So those men became commanders in David’s army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_22","014_12_22","1CH","12","22","22","Every day more men joined David’s men, and his army became large, like SIM the army of God (OR, a very huge army). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_23","014_12_23","1CH","12","23","23","These are the numbers of soldiers who were ready for battle who joined David at Hebron city. They came to help him to become the king of Israel to replace Saul, as Yahweh had promised would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_24","014_12_24","1CH","12","24","24","There were 6,800 men from Judah, who carried shields and spears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_25","014_12_25","1CH","12","25","25","There were 7,100 men from the tribe of Simeon. They were all strong warriors trained to fight battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_26","014_12_26","1CH","12","26","26","There were 4,600 men from the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_27","014_12_27","1CH","12","27","27","Jehoiada, who was a leader descended from Aaron, was in that group of descendants of Levi, and there were 3,700 men with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_28","014_12_28","1CH","12","28","28","Zadok, a strong young soldier, was also in that group, and there were 22 other leaders from his clan who came with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_29","014_12_29","1CH","12","29","29","There were 3,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin who were Saul’s relatives. Most of them had previously wanted one of Saul’s descendants to be the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_30","014_12_30","1CH","12","30","30","There were 20,800 men from the tribe of Ephraim who were all brave warriors and trained for fighting battles and famous in their own clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_31","014_12_31","1CH","12","31","31","There were 18,000 men from the half of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River. They were all chosen to go and help David become the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_32","014_12_32","1CH","12","32","32","There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_33","014_12_33","1CH","12","33","33","There were 55,000 men from the tribe of Zebulun. They were all experienced warriors and knew how to use all kinds of weapons well. They were completely loyal to David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_34","014_12_34","1CH","12","34","34","There were 1,000 officers from the tribe of Naphtali. With them were 37,000 soldiers, each carrying shields and spears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_35","014_12_35","1CH","12","35","35","There were 28,600 soldiers from the tribe of Dan, all trained to fight battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_36","014_12_36","1CH","12","36","36","There were 47,000 experienced soldiers from the tribe of Asher, all trained to fight battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_37","014_12_37","1CH","12","37","37","There were also 120,000 soldiers from the area east of the Jordan River who joined David. They were from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They had all kinds of weapons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_38","014_12_38","1CH","12","38","38","All those men were soldiers who volunteered to be in David’s army. They came to Hebron wanting very much to enable David to be the king of all of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_39","014_12_39","1CH","12","39","39","The men spent three days there with David, eating and drinking, because their families had given them food to take with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R112_40","014_12_40","1CH","12","40","40","Also, their fellow Israelis came from as far away as the area where the tribes of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali lived, bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. They brought a lot of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep. And throughout Israel, the people were very joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_1","014_13_1","1CH","13","1","1","One day David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_2","014_13_2","1CH","13","2","2","Then he summoned the other Israeli leaders and said to all of them, “If it seems to you to be a good thing for us to do, and if it is what Yahweh our God wants, let’s send a message to our fellow Israelis in all the areas of our country, including the priests and other descendants of Levi who are living among them in their towns and in the nearby pasturelands, to come and join us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_3","014_13_3","1CH","13","3","3","because we want to bring the Sacred Chest of our God back to us. While Saul was the king, we did not go to God’s presence to ask him what we should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_4","014_13_4","1CH","13","4","4","All the people agreed with David, because they all thought that it was the right thing to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_5","014_13_5","1CH","13","5","5","So David gathered all the Israeli people, from the Shihor River  in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath town in the north, and told them that he wanted them to help bring the Sacred Chest of God back to Jerusalem from Kiriath-Jearim city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_6","014_13_6","1CH","13","6","6","David went with all the Israeli people to Baalah town, which is another name for Kiriath-Jearim, to get the Sacred Chest. The people believed that God ruled from between the statues of winged creatures that was above the lid of the Sacred Chest MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_7","014_13_7","1CH","13","7","7","The people put the Sacred Chest on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the oxen that were pulling the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_8","014_13_8","1CH","13","8","8","David and all the Israeli people were celebrating in God’s presence with all their strength. They were singing and playing lyres, harps, tambourines, and cymbals, and blowing trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_9","014_13_9","1CH","13","9","9","But when David’s men came to the place where Kidon threshed grain, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out with his hand to prevent the Sacred Chest from falling off the cart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_10","014_13_10","1CH","13","10","10","Yahweh immediately became very angry with Uzzah, and he caused Uzzah to suddenly die there because he had put his hand on the Sacred Chest, and Yahweh had commanded that only the descendants of Levi who help the priests should touch the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_11","014_13_11","1CH","13","11","11","David was angry because Yahweh had punished MTY Uzzah. And now that place where Uzzah died is called ‘The Punishment of Uzzah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_12","014_13_12","1CH","13","12","12","That day, David was afraid of God. He asked himself, “◄How can I bring God’s Sacred Chest to my city?/I am afraid to bring God’s Sacred Chest to my city.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_13","014_13_13","1CH","13","13","13","So the men with David did not take the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem. Instead, they took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R113_14","014_13_14","1CH","13","14","14","The Sacred Chest stayed with Obed-Edom’s family in his house for three months. And during that time Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that he owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_1","014_14_1","1CH","14","1","1","One day Hiram, the king of Tyre city, sent some messengers to David to talk about making an agreement between their countries. Then Hiram sent cedar logs, bricklayers, and carpenters to build a palace for David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_2","014_14_2","1CH","14","2","2","When that happened, David knew that Yahweh had truly caused him to be the king of Israel, and that he had caused his kingdom to be greatly respected. Yahweh did this because he loved his Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_3","014_14_3","1CH","14","3","3","David married more women in Jerusalem, and those women gave birth to more sons and daughters for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_4","014_14_4","1CH","14","4","4","The names of the children that were born to him there in Jerusalem are Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_5","014_14_5","1CH","14","5","5","Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_6","014_14_6","1CH","14","6","6","Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_7","014_14_7","1CH","14","7","7","Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_8","014_14_8","1CH","14","8","8","When the army of Philistia heard that David has been appointed to be king of all of Israel, they came to capture him. But David heard that they were coming, so he and his soldiers marched out to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_9","014_14_9","1CH","14","9","9","The army of Philistia had attacked the people in the Rephaim Valley southwest of Jerusalem and had robbed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_10","014_14_10","1CH","14","10","10","David asked God, “Should my men and I go and attack the army of Philistia? If we go, will you enable us to defeat IDM them?” Yahweh replied, “Yes, go, and I will enable you to defeat IDM them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_11","014_14_11","1CH","14","11","11","So David and his men went up to a town where the soldiers of Philistia were staying and defeated them. Then David said, “God has enabled me and my soldiers to overwhelm my enemies like MET a flood.” So they named that place {That place is called} ‘Baal-Perazim’ which means ‘Yahweh breaks through’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_12","014_14_12","1CH","14","12","12","As the soldiers of Philistia fled, they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_13","014_14_13","1CH","14","13","13","But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_14","014_14_14","1CH","14","14","14","So again David prayed to God to ask him what he should do, and God replied, saying “Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them from the rear in front of the balsam trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_15","014_14_15","1CH","14","15","15","When you hear something in the tops of the balsam trees that sounds like soldiers marching, attack them. I, God, will have gone ahead of you to enable you to defeat the army of Philistia.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_16","014_14_16","1CH","14","16","16","So David did what God commanded him to do, and he and his army defeated the army of Philistia, all the way from Gibeon city in the east to Gezer city in the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R114_17","014_14_17","1CH","14","17","17","So David became famous in all the nearby countries, and Yahweh caused the leaders of all the nearby nations to be afraid of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_1","014_15_1","1CH","15","1","1","David commanded his workers to build some houses for him in Jerusalem. He also told them to set up a tent in which to put the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_2","014_15_2","1CH","15","2","2","He said, “Only the descendants of Levi are permitted to carry God’s Sacred Chest, because they are the ones whom God chose to carry it and to serve him forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_3","014_15_3","1CH","15","3","3","David summoned all the people of Israel to come to Jerusalem. He wanted the Sacred Chest of Yahweh to be put in the place that he had made for it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_4","014_15_4","1CH","15","4","4","He summoned the descendants of Aaron, who was the first Supreme Priest, and the other descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_5","014_15_5","1CH","15","5","5","120 descendants of Kohath, who was Levi’s second son, came, with Uriel their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_6","014_15_6","1CH","15","6","6","There were 220 descendants of Merari, Levi’s third son, who came, with Asaiah their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_7","014_15_7","1CH","15","7","7","There were 130 descendants of Gershon, Levi’s first son, who came, with Joel their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_8","014_15_8","1CH","15","8","8","There were 200 people from Elizaphan’s clan who came, with Shemaiah their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_9","014_15_9","1CH","15","9","9","There were 80 people from Hebron’s clan who came, with Eliel their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_10","014_15_10","1CH","15","10","10","And there were 112 people from Uzziel’s clan who came, with Amminadab their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_11","014_15_11","1CH","15","11","11","David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and these other descendants of Levi: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_12","014_15_12","1CH","15","12","12","David said to them, “You are the leaders of the clans descended from Levi. You and the other descendants of Levi must purify yourselves, in order to be able to do this special work for Yahweh. You must bring the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, the God of us Israelis, up to the place that I have made for it here in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_13","014_15_13","1CH","15","13","13","The first time that we tried to bring it, we did not ask Yahweh how we should carry it {it should be carried}. You descendants of Levi were not the ones who carried it, so Yahweh our God punished us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_14","014_15_14","1CH","15","14","14","Then the priests and the other descendants of Levi performed the rituals to purify themselves, in order that it would be proper for them to do the work of carrying the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_15","014_15_15","1CH","15","15","15","The descendants of Levi inserted the poles into the rings on the Sacred Chest so that with them, they could carry the Sacred Chest on their shoulders, like Moses had commanded, and like Yahweh had said that they should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_16","014_15_16","1CH","15","16","16","David told the leaders of the descendants of Levi to appoint some of their relatives to sing joyful songs and play lyres, harps, and cymbals while they were carrying the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_17","014_15_17","1CH","15","17","17","So they appointed Heman and his relatives Asaph and Ethan. Heman was the son of Joel; Asaph was the son of Berekiah. Ethan, a descendant of Merari, was Kushaiah’s son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_18","014_15_18","1CH","15","18","18","There was also another group of descendants of Levi who were appointed: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and two of the Sacred Tent gatekeepers, Obed-Edom and Jeiel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_19","014_15_19","1CH","15","19","19","Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang, and also played bronze cymbals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_20","014_15_20","1CH","15","20","20","Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah played lyres. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_21","014_15_21","1CH","15","21","21","Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah played harps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_22","014_15_22","1CH","15","22","22","Kenaniah, the leader of the descendants of Levi, directed the singing because he was very skilled at doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_23","014_15_23","1CH","15","23","23","Berekiah and Elkanah were two of the men who guarded the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_24","014_15_24","1CH","15","24","24","The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were appointed to blow trumpets in front of the Sacred Chest. Obed-Edom and Jehiah also guarded the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_25","014_15_25","1CH","15","25","25","David and the Israeli leaders and the officers who commanded 1,000 soldiers went to bring the Sacred Chest back from Obed-Edom’s house. They were very joyful as they brought it to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_26","014_15_26","1CH","15","26","26","God helped the descendants of Levi who carried the Sacred Chest of Yahweh; therefore David and the leaders sacrificed seven bulls and seven ◄rams/male sheep► to thank him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_27","014_15_27","1CH","15","27","27","All the descendants of Levi who carried the Sacred Chest, all the singers, and Kenaniah, the man who directed those who sang, wore robes of fine white linen and sacred vests made of fine linen. David also wore a sacred vest made of white linen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_28","014_15_28","1CH","15","28","28","So all of the Israeli people joined in bringing the Sacred Chest up to Jerusalem. They shouted joyfully, while the musicians blew horns and trumpets, and played cymbals, lyres, and harps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R115_29","014_15_29","1CH","15","29","29","While they were bringing the Sacred Chest into Jerusalem, Saul’s daughter Michal watched them, looking out of a window. When she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_1","014_16_1","1CH","16","1","1","They brought the Sacred Chest to Gibeon and put it inside the Sacred Tent that David had told his workers to set up. Then they brought offerings to be completely burned on the altar and offerings to enable them to maintain fellowship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_2","014_16_2","1CH","16","2","2","When David had finished presenting all those offerings, he asked Yahweh to bless the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_3","014_16_3","1CH","16","3","3","He gave a loaf of bread, some dates, and some raisins to every Israeli man and woman who was there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_4","014_16_4","1CH","16","4","4","Then David appointed some of the descendants of Levi to stand in front of the Sacred Tent in which the Sacred Chest had been placed, to lead the people who worshiped and thanked and praised Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_5","014_16_5","1CH","16","5","5","Asaph, who played the cymbals, was their leader. Zechariah was his assistant. The other descendants of Levi who helped Asaph were Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They played lyres and harps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_6","014_16_6","1CH","16","6","6","Benaiah and Jahaziel were priests who blew trumpets frequently in front of the Sacred Tent in which was the Sacred Chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_7","014_16_7","1CH","16","7","7","On that day, David gave to Asaph and his helpers this psalm to praise Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_8","014_16_8","1CH","16","8","8","Thank God, and pray to him MTY. Tell the people of all nations what he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_9","014_16_9","1CH","16","9","9","Sing to him; sing songs to praise him. Tell about all his miraculous deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_10","014_16_10","1CH","16","10","10","Be glad that you belong to him MTY; those who want to know Yahweh better should rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_11","014_16_11","1CH","16","11","11","Trust in Yahweh and in his power; continually seek to get help from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_12","014_16_12","1CH","16","12","12","Do not forget the wonderful things that he has done, the miracles and the just laws that he has given to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_13","014_16_13","1CH","16","13","13","We people are the descendants of his servant Jacob; we are the people of Israel whom he has chosen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_14","014_16_14","1CH","16","14","14","Yahweh is our God. His just/fair laws are known by people throughout the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_15","014_16_15","1CH","16","15","15","He never forgets the agreement that he has made: he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_16","014_16_16","1CH","16","16","16","That is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement to Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_17","014_16_17","1CH","16","17","17","It was an agreement for the Israeli people, and he wanted that agreement to endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_18","014_16_18","1CH","16","18","18","What he said was, “I will give the Canaan region to you, to belong to you and your descendants forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_19","014_16_19","1CH","16","19","19","He said that to them when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land ◄like strangers/that belonged to other people►; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_20","014_16_20","1CH","16","20","20","they continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_21","014_16_21","1CH","16","21","21","But he did not allow others to oppress them, and he warned kings by saying to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_22","014_16_22","1CH","16","22","22","“Do not harm the people whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_23","014_16_23","1CH","16","23","23","You people throughout the world, sing to Yahweh. Every day proclaim to others that he has saved us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_24","014_16_24","1CH","16","24","24","Tell the people of the nations that he is great; tell all the people-groups the marvelous things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_25","014_16_25","1CH","16","25","25","Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much. He should be revered more than all the gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_26","014_16_26","1CH","16","26","26","because all the gods that the other people-groups worship are only idols, but Yahweh is truly great; he created the skies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_27","014_16_27","1CH","16","27","27","He is glorious and majestic; his power and joy fill his Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_28","014_16_28","1CH","16","28","28","You people in nations all over the world, praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh for his glorious power HEN! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_29","014_16_29","1CH","16","29","29","Praise Yahweh like he MTY deserves to be praised. Bring an offering and come to his Sacred Tent. Worship Yahweh because he is holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_30","014_16_30","1CH","16","30","30","Everyone on the earth should tremble in front of Yahweh. He put the earth firmly in its place; and nothing ever will be able to move/shake it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_31","014_16_31","1CH","16","31","31","Everything in the sky and on the earth should be happy. People everywhere should say, “Yahweh is our king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_32","014_16_32","1CH","16","32","32","The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should shout to praise him; the fields and everything that is in them should rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_33","014_16_33","1CH","16","33","33","When they do that, it will be as though the trees in the forest will sing joyfully in front of Yahweh. That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on MTY the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_34","014_16_34","1CH","16","34","34","Thank Yahweh, because everything that he does is  good. He faithfully loves us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_35","014_16_35","1CH","16","35","35","Say to him, “God, you are the one who rescues us, so gather us together and save us from the armies of other nations. When you do that, we will thank you MTY, and we will be happy to praise you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_36","014_16_36","1CH","16","36","36","Praise Yahweh, the God of us Israeli people, He has always existed, and he will exist forever. After the people finished singing that song, they all said, “◄Amen/May it be so►!”, and they praised Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_37","014_16_37","1CH","16","37","37","Then David left Asaph and the other members of his clan there in front of the tent in which Yahweh’s Sacred Chest had been placed. He told them that they must do their work there every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_38","014_16_38","1CH","16","38","38","David also left Obed-Edom and 68 other descendants of Levi to work with them. Hosah and Obed-Edom guarded the entrances of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_39","014_16_39","1CH","16","39","39","David also told Zadok the Supreme Priest and the other priests who worked with him to remain in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which was still at the place where the Israeli people worshiped God there in Gibeon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_40","014_16_40","1CH","16","40","40","Every morning and every evening they burned offerings on the altar, obeying the rules/laws that had been written by Moses, rules/laws which Yahweh had given to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_41","014_16_41","1CH","16","41","41","With them were Heman and Jeduthun and other descendants of Levi. They MTY were chosen to sing songs to praise Yahweh because he faithfully loves his people forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_42","014_16_42","1CH","16","42","42","Heman and Jeduthun were appointed to play the trumpets and cymbals when the other descendants of Levi sang sacred songs. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to guard the gates of the Sacred Tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R116_43","014_16_43","1CH","16","43","43","Then all the people left. They returned to their homes, and David returned home to ask Yahweh to bless his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_1","014_17_1","1CH","17","1","1","After David began to live in his palace, he said to the prophet Nathan, “It does not seem right that I am here living in a palace made of cedar wood, but Yahweh’s Sacred Chest is kept inside a tent!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_2","014_17_2","1CH","17","2","2","Nathan replied to David, “Whatever you are thinking about doing, do it, because God is with/guiding you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_3","014_17_3","1CH","17","3","3","But that night God spoke MTY to Nathan. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_4","014_17_4","1CH","17","4","4","“Go and tell my servant David that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to him: ‘You are not the one who should build a temple for me to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_5","014_17_5","1CH","17","5","5","I have not lived in any building, from the day that I brought the people of Israel up out of Egypt until now. Instead, I have lived in a tent, moving from one place to another with the Israelis when they moved to other places DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_6","014_17_6","1CH","17","6","6","Wherever I went with all the Israelis as they traveled, I never RHQ said to any of their leaders whom I appointed to lead MET them, “Why have you not built me a temple made of cedar wood?”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_7","014_17_7","1CH","17","7","7","Therefore, this is what you should say to my servant David: ‘I, the Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, took you from a pasture where you were taking care of sheep, and I appointed you to be the ruler of my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_8","014_17_8","1CH","17","8","8","I have ◄been with/helped► you wherever you have gone, and I have gotten rid of all your enemies as you advanced. And now I will cause you to become very famous, as well-known as the names of the greatest men who have ever lived  on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_9","014_17_9","1CH","17","9","10","Formerly, during the time that I appointed leaders for my Israeli people, many violent groups oppressed them. But this will not happen any more. I have chosen a place where my Israeli people can live peacefully and no one will disturb them any more. I will give not allow them to be attacked by their enemies. And I will defeat all your enemies. I declare to you that I, Yahweh, will enable your descendants to rule after you die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_11","014_17_11","1CH","17","11","11","When your life ends EUP, and you die and go to be with your ancestors who have died, I will appoint one of your sons to become king, and I will enable his kingdom to ◄be strong/resist all their enemies►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_12","014_17_12","1CH","17","12","12","He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built for me. And I will enable his descendants to be kings MTY of Israel forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_13","014_17_13","1CH","17","13","13","I will be like a father to him, and it will be as though he is a son to me. I stopped loving Saul, the one who was the king before you became king, but I will never stop loving your son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_14","014_17_14","1CH","17","14","14","I will cause him to rule over my people MTY, and his kingdom will endure forever DOU.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_15","014_17_15","1CH","17","15","15","So Nathan reported to David everything that Yahweh had revealed to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_16","014_17_16","1CH","17","16","16","Then David went into the Sacred Tent and sat in the presence of Yahweh, and prayed this: “Yahweh my God, I am certainly not RHQ worthy for you to have done all these things for me, and my family is not worthy, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_17","014_17_17","1CH","17","17","17","“And O God, now, in addition to everything else, you have spoken about what will happen to my descendants in the future for many generations. Yahweh my God, you have acted toward me as though I was the most important man on the earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_18","014_17_18","1CH","17","18","18","“What more can I, David, say to you for honoring me? Although you know very well what I am like, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_19","014_17_19","1CH","17","19","19","Yahweh, for my sake and because it is what you wanted to do, you have done these great things for me, and you have revealed to me these things that you are promising to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_20","014_17_20","1CH","17","20","20","“Yahweh, you are great. There is no one like you. Only you are God, which is what we have always heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_21","014_17_21","1CH","17","21","21","And there is no nation in the world like Israel RHQ. Israel is the only nation on the earth whose people you rescued. You performed great and awesome miracles, rescuing our ancestors from being slaves in Egypt, and expelling the people of other people-groups who were in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_22","014_17_22","1CH","17","22","22","You have caused us your Israeli people to belong to you forever, and you, Yahweh, have become our God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_23","014_17_23","1CH","17","23","23","“And now Yahweh, I pray that you will cause the things that you have promised to do for me and my descendants MTY to be fulfilled forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_24","014_17_24","1CH","17","24","24","When that happens, you MTY will be famous forever. And people will exclaim, ‘The Almighty Commander of the armies of angels, is the God who rules Israel!’ And you will cause that forever there will be descendants MTY of mine who will rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_25","014_17_25","1CH","17","25","25","“You, my God, have revealed to me that you will cause some of my descendants to become kings. So I am brave enough to pray like this to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_26","014_17_26","1CH","17","26","26","Yahweh, you are God! You have promised to do these good things for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R117_27","014_17_27","1CH","17","27","27","And now you, Yahweh, have promised to bless my descendants MTY, in order that they will continue to rule forever. That will happen because you, Yahweh, are the one who has blessed them, and you will keep blessing them forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_1","014_18_1","1CH","18","1","1","Some time later, David’s army attacked the army of Philistia and defeated them. They captured Gath city and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_2","014_18_2","1CH","18","2","2","His army also defeated the army of the Moab people-group. The people were forced to accept David as their ruler, and also to pay money each year to David’s government, in order that David’s army would protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_3","014_18_3","1CH","18","3","3","David’s army also fought against the army of Hadadezer, the king of the Zobah region in Syria near Hamath city, when Hadadezer was trying to establish control over the area near the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_4","014_18_4","1CH","18","4","4","David’s army captured 1,000 of Hadadezer’s chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers, and 20,000 soldiers. They hamstrung/crippled most of their horses; there were only 100 horses that they did not cripple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_5","014_18_5","1CH","18","5","5","When the army of Syria came from Damascus city to help Hadadezer’s army, David’s soldiers killed 22,000 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_6","014_18_6","1CH","18","6","6","Then David stationed groups of his soldiers in Damascus, and the people of Syria were forced to accept David as their ruler, and to pay to David’s government each year the payment/tax that he demanded. And Yahweh enabled David’s army to win battles everywhere they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_7","014_18_7","1CH","18","7","7","David soldiers took the gold shields that were carried by the officers of Hadadezer’s army and brought them to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_8","014_18_8","1CH","18","8","8","They also brought from Tebah (OR, Tibhath) and Cun, two towns that belonged to Hadadezer, a lot of bronze, which David’s son Solomon later used to make the huge bronze basin and the pillars and other bronze items for the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_9","014_18_9","1CH","18","9","9","When Tou, the king of Hamath city in Syria, heard that David’s army had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_10","014_18_10","1CH","18","10","10","he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to greet him and ◄congratulate him/tell him that he was happy► about his defeating Hadadezer’s army, which had been fighting the army of Tou. Hadoram brought to David many items/gifts made of gold, silver, and bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_11","014_18_11","1CH","18","11","11","King David dedicated those things to Yahweh, like he had done with the silver and gold that his soldiers had taken from the Edom and Moab people-groups, and from the Ammon people-group and from the people of Philistia, and from the descendants of Amalek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_12","014_18_12","1CH","18","12","12","One of David’s army commanders, Abishai, whose mother was Zeruiah, went with his army and killed 18,000 soldiers from Edom in the Salt Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_13","014_18_13","1CH","18","13","13","Then David stationed groups of his soldiers there in Edom, and the people of Edom were forced to accept David as their king and to pay money to David’s government every year. And Yahweh enabled David’s army to win battles wherever they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_14","014_18_14","1CH","18","14","14","David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was just and fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_15","014_18_15","1CH","18","15","15","Zeruiah’s son Joab was the chief army commander. Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the record-keeper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_16","014_18_16","1CH","18","16","16","Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Supreme Priests. Shavsha was the official secretary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R118_17","014_18_17","1CH","18","17","17","Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ruled over the Kereth and Peleth groups who were David’s bodyguards. And David’s sons were his most important officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_1","014_19_1","1CH","19","1","1","Some time later, Nahash, the king of the Ammon people-group, died. Then his son Hanun became their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_2","014_19_2","1CH","19","2","2","When David heard about that, he thought to himself, “Nahash was kind to me, so I will be kind to his son.” So David sent some officials there, to tell Hanun that he was sorry to hear that Hanun’s father had died. But when David’s officials came to Hanun in the land where the Ammon people-group lived, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_3","014_19_3","1CH","19","3","3","the leaders of the Ammon people-group said to Hanun, “Do you think that it is really to honor your father that King David is sending these men to say that he is sorry that your father died? We think that his men have come to ◄look around/spy► our city in order to determine how his army can conquer us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_4","014_19_4","1CH","19","4","4","Hanun believed what they said, so he commanded some soldiers to seize the officials whom David had sent, and shave off their beards, and insult them by cutting off the lower part of their robes, and then send them away. So his soldiers did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_5","014_19_5","1CH","19","5","5","The officials were greatly humiliated/ashamed. When David found out about what had happened to his officials, he sent some messengers to them to tell them, “Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown again, and then return home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_6","014_19_6","1CH","19","6","6","Then the leaders of the Ammon people-group realized that they had greatly insulted IDM David. So Hanun and some of his officials sent about ◄37,000 pounds/34,000 kg.► of silver to hire chariots and chariot-drivers from the Aram-Naharaim, Aram-Maacah and Zobah regions of Syria northeast of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_7","014_19_7","1CH","19","7","7","They hired 32,000 chariots and chariot-drivers, as well as the king of the Maacah region and his army. They came and set up their tents near Medeba town in Moab region. The soldiers from the Ammon people-group also marched out and ◄stood in their positions/arranged themselves for battle► at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_8","014_19_8","1CH","19","8","8","When David heard about that, he sent Joab and all his army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_9","014_19_9","1CH","19","9","9","The soldiers of the Ammon people-group came out of their city and lined up for battle at the entrance to their capital city, Rabbah. Meanwhile, the other kings who had come with their armies stood in their positions in the open fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_10","014_19_10","1CH","19","10","10","Joab saw that there were groups of enemy soldiers in front of his troops and behind his troops. So he selected some of the best Israeli troops and put them in positions to fight against the soldiers of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_11","014_19_11","1CH","19","11","11","He appointed his older brother Abishai to be the commander of his other soldiers and he told them to ◄stand in their positions/arrange themselves► in front of the army of the Ammon people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_12","014_19_12","1CH","19","12","12","Joab said to them, “If the soldiers from Syria are too strong for us to defeat them, then your soldiers must come and help us. But if the soldiers from the Ammon people-group are too strong for you to defeat them, then my soldiers will come and help your men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_13","014_19_13","1CH","19","13","13","We must be strong/courageous, and fight hard to defend our people and our cities ◄that belong to/where we worship► our God. I will pray that Yahweh will do what he considers to be good.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_14","014_19_14","1CH","19","14","14","So Joab and his troops advanced to fight the army of Syria, and the soldiers from Syria ran away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_15","014_19_15","1CH","19","15","15","And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab and his army returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_16","014_19_16","1CH","19","16","16","After the leaders of the army of Syria realized that they had been defeated by the army of Israel, they sent messengers to another part of Syria on the east side of the Euphrates river, and brought troops from there to the battle area, with Shophach, the commander of Hadadezer’s army, leading them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_17","014_19_17","1CH","19","17","17","When David heard about that, he gathered all the Israeli soldiers, and they crossed the Jordan River. They advanced and took their battle positions to attack the army of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_18","014_19_18","1CH","19","18","18","But the army of Syria ran away from the soldiers of Israel. However, David’s soldiers killed 7,000 of their chariot-drivers and 40,000 other soldiers. They also killed Shophach, their army commander. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R119_19","014_19_19","1CH","19","19","19","When the kings who had been ruled by Hadadezer realized that they had been defeated by the Israeli army, they made peace with David, and agreed to allow him to rule them. So the rulers of Syria did not want to help the rulers of the Ammon people-group any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_1","014_20_1","1CH","20","1","1","In that region, kings usually went with their armies to fight their enemies ◄in the springtime/when the cold season ended►. But that year, David did not do that. Instead, he stayed in Jerusalem, and he sent his commander Joab to lead the army. Joab took his troops. They crossed the Jordan River and ruined the land of the Ammon people-group. Then they went to Rabbah, the capital city, and surrounded it. David stayed in Jerusalem for a while. But later he took more troops and went to help Joab. Their armies attacked Rabbah and destroyed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_2","014_20_2","1CH","20","2","2","Then David took the crown from the head of the king of Rabbah (OR, from the head of their god Milcom) and put it on his own head. It was very heavy; it weighed ◄75 pounds/34 kg.►, and it had many very valuable stones fastened to it. They also took many other valuable things from the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_3","014_20_3","1CH","20","3","3","Then they brought the people out of the city and forced them to work for their army, using saws and iron picks and axes. David’s soldiers did this in all the cities of the Ammon people-group. Then David and all of his army returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_4","014_20_4","1CH","20","4","4","Later, David’s army fought a battle with the army of Philistia, at Gezer city. During the battle Sibbecai, from Hushah clan, killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rapha giants. So the armies of Philistia were defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_5","014_20_5","1CH","20","5","5","In another battle against the soldiers of Philistia, Elhanan, the son of Jair, killed Lahmi, the younger brother of the giant Goliath from Gath town, who had a spear which was as thick as a weaver’s rod. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_6","014_20_6","1CH","20","6","6","There was another battle near Gath. A ◄huge man/giant► was there who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was descended from the Rapha giants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_7","014_20_7","1CH","20","7","7","When he made fun of the soldiers of Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s older brother Shimea, killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R120_8","014_20_8","1CH","20","8","8","Those were some of the descendants of the Rapha giants who had lived in Gath, who were killed MTY by David and his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_1","014_21_1","1CH","21","1","1","Satan decided to cause the Israeli people to have trouble. So he incited David to find out how many men in Israel were able to be in the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_2","014_21_2","1CH","21","2","2","So David commanded Joab and the other army commanders, “Count all the men in Israel who are able to be in the army. Start at Beersheba town in the south and go all the way to Dan city in the north. Then come back and report to me, in order that I may know how many men there are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_3","014_21_3","1CH","21","3","3","But Joab replied, “Your majesty, even if Yahweh allowed us to have 100 times as many soldiers as we have now, you would RHQ still rule all of them. So why do you want us to do this? You will surely RHQ cause all the people of Israel to be guilty of sinning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_4","014_21_4","1CH","21","4","4","But David would not change his mind. So Joab and his soldiers went everywhere in Israel and in Judah, and counted the people. Then they returned to Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_5","014_21_5","1CH","21","5","5","and they reported to David that there were 1,100,000 men in Israel who could be in the army, and 470,000 in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_6","014_21_6","1CH","21","6","6","Joab did not count the men from the tribes of Levi and Benjamin, because he was disgusted with what the king had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_7","014_21_7","1CH","21","7","7","David’s command to count the people caused God to become angry, so he told David that he had decided to punish the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_8","014_21_8","1CH","21","8","8","Then David prayed, saying, “Yahweh, what I did was very foolish. I have sinned greatly by what I have done. So now I plead with you, please forgive me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_9","014_21_9","1CH","21","9","9","Then Yahweh said to Gad, David’s prophet, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_10","014_21_10","1CH","21","10","10","“Go and tell this to David: I am allowing you to choose one of three things to punish you. I will do whichever one you choose.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_11","014_21_11","1CH","21","11","11","So Gad went to David and said to him, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You can choose one of these punishments: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_12","014_21_12","1CH","21","12","12","three years of famine in Israel, or three months during which your armies will run away from their enemies who will attack them with swords, or three days during which I will send my angel to cause many people in the country to die because of a ◄plague/very serious illness►.’ So, you must decide what I will say to answer Yahweh, the one who sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_13","014_21_13","1CH","21","13","13","David replied to Gad, “I am very distressed. But allow Yahweh to punish MTY me, because he is very merciful. Do not allow humans to punish me, because they will not be merciful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_14","014_21_14","1CH","21","14","14","So Yahweh sent a plague on the people of Israel, and 70,000 of them died because of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_15","014_21_15","1CH","21","15","15","And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, “Stop what you are doing IDM! That is enough IDM!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_16","014_21_16","1CH","21","16","16","David looked up and saw the angel whom Yahweh had sent, standing between the sky and the ground. The angel had a sword in his hand that was pointed toward Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of the city, who were wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, prostrated themselves on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_17","014_21_17","1CH","21","17","17","David said to God, “I am RHQ the one who ordered the men who could be in the army to be counted. I am the one who has sinned and done what is very wrong, but these people are as innocent as MET sheep. They have certainly not RHQ done anything that is wrong. So Yahweh my God, punish IDM me and my family, but do not allow this plague to continue to cause your people to become sick and die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_18","014_21_18","1CH","21","18","18","Then the angel who was sent by Yahweh told Gad to go up to the place where Araunah threshed grain and tell David to build an altar to worship Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_19","014_21_19","1CH","21","19","19","So after Gad told David, he obeyed the message that Yahweh MTY had given to Gad, and he went up there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_20","014_21_20","1CH","21","20","20","While Araunah was threshing some wheat, he turned and saw the angel. His four sons who were with him also saw the angel, and they hid themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_21","014_21_21","1CH","21","21","21","Then David approached. When Araunah saw him, he left the place where he was threshing grain and prostrated himself, with his face touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_22","014_21_22","1CH","21","22","22","David said to him, “Please sell me your threshing place in order that I can build an altar here to worship Yahweh. Then he will stop this plague. I will pay the full price.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_23","014_21_23","1CH","21","23","23","Araunah replied, “Take it! Your majesty, do whatever you want to. I will give you the oxen that thresh the grain for an offering to be completely burned on the altar. And I will give you the threshing boards to use as wood on the altar, and I will give you grain for a grain offering. I will give all those things to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_24","014_21_24","1CH","21","24","24","But the king said to Araunah, “No, I will not take these things as a gift. I will pay you the full price for it. I will not take things that belong to you, things that have cost me nothing and offer them as sacrifices to Yahweh to be completely burned on the altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_25","014_21_25","1CH","21","25","25","So David paid Araunah 600 pieces of gold for the whole area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_26","014_21_26","1CH","21","26","26","David built an altar to worship Yahweh there, and he offered sacrifices to be completely burned on the altar and sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh. David prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered by sending a fire from heaven to burn up the offerings on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_27","014_21_27","1CH","21","27","27","Then Yahweh spoke to the angel, and told him to put his sword back into its sheath. So the angel did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_28","014_21_28","1CH","21","28","28","And when David saw that Yahweh had answered him there at the place where Araunah threshed grain and had ended the plague, he offered sacrifices there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_29","014_21_29","1CH","21","29","29","Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which Moses had commanded to be set up in the desert, and the altar for burning sacrifices completely, were at that time on a hill at Gibeon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R121_30","014_21_30","1CH","21","30","30","But David did not want to go there to request God to tell him what he wanted him to do, because he was afraid that the angel sent from Yahweh might strike him with his sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_1","014_22_1","1CH","22","1","1","Then David said, “Here, at the edge of Jerusalem, is where we will build the temple for our God Yahweh, and where we will make the altar for burning the offerings that the Israeli people will bring.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_2","014_22_2","1CH","22","2","2","So David commanded that the foreigners who lived in Israel must gather together. When they did that, he appointed some of those men to cut huge stones from the quarries and to smooth their surfaces, to be used to build the temple of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_3","014_22_3","1CH","22","3","3","David provided a large amount of iron for making nails and hinges for the doors in the gates of the temple. He also provided so much bronze for making the altar and various utensils, that no one could weigh it all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_4","014_22_4","1CH","22","4","4","He also provided money for buying a large amount of cedar logs. Because there was a huge number of them, no one was able to count them. Those were logs that men from Tyre and Sidon cities sent to David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_5","014_22_5","1CH","22","5","5","David provided all those things because he thought, “My son Solomon is still young and he does not know what he needs to know about building, and the temple of Yahweh must be ◄magnificent/very beautiful►. It must be a glorious building that will become famous, and people throughout the world must consider it to be glorious/splendid. So now I will begin to prepare for it to be built, and Solomon will be responsible for building it.” So David collected a great amount of building materials before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_6","014_22_6","1CH","22","6","6","When David was old, he summoned his son Solomon, and told him that he should arrange for a temple to be built for Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_7","014_22_7","1CH","22","7","7","He said to him, “I wanted IDM to build a temple to honor MTY Yahweh, my God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_8","014_22_8","1CH","22","8","8","But Yahweh told a prophet to tell me, ‘You have killed many men MTY in the battles that you have fought. I have seen the blood of all the people whom you killed, so you will not be the one who will arrange for a temple to be built to honor me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_9","014_22_9","1CH","22","9","9","But you will have a son who will be king of Israel after you die. He will be a man who is peaceful and quiet, not a man who kills others. And I will cause that there will be peace between him and his enemies who are in all the nearby lands. His name will be Solomon, which sounds like the word for peace. During the time that he is king, people in Israel will be peaceful and safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_10","014_22_10","1CH","22","10","10","He is the one who will arrange for a temple to be built to honor me MTY. He will be like a son to me, and I will cause some of his descendants to rule MTY over Israel forever HYP.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_11","014_22_11","1CH","22","11","11","“So now, my son, I hope/wish that Yahweh will help you, and enable you to be successful in arranging for building the temple of Yahweh, your God, which is what he said that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_12","014_22_12","1CH","22","12","12","I also hope/wish that he will enable you to be wise and to understand what you need to know, and enable you to obey his laws while you rule over Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_13","014_22_13","1CH","22","13","13","If you carefully obey all the laws and regulations/commands that Yahweh gave to Moses to give to us Israeli people, you will be successful. So be steadfast/strong and courageous. Do not be afraid of anything, and do not become discouraged! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_14","014_22_14","1CH","22","14","14","“I have tried hard to provide materials for building the temple of Yahweh. I have provided nearly 4,000 tons of gold, and nearly 40,000 tons of silver. I have also provided a very large amount of iron and bronze; no one has been able to weigh it all. I have also gathered/provided lumber and stone for the walls of the temple, but you may need to get some more of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_15","014_22_15","1CH","22","15","15","There are many men in Israel who have good ability to cut big stones for making stone walls, and carpenters, and men who are very skilled at making various kinds of things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_16","014_22_16","1CH","22","16","16","There are many men who know how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron. So now I say to you, begin the work of building the temple, and I hope/wish that Yahweh will help/be with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_17","014_22_17","1CH","22","17","17","Then David commanded that all the Israeli leaders must assist Solomon. He said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_18","014_22_18","1CH","22","18","18","“Yahweh our God is certainly with/helping you RHQ. He has allowed you to have peace with all the nearby nations RHQ. He has enabled my army to conquer IDM them, so now Yahweh and my people control them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R122_19","014_22_19","1CH","22","19","19","Now you must obey Yahweh completely. Help Solomon to arrange for building the temple for Yahweh God, in order that you can bring the Sacred Chest that contains the Ten Commandments and the other sacred items that belong to God into the temple that you will build to honor Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_1","014_23_1","1CH","23","1","1","David was a very old man DOU when he appointed his son Solomon to be the next king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_2","014_23_2","1CH","23","2","2","David gathered the leaders of Israel and the priests and other descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_3","014_23_3","1CH","23","3","3","He commanded some of his officials to count the descendants of Levi who were at least thirty years old, and they found out that there were 38,000 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_4","014_23_4","1CH","23","4","4","Then David said, “From those 38,000 men, I want 24,000 of them to supervise the work at the temple of Yahweh, and I want 6,000 of them to be officials and judges. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_5","014_23_5","1CH","23","5","5","I want 4,000 to be guards at the gates, and 4,000 to praise Yahweh, using the musical instruments that I have provided for them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_6","014_23_6","1CH","23","6","6","David divided the descendants of Levi into three family groups; each group consisted of men who were descendants of one of the three sons of Levi—Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_7","014_23_7","1CH","23","7","7","From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_8","014_23_8","1CH","23","8","8","There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his younger brothers Zetham and Joel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_9","014_23_9","1CH","23","9","9","There were three of the sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran. They were all leaders of the clans of Ladan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_10","014_23_10","1CH","23","10","10","There were four men who were other sons of Shimei: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_11","014_23_11","1CH","23","11","11","Jahath, who was his oldest son, and his younger brothers Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as though they were one family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_12","014_23_12","1CH","23","12","12","Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_13","014_23_13","1CH","23","13","13","There were two sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate the very holy things, to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, to serve in his presence, and to declare to the people what Yahweh MTY would do to bless them. They were to do those things forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_14","014_23_14","1CH","23","14","14","The sons of Moses, the man who served God well, were counted as part of the tribe of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_15","014_23_15","1CH","23","15","15","The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_16","014_23_16","1CH","23","16","16","The oldest son of Gershom was Shubael. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_17","014_23_17","1CH","23","17","17","Rehabiah was the oldest son of Eliezer. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_18","014_23_18","1CH","23","18","18","The oldest son of Izhar was Shelomith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_19","014_23_19","1CH","23","19","19","Hebron had four sons. Jeriah was his oldest son, and his younger brothers were Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_20","014_23_20","1CH","23","20","20","Uzziel had two sons. Micah was the oldest son, and his younger brother was Isshiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_21","014_23_21","1CH","23","21","21","Merari had two sons: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_22","014_23_22","1CH","23","22","22","Eleazar had no sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_23","014_23_23","1CH","23","23","23","The three sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_24","014_23_24","1CH","23","24","24","Those were the descendants of Levi, whose names were listed according to their families/clans. They were chosen for special jobs by ◄casting lots/throwing small marked stones►. Each person who was at least 20 years old was listed. They all worked in the temple of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_25","014_23_25","1CH","23","25","25","David had said previously, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, has enabled us to have peace, and he has come to live in Jerusalem forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_26","014_23_26","1CH","23","26","26","Therefore, the descendants of Levi no longer need to carry the Sacred Tent and the items used in the work there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_27","014_23_27","1CH","23","27","27","Obeying the final instructions of David before he died, instructions for doing this work at the temple, they counted only the descendants of Levi who were at least 20 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_28","014_23_28","1CH","23","28","28","The work of those descendants of Levi was to assist the descendants of Aaron in their work in the temple of Yahweh: To be in charge of the temple courtyards and the side rooms, the ceremonies for purifying all the sacred things, and to do other work at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_29","014_23_29","1CH","23","29","29","They were also in charge of the sacred loaves of bread that were placed each week on the table in the temple, the flour for the grain offerings, the wafers that were made without yeast, and the measuring the ingredients and mixing them and baking that bread and those wafers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_30","014_23_30","1CH","23","30","30","They were also told to stand every morning at the temple and thank Yahweh and praise him. They were also required to do the same thing every evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_31","014_23_31","1CH","23","31","31","And they were to do the same thing whenever offerings that were to be completely burned on the altar were presented/offered to Yahweh on Sabbath days and during the new moon celebrations and other religious festivals. They were told how many of them should be there and what they should do each time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R123_32","014_23_32","1CH","23","32","32","So the descendants of Levi did the work that was assigned to them by their fellow Israelis who were descendants of Aaron. They did that work in the area surrounding the Sacred Tent, and in the Sacred Tent, and later at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_1","014_24_1","1CH","24","1","1","These are the groups of the descendants of Aaron the first Supreme Priest: Aaron’s four sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_2","014_24_2","1CH","24","2","2","But Nadab and Abihu died before their father died, and they had no children. So their younger brothers Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_3","014_24_3","1CH","24","3","3","Zadok, who was a descendant of Eleazar, and Ahimelech, who was a descendant of Ithamar, helped David to separate his descendants into two groups. Each group had certain duties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_4","014_24_4","1CH","24","4","4","There were more leaders among the descendants of Eleazar than there were among the descendants of Ithamar. So they appointed 16 leaders from Eleazar’s descendants and eight leaders from Ithamar’s descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_5","014_24_5","1CH","24","5","5","There were temple officials and priests, including descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar, to make sure that the work was divided fairly. So they decided what work each person would do by ◄casting lots/throwing marked stones►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_6","014_24_6","1CH","24","6","6","Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, who was a descendant of Levi, wrote down the names of the leaders of each group while David and his officials were watching. Zadok, the Supreme Priest, and Ahimelech his assistant, and the leaders of the families of the priests and of the families of the other descendants of Levi also watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_7","014_24_7","1CH","24","7","7","Jehoiarib was the first one whose name was selected by casting lots/throwing marked stones. Next Jedaiah was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_8","014_24_8","1CH","24","8","8","Next, Harim was selected. Next, Seorim was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_9","014_24_9","1CH","24","9","9","Next, Malkijah was selected. Next, Mijamin was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_10","014_24_10","1CH","24","10","10","Next, Hakkoz was selected. Next, Abijah was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_11","014_24_11","1CH","24","11","11","Next, Jeshua was selected. Next, Shecaniah was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_12","014_24_12","1CH","24","12","12","Next, Eliashib was selected. Next, Jakim was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_13","014_24_13","1CH","24","13","13","Next, Huppah was selected. Next, Jeshebeab was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_14","014_24_14","1CH","24","14","14","Next, Bilgah was selected. Next, Immer was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_15","014_24_15","1CH","24","15","15","Next, Hezir was selected. Next, Happizzez was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_16","014_24_16","1CH","24","16","16","Next, Pethahiah was selected. Next, Jehezkel was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_17","014_24_17","1CH","24","17","17","Next, Jakin was selected. Next, Gamul was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_18","014_24_18","1CH","24","18","18","Next, Delaiah was selected. Next, Maaziah was selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_19","014_24_19","1CH","24","19","19","Those were the men who were chosen to be the leaders of the groups that would serve in the temple, obeying the regulations that were set down by Aaron, regulations which Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belonged, had given to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_20","014_24_20","1CH","24","20","20","This is a list of some of the other descendants of Levi: Amram was the ancestor of Shubael and Jehdeiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_21","014_24_21","1CH","24","21","21","Rehabiah was the ancestor of Isshiah, the oldest son in his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_22","014_24_22","1CH","24","22","22","Izhar was the father of Shelomoth and the grandfather of Jahath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_23","014_24_23","1CH","24","23","23","Kohath’s son Hebron had four sons: Jeriah and his younger brothers Amariah, Jahaziel, and Jekameam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_24","014_24_24","1CH","24","24","24","Uzziel was the father of Micah and the grandfather of Shamir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_25","014_24_25","1CH","24","25","25","Micah’s younger brother was the father of Zechariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_26","014_24_26","1CH","24","26","26","The sons of Merari were Mahli, Mushi, and Jaaziah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_27","014_24_27","1CH","24","27","27","Jaaziah had four sons: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_28","014_24_28","1CH","24","28","28","Mahli’s son Eleazar did not have any sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_29","014_24_29","1CH","24","29","29","From the descendants of Mahli’s second son Kish there was Jerahmeel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_30","014_24_30","1CH","24","30","30","The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. Those were descendants of Levi who were listed according to the leaders of their families. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R124_31","014_24_31","1CH","24","31","31","The jobs they would do were decided by ◄casting lots/throwing marked stones►, like their fellow Israelis, the descendants of Aaron, did. They cast lots {The lots were cast} while King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the leaders of the families of the priests and the other descendants of Levi watched. They gave the same jobs to the families of each oldest brother and each youngest brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_1","014_25_1","1CH","25","1","1","David and some of the temple officials (OR, army commanders) chose some of the descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to be in charge of proclaiming God’s messages, and to play harps and lyres and cymbals. This is a list of the men whom they chose for that work: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_2","014_25_2","1CH","25","2","2","From the sons of Asaph they chose Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Aserelah. Asaph supervised them. And the king appointed Asaph to proclaim God’s messages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_3","014_25_3","1CH","25","3","3","From the sons of Jeduthun they chose six men: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah. Jeduthun supervised them and also proclaimed God’s messages, playing his harp while he thanked and praised Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_4","014_25_4","1CH","25","4","4","From the sons of Heman, who was one of the king’s prophets, they chose Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_5","014_25_5","1CH","25","5","5","God promised to cause Heman to be strong, so altogether, God have him 14 sons and three daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_6","014_25_6","1CH","25","6","6","All those men were supervised by their fathers while they played music in the temple of Yahweh. They played cymbals, lyres, and harps. And their fathers—Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman—were supervised by the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_7","014_25_7","1CH","25","7","7","Those men and their relatives were all trained and skilled for playing musical instruments in the temple. That was their work for Yahweh. Including their relatives, there were 288 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_8","014_25_8","1CH","25","8","8","All of them, including ones who were young and those who were old, cast lots to determine what work they would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_9","014_25_9","1CH","25","9","9","From the family of Asaph, the first ones selected were Joseph and 12 of his sons and relatives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_10","014_25_10","1CH","25","10","10","Next, Gedaliah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_11","014_25_11","1CH","25","11","11","Next, Zaccur and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_12","014_25_12","1CH","25","12","12","Next, Nethaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_13","014_25_13","1CH","25","13","13","Next, Bukkiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_14","014_25_14","1CH","25","14","14","Next, Jesarelah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_15","014_25_15","1CH","25","15","15","Next, Jeshaiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_16","014_25_16","1CH","25","16","16","Next, Mattaniah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_17","014_25_17","1CH","25","17","17","Next, Shimei and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_18","014_25_18","1CH","25","18","18","Next, Azarel and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_19","014_25_19","1CH","25","19","19","Next, Hashabiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_20","014_25_20","1CH","25","20","20","Next, Shubael and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_21","014_25_21","1CH","25","21","21","Next, Mattithiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_22","014_25_22","1CH","25","22","22","Next, Jerimoth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_23","014_25_23","1CH","25","23","23","Next, Hananiah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_24","014_25_24","1CH","25","24","24","Next, Joshbekashah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_25","014_25_25","1CH","25","25","25","Next, Hanani and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_26","014_25_26","1CH","25","26","26","Next, Mallothi and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_27","014_25_27","1CH","25","27","27","Next, Eliathah and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_28","014_25_28","1CH","25","28","28","Next, Hothir and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_29","014_25_29","1CH","25","29","29","Next, Giddalti and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_30","014_25_30","1CH","25","30","30","Next, Mahazioth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R125_31","014_25_31","1CH","25","31","31","Next, Romamti-Ezer and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_1","014_26_1","1CH","26","1","1","This is a list of the groups of men who guarded the temple gates: From the descendants of Korah, there was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, who was one of the sons of Asaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_2","014_26_2","1CH","26","2","2","The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_3","014_26_3","1CH","26","3","3","Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_4","014_26_4","1CH","26","4","4","Another guard was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_5","014_26_5","1CH","26","5","5","Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_6","014_26_6","1CH","26","6","6","Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father’s family because they were capable of doing many things well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_7","014_26_7","1CH","26","7","7","The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_8","014_26_8","1CH","26","8","8","All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_9","014_26_9","1CH","26","9","9","Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_10","014_26_10","1CH","26","10","10","Another guard was Hosah’s son Shimri, a descendant of Merari. Hosah appointed Shimri to be the leader, even though he was not Hosah’s oldest son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_11","014_26_11","1CH","26","11","11","Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_12","014_26_12","1CH","26","12","12","Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple like their relatives did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_13","014_26_13","1CH","26","13","13","By casting lots, the leader of each family chose one gate for their group to guard. All of them, including young men and old men (OR, including leaders of large families and small families), cast lots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_14","014_26_14","1CH","26","14","14","Shelemiah’s group was selected to guard the East Gate. The group of Shelemiah’s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, was selected to guard the North Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_15","014_26_15","1CH","26","15","15","Then Obed-Edom’s group was selected to guard the South Gate, and his sons were selected to guard the entrances to the temple storerooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_16","014_26_16","1CH","26","16","16","Then Shuppim’s group and Hosah’s group were selected to guard the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road to the temple. The work for the guards was divided evenly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_17","014_26_17","1CH","26","17","17","Each day there were six descendants of Levi who guarded the East Gate, four who guarded the North Gate, four who guarded the South Gate, and two at a time who guarded the entrances to the storerooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_18","014_26_18","1CH","26","18","18","At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_19","014_26_19","1CH","26","19","19","Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_20","014_26_20","1CH","26","20","20","Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to Yahweh, money that the people brought to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_21","014_26_21","1CH","26","21","21","One of those men was Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_22","014_26_22","1CH","26","22","22","Others who had that work were Zetham and his younger brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_23","014_26_23","1CH","26","23","23","Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_24","014_26_24","1CH","26","24","24","From the descendants of Amram, Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_25","014_26_25","1CH","26","25","25","Others who did that work were the descendants of Gershom’s younger brother Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer’s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s son Joram, Joram’s son Zicri, and Zicri’s son Shelomith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_26","014_26_26","1CH","26","26","26","Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated to Yahweh by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, and by other army commanders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_27","014_26_27","1CH","26","27","27","Some of the things that those army officers had taken from Israel’s enemies in battles they dedicated for the repair of the temple of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_28","014_26_28","1CH","26","28","28","And Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that had been dedicated to Yahweh by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, and by David’s two army commanders Ner and Joab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_29","014_26_29","1CH","26","29","29","From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons were given work outside the temple area. They were officials and judges in various places in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_30","014_26_30","1CH","26","30","30","From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan river. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_31","014_26_31","1CH","26","31","31","It was written in the records of the descendants of Hebron that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been ruling for almost 40 years, they searched in those records, and they found names of capable men descended from Hebron who were at Jazer city in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R126_32","014_26_32","1CH","26","32","32","Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well, and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_1","014_27_1","1CH","27","1","1","This is a list of the Israeli men who served the king in the army. Some were leaders of families, some were commanders of 100 men, some were commanders of 1,000 men, and some were their officers. There were 24,000 men DOU in each group. Each group served one month of each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_2","014_27_2","1CH","27","2","2","Jashobeam, the son of Zabdiel, was in charge of the group that served during the first month of each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_3","014_27_3","1CH","27","3","3","He was a descendant of Perez, and he was the commander of all the army officers during the first month of each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_4","014_27_4","1CH","27","4","4","Dodai, from the clan of Ahohi, was the commander of the group that served during the following/second month of each year. Mikloth was his ◄assistant/chief officer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_5","014_27_5","1CH","27","5","5","Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the Supreme Priest, was the commander of the group that served during the following/third month. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_6","014_27_6","1CH","27","6","6","He was the one who was a mighty warrior among David’s thirty greatest soldiers, and he was their leader. His son Ammizabad was his assistant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_7","014_27_7","1CH","27","7","7","Asahel, Joab’s younger brother, was the commander of the group that served during the following/fourth month. Asahel’s son Zebadiah became the commander after Asahel was killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_8","014_27_8","1CH","27","8","8","The commander for the following/fifth month was Shamhuth, a descendant of Izrah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_9","014_27_9","1CH","27","9","9","The commander for the following/sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh from Tekoa town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_10","014_27_10","1CH","27","10","10","The commander for the following/seventh month was Helez, a member of the Pelon clan from the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_11","014_27_11","1CH","27","11","11","The commander for the following/eighth month was Sibbecai, a descendant of Zerah from Hushah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_12","014_27_12","1CH","27","12","12","The commander for the following/ninth month was Abiezer from Anathoth city in the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_13","014_27_13","1CH","27","13","13","The commander for the following/tenth month was Maharai, a descendant of Zerah from Netophath town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_14","014_27_14","1CH","27","14","14","The commander for the following/eleventh month was Benaiah from Pirathon town in the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_15","014_27_15","1CH","27","15","15","The commander for the last month of each year was Heldai, a descendant of Othniel from Netophath town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_16","014_27_16","1CH","27","16","16","This is a list of the administrators of the twelve tribes DOU of Israel: Eliezer, the son of Zicri, was the administrator of the tribe of Reuben. Shephatiah, the son of Maacah, was the administrator of the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_17","014_27_17","1CH","27","17","17","Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel, was the administrator of the tribe of Levi. Zadok was the administrator of the tribe of Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_18","014_27_18","1CH","27","18","18","Elihu, David’s older brother, was the administrator of the tribe of Judah. Omri, the son of Michael, was the administrator of the tribe of Issachar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_19","014_27_19","1CH","27","19","19","Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah, was the administrator of the tribe of Zebulun. Jerimoth, the son of Azriel, was the administrator of the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_20","014_27_20","1CH","27","20","20","Hoshea, the son of Azaziah, was the administrator of the tribe of Ephraim. Joel, the son of Pedaiah, was the administrator of the tribe of the western half of the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_21","014_27_21","1CH","27","21","21","Iddo, the son of Zechariah, was the administrator of the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, in the Gilead region. Jaasiel, the son of Abner, was the administrator of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_22","014_27_22","1CH","27","22","22","Azarel, the son of Jeroham, was the administrator of the tribe of Dan. Those were the leaders over the tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_23","014_27_23","1CH","27","23","23","When David told Joab to count the men of Israel, he did not tell him to count the men who were less then 20 years old, because Yahweh had promised many years previously that there would be as many people in Israel as there are stars in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_24","014_27_24","1CH","27","24","24","Joab and his helpers started to count the men of Israel, but they did not finish counting them because Joab knew that Yahweh was angry about their being counted. Yahweh punished MTY the people of Israel because of this counting, and as a result the total number of Israeli men able to serve in the army was not written on the scroll about King David’s rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_25","014_27_25","1CH","27","25","25","Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, was in charge of the king’s storehouses. Jonathan, the son of Uzziah, was is charge of the storehouses in various towns and villages in Israel, and also in charge of the watchtowers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_26","014_27_26","1CH","27","26","26","Ezri the son of Kelub was in charge of the workers who farmed the land that belonged to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_27","014_27_27","1CH","27","27","27","Shimei from Ramath town was in charge of the king’s vineyards. Zabdi from Shepham town was in charge of storing the wine from the grapes produced in vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_28","014_27_28","1CH","27","28","28","Baal-Hanan from Geder city was in charge of storing the olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_29","014_27_29","1CH","27","29","29","Shitrai from the Sharon Plain was in charge of the herds of cattle that ◄grazed/ate grass► there. Shaphat the son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_30","014_27_30","1CH","27","30","30","Obil, a descendant of Ishmael, was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah from Meronoth town was in charge of the donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_31","014_27_31","1CH","27","31","31","Jaziz, a descendant of Hagar, was in charge of the king’s flocks of sheep. All of those officials were in charge of the things that belonged to King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_32","014_27_32","1CH","27","32","32","David’s uncle Jonathan was a wise counselor for him. Jehiel, the son of Hacmoni, taught the king’s sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_33","014_27_33","1CH","27","33","33","Ahithophel was the king’s official counselor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R127_34","014_27_34","1CH","27","34","34","Hushai from the Ark people-group was the king’s special friend. Benaiah’s son Jehoiada became the king’s advisor after Ahithophel died, and later Abiathar became his advisor. Joab was the chief commander of the army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_1","014_28_1","1CH","28","1","1","David summoned all the leaders of Israel to come to Jerusalem. He summoned the leaders of the tribes, the leaders/commanders of the groups that worked for the king, the commanders of 100 soldiers, the commanders of 1,000 soldiers, those who were in charge of the property and livestock that belonged to the king and his sons, all the palace officials, and his mighty soldiers and bravest warriors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_2","014_28_2","1CH","28","2","2","David stood up and said, “My fellow Israelis, listen to me. I wanted IDM to build a temple to be a place where we would put the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, where it would stay permanently. And I made plans to build it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_3","014_28_3","1CH","28","3","3","But God said to me, ‘You are not the one who will arrange to build a temple for me MTY, because you are a warrior and you have killed many people MTY in battles.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_4","014_28_4","1CH","28","4","4","“But Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, had chosen me and my descendants to be the kings of Israel forever. First he chose the tribe of Judah, and from the people MTY of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he chose me to be the king over all of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_5","014_28_5","1CH","28","5","5","Yahweh has given me many sons, but from them he chose my son Solomon to be the next king to rule MTY the kingdom of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_6","014_28_6","1CH","28","6","6","He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will arrange to build my temple and the courtyards around it, because I have chosen him to be like my son and I will be like MET his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_7","014_28_7","1CH","28","7","7","I will enable his kingdom to endure forever if he continues to obey my laws and commands, like you are doing now.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_8","014_28_8","1CH","28","8","8","“So now, while all you people of  Israel, all of you who belong to Yahweh, are watching, and while God is listening, I command you leaders to carefully obey all the commands of Yahweh our God, in order that you may continue to possess this good land and enable your descendants to inherit it forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_9","014_28_9","1CH","28","9","9","“And you, my son Solomon, must know God like I know him, and you must serve him faithfully and because you want to. You must do that because he knows what everyone is thinking and he understands the reasons that people do what they do. If you seek to know him, he will heed your prayers. But if you abandon/reject him, he will abandon/reject you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_10","014_28_10","1CH","28","10","10","Yahweh has chosen you to arrange to build a temple for him. So think about what I have said, and be strong and do what he is wanting you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_11","014_28_11","1CH","28","11","11","Then David gave to his son Solomon the scroll on which were written the plans for the main rooms of the temple, its porch, its storerooms, all the other upper and lower rooms, and the Very Holy Place where God would forgive the sins that people had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_12","014_28_12","1CH","28","12","12","David wrote for him the plans that God’s Spirit had put into his mind for building the courtyards and all the rooms that surrounded the temple, including the room where the money and other valuable things that were dedicated to God would be kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_13","014_28_13","1CH","28","13","13","He gave Solomon instructions for the groups of priests and other descendants of Levi, about all the work that they must do to serve in Yahweh’s temple, and about taking care of all the things that would be used in the work at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_14","014_28_14","1CH","28","14","14","He wrote down how much gold and how much silver should be used to make all the items in the temple: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_15","014_28_15","1CH","28","15","15","how much gold for making the gold lampstands and the lamps, how much silver to make the silver lamps and lampstands, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_16","014_28_16","1CH","28","16","16","how much gold for making the table on which the priests would put the sacred bread, how much silver to use to make the other tables, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_17","014_28_17","1CH","28","17","17","how much pure gold for the meat forks and the bowls and the cups, how much gold for each gold dish, how much silver for each silver dish, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_18","014_28_18","1CH","28","18","18","and how much pure gold to make the altar for burning incense. He also gave to Solomon his plans for making the golden statues of winged creatures that would be above the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, like a chariot for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_19","014_28_19","1CH","28","19","19","Then David said, “I have written all these plans while Yahweh was directing MTY me. He has enabled me to understand all the details of his plan for the temple that is to be built.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_20","014_28_20","1CH","28","20","20","David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do this work. Do not be afraid or discouraged, because Yahweh our God will be with/helping you. He will not fail to help you or abandon you until you finish all the work of making his temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R128_21","014_28_21","1CH","28","21","21","The groups of priests and other descendants of Levi are ready to begin their work at the temple, and every man who has a special skill will help you in all the work. And my officials and the other people will obey you, whatever you command them to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_1","014_29_1","1CH","29","1","1","Then King David said to all the people who had gathered there, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen to be the next king, is young and does not have much experience. This work of building the temple is great/important, because this glorious building will not be to honor people, but to honor Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_2","014_29_2","1CH","29","2","2","From all the things that I possess, I have provided what will be needed to build the temple of my God—the gold for the things to be made of gold, the silver for the things to be made of silver, bronze for the things to be made of bronze, iron for the things to be made of iron, wood for the things to be made of wood, and large amounts of onyx and turquoise and other valuable stones of various colors, and marble and all kinds of valuable stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_3","014_29_3","1CH","29","3","3","In addition to all these things that I have given for the temple, I am giving treasures of gold and silver, because I very much desire that this holy temple for my God be built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_4","014_29_4","1CH","29","4","4","I am giving 110 tons of gold from Ophir and 260 tons of refined silver to cover the walls of the buildings, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_5","014_29_5","1CH","29","5","5","for making the other items of gold and silver, and for the other work to be done by the craftsmen. So now, I ask you, are there others willing to show by contributing other gifts for the building of the temple EUP that they have dedicated themselves to Yahweh?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_6","014_29_6","1CH","29","6","6","Then the leaders of the families/clans, the leaders of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers, and the officials who supervised the work that the king wanted done, gave gifts ◄willingly/because they wanted to give them►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_7","014_29_7","1CH","29","7","7","For the work at the temple they gave 190 tons and ◄185 pounds/84 kg.► of gold, 375 tons of silver, 675 tons of bronze, and 3,750 tons of iron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_8","014_29_8","1CH","29","8","8","And any people who owned valuable stones gave them to be put in the storeroom of the temple. Jehiel, a descendant of Gershon, was appointed to be in charge of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_9","014_29_9","1CH","29","9","9","The people were happy to see that their leaders wanted to give those things, because they knew that their leaders were happy and enthusiastic to give those things to Yahweh. And King David also was very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_10","014_29_10","1CH","29","10","10","Then, while all the people there were listening, David prayed, saying, “We praise you, Yahweh, the God whom our ancestor Jacob worshiped. We will praise you forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_11","014_29_11","1CH","29","11","11","You alone are great and powerful; only you are truly glorious and majestic and wonderful. And that is true because everything in heaven and on the earth is yours. You are the king of all the people in this world; you are the ruler of everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_12","014_29_12","1CH","29","12","12","Because you are very powerful DOU, you are able to cause anyone to be great and strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_13","014_29_13","1CH","29","13","13","So now, our God, we thank you, and we praise you MTY for being very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_14","014_29_14","1CH","29","14","14","But my people and I are not really able to give anything to you, because everything that we have comes from you, and what we have given to you are only the things that we have received from you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_15","014_29_15","1CH","29","15","15","In this land we are like MET foreigners and strangers, like our ancestors were. Our time here on this earth is like SIM a shadow that disappears quickly; we know that there is nothing that can enable us to escape dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_16","014_29_16","1CH","29","16","16","Yahweh our God, we have gathered all these things to use in building your MTY temple, but all of it really belongs to you, and you have given it to us MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_17","014_29_17","1CH","29","17","17","My God, I know that you test us people, and you are pleased if you find out that we do what is right. All these things I have given to you because I wanted to. And now I have seen that your people have also joyfully and generously given things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_18","014_29_18","1CH","29","18","18","Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped, I desire/hope that your people will continue to desire to do things like this forever, and that they will always be loyal to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_19","014_29_19","1CH","29","19","19","And now, please enable my son Solomon to faithfully and sincerely DOU obey your commands and laws and decrees DOU and to do everything that is needed to build this beautiful building for which I have provided all these things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_20","014_29_20","1CH","29","20","20","Then David said to all the people who were gathered there, “Praise Yahweh our God!” So they all praised Yahweh the God whom their ancestors ◄also worshiped/belonged to►. They prostrated themselves on the ground in front of Yahweh and in front of the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_21","014_29_21","1CH","29","21","21","The next day the people offered sacrifices to Yahweh. They presented many animals to be completely burned on the altar: 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 male sheep, plus offerings of wine, and many other sacrifices on behalf of all the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_22","014_29_22","1CH","29","22","22","On that day the people were joyful and ate and drank while Yahweh was watching. Then for the second time they declared that Solomon was now the king. While Yahweh was watching, they anointed him with olive oil to be the king, and they anointed Zadok to be the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_23","014_29_23","1CH","29","23","23","So Solomon sat on the throne because Yahweh wanted him to be the king to succeed his father David. During the following years Solomon prospered, and all the Israeli people obeyed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_24","014_29_24","1CH","29","24","24","King David’s other sons and all the officers and mighty warriors accepted Solomon as their king, and they solemnly promised to obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_25","014_29_25","1CH","29","25","25","Yahweh caused Solomon to be highly respected by all the Israeli people, and they honored him very much. No king of Israel was honored as much as Solomon was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_26","014_29_26","1CH","29","26","26","Jesse’s son David was the king who ruled all of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_27","014_29_27","1CH","29","27","27","He ruled for 40 years: Seven years in Hebron city and 33 years in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_28","014_29_28","1CH","29","28","28","He became an old man who was very rich and greatly honored by all the people. Then he died, and his son Solomon became the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_29","014_29_29","1CH","29","29","29","A record of all the things that King David did while he ruled, from the beginning to the end, was put on scrolls written by the prophets Samuel, Nathan, and Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R129_30","014_29_30","1CH","29","30","30","They told about his powerful rule HEN, and all the things that happened to him and to the people of Israel and in the nearby kingdoms while he was ruling Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_1","015_1_1","2CH","1","1","1","David’s son King Solomon was able to gain complete control over his kingdom, because Yahweh his God helped him and enabled him to become very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_2","015_1_2","2CH","1","2","5","When David was king, he had arranged for a new Sacred Tent to be made in Jerusalem. Then David and the Israeli leaders had brought God’s Sacred Chest from Kiriath-Jearim city to the new Sacred Tent in Jerusalem that he had prepared for it. But when Solomon became the king, the first Sacred Tent was still at Gibeon city. That was the tent that Moses, the man who served God well, had arranged to be made in the desert. And the bronze altar that Bezalel, the son of Uri and grandson of Hur, had made was also still in Gibeon, in front of the first Sacred Tent. One day Solomon summoned the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and the commanders of 100 soldiers and the judges and all the other leaders in Israel. He told them to go with him to Gibeon. So they all went to a hill in Gibeon where the Sacred Tent was, and Solomon and all the others with him worshiped Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_6","015_1_6","2CH","1","6","6","Then Solomon went up to the bronze altar in front of the Sacred Tent, and he offered 1,000 animals to be killed and completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_7","015_1_7","2CH","1","7","7","That night God appeared to Solomon in a dream and said to him, “Request whatever you want me to give to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_8","015_1_8","2CH","1","8","8","Solomon replied, “You were very kind to David my father, and now you have appointed me to be the king to succeed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_9","015_1_9","2CH","1","9","9","So Yahweh my God, you have caused me to become the king to rule people who are as many as the particles of dirt on the earth. So do what you promised my father David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_10","015_1_10","2CH","1","10","10","Please enable me to be wise and to know what I should do, in order that I may rule these people well, because there is no one who can rule all this great nation of yours without your help.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_11","015_1_11","2CH","1","11","11","God replied, “I am pleased with what you desire; you have not requested a huge amount of money or to be honored or that your enemies be killed. And you have not requested that you live for a long time. Instead, you have requested that I enable you to be wise and to know what you should do in order that you may govern well my people whom I have appointed you to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_12","015_1_12","2CH","1","12","12","Therefore I will enable you to be wise and to know what you should do to rule my people well. But I will also enable you to have a huge amount of money and to be honored, more than anyone who was previously a king ever was honored, more than anyone who later becomes king will be honored.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_13","015_1_13","2CH","1","13","13","Then Solomon and the people who were with him all left from being in front of he Sacred Tent on the hill in Gibeon, and they returned to Jerusalem. From there he ruled the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_14","015_1_14","2CH","1","14","14","Solomon acquired 1,400 chariots and 12,000 men who rode on horses. He put some of the chariots and horses in Jerusalem, and put some of them in various other cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_15","015_1_15","2CH","1","15","15","During the years that Solomon was king, silver and gold were as common in Jerusalem as stones, and lumber from cedar trees were as plentiful as lumber from ordinary sycamore trees in the foothills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_16","015_1_16","2CH","1","16","16","Solomon’s horses were imported/brought from Egypt and from the Kue region in Turkey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R21_17","015_1_17","2CH","1","17","17","In Egypt his men paid 15 pounds of silver for each chariot and 3-3/4 pounds of silver for each horse. They also exported/sold many of them to the kings of the Heth and Aram people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_1","015_2_1","2CH","2","1","1","Solomon ordered that a temple should be built where Yahweh would be worshiped and also that a palace should be built for himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_2","015_2_2","2CH","2","2","2","He selected 70,000 men to carry the building supplies and 80,000 men to cut stones ◄from quarries/walls of rock► in the hills. He also chose 3,600 men to supervise them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_3","015_2_3","2CH","2","3","3","Solomon sent this message to King Hiram of Tyre city: “Many years ago when my father David was building his palace, you sent to him cedar logs. Will you send me cedar logs, too? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_4","015_2_4","2CH","2","4","4","“We are about to build a temple where we will worship Yahweh our God. We want to dedicate it to be a place where we will burn fragrant incense to honor him, and a place to put loaves of sacred bread, and for making sacrifices every morning and every evening and every Sabbath day, and to celebrate on the day of every new moon and at other special religious festivals to honor Yahweh our God. We want to do those things forever, like Yahweh has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_5","015_2_5","2CH","2","5","5","We want this temple to be a great temple, because our God is greater than all other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_6","015_2_6","2CH","2","6","6","But no one can really build a temple that would be big enough for God to live in, because even the highest heavens are not big enough for him. And I am worthy only to build a place where we can burn sacrifices to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_7","015_2_7","2CH","2","7","7","Therefore, please send me a man who knows well how to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron, and to make things from purple and red and blue cloth. He should also know well how to engrave designs. I want him to work in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah with my skilled craftsmen, the ones whom my father David appointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_8","015_2_8","2CH","2","8","8","I know that your workers are skilled in cutting timber, so also please send me cedar logs, pine logs, and juniper logs from the Lebanon mountains. My workers will work with your workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_9","015_2_9","2CH","2","9","9","In that way, those workers will provide me with plenty of lumber. We will need plenty, because I want the temple that we will build to be large and beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_10","015_2_10","2CH","2","10","10","I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_11","015_2_11","2CH","2","11","11","When Hiram received that message, he replied by sending this message to Solomon: “Because Yahweh loves his people, he has appointed you to be their king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_12","015_2_12","2CH","2","12","12","And Hiram added, “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom the Israeli people belong, the one who created the sky and the earth! He has given King David a wise son, one who is very smart/intelligent and who has good skill and understanding. He wants to build a temple for Yahweh and a palace for himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_13","015_2_13","2CH","2","13","13","“I will be sending to you Huram-Abi, a man who is very skilled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_14","015_2_14","2CH","2","14","14","His mother was from the tribe of Dan, and his father was from here in Tyre. He is very able to make things from gold and silver and bronze and iron and stone and wood, but he also makes nice things from purple and blue and red cloth, and he does all kinds of engraving. He can make things using any design/pattern that you give to him. He will work with your craftsmen, and the craftsmen who did work for your father, King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_15","015_2_15","2CH","2","15","15","“Now please send us the wheat and barley and olive oil and wine that you promised to send to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_16","015_2_16","2CH","2","16","16","When you do that, my workers will cut from trees in the Lebanon mountains all the logs that you need and bring them down to the sea. Then we will tie the logs together to form rafts with them, and float them in the sea to Joppa city. From there, you can arrange for them to be taken up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_17","015_2_17","2CH","2","17","17","Solomon told his workers to count all the people from other countries who were living in Israel, similar to what his father David had done. There were 153,600 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R22_18","015_2_18","2CH","2","18","18","Solomon assigned 70,000 of them to carry materials, and 80,000 to cut stone from quarries in the hills, and 3,600 of them to supervise the others and be sure that they worked steadily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_1","015_3_1","2CH","3","1","1","Then Solomon’s workers started to build the temple for Yahweh in Jerusalem. They built it on Moriah Hill, where an angel from Yahweh had appeared to his father David. They built it on the ground that Araunah, a descendant of the Jebus people-group, had sold to David and where David said that it should be built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_2","015_3_2","2CH","3","2","2","They began the work in April, when Solomon had been ruling almost four years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_3","015_3_3","2CH","3","3","3","The foundation of the temple was about 90 feet long and 30 feet wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_4","015_3_4","2CH","3","4","4","The entrance room across the front of the temple was 30 feet wide and 30 feet high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_5","015_3_5","2CH","3","5","5","Solomon’s workers used panels/boards of pine wood to line the main hall of the temple. Then they covered those panels with very thin sheets of pure gold. Then they decorated the walls with carved images of palm trees and designs that resembled chains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_6","015_3_6","2CH","3","6","6","They decorated the temple with very valuable stones. The gold that they used was from the land of Parvaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_7","015_3_7","2CH","3","7","7","They covered the ceiling beams, the door frames, the walls and the doors of the temple with very thin sheets of gold. They also carved statues of winged creatures on the walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_8","015_3_8","2CH","3","8","8","They also built the Very Holy Place inside the temple. It was 30 feet wide and 30 feet long. They covered its walls with sheets of pure gold that altogether weighed 23 tons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_9","015_3_9","2CH","3","9","9","They used 1-1/4 pounds of gold to cover the heads of  the nails. They also covered the walls of the upper rooms with sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_10","015_3_10","2CH","3","10","10","Solomon’s workers made two statues of creatures with wings to put inside the Very Holy Place. They covered those statues with very thin sheets of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_11","015_3_11","2CH","3","11","12","Each statue had two long wings. One wing of each statue touched one of the walls of the Temple. The other wing of each statue touched a wing of the other statue. It was 7-1/2 feet from the outer tip of one wing to the outer tip of the other wing. The inner wings of the two statues touched each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_13","015_3_13","2CH","3","13","13","It was 30 feet from the outer wing of the one statue to the outer wing of the other statue. The statues faced the doorway to the main room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_14","015_3_14","2CH","3","14","14","Solomon’s workers made a curtain to separate the main room from the Very Holy Place. It was made of blue, purple, and red thread and fine linen. There were figures of winged creatures that were embroidered on the curtain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_15","015_3_15","2CH","3","15","15","They made two bronze pillars and put them at the entrance of the temple. They were each 27 feet high. Each had a top over it that was 7-1/2 feet high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_16","015_3_16","2CH","3","16","16","The workers made carvings that resembled chains and put them on top of the pillars. They made carvings that resembled pomegranates and attached them to the chains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R23_17","015_3_17","2CH","3","17","17","They set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south side of the entrance and the other on the north side. The one on the south side was named Jakin and the one on the north side was named Boaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_1","015_4_1","2CH","4","1","1","Solomon’s workers made a square bronze altar that was 10 yards wide on each side, and it was 5 yards high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_2","015_4_2","2CH","4","2","2","They also made a very large round tank that was made of metal and cast in a clay mold. It was 10 yards wide/across, and 5 yards high. It was 15 yards around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_3","015_4_3","2CH","4","3","3","Below the outer rim there were two rows of small figures of bulls that were part of the metal of the basin. Each row had 300 figures of bulls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_4","015_4_4","2CH","4","4","4","The basin was set on twelve statues of bulls. There were three statues that faced north, three that faced west, three that faced south, and three that faced east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_5","015_4_5","2CH","4","5","5","The sides of the tank were 3 inches thick, and its rim was shaped like a cup that curved outward like the petals of flowers. The basin held about 16,500 gallons of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_6","015_4_6","2CH","4","6","6","They also made ten basins for washing the animals that were to be sacrificed. The priests used the very large tank for washing themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_7","015_4_7","2CH","4","7","7","They also made ten gold lampstands according to what Solomon had instructed them. They put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_8","015_4_8","2CH","4","8","8","They made ten tables and put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side. They also made 100 gold bowls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_9","015_4_9","2CH","4","9","9","They also constructed one courtyard for the priests, and a larger courtyard for the other people. They made doors for the courtyards and covered them with thin sheets of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_10","015_4_10","2CH","4","10","10","They placed the very large tank on the south side of the temple, at the southeast corner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_11","015_4_11","2CH","4","11","11","They also made pots and shovels for the ashes of the altar, and other small bowls. So Huram and his workers finished the work that King Solomon had given him to do at the temple of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_12","015_4_12","2CH","4","12","12","These were the things that they made: the two large pillars, the two bowl-shaped top parts on top of the pillars, the two sets of carvings that resembled chains to decorate the tops of the two pillars, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_13","015_4_13","2CH","4","13","13","the 400 carvings that resembled pomegranates that were placed in two rows, that decorated the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_14","015_4_14","2CH","4","14","14","the stands, and the basins that were placed on them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_15","015_4_15","2CH","4","15","15","the very large tank, and the statues of twelve bulls underneath it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_16","015_4_16","2CH","4","16","16","the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other things needed for the work at the altar. All those things that Huram and his workers made for King Solomon were made of polished bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_17","015_4_17","2CH","4","17","17","They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan river between Succoth and Zarethan cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_18","015_4_18","2CH","4","18","18","All of those things that Solomon told them to make used a very large amount of bronze; no one tried to weigh it all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_19","015_4_19","2CH","4","19","19","Solomon’s workers also made all these things that were put at the temple: the golden altar, the tables on which the priests put the sacred bread, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_20","015_4_20","2CH","4","20","20","the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, in which the priests put oil to burn in front of the Most Holy Place as God had told Moses that the priests should do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_21","015_4_21","2CH","4","21","21","the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R24_22","015_4_22","2CH","4","22","22","the pure gold wick trimmers and bowls for sprinkling, and dishes and lamp snuffers, the gold doors of the temple and the doors to the main hall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_1","015_5_1","2CH","5","1","1","After Solomon’s workers had finished building the temple, Solomon put in the temple storage rooms everything that his father David had dedicated to Yahweh—all the silver and gold and all the other things that were used at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_2","015_5_2","2CH","5","2","2","Then King Solomon summoned to Jerusalem all the elders of Israel, all the leaders of the tribes and of the families/clans. He wanted them to help to bring to the temple Yahweh’s Sacred Chest from Zion Hill, where it was in the part of the city called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_3","015_5_3","2CH","5","3","3","So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, in October. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_4","015_5_4","2CH","5","4","4","When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_5","015_5_5","2CH","5","5","5","and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_6","015_5_6","2CH","5","6","6","King Solomon and many of the other people of Israel who had gathered there walked in front of the Sacred Chest. And they sacrificed a huge amount of sheep and cattle. No one was able to count them because there were very many. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_7","015_5_7","2CH","5","7","7","The priests then brought the Sacred Chest into the Most Holy Place, the inner room of the temple, and they placed it under the wings of the statues of winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_8","015_5_8","2CH","5","8","8","The wings of those statues spread out over the Sacred Chest and over the poles by which it was carried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_9","015_5_9","2CH","5","9","9","The poles were very long, with the result that they could be seen by those who were standing at the entrance to the Most Holy Place, but they could not be seen by anyone standing outside the temple. Those poles are still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_10","015_5_10","2CH","5","10","10","The only things that were inside the Sacred Chest were the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Sinai Mountain, where Yahweh made an agreement with the Israeli people after they came out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_11","015_5_11","2CH","5","11","11","Then the priests left the Holy Place. All the priests who were there, from every group, had performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_12","015_5_12","2CH","5","12","12","All the descendants of Levi who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons and their other relatives—stood on the east side of the altar. They were wearing linen clothes, and they were playing cymbals, harps, and lyres. There were 120 other priests who were blowing trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_13","015_5_13","2CH","5","13","13","The men blowing trumpets, those playing the cymbals and other musical instruments, and the singers, made music together, praising Yahweh and singing this song: “Yahweh is good to us; he faithfully loves us forever.” Then suddenly the temple was filled with a cloud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R25_14","015_5_14","2CH","5","14","14","The glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple, with the result that the priests were not able to continue doing their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_1","015_6_1","2CH","6","1","1","Then Solomon said, “Yahweh, you said that you would live in a dark cloud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_2","015_6_2","2CH","6","2","2","But now I have built a glorious temple for you to live in forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_3","015_6_3","2CH","6","3","3","Then while all the people stood there, Solomon turned toward the people and he asked God to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_4","015_6_4","2CH","6","4","4","He said to them, “Praise Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, who has caused to happen what he promised to my father David. What he said to David was this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_5","015_6_5","2CH","6","5","5","‘From the time that I brought my people out of Egypt, I have never chosen a city in Israel in which a temple should be built for people to worship me there. Nor did I choose anyone to be the leader of my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_6","015_6_6","2CH","6","6","6","But now I have chosen Jerusalem to be the place for people to worship me, and I have chosen you to rule my Israeli people.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_7","015_6_7","2CH","6","7","7","Then Solomon said, “My father David wanted to build a temple for Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_8","015_6_8","2CH","6","8","8","But Yahweh said to him, ‘You have wanted to build a temple for me, and what you wanted to do was good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_9","015_6_9","2CH","6","9","9","However, you are not the one who I want to build the temple; it is one of your own sons who I want to build a temple for me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_10","015_6_10","2CH","6","10","10","“And Yahweh has done what he promised to do. I have become the king of Israel to succeed my father, and I am ruling the people, like Yahweh promised, and I have arranged for this temple to be built for us to worship Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_11","015_6_11","2CH","6","11","11","I have put the Sacred Chest in the temple, in which are the stone tablets on which are engraved the Ten Commandments of the agreement that Yahweh made with us Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_12","015_6_12","2CH","6","12","12","Then Solomon stood in front of the altar which was in front of the people of Israel who had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_13","015_6_13","2CH","6","13","13","His workers had built a bronze platform there for him to stand on, which was 7-1/2 feet long and 7-1/2 feet wide and 4-1/2 feet high. They put it in the outer courtyard. Solomon stood on that platform and then knelt down in front of all the people of Israel who had gathered there, and he spread out his arms toward heaven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_14","015_6_14","2CH","6","14","14","and he prayed, “Yahweh, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, there is no God like you in heaven or on the earth. You solemnly promised that you would faithfully love us, and that is what you have done for us who earnestly do what you want us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_15","015_6_15","2CH","6","15","15","“You have done the things that you promised my father David, who served you very well, that you would do. Truly, you promised to do those things for him, and today we see that by your power you have caused it all to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_16","015_6_16","2CH","6","16","16","“So now, Yahweh, the God we Israelis belong to, please do the things that you promised to my father David that you would do. You said that there would always be some of his descendants to rule Israel, if they faithfully conduct their lives as he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_17","015_6_17","2CH","6","17","17","So now, God of us Israeli people, cause what you promised David, who served you well, to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_18","015_6_18","2CH","6","18","18","“But, my God, will you really live on earth among people? There is surely not enough space for you in the sky, or even in the heaven! So there is surely not enough space for you to live in this temple that my workers have built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_19","015_6_19","2CH","6","19","19","But Yahweh, my God, please listen to my prayer, while I am pleading with you this day and do what I am requesting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_20","015_6_20","2CH","6","20","20","Please protect this temple day and night. This is the place about which you have said, ‘I will always be there.’ Please listen to my prayer about this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_21","015_6_21","2CH","6","21","21","Listen to me when I pray, and listen to your Israeli people when they pray. Listen from heaven, where you live; and when you hear us pray, forgive us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_22","015_6_22","2CH","6","22","22","“If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to testify in front of your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_23","015_6_23","2CH","6","23","23","then you listen from heaven, and you decide who is telling the truth. Then punish the person who is guilty as he deserves to be punished, and declare that the other person is innocent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_24","015_6_24","2CH","6","24","24","“And when your Israeli people are defeated by their enemies because they sinned against you, and forced to go to some distant country, if they turn away from their sinful behavior and turn toward this temple and admit that you have justly punished them, and plead that you will forgive them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_25","015_6_25","2CH","6","25","25","listen to them from heaven and forgive your Israeli people for the sins that they have committed, and bring them back to this land that you gave to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_26","015_6_26","2CH","6","26","26","“When you do not allow any rain to fall because your people have sinned against you, if they turn toward this temple and admit that you have justly punished them, and turn away from their sinful behavior and humbly pray to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_27","015_6_27","2CH","6","27","27","hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your Israeli people. Teach them the right way to conduct their lives. Then cause it to rain here on the land that you gave to your people to belong to them permanently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_28","015_6_28","2CH","6","28","28","“And when the people of this land experience famines or if there is a plague, or when their crops are destroyed by very hot winds or by mildew or by locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies surround any of their cities in order to attack them, if any of those bad things happen to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_29","015_6_29","2CH","6","29","29","when your Israeli people earnestly plead with you, knowing in their inner beings that they are suffering because they have sinned, if they stretch out their hands toward this temple and pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_30","015_6_30","2CH","6","30","30","hear from your home in heaven, and forgive them. You alone know what each person is thinking, so reward each person according to everything that he does, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_31","015_6_31","2CH","6","31","31","in order that they will revere you and conduct their lives as you want them to, all the time that they live in this land that you gave to our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_32","015_6_32","2CH","6","32","32","“There will be some foreigners who do not belong to your Israeli people who have come here from countries far away because they have heard that you are very great and that you perform great miracles. If they turn toward this temple and pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_33","015_6_33","2CH","6","33","33","from your home in heaven listen to their prayer, and do for them what they request you to do. Do that in order that all the people-groups in the world will know about you and revere you, like we, your own Israeli people do. And then they will know that this is the temple that I have caused to be built for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_34","015_6_34","2CH","6","34","34","“When you send your people to go to places to attack their enemies, if they pray to you, wherever they are, if they turn toward this city that you have chosen and toward this temple that I have caused to be built to honor you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_35","015_6_35","2CH","6","35","35","listen in heaven to their prayers; listen to what they plead for you to do, and assist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_36","015_6_36","2CH","6","36","36","“It is true that everyone sins. So, when your people sin against you, and you become angry with them, you may allow their enemies to capture them and take them to their countries, even to countries that are far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_37","015_6_37","2CH","6","37","37","When that happens, while they are in the countries to which they were forced to go, if they are sorry for having sinned, if they say, ‘We have sinned; we have done things that are wrong and have done things that are very wicked,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_38","015_6_38","2CH","6","38","38","if they repent very sincerely, and if they turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen to be the place where we should worship you, and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you and pray, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_39","015_6_39","2CH","6","39","39","then from your home in heaven hear their prayer, and listen to them while they plead for your help, and do what they ask you to do, and forgive your people who have sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_40","015_6_40","2CH","6","40","40","“Now, my God, look at us and listen to us as we pray to you in this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_41","015_6_41","2CH","6","41","41","Yahweh our God, come and stay in this place with the Sacred Chest, the chest that shows that you are powerful. Yahweh God, cause your priests to know clearly that you have blessed them. Cause us your people to rejoice because of all the good things that you do for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R26_42","015_6_42","2CH","6","42","42","Yahweh God, do not reject me the king whom you have appointed to be the king of Israel; do not forget that you greatly loved David, who served you very well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_1","015_7_1","2CH","7","1","1","When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from the sky and burned all the offerings and sacrifices that were on the altar, and the glorious radiance of Yahweh filled the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_2","015_7_2","2CH","7","2","2","The radiance was extremely bright, with the result that the priests could not enter the temple of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_3","015_7_3","2CH","7","3","3","When all the Israeli people who were there saw the fire coming down and the glory of Yahweh above the temple, they prostrated themselves with their faces touching the ground. They worshiped and thanked Yahweh, singing, “Yahweh is always good to us; he faithfully loves us forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_4","015_7_4","2CH","7","4","5","Then the king and all the people who were there dedicated the temple to Yahweh by offering more sacrifices to him. King Solomon gave 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep and goats to be sacrificed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_6","015_7_6","2CH","7","6","6","The priests stood in their positions, and the other descendants of Levi stood in their positions holding the musical instruments to praise Yahweh, instruments that King David had caused to be made for praising Yahweh and thanking him. They sang, “He faithfully loves us forever.” Facing the other descendants of Levi the priests stood, blowing their trumpets, while all the Israeli people were standing and listening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_7","015_7_7","2CH","7","7","7","Solomon dedicated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple. Then he gave offerings to be completely burned there along with the fat of the animals to be sacrificed to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. The priests burned them there in the courtyard because in addition to those things there were offerings of grain, with the result that there was not enough space on the bronze altar to burn all those sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_8","015_7_8","2CH","7","8","8","Solomon and the other people celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days. There was a huge group of people who celebrated with him. Some of them came from as far away as Lebo-Hamath in the far north and the border of Egypt in the far south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_9","015_7_9","2CH","7","9","9","On the eighth/next day they gathered again to worship Yahweh. They had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_10","015_7_10","2CH","7","10","10","Then on the next day Solomon sent them to their homes. They were very joyful because of all the good things that Yahweh had done for David and Solomon and for all his Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_11","015_7_11","2CH","7","11","11","Solomon’s workers finished building the temple and Solomon’s palace. And Solomon finished doing everything else that he had planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_12","015_7_12","2CH","7","12","12","Then Yahweh appeared to him one night in a dream and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and I have chosen this temple to be the place where my people will offer sacrifices to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_13","015_7_13","2CH","7","13","13","“When I prevent any rain from falling, or when I command locusts to eat all the crops, or when I send a plague among my people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_14","015_7_14","2CH","7","14","14","if the people who belong to me humble themselves and pray, and request me to help them, and if they turn away from their sinful behavior, then I will hear from heaven. I will forgive them for having sinned and I will cause them to prosper again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_15","015_7_15","2CH","7","15","15","I SYN will see them and I SYN will hear them when they pray to me in this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_16","015_7_16","2CH","7","16","16","I have chosen and have ◄set apart/dedicated► this temple in order that people may worship MTY me there forever. I will always watch over MTY it and protect IDM it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_17","015_7_17","2CH","7","17","17","“And as for you, if you obey me as David your father did, and if you do all that I command you to do, and obey all my laws and decrees, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_18","015_7_18","2CH","7","18","18","I will make sure that your descendants will always be kings, which is what I promised to David your father, saying, ‘Some of your descendants will always be the kings of Israel.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_19","015_7_19","2CH","7","19","19","“But if you Israelis turn away from me and disobey the decrees and commands that I have given to you, and you start to worship other gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_20","015_7_20","2CH","7","20","20","I will cause you to be expelled from this land that I have given to you, and I will abandon this temple that I have set apart to be the place where people should worship me. I will cause it to be despised and ridiculed by people of all nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_21","015_7_21","2CH","7","21","21","Although this temple is now greatly respected, when that happens, all the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done terrible things like this to this country and to this temple?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R27_22","015_7_22","2CH","7","22","22","And others will reply, ‘It happened because they rejected Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged, the one who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they have been worshiping other gods and trying to please them. And that is why Yahweh has caused them to experience all these disasters.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_1","015_8_1","2CH","8","1","1","Solomon’s workers worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_2","015_8_2","2CH","8","2","2","Then his workers rebuilt the cities that King Hiram had given back to Solomon, and Solomon sent Israelis to live in those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_3","015_8_3","2CH","8","3","3","Solomon’s army then went to Hamath-Zobah town and captured it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_4","015_8_4","2CH","8","4","4","His workers also rebuilt walls around Tadmor town in the desert, and in the Hamath region in all the towns where they kept supplies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_5","015_8_5","2CH","8","5","5","They rebuilt Upper Beth-Horon town and Lower Beth-Horon city, and built walls around them with gates in the walls and bars to fasten the gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_6","015_8_6","2CH","8","6","6","They also rebuilt Baalath town and all the cities where supplies were kept and the cities where Solomon’s chariots and horses were kept. Solomon’s workers built whatever he wanted them to build, in Jerusalem and in Lebanon, and in other places in the area that he ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_7","015_8_7","2CH","8","7","7","Solomon forced people from many other groups who were not Israelis to work for him like slaves. They were people from the Heth, Amor, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_8","015_8_8","2CH","8","8","8","They were descendants of groups whom the Israelis had not completely destroyed. Solomon forced them to become his slaves, and they are still slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_9","015_8_9","2CH","8","9","9","But Solomon did not force Israelis to work for him. Israelis became his soldiers and commanders of his chariots and his chariot-drivers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_10","015_8_10","2CH","8","10","10","They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_11","015_8_11","2CH","8","11","11","Solomon moved his wife, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt, from the place outside Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’ to the place that his workers had built for her. He said, “I do not want my wife to live in the palace that my father King David’s workers built, because the Sacred Chest was in that palace for a while, and any place where the Sacred Chest has been is holy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_12","015_8_12","2CH","8","12","12","On the altar that Solomon’s workers had built in front of the entrance to the temple, Solomon sacrificed many offerings that were to be completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_13","015_8_13","2CH","8","13","13","He did that to obey the rules about what sacrifices Moses had declared should be made. These included sacrifices for every day and for the Sabbath days and to celebrate each day on which there was a new moon and for the three other festivals that were celebrated each year. Those festivals were the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread, the Harvest Festival, and the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_14","015_8_14","2CH","8","14","14","Obeying what his father David had commanded, he appointed the groups of priests for their work, and he appointed the descendants of Levi to lead the people while they sang to praise Yahweh and while they assisted the priests in their daily work. He also appointed groups of them to guard all the gates, because that was also what David, the man who pleased God very well, had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_15","015_8_15","2CH","8","15","15","The priests and other descendants of Levi obeyed completely everything that the king commanded, including taking care of the storerooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_16","015_8_16","2CH","8","16","16","They did all the work of building the temple that Solomon told them to do, until it was all completed. So they finishing building the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_17","015_8_17","2CH","8","17","17","Then some of Solomon’s men went to Ezion-Geber and Elath cities on the coast of the Red Sea, an area that belonged to the Edom people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R28_18","015_8_18","2CH","8","18","18","King Hiram sent to Solomon from Tyre city some ships that were commanded by his officers. They were men who were experienced sailors. These men went in the ships with Solomon’s men to the Ophir region and brought back about 17 tons of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_1","015_9_1","2CH","9","1","1","The queen who ruled the Sheba area in Arabia heard that Solomon had become famous, so she traveled to Jerusalem to ask him questions that were difficult to answer. She came with a large group of servants, and she brought camels that were loaded with spices, and valuable gems, and a lot of gold. When she met Solomon, she asked him questions about all the things/topics in which she was interested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_2","015_9_2","2CH","9","2","2","Solomon answered all her questions. He explained everything that she asked about, even things that were very difficult. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_3","015_9_3","2CH","9","3","3","The queen realized that Solomon was very wise. She saw his palace, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_4","015_9_4","2CH","9","4","4","she saw the food that was served on his table every day; she saw how his officials were seated at the table, their uniforms, the servants who served the food and wine, and the sacrifices that he took to the temple to be completely burned on the altar. She was extremely amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_5","015_9_5","2CH","9","5","5","She said to the king, “Everything that I heard in my own country about you and about how wise you are is true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_6","015_9_6","2CH","9","6","6","But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_7","015_9_7","2CH","9","7","7","The men who work for you are very fortunate! Your officials who are constantly standing in front of you and listening to the wise things that you say are also fortunate! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_8","015_9_8","2CH","9","8","8","Praise Yahweh your God, who has shown that he is pleased with you by appointing you to be the king of Israel for him. God has always loved the Israeli people, and desires to assist them forever, and therefore he has appointed you to be their king, in order that you will rule them fairly and righteously.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_9","015_9_9","2CH","9","9","9","Then the queen gave to Solomon about 4-1/2 tons of gold and a large amount of spices and gems. Never had King Solomon received more spices than the queen gave him at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_10","015_9_10","2CH","9","10","12","King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba everything that she wanted. He gave her more than she had given to him. Then she and those who came with her returned to her own land. In the ships that belonged to King Hiram, Hiram’s workers and Solomon’s workers brought gold from Ophir. They also brought a large amount of juniper wood and gems. King Solomon told his workers to use that wood to make railings in the temple and in his palace and also to make harps and lyres for the musicians. That wood was the the finest wood that had ever been seen in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_13","015_9_13","2CH","9","13","13","Each year there was brought to Solomon a total of 25 tons of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_14","015_9_14","2CH","9","14","14","That was in addition to the taxes paid to him by the merchants and traders. Also, the kings of Arabia and the governors of the districts in Israel brought gold and silver to Solomon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_15","015_9_15","2CH","9","15","15","King Solomon’s workers took this gold and hammered it into thin sheets and covered 200 large shields with those thin sheets of gold; they put almost 7-1/2 pounds of gold on each shield. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_16","015_9_16","2CH","9","16","16","His workers made 300 smaller shields. They covered each of them with almost 4 pounds of gold. Then the king put those shields in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_17","015_9_17","2CH","9","17","17","His workers also made for him a large throne. Part of it was covered with decorations made from ivory and part of it was covered with very fine gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_18","015_9_18","2CH","9","18","18","There were six steps in front of the throne. There was a gold footstool that was attached to the throne. At each side of the throne there was an armrest, and alongside each armrest there was a small statue of a lion. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_19","015_9_19","2CH","9","19","19","On the six steps there were twelve statues of lions, one on each side. No throne like that had ever existed in any other kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_20","015_9_20","2CH","9","20","20","All of Solomon’s cups were made of gold, and all the various dishes in the Hall of the Forest of Lebanon were made of gold. They did not make things from silver, because during the years that Solomon ruled, silver was not considered to be valuable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_21","015_9_21","2CH","9","21","21","The king had a fleet of ships that sailed with the ships that King Hiram owned. Every three years the ships returned from the places to which they had sailed, bringing gold, silver, ivory, monkeys, and baboons (OR, peacocks). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_22","015_9_22","2CH","9","22","22","King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_23","015_9_23","2CH","9","23","23","Kings from all over the world wanted to come and listen to the wise things that Solomon said, things that God had enabled him to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_24","015_9_24","2CH","9","24","24","All the people who came to him brought presents: They brought things made from silver or gold, or robes, or weapons, or spices, or horses, or mules. The people continued to do this every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_25","015_9_25","2CH","9","25","25","Solomon had 4,000 stalls for his horses and chariots, and 12,000 horses. Solomon put some of them in Jerusalem and some of them in other cities where he kept his chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_26","015_9_26","2CH","9","26","26","Solomon ruled over all the kings in the area from the Euphrates River in the northeast to the Philistia area in the west to the border of Egypt in the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_27","015_9_27","2CH","9","27","27","During the years that Solomon was king, he caused silver to become as common in Jerusalem as stones; and he caused cedar trees in the foothills of Judah to become as plentiful as fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_28","015_9_28","2CH","9","28","28","Solomon’s agents brought horses from the Musri area and other places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_29","015_9_29","2CH","9","29","29","Lists of all the other things that Solomon did are recorded in the scrolls written by the prophet Nathan and by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh city, and in the scroll in which were written the visions that the prophet Iddo saw concerning King Jeroboam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_30","015_9_30","2CH","9","30","30","Solomon ruled from Jerusalem all of Israel for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R29_31","015_9_31","2CH","9","31","31","Then Solomon died and was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. And his son Rehoboam became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_1","015_10_1","2CH","10","1","1","All the people of Israel went to Shechem city in order to appoint Rehoboam to be their king. So Rehoboam also went there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_2","015_10_2","2CH","10","2","2","Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, had fled to Egypt to escape from King Solomon. But when he heard about the people wanting to appoint Rehoboam to be their king, he returned to Israel from Egypt ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_3","015_10_3","2CH","10","3","3","So the leaders of the northern tribes summoned him, and he went with them to talk to Rehoboam. They said to Rehoboam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_4","015_10_4","2CH","10","4","4","“Your father Solomon forced us to work very hard for him. If you do not force us to work that hard, and if you charge us less taxes than we were paying to him, we will serve you faithfully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_5","015_10_5","2CH","10","5","5","He replied, “Come back three days from now and I will give you my answer.” So those leaders and Jeroboam left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_6","015_10_6","2CH","10","6","6","Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, “What shall I say to answer these men?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_7","015_10_7","2CH","10","7","7","They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and do things that will please them, and if you say kind things to them when you answer them, they will always serve you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_8","015_10_8","2CH","10","8","8","But he ignored what the older men advised him to do. Instead, he consulted the younger men who had grown up with him, who were now his advisors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_9","015_10_9","2CH","10","9","9","He said to them, “How should I answer the men who are asking me to reduce the work and taxes that my father required from them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_10","015_10_10","2CH","10","10","10","The young men who had grown up with him replied, “Those men have said that your father forced them to work very hard for him, so they want you to reduce the work and taxes that your father required from them. But this is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_11","015_10_11","2CH","10","11","11","What I mean is that my father required you to work hard and pay high taxes. But I will make those loads heavier. It was as though my father whipped you, but I will whip you with whips that have pieces of metal in them.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_12","015_10_12","2CH","10","12","12","Three days later, Jeroboam and all the leaders came to King Rehoboam again, which is what he had told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_13","015_10_13","2CH","10","13","13","The king ignored the advice of the older men and spoke harshly to the Israeli leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_14","015_10_14","2CH","10","14","14","He told them what the younger men had advised. He said, “My father put heavy burdens of work and taxes on you, but I will put heavier burdens on you. It was as though he beat you with whips, but I will beat you with whips that have pieces of metal in them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_15","015_10_15","2CH","10","15","15","So the king did not pay any attention to the Israeli leaders. But this happened in order that what Yahweh had told the prophet Ahijah about Jeroboam would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_16","015_10_16","2CH","10","16","16","When the Israeli leaders realized that the king did not pay any attention to what they said, they shouted, “We do not want anything to do with this descendant of King David! We will not pay attention to what this grandson of Jesse says! You people of Israel, let’s go home! As for this descendant of David, he can rule his own kingdom!” So the Israeli leaders returned to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_17","015_10_17","2CH","10","17","17","And after that, the only Israeli people whom Rehoboam ruled over were those who lived in the territory of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_18","015_10_18","2CH","10","18","18","Then King Rehoboam went with Adoniram to talk to the Israeli people. Adoniram was the man who supervised all the men who were forced to work for Rehoboam. But the Israeli people killed him by throwing stones at him. When that happened, King Rehoboam quickly got in his chariot and escaped to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R210_19","015_10_19","2CH","10","19","19","Ever since that time, the people of the northern tribes of Israel have been rebelling against the descendants of King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_1","015_11_1","2CH","11","1","1","When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he gathered 180,000 of the best soldiers from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. He wanted them to fight against the northern tribes of Israel and defeat them, in order that he could rule all the tribes of the kingdom again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_2","015_11_2","2CH","11","2","2","But Yahweh spoke to the prophet Shemaiah and said this to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_3","015_11_3","2CH","11","3","3","“Go and tell this to Solomon’s son Rehoboam, the king of Judah, and to all the Israeli people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_4","015_11_4","2CH","11","4","4","‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against the people of Israel; they are your distant relatives. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’” So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all heeded what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they did not attack Jeroboam and his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_5","015_11_5","2CH","11","5","5","Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem, and his workers built walls around several of the cities and towns in Judah to protect them against enemy attacks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_6","015_11_6","2CH","11","6","6","In the area that belonged to the tribes of Judah and Benjamin they built walls around Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_7","015_11_7","2CH","11","7","7","Beth-Zur, Soco, Adullam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_8","015_11_8","2CH","11","8","8","Gath, Mareshah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_9","015_11_9","2CH","11","9","9","Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_10","015_11_10","2CH","11","10","10","Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_11","015_11_11","2CH","11","11","11","He also appointed an army commander in each of those cities and towns, and gave them supplies of food, olive oil, and wine to keep in storage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_12","015_11_12","2CH","11","12","12","He put shields and spears in all the cities and made them well-protected. So he continued to rule the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_13","015_11_13","2CH","11","13","13","The priests and other descendants of Levi throughout Israel supported Rehoboam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_14","015_11_14","2CH","11","14","14","The descendants of Levi who lived outside the territory of Judah and Benjamin abandoned their property and their pastureland, and they came to Jerusalem and to other places in Judah, because Jeroboam and his sons would not allow them to do the work of priests of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_15","015_11_15","2CH","11","15","15","Instead, Jeroboam appointed the priests that he wanted to work at the altars he commanded to be built on the hilltops, to offer sacrifices to the idols that he commanded to be made that resembled goats and calves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_16","015_11_16","2CH","11","16","16","And people from every tribe in Israel who wanted to worship Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belonged, went with the descendants of Levi to Jerusalem to live there and to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_17","015_11_17","2CH","11","17","17","They caused the kingdom of Judah to be strong, and for three years they were happy that Solomon’s son Rehoboam was the king. During that time they conducted their lives righteously as David and Solomon had done previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_18","015_11_18","2CH","11","18","18","Rehoboam married Mahalath. She was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth, and her mother was Abihail, the daughter of Eliab and granddaughter of Jesse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_19","015_11_19","2CH","11","19","19","Rehoboam and Mahalath had three sons: Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_20","015_11_20","2CH","11","20","20","Later Rehoboam married Maacah, the daughter of Absalom, and they had four sons: Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_21","015_11_21","2CH","11","21","21","Rehoboam loved Maacah more than he loved any other of his wives and slave wives. Altogether he had 18 wives and 60 slave wives, and 28 sons and 60 daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_22","015_11_22","2CH","11","22","22","Rehoboam appointed his son Abijah to be the leader of his older and younger brothers, because he wanted to appoint Abijah to be the next king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R211_23","015_11_23","2CH","11","23","23","He very wisely sent some of his other sons to other cities in the areas of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and to all the other cities that had walls around them. He gave them plenty of supplies and many wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_1","015_12_1","2CH","12","1","1","After Rehoboam was in complete control of his kingdom, he and all the other people in Judah stopped obeying the laws of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_2","015_12_2","2CH","12","2","2","As a result, after Rehoboam had been king for almost five years, Yahweh sent Shishak, the king of Egypt, with his army to attack Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_3","015_12_3","2CH","12","3","3","Along with his army he brought 1,200 chariots and 60,000 soldiers riding horses and a very large number of troops from two regions in Libya, and from Ethiopia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_4","015_12_4","2CH","12","4","4","They captured many of the cities in Judah that had walls around them, and they came as far as Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_5","015_12_5","2CH","12","5","5","Then the prophet Shemaiah came to Rehoboam and the other leaders of Judah who had gathered in Jerusalem because they were afraid of the army of Shishak. Shemaiah said to them, “Yahweh says this: ‘You have abandoned me; so now I am abandoning you, to allow you to be captured by the army of Shishak.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_6","015_12_6","2CH","12","6","6","Then the king and the other Israeli leaders humbled themselves and said, “What Yahweh is doing to us is fair.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_7","015_12_7","2CH","12","7","7","When Yahweh realized that they had humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: “Because they have humbled themselves, I will not allow them to be destroyed. Instead, I will soon rescue them. I will not use Shishak’s army to completely destroy the people of Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_8","015_12_8","2CH","12","8","8","but they will conquer Jerusalem and force the people there to do what Shishak wants them to do. As a result, the people of Jerusalem will learn that it is better to serve me than to serve the kings of other countries.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_9","015_12_9","2CH","12","9","9","When Shishak’s army attacked Jerusalem, they took/carried away the valuable things that were in the temple of Yahweh and the valuable things that were in the king’s palace. They took everything that was valuable, including the gold shields that Solomon’s workers had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_10","015_12_10","2CH","12","10","10","So King Rehoboam’s workers made bronze shields to be used instead of the gold ones and gave the bronze shields to the commanders of the men who guarded the entrance to his palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_11","015_12_11","2CH","12","11","11","After that, whenever the king went to the temple, the guards went with him, carrying those bronze shields. Then when the king left, they would return the shields to the guards’ room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_12","015_12_12","2CH","12","12","12","Because Rehoboam humbled himself, Yahweh stopped being angry with him and did not get rid of him. Instead, he caused good things to happen in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_13","015_12_13","2CH","12","13","13","King Rehoboam again was in complete control in Jerusalem and continued to be the king of Judah. He was 41 years old when he became the king. He ruled for 17 years in Jerusalem, which is the city that Yahweh had chosen from all the tribes in Israel to be the place in which people were to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_14","015_12_14","2CH","12","14","14","Rehoboam’s mother’s name was Naamah. She was from the Ammon people-group. Rehoboam did evil things because he did not try to find out what Yahweh wanted him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_15","015_12_15","2CH","12","15","15","An account of all the things that Rehoboam did while he was the king, and lists of the members of his family, are in the scrolls written by the prophets Shemaiah and Iddo. The armies of Rehoboam and Jeroboam were constantly fighting each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R212_16","015_12_16","2CH","12","16","16","When Rehoboam died, he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then his son Abijah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_1","015_13_1","2CH","13","1","1","When Jeroboam had been ruling Israel for almost 18 years, Abijah became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_2","015_13_2","2CH","13","2","2","He ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Micaiah (OR, Maacah), the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah town. There was a war between the armies of Abijah and Jeroboam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_3","015_13_3","2CH","13","3","3","Abijah went into the battle, taking 400,000 of his capable soldiers, and Jeroboam prepared to fight them, taking 800,000 of his capable troops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_4","015_13_4","2CH","13","4","4","Abijah stood on the top of Zemaraim Mountain, which is in the hilly area that belonged to the tribe of Ephraim, and he shouted, “Jeroboam and all you other people of Israel, listen to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_5","015_13_5","2CH","13","5","5","You should know that Yahweh, the God to whom all we Israelis belong, has appointed David and his descendants to be the kings of Israel forever. He has confirmed that by making a permanent agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_6","015_13_6","2CH","13","6","6","But Jeroboam, who was only an official of David’s son King Solomon, rebelled against his king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_7","015_13_7","2CH","13","7","7","And when Solomon’s son Rehoboam became king and was still young and inexperienced, a group of worthless scoundrels gathered around you, Jeroboam, and rebelled against Rehoboam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_8","015_13_8","2CH","13","8","8","“And now you are planning to fight against the kingdom that Yahweh established to be governed by David’s descendants. It is true that you have a huge army, and you and your soldiers have brought with you the golden statues of calves that Jeroboam’s workers made to be gods for all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_9","015_13_9","2CH","13","9","9","But you expelled the priests that Yahweh appointed, men who are descendants of Aaron the first Supreme Priest, and you expelled the descendants of Levi, and you appointed the priests that you wanted, like the people of other countries do. You allow anyone to become a priest of idols that are not gods if he comes to dedicate himself to be a priest by sacrificing a young bull and seven rams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_10","015_13_10","2CH","13","10","10","“As for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not abandoned him. Our priests who serve Yahweh are descendants of Aaron, and the descendants of Levi assist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_11","015_13_11","2CH","13","11","11","Every morning and every evening they present to Yahweh offerings to be completely burned on the altar, and they burn fragrant incense. Each week they place the sacred bread on the sacred table, and each morning they light the lamps that are on the gold lampstand. We are obeying what Yahweh our God requires us to do. But you have abandoned him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_12","015_13_12","2CH","13","12","12","Yahweh is with us; he is our leader. The priests whom he has appointed will blow their trumpets to signal that we are ready to fight a battle against you. You Israeli men, do not fight against Yahweh, the God to whom your ancestors belonged, because you will not be successful and win the battle against him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_13","015_13_13","2CH","13","13","13","While he was speaking, Jeroboam sent some of his troops around the army of Judah. So while the soldiers who were with Jeroboam were in front of the army of Judah, the other soldiers of Israel were behind the army of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_14","015_13_14","2CH","13","14","14","When the soldiers of Judah turned and saw that they were going to be attacked from the front and from the rear, they cried out to Yahweh. The priests blew their trumpets, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_15","015_13_15","2CH","13","15","15","and the men of Judah shouted a loud battle-cry. Then Yahweh enabled Abijah and the army of Judah to defeat Jeroboam and the army of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_16","015_13_16","2CH","13","16","16","The soldiers of Israel fled from the soldiers of Judah, and God enabled the army of Judah to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_17","015_13_17","2CH","13","17","17","Abijah and his troops struck the capable soldiers of Israel and killed 500,000 of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_18","015_13_18","2CH","13","18","18","So the soldiers of Israel were defeated, and the soldiers of Judah won the battle because they trusted in Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_19","015_13_19","2CH","13","19","19","Abijah’s army pursued the army of Jeroboam, and they captured from the people of Israel the cities of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the surrounding villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_20","015_13_20","2CH","13","20","20","During the remaining time that Abijah ruled, Jeroboam did not become powerful again. Then Yahweh caused him to become very ill, and he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_21","015_13_21","2CH","13","21","21","But Abijah became more powerful. He married 14 wives and had 22 sons and 16 daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R213_22","015_13_22","2CH","13","22","22","An account of the other things that Abijah did while he was the king, including what he said and what he did, is in the scroll written by the prophet Iddo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_1","015_14_1","2CH","14","1","1","When Abijah died, he was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. His son Asa became the king. While Asa was ruling, there was peace in Judah for ten years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_2","015_14_2","2CH","14","2","2","Asa did things that Yahweh his God considers to be right and good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_3","015_14_3","2CH","14","3","3","His workers got rid of the altars to worship foreign gods that were on the high hills. They smashed the sacred stone pillars and cut down the poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_4","015_14_4","2CH","14","4","4","Asa commanded the people of Judah to worship only Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, and to obey his laws and commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_5","015_14_5","2CH","14","5","5","His workers destroyed all the shrines on the hilltops and the altars for burning incense to idols in every town in Judah. As a result, there was peace while Asa ruled the kingdom of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_6","015_14_6","2CH","14","6","6","His workers built cities and constructed walls around them. No army attacked Judah during that time, because Yahweh enabled them to have peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_7","015_14_7","2CH","14","7","7","Asa said to the people of Judah, “We should protect these towns by building walls around them, with watchtowers and gates that have bars. This country still belongs to us because we have requested Yahweh our God to help us. We requested him for his help, and he has given us peace in our entire country.” So they built buildings and prospered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_8","015_14_8","2CH","14","8","8","Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah. They all carried large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from the tribe of Benjamin in his army. They carried smaller shields, and bows and arrows. They were all brave soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_9","015_14_9","2CH","14","9","9","Zerah, a man from Ethiopia/Sudan, marched with a huge army and 300 chariots to attack the army of Judah and Benjamin. They went as far as the town of Mareshah about 25 miles/southwest of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_10","015_14_10","2CH","14","10","10","Asa went with his army to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_11","015_14_11","2CH","14","11","11","Then Asa cried out to Yahweh his God, saying, “Yahweh, there is no one like you who can help those who have very little power to resist a mighty army. Yahweh our God, help us, because we are relying on you; and trusting in you we have come to fight against this huge army. Yahweh, you are our God; do not allow anyone to defeat you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_12","015_14_12","2CH","14","12","12","Then Yahweh enabled Asa and the army of Judah to defeat the army from Ethiopia. They fled, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_13","015_14_13","2CH","14","13","13","and Asa and his army pursued them to the southwest as far as Gerar. A huge number of the soldiers from Ethiopia were killed, with the result that those who were not killed were unable to fight any more. They were greatly defeated by Yahweh and his army, and the men of Judah carried away a great amount of their possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_14","015_14_14","2CH","14","14","14","The men of Judah were able to destroy the people in villages near Gerar because Yahweh had caused the people there to become terrified and unable to fight. The army of Judah took away all the valuable things from those villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R214_15","015_14_15","2CH","14","15","15","They also attacked the places where the local people who took care of domestic animals had set up their tents, and they took away big herds of sheep and goats and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_1","015_15_1","2CH","15","1","1","The Spirit of God came upon Azariah, the son of Obed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_2","015_15_2","2CH","15","2","2","Azariah went to talk with Asa, and said to him, “Asa and all you men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, listen to me. Yahweh is with you whenever you are trusting in him. If you request him to help you, he will help you, but if you abandon him, he will abandon you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_3","015_15_3","2CH","15","3","3","For many years the Israeli people did not know the true God, and they did not have priests or God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_4","015_15_4","2CH","15","4","4","But when they experienced trouble, they turned to Yahweh our God, and requested him to help them. And he helped them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_5","015_15_5","2CH","15","5","5","At that time, people were not safe when they traveled, because all the people who lived in the nearby countries were experiencing many difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_6","015_15_6","2CH","15","6","6","The people of various nations were thoroughly defeated by armies of other nations, and people in some cities were crushed by armies from other cities, because God was allowing them to experience many difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_7","015_15_7","2CH","15","7","7","But you people, you must be strong and do not become discouraged, because God will reward you for what you do to please him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_8","015_15_8","2CH","15","8","8","When Asa heard what the prophet Azariah said, he was encouraged. He commanded his workers to remove all the detestable idols from everywhere in the land of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, and from the towns that his soldiers had captured in the hills of the tribe of Ephraim. Asa’s workers repaired the altar where people offered sacrifices  to Yahweh that was in front of the entrance to the temple in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_9","015_15_9","2CH","15","9","9","Then he gathered all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and many people from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them. He was able to do that because many people from those tribes in Israel had come to me to Judah when they realized that Yahweh, the God that Asa worshiped, was helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_10","015_15_10","2CH","15","10","10","After Asa had been ruling for almost 15 years, in May of that year, those people gathered in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_11","015_15_11","2CH","15","11","11","At that time they sacrificed to Yahweh 700 bulls and 7,000 sheep and goats, from the animals that they had captured when they defeated the army of Ethiopia/Sudan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_12","015_15_12","2CH","15","12","12","They solemnly made an agreement to very sincerely worship Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_13","015_15_13","2CH","15","13","13","They promised to execute all those who would not worship Yahweh, including those who were important and those who were not important, both men and women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_14","015_15_14","2CH","15","14","14","They shouted and blew trumpets and other horns while they solemnly promised to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_15","015_15_15","2CH","15","15","15","All the people who were living in Judah were happy with the agreement because they had solemnly and very sincerely promised to keep it. They eagerly requested help from Yahweh, and he helped them. So he enabled them to have peace throughout their country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_16","015_15_16","2CH","15","16","16","King Asa’s grandmother Maacah had made a disgusting pole for worshiping the goddess Asherah. So Asa commanded his workers to cut down that pole and chop it into pieces and burn it in the Kidron Valley. He then did not allow Maacah to continue to influence the people because of her  being the mother of the previous king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_17","015_15_17","2CH","15","17","17","Although Asa’s workers did not get rid of the shrines on the hilltops in Israel, he was very determined to do what  pleased Yahweh all his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_18","015_15_18","2CH","15","18","18","He ordered his workers to bring into God’s temple all the silver and gold and other valuable items that he and his father had dedicated to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R215_19","015_15_19","2CH","15","19","19","There were no more wars in Judah until Asa had been ruling Judah almost 35 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_1","015_16_1","2CH","16","1","1","When Asa had been ruling Judah for almost 36 years, King Baasha of Israel went with his army to attack Judah. They captured the town of Ramah north of Jerusalem and started to build a wall around it, in order to prevent any people from entering or leaving the area in Judah that was ruled by King Asa because the only road into Judah from Israel went through Ramah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_2","015_16_2","2CH","16","2","2","So Asa told his workers to take all the silver and gold that was in the storerooms of the temple and in his own palace, and take and give it to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria, who was ruling in Damascus. He sent him a message, saying ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_3","015_16_3","2CH","16","3","3","“I want there to be a peace treaty between me and you, like there was between my father and your father. Look, I am sending you a lot of silver and gold. So please cancel the treaty that you have made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, because he will be afraid of your army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_4","015_16_4","2CH","16","4","4","Ben-Hadad agreed to do what King Asa suggested. He sent the commanders of his armies with their soldiers to attack some of the towns in Israel. They captured Ijon, Dan, Abel-Beth-Maacah and all the cities in the area belonging to the tribe of Naphtali where supplies were kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_5","015_16_5","2CH","16","5","5","When Baasha heard about that, he commanded his troops to stop fortifying Ramah and doing other work there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_6","015_16_6","2CH","16","6","6","Then King Asa gathered all the men of Judah, and they took away from Ramah all the stones and timber that Baasha’s men had been using to build the wall around that town. They took those materials to the town of Geba and the city of Mizpah north of Jerusalem and built walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_7","015_16_7","2CH","16","7","7","At that time the prophet Hanani went to King Asa and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on Yahweh our God, you missed your opportunity to destroy the army of the king of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_8","015_16_8","2CH","16","8","8","The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers riding on horses were certainly very powerful. But  when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_9","015_16_9","2CH","16","9","9","That happened because Yahweh sees what is happening all over the earth, and he strengthens those who completely trust him. You have done a very foolish thing, so from now on other armies will be fighting your army.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_10","015_16_10","2CH","16","10","10","Asa was very angry with the prophet because of what the prophet had said. So he commanded his officials to put Hanani in prison. At that same time, he started to treat some of his people very cruelly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_11","015_16_11","2CH","16","11","11","All the things that Asa did while he was ruling, from the time he started to rule until he died, are written in the scroll containing the record of the activities of the kings of Judah and Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_12","015_16_12","2CH","16","12","12","When Asa had been ruling for almost 39 years, he was afflicted with a disease in his feet. The disease was very severe, but in spite of that, he did not request help from Yahweh. Instead he sought help only from doctors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_13","015_16_13","2CH","16","13","13","When he had been ruling for almost 40 years, he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R216_14","015_16_14","2CH","16","14","14","He was buried in the tomb that his workers had made for him in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. They laid his corpse on a bed covered with spices and various perfumes that had been mixed together. They also lit a huge fire to honor him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_1","015_17_1","2CH","17","1","1","Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became the king of Judah, and he enabled his army to become very strong, with the result that they could resist attacks from the army of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_2","015_17_2","2CH","17","2","2","He put soldiers in all the cities in Judah around which they had built walls, and he put soldiers in other places in Judah and in the towns in the area belonging to the tribe of Ephraim that soldiers of his father Asa had captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_3","015_17_3","2CH","17","3","3","Yahweh helped Jehoshaphat because when he started to rule Judah, he did the things that pleased Yahweh like his ancestor King David had done. He did not worship the idols of Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_4","015_17_4","2CH","17","4","4","Instead, he sought advice from the God whom his father had worshiped, and he obeyed God’s commands, and did not do the evil things that the kings of Israel continually did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_5","015_17_5","2CH","17","5","5","Yahweh enabled him to completely control his kingdom. All the people of Judah brought gifts to him, with the result that he became very rich and was greatly honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_6","015_17_6","2CH","17","6","6","He was completely devoted to doing what pleased Yahweh. His workers got rid of the shrines on the hilltops and the poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah throughout Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_7","015_17_7","2CH","17","7","7","When he had been ruling Judah for almost three years, he sent some of his officials—Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah—to teach the people in various towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_8","015_17_8","2CH","17","8","8","With them he sent several descendants of Levi—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—and two priests, Elishama and Jehoram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_9","015_17_9","2CH","17","9","9","They took with them a scroll on which were written the laws of Yahweh and taught them to the people in all the towns throughout Judah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_10","015_17_10","2CH","17","10","10","The people in all the kingdoms surrounding Judah became very afraid of what Yahweh might do to punish them if they fought against Judah, so they did not start wars with Jehoshaphat’s army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_11","015_17_11","2CH","17","11","11","Some people from Philistia brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, and they also brought to him the silver that he demanded that they pay to him. Some Arabs brought to him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_12","015_17_12","2CH","17","12","12","Jehoshaphat continued to become more powerful/influential. His workers built forts and places to store supplies in various towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_13","015_17_13","2CH","17","13","13","Then they put large amounts of supplies in those storehouses. Jehoshaphat also placed in Jerusalem soldiers who were experienced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_14","015_17_14","2CH","17","14","14","The leaders and numbers from each tribe were as follows: From the tribe of Judah, Adnah was the leader of the soldiers, and he commanded 300,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_15","015_17_15","2CH","17","15","15","His assistant was Jehohanan, who commanded 280,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_16","015_17_16","2CH","17","16","16","Next was Zicri’s son Amasiah, who volunteered to serve Yahweh in this way; he commanded 200,000 soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_17","015_17_17","2CH","17","17","17","From the tribe of Benjamin, Eliada, who was a brave soldier, was the leader of the soldiers; he commanded 200,000 men who had bows and arrows and shields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_18","015_17_18","2CH","17","18","18","Next was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 men who had weapons for fighting battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R217_19","015_17_19","2CH","17","19","19","Those were the soldiers who served the king in Jerusalem, in addition to the men whom the king had placed in the other cities in Judah that had walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_1","015_18_1","2CH","18","1","1","Jehoshaphat became very wealthy and was greatly honored. But then he arranged for one of his family to marry someone from the family of King Ahab of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_2","015_18_2","2CH","18","2","2","Several years later, he went down from Jerusalem to Samaria to visit Ahab. Ahab welcomed him and the people who had come with him by slaughtering many sheep and cattle for a feast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_3","015_18_3","2CH","18","3","3","Then he asked Jehoshaphat, “Will you and your army go with my army to attack Ramoth city in the Gilead region?” Jehoshaphat replied, “My soldiers and I will go to the battle when you tell us to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_4","015_18_4","2CH","18","4","4","Then he added, “But we should ask Yahweh first, to find out what he wants us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_5","015_18_5","2CH","18","5","5","So the king of Israel gathered all his 400 prophets and asked them, “Should we go to attack the people of Ramoth city, or should we not do that?” They replied, “Yes, go and attack them because God will enable your army to defeat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_6","015_18_6","2CH","18","6","6","But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of Yahweh here whom we can ask?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_7","015_18_7","2CH","18","7","7","The king of Israel replied, “There is still one man here, whom we can ask to find out what Yahweh wants, his name is Micaiah, the son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never says anything good about me. He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.” Jehoshaphat replied, “King Ahab, you should not say that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_8","015_18_8","2CH","18","8","8","So the king of Israel told one of his officials to summon Micaiah immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_9","015_18_9","2CH","18","9","9","The king of Israel and the king of Judah were sitting there on their thrones, wearing their royal robes. They were at the place where people threshed grain, near the gate of Samaria city. All of Ahab’s prophets were standing in front of them, predicting what was going to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_10","015_18_10","2CH","18","10","10","One of them whose name was Zedekiah, the son of Kenaanah, had made from iron something that resembled the horns of a bull. He proclaimed to Ahab, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘With horns like these, your army will keep attacking the army of Syria like a bull attacks another animal, until you completely destroy them.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_11","015_18_11","2CH","18","11","11","All the other prophets of Ahab agreed. They said, “Yes! If you attack Ramoth city in the Gilead region, you will be successful, because Yahweh will enable you to defeat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_12","015_18_12","2CH","18","12","12","The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful in the battle. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_13","015_18_13","2CH","18","13","13","But Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell the king only what Yahweh tells me to say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_14","015_18_14","2CH","18","14","14","When Micaiah arrived, the king of Israel asked him, “Should we go to attack Ramoth, or not?” Micaiah replied, “Sure, go! Yahweh will enable your army to defeat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_15","015_18_15","2CH","18","15","15","But King Ahab realized that Micaiah was lying, so he said to Micaiah, “I have told you many times that you must always tell only the truth when you say what Yahweh has revealed to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_16","015_18_16","2CH","18","16","16","Then Micaiah replied, “The truth is that in a vision I saw all the troops of Israel scattered on the mountains. They seemed to be like sheep that did not have a shepherd. And Yahweh said, ‘Their master has been killed. So tell them all to go home peacefully.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_17","015_18_17","2CH","18","17","17","Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I told you that he never predicts that anything good will happen to me! He always predicts that bad things will happen to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_18","015_18_18","2CH","18","18","18","But Micaiah continued, saying, “Listen to what Yahweh showed to me! In a vision I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, with all the armies of heaven standing around him, on his right side and on his left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_19","015_18_19","2CH","18","19","19","And Yahweh said, ‘Who can persuade Ahab, the king of Israel, to go to fight against the people of Ramoth, in order that he may be killed there?’ “Some suggested one thing, and others suggested something else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_20","015_18_20","2CH","18","20","20","“Finally one spirit, having received a message from Satan, came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’ “Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_21","015_18_21","2CH","18","21","21","“The spirit replied, ‘I will go and inspire all of Ahab’s prophets to tell lies.’ Yahweh said, ‘You will be successful; go and do it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_22","015_18_22","2CH","18","22","22","“So now I tell you that Yahweh has caused your prophets to lie to you. Yahweh has decided that something terrible will happen to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_23","015_18_23","2CH","18","23","23","Then Zedekiah son of Kenaanah walked over to Micaiah and slapped him on his face. He said, “Do you think that Yahweh’s Spirit left me in order to speak to you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_24","015_18_24","2CH","18","24","24","Micaiah replied, “You will find out for yourself to which of us Yahweh’s Spirit has truly spoken on the day when you go into a room of some house to hide from the Syrian soldiers!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_25","015_18_25","2CH","18","25","25","King Ahab commanded his soldiers, “Seize Micaiah and take him to Amon, the governor of this city, and to my son Joash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_26","015_18_26","2CH","18","26","26","Tell them that I have commanded that they should put this man in prison and give him only bread and water. Do not give him anything else to eat until I return safely from the battle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_27","015_18_27","2CH","18","27","27","Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, it will be clear that it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!” Then he said to all those who were standing there, “Do not forget what I have said to King Ahab!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_28","015_18_28","2CH","18","28","28","So the king of Israel and the king of Judah led their armies to Ramoth, in the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_29","015_18_29","2CH","18","29","29","King Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “I will put on different clothes, in order that no one will recognize that I am the king. But you should wear your royal robe.” So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they both went into the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_30","015_18_30","2CH","18","30","30","The King of Syria told his soldiers who were driving the chariots, “Attack only the king of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_31","015_18_31","2CH","18","31","31","So when the soldiers who were driving the Syrian chariots saw Jehoshaphat wearing the royal robes, they thought “He must be the king of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_32","015_18_32","2CH","18","32","32","So they turned to attack him. But when Jehoshaphat cried out, Yahweh helped him, and they realized that he was not the king of Israel. And God caused them to stop pursuing him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_33","015_18_33","2CH","18","33","33","But one Syrian soldier shot an arrow at Ahab, without knowing that it was Ahab. The arrow struck Ahab between the places where the parts of his armor joined together. Ahab told the driver of his chariot, “Turn the chariot around and take me out of here! I have been severely wounded!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R218_34","015_18_34","2CH","18","34","34","The battle continued all that day. Ahab was sitting propped up in his chariot, facing the Syrian soldiers. And late in the afternoon, when the sun was setting, he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_1","015_19_1","2CH","19","1","1","When King Jehoshaphat was returning safely to his palace in Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_2","015_19_2","2CH","19","2","2","the prophet Jehu, the son of the prophet Hanani, went out of the city to meet the king, and said to him, “It was not right for you to help a wicked man and to love those who hate Yahweh. Because of what you have done, Yahweh is angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_3","015_19_3","2CH","19","3","3","But you have done some good things; you got rid of the poles in this country for worshiping the goddess Asherah, and you have strongly determined to do what pleases God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_4","015_19_4","2CH","19","4","4","Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. But one time, like he had done once previously, he went out among all the people in the country, from Beersheba city in the far south to the hilly area of the tribe of Ephraim in the far north, and he convinced them to return to worshiping Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_5","015_19_5","2CH","19","5","5","He appointed judges throughout Judah, in each of the cities that had walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_6","015_19_6","2CH","19","6","6","He told them, “Make your decisions carefully, because you are judging cases not in order to please people but to please Yahweh. And he will be watching you whenever you make a decision. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_7","015_19_7","2CH","19","7","7","So now revere Yahweh, and judge cases carefully, and do not forget that Yahweh our God never acts unjustly, and he never does what people want because of their offering him money; he never accepts bribes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_8","015_19_8","2CH","19","8","8","In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some priests and other descendants of Levi and some leaders of Israeli families to be judges. He told them to do what Yahweh’s laws said was right when they settled disputes. Those men lived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_9","015_19_9","2CH","19","9","9","He told them this: “You must always do your work faithfully, revering Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_10","015_19_10","2CH","19","10","10","In every dispute that your fellow Israelis who live in the cities want you to settle, you must warn them to not sin against Yahweh by telling lies during the trial. If you do not warn them, God will punish both you and your fellow Israelis. If you warn them, you will not be sinning. You must warn them whether someone has accused them of murdering someone, or of disobeying some other law or command or decree of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R219_11","015_19_11","2CH","19","11","11","Amariah the Supreme Priest will supervise you in any matter that Yahweh is concerned about, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the leader of the tribe of Judah, will supervise you in any matter that I am responsible for. And the descendants of Levi will assist you. Act courageously, and I pray that Yahweh will help those who do their work well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_1","015_20_1","2CH","20","1","1","Later armies from Moab and Ammon and some soldiers from the Meun area in Edom came to fight against Jehoshaphat’s army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_2","015_20_2","2CH","20","2","2","Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is coming to attack your army. They are coming from the Edom region, from the eastern side of the Dead Sea. They have already come to Hazazon-Tamar!” Another name for that place is En-Gedi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_3","015_20_3","2CH","20","3","3","Jehoshaphat became very afraid, so he decided to ask Yahweh what he should do. He also proclaimed that all the people of Judah should fast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_4","015_20_4","2CH","20","4","4","The people of Judah gathered together to request Yahweh to help them. They came to Jerusalem from every town in Judah to seek help from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_5","015_20_5","2CH","20","5","5","Then Jehoshaphat stood up in front of the people of Judah in front of the new courtyard of the temple, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_6","015_20_6","2CH","20","6","6","and he prayed this: “Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors belonged to, you are surely the God who rules from heaven. You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. You have great power, and no one can successfully oppose you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_7","015_20_7","2CH","20","7","7","Our God, you expelled the people who lived in this land while your Israeli people advanced, and you certainly gave it to us who are descendants of your friend Abraham, to belong to us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_8","015_20_8","2CH","20","8","8","We have lived here and have built a temple where we, your people, worship you. We said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_9","015_20_9","2CH","20","9","9","'If we experience disasters, either from our enemies attacking us or from you punishing us, or if we experience a plague or a famine, we will stand in your presence in front of this temple that is built to honor you, and we will cry out to you when we are distressed/suffering, and you will hear us and will rescue us.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_10","015_20_10","2CH","20","10","10","You would not allow our Israeli ancestors to enter the countries of Ammon and Moab and Edom when they were traveling from Egypt to Canaan. So our ancestors turned away from those areas and did not attack the people there and did not destroy them. But now they are coming here to attack us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_11","015_20_11","2CH","20","11","11","We did not destroy them. But now look at how they are repaying us by trying to expel us from the land that you gave to our ancestors to belong to them and their descendants forever ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_12","015_20_12","2CH","20","12","12","So, our God, please punish them, because we do not have enough power to resist/defeat this huge army that is coming to attack us. We do not know what to do. But we are pleading for you to help us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_13","015_20_13","2CH","20","13","13","All the men of Judah and their wives and children and babies were standing there in the presence of Yahweh while Jehoshaphat prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_14","015_20_14","2CH","20","14","14","Then the Spirit of Yahweh came upon Jahaziel, who was the son of Zechariah, who was the son of Benaiah, who was the son of Jeiel, who was the son of Mattaniah. He was a descendant of Levi and a descendant of Asaph. He stood up in front of the whole group that was gathered there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_15","015_20_15","2CH","20","15","15","and said, “King Jehoshaphat and all you who live in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah, listen! This is what Yahweh says to you: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this huge army that is coming to attack you, because it is not you who will win this battle. It is God who will win it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_16","015_20_16","2CH","20","16","16","Tomorrow march down toward them. They will be climbing up through Ziz Pass north of En-Gedi. You will meet them at the end of the gorge near the Jeruel Desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_17","015_20_17","2CH","20","17","17","But you will not need to fight this battle. You soldiers from Jerusalem and other places in Judah, just take your positions, and then stand still and watch what will happen. You will see Yahweh rescue you. Do not be afraid or discouraged. March toward them tomorrow, and Yahweh will be with you.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_18","015_20_18","2CH","20","18","18","Jehoshaphat prostrated himself with his face touching the ground, and all the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah who were there knelt down to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_19","015_20_19","2CH","20","19","19","Then some descendants of Levi who were descendants of both Kohath and Korah stood up and loudly praised Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis belonged to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_20","015_20_20","2CH","20","20","20","Early the next morning the army left to go to the desert near Tekoa town. While they were leaving, Jehoshaphat stood up and said to the people, “You people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, listen to me! Trust in Yahweh our God; if you do that, you will be strong. Trust in what  his prophets have said; if you do that, you will be successful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_21","015_20_21","2CH","20","21","21","Then, after consulting with some of the people, he appointed some men to go in front of the army, singing to Yahweh and praising him because of his being holy and wonderful. They were singing, “Thank Yahweh, because he faithfully loves us forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_22","015_20_22","2CH","20","22","22","When they began to sing and praise Yahweh, Yahweh caused the soldiers from Ammon and Moab and Edom who were invading Judah to panic, with the result that they were defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_23","015_20_23","2CH","20","23","23","The soldiers from Ammon and Moab started to fight against the soldiers from Edom, and they completely annihilated the soldiers from Edom. After they finished slaughtering the men from Edom, they started to attack each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_24","015_20_24","2CH","20","24","24","When the soldiers from Judah came to the place where they could look down over the desert, they looked toward that huge army of their enemies, and they saw only corpses lying on the ground. No one had survived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_25","015_20_25","2CH","20","25","25","So Jehoshaphat and his soldiers went to take the possessions of their enemies, and they saw that there was a lot of equipment and clothing and other valuable things; there was more than they could carry away. There were very many things, with the result that it took three days for them to collect it all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_26","015_20_26","2CH","20","26","26","The following day they gathered in Beracah Valley and praised Yahweh there. That is why that valley is still called Beracah, which means praise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_27","015_20_27","2CH","20","27","27","Then while Jehoshaphat led them, all the soldiers who were from Jerusalem and other places in Judah returned to Jerusalem. They were happy because Yahweh had enabled them to defeat their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_28","015_20_28","2CH","20","28","28","When they arrived at Jerusalem, they went to the temple, playing harps and lutes and trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_29","015_20_29","2CH","20","29","29","People in the kingdoms of the nearby countries became very afraid when they heard how Yahweh had fought against the enemies of the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_30","015_20_30","2CH","20","30","30","Then there was peace in the kingdom that was ruled by Jehoshaphat, because God had caused the surrounding nations not to attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_31","015_20_31","2CH","20","31","31","Jehoshaphat continued to rule Judah. He was 35 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 25 years. His mother’s name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_32","015_20_32","2CH","20","32","32","He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh, like his father Asa had done, and he did not stop doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_33","015_20_33","2CH","20","33","33","But he did not get rid of the shrines on the hilltops, and many of the people still did not faithfully do what the God whom their ancestors belonged to wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_34","015_20_34","2CH","20","34","34","A record of the other things that Jehoshaphat did while he ruled, from when he began to rule until he died, is in the scrolls written by the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani. They are also in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_35","015_20_35","2CH","20","35","35","During his reign, Jehoshaphat made a treaty with Ahaziah, the king of Israel, who was a very wicked king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_36","015_20_36","2CH","20","36","36","They agreed that their workers would build a fleet of ships to use to buy and sell things with other countries. After those ships were built at Ezion-Geber on the Gulf of Aqaba, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R220_37","015_20_37","2CH","20","37","37","Eliezer the son of Dodavahu from Mareshah city warned Jehoshaphat. He said, “You have made an alliance with Ahaziah, who is a wicked king. Therefore, Yahweh will destroy the ships that your workers have made.” And the ships were wrecked, and were not able to sail to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_1","015_21_1","2CH","21","1","1","Then Jehoshaphat died, and was buried where his ancestors were buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. Then his son Jehoram became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_2","015_21_2","2CH","21","2","2","His younger brothers were Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_3","015_21_3","2CH","21","3","3","Before Jehoshaphat died, he gave them gifts of silver and gold and other valuable things. He also appointed them to rule various cities in Judah that had walls around them. But he appointed Jehoram to be the king of Judah, because Jehoram was his oldest son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_4","015_21_4","2CH","21","4","4","After Jehoram was completely in control of his father’s kingdom, he had all of his younger brothers executed, along with some of the leaders of the nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_5","015_21_5","2CH","21","5","5","Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_6","015_21_6","2CH","21","6","6","But he did many of the evil things that the kings of Israel had done. He did many things that Yahweh considers to be evil, things that the family of Ahab had done, because he married one of Ahab’s daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_7","015_21_7","2CH","21","7","7","However, because of the agreement that Yahweh had made with King David, Yahweh did not want to get rid of the descendants of David. He had promised that David’s descendants would always be the ones who ruled Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_8","015_21_8","2CH","21","8","8","While Jehoram was ruling, the people of the Edom region rebelled against the king of Judah and appointed their own king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_9","015_21_9","2CH","21","9","9","So Jehoram and his officers and his men in chariots went to Edom. There, the army of Edom surrounded them. Jehoram escaped during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_10","015_21_10","2CH","21","10","10","But the king of Judah was never able to regain control of Edom, and Edom is still not controlled by Judah. The people in Libnah city between Judah and Philistia also rebelled against Judah. Those things happened because Jehoram turned away from obeying Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors belonged to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_11","015_21_11","2CH","21","11","11","On the hilltops in Judah he had also built shrines to worship idols, and had caused the people of Judah to stray away from Yahweh by worshiping foreign gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_12","015_21_12","2CH","21","12","12","One day, Jehoram received a letter from the prophet Elijah. Elijah had written this in the letter: “This is what Yahweh, the God whom your ancestor King David worshiped, says: 'You have not done things that please me like your father Jehoshaphat did or what King Asa did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_13","015_21_13","2CH","21","13","13","Instead, you have continually done the evil things that the kings of Israel have done. You have encouraged the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to stop worshiping Yahweh, like the descendants of Ahab did. You have also murdered your own brothers, who were more righteous men than you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_14","015_21_14","2CH","21","14","14","So now Yahweh is about to very severely punish the people in your kingdom and even your own children and your wives and everything that you own. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_15","015_21_15","2CH","21","15","15","And you yourself will have an intestinal disease that will continue to become worse, and you will suffer from it until you die.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_16","015_21_16","2CH","21","16","16","Then Yahweh caused some men from the Philistia people-group and some Arabs who lived near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, where people from Ethiopia had settled, to become angry with Jehoram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_17","015_21_17","2CH","21","17","17","Their army invaded Judah and took away from Jerusalem all the valuable things that they found in the king’s palace, and even his sons and wives. His youngest son, Ahaziah, was the only one of his sons whom they did not take away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_18","015_21_18","2CH","21","18","18","After that happened, Yahweh caused Jehoram to be afflicted with an intestinal disease that no one could cure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_19","015_21_19","2CH","21","19","19","About two years later, while he was in great pain, he died because of that disease. The people of Judah had made bonfires to honor his ancestors when they died, but they did not make a bonfire for Jehoram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R221_20","015_21_20","2CH","21","20","20","Jehoram was 32 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eight years. No one was sorry when he died. His corpse was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, but he was not buried where the other kings of Judah had been buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_1","015_22_1","2CH","22","1","1","The people of Jerusalem appointed Jehoram’s youngest son Ahaziah as their king, because the men from Philistia who had invaded Judah with some Arabs had killed all of Jehoram’s other sons. So Ahaziah started to rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_2","015_22_2","2CH","22","2","2","Ahaziah was 22 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of King Omri of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_3","015_22_3","2CH","22","3","3","King Ahaziah conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done, because his mother encouraged him to do things that are evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_4","015_22_4","2CH","22","4","4","He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil, like the descendants of Ahab had done, because after Ahaziah’s father died, they became his advisors. And Ahaziah died as a result of heeding their bad advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_5","015_22_5","2CH","22","5","5","He also did what they advised when he went with Joram, the son of King Ahab of Israel, to fight against the army of Hazael, the king of Syria, at Ramoth-Gilead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_6","015_22_6","2CH","22","6","6","Then King Ahaziah went down to Jezreel city to see Joram, the son of King Ahab, because he had been wounded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_7","015_22_7","2CH","22","7","7","It was during that visit that God caused Ahaziah to die. When Ahaziah arrived, he went with Joram to meet Jehu, the son of Nimshi, whom Yahweh had appointed to kill all the descendants of Ahab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_8","015_22_8","2CH","22","8","8","While Jehu and the men who were with him were killing the descendants of Ahab, they found the leaders of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s relatives who had been working for Ahaziah, and they killed all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_9","015_22_9","2CH","22","9","9","Then Jehu went to find Ahaziah, and his soldiers found Ahaziah while he was hiding in Samaria city. They brought him to Jehu and executed him. Then they buried his corpse, because they said, “He deserves to be buried, because he was a descendant of Jehoshaphat, who tried hard to please Yahweh.” There were no descendants of Ahaziah who were powerful enough to become the kings of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_10","015_22_10","2CH","22","10","10","When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son had been killed, she commanded that all the members of Ahaziah’s family who might become king must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_11","015_22_11","2CH","22","11","11","But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Joash, Ahaziah’s very young son, away from the other sons of the king who were about to be murdered, and she hid him and his nursemaid in a bedroom in the temple. Because Jehosheba, who was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of the Supreme Priest Jehoiada, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid the child, with the result that Athaliah could not kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R222_12","015_22_12","2CH","22","12","12","He remained hidden there for six years while Athaliah ruled Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_1","015_23_1","2CH","23","1","1","After Joash had been hidden in the temple for six years, Jehoiada the priest decided that it was necessary to do something. So he made an agreement with the army commanders of groups of 100 soldiers: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zicri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_2","015_23_2","2CH","23","2","2","They went throughout Judah and gathered the descendants of Levi and the leaders of Israeli families from all the towns. When they came to Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_3","015_23_3","2CH","23","3","3","the whole group went to the temple and made an agreement with the young king there. Jehoiada said to them, “This is the son of the previous king of Judah. So he is the one who must rule, like Yahweh promised that the descendants of King David must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_4","015_23_4","2CH","23","4","4","“So this is what you must do: One-third of you priests and other descendants of Levi who are starting their work on the Sabbath day must guard the doors of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_5","015_23_5","2CH","23","5","5","One-third of you must guard the king’s palace, and one-third of you must guard the Foundation Gate. All the other people will be in the courtyards outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_6","015_23_6","2CH","23","6","6","Only the priests and the descendants of Levi who work there will enter the temple. They will be allowed to enter the temple because they are set apart for that work. All the others must remain in the courtyards, obeying what Yahweh has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_7","015_23_7","2CH","23","7","7","You descendants of Levi must stand around the young king, each of you with your weapon in your hand. Anyone else who tries to enter the temple you must kill. And stay close to the young king, wherever he goes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_8","015_23_8","2CH","23","8","8","So the descendants of Levi and all the men of Judah did what Jehoiada had told them. He did not allow anyone to go home after having finished his work on that Sabbath day. Each commander took charge of his men, the ones who were finishing their work on that day and those who were starting their work on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_9","015_23_9","2CH","23","9","9","Then Jehoiada gave each of the commanders the spears and the large and small shields that had been put there in the temple by King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_10","015_23_10","2CH","23","10","10","He commanded all the guards to stand in their positions, each with his sword in his hand, all around the king—around the altar and the temple, from the north side to the south side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_11","015_23_11","2CH","23","11","11","Then Jehoiada and his sons brought Joash out. They put a crown on his head and gave him a scroll on which were written the rules that the kings needed to obey, and proclaimed that he was now the king. They anointed him with olive oil and shouted, “We hope that the king will live for many years!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_12","015_23_12","2CH","23","12","12","When Athaliah heard the noise being made by the people running toward the king and cheering, she ran to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_13","015_23_13","2CH","23","13","13","She saw the young king there, standing alongside the pillar at the entrance of the temple, which is the place at the temple where the kings usually stood. The army commanders and trumpet players were standing beside the king, and all the people of Judah were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and singers with their musical instruments were leading the people while they praised God. Then Athaliah tore her robes and started screaming, “You are committing treason!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_14","015_23_14","2CH","23","14","14","Jehoiada the Supreme Priest said to the army commanders, “Kill her, but do not kill her at the temple of Yahweh!” Then he said to them, “Bring Athaliah out in front of the troops and kill anyone who tries to follow her!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_15","015_23_15","2CH","23","15","15","She tried to flee, but they seized her as she reached the gate where horses enter the palace area, and they killed her there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_16","015_23_16","2CH","23","16","16","Then Jehoiada made an agreement that he and the king and all the other people would be Yahweh’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_17","015_23_17","2CH","23","17","17","Then all the people who were there went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars of Baal. They also killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of those altars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_18","015_23_18","2CH","23","18","18","Then Jehoiada appointed the priests, who were also descended from Levi, to work at the temple. They were part of the group to whom King David had given various jobs at the temple, to sacrifice the animals that were to be completely burned on the altar, doing what was written in the laws that Moses had given to them. He also told them to rejoice and sing, which was also what David had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_19","015_23_19","2CH","23","19","19","He also put guards at the gates of the temple in order that anyone who was unacceptable to God would not be allowed to enter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_20","015_23_20","2CH","23","20","20","Jehoiada took with him the army commanders, the important men, the leaders and many others, and brought the king down from the temple. They went into the palace through the Upper Gate, and put the king on his throne. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R223_21","015_23_21","2CH","23","21","21","Then all the people of Judah rejoiced. And there was calm throughout the city, because Athaliah had been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_1","015_24_1","2CH","24","1","1","Joash was seven years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 40 years. His mother’s name was Zibiah; she was from Beersheba city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_2","015_24_2","2CH","24","2","2","Joash did what pleased Yahweh as long as Jehoiada was the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_3","015_24_3","2CH","24","3","3","Jehoiada chose two women to be Joash’s wives. And they bore Joash sons and daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_4","015_24_4","2CH","24","4","4","Some years later, Joash decided that the temple should be repaired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_5","015_24_5","2CH","24","5","5","He summoned the priests and other descendants of Levi and said to them, “Go to the towns in Judah and collect from the people the tax money that they are required to pay each year, and use that money to pay for repairing the temple. Do it immediately.” But the descendants of Levi did not do it immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_6","015_24_6","2CH","24","6","6","So the king summoned Jehoiada and said to him, “Why have you not required the descendants of Levi to bring to Jerusalem from various places in Judah the annual/yearly tax that Moses said that the people of Judah must pay, for taking care of the Sacred Tent?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_7","015_24_7","2CH","24","7","7","The temple needed to be repaired because the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had entered into the temple and had wrecked some of the things, and had also used some of the sacred items that were in it for the worship of Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_8","015_24_8","2CH","24","8","8","So, obeying what the king commanded, the descendants of Levi made a chest and placed it outside the temple, at one of the entrances. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_9","015_24_9","2CH","24","9","9","Then the king sent letters everywhere in Judah, requesting everyone to bring their tax money to the temple, like Moses had required the Israeli people to do when they were in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_10","015_24_10","2CH","24","10","10","All the officials and the other people agreed, and they brought their contributions gladly. They put the money into the chest until it was full. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_11","015_24_11","2CH","24","11","11","Whenever the descendants of Levi brought the chest to the king’s officials, and they saw that there was a lot of money in it, the king’s secretary and the assistant to the Supreme Priest would take all the money from the chest, and then put the chest back in its place. They did this frequently, and they collected a huge amount of money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_12","015_24_12","2CH","24","12","12","The king and Jehoiada gave the money to the men who were supervising the work of repairing the temple. Those men hired stoneworkers and carpenters to repair the temple. They also hired men who worked with iron and bronze to repair things in the temple that were broken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_13","015_24_13","2CH","24","13","13","The men who did the repair work worked hard, and the work of repairing the temple progressed. They rebuilt the temple so that it was like it was originally, and they even made it stronger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_14","015_24_14","2CH","24","14","14","When they had finished the repair work, they brought to the king and to Jehoiada the money that they had not used for the repairs. That money was used to make things to use for offering the sacrifices that were completely burned on the altar, and to make bowls and other gold and silver things for the temple. As long as Joash lived, the people continually brought to the temple sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_15","015_24_15","2CH","24","15","15","Jehoiada lived to become very old. He died when he was 130 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_16","015_24_16","2CH","24","16","16","He was buried where the kings had been buried, in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. He was buried there because of the good things that he had done in Judah for God and for God’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_17","015_24_17","2CH","24","17","17","After Jehoiada died, the leaders of Judah went to Joash, bowed in front of him, and persuaded him to do what they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_18","015_24_18","2CH","24","18","18","So they and the other people stopped worshiping at the temple, and they started worshiping the poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah and other idols. Because of their doing those sinful things, God was very angry with the people of Jerusalem and with the people in other places in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_19","015_24_19","2CH","24","19","19","Although Yahweh sent prophets to persuade them to return to him, and although the prophets told them about the evil things that they had done, the people would not pay attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_20","015_24_20","2CH","24","20","20","Then God’s Spirit came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the Supreme Priest. He stood up front of the people and said, “This is what God says: ‘Why are you disobeying what I, Yahweh, have commanded? You have abandoned me, so I will abandon you.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_21","015_24_21","2CH","24","21","21","But the people planned to kill Zechariah. And the king joined them in doing it. The people killed Zechariah by throwing stones at him in the temple courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_22","015_24_22","2CH","24","22","22","King Joash had forgotten about how Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had been kind to him. That’s why he gave orders for the people to kill Jehoiada’s son Zechariah, who said as he was dying, “I hope that Yahweh will see what you are doing to me and punish you for doing it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_23","015_24_23","2CH","24","23","23","Near the end of that year (OR, early in the following year), the army of Syria marched to attack the army of Joash. They invaded Judah and attacked Jerusalem and killed all the leaders of the people. They seized many valuable things and sent them to their king in Damascus, their capital city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_24","015_24_24","2CH","24","24","24","The army of Syria that came to Judah was very small, but Yahweh allowed them to defeat the large army of Judah, because he was punishing Joash and the other people of Judah for having abandoned him, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_25","015_24_25","2CH","24","25","25","Before the battle ended, Joash was severely wounded. Then his officials decided to kill him for murdering Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the Supreme Priest. They killed him while he was in his bed. He was buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’, but they did not bury him in the place where the other kings had been buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_26","015_24_26","2CH","24","26","26","Those who conspired to kill him were Zabad the son of Shimeath, who was a woman from the Ammon people-group, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith, who was a woman from the Moab people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R224_27","015_24_27","2CH","24","27","27","An account of the things that were done by the sons of Joash and the many prophecies about Joash and what he did to repair the temple are written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’. Then after Joash died, Amaziah his son became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_1","015_25_1","2CH","25","1","1","Amaziah was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Jehoaddin; she was from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_2","015_25_2","2CH","25","2","2","Amaziah did many things that pleased Yahweh, but he did not do them enthusiastically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_3","015_25_3","2CH","25","3","3","As soon as he was in complete control of his kingdom, he caused to be executed the officials who had murdered his father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_4","015_25_4","2CH","25","4","4","But he did not command their sons to be executed; he obeyed what was in the laws that Moses had written. In those laws Yahweh had commanded, “People must not be executed because of what their children have done, and children must not be executed for what their parents have done. People must be executed only for the sins that they themselves have committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_5","015_25_5","2CH","25","5","5","Amaziah summoned the men of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to come to Jerusalem, and there he put them in groups, each clan in a group by themselves. Then he appointed officers to command each group. Some officers commanded 100 men and some commanded 1,000 men. They counted the men who were at least 20 years old; altogether there were 300,000 men. They were all men who were prepared to be in the army, and able to fight well, using spears and shields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_6","015_25_6","2CH","25","6","6","Amaziah also hired 100,000 capable soldiers from Israel and paid almost four tons of silver for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_7","015_25_7","2CH","25","7","7","But a prophet came to him and said, “Your majesty, you must not allow those soldiers from Israel to march with your soldiers, because Yahweh does not help the people of the tribe of Ephraim or from anywhere else in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_8","015_25_8","2CH","25","8","8","Even if your soldiers go and fight courageously in battles, God will cause your enemies to defeat you; do not forget that God has the power to help armies or to cause them to be defeated.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_9","015_25_9","2CH","25","9","9","Amaziah asked that prophet, “If I do that, what about the huge amount of silver that I paid to hire those soldiers from Israel?” The prophet replied, “Yahweh is able to pay you back more money than you paid to hire those soldiers.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_10","015_25_10","2CH","25","10","10","So Amaziah told those soldiers from Israel to return home. They left to go home, but they were very angry with the king of Judah for not allowing them to stay and fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_11","015_25_11","2CH","25","11","11","Then Amaziah became brave, and he led his army to the Salt Valley. There they killed 10,000 men from the Edom people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_12","015_25_12","2CH","25","12","12","The army of Judah also captured 10,000 others, and took them to the top of a cliff and threw them all down over the cliff, with the result that their corpses were all smashed to pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_13","015_25_13","2CH","25","13","13","While that was happening, the soldiers from Israel whom Amaziah had sent home after not allowing them to fight along with his soldiers, raided cities and towns in Judea, from Samaria city to Beth-Horon town. They killed 3,000 people and took away a great amount of valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_14","015_25_14","2CH","25","14","14","When Amaziah returned to Jerusalem after his army had slaughtered the soldiers from Edom, he brought the idols that were worshiped by the people of Edom. He set them up to be his own gods. Then he bowed down to worship them and offered sacrifices to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_15","015_25_15","2CH","25","15","15","Because of that, Yahweh was very angry with Amaziah. He sent a prophet to him, who said, “Why do you worship these foreign gods that were not even able to save their own people when your army attacked them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_16","015_25_16","2CH","25","16","16","While he was still speaking, the king said to him, “We certainly did not appoint you to be one of my advisors. So stop talking! If you say anything more, I will tell my soldiers to kill you!” So the prophet said, “I know that God has determined to get rid of you, because you have begun to worship idols, and have not heeded my advice.” Then the prophet said nothing more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_17","015_25_17","2CH","25","17","17","Some time later Amaziah, the king of Judah, consulted his advisors. Then he sent a message to Jehoash, the king of Israel. He wrote, “Come here and let’s talk together.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_18","015_25_18","2CH","25","18","18","But Jehoash replied to King Amaziah, “One time a thistle growing in the mountains in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar tree saying, ‘Let your daughter marry my son.’ But a wild animal in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle under its feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_19","015_25_19","2CH","25","19","19","The meaning of what I am saying is that you are saying to yourself that your army has defeated the army of Edom, so you have become very proud. But you should stay at your home. It would not be good for you to cause trouble, which would result in you and your kingdom of Judah being destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_20","015_25_20","2CH","25","20","20","But Amaziah refused to heed Jehoash’s message. That happened because God wanted Jehoash’s army to defeat them, because they were worshiping the gods of Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_21","015_25_21","2CH","25","21","21","So Jehoash’s army attacked. Their two armies faced each other at Beth-Shemesh city in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_22","015_25_22","2CH","25","22","22","The army of Judah was badly defeated by the army of Israel, and all the soldiers of Judah fled to their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_23","015_25_23","2CH","25","23","23","King Jehoash’s army also captured King Amaziah there. Then he brought Amaziah to Jerusalem, and his soldiers tore down the wall that was around the city, from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate. That was a section that was about 600 feet long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_24","015_25_24","2CH","25","24","24","His soldiers also carried away the gold and silver and other valuable furnishings from the temple which the descendants of Obed-Edom had previously been guarding. They also took away the valuable things in the palace, and they took to Samaria some prisoners whom they had captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_25","015_25_25","2CH","25","25","25","King Jehoash of Israel died, and King Amaziah of Judah lived for 15 years after that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_26","015_25_26","2CH","25","26","26","An account of all the other things that Amaziah did while he was the king of Judah is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_27","015_25_27","2CH","25","27","27","From the time that Amaziah started to disobey Yahweh, some men in Jerusalem planned to kill him. He was able to escape to Lachish city, but those who wanted to kill him sent another group of people to Lachish and killed him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R225_28","015_25_28","2CH","25","28","28","They put his corpse on a horse and brought it back to Jerusalem and buried it where his ancestors had been buried in the part of Jerusalem called ‘The City of David’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_1","015_26_1","2CH","26","1","2","After King Amaziah died, all the people of Judah appointed his son Uzziah, who then was 16 years old, as their king. One of the things that happened while he was the king was that his men captured Elath town on the Gulf of Aqaba and rebuilt it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_3","015_26_3","2CH","26","3","3","Uzziah ruled in Jerusalem for 52 years. His mother was Jecoliah; she was from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_4","015_26_4","2CH","26","4","4","Uzziah did things that Yahweh considered to be good, like his father Amaziah had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_5","015_26_5","2CH","26","5","5","He tried to please God while the priest Zechariah was living, because Zechariah taught him to revere God. As long as Uzziah tried to please God, God enabled him to be successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_6","015_26_6","2CH","26","6","6","Uzziah and his army started to fight against the army of Philistia. They tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod cities. Then they rebuilt the towns near Ashdod and in other places in Philistia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_7","015_26_7","2CH","26","7","7","God helped them to fight the army of Philistia and the Arabs who lived in the town of Gur-Baal and the descendants of Meun who had come to that area from Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_8","015_26_8","2CH","26","8","8","Even the Ammon people-group paid taxes to Uzziah each year. So Uzziah became famous as far as the border of Egypt, because he had become very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_9","015_26_9","2CH","26","9","9","Uzziah’s workers built watchtowers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, at the Valley Gate, and at the place where the wall turns, and they placed weapons in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_10","015_26_10","2CH","26","10","10","They also built watchtowers in the desert and dug many wells. They did that to provide water for a lot of the king’s cattle that were in the foothills and in the plains. Uzziah liked farming, so he also stationed workers to take care of his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_11","015_26_11","2CH","26","11","11","Uzziah’s army was trained for fighting battles. They were in groups that were always ready to go into battle. Jeiel, the king’s secretary, and Maaseiah, one of the army officers, counted the men and placed them in groups. Hananiah, one of the king’s officials, was their commander. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_12","015_26_12","2CH","26","12","12","There were 2,600 leaders of those groups of soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_13","015_26_13","2CH","26","13","13","In the groups that those leaders commanded there were a total of 307,500 well-trained soldiers. It was a very powerful army which was ready to help the king fight against his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_14","015_26_14","2CH","26","14","14","Uzziah gave to each soldier a shield, a spear, a helmet, a vest made of iron plates, a bow and arrows, and a slingshot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_15","015_26_15","2CH","26","15","15","In Jerusalem his skilled workers made machines to put on the watchtowers and on the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows and to hurl large stones. He became very famous even in distant places, because God helped him very much and enabled him to become very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_16","015_26_16","2CH","26","16","16","But because Uzziah was very powerful, he became very proud, and that led to his being punished. He disobeyed what Yahweh his God had commanded. He went into the temple to burn incense on the altar where God had said that only the priests should burn incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_17","015_26_17","2CH","26","17","17","Azariah the Supreme Priest and 80 other brave priests followed him into the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_18","015_26_18","2CH","26","18","18","They rebuked him and said to him, “Uzziah, it is not right for you to burn incense to honor Yahweh. That duty is only for the priests, those who are descendants of Aaron our first Supreme Priest! You must leave immediately, because you have disobeyed Yahweh our God, and he will not honor you for what you have done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_19","015_26_19","2CH","26","19","19","Uzziah had in his hand a pan for burning incense. He became very angry with the priests, but suddenly there was leprosy on his forehead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_20","015_26_20","2CH","26","20","20","When Azariah the Supreme Priest and all the other priests who were there looked at him, they saw the leprosy on his forehead, so they quickly took him outside. And truly the king was eager to leave the temple, because he knew that it was Yahweh who had caused him to have that leprosy, and he did not want it to become worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_21","015_26_21","2CH","26","21","21","King Uzziah had leprosy until he died. And because he had leprosy, he lived in a house that was not near other houses, and he was not allowed to enter the courtyard of the temple. His son Jotham supervised the palace and ruled the people of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_22","015_26_22","2CH","26","22","22","A record of all the other things that Uzziah did while he was the king of Judah was written by the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R226_23","015_26_23","2CH","26","23","23","Because Uzziah was a leper, when he died, they would not bury him in the tombs where the other kings were buried. Instead, he was buried in a nearby cemetery that the kings owned. Then his son Jotham became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_1","015_27_1","2CH","27","1","1","Jotham was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His mother was Jerushah, the daughter of the priest Zadok. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_2","015_27_2","2CH","27","2","2","Jotham did many things that pleased Yahweh like his father Uzziah did. He obeyed Yahweh and did things that are right. He did many things that his father Uzziah had done, but he did not burn incense in the temple, like his father had done. However, the people of Judah continued to sin against Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_3","015_27_3","2CH","27","3","3","Jotham’s workers rebuilt the Upper Gate of the temple, and they did a lot of work to repair the wall near Ophel Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_4","015_27_4","2CH","27","4","4","They built towns in the hills of Judah, and they built forts and defense towers in the forests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_5","015_27_5","2CH","27","5","5","During the time that Jotham was the king of Judah, his army attacked and defeated the army of the Ammon people-group. Then, every year during the next three years, he required the Anmon people-group to pay to him four tons of silver, 60,000 bushels of wheat, and 60,000 bushels of barley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_6","015_27_6","2CH","27","6","6","Jotham faithfully obeyed Yahweh his God, and as a result he became a very powerful king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_7","015_27_7","2CH","27","7","7","A record of everything else that Jotham did during the time that he was the king, including the wars that his army fought, is written in the scroll called ‘the History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_8","015_27_8","2CH","27","8","8","After Jotham had ruled Judah for 16 years, he died when he was 41 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R227_9","015_27_9","2CH","27","9","9","He was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Ahaz became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_1","015_28_1","2CH","28","1","1","Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_2","015_28_2","2CH","28","2","2","and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_3","015_28_3","2CH","28","3","3","He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even killed some of his own sons and offered them as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_4","015_28_4","2CH","28","4","4","Ahaz offered sacrifices to idols at shrines on hilltops and under every big green tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_5","015_28_5","2CH","28","5","5","Therefore Yahweh his God allowed his army to be defeated by the army of the king of Syria. They captured many soldiers of Judah and took them as prisoners to Damascus. The army of the king of Israel also defeated the army of Judah and killed very many of their soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_6","015_28_6","2CH","28","6","6","In one day the army of Remaliah’s son, King Pekah of Israel, killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah. That happened because the people of Judah had abandoned Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_7","015_28_7","2CH","28","7","7","Zicri, a warrior from the tribe of Ephraim, killed king Ahaz’s son Maaseiah, Azrikam the officer in charge of the palace, and Elkanah, the king’s assistant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_8","015_28_8","2CH","28","8","8","The soldiers of Israel captured 200,000 of the people of Judah, including many wives and sons and daughters of the soldiers of Judah. They also seized and took back to Samaria many valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_9","015_28_9","2CH","28","9","9","But a prophet of Yahweh whose name was Obed was there in Samaria. He went out of the city to meet the army when it returned to Samaria. He said to them, “Because Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors belonged to, was angry with the people of Judah, he allowed you to defeat them. But God has seen the cruel way that you slaughtered them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_10","015_28_10","2CH","28","10","10","And now you want to sin by causing men and women from Judah to become your slaves, but you have certainly also sinned against Yahweh our God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_11","015_28_11","2CH","28","11","11","So listen to me! Send back to Judah your fellow-countrymen whom you have captured, because Yahweh is extremely angry with you for what you did to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_12","015_28_12","2CH","28","12","12","Then some of the leaders of the tribe of Ephraim—Azariah the son of Jehohanan, Berekiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai—rebuked those who were returning from the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_13","015_28_13","2CH","28","13","13","They said to them, “You must not bring those prisoners here! If you do that, Yahweh will consider that we are guilty of sinning. We are already guilty of committing many sins; do you want to cause us to be even more guilty by committing another sin? God is already very angry with us people of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_14","015_28_14","2CH","28","14","14","So, while their leaders and others were watching, the soldiers released the prisoners, and also gave back to them the valuable things that they had captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_15","015_28_15","2CH","28","15","15","The leaders who were selected took some of the clothes that the soldiers had taken from the prisoners and gave those clothes back to the people who were naked. They also gave to the prisoners sandals and other clothes and things to eat and drink, and they gave them olive oil to rub on their wounds. They gave donkeys to those who were very weak, in order that they could ride on them. Then they led them all to Jericho, the city that had many palm trees. Then those leaders of Israel returned to Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_16","015_28_16","2CH","28","16","16","About that time, King Ahaz sent a message to the king of Assyria requesting help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_17","015_28_17","2CH","28","17","17","He did that because the army from the Edom people-group had come again and attacked Judah and taken away many of the people of Judah as prisoners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_18","015_28_18","2CH","28","18","18","At the same time, men from Philistia had raided/attacked towns in the foothills and in the southern desert of Judah. They had captured Beth-Shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth cities, as well as Soco, Timnah and Gimzo towns and the nearby villages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_19","015_28_19","2CH","28","19","19","Yahweh allowed those things to happen in order to humble king Ahaz, because he had encouraged the people of Judah to do wicked things and had disobeyed Yahweh very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_20","015_28_20","2CH","28","20","20","Tiglath-Pileser, the king of Assyria, sent his army saying that they would help Ahaz, but instead of helping him, they caused him to experience trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_21","015_28_21","2CH","28","21","21","Ahaz’s soldiers took some of the valuable things from the temple and from the king’s palace and from other leaders of Judah and sent them to the king of Assyria to pay him to help them, but the king of Assyria refused to help Ahaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_22","015_28_22","2CH","28","22","22","While King Ahaz was experiencing those troubles, he disobeyed Yahweh even more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_23","015_28_23","2CH","28","23","23","He offered sacrifices to the gods that were worshiped in Damascus, whose army had defeated his army. He thought, “The gods that are worshiped by the kings of Syria have helped them, so I will offer sacrifices to those gods in order that they will help me.” But worshiping those gods caused Ahaz and all of Israel to be ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_24","015_28_24","2CH","28","24","24","Ahaz gathered all the furnishings that were used in the temple and broke them into pieces. He locked the doors of the temple and set up altars for worshiping idols at every street corner in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_25","015_28_25","2CH","28","25","25","In every town in Judah, his workers built shrines to burn sacrifices to other gods, and that caused Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped, to be very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_26","015_28_26","2CH","28","26","26","A record of the other things that Ahaz did while he was the king, from when he started to rule until he died, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R228_27","015_28_27","2CH","28","27","27","Ahaz died and was buried in Jerusalem, but he was not buried in the tombs where the other kings had been buried. Then his son Hezekiah became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_1","015_29_1","2CH","29","1","1","Hezekiah was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 29 years. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of a man whose name was Zechariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_2","015_29_2","2CH","29","2","2","Hezekiah did things that Yahweh considered to be right, like his ancestor King David had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_3","015_29_3","2CH","29","3","3","During March of the first year that Hezekiah was ruling Judah, he unlocked the doors of the temple, and his workers repaired them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_4","015_29_4","2CH","29","4","4","Then he gathered the priests and other descendants of Levi in the area on the east side of the temple, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_5","015_29_5","2CH","29","5","5","and he said to them, “You descendants of Levi, listen to me! Consecrate yourselves. And then consecrate the temple of Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped/belonged to. Remove from the temple all the things that are not pleasing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_6","015_29_6","2CH","29","6","6","Our ancestors disobeyed God; they did many things that he considered to be evil, things that were not pleasing to him. They abandoned this place where Yahweh lives, and they have turned away from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_7","015_29_7","2CH","29","7","7","They locked the doors of the temple and extinguished the lamps. They did not burn any incense, and they did not offer any sacrifices that were to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_8","015_29_8","2CH","29","8","8","Therefore, Yahweh has become very angry with us people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, and he has caused other people to become frightened and horrified when they hear what Yahweh did to punish us. And they ridicule us. You know this very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_9","015_29_9","2CH","29","9","9","That is why our fathers have been killed in battles, and our sons and daughters and our wives have been captured and taken to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_10","015_29_10","2CH","29","10","10","But now I intend to make an agreement with Yahweh, our God, in order that he will no longer be angry with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_11","015_29_11","2CH","29","11","11","You who are like my sons, do not waste any time. Do immediately what Yahweh wants you to do. Yahweh has chosen you to stand in his presence and offer sacrifices and burn incense.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_12","015_29_12","2CH","29","12","12","Then these descendants of Levi started to work in the temple: From the descendants of Kohath there were Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah. From the descendants of Merari there were Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel. From the descendants of Gershon there were Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_13","015_29_13","2CH","29","13","13","From the descendants of Elizaphan there were Shimri and Jeiel. From the descendants of Asaph there were Zechariah and Mattaniah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_14","015_29_14","2CH","29","14","14","From the descendants of Heman there were Jehiel and Shimei. From the descendants of Jeduthun there were Shemaiah and Uzziel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_15","015_29_15","2CH","29","15","15","When those men had gathered their fellow descendants of Levi and had consecrated themselves, they entered the temple in order to consecrate it. That was what the king had commanded them to do, and they were also obeying what Yahweh had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_16","015_29_16","2CH","29","16","16","The priests entered the temple to consecrate it. They brought out into the courtyard of the temple everything that they had found in the temple that was not pleasing to Yahweh. Then the descendants of Levi took those things down to the Kidron Valley and burned them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_17","015_29_17","2CH","29","17","17","The priests and other descendants of Levi started this work on the first day of March and finished purifying the courtyard of the temple on the eighth day of that month, and they finished purifying the temple one week later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_18","015_29_18","2CH","29","18","18","Then they went to King Hezekiah and reported, “We have purified all parts of the temple, and the altar where sacrifices are completely burned, and all the items used at the altar, the table on which the priests place the sacred bread, and the things used at that table. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_19","015_29_19","2CH","29","19","19","While Ahaz was our king, he disobeyed what Yahweh had commanded, and he removed from the temple many things that should be there, but now we have brought them back and placed them in front of the sacred altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_20","015_29_20","2CH","29","20","20","Early the next morning, King Hezekiah gathered together the city officials, and they went to the courtyard of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_21","015_29_21","2CH","29","21","21","They took with them seven bulls, seven rams, seven male lambs, and seven male goats to be an offering in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins of all the people in the kingdom of Judah, and in order to purify the temple. The king commanded that the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, should offer those animals to be sacrificed to Yahweh on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_22","015_29_22","2CH","29","22","22","So first the priests slaughtered those bulls, and took their blood and sprinkled it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled their blood on the altar. Then they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled their blood on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_23","015_29_23","2CH","29","23","23","The goats that were slaughtered to be an offering in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins of the people were brought to the king and the others who were there. Then the king and those who were present laid their hands on those goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_24","015_29_24","2CH","29","24","24","Then the priests slaughtered those goats and splashed their blood on the altar in order that Yahweh would forgive the sins that all the Israeli people had committed. The priests did that because the king had commanded that offerings that would be completely burned on the altar and other sacrifices should be made for all the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_25","015_29_25","2CH","29","25","25","The king then told the descendants of Levi to stand in the temple with their cymbals and harps and lyres, obeying what David and his prophets Gad and Nathan had commanded. Those were things that Yahweh had told his prophets that the descendants of Levi should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_26","015_29_26","2CH","29","26","26","So the descendants of Levi went and stood in the temple, ready to play the musical instruments that King David had given to them. And the priests were ready to blow their trumpets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_27","015_29_27","2CH","29","27","27","Then Hezekiah told some of the priests to burn the animals that would be sacrificed on the altar. When they started to burn the animals, the people started to sing to praise Yahweh, while the other descendants of Levi were playing their instruments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_28","015_29_28","2CH","29","28","28","All the people who were there bowed to worship Yahweh, while the singers sang and the trumpeters blew their trumpets. They continued to do this until they had finished slaughtering all the animals that would be completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_29","015_29_29","2CH","29","29","29","When they finished making those offerings, the king and all those who were there knelt down and worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_30","015_29_30","2CH","29","30","30","Then King Hezekiah and his officials commanded the descendants of Levi to praise Yahweh, singing the songs composed/written by David and Asaph the prophet. So they sang songs joyfully and bowed their heads to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_31","015_29_31","2CH","29","31","31","Then Hezekiah said, “You have now dedicated yourselves to Yahweh. So come close to the temple and bring animals to be sacrificed and other offerings to thank Yahweh for what he has done for you.” And those who wanted to bring animals to be completely burned on the altar brought them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_32","015_29_32","2CH","29","32","32","Altogether they brought 70 bulls, 100 rams, and 200 male lambs to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_33","015_29_33","2CH","29","33","33","The other animals that they brought were 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep and goats that were set apart to be sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_34","015_29_34","2CH","29","34","34","But there were not enough priests to remove the skins from the animals that would be completely burned on the altar. So their fellow descendants of Levi helped them until that work was finished, and until other priests had purified/consecrated themselves to do that work. It was necessary for them to do that because many of the priests had not yet performed the rituals to consecrate themselves for that work, like the descendants of Levi had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_35","015_29_35","2CH","29","35","35","In addition to the all the offerings that were completely burned on the altar, the priests also burned the fat of the other animals that were sacrificed to maintain good fellowship with Yahweh, and the usual wine offerings. So the worship at the temple began again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R229_36","015_29_36","2CH","29","36","36","And Hezekiah and all the other people of Judah celebrated, because God had enabled them to do all those things very quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_1","015_30_1","2CH","30","1","3","The king and his officials and all the other people who had gathered in Jerusalem wanted to celebrate the Passover Festival. But they were not able to celebrate it at the usual time, because many of the priests had still not performed the rituals to purify themselves; therefore they were not allowed to do serve in the festival. Also, everyone had still not come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. So they decided to celebrate it one month later than usual. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_4","015_30_4","2CH","30","4","4","The king and all the other people who had gathered thought that was a good plan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_5","015_30_5","2CH","30","5","5","So they decided to send messages to all the towns in Judah and in Israel, from Beersheba in the far south to Dan in the far north, including towns in the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, to invite people to come to the temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped/belonged to. Many of the people had not previously celebrated that festival, even though it had been written in the laws of Moses that they should do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_6","015_30_6","2CH","30","6","6","Obeying what the king commanded, messengers went throughout Judah and Israel, taking messages that had been written by the king and his officials. This is what they wrote: “You Israeli people, you who survived after being slaves of the kings of Assyria, return to Yahweh, the God whom our great ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob worshiped/belonged to, in order that he may return to you. Your fathers and brothers did not faithfully obey Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_7","015_30_7","2CH","30","7","7","Do not act like they did, because what they did caused other people to become disgusted with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_8","015_30_8","2CH","30","8","8","Do not be stubborn as our ancestors were. Do what Yahweh desires. Come to Jerusalem to the temple, which he has set apart forever. Do what pleases Yahweh our God, in order that he will no longer be angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_9","015_30_9","2CH","30","9","9","If you return to Yahweh, the people who have captured our brothers and sisters and our children will be kind to them, and allow them to return to this land. Do not forget that Yahweh our God is kind and merciful. If you return to him, he will no longer reject you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_10","015_30_10","2CH","30","10","10","The messengers went to all the towns in the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far north as the tribe of Zebulun, and gave them this message, but most of the people there scorned them and ridiculed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_11","015_30_11","2CH","30","11","11","But some of the people of the tribes of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_12","015_30_12","2CH","30","12","12","Also in Judah God motivated the people to be united in wanting to do what Yahweh wanted them to do, which is what the king and his officials had told them to do in the message that they sent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_13","015_30_13","2CH","30","13","13","So a huge crowd of people gathered in Jerusalem in May, to celebrate the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_14","015_30_14","2CH","30","14","14","They removed the altars of Baal in Jerusalem and took away the altars for burning incense to honor other gods, and burned them in Kidron Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_15","015_30_15","2CH","30","15","15","They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of that month. Some of the priests and the other descendants of Levi were ashamed because they had not performed the rituals to cause them to be acceptable to work for Yahweh. So they performed those rituals, and brought to the temple animals to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_16","015_30_16","2CH","30","16","16","Then they stood at the places where Moses had written in his laws that they should stand. Then the descendants of Levi gave to the priests bowls containing blood of the animals that were being sacrificed, and the priests sprinkled the altar with some of the blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_17","015_30_17","2CH","30","17","17","Many people in the crowd had not purified themselves, and therefore they were not able to kill the lambs and dedicate them to Yahweh. So it was necessary for the descendants of Levi to kill the lambs for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_18","015_30_18","2CH","30","18","18","Although most of the people who had come from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Issachar had not purified themselves, they ate the food of the Passover Festival anyway, ignoring the rules written by Moses. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying “Yahweh, you always do what is good; I pray that you will forgive everyone ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_19","015_30_19","2CH","30","19","19","who sincerely wants to honor you, the God whom our ancestors worshiped, even if they have not purified themselves by obeying the sacred laws that you gave to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_20","015_30_20","2CH","30","20","20","And Yahweh heard what Hezekiah prayed; he forgave the people, and did not punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_21","015_30_21","2CH","30","21","21","The Israeli people who were there in Jerusalem celebrated the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread for seven days. They rejoiced greatly as they celebrated, while the priests and other descendants of Levi sang to Yahweh every day, and played musical instruments to praise God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_22","015_30_22","2CH","30","22","22","Hezekiah thanked all the descendants of Levi for doing this work for Yahweh, and for very skillfully leading the people who were worshiping. For those seven days the people ate the Passover food and brought offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh and praised Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors belonged to/had worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_23","015_30_23","2CH","30","23","23","Then the whole group decided to celebrate for seven more days, so they did: They celebrated joyfully for seven more days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_24","015_30_24","2CH","30","24","24","King Hezekiah provided 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep to be slaughtered for the people to eat during the festival, and the officials also gave them 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep and goats. Many priests consecrated themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_25","015_30_25","2CH","30","25","25","All the people of Judah rejoiced, including the priests and other descendants of Levi and all the people from Israel who had come, and including some from other countries who were living in Israel and some from other countries who were living in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_26","015_30_26","2CH","30","26","26","Everyone in Jerusalem was very joyful, because nothing like this had happened in Jerusalem since the time when David’s son Solomon was the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R230_27","015_30_27","2CH","30","27","27","The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood up to bless the people, and God heard them in heaven, the holy place where he lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_1","015_31_1","2CH","31","1","1","After the festival ended, the Israelis who were there went to all the towns in Judah and smashed the stones/pillars for worshiping idols, and cut down the poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah. They destroyed the shrines on the hilltops and the altars of Baal throughout the areas where the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived, and also in the areas of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. After destroying all of them, they returned to their own towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_2","015_31_2","2CH","31","2","2","Hezekiah divided the priests and other descendants of Levi into groups. He appointed some of the groups to offer sacrifices that would be completely burned on the altar and offerings to maintain fellowship with Yahweh. He appointed some groups to do other work at the temple: some to lead the people in their worship, some to thank Yahweh, and some to sing songs to praise to Yahweh at the gates of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_3","015_31_3","2CH","31","3","3","The king contributed some of his own funds to buy animals that would be sacrificed in the morning and in the evening of each day, and on the Sabbath days, to celebrate the new moons, and during the other feasts, according to what was written in the laws that Yahweh gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_4","015_31_4","2CH","31","4","4","Hezekiah told the people living in Jerusalem to give to the priests and the other descendants of Levi the portions of meat that should be given to them, in order that they could devote all their time to obeying the laws of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_5","015_31_5","2CH","31","5","5","As soon as he told that to the people, they generously gave the first part of their harvest of grain, and the first part of the new wine that they produced, and olive oil and honey, and of the crops that grew in their fields. They brought to the temple a tenth of all their crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_6","015_31_6","2CH","31","6","6","The men of Israel and Judah who were living in various towns in Judah also brought a tenth of their cattle and sheep and goats, and a tenth of other things that they had dedicated to Yahweh their God, and they piled all those things in heaps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_7","015_31_7","2CH","31","7","7","They started to do that in May and finished doing it in September. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_8","015_31_8","2CH","31","8","8","When Hezekiah and his officials saw the heaps, they praised Yahweh and requested God to bless the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_9","015_31_9","2CH","31","9","9","But Hezekiah asked the priests and other descendants of Levi, “Why are these heaps of things here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_10","015_31_10","2CH","31","10","10","Then Azariah the Supreme Priest, a descendant of Zadok, replied, “Since the time that the people started to bring their offerings to the temple, we have had even more food than we need. This has happened because Yahweh has greatly blessed our fellow Israelis, with the result that all this is left over after we priests and other descendants of Levi took all that we need!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_11","015_31_11","2CH","31","11","11","Then Hezekiah ordered that they should prepare storerooms in the temple. So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_12","015_31_12","2CH","31","12","12","Then they brought into the storerooms all the tithes and offerings and the things dedicated to Yahweh which the people had brought. One of the descendants of Levi whose name was Conaniah was in charge of those things, and his younger brother Shimei was his assistant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_13","015_31_13","2CH","31","13","13","Those two men supervised Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath and Benaiah while they did the work. They were appointed by King Hezekiah; Azariah was in charge of everything that was done in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_14","015_31_14","2CH","31","14","14","Kore the son of Imnah, another descendant of Levi, who guarded the east gate of the temple, was in charge of the offerings to God that were made voluntarily. He distributed to the priests and other descendants of Levi the offerings and other things that were dedicated to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_15","015_31_15","2CH","31","15","15","Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in the towns where the priests lived. They distributed those things to the groups of their fellow priests; they distributed them to everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_16","015_31_16","2CH","31","16","16","They also distributed things to the males who were at least 30 years old, those whose names were written on the scrolls where lists of family names were written. They were males who were allowed to enter the temple to perform their tasks/work each day, the tasks that each group had been assigned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_17","015_31_17","2CH","31","17","17","The names of the priests were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written. They also distributed things to groups of other descendants of Levi, those who were at least 20 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_18","015_31_18","2CH","31","18","18","They included all their little children and wives and other sons and daughters whose names were on the scrolls where their clans’ names were written, because they also faithfully had dedicated themselves to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_19","015_31_19","2CH","31","19","19","Hezekiah also appointed other men to distribute portions of those offerings to the priests and other descendants of Levi who were living in the pasturelands around the towns in Judah. But they gave things only to those who were descendants of Aaron the first Supreme Priest, whose names were on the scrolls containing the names of their clans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_20","015_31_20","2CH","31","20","20","That is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He always faithfully did things that Yahweh his God considered to be right and good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R231_21","015_31_21","2CH","31","21","21","In everything that he did for the worship in the temple, and as he obeyed God’s laws and commands, he tried to find out what his God wanted, and he worked energetically. So he was successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_1","015_32_1","2CH","32","1","1","After King Hezekiah had obeyed Yahweh’s instructions and had done all those things, King Sennacherib of Assyria came with his army and invaded Judah. He commanded his soldiers to surround the cities that had walls around them, thinking that they would break through those walls and conquer those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_2","015_32_2","2CH","32","2","2","When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come with his army and that they intended to attack Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_3","015_32_3","2CH","32","3","4","he consulted with his officials and army leaders. They said among themselves, “Why should we allow the king of Assyria and his army to come and find plenty of water to drink?” So they decided to stop the water from flowing outside the city. So a large group of men gathered together and blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_5","015_32_5","2CH","32","5","5","Then they worked hard to repair all the sections of the city wall that had been broken, and they built watchtowers on the walls. They built another wall outside/around the wall that was already outside the city, and they strengthened the defenses on the sloping terraces on the east side of the area called ‘The City of David’. They also made a large number of weapons and shields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_6","015_32_6","2CH","32","6","6","Hezekiah appointed army commanders, and he gathered them in front of him in the square at one of the city gates, and he encouraged them by saying this to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_7","015_32_7","2CH","32","7","7","“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged on account of the king of Assyria and the huge army that is with him, because Yahweh is with us, and his power is greater than their power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_8","015_32_8","2CH","32","8","8","They have to rely on the power of humans, but we have Yahweh our God to help us and to fight battles for us.” So the people became more confident because of what Hezekiah, the king of Judah, said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_9","015_32_9","2CH","32","9","9","Later, when Sennacherib and all his soldiers were surrounding Lachish city, he sent some officers to Jerusalem to give this message to King Hezekiah and to all the people of Judah who were there: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_10","015_32_10","2CH","32","10","10","“I am Sennacherib, the great king of Assyria, and this is what I say: 'While you are staying in Jerusalem, my soldiers are surrounding the city. So why RHQ are you so confident? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_11","015_32_11","2CH","32","11","11","Hezekiah says to you, “Yahweh our God will save us from being defeated by the army of the king of Assyria,” but he is misleading you. He wants you to die from having no food or water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_12","015_32_12","2CH","32","12","12","Isn’t Hezekiah the one who told his men to get rid of your god Yahweh’s shrines and altars on the hilltops, saying to you people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, “You must worship at only one altar and burn sacrifices on only that altar”? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_13","015_32_13","2CH","32","13","14","'Do you people not know what I and my ancestors have done to all the people-groups in other countries? We destroyed them all, and none of the gods of those nations were ever able to prevent my troops from conquering them! So how can your god prevent my soldiers from conquering you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_15","015_32_15","2CH","32","15","15","So do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you like this. Do not believe what he says, because no god of any nation or kingdom has ever been able to rescue his people from being conquered by my army and the armies of my ancestors. So certainly your god will not be able to rescue you from my power' .” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_16","015_32_16","2CH","32","16","16","Sennacherib’s officers said more things to belittle Yahweh the God of the Israelis and Hezekiah, who served God well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_17","015_32_17","2CH","32","17","17","King Sennacherib wrote more letters insulting Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis belonged to/worshiped. He said things like this: “The gods worshiped by the people-groups in other countries did not rescue their people from my power. Similarly, the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my power.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_18","015_32_18","2CH","32","18","18","Then King Sennachereb’s officers shouted in the Hebrew language to the people who were on the wall, in order to cause them to be terrified, thinking that as a result the army of Assyria could capture the city without a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_19","015_32_19","2CH","32","19","19","They belittled the God worshiped by the people of Jerusalem as they belittled the gods of the other people-groups of the world—saying that they were only idols made by humans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_20","015_32_20","2CH","32","20","20","Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah cried out to God, praying about this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_21","015_32_21","2CH","32","21","21","And that night Yahweh sent an angel who killed all the soldiers of Assyria and their leaders and their officers in the place where the king of Assyria and his army had set up their tents. So the king of Assyria left and returned to his own country, very disgraced. And one day when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons struck him with their swords and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_22","015_32_22","2CH","32","22","22","That is how Yahweh rescued Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, and from their other enemies. Yahweh took care of them (OR, gave them peace) everywhere in the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_23","015_32_23","2CH","32","23","23","Many people brought offerings for Yahweh to Jerusalem, and also brought valuable gifts for King Hezekiah. And from that time, Hezekiah was highly respected/honored by the people of all the other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_24","015_32_24","2CH","32","24","24","About that time, Hezekiah became very ill. He was about to die. But he prayed to Yahweh, and Yahweh answered his prayer. He performed a miracle and healed Hezekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_25","015_32_25","2CH","32","25","25","But Hezekiah SYN was very proud, and he did not thank Yahweh for being kind to him. Therefore Yahweh was angry with him and and punished him and the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_26","015_32_26","2CH","32","26","26","Then Hezekiah said that he was sorry for being proud, and the people of Jerusalem also said that they were sorry for their sins. So Yahweh did not punish them during the remaining years that Hezekiah was their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_27","015_32_27","2CH","32","27","27","Hezekiah became very rich and was greatly honored. His workers made storerooms for his silver and gold, and for his very valuable stones, and for spices and shields and other valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_28","015_32_28","2CH","32","28","28","His workers also built buildings to store the grain and wine and olive oil that people produced and brought to him. They also made stalls for various kinds of cattle and pens for his flocks of sheep and goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_29","015_32_29","2CH","32","29","29","They built towns and acquired for the king many flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, because God had enabled him to become very rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_30","015_32_30","2CH","32","30","30","Hezekiah was the one who told his workers to block the place where the water flows out of the Gihon Spring, and to build a tunnel through which the water flowed to the west side of the area called ‘The City of David’. He was able to do everything that he wanted to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_31","015_32_31","2CH","32","31","31","But when messengers who were sent by the rulers of Babylon came and asked about the miracle that God had performed for him, God allowed Hezekiah to say what he himself wanted to say, in order to test whether or not Hezekiah would admit that God had performed a miracle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_32","015_32_32","2CH","32","32","32","A record of the other things that happened while Hezekiah was ruling, and the things that he did to please God, is on the scroll in which is written the vision that Yahweh gave to the prophet Isaiah. It is also written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah and Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R232_33","015_32_33","2CH","32","33","33","When Hezekiah died, he was buried in the tombs where the most respected kings of Judah were buried. Everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah honored him. Then his son Manasseh became the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_1","015_33_1","2CH","33","1","1","Manasseh was 12 years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 55 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_2","015_33_2","2CH","33","2","2","He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He imitated the disgusting things that were formerly done by the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled from Israel as his people advanced though the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_3","015_33_3","2CH","33","3","3","He commanded his workers to rebuild the shrines for worshiping idols that his father Hezekiah had destroyed. He told them to set up altars to honor the statues of Baal, and to make altars to honor the goddess Asherah. He bowed down to worship all the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_4","015_33_4","2CH","33","4","4","He directed his workers to build altars for foreign gods in the temple, about which Yahweh had said, “It is here in Jerusalem that I want people to worship me, forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_5","015_33_5","2CH","33","5","5","He directed that altars for worshiping all the stars be built in both of the courtyards outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_6","015_33_6","2CH","33","6","6","He even sacrificed some of his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_7","015_33_7","2CH","33","7","7","Manasseh took a carved idol that his workers had made and put it in the temple. That is the temple concerning which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, “My temple will be here in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen where I want people to worship me, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_8","015_33_8","2CH","33","8","8","If they will obey all the laws and decrees and regulations that I told Moses to give to them, I will not again force the Israeli people to leave this land that I gave to their ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_9","015_33_9","2CH","33","9","9","But Manasseh led the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to do things that are wrong, with the result that they did more evil than was done by the people in the people-groups that Yahweh had expelled as the Israeli people advanced through the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_10","015_33_10","2CH","33","10","10","Yahweh spoke to Manasseh and the people of Judah, but they paid no attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_11","015_33_11","2CH","33","11","11","So Yahweh caused the army commanders of Assyria and their soldiers to come to Jerusalem, and they captured Manasseh. They put a hook in his nose and put bronze chains on his feet and took him to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_12","015_33_12","2CH","33","12","12","There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors worshiped, and pleaded with Yahweh to help him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_13","015_33_13","2CH","33","13","13","When he prayed, Yahweh heard him and pitied him. So he allowed him to return to Jerusalem and to rule his kingdom again. Then Manasseh realized that Yahweh is an all-powerful God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_14","015_33_14","2CH","33","14","14","Later, Manasseh’s workers rebuilt the eastern section of the outer wall around Jerusalem, and they made it higher. That section extended from Gihon Spring north to the Fish Gate, and around the part of the city that they called Ophel Hill. Manasseh also appointed army officers to guard each of the cities in Judah that had walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_15","015_33_15","2CH","33","15","15","Manasseh’s workers removed from the temple the idols and the stone statues of gods of other nations. Manasseh also told them to remove the altars that they had previously built on Zion Hill and in other places in Jerusalem. He had all those things thrown out of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_16","015_33_16","2CH","33","16","16","Then he told them to repair the altar of Yahweh, and he offered sacrifices to restore fellowship with Yahweh and to thank him. And he told the people of Judah that they must worship only Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_17","015_33_17","2CH","33","17","17","The people continued to offer sacrifices on the hilltops, but only to Yahweh their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_18","015_33_18","2CH","33","18","18","The other things that happened while Manasseh was ruling, including his prayer to God and the messages from Yahweh that the prophets gave to him, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_19","015_33_19","2CH","33","19","19","What Manasseh prayed and how God pitied him because he pleaded to God, and also his sins and ways in which he disobeyed God, and the list of places where he built shrines and set up poles to honor the goddess Asherah and other idols before he humbled himself, are written in what the prophets wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_20","015_33_20","2CH","33","20","20","Manasseh died and was buried in his palace. Then his son Amon became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_21","015_33_21","2CH","33","21","21","Amon was 22 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for two years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_22","015_33_22","2CH","33","22","22","He did things that Yahweh considered to be evil, like his father Manasseh had done. Amon worshiped all the idols that Manasseh’s workers had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_23","015_33_23","2CH","33","23","23","But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_24","015_33_24","2CH","33","24","24","Then Amon’s officials made plans to kill him. They assassinated him in his palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R233_25","015_33_25","2CH","33","25","25","But then the people of Judah killed all those who had assassinated Amon, and they appointed his son Josiah to be their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_1","015_34_1","2CH","34","1","1","Josiah was eight years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 31 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_2","015_34_2","2CH","34","2","2","He did things that were pleasing to Yahweh and conducted his life like his ancestor King David had done. He fully obeyed IDM all the laws of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_3","015_34_3","2CH","34","3","3","When he had been ruling for almost eight years, while he was still a young man, he began to worship God like his ancestor King David had done. Four years later, he began to get rid of all the pagan shrines on hilltops in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah, and the poles to honor the goddess Asherah, and the carved idols and statues of gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_4","015_34_4","2CH","34","4","4","While he directed them, his workers tore down the altars where people worshiped Baal. They smashed the altars that were near those altars, where people burned incense. They smashed the poles tohonor the goddess Asherah and the idols and statues. They smashed them to bits and scattered the bits over the graves of those who had offered sacrifices to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_5","015_34_5","2CH","34","5","5","They burned the bones of the priests who had offered sacrifices; they burned them on their own altars. In that way Josiah caused Jerusalem and other places in Judah to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_6","015_34_6","2CH","34","6","6","In the towns in the tribes of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, and as far north as the tribe of Naphtali and in the ruins around all those towns, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_7","015_34_7","2CH","34","7","7","Josiah’s workers tore down the pagan altars and the poles to honor the goddess Asherah, and crushed the idols to powder. They also smashed to pieces all the altars for burning incense throughout Israel. Then Josiah returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_8","015_34_8","2CH","34","8","8","When Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years, he did something else to cause the land and the temple to be acceptable places to worship Yahweh. He sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah and Maaseiah the governor of the city and Joah the son of Joahaz, who wrote on a scroll what happened in the city, to repair the temple of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_9","015_34_9","2CH","34","9","9","They went to Hilkiah the Supreme Priest and gave him the money that had been brought to the temple. That was the money that the descendants of Levi who guarded the doors of the temple had collected from the people of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim and other places in northern Israel, and also from all the people in Jerusalem and other places in the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_10","015_34_10","2CH","34","10","10","Then Hilkiah gave some of the money to the men who had been appointed to supervise the work of repairing the temple. The supervisors paid the men who did the repair work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_11","015_34_11","2CH","34","11","11","They also gave some of the money to the carpenters and builders to buy the cut stones and the timber for the joists and the beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_12","015_34_12","2CH","34","12","12","The workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah, who were descendants of Levi’s son Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, who were descendants of Levi’s son Kohath. All the other descendants of Levi, those who played musical instruments well, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_13","015_34_13","2CH","34","13","13","supervised all the workers as they did their various jobs. Some of the descendants of Levi were secretaries and some kept records and some guarded the gates of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_14","015_34_14","2CH","34","14","14","While they were giving to the supervisors the money that had been taken to the temple, Hilkiah the Supreme Priest found a scroll on which were written the laws that Yahweh had told Moses to give to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_15","015_34_15","2CH","34","15","15","So Hilkiah said to Shaphan, “I have found in the temple a scroll on which are written the laws that God gave to Moses!” Then Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_16","015_34_16","2CH","34","16","16","Shaphan took the scroll to the king and said to him, “Your officials are doing everything that you told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_17","015_34_17","2CH","34","17","17","They have taken the money that was in the temple, and they have given it to the men who will supervise the workers who will repair the temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_18","015_34_18","2CH","34","18","18","Then Shaphan said to the king, “I have brought to you a scroll that  Hilkiah gave to me.” And Shaphan started to read it to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_19","015_34_19","2CH","34","19","19","When the king heard the laws that were written in the scroll, he tore his clothes because he was very dismayed/worried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_20","015_34_20","2CH","34","20","20","Then he gave these instructions to Hilkiah, to Shaphan’s son Ahikam, to Micah’s son Abdon, to Shaphan, and to Asaiah the king’s special advisor: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_21","015_34_21","2CH","34","21","21","“Go and ask Yahweh for me, and for all his people who are still alive in Judah and Israel, about what is written in this scroll that has been found. Because it is clear that Yahweh is very angry with us because our ancestors disobeyed what Yahweh said; they did not obey the laws that are written on this scroll.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_22","015_34_22","2CH","34","22","22","So Hilkiah and the others went to talk with a woman whose name was Huldah, who was a prophetess who lived in the newer part of Jerusalem. Her husband Shallum who was the son of Tikvah, took care of the robes that were worn in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_23","015_34_23","2CH","34","23","23","When they told her what the king had said, she said to them, “This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘Go back and tell the king who sent you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_24","015_34_24","2CH","34","24","24","that this is what Yahweh says: “Listen to this carefully. I am going to cause a disaster to strike Jerusalem and all the people who live here. I will cause them to experience the curses that were written in the scroll that was read to the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_25","015_34_25","2CH","34","25","25","I will do that because they have rejected me, and they burn incense to honor other gods. They have caused me to become very angry because of all the idols that they have made (OR, because of all the wicked things that they have done), and my anger is like a fire that will not be extinguished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_26","015_34_26","2CH","34","26","26","The king of Judah sent you to ask what I, Yahweh, want. Go and tell him that this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis worship, say about what you read: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_27","015_34_27","2CH","34","27","27","“Because you heeded what was written in the scroll, and you humbled yourself when you heard what I said to warn about what would happen to this city and the people who live here, and because you tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_28","015_34_28","2CH","34","28","28","So I will allow you to die and be buried peacefully. I will cause a great disaster to strike this place and the people who live here, but you will not be alive to see it.” ’ ” So they reported her reply to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_29","015_34_29","2CH","34","29","29","Then the king summoned all the elders of Jerusalem and other places in Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_30","015_34_30","2CH","34","30","30","They went up together to the temple with the leaders of Judah and many other people of Jerusalem and the priests and other descendants of Levi, from the least important to the most important ones. And while they listened, the king read to them everything that was in the scroll containing God’s laws that had been found in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_31","015_34_31","2CH","34","31","31","Then the king stood next to the pillar at the entrance to the temple, where kings stood when they announced something important, and while Yahweh was listening, he repeated his promise to very sincerely and completely obey Yahweh and all his commands and regulations and decrees that were written on the scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_32","015_34_32","2CH","34","32","32","Then the king said that everyone who lived in Jerusalem and from the tribe of Benjamin should promise that they also would obey those laws. And they did that, agreeing that they would keep the agreement that God, whom their ancestors had worshiped, had made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R234_33","015_34_33","2CH","34","33","33","Josiah instructed his workers to remove all the detestable idols from everywhere in the land of the Israeli people, and he commanded that all the people from Israel who were there should worship only Yahweh their God. And as long as Josiah was alive, the people did what was pleasing to Yahweh, the God whom their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_1","015_35_1","2CH","35","1","1","Josiah commanded that the people should celebrate the Passover Festival to honor Yahweh in Jerusalem. So they slaughtered the lambs for the Passover Festival at the end of March. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_2","015_35_2","2CH","35","2","2","Josiah assigned to the priests the tasks that they should perform at the temple and encouraged them to do their work well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_3","015_35_3","2CH","35","3","3","The other descendants of Levi were the ones who taught all the Israeli people; they had been dedicated to serve Yahweh. Josiah said to them, “Put the Sacred Chest in the temple that the workers of David’s son King Solomon of Israel built. But carry it on poles; do not carry it on your shoulders. And do your your work well for Yahweh your God and for his Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_4","015_35_4","2CH","35","4","4","Divide yourselves into clans, obeying the instructions that King David and his son Solomon wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_5","015_35_5","2CH","35","5","5","Then stand in the temple, with one group of the descendants of Levi to help each clan of the people when they bring their offerings to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_6","015_35_6","2CH","35","6","6","Slaughter the lambs for the Passover Festival. Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh for doing this work. Prepare the sacrifices, doing what Yahweh told Moses to tell you that you should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_7","015_35_7","2CH","35","7","7","Josiah provided from his own flocks and herds 30,000 sheep and goats for the Passover sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_8","015_35_8","2CH","35","8","8","His officials also voluntarily contributed animals for the people and the priests and the other descendants of Levi. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials who were in charge of the temple, gave to the priests 2,600 lambs and 300 cattle to be sacrifices for the Passover. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_9","015_35_9","2CH","35","9","9","And Conaniah along with his younger brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the leaders of the other descendants of Levi, provided 5,000 lambs and 500 cattle for the other descendants of Levi, to be sacrifices for the Passover. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_10","015_35_10","2CH","35","10","10","Everything for the Passover was arranged: The priests and the other descendants of Levi stood in their places in their groups, like the king had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_11","015_35_11","2CH","35","11","11","Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs. The priests sprinkled the blood from the bowls that were handed to them, while the other descendants of Levi removed the skins from the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_12","015_35_12","2CH","35","12","12","They set aside the animals to be completely burned on the altar, in order to give them to the various family groups to offer to Yahweh, obeying the instructions that were written in the laws God gave Moses. They did the same thing with the cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_13","015_35_13","2CH","35","13","13","Obeying those regulations, they roasted the lambs for the Passover over the fire. And they boiled the meat of the sacred offerings in pots and kettles and pans, and served the meat immediately to all the people who were there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_14","015_35_14","2CH","35","14","14","After that, they prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, because the priests were busy until nighttime, sacrificing the offerings to be completely burned and burning the fat parts of the offerings. So the other descendants of Levi prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, who were descendants of Aaron, the first Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_15","015_35_15","2CH","35","15","15","The musicians, who were descendants of Asaph, stood in their places, as King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet had commanded. The men who guarded the gates of the temple did not need to leave their places, because their fellow descendants of Levi prepared food for them to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_16","015_35_16","2CH","35","16","16","So on that day everything that needed to done for worshiping Yahweh was done. They celebrated the Passover Festival, and they presented offerings to be completely burned on the altar, which was what Josiah had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_17","015_35_17","2CH","35","17","17","The Israelis who were there celebrated the Passover Festival on that day, and for seven days they celebrated the Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_18","015_35_18","2CH","35","18","18","The Passover Festival had not been celebrated like that in Israel since the time that the prophet Samuel lived. None of the other kings of Israel had ever celebrated the Passover like Josiah did, along with the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all the other people of Judah and Israel who were there with the people who lived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_19","015_35_19","2CH","35","19","19","They celebrated this Passover Festival when Josiah had been ruling for almost 18 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_20","015_35_20","2CH","35","20","20","After Josiah had done all those things to restore the worship at the temple, King Neco of Egypt went with his army to attack Carchemish city alongside the Euphrates River, and Josiah marched with his army to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_21","015_35_21","2CH","35","21","21","Neco sent some messengers to Josiah, to tell him, “You are the king of Judah, and there is certainly no quarrel between you and me. My army is not attacking you people; we are attacking another army, the army of Babylonia. God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is for me. If you do not stop, God will get rid of you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_22","015_35_22","2CH","35","22","22","But Josiah would not pay attention to him. Instead, he disguised himself in order to be able to attack the army of Egypt without anyone recognizing him. He did not pay any attention to what God had told Neco to say. Instead, he and his army went to fight Neco’s army at the plain of Megiddo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_23","015_35_23","2CH","35","23","23","Some Egyptian archers shot King Josiah. He told his officers, “Take me away from here because I am badly wounded.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_24","015_35_24","2CH","35","24","24","So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot that he had brought with him, and they took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs where his ancestors had been buried, and all the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah mourned for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_25","015_35_25","2CH","35","25","25","The prophet Jeremiah composed a song to mourn for Josiah, and all the men and women singers in Israel still mourn for Josiah by singing that song. That became a custom in Israel; the words of that song are written in a scroll of funeral songs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R235_26","015_35_26","2CH","35","26","27","A record of the other things that happened while Josiah ruled, from the time he started to rule until he died, including how he faithfully honored God by obeying everything that was written in the laws of Yahweh, is in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_1","015_36_1","2CH","36","1","1","Then the people of Judah chose Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and appointed him as the king in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_2","015_36_2","2CH","36","2","2","Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became the king, but he ruled from Jerusalem for only three months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_3","015_36_3","2CH","36","3","3","King Neco of Egypt captured him and prevented him from ruling any longer. He also forced the people of Judah to pay him a tax of almost four tons of silver and about 75 pounds of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_4","015_36_4","2CH","36","4","4","The king of Egypt appointed Jehoahaz’s younger brother Eliakim to be the king of Judah. He changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. After Neco captured Jehoahaz, he took him to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_5","015_36_5","2CH","36","5","5","Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for 11 years. He did things that Yahweh his God considers to be evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_6","015_36_6","2CH","36","6","6","Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim’s army. They captured Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_7","015_36_7","2CH","36","7","7","Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took valuable things from the temple; they took them to Babylon and put them in king Nebuchadnezzar’s palace there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_8","015_36_8","2CH","36","8","8","A record of the other things that happened while Jehoiakim was ruling, the detestable things that he did, including the evil things that people said that he did, is written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah’. After he was taken to Babylon, his son Jehoiachin became the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_9","015_36_9","2CH","36","9","9","Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for only three months and ten days. He did things that Yahweh considers to be evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_10","015_36_10","2CH","36","10","10","During the spring of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent soldiers to bring him to Babylon. They also took to Babylon many valuable things from the temple of Yahweh. Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, to be the king of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_11","015_36_11","2CH","36","11","11","Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_12","015_36_12","2CH","36","12","12","He did many things that Yahweh his God considered to be evil. And he did not humble himself when the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message from Yahweh to warn him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_13","015_36_13","2CH","36","13","13","He would not return to Yahweh, the God that the people of Israel said that they worshiped. Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to solemnly promise using God’s name to be loyal to him. Zedekiah became very stubborn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_14","015_36_14","2CH","36","14","14","Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and also the people of Judah became more wicked again, doing all the detestable things that the people of the other nations did, and causing the temple in Jerusalem that Yahweh had caused to be holy to become an unacceptable place to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_15","015_36_15","2CH","36","15","15","Yahweh, the God whom the ancestors of the people of Judah belonged to/worshiped, gave messages to his prophets many times, and the prophets told those messages to the people of Judah. Yahweh did that because he pitied his people and did not want his temple to be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_16","015_36_16","2CH","36","16","16","But the people continually made fun of God’s messengers. They despised God’s messages. They ridiculed his prophets, until finally God became extremely angry with his people, with the result that nothing could stop him from destroying Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_17","015_36_17","2CH","36","17","17","He incited the king of Babylonia to attack Judah with his army. They killed the young men with their swords, even in the temple. They did not spare/pity anyone, young men or young women or old people. God enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to kill all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_18","015_36_18","2CH","36","18","18","His soldiers took to Babylon all the things that were used in God’s temple—big things and little things, all the valuable things, and the valuable things that belonged to the king and his officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_19","015_36_19","2CH","36","19","19","They burned the temple, and they broke down the wall surrounding Jerusalem. They burned all the palaces in Jerusalem and destroyed all the remaining valuable things there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_20","015_36_20","2CH","36","20","20","Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took to Babylon the remaining people who had not been killed with their swords. Then those people became the king’s slaves and his son’s slaves, until the army of the king of Persia conquered the army of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_21","015_36_21","2CH","36","21","21","Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_22","015_36_22","2CH","36","22","22","During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("R236_23","015_36_23","2CH","36","23","23","“I, Cyrus, the king of Persia, declare that Yahweh, the God who rules in heaven, has enabled me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms of this world. And he wants me to command that my workers build a temple {a temple be built} for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Any of his people living among you people of Persia are allowed to go to Jerusalem. And I will pray that Yahweh will be with them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_1","016_1_1","EZR","1","1","1","During the first year that Cyrus ruled the Persian Empire, he did something that fulfilled what Jeremiah had prophesied. Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this message, and then Cyrus sent this message throughout his empire: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_2","016_1_2","EZR","1","2","2","“I, King Cyrus, who rule the Persian Empire, declare this: 'Yahweh, the God who is in/rules from heaven, has caused me to become the ruler of all the kingdoms that I know about on the earth. And he has appointed me to enable his people to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, in Judah land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_3","016_1_3","EZR","1","3","3","All you people who belong to God may go up to Jerusalem to rebuild this temple for Yahweh, the God who lives in Jerusalem, the God who is worshiped by you Israeli people. I desire/hope that your God will be with you and help those who go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_4","016_1_4","EZR","1","4","4","Those people who are in places where Israelis are living, whose ancestors were exiled here, should contribute silver and gold to those who go. They should also give them supplies that they will need for the journey to Jerusalem. They should also give them some livestock, and gifts of money to help build the temple of God in Jerusalem.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_5","016_1_5","EZR","1","5","5","Then God motivated some of the priests and ◄Levites/men who did work in the temple► and some of the leaders of the tribes that were descended from Judah and Benjamin to return to Jerusalem. Those whom God motivated got ready to return to Jerusalem and build the temple for Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_6","016_1_6","EZR","1","6","6","All of their neighbors helped them by giving them things made of silver and things made of gold, and supplies for the journey, and livestock. They also gave them other valuable gifts, and also gave them money to buy things for building the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_7","016_1_7","EZR","1","7","7","King Cyrus brought out the valuable things that King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers had taken from the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem and put in the temple of Nebuchadnezzar’s gods in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_8","016_1_8","EZR","1","8","8","Cyrus commanded Mithredath, the treasurer of the Persian Empire, to count all these items and then give them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the group that was going to return to Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_9","016_1_9","EZR","1","9","9","This is a list of the items that Cyrus donated: 30 large gold dishes 1,000 large silver dishes 29 silver ◄censers/incense burning pans► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_10","016_1_10","EZR","1","10","10","30 gold bowls 410 silver bowls 1,000 other items. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER1_11","016_1_11","EZR","1","11","11","All together, there were 5,400 items made of silver or gold, that were given to Sheshbazzar to take with him when he and the others returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_1","016_2_1","EZR","2","1","1","King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers had captured many Israeli people and taken them to Babylonia. Many years later,  some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_2","016_2_2","EZR","2","2","2","The leaders of those groups were Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. There were: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_3","016_2_3","EZR","2","3","3","2,172 descendants of Parosh ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_4","016_2_4","EZR","2","4","4","372 descendants of Shephatiah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_5","016_2_5","EZR","2","5","5","775 descendants of Arah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_6","016_2_6","EZR","2","6","6","2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_7","016_2_7","EZR","2","7","7","1,254 descendants of Elam ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_8","016_2_8","EZR","2","8","8","945 descendants of Zattu ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_9","016_2_9","EZR","2","9","9","760 descendants of Zaccai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_10","016_2_10","EZR","2","10","10","642 descendants of Bani ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_11","016_2_11","EZR","2","11","11","623 descendants of Bebai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_12","016_2_12","EZR","2","12","12","1,222 descendants of Azgad ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_13","016_2_13","EZR","2","13","13","666 descendants of Adonikam ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_14","016_2_14","EZR","2","14","14","2,056 descendants of Bigvai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_15","016_2_15","EZR","2","15","15","454 descendants of Adin ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_16","016_2_16","EZR","2","16","16","98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_17","016_2_17","EZR","2","17","17","323 descendants of Bezai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_18","016_2_18","EZR","2","18","18","112 descendants of Jorah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_19","016_2_19","EZR","2","19","19","223 descendants of Hashum ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_20","016_2_20","EZR","2","20","20","95 descendants of Gibbar. People whose ancestors had lived in these towns in Judah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_21","016_2_21","EZR","2","21","21","123 from Bethlehem ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_22","016_2_22","EZR","2","22","22","56 from Netophah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_23","016_2_23","EZR","2","23","23","128 from Anathoth ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_24","016_2_24","EZR","2","24","24","42 from Azmaveth ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_25","016_2_25","EZR","2","25","25","743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_26","016_2_26","EZR","2","26","26","621 from Ramah and Geba ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_27","016_2_27","EZR","2","27","27","122 from Micmash ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_28","016_2_28","EZR","2","28","28","223 from Bethel and Ai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_29","016_2_29","EZR","2","29","29","52 from Nebo ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_30","016_2_30","EZR","2","30","30","156 from Magbish ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_31","016_2_31","EZR","2","31","31","1,254 from Elam ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_32","016_2_32","EZR","2","32","32","320 from Harim ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_33","016_2_33","EZR","2","33","33","725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_34","016_2_34","EZR","2","34","34","345 from Jericho ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_35","016_2_35","EZR","2","35","35","3,630 from Senaah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_36","016_2_36","EZR","2","36","36","Priests who returned: 973 descendants of Jedaiah (that is, those from the family of Jeshua) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_37","016_2_37","EZR","2","37","37","1,052 descendants of Immer ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_38","016_2_38","EZR","2","38","38","1,247 descendants of Pashhur ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_39","016_2_39","EZR","2","39","39","1,017 descendants of Harim. The ones from the rest of the tribe of Levi who returned were: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_40","016_2_40","EZR","2","40","40","74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_41","016_2_41","EZR","2","41","41","128 singers who were descendants of Asaph ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_42","016_2_42","EZR","2","42","42","139 ◄gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple► who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_43","016_2_43","EZR","2","43","43","The ◄temple workers/men who would work in the temple► who were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_44","016_2_44","EZR","2","44","44","Keros, Siaha, Padon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_45","016_2_45","EZR","2","45","45","Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_46","016_2_46","EZR","2","46","46","Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_47","016_2_47","EZR","2","47","47","Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_48","016_2_48","EZR","2","48","48","Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_49","016_2_49","EZR","2","49","49","Uzza, Paseah, Besai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_50","016_2_50","EZR","2","50","50","Asnah, Meunim, Nephusim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_51","016_2_51","EZR","2","51","51","Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_52","016_2_52","EZR","2","52","52","Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_53","016_2_53","EZR","2","53","53","Barkos, Sisera, Temah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_54","016_2_54","EZR","2","54","54","Neziah, and Hatipha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_55","016_2_55","EZR","2","55","55","These descendants of King Solomon’s servants returned: Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_56","016_2_56","EZR","2","56","56","Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_57","016_2_57","EZR","2","57","57","Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and Ami. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_58","016_2_58","EZR","2","58","58","Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_59","016_2_59","EZR","2","59","59","There was another group who returned to Judah from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan, and Immer towns in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were descendants of people who previously lived in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_60","016_2_60","EZR","2","60","60","This group included 652 people who were descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_61","016_2_61","EZR","2","61","61","Hobaiah’s clan, Hakkoz’s clan, and Barzillai’s clan also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who was a descendant of Barzillai from the Gilead region, and he had taken for himself the name of his father-in-law’s clan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_62","016_2_62","EZR","2","62","62","The people in that group searched in the documents that had the names of the ancestors of all the clans, but these men’s names were not found. So they were not permitted do the work that priests did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_63","016_2_63","EZR","2","63","63","The governor told them that they would need to ask a priest to consult Yahweh by ◄casting/throwing the sacred lots/stones that had been marked►, to determine if those men were truly Israelis. When the priests did that, if the stones showed that those men were Israelis, they would be permitted to eat the shares of the sacrifices that were given to the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_64","016_2_64","EZR","2","64","64","Altogether 42,360 Israeli people who returned to Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_65","016_2_65","EZR","2","65","65","There were also 7,337 servants and 200 musicians, both men and women, who returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_66","016_2_66","EZR","2","66","66","The Israelis brought with them from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_67","016_2_67","EZR","2","67","67","435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_68","016_2_68","EZR","2","68","68","When they arrived at the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, some of the clan leaders gave money for the supplies needed  to rebuild the temple at the place where the temple had been previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_69","016_2_69","EZR","2","69","69","They all gave as much money as they were able to give. Altogether they gave 61,000 gold coins, ◄6,250 pounds/3,000 kg.► of silver, and 100 robes for the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER2_70","016_2_70","EZR","2","70","70","Then the priests, the other descendants of Levi, the musicians, the temple guards, and some of the other people started to live in the towns and villages near Jerusalem. The rest of the people went to the other places in Israel where their ancestors had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_1","016_3_1","EZR","3","1","1","After the Israeli people returned to Israel, and had begun to live in their towns, ◄in the autumn of/after the hot season ended in► that year, they all gathered together in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_2","016_3_2","EZR","3","2","2","Then Jeshua, the son of Jehozadak, and his fellow priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his friends, all began to rebuild the altar of God, the one whom the Israeli people worshiped. They did that in order that they could sacrifice burned offerings on it, according to what the prophet Moses had written in the laws that God gave to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_3","016_3_3","EZR","3","3","6","Even though they were afraid of the people who were already living in that area, they rebuilt the altar at the same place where the previous altar had been. Before they started to lay the foundation of Yahweh’s temple, the priests started to burn sacrifices to Yahweh on the altar. They offered sacrifices every morning and every evening. Fifteen days after they started to offer these sacrifices, the people celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, as Moses had commanded them to do in the laws that God gave to him. Each day the priests offered the sacrifices that were required for that day. In addition, they presented the regular burned offerings and the offerings that were required for the New Moon Festivals and the other festivals that they celebrated each year to honor Yahweh. They also brought other offerings only because they desired to bring them, not because they were required to bring them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_7","016_3_7","EZR","3","7","7","Then the Israelis hired masons and carpenters, and they bought logs from cedar trees from the people of Tyre and Sidon cities, and they gave those people food and wine and olive oil for the logs. They brought the logs down from the mountains in Lebanon to the Mediterranean seacoast and then floated them along the coast of the Sea, to Joppa. King Cyrus permitted them to do that. Then the logs were brought from Joppa inland up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_8","016_3_8","EZR","3","8","8","The Israelis started to rebuild the temple in the ◄spring/time before the hot season► of the second year after they returned to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the people who had returned to Jerusalem worked on the building. All the ◄Levites/men who did work in the temple► supervised this work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_9","016_3_9","EZR","3","9","9","Jeshua and his sons and his other relatives, and Kadmiel and his sons, who were descendants of Hodaviah, also helped to supervise the work. The family of Henadad, who were also all Levites, joined with them in supervising this work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_10","016_3_10","EZR","3","10","10","When the builders finished laying the foundation of the temple, the priests put on their robes and stood in their places, blowing their trumpets. Then the Levites, who were descendants of Asaph, clashed/banged their cymbals to praise Yahweh, just as King David had many years previously told Asaph and the other musicians to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_11","016_3_11","EZR","3","11","11","They praised Yahweh and thanked him, and they sang this song about him: “He is very good to us! He faithfully loves us Israeli people, and he will love us forever.” Then all the people shouted loudly, praising Yahweh because they had finished laying the foundation of Yahweh’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_12","016_3_12","EZR","3","12","12","Many of the old priests, Levites, and leaders of families remembered what the first temple was like, and they cried aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid because they knew that the new temple would not be as beautiful as the first temple. But the other people shouted joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER3_13","016_3_13","EZR","3","13","13","The shouting and the crying was very loud; even people far away could hear it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_1","016_4_1","EZR","4","1","1","The enemies of the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin heard that the Israeli people who had returned from Babylonia were rebuilding a temple for Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_2","016_4_2","EZR","4","2","2","So they went to Zerubbabel the governor and the other leaders, and said deceptively, “We want to help you build the temple, because we worship that same God whom you worship, and we have been offering sacrifices to him since Esarhaddon, the King of Assyria, brought us here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_3","016_4_3","EZR","4","3","3","But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other Israeli leaders replied, “We will not allow you to help us build a temple for our(exc) God. We will build it ◄ourselves/without your help► for Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, like Cyrus, the King of Persia, told us to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_4","016_4_4","EZR","4","4","4","Then the people who had been living in that land before the Israelis returned tried to cause the Jews to become discouraged and become afraid, and to cause them to stop building the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_5","016_4_5","EZR","4","5","5","They bribed government officials to oppose what the Israelis were doing and prevent them from continuing to work on the temple. They did that all during the time that Cyrus was King of Persia. They continued to do it when Darius became the King of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_6","016_4_6","EZR","4","6","6","During the first year that Darius’ son Xerxes was king, the enemies of the Jews wrote a note to the king saying that the Jews were planning to rebel against the government. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_7","016_4_7","EZR","4","7","7","Later, when Xerxes’ son Artaxerxes became the King of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and their colleagues/companions wrote a letter to him. They wrote the letter in the Aramaic language, and it was translated into another language that the king knew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_8","016_4_8","EZR","4","8","8","Rehum, the high commissioner, and Shimshai, the provincial secretary, wrote the letter to King Artaxerxes concerning what was happening in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_9","016_4_9","EZR","4","9","9","They stated that the letter was from Rehum the high commissioner/governor and Shimshai the provincial secretary and from their associates, the judges, and other government officials, who were from Erech city, Babylon city, and Susa city in Elam district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_10","016_4_10","EZR","4","10","10","They also wrote that they represented the other people-groups whom the army of the great and glorious/famous King Ashurbanipal had ◄deported/forced to move from their homes► and taken to live in Samaria and in other cities in the province west of the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_11","016_4_11","EZR","4","11","11","This is what they wrote in the letter: “To King Artaxerxes, From the officials who serve you who live in the province west of the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_12","016_4_12","EZR","4","12","12","“Your majesty, we want you to know that the Jews who came here from your territories are rebuilding this city, Jerusalem. These people are wicked and want to rebel against you. Now they are repairing the foundations of the walls/buildings and building the walls of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_13","016_4_13","EZR","4","13","13","“It is important for you to know that if they rebuild the city and finish building the walls, they will stop paying any kind of taxes. As a result, there will be less money in your treasury. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_14","016_4_14","EZR","4","14","14","Now, because we are loyal to IDM you, and because we do not want you to be humiliated IDM, we are sending this information to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_15","016_4_15","EZR","4","15","15","And, we suggest that you order/tell your officials to search the records that your ancestors made/wrote. If you do that, you will find out that the people in this city have always rebelled against the government. You will also find out that from long ago these people have caused trouble for kings and for rulers of provinces. They have always revolted against those who ruled them. That is the reason that this city was destroyed by the Babylonian army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_16","016_4_16","EZR","4","16","16","We want you to know that if they rebuild this city and finish building its walls, you will no longer be able to control/rule the people in this province west of the Euphrates River.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_17","016_4_17","EZR","4","17","17","After the king read this letter, he sent this reply to them: “To Rehum, the high commissioner, and Shimshai, the provincial secretary, and their colleagues in Samaria and in other parts of the province that is west of the Euphrates River: I ◄send you my greetings/wish that things will go well for you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_18","016_4_18","EZR","4","18","18","The letter that you sent to me was translated and read to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_19","016_4_19","EZR","4","19","19","So then I ordered my officials to search the records. I have found out that it is true that the people of that city have always revolted against their rulers, and that the city is full of people who have rebelled and caused trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_20","016_4_20","EZR","4","20","20","Powerful kings have ruled in Jerusalem, and they have also ruled over the whole province west of the Euphrates River. The people in that province were paying all kinds of taxes to those kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_21","016_4_21","EZR","4","21","21","So you must command that the people must stop rebuilding the city. Only if I tell them that they may rebuild it will they be allowed to continue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_22","016_4_22","EZR","4","22","22","Do this immediately LIT, because I do not want those people to do anything to harm the things/area about which I am concerned.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_23","016_4_23","EZR","4","23","23","Messengers took that letter to Rehum and Shimshai and their colleagues and read it to them. Then Rehum and the others went quickly to Jerusalem, and they forced the Jews to stop rebuilding the city wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER4_24","016_4_24","EZR","4","24","24","The result was that the Jews stopped rebuilding the temple. They did not do any more work to rebuild the temple until Darius became the King of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_1","016_5_1","EZR","5","1","1","At that time two prophets gave messages from God to the Jews in Jerusalem and other cities in Judah. The prophets were Haggai and Zechariah, who was a descendant of Iddo. They spoke those messages representing God, whom the Israelis worshiped/belonged to, the one who was their true king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_2","016_5_2","EZR","5","2","2","Then Zerubbabel and Shealtiel led many other people as they started again to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. And God’s prophets Haggai and Zechariah were with them and helped them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_3","016_5_3","EZR","5","3","3","Then Tattenai the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River and Shethar-Bozenai his assistant and some of their officials went to Jerusalem and said to the people, “Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_4","016_5_4","EZR","5","4","4","They also requested the people to tell them the names of the men who were working at the temple. But the people refused. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_5","016_5_5","EZR","5","5","5","However, God was taking care of the Jewish leaders, so their enemies were not able to prevent the people from continuing to rebuild the temple. They continued to work while their enemies sent a report to King Darius, and asked him what he wanted them to do about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_6","016_5_6","EZR","5","6","6","So Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their officials sent a report to King Darius. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_7","016_5_7","EZR","5","7","7","This is what they wrote: “King Darius, we hope that things are going well for you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_8","016_5_8","EZR","5","8","8","“We want you to know that we went to Judah Province, where the temple of the great God is being rebuilt. The people are building it with huge stones, and they are putting wooden beams in the walls. The work is being done very carefully, and they are progressing well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_9","016_5_9","EZR","5","9","9","“We asked the Jewish leaders, ‘Who has permitted you to rebuild this temple and put furnishings in it?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_10","016_5_10","EZR","5","10","10","And we requested them to tell us the names of their leaders, in order that we could tell you who they were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_11","016_5_11","EZR","5","11","11","“But instead of telling us their leaders’ names, what they said was, ‘We serve the God who created the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king who ruled us Israeli people told our ancestors to build a temple here, and now we are rebuilding it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_12","016_5_12","EZR","5","12","12","“'But God, who rules in heaven, allowed the armies of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylonia, to destroy that temple, because our ancestors did things that caused God to become very angry. Nebuchadnezzar’s army took many of the Israeli people to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_13","016_5_13","EZR","5","13","13","“'However, during the first year that Cyrus the King of Babylon started to rule, he decreed that the temple of God should be rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_14","016_5_14","EZR","5","14","14","Cyrus returned to the Jewish leaders all the gold and silver cups that had been taken from the temple in Jerusalem and which had been put in the temple in Babylon. Those cups were given to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus had appointed to be the governor in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_15","016_5_15","EZR","5","15","15","“'The king instructed him to take the cups back to Jerusalem, to the place from which they had previously been taken. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place where it had been before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar to be the governor in Judah. He also sent all those things made of gold and silver, for Sheshbazzar to put in the new temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_16","016_5_16","EZR","5","16","16","So Sheshbazzar did that. He came here to Jerusalem, and supervised the men who laid the foundation of the temple. And since that time, the people have been working on the temple, but it is not finished yet.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER5_17","016_5_17","EZR","5","17","17","“Therefore, your majesty, please order someone to search in the place in Babylon where the important records are kept, to find out whether it is true that King Cyrus decreed that God’s temple should be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then you can tell us what you want us to do about this matter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_1","016_6_1","EZR","6","1","1","Later Darius became the ruler of the Persian Empire. When the enemies of the Israelis forced them to stop rebuilding the temple, the Persian officials sent a message to King Darius. They asked him to search the records in the ◄archives/government records►, in the building where the king stored the important documents, to find out whether King Cyrus had authorized that the temple should be rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_2","016_6_2","EZR","6","2","2","The king commanded someone to search there, but those documents were not there in Babylon. They found a scroll at the fort in Ecbatana, in Media province, that contained the information that they wanted to know. This is what was written on that scroll: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_3","016_6_3","EZR","6","3","3","“During the first year that Cyrus ruled the empire, he sent out a decree concerning the temple of God which is at Jerusalem. In the decree it was stated that a new temple must be built at the same place that the Israeli people previously had offered sacrifices, where the original foundation of the first temple was. The temple must be 90 feet high and 90 feet wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_4","016_6_4","EZR","6","4","4","The building must be made from large stones. After putting down three layers of stones, a layer of timber must be put on top of them. This work will be paid for by money from my treasury. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_5","016_6_5","EZR","6","5","5","Also, the gold and silver utensils that King Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple of God in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon must be taken back to Jerusalem. They must be put in God’s temple just as they were in the previous temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_6","016_6_6","EZR","6","6","6","After reading this, King Darius sent this message to the leaders of the Israeli people’s enemies in Jerusalem: “This is a message for Tattenai, the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and for his assistant Shethar-Bozenai, and for all your colleagues: Stay away from that area! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_7","016_6_7","EZR","6","7","7","Do not ◄interfere with/hinder► the work of building the temple of God! The temple must be rebuilt at the same place where the former temple was. And do not hinder the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews while they are doing this work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_8","016_6_8","EZR","6","8","8","“Furthermore, I declare that you must help these leaders of the Jews as they rebuild this temple of God by giving them funds for the building work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_9","016_6_9","EZR","6","9","9","“The Jewish priests in Jerusalem need young bulls and rams and lambs to sacrifice as they make burned offerings to the God of heaven. You must give them the animals that they need. Also, you must be certain to give them the wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil that they need each day for those sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_10","016_6_10","EZR","6","10","10","If you do that, the Jewish priests will be able to offer sacrifices that please the God who is in heaven, and they will pray that God will bless me and my sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_11","016_6_11","EZR","6","11","11","“If anyone disobeys this decree, my soldiers will pull a beam from his house. Then after they sharpen one end of the beam, they will lift that man up and impale him on that beam. Then they will completely destroy that man’s house until only a pile of rubble is left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_12","016_6_12","EZR","6","12","12","God has chosen that city of Jerusalem as the place where people will honor him MTY. What I desire is that he will get rid of any king or any nation that tries to change this decree or tries to destroy that temple in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have made this decree. It must be obeyed quickly and thoroughly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_13","016_6_13","EZR","6","13","13","Tattenai, the governor of the province, and his assistant Shethar-Bozenai and their colleagues read the message and immediately obeyed the decree of King Darius. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_14","016_6_14","EZR","6","14","14","So the Jewish leaders continued their work of rebuilding the temple. They were greatly encouraged by the messages that the prophets Haggai and Zechariah preached. The Israelis continued building the temple, just like God had commanded them to do and like King Cyrus had decreed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_15","016_6_15","EZR","6","15","15","They finished building it on March 12, during the sixth year that King Darius ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_16","016_6_16","EZR","6","16","16","Then the priests and the Levites and all the other Israeli people who had returned from Babylon very joyfully dedicated the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_17","016_6_17","EZR","6","17","17","During the ceremony to dedicate the temple, they sacrificed 100 young bulls, 200 rams, and 400 lambs. They also sacrificed twelve male goats as an offering in order that God would forgive the sins of the people of the twelve tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_18","016_6_18","EZR","6","18","18","Then the priests and Levites were divided into groups that would take turns to serve at the temple. They did this according to what Moses had written many years previously in the laws that he wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_19","016_6_19","EZR","6","19","19","On April 21, the Jews who had returned from Babylon celebrated the Passover Festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_20","016_6_20","EZR","6","20","20","To qualify themselves for offering the sacrifices, the priests and Levites had already purified themselves by performing certain rituals. Then they slaughtered the lambs for the benefit of all the people who had returned from Babylon, for the other priests, and for themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_21","016_6_21","EZR","6","21","21","Those who had returned from Babylon and the other people in that land who had turned away from their immoral practices in order to worship Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people, ate the Passover meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER6_22","016_6_22","EZR","6","22","22","They celebrated the Unleavened Bread Festival of Eating Unleavened Bread for seven days. The Israeli people throughout the land were joyful because Yahweh had changed the attitude of the king of Assyria toward them, and as a result, the king had helped them to rebuild the temple of God, the one whom they worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_1","016_7_1","EZR","7","1","1","Many/Fifty years later, while Artaxerxes was the king of Persia, I, Ezra came from Babylon here to Jerusalem. I am the son of Seraiah and the grandson of Azariah, and the great-grandson of Hilkiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_2","016_7_2","EZR","7","2","2","Hilkiah was the son of Shallum, who was the son of Zadok, who was the son of Ahitub, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_3","016_7_3","EZR","7","3","3","who was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Meraioth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_4","016_7_4","EZR","7","4","4","who was the son of Zerahiah, who was the son of Uzzi, who was the son of Bukki, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_5","016_7_5","EZR","7","5","5","who was the son of Abishua, who was the son of Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar, who was the son of Aaron, the first Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_6","016_7_6","EZR","7","6","6","I am a man who knows very well the laws that Moses wrote. Those were the laws that Yahweh, the God whom we Israeli people ◄worship/belong to►, had given to us Israeli people. When I arrived in Jerusalem, Yahweh my God was kind to me, and as a result the people gave me everything that I had requested the king to tell them to give to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_7","016_7_7","EZR","7","7","7","Some of the priests, some other descendants of Levi, some singers, some ◄gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple►, and some men who worked in the temple, and some other Israeli people came up with me here to Jerusalem. That was during the seventh year that Artaxerxes was the king of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_8","016_7_8","EZR","7","8","9","We left Babylon on April 8, which was the first day of the Jewish year. Because God was very kind to us, we arrived safely in Jerusalem on August 4 of that year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_10","016_7_10","EZR","7","10","10","During my entire life, I devoted myself to studying the laws of Yahweh, and how to obey those laws. I had also taught those laws and all their regulations to the Israeli people for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_11","016_7_11","EZR","7","11","11","King Artaxerxes knew that I am a priest who knows the Jewish laws very well. He knew that for many years I had studied those laws and had taught all the rules and regulations of those laws to the Israeli people. So before I left Babylon to come to Jerusalem, he wrote a letter, and gave a copy to me. This is what he wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_12","016_7_12","EZR","7","12","12","“This letter is from me, Artaxerxes, the greatest of the kings. I am giving it to Ezra the priest, who has studied very well all the rules and regulations that the God who is/rules in heaven gave to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_13","016_7_13","EZR","7","13","13","“Ezra, I command that when you return to Jerusalem, any of the Israeli people in my kingdom who want to are allowed to go with you. That includes any priests and other descendants of Levi who will work in the temple who want to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_14","016_7_14","EZR","7","14","14","I, along with my seven counselors/advisors, am sending you to Jerusalem, in order that you can determine what is happening there and in other towns in Judah. You are taking with you MTY a copy of God’s laws; make sure that the people are doing everything that is written in those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_15","016_7_15","EZR","7","15","15","We are also saying that you should take with you the silver and gold that I and my advisors are wanting to give to you, in order that you will present it to be an offering to the God who rules the Israeli people and who lives in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_16","016_7_16","EZR","7","16","16","You should also take any silver and gold that the people in the entire Babylonia province give to you, and the money that the priests and other Israeli people have happily said that they would give to you to be offerings for building the temple of their God in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_17","016_7_17","EZR","7","17","17","With this money, you should buy the bulls, rams, lambs, and the grain and wine that the priests will burn on the altar outside the temple of your God in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_18","016_7_18","EZR","7","18","18","“If there is any silver or gold that remains you have bought all those things, you and your companions/colleagues are permitted to use it to buy whatever you desire, but buy only things that you know that God wants you to buy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_19","016_7_19","EZR","7","19","19","We have given to you some valuable items to be used in the temple of your God. Take them also to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_20","016_7_20","EZR","7","20","20","If you need any other things for the temple, you are permitted to get the money for those things from the building here where my government’s money is kept/stored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_21","016_7_21","EZR","7","21","21","“And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: 'Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is/rules in heaven, everything that he requests, and give it to him quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_22","016_7_22","EZR","7","22","22","The most that you should give to him is ◄7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.► of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, and 550 gallons of olive oil, but give to him all the salt that they need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_23","016_7_23","EZR","7","23","23","Be sure that you provide whatever their God requires for his temple, because we certainly do not RHQ want him to be angry with me or with my descendants who will later be kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_24","016_7_24","EZR","7","24","24","We are also commanding that none of the priests, descendants of Levi, musicians, temple guards, or other men who work in the temple, will be required to pay any kind of taxes.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_25","016_7_25","EZR","7","25","25","“Ezra, your God has enabled you to become very wise. Using that wisdom, appoint men in the province west of the Euphrates River who will judge cases involving the people, and men who will judge cases involving the government. You must appoint men who know the laws of your God. All of you must teach God’s laws to others who do not know them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_26","016_7_26","EZR","7","26","26","Everyone who does not obey God’s laws or the laws of my government must be punished severely. Some of them will be executed, some will be put in prison, some will be sent out of the country or have all their property taken away from them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_27","016_7_27","EZR","7","27","27","Because King Artaxerxes was very kind like that, I said, “Praise Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors worshiped/belonged to! He has caused the king to want to honor the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER7_28","016_7_28","EZR","7","28","28","Because God was very kind to me, the king and all his advisors and all his powerful officials have also been kind to me. So, because God has helped me, I have become encouraged, and I have been able to persuade some of the Israeli leaders to go up to Jerusalem with me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_1","016_8_1","EZR","8","1","1","This is a list of the names of the leaders of the clans who came with me up to Jerusalem from Babylonia when Artaxerxes was the king of Persia: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_2","016_8_2","EZR","8","2","2","Gershom, from the clan descended from Aaron’s grandson Phinehas Daniel, from the clan descended from Aaron’s son Ithamar Hattush, the son of Shecaniah, from the clan descended from King David ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_3","016_8_3","EZR","8","3","3","Zechariah and 150 other men from the clan descended from Parosh ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_4","016_8_4","EZR","8","4","4","Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and 200 other men from the clan descended from Pahath-Moab ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_5","016_8_5","EZR","8","5","5","Shecaniah the son of Jahaziel and 300 other men from the clan descended from Zattu ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_6","016_8_6","EZR","8","6","6","Ebed the son of Jonathan and 50 other men from the clan descended from Adin ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_7","016_8_7","EZR","8","7","7","Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and 70 other men from the clan descended from Elam ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_8","016_8_8","EZR","8","8","8","Zebadiah the son of Michael and 80 other men from the clan descended from Shephatiah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_9","016_8_9","EZR","8","9","9","Obadiah the son of Jehiel and 218 other men from the clan descended from Joab ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_10","016_8_10","EZR","8","10","10","Shelomith the son of Josiphiah and 160 other men from the clan descended from Bani ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_11","016_8_11","EZR","8","11","11","Zechariah the son of Bebai and 28 other men from the clan descended from another man whose name was Bebai ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_12","016_8_12","EZR","8","12","12","Johanan the son of Hakkatan and 110 other men from the clan descended from Azgad ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_13","016_8_13","EZR","8","13","13","Also Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, who returned here later with 60 men from the clan descended from Adonikam ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_14","016_8_14","EZR","8","14","14","And Uthai and Zaccur and 70 other men from the clan descended from Bigvai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_15","016_8_15","EZR","8","15","15","I gathered all of them together at the canal that goes from Babylon to Ahava town. We set up our tents there and stayed there for three days. During that time I checked the lists of names and found out that there were priests going with us, but no other descendants of Levi who could help them in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_16","016_8_16","EZR","8","16","16","So I summoned Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, two men whose names were Elnathan, and Jarib, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were all leaders of the people. I also summoned Joiarib and another Elnathan, who were wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_17","016_8_17","EZR","8","17","17","I sent them all to Iddo, the leader of the descendants of Levi, who was living in Casiphia town, to request that he and his relatives and other men who had worked in the temple send to us some men who would go/come with us to work in God’s new temple in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_18","016_8_18","EZR","8","18","18","Because God was kind to us, they brought to us a man named Sherebiah and 18 of his sons and other relatives. Sherebiah was a very wise man, a descendant of Mahli, who was a grandson of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_19","016_8_19","EZR","8","19","19","They also sent to us Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah, descendants of Levi’s son Merari, and 20 of their relatives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_20","016_8_20","EZR","8","20","20","They also sent 220 other men to work in the temple. Those men’s ancestors had been appointed by King David to assist the descendants of Levi who helped the priests in the temple. I listed/wrote the names of all those men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_21","016_8_21","EZR","8","21","21","There alongside the Ahava Canal, I told them that we all would ◄fast/abstain from eating food► and pray. I also told them that we should humble ourselves in the presence of our God. We prayed that God would protect us while we traveled, and also protect our children and our possessions/belongings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_22","016_8_22","EZR","8","22","22","Previously we had told the king that our God takes care of all those who truly trust in him, but that he becomes very angry with those who refuse to obey him. So I would have been ashamed if I had asked the king to send soldiers and men riding on horses to protect us from our enemies while we were traveling along the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_23","016_8_23","EZR","8","23","23","So we ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► and requested God to protect us, and he ◄answered our prayers/did what we requested.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_24","016_8_24","EZR","8","24","24","I chose twelve of the leaders of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their relatives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_25","016_8_25","EZR","8","25","25","I appointed them to supervise carrying to Jerusalem the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items that the king and his advisors and other officials, and the Israeli people who were living in Babylonia, had contributed for the temple of our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_26","016_8_26","EZR","8","26","26","As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: 25 tons of silver, 100 items made from silver that altogether weighed 7,500 pounds, ◄7,500 pounds/3,400 kg.► of gold, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_27","016_8_27","EZR","8","27","27","20 gold bowls that altogether weighed ◄19 pounds/8.6 kg.►, and two items made of polished bronze that were as valuable as ones made of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_28","016_8_28","EZR","8","28","28","I said to those priests, “You belong to Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors ◄worshiped/also belonged to►, and these valuable things also belong to him. The people themselves gave these things to be offerings to Yahweh ◄voluntarily/because they wanted to►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_29","016_8_29","EZR","8","29","29","So guard them carefully, and when we arrive in Jerusalem, weigh them in the presence of the priests, the descendants of Levi who will help the priests, and the other Israeli leaders there. They will then put them in the storerooms in the new temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_30","016_8_30","EZR","8","30","30","So the priests and other descendants of Levi took from me all the gifts of silver and gold and the other valuable items, in order to carry them to the temple in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_31","016_8_31","EZR","8","31","31","On April 19, we left the Ahava Canal and started to travel to Jerusalem. Our God took care of us, and while we traveled, he prevented our enemies and bandits from ◄ambushing us/suddenly attacking us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_32","016_8_32","EZR","8","32","32","After we arrived in Jerusalem, we rested for three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_33","016_8_33","EZR","8","33","33","Then on the fourth/next day we went to the temple. There the silver and gold and the other items were weighed and given to the priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah. Eleazar the son of Phinehas and two descendants of Levi, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, were with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_34","016_8_34","EZR","8","34","34","They counted everything, and wrote down how much they weighed, and wrote a description of each item. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_35","016_8_35","EZR","8","35","35","We who had returned from Babylonia offered to God sacrifices on the altar. We offered twelve bulls for all us Israeli people. We also offered 96 rams and 27 lambs. We also sacrificed twelve goats to atone for the sins that all the people had committed. These were all completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER8_36","016_8_36","EZR","8","36","36","Some of us who returned from Babylonia took to the governors and other officials of the province west of the Euphrates River the letter that the king had given to us. After they read the letter, they did all that they were able to do for us Israeli people and for the temple of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_1","016_9_1","EZR","9","1","1","Some time later, the Jewish leaders came to me and said, “Many Israelis, and even some priests and other men who are descendants of Levi who work in the temple, have not kept themselves from doing what the other people who are living in this land do. They are practicing the detestable things that the Canaan, Heth, Periz, Jebus, Ammon, and Amor people-groups, and the people from Moab and Egypt do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_2","016_9_2","EZR","9","2","2","Specifically, some Israeli men have married women who are not Israelis, and they have allowed their sons to do the same thing. So we, God’s sacred people, have become ◄contaminated/polluted in God’s sight►. And some of our leaders and officials have been the first/worst ones to do this.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_3","016_9_3","EZR","9","3","3","When I heard that, I became very angry, with the result that I tore my clothes and tore some hair from my head and from my beard. Then I sat down, very shocked/dismayed. The Israelis knew that God had warned us that he would punish us if we disobeyed what he had said to us about marrying women who are not Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_4","016_9_4","EZR","9","4","4","So many of the Israelis trembled/were afraid when they heard that some of those who had returned from Babylonia had sinned by disobeying the God of us Israelis like that. They came and sat with me until it was time to offer the evening sacrifices of grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_5","016_9_5","EZR","9","5","5","When it was time to offer those sacrifices, I was still sitting there, wearing those torn clothes and mourning/sad. I stood up, and then I quickly prostrated myself on the ground. I lifted up my hands to Yahweh, my God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_6","016_9_6","EZR","9","6","6","and this is what I prayed: “Yahweh my God, I am very ashamed to raise my head in front of you. The sins that we Israelis have committed are very great; it is as though they have risen up higher than our heads, and our guilt for committing those sins, it is as though it rises up to the heavens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_7","016_9_7","EZR","9","7","7","Since the time that our ancestors lived until now, we have been very guilty. That is the reason that we and our kings and our priests have been defeated by the armies of the kings of other lands. They killed some of our people, they captured some, they robbed some, and they caused them all to be disgraced, just like we are today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_8","016_9_8","EZR","9","8","8","“But now, Yahweh God, you have been very kind to us. You have allowed some of us to ◄survive/continue to live►. You have revived our spirits IDM and allowed us to escape from being slaves in Babylonia and to return safely IDM to live in this sacred place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_9","016_9_9","EZR","9","9","9","We were slaves, but you did not abandon us. Instead, because you faithfully love us, you caused the kings of Persia to be very kind to us. You have allowed us to continue to live and to rebuild your temple which had been completely destroyed. You have allowed us to start to live safely here in Jerusalem and in other towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_10","016_9_10","EZR","9","10","10","“Our God, what more can we say now RHQ? In spite of all that you have done for us, we have disobeyed your commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_11","016_9_11","EZR","9","11","11","They are commands that you gave to your servants, the prophets, to tell to us. They said that the land that we would occupy was polluted because of the detestable/disgusting things that were done by the people who lived there. They said that in the land there were people from one end to the other who did immoral/shameful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_12","016_9_12","EZR","9","12","12","They said, ‘Do not allow your daughters to marry their sons! Do not allow your sons to marry their daughters! Do not even try to cause things to go well for those people-groups! If you obey these instructions, your nation will be strong, and you will enjoy the good crops that grow on the land, and the land will belong to your descendants forever.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_13","016_9_13","EZR","9","13","13","“You punished us because we were very guilty for having done wicked things. But you have not punished us as much as we deserve to be punished. I say this because you, our God, have allowed some of us to survive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_14","016_9_14","EZR","9","14","14","However, some of us are again disobeying your commands, and we are marrying women who do those detestable things. If we continue to do that, surely you will get rid of all of us RHQ, with the result that none of us will remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER9_15","016_9_15","EZR","9","15","15","Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship/belong to, you are fair/just. We are guilty. We are only a few people who have escaped from Babylonia, but we pray to you, even though we do not deserve to stand in your presence.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_1","016_10_1","EZR","10","1","1","While I was kneeling down in front of the temple and praying and crying, I was confessing the sins that the Israeli people had committed. Many people, men and women and children, gathered around me and also cried very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_2","016_10_2","EZR","10","2","2","Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel from the clan of Elam, said this to me: “We have disobeyed God. Some of us have married women who are not Israelis. But we can still confidently expect Yahweh to be merciful to us Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_3","016_10_3","EZR","10","3","3","We will do what you, and the others who have an awesome respect for what our God has commanded, tell us to do. We will do what God told us in his laws. We will make an agreement with our God, saying that we will divorce our wives who are not Israelis, and we will send them away with their children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_4","016_10_4","EZR","10","4","4","◄It is your responsibility to/Because you are our leader, you must► tell us what to do. So get up, and be courageous, and do what is necessary. We will ◄support you/tell people to do what you say►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_5","016_10_5","EZR","10","5","5","So I stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests, the other descendants of Levi, and all the other Israeli people solemnly declare that they would do what Shecaniah said that they should do. So they all solemnly promised to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_6","016_10_6","EZR","10","6","6","Then I went away from the front of the temple and went to the room where Jehohanan lived. I stayed there that night, but I did not eat or drink anything. I was still sad because some of the Israelis who had returned from Babylonia had not faithfully obeyed God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_7","016_10_7","EZR","10","7","7","Then we sent a message to all the people in Jerusalem and in other towns in Judah, saying that all those who had returned from Babylonia should come to Jerusalem immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_8","016_10_8","EZR","10","8","8","We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; they would be considered to be foreigners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_9","016_10_9","EZR","10","9","9","So within three days, on December 19, all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin gathered in Jerusalem. They were there, sitting in the courtyard in front of the temple. They were trembling because it was raining hard and because they were worried that they would be punished for what they had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_10","016_10_10","EZR","10","10","10","Then I stood up and said to them, “Some of you men have committed a very bad sin. You have married women who are not Israelis. By doing that, you have made us Israeli people more guilty than we were before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_11","016_10_11","EZR","10","11","11","So now you must confess to Yahweh, the God whom your ancestors worshiped/belonged to, the sin which you have committed, and you must do what he wants. Separate yourselves from the people of other nations and from the women from those nations whom you have married.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_12","016_10_12","EZR","10","12","12","The whole group answered, shouting loudly, “Yes, what you have said is right! We will do what you have said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_13","016_10_13","EZR","10","13","13","But then one of them said, “But we are a very large group, and it is raining hard. Also, there are many of us who have committed this bad sin. This is something that we cannot ◄take care of/handle► in one or two days, and we cannot stand here in this rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_14","016_10_14","EZR","10","14","14","So allow our leaders to decide for all of us what we should do. Tell everyone who has married a woman who is not Israeli to come at a time that you decide. They should come with the elders and judges from each city. If we do that, our God will stop being angry with us because of what we have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_15","016_10_15","EZR","10","15","15","Jonathan the son of Asahel, Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah, Meshullam, and Shabbethai, a descendant of Levi, were the only ones who objected to this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_16","016_10_16","EZR","10","16","16","All the others who had returned from Babylonia said that they would do it. So I chose leaders of each of the clans, and I wrote down their names. On December 29, these men came and sat down to investigate the matter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_17","016_10_17","EZR","10","17","17","By March 27 of the next year they finished determining which men had married women who were not Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_18","016_10_18","EZR","10","18","18","This is a list of the names of the priests who had married non-Israeli women, and the clans to which they belonged. From the clan of Jeshua and his brothers, who were sons of Jehozadak, there were Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_19","016_10_19","EZR","10","19","19","They solemnly promised to divorce their wives, and they each sacrificed a ram to be an offering to atone for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_20","016_10_20","EZR","10","20","20","From the clan of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_21","016_10_21","EZR","10","21","21","From the clan of Harim there were Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_22","016_10_22","EZR","10","22","22","From the clan of Pashhur there were Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_23","016_10_23","EZR","10","23","23","The other descendants of Levi who had married non-Israeli women were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (whose other name was Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_24","016_10_24","EZR","10","24","24","There was Eliashib the musician. From the temple guards there were Shallum, Telem, and Uri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_25","016_10_25","EZR","10","25","25","This is a list of the names of the other Israelis who had married foreign wives: From the clan of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Hashabiah, and Benaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_26","016_10_26","EZR","10","26","26","From the clan of Elam there were Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_27","016_10_27","EZR","10","27","27","From the clan of Zattu there were Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_28","016_10_28","EZR","10","28","28","From the clan of Bebai there were Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_29","016_10_29","EZR","10","29","29","From the clan of Bani there were Meshullam, Malluch,, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_30","016_10_30","EZR","10","30","30","From the clan of Pahath-Moab there were Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_31","016_10_31","EZR","10","31","31","From the clan of Harim there were Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_32","016_10_32","EZR","10","32","32","Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_33","016_10_33","EZR","10","33","33","From the clan of Hashum there were Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_34","016_10_34","EZR","10","34","34","From the clan of Bigvai there were Maadai, Amram, Uel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_35","016_10_35","EZR","10","35","35","Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_36","016_10_36","EZR","10","36","36","Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_37","016_10_37","EZR","10","37","37","Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_38","016_10_38","EZR","10","38","38","From the clan of Binnui there were Shimei, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_39","016_10_39","EZR","10","39","39","Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_40","016_10_40","EZR","10","40","40","Macnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_41","016_10_41","EZR","10","41","41","Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_42","016_10_42","EZR","10","42","42","Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_43","016_10_43","EZR","10","43","43","From the clan of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ER10_44","016_10_44","EZR","10","44","44","Each of those men had married a woman who was not an Israeli. But immediately they divorced those women and sent them and their children away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_1","017_1_1","NEH","1","1","1","I am Nehemiah, the son of Hacaliah. I am writing this account of what I did when I returned to Jerusalem. After King Artaxerxes had been ruling the Persian Empire for almost 20 years, near the end of that year, I was in Susa, the capital of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_2","017_1_2","NEH","1","2","2","My brother Hanani came to visit me. He and some other men had just returned from Judah. I queried them about the Jews who were living there, whose parents had been ◄exiled/taken forcefully► to Babylonia many years previously. I also asked them about what was happening in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_3","017_1_3","NEH","1","3","3","They said to me, “The Jews in Jerusalem who returned there from Babylonia are living in a very difficult situation. The walls of the city have been broken down, and even the city gates have been burned down.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_4","017_1_4","NEH","1","4","4","When I heard that, I sat down and cried. For several days I mourned, and I ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►, and I prayed to our God, who is/rules in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_5","017_1_5","NEH","1","5","5","I said, “Yahweh, you who are/rule in heaven, you are a wonderful and awesome God. You keep your promise to faithfully love those who love you and who obey your commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_6","017_1_6","NEH","1","6","6","Now please look down and listen to what I am praying. I pray during the day and at night for your Israeli people. I confess that we Israeli people have sinned. Even my family and I have sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_7","017_1_7","NEH","1","7","7","We have acted very wickedly. Many years ago your servant Moses gave us your laws and all the things you commanded us to do DOU, but we have not obeyed/done them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_8","017_1_8","NEH","1","8","8","“But please remember what you told your servant Moses. You said, ‘If you sin, I will scatter you among the ◄heathen nations/nations that do not believe in me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_9","017_1_9","NEH","1","9","9","But if you return to me and obey my commands, even if you have been exiled to very remote/distant places on the earth, I will bring you back here to Israel, the land that I MTY have chosen to be honored in.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_10","017_1_10","NEH","1","10","10","“We are your servants. We are the people whom you brought here by your very great power MTY, DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH1_11","017_1_11","NEH","1","11","11","Yahweh, please hear this prayer of mine, and the prayers of all your people who are delighted to revere you MTY. Today I will go to the king, to request that he do me a great favor. Please motivate him to act kindly toward me, in order that I will be successful in obtaining what I want.” At that time, I was the one whose work was to taste all the food and drink before it was served to the king, to be sure that no one had put poison in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_1","017_2_1","NEH","2","1","1","After King Artaxerxes had been ruling the Persian Empire for almost 20 years, ◄during the spring/before the hot season► of that year, when it was time to serve wine to him during a feast, I took the wine and gave it to him. I had never looked sad when I was in front of him before, but on that day he saw that I looked very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_2","017_2_2","NEH","2","2","2","So he asked me, “Why are you sad? I know that you are not sick. It must be that you are troubled about something.” Then I was very afraid, because it was not proper to be sad when I came to the king (OR, because I was worried what the king would do to me if he refused to do what I was about to request him to do). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_3","017_2_3","NEH","2","3","3","I replied, “Your majesty, I hope you will live a very long time! But ◄how can I prevent myself from being sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried has been destroyed and is in ruins?/I cannot keep myself from looking sad, because the city where my ancestors are buried has been destroyed and is in ruins.► RHQ Even the city gates have been completely burned.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_4","017_2_4","NEH","2","4","4","The king replied, “What do you want me to do for you?” I prayed silently to our God who is/rules in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_5","017_2_5","NEH","2","5","5","Then I replied, “If you are willing to do it, and if I have pleased you, send me to the city of Jerusalem in Judah province where my ancestors are buried, in order that I may help people to rebuild the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_6","017_2_6","NEH","2","6","6","While the queen was sitting beside the king, he asked, “If I allow you to go, how long will you be gone? When will you return?” I told the king how long I would be gone, and the king gave me permission to go, and I told him what day I wanted to leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_7","017_2_7","NEH","2","7","7","I also said to the king, “If you are willing to do it, write letters for me to take to the governors of the province west of the Euphrates River. Tell them to allow me to travel safely through their province until I arrive in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_8","017_2_8","NEH","2","8","8","Also, please write a letter to Asaph, the man who takes care of your forest in that area, telling him to give me timber to make the beams to support the gates of the fortress that is near the temple, and timber for making the walls of the city, and for building the house in which I will live.” The king did what I requested him to do, because my God was graciously/kindly ◄helping/acting for► me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_9","017_2_9","NEH","2","9","9","After I got ready, I left to travel to Judah. The king sent some army officers and soldiers riding on horses to accompany me, to protect me. When I came to where the governors of the provinces west of the Euphrates River lived, I gave them the letters that the king had written. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_10","017_2_10","NEH","2","10","10","But when two government officials, Sanballat from a village near Horon and Tobiah from the Ammon people-group, heard that I had arrived, they were very angry that someone had come to help the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_11","017_2_11","NEH","2","11","12","When I arrived in Jerusalem, I did not tell anyone what thoughts God had given to me about what I should do there. Three days after I arrived in Jerusalem, I went out of the city in the evening, taking a few other men with me. I was riding a donkey; we had no other animals with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_13","017_2_13","NEH","2","13","13","We left the city, going out through the Valley Gate, then past the well called the Jackal (OR, Dragon’s) Well, and then past the gate called the Rubbish/Garbage Gate. We inspected all the walls that had been broken down and all the gates that had been burned down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_14","017_2_14","NEH","2","14","14","Then we went to the Fountain Gate and to the pool called the King’s Pool, but my donkey could not get through the narrow opening (OR, the rubble). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_15","017_2_15","NEH","2","15","15","So we turned back and went along the Kidron Valley. We inspected the wall there before we turned back/around and entered the city again at the Valley Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_16","017_2_16","NEH","2","16","16","The city officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, because I had not told anyone about what I planned to do. I had not said anything about it to the Jewish leaders or the officials or the priests or any of the others who would be helping me in the work that I wanted to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_17","017_2_17","NEH","2","17","17","But now I said to them, “You all know very well the terrible things that have happened to our city. The city is ruined; even the gates are burned down. So we should rebuild the city wall. If we do that, we will no longer feel humiliated/disgraced.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_18","017_2_18","NEH","2","18","18","Then I told them about how God had kindly/graciously helped me when I talked to the king, and what the king had said to me. They immediately replied, “Let’s start rebuilding!” So they started to do this good work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_19","017_2_19","NEH","2","19","19","But when Sanballat, Tobiah, and Gershom the Arab king of the Kedar region heard about what we planned to do, they made fun of us and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this work that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king again?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH2_20","017_2_20","NEH","2","20","20","But I replied, “Our God who is/rules in heaven will help our plans to succeed. But as for you, you have no right to decide anything about this city, because you have not participated in what has happened in this city in previous years.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_1","017_3_1","NEH","3","1","1","◄This is a list/These are the names► of the people who helped to rebuild the wall around Jerusalem. Eliashib the Supreme Priest and the other priests began to rebuild it at the Sheep Gate. They also put the gates in their places. They built the wall as far as the Tower of 100 Soldiers and further north to the Tower of Hananel, and they dedicated it to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_2","017_3_2","NEH","3","2","2","Next to them, beyond the Tower of Hananel, men from Jericho built part of the wall. Next to them, Zaccur, the son of Imri, built part of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_3","017_3_3","NEH","3","3","3","The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. The put in their places the wooden beams above the gates, and also the doors, the bolts, and the bars for locking the gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_4","017_3_4","NEH","3","4","4","Next to them, Meremoth, the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired the next part of the wall. Next to him, Meshullam, the son of Berekiah and grandson of Meshezabel, repaired the next part of the wall. Next to him, Zadok the son of Baana repaired the next part of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_5","017_3_5","NEH","3","5","5","Next to him, the men from Tekoa town repaired part of the wall, but the leaders of Tekoa refused to do the work that their boss/supervisor assigned to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_6","017_3_6","NEH","3","6","6","Joiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah, repaired the Old Gate. They also put in their places the beams above the gate and put in the bolts and the bars for locking the gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_7","017_3_7","NEH","3","7","7","Next to them, Melatiah from Gibeon city, Jadon from Meronoth town, and other men from Gibeon and from Mizpah city, which was where the governor of the province west of the Euphrates River lived, repaired part of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_8","017_3_8","NEH","3","8","8","Next to them, Uzziel, the son of Harhaiah, and Hananiah repaired the wall as far as the Broad/Wide Wall. Harhaiah made things from gold, and Hananiah made perfumes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_9","017_3_9","NEH","3","9","9","Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, who ruled half of Jerusalem District, repaired part of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_10","017_3_10","NEH","3","10","10","Next to him, Jedaiah the son of Harumaph repaired part of the wall near his house. Next to him, Hattush the son of Hashabneiah repaired part of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_11","017_3_11","NEH","3","11","11","Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-Moab, repaired a section of the wall, and also repaired the Tower of the Ovens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_12","017_3_12","NEH","3","12","12","Next to them, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, who ruled the other half of Jerusalem District, repaired part of the wall. His daughters helped him with the work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_13","017_3_13","NEH","3","13","13","Hanun and people from Zanoah city repaired the Valley Gate. They put the gates in their places, and also put in the bolts and bars for locking the gate. They repaired the wall for ◄1,500 feet/500 meters►, as far as the Dung Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_14","017_3_14","NEH","3","14","14","Malchijah the son of Rechab, who ruled Beth-Haccherem District, repaired the Dung Gate. He also put in their places the bolts and bars for locking the gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_15","017_3_15","NEH","3","15","15","Shallum the son of Colhozeh, who ruled Mizpah District, repaired the Fountain Gate. He put/built a roof over the gate, and put in their places the gates and the bolts and the bars for locking the gate. Near the Pool of Shelah he built the wall next to the king’s garden, as far as the steps that went down from the City of David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_16","017_3_16","NEH","3","16","16","Next to him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, who ruled half of the Beth-Zur District, repaired the wall as far as the tombs in the City of David, to the reservoir that the people had made and the army barracks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_17","017_3_17","NEH","3","17","17","Next to him, several descendants of Levi who helped the priests repaired parts of the wall. Rehum the son of Bani repaired one section. Hashabiah, who ruled half of the Keilah District, repaired the next section on behalf of the people of his district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_18","017_3_18","NEH","3","18","18","Bavvai the son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the Keilah District, repaired the next section along with other descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_19","017_3_19","NEH","3","19","19","Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, who ruled Mizpah city, repaired another section in front of the steps which went up to the ◄armory/building where the weapons are kept►, as far as where the wall turns a bit to the right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_20","017_3_20","NEH","3","20","20","Next to him, Baruch the son of Zabbai repaired a section, as far as the door of the house of Eliashib the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_21","017_3_21","NEH","3","21","21","Next to him, Meremoth the son of Uriah and grandson of Hakkoz, repaired a section from the door of Eliashib’s house to the end of Eliahib’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_22","017_3_22","NEH","3","22","22","Next to him, several priests repaired parts of the wall. Priests from the area near Jerusalem repaired one section. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_23","017_3_23","NEH","3","23","23","Next to them, Benjamin and Hasshub repaired a section in front of their house. Azariah, the son of Maaseiah and grandson of Ananiah, repaired the next section in front of his house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_24","017_3_24","NEH","3","24","24","Next to him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired a section, from Azariah’s house to where the wall turns a bit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_25","017_3_25","NEH","3","25","25","Next to him, Palal the son of Uzai repaired a section, from where the wall turns and from where the watchtower is taller than the upper palace, the one where King Solomon had lived. The watchtower is near the courtyard where the guards live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_26","017_3_26","NEH","3","26","26","Next to him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired a section toward the east to a place near the Water Gate and near the tall tower. That part of the wall is near Ophel Hill, where the temple servants lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_27","017_3_27","NEH","3","27","27","Next to him, men from Tekoa town repaired another section, from near the tall tower as far as the wall near Ophel Hill. That was the second section that they repaired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_28","017_3_28","NEH","3","28","28","A group of priests repaired the wall north from the Horse Gate. Each one repaired the section near his own house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_29","017_3_29","NEH","3","29","29","Next to them, Zadok the son of Immer repaired the section in front of his house. Next to him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, who ◄was the gatekeeper at/opened and closed► the East Gate, repaired the next section. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_30","017_3_30","NEH","3","30","30","Next to him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired a section. That was the second section that they repaired. Next to them, Meshullam the son of Berekiah, made repairs across from where he lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_31","017_3_31","NEH","3","31","31","Next to them, Malchijah, who also made things from gold, repaired a section as far as the building used by the temple servants and merchants, which was close to the Inspection Gate. This was the gate into the temple that was near the room on top of the northeast corner of the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH3_32","017_3_32","NEH","3","32","32","Other men who made things from gold, along with merchants, repaired the last section of the wall, as far as the Sheep Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_1","017_4_1","NEH","4","1","1","When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the city wall, he was very angry. He was enraged/furious. He made fun of us Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_2","017_4_2","NEH","4","2","2","While his colleagues and officials of the army troops who had come from Samaria were listening, he said, “What do these feeble/pathetic Jews think they are doing? Do they think that if they offer enough/many sacrifices, their gods will hear them and enable them to finish building the wall in one day? The stones that were in the wall previously have been weakened by being burned in a fire. Those stones that they are pulling out of the rubbish/garbage heaps—do they think that they can make them strong again?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_3","017_4_3","NEH","4","3","3","Tobiah was standing beside Sanballat. He said, “That stone wall that they are building is very weak; so if even a fox climbed up on it, the wall would fall down!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_4","017_4_4","NEH","4","4","4","Then I prayed. I said, “Our God, hear us, because they are ridiculing us! Cause the words of their insults to fall back on them! Allow their enemies to come and capture them and force them to go to a foreign land! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_5","017_4_5","NEH","4","5","5","They are guilty; they have said things that caused you to be angry while the people here who are building the wall are listening; so punish them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_6","017_4_6","NEH","4","6","6","But after some time, we finished building the wall around the whole city, up to half as high as the first wall had been. We were able to do that because we worked very hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_7","017_4_7","NEH","4","7","7","But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the men from Arabia, the people from the Ammon people-group and from Ashdod city heard that the work on the wall was continuing and that we were filling in the gaps in the wall, they became very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_8","017_4_8","NEH","4","8","8","They all planned to come and fight against the people of Jerusalem MTY and to cause trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_9","017_4_9","NEH","4","9","9","But we prayed to our God to protect us, and we put men around the walls to guard the city day and night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_10","017_4_10","NEH","4","10","10","Then the people of MTY Judah started to say, “The men who are working on the wall are becoming very tired. There is a lot of heavy rubble that we must remove; we ourselves cannot finish the work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_11","017_4_11","NEH","4","11","11","“Besides, our enemies are saying, ‘Before the Jews see us, we will swoop down on them and kill them and stop their work on the wall!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_12","017_4_12","NEH","4","12","12","The Jews who were living near our enemies came and told us many times, “You should leave the city and go to other places, in order that your enemies will not attack you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_13","017_4_13","NEH","4","13","13","So I put guards at the places where the wall was not very high yet and at places where there were gaps in the wall. I put guards to protect each of their family groups. I gave the guards daggers, spears, and bows and arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_14","017_4_14","NEH","4","14","14","Then after I inspected everything, I summoned the leaders and other officials and many of the other people, and I said to them, “Do not be afraid of our enemies! Think about what Yahweh, who is great and glorious, can do! And fight to protect your friends, your families, and your homes!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_15","017_4_15","NEH","4","15","15","Our enemies heard that we knew what they were planning to do and that God had ◄spoiled their plans/prevented them from doing what they planned►. But we were sure that God would defend us, so we all started to work on the wall again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_16","017_4_16","NEH","4","16","16","But after that, only half of the men who were working for me worked on the wall. The others stood there on guard, holding their spears, shields, bows and arrows, and wearing their coats made of metal plates. To encourage the peoplewho were building the wall, their leaders stood behind them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_17","017_4_17","NEH","4","17","17","Those who carried baskets of supplies on their heads/shoulders and those who built the wall did their work with one hand, and held a weapon with the other hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_18","017_4_18","NEH","4","18","18","All those who were building the wall had a dagger fastened to their side. The man who would blow the trumpet if our enemies attacked was standing at my side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_19","017_4_19","NEH","4","19","19","Then I said to the officials, the other important men, and the other people, “This wall is very long, and we are far apart from each other along the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_20","017_4_20","NEH","4","20","20","If you hear the man blowing the trumpet, gather around us at that place. Remember that our God will fight for us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_21","017_4_21","NEH","4","21","21","So we continued to work. Half of the men continued to hold their spears all day, from when the sun rose in the morning until the stars appeared at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_22","017_4_22","NEH","4","22","22","At that time, I also said to the people, “Tell every worker and his helper that they must stay inside Jerusalem at night. By doing that, they can guard us at night, and they can work on the wall during the daytime.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH4_23","017_4_23","NEH","4","23","23","During that time, none of us ever took off our clothes (OR, we wore our clothes all the time)—I and my relatives and my workers and the guards who were with me. And we had our weapons with us, in our hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_1","017_5_1","NEH","5","1","1","Later, many of the men and their wives protested loudly about what some of the other Jews were doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_2","017_5_2","NEH","5","2","2","Some/One of them said, “We have many children. So we need a lot of grain to be able to eat and continue to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_3","017_5_3","NEH","5","3","3","Others said, “The fields and vineyards and houses that we own, it has been necessary for us to ◄mortgage them/promise to give them to someone if we do not pay back to him the money he has loaned us► in order to get money to buy grain, during this ◄famine/time where there is not much food►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_4","017_5_4","NEH","5","4","4","Others said, “We have needed to borrow money to pay the taxes that the king commanded us to pay on our fields and our vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_5","017_5_5","NEH","5","5","5","We are Jews just like IDM they are. Our children are ◄just as good as/equal with► their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves in order to pay what we owe. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_6","017_5_6","NEH","5","6","6","I was very angry when I heard these things that they were complaining about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_7","017_5_7","NEH","5","7","7","So I thought about what I could do about it. I told the leaders and officials who were responsible for this work, “You are charging interest to your own relatives when they borrow money from you!” Then I called together a large group of people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_8","017_5_8","NEH","5","8","8","and I said to their leaders, “Some of our Jewish relatives have been forced to sell themselves to become slaves of people who have come from other countries. As much as we have been able to, we have been buying them back out of slavery. But now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their fellow Jews, as slaves!” When I said that to them, they were silent. There was nothing that they could say because they knew that what I said was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_9","017_5_9","NEH","5","9","9","Then I said to them, “What you are doing is terrible EUP! You certainly ought to RHQ obey God and do what is right! If you did that, our enemies who do not revere Yahweh would see that we are doing what is right and would not ridicule us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_10","017_5_10","NEH","5","10","10","My fellow Jews and I and my servants have lent money and grain to people without charging interest. So you all should stop charging interest on these loans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_11","017_5_11","NEH","5","11","11","Also, you must give back to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive tree orchards, and their houses that you have taken from them. You must also give back to them the interest that you charged them when they borrowed money, grain, wine, and olive oil from you, and you must do it today!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_12","017_5_12","NEH","5","12","12","The leaders replied, “We will do what you have said. We will return to them everything that we forced them to give to us, and we will not require that they give us anything more.” Then I summoned the priests, and I forced the leaders to vow in front of them that they would do what they had promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_13","017_5_13","NEH","5","13","13","I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, “If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.” They all replied, “Amen/May it be so!” And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_14","017_5_14","NEH","5","14","14","I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king of Persia. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy food because of my being the governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_15","017_5_15","NEH","5","15","15","The men who were governors before I became the governor had burdened the people by requiring them to pay a lot of taxes. They had forced each person to pay to them 40 silver coins every day, in addition to giving food and wine to them. Even their servants/officials oppressed the people. But I did not do that, because I revered God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_16","017_5_16","NEH","5","16","16","I also continued to work on the wall, and I did not take land from people who were unable to pay back the money that they had borrowed from me. All those who worked for me joined me to work on the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_17","017_5_17","NEH","5","17","17","Also, every day I was responsible to feed 150 Jewish officials, and also official visitors who came from nearby countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_18","017_5_18","NEH","5","18","18","Each day I told my servants to serve us the meat from one ox, six very good sheep, and chickens. And every ten days I gave them a large new supply of wine. But I knew that the people were burdened by paying lots of taxes, so I did not accept the money that I was entitled/allowed to receive to buy all this food because of my being the governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH5_19","017_5_19","NEH","5","19","19","My God, do not forget me, and reward me because of all that I have done for these people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_1","017_6_1","NEH","6","1","1","Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem, and our other enemies heard a report that we had finished rebuilding the wall, and that now there were no more ◄gaps/places where the wall was not finished► (although we had not yet put the doors in the gates). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_2","017_6_2","NEH","6","2","2","So Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, in which they said “Come and talk with us at a place in Ono Plain north of Jerusalem.” But I knew that really they wanted to harm me if I went there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_3","017_6_3","NEH","6","3","3","So I sent messengers to them, to tell them, “I am doing an important work, and I cannot go down there. ◄Why should I stop doing this work just to go down to talk with you?/I do not want to stop doing this work just to go down to talk with you.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_4","017_6_4","NEH","6","4","4","They sent me the same message four times, and each time when I replied to them I said the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_5","017_6_5","NEH","6","5","5","Then Sanballat sent one of his servants to me, bringing a fifth message. This one was written, but it was not sealed. He did that in order that others would read the message that the servant was carrying in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_6","017_6_6","NEH","6","6","6","This is what was written in the message: “Some people in the nearby countries have heard a report that you and the other Jews are rebuilding the wall in order to be able to resist attacks, because you are planning to revolt against the king of Babylon. And the report also says that you are planning to become the king of the Israelis. Geshem says that what they have reported is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_7","017_6_7","NEH","6","7","7","People are also saying that you have appointed some prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem that you, Nehemiah, are now the king in Judea. King Artaxerxes will certainly hear these reports, and then you will be in big trouble. So I suggest that we should meet together to talk about this matter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_8","017_6_8","NEH","6","8","8","When I read that message, I sent the messenger back to Sanballat to say, “None of what you are saying is true. You have ◄made this up/concocted this► in your own head/mind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_9","017_6_9","NEH","6","9","9","I said that because I knew that they were trying to cause us to be afraid, with the result that we would stop working on the wall. So I actually became more determined (OR, I prayed to God to help me) to continue the work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_10","017_6_10","NEH","6","10","10","One day I went to talk with Shemaiah, son of Delaiah and grandson of Mehetabel. I went to talk with him in his house, because he was not able (OR, allowed) to leave his house. He said to me, “You and I must enter the very sacred place in the temple and lock the doors, because people are going to come to kill you at night.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_11","017_6_11","NEH","6","11","11","I replied, “I ◄am not that kind of person/do not do things like that► RHQ! I would not run and hide in the temple to save my life! No, I will not do that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_12","017_6_12","NEH","6","12","12","When I thought about what he had said, I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him to say that to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_13","017_6_13","NEH","6","13","13","They had bribed him to cause me to be afraid. They wanted me to disobey God’s commands and sin by hiding in the temple. If I did that, they would be able to ruin my reputation MTY and discredit me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_14","017_6_14","NEH","6","14","14","So I prayed, “My God, do not forget what Tobiah and Sanballat have done. Punish them. And do not forget that the female prophet Noadiah and some of the other prophets have also tried to cause me to be afraid.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_15","017_6_15","NEH","6","15","15","On October 2 we finished rebuilding the wall. We did it all in 52 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_16","017_6_16","NEH","6","16","16","When our enemies in the nearby countries heard about that, they realized that they had been humiliated, because everyone knew that it was because God helped us that we had been able to do this work and that they had not been able to force us to quit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_17","017_6_17","NEH","6","17","17","During this time, the Jewish leaders had been sending many messages/letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah had been sending messages back to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_18","017_6_18","NEH","6","18","18","Many people in Judea were closely associated with Tobiah, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah. Furthermore, Tobiah’s son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH6_19","017_6_19","NEH","6","19","19","People often talked in my presence about all the good things that Tobiah had done, and then they would tell him everything that I said. So Tobiah sent many letters to me to try to cause me to become afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_1","017_7_1","NEH","7","1","1","After the wall had been finished and we had put the gates in their places, we assigned to the temple guards and to the members of the sacred choir and the other descendants of Levi the work that they were to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_2","017_7_2","NEH","7","2","2","I appointed two men to help me to govern Jerusalem, my brother Hanani and Hananiah who was the commander of the fortress in Jerusalem. Hananiah always did his work reliably, and he revered God more than most other people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_3","017_7_3","NEH","7","3","3","I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until late each morning. And close the gates and put the bars across the doors ◄late in each afternoon/before sunset► while the gatekeepers are still guarding the gates.” I also told them to appoint some people who lived in Jerusalem to be guards on the wall, and to assign some of them to be guards at certain other places and to assign others to guard the area close to their own houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_4","017_7_4","NEH","7","4","4","The city of Jerusalem covered a large area, but at that time not many people lived in the city, and they had not built many new houses yet HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_5","017_7_5","NEH","7","5","5","To defend the city, we needed more people there. Then God gave me the idea to summon the leaders and officials and other people, and to look in the books in which were written the names of all the people and their clans. So I found the records of the people who had first returned from Babylonia. This is what I found written in those records: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_6","017_7_6","NEH","7","6","6","◄This is a list/Here are the names► of the people who returned to Jerusalem and to other places in Judea. They had been living in Babylonia since King Nebuchadnezzar’s army had captured their relatives/ancestors and took them to Babylonia. But they had returned to Judea and were living in the towns where their ancestors had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_7","017_7_7","NEH","7","7","7","Their leaders were Zerubbabel, Joshua, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah, and me. This is a list of the number of men in each clan who returned: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_8","017_7_8","NEH","7","8","8","2,172 men from the clan of Parosh; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_9","017_7_9","NEH","7","9","9","372 men from the clan of Shephatiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_10","017_7_10","NEH","7","10","10","652 men from the clan of Arah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_11","017_7_11","NEH","7","11","11","2,818 men from the clan of Pahath-Moab, who are descendants of Jeshua and Joab; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_12","017_7_12","NEH","7","12","12","1,254 men from the clan of Elam; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_13","017_7_13","NEH","7","13","13","845 men from the clan of Zattu; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_14","017_7_14","NEH","7","14","14","760 men from the clan of Zaccai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_15","017_7_15","NEH","7","15","15","648 men from the clan of Bani (OR, Binnui); ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_16","017_7_16","NEH","7","16","16","628 men from the clan of Bebai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_17","017_7_17","NEH","7","17","17","2,322 men from the clan of Azgad; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_18","017_7_18","NEH","7","18","18","667 men from the clan of Adonikam; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_19","017_7_19","NEH","7","19","19","2,067 men from the clan of Bigvai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_20","017_7_20","NEH","7","20","20","655 men from the clan of Adin; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_21","017_7_21","NEH","7","21","21","98 men from the clan of Ater, whose other name is Hezekiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_22","017_7_22","NEH","7","22","22","328 men from the clan of Hashum; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_23","017_7_23","NEH","7","23","23","324 men from the clan of Bezai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_24","017_7_24","NEH","7","24","24","112 men from the clan of Hariph, whose other name is Jorah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_25","017_7_25","NEH","7","25","25","95 men from the clan of Gibeon, whose other name is Gibbar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_26","017_7_26","NEH","7","26","26","Men whose ancestors had lived in these towns also returned: 188 men from Bethlehem and Netophah ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_27","017_7_27","NEH","7","27","27","128 men from Anathoth; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_28","017_7_28","NEH","7","28","28","42 men from Beth-Azmaveth ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_29","017_7_29","NEH","7","29","29","743 men from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_30","017_7_30","NEH","7","30","30","621 men from Ramah and Geba; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_31","017_7_31","NEH","7","31","31","122 men from Micmash; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_32","017_7_32","NEH","7","32","32","123 men from Bethel and Ai; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_33","017_7_33","NEH","7","33","33","52 men from Nebo; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_34","017_7_34","NEH","7","34","34","1,254 from Elam; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_35","017_7_35","NEH","7","35","35","320 from Harim; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_36","017_7_36","NEH","7","36","36","345 from Jericho; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_37","017_7_37","NEH","7","37","37","721 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_38","017_7_38","NEH","7","38","38","3,930 from Senaah. The following priests also returned: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_39","017_7_39","NEH","7","39","39","973 from the clan of Jedaiah who are descendants of Jeshua; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_40","017_7_40","NEH","7","40","40","1,052 from the clan of Immer; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_41","017_7_41","NEH","7","41","41","1,247 from the clan of Pashhur; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_42","017_7_42","NEH","7","42","42","1,017 from the clan of Harim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_43","017_7_43","NEH","7","43","43","Other descendants of Levi who returned were: 74 from the clan of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who are descendants of Hodevah who is also known as Hodaviah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_44","017_7_44","NEH","7","44","44","148 singers who are descendants of Asaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_45","017_7_45","NEH","7","45","45","Also 138 temple gatekeepers from the clans of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_46","017_7_46","NEH","7","46","46","Temple workers who returned were descendants of these men: Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_47","017_7_47","NEH","7","47","47","Keros, Sia who is also known as Siaha, Padon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_48","017_7_48","NEH","7","48","48","Lebanah, Hagabah, Shalmai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_49","017_7_49","NEH","7","49","49","Hanan, Giddel, Gahar, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_50","017_7_50","NEH","7","50","50","Reaiah, Rezin, Nekoda, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_51","017_7_51","NEH","7","51","51","Gazzam, Uzza, Paseah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_52","017_7_52","NEH","7","52","52","Besai, Meunim, Ephusesim who is also called Nephusim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_53","017_7_53","NEH","7","53","53","Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_54","017_7_54","NEH","7","54","54","Bazlith who is also called Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_55","017_7_55","NEH","7","55","55","Barkos, Sisera, Temah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_56","017_7_56","NEH","7","56","56","Neziah, and Hatipha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_57","017_7_57","NEH","7","57","57","Descendants of the servants of King Solomon who returned were: Sotai, Sophereth who is also called Hassophereth, Perida who is also known as Peruda, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_58","017_7_58","NEH","7","58","58","Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_59","017_7_59","NEH","7","59","59","Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-hazzebaim, and Amon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_60","017_7_60","NEH","7","60","60","Altogether, there were 392 temple workers and descendants of Solomon’s servants who returned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_61","017_7_61","NEH","7","61","62","Another group of 642 people from the clans of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda also returned. They came from the towns of Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsha, Kerub, Addan (which is also known as Addon), and Immer in Babylonia. But they could not prove that they were descendants of Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_63","017_7_63","NEH","7","63","63","Priests from the clans of Hobaiah, Hakkoz, and Barzillai also returned. Barzillai had married a woman who is a descendant of a man named Barzillai from the Gilead region, and he had taken his wife’s family name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_64","017_7_64","NEH","7","64","64","They searched in the records that contained the names of people’s ancestors, but they could not find the names of those clans, so they were not allowed to have the rights and duties that priests have right away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_65","017_7_65","NEH","7","65","65","The governor told them that before they could eat the food offered as sacrifices, a priest should use the marked stones to find out what God said about their being priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_66","017_7_66","NEH","7","66","66","Altogether, there were 42,360 people who returned to Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_67","017_7_67","NEH","7","67","67","There were also 7,337 of their servants, and 245 singers, which included men and women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_68","017_7_68","NEH","7","68","68","The Israelis also brought back from Babylonia 736 horses, 245 mules, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_69","017_7_69","NEH","7","69","69","435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_70","017_7_70","NEH","7","70","70","Some of the leaders of the clans gave gifts for the work of rebuilding the temple. I, being the governor, gave ◄17 pounds/8.6 kg.► of gold, 50 bowls to be used in the temple, and 530 robes for the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_71","017_7_71","NEH","7","71","71","Some of the leaders of the clans gave a total of ◄337 pounds/153 kg.► of gold, and ◄3,215 pounds/1,460 kg.► of silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_72","017_7_72","NEH","7","72","72","The rest of the people gave a total of ◄337 pounds/153 kg.► of gold, ◄2,923 pounds/1,330 kg.► of silver, and 67 robes for the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH7_73","017_7_73","NEH","7","73","73","So the priests, the other descendants of Levi who helped the priests, the temple guards, the musicians, the temple workers, and many ordinary people, who were all Israelis, started to live in the towns and cities of Judea where their ancestors had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_1","017_8_1","NEH","8","1","2","Ezra, who taught people the laws of Moses, had a scroll on which the laws of Moses were written. Those were the laws that Yahweh had commanded the Israeli people to obey. On October 8 of that year, all the people gathered together in the plaza/square that was close to the Water Gate. Men and women and children who were old enough to understand gathered together. Someone told Ezra to bring out that scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_3","017_8_3","NEH","8","3","3","So he brought it out and read it to the people. He started reading it early in the morning and continued reading it until noontime. All the people listened carefully to the laws that were written on the scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_4","017_8_4","NEH","8","4","4","Ezra stood on top of a high wooden platform that had been built just for that event. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah. At his left side stood Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_5","017_8_5","NEH","8","5","5","Ezra stood on the platform above the people, where they could all see him. He opened the scroll; and as he did that, all the people stood up, and they continued to stand, to show respect for God’s word. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_6","017_8_6","NEH","8","6","6","Then Ezra praised Yahweh, the great God, and all the people lifted up their hands and said, “Amen! Amen!” Then they all bowed down with their foreheads touching the ground, and they worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_7","017_8_7","NEH","8","7","7","Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah, were all ◄Levites/men who worked in the temple►. They explained the meaning of the laws of Moses to the people who were standing there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_8","017_8_8","NEH","8","8","8","They also read from scrolls that contained the laws that God gave to Moses, and they interpreted into the Aramaic language what they read, making the meaning clear so that the people could understand the meaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_9","017_8_9","NEH","8","9","9","Then I, Nehemiah the governor, and Ezra, and the Levites who were interpreting what was being read to the people, said to them, “Yahweh your God considers that this day is very holy/sacred. So do not be sad or cry!” They said that because all the people were crying as they were listening to the laws of Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_10","017_8_10","NEH","8","10","10","Then I said to them, “Now go home and enjoy some good food and drink some sweet wine. And send some of it to people who do not have anything to eat or drink. This is a day that Yahweh considers sacred. Do not be sad! Yahweh will cause you to be joyful and make you strong.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_11","017_8_11","NEH","8","11","11","The Levites also caused the people to be quiet, saying “Be quiet and do not cry, because this is a sacred day! Do not be sad!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_12","017_8_12","NEH","8","12","12","So the people went away, and they ate and drank, and they sent portions of food to those who did not have any. They celebrated very joyfully, because they had heard and understood what had been read to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_13","017_8_13","NEH","8","13","13","The next day, the leaders of the families and the priests and other descendants of Levi met with Ezra to study carefully the laws that Yahweh had given to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_14","017_8_14","NEH","8","14","14","While they were doing that, they realized that Yahweh had told Moses to command the Israeli people to live in shelters during that month, to remember that their ancestors lived in shelters when they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_15","017_8_15","NEH","8","15","15","They also learned that they should proclaim in Jerusalem and in all the towns that the people should go to the hills and cut branches from olive trees that they have planted and from wild olive trees and from myrtle trees and palm trees and fig trees. They should make shelters from these branches, and live in those shelters during the festival, just as Moses wrote that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_16","017_8_16","NEH","8","16","16","So the people went out of the city and cut branches and used them to build shelters. They built shelters on the flat roofs of their houses, in their courtyards, in the courtyards of the temple, and in the plazas/squares close to the Water Gate and the Ephraim Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_17","017_8_17","NEH","8","17","17","All of the Israeli people who had returned from Babylon built shelters and lived in them for one week. The Israeli people had not celebrated that festival like that since the time that Joshua lived. And they were very joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH8_18","017_8_18","NEH","8","18","18","Every day during that week Ezra read to the people from the scroll that contained the laws that God gave Moses. Then on the eighth day, just as one of the laws of God said that they should do, they gathered together to end the celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_1","017_9_1","NEH","9","1","1","On October 31, the people gathered together again. They ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►, they wore clothes made from rough cloth, and they put dirt on their heads to show that they were sorry for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_2","017_9_2","NEH","9","2","2","The Israeli people separated themselves from all the foreigners. They stood there and confessed their sins and the sins that their ancestors had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_3","017_9_3","NEH","9","3","3","The scroll that contained the laws of Yahweh, the God whom they worshiped, was read to them for three hours. Then for three more hours they confessed their sins and they worshiped Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_4","017_9_4","NEH","9","4","4","Some of the descendants of Levi were standing on the stairs. They were Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, another Bani, and Kenani. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_5","017_9_5","NEH","9","5","5","Then the leaders of the Levites called out to the people. They were Jeshua, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah. They said, “While you are standing there, praise Yahweh your God, who has always lived and will live forever!” Then one of them continued by praying this to God, “Yahweh, we praise your glorious name! You are much greater than anything that we can think about or talk about! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_6","017_9_6","NEH","9","6","6","“You only are God. You made the sky and the heavens and all the stars. You made the earth and everything that is on it, and you made the seas/oceans and everything that is in them. You are the one who gives life to everything and helps them remain alive. All the angels who are in heaven worship you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_7","017_9_7","NEH","9","7","7","“Yahweh, you are God. You chose Abram and brought him out of Ur city in Chaldea region. You gave him a new name, Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_8","017_9_8","NEH","9","8","8","You saw that he was trustworthy. Then you made ◄an agreement with/a promise to► him, saying that you would give to him and to his descendants the land that the descendants of Canaan, Heth, Amor, Periz, Jebus, and Girgash lived in. And you have done what you promised, because you always do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_9","017_9_9","NEH","9","9","9","“You saw what our ancestors were suffering in Egypt. You heard them cry to you for help when they were at the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_10","017_9_10","NEH","9","10","10","Because you knew that the leaders of Egypt were treating our ancestors very arrogantly, you performed many kinds of miracles that caused the king and his officials and all his people to suffer. As a result, you became famous then, and you are still famous! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_11","017_9_11","NEH","9","11","11","You caused the Red Sea to divide, with the result that your people walked through it on the ground without getting their feet wet. After they were all safely on the other side, you caused the water to come back again, and you hurled into the deep water the soldiers of the Egyptian army that were pursuing our ancestors. Their soldiers sank into the deep sea like stones! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_12","017_9_12","NEH","9","12","12","During each day you led our ancestors with a bright cloud that resembled a huge pillar, and each night you led them by a flaming cloud that gave them light to show them where to walk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_13","017_9_13","NEH","9","13","13","“When our ancestors were at Sinai Mountain, you came down from heaven and spoke to them. You gave them many regulations and instructions that are just and reliable, and you gave them commands and laws that are good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_14","017_9_14","NEH","9","14","14","You taught them about your holy ◄Sabbath/day of rest►, and you gave many kinds of laws to your servant Moses for him to tell to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_15","017_9_15","NEH","9","15","15","When they were hungry, you gave them manna from the sky; and when they were thirsty, you gave them water from a rock. You commanded them to go and take, from the people who lived there, the land which you had promised to give to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_16","017_9_16","NEH","9","16","16","“But our ancestors were very proud and stubborn IDM, and they did not do what you commanded them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_17","017_9_17","NEH","9","17","17","They refused to heed you, and they forgot about all the miracles that you had performed for them. Instead, they became stubborn IDM, and they appointed someone to lead them back to Egypt, where they would be slaves again! But you are a God who forgives us and who is kind and merciful to us. You do not quickly become angry. You always faithfully love us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_18","017_9_18","NEH","9","18","18","So, even though their leaders made an idol that resembled a calf and insulted you by saying about the idol, ‘This is our god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ you did not desert them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_19","017_9_19","NEH","9","19","19","“Because you always act mercifully, you did not abandon them when they were in the desert. The bright cloud which was like a huge pillar continued to lead them during the daytime, and the fiery cloud showed them where to walk at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_20","017_9_20","NEH","9","20","20","You sent your good Spirit to instruct them. You continued to provide water when they were thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_21","017_9_21","NEH","9","21","21","For 40 years you took care of them in the desert. During all that time, they had everything that they needed. Their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell up even though they were continually walking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_22","017_9_22","NEH","9","22","22","“You helped our ancestors to defeat armies of great kings who ruled many people-groups. By doing that, you enabled our ancestors to ◄occupy/live in► even the most distant places in this land. They occupied the land over which King Sihon ruled from Heshbon city and the land over which King Og ruled in the Bashan area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_23","017_9_23","NEH","9","23","23","You caused our ancestors’ descendants to become as numerous as the stars in the sky, and you brought them into this land, the land that you told their fathers to enter and occupy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_24","017_9_24","NEH","9","24","24","Their sons went in and took the land from the people that lived there. You enabled them to defeat the descendants of Canaan who lived here in this land. You enabled them to conquer the descendants of Canaan and their kings and the people whom they ruled. You enabled our ancestors to do to those people whatever they wanted to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_25","017_9_25","NEH","9","25","25","Our ancestors captured cities that had walls around them, and they took possession of fertile land. They took possession of houses that were full of good things, where there were wells that were already dug. They took possession of many vineyards and groves of olive trees and fruit trees. They ate all that they wanted to and became fat. They were delighted in all these good things that you gave to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_26","017_9_26","NEH","9","26","26","“But they disobeyed you and rebelled against you. They ◄turned their backs on/rejected► your laws. They killed the prophets who warned them that they should return to you. They badly insulted you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_27","017_9_27","NEH","9","27","27","So you allowed their enemies to defeat them. But when their enemies caused them to suffer, they called out to you. You heard them from heaven, and because you are very merciful, you sent them people to help them, and those leaders rescued them from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_28","017_9_28","NEH","9","28","28","“But after there was a time of peace again, our ancestors again did things that displeased you. So again you allowed their enemies to conquer them. But whenever they cried out to you again to help them, you heard them from heaven, and because you act mercifully, you rescued them many times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_29","017_9_29","NEH","9","29","29","“You warned them that they should again obey your laws, but they became proud and stubborn, and they disobeyed your commands. They sinned by disobeying what you commanded them to do, the things that would enable them to live a good long life if they obeyed them. They stubbornly refused IDM to listen to you and continued sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_30","017_9_30","NEH","9","30","30","You were patient with them for many years. You warned them trough the messages your Spirit gave to the prophets. But they did not ◄heed/pay attention to► those messages. So again you allowed the armies of other nations to defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_31","017_9_31","NEH","9","31","31","But because you act very mercifully, you did not get rid of them completely or abandon them forever. You are a very gracious/kind and merciful God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_32","017_9_32","NEH","9","32","32","“Our God, you are great! You are mighty! You are awesome! You faithfully love us as you promised in your agreement with us that you would do! But now we are experiencing great difficulties/hardships. Great troubles have come to us, to our kings, to our other leaders, to our priests, and to our prophets. We have been experiencing these troubles since the armies of the kings of Assyria conquered us, and we are still experiencing them. We ask that you sincerely think about LIT all these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_33","017_9_33","NEH","9","33","33","We know that you acted justly each time that you punished us. We have sinned greatly, but you have treated us fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_34","017_9_34","NEH","9","34","34","Our kings and other leaders and our priests and our other ancestors did not obey your laws. They did not heed your commands or the warnings that you gave to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_35","017_9_35","NEH","9","35","35","Even when they had their own kings, and they enjoyed the good things that you did for them in this large and fertile land that you gave to them, they did not serve you. They refused to quit doing what was evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_36","017_9_36","NEH","9","36","36","“So now we are like slaves here in this land that you gave to our ancestors, the land that you gave to them in order that they could enjoy all the good things that grow here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_37","017_9_37","NEH","9","37","37","Because we have sinned, we cannot eat the things that grow here. The kings that now rule over us are enjoying the things that grow here. They rule us and take our cattle. We have to serve them and do the things that please them. We are experiencing great misery/distress. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH9_38","017_9_38","NEH","9","38","38","“However, we Israeli people now are making an agreement/promise to obey you, and we are writing this agreement/promise on a scroll. We will write on it the names of our leaders and the names of the Levites and the names of the priests, and then we will seal it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_1","017_10_1","NEH","10","1","1","◄This is a list/These are the names► of those who signed the agreement: I, Nehemiah, the governor; and also Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_2","017_10_2","NEH","10","2","2","The priests who signed it were: Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_3","017_10_3","NEH","10","3","3","Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_4","017_10_4","NEH","10","4","4","Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_5","017_10_5","NEH","10","5","5","Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_6","017_10_6","NEH","10","6","6","Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_7","017_10_7","NEH","10","7","7","Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_8","017_10_8","NEH","10","8","8","Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_9","017_10_9","NEH","10","9","9","The other descendants of Levi who signed it were: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui from the clan of Henadad, Kadmiel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_10","017_10_10","NEH","10","10","10","Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_11","017_10_11","NEH","10","11","11","Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_12","017_10_12","NEH","10","12","12","Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_13","017_10_13","NEH","10","13","13","Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_14","017_10_14","NEH","10","14","14","The Israeli leaders who signed it were: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_15","017_10_15","NEH","10","15","15","Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_16","017_10_16","NEH","10","16","16","Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_17","017_10_17","NEH","10","17","17","Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_18","017_10_18","NEH","10","18","18","Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_19","017_10_19","NEH","10","19","19","Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_20","017_10_20","NEH","10","20","20","Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_21","017_10_21","NEH","10","21","21","Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_22","017_10_22","NEH","10","22","22","Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_23","017_10_23","NEH","10","23","23","Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_24","017_10_24","NEH","10","24","24","Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_25","017_10_25","NEH","10","25","25","Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_26","017_10_26","NEH","10","26","26","Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_27","017_10_27","NEH","10","27","27","Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_28","017_10_28","NEH","10","28","28","Then the rest of the people also made a solemn agreement. The people who did it included priests, temple gatekeepers, singers, and temple workers. They also included all the men from other countries who had separated themselves from the other foreigners living in Israel. These men, along with their wives, their sons and daughters who were old enough to understand what they were doing, were people who wanted to obey God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_29","017_10_29","NEH","10","29","29","They all joined with their leaders in making this solemn agreement. They agreed to obey all the laws that God had given to Moses. They agreed to obey everything that Yahweh our God had commanded, and all his regulations and instructions. And this is what they promised to do: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_30","017_10_30","NEH","10","30","30","“We will not allow our daughters to marry people who live in this land who do not worship Yahweh, and we will not allow our sons to marry them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_31","017_10_31","NEH","10","31","31","“If people from other countries who live in this land bring us grain or other things to sell to us on Sabbath days or any other sacred day, we will not buy anything from them. And in every seventh year, we will not plant any crops, and we will ◄cancel all debts/declare that people will no longer have to pay back what they owe us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_32","017_10_32","NEH","10","32","32","“We also promise that every year we will pay ◄one-eighth of an ounce/4 grams► of silver for the work of taking care of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_33","017_10_33","NEH","10","33","33","With that money they can buy these things: The sacred bread that is placed before God, the grain that is burned on the altar each day, the lambs that were completely burned on the altar, the sacred offerings for the Sabbath days and for celebrating each new moon and other festivals that God told us to celebrate, and other offerings that are dedicated to God, the animals to be sacrificed to atone for the sins of the Israeli people, and anything else that is needed for the work of taking care of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_34","017_10_34","NEH","10","34","34","“Each year the priests, the other descendants of Levi who help the priests, and the rest of us will ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to determine for that year which clans will provide wood to burn on the altar the sacrifices that are offered to Yahweh our God, in order to do what was written in the laws God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_35","017_10_35","NEH","10","35","35","“We promise that each year each family will take to the temple an offering from the first grain that we harvest and from the first fruit that grows on our trees that year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_36","017_10_36","NEH","10","36","36","“Also, we will take to the priests at the temple our firstborn sons and dedicate them to God. And we will also bring firstborn calves and lambs and baby goats to be offered as sacrifices. That is what is written in God’s laws that we must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_37","017_10_37","NEH","10","37","37","“We will also take to the priests at the temple the flour made from the first grain that we harvest each year, and our other offerings of wine, olive oil, and fruit. We will also take to the descendants of Levi who help the priests the tithes/10% of the crops that we grow on our land, because they are the ones who collect the tithes in all the villages where we work/live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_38","017_10_38","NEH","10","38","38","The priests who are descendants of Aaron will be with the other descendants of Levi and supervise them when they collect the tithes. Then the descendants of Levi must take 10% of the things that people bring and put them in the storerooms in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH10_39","017_10_39","NEH","10","39","39","The descendants of Levi and some of the other Israeli people must take 10% of the offerings of grain, wine, and olive oil to the storerooms where the various utensils that are used in the temple are kept. That is the place where the priests who are serving at that time, the temple guards, and those who sing in the temple choir live. We promise that we will not neglect taking care of the temple of our God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_1","017_11_1","NEH","11","1","1","The Israeli leaders and their families settled in the sacred city, Jerusalem. The other people ◄cast lots/threw marked stones► to determine which family from each ten families would live in Jerusalem. The other people continued to live in the other towns and cities in Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_2","017_11_2","NEH","11","2","2","Those people asked God to bless those who volunteered to be among the 10% who  moved to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_3","017_11_3","NEH","11","3","3","Some of the priests, some of the other descendants of Levi, some of the temple workers, and the descendants of King Solomon’s servants, and many of the other people lived on their own property in the towns where their ancestors had lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_4","017_11_4","NEH","11","4","4","But some people from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin decided to live in Jerusalem. One of them from the tribe of Judah was Athaiah. He was the son of Uzziah, who was the son of Zechariah, who was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Shephatiah, who was the son of Mahalalel, who was a descendant of Judah’s son Perez. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_5","017_11_5","NEH","11","5","5","Another one from the tribe of Judah was Maaseiah, who was the son of Baruch, who was the son of Colhozeh, who was the son of Hazaiah, who was the son of Adaiah, who was the son of Joiarib, who was the son of Zechariah, who was a descendant of Judah’s son Shelah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_6","017_11_6","NEH","11","6","6","There were 468 men who were descendants of Perez who were valiant/courageous soldiers who lived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_7","017_11_7","NEH","11","7","7","One of the men of the tribe of Benjamin who decided to live in Jerusalem was Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_8","017_11_8","NEH","11","8","8","Two of Sallu’s relatives, Gabbai and Sallai, also settled in Jerusalem. Altogether, 928 people from the tribe of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_9","017_11_9","NEH","11","9","9","Their leader was Joel, son of Zichri. The official who was second in command in Jerusalem was Hassenuah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_10","017_11_10","NEH","11","10","10","The priests who settled in Jerusalem were Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jakin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_11","017_11_11","NEH","11","11","11","Seraiah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub who had previously been  the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_12","017_11_12","NEH","11","12","12","Altogether, 822 members of that clan worked in the temple. Another priest who settled in Jerusalem was Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_13","017_11_13","NEH","11","13","13","Altogether, there were 242 members of that clan who were leaders of the clan who settled in Jerusalem. Another priest who settled in Jerusalem was Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_14","017_11_14","NEH","11","14","14","There were 128 members of that clan who were valiant soldiers who settled in Jerusalem. Their leader was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_15","017_11_15","NEH","11","15","15","Another descendant of Levi who settled in Jerusalem was Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_16","017_11_16","NEH","11","16","16","Two others were Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were prominent men who supervised the work outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_17","017_11_17","NEH","11","17","17","Another one was Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph. Mattaniah directed the temple choir when they sang the prayers to thank God. His assistant was Bakbukiah. Another one was Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_18","017_11_18","NEH","11","18","18","Altogether, there were 284 descendants of Levi who settled in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_19","017_11_19","NEH","11","19","19","The men who guarded the temple gates were Akkub and Talmon and 172 of their relatives who settled in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_20","017_11_20","NEH","11","20","20","The other Israeli people including priests and other descendants of Levi lived on their own property in other towns and cities in Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_21","017_11_21","NEH","11","21","21","But the temple workers lived on Ophel Hill in Jerusalem. They were supervised by Ziha and Gishpa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_22","017_11_22","NEH","11","22","22","The man who supervised the other descendants of Levi who helped the priests and lived in Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi belonged to the clan of Asaph, the clan that was in charge of the music in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_23","017_11_23","NEH","11","23","23","The king of Persia had commanded that the clans should decide what each clan should do to lead the music in the temple each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_24","017_11_24","NEH","11","24","24","Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, who was from the clan of Zerah and a descendant of Judah, was the ambassador of the Israelis to the king of Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_25","017_11_25","NEH","11","25","25","Some of the people who did not settle in Jerusalem lived in villages close to their farms. Some from the tribe of Judah lived in villages near Kiriath-Arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_26","017_11_26","NEH","11","26","26","Some lived in Jeshua city, in Moladah city, in Beth-Pelet city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_27","017_11_27","NEH","11","27","27","in Hazar-Shual city, and in Beersheba city and the villages near it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_28","017_11_28","NEH","11","28","28","Others lived in Ziklag city, in Meconah city and the villages near it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_29","017_11_29","NEH","11","29","29","in En-Rimmon city, in Zorah city, in Jarmuth city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_30","017_11_30","NEH","11","30","30","in Zanoah city, in Adullam city, and in the villages near those cities. Some lived in Lachish city and in the nearby villages, and some lived in Azekah town and the villages near it. All of those people lived in Judea, in the area between Beersheba in the south and Hinnom Valley in the north, at the edge of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_31","017_11_31","NEH","11","31","31","The people of the tribe of Benjamin lived in Geba city, Micmash city, Aija city which is also known as Ai, Bethel city and in nearby villages, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_32","017_11_32","NEH","11","32","32","in Anathoth city, in Nob city, in Ananiah town, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_33","017_11_33","NEH","11","33","33","in Hazor city, in Ramah city, in Gittaim city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_34","017_11_34","NEH","11","34","34","in Hadid city, in Zeboim town, in Neballat town, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_35","017_11_35","NEH","11","35","35","in Lod town, in Ono town, and in Craftsmen’s Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH11_36","017_11_36","NEH","11","36","36","Some of the groups of the descendants of Levi who had lived in Judea were sent to live with the people of the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_1","017_12_1","NEH","12","1","1","Many priests and other descendants of Levi returned ◄from Babylonia/to Jerusalem► with Zerubbabel and Jeshua. They included Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_2","017_12_2","NEH","12","2","2","Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_3","017_12_3","NEH","12","3","3","Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_4","017_12_4","NEH","12","4","4","Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_5","017_12_5","NEH","12","5","5","Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_6","017_12_6","NEH","12","6","6","Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_7","017_12_7","NEH","12","7","7","Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. All those men were leaders of the priests during the time that Jeshua was the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_8","017_12_8","NEH","12","8","8","Some of the other descendants of Levi who returned were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah. They were in charge of singing songs to thank God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_9","017_12_9","NEH","12","9","9","Bakbukiah, Unni, and other descendants of Levi formed a choir that stood opposite the other group and sang in reply to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_10","017_12_10","NEH","12","10","10","Jeshua who was the Supreme Priest was the father of Joiakim, who was the father of Eliashib, who was the father of Joiada, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_11","017_12_11","NEH","12","11","11","who was the father of Jonathan, who was the father of Jaddua. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_12","017_12_12","NEH","12","12","12","When Joiakim was the Supreme Priest, these were the leaders of the clans of priests: Meraiah, from the clan of Seraiah; Hananiah, from the clan of Jeremiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_13","017_12_13","NEH","12","13","13","Meshullam, from the clan of Ezra; Jehohanan, from the clan of Amariah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_14","017_12_14","NEH","12","14","14","Jonathan, from the clan of Malluch; Joseph, from the clan of Shecaniah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_15","017_12_15","NEH","12","15","15","Adna, from the clan of Harim; Helkai, from the clan of Meremoth/Maraioth; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_16","017_12_16","NEH","12","16","16","Zechariah, from the clan of Iddo; Meshullam, from the clan of Ginnethon; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_17","017_12_17","NEH","12","17","17","Zicri, from the clan of Abijah. There was also a leader from the clan of Miniamin; Piltai, from the clan of Moadiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_18","017_12_18","NEH","12","18","18","Shammua, from the clan of Bilgah; Jehonathan, from the clan of Shemaiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_19","017_12_19","NEH","12","19","19","Mattenai, from the clan of Joiarib; Uzzi, from the clan of Jedaiah; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_20","017_12_20","NEH","12","20","20","Kallai, from the clan of Sallu/Sallai; Eber, from the clan of Amok; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_21","017_12_21","NEH","12","21","21","Hashabiah, from the clan of Hilkiah; and Nethanel, from the clan of Jedaiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_22","017_12_22","NEH","12","22","22","During the years that Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua were Supreme Priests, they ◄wrote/kept a list of► the names of the clans who were descendants of Levi. When Darius was the king of Persia, they stopped writing that list. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_23","017_12_23","NEH","12","23","23","They wrote the names of the leaders of the clans who were descendants of Levi in the Book of Events in Israel, but they stopped writing those names when Eliashib’s grandson Johanan was the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_24","017_12_24","NEH","12","24","24","These are the leaders of the clans who are descendants of Levi: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel and others who were divided into two groups. The two groups faced each other, one group replying to the other, during the time that they praised and thanked God. They did that just as King David, the man who served God well, had instructed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_25","017_12_25","NEH","12","25","25","These singers included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. The men who guarded the storerooms close to the gates of the temple were Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_26","017_12_26","NEH","12","26","26","They did that work during the time that Joiakim, who was the son of Jeshua and the grandson of Jehozadak, was the Supreme Priest, and I was the governor, and Ezra was the priest who knew the Jewish laws very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_27","017_12_27","NEH","12","27","27","When we dedicated the wall around Jerusalem, we summoned the descendants of Levi who help the priests from the nearby places where they were living. We asked them to join with us to celebrate when we dedicated the wall. We wanted them to sing songs to thank Yahweh and make music by playing cymbals and harps and other stringed instruments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_28","017_12_28","NEH","12","28","28","We summoned the descendants of Levi who habitually sang together. They came to Jerusalem from nearby areas where they had settled, and from places around Netophah town southeast of Jerusalem, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_29","017_12_29","NEH","12","29","29","and from three places northeast of Jerusalem—Beth Gilgal city and the areas around Geba and Azmaveth. Those singers had built villages to live in near Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_30","017_12_30","NEH","12","30","30","When they came to Jerusalem, the priests and other descendants of Levi who help the priests performed rituals to cause themselves to be acceptable to God, and then they performed similar rituals to purify the other people, the gates, and the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_31","017_12_31","NEH","12","31","31","Then I gathered together the leaders of Judah on top of the wall, and I appointed them to lead two large groups to march around the city on top of the wall, thanking God. As they faced the city, one group walked to the right toward the Dung Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_32","017_12_32","NEH","12","32","32","Behind their leaders marched Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_33","017_12_33","NEH","12","33","35","Behind them marched a group of priests who were blowing trumpets. They were Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah. Next came Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, a descendant of Asaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_36","017_12_36","NEH","12","36","36","Behind them marched other members of Zechariah’s clan: Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani. They all were playing the same kinds of musical instruments that King David had played many years previously. Ezra, the man who knew the Jewish laws very well, marched in front of this group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_37","017_12_37","NEH","12","37","37","When they reached the Fountain Gate, they went up the steps to David’s City, past his palace, and then to the wall at the Water Gate, on the east side of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_38","017_12_38","NEH","12","38","38","The other group of those who were thanking Yahweh marched to the left on top of the wall. I followed them with half of the people. We marched past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_39","017_12_39","NEH","12","39","39","From there we marched past Ephraim Gate, Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, the Tower of the Hundred Soldiers, to the Sheep Gate. We finished marching near the gate into the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_40","017_12_40","NEH","12","40","40","Both the groups reached the temple while they were thanking God. They stood in their places there. The leaders who were with me also stood with me in our places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_41","017_12_41","NEH","12","41","41","My group included these priests who were all blowing trumpets: Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, Hananiah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_42","017_12_42","NEH","12","42","42","another Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. The singers, whose leader was Jezrahiah, sang loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_43","017_12_43","NEH","12","43","43","After we went outside the temple, we offered many sacrifices. We men all rejoiced because God had caused us to be very happy. The women and the children also rejoiced. People far away could hear the noise that we made there in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_44","017_12_44","NEH","12","44","44","On that day, men were appointed {they appointed men} to be in charge of the storerooms where they kept the money that people contributed for the temple. They also kept there the other things that the people contributed— the tithes and the first part of the grain and fruit that was harvested each year. Those men collected those things from the fields/farms near the cities, and took them to Jerusalem and gave them to the priests and the other descendants of Levi, as Moses had said in his laws that they should do. All the Israeli people were happy about the work that the priests and the descendants of Levi did, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_45","017_12_45","NEH","12","45","45","because they performed the rituals to purify things, and the other rituals that God had commanded. The musicians in the temple also did their work as King David and his son Solomon had declared that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_46","017_12_46","NEH","12","46","46","Ever since the time that David had been the king and Asaph had been his chief musician, the musicians had led the people while they sang songs to praise and thank God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH12_47","017_12_47","NEH","12","47","47","During the years that Zerubbabel and I governed the Israeli people, they all contributed the food that the singers and temple gatekeepers needed each day. They gave ◄a tithe/10%► of their crops to the descendants of Levi who helped the priests, and those descendants of Levi gave ◄a tithe/10%► of that to the priests, who were descendants of Aaron the first Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_1","017_13_1","NEH","13","1","1","On that day, when someone read to the people parts of the laws that God gave to Moses, they read where it was written that no one from the Ammon people-group or the Moab people-group was ever to be allowed to be with God’s people while they were gathered together to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_2","017_13_2","NEH","13","2","2","The reason for that was that the people of Ammon and the people of Moab did not give/sell any food or water to the Israelis while the Israelis were going through their areas after they left Egypt. Instead, the people of Ammon and Moab paid money to Balaam in order that he would curse the Israelis. But God commanded Balaam to bless the people, not to curse them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_3","017_13_3","NEH","13","3","3","So when the people heard these laws being read to them, they sent away all the people whose ancestors had come from other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_4","017_13_4","NEH","13","4","4","Previously, Eliashib the priest had been appointed to be in charge of the storerooms in the temple. He was a relative of our enemy Tobiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_5","017_13_5","NEH","13","5","5","He allowed Tobiah to use a large room in which they had previously stored the grain offerings and the incense, the equipment that is used in the temple, the offerings that the people had brought for the priests, and the tithes of grain and wine and olive oil that God had commanded the people to bring to the other descendants of Levi, and to the temple musicians, and to the temple guards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_6","017_13_6","NEH","13","6","6","While Tobias was using that room, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, and he allowed me to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_7","017_13_7","NEH","13","7","7","When I arrived in Jerusalem, I found out that Eliashib had done an evil thing by allowing Tobiah to use a room in God’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_8","017_13_8","NEH","13","8","8","I became very angry, and I threw out of that room everything that belonged to Tobiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_9","017_13_9","NEH","13","9","9","Then I commanded that they perform a ritual to make the rooms ◄pure/acceptable to God► again. And I also ordered that all the equipment used in the temple and all the grain offerings and incense should be put in that room again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_10","017_13_10","NEH","13","10","10","I also found out that the temple musicians and other descendants of Levi had left Jerusalem and returned to their fields/farms, because the Israeli people had not been bringing to them the food that they needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_11","017_13_11","NEH","13","11","11","So I rebuked the officials, saying to them, “◄Why have you not taken care of the work in the temple?/It is disgraceful that you have not taken care of the work in the temple.►” RHQ So I brought the descendants of Levi and the musicians back to the temple, and told them to do their work there again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_12","017_13_12","NEH","13","12","12","Then all the people of Judah again started to bring to the temple storerooms their tithes of grain, wine, and olive oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_13","017_13_13","NEH","13","13","13","I appointed these men to be in charge of the storerooms: Shelemiah, who was a priest; Zadok, who knew the Jewish laws very well; and Pedaiah, a descendant of Levi. I appointed Hanan, who is the son of Zaccur and grandson of Mattaniah, to assist them. I knew that I could trust these men while they distributed those offerings to their fellow workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_14","017_13_14","NEH","13","14","14","My God, do not forget all these good things that I have faithfully done for your temple and for the work that is done there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_15","017_13_15","NEH","13","15","15","During that time, I saw some people in Judea who were working  on the Sabbath day. Some were pressing grapes to make wine. Others were putting grain, bags of wine, baskets of grapes, figs, and many HYP other things, on their donkeys and taking them into Jerusalem. I warned them that they should not sell things to the people of Judea on Sabbath days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_16","017_13_16","NEH","13","16","16","I also saw some people from Tyre city who were living there in Jerusalem who were bringing fish and other things into Jerusalem to sell to the people of Judea on the Sabbath day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_17","017_13_17","NEH","13","17","17","So I rebuked the Jewish leaders and told them, “This is RHQ a very evil thing that you are doing! You are causing the Sabbath days to be unholy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_18","017_13_18","NEH","13","18","18","Your ancestors did RHQ things like that, so God punished them, and as a result, this city was destroyed! And now by causing the Sabbath day to be unholy, you are going to cause God to be angry with us Israeli people and punish us more!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_19","017_13_19","NEH","13","19","19","So I ordered that at ◄the beginning of every Sabbath day/every Friday evening► they should shut the gates of the city before it became dark. I also ordered that they should not open the gates until ◄the Sabbath day was ended the next day/Saturday evening►. Then each Sabbath day I put some of my men at the gates, so they would make sure that nothing to sell was brought into the city on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_20","017_13_20","NEH","13","20","20","One or two times merchants DOU stayed outside of the city on ◄Friday night/the night before the Sabbath day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_21","017_13_21","NEH","13","21","21","I warned them, “It is useless RHQ for you to stay here outside the walls on Friday night! If you do this again, I will tell my men to arrest you!” So after that, they did not come on Sabbath days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_22","017_13_22","NEH","13","22","22","I also commanded the descendants of Levi to perform the ritual to purify themselves and to guard the city gates, to make sure that the Sabbath was kept holy by not allowing merchants to enter it on Sabbath days. My God, do not forget this also that I have done for you! And because of your faithfully loving me, allow me to continue to live many more years! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_23","017_13_23","NEH","13","23","23","During that time, I also found out that many of the Jewish men had married women from Ashdod city, and from the Ammon and Moab people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_24","017_13_24","NEH","13","24","24","The result was that half of their children spoke the language that people in Ashdod speak or some other language, and they didn’t know how to speak our language. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_25","017_13_25","NEH","13","25","25","So I rebuked those men, and I asked God to curse them, and I beat them and pulled out some of their hair. Then I forced them to solemnly promise, knowing that God MTY was listening, that they would never again marry foreigners, and never allow their children to marry foreigners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_26","017_13_26","NEH","13","26","26","I said to them, “Solomon, the king of Israel, sinned RHQ as a result of marrying foreign women. He was greater than any of the kings of other nations. God loved him, and caused him to become the king of all the Israeli people, but his foreign wives caused even him to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_27","017_13_27","NEH","13","27","27","Do you think that we should do what you have done, and disobey our God by marrying foreign women who worship idols? RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_28","017_13_28","NEH","13","28","28","One of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the Supreme Priest, had married the daughter of our enemy Sanballat, from Beth-Horon town. So I forced Jehoiada’s son to leave Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_29","017_13_29","NEH","13","29","29","My God, do not forget that those people who have married foreign women have caused it to be a shame/disgrace to be a priest, and have caused people to despise the agreement that you made with the priests and with the other descendants of Levi who help the priests►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_30","017_13_30","NEH","13","30","30","I did all that to make sure that there were no more foreign people among the Israeli people who would encourage them to worship idols. I also established regulations for the priests and other descendants of Levi, in order that they would know what work they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NH13_31","017_13_31","NEH","13","31","31","I also arranged for people to bring the firewood that was needed to burn on the altar, as Moses had declared that we should do. I also arranged for the people to bring the first part of what they harvested each year. My God, do not forget that I have done all these things, and bless me for doing them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_1","018_1_1","EST","1","1","1","King Xerxes ruled a very big empire which had 127 provinces. It extended from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_2","018_1_2","EST","1","2","2","He ruled the empire while he lived in the capital city, Susa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_3","018_1_3","EST","1","3","3","During the third year that he ruled his empire, he invited all his administrators and other officials to a big banquet/feast. He invited all the commanders of the armies of Persia and Media to come to the banquet. He also invited the governors and other leaders of the provinces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_4","018_1_4","EST","1","4","4","The celebration lasted for six months. During that time the king showed his guests all his wealth and other things that showed how great his kingdom was (OR, how great a king he was). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_5","018_1_5","EST","1","5","5","At the end of those six months, the king invited people to another banquet. He invited to the banquet all the men who worked in the palace, including those who had important jobs and those who had unimportant jobs. This celebration lasted for seven days. It was in the courtyard of the palace in Susa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_6","018_1_6","EST","1","6","6","In the courtyard were beautiful blue and white curtains that were fastened by white and purple cords/ribbons to rings that were on pillars made from expensive white stone called marble. The guests sat on gold and silver couches. The couches were on a pavement/floor which had on top of it designs made from various kinds of expensive stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_7","018_1_7","EST","1","7","7","The guests drank wine from gold cups. Each cup had a different design on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_8","018_1_8","EST","1","8","8","There was a lot of wine, because the king wanted the guests to drink as much as they wanted. But the king told the servants that they should not force anyone to drink more than he wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_9","018_1_9","EST","1","9","9","At the same time, the king’s wife, Queen Vashti, invited the wives of the men who worked in the palace to a banquet in another room in the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_10","018_1_10","EST","1","10","10","On the last/seventh day of those banquets, when King Xerxes was partially drunk from drinking wine, he summoned seven of his personal servants. They were Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_11","018_1_11","EST","1","11","11","He told them to bring Queen Vashti to him, wearing her crown. He wanted his guests to see that she was very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_12","018_1_12","EST","1","12","12","But when those servants told Vashti what the king wanted, she refused to go to the king because she did not want to display her beauty in front of a group of half-drunk men. So that caused the king to become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_13","018_1_13","EST","1","13","14","Immediately he had a meeting with the seven men who were the most important officials in Persia and Media. They were the men whom he often asked ◄for their advice/what he should do►. And they were men who knew all the customs and laws of Persia. Their names were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_15","018_1_15","EST","1","15","15","The king said to them, “Queen Vashti has refused to obey me when I sent my servants to tell her to come here. What do our laws say that we should do to someone who acts/behaves like that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_16","018_1_16","EST","1","16","16","While the other officials were present, Memucan told the king, “Your majesty, Queen Vashti has ◄insulted/done wrong against► you, but she has also insulted all your officials and everyone else ◄in your empire/that you rule over►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_17","018_1_17","EST","1","17","17","All the women throughout the empire will hear what she has done, and they will say, ‘The king commanded Queen Vashti to come to him, and she refused.’ So they will not obey their husbands. Instead, they will begin to not respect their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_18","018_1_18","EST","1","18","18","Before this day ends, the wives of all us officials in Persia and Media will hear what the queen did, and they also will refuse to obey their husbands. They will not respect us, and they will cause us to become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_19","018_1_19","EST","1","19","19","So if it pleases you, O king, you should write a law. Like all the other laws of Persia and Media, it will be a law that ◄no one can change/cannot be changed.► Write a law that states that Queen Vashti will never be allowed to see you again and will not continue to be the queen. Then you can choose another woman to be queen, a woman who deserves to be queen more than Vashti does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_20","018_1_20","EST","1","20","20","Then, when everyone in your empire hears what you have commanded, all the women, including those who are important and those who are not important, will respect and obey their husbands.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_21","018_1_21","EST","1","21","21","The king and the other officials liked what Memucan suggested, so he did that. He wrote a law proclaiming that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET1_22","018_1_22","EST","1","22","22","Then he sent letters to all the provinces, stating that all men should have complete authority over their wives and their children. He wrote the letters in every language and type of writing/alphabet that was used in each province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_1","018_2_1","EST","2","1","1","After a while, King Xerxes quit being so angry. He thought about Vashti, and he thought about the law he had made because of what she had done, and he wanted another wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_2","018_2_2","EST","2","2","2","So his personal servants said to him, “Your majesty, you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_3","018_2_3","EST","2","3","3","After they find some, you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep ◄your wives/the women you sleep with► here in Susa. Then Hegai, the man who is in charge of these women, can arrange for ointments to be put on their bodies to make them more beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_4","018_2_4","EST","2","4","4","Then the woman who pleases you most can become queen instead of Vashti.” The king liked what they suggested, so he did it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_5","018_2_5","EST","2","5","5","At that time there was a Jew living in Susa, the capital, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair. Jair was a descendant of Shimei. Shimei was a descendant of King Saul’s father Kish. They were all from the tribe descended from Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_6","018_2_6","EST","2","6","6","Many years before that, King Nebuchadnezzar had taken ◄Mordecai/Mordecai’s family► and brought them from Jerusalem to Babylon, at the same time he brought King Jehoiachin of Judah and many other people to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_7","018_2_7","EST","2","7","7","Mordecai had a cousin whose Hebrew name was Hadassah. She had a beautiful face and beautiful body/figure. Her Persian name was Esther. After her father and mother died, Mordecai took care of Esther as though she were his own daughter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_8","018_2_8","EST","2","8","8","After the king commanded that they search for some beautiful women, they brought Esther and many other young women to the king’s palace in Susa, and ◄the king put Hegai/Hegai was put► in charge of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_9","018_2_9","EST","2","9","9","Hegai was very pleased with Esther, and he treated her well. He immediately arranged for her to be given ointments to make her even more beautiful, and he ordered that special food would be given to her. He arranged that seven maids from the king’s palace would take care of her, and arranged that she/they would stay in the best rooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_10","018_2_10","EST","2","10","10","Esther did not tell anyone that she was a Jew, because Mordecai had told her not to tell anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_11","018_2_11","EST","2","11","11","Every day Mordecai walked near the courtyard of the place where those women stayed. He asked people who entered the courtyard to find out and tell him what was happening to Esther. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_12","018_2_12","EST","2","12","12","Before these women were taken to the king, they put ointments on the bodies of these women for one year to make them more beautiful. For six months they rubbed olive oil mixed with myrrh on their bodies each day. For the next six months they rubbed ointments and perfumes on their bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_13","018_2_13","EST","2","13","13","Then, when one of these women was summoned to go to the king, she was allowed to wear whatever clothes and jewelry she chose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_14","018_2_14","EST","2","14","14","In the evening, they would take her to the king’s own room. The next morning, they would take her to another place where the women who had slept with the king stayed. There another official whose name was Shaashgaz was in charge of those women. Those women would live there for the rest of their lives, and one of those women would go back to the king again only if the king very much wanted her to come again, and only if he told Shaashgaz the name of the woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_15","018_2_15","EST","2","15","16","Everyone who saw Esther liked her. After King Xerxes had been ruling for seven years, it was Esther’s turn to go to him. When they took her to the king, it was during the middle part of the winter. She wore only the things that Hegai suggested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_17","018_2_17","EST","2","17","17","The king liked Esther more than he liked any of the other women that they brought to him. He liked her so much that he put on her head the queen’s crown, and he declared that Esther would be the queen instead of Vashti. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_18","018_2_18","EST","2","18","18","To celebrate her becoming the queen, he had a big banquet/feast prepared for all his administrators and other officials. He generously gave expensive gifts to everyone, and he declared that in all the provinces there would be a holiday, a time when people did not have to pay taxes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_19","018_2_19","EST","2","19","19","Later all those women who had spent a night with the king were gathered together again. By that time Mordecai had become an official at the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_20","018_2_20","EST","2","20","20","But Esther still did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_21","018_2_21","EST","2","21","21","One day when Mordecai was doing his work in the palace, two of the king’s officials were there. Their names were Bigthana and Teresh. They were the guards who stood outside the king’s own rooms. They became angry with the king, and they were planning how they could assassinate/kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_22","018_2_22","EST","2","22","22","But Mordecai heard about what they were planning, and he told that to Queen Esther. Then she told the king what Mordecai had found out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET2_23","018_2_23","EST","2","23","23","The king investigated and found out that Mordecai’s report was true. So the king ordered that those two men be hanged. When that was done, ◄an official wrote a report/a report was written► about it in a book called ‘The book that records what happened while Xerxes was king’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_1","018_3_1","EST","3","1","1","Some time later, King Xerxes ◄promoted/gave his most important job/work to► Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who was a descendant of King Agag. Haman became more important than all his other officials. Only the king was more important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_2","018_3_2","EST","3","2","2","Then the king commanded that all the other officials had to bow down in front of Haman to honor him when he walked by. But Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_3","018_3_3","EST","3","3","3","The other officials saw that, and they asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey what the king commanded?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_4","018_3_4","EST","3","4","4","Mordecai told them that he was a Jew, and that Jews would bow down only to God. Day after day the other officials spoke to Mordecai about that, but he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it, to see if Haman would tolerate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_5","018_3_5","EST","3","5","5","When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down to him, he became extremely angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_6","018_3_6","EST","3","6","6","After he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided that it would not be enough to get rid of only Mordecai. He decided to kill all the Jews in all the area that Xerxes ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_7","018_3_7","EST","3","7","7","So, during the twelfth year that Xerxes was ruling, during the month of April, Haman told his advisors to ◄cast lots/throw small marked stones► to determine the best month and the best day to kill the Jews. Haman’s advisors did that, and the day that was selected was March 7th during the following/next year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_8","018_3_8","EST","3","8","8","Then Haman went to the king and said to him, “Your majesty, there is a certain group of people who live in many areas of your empire whose customs are different from ours. They even refuse to obey your laws. So it would be good for you to get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_9","018_3_9","EST","3","9","9","If it pleases you, command that they should all be killed. If you do that, I will give ◄375 tons/750,000 pounds► of silver to your administrators so that you can use it for your government.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_10","018_3_10","EST","3","10","10","The king liked what Haman said, so, and to confirm what he decided, he gave the ring that had his official seal on it to Haman, who now hated the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_11","018_3_11","EST","3","11","11","The king told Haman, “Keep your money, but do what you want to with those people whom you talked about!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_12","018_3_12","EST","3","12","13","On April 17th Haman summoned the king’s secretaries, and he dictated a letter to them that they translated and wrote to all the governors and administrators and other officials in all the provinces. They wrote copies of the letter in every language and every kind of writing/alphabet that was used in the empire. They wrote that all the Jews, including young people and old people, women and children, had to be killed on one day. That day was March 7th of the following year. They also wrote that those who killed the Jews could take everything that belonged to the Jews. They signed the king’s name at the end of the letters. Then they sealed the letters with wax, and stamped the wax by using the king’s ring. Then they sent the letters swiftly to every province in the empire, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_14","018_3_14","EST","3","14","14","The king also commanded that copies of these letters should be nailed up where all the people could see them, in every province, so that the people would be ready to do on the day the king had set what was written in the letter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET3_15","018_3_15","EST","3","15","15","Then, according to what the king commanded, men riding horses took those letters quickly to every province in the empire. And one of the letters was read aloud to the people in the capital city, Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down and drank wine, but the people in Susa were very perplexed about why this was going to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_1","018_4_1","EST","4","1","1","When Mordecai found out about those letters, he was so anguished that he tore his clothes and put on rough sackcloth and threw ashes over himself. Then he went into the city, crying very loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_2","018_4_2","EST","4","2","2","He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_3","018_4_3","EST","4","3","3","In every province of the empire, when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►, and wailed loudly. Many of them also put on sackcloth and threw ashes on themselves and lay on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_4","018_4_4","EST","4","4","4","When Esther’s maids and other officials came to her and told her what Mordecai had done, she was very distressed. So she sent to Mordecai some good clothes to wear instead of the sackcloth, but he refused to take them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_5","018_4_5","EST","4","5","5","Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s officials whom he had appointed to help take care of Esther. She told him to go out and talk to Mordecai to find out what was distressing him and why he was wearing sackcloth to show that he was grieving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_6","018_4_6","EST","4","6","6","Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_7","018_4_7","EST","4","7","7","Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He told him how much money Haman had promised to give to the government if the king commanded that all the Jews be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_8","018_4_8","EST","4","8","8","Mordecai also gave to Hathach a copy of the decree that had been read in Susa, in which it was stated that all the Jews must be killed. He told Hathach to show the copy to Esther. He told Hathach to explain to Esther what ◄it meant/would happen►. Then he told him to urge her to go to the king and request the king to act mercifully to her people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_9","018_4_9","EST","4","9","9","So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_10","018_4_10","EST","4","10","10","Then Esther told Hathach to return to Mordecai and tell this to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_11","018_4_11","EST","4","11","11","“There is a law about people going to talk to the king. All the king’s officials and all the people in the empire know this law. In that law it states that anyone who goes to the king in his inner court without having been summoned by the king must be executed. Only those to whom the king has extended his scepter/staff will not be executed. And a month has passed since the king has summoned me, so what will happen to me if I try to see him and he doesn’t want to see me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_12","018_4_12","EST","4","12","12","So Hathach went back to Mordecai and told him what Esther had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_13","018_4_13","EST","4","13","13","Mordecai replied, “Go back and tell this to Esther: 'Do not think that just because you live there in the palace, you will escape when all the other Jews are killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_14","018_4_14","EST","4","14","14","If you say nothing now, someone from some other place will rescue many of us Jews, but you and your relatives will be killed. Furthermore, ◄perhaps God/who knows if God► has put you here as queen ◄for a situation like this/to prevent this from happening to us►!' ” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_15","018_4_15","EST","4","15","15","Then after Hathach told this to Esther, she  told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_16","018_4_16","EST","4","16","16","“Gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to ◄fast/abstain from food► for my sake. Tell them to not eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will also fast. Then, I will go to talk to the king. Even if ◄I am executed/they execute me► for disobeying the law by seeing him when he does not hold out the scepter/staff toward me, I am willing for that to happen”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET4_17","018_4_17","EST","4","17","17","So after Hathach told this to Mordecai, Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_1","018_5_1","EST","5","1","1","Three days later, Esther prepared a big banquet/feast. Then she  put on the robes that showed that she was queen, and she went to the inner courtyard of the palace, across from the room where the king was. He was sitting on the throne, facing the entrance of the room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_2","018_5_2","EST","5","2","2","When the king saw Esther standing there in the courtyard, he extended the gold scepter/staff toward her to signal that he would be glad to talk to her. So Esther came close and touched the tip of the scepter/staff. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_3","018_5_3","EST","5","3","3","Then the king asked her, “Esther, what do you want? Tell me, and I will give you what you want, even if you ask me to give you half of my kingdom!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_4","018_5_4","EST","5","4","4","Esther replied, “Your majesty, if it pleases you, you and Haman come to the banquet that I have prepared for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_5","018_5_5","EST","5","5","5","The king said to his servants, “Go and tell Haman to come quickly to a banquet that Esther has prepared for the two of us!” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_6","018_5_6","EST","5","6","6","While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Tell me what you really want. I will give it to you, even if you ask for half of my kingdom.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_7","018_5_7","EST","5","7","8","Esther replied, “I will tell you what I want most of all. Your majesty, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to give me what I am requesting, please come again tomorrow to another banquet that I will prepare for the two of you. Then I will tell you what I really want”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_9","018_5_9","EST","5","9","9","Haman was feeling very happy as he left the banquet. But then he saw Mordecai sitting at the gate of the palace. Mordecai did not stand up and tremble fearfully in front of Haman, so Haman became extremely angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_10","018_5_10","EST","5","10","10","However, he did not show that he was angry; he just went home. Then he gathered together his wife Zeresh and his friends, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_11","018_5_11","EST","5","11","11","and he boasted to them about being very rich, and about having many children. He also boasted that the king had greatly honored him, and that the king had ◄promoted him/given him the second-most important job in the empire►, so that all the other officials had to respect him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_12","018_5_12","EST","5","12","12","Then Haman added, “And that is not all! Queen Esther invited just two of us, the king and me, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting only the two of us to another banquet that she will prepare tomorrow!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_13","018_5_13","EST","5","13","13","Then Haman said, “But those things ◄mean nothing to me/do not make me happy► while I keep seeing that Jew, Mordecai, just sitting there at the gate of the palace and ignoring me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET5_14","018_5_14","EST","5","14","14","So Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends who were there suggested, “Why don’t you quickly set up ◄a gallows/posts on which to hang someone►. Make it 75 feet tall. Then tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be cheerful.” That idea pleased Haman very much, so he gave men orders to set up the gallows/posts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_1","018_6_1","EST","6","1","1","That night the king was unable to sleep, so he summoned a servant and  told him  to bring the records of what had happened during all the time he had been king. So the servant brought the records and read some of them to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_2","018_6_2","EST","6","2","2","The servant read about Bigthana and Teresh, the two men who had guarded the entrance to the king’s rooms. He read the account of when Mordecai had found out that they planned to assassinate the king and that he had told the king about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_3","018_6_3","EST","6","3","3","The king asked some of his servants, “What did we do to reward Mordecai or show that we appreciate what he did?” The servants replied, “We did not do anything for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_4","018_6_4","EST","6","4","4","At that moment, Haman entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He wanted to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had just set up. The king saw him and said, “Who is that out there in the courtyard?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_5","018_6_5","EST","6","5","5","His servants replied, “That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.” The king said, “Bring him in here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_6","018_6_6","EST","6","6","6","When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man whom I want to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “◄Whom would the king like to honor more than me?/I think there is no one whom the king would like to honor more than me!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_7","018_6_7","EST","6","7","7","So he replied to the king, “If there is someone you wish to honor, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_8","018_6_8","EST","6","8","8","you should tell your servants to bring him one of the robes you wear you to show that you are the king. Also tell them to bring one of the horses you have ridden. Tell them to put a fancy headdress on the horse’s head to show that it belongs to you, the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_9","018_6_9","EST","6","9","9","Then tell one of your very important officials to put the robe on the man whom you want to honor, and tell that man to sit on the horse, and then lead the horse through the city streets. And tell that official to keep shouting, ‘This is what ◄the king does/is doing► for the man whom he wants to honor!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_10","018_6_10","EST","6","10","10","The king replied to Haman, “Fine! Go and do what you said immediately! Get my robe and my horse, and do just what you suggested! Do it for Mordecai, the Jew, who is sitting outside at the gate of the palace. Do not forget anything that you suggested!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_11","018_6_11","EST","6","11","11","So Haman did what the king said. He got the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai, and as Mordecai sat on the horse, Haman led the horse through the city streets proclaiming “This is what the king ◄does/is doing► for the man whom the king wants to honor!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_12","018_6_12","EST","6","12","12","Then, Mordecai returned and sat at the gate of the palace. But Haman hurried home, covering his face because he felt completely disgraced/humiliated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_13","018_6_13","EST","6","13","13","He told his wife Zeresh and his friends everything that had happened to him that day. Then his wife and his friends said to him, “Mordecai, the man who has caused you to be completely disgraced/humiliated, is a Jew. It is clear that the God whom the Jews worship is fighting for them. So you will never be able to defeat Mordecai. He will defeat you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET6_14","018_6_14","EST","6","14","14","And while they were still talking, some of the king’s officials arrived to take Haman quickly to the banquet/feast that Esther had prepared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_1","018_7_1","EST","7","1","1","So the king and Haman went to eat the second banquet/feast that Queen Esther had prepared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_2","018_7_2","EST","7","2","2","As they were drinking wine, the king asked again, “Esther, what do you want me to do for you? Tell me, and I will do it for you. Even if you ask me for half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_3","018_7_3","EST","7","3","3","Esther replied, “O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do what I ask, save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_4","018_7_4","EST","7","4","4","It is as though I and my people are cattle that have been sold to be slaughtered. It is as though we have been sold to people who want to completely destroy us. If we had only been sold to people to become their male and female slaves, I would not say anything, because that would have been a matter too small to bother you, the king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_5","018_7_5","EST","7","5","5","Then King Xerxes asked her, “Who would want to do such a terrible thing? Where is he?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_6","018_7_6","EST","7","6","6","Esther replied, “The man who is our enemy is this evil man Haman!” Then Haman was terrified as he stood in front of the king and queen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_7","018_7_7","EST","7","7","7","The king became extremely angry. He immediately left his wine and got up and went outside into the palace garden to decide what to do. But Haman stayed, in order to plead with Queen Esther that she would spare his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_8","018_7_8","EST","7","8","8","He threw himself down on the couch where Esther was reclining. But at that moment the king returned from the garden to the room where they had been eating. He saw Haman, and assumed he was preparing to rape Esther. He exclaimed, “Are you going to rape the queen while she is here with me in my own palace?” As soon as the king said that, some officials covered Haman’s head, as they did to people who were about to be hanged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_9","018_7_9","EST","7","9","9","Then Harbona, one of the king’s personal officials, said, “Outside, near Haman’s house, there is a ◄gallows/set of poles for hanging someone►. It is 75 feet high. Haman made it for Mordecai, the man who spared your life!” The king said, “Hang him on it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET7_10","018_7_10","EST","7","10","10","So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for hanging Mordecai! And then ◄the king’s anger cooled off/the king was no longer so angry►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_1","018_8_1","EST","8","1","1","Later on that same day, King Xerxes declared that everything that Haman, the enemy of the Jews, owned, would now belong to Queen Esther. Esther told the king that Mordecai was her cousin. When the king heard that, he sent a message to tell Mordecai to come in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_2","018_8_2","EST","8","2","2","When Mordecai came in, the king took off the ring that had his official seal on it, the ring that he had previously given to Haman, and gave it to Mordecai, to indicate that Mordecai was now his most important official. And Esther appointed Mordecai to be in charge of everything that had belonged to Haman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_3","018_8_3","EST","8","3","3","Esther again came to talk to the king. She prostrated herself at his feet, crying. She wanted to plead for him to stop what Haman had planned, to kill all the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_4","018_8_4","EST","8","4","4","The king held out his gold scepter/staff toward Esther, so Esther arose and stood in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_5","018_8_5","EST","8","5","5","She said, “Your majesty, if you are pleased with me, and if you think that it is the right thing to do, make a new law to cancel what Haman decreed, that all the Jews in all the provinces in your empire should be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_6","018_8_6","EST","8","6","6","I cannot bear seeing all my family and all the rest of my people killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_7","018_8_7","EST","8","7","7","King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and Mordecai, “Because Haman tried to get rid of all the Jews, I have given to Esther everything that belonged to Haman, and I have ordered my soldiers to hang Haman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_8","018_8_8","EST","8","8","8","So now I am also permitting you to write other letters, to save your people. You may put my name on the letters, and use my ring to seal them because no letter that has my name on it and which is sealed with my ring can ever be changed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_9","018_8_9","EST","8","9","9","Then the king summoned his secretaries, on June 25th, and Mordecai told them to write letters to the Jews and to all the governors and other officials in all of the 127 provinces, which extended from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. They wrote these letters in all the languages that the people in each area spoke. They also wrote letters to the Jewish people, in their language. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_10","018_8_10","EST","8","10","11","They wrote in those letters that the Jews in every city were permitted by the king to gather together to protect themselves. They also were permitted to kill any group of soldiers who attacked them. They were also permitted to kill the women and children of those who attacked them, and to take the possessions of the people whom they killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_12","018_8_12","EST","8","12","12","All this was to be done on March 7th of the following year. Mordecai signed the king’s name on the letters, and sealed them with the seal that was on the king’s ring. Then he gave them to messengers, who rode on fast horses that had been raised especially for the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_13","018_8_13","EST","8","13","13","Copies of this law were to be nailed to posts in every province and read to all the people, in order that the Jews would be ready to ◄get revenge on/fight against► their enemies on March 7th. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_14","018_8_14","EST","8","14","14","The king commanded the men who took these letters to all the provinces to ride quickly on the king’s horses. And copies of the letter were also posted and read to the people in the capital city, Susa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_15","018_8_15","EST","8","15","15","Before Mordecai left the palace, he put on the blue and white robe and a large gold crown that the king had given him. He also put on a coat made of fine purple cloth. When the people in Susa heard the new law, they all shouted and cheered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_16","018_8_16","EST","8","16","16","The Jews in Susa were very happy, and other people honored them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET8_17","018_8_17","EST","8","17","17","And when the new law arrived in every city and province, the Jews there celebrated and prepared feasts and were very joyful. And many men throughout the empire were circumcised and became Jews, because they were now afraid of what the Jews would do to them if they were not Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_1","018_9_1","EST","9","1","1","The first law that the king had commanded was to be made effective on March 7th. On that day the enemies of the Jews hoped to get rid of them. But instead, on that same day the Jews defeated their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_2","018_9_2","EST","9","2","2","Throughout the empire, the Jews gathered together in their cities to attack those who wanted to get rid of them. No one could fight against the Jews, because all the other people in the areas where the Jews lived were afraid of them, so they did not want to help anyone who attacked the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_3","018_9_3","EST","9","3","3","All the governors and other officials and important people in all the provinces helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_4","018_9_4","EST","9","4","4","They were afraid of him because in all the provinces they knew that Mordecai was now the king’s most important official, with the authority that Haman previously had. Mordecai was becoming more famous because the king was giving him more and more power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_5","018_9_5","EST","9","5","5","On March 7th, the Jews attacked and killed with their swords all of their enemies. They did whatever they wanted to do, to the people who hated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_6","018_9_6","EST","9","6","6","Just in Susa alone, the capital city, they killed 500 people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_7","018_9_7","EST","9","7","7","Among those whom they killed were the ten sons of Haman. Their names were Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_8","018_9_8","EST","9","8","8","Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_9","018_9_9","EST","9","9","9","Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_10","018_9_10","EST","9","10","10","Those were grandsons of Hammedatha and sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed them, but they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_11","018_9_11","EST","9","11","11","At the end of that day someone reported to the king the number of people whom the Jews killed in Susa. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_12","018_9_12","EST","9","12","12","Then the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed 500 people here in Susa, including the ten sons of Haman! So I think that they must have killed many more people in the rest of my empire RHQ! But okay, now what else do you want me to do for you. You tell me, and I will do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_13","018_9_13","EST","9","13","13","Esther replied, “If it pleases you, allow the Jews here in Susa to do again tomorrow what you commanded them to do today. And command that the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows/poles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_14","018_9_14","EST","9","14","14","So the king commanded that the Jews be permitted to kill more of their enemies the next day. After he issued another order in Susa, the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were hanged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_15","018_9_15","EST","9","15","15","On the next day, the Jews in Susa gathered together and killed 300 more people. But again, they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_16","018_9_16","EST","9","16","16","That happened on March 8th. On the following day, the Jews in Susa rested and celebrated. In all the other provinces, the Jewish people gathered together to defend themselves, and they killed 75,000 people who hated them, but again they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_17","018_9_17","EST","9","17","17","That occurred on March 7th, and on the following day they rested and celebrated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_18","018_9_18","EST","9","18","18","After the Jews in Susa gathered together and killed their enemies on March 7th and 8th, they rested and celebrated on March 9th. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_19","018_9_19","EST","9","19","19","That is why every year, on March 8th, the Jews who live in villages now celebrate defeating their enemies. They have feasts and give gifts of food to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_20","018_9_20","EST","9","20","20","Mordecai wrote down all the things that had happened. Then he sent letters to the Jews who lived throughout the empire of King Xerxes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_21","018_9_21","EST","9","21","21","He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_22","018_9_22","EST","9","22","22","because those were the days when the Jews got rid of their enemies. He also told them that they should celebrate on those days by feasting and giving gifts of food to each other and to poor people. They would remember it as the month in which they changed from being very sorrowful to being very joyful, from crying to celebrating. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_23","018_9_23","EST","9","23","23","So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_24","018_9_24","EST","9","24","24","They would remember how Haman, son of Hammedatha, a descendant of King Agag, became an enemy of all the Jews. They would remember how he had made an evil plan to kill the Jews, and that he had ◄cast lots/thrown small marked stones► to choose the day to kill DOU them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_25","018_9_25","EST","9","25","25","They would remember that when Esther told the king about Haman’s plan, the king arranged that the evil plan that Haman had made to kill the Jews would fail, and that he would be killed instead of the Jews, and that Haman and that his sons were hanged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_26","018_9_26","EST","9","26","26","Because the ◄lot/small marked stone► that Haman threw was called Pur, the Jews called these days Purim. And, because of everything that ◄Mordecai wrote/was written► in that letter, and because of all that happened to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_27","018_9_27","EST","9","27","27","the Jews throughout the empire agreed to celebrate in that manner on those two days every year. They said that they would tell their descendants and those people who became Jews to be certain to celebrate this festival every year. They should celebrate just as Mordecai told them to do in the letter that he wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_28","018_9_28","EST","9","28","28","They said that they would remember and celebrate on those two days every year, in each family, in every city, and in every province. They solemnly declared that they and their descendants would never stop remembering and celebrating those days called Purim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_29","018_9_29","EST","9","29","29","Then Mordecai and Queen Esther, who was the daughter of Abihail, wrote a second letter about the Purim feast. Esther used the authority that she had because of being the queen to confirm that what Mordecai had written in the first letter was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_30","018_9_30","EST","9","30","31","What they wrote in the second letter was, “We wish that all of you will be living peacefully and safely/righteously. We want you and your descendants to celebrate Purim each year on the days that we two established, and to do the things that we two told you to do.” In that letter, Queen Esther and Mordecai also gave them instructions about ◄fasting/abstaining from eating food► and being sorrowful. Then copies of that letter were sent to all the Jews who were living in the 127 provinces of the empire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET9_32","018_9_32","EST","9","32","32","The letter that Esther wrote about the manner in which they should celebrate the Purim feast was also written in an official record. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET10_1","018_10_1","EST","10","1","1","King Xerxes required that all the people in his empire pay taxes. Even the people who lived on the islands in the Mediterranean Sea (OR, in coastal areas) were required to pay taxes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET10_2","018_10_2","EST","10","2","2","And all the great and powerful things that Xerxes did were written in the scroll called/entitled ‘The record of the things done by the kings of Media and Persia’. In this book were also written the things done by Mordecai, the man whom the king had greatly honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ET10_3","018_10_3","EST","10","3","3","Mordecai, who was a Jew, became the king’s most important official, and all the Jews also considered him to be a very great man. They all respected him, because he did many good things for the Jews, and he often asked the king to do good things for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_1","019_1_1","JOB","1","1","1","In the land named Uz, there was a man named Job. He was a very godly/righteous DOU man, who greatly respected/revered God and always avoided doing evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_2","019_1_2","JOB","1","2","2","He had seven sons and three daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_3","019_1_3","JOB","1","3","3","He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was the richest man in all the area east of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_4","019_1_4","JOB","1","4","4","Each year, Job’s sons made feasts in their houses to celebrate their birthdays. Whenever each one made a feast, he would invite all his brothers and his three sisters to come and eat together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_5","019_1_5","JOB","1","5","5","When each celebration ended, Job would summon them. He would get up early in the morning and kill animals and burn them on the altar as sacrifices, one for each of his children. He said to himself, “Perhaps one of my sons has sinned and said something evil about God in his heart.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_6","019_1_6","JOB","1","6","6","One day, the angels came and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_7","019_1_7","JOB","1","7","7","Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_8","019_1_8","JOB","1","8","8","Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you ◄noticed/thought about► my faithful servant Job? He is very godly/righteous DOU, he greatly respects/reveres me, and he always avoids doing evil things. There is no one else on the earth like him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_9","019_1_9","JOB","1","9","9","Satan replied to Yahweh, “What you say is true, but Job greatly respects you only because of what you have done for him RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_10","019_1_10","JOB","1","10","10","You have always RHQ protected MET him and his family and everything that he owns. You have made him very prosperous/rich. He has livestock all over this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_11","019_1_11","JOB","1","11","11","But if you take away MTY everything that he has, he will curse you openly. IDM” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_12","019_1_12","JOB","1","12","12","Yahweh replied to Satan, “◄All right/Okay►, I will permit you to take away everything that he has. But do not harm him.” Then Satan left, and he prepared to cause many disastrous things to happen to Job. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_13","019_1_13","JOB","1","13","13","One day after that, Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the home of their oldest brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_14","019_1_14","JOB","1","14","14","While they were doing that, a messenger arrived at Job’s home and said to him, “While your oxen were plowing the fields and the donkeys were grazing nearby, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_15","019_1_15","JOB","1","15","15","a group of men from the Sheba area came and attacked us. They killed all your servants who were working in the fields and took away all the oxen and donkeys! I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you what happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_16","019_1_16","JOB","1","16","16","While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived. He said to Job, “Lightning from the sky MTY struck and killed all the sheep and all the men who were taking care of the sheep! I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you what happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_17","019_1_17","JOB","1","17","17","While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived. He said to Job, “Three groups of robbers/bandits from Chaldea land came and attacked us. They stole all the camels and killed all the men who were taking care of them. I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you what happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_18","019_1_18","JOB","1","18","18","While he was still talking to Job, another messenger arrived and reported this to Job: “Your sons and daughters were feasting in the home of their oldest brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_19","019_1_19","JOB","1","19","19","Suddenly a ◄very strong wind/tornado► came from the desert and struck the house. The house collapsed on your sons and daughters and killed them all! I am the only one who escaped to come and tell you what happened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_20","019_1_20","JOB","1","20","20","Job stood up, and tore his robe and shaved his head because he was very sad/grieved. Then he prostrated himself on the ground to worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_21","019_1_21","JOB","1","21","21","He said, “When I was born, I had no clothes on. When I die, I will not take any clothes with me. Yahweh gave me everything that I possessed, and now he has taken it all away. But ◄we should/I will► always praise Yahweh anyway! MTY” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB1_22","019_1_22","JOB","1","22","22","In spite of all these things that happened to  Job, he  did not sin by saying that what God had done was wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_1","019_2_1","JOB","2","1","1","On another day, the angels came again and gathered together in front of Yahweh, and Satan came too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_2","019_2_2","JOB","2","2","2","Yahweh asked Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan replied, “I have come from the earth, where I have been traveling back and forth, seeing what is happening.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_3","019_2_3","JOB","2","3","3","Yahweh asked Satan, “Have you ◄noticed/thought about► my faithful servant Job? He is very godly/righteous DOU, he greatly respects/reveres me, and he always avoids doing evil things. And he still acts in a very godly/righteous manner, even though you persuaded me to let you cause disastrous things to happen to him for no reason.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_4","019_2_4","JOB","2","4","4","Satan replied to Yahweh, “He praises you only because you bless him IDM. People will give up everything they have to save their own lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_5","019_2_5","JOB","2","5","5","But if you harm his body MTY, he will surely curse you openly IDM!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_6","019_2_6","JOB","2","6","6","Yahweh replied to Satan, “◄All right/Okay►, you may do to him whatever you want to do, but do not cause him to die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_7","019_2_7","JOB","2","7","7","So Satan left, and he caused Job to be afflicted with very painful boils, from the top of his head to the soles of his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_8","019_2_8","JOB","2","8","8","Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped the boils on his skin, and he sat in ashes as people did when they were mourning for those who had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_9","019_2_9","JOB","2","9","9","His wife said to him, “Are you still trying to ◄be loyal to/faithfully trust in► God? You should curse God, and then you will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_10","019_2_10","JOB","2","10","10","But Job replied, “You talk like people who do not know God talk. ◄Should we accept only the good things that God does for us?/We should not accept only the good things that God does for us.► RHQ We should also accept bad things.” So in spite of all these things that happened to Job, he did not say anything against God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_11","019_2_11","JOB","2","11","11","Among Job’s friends were Eliphaz from Teman town, Bildad from Shuah land and Zophar from Naamah land. When they heard about all the terrible things that had happened to Job, they left their home areas and went together to Job to console/comfort him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_12","019_2_12","JOB","2","12","12","When they saw Job from a distance, they almost did not recognize him. They wailed loudly, they tore their robes, and they threw dust over their heads to show how sorry they were because of what had happened to Job. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB2_13","019_2_13","JOB","2","13","13","Then they sat on the ground with Job for seven days. None of them said anything to Job, because they saw that he was suffering greatly, and they did not think that anything that they said would lessen his pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_1","019_3_1","JOB","3","1","1","Finally, Job spoke, and he cursed the day that he was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_2","019_3_2","JOB","3","2","2","He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_3","019_3_3","JOB","3","3","3","“I wish that the day when I was born could be eradicated, and also the night when I was conceived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_4","019_3_4","JOB","3","4","4","I wish that the day when I was born would have been covered in darkness. I wish that God who is in heaven MTY would have forgotten about that day, and that the sun would not have shone on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_5","019_3_5","JOB","3","5","5","I wish that thick/intense darkness would have filled that day, and that a black cloud would have come over it and blotted out all light and caused people to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_6","019_3_6","JOB","3","6","6","I wish that the night when I was conceived would be erased from the calendar, with the result that it would never again appear as one night in any month, and that it would not be included in any calendar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_7","019_3_7","JOB","3","7","7","I wish that no child would again be conceived on that night of the month MET, and that no one would again be happy on that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_8","019_3_8","JOB","3","8","8","I want those people who ◄curse/put evil spells on► days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_9","019_3_9","JOB","3","9","9","I wish that the stars that shone early in the morning on that day after I was conceived will not shine again. I want those stars to have wished in vain for light to shine; and that they would not have shone on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_10","019_3_10","JOB","3","10","10","That was an evil day because my mother was able to conceive; instead, I was born, and I have now experienced all these terrible things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_11","019_3_11","JOB","3","11","11","“I wish that I had died RHQ when I was born— at the time I emerged from my mother’s womb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_12","019_3_12","JOB","3","12","12","I wish that my mother had not RHQ allowed me to live. I wish that she had not nursed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_13","019_3_13","JOB","3","13","13","If I had died at the time when I was born, I would be asleep, resting peacefully iin the place where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_14","019_3_14","JOB","3","14","14","I would be resting with kings whose beautiful palaces that they built are now in ruins (OR, who rebuilt palaces that had previously been destroyed), and I would be resting with their officials who have also died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_15","019_3_15","JOB","3","15","15","I would be resting with princes who were wealthy, whose palaces were filled with gold and silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_16","019_3_16","JOB","3","16","16","I wish that I had been buried like a child who died in its mother’s womb and never lived to see the light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_17","019_3_17","JOB","3","17","17","After wicked people die, they do not cause any more troubles; those who are very tired now will rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_18","019_3_18","JOB","3","18","18","Those who were in prison rest peacefully after they die; they no longer have slave-drivers who curse them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_19","019_3_19","JOB","3","19","19","Rich people and poor people are alike after they die, and those who were slaves are no longer controlled by their masters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_20","019_3_20","JOB","3","20","20","◄“Why does God allow those who are suffering greatly like me to continue to remain alive?/I do not understand why God allows those who are suffering greatly like me to continue to remain alive.► RHQ Why does he allow those who are very miserable/distressed to keep living RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_21","019_3_21","JOB","3","21","21","They long/want to die, but they do not die. They desire to die more than people desire to find a hidden treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_22","019_3_22","JOB","3","22","22","When they finally die and are buried, they are very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_23","019_3_23","JOB","3","23","23","Those who do not know where they are eventually going when they die RHQ, people whom God has forced MET to continue to live in misery, ◄it is not right that they continue to live./why do they continue to live?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_24","019_3_24","JOB","3","24","24","I continually cry very much; as a result, I cannot eat; and I can never stop groaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_25","019_3_25","JOB","3","25","25","Things that I always worried might happen to me, have happened to me; things that I always dreaded have happened to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB3_26","019_3_26","JOB","3","26","26","Now I have no peace in my inner being, I have no peace; I cannot rest; instead, I have only troubles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_1","019_4_1","JOB","4","1","1","Then Eliphaz, from Teman, replied to Job. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_2","019_4_2","JOB","4","2","2","“Will you please let me say something to you? I am not RHQ able to remain silent any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_3","019_4_3","JOB","4","3","3","In the past, you have instructed/taught many people, and you have encouraged those who were weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_4","019_4_4","JOB","4","4","4","By what you said, you have helped those who ◄needed spiritual help/almost quit trusting in God► MET, and you have enabled them to become spiritually strong again MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_5","019_4_5","JOB","4","5","5","But now, when you experience disasters, you become discouraged. The disasters hit you, and you are stunned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_6","019_4_6","JOB","4","6","6","You revere God; ◄does that not cause you to trust in him?/that should cause you to trust in him.► RHQ If you were guiltless, you would RHQ be confident that God would not have allowed these disasters to happen to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_7","019_4_7","JOB","4","7","7","Think about this: Do innocent people die while they are still young RHQ? Does God get rid of godly people RHQ? No! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_8","019_4_8","JOB","4","8","8","What I have experienced is this: Just as MET farmers who plant bad seeds do not harvest good crops, just as those who start trouble for others, later bring trouble on themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_9","019_4_9","JOB","4","9","9","They die when God angrily blows his breath on them, when he is very angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_10","019_4_10","JOB","4","10","10","Even though wicked people may be very powerful like young lions, God will get rid of them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_11","019_4_11","JOB","4","11","11","They will die like fierce lions that starve to death when there are no animals that they can kill and eat, and their children will be separated from each other like young lions separate from each other to find food.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_12","019_4_12","JOB","4","12","12","“I heard a message that someone came and whispered to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_13","019_4_13","JOB","4","13","13","He spoke to me at night when I was having a bad dream that disturbed/frightened me while I was fast asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_14","019_4_14","JOB","4","14","14","It caused me to be afraid and tremble; it caused all my bones to shake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_15","019_4_15","JOB","4","15","15","A ghost glided past my face and caused the hair on on the back of my neck to stand straight up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_16","019_4_16","JOB","4","16","16","It stopped, but I could not see what form it had. But I could sense that there was some being in front of me, and it said in a quiet voice, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_17","019_4_17","JOB","4","17","17","‘◄Does God consider anyone to be righteous?/No human beings can be righteous in God’s sight!► RHQ ◄Their creator cannot consider them to be pure./Can their creator consider them to be pure?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_18","019_4_18","JOB","4","18","18","God cannot be sure that his own angels will always do what is right; he declares that some of them have done what is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_19","019_4_19","JOB","4","19","19","So he certainly cannot trust human beings who were made from dust and clay, who are crushed as easily as moths are crushed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_20","019_4_20","JOB","4","20","20","People are sometimes well in the morning, but in the evening they are dead. They are gone forever and do not even know it (OR, and no one pays any attention to it). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB4_21","019_4_21","JOB","4","21","21","They are like MET tents that collapse suddenly: They die suddenly before they become wise.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_1","019_5_1","JOB","5","1","1","“Job, it is okay that you continue to cry out for someone to help you, but I am certain that RHQ no angel will come to help you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_2","019_5_2","JOB","5","2","2","Foolish people die because of being ◄resentful/very angry at someone►; people who are easily deceived are destroyed by their being jealous of others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_3","019_5_3","JOB","5","3","3","I have seen foolish people who seemed to be successful/prosperous, but suddenly they experienced disaster/trouble because someone cursed their home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_4","019_5_4","JOB","5","4","4","Their sons are never safe; they ◄lose their case/are condemned► when someone ◄takes them to court/sues them►, because there is no one to defend them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_5","019_5_5","JOB","5","5","5","Hungry people steal the crops that foolish people harvest, and eat those crops; they even steal the crops that grow among thorns, and greedy people take away the wealth of foolish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_6","019_5_6","JOB","5","6","6","But evil circumstances/sufferings are not produced by the soil; troubles do not grow up from the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_7","019_5_7","JOB","5","7","7","People have troubles from the time that they are born just as surely as sparks shoot up from a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_8","019_5_8","JOB","5","8","8","“If I were suffering like you are, I would ask God for help and tell him ◄what I am complaining about/about my suffering►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_9","019_5_9","JOB","5","9","9","He does great things, things that we cannot understand; we cannot even count the marvelous things that he does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_10","019_5_10","JOB","5","10","10","He sends rain on the ground; he sends water on our fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_11","019_5_11","JOB","5","11","11","He exalts those who are humble, and causes those who mourn to be joyful (OR, safe, prosperous). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_12","019_5_12","JOB","5","12","12","He causes crafty/cunning people to not be able to do what they plan to do, with the result that they achieve nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_13","019_5_13","JOB","5","13","13","He causes people who think that they IRO are wise to be trapped by the cunning things they try to do, with the result that they do not succeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_14","019_5_14","JOB","5","14","14","It is as though even in the daytime they are covered by darkness, and grope around trying to find the road at noontime like people do at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_15","019_5_15","JOB","5","15","15","But God saves helpless people from being harmed by what wicked people say MTY, he saves needy people from being injured by MTY powerful people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_16","019_5_16","JOB","5","16","16","So, poor people confidently expect that good things will happen to them but God causes wicked people to stop talking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_17","019_5_17","JOB","5","17","17","“But those whom God corrects/rebukes are happy; so do not despise/dislike it when God who is all-powerful disciplines you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_18","019_5_18","JOB","5","18","18","He wounds people, but then he puts bandages on those wounds; he hurts people, but he SYN also heals them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_19","019_5_19","JOB","5","19","19","He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_20","019_5_20","JOB","5","20","20","When there is a famine, he will not allow you to die, and when there is a war, you will not be killed MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_21","019_5_21","JOB","5","21","21","God will protect you when people slander MTY you; you will not be afraid when many things around you are destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_22","019_5_22","JOB","5","22","22","You will be able to laugh/scoff when things are destroyed and when there is famine, and you will not be afraid of wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_23","019_5_23","JOB","5","23","23","You will not worry about having big rocks in your fields that will make plowing difficult, and you will not worry about being attacked by wild animals there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_24","019_5_24","JOB","5","24","24","In your tent, you will know that things will go well for you, and when you look at your livestock, you will see that ◄they are all there/none of them is missing►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_25","019_5_25","JOB","5","25","25","You will be sure that you will have many descendants, who will be as numerous as blades of grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_26","019_5_26","JOB","5","26","26","You will become very old before you die, like sheaves of grain continue to grow until it is time to harvest them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB5_27","019_5_27","JOB","5","27","27","“My friends and I have thought carefully about these things, and we know that they are true, so pay attention to what I have said!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_1","019_6_1","JOB","6","1","1","Then Job spoke again, saying to Eliphaz, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_2","019_6_2","JOB","6","2","2","“If all my troubles and misery could be put on a scale and weighed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_3","019_6_3","JOB","6","3","3","they would be heavier than all the sands on the shores of the oceans. That is why I spoke ◄very rashly/without thinking clearly► about the day that I was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_4","019_6_4","JOB","6","4","4","It is as though Almighty God has shot me with arrows. It is as though those arrows had poison on their tips, and that poison has gone into my spirit. The things that God has done to me have terrified me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_5","019_6_5","JOB","6","5","5","Just like a wild donkey does not complain by braying when it has plenty of grass to eat, and an ox does not complain by bellowing when it has food to eat MET, I would not complain if you were really helping/comforting me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_6","019_6_6","JOB","6","6","6","People complain RHQ when they must eat food which has no salt or other tasteless food MET, and that is what your words are like, Eliphaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_7","019_6_7","JOB","6","7","7","Just like I do not want to eat food like that, and I loathe/detests that kind of food MET, I do not appreciate what you have said to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_8","019_6_8","JOB","6","8","8","“I wish that God would do for me what I have requested from him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_9","019_6_9","JOB","6","9","9","I wish that he would crush me and let me die. I wish that he would reach out his hand and take away my life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_10","019_6_10","JOB","6","10","10","If he would do that, I would be comforted by knowing that in spite of the great pain that I have suffered, I have always obeyed what God, the Holy One, has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_11","019_6_11","JOB","6","11","11","But now I do not have RHQ enough strength to endure all these things. And since I have nothing to hope for in ◄the future/this life►, it is difficult for me to be patient now RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_12","019_6_12","JOB","6","12","12","I am not RHQ strong like rocks are, and my body is not made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_13","019_6_13","JOB","6","13","13","So I am not able to help myself, and it seems that there is no one to rescue me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_14","019_6_14","JOB","6","14","14","“When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him, even if he stops revering Almighty God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_15","019_6_15","JOB","6","15","15","But you, my friends, are not dependable. You are like streams: They spill over their banks in the spring ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_16","019_6_16","JOB","6","16","16","when the melting ice and snow make those streams overflow, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_17","019_6_17","JOB","6","17","17","but when the dry season comes, there is no water flowing in those streams, and the channels dry up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_18","019_6_18","JOB","6","18","18","The caravans of merchants turn off the path to search for some water, but there is no water, so they die in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_19","019_6_19","JOB","6","19","19","The men in those caravans search for some water because they are sure that they will find some. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_20","019_6_20","JOB","6","20","20","But they do not find any, so they are very disappointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_21","019_6_21","JOB","6","21","21","Similarly, you friends have not helped me at all! You have seen that terrible things have happened to me, and you are afraid that God might do similar things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_22","019_6_22","JOB","6","22","22","After I lost all my wealth, did I ask any of you for money? RHQ Did I plead with any of you to spend some of your money to help me RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_23","019_6_23","JOB","6","23","23","Have I asked any of you to rescue me from my enemies RHQ? Have I asked you to save me from those who ◄oppressed me/treated me badly► RHQ? No!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_24","019_6_24","JOB","6","24","24","“Answer me now, and then I will be quiet; tell me what wrong things I have done! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_25","019_6_25","JOB","6","25","25","When people speak what is true, that will not hurt the person who hears it, but what you say, criticizing me, is not true, so your saying it proves nothing RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_26","019_6_26","JOB","6","26","26","I am a man who has nothing to hope for, but you try to correct me, and you think what I say is nothing but wind RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_27","019_6_27","JOB","6","27","27","You do not sympathize with me at all for all that I am suffering. You are heartless! You would even gamble to see who gets an orphan as a prize! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_28","019_6_28","JOB","6","28","28","Please look at me! I will not RHQ lie to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_29","019_6_29","JOB","6","29","29","Stop saying that I have sinned, and stop criticizing me unjustly! You should realize that I have not done things that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB6_30","019_6_30","JOB","6","30","30","Do you think that I am lying? No, I am not lying, because I know what is right and what is wrong RHQ.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_1","019_7_1","JOB","7","1","1","“People need to work hard on this earth, like soldiers do; all during the time that we are alive, we work hard RHQ, like laborers/servants do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_2","019_7_2","JOB","7","2","2","We are like SIM slaves who keep wanting to be in the cool shade, and we are like SIM workers who are waiting to be paid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_3","019_7_3","JOB","7","3","3","God has given me many months in which I think that it is useless to remain alive; he has allotted/given to me many nights during which I feel miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_4","019_7_4","JOB","7","4","4","When I lie down at night I say, ‘How long will it be until morning?’ But nights are long, and I ◄toss/turn over and over► on my bed until dawn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_5","019_7_5","JOB","7","5","5","My body is covered with maggots and scabs; pus oozes out of my open sores. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_6","019_7_6","JOB","7","6","6","My days pass as quickly as a weaver’s ◄shuttle/stick that takes the thread back and forth►, and they end without my confidently expecting that things will be better the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_7","019_7_7","JOB","7","7","7","God, do not forget that my life is as short as a breath MET; I think that I SYN will never again be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_8","019_7_8","JOB","7","8","8","God, you SYN see me now, but some day you will not see me any more. You will search for me, but I will be gone because I will be dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_9","019_7_9","JOB","7","9","9","Like SIM clouds ◄disperse/break up► and then disappear, people die and descend to the place where dead people are, and they do not return; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_10","019_7_10","JOB","7","10","10","they never return to their houses, and people among whom they lived do not remember them any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_11","019_7_11","JOB","7","11","11","So, I will not be silent; while I am suffering I will speak; I will complain to God about what has happened to me because I SYN am very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_12","019_7_12","JOB","7","12","12","God, why do you watch closely what I am doing? Do you think that I am a dangerous sea monster? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_13","019_7_13","JOB","7","13","13","When I lie down at night, I think, ‘I will be comforted here on my bed; my pain will be less while I am sleeping.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_14","019_7_14","JOB","7","14","14","But then you give me dreams that cause me to be afraid; you give me visions that terrify me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_15","019_7_15","JOB","7","15","15","with the result that I would prefer to be strangled to death than to continue to be alive being only a bunch of bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_16","019_7_16","JOB","7","16","16","I detest continuing to be alive; I do not want to live for many years HYP. Allow me to be alone, because I will be alive for only a very short remaining time HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_17","019_7_17","JOB","7","17","17","“We human beings are not very important; so, why do you pay a lot of attention to us DOU? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_18","019_7_18","JOB","7","18","18","You look at us every morning to see what we are doing, and examine us every moment to see if we are doing what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_19","019_7_19","JOB","7","19","19","◄When will you stop looking at me and leave me alone for a little time, long enough to swallow my spit?/Please stop looking at me and leave me alone for a little time, long enough to swallow my spit.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_20","019_7_20","JOB","7","20","20","Why do you watch me constantly? If I sin, that certainly does not harm you! Why have you set me up like a target to shoot at? Do you consider me to be a heavy load that you are forced to carry? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB7_21","019_7_21","JOB","7","21","21","If I have sinned, are you not able to forgive me for my sins— the things that I have done that are wrong? Soon I will lie in my grave; you will search for me, but you will not find me because I will be dead and gone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_1","019_8_1","JOB","8","1","1","Then Bildad, from the Shuah area, spoke to Job. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_2","019_8_2","JOB","8","2","2","“Job, how much longer will you talk like this? What you say is only hot air. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_3","019_8_3","JOB","8","3","3","Almighty God certainly never does RHQ what is unfair/unjust. He always does LIT what is right/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_4","019_8_4","JOB","8","4","4","So, it is evident that your children have sinned against him, therefore he has caused them to be punished for evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_5","019_8_5","JOB","8","5","5","But, if you will now earnestly request DOU Almighty God to help you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_6","019_8_6","JOB","8","6","6","and if you are pure and honest/righteous, he will surely do something good for you and reward you by giving your family back to you and enabling you to prosper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_7","019_8_7","JOB","8","7","7","And even though you think that you were not very prosperous/wealthy before, during the last part of your life you will become very wealthy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_8","019_8_8","JOB","8","8","8","“I request you to think about what happened long ago and consider what our ancestors found out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_9","019_8_9","JOB","8","9","9","It seems as though we were born only yesterday and we know very little HYP; our time here on the earth disappears quickly, like a shadow MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_10","019_8_10","JOB","8","10","10","So, why do you not allow your ancestors to teach you and tell you something? Allow them to tell you from what they learned! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_11","019_8_11","JOB","8","11","11","Papyrus can certainly not RHQ grow in places where there is no marsh/swamp; reeds certainly cannot RHQ flourish/grow where there is no water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_12","019_8_12","JOB","8","12","12","If they do not have enough water, while they are still blossoming, they wither more quickly than other plants wither. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_13","019_8_13","JOB","8","13","13","Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those reeds; godless people stop confidently expecting that good things will happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_14","019_8_14","JOB","8","14","14","The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen; things they trust will help them are as fragile as MET a spider’s web. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_15","019_8_15","JOB","8","15","15","If they lean against a house (OR, trust in their wealth; OR, lean on a spider web), it does not ◄endure/protect them► LIT; they cling to things to be protected, but those things do not remain firm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_16","019_8_16","JOB","8","16","16","Godless people are like plants MET that are watered before the sun rises; their shoots spread all over the gardens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_17","019_8_17","JOB","8","17","17","The roots of those plants twist around piles of stones and cling tightly to rocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_18","019_8_18","JOB","8","18","18","But if those plants are pulled out, it is as though the place where they were planted says ‘They were never here!’ And that is what happens to wicked people who do not heed what God says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_19","019_8_19","JOB","8","19","19","Truly, evil people MET are not joyful IRO for a long time; other people come and take their places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_20","019_8_20","JOB","8","20","20",":So, I tell you, Job, God will not reject you if you are truly godly/righteous, but he does not help IDM evil people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_21","019_8_21","JOB","8","21","21","He will enable you MTY to continually laugh and to always shout joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB8_22","019_8_22","JOB","8","22","22","But those who hate you will be very ashamed, and the homes of wicked people will disappear.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_1","019_9_1","JOB","9","1","1","Then Job replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_2","019_9_2","JOB","9","2","2","“Yes, I certainly know that much of what you said is true. But ◄how can anyone say to God, ‘I <am innocent/have not done what is wrong> and prove it?’/no one can say to God ‘I <am innocent/have not done what is wrong> and prove it.’► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_3","019_9_3","JOB","9","3","3","If someone wanted to argue with God about that, God could ask him 1,000 questions, and that person would not be able to answer any of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_4","019_9_4","JOB","9","4","4","God is very wise IDM and very powerful; no one who has tried to challenge God has been able to win. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_5","019_9_5","JOB","9","5","5","He even moves mountains, without them (OR, anyone) knowing about it. When he is angry, he turns them upside down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_6","019_9_6","JOB","9","6","6","He sends earthquakes that shake the ground; he causes the pillars that support the earth to tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_7","019_9_7","JOB","9","7","7","Some days he speaks to the sun, and it does not rise, and some nights he prevents the stars from shining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_8","019_9_8","JOB","9","8","8","He alone ◄stretched out/put in place► the sky; he alone puts his feet on the waves (OR, on the huge sea monster). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_9","019_9_9","JOB","9","9","9","He put in their places the clusters/groups of stars that are called The Dipper/Bear, Orion, the Pleiades, and the stars in the southern sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_10","019_9_10","JOB","9","10","10","Only he does great things that we cannot understand; he does more marvelous things than we are able to count. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_11","019_9_11","JOB","9","11","11","He passes by where I am, but I do not see him; he moves further on, but I do not see him go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_12","019_9_12","JOB","9","12","12","If he wants to snatch something away, no one RHQ can hinder him; no one dares to ask him, ‘Why are you doing that?’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_13","019_9_13","JOB","9","13","13","God will not very easily stop being angry; he defeated MTY those who tried to help Rahab, the great sea monster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_14","019_9_14","JOB","9","14","14","“So, if God took me to court, what could I say MTY to answer him? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_15","019_9_15","JOB","9","15","15","Even though I ◄would be innocent/would not have done what is wrong►, I would not be able to answer him. All I could do would be to request God, my judge/accuser, to act mercifully toward me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_16","019_9_16","JOB","9","16","16","If I summoned him to come to the courtroom and he said that he would come, I would not believe that he would pay attention to what I would say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_17","019_9_17","JOB","9","17","17","He sends storms to batter me, and he bruises me many times ◄without any reason to do that/even though I am innocent►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_18","019_9_18","JOB","9","18","18","It is as though he will not let me get/catch my breath, because he causes me to suffer all the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_19","019_9_19","JOB","9","19","19","If I would try to ◄wrestle with/fight against► him, there is no way that I could defeat him, because he is stronger than I am. If I would request him to appear in court, there is no one who could RHQ force him to go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_20","019_9_20","JOB","9","20","20","Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished MTY; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_21","019_9_21","JOB","9","21","21","“I have not done what is wrong, but that is not important. I despise continuing to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_22","019_9_22","JOB","9","22","22","But it doesn’t matter, because God will get rid of all of us, both those who are innocent and those who are wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_23","019_9_23","JOB","9","23","23","When people experience disaster and it causes them to suddenly die, God laughs at it, even if they are innocent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_24","019_9_24","JOB","9","24","24","God has allowed wicked people to control what happens in the world. It is as though he has caused judges to be blindfolded, with the result that they cannot judge fairly. If it is not God who has put wicked people in control, who has done it? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_25","019_9_25","JOB","9","25","25","“My days go by very quickly, like a fast runner; it is as though they run away, and nothing good happens to me on those days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_26","019_9_26","JOB","9","26","26","My life goes by very rapidly, like a boat made from reeds sailing swiftly, or like an eagle that swoops down to seize a small animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_27","019_9_27","JOB","9","27","27","If I smile and say to God, ‘I will forget what I am complaining about; I will stop looking sad and try to be cheerful/happy,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_28","019_9_28","JOB","9","28","28","then I become afraid because of all that I am suffering, because I know that God does not consider that I am innocent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_29","019_9_29","JOB","9","29","29","He will ◄condemn me/declare that I should be punished►, so why should I keep trying in vain to defend myself? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_30","019_9_30","JOB","9","30","30","If I washed myself with snow or cleansed my hands with lye/soap to get rid of my guilt, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_31","019_9_31","JOB","9","31","31","he would still throw me into a filthy pit; as a result it would be as though even my clothes would detest me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_32","019_9_32","JOB","9","32","32","“God is not a human, as I am, so there is no way that I could answer him to prove that I am innocent if we went together to have a trial in a courtroom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_33","019_9_33","JOB","9","33","33","There is no one to ◄mediate/hear us and decide who is right►, no one who has authority over both of us IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_34","019_9_34","JOB","9","34","34","I wish/desire that he would stop punishing MTY me, and that he would not continue to terrify me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB9_35","019_9_35","JOB","9","35","35","If he did that, I would declare that I am innocent without being afraid of him, because I know that I really have not done what is wrong like God thinks that I have.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_1","019_10_1","JOB","10","1","1","“I am tired of living. And I will not be silent and stop saying what I am complaining about. Instead, being very unhappy, I will speak IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_2","019_10_2","JOB","10","2","2","I will say to God, ‘Do not say that I must be punished; instead, tell me what wrong you are saying that I have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_3","019_10_3","JOB","10","3","3","Does it seem to be good for you to oppress me, to abandon me, whom you created, and instead, to help wicked people to do the things that they plan to do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_4","019_10_4","JOB","10","4","4","Do you understand things the way that we humans do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_5","019_10_5","JOB","10","5","5","◄Do you live for only a few years, like we do?/You certainly do not live for only a few years, like we do.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_6","019_10_6","JOB","10","6","6","So, why do you RHQ continue to search for my faults? Why do you hunt for my sins? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_7","019_10_7","JOB","10","7","7","You know that I am not guilty, and that no one can rescue me from your power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_8","019_10_8","JOB","10","8","8","“'With your hands you created me and shaped/formed my body; but now you are deciding that you should not have done that, and you are destroying me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_9","019_10_9","JOB","10","9","9","Do not forget that you made me from a piece of clay; are you going to cause me to become dirt again RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_10","019_10_10","JOB","10","10","10","You certainly RHQ directed/controlled it when I was conceived, and you formed me inside my mother’s womb MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_11","019_10_11","JOB","10","11","11","You fastened my bones together with sinews, and then you covered them with flesh inside my skin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_12","019_10_12","JOB","10","12","12","You have caused me to be alive, and you have faithfully loved me, and you have carefully ◄preserved me/kept me alive►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_13","019_10_13","JOB","10","13","13","“'But you ◄kept secret/did not reveal► what you were planning to do to me; I am certain that you were planning to do these things to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_14","019_10_14","JOB","10","14","14","You were watching to see if I would sin, in order that if I sinned, you would refuse to forgive me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_15","019_10_15","JOB","10","15","15","If I am a wicked man, I hope/wish that terrible things will happen to me. But even if I am righteous, I still must bow my head and feel ashamed, because I am very disgraced and feel miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_16","019_10_16","JOB","10","16","16","And if I am proud, you hunt me like SIM a lion hunts for some animal to kill, and you act powerfully to injure me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_17","019_10_17","JOB","10","17","17","You constantly find more witnesses to testify that I have done what is wrong, and you continually become more angry/perturbed with me. It is as though you are always bringing new troops to attack me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_18","019_10_18","JOB","10","18","18","“'God, why did you allow me to be born? I wish/desire that I had died before anyone SYN saw me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_19","019_10_19","JOB","10","19","19","I consider that it would have been better if I had been carried directly from my mother’s womb to the grave than for me to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_20","019_10_20","JOB","10","20","20","I think that RHQ there are only a few days for me to remain alive; so ◄allow me to be alone/stop attacking me►, in order that I may be a little cheerful ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_21","019_10_21","JOB","10","21","21","before I go to the place from which I will never return, where it is always gloomy and very dark DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB10_22","019_10_22","JOB","10","22","22","a place of darkness and dark shadows, where everything is confused/disordered, where even a small amount of light there is like darkness (OR, there is no light, only darkness).’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_1","019_11_1","JOB","11","1","1","Then Zophar, from the Naamah area, said this to Job: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_2","019_11_2","JOB","11","2","2","“◄Should no one answer all that you have said?/Someone should certainly answer all that you have said.► RHQ Just because you talk a lot, ◄should that cause us to declare that you <are innocent/have done nothing wrong>?/that should not cause us to declare that you <are innocent/have done nothing wrong>.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_3","019_11_3","JOB","11","3","3","Job, ◄should your babbling cause us to be silent?/your babbling should certainly not cause us to be silent.► RHQ When you make fun of us, shall no one rebuke you and cause you to be ashamed? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_4","019_11_4","JOB","11","4","4","You say, ‘What I say is true; God knows that I am ◄innocent/without guilt►.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_5","019_11_5","JOB","11","5","5","But I wish/desire that God would talk and say something MTY to answer you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_6","019_11_6","JOB","11","6","6","God knows everything about everything, so I wish/desire that he would tell you the secrets that he knows because he is wise. But you need to know that God is punishing you less than you deserve! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_7","019_11_7","JOB","11","7","7","“Tell me, will you ever be able to find out the things about God that are very difficult to understand? Will you be able to find out everything that there is to know about Almighty God? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_8","019_11_8","JOB","11","8","8","What there is to know about God is greater than the distance from earth to heaven; so there is no way RHQ that you can understand it all. It is greater than the distance from here to the place of the dead; so it is impossible for you RHQ to know it all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_9","019_11_9","JOB","11","9","9","What there is to know about God is wider than the earth and wider than the ocean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_10","019_11_10","JOB","11","10","10","“If God comes to you and puts you in prison and then brings you to a court, ◄who can stop him?/no one can stop him.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_11","019_11_11","JOB","11","11","11","He knows which people are worthless; and when he sees people doing wicked things, ◄will he ignore it?/he will certainly not ignore it!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_12","019_11_12","JOB","11","12","12","Stupid people like you will start to become wise SAR when wild donkeys stop giving birth to wild donkeys and start giving birth to tame donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_13","019_11_13","JOB","11","13","13","“Job, repent IDM; reach out your hands to seek God’s help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_14","019_11_14","JOB","11","14","14","If you have done evil things, stop doing them; and do not allow any people in your house to do wicked things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_15","019_11_15","JOB","11","15","15","If you do what I have said, surely you will lift up your head because you will not be ashamed; you will be strong, and not afraid of anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_16","019_11_16","JOB","11","16","16","You will forget all your troubles; they will be like the water of a flood that has all disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_17","019_11_17","JOB","11","17","17","Your troubles will be ended, like the darkness ends at the dawn; it will be as though MET the sun is shining brightly on you, like it shines at noon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_18","019_11_18","JOB","11","18","18","You will feel safe/secure, because you will confidently expect that good things will happen to you; God will protect you and enable you to rest safely each night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_19","019_11_19","JOB","11","19","19","You will lie down, and no one will cause you to be afraid. And many people will come and request you to do things for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB11_20","019_11_20","JOB","11","20","20","But wicked people SYN will not be able to understand why bad things are happening to them; they will not have any way to escape from their troubles. The only thing that they will want to do is to die. EUP” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_1","019_12_1","JOB","12","1","1","Then Job said to his three friends, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_2","019_12_2","JOB","12","2","2","“You ◄talk as though/You think► SAR that you are the people whom everyone should listen to, and that when you die, there will be no more wise people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_3","019_12_3","JOB","12","3","3","But I have as much good sense as you do; I am ◄not less wise than/certainly as wise as LIT► you. Certainly everyone knows RHQ all that you have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_4","019_12_4","JOB","12","4","4","My friends all laugh at me now. Previously I habitually requested God to help me, and he answered/helped me. I am righteous, a very godly man DOU, but everyone laughs at me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_5","019_12_5","JOB","12","5","5","Those like you who have no troubles make fun of me; they cause those like me who are already suffering to have more troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_6","019_12_6","JOB","12","6","6","Bandits live peacefully, and no one threatens those who cause God to become angry; their own strength is the god that they worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_7","019_12_7","JOB","12","7","7","“But ask the wild animals what they know about God, and if they could speak they would teach you. If you could ask the birds, they would tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_8","019_12_8","JOB","12","8","8","If you could ask the creatures that crawl on the ground, or the fish in the sea, they would tell you about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_9","019_12_9","JOB","12","9","9","All of them certainly know RHQ that it is Yahweh who has made them with his hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_10","019_12_10","JOB","12","10","10","He directs the lives of all living creatures; he gives breath to all us humans to enable us to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_11","019_12_11","JOB","12","11","11","And when we SYN hear what other people like you say, we RHQ think carefully about what they say to determine what is good and what is bad, like we SYN taste food to determine what is good and what is bad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_12","019_12_12","JOB","12","12","12","Old people are often very wise, and because of having lived many years, they understand much, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_13","019_12_13","JOB","12","13","13","but God is wise and very powerful; he has good sense and understands everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_14","019_12_14","JOB","12","14","14","If he tears something down, no one can rebuild it; if he puts someone in prison, no one can open the prison doors to allow that person to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_15","019_12_15","JOB","12","15","15","When he prevents rain from falling, everything dries up. When he causes a lot of rain to fall, the result is that there are floods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_16","019_12_16","JOB","12","16","16","He is the one who is truly strong and wise; he rules over those who deceive others and those whom they deceive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_17","019_12_17","JOB","12","17","17","He sometimes causes the king’s officials to no longer be wise, and he causes judges to become foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_18","019_12_18","JOB","12","18","18","He takes from kings the robes that they wear and puts loincloths around their waists, causing them to become slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_19","019_12_19","JOB","12","19","19","He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, with the result that they no longer can do their work, and takes power from those who rule others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_20","019_12_20","JOB","12","20","20","He sometimes causes those whom others trust to be unable to speak, and he causes old men to no longer have good sense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_21","019_12_21","JOB","12","21","21","He causes those who have authority to be despised, and he causes those who are powerful to no longer have any power/strength. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_22","019_12_22","JOB","12","22","22","He causes things that are hidden in the darkness to be revealed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_23","019_12_23","JOB","12","23","23","He causes some nations to become very great, and later he destroys them; he causes the territory of some nations to become much larger, and later he causes them to be defeated and their people to be scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_24","019_12_24","JOB","12","24","24","He causes some rulers to become foolish/stupid, and then he causes them to wander around, lost, in an barren desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB12_25","019_12_25","JOB","12","25","25","They grope around in the darkness, without any light, and he causes them to stagger like SIM people who are drunk.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_1","019_13_1","JOB","13","1","1","“Hey, I SYN have seen everything that you have seen, and I have heard and understood all that you have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_2","019_13_2","JOB","13","2","2","What you know, I also know; I do ◄not know less than/know as much as► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_3","019_13_3","JOB","13","3","3","But I would like to speak to Almighty God, not to you; I would like to argue with him and prove that I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_4","019_13_4","JOB","13","4","4","As for you, you do not allow people to know the truth about me, like someone covers up a bad surface of a wall with whitewash MET. You are all like doctors MET that give people useless medicines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_5","019_13_5","JOB","13","5","5","I wish/desire that you would be silent; that would be the wisest thing that you could do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_6","019_13_6","JOB","13","6","6","Listen to what I will say to you now; listen while I am saying what is true about myself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_7","019_13_7","JOB","13","7","7","Are you telling lies about me to prove God is just in causing me to suffer? Are you saying what is deceitful in order to benefit him? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_8","019_13_8","JOB","13","8","8","Are you trying to defend him? Are you trying to prove as you would in a court that he is innocent? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_9","019_13_9","JOB","13","9","9","If he looks closely, will he find that everything that you have done is good? Or can you deceive him, like you deceive other people? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_10","019_13_10","JOB","13","10","10","If you secretly say/do things to cause God to act favorably toward you, he will surely rebuke you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_11","019_13_11","JOB","13","11","11","He will certainly RHQ cause you to be terrified by his power/greatness; you will become extremely afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_12","019_13_12","JOB","13","12","12","The things that you say that you think are wise are as useless as MET as ashes; what you say to defend your opinions is no better than MET clay that quickly crumbles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_13","019_13_13","JOB","13","13","13","“So, be quiet and allow me to speak, and then it will not matter what happens to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_14","019_13_14","JOB","13","14","14","I am ready to endure anything; I am even willing to risk being executed IDM, DOU for what I will say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_15","019_13_15","JOB","13","15","15","If God kills me, then I will not have anyone else whom I can confidently expect to help me, but I am going to defend my behavior in his presence anyway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_16","019_13_16","JOB","13","16","16","No wicked/godless person would dare to stand in the presence of God, but because I say that I have not done things that are wrong, perhaps, if I can prove that to God, he will save me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_17","019_13_17","JOB","13","17","17","“God, listen very carefully to what I say DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_18","019_13_18","JOB","13","18","18","I am ready to prove that I am innocent, and I know that you also will declare that I am not guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_19","019_13_19","JOB","13","19","19","I certainly do not think RHQ that you or anyone else will say that what I say is not true; if anyone did that, I would ◄be silent/stop talking► and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_20","019_13_20","JOB","13","20","20","“I am requesting you to do two things for me; if you do them, I will ◄not hide from you/come and stand in front of you► LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_21","019_13_21","JOB","13","21","21","The first thing that I request is that you stop punishing IDM me; and the second thing that I request is that you stop causing me to be very terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_22","019_13_22","JOB","13","22","22","You speak first, and then I will reply; or allow me to speak first, and then you reply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_23","019_13_23","JOB","13","23","23","What have I done that is wrong? What sins have I committed? Show me how I have disobeyed you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_24","019_13_24","JOB","13","24","24","Why ◄do you refuse to be friendly with/have you abandoned► me IDM? Why do you ◄act toward me as though I am/consider me to be► your enemy? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_25","019_13_25","JOB","13","25","25","I am as insignificant as MET a leaf that is blown by the wind; why are you trying to cause me to be afraid RHQ? Why are you pursuing me? Am I useless, nothing more than a bit of dry chaff RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_26","019_13_26","JOB","13","26","26","It seems that you are writing things to accuse me of doing things that are wrong, even recalling bad things that I did when I was young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_27","019_13_27","JOB","13","27","27","It is as though you have fastened my feet with chains to prevent me from walking, and you watch me wherever I walk; It is as though you even look closely at my footprints to see where I have gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB13_28","019_13_28","JOB","13","28","28","As a result, my body is decaying like SIM rotten wood, like a piece of cloth that is eaten by larvae of moths.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_1","019_14_1","JOB","14","1","1","“We humans are very frail. We live only a short time, and we experience a lot of trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_2","019_14_2","JOB","14","2","2","We disappear quickly, like flowers that grow from the ground quickly and then wither and die SIM. We are like shadows that disappear when the sun stops shining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_3","019_14_3","JOB","14","3","3","Yahweh, why do you keep watching me to see if I am doing something that is wrong RHQ? Are you wanting to take me to court to judge me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_4","019_14_4","JOB","14","4","4","People are sinners from the time when they are born; who can cause them to be sinless? No one RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_5","019_14_5","JOB","14","5","5","You have decided how long our lives will be. You have decided how many months we will live, and we cannot live more months than the ◄limit/number of months► that you have decided. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_6","019_14_6","JOB","14","6","6","So please stop examining us, and allow us to be alone, until/while we finish our time here on earth, like a man finishes his work at the end of the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_7","019_14_7","JOB","14","7","7","If someone cuts a tree down, we hope that it will sprout again and grow new branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_8","019_14_8","JOB","14","8","8","Its roots in the ground may be very old, and its stump may decay, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_9","019_14_9","JOB","14","9","9","but if some water falls on it, it may bud/sprout and send up shoots like a young plant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_10","019_14_10","JOB","14","10","10","But when we people lose all our strength and die, we stop breathing and then we are gone forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_11","019_14_11","JOB","14","11","11","Just like water evaporates from the ocean, or like a riverbed dries up, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_12","019_14_12","JOB","14","12","12","people lie down and die and do not get up again. Until the heavens disappear, people who die EUP do not wake up, and no one can wake them up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_13","019_14_13","JOB","14","13","13","“Yahweh, I wish that you would put me safely in the place of the dead and forget about me until you are no longer angry with me. I wish that you would decide how much time I would spend there, and then remember that I am there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_14","019_14_14","JOB","14","14","14","When we humans die, we will certainly not live again RHQ. If I knew that we would live again, I would wait patiently, and I would wait for you to release me from my sufferings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_15","019_14_15","JOB","14","15","15","You would call me, and I would answer. You would be eager to see me, one of the creatures that you had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_16","019_14_16","JOB","14","16","16","You would take care of MET me, instead of watching me to see if I would sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_17","019_14_17","JOB","14","17","17","It is as though the record of my sins would be sealed in a small bag, and you would cover them up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_18","019_14_18","JOB","14","18","18","“But, just like mountains crumble and rocks fall down from a cliff, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_19","019_14_19","JOB","14","19","19","and just like water slowly wears away the stones, and just like floods wash away soil, you eventually destroy us; you do not allow us to continue to ◄hope/confidently expect► that we will keep on living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_20","019_14_20","JOB","14","20","20","You always defeat us, and then we die EUP. You cause our faces to look ugly after we die, and you send us away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_21","019_14_21","JOB","14","21","21","When we die we do not know if our sons will grow up and do things that will cause them to be honored. And if they become disgraced, we do not see that, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB14_22","019_14_22","JOB","14","22","22","We will feel our own pains; we will not feel anything else; we will be sorry for ourselves, not for anyone else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_1","019_15_1","JOB","15","1","1","Then Eliphaz replied to Job: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_2","019_15_2","JOB","15","2","2","“If you were truly wise RHQ, you would not have replied to us by claiming that you know a lot; what you are saying is just a lot of hot air MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_3","019_15_3","JOB","15","3","3","You should not RHQ be saying things that do not benefit anyone, using words that do no one any good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_4","019_15_4","JOB","15","4","4","By what you say, you show that you do not revere God, and you are hindering people from meditating/thinking about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_5","019_15_5","JOB","15","5","5","It is as though your sins are telling you what to say; you talk like people who will not admit that they are wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_6","019_15_6","JOB","15","6","6","Everything that you say MTY shows that you should be punished; so, it is not necessary for me to show that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_7","019_15_7","JOB","15","7","7","“Tell me do you know more than everyone else because you think that you are the first person who was ever born? SAR, RHQ Were you born before the hills were created? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_8","019_15_8","JOB","15","8","8","Were you listening when God made all his plans? SAR, RHQ Or do you think that you are the only person who is wise? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_9","019_15_9","JOB","15","9","9","◄What do you know that we do not know?/You do not know anything that we do not know.► RHQ You do not understand RHQ anything that is not also clear to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_10","019_15_10","JOB","15","10","10","My friends and I are also wise; we acquired wisdom from old gray-haired people, from people who were born before your father was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_11","019_15_11","JOB","15","11","11","God wants to comfort you, and to speak gently/kindly to you; ◄is that not enough for you/do you need more than that►? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_12","019_15_12","JOB","15","12","12","Why do you allow yourself to be ◄carried away/excited► by your emotions? Why are you very angry, with the result that your eyes flash? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_13","019_15_13","JOB","15","13","13","You are angry IDM with God, and so you MTY are criticizing/denouncing him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_14","019_15_14","JOB","15","14","14","“◄How can any person, including you, be sinless?/No person, including you, can be sinless.► RHQ ◄How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?/No one on the earth can be completely righteous.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_15","019_15_15","JOB","15","15","15","Hey, God does not even trust his angels; he does not consider even them to be completely pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_16","019_15_16","JOB","15","16","16","So, he certainly does not trust abominable/disgusting and depraved/corrupt people who do evil things as easily  as they drink water MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_17","019_15_17","JOB","15","17","17","Job, listen to what I will tell you. I will declare to you what I know, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_18","019_15_18","JOB","15","18","18","things that wise men have told me, truths that their ancestors did not keep hidden. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_19","019_15_19","JOB","15","19","19","God gave this land to those ancestors, who were truly wise; no one from another country caused them to think wrongly IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_20","019_15_20","JOB","15","20","20","It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who ◄oppress/act violently toward► others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_21","019_15_21","JOB","15","21","21","They constantly hear sounds that terrify them; while they are prospering, bandits attack them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_22","019_15_22","JOB","15","22","22","Wicked people surely know that they will not escape from darkness/death, because they are sure that someone is waiting to kill them with a sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_23","019_15_23","JOB","15","23","23","They wander around, searching for food, saying ‘Where can I find some?’ And they know that they will soon experience disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_24","019_15_24","JOB","15","24","24","Because they are afraid of those things happening to them, they are afraid and worry that these things will come to them like the army of a king comes to attack their enemies and cause them to suffer SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_25","019_15_25","JOB","15","25","25","Those things happen to them because they ◄shook their fists/dared to fight► against Almighty God, and thought that they were strong enough to defeat him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_26","019_15_26","JOB","15","26","26","They stubbornly IDM rush to attack God as though they were carrying a strong shield to protect themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_27","019_15_27","JOB","15","27","27","They are so fat that they are unable to fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_28","019_15_28","JOB","15","28","28","They will live in cities that have been abandoned, cities which have become a heap of ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_29","019_15_29","JOB","15","29","29","But they will not remain rich very long; Everything that they own will be taken from them; their possessions will all disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_30","019_15_30","JOB","15","30","30","They will not escape from the darkness of death; they will be like trees whose branches are burned by fire and whose blossoms are blown away by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_31","019_15_31","JOB","15","31","31","Since they are very foolish, with the result that they trust in things that are really worthless, then things that are worthless will be all that they get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_32","019_15_32","JOB","15","32","32","Before they are old, they will wither; they will be like MET branches that wither and never become green again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_33","019_15_33","JOB","15","33","33","They will be like SIM vines whose grapes fall off before they are ripe, like olive trees whose blossoms fall off before they produce any fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_34","019_15_34","JOB","15","34","34","Wicked/godless people will not have any descendants, and fires will completely burn up the homes of those who built those homes using money they received from bribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB15_35","019_15_35","JOB","15","35","35","They plan to cause trouble and to do evil things, and they are always preparing to deceive people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_1","019_16_1","JOB","16","1","1","Job replied to Eliphaz and the others: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_2","019_16_2","JOB","16","2","2","“I have heard things like that before; all of you, instead of helping me, are only causing me to feel more miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_3","019_16_3","JOB","16","3","3","Will your speeches, which are only hot air, never end RHQ? Eliphaz, what bothers/irritates you so much that you continue replying to me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_4","019_16_4","JOB","16","4","4","If it were you three and not I who were suffering, I could say the things that you are saying; I could make great speeches to criticize/condemn you, and I could shake my head at you to ridicule you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_5","019_16_5","JOB","16","5","5","But, unlike all of you, with what I said MTY I would encourage you and try to cause your pain to be less. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_6","019_16_6","JOB","16","6","6","“But now, if I talk, my pain does not decrease, and if I am silent, my pain still certainly does not RHQ go away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_7","019_16_7","JOB","16","7","7","God has now taken away all my strength, and he has destroyed my family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_8","019_16_8","JOB","16","8","8","He has shriveled me up, and people think that shows that I am a sinner. And people see that I am only skin and bones, and they think that proves that I am guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_9","019_16_9","JOB","16","9","9","Because God is very angry with me and hates me, it is as though he is a wild animal that MET has gnashed his teeth at me because he is my enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_10","019_16_10","JOB","16","10","10","People gape/stare at me with their mouths open to sneer at me; they have struck me on the face/cheek to ridicule me, and they crowd around me to threaten me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_11","019_16_11","JOB","16","11","11","It is as though God has handed me over to ungodly people and turned me over to the wicked DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_12","019_16_12","JOB","16","12","12","Previously, I was living peacefully, but he crushed me; it is as though he grabbed my neck and smashed me to pieces. It is as though MET he set me up like a target; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_13","019_16_13","JOB","16","13","13","people are surrounding me and shooting arrows at me. His arrows pierce my kidneys and cause the bile from my liver to spill onto the ground, and God does not pity me at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_14","019_16_14","JOB","16","14","14","It is as though MET I am a wall that he is breaking through; he rushes at me like SIM a soldier attacking his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_15","019_16_15","JOB","16","15","15","“Because I am mourning, I wear pieces of rough cloth that I have sewed together, and I sit here in the dirt, very depressed/discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_16","019_16_16","JOB","16","16","16","My face is red because I have cried very much, and there are dark circles around my eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_17","019_16_17","JOB","16","17","17","All this has happened to me even though I have not acted violently toward anyone, and I always pray sincerely/honestly to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_18","019_16_18","JOB","16","18","18","When I die, I want the ground APO to act as though I had been murdered and cry out against those who killed me, and I do not want anyone to stop me while I am demanding that God act justly toward me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_19","019_16_19","JOB","16","19","19","But even now, I know that there is someone in heaven who will testify for me, and he will say that what I have done is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_20","019_16_20","JOB","16","20","20","My three friends scorn/ridicule me, but my eyes are full of tears while I cry out to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_21","019_16_21","JOB","16","21","21","I pray that the one who knows what I have done would come to plead with God for me like people plead for their friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB16_22","019_16_22","JOB","16","22","22","I say this because  within a few years I will die; I will walk along the roadto the grave from which I will never return.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_1","019_17_1","JOB","17","1","1","“My ◄life/time to live► is almost ended; I have no strength left; my grave is waiting for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_2","019_17_2","JOB","17","2","2","Those who are around me are making fun of me; I SYN watch them while they ◄taunt/make fun of► me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_3","019_17_3","JOB","17","3","3","“God, it is as though I am in prison; please pay the money in order that I may be released, because there is certainly no one else who will help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_4","019_17_4","JOB","17","4","4","You have prevented my friends from understanding what is true about me; do not allow them to triumph over me, saying that I have done things that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_5","019_17_5","JOB","17","5","5","Our ancestors often said, ‘It often happens that when someone betrays his friends in order to get some of their property, it is that person’s children who will be punished for it;’ so I desire/hope that will be true of these friends of mine who are lying about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_6","019_17_6","JOB","17","6","6","“But now people use that saying of our ancestors when they talk about me; they spit in my face to insult me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_7","019_17_7","JOB","17","7","7","◄My sight has become dim/I cannot see well► because I am extremely sad, and my arms and legs are very thin, with the result that they almost do not cast MET a shadow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_8","019_17_8","JOB","17","8","8","Those who say that they are good/righteous are shocked when they see what has happened to me, and people who say that they ◄are innocent/have not done anything that is wrong► say that I am wicked/godless and should be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_9","019_17_9","JOB","17","9","9","Those who claim that they are righteous will continue to do what they think is right, and those who say they have not sinned will continue to become stronger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_10","019_17_10","JOB","17","10","10","“But even if all of those people came and stood in front of me, I would not find anyone among them who is wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_11","019_17_11","JOB","17","11","11","My ◄life/time to live► is almost ended; I have not been able to do the things that I confidently expected to do; I have not been able to accomplish  anything that I SYN desired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_12","019_17_12","JOB","17","12","12","My friends do not know when it is night and when it is day; when it is night, they claim that it is daylight; when it is becoming dark, they claim it is becoming light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_13","019_17_13","JOB","17","13","13","If my home will be the place where dead people are, where will I sleep in the darkness? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_14","019_17_14","JOB","17","14","14","I may say to the grave, ‘You will be like a father to me,’ and say to the maggots that will eat my body, ‘You will be like a mother or younger sisters to me because you will be where I will always be.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_15","019_17_15","JOB","17","15","15","But if I say those things, ◄will there be anything good that I can confidently expect to happen to me?/there will be nothing good that I can confidently expect to happen to me.► RHQ ◄Is there anyone who knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave?/No one knows anything good that I can expect when I am in the grave.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB17_16","019_17_16","JOB","17","16","16","After I descend to the place where the dead are, ◄will I be able to confidently expect anything good there?/I certainly will not be able to confidently expect anything good there.► RHQ It will be as though RHQ I and the things I hope for will descend with me into the dust where the dead are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_1","019_18_1","JOB","18","1","1","Then Bildad replied again: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_2","019_18_2","JOB","18","2","2","“When are you going to stop talking RHQ? If you would stop talking and listen, we could tell you something. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_3","019_18_3","JOB","18","3","3","Why do you think that we are as stupid as cattle? DOU, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_4","019_18_4","JOB","18","4","4","By being very angry and hurting yourself, do you think that doing that will shake the earth, or cause the rocks in the mountains to move? RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_5","019_18_5","JOB","18","5","5","“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people like you end as quickly as we can put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_6","019_18_6","JOB","18","6","6","And when the lamps above them in their tents are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_7","019_18_7","JOB","18","7","7","For many years they walked confidently, but later in life it was as though they stumbled and fell, because they themselves did not heed the advice that they gave to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_8","019_18_8","JOB","18","8","8","It was as though they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_9","019_18_9","JOB","18","9","9","It was as though a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_10","019_18_10","JOB","18","10","10","as though the noose of a rope that was hidden on the ground, whose other end was fastened to the limb of a tree, seized them when they walked into it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_11","019_18_11","JOB","18","11","11","Everywhere they went, there were things that caused them to be terrified; it was as though those things were pursuing them and biting at their heels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_12","019_18_12","JOB","18","12","12","They became hungry, with the result that they had no strength. They experienced disasters PRS constantly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_13","019_18_13","JOB","18","13","13","Diseases spread all over their skin/bodies; diseases that ◄caused their bodies to decay/destroyed their arms and legs►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_14","019_18_14","JOB","18","14","14","When they died, they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_15","019_18_15","JOB","18","15","15","Now their tents will burn down, when burning sulfur rains down on those tents! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_16","019_18_16","JOB","18","16","16","Because those who died had no descendants, they were like trees whose roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_17","019_18_17","JOB","18","17","17","No one on the earth will remember them any more; no one on any street will even remember their names MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_18","019_18_18","JOB","18","18","18","They will be expelled from the earth where there is light, and they will be sent into the place where it is dark. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_19","019_18_19","JOB","18","19","19","They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_20","019_18_20","JOB","18","20","20","People from the east to the west who hear about what happened to them, will be shocked and horrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB18_21","019_18_21","JOB","18","21","21","And that is what happens to ungodly/sinful people like you, to people who ◄have no interest in/have rejected► God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_1","019_19_1","JOB","19","1","1","Then Job replied,: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_2","019_19_2","JOB","19","2","2","“How long will you three torment me and crush my spirit by saying to me that I am wicked? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_3","019_19_3","JOB","19","3","3","You have already insulted me many HYP times; ◄are you not ashamed for saying these things to me?/you should be ashamed for saying these things to me.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_4","019_19_4","JOB","19","4","4","Even if it were true that I have done things that are wrong, I have not injured you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_5","019_19_5","JOB","19","5","5","If you truly think that you are better than I am, and you think that my being miserable now proves that I ◄am guilty/have committed many sins►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_6","019_19_6","JOB","19","6","6","you need to realize that it is God who has caused me to suffer. It is as though he has trapped me with his net. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_7","019_19_7","JOB","19","7","7","“I cry out, ‘Help me!’, but no one answers me. I call out loudly, but there is no one, not even God, who acts fairly toward me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_8","019_19_8","JOB","19","8","8","It is as though MET God has blocked my way, with the result that I cannot go where I want to; it is as though he has forced me to try to find my way in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_9","019_19_9","JOB","19","9","9","He has ◄taken away my good reputation/caused people not to honor me any more►; it is as though he removed MET a crown from my head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_10","019_19_10","JOB","19","10","10","He batters me from every side, and I will soon die. He has caused me to no longer confidently expect him to do good things for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_11","019_19_11","JOB","19","11","11","He attacks me because he is extremely angry with me MET, and he considers that I am his enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_12","019_19_12","JOB","19","12","12","It is as though he sends his army to attack me; they surround my tent, preparing to attack me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_13","019_19_13","JOB","19","13","13","“God has caused my brothers to abandon me, and all those who know me act like strangers to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_14","019_19_14","JOB","19","14","14","All my relatives and good friends have left me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_15","019_19_15","JOB","19","15","15","The people who were guests in my house have forgotten me, and my female servants consider that I am a stranger or that I am a foreigner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_16","019_19_16","JOB","19","16","16","When I summon my servants, they do not answer; I plead with them to come to help me, but they do not come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_17","019_19_17","JOB","19","17","17","My wife does not want to come close to me because my breath smells very bad, and even my brothers detest me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_18","019_19_18","JOB","19","18","18","Even young children despise me; when I stand up to talk to them, they laugh at me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_19","019_19_19","JOB","19","19","19","My dearest friends detest me, and those whom I love very much have turned against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_20","019_19_20","JOB","19","20","20","My body is only skin and bones; I am barely alive IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_21","019_19_21","JOB","19","21","21","“I plead with you, my three friends, pity me, because God has ◄struck EUP me with his hand/caused me to suffer greatly►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_22","019_19_22","JOB","19","22","22","Why do you cause me to suffer like God does? Why do you continue to slander MET me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_23","019_19_23","JOB","19","23","23","“I wish/desire that someone would take these words of mine and write them permanently in a book in order that people can read them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_24","019_19_24","JOB","19","24","24","Or else, I wish that he would carve them on a rock with ◄a chisel/an iron tool► in order that they would last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_25","019_19_25","JOB","19","25","25","But I know that the one who vindicates/defends me in court is alive, and that some day he will stand here on the earth and make the final decision about whether I deserve to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_26","019_19_26","JOB","19","26","26","And even after diseases have eaten away my skin, while I still have my body, I will see God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_27","019_19_27","JOB","19","27","27","I will see him myself; I will see him with my own eyes! I am overwhelmed as I think about that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_28","019_19_28","JOB","19","28","28","“If you three men say, ‘What more can we do to cause Job to suffer?’ and if you say, ‘He has caused his own troubles,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB19_29","019_19_29","JOB","19","29","29","you should be afraid that God will punish MTY you; he punishes those like you with whom he is angry; and when that happens, you will know that there is someone who judges people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_1","019_20_1","JOB","20","1","1","Then Zophar replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_2","019_20_2","JOB","20","2","2","“I am very perturbed about what you have said, so I want to reply very quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_3","019_20_3","JOB","20","3","3","By saying these things you have insulted me, but I know how (OR, because I understand very much) I can reply to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_4","019_20_4","JOB","20","4","4","“Do you not know that from long ago, ever since people were first put on the earth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_5","019_20_5","JOB","20","5","5","wicked people like you do not continue to rejoice for a long time, ungodly people are happy only for a ◄moment/very short time► HYP? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_6","019_20_6","JOB","20","6","6","Even though their reputation/pride reaches up to the sky and their fame goes up as high as the clouds, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_7","019_20_7","JOB","20","7","7","they will disappear forever, like their own dung, and those who knew them will ask, ‘◄Where did they go/What happened to them►?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_8","019_20_8","JOB","20","8","8","They will be forgotten like SIM a dream is, and they will exist no more. They will vanish, like visions that people see during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_9","019_20_9","JOB","20","9","9","Those who saw those people previously will never see them again; even their families MTY will not see them any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_10","019_20_10","JOB","20","10","10","Their children will be forced to return the valuable things that those children stole from poor people DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_11","019_20_11","JOB","20","11","11","Previously their bodies were young and strong, but they will die and their bodies will be buried in the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_12","019_20_12","JOB","20","12","12","“Doing wicked things was like having sweet food in their mouths, and they wanted to continue to taste it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_13","019_20_13","JOB","20","13","13","And they did not want to stop doing those things, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_14","019_20_14","JOB","20","14","14","but some day the evil things that they enjoyed doing will become like food that they swallow and which becomes as bitter as snake venom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_15","019_20_15","JOB","20","15","15","Wicked people will not continue to keep the money they have accumulated, like people do not keep the food that they vomit. God takes their wealth from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_16","019_20_16","JOB","20","16","16","What wicked people do is like MET swallowing snake venom; it will kill them like MET the bite of a poisonous snake kills people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_17","019_20_17","JOB","20","17","17","They will not remain alive to see abundant blessings IDM from God, milk and olive oil and honey, that are so abundant they are  like MET a stream that flows by. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_18","019_20_18","JOB","20","18","18","They will be forced to give back the things that they stole from the poor; they will not be able to continue to enjoy those things. They will not remain happy because of what they got from their businesses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_19","019_20_19","JOB","20","19","19","because they oppressed poor people and refused to help them, and they took other people’s houses by cheating them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_20","019_20_20","JOB","20","20","20","“They were always greedy and never satisfied. They just keep dreaming about owning more and more things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_21","019_20_21","JOB","20","21","21","When they finished eating their food, there was never anything left over because they had greedily eaten it all; but now their prosperity will end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_22","019_20_22","JOB","20","22","22","When they are extremely prosperous/wealthy, they will suddenly experience a lot of trouble. ◄Misery will strike them and crush them PRS/They will suffer very greatly►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_23","019_20_23","JOB","20","23","23","When the wicked people are filling their stomachs, God will show that he is very angry with them and punish them; the punishment that he gives them will be like MET rain falling on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_24","019_20_24","JOB","20","24","24","They will try to escape from being killed by iron weapons, but arrows with bronze points will pierce them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_25","019_20_25","JOB","20","25","25","The arrows will go completely through their bodies and stick out of their backs; the shiny points of the arrows will have blood dripping from them, and those wicked people will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_26","019_20_26","JOB","20","26","26","Their valuable possessions will all be destroyed; a fire that is not lit by humans, but by God, will burn them up and also destroy the things that are left in their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_27","019_20_27","JOB","20","27","27","The angels in heaven MTY will reveal the sins that those wicked people have committed, and people on earth will stand up and testify against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_28","019_20_28","JOB","20","28","28","When God punishes MTY people, all the possessions in the wicked people’s houses will be carried away by a flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB20_29","019_20_29","JOB","20","29","29","That is what will happen to wicked people like you; that is what God has decided will happen to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_1","019_21_1","JOB","21","1","1","Then Job replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_2","019_21_2","JOB","21","2","2","“Listen to what I say, all three of you; that is the only thing that you can do that will comfort me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_3","019_21_3","JOB","21","3","3","Be patient with me, and allow me to speak. Then, after I am finished speaking, you can continue to make fun of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_4","019_21_4","JOB","21","4","4","“It is certainly not RHQ people against whom I am complaining, but God And it is certainly RHQ right for me to be impatient! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_5","019_21_5","JOB","21","5","5","Look at me! Does what you see not cause you to be appalled and to put your hands over your mouths and say no more? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_6","019_21_6","JOB","21","6","6","When I think about what has happened to me, I am frightened and my entire body shakes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_7","019_21_7","JOB","21","7","7","“But let me ask this: ‘Why do wicked people continue to live, and become prosperous, and not die until they are very old?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_8","019_21_8","JOB","21","8","8","They have their children around them, and they watch them while they grow up and start to live in their own houses, and they enjoy their grandchildren. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_9","019_21_9","JOB","21","9","9","Wicked people live in their own houses without being afraid, and God does not punish MTY them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_10","019_21_10","JOB","21","10","10","Their bulls always mate with the cows successfully, and the cows give birth to calves and never miscarry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_11","019_21_11","JOB","21","11","11","Wicked people send their young children outside to play, and the children play happily like SIM lambs in a pasture. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_12","019_21_12","JOB","21","12","12","Some children dance and sing, while others shake tambourines and play lyres, and they are happy when they hear people playing flutes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_13","019_21_13","JOB","21","13","13","Wicked people enjoy having good things all the time that they are alive, and they die quietly/peacefully and go down to the place of the dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_14","019_21_14","JOB","21","14","14","While they are alive, they say to God, ‘Do not bother us; we do not want to know how you want us to conduct our lives! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_15","019_21_15","JOB","21","15","15","Why do you, Almighty God, think that we should serve you? ◄What advantage do we get if we pray to you?/It is useless for us to pray to you.► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_16","019_21_16","JOB","21","16","16","Think about it: Wicked people think that it is because of what they have done that they have become prosperous, but I do not understand why they think like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_17","019_21_17","JOB","21","17","17","◄“How often does it happen that wicked people die MET before they are old?/Very seldom do wicked people die MET before they are old.► RHQ ◄Do they ever experience disasters?/They seldom experience disasters.► RHQ ◄Does God ever punish them because of being very angry with them?/God never punishes them because of being very angry with them.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_18","019_21_18","JOB","21","18","18","He does not blow them away like wind blows away straw; they are never carried off by a whirlwind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_19","019_21_19","JOB","21","19","19","You say, ‘When people have committed sins, God waits and punishes their children because of those sins;’ but I say that God should punish those who sin, not their children, in order that the sinners will know that it is because of their own sins that they are being punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_20","019_21_20","JOB","21","20","20","I hope/wish that wicked people will experience themselves being destroyed, that they will experience being punished by an angry Almighty God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_21","019_21_21","JOB","21","21","21","After wicked people are dead, they are not at all concerned RHQ about what happens to their families MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_22","019_21_22","JOB","21","22","22","“Since God judges everyone, even those that are in heaven, ◄who can teach God anything?/certainly no one can teach God anything.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_23","019_21_23","JOB","21","23","23","Some people die while they are very healthy, while they are peaceful, when they are not afraid of anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_24","019_21_24","JOB","21","24","24","Their bodies are fat; their bones are strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_25","019_21_25","JOB","21","25","25","Other people die being very miserable; they have never experienced good things happening to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_26","019_21_26","JOB","21","26","26","But both rich and poor people die and are buried, and maggots eat their bodies. Everyone dies, so it is clear that dying is not always the punishment for being wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_27","019_21_27","JOB","21","27","27","“Listen, I know what you three are thinking. I know the evil things that you plan to do to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_28","019_21_28","JOB","21","28","28","You say, ‘What happened to the tents in which wicked people were living? The houses of evil rulers have been destroyed!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_29","019_21_29","JOB","21","29","29","But have you never inquired of people who travel much? Do you not believe their reports about what they have seen, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_30","019_21_30","JOB","21","30","30","that wicked people usually do not suffer at the time when there are great disasters; that wicked people are the ones who are rescued when God is angry and punishes people MTY? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_31","019_21_31","JOB","21","31","31","There is no one RHQ who accuses wicked people, and there is no one who ◄pays them back/gives them the punishment that they deserve► for all the evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_32","019_21_32","JOB","21","32","32","The corpses of wicked people are carried to their graves, and people are put there to guard those graves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_33","019_21_33","JOB","21","33","33","A huge number HYP of people go to the grave site. Some go in front of the procession and some come behind. And the clods of dirt thrown on the graves of those wicked people who have died are like a nice blanket. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB21_34","019_21_34","JOB","21","34","34","“So how can you console me by talking nonsense? Every reply that you make is full of lies!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_1","019_22_1","JOB","22","1","1","Then Eliphaz replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_2","019_22_2","JOB","22","2","2","“◄Can anyone be useful to God?/Certainly no one can be useful to God.► RHQ Even people who are wise cannot be helpful to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_3","019_22_3","JOB","22","3","3","If you were righteous, ◄would that benefit Almighty God?/that certainly would not benefit Almighty God.► RHQ If you had ◄lived a perfect life/never done anything that is wrong►, would that help him? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_4","019_22_4","JOB","22","4","4","“Is it because you have an awesome respect for God that he punishes you? Is that the reason that he puts you on trial? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_5","019_22_5","JOB","22","5","5","No, it certainly must be RHQ because you are extremely wicked. It must be that the evil things that you have done are so many that no one can count them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_6","019_22_6","JOB","22","6","6","You must have lent money to others and wrongly forced them to give you things to guarantee that they would pay that money back to you; you must have taken all their clothes and left them with nothing to wear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_7","019_22_7","JOB","22","7","7","You must not have given water to those who were thirsty, and you must have refused to give food to those who were hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_8","019_22_8","JOB","22","8","8","Because you were very powerful, you must have taken over all the people’s land, and then, being very respected, you have begun to live on that land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_9","019_22_9","JOB","22","9","9","When widows came to you for help, you must have sent them away without giving them anything, and you must have oppressed orphans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_10","019_22_10","JOB","22","10","10","Because of all that, now there are pits around you for you to fall into, and suddenly there are things that terrify you and cause you to tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_11","019_22_11","JOB","22","11","11","It is as though it has become very dark, with the result that you cannot see anything, and it is as though MET a flood covers you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_12","019_22_12","JOB","22","12","12","“But consider this, Job: God lives RHQ high up in the heavens. From there he RHQ looks down on the highest stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_13","019_22_13","JOB","22","13","13","So why do you say, ‘What does God know about what we are doing? He is hidden from us by dark clouds, so ◄how can he judge us?/he certainly cannot judge us.► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_14","019_22_14","JOB","22","14","14","Do you think that while he walks on the dome that covers the sky, there are thick clouds around him, with the result that he cannot see what we do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_15","019_22_15","JOB","22","15","15","Will you continue to conduct your life the old way that evil people have done for many years? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_16","019_22_16","JOB","22","16","16","They suddenly died while they were still young; they disappeared like everything disappears when there is a flood MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_17","019_22_17","JOB","22","17","17","They kept saying to God, ‘Do not bother us,’ and they also said defiantly, ‘Almighty God can do nothing RHQ to harm us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_18","019_22_18","JOB","22","18","18","But it was God who filled their houses with good things, so I cannot at all understand why wicked people think like they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_19","019_22_19","JOB","22","19","19","“But when God punishes wicked people, and righteous people see that, they are glad, and they laugh, ridiculing the wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_20","019_22_20","JOB","22","20","20","They say, ‘Now our enemies have been destroyed, and all their possessions that were left have been burned in a fire.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_21","019_22_21","JOB","22","21","21","“So, Job, be reconciled to God and make peace with him; if you do that, good things will happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_22","019_22_22","JOB","22","22","22","Allow him to teach you, and keep thinking about what he has told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_23","019_22_23","JOB","22","23","23","If you humble yourself and return to God, if you stop doing all the evil things that you have been doing in your house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_24","019_22_24","JOB","22","24","24","if you throw away your gold, even the fine gold from the dry stream beds in Ophir land, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_25","019_22_25","JOB","22","25","25","and if you allow Almighty God to be as precious to you as your gold and your silver have been, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_26","019_22_26","JOB","22","26","26","you will be happy because of your close relationship with God, and you will be able to approach him IDM confidently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_27","019_22_27","JOB","22","27","27","You will pray to him, and he will do what you request him to do; you will do the things that you promised him that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_28","019_22_28","JOB","22","28","28","Everything that you decide to do will be successful; it will be as though a light is shining on the road in front of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_29","019_22_29","JOB","22","29","29","God humbles those who are proud, but he saves those who are downcast/discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB22_30","019_22_30","JOB","22","30","30","God rescues those who ◄are innocent/have not done things that are wrong►, so he will rescue you if you ◄start doing things that are right/are not guilty IDM of doing things that are wrong►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_1","019_23_1","JOB","23","1","1","Then Job replied again, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_2","019_23_2","JOB","23","2","2","“Today I am again complaining bitterly/strongly to God; I continue groaning, but he SYN continues to ◄punish me/cause me to suffer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_3","019_23_3","JOB","23","3","3","I ◄wish that I knew/want to know► where I could meet/talk with him, so that I could go to the place where he lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_4","019_23_4","JOB","23","4","4","If I could do that, I would tell him why I know that I am innocent; I would tell MTY to him all my ◄arguments/evidence to show that I have not done what is evil►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_5","019_23_5","JOB","23","5","5","Then I would find out what he would reply to me DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_6","019_23_6","JOB","23","6","6","Would he use his great power to argue with me? No, he would listen to me carefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_7","019_23_7","JOB","23","7","7","I am ◄an honest/a righteous► man; so I would be able to discuss things with him fairly, and then he would declare that I am innocent, and that decision would endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_8","019_23_8","JOB","23","8","8","“But, I have gone to the east, and he is not there; I have gone to the west, but I have not found him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_9","019_23_9","JOB","23","9","9","I have gone north and I have gone south, but I have not seen him anywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_10","019_23_10","JOB","23","10","10","But he knows how I have conducted my life; and when he has finished testing me, he will see that I am as pure as SIM gold whose impurities have all been burned out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_11","019_23_11","JOB","23","11","11","I SYN have faithfully walked on the path that he showed me; I have not stopped obeying him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_12","019_23_12","JOB","23","12","12","I have always obeyed what he SYN commanded; I have treasured the words that he has spoken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_13","019_23_13","JOB","23","13","13","“He never changes. There is no one who can RHQ stop him from doing what he desires. Whatever he wants to do, he does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_14","019_23_14","JOB","23","14","14","And he will finish doing for me the things that he has planned for me; and I am sure that he has thought about doing many things for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_15","019_23_15","JOB","23","15","15","So I am terrified in his presence; when I think about what he can do, I am very afraid DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_16","019_23_16","JOB","23","16","16","Almighty God has caused me SYN to feel terrified DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB23_17","019_23_17","JOB","23","17","17","It is as though there is only thick darkness in front of me, but it is God that I am afraid of, not the darkness.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_1","019_24_1","JOB","24","1","1","“◄Why does Almighty God not set a time when he will judge evil people?/I do not understand why Almighty God does not set a time when he will judge evil people.► RHQ Those who know him never RHQ see him do that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_2","019_24_2","JOB","24","2","2","Some evil people remove the markers of boundaries of other people’s land, in order to steal their land; they seize/steal other people’s sheep and put them in their own pastures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_3","019_24_3","JOB","24","3","3","Some ◄take away/steal► the donkeys that belong to orphans, and they take widow’s oxen to guarantee that the widows will pay back the money that they loaned to those widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_4","019_24_4","JOB","24","4","4","Some shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from ◄obtaining their rights/being treated justly►), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_5","019_24_5","JOB","24","5","5","The result is that poor people have to search for food in the desert like wild donkeys do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_6","019_24_6","JOB","24","6","6","The poor people harvest left-over grain in other people’s fields, and gather grapes from vineyards that belong to wicked men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_7","019_24_7","JOB","24","7","7","During the night they have nothing to cover their bodies, nothing to keep them warm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_8","019_24_8","JOB","24","8","8","When it rains on the mountains, the poor people become very wet, so they huddle under the rock ledges to be protected from the rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_9","019_24_9","JOB","24","9","9","Some evil men snatch infants away from their widowed mothers SYN, and they say ‘I will return your babies to you when you repay the money that I lent to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_10","019_24_10","JOB","24","10","10","But the poor people walk around with no clothes on; they are hungry while they are working to carry other people’s bundles of grain to the places where their grain will be threshed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_11","019_24_11","JOB","24","11","11","Poor people press olives to make olive oil; they tread on grapes to make juice for wine, but they are not allowed to drink any of it when they become thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_12","019_24_12","JOB","24","12","12","In the cities, people who are wounded and dying cry out to God for help, but God does not heed their prayers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_13","019_24_13","JOB","24","13","13","Some wicked people avoid the light because they do evil things in the dark; they do not walk on roads that are lighted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_14","019_24_14","JOB","24","14","14","Murderers steal things during the night, and then they arise before dawn in order that they may go out again and kill needy DOU people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_15","019_24_15","JOB","24","15","15","Those who want to commit adultery wait for twilight/evening; they say ‘I do not want anyone to see me,’ so they keep their faces covered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_16","019_24_16","JOB","24","16","16","It is during the night that robbers break into houses to steal things, but during the day they hide because they want to avoid being seen in the light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_17","019_24_17","JOB","24","17","17","All of those people want to do their evil things at night, not in the morning when it is light, because they are not afraid of the things that happen during the night that terrify others.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_18","019_24_18","JOB","24","18","18","“But it is wicked people who are swept/carried away by floods, and God curses the land that they own, and no one goes to work in their vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_19","019_24_19","JOB","24","19","19","Just like the snow melts away when it is hot and there is no rain, those who have sinned disappear into the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_20","019_24_20","JOB","24","20","20","Not even their mothers remember them now; wicked people are destroyed like trees that are cut down, and maggots eat their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_21","019_24_21","JOB","24","21","21","They mistreat women who have been unable to give birth to children and women who no longer have children to take care of them, and they never do good things for widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_22","019_24_22","JOB","24","22","22","But God, by his power, gets rid of mighty/influential people. God acts and causes the wicked people to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_23","019_24_23","JOB","24","23","23","God allows them to think that they are secure and safe, but he is watching MTY them all the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_24","019_24_24","JOB","24","24","24","They prosper for a little while, and then suddenly they are gone; they disappear like weeds wither and die; they are like SIM stalks of grain that have been cut off. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB24_25","019_24_25","JOB","24","25","25","If this is not true, is there RHQ anyone who will show that I am a liar and prove that what I have said is not true?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_1","019_25_1","JOB","25","1","1","Then Bildad also replied, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_2","019_25_2","JOB","25","2","2","“God is very powerful; everyone should have an awesome respect for him; he causes everything to be peaceful high up in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_3","019_25_3","JOB","25","3","3","◄Can anyone count the angels who are in his army in heaven?/No one can count the angels who are in his army in heaven.► RHQ ◄Is there any place where his light does not shine?/There is no place where his light does not shine.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_4","019_25_4","JOB","25","4","4","So, ◄how can God consider anyone to be righteous?/God certainly cannot consider anyone to be righteous.► RHQ ◄How can any human being be truly pure?/No human being can be truly pure.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_5","019_25_5","JOB","25","5","5","Consider this: God does not even consider the full moon to be bright, and he does not consider the stars to be spotless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB25_6","019_25_6","JOB","25","6","6","So, ◄what about humans?/he does not consider humans to be important.► RHQ They are as insignificant as MET maggots. God does not think more highly of people than he thinks of worms.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_1","019_26_1","JOB","26","1","1","Job replied to Bildad, saying this sarcastically: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_2","019_26_2","JOB","26","2","2","“I am a very weak and helpless man; and ◄you certainly have not helped me SAR very much!/do you think that you have helped me SAR very much?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_3","019_26_3","JOB","26","3","3","◄You certainly have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all./Do you think that you have counseled me well—I, who am not wise at all?► RHQ ◄I’m sure you think that you have given a lot of very good advice to me. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_4","019_26_4","JOB","26","4","4","Who helped you to say all those great/wise things? Who inspired you to speak like you did?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_5","019_26_5","JOB","26","5","5","“Because the spirits of dead people are afraid, they tremble in the waters that are deep under the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_6","019_26_6","JOB","26","6","6","God knows all about those who are in the place of the dead; there is nothing down there that prevents God from seeing what is there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_7","019_26_7","JOB","26","7","7","God stretched out the earth over the huge empty space and caused the earth to have nothing to support it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_8","019_26_8","JOB","26","8","8","He fills the thick/dense clouds with water and prevents that water from bursting the clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_9","019_26_9","JOB","26","9","9","He causes clouds to ◄obscure/prevent us from seeing► the moon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_10","019_26_10","JOB","26","10","10","He separated the light from the darkness and put the horizon to mark the place where the night ends and the daytime begins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_11","019_26_11","JOB","26","11","11","When he is angry, it is as though he rebukes the pillars that hold up the sky. They are ◄shocked/very fearful►, and they tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_12","019_26_12","JOB","26","12","12","With his power he calmed the sea; with his skill/wisdom he destroyed Rahab, the huge sea monster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_13","019_26_13","JOB","26","13","13","With his breath he caused the sky to be bright/clear; with his hand he killed the great dragon in the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB26_14","019_26_14","JOB","26","14","14","But those events show only a small amount of his power; it is as though we are hearing only whispers of his powerful voice. When we hear thunder, we say, ‘◄Who can really understand how great his power is/No one can really understand how great his power is!► RHQ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_1","019_27_1","JOB","27","1","1","Job replied again to his three friends, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_2","019_27_2","JOB","27","2","2","“Almighty God has refused to treat me justly/fairly. He has caused me to feel bitter/resentful. But just as surely as he lives, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_3","019_27_3","JOB","27","3","3","as long as God’s Spirit enables me to breathe, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_4","019_27_4","JOB","27","4","4","I will not lie; I SYN will not say anything to deceive anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_5","019_27_5","JOB","27","5","5","I will never admit that what you three have said is true; until the day that I die, I will insist that I have not done things that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_6","019_27_6","JOB","27","6","6","I will say that I am innocent, and never ◄say anything different/change what I say►; my conscience will never reproach me as long as I live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_7","019_27_7","JOB","27","7","7","“I want my enemies to be punished like all wicked people are punished; I want God to punish those who oppose me like he punishes all unrighteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_8","019_27_8","JOB","27","8","8","When it is time for God to get rid of godless/wicked people and to cause them to die, there is absolutely nothing good RHQ that they can confidently expect to happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_9","019_27_9","JOB","27","9","9","When they experience troubles, ◄will God hear them call out to him for help?/God certainly will not hear them call out to him for help.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_10","019_27_10","JOB","27","10","10","◄Will they be happy about what Almighty God does?/They certainly will not be happy about what Almighty God does.► RHQ ◄Will they begin to pray to him frequently?/They certainly will not begin to pray to him frequently.► RHQ Certainly not! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_11","019_27_11","JOB","27","11","11","“I will teach you three something about the power MTY of Almighty God MTY; I will reveal what he is thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_12","019_27_12","JOB","27","12","12","But you three have seen for yourselves what God has done; so ◄why are you saying such nonsense?/you should not be saying such nonsense.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_13","019_27_13","JOB","27","13","13","“I will tell you what Almighty God does to wicked people, the things that he does to people who oppress others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_14","019_27_14","JOB","27","14","14","Even if they have many children, many of those children will die in wars MTY, and their other children will die because they do not have enough food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_15","019_27_15","JOB","27","15","15","Their children who are still alive will die from diseases, and their widows will not even mourn for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_16","019_27_16","JOB","27","16","16","Sometimes wicked people accumulate a huge amount SIM of silver and pile up clothes like SIM those clothes were a pile of clay, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_17","019_27_17","JOB","27","17","17","but those wicked people will die, and then righteous people will wear those clothes, and honest/innocent people will get their silver and divide it among themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_18","019_27_18","JOB","27","18","18","The houses that they build are as frail/fragile as SIM spider webs, or they are like flimsy huts that watchmen live in while they guard people’s fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_19","019_27_19","JOB","27","19","19","Wicked people are rich when they lie down at night, but when they wake up in the morning, they find out that their money has disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_20","019_27_20","JOB","27","20","20","“Things that terrify them PRS strike them like a flood SIM; during the night a whirlwind carries them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_21","019_27_21","JOB","27","21","21","It is as though the wind from the east picks them up and carries them away from their homes, and they disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_22","019_27_22","JOB","27","22","22","That wind strikes them without pitying them while they are running away, trying to escape from its force/power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB27_23","019_27_23","JOB","27","23","23","That wind is like someone clapping his hands MET at them to ridicule them, howling at them wherever they run to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_1","019_28_1","JOB","28","1","1","“It is true that there are places where men dig to find silver, and there are places where people refine/purify gold that they have dug. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_2","019_28_2","JOB","28","2","2","People dig iron ore out of the ground, and they ◄smelt copper ore/heat copper ore to get the copper from it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_3","019_28_3","JOB","28","3","3","Men use lamps while they work far down under the ground to search for the ore inside the mines where it is very dark. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_4","019_28_4","JOB","28","4","4","They dig ◄shafts/narrow holes very deep down into the ground► in places that are far from where people live, where travelers do not go. They work far away from other people, swinging back and forth on ropes as they descend into the mine shafts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_5","019_28_5","JOB","28","5","5","Food grows on the surface of the ground, but down under the ground, where there is no food, the miners make fires to break apart the rocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_6","019_28_6","JOB","28","6","6","The stones that are dug from under the ground contain ◄sapphires/very valuable blue stones►, and the dirt contains bits of gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_7","019_28_7","JOB","28","7","7","Some birds have very good eyes, but even hawks do not know where the mines are, and falcons/vultures have not seen those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_8","019_28_8","JOB","28","8","8","Lions or other proud wild animals have not walked on the roads near those mines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_9","019_28_9","JOB","28","9","9","Miners tear apart MTY very hard rock; it is as though they turn the mountains upside down to get the ore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_10","019_28_10","JOB","28","10","10","They cut tunnels through the rocks, and they find ◄precious/very valuable► things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_11","019_28_11","JOB","28","11","11","They dam up small streams in order that water does not flow, and they bring up into the light valuable things that are hidden in the ground and in the streams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_12","019_28_12","JOB","28","12","12","“But wisdom: Where can people find that? Where can we find out how to truly understand things? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_13","019_28_13","JOB","28","13","13","Humans do not know where to find it; no one can find it here on this earth where they are living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_14","019_28_14","JOB","28","14","14","It is as though water that is deep inside the earth and water that is in the seas say PRS, ‘Wisdom is not here!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_15","019_28_15","JOB","28","15","15","People cannot buy wisdom by paying for it with silver or gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_16","019_28_16","JOB","28","16","16","Wisdom is worth much more than fine gold from Ophir land or other very valuable stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_17","019_28_17","JOB","28","17","17","It is worth much more than gold or beautiful glass, worth more than vases made from fine gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_18","019_28_18","JOB","28","18","18","Wisdom is worth more than coral or crystal/pure quartz; the price of wisdom is higher/more than the price of pearls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_19","019_28_19","JOB","28","19","19","The prices of ◄topaz/very valuable yellow stones► from Ethiopia and of pure gold are lower/less than the price of wisdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_20","019_28_20","JOB","28","20","20","“So, where does wisdom come from? Where can we find out how to truly understand things? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_21","019_28_21","JOB","28","21","21","No living humans can see it MTY; and birds cannot see it while they are flying MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_22","019_28_22","JOB","28","22","22","It is as though the places where people go after they die say PRS, ‘We have only heard rumors about where to find wisdom.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_23","019_28_23","JOB","28","23","23","God is the only one who knows how to find wisdom; he knows where it is, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_24","019_28_24","JOB","28","24","24","because he can see things even in the most remote/distant places on the earth; he can see everything that is below the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_25","019_28_25","JOB","28","25","25","When he decided how strongly the winds should blow, and how much rain would be in the clouds, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_26","019_28_26","JOB","28","26","26","and when he decided where rain should fall, and what path lightning should take from the clouds down to the ground, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_27","019_28_27","JOB","28","27","27","at that time he saw wisdom and decided that it is extremely valuable. He examined it and ◄approved it/said that it was very good►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB28_28","019_28_28","JOB","28","28","28","And then he said to humans, ‘Listen! To have an awesome respect for me is what will enable you to become wise; and to truly understand everything, you must first turn away from doing what is evil.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_1","019_29_1","JOB","29","1","1","Job spoke again, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_2","019_29_2","JOB","29","2","2","“I wish/desire that I could be like I was previously, during the years when God took care of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_3","019_29_3","JOB","29","3","3","During those years, it was as though God’s lamp MET shone on me and gave me light while I walked in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_4","019_29_4","JOB","29","4","4","At that time I was young and strong, and because God was my friend, he protected PRS my tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_5","019_29_5","JOB","29","5","5","Almighty God was with me during those years when all my children were around me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_6","019_29_6","JOB","29","6","6","My herds provided me with plenty of milk, and streams of oil flowed from the rock where my olives were pressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_7","019_29_7","JOB","29","7","7","“Whenever I went to the place where the elders gathered at the city gate, I sat down with them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_8","019_29_8","JOB","29","8","8","and when the young men saw me, they stepped aside respectfully, and the old men also stood respectfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_9","019_29_9","JOB","29","9","9","The leaders of the people stopped talking DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_10","019_29_10","JOB","29","10","10","and even the most important men became quiet and ceased talking MTY in order to hear me speak to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_11","019_29_11","JOB","29","11","11","When they SYN all heard what I told them, they said good things about me. When they SYN saw me (OR, what I had done), they commended me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_12","019_29_12","JOB","29","12","12","because I had helped the poor people when they cried out for help and I aided/helped orphans who had no one else to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_13","019_29_13","JOB","29","13","13","Those who were suffering and about to die praised PRS me, and I caused widows SYN to sing joyfully, because of my helping them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_14","019_29_14","JOB","29","14","14","I always acted justly; my continually doing that was like MET a robe that I wore and a turban that was wrapped around my head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_15","019_29_15","JOB","29","15","15","It was as though MET I was eyes for blind people and feet for people who were lame. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_16","019_29_16","JOB","29","16","16","I was like MET a father to poor people, and in courts I defended those who were strangers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_17","019_29_17","JOB","29","17","17","My causing wicked people to be unable to continue oppressing others was like MET breaking the fangs of fierce wild animals and forcing them to drop from their teeth/mouths the animals that they had caught/seized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_18","019_29_18","JOB","29","18","18","“At that time I thought, ‘Surely I will live securely, until I am very old SIM, and I will die at home with my family.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_19","019_29_19","JOB","29","19","19","I was like a tree MET whose roots reach down into the water and whose branches become wet with dew each night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_20","019_29_20","JOB","29","20","20","People always honored me, and I was always strong like MET a new bow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_21","019_29_21","JOB","29","21","21","“When I spoke, people waited to hear what I would say and remained silent until I advised them what they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_22","019_29_22","JOB","29","22","22","After I finished speaking, they did not say any more; it was as though MET my words fell on their ears like refreshing drops of rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_23","019_29_23","JOB","29","23","23","They waited for me to speak like they wait for rain; they appreciated what I said like MET farmers appreciate the final rain in the spring before the dry season. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_24","019_29_24","JOB","29","24","24","When they were discouraged, I smiled at them to encourage them; they became encouraged when they saw that I approved of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB29_25","019_29_25","JOB","29","25","25","I was their leader, and I decided what things would be good for them to do; I was among them like SIM a king who is among his troops; I was like someone who comforts others who are mourning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_1","019_30_1","JOB","30","1","1","“But now men who are younger than I am make fun of me— men whose fathers I greatly despised, with the result that I would not even have allowed them to help my dogs guard my sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_2","019_30_2","JOB","30","2","2","They were men who were old and ◄weak/worn out►; so ◄what could I gain from them working for me?/I would have gained nothing from them working for me.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_3","019_30_3","JOB","30","3","3","They were very poor and hungry, with the result that they chewed on roots at night in dry and desolate places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_4","019_30_4","JOB","30","4","4","They pulled up plants in the desert and ate them and warmed themselves by burning the roots of broom trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_5","019_30_5","JOB","30","5","5","Everyone shouted at them as though they were thieves and expelled them from their areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_6","019_30_6","JOB","30","6","6","They were forced to live in caves in the hills, in holes in the ground, and in the sides of cliffs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_7","019_30_7","JOB","30","7","7","In the bushes they howled like animals because they were hungry, and they huddled together under thornbushes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_8","019_30_8","JOB","30","8","8","They were people without good sense, whose names no one knows; they have been expelled from the land where they were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_9","019_30_9","JOB","30","9","9","“And now their children sing songs to make fun of me. They tell jokes about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_10","019_30_10","JOB","30","10","10","They are disgusted with me, and they usually stay away from me, but when they see me, they are happy to spit in my face. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_11","019_30_11","JOB","30","11","11","Because it is as though MET God has cut my bowstring, he has caused me to be unable to defend myself, and he has humbled me, and my enemies have done to me whatever they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_12","019_30_12","JOB","30","12","12","◄Gangs/Groups of violent youths► attack me and force me to run away; they prepare to destroy me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_13","019_30_13","JOB","30","13","13","They prevent me from escaping, and they do not need anyone to help them (OR, there is no one to help me). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_14","019_30_14","JOB","30","14","14","It is as though I am a city wall and SIM they have broken through the wall, and they have come crashing down on me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_15","019_30_15","JOB","30","15","15","I am very terrified; My dignity/honor has been taken away as though SIM it has been blown away by the wind, and my prosperity has disappeared like SIM clouds disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_16","019_30_16","JOB","30","16","16","“And now I SYN am about to die IDM; I suffer every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_17","019_30_17","JOB","30","17","17","My bones ache during the night, and the pain that torments me never stops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_18","019_30_18","JOB","30","18","18","It is as though God seizes my clothes and chokes me with the collar of my coat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_19","019_30_19","JOB","30","19","19","He has thrown me into the mud; I am not worth anything more than dust and ashes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_20","019_30_20","JOB","30","20","20","“I cry out to God, but he does not answer/help me; I stand up and pray, but he does not pay any attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_21","019_30_21","JOB","30","21","21","He acts very cruelly toward me; with all of his power MTY he causes me to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_22","019_30_22","JOB","30","22","22","He allows the wind to lift me up and blow me away, and he tosses me up and down in a violent storm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_23","019_30_23","JOB","30","23","23","I know that he will cause me to die, which is what happens to everyone MTY who is alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_24","019_30_24","JOB","30","24","24","“When people experience disasters, and they sit on a pile of ruins and cry out for help, others surely RHQ reach out their hand to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_25","019_30_25","JOB","30","25","25","That is what I did previously. I wept for people who were experiencing troubles, and I felt sorry for poor/needy people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_26","019_30_26","JOB","30","26","26","But when I expected good things to happen to me, evil things happened; when I waited for light/happiness, all I experienced was darkness/unhappiness MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_27","019_30_27","JOB","30","27","27","I am very distressed IDM, all the time; I suffer every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_28","019_30_28","JOB","30","28","28","I go about very discouraged; I stand up and plead for people to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_29","019_30_29","JOB","30","29","29","My wailing sounds as sad as MET the cries of jackals/foxes and ostriches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_30","019_30_30","JOB","30","30","30","My skin has become dark/black and is peeling off, and I have a fever which causes my body to feel like it is burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB30_31","019_30_31","JOB","30","31","31","Previously, I played joyful music on my harp and with my flute, but now I play only the sad music of those who mourn.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_1","019_31_1","JOB","31","1","1","“I solemnly promised myself that I would not look at a young woman with a desire to have sex with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_2","019_31_2","JOB","31","2","2","If I did not do what I promised, what would God who is in heaven MTY do to me RHQ? Almighty God would certainly not RHQ give me any reward! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_3","019_31_3","JOB","31","3","3","Previously I thought that surely RHQ it was unrighteous people who would experience calamities, and that it was those who do what is wrong who would experience disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_4","019_31_4","JOB","31","4","4","God certainly sees RHQ everything that I do, so why is he causing me to suffer? It is as though he counts every step that I take. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_5","019_31_5","JOB","31","5","5","“I solemnly declare that I have never acted wickedly and have never tried to deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_6","019_31_6","JOB","31","6","6","I request only that God judge me fairly MET, and if he does that, he will know that I ◄am innocent/have not done what is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_7","019_31_7","JOB","31","7","7","If it were true that I have stopped living righteously, or that I SYN have desired the things that I look at MTY, or that I am guilty of any other sin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_8","019_31_8","JOB","31","8","8","then I hope/wish that when I plant seeds, someone else will harvest the crops and eat them and that others will uproot the fruit trees that I planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_9","019_31_9","JOB","31","9","9","“If it were true that I SYN have been attracted by some other man’s wife, or that I have hidden myself and waited outside the door to her house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_10","019_31_10","JOB","31","10","10","I hope/desire that my wife will become the servant/slave of another man and have sex EUP with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_11","019_31_11","JOB","31","11","11","For me to do that would be a terrible sin, and the judges would decide that I should be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_12","019_31_12","JOB","31","12","12","My committing adultery would produce in me a fire like MET the fire that burns people in hell, and it would burn up everything that I own. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_13","019_31_13","JOB","31","13","13","“And, if it were true that I have ever refused to listen to one of my male or female servants when they complained to me about something, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_14","019_31_14","JOB","31","14","14","God would arise and declare that he would punish me; and when he would do that, what would I do? If he would ask me about what I have done, ◄what would I answer?/I would not be able to answer.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_15","019_31_15","JOB","31","15","15","God, who created me, certainly also created my servants RHQ; surely he is the one who formed them and me in our mothers’ wombs RHQ; so we all should behave toward each other equally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_16","019_31_16","JOB","31","16","18","“I have guided orphans from the time that they were born; I have taken care of them since they were young. So, if it were true that I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans, or that I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted, or that I caused widows to live ◄in despair/without hope that they would receive any help from anyone►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_19","019_31_19","JOB","31","19","19","or that I had seen people die from cold because they had no clothes, or that I had seen poor people who did not have clothes to keep them warm, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_20","019_31_20","JOB","31","20","20","and they were not able to become warm from clothes made from the wool of my sheep with the result that they thanked me for giving them clothes, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_21","019_31_21","JOB","31","21","21","or if it were true that I threatened to strike any orphan because I knew that the elders at the city gates would ◄decide in my favor►; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_22","019_31_22","JOB","31","22","22","if those things were true about me, I hope/desire that my shoulder blade would be torn out and my arm be torn from my shoulder. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_23","019_31_23","JOB","31","23","23","I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster if I did any of those evil things, and I would not have been able to endure the powerful things that he would do to punish me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_24","019_31_24","JOB","31","24","24","“If it were true that I trusted in my gold/money DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_25","019_31_25","JOB","31","25","25","or that I rejoiced because I had acquired many things and had become very rich, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_26","019_31_26","JOB","31","26","26","or that I looked at the sun when it was shining or looked at the beautiful moon ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_27","019_31_27","JOB","31","27","27","and I SYN had been tempted to worship them by kissing my hand to revere them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_28","019_31_28","JOB","31","28","28","those things also would be sins for which the judges would say that I must be punished, because I would have been rejecting God by doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_29","019_31_29","JOB","31","29","30","“It is not true that I SYN sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me with the result that God would cause them to die. It is also not true that I was glad when they were ruined or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_31","019_31_31","JOB","31","31","32","It is also not true that I never welcomed travelers to stay in my tent or that I did not open my doors to them, but forced them to sleep in the streets. All the men who work for me certainly know that RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_33","019_31_33","JOB","31","33","33","Some people try to hide their sins, but I have never done that; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_34","019_31_34","JOB","31","34","34","and I never remained silent and refused to go outside of my home because I was very ◄afraid of/worried about► what people would say about me, and that they would hate/scorn me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_35","019_31_35","JOB","31","35","35","“I wish/desire that there was someone who would hear what I am saying! I solemnly declare that all that I have said is true. I wish that those who oppose me would write down on a scroll the evil things that they say that I did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_36","019_31_36","JOB","31","36","36","If they did that, I would wear that scroll on my shoulder, or wear it on top of my head, in order that everyone could see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_37","019_31_37","JOB","31","37","37","I would tell God everything that I have done, and I would approach him confidently, like a ruler would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_38","019_31_38","JOB","31","38","38","If it were true that I have stolen land, with the result that it was as though its furrows cried out to accuse me of stealing; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_39","019_31_39","JOB","31","39","39","or if it were true that I have eaten the crops that grew in someone else’s fields without paying for those crops, with the result that those farmers who grew those crops died from hunger; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB31_40","019_31_40","JOB","31","40","40","then I wish/desire that thorns would grow in my fields instead of wheat. May bad weeds grow instead of barley!” That is the end of what Job said to his three friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_1","019_32_1","JOB","32","1","1","Then those three men stopped answering Job, because they could not convince Job that he was wrong in claiming that he had not done anything that was wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_2","019_32_2","JOB","32","2","2","Then Elihu, the son of Barachel, a descendant of Buz, from the clan of Ram, became very angry at Job. He was angry because Job continued to claim that he was righteous/innocent, and that God was wrong to punish him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_3","019_32_3","JOB","32","3","3","He was also angry with Job’s three friends, because they had declared that Job must have done many things that were wrong, but they were unable to convince Job that what they said was true. As a result, it seemed to Elihu that God did what was wrong by punishing Job. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_4","019_32_4","JOB","32","4","4","Elihu was younger than the others, so he waited until they had finished speaking before he replied to Job. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_5","019_32_5","JOB","32","5","5","But when Elihu realized that the three men had no more to say MTY to Job, he became angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_6","019_32_6","JOB","32","6","6","And this is what he said: “I am young, and you all are much older than I am. So, I was timid, and I was afraid to tell you what I was thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_7","019_32_7","JOB","32","7","7","I thought, ‘Let those PRS who are much older speak, because older people should be able to say things that are wise.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_8","019_32_8","JOB","32","8","8","But the Spirit of Almighty God is within people, and it is he who enables them to be wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_9","019_32_9","JOB","32","9","9","It is not people becoming old that enables them to be wise; not all old people understand what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_10","019_32_10","JOB","32","10","10","“So, I say, ‘Listen to me, and allow me to say what I think.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_11","019_32_11","JOB","32","11","11","I waited for you all to speak; I wanted to hear the wise things that you would say. I waited while you thought carefully about what would be the right things to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_12","019_32_12","JOB","32","12","12","I paid attention carefully, but surprisingly, none of you were able to prove that what Job said was wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_13","019_32_13","JOB","32","13","13","So, do not say to yourselves, ‘We have discovered what is wise!’ It is God who must ◄refute Job/show that what Job said was wrong►, because you three have not been able to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_14","019_32_14","JOB","32","14","14","Job was replying to you, not to me, but I will not reply to him by saying what you three said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_15","019_32_15","JOB","32","15","15","“You three are dismayed because you have not been able to convince him that he was wrong, so you are not saying any more to him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_16","019_32_16","JOB","32","16","16","But because you do not speak, I certainly will not wait any longer RHQ; you merely stand there and do not reply any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_17","019_32_17","JOB","32","17","17","So now I also will reply to Job and say what I think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_18","019_32_18","JOB","32","18","18","I have plenty to say, and my spirit compels me to say it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_19","019_32_19","JOB","32","19","19","My inner being is like SIM a ◄wineskin/bag that has <new/fermenting> wine in it►, and it will soon burst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_20","019_32_20","JOB","32","20","20","I must speak MTY, in order that I do not have to keep holding what I want to say; I must say something MTY to reply to you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_21","019_32_21","JOB","32","21","21","I will speak fairly, not favoring any of you, and I will not try to flatter anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB32_22","019_32_22","JOB","32","22","22","I really do not know how to flatter people; and if I did that, God would soon get rid of me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_1","019_33_1","JOB","33","1","1","“But now, Job, listen carefully to all that I am going to say DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_2","019_33_2","JOB","33","2","2","I am ready to tell you MTY, DOU what I think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_3","019_33_3","JOB","33","3","3","I know that I am speaking honestly and that I am speaking MTY sincerely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_4","019_33_4","JOB","33","4","4","Almighty God has created me as well as you, and his breath has caused me to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_5","019_33_5","JOB","33","5","5","So, answer what I say if you can; think carefully about how you will reply to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_6","019_33_6","JOB","33","6","6","“God considers that you, and I are both equal; he formed both of us from clay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_7","019_33_7","JOB","33","7","7","So you do not need to be afraid of me; I will not crush/oppress you by what I say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_8","019_33_8","JOB","33","8","8","I have heard you DOU speaking, and this is what you have said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_9","019_33_9","JOB","33","9","9","‘I am innocent; I have not committed any sins; I am pure; I have not done things that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_10","019_33_10","JOB","33","10","10","But God finds reasons to accuse me, and he considers that I am his enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_11","019_33_11","JOB","33","11","11","It is as though he has put my feet ◄in stocks/between wooden blocks to prevent me from walking away►, and he watches everything that I do.’ MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_12","019_33_12","JOB","33","12","12","But what you have said is wrong, and I will tell you what you have said that is wrong. God is much greater than any human. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_13","019_33_13","JOB","33","13","13","So, ◄why are you arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions’?/you should not be arguing against God, saying ‘He never answers my questions.’► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_14","019_33_14","JOB","33","14","14","God does speak to us in various ways, but we do not pay any attention to what he says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_15","019_33_15","JOB","33","15","15","Sometimes he speaks to us at night in dreams and visions, when we are on our beds, asleep DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_16","019_33_16","JOB","33","16","16","He reveals things MTY to us and terrifies us by the things he warns us about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_17","019_33_17","JOB","33","17","17","He tell us those things in order that we stop doing evil things and to prevent us from becoming proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_18","019_33_18","JOB","33","18","18","He does not want us to be destroyed MTY; he wants to prevent us from dying MTY while we are still young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_19","019_33_19","JOB","33","19","19","God also sometimes corrects us by forcing us to lie on our beds suffering much pain and with fever/aching in our bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_20","019_33_20","JOB","33","20","20","The result is that we do not desire any food, not even very special food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_21","019_33_21","JOB","33","21","21","Our bodies become very thin, with the result that we look like skeletons HYP, and our bones stick out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_22","019_33_22","JOB","33","22","22","We know that we will soon die and go to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_23","019_33_23","JOB","33","23","23","“But sometimes an angel may come to one of us, one of the thousands of angels who come to intervene between us and God, to tell us what are the right things for us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_24","019_33_24","JOB","33","24","24","The angel is kind to us and says to God, ‘Release that person, so that he does not descend to the place where dead people are! Do that because I have found the money to pay so that he can be released! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_25","019_33_25","JOB","33","25","25","Allow his body to be strong again; allow him to be strong like he was when he was a youth!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_26","019_33_26","JOB","33","26","26","When that happens, that person will pray to God, and God will accept/answer him; he will ◄enter God’s presence/worship God► joyfully, and then he will tell others how God saved him from dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_27","019_33_27","JOB","33","27","27","He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_28","019_33_28","JOB","33","28","28","He has saved me from dying and going to the place where dead people are, and I will continue to enjoy being alive.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_29","019_33_29","JOB","33","29","29","God does all these things for us many times; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_30","019_33_30","JOB","33","30","30","he keeps us SYN from dying and going to the place where the dead are, in order that we can continue to enjoy being alive IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_31","019_33_31","JOB","33","31","31","So Job, listen to me; do not say anything more; just allow me to speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_32","019_33_32","JOB","33","32","32","After I speak, if you have something more that you want to say to me, say it, because I would like to find a way to declare that you ◄are innocent/have not done what is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB33_33","019_33_33","JOB","33","33","33","But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me, and I will teach you how to become wise.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_1","019_34_1","JOB","34","1","1","Then Elihu continued: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_2","019_34_2","JOB","34","2","2","“You three men who think that you SAR are very wise, hear me; listen to what I am saying, you men who say that you know so much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_3","019_34_3","JOB","34","3","3","When we SYN hear what other people like you say, we RHQ think carefully about what they say to determine what is good and what is bad, like we SYN taste food to determine what is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_4","019_34_4","JOB","34","4","4","We need to decide who is saying what is right and to determine among ourselves what is good/best. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_5","019_34_5","JOB","34","5","5","Job has said, ‘I am innocent, but God has refused to judge me fairly/justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_6","019_34_6","JOB","34","6","6","Even though I have always done what is right, he is lying about me. Even though I have not done what is wrong, he has caused me to suffer, and I will certainly die.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_7","019_34_7","JOB","34","7","7","◄Is there any person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water?/There is no person like Job, who insults others as easily as people accept a drink of water.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_8","019_34_8","JOB","34","8","8","He habitually associates with people who do what is evil and spends time with wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_9","019_34_9","JOB","34","9","9","He has said, ‘It is useless for people to try to please God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_10","019_34_10","JOB","34","10","10","“So, you men who claim that you understand everything, listen to me! Almighty God would never consider doing anything that is wicked or wrong DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_11","019_34_11","JOB","34","11","11","He ◄pays back/punishes► people for what they have done; he gives them what they deserve for the way that they have conducted their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_12","019_34_12","JOB","34","12","12","Truly, Almighty God never does what is wicked; he always LIT does what is fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_13","019_34_13","JOB","34","13","13","The authority that he has to rule everything on the earth, no one RHQ gave it to him; no one RHQ put him in control of the whole world. He has always had that authority. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_14","019_34_14","JOB","34","14","14","If he would take his spirit back to himself, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_15","019_34_15","JOB","34","15","15","everyone would die immediately, and their corpses would soon become dirt again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_16","019_34_16","JOB","34","16","16","“So, Job, if you say that you understand everything, listen to what I am saying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_17","019_34_17","JOB","34","17","17","God could certainly not RHQ govern the world if he hated doing what is fair/just. So, will you condemn God, who is righteous and powerful, saying that what he has done is wrong? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_18","019_34_18","JOB","34","18","18","He tells some kings that they are worthless, and he says to some officials that they are wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_19","019_34_19","JOB","34","19","19","He does not favor rulers more than he favors others; he does not favor rich people more than poor people, because he created all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_20","019_34_20","JOB","34","20","20","People often die suddenly; he strikes them at midnight and they die; he even gets rid of mighty people without the help of any humans SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_21","019_34_21","JOB","34","21","21","“He sees MTY everything that people do; when we walk, he watches every step that we take. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_22","019_34_22","JOB","34","22","22","There is no gloom or darkness DOU that is so dark that sinners can hide from him in that darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_23","019_34_23","JOB","34","23","23","God does not need to set a time when we will stand in front of him in order that he may judge us. He can judge us whenever he wants to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_24","019_34_24","JOB","34","24","24","He destroys mighty people without needing to investigate what they have done, and he appoints others to take their places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_25","019_34_25","JOB","34","25","25","Because he already knows what they have done, he removes them at night and gets rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_26","019_34_26","JOB","34","26","26","Where many people can see it, he strikes/punishes them because of the wicked things that they have done; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_27","019_34_27","JOB","34","27","27","he strikes them because they turned away from doing what he wanted them to do and did not pay attention to any of his commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_28","019_34_28","JOB","34","28","28","They mistreated the poor people, with the result that those poor people cried out to God for help, and he heard those afflicted people when they cried out to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_29","019_34_29","JOB","34","29","29","But if God decides to do nothing to punish wicked people, no one can criticize/condemn him. If a godless/wicked man rules a nation, a man who tricks/deceives the people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_30","019_34_30","JOB","34","30","30","and if God hides his face with the result that he does not see that ruler or punish him, no one will be able to prevent that ruler from doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_31","019_34_31","JOB","34","31","31","“Job, have you or anyone else ever said to God, ‘I have been punished for my sins, and I will not sin any more; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_32","019_34_32","JOB","34","32","32","so teach/show me what sins I have committed; if I have done anything that is evil, I will not do it any more’? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_33","019_34_33","JOB","34","33","33","Job, you object to what God has done to you, but do you think that he will do what you want him to do? It is you who must choose what you say to God, not I; so tell me what you are thinking about this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_34","019_34_34","JOB","34","34","34","“People who have good sense, those who are wise and who listen to what I say, will say to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_35","019_34_35","JOB","34","35","35","‘Job is speaking ignorantly; what he says is nonsense.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_36","019_34_36","JOB","34","36","36","I think that Job should be taken to a court and ◄put on trial/judged►, because he answers us his friends like wicked men would answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB34_37","019_34_37","JOB","34","37","37","To add to the other sins that he has committed, he is rebelling against God; he shows us that he does not respect God IDM, making long speeches saying that God has punished him unjustly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_1","019_35_1","JOB","35","1","1","Then Elihu also said this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_2","019_35_2","JOB","35","2","2","“Job, do you think that what you said is right/correct? You say, ‘God knows that I am innocent,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_3","019_35_3","JOB","35","3","3","and you say to God, ‘What good have I received for not sinning? What benefit have I received from that?’ DOU, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_4","019_35_4","JOB","35","4","4","Well, I will answer you, and I will answer your three friends, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_5","019_35_5","JOB","35","5","5","“Job, look up at the sky; look at the clouds that are high above you and realize that God is far above everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_6","019_35_6","JOB","35","6","6","If you have sinned, that does not RHQ harm God at all. If many times you do things that are wrong, that certainly does not RHQ affect him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_7","019_35_7","JOB","35","7","7","And if you are righteous, does that help God? No, he is not benefited by anything that you do DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_8","019_35_8","JOB","35","8","8","It is other people who suffer because of the wicked things that you do, but by doing good things for people, you help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_9","019_35_9","JOB","35","9","9","“People cry out because of the many things that people do to others to ◄oppress them/treat them cruelly►; they call for help because of the things that powerful people do MTY to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_10","019_35_10","JOB","35","10","10","But ◄no one/none of them► calls out to God, saying ‘Why does God, my creator, not help me? He should enable me to sing joyful songs, instead of very sad songs, during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_11","019_35_11","JOB","35","11","11","He should be able to teach us more than all the wild animals do; he should enable us to become wiser than all the birds are!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_12","019_35_12","JOB","35","12","12","People cry out for help, but God does not answer them, because those who cry out are proud and evil people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_13","019_35_13","JOB","35","13","13","It is useless for them to cry out, because God, the Almighty One, does not pay any attention to what they say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_14","019_35_14","JOB","35","14","14","So, when you complain that you cannot see God, and you tell him that you are waiting for him to decide whether or not you should be punished for what you have done, God will not listen to you, either! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_15","019_35_15","JOB","35","15","15","Furthermore, you say that because he does not pay attention when people commit sins, he does not become angry and punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB35_16","019_35_16","JOB","35","16","16","You say things that are useless; you say a lot of things without knowing what you are talking about.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_1","019_36_1","JOB","36","1","1","Elihu finished by saying this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_2","019_36_2","JOB","36","2","2","“Job, be patient with me a little longer, because I have something else to teach you. I have something else to say that God wants you to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_3","019_36_3","JOB","36","3","3","I will tell you what I have learned from many sources, in order to show that God, my creator, is just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_4","019_36_4","JOB","36","4","4","I am not saying anything to you that is false; I, who am standing in front of you, am someone who understands things ◄very well/perfectly► HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_5","019_36_5","JOB","36","5","5","“Hey, God is very powerful, and he does not despise anyone, and he understands everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_6","019_36_6","JOB","36","6","6","He does not allow wicked people to remain alive, and he always acts justly toward those who are poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_7","019_36_7","JOB","36","7","7","He always watches over MTY those who are righteous; he allows them to sit on thrones and rule with kings, and they are honored forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_8","019_36_8","JOB","36","8","8","But if people who commit crimes are caught, they are thrown into prison and are caused to suffer by being fastened with chains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_9","019_36_9","JOB","36","9","9","When that happens, God shows them what they have done; he shows them the sins that they have committed, and he shows them that they have been proud/arrogant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_10","019_36_10","JOB","36","10","10","He causes them to listen MTY to what he is warning them, and he commands them to turn away from doing what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_11","019_36_11","JOB","36","11","11","If they ◄listen to/heed► him and serve him, after they get out of prison they will prosper for all the years that they are alive and be peaceful/happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_12","019_36_12","JOB","36","12","12","But if they do not ◄listen/pay attention► to him, they will die violently, not knowing why God is causing them to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_13","019_36_13","JOB","36","13","13","“Godless/Wicked people continue being angry, and they do not cry out for help, even when God is punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_14","019_36_14","JOB","36","14","14","They die while they are still young, disgraced because of their very immoral behavior EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_15","019_36_15","JOB","36","15","15","But God teaches people by causing them to suffer; by afflicting them, he causes them to listen to MTY what he is telling them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_16","019_36_16","JOB","36","16","16","“And Job, I think that God wants to bring you out of your troubles and allow you to live without distress; he wants your table to be full of very nice food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_17","019_36_17","JOB","36","17","17","But now, you are being punished MTY as wicked people are punished; God PRS has been punishing you ◄justly/as you deserve►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_18","019_36_18","JOB","36","18","18","So be careful that you are not deceived by desiring to acquire money or that you are not ruined by accepting large bribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_19","019_36_19","JOB","36","19","19","If you are deceived by those things, it certainly will not RHQ help you to cry out when you are distressed; all of your strength will not help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_20","019_36_20","JOB","36","20","20","Do not wish that it would be nighttime in order that God will not see you and punish you, because night is the time when even people-groups are destroyed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_21","019_36_21","JOB","36","21","21","Be careful not to begin doing evil things, because God has caused you to suffer to prevent you from doing evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_22","019_36_22","JOB","36","22","22","“Hey, God is extremely powerful; there is certainly RHQ no teacher who teaches like he does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_23","019_36_23","JOB","36","23","23","No one has RHQ told him what he should do, and no one has RHQ said to him, ‘You have done what is wrong!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_24","019_36_24","JOB","36","24","24","People have always sung to praise him, so you also should never forget to praise him for what he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_25","019_36_25","JOB","36","25","25","Everyone has seen what he has done, but sometimes we can see it only from far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_26","019_36_26","JOB","36","26","26","“Hey, God is very great, and we are not able to know how great he is, and we do not know how old he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_27","019_36_27","JOB","36","27","27","He draws water up from the earth and puts it in clouds and causes it to become rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_28","019_36_28","JOB","36","28","28","The rain pours down from the sky/clouds; God causes abundant showers to fall on everyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_29","019_36_29","JOB","36","29","29","No one can RHQ understand how the clouds move across the sky or how it thunders in the sky where God lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_30","019_36_30","JOB","36","30","30","He causes lightning to flash all around him, but he causes the bottom of the oceans to remain dark. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_31","019_36_31","JOB","36","31","31","By providing plenty of rain for us, he enables us to have abundant food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_32","019_36_32","JOB","36","32","32","It is as though he holds the lightning in his hands, and then he commands it to strike where he wants it to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB36_33","019_36_33","JOB","36","33","33","When we hear his thunder, we know that there will be a storm, and the cattle know it, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_1","019_37_1","JOB","37","1","1","“My heart pounds DOU when I think about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_2","019_37_2","JOB","37","2","2","Listen, all of you, to the thunder, which is like God’s voice DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_3","019_37_3","JOB","37","3","3","He causes thunder to be heard all across the sky, and he causes lighting to flash to the most distant places on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_4","019_37_4","JOB","37","4","4","After the lightning flashes, we hear the thunder which is like MET God’s majestic voice; he does not restrain the lightning when he speaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_5","019_37_5","JOB","37","5","5","When God speaks, it is awesome, like thunder; he does amazing things which we cannot fully understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_6","019_37_6","JOB","37","6","6","He commands the snow to fall on the ground, and sometimes he causes it to rain very hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_7","019_37_7","JOB","37","7","7","And when God does that, it prevents people SYN from working, in order that all people may know that he is the one who has done that (OR, what he can do). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_8","019_37_8","JOB","37","8","8","When it rains, animals go into their hiding places, and they remain there until the rain stops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_9","019_37_9","JOB","37","9","9","The storms/hurricanes come from the place in the south where they start, and the cold wind comes from the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_10","019_37_10","JOB","37","10","10","In the ◄winter/cold season►, the cold north wind is like God’s breath that causes MET water to freeze; he causes the lakes/streams to become ice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_11","019_37_11","JOB","37","11","11","God fills the clouds with moisture/hail, and lightning flashes from the clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_12","019_37_12","JOB","37","12","12","He guides the clouds and causes them to move back and forth in order that they may accomplish all that he commands them to do, all over the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_13","019_37_13","JOB","37","13","13","Sometimes God sends rain to punish us, and sometimes he sends rain to show us that he acts kindly toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_14","019_37_14","JOB","37","14","14","“Job, listen to this; stop and think about the wonderful things that God does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_15","019_37_15","JOB","37","15","15","◄Do you know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds?/We do not know how God commands the lightning to flash down from the clouds.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_16","019_37_16","JOB","37","16","16","Only God knows everything perfectly; so ◄do you know how he causes the clouds to <move/float> <amazingly/wonderfully> across the sky?/you certainly do not know how he causes the clouds to <move/float> <amazingly/wonderfully> across the sky!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_17","019_37_17","JOB","37","17","17","No, you just sweat there in your clothes; it is very oppressive when the hot wind stops blowing from the south and all the leaves on the trees ◄become still/do not move►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_18","019_37_18","JOB","37","18","18","◄Can you stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as SIM a sheet of polished brass?/You certainly cannot stretch out the skies like God does and make them as hard as SIM a sheet of polished brass!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_19","019_37_19","JOB","37","19","19","“Job, tell us(exc) what we should say to God; we do not know anything IDM. As a result, we do not know what to say to him to defend ourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_20","019_37_20","JOB","37","20","20","Should I tell God that I want to speak to him? No, because if I did that, he might destroy me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_21","019_37_21","JOB","37","21","21","Now, people cannot look directly at the sun when it shines brightly in the sky after the wind has blown the clouds away; so, we certainly cannot look at the brightness of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_22","019_37_22","JOB","37","22","22","God comes out of the north with a light that shines like gold; his glory causes us to be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_23","019_37_23","JOB","37","23","23","Almighty God is very powerful, and we cannot come near to him. He always acts righteously, and he will never oppress us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB37_24","019_37_24","JOB","37","24","24","That is the reason that we have an awesome respect for him; he does not pay attention to those who proudly, but wrongly, think that they are wise.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_1","019_38_1","JOB","38","1","1","Then Yahweh spoke to Job from inside a great windstorm. He said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_2","019_38_2","JOB","38","2","2","“◄Who are you to question what I plan to do?/You have no right/authority to question what I plan to do.► RHQ You are speaking ignorantly! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_3","019_38_3","JOB","38","3","3","I want to ask you some questions, so, just like men prepare themselves for a difficult task MET, prepare to answer my questions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_4","019_38_4","JOB","38","4","4","◄“Where were you/Were you there with me► long ago when I ◄laid the foundations of/created► the earth? Since you know so much, tell me where you were at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_5","019_38_5","JOB","38","5","5","Do you know how I decided how large the earth would be? Do you know who stretched a measuring tape around the earth? Surely since you think that you know so much, you should know that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_6","019_38_6","JOB","38","6","7","What supports the pillars on which the earth rests? When the stars that shine early in the morning sang together, and someone put in place the stone that causes the earth to stay in its place, and all the angels shouted joyfully when they saw that happening, who laid that cornerstone? Did you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_8","019_38_8","JOB","38","8","8","“When the seas poured forth from inside the earth, who prevented the water from flooding over the land? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_9","019_38_9","JOB","38","9","9","It was I, not you, who caused clouds to come over the seas and caused it to become very dark under those clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_10","019_38_10","JOB","38","10","10","I set limits for the seas, and I put barriers so that the water would not come over the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_11","019_38_11","JOB","38","11","11","I pointed to the shore and said to the water, ‘I permit you to come up to here, but I do not permit you to come any farther. Your powerful waves must stop there!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_12","019_38_12","JOB","38","12","12","“Job, have you ever commanded the morning to begin? Have you ever told the dawn to start a new day? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_13","019_38_13","JOB","38","13","13","Have you ever told the dawn to spread out over the whole earth, with the result that wicked people run away from the light? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_14","019_38_14","JOB","38","14","14","When it becomes light after the dawn, the hills and the valleys become clear like the folds in a cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_15","019_38_15","JOB","38","15","15","When it becomes daylight, the wicked do not have the darkness that they like; in the daylight they no longer are able to raise up their arms, ready to hurt people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_16","019_38_16","JOB","38","16","16","“Job, have you traveled to the springs in the bottom of the ocean from which the water in the seas comes? Have you investigated/explored the very bottom of the oceans? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_17","019_38_17","JOB","38","17","17","Has someone shown you the gates to the place where dead people are, the gates to the place where it is very dark? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_18","019_38_18","JOB","38","18","18","Do you know how big the earth is? Tell me, if you know all these things! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_19","019_38_19","JOB","38","19","19","“Where is the road to the place where light comes from? And can you tell me where darkness lives? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_20","019_38_20","JOB","38","20","20","Can take me to its home? Do you know where the road is that goes there? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_21","019_38_21","JOB","38","21","21","I am sure that you know these things, because you talk as though you were born before the time when all things were created; you must be very old! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_22","019_38_22","JOB","38","22","22","“Have you entered the place where I store the snow and the place where I keep the hail? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_23","019_38_23","JOB","38","23","23","I store the snow and the hail in order that I can use them to help my people when they have troubles, in times when they are fighting wars DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_24","019_38_24","JOB","38","24","24","And where is the road to the place from which I cause the lightning to flash? Where is the place from where the east wind begins to blow over all the earth? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_25","019_38_25","JOB","38","25","25","Who created the channels in which the rain comes down from the sky? Who makes the roads for the thunder/lightning? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_26","019_38_26","JOB","38","26","26","Who causes rain to fall in the desert, in places where no one lives? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_27","019_38_27","JOB","38","27","27","Who sends the rain that gives moisture/water to areas where nothing has grown, with the result that grass begins to grow again? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_28","019_38_28","JOB","38","28","28","Does the rain have a father? Does the dew also have a father? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_29","019_38_29","JOB","38","29","29","And from whose womb does ice come in the ◄winter/cold season►? Who gives birth to the frost that comes down from the sky? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_30","019_38_30","JOB","38","30","30","In the winter, the water freezes and becomes hard, like a rock, and the surface of lakes becomes frozen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_31","019_38_31","JOB","38","31","31","“Job, can you fasten the chains that hold the stars together in clusters/groups in the sky? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_32","019_38_32","JOB","38","32","32","Can you tell the stars when they should shine? Can you guide the stars in the groups in the northern sky whose names are the Big Bear and the Little Bear? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_33","019_38_33","JOB","38","33","33","Do you know the laws that the stars must obey? Can you cause those same laws to rule everything here on the earth? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_34","019_38_34","JOB","38","34","34","“Can you shout to the clouds and cause rain to pour down on you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_35","019_38_35","JOB","38","35","35","Can you cause flashes of lightning to come down and strike where you want it to strike? Do those flashes say to you, ‘Where do you want us to strike next?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_36","019_38_36","JOB","38","36","36","Who enables the clouds to know when they should cause rain to fall? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_37","019_38_37","JOB","38","37","37","And who is skilled/wise enough to be able to count the clouds? Who can tilt the jugs of water in the sky to cause the rain to fall, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_38","019_38_38","JOB","38","38","38","with the result that the dry ground becomes hard as the dry ◄clods/lumps of soil► become wet and stick together? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_39","019_38_39","JOB","38","39","40","“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that she and her cubs can eat the meat and not be hungry any more? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB38_41","019_38_41","JOB","38","41","41","Who provides dead animals for crows, when the baby crows are calling out to me for food, when they are so weak because of their lack of food that they ◄stagger around/can hardly stand up► in their nests?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_1","019_39_1","JOB","39","1","1","“Job, do you know at what time/season of the year the female mountain goats give birth? Have you watched the wild deer while their fawns were being born? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_2","019_39_2","JOB","39","2","2","Do you know how many months pass from the time they become pregnant until their fawns are born? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_3","019_39_3","JOB","39","3","3","When they give birth, they crouch down so that the fawns do not get hurt by falling to the ground when they are born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_4","019_39_4","JOB","39","4","4","The young fawns grow up in the open fields, and then they leave their mothers and do not return to them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_5","019_39_5","JOB","39","5","5","“Who allows the wild donkeys to go wherever they want DOU? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_6","019_39_6","JOB","39","6","6","I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_7","019_39_7","JOB","39","7","7","They do not like the noise in the cities; in the desert they do not have to listen to the shouts of those who force donkeys to work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_8","019_39_8","JOB","39","8","8","They go to the hills to find food; there they search for grass to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_9","019_39_9","JOB","39","9","9",":Will a wild ox agree to work for you? Will it allow you to keep it penned up at night in the place where you put feed for your animals? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_10","019_39_10","JOB","39","10","10","And can you fasten it with a rope so that it will plow furrows/trenches in your fields? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_11","019_39_11","JOB","39","11","11","Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do and assume that it will do that work? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_12","019_39_12","JOB","39","12","12","Can you rely on it to come back from the field, bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_13","019_39_13","JOB","39","13","13","“Think also about the ostriches. They joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers that enable them to fly like storks do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_14","019_39_14","JOB","39","14","14","Ostriches lay their eggs on top of the ground and then walk away, leaving the eggs to be warmed in the sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_15","019_39_15","JOB","39","15","15","Ostriches do not worry that some wild animal may step on the eggs and crush them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_16","019_39_16","JOB","39","16","16","Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks; they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich. They are not concerned if their chicks die, and so the laying of the eggs was in vain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_17","019_39_17","JOB","39","17","17","That is because I did not allow ostriches to be wise. I did not enable them to be intelligent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_18","019_39_18","JOB","39","18","18","But, when they get up and begin to run, they scornfully laugh at horses with their riders because the horses cannot run as fast as the ostriches! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_19","019_39_19","JOB","39","19","19","And think about horses. Job, are you the one who caused horses to be strong? Are you the one who put flowing ◄manes/long hair► on their necks? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_20","019_39_20","JOB","39","20","20","Are you the one who enabled them to leap forward like locusts? When they ◄snort/blow loudly through their noses►, they cause people to be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_21","019_39_21","JOB","39","21","21","They paw the ground, rejoicing about being very strong, as they prepare to rush into a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_22","019_39_22","JOB","39","22","22","It is as if they laugh at the thought of being afraid. They are not afraid of anything! They do not run away when the soldiers in the battle are fighting each other with swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_23","019_39_23","JOB","39","23","23","The quivers containing the riders’ arrows rattle against the horses’ sides, and the spears and javelins flash in the light of the sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_24","019_39_24","JOB","39","24","24","The horses paw the ground fiercely/excitedly, wanting the battle to begin, and they rush into the battle when the trumpet is blown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_25","019_39_25","JOB","39","25","25","They neigh joyfully when they hear someone blowing the trumpet. They can smell a battle even when they are far away, and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands to their soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_26","019_39_26","JOB","39","26","26","“And think about big birds. Are you the one who enabled hawks to spread their wings and fly to the south for the winter? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_27","019_39_27","JOB","39","27","27","Do eagles fly high up into the cliffs to make their nests because you commanded them to do that? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_28","019_39_28","JOB","39","28","28","They live in holes in those cliffs. They are safe in those high pointed rocks because no animals can reach them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_29","019_39_29","JOB","39","29","29","As they watch carefully from there, they see far away the animals that they can kill (OR, dead bodies of animals). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB39_30","019_39_30","JOB","39","30","30","After an eagle kills an animal, the baby eagles drink the blood of that animal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_1","019_40_1","JOB","40","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Job, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_2","019_40_2","JOB","40","2","2","“Do you still want to argue with me, the Almighty One? Since you criticize me, ◄you should be able to answer my questions!/why are you not able to answer my questions?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_3","019_40_3","JOB","40","3","3","Then Job replied to Yahweh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_4","019_40_4","JOB","40","4","4","“Now I realize that I am completely worthless. So ◄how could I answer those questions?/I could not possibly answer those questions!► RHQ I will put my hand over my mouth and not say anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_5","019_40_5","JOB","40","5","5","I have already said more than I should have said, so now I will say nothing more.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_6","019_40_6","JOB","40","6","6","Then Yahweh again spoke to Job from inside the great windstorm. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_7","019_40_7","JOB","40","7","7","“I want to ask you some more questions. So as men prepare themselves for a difficult task MET, prepare yourself again to answer some more questions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_8","019_40_8","JOB","40","8","8","“Are you going to accuse me and say that I am unjust? Are you going to say that what I have done is wrong, in order that you can say that what you have done is right? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_9","019_40_9","JOB","40","9","9","Are you as powerful MTY as I am? Can your voice sound as loud as thunder, as mine can? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_10","019_40_10","JOB","40","10","10","If you can do that, put on the robes that show that you are glorious and are greatly honored! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_11","019_40_11","JOB","40","11","11","Show that you are very angry; show that you have the right/authority to humble people who are very proud! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_12","019_40_12","JOB","40","12","12","Humble those proud people just by looking at them angrily Crush wicked people quickly! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_13","019_40_13","JOB","40","13","13","Bury them in the ground! Send them to the place where dead people are, where they will not be able to get out! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_14","019_40_14","JOB","40","14","14","After you do that, I will congratulate/praise you and say that truly you can save yourself by your own ability/power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_15","019_40_15","JOB","40","15","15","“Think also about the huge animals that live near the water. I made you, and I made them also. They eat grass, like oxen do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_16","019_40_16","JOB","40","16","16","Their legs/thighs are very strong, and the muscles of their bellies are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_17","019_40_17","JOB","40","17","17","Their tails are stiff (OR, bend down) like the branches of a cedar tree. The sinews/muscles of their thighs are close together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_18","019_40_18","JOB","40","18","18","Their thigh bones are like tubes made of bronze, and the bones of their legs are like bars made of iron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_19","019_40_19","JOB","40","19","19","They are among the strongest of the animals that I made, and I, who created them, am the only one who can kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_20","019_40_20","JOB","40","20","20","On the hills grows food PRS for them to eat while many HYP other wild animals play nearby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_21","019_40_21","JOB","40","21","21","They lie down in the water under the lotus plants; they hide in tall reeds in the swamps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_22","019_40_22","JOB","40","22","22","Those huge animals find shade under the lotus plants, and they are surrounded by poplar trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_23","019_40_23","JOB","40","23","23","They are not disturbed by raging/swiftly-flowing rivers; they are not even disturbed/frightened when rivers like the Jordan River rush over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB40_24","019_40_24","JOB","40","24","24","No one can RHQ catch them by blinding their eyes or by piercing their noses with the teeth of a trap!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_1","019_41_1","JOB","41","1","1","“Think also about ◄crocodiles/great sea dragons►. Can you catch them with a fishhook or fasten their jaws with a rope? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_2","019_41_2","JOB","41","2","2","Can you put ropes through their noses to control them or thrust hooks through their jaws? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_3","019_41_3","JOB","41","3","3","Will they plead with you to act mercifully toward them or ◄use sweet talk/speak to you nicely► in order that you will not harm them? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_4","019_41_4","JOB","41","4","4","Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_5","019_41_5","JOB","41","5","5","Can you cause them to become pets like you cause birds to become your pets? Can you put a leash/rope around their necks so that your servant girls can play with them? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_6","019_41_6","JOB","41","6","6","Will merchants try to buy them in the market? Will they cut them up into pieces and sell the meat? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_7","019_41_7","JOB","41","7","7","Can you pierce their skins by throwing fishing spears at them? Can you pierce their heads with a harpoon? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_8","019_41_8","JOB","41","8","8","If you grab one of them with your hands, it will fight you in a way that you will never forget, and you will never try to do it again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_9","019_41_9","JOB","41","9","9","It is useless to try to subdue them. Anyone who tries to subdue one of them will lose his courage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_10","019_41_10","JOB","41","10","10","No one dares/tries to ◄arouse them/cause them to be angry►. So, since I am much more powerful than they are, ◄who would dare to cause me to be angry?/no one would dare to cause me to be angry!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_11","019_41_11","JOB","41","11","11","Also, everything on the earth is mine. Therefore, no one RHQ is able to give anything to me and require me to pay money for it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_12","019_41_12","JOB","41","12","12","I will tell you about how strong crocodiles' legs are and how strong their well-formed bodies are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_13","019_41_13","JOB","41","13","13","◄Can anyone strip off their hides?/No one is able to strip off their hides.► RHQ ◄Can anyone try to put bridles on them?/No one can try to put bridles on them.► RHQ (OR, Can anyone pierce their very thick hides?) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_14","019_41_14","JOB","41","14","14","◄Can anyone pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them?/No one can pry open their jaws, which have terrible teeth in them!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_15","019_41_15","JOB","41","15","15","They have rows of scales on their back which are as hard as a rock (OR, tightly fastened together). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_16","019_41_16","JOB","41","16","16","The scales are very close together, with the result that not even air can get between them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_17","019_41_17","JOB","41","17","17","The scales are joined very closely to each other, and they cannot be separated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_18","019_41_18","JOB","41","18","18","When crocodiles sneeze, the tiny drops of water that come out of their noses sparkle in the sunlight. Their eyes are red like the rising sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_19","019_41_19","JOB","41","19","19","It is as though sparks of fire pour out of their mouths DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_20","019_41_20","JOB","41","20","20","Smoke pours out of their nostrils/noses like steam comes out of a pot that is put over a fire made from dry reeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_21","019_41_21","JOB","41","21","21","Their breath can cause coals to blaze, and flames shoot out from their mouths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_22","019_41_22","JOB","41","22","22","Their necks are very strong; wherever they go, they cause people to be very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_23","019_41_23","JOB","41","23","23","The folds in their flesh are very close together and are very hard/firm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_24","019_41_24","JOB","41","24","24","They are fearless, because the inner parts of their bodies are as hard as a rock, as hard as the lower millstone on which grain is ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_25","019_41_25","JOB","41","25","25","When they rise up, they cause even very strong people to be terrified. As a result, people ◄fall back/run away► when crocodiles thrash around. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_26","019_41_26","JOB","41","26","26","People PRS cannot injure them with swords, and spears or darts or javelins cannot injure them, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_27","019_41_27","JOB","41","27","27","They certainly are not afraid of weapons made of straw or rotten wood, but they are not even afraid of weapons made of iron or bronze! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_28","019_41_28","JOB","41","28","28","Shooting arrows at them does not cause them to run away. Hurling stones at them from a sling is like hurling bits of chaff at them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_29","019_41_29","JOB","41","29","29","They are not afraid of clubs any more than they would be afraid of men throwing bits of straw at them, and they laugh when they hear the whirl/sound of javelins being thrown at them . ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_30","019_41_30","JOB","41","30","30","Their bellies are covered with scales that are as sharp as broken pieces of pottery. When they drag themselves through the mud, their bellies tear up the ground like a plow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_31","019_41_31","JOB","41","31","31","They stir up the water and cause it to foam as they churn/swim through it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_32","019_41_32","JOB","41","32","32","As they go through the water, the ◄wakes/trails in the water behind them► glisten. People who see it would think that the foam in those wakes had become white hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_33","019_41_33","JOB","41","33","33","There are no creatures on earth that are as fearless as crocodiles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB41_34","019_41_34","JOB","41","34","34","They are the proudest of all the creatures; it is as though they rule like kings over all the other wild animals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_1","019_42_1","JOB","42","1","1","Then Job replied to Yahweh. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_2","019_42_2","JOB","42","2","2","“I know that you can do everything and that no one can stop you from doing what you want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_3","019_42_3","JOB","42","3","3","You asked me, ‘◄Who are you, who by speaking ignorantly, question what I plan to do?/You have no right to question what I plan to do by speaking ignorantly.►’ RHQ It is true that I spoke about things that I did not understand, things that are very wonderful/marvelous, and therefore I am not able to know them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_4","019_42_4","JOB","42","4","4","You said to me, ‘Listen while I talk to you. I want to ask you some questions, so prepare yourself to answer them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_5","019_42_5","JOB","42","5","5","I had heard about you previously, but now it is as though I have seen you with my own eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_6","019_42_6","JOB","42","6","6","Therefore I ◄am ashamed of/withdraw► what I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show that I am sorry for what I said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_7","019_42_7","JOB","42","7","7","After Yahweh said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz, “I am angry with you and your two friends, Bildad and Zophar, because what my servant Job said about me was right/true, but what you have spoken about me was not right/true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_8","019_42_8","JOB","42","8","8","So now you must take to Job seven young bulls and seven rams and kill them and burn them on the altar as a sacrifice for yourselves. Then Job will pray for you, and I will do what he requests me to do, and I will forgive you for speaking wrongly about me. I will not punish you, even though you deserve to be punished, because what you said about me was not right/true, but what Job said about me was right/true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_9","019_42_9","JOB","42","9","9","So Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar did what Yahweh commanded them to do, and Yahweh did what Job requested him to do for the three of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_10","019_42_10","JOB","42","10","10","After Job prayed for his three friends, Yahweh healed him and caused him to become rich again. Yahweh gave him twice as many things as he had before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_11","019_42_11","JOB","42","11","11","Then all his brothers and sisters, and all the people who had known him before, came to his house, and they ate a meal together. They consoled/comforted DOU him because of all the troubles that Yahweh had allowed him to experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_12","019_42_12","JOB","42","12","12","Then Yahweh blessed Job in the second half of his life more than he had blessed him in the first half of his life. He now acquired/owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 2,000 oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_13","019_42_13","JOB","42","13","13","And he also had seven more sons and three more daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_14","019_42_14","JOB","42","14","14","He named the first daughter Jemimah, he named the second daughter Keziah, and he named the third daughter Keren-Happuch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_15","019_42_15","JOB","42","15","15","In all of Uz land there were no young women who were as beautiful as the daughters of Job, and Job declared that they would inherit some of his possessions, just like their brothers would inherit some. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_16","019_42_16","JOB","42","16","16","After that, Job lived 140 more years. Before he died, he ◄saw/enjoyed being with► his great-great-grandchildren. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JB42_17","019_42_17","JOB","42","17","17","He was very old DOU when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_1","020_1_1","PSA","1","1","1","God is pleased with those who do not do what MET wicked people advise them to do, and who do not imitate the behavior of MET sinful people, and who do not join in with people who ◄ridicule/sneer at► God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_2","020_1_2","PSA","1","2","2","Those whom God is pleased with delight in doing the things that he has instructed/taught us to do. They read and think about Yahweh’s requirements, day and night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_3","020_1_3","PSA","1","3","3","They constantly produce/do things that please God just like fruit trees that have been planted along the banks of a stream produce fruit at the right time every year. Like trees that never wither, they succeed in everything that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_4","020_1_4","PSA","1","4","4","But wicked people are not like that! Wicked people are as worthless as chaff that is blown away by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_5","020_1_5","PSA","1","5","5","Therefore, wicked people ◄will not be acquitted/will be condemned► LIT when God judges people, and furthermore, sinful people will not even be present when God gathers righteous people together, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS1_6","020_1_6","PSA","1","6","6","because he guides and protects righteous people, but the path that the wicked walk on leads them to where they will be destroyed/punished by God forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_1","020_2_1","PSA","2","1","1","◄Why do the leaders of nations rage against God?/It is foolish for the nations to be angry with God► RHQ. ◄Why do people plan to rebel against God even though it is in vain?/It is useless for people to plan to rebel against God► RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_2","020_2_2","PSA","2","2","2","The kings of the nations prepare to revolt; the rulers plot together to fight against Yahweh and against his chosen king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_3","020_2_3","PSA","2","3","3","They shout, “We should free ourselves from their control MET; we should not let them rule over us any longer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_4","020_2_4","PSA","2","4","4","But Yahweh, the one who sits on his throne in heaven, laughs at them; he ridicules those rulers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_5","020_2_5","PSA","2","5","5","Then, because he is angry with them, he rebukes them. He causes them to be terrified when they realize that he will furiously punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_6","020_2_6","PSA","2","6","6","Yahweh says, “I have installed my king on Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_7","020_2_7","PSA","2","7","7","And his king says, “I will proclaim what Yahweh has decreed. He said to me, ‘It is as though you are my son; today I have declared to everyone that it is as though MET I am your father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_8","020_2_8","PSA","2","8","8","Ask me to give you the nations, so that they belong to you to rule over them permanently, and I will give them to you. Even the most remote nations will be yours. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_9","020_2_9","PSA","2","9","9","You will defeat them completely MET; you will destroy them like people smash a clay pot with an iron rod SIM.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_10","020_2_10","PSA","2","10","10","So then, you kings and other rulers on the earth, act wisely! Heed what Yahweh is warning you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_11","020_2_11","PSA","2","11","11","Serve Yahweh, fervently revering him; Rejoice about what he has done for you, but tremble before him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS2_12","020_2_12","PSA","2","12","12","Bow down humbly before his son! If you do not do that, Yahweh will be angry, and he will suddenly get rid of you. Do not forget that he can very quickly show that he is very angry! But he is very pleased with all those who request him to protect them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_1","020_3_1","PSA","3","1","1","Yahweh, I have many enemies DOU! There are many people who oppose/rebel against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_2","020_3_2","PSA","3","2","2","Many people are saying about me, “God will certainly not help him!” (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_3","020_3_3","PSA","3","3","3","But Yahweh, you are like a shield that protects me MET. You greatly honor me, and you encourage me (OR, enable me to triumph over my enemies) IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_4","020_3_4","PSA","3","4","4","I cry out to you, Yahweh, and you answer me from Zion, your sacred hill. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_5","020_3_5","PSA","3","5","5","At night I lie down and sleep, and I awake in the morning feeling good/refreshed because you, Yahweh, ◄take care of/protect► me all during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_6","020_3_6","PSA","3","6","6","There may be thousands of enemy soldiers who surround me, but I am not afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_7","020_3_7","PSA","3","7","7","Yahweh, arise! My God, come and rescue me again! You insult my enemies by slapping them on their cheeks; when you strike them, you break their teeth, with the result that they cannot hurt anyone MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS3_8","020_3_8","PSA","3","8","8","Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people from their enemies. Yahweh, bless your people! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_1","020_4_1","PSA","4","1","1","God, answer me when I pray to you. You are the one who vindicates me; Rescue me from things that distress me. Act mercifully toward me, and listen to me while I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_2","020_4_2","PSA","4","2","2","How long will you people cause me to be disgraced instead of honoring me RHQ? You people love to falsely accuse me. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_3","020_4_3","PSA","4","3","3","All those who are loyal to Yahweh, he has chosen them to belong to him. Yahweh listens to me when I pray to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_4","020_4_4","PSA","4","4","4","When you people get angry, do not allow your anger to control you and cause you to sin. While you lie on your bed, silently examine what you are thinking. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_5","020_4_5","PSA","4","5","5","Also, offer to Yahweh the proper sacrifices, and continue trusting in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_6","020_4_6","PSA","4","6","6","Some people ask, “Who will allow good things to happen to us?” But I say, “Yahweh, continue to act kindly toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_7","020_4_7","PSA","4","7","7","You have made me very happy; I am happier than people who have harvested a great amount of grain and grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS4_8","020_4_8","PSA","4","8","8","I can lie down at night and sleep soundly because I know that you, Yahweh, will keep me safe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_1","020_5_1","PSA","5","1","1","Yahweh, listen to me while I pray! Pay attention to me when I am groaning because I am suffering very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_2","020_5_2","PSA","5","2","2","You are my King and my God. When I call to you to ask you to help me, listen to me, because you are the one to whom I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_3","020_5_3","PSA","5","3","3","Listen to me when I pray to you each morning, and I wait for you to reply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_4","020_5_4","PSA","5","4","4","You are not a god who is pleased with wicked people; you do not ◄associate with/invite into your house► those who do what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_5","020_5_5","PSA","5","5","5","You do not allow those who are very proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_6","020_5_6","PSA","5","6","6","You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder others and those who deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_7","020_5_7","PSA","5","7","7","Yahweh, because you love me so much and so faithfully, I come into your temple. I revere you greatly, and I bow down to worship you at your sacred temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_8","020_5_8","PSA","5","8","8","Yahweh, because you act righteously toward me, show me what is right for me to do. Because I have many enemies, show me clearly what you want me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_9","020_5_9","PSA","5","9","9","My enemies never say what is true; they just want to destroy others. The things that they say MTY are as foul as an open grave where a corpse is decaying. They use their tongues to tell lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_10","020_5_10","PSA","5","10","10","O God, declare that they are guilty MTY and punish them. Cause them to experience the same disasters/troubles that they plan to cause to happen to others. Get rid of them because they have committed many sins, and they have rebelled against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_11","020_5_11","PSA","5","11","11","But cause that all those who go to you to be protected will rejoice; cause them to sing joyfully to you forever. Protect those who love you MTY; they are truly happy because ◄of what you do for them/they belong to you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS5_12","020_5_12","PSA","5","12","12","Yahweh, you always bless those who act righteously; you protect them like a soldier is protected by his shield SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_1","020_6_1","PSA","6","1","1","Yahweh, do not punish me when you are angry with me; Do not even rebuke/scold me when you are angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_2","020_6_2","PSA","6","2","2","Yahweh, be kind to me and heal me because I have become weak. My body SYN shakes because I am experiencing much pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_3","020_6_3","PSA","6","3","3","Yahweh, I am greatly distressed. How long ◄must I endure this/will it be before you help me► RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_4","020_6_4","PSA","6","4","4","Yahweh, please come and rescue me. Save me because you faithfully love me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_5","020_6_5","PSA","6","5","5","I will not be able to praise you after I die RHQ; No one in the place of the dead praises you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_6","020_6_6","PSA","6","6","6","I am exhausted/groan from my pain. At night I cry very much, with the result that my bed and my pillow become wet from my tears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_7","020_6_7","PSA","6","7","7","My tears blur my eyes so much that I cannot see well. My eyes have become weak because my enemies have caused me to cry constantly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_8","020_6_8","PSA","6","8","8","You people who do evil things, get away from me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_9","020_6_9","PSA","6","9","9","Yahweh heard me when I was crying and called out to him to help me, and he will answer my prayer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS6_10","020_6_10","PSA","6","10","10","When that happens, all my enemies will be ashamed, and they will also be terrified. They will get away from me and suddenly leave me because they will be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_1","020_7_1","PSA","7","1","1","Yahweh my God, I come to you to protect me. Rescue me, save me from all those who are pursuing me in order to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_2","020_7_2","PSA","7","2","2","If you do not do that, they will tear me into pieces like a lion does when it attacks the animals it wants to kill, and no one will save me from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_3","020_7_3","PSA","7","3","3","Yahweh my God, if I have done anything that is wrong, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_4","020_7_4","PSA","7","4","4","if I have done evil to some friend who did good things to me, or if, for no good reason, I have spared (OR, acted violently toward) those who were my enemies, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_5","020_7_5","PSA","7","5","5","allow my enemies to pursue me and capture me. Allow them to trample me into the ground and leave me SYN lying dead in the dirt. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_6","020_7_6","PSA","7","6","6","But Yahweh, because you are very angry with those who pursue me, arise and attack/defeat my enemies who are furiously/angrily attacking me Do to them what is just! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_7","020_7_7","PSA","7","7","7","Gather around you the people of all nations, and rule them from where you are in heaven MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_8","020_7_8","PSA","7","8","8","Yahweh, judge the people of all nations! And, Yahweh, show that I have done nothing that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_9","020_7_9","PSA","7","9","9","God, you know what every person is thinking, and because you are righteous, you always do what is just/right. So now stop evil people from doing wicked deeds, and defend all of us who are righteous! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_10","020_7_10","PSA","7","10","10","God, you protect me like a shield protects soldiers MET; you protect all those who are righteous in their inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_11","020_7_11","PSA","7","11","11","You judge everyone correctly, and every day you punish wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_12","020_7_12","PSA","7","12","12","Whenever your enemies do not ◄repent/change their behavior►, it is as though MET you sharpen your sword and put a string on your bow to get ready to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_13","020_7_13","PSA","7","13","13","You are preparing your weapons that kill those whom they strike; the arrows that you will shoot have flaming tips. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_14","020_7_14","PSA","7","14","14","Wicked people tell lies, and they think that they surely will be able to do MET the evil things that they are planning to do just as surely as a pregnant woman knows that she is going to give birth to a child MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_15","020_7_15","PSA","7","15","15","But when they dig a deep pit to trap others, they themselves will fall into it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_16","020_7_16","PSA","7","16","16","They themselves will experience the trouble that they want to cause others to have; they will hurt themselves by the violent things that they want to do to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS7_17","020_7_17","PSA","7","17","17","I praise Yahweh because he always acts righteously/justly; I sing to praise Yahweh, the one who is much greater than any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_1","020_8_1","PSA","8","1","1","Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you MTY are very great! Your glory reaches up higher than the heavens! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_2","020_8_2","PSA","8","2","2","You have taught little children and infants to praise you; they cause your enemies and those who try to ◄get revenge on/get rid of► you to be silent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_3","020_8_3","PSA","8","3","3","When I look up at the sky at night, and see the things that you have made— the moon and the stars that you have set in place— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_4","020_8_4","PSA","8","4","4","it is amazing to me that RHQ you think about people, that you are concerned about us humans! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_5","020_8_5","PSA","8","5","5","You made the angels in heaven to be only a little more important than we are; you caused us to be like kings MET and you gave us splendor and honor DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_6","020_8_6","PSA","8","6","6","You put us in charge of everything that you made; you gave us authority over all things— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_7","020_8_7","PSA","8","7","7","the sheep and the cattle, and even the wild animals, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_8","020_8_8","PSA","8","8","8","the birds, the fish, and everything else that swims in the seas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS8_9","020_8_9","PSA","8","9","9","Yahweh, our Lord, people all over the world know that you MTY are very great! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_1","020_9_1","PSA","9","1","1","Yahweh, I will praise you with all of my inner being. I will tell others about all the wonderful things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_2","020_9_2","PSA","9","2","2","I will sing to celebrate what you MTY, who are much greater than all other gods, have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_3","020_9_3","PSA","9","3","3","When my enemies realize that you are very powerful, they stumble, and then they are killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_4","020_9_4","PSA","9","4","4","You sat on your throne to judge people, and you have judged fairly/justly concerning me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_5","020_9_5","PSA","9","5","5","You rebuked the people of other nations and you have gotten rid of the wicked people; you have erased their names forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_6","020_9_6","PSA","9","6","6","Our enemies have disappeared; you destroyed their cities, and people do not even remember them any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_7","020_9_7","PSA","9","7","7","But Yahweh rules forever. He judges people while he sits on his throne to judge people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_8","020_9_8","PSA","9","8","8","and he will judge all the people in SYN the world justly; he will judge the people of all nations fairly DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_9","020_9_9","PSA","9","9","9","Yahweh will be a refuge for those who are oppressed; yes, he will be like a shelter for them when they have trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_10","020_9_10","PSA","9","10","10","Those who know Yahweh MTY trust in him; he never abandons those who come to him ◄for help/to worship him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_11","020_9_11","PSA","9","11","11","Yahweh rules from Zion Hill; praise him while you sing to him. Tell the people of all the nations the marvelous things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_12","020_9_12","PSA","9","12","12","He does not forget to punish those who have murdered others; and he will not ignore people who are crying because they are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_13","020_9_13","PSA","9","13","13","Yahweh, be merciful to me! Look at the ways that my enemies have injured me. Do not allow me to die because of these injuries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_14","020_9_14","PSA","9","14","14","I want to live in order that I can praise you at the gates of Jerusalem MTY and to rejoice because you rescued me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_15","020_9_15","PSA","9","15","15","It is as though the wicked people of many nations have dug a pit for me to fall into MET, but they have fallen into that same pit. It is as if they spread out a net to catch me MET, but their feet have been caught in that same net. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_16","020_9_16","PSA","9","16","16","Because of what you have done, people know that you decide matters fairly/justly, but you allow wicked people to be trapped by the same evil things that they themselves do. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_17","020_9_17","PSA","9","17","17","Wicked people will all die and be buried in their graves, and their spirits will go to be with all those who have ◄forgotten about/rejected► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_18","020_9_18","PSA","9","18","18","But you will not forget those who are needy/poor; what they confidently expect will certainly happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_19","020_9_19","PSA","9","19","19","Yahweh, arise and judge the wicked people of the nations; do not allow them to think that because they are strong they will never be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS9_20","020_9_20","PSA","9","20","20","Yahweh, teach them to be terrified about you. Cause them to know that they are merely human beings. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_1","020_10_1","PSA","10","1","1","Yahweh, ◄why are you far away from us?/it seems that you are far away from us.► RHQ Why do you not pay attention when we have troubles RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_2","020_10_2","PSA","10","2","2","People who are proud gladly cause poor people to suffer. So cause what they do to others to happen to them! May they be caught in the same traps that they set to catch others MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_3","020_10_3","PSA","10","3","3","They brag about the evil things that they want to do. They praise people who seize from others things that do not belong to them, and they curse you, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_4","020_10_4","PSA","10","4","4","Wicked people are very proud. As a result, they do not ◄seek help from/are not concerned about► God; they do not even think that God exists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_5","020_10_5","PSA","10","5","5","But it seems that they succeed in everything that they do. They do not think that they will be condemned/punished for their deeds, and they ◄sneer at/make fun of► their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_6","020_10_6","PSA","10","6","6","They think, “Nothing bad will happen to us! We will never have troubles!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_7","020_10_7","PSA","10","7","7","When they talk MTY, they are always cursing, lying, and threatening to harm others. They constantly say MTY evil things that show that they are ready to do cruel things to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_8","020_10_8","PSA","10","8","8","They hide in villages, ready to ◄ambush/suddenly attack► and kill people who ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong►. They constantly search for people who will not be able to ◄resist/defend themselves► when they are attacked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_9","020_10_9","PSA","10","9","9","They are like MET lions that crouch down and hide, waiting to pounce on their prey. They are like hunters that catch their prey with a net and then drag it away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_10","020_10_10","PSA","10","10","10","Just like helpless animals are crushed, people who cannot defend themselves are killed because wicked people are very strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_11","020_10_11","PSA","10","11","11","Wicked people say, “God will not pay any attention to what we do. His eyes are covered, so he never sees anything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_12","020_10_12","PSA","10","12","12","Yahweh God, arise and help us Punish IDM those wicked people! And do not forget those who are suffering! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_13","020_10_13","PSA","10","13","13","Wicked people revile you RHQ continually. They think, “God will never punish us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_14","020_10_14","PSA","10","14","14","But you see the trouble and the distress that they cause. People who are suffering expect that you will help them; and you help orphans, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_15","020_10_15","PSA","10","15","15","◄Break the arms/Destroy the power► of wicked DOU people! Continue to pursue and punish them for the wicked things that they do, until they stop doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_16","020_10_16","PSA","10","16","16","Yahweh, you are our king forever, but wicked nations will disappear from the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_17","020_10_17","PSA","10","17","17","You have listened to afflicted/suffering people when they cry out to you. You hear them when they pray, and you encourage IDM them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS10_18","020_10_18","PSA","10","18","18","You show that orphans and oppressed people have not done things that are wrong, with the result that human beings will not cause people to be terrified any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_1","020_11_1","PSA","11","1","1","I trust that Yahweh will protect MTY me. So do not RHQ say to me, “You need to escape/flee to the mountains like birds do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_2","020_11_2","PSA","11","2","2","because wicked people have hidden in the darkness, they have pulled back their bowstrings and aimed their arrows to shoot them at godly/righteous IDM people like you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_3","020_11_3","PSA","11","3","3","When people are not punished for disobeying the laws, ◄what can righteous people do?/there is not much that righteous people can do.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_4","020_11_4","PSA","11","4","4","But Yahweh is sitting on his throne in his sacred temple in heaven, and he SYN watches everything that people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_5","020_11_5","PSA","11","5","5","Yahweh examines what righteous people do and what wicked people do, and he hates those who like to perform violent actions to injure others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_6","020_11_6","PSA","11","6","6","He will send down from the sky flaming coals and burning sulfur, and send scorching hot winds to punish wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS11_7","020_11_7","PSA","11","7","7","Yahweh is righteous and he loves those who act righteously; righteous people are able to come into his presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_1","020_12_1","PSA","12","1","1","Yahweh, help us! It seems that people who are loyal to you have all vanished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_2","020_12_2","PSA","12","2","2","Everyone tells lies to other people; they deceive others by ◄flattering them/saying good things about them that they know are not true►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_3","020_12_3","PSA","12","3","3","Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_4","020_12_4","PSA","12","4","4","They say, “By telling lies we will get what we want; we control what we say MTY, so no one can tell us what we should not do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_5","020_12_5","PSA","12","5","5","But Yahweh replies, “I have seen the violent things that they have done to helpless people; and I have heard those people groaning, so I will arise and rescue the people who are wanting me to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_6","020_12_6","PSA","12","6","6","Yahweh, you always do what you have promised to do; what you have promised is as precious and pure as silver that has been heated seven times in a furnace to get rid of all the impure material. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS12_7","020_12_7","PSA","12","7","8","Wicked people strut around proudly, and people praise them for doing vile/wicked deeds, but Yahweh, we know that you will protect/rescue us from those wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_1","020_13_1","PSA","13","1","1","Yahweh, how long will you continue to forget about me RHQ? Will you hide yourself SYN from me forever? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_2","020_13_2","PSA","13","2","2","How long must I endure anguish/worry? Must I be miserable/sad every day? How long will my enemies continue to defeat me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_3","020_13_3","PSA","13","3","3","Yahweh my God, look at me and answer me. Enable me to become strong again IDM, and do not allow me to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_4","020_13_4","PSA","13","4","4","Do not allow my enemies to boast saying, “We have defeated him!” Do not allow them to defeat me, with the result that they will rejoice about it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_5","020_13_5","PSA","13","5","5","But I trust that you will faithfully love me; I will rejoice when you rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS13_6","020_13_6","PSA","13","6","6","Yahweh, you have done many good things for me, so I will sing to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_1","020_14_1","PSA","14","1","1","Only foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!” People who say those things are corrupt/worthless; they do abominable/detestable deeds; there is not one of them who does what is good/right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_2","020_14_2","PSA","14","2","2","Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees humans; he looks to see if anyone is very wise, with the result that he desires to know God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_3","020_14_3","PSA","14","3","3","But they are all corrupt/evil; no one does what is good/right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_4","020_14_4","PSA","14","4","4","Will those evil people never learn what God will do to punish them RHQ? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_5","020_14_5","PSA","14","5","5","But some day they will become very terrified because God helps those who act righteously and will punish those who reject him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_6","020_14_6","PSA","14","6","6","Those who do evil may prevent helpless people from doing what they plan to do, but Yahweh protects those helpless people MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS14_7","020_14_7","PSA","14","7","7","I wish/desire that Yahweh would come from Jerusalem MTY and rescue us Israeli people! Yahweh, when you bless your people again, all of us Israeli people, who are the descendants of Jacob, will rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS15_1","020_15_1","PSA","15","1","1","Yahweh, who are allowed to enter your Sacred Tent? Who are allowed to live on your sacred mountain? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS15_2","020_15_2","PSA","15","2","2","Only those who always do what is right and do not sin may do that. They always say what is true ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS15_3","020_15_3","PSA","15","3","3","and they do not slander others. They do not do to others things that are wrong, and they do not say bad things about others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS15_4","020_15_4","PSA","15","4","4","Godly people hate those whom God has rejected, but they respect those who revere Yahweh. They do what they have promised to do even if it causes them trouble to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS15_5","020_15_5","PSA","15","5","5","They lend money to others without charging interest, and they never accept bribes in order to lie about people who have not done what is wrong. Those who do those things will never stop trusting God even if disastrous things happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_1","020_16_1","PSA","16","1","1","God, protect me because I go to you to keep me safe! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_2","020_16_2","PSA","16","2","2","I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; all the good things that I have come from you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_3","020_16_3","PSA","16","3","3","Your people who live in this land are wonderful; I delight to be with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_4","020_16_4","PSA","16","4","4","Those who choose to worship other gods will have many things that cause them to be sad. I will not join them when they make sacrifices to their gods; I will not even join them when they speak MTY the names of their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_5","020_16_5","PSA","16","5","5","Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and you give me great blessings. You protect me and control what happens to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_6","020_16_6","PSA","16","6","6","Yahweh has given me a wonderful place in which to live; I am delighted with all the things that he has given me MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_7","020_16_7","PSA","16","7","7","I will praise Yahweh, the one who teaches/disciplines me; even at night he you put in my mind what is right for me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_8","020_16_8","PSA","16","8","8","I know that Yahweh is always with me. He is beside me; so nothing will ◄perturb me/cause me to be worried►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_9","020_16_9","PSA","16","9","9","Therefore I am glad and I MTY, DOU rejoice; I can rest securely ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_10","020_16_10","PSA","16","10","10","because you, Yahweh, will not allow my soul/spirit to remain in the place where the dead people are; you will not allow me, your godly one, to stay there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS16_11","020_16_11","PSA","16","11","11","You will show me the road that leads to receiving eternal life, and you will make me joyful when I am with you. I will have pleasure forever when I am ◄at your right hand/seated next to you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_1","020_17_1","PSA","17","1","1","Yahweh, listen to me while I plead with you to act justly toward me. Hear me while I call out to you to help me. Pay attention to what I say while I pray because I am speaking MTY honestly/truthfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_2","020_17_2","PSA","17","2","2","You are the one who is able to declare that I ◄am innocent/have not done anything that was wrong► because you see/know that I am telling the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_3","020_17_3","PSA","17","3","3","You know what I think, even at night; you have examined what I say and do, and you know that I have determined to never tell any lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_4","020_17_4","PSA","17","4","4","I have not done like others do; I have always done what is right IDM, and I have not acted cruelly toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_5","020_17_5","PSA","17","5","5","I have always done what you told me to do IDM, I have ◄never failed to do/always done► LIT those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_6","020_17_6","PSA","17","6","6","O God, I pray to you because you answer me; please listen MTY to what I am saying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_7","020_17_7","PSA","17","7","7","Show me that you faithfully love me. By your great power MTY rescue those who ◄run to/trust in► you to protect them from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_8","020_17_8","PSA","17","8","8","Protect me as people carefully protect their own eyes; protect me like birds protect their babies under their wings MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_9","020_17_9","PSA","17","9","9","Do not allow wicked people to attack me; my enemies surround me, wanting to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_10","020_17_10","PSA","17","10","10","They never pity IDM anyone, and they are always boasting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_11","020_17_11","PSA","17","11","11","They have hunted/searched for me and found me. They surround me, watching for an opportunity to throw me to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_12","020_17_12","PSA","17","12","12","They are like lions SIM that are ready to tear apart the animals that they capture; they are like young lions that are hiding, waiting to pounce on their prey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_13","020_17_13","PSA","17","13","13","Yahweh, come and ◄oppose/fight against► my enemies and defeat them! Use your sword to save me from those wicked people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_14","020_17_14","PSA","17","14","14","Yahweh, by your power MTY rescue me from those people who are interested only in things here in this world. But you provide plenty of food for those whom you love dearly; their children also have many things that their grandchildren will inherit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS17_15","020_17_15","PSA","17","15","15","Yahweh, because I act righteously, I will some day see you SYN. When I awake, I will see you face-to-face, and then I will be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_1","020_18_1","PSA","18","1","1","Yahweh, I love you, the one who enables me to be strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_2","020_18_2","PSA","18","2","2","Yahweh is like an overhanging rock DOU, MET under which I can hide from my enemies; he is like a strong fortress, the one who protects me; he protects me like a shield MET protects a soldier; he is the one to whom I go ◄for refuge/to be protected/safe►, and he defends me by his great power IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_3","020_18_3","PSA","18","3","3","I called out to Yahweh, who deserves to be praised, and he rescued me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_4","020_18_4","PSA","18","4","4","All around me were dangerous situations in which I might be killed PRS; it was as though there were huge waves MET that almost crashed on me and killed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_5","020_18_5","PSA","18","5","5","It was as though the place where dead people are had ropes that were wrapped around me, or it was as though there was a trap MET that would seize and kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_6","020_18_6","PSA","18","6","6","But when I was very distressed, I called out to Yahweh, and from his temple he heard me. He listened to me when I cried out for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_7","020_18_7","PSA","18","7","7","Then the earth quaked/shook strongly DOU; the mountains shook very strongly from their centers DOU because Yahweh was angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_8","020_18_8","PSA","18","8","8","It was as though smoke poured out from his nostrils, and as though burning coals came out of his mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_9","020_18_9","PSA","18","9","9","He opened the sky and came down with a black cloud under his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_10","020_18_10","PSA","18","10","10","He flew, riding on the back of a creature that had wings, traveling fast, blown along by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_11","020_18_11","PSA","18","11","11","Darkness was all around him like a blanket MET; dark clouds, full of moisture, covered him MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_12","020_18_12","PSA","18","12","12","Hailstones and flashes of lightning were around him; hail and burning coals fell from the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_13","020_18_13","PSA","18","13","13","Then Yahweh spoke in a loud voice from the sky, and his enemies heard his voice that sounded like thunder. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_14","020_18_14","PSA","18","14","14","He shot his arrows at them and caused them to scatter; His flashes of lightning caused them to become very confused (OR, to run away). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_15","020_18_15","PSA","18","15","15","The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when Yahweh rebuked his enemies when he snorted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_16","020_18_16","PSA","18","16","16","It was as though he reached down from heaven and grabbed me and pulled me up out of the deep ocean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_17","020_18_17","PSA","18","17","17","He rescued me from my strong enemies who hated me; they were very strong, with the result that I could not defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_18","020_18_18","PSA","18","18","18","When I ◄was distressed/had troubles►, they attacked me, but Yahweh defended/protected me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_19","020_18_19","PSA","18","19","19","He led me to a place where I was safe; he rescued me because he was pleased with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_20","020_18_20","PSA","18","20","20","Yahweh has rewarded me because I do what is right; he has blessed me because I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_21","020_18_21","PSA","18","21","21","I have obeyed Yahweh’s laws; I have not abandoned him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_22","020_18_22","PSA","18","22","22","My behavior was directed by his rules; I have not stopped obeying them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_23","020_18_23","PSA","18","23","23","He knows that I have not done what is wrong; I have kept myself from sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_24","020_18_24","PSA","18","24","24","So he rewards me because I do what is right; he knows that I SYN have not committed sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_25","020_18_25","PSA","18","25","25","Yahweh, you are faithful to those who faithfully do what you tell them to do; you always do what is good/right to those who do what you want them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_26","020_18_26","PSA","18","26","26","You are kind to those who are kind to others, but you act wisely toward those who ◄act perversely/do bad things►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_27","020_18_27","PSA","18","27","27","You save those who are humble, but you cause those who are proud to be humiliated/ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_28","020_18_28","PSA","18","28","28","You give light to my soul/spirit; you take away the darkness of my soul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_29","020_18_29","PSA","18","29","29","You enable me to be strong, with the result that I can run and attack a line of enemy soldiers; with your help I can ◄scale/climb up► the walls that surround my enemies’ cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_30","020_18_30","PSA","18","30","30","Everything that Yahweh my God does is perfect. We can depend on him to do what he promises. He is like a shield MET to protect all those who go to him for refuge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_31","020_18_31","PSA","18","31","31","Yahweh is RHQ the only one who is God; only he is like an overhanging rock under which we can be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_32","020_18_32","PSA","18","32","32","God is the one who enables me to be strong and who keeps me safe on the roads that I walk on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_33","020_18_33","PSA","18","33","33","He enables me to walk swiftly without stumbling, like a deer walks/runs in the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_34","020_18_34","PSA","18","34","34","He teaches me how to use a strong/metal bow in order that I can use it to fight in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_35","020_18_35","PSA","18","35","35","Yahweh, you protect and save me with your shield; you have made me safe by your power MTY. I have become ◄strong/a great king► because you have helped me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_36","020_18_36","PSA","18","36","36","You have cleared the road for me, with the result that now I do not slip/stumble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_37","020_18_37","PSA","18","37","37","I have pursued my enemies and caught them; I did not stop until I had defeated/killed them all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_38","020_18_38","PSA","18","38","38","When I strike them, they are not able to get up again; they lie on the ground, defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_39","020_18_39","PSA","18","39","39","You have enabled me to be strong in order that I can fight battles and defeat my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_40","020_18_40","PSA","18","40","40","You caused my enemies to run away (OR, you enabled me to put my foot on my enemies’ necks after I captured them and forced them to lie on the ground); I have gotten rid of all those who hated me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_41","020_18_41","PSA","18","41","41","They called out for someone to help them, but no one saved them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_42","020_18_42","PSA","18","42","42","I pulverize them, with the result that they become like MET the dust that the wind blows away; I throw them out like SIM people throw dirt out into the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_43","020_18_43","PSA","18","43","43","You enabled me to defeat those who fought against me, and appointed me to be the ruler of many nations; people whom I did not know about previously are now slaves in my kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_44","020_18_44","PSA","18","44","44","When foreigners hear about me, they ◄cringe/bow low before me► and they obey me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_45","020_18_45","PSA","18","45","45","They are no longer courageous, and from their forts where they were hiding they come to me trembling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_46","020_18_46","PSA","18","46","46","Yahweh is alive! Praise the one who is like an overhanging rock MET under which I am safe Exalt the God who saves me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_47","020_18_47","PSA","18","47","47","He enables me to get revenge on my enemies; he causes me to defeat nations and to rule over them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_48","020_18_48","PSA","18","48","48","and he rescues me from my enemies. He has lifted me up high so that violent men could not reach me and harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_49","020_18_49","PSA","18","49","49","So I praise him and I tell the nations the great things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS18_50","020_18_50","PSA","18","50","50","He has enabled me, his king, to powerfully defeat my enemies; he faithfully loves me, David, the one he has chosen to be king, and he will faithfully love my descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_1","020_19_1","PSA","19","1","1","When people look at everything that God has placed in the skies, they can see that he is very great; they can see the great things that he has created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_2","020_19_2","PSA","19","2","2","Day after day it is as though the sun proclaims the glory of God, and night after night it is as though the moon and stars say that they know that God made them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_3","020_19_3","PSA","19","3","3","They do not really speak; they do not say any words. There is no voice from them for anyone to hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_4","020_19_4","PSA","19","4","4","But what they declare about God goes throughout the world, and even people who live in the most distant/remote places on earth can know it. The sun is in the skies where God placed it MET; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_5","020_19_5","PSA","19","5","5","it rises each morning like a bridegroom who is happy as he comes out of his bedroom after his wedding. It is like a strong athlete who is very eager to start running in a race. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_6","020_19_6","PSA","19","6","6","The sun rises at one side of the sky and goes across the sky and sets on the other side, and nothing can hide from its heat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_7","020_19_7","PSA","19","7","7","The instructions that Yahweh has given us are perfect; they ◄revive us/give us new strength►. We can be sure that the things that Yahweh has told us will never change, and by learning them people who have not been previously taught/instructed will become wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_8","020_19_8","PSA","19","8","8","Yahweh’s laws are fair/just; when we obey them, we become joyful. The commands of Yahweh are clear, and by reading them PRS we start to understand how God wants us to behave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_9","020_19_9","PSA","19","9","9","It is good for people to revere Yahweh; that is something that they will do forever. What Yahweh has decided is fair, and it is always right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_10","020_19_10","PSA","19","10","10","The things that God has decided are more valuable than gold, even the finest/purest gold. They are sweeter than honey that drips from honeycombs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_11","020_19_11","PSA","19","11","11","Furthermore, by reading them I learn what things are good to do and what things are evil, and they promise a great reward to us who obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_12","020_19_12","PSA","19","12","12","But there is no one who can know all his errors RHQ; so Yahweh, forgive me for these things which I do that I do not realize are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_13","020_19_13","PSA","19","13","13","Keep me from doing things that I know are wrong; do not let my sinful desires control me. If you do that, I will no longer be guilty for committing such sins, and I will not commit the great sin of rebelling terribly against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS19_14","020_19_14","PSA","19","14","14","O Yahweh, you are like an overhanging rock MET under which I can be safe; you are the one who protects me. I hope/desire that the things that I say and what I think will always please you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_1","020_20_1","PSA","20","1","1","I desire that Yahweh will answer you when you call out to him when you have troubles! God is the one whom ◄our ancestor Jacob/the Israeli people► worshiped; I desire that he will protect you MTY from being harmed by your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_2","020_20_2","PSA","20","2","2","I desire/hope that he will reach out from his sacred temple and help you, and aid you from where he lives on Zion Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_3","020_20_3","PSA","20","3","3","I desire/hope that he will accept all the offerings that you give him to be burned on the altar, and all your other offerings. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_4","020_20_4","PSA","20","4","4","I want him to give to you what you desire, and that you will be able to accomplish all that you desire to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_5","020_20_5","PSA","20","5","5","When we hear that you have defeated your enemies, we will shout joyfully. We will lift up a banner proclaiming that it is God MTY who helps us (inc). I want Yahweh to do for you all that you request him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_6","020_20_6","PSA","20","6","6","I know now that Yahweh rescues me, the one whom he has chosen to be king. From his holy place in heaven he will answer me, and he will save me by his great power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_7","020_20_7","PSA","20","7","7","Some kings trust that because they have chariots they will be able to defeat their enemies, and some trust that their horses will enable them to defeat their enemies, but we will trust in the power MTY of Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_8","020_20_8","PSA","20","8","8","Some kings will stumble and fall down, but we will be strong and ◄not be moved/continue standing firm►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS20_9","020_20_9","PSA","20","9","9","Yahweh, enable me, your king, to defeat our enemies! Answer us when we call out to you to help us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_1","020_21_1","PSA","21","1","1","Yahweh, ◄I, your king am glad/the king is glad► because you have caused me/him to be strong. ◄I rejoice/he rejoices► greatly because you have rescued me/him from my/his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_2","020_21_2","PSA","21","2","2","You have given me/him the things that I/he SYN desired and you have not refused to do what I requested you to do. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_3","020_21_3","PSA","21","3","3","In answer to my/his prayer, you enabled me/him to succeed and prosper. You placed a gold crown on my/his head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_4","020_21_4","PSA","21","4","4","I/He asked you to enable me/him to live for a long time, and that is what you gave me/him, a very long HYP life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_5","020_21_5","PSA","21","5","5","◄I am/He is► greatly honored because you have helped me/him to defeat my/his enemies; you have made me/him famous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_6","020_21_6","PSA","21","6","6","You will bless me/him forever, and you have caused me/him to be joyful in your presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_7","020_21_7","PSA","21","7","7","Yahweh, you are God Almighty, and ◄I trust/the king trusts► in you. Because you faithfully love me/him, disastrous things will never happen to me/him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_8","020_21_8","PSA","21","8","8","You will enable me/him to capture MTY all my/his enemies and all those who hate me/him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_9","020_21_9","PSA","21","9","9","When you appear, you will throw them into a fiery furnace. Because you are angry with them, you will get rid of them; the fire will burn them up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_10","020_21_10","PSA","21","10","10","You will remove their children from this earth; their descendants will all disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_11","020_21_11","PSA","21","11","11","They planned to harm you, but what they plan will never succeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_12","020_21_12","PSA","21","12","12","You will cause them to run away IDM by shooting arrows at them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS21_13","020_21_13","PSA","21","13","13","Yahweh, show us that you are very strong! When you do that, while we sing we will praise you because you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_1","020_22_1","PSA","22","1","1","My God, my God, why have you abandoned/deserted me? Why do you stay so far from me, and why do you not hear/help me RHQ? Why do you not hear me when I am groaning? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_2","020_22_2","PSA","22","2","2","My God, every day I call to you during the daytime and during the night, but you do not answer me, so I am not able to sleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_3","020_22_3","PSA","22","3","3","But you are holy. You sit on your throne as king, and we the people of Israel praise you PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_4","020_22_4","PSA","22","4","4","Our ancestors trusted in you. Because they trusted in you, you rescued them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_5","020_22_5","PSA","22","5","5","When they cried out to you, you saved them. They trusted in you, and ◄they were not disappointed/you saved them as you said that you would►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_6","020_22_6","PSA","22","6","6","But you have not rescued me People despise me and consider that I am not a man; they think that I am as worthless as a worm! Everyone HYP scorns me and despises me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_7","020_22_7","PSA","22","7","7","Everyone who sees me HYP makes fun of me. They sneer at me and insult me by shaking their heads at me as though I were an evil man. They say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_8","020_22_8","PSA","22","8","8","“He trusts in Yahweh, so Yahweh should save him! He says that Yahweh is very pleased with him; if that is so, Yahweh should rescue him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_9","020_22_9","PSA","22","9","9","Why do you not protect me now as you did when I was born? I was safe even when I was ◄nursing/drinking milk from my mother’s breasts►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_10","020_22_10","PSA","22","10","10","It was as though you adopted me right when I was born. You have ◄been my God/taken care of me► ever since I was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_11","020_22_11","PSA","22","11","11","So, ◄do not stay far from/stay close to► LIT me now because enemies who will cause me much trouble are near me, and there is no one else who can help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_12","020_22_12","PSA","22","12","12","My enemies surround me like a herd/group of wild bulls. Fierce people, like those strong bulls that graze on the hills in Bashan area, encircle me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_13","020_22_13","PSA","22","13","13","They are like roaring lions that are attacking the animals that they want to kill MET and eat; they rush toward me to kill me; they are like lions that have their mouths open, ready to tear their victims to pieces MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_14","020_22_14","PSA","22","14","14","I am completely exhausted MET, and all my bones are out of their joints/places. I no longer expect that God will save me; that expectation is gone completely, like wax that has melted away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_15","020_22_15","PSA","22","15","15","My strength is all dried up MET like a broken piece of a clay jar that has dried in the sun. I am so thirsty that my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. O God, I think that you are about to let me die and become dirt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_16","020_22_16","PSA","22","16","16","My enemies MET surround me like a pack/group of wild dogs. A group of evil men has encircled me, ready to attack me. They have already smashed my hands and my feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_17","020_22_17","PSA","22","17","17","I am so weak and thin that my bones can be seen and counted. My enemies stare at me and ◄gloat/are happy► about what has happened to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_18","020_22_18","PSA","22","18","18","They looked at the clothes that I was wearing and gambled to determine which piece each of them would get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_19","020_22_19","PSA","22","19","19","O Yahweh, do not stay far away from me! You who are my source of strength, come quickly and help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_20","020_22_20","PSA","22","20","20","Rescue me from those who want to kill me with their swords. Save me from those who are like wild/fierce dogs MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_21","020_22_21","PSA","22","21","21","Snatch me away from my enemies who are like lions whose jaws are already open, ready to chew me up Grab me away from those men who are like wild oxen that attack other animals with their horns MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_22","020_22_22","PSA","22","22","22","But you have saved me, so  I will declare to my fellow Israelis how great you MTY are. I will praise you among the group of your people gathered togetherto worship you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_23","020_22_23","PSA","22","23","23","You people who have an awesome respect for Yahweh, praise him! All you who are descended from Jacob, honor Yahweh! All you Israeli people, revere him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_24","020_22_24","PSA","22","24","24","He does not despise or ignore those who are suffering; he does not hide ◄his face/himself► from them. He has listened to them when they cried out to him for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_25","020_22_25","PSA","22","25","25","Yahweh, in the great gathering of your people, I will praise you for what you have done. In the presence of those who revere you, I will offer the sacrifices that I promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_26","020_22_26","PSA","22","26","26","The poor people whom I have invited to the meal will eat as much as they want. All who come worship Yahweh will praise him. I pray that God will enable you all to live a long and happy life! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_27","020_22_27","PSA","22","27","27","I pray that people in all nations, even in the remote areas, will think about Yahweh and turn to him, and that people from all the clans in the world will bow down before him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_28","020_22_28","PSA","22","28","28","Because Yahweh is the king! He rules all the nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_29","020_22_29","PSA","22","29","29","I desire that all the rich people on the earth will bow before him. Some day they will die, but I want them to prostrate themselves on the ground in his presence before they die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_30","020_22_30","PSA","22","30","30","People ◄in the future generations/who have not been born yet► will also serve Yahweh. Our descendants will be told about what Yahweh has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS22_31","020_22_31","PSA","22","31","31","People who are not yet born, who will live in future years, will be told how Yahweh rescued his people. People will tell them, “Yahweh did it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_1","020_23_1","PSA","23","1","1","Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep. So I have everything that I need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_2","020_23_2","PSA","23","2","2","You encourage me and give me peace; you are like a shepherd who leads his sheep to places where there is plenty of green grass for them to eat, and lets them rest beside streams where the water is flowing slowly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_3","020_23_3","PSA","23","3","3","You renew my strength. You guide me along the roads that are the right ones for me in order that I can honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_4","020_23_4","PSA","23","4","4","Even when I am walking through very dangerous dark ravines where I might be killed, I will not be afraid of anything because you are with me. You protect me like a shepherd protects his sheep. He uses his club and his walking stick to protect them from being attacked by wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_5","020_23_5","PSA","23","5","5","You prepare a great feast for me, in a place where my enemies can see me. You joyfully receive me, as people joyfully receive the guests they have invited by pouring olive oil over their heads. You have given me very many blessings! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS23_6","020_23_6","PSA","23","6","6","I am certain that you will be good to me and act mercifully toward me as long as I live; and then, O Yahweh, I will live in your home in heaven forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_1","020_24_1","PSA","24","1","1","The earth and everything in it belongs to Yahweh; all the people in the world belong to him, too, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_2","020_24_2","PSA","24","2","2","because he caused the ground to be above the water, above the water that was deep below the surface of the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_3","020_24_3","PSA","24","3","3","Who will be allowed to go up on Zion Hill in Jerusalem, in order to stand and worship in Yahweh’s holy temple? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_4","020_24_4","PSA","24","4","4","Only those whose actions MTY and thoughts are pure, who have not worshiped idols, and who do not tell lies when they have solemnly promised to tell the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_5","020_24_5","PSA","24","5","5","◄They will be blessed by Yahweh/Yahweh will bless them►. When God judges them, he, who has saved them, will say that they ◄have done nothing wrong/are without fault►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_6","020_24_6","PSA","24","6","6","They are the ones who approach God, they are the ones who may worship God, the one we Israelis worship. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_7","020_24_7","PSA","24","7","7","Open up APO the temple gates in order that our glorious king may enter! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_8","020_24_8","PSA","24","8","8","Do you know who the glorious king is? He is Yahweh, the one who is very strong DOU; He is Yahweh, who conquers all his enemies in battles! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_9","020_24_9","PSA","24","9","9","Open up the temple gates in order that our glorious king may enter! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS24_10","020_24_10","PSA","24","10","10","Do you know who the glorious king is? He is Yahweh almighty; he is our glorious king! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_1","020_25_1","PSA","25","1","1","Yahweh, my God,, I give myself to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_2","020_25_2","PSA","25","2","2","I trust in you. Do not allow my enemies to defeat me, with the result that I would be ashamed/disgraced. Do not allow my enemies to defeat/conquer me, with the result that they would rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_3","020_25_3","PSA","25","3","3","Do not allow any of those who trust in you to be disappointed/disgraced. Cause those who ◄act treacherously toward/try to deceive► others to be disappointed/disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_4","020_25_4","PSA","25","4","4","Yahweh, show me the way that I should ◄conduct my life/live as you want me to►, teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_5","020_25_5","PSA","25","5","5","Teach me to conduct my life by obeying your truth because you are my God, the one who saves me. All the time I trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_6","020_25_6","PSA","25","6","6","Yahweh, do not forget how you have acted mercifully to me and have faithfully loved me; that is the way that you have acted toward me from long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_7","020_25_7","PSA","25","7","7","Forgive me for all the sinful things I did and the ways that I rebelled against you when I was young; I ask this because you faithfully love your people and do good things for them, Yahweh, do not forget me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_8","020_25_8","PSA","25","8","8","Yahweh is good and fair/just; therefore he shows sinners ◄how they should conduct their lives/how to live as you want them to►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_9","020_25_9","PSA","25","9","9","He shows humble people what is right for them to do and teaches them what he wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_10","020_25_10","PSA","25","10","10","He always faithfully loves and does what he has promised to those who keep his agreement with them and who do what he requires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_11","020_25_11","PSA","25","11","11","Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_12","020_25_12","PSA","25","12","12","To all those who revere you RHQ, you show them the ◄right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_13","020_25_13","PSA","25","13","13","They will always be prosperous, and their descendants will continue to live in this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_14","020_25_14","PSA","25","14","14","Yahweh is a friend of those who have an awesome respect for him, and he teaches them the agreement that he made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_15","020_25_15","PSA","25","15","15","I always ask MTY Yahweh to help me, and he rescues me from danger MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_16","020_25_16","PSA","25","16","16","Yahweh, pay attention to me and be merciful to me, because I am alone, and I am very distressed because I am suffering/oppressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_17","020_25_17","PSA","25","17","17","Help me to not worry, and rescue me from my troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_18","020_25_18","PSA","25","18","18","Note that I am distressed and troubled DOU, and forgive me for all my sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_19","020_25_19","PSA","25","19","19","Also note that I have many enemies, see that they hate me very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_20","020_25_20","PSA","25","20","20","Protect me, and rescue me from them; do not allow them to defeat me, with the result that I would be ashamed/disgraced; I have come to you to ◄get refuge/be safe►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_21","020_25_21","PSA","25","21","21","Protect me because I do what is good and honest/just PRS, and because I trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS25_22","020_25_22","PSA","25","22","22","God, rescue us Israeli people from all of our troubles! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_1","020_26_1","PSA","26","1","1","Yahweh, show that I ◄am innocent/have not done what is wrong►. I always do what is right; I have trusted in you and never doubted that you would help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_2","020_26_2","PSA","26","2","2","Yahweh, examine what I have done and test me; thoroughly evaluate what I think IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_3","020_26_3","PSA","26","3","3","I never forget that you faithfully love me, I conduct my life according to your truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_4","020_26_4","PSA","26","4","4","I do not spend my time with liars and I stay away from hypocrites. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_5","020_26_5","PSA","26","5","5","I do not like to be with evil people, and I avoid wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_6","020_26_6","PSA","26","6","6","Yahweh, I wash my hands to show that I ◄am innocent/have not done what was wrong►. As I join with others marching around your altar, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_7","020_26_7","PSA","26","7","7","we sing songs to thank you, and we tell others the wonderful things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_8","020_26_8","PSA","26","8","8","Yahweh, I love to be in the temple where you live, in the place where your glory appears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_9","020_26_9","PSA","26","9","9","Do not get rid of me like you get rid of sinners; do not cause me to die like you cause those who murder MTY people to die, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_10","020_26_10","PSA","26","10","10","and people who SYN are ready to do wicked things and people who are always taking bribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_11","020_26_11","PSA","26","11","11","But as for me, I always try to do what is right. So be kind to me and rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS26_12","020_26_12","PSA","26","12","12","I stand in places where I am safe, and when all your people gather together, I praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_1","020_27_1","PSA","27","1","1","Yahweh is the one who gives light to my soul/spirit and the one who saves me, so I do not RHQ need to be afraid of anyone. Yahweh is the one to whom I go for refuge, so I will never be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_2","020_27_2","PSA","27","2","2","When those who do evil come near me to attack me, they stumble and fall down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_3","020_27_3","PSA","27","3","3","Even if an army surrounds me, I SYN will not be afraid. Even if they attack me, I will trust in God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_4","020_27_4","PSA","27","4","4","There is one thing that I have requested from Yahweh; this is the one thing that I desire: That I may worship in Yahweh’s house/temple every day of my life, and see that Yahweh is wonderful and inquire what he wants me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_5","020_27_5","PSA","27","5","5","He will protect me when I have troubles; he will keep me safe in his Sacred Tent. He will set me safely ◄on a high rock/in a secure place►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_6","020_27_6","PSA","27","6","6","Then I will triumph over IDM my enemies. I will shout joyfully as I offer sacrifices in his Sacred Tent, and I will praise Yahweh as I sing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_7","020_27_7","PSA","27","7","7","Yahweh, listen to me while I pray. Be kind to me and answer my prayer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_8","020_27_8","PSA","27","8","8","I sensed that I heard you say, “Come and worship me IDM,” so, Yahweh, I will worship you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_9","020_27_9","PSA","27","9","9","I am your servant; Do not be angry with me and turn away from me. You have always helped me. You are the one who has saved me, so do not abandon me now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_10","020_27_10","PSA","27","10","10","Even if my father and mother desert me, you will take care of IDM me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_11","020_27_11","PSA","27","11","11","Yahweh, teach me to do what you want me to do, and lead me on a safe path because I have many enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_12","020_27_12","PSA","27","12","12","Do not allow my enemies to do to me what they want; they say many false things about me and threaten to do violent things to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_13","020_27_13","PSA","27","13","13","But I know that because I trust in you you will be good to me as long as I live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS27_14","020_27_14","PSA","27","14","14","So trust in Yahweh, all of you! Be strong and courageous, and wait expectantly for him to help you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_1","020_28_1","PSA","28","1","1","Yahweh, I call out to you; you are like an overhanging rock under which I can hide. Do not refuse to answer me, because if you are silent, I will soon be with those who are in their graves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_2","020_28_2","PSA","28","2","2","Listen to me when I call out for you to help me, when I pray, lifting up my hands as I face your sacred temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_3","020_28_3","PSA","28","3","3","Do not drag me away with wicked people, with those who do wicked deeds, with those who pretend to act peacefully toward others while in their inner beings, they hate them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_4","020_28_4","PSA","28","4","4","Punish those people in the way that they deserve for what they have done; punish them for their evil deeds DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_5","020_28_5","PSA","28","5","5","Yahweh, they do not pay attention to the wonderful things that you have done and that you have created; so get rid of them permanently and do not let them appear again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_6","020_28_6","PSA","28","6","6","Praise Yahweh because he has heard me when I called out for him to help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_7","020_28_7","PSA","28","7","7","Yahweh makes me strong and protects me like a shield MET; I trusted in him, and he helped me. I was glad, and from my inner being I praised him as I sang to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_8","020_28_8","PSA","28","8","8","Yahweh causes us to be strong and protects us; and he saves me, the one he appointed MTY to be king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS28_9","020_28_9","PSA","28","9","9","Yahweh, save/rescue your people; bless those who belong to you. Take care of them like a shepherd takes care of his sheep MET; take care of them forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_1","020_29_1","PSA","29","1","1","You angels in heaven, praise Yahweh! Praise him because he is very glorious and powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_2","020_29_2","PSA","29","2","2","Proclaim that ◄he/his name► is glorious; bow down before Yahweh in his holy temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_3","020_29_3","PSA","29","3","3","Yahweh’s voice is heard above the oceans; Yahweh, the glorious God, thunders. His voice thunders over the huge oceans DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_4","020_29_4","PSA","29","4","4","His voice is powerful and majestic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_5","020_29_5","PSA","29","5","5","The sound of Yahweh’s voice breaks great cedar trees, the cedars that grow in Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_6","020_29_6","PSA","29","6","6","He causes the mountains in Lebanon to jump like calves jump, and causes Hermon Mountain to jump like a young bull jumps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_7","020_29_7","PSA","29","7","7","Yahweh’s voice causes lightning to flash. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_8","020_29_8","PSA","29","8","8","His voice causes the desert to shake; he shakes Kadesh Desert in the southern part of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_9","020_29_9","PSA","29","9","9","Yahweh’s voice shakes the huge oak trees and strips the leaves from the trees while the people in the temple shout, “Praise God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_10","020_29_10","PSA","29","10","10","Yahweh ruled over the flood that covered the earth; he is our King who will rule forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS29_11","020_29_11","PSA","29","11","11","Yahweh enables his people to be strong, and he blesses them by causing things to go well for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_1","020_30_1","PSA","30","1","1","Yahweh, I praise you because you rescued me. You did not allow me to die, with the result that my enemies could gloat/rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_2","020_30_2","PSA","30","2","2","Yahweh, my God, I called out for you to help me when I was ill, and you healed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_3","020_30_3","PSA","30","3","3","You saved/restored me when I was dying MTY. I was nearly dead, but you caused me to get well again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_4","020_30_4","PSA","30","4","4","All you who belong to Yahweh, sing praise to him! Think about what God, the holy one, has done, and thank him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_5","020_30_5","PSA","30","5","5","When he becomes angry, he is angry for only a very short time HYP, but he is good to us all of our life. We may cry during the night, but the next morning we will be joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_6","020_30_6","PSA","30","6","6","As for me, when I had no troubles, I said to myself, “No one will defeat me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_7","020_30_7","PSA","30","7","7","Yahweh, because you were good to me, at first you caused me to be safe as though I was inside MET a mountain. But then I became ill, and I thought that you had turned away from me, and I became afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_8","020_30_8","PSA","30","8","8","Then I called out to you, and I pleaded for you to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_9","020_30_9","PSA","30","9","9","I said, “Yahweh, ◄what will you gain if I die?/ you won’t gain anything if I die► MTY. ◄In what way will it benefit you?/it won’t benefit you at all► if I go to the place where the dead people are RHQ. Dead people are certainly not able to praise you RHQ, and they are not able to tell others that you are trustworthy RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_10","020_30_10","PSA","30","10","10","Yahweh, listen to me, and be merciful to me! Yahweh, help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_11","020_30_11","PSA","30","11","11","But now you have healed me, and you have caused me to change from being sad to dancing joyfully. You have taken away the clothes that showed that I was very sad and you have given me clothes that showed that I was very joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS30_12","020_30_12","PSA","30","12","12","So I will not be silent; I will sing out loudly to praise you. Yahweh, you are my God, and I will thank you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_1","020_31_1","PSA","31","1","1","Yahweh, I have come to you to be protected; do not allow me to be defeated, with the result that I am disgraced. Since you always do what is fair/right, rescue me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_2","020_31_2","PSA","31","2","2","Listen to me, and save me right now! Be like a huge rock under which I can hide MET and like a strong fort in which I will be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_3","020_31_3","PSA","31","3","3","Yes, you are like my huge rock and my fort; guide me and lead me DOU in order that I can honor you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_4","020_31_4","PSA","31","4","4","You are the one who protects me, so keep me from falling into the hidden traps that my enemies have set for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_5","020_31_5","PSA","31","5","5","Yahweh, you are a God who can be trusted, so I put myself into your care because you rescued me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_6","020_31_6","PSA","31","6","6","Yahweh, I hate those who worship useless idols, but I trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_7","020_31_7","PSA","31","7","7","I will be very glad DOU because you faithfully love me. You see me when I have been afflicted, and you have known when I have had troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_8","020_31_8","PSA","31","8","8","You have not allowed my enemies to capture me; instead, you have rescued me from danger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_9","020_31_9","PSA","31","9","9","But now, Yahweh, be kind to me again because I am distressed. Because I cry so much, I cannot see well, and I am completely exhausted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_10","020_31_10","PSA","31","10","10","I have become very weak because I am so miserable, and it is causing my life to become shorter. I have become weak because of all my troubles; even my bones are becoming weaker. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_11","020_31_11","PSA","31","11","11","All of my enemies make fun of me, and even my neighbors despise me. Even my friends are afraid of me because they think I am being punished by God, and when they see me on the streets, they run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_12","020_31_12","PSA","31","12","12","People have forgotten me like they forget people who are dead. They think I am as useless as a broken pot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_13","020_31_13","PSA","31","13","13","I have heard people slandering me, and they have caused me to become terrified. My enemies are making plans in order to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_14","020_31_14","PSA","31","14","14","But Yahweh, I trust in you. You are my God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_15","020_31_15","PSA","31","15","15","My whole life MTY is in your hands; save me from my enemies, from those who pursue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_16","020_31_16","PSA","31","16","16","Be kind to me and rescue me because you always faithfully love me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_17","020_31_17","PSA","31","17","17","Yahweh, I call out to you, so do not allow me to be disgraced. I desire that wicked people will be disgraced; I want them to soon die and go down to the place where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_18","020_31_18","PSA","31","18","18","I desire that you will cause people MTY who tell lies to be unable to speak. Do that to people who are proud and those who arrogantly accuse righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_19","020_31_19","PSA","31","19","19","You have stored up many blessings for those who revere you. You do those good things for those who go to you to be protected; everyone sees you doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_20","020_31_20","PSA","31","20","20","You hide people in your presence where it is safe, and protect them from people who plot to kill them. You hide them in safe places from their enemies MTY who accuse/insult them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_21","020_31_21","PSA","31","21","21","Praise Yahweh! When my enemies surrounded the city in which I was living, he showed me in a wonderful way that he faithfully loves me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_22","020_31_22","PSA","31","22","22","I was afraid, and I cried out, “I have been separated from Yahweh!” but you heard me and answered my cry for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_23","020_31_23","PSA","31","23","23","You people who belong to Yahweh, love him! Those who are loyal to him, he protects, but those who are very proud, he punishes them severely like they deserve to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS31_24","020_31_24","PSA","31","24","24","You who confidently expect Yahweh to do great things for you, be strong, be courageous! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_1","020_32_1","PSA","32","1","1","Those whom God has forgiven for rebelling against him, whose stains MET of sin have been wiped away, are truly blessed by God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_2","020_32_2","PSA","32","2","2","Those whose record of their sins Yahweh has erased, those who no longer do deceitful things, are truly blessed by God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_3","020_32_3","PSA","32","3","3","When I did not confess my sins, ◄my body/I► was very weak and sick, and I groaned ◄all day long/continually►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_4","020_32_4","PSA","32","4","4","Day and night, Yahweh, you SYN punished me severely. My strength drained away like water that ◄evaporates/dries up► on a hot summer day. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_5","020_32_5","PSA","32","5","5","Then/Finally I admitted/confessed my sins to you; I stopped trying to hide them. (Think about that!) I said to myself, “I will confess to Yahweh the wrong things that I have done.” And when I confessed them, you forgave me, so now I ◄am no longer guilty/will no longer be punished► for my sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_6","020_32_6","PSA","32","6","6","Therefore, the people who are godly should pray to you when they ◄realize that they have sinned/have difficulties►. If they pray to you, difficulties MET will not overwhelm them like a great flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_7","020_32_7","PSA","32","7","7","You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies MET, you protect me from troubles, and you ◄enable me/put people around me who will enable me► to shout, praising you for saving me from my enemies. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_8","020_32_8","PSA","32","8","8","Yahweh says, “I will teach you about how you should conduct your life. I will instruct you and watch over you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_9","020_32_9","PSA","32","9","9","Do not be stupid like horses and mules that do not have understanding; they need ◄bits/pieces of metal put in their mouths► and ◄bridles/ropes fastened to their head► so they will go in the direction you want them to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_10","020_32_10","PSA","32","10","10","Wicked people will have many troubles that will make them sad, but those who trust in Yahweh will experience him faithfully loving them all the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS32_11","020_32_11","PSA","32","11","11","So, all you righteous people, rejoice about what Yahweh has done for you; you whose ◄inner beings/lives► are pure, be glad and shout joyfully! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_1","020_33_1","PSA","33","1","1","You righteous people should sing joyfully to Yahweh because that is what he deserves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_2","020_33_2","PSA","33","2","2","Praise Yahweh as you play songs on the lyre/harp. Praise him as you play other instruments that have many strings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_3","020_33_3","PSA","33","3","3","Sing a new song to him; Play those instruments well, and shout joyfully as you play them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_4","020_33_4","PSA","33","4","4","Yahweh always does what he says that he will do; we can trust that everything that he does is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_5","020_33_5","PSA","33","5","5","He loves everything that we do that is just and right. People all over the earth can know that Yahweh faithfully loves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_6","020_33_6","PSA","33","6","6","Yahweh created everything in the sky by commanding it. By what he said MTY he created all the stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_7","020_33_7","PSA","33","7","7","He gathered all the water into one huge mass like someone scoops liquid into a container. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_8","020_33_8","PSA","33","8","8","Everyone on the earth should revere Yahweh DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_9","020_33_9","PSA","33","9","9","When he spoke, the world ◄was created/started to exist►. Everything started to exist as a result of him commanding it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_10","020_33_10","PSA","33","10","10","Yahweh frustrates the things that the pagan nations decide to do. He prevents them from doing the evil things that they plan to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_11","020_33_11","PSA","33","11","11","But what Yahweh decides to do will last forever. What he plans to do will never be changed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_12","020_33_12","PSA","33","12","12","Yahweh blesses those nations who choose him to be their God; He is pleased with those whom he has chosen to receive what he has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_13","020_33_13","PSA","33","13","13","Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees all us people; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_14","020_33_14","PSA","33","14","14","from where he rules MTY, he looks down on all the people who live on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_15","020_33_15","PSA","33","15","15","He formed our inner beings, and he sees everything that we do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_16","020_33_16","PSA","33","16","16","It is not because a king has a great army that he is able to win battles, and it is not because a soldier is very strong that he is able to defeat his enemy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_17","020_33_17","PSA","33","17","17","It is foolish to trust that because horses are very strong that they will able to win a battle and save their riders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_18","020_33_18","PSA","33","18","18","Do not forget that Yahweh watches over those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to faithfully love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_19","020_33_19","PSA","33","19","19","He saves them SYN from dying before they should die and preserves them when there is a famine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_20","020_33_20","PSA","33","20","20","We trust that Yahweh will help us; he protects us like a shield protects a soldier MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_21","020_33_21","PSA","33","21","21","We rejoice because of what he has done for us; we trust in him because he MTY is holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS33_22","020_33_22","PSA","33","22","22","Yahweh, we pray that you will always faithfully love us while we confidently expect you to do great things for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_1","020_34_1","PSA","34","1","1","I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_2","020_34_2","PSA","34","2","2","I will boast about what Yahweh has done. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_3","020_34_3","PSA","34","3","3","Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_4","020_34_4","PSA","34","4","4","I prayed to Yahweh, and he ◄answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do►; he rescued me from all those who caused me to be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_5","020_34_5","PSA","34","5","5","Those who trust IDM that he will help them will be joyful; ◄they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises► LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_6","020_34_6","PSA","34","6","6","I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_7","020_34_7","PSA","34","7","7","An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_8","020_34_8","PSA","34","8","8","Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_9","020_34_9","PSA","34","9","9","All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_10","020_34_10","PSA","34","10","10","Lions are usually very strong, but sometimes even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will ◄have everything/not lack any good thing► LIT that they need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_11","020_34_11","PSA","34","11","11","You ◄who are my students/whom I teach►, come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_12","020_34_12","PSA","34","12","12","If RHQ any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_13","020_34_13","PSA","34","13","13","do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_14","020_34_14","PSA","34","14","14","Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully with each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_15","020_34_15","PSA","34","15","15","Yahweh MTY carefully watches over those who act righteously; he always responds MTY to them when they call to him for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_16","020_34_16","PSA","34","16","16","But Yahweh SYN ◄is opposed to/turns away from► those who do what is evil. And after they die, people will forget them completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_17","020_34_17","PSA","34","17","17","Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_18","020_34_18","PSA","34","18","18","Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_19","020_34_19","PSA","34","19","19","Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_20","020_34_20","PSA","34","20","20","Yahweh protects them from being harmed; when their enemies attack them, they will not break any bones of those righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_21","020_34_21","PSA","34","21","21","Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by people doing to them the same evil things that the wicked do to others) PRS, and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS34_22","020_34_22","PSA","34","22","22","Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will ◄not condemn/forgive► LIT those who trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_1","020_35_1","PSA","35","1","1","Yahweh, fight against those who fight against me! Fight against my enemies when they fight me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_2","020_35_2","PSA","35","2","2","Be like a shield DOU to protect me and come to help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_3","020_35_3","PSA","35","3","3","Lift up your spear DOU and throw it at those who pursue me! Promise me that you will enable me to defeat my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_4","020_35_4","PSA","35","4","4","Cause those who are trying to kill me to be defeated and disgraced! Cause those who are planning to do evil things to me to be pushed back and become confused! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_5","020_35_5","PSA","35","5","5","Send your angel to pursue them, and as a result cause them to disappear like chaff/straw blown away by the wind! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_6","020_35_6","PSA","35","6","6","Cause the path on which they run to be dark and slippery as your angel pursues them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_7","020_35_7","PSA","35","7","7","Although I did not do anything wrong to them, they concealed a deep pit for me to fall into; they hid a net in which they would catch me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_8","020_35_8","PSA","35","8","8","Cause them to suddenly experience disaster! Cause them to be trapped in their own nets! Cause them to fall into the pits that they have dug for me and disappear! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_9","020_35_9","PSA","35","9","9","Then I will be joyful about what you, Yahweh, have done for me, I will be glad that you have rescued me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_10","020_35_10","PSA","35","10","10","With my whole inner being SYN I will say, “There is no one like Yahweh RHQ! No one else can rescue helpless people from powerful people RHQ. No one else can rescue weak and needy people from those who want to rob them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_11","020_35_11","PSA","35","11","11","People who tell lies stand in court and falsely accuse me of doing things that I do not know anything about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_12","020_35_12","PSA","35","12","12","In return for my doing good things for them, they do evil things to me, with the result that I feel that I am alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_13","020_35_13","PSA","35","13","13","When they were ill, I showed that I was sad. I did not eat any food, and I bowed my head as I prayed for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_14","020_35_14","PSA","35","14","14","I mourned and bowed my head as I prayed as though it was a friend or my mother for whom I was grieving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_15","020_35_15","PSA","35","15","15","But when I had troubles, they were all happy about it. They gathered around to make fun of me. Strangers struck me, and they would not stop. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_16","020_35_16","PSA","35","16","16","Worthless people ridicule me and snarl at me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_17","020_35_17","PSA","35","17","17","Yahweh, how long will you only watch them doing this? Rescue me from their attacking me; Save me from being killed by these men who are attacking me like MET lions that are attacking other animals ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_18","020_35_18","PSA","35","18","18","Then, when many of your people gather, I will praise you and I will thank you in front of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_19","020_35_19","PSA","35","19","19","Do not allow my enemies, who tell lies about me, defeat me and then rejoice! Do not allow those who hate me when there in no reason to hate me to ◄smirk/smile happily►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_20","020_35_20","PSA","35","20","20","They do not talk peacefully to people; instead, they seek ways to tell lies about people who are peaceful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_21","020_35_21","PSA","35","21","21","They shout at me, to accuse me, saying, “We saw the wrong things that you did!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_22","020_35_22","PSA","35","22","22","Yahweh, you have seen these things, so do not be silent! Do not stay far from me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_23","020_35_23","PSA","35","23","23","Arise, my God, and plead my case in court, and successfully defend me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_24","020_35_24","PSA","35","24","24","Yahweh, my God, because you are righteous, prove that I am innocent in order that my enemies will not be able to gloat that I was judged to be guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_25","020_35_25","PSA","35","25","25","Do not allow them to be able to say to themselves, “Yes, we have gotten rid of him IDM just like we desired!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_26","020_35_26","PSA","35","26","26","Cause those who rejoice about my misfortunes to be completely defeated and disgraced; cause those who boast that they are much greater than me to be disgraced and dishonored! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_27","020_35_27","PSA","35","27","27","But cause those who desire that I be acquitted to be happy and shout joyfully, and cause them to continually say, “Yahweh is great! He is delighted to cause things to go well for those who serve him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS35_28","020_35_28","PSA","35","28","28","Then I will proclaim that you act righteously, and I will praise you all day long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_1","020_36_1","PSA","36","1","1","Wicked people continually desire to sin. They consider IDM that they do not need to revere God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_2","020_36_2","PSA","36","2","2","Because they are very proud, they do not think that God will discover their sins and condemn them (OR, they do not think about their sins and hate themselves for it). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_3","020_36_3","PSA","36","3","3","Everything that they say is deceitful and full of lies; they no longer do what is good and are no longer wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_4","020_36_4","PSA","36","4","4","While they are lying on their beds, they plan to do things to harm others; they are determined to do things that are not good, and they never refuse to do what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_5","020_36_5","PSA","36","5","5","Yahweh, your faithful love for us reaches as high as the heavens, you faithfully do what you have promised; it is as though your doing that extends up to the clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_6","020_36_6","PSA","36","6","6","Your righteous behavior is as permanent as the highest mountains MET, your acting justly will continue as long as the deepest oceans exist. You take care of people and you take care of animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_7","020_36_7","PSA","36","7","7","God, your faithful love for us is very precious. You protect us like birds protect their baby birds under their wings MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_8","020_36_8","PSA","36","8","8","You provide for us plenty of food from the abundant supply IDM that you have; your great blessings for us flow like a river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_9","020_36_9","PSA","36","9","9","You are the one who causes everything to live; your light is what enables us to see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_10","020_36_10","PSA","36","10","10","Continue to faithfully love those who have experienced a relationship with you, and bless those who act righteously/justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_11","020_36_11","PSA","36","11","11","Do not allow proud people SYN to attack me, or allow wicked people to chase me away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS36_12","020_36_12","PSA","36","12","12","Look where evil people have fallen on the ground, defeated; they were thrown down, and they will never rise again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_1","020_37_1","PSA","37","1","1","Do not be bothered/upset by what wicked people do. Do not desire to have the things that people who do wrong/evil have, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_2","020_37_2","PSA","37","2","2","because they will soon disappear, like grass withers in the hot sun and dries up. Just like some green plants come up but die during the hot summer, evil people will soon die also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_3","020_37_3","PSA","37","3","3","Trust in Yahweh, and do what is good; if you do that, you will live safely in the land that he has given you, and you will live peacefully MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_4","020_37_4","PSA","37","4","4","Be delighted with all that Yahweh does for you; if you do that, he will give you the things that you desire most. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_5","020_37_5","PSA","37","5","5","Commit to Yahweh all the things that you plan to do; trust in him, and he will do whatever is needed to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_6","020_37_6","PSA","37","6","6","He will show as clearly as the sunlight that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing that is wrong►; he will show as clearly as the sun at noontime SIM that all the things that you have decided are just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_7","020_37_7","PSA","37","7","7","Be quiet in Yahweh’s presence, and wait patiently for him to do what you want him to do. Do not be bothered/upset when what evil men do is successful, when they are able to do the wicked things that they plan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_8","020_37_8","PSA","37","8","8","Do not be angry about what wicked people do. Do not want to punish them yourself. Do not be envious of such people because you will only harm yourself if you try to envy them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_9","020_37_9","PSA","37","9","9","Some day Yahweh will get rid of wicked people, but those who trust in Yahweh will live safely in the land that he has given to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_10","020_37_10","PSA","37","10","10","Soon the wicked will disappear. If you look for them, they will be gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_11","020_37_11","PSA","37","11","11","But those who are humble will live safely in their land. They will happily enjoy living peacefully and having the other good things that Yahweh gives them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_12","020_37_12","PSA","37","12","12","Wicked people plan to harm righteous/godly people; they snarl at them MET like wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_13","020_37_13","PSA","37","13","13","But Yahweh laughs at them because he knows that some day MTY he will judge and punish the wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_14","020_37_14","PSA","37","14","14","Wicked people pull out their swords/daggers and they put strings on their bows, ready to kill people who are poor DOU and to slaughter those who live righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_15","020_37_15","PSA","37","15","15","But they will be killed by their own swords/daggers, and their bows will be broken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_16","020_37_16","PSA","37","16","16","It is good to be righteous/godly even if you do not have many possessions, but it is bad to be wicked, even if you are very wealthy, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_17","020_37_17","PSA","37","17","17","because Yahweh will completely take away the strength of wicked people, but he will ◄sustain/take care of► people who live righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_18","020_37_18","PSA","37","18","18","Every day Yahweh cares about those who have not done any evil things; the things that Yahweh gives them will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_19","020_37_19","PSA","37","19","19","They will survive when calamities occur; when there are famines, they will still have plenty to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_20","020_37_20","PSA","37","20","20","But wicked people will die; just like the beautiful wild flowers in the fields die under the hot sun and disappear like smoke MET, Yahweh will cause his enemies to suddenly disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_21","020_37_21","PSA","37","21","21","The wicked people borrow money, but they are not able to repay it; righteous/godly people, in contrast, have enough money that they can give generously to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_22","020_37_22","PSA","37","22","22","Those whom Yahweh has blessed will live safely in the land that he has given to them, but he will get rid of those people whom he has cursed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_23","020_37_23","PSA","37","23","23","Yahweh protects those who do what is pleasing to him, and he will enable them to walk confidently, wherever they go; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_24","020_37_24","PSA","37","24","24","even if they stumble, they will not fall down, because Yahweh holds them by his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_25","020_37_25","PSA","37","25","25","I was young previously, and now I am an old man, but in all those years, I have never seen righteous/godly people being abandoned by Yahweh, nor have I seen that their children needed to beg for food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_26","020_37_26","PSA","37","26","26","Righteous/Godly people are generous, and happily lend money to others, and their children are a blessing to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_27","020_37_27","PSA","37","27","27","Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good. If you do that, you and your descendants will live in your land forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_28","020_37_28","PSA","37","28","28","That will happen because Yahweh likes to see people doing what is just, and he will never forsake righteous/godly people. He will protect them forever; but he will get rid of the children of wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_29","020_37_29","PSA","37","29","29","Righteous/Godly people will own the land that Yahweh promised to give to them, and they will live there forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_30","020_37_30","PSA","37","30","30","Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they MTY say what is just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_31","020_37_31","PSA","37","31","31","They continually think about God’s laws; they do not stray from God’s path. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_32","020_37_32","PSA","37","32","32","Those who are evil wait in ambush for righteous people in order to kill them as they walk by. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_33","020_37_33","PSA","37","33","33","But Yahweh will not abandon righteous people, and allow ◄them to fall into their enemies’ hands/their enemies harm them►. And he will not allow righteous people to be condemned when someone takes them to a judge to be put on trial. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_34","020_37_34","PSA","37","34","34","Be patient and trust that Yahweh will help you, and ◄walk on his paths/do what he wants you to do►. If you do that, he will honor you by giving you the land that he promised, and when he gets rid of the wicked, you will see it happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_35","020_37_35","PSA","37","35","35","I have seen that wicked people who ◄act like tyrants/terrify people► sometimes prosper, like trees that grow well in fertile soil, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_36","020_37_36","PSA","37","36","36","when I looked later, they were gone! I searched for them, but Yahweh had caused them to disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_37","020_37_37","PSA","37","37","37","Notice the people who have not done evil things, those who act righteously: their descendants will have peace in their inner beings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_38","020_37_38","PSA","37","38","38","But Yahweh will get rid of the wicked; he will also get rid of their descendants (OR, as a result, they will not have any descendants). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_39","020_37_39","PSA","37","39","39","Yahweh rescues righteous people; in times of trouble he protects them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS37_40","020_37_40","PSA","37","40","40","Yahweh helps them and saves them; he rescues them from being attacked/harmed by wicked people because they go to him to be protected MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_1","020_38_1","PSA","38","1","1","Yahweh, when you are angry with me, do not rebuke/scold me and punish me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_2","020_38_2","PSA","38","2","2","Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_3","020_38_3","PSA","38","3","3","Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_4","020_38_4","PSA","38","4","4","All my sins are like a flood that covers my head; they are like a load that is very heavy, with the result that I cannot carry it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_5","020_38_5","PSA","38","5","5","Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_6","020_38_6","PSA","38","6","6","Sometimes I am bent over, and sometimes I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_7","020_38_7","PSA","38","7","7","My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_8","020_38_8","PSA","38","8","8","I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_9","020_38_9","PSA","38","9","9","Yahweh, you know that I desire to be healed; you hear me while I am groaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_10","020_38_10","PSA","38","10","10","My heat is pounding heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_11","020_38_11","PSA","38","11","11","My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores; even my own family stays away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_12","020_38_12","PSA","38","12","12","And those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; those who want to harm me discuss ways to get rid of me; they plot against me all day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_13","020_38_13","PSA","38","13","13","Now I act like I’m deaf, and do not listen to what they say. I act like I cannot talk, so I say nothing to reply to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_14","020_38_14","PSA","38","14","14","I act like a man who does not answer when people talk to him, because he cannot hear anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_15","020_38_15","PSA","38","15","15","But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_16","020_38_16","PSA","38","16","16","I said to you, “Do not cause me to die, with the result that my enemies will rejoice! Do not cause me to stumble, with the result that they will be very happy!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_17","020_38_17","PSA","38","17","17","I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_18","020_38_18","PSA","38","18","18","I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_19","020_38_19","PSA","38","19","19","My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_20","020_38_20","PSA","38","20","20","Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them oppose me because I try to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_21","020_38_21","PSA","38","21","21","Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS38_22","020_38_22","PSA","38","22","22","Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly come and help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_1","020_39_1","PSA","39","1","1","I said to myself, “I will be careful not to sin by the things that I say MTY. I will not say anything to complain while wicked people are near to me and can hear me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_2","020_39_2","PSA","39","2","2","So I was completely silent DOU, and I did not even talk about things that were good, but it was useless, because I began to suffer even more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_3","020_39_3","PSA","39","3","3","I became very anxious/worried IDM. As I thought about my troubles, I became more worried. Then finally I said MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_4","020_39_4","PSA","39","4","4","“Yahweh, show/tell me how long I will live. Tell me when I will die. Tell me how many years I will live! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_5","020_39_5","PSA","39","5","5","It seems that you have caused me to live only a short time; ◄my lifetime/all the time that I have lived► seems like nothing to you. The time that all we humans live is as short as MET a puff of wind. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_6","020_39_6","PSA","39","6","6","Then we disappear like a shadow does. It seems that all that we do is for nothing/useless. We sometimes get a lot of money, but we do not know who will get it after we die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_7","020_39_7","PSA","39","7","7","So now, Yahweh, if I expect RHQ to receive blessings from other people, I will be disappointed. You are the only one from whom I confidently expect to receive blessings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_8","020_39_8","PSA","39","8","8","Save me from being punished for all the sins that I have committed. And do not allow foolish people to make fun of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_9","020_39_9","PSA","39","9","9","I did not say anything when you punished me, because I knew that you were the one who caused me to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_10","020_39_10","PSA","39","10","10","But now, please stop punishing me! If you do not do that, I am about to die because of the ways that you SYN have struck/afflicted me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_11","020_39_11","PSA","39","11","11","When you rebuke someone and punish him for the sin that he has committed, you destroy the things that ◄he loves/are precious to him►, like moths’ larva destroy clothing. Our lives disappear like a puff of wind. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_12","020_39_12","PSA","39","12","12","Yahweh, listen to me while I pray; pay attention to me while I cry out to you. Help me while I am crying. I am here on the earth for only a short time, like all my ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS39_13","020_39_13","PSA","39","13","13","Now please leave me alone, and do not punish me any more in order that I may smile and be happy for a while before I die. EUP, DOU” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_1","020_40_1","PSA","40","1","1","I waited patiently for Yahweh to help me, and he listened to me DOU when I called out to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_2","020_40_2","PSA","40","2","2","When I had many troubles, it was as though I was in a deep pit. But he lifted me up out of the mud and slime of that pit; he set my feet on a solid rock, and enabled me to walk ◄safely/without falling►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_3","020_40_3","PSA","40","3","3","He has given me a new song to sing, a song to praise him who is our God. Many people will find out what he has done for me, and they will revere and trust him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_4","020_40_4","PSA","40","4","4","Yahweh is pleased with those who trust him, those who do not trust in idols or join with those who worship those false gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_5","020_40_5","PSA","40","5","5","O Yahweh, my God, you have done many wonderful things! No one can list all the wonderful things that you have planned for us. If I tried to tell others about all those wonderful things, I would not be able to, because there would be too many for me to mention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_6","020_40_6","PSA","40","6","6","Various kinds of sacrifices and other offerings are not the only things that delight you. You have enabled me to understand that very well IDM. Animals burned on the altar and other offerings are not all that you require for sins to be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_7","020_40_7","PSA","40","7","7","So I said to you, “Yahweh, here I am, to do the things that have been written in the scroll that contains your laws, things that you want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_8","020_40_8","PSA","40","8","8","O my God, I delight to do what you desire; I keep your laws within my inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_9","020_40_9","PSA","40","9","9","Whenever all your people are gathered, I have told them about how you save us. Yahweh, you know that I have not been afraid to tell that to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_10","020_40_10","PSA","40","10","10","And I have not kept to myself the news that you always act justly/fairly; when many of your people have gathered together to worship you in the temple, I have told them that you are faithful to us and save us. I have ◄not concealed/openly told people► that you faithfully love us and act loyally toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_11","020_40_11","PSA","40","11","11","Yahweh, do not stop being merciful to me. Because you faithfully love me PRS and are loyal to me, always protect me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_12","020_40_12","PSA","40","12","12","I have many troubles; so many that I cannot count them. My sins are like a flood that has covered me PRS, MET; they are so many that I cannot find my way. The sins that I have committed are more than the hairs on my head. I am very discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_13","020_40_13","PSA","40","13","13","O Yahweh, please save me! Come quickly to help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_14","020_40_14","PSA","40","14","14","Humble those who are happy about my troubles, and cause them to be disgraced and ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to get rid of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_15","020_40_15","PSA","40","15","15","I hope/desire that those who make fun of me will be dismayed when you defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_16","020_40_16","PSA","40","16","16","But I hope that all those who go to worship you will be very joyful DOU. I want those who love you because you saved them to shout repeatedly, “Yahweh is great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS40_17","020_40_17","PSA","40","17","17","As for me, I am poor and needy DOU; but I know that Yahweh has not forgotten me. O my God, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly and help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_1","020_41_1","PSA","41","1","1","Yahweh is pleased with those people who help to provide for the poor; he will rescue those people when they have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_2","020_41_2","PSA","41","2","2","Yahweh protects them and allows them to live for a long time. He enables them to be happy in the land of Israel, and rescues them from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_3","020_41_3","PSA","41","3","3","When they are sick, Yahweh strengthens them, and he heals them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_4","020_41_4","PSA","41","4","4","When I was sick, I said, “Yahweh, be merciful to me and heal me; I know that I am sick because I have sinned against you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_5","020_41_5","PSA","41","5","5","My enemies say cruel things about me; they say, “How soon will he die, and then everyone will forget about him MTY? (OR, he will not have any descendants to continue his name).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_6","020_41_6","PSA","41","6","6","When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they are concerned about me. They listen to bad news about ◄me/my health►. Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_7","020_41_7","PSA","41","7","7","All those who hate me whisper to others about me, and they hope/desire that very bad things will happen to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_8","020_41_8","PSA","41","8","8","They say, “He will soon die because of his being sick; he will never get up from his bed before he dies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_9","020_41_9","PSA","41","9","9","Even my best friend, whom I trusted very much, who often ate with me, has ◄betrayed me/put me into my enemies’ hands► IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_10","020_41_10","PSA","41","10","10","But Yahweh, be merciful to me, and enable me to become healthy again. When you do that, I will be able to ◄pay back my enemies/get revenge on my enemies/cause my enemies to suffer like they caused me to suffer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_11","020_41_11","PSA","41","11","11","If you enable me to do that, with the result that my enemies do not defeat me, I will know that you are pleased with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_12","020_41_12","PSA","41","12","12","I will know that it is because I have done what is right that you have helped me, and I will know that you will let me be with you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS41_13","020_41_13","PSA","41","13","13","Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship; Praise him forever! Amen! I desire that it will be so! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_1","020_42_1","PSA","42","1","1","Deer pant, desiring to drink water from a stream when there is a drought (OR, when they are being pursued by hunters.) In the same way SIM, God, I need you very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_2","020_42_2","PSA","42","2","2","I desire to have fellowship with MET you, the all-powerful God. I wonder, “When will I be able to go back to the temple in Israel and worship in your presence again?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_3","020_42_3","PSA","42","3","3","Every day and every night I cry; it is as though the only thing I have to drink is my tears; and while I do that, my enemies are continually asking me, “Why does your god not help you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_4","020_42_4","PSA","42","4","4","I am very distressed IDM as I remember when I went with the crowd of people to the temple in Jerusalem, leading them as we walked along; we were all shouting joyfully and singing to thank God for what he had done; we were a large group who were celebrating. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_5","020_42_5","PSA","42","5","5","So I say to myself, “◄Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!► RHQ I confidently expect God to help me, and again I will praise him, my God, the one who saves me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_6","020_42_6","PSA","42","6","6","But now, Yahweh, I am very discouraged IDM, so I think about you, even from where the Jordan River gushes out from the bottom of Hermon Mountain and from Mizar Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_7","020_42_7","PSA","42","7","7","But here, the great sorrow that I feel is like water that you send down MET; it is like a waterfall that tumbles down and floods over me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_8","020_42_8","PSA","42","8","8","Yahweh shows me each day that he faithfully loves me, and each night I sing to him and pray to him, the God who causes me to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_9","020_42_9","PSA","42","9","9","I say to God, who is like an overhanging rock under which I can hide MET, “It seems that you have forgotten me. I <mourn/cry> constantly because my enemies act cruelly toward me” RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_10","020_42_10","PSA","42","10","10","They make fun of me constantly; they continually ask, “Why does your god not help you?” RHQ And when they insult me like that, it is like wounds that I feel even in my bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS42_11","020_42_11","PSA","42","11","11","But I think, “◄Why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!► RHQ I will confidently expect God to help me, and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS43_1","020_43_1","PSA","43","1","1","God, declare that I ◄am innocent/have not done things that are wrong►. Defend me when ◄ungodly people/people who do not worship you► say things against me, rescue me from people who deceive and say things about me that are not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS43_2","020_43_2","PSA","43","2","2","You are God, the one who protects me; ◄why have you abandoned me?/it seems that you have abandoned me!► RHQ It does not seem right that RHQ I am forced to mourn/cry constantly because my enemies are cruel to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS43_3","020_43_3","PSA","43","3","3","Shine your light on me and speak your truth to me; and let them guide me, and take me back to Zion, your sacred hill at Jerusalem, and to your temple, where you live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS43_4","020_43_4","PSA","43","4","4","When you do that, I will go to your altar, to worship you, my God, who causes me to be extremely joyful. There I will praise you, the God whom I worship, while I play my harp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS43_5","020_43_5","PSA","43","5","5","So ◄why am I sad and discouraged?/I should not be sad and discouraged!► RHQ I confidently expect God to bless me, and I will praise him again, my God, the one who saves me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_1","020_44_1","PSA","44","1","1","God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_2","020_44_2","PSA","44","2","2","They told us how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. They told us that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_3","020_44_3","PSA","44","3","3","It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power MTY, DOU that they did those things; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_4","020_44_4","PSA","44","4","4","You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people MTY, to defeat our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_5","020_44_5","PSA","44","5","5","It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_6","020_44_6","PSA","44","6","6","I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow and arrows and my sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_7","020_44_7","PSA","44","7","7","No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed because they were defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_8","020_44_8","PSA","44","8","8","We have continually boasted about what God has done for us, and we will thank him MTY forever. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_9","020_44_9","PSA","44","9","9","But now you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out to fight a battle, you no longer go with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_10","020_44_10","PSA","44","10","10","You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_11","020_44_11","PSA","44","11","11","You have allowed us to become like MET sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us far away among other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_12","020_44_12","PSA","44","12","12","It is as though MET you sold us, your people, to our enemies for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_13","020_44_13","PSA","44","13","13","People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_14","020_44_14","PSA","44","14","14","They make jokes using the name of our country, they shake their heads to indicate that they despise us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_15","020_44_15","PSA","44","15","15","All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_16","020_44_16","PSA","44","16","16","I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_17","020_44_17","PSA","44","17","17","All these things have happened to us even though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_18","020_44_18","PSA","44","18","18","We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_19","020_44_19","PSA","44","19","19","But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark ravine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_20","020_44_20","PSA","44","20","20","If we had forgotten to worship MTY our God, or if we had spread out our hands to worship a foreign god, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_21","020_44_21","PSA","44","21","21","you certainly would have known that, because you know even what we secretly think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_22","020_44_22","PSA","44","22","22","But it is because we belong to you, that our enemies are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_23","020_44_23","PSA","44","23","23","So, Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep RHQ? Get up! Do not reject us forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_24","020_44_24","PSA","44","24","24","Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed by our enemies? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_25","020_44_25","PSA","44","25","25","We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS44_26","020_44_26","PSA","44","26","26","Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_1","020_45_1","PSA","45","1","1","In my inner being I am stirred by a beautiful message which will be sung to the king. The words of this message will be written with a pen by me, a skilled writer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_2","020_45_2","PSA","45","2","2","O King, you are the most handsome man in the world, and you always speak MTY eloquently, because God has always blessed you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_3","020_45_3","PSA","45","3","3","You who are a mighty warrior, put on your sword! You are glorious and majestic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_4","020_45_4","PSA","45","4","4","Ride on like a great chief to defend the truth that you speak and the fair decisions that you make! Because you are strong MTY, you will do awesome deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_5","020_45_5","PSA","45","5","5","Your arrows are sharp, and they pierce the hearts of your enemies. Soldiers of many nations will fall dead at your feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_6","020_45_6","PSA","45","6","6","The kingdom MTY that God will give to you will remain forever. You rule MTY people justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_7","020_45_7","PSA","45","7","7","You love right actions, and you hate evil actions. Therefore God, your God, has chosen MTY you to be king and caused you to be happier MET than any other king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_8","020_45_8","PSA","45","8","8","The perfume of various spices is on your robes. People ◄entertain you/make you happy► in ivory palaces by playing stringed instruments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_9","020_45_9","PSA","45","9","9","Among the women who stay near you EUP stay are daughters of other kings. And at your right hand stands your bride, the queen, wearing beautiful ornaments of gold that comes from Ophir. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_10","020_45_10","PSA","45","10","10","Now I will say something to your bride: Listen to me carefully DOU! Forget the people who live in your home country, forget your relatives! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_11","020_45_11","PSA","45","11","11","Because you are very beautiful, the king will desire to sleep with EUP you. He is your master, so you must obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_12","020_45_12","PSA","45","12","12","The people from Tyre city will bring gifts to you; their rich people will try to persuade you to do favors for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_13","020_45_13","PSA","45","13","13","O king, your bride will be entering the palace wearing beautiful robes made from gold thread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_14","020_45_14","PSA","45","14","14","While she is wearing a gown that has many colors, her companions will lead her to you. She will have many other young women who accompany her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_15","020_45_15","PSA","45","15","15","They will be very joyful DOU as they are led along to enter your palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_16","020_45_16","PSA","45","16","16","Some day, your sons and your grandsons will become kings, just like your ancestors were. You will enable them to become rulers in many countries HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS45_17","020_45_17","PSA","45","17","17","And as for me, I will enable people in every generation to remember the great things that you MTY have done, and people will praise you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_1","020_46_1","PSA","46","1","1","God is the one who protects us and causes us to be strong; he is always ready to help us when we have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_2","020_46_2","PSA","46","2","2","So, even if the earth shakes, we will not be afraid. Even if the mountains fall into the middle of the sea, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_3","020_46_3","PSA","46","3","3","and if the water in the sea roars and foams, and the hills shake violently, we will not be afraid! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_4","020_46_4","PSA","46","4","4","Blessings that come from God are like a river that makes everyone in the city where we worship God joyful. It is the city where the temple of God, who is greater than any other god, exists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_5","020_46_5","PSA","46","5","5","God is in this city, and it will never be destroyed; he will come to help the people in that city at dawn every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_6","020_46_6","PSA","46","6","6","Sometimes the people of many nations are terrified; kingdoms ◄are overthrown/cease to exist►; God speaks loudly like thunder, and the earth melts (OR, people everywhere become terrified) MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_7","020_46_7","PSA","46","7","7","But Yahweh, the commander of the armies of heaven, is with us; the God whom Jacob worshiped (OR, we Israeli people worship) is our refuge. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_8","020_46_8","PSA","46","8","8","Come and ◄see/think about► the amazing things that Yahweh has done DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_9","020_46_9","PSA","46","9","9","He stops wars all over the world; he breaks bows and arrows; he destroys spears; he burns up shields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_10","020_46_10","PSA","46","10","10","God says, “Be quiet, and remember that I am God! I will be honored by the people of all nations. I will be honored all over the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS46_11","020_46_11","PSA","46","11","11","So never forget that Yahweh, the commander of the armies of heaven, is with us; the God whom Jacob worshiped (OR, we Israeli people worship) is our refuge. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_1","020_47_1","PSA","47","1","1","You people all over the world, clap your hands for joy! Shout joyfully to praise God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_2","020_47_2","PSA","47","2","2","Yahweh, who is much greater than any other god, is awesome; he is the king who rules over all the world! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_3","020_47_3","PSA","47","3","3","He enabled us to defeat the armies of the people-groups that lived in Canaan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_4","020_47_4","PSA","47","4","4","He chose for us this land where we now live; we Israeli people MTY, whom he loves, are proud that we own this land. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_5","020_47_5","PSA","47","5","5","God has gone up into his temple. The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as Yahweh went up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_6","020_47_6","PSA","47","6","6","Sing songs to praise our God! Sing to praise him DOU! Sing to God, our king! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_7","020_47_7","PSA","47","7","7","God is the one who rules over everything in the world; sing a psalm to him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_8","020_47_8","PSA","47","8","8","God sits on his sacred throne as he rules over the people of all ethnic groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS47_9","020_47_9","PSA","47","9","9","The rulers of those people-groups gather as God’s people, the people descended from Abraham, do. But God has more power than the weapons/shields of all the kings on the earth; ◄he is greatly honored/people honor him► everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_1","020_48_1","PSA","48","1","1","Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he lives, which is built on Zion, his sacred hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_2","020_48_2","PSA","48","2","2","That city, on a high hill, is beautiful; it is the city where the true God, the great king, lives, and it causes people all over the world to rejoice when they see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_3","020_48_3","PSA","48","3","3","God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_4","020_48_4","PSA","48","4","4","Many kings gathered with their armies to attack that city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_5","020_48_5","PSA","48","5","5","but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_6","020_48_6","PSA","48","6","6","Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_7","020_48_7","PSA","48","7","7","they shook like ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_8","020_48_8","PSA","48","8","8","We had heard that this city is glorious, and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, lives. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_9","020_48_9","PSA","48","9","9","God, here in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_10","020_48_10","PSA","48","10","10","You MTY are famous and ◄are praised/people praise you► all over the earth, because you rule powerfully MTY and justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_11","020_48_11","PSA","48","11","11","The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in all the cities MTY in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_12","020_48_12","PSA","48","12","12","You Israeli people should walk around Zion Hill and count the towers there; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_13","020_48_13","PSA","48","13","13","notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS48_14","020_48_14","PSA","48","14","14","Say to them, “This is the city that belongs to our God, the one who lives forever; he will guide us all of our lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_1","020_49_1","PSA","49","1","1","You people of all ethnic groups, listen! You people all over the world, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_2","020_49_2","PSA","49","2","2","important people and unimportant people, rich people and poor people, everyone, listen to what I am saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_3","020_49_3","PSA","49","3","3","because what I am thinking is very sensible, and what I say will enable you to become wise! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_4","020_49_4","PSA","49","4","4","I think about MTY ◄proverbs/wise sayings►, and while I play my harp, I explain what they mean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_5","020_49_5","PSA","49","5","5","I am not RHQ afraid when I am in trouble/danger, when I am surrounded by my enemies, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_6","020_49_6","PSA","49","6","6","by evil men who trust that things will always go well for them because they are wealthy, and who boast about being very rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_7","020_49_7","PSA","49","7","7","They may be rich, but no one can pay money with the result that he would live forever! No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him to continue to live, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_8","020_49_8","PSA","49","8","8","because that cost is too great, and he will never be able to pay enough ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_9","020_49_9","PSA","49","9","9","with the result that he will live forever and never die and be buried! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_10","020_49_10","PSA","49","10","10","We see that foolish and stupid people die, but we see that wise people also die; they all leave their wealth, and others inherit it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_11","020_49_11","PSA","49","11","11","Those wise people once had houses on land that they owned, but now their graves are their homes forever, the place where they will stay for all time! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_12","020_49_12","PSA","49","12","12","Even if people are great, that cannot prevent them from dying; all people die, the same as animals do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_13","020_49_13","PSA","49","13","13","That is what happens to those who foolishly trust in what they have accomplished, to those who are delighted in all that they possess. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_14","020_49_14","PSA","49","14","14","They are certain to die just like sheep, when a shepherd leads them away to be slaughtered. PRS, MET In the morning righteous people will rule over them, and then those wealthy people will die and their bodies will quickly decay in their graves; they will be where dead people are, far from their homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_15","020_49_15","PSA","49","15","15","But it is certain that God will rescue me so that I am not kept in the place of the dead. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_16","020_49_16","PSA","49","16","16","So, do not be dismayed when someone becomes rich and the houses where they live become more and more luxurious, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_17","020_49_17","PSA","49","17","17","because when he dies, he will take nothing with him; his wealth will not go with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_18","020_49_18","PSA","49","18","18","While a rich person is alive, he congratulates himself, and people praise him for being successful, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_19","020_49_19","PSA","49","19","19","but he will die, joining his ancestors, who will never see daylight again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS49_20","020_49_20","PSA","49","20","20","Even if someone is great, that cannot prevent him from dying; he will die, the same as animals do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_1","020_50_1","PSA","50","1","1","God, the all-powerful one, speaks; he summons all people, from the east to the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_2","020_50_2","PSA","50","2","2","His glory shines from Zion Hill in Jerusalem, an extremely beautiful city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_3","020_50_3","PSA","50","3","3","Our God comes to us, and he is not silent. A great fire is in front of him, and a storm is around him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_4","020_50_4","PSA","50","4","4","He comes to judge his people. He shouts to the angels in heaven and to the people on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_5","020_50_5","PSA","50","5","5","He says, “Summon those who faithfully worship me, those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_6","020_50_6","PSA","50","6","6","The angels in heaven declare, “God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.” (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_7","020_50_7","PSA","50","7","7","God says, “My people, listen! You Israeli people, listen, as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_8","020_50_8","PSA","50","8","8","I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me, for the offerings that you completely burn on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_9","020_50_9","PSA","50","9","9","But I do not really need you to sacrifice  the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_10","020_50_10","PSA","50","10","10","because all the animals in the forest belong to me, and all the cattle on 1,000 hills also belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_11","020_50_11","PSA","50","11","11","I own and know all the birds and all the creatures  that move around in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_12","020_50_12","PSA","50","12","12","So, if I were hungry, I would not tell you to bring me some food, because everything in the world belongs to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_13","020_50_13","PSA","50","13","13","I do not eat the flesh of the bulls that you sacrifice, and I do not drink the blood of the goats that you offer to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_14","020_50_14","PSA","50","14","14","The sacrifice that I really want is that you thank me and do all that you have promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_15","020_50_15","PSA","50","15","15","And pray to me when you have troubles. If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_16","020_50_16","PSA","50","16","16","But I say this to the wicked people: ◄Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to► RHQ recite my commandments or talk about the agreement that I made with you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_17","020_50_17","PSA","50","17","17","because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_18","020_50_18","PSA","50","18","18","Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend much time with those who commit adultery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_19","020_50_19","PSA","50","19","19","You are always talking MTY about doing wicked things, and you are always trying to deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_20","020_50_20","PSA","50","20","20","You are always accusing members of your own family of doing wrong, and slandering them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_21","020_50_21","PSA","50","21","21","You did all those things, and I did not say anything to you, so you thought that I was a sinner just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_22","020_50_22","PSA","50","22","22","So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this, because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to rescue you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS50_23","020_50_23","PSA","50","23","23","The sacrifice that truly honors me is to thank me for what I have done; and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_1","020_51_1","PSA","51","1","1","O God, be merciful to me, because you love me faithfully; because you are very merciful, erase the record of the ways that I disobeyed you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_2","020_51_2","PSA","51","2","2","Make me pure from the wrong things that I have done; make me clean from the guilt of my sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_3","020_51_3","PSA","51","3","3","I say that because I know the ways that I have disobeyed you; I cannot forget them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_4","020_51_4","PSA","51","4","4","You, you only, are the one that I have really sinned against, and you have seen the evil things that I have done. When you say that I am guilty, you are right/correct, and when you judge me, you justly say that I deserve to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_5","020_51_5","PSA","51","5","5","I have been a sinner since the day that I was born; truly, I have been like that since my mother conceived me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_6","020_51_6","PSA","51","6","6","What you desire is that I desire what is true in order that you can teach me how to act wisely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_7","020_51_7","PSA","51","7","7","Purify me from the guilt of my sins, and after that happens, I will be clean in my inner being; cleanse me, and then in my inner being I will be ◄whiter than snow/very clean►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_8","020_51_8","PSA","51","8","8","Allow/Cause me to be joyful DOU again; you have ◄crushed my spirit/completely discouraged me► MTY; but now let me rejoice again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_9","020_51_9","PSA","51","9","9","Do not continue to look at the sins IDM that I have committed; erase the record of the evil things that I have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_10","020_51_10","PSA","51","10","10","O God, cause my inner being to be pure. Put new thoughts  within me and make me faithful again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_11","020_51_11","PSA","51","11","11","Do not send me away from you because of my sin, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_12","020_51_12","PSA","51","12","12","Cause/Allow me to be happy again because of knowing that you have freed me from the guilt of my sin, and make me willing to obey you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_13","020_51_13","PSA","51","13","13","If you do that, I will be able to teach other sinners what you want them to do, and they will repent and begin to obey you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_14","020_51_14","PSA","51","14","14","O God, you are the one who saves me; forgive me for being guilty of causing someone who was not my enemy to die. When you do that, I will sing joyfully about your being very good and righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_15","020_51_15","PSA","51","15","15","O Yahweh, help me to speak in order that I may praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_16","020_51_16","PSA","51","16","16","You are not pleased only with the sacrifices that people bring to you. If that were enough to please you, I would bring you sacrifices. You are not pleased with burnt offerings alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_17","020_51_17","PSA","51","17","17","The sacrifice that you really want is for people to be truly humble and sorry for having sinned; O God, you will not refuse that kind of sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_18","020_51_18","PSA","51","18","18","O God, be good to the people who live in Jerusalem MTY, and help them to rebuild the city walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS51_19","020_51_19","PSA","51","19","19","When that happens, they will bring you the proper sacrifices, animals that they will completely burn, young bulls that they will burn on your altar, and you will be pleased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_1","020_52_1","PSA","52","1","1","You people think that you are strong and brag about the sins that you have committed, while you plan to harm godly people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_2","020_52_2","PSA","52","2","2","All during the day you plan to get rid of others; what you say MTY injures others like a sharp razor SIM, and you are always deceiving others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_3","020_52_3","PSA","52","3","3","You like doing what is evil more than you like doing what is good, and you like telling lies more than you like telling the truth. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_4","020_52_4","PSA","52","4","4","You who say things MTY to deceive people, you like to say ◄things that hurt people/cruel things►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_5","020_52_5","PSA","52","5","5","But God will get rid of you forever; he will grab you and drag you from your home and take you away from this world where people are alive. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_6","020_52_6","PSA","52","6","6","When righteous people see that, they will be awestruck, and they will laugh at what happened to you, and say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_7","020_52_7","PSA","52","7","7","“Look what happened to the man who would not ask God to protect him; he trusted that his great wealth would save him; he trusted in the money that he got by wickedly taking it from others!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_8","020_52_8","PSA","52","8","8","But I am secure/safe because I worship in God’s temple; I am like a strong green olive tree. I trust in God, who faithfully loves us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS52_9","020_52_9","PSA","52","9","9","God, I will always thank you for the things that you have done. As I stand before godly people, I will proclaim that you are good (OR, the many good MTY things you have done for us). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_1","020_53_1","PSA","53","1","1","Only foolish people say to themselves, “There is no God!” People who say that are corrupt; they commit terrible sins; there is not one of them who does what is good/right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_2","020_53_2","PSA","53","2","2","God looks down from heaven and sees humans; he looks to see if anyone is very wise, with the result that he seeks to know God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_3","020_53_3","PSA","53","3","3","But they are all morally corrupt; no one does what is good/right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_4","020_53_4","PSA","53","4","4","Will all these evil people never learn what God will do to them? They act violently toward Yahweh’s people while eating the food that he provides, and they never pray to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_5","020_53_5","PSA","53","5","5","But some day those people will become terrified, like they have never been terrified before, because God will cause those who are separated from him to die, and he will disrespect them by scattering their bones. They have rejected God, so he will cause them to be defeated and completely disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS53_6","020_53_6","PSA","53","6","6","I wish/desire that someone from Jerusalem MTY would come and rescue the Israeli people! God, when you bless your people again, all the Israeli people, all the descendants of Jacob, will rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_1","020_54_1","PSA","54","1","1","God, by your power MTY, DOU save me from my enemies, and show people that I have not done anything that is wrong! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_2","020_54_2","PSA","54","2","2","God, listen to my prayer; listen to what I say to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_3","020_54_3","PSA","54","3","3","because strangers are trying to attack me; proud men are wanting to kill me; men who do not have any ◄respect for/interest in► you. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_4","020_54_4","PSA","54","4","4","But God is the one who helps me; Yahweh defends/protects me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_5","020_54_5","PSA","54","5","5","He will cause the evil things that they want to do to me to happen to them instead; because he faithfully does what he promises, he will get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_6","020_54_6","PSA","54","6","6","Yahweh, I will gladly give an offering to you because I want to, and I will thank you MTY, for you are good to me; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS54_7","020_54_7","PSA","54","7","7","you have rescued me from all my troubles, and I have seen that you have defeated my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_1","020_55_1","PSA","55","1","1","God, listen to my prayer, and do not turn away from me while I am pleading with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_2","020_55_2","PSA","55","2","2","Listen to me, and answer me, because I am overwhelmed by all my troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_3","020_55_3","PSA","55","3","3","My enemies cause me to be terrified; wicked people oppress me. They cause me to have great troubles; they are angry with me, and they hate me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_4","020_55_4","PSA","55","4","4","I am terrified, and I am very much afraid that I will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_5","020_55_5","PSA","55","5","5","I am very fearful and I tremble/shake, and I am completely terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_6","020_55_6","PSA","55","6","6","I said, “I wish that I had wings like a dove! If I had wings, I would fly away and find a place to rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_7","020_55_7","PSA","55","7","7","I would fly far away and live in the desert. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_8","020_55_8","PSA","55","8","8","I would quickly find a shelter from my enemies who are like MET a strong wind and rainstorm.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_9","020_55_9","PSA","55","9","9","Lord, confuse my enemies, and cause their plans to fail, because I see them acting violently and causing strife in the city of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_10","020_55_10","PSA","55","10","10","During each day and night they march around on top of its walls, committing crimes and causing trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_11","020_55_11","PSA","55","11","11","They destroy things everywhere. They oppress and defraud people in the ◄marketplaces/public squares►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_12","020_55_12","PSA","55","12","12","If it were an enemy who was making fun of me, I could endure it. If it were someone who hates me, who despises me, I could hide from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_13","020_55_13","PSA","55","13","13","But it is someone who is just like me, my companion, someone who was my friend who is doing this to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_14","020_55_14","PSA","55","14","14","We previously had many good talks together; we walked around together in God’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_15","020_55_15","PSA","55","15","15","I desire/hope that my enemies will die suddenly; while they are still young, cause them to go down to the place where the dead people are. They they think evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_16","020_55_16","PSA","55","16","16","But I will ask Yahweh, my God, to help me, and he will save me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_17","020_55_17","PSA","55","17","17","Each morning and each noontime and each evening I tell him what I am concerned about, and I moan, and he hears my voice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_18","020_55_18","PSA","55","18","18","I have very many enemies, but he will rescue me and bring me back safely from the battles that I fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_19","020_55_19","PSA","55","19","19","God is the one who has ruled everything forever, and he will listen to me. He will cause my enemies to be defeated and disgraced, because they do not change their evil behavior and they do not revere God. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_20","020_55_20","PSA","55","20","20","My companion, whom I mentioned previously, betrayed his friends and broke the agreement that he made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_21","020_55_21","PSA","55","21","21","What he said was easy to listen to, like butter is easy to swallow MET, but in his inner being he hated people; his words were soothing like olive oil, but they hurt people like sharp swords do MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_22","020_55_22","PSA","55","22","22","Put your troubles in Yahweh’s hands, and he will take care of you; he will never allow righteous people to experience disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS55_23","020_55_23","PSA","55","23","23","God, you will cause murderers MTY and liars to die before they have lived half as long as they expect to live; but as for me, I will trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_1","020_56_1","PSA","56","1","1","God, be merciful to me because men have harassed me; all day my enemies pursue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_2","020_56_2","PSA","56","2","2","My enemies harass me all day long; there are many of them who proudly attack me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_3","020_56_3","PSA","56","3","3","But whenever I am afraid, I trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_4","020_56_4","PSA","56","4","4","God, I praise/thank you because you do what you have promised; I trust in you, and then I am not afraid. Ordinary humans certainly cannot RHQ harm me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_5","020_56_5","PSA","56","5","5","All day long my enemies claim that I said things that I did not say (OR, try to destroy what I am doing); they are always thinking of ways to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_6","020_56_6","PSA","56","6","6","In order to cause trouble for me, they hide and watch everything that I do, waiting for an opportunity to kill me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_7","020_56_7","PSA","56","7","7","So, God, punish them for the wicked things that they are doing; show that you are angry by defeating those people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_8","020_56_8","PSA","56","8","8","You have counted all the times that I have been wandering alone/distressed; it is as though you have put all my tears in a bottle in order that you can see how much I have cried. You have counted my tears and written the number in your book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_9","020_56_9","PSA","56","9","9","When I call out to you, my God, my enemies will be defeated; I know that will happen, because you are fighting for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_10","020_56_10","PSA","56","10","10","I praise/thank you that you do what you have promised; Yahweh, I will always praise you for that DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_11","020_56_11","PSA","56","11","11","I trust in you, and as a result, I will not be afraid. I know that humans cannot really RHQ harm me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_12","020_56_12","PSA","56","12","12","I will bring to you the offering that I promised; I will bring an offering to you to thank you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS56_13","020_56_13","PSA","56","13","13","because you have rescued me from being killed; you have kept me from stumbling. As a result, I will continue to live in your presence in the light that shines on those who are still alive (OR, in the light that enables people to live). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_1","020_57_1","PSA","57","1","1","God, be merciful to me! Act mercifully toward me because I come to you to protect me. I ask you to protect me like little birds are protected under their mother’s wings MET until the storm/danger is ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_2","020_57_2","PSA","57","2","2","God, you who are greater than all other gods, I cry out to you, the one who enables me to do all that you desire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_3","020_57_3","PSA","57","3","3","You will answer me from heaven and rescue me, but you will cause those who oppress me to be defeated and disgraced! (Think about that!) God will always faithfully love me and ◄will be faithful/will do what he promises►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_4","020_57_4","PSA","57","4","4","Sometimes I am surrounded by my enemies who are like lions that kill humans; they are like lions that chew with their teeth animals that they kill; but my enemies have spears and arrows, not teeth; and the false things that they say MTY hurt people as much as sharp swords hurt people MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_5","020_57_5","PSA","57","5","5","God, show in the heavens that you are very great! And show your glory to people all over the earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_6","020_57_6","PSA","57","6","6","It is as if MET, HYP my enemies spread a net to seize me, and I became very distressed IDM. It is as if MET, HYP they dug a deep pit along the path where I walk, but they themselves fell into it! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_7","020_57_7","PSA","57","7","7","God, I have complete confidence DOU in you. I will sing to you, and I will praise you while I sing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_8","020_57_8","PSA","57","8","8","I will awaken myself; I will arise before the sun rises and praise you while I play my harp or my ◄lyre/small harp►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_9","020_57_9","PSA","57","9","9","Lord, I will thank you among all the people; and I will sing to praise you among many ethnic groups, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_10","020_57_10","PSA","57","10","10","because your faithful love for us is as great as the distance from the earth to the sky, and because your ◄faithfulness/faithfully doing what you promise► is as great as the distance up to the clouds MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS57_11","020_57_11","PSA","57","11","11","God, show in the heavens that you are very great! And show your glory to people all over the earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_1","020_58_1","PSA","58","1","1","When you mighty men speak, you never say what is right; you never decide things about people justly RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_2","020_58_2","PSA","58","2","2","No, in your inner beings you think only about doing what is wrong, and you commit violent crimes in this land of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_3","020_58_3","PSA","58","3","3","Wicked people do wrong things and tell lies from the time that they are born DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_4","020_58_4","PSA","58","4","4","God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake MET; They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_5","020_58_5","PSA","58","5","5","As a result, like a snake that does not respond when a charmer plays a flute or when someone sings magic songs, they do not pay attention when others rebuke them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_6","020_58_6","PSA","58","6","6","God, as for these enemies who want to attack me like young lions, break their teeth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_7","020_58_7","PSA","58","7","7","Cause them to disappear like water disappears in dry ground! Cause the arrows that they shoot to have no ◄heads/sharp points►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_8","020_58_8","PSA","58","8","8","Cause them to become like snails that disappear in the slime; cause them to be like babies that are born dead! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_9","020_58_9","PSA","58","9","9","Get rid of them as fast as thornbushes are blown away after they are cut (OR, as fast as a fire heats a pot over burning thorns). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_10","020_58_10","PSA","58","10","10","Righteous people will rejoice when they see wicked people being punished as they deserve; they will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS58_11","020_58_11","PSA","58","11","11","Then people will say, “It is true that there is a reward for righteous people; and there is indeed a God who judges people justly here on the earth!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_1","020_59_1","PSA","59","1","1","God, save me from my enemies! Protect me from those who want to attack me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_2","020_59_2","PSA","59","2","2","Rescue me from men who want to do what is wicked, men who are murderers! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_3","020_59_3","PSA","59","3","3","Look! They are waiting to kill me! Fierce men have gathered to assault me. Yahweh, they are doing that even though I have not done what is wrong! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_4","020_59_4","PSA","59","4","4","It is not because I have committed any sin against them that they run and get ready to attack me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_5","020_59_5","PSA","59","5","5","Yahweh my God, commander of the armies of heaven, the one we Israelis worship, arise and punish the ungodly/heathen people of all the nations; do not be merciful to those wicked people who have ◄acted treacherously toward/secretly planned to harm► us. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_6","020_59_6","PSA","59","6","6","They return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs SIM as they prowl around this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_7","020_59_7","PSA","59","7","7","They loudly say terrible things; they say MTY many things that injure people like MET swords do, but they think, “No one will RHQ hear us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_8","020_59_8","PSA","59","8","8","But Yahweh, you laugh at them. You ◄scoff at/ridicule► the people of the pagan nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_9","020_59_9","PSA","59","9","9","God, I have confidence in you because you are very strong; you are my refuge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_10","020_59_10","PSA","59","10","10","Because you love me, you will come to save me; you will allow me to watch while you defeat my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_11","020_59_11","PSA","59","11","11","But do not kill them immediately in order that my people will not forget how you punished them! Instead, Lord, you who are like a shield that protects us MET, scatter them by your power, and then defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_12","020_59_12","PSA","59","12","12","Because what they say MTY is sinful, allow them to be trapped for being proud. Because they are always cursing and telling lies, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_13","020_59_13","PSA","59","13","13","because you are angry, get rid of them; destroy them completely in order that people will know that you rule over us, your Israeli people, and that you rule over all the earth. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_14","020_59_14","PSA","59","14","14","My enemies return each evening, snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl around this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_15","020_59_15","PSA","59","15","15","They roam around, searching for food; and if they do not find enough, they growl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_16","020_59_16","PSA","59","16","16","But as for me, I will sing about your power; every morning I will sing joyfully about your faithfully loving us. I will sing about how you protected me when I was very distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS59_17","020_59_17","PSA","59","17","17","God, you are the one who enables me to be strong; you are my refuge; you faithfully love me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_1","020_60_1","PSA","60","1","1","I prayed, “God, you have rejected us Israelis! Because you have been angry with us, you have enabled our enemies to break through our ranks. Please enable us to be strong again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_2","020_60_2","PSA","60","2","2","When we were defeated, it was as though MET there was a big earthquake in our land that caused the ground to split open. So now, just as only you can cause the cracks in the land to disappear, help our army to be strong again, because it is as though our country is ◄falling apart/being destroyed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_3","020_60_3","PSA","60","3","3","You have caused us, your people, to suffer very much; it is as though you forced us to drink strong wine that caused us to stagger around after we became drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_4","020_60_4","PSA","60","4","4","But you have raised a battle flag for those who revere you in order that they can gather around it and not be killed by the enemies’ arrows. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_5","020_60_5","PSA","60","5","5","Answer our prayers and enable us by your power MTY to defeat our enemies in order that we, the people whom you love, will be saved.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_6","020_60_6","PSA","60","6","6","Then God answered my prayer and spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered your enemies, I will divide up everything in Shechem city, and I will distribute it among my people the land in Succoth Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_7","020_60_7","PSA","60","7","7","The Gilead region is mine; the people of the tribe of Manasseh are mine; the tribe of Ephraim is like my helmet MET; and the tribe of Judah is like the ◄scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler► MET; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_8","020_60_8","PSA","60","8","8","but the Moab region is like my washbasin MET; I throw my sandal in the Edom area to show that it belongs to me; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated the people of the Philistia area.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_9","020_60_9","PSA","60","9","9","Because I want to defeat the people of Edom, ◄who will lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_10","020_60_10","PSA","60","10","10","So, God, we desire/hope that RHQ you have not truly abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our armies march out to fight our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_11","020_60_11","PSA","60","11","11","We need you to help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS60_12","020_60_12","PSA","60","12","12","But with you helping us, we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_1","020_61_1","PSA","61","1","1","God, listen to me, and answer my prayer DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_2","020_61_2","PSA","61","2","2","While I am discouraged and far from my home, I am calling out to you. Lead me to the place that is like a high rock MET on top of which I will be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_3","020_61_3","PSA","61","3","3","You have been my refuge; you have been like a strong tower MET in which I am safe from being attacked by my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_4","020_61_4","PSA","61","4","4","Allow me to live close to your temple all during my life HYP! Allow me to be safe MET, like a little bird is safe under its mother’s wings. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_5","020_61_5","PSA","61","5","5","God, you heard me when I solemnly promised to give offerings to you; you have given to me the blessings that belong to those who have an awesome respect for you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_6","020_61_6","PSA","61","6","6","I am the king of Israel; please allow me to live and rule for many years, and allow my descendants to rule also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_7","020_61_7","PSA","61","7","7","Allow us to rule forever while you observe us; watch over us while you faithfully love us and do for us what you promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS61_8","020_61_8","PSA","61","8","8","If you do that, I will always sing to praise you MTY while I offer to you each day the sacrifices that I promised to give to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_1","020_62_1","PSA","62","1","1","God is the only one who can give me peace in my inner being, and he is the one who saves me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_2","020_62_2","PSA","62","2","2","Only he is like an overhanging rock under which I can be safe MET; he will be like a shelter, with the result that I will never be defeated MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_3","020_62_3","PSA","62","3","3","When will you, my enemies, stop attacking me RHQ? I feel that I am as useless against you as a wall that is about to fall over or a broken-down fence MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_4","020_62_4","PSA","62","4","4","My enemies plan to remove me from my important position so that people no longer honor me. They delight in telling lies. They bless people by what they say MTY, but in their inner beings they curse those people. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_5","020_62_5","PSA","62","5","5","God is the only one who gives me peace in my inner being; he is the one whom I confidently expect to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_6","020_62_6","PSA","62","6","6","Only he is like an overhanging rock under which I can be safe MET; he is like a shelter, and as a result I will never be defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_7","020_62_7","PSA","62","7","7","God is the one who saves me and honors me. He is like an overhanging strong rock under which I can find shelter MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_8","020_62_8","PSA","62","8","8","You my people, always trust in him. Tell him all your troubles, because he is ◄our refuge/the one who protects us► MET. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_9","020_62_9","PSA","62","9","9","People who are considered to be unimportant are as worthless/unreliable as a breath of air; people who are considered to be important also really ◄amount to nothing/cannot be trusted to help us►. If you put them all on a scale, it would be as if they weighed less than a puff of air. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_10","020_62_10","PSA","62","10","10","Do not trust in money gained by extorting it from others; do not try to gain anything by robbing others. If you become very wealthy, do not trust in IDM your money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_11","020_62_11","PSA","62","11","11","I have heard God say more than once that he is the one who really has power, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS62_12","020_62_12","PSA","62","12","12","and that he is the one who faithfully loves us. He rewards every one of us according to the deeds that we do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_1","020_63_1","PSA","63","1","1","God, you are the God whom I worship. I greatly desire to be with you like SIL a person in a dry hot desert greatly desires some cool water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_2","020_63_2","PSA","63","2","2","So, I want to see you in your temple; I want to see that you are great and glorious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_3","020_63_3","PSA","63","3","3","Your constantly loving me is ◄worth more/more precious► than my life, so I MTY will always praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_4","020_63_4","PSA","63","4","4","I will praise you all the time that I live; I will lift up my hands to you while I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_5","020_63_5","PSA","63","5","5","Knowing you satisfies me more than IDM, MET my eating a very big feast, so I will praise you while I sing MTY joyful songs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_6","020_63_6","PSA","63","6","6","While I lie on my bed, I think about you. I think/meditate about you all during the night, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_7","020_63_7","PSA","63","7","7","because you have always helped me, and I sing joyfully knowing that I am protected by you as a little bird is protected under its mother’s wings MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_8","020_63_8","PSA","63","8","8","I cling to you; and with your hand/power you protect me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_9","020_63_9","PSA","63","9","9","But those who are trying to kill me will die and descend into the place of the dead; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_10","020_63_10","PSA","63","10","10","they will be killed in battles MTY and their corpses will be eaten by jackals/wild dogs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS63_11","020_63_11","PSA","63","11","11","But I, the king of Israel, will rejoice in what God has done; and all those who revere and trust God will praise him, but he will not allow liars to say anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_1","020_64_1","PSA","64","1","1","God, listen to me as I tell you the things that I am worried about. I am afraid of my enemies; so save/rescue me from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_2","020_64_2","PSA","64","2","2","Protect me from what wicked men are planning to do to me; protect me from that gang of men who do what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_3","020_64_3","PSA","64","3","3","The hostile things they say MTY are like SIM sharp swords; their cruel words are like SIM arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_4","020_64_4","PSA","64","4","4","Without being afraid, they lie about people and slander people who have not done what is wrong, like someone who suddenly jumps up from where he is hiding and shoots arrows at his enemy MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_5","020_64_5","PSA","64","5","5","They encourage each other about doing the evil things that they are planning to do; they talk with each other about where they can set traps to catch people, and they think, “No one RHQ will see what we are doing, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_6","020_64_6","PSA","64","6","6","because we have planned very well the crime that we are going to commit!” No one can fully understand what people can think and plan! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_7","020_64_7","PSA","64","7","7","But it will be as though God will shoot his arrows at them, and suddenly they will be wounded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_8","020_64_8","PSA","64","8","8","Because of what they say MTY, he will get rid of them, and then everyone who sees what has happened to them will shake their heads to ridicule them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_9","020_64_9","PSA","64","9","9","And then everyone will be afraid to sin because of what might happen to them, also; they will tell others what God has done, and they themselves will think much about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS64_10","020_64_10","PSA","64","10","10","Righteous people should rejoice because of what Yahweh has done; they should go to him to ◄find protection/be safe►; and all those who are godly will praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_1","020_65_1","PSA","65","1","1","God, it is right/appropriate for us to praise you in Jerusalem, and to do what we have promised you that we would do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_2","020_65_2","PSA","65","2","2","because you answer our prayers. People everywhere will come to you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_3","020_65_3","PSA","65","3","3","because of the sins that they have committed. Our many sins are like a very heavy burden to us, but you forgive us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_4","020_65_4","PSA","65","4","4","You are pleased with those whom you have chosen to live close to your temple. We are happy with all the blessings that we receive from worshiping in your sacred temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_5","020_65_5","PSA","65","5","5","God, when we pray to you, you answer us and save us by doing awesome deeds; you are the one who rescues us; people who live in very remote places on the earth, on the other side of the oceans, trust in you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_6","020_65_6","PSA","65","6","6","By your strength you put the mountains in their places, showing that you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_7","020_65_7","PSA","65","7","7","You calm the seas when they roar, and you stop the waves from crashing on the shore; you also calm people when they ◄make a great uproar/shout angrily together►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_8","020_65_8","PSA","65","8","8","People who live in very remote/distant places on the earth ◄are awed by/revere► you because of the miracles that you perform; because of what you do, people who live far to the west and far to the east shout joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_9","020_65_9","PSA","65","9","9","You take care of the soil and send rain, causing many good things to grow; you fill the streams with water, and cause grain/crops to grow. That is what you have determined/said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_10","020_65_10","PSA","65","10","10","You send plenty of rain on the fields that have been plowed, and you fill the furrows with water. With showers you soften the hard clods/lumps of soil, and you bless the soil by causing young plants to grow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_11","020_65_11","PSA","65","11","11","Because you bless the soil, there are very good crops at harvest season; wherever you have gone MTY, good crops are very abundant IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_12","020_65_12","PSA","65","12","12","The pastures are full of flocks of sheep and goats; it is as though the hills are very joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS65_13","020_65_13","PSA","65","13","13","The meadows are full of sheep and goats, and the valleys are full of grain; it is as though they also  sing and shout joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_1","020_66_1","PSA","66","1","1","Tell everyone on the earth that they should sing joyfully to praise God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_2","020_66_2","PSA","66","2","2","They should sing songs that say that God MTY is very great, and they should tell everyone that he is very glorious! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_3","020_66_3","PSA","66","3","3","They should say to God, “The things that you do are awesome! You are very powerful, with the result that your enemies ◄cringe/bow down► in front of you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_4","020_66_4","PSA","66","4","4","Everyone on the earth should worship God and sing to praise him and honor him MTY. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_5","020_66_5","PSA","66","5","5","Come and think about what God has done! Think about the awesome things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_6","020_66_6","PSA","66","6","6","He caused the Red Sea to become dry land, with the result that our ancestors were able to walk right through it. There we rejoiced because of what he had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_7","020_66_7","PSA","66","7","7","By his great power he rules forever, and he keeps watching all the nations to see what things they do, so those nations that want to rebel against him should not be proud. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_8","020_66_8","PSA","66","8","8","You people of all nations, praise our God! Praise him loudly in order that people will hear you as you praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_9","020_66_9","PSA","66","9","9","He has kept us alive, and he has not allowed us to ◄stumble/be defeated►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_10","020_66_10","PSA","66","10","10","God, you have tested us; you have allowed us to experience great difficulties to make our lives become pure as people put precious metals in a hot fire to burn out what is impure MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_11","020_66_11","PSA","66","11","11","It is as if you allowed us to fall into traps MET, and you forced us to endure difficult things which were like putting heavy loads on our backs MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_12","020_66_12","PSA","66","12","12","You allowed our enemies to trample on us; we experienced difficulties/troubles that were like MET walking through fires and floods, but now you have brought us into a place where we have plenty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_13","020_66_13","PSA","66","13","13","Yahweh, I will bring to your temple offerings that are to be completely burned on the altar; I will offer to you what I promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_14","020_66_14","PSA","66","14","14","When I was experiencing much trouble, I said that I would bring offerings to you if you rescued me; and you did rescue me, so I will bring to you what I promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_15","020_66_15","PSA","66","15","15","I will bring sheep to be burned on the altar, and I will also sacrifice bulls and goats, and when they are burning, you will be pleased when the smoke rises up ◄to you/to the sky►. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_16","020_66_16","PSA","66","16","16","All you people who revere God, come and listen, and I will tell you what he has done for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_17","020_66_17","PSA","66","17","17","I called out to him to help me, and I praised him while I was speaking to him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_18","020_66_18","PSA","66","18","18","If I had ignored the sins that I had committed, the Lord would not have paid any attention to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_19","020_66_19","PSA","66","19","19","But because I confessed my sins, God has listened to me and he paid attention to my prayers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS66_20","020_66_20","PSA","66","20","20","I praise God because he has not ignored my prayers or stopped faithfully loving me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_1","020_67_1","PSA","67","1","1","God, be merciful to us and bless us; be kind to us IDM, (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_2","020_67_2","PSA","67","2","2","in order that everyone in the world may know what you want them to do, and the people of all nations may know that you have the power to save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_3","020_67_3","PSA","67","3","3","God, I desire that all people-groups will praise you; I want them all to praise you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_4","020_67_4","PSA","67","4","4","I desire that the people of all nations will be glad and sing joyfully, because you judge the people-groups equally/justly, and you guide all nations in the world. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_5","020_67_5","PSA","67","5","5","God, I desire that the people-groups will praise you; I want them all to praise you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_6","020_67_6","PSA","67","6","6","Good crops have grown on our land; God, our God, has blessed us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS67_7","020_67_7","PSA","67","7","7","And because God has blessed us, I desire that all people everywhere MTY on the earth will revere him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_1","020_68_1","PSA","68","1","1","God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_2","020_68_2","PSA","68","2","2","Like wind blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to ◄disappear/be destroyed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_3","020_68_3","PSA","68","3","3","But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_4","020_68_4","PSA","68","4","4","Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_5","020_68_5","PSA","68","5","5","God, who lives in his sacred temple, is like MET a father to those who are orphans, and he is the one who protects widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_6","020_68_6","PSA","68","6","6","For those who have no one to live with, he provides families to live with. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_7","020_68_7","PSA","68","7","7","God, you led your people out of Egypt, and then you marched with them through the desert. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_8","020_68_8","PSA","68","8","8","After you did that, because when you, the God worshiped by us Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai Mountain,, the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_9","020_68_9","PSA","68","9","9","You caused plenty of rain to fall on your land, and so you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave to us Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_10","020_68_10","PSA","68","10","10","Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided food for those who were poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_11","020_68_11","PSA","68","11","11","The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_12","020_68_12","PSA","68","12","12","They proclaimed, “Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!” When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_13","020_68_13","PSA","68","13","13","Even those women who were in the pens taking care of the sheep received some of those things; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_14","020_68_14","PSA","68","14","14","When Almighty God scattered the enemy kings and their armies, the number of weapons that they abandoned there seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_15","020_68_15","PSA","68","15","15","There is a very high mountain in the Bashan region, a mountain which has many peaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_16","020_68_16","PSA","68","16","16","But the people who live near that mountain should not RHQ envy those who live near Zion, the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_17","020_68_17","PSA","68","17","17","After we defeated all our enemies, it was as though the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai Mountain and came into the sacred temple in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_18","020_68_18","PSA","68","18","18","He ascended the sacred mountain where his temple is, and took with him many people who had been captured in battles; and received gifts from the enemies whom he had defeated. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there in his sacred temple forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_19","020_68_19","PSA","68","19","19","Praise the Lord, who helps us carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_20","020_68_20","PSA","68","20","20","Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who ◄allows us to escape/prevents us► from being killed in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_21","020_68_21","PSA","68","21","21","But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_22","020_68_22","PSA","68","22","22","The Lord said, “I will bring back the corpses of those who were killed in Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean and drowned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_23","020_68_23","PSA","68","23","23","I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can also lap up some of your enemies’ blood.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_24","020_68_24","PSA","68","24","24","God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, celebrating that you have defeated your enemies. You march like a king does, and a large crowd walks with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_25","020_68_25","PSA","68","25","25","The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_26","020_68_26","PSA","68","26","26","They are all singing, “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_27","020_68_27","PSA","68","27","27","First come the people of the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe, and following them come the leaders of the tribe of Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_28","020_68_28","PSA","68","28","28","God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_29","020_68_29","PSA","68","29","29","Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_30","020_68_30","PSA","68","30","30","Rebuke your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and powerful nations that are like bulls that are among their calves MET; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_31","020_68_31","PSA","68","31","31","Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands to praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_32","020_68_32","PSA","68","32","32","You people who are citizens of kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_33","020_68_33","PSA","68","33","33","Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that he created long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_34","020_68_34","PSA","68","34","34","Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies he also shows that he is powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS68_35","020_68_35","PSA","68","35","35","God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom we Israeli people worship. He makes DOU his people very powerful. Praise God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_1","020_69_1","PSA","69","1","1","O God, save me, because I am in great danger. It is as though flood water is up to my neck, and I am about to drown MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_2","020_69_2","PSA","69","2","2","I continue to sink in the deep mud, and there is no solid ground for me to stand on. I am in deep water, and flood waters are swirling around me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_3","020_69_3","PSA","69","3","3","I am exhausted from calling out for help; my throat is very dry. Because I have cried so much as I have waited for God to help me, my eyes are swollen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_4","020_69_4","PSA","69","4","4","Those who hate me when there is no reason to hate me are more than the number of hairs on my head HYP! Those who want to get rid of me are strong, and they tell lies about me. They demand that I return to them things that I did not steal! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_5","020_69_5","PSA","69","5","5","O God, ◄you see the sins that I have committed/my sins are not hidden from you►. You know that I have foolishly disobeyed your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_6","020_69_6","PSA","69","6","6","O Yahweh God, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, do not allow the wrong things that I have done to cause those who trust in you to be disappointed/disillusioned. O God, you whom we Israeli people worship, do not allow me to cause your people to be humiliated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_7","020_69_7","PSA","69","7","7","People have insulted/ridiculed me because I am devoted to you. They have thoroughly humiliated IDM me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_8","020_69_8","PSA","69","8","8","Even my own older brothers act as if they do not know me; they treat me like a foreigner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_9","020_69_9","PSA","69","9","9","Some people have despised your temple; but my zeal for keeping your temple holy is like a fire burning inside me. So it is as though those who are insulting you are also insulting me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_10","020_69_10","PSA","69","10","10","When I have humbled myself and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► to show my sadness about the disgraceful things that they have done to your temple, they just insult me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_11","020_69_11","PSA","69","11","11","When I put on rough sackcloth to show that I am sad, they laugh at IDM me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_12","020_69_12","PSA","69","12","12","Even the elders of the city say bad things about me. The drunkards of the city sing disgusting songs about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_13","020_69_13","PSA","69","13","13","But Yahweh, I will continue praying to you. At the time that you choose, answer me and rescue me because you faithfully love me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_14","020_69_14","PSA","69","14","14","Do not allow me to sink any more in the mud. Rescue me from those who hate me! Lift me up out of these deep waters! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_15","020_69_15","PSA","69","15","15","Do not allow flood waters to swirl around me, do not allow the deep mud to swallow me; keep me from sinking into the pit of death MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_16","020_69_16","PSA","69","16","16","O Yahweh, answer my prayer and help me because you are good and love me faithfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_17","020_69_17","PSA","69","17","17","Do not ◄hide yourself from/refuse to hear► me; answer me quickly because I am in great trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_18","020_69_18","PSA","69","18","18","Come near to me and save me; rescue me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_19","020_69_19","PSA","69","19","19","You know that I am insulted and that people cause me to feel ashamed and dishonored; you know who all my enemies are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_20","020_69_20","PSA","69","20","20","Their insults have deeply offended me, and I ◄feel helpless/am in despair►. I searched for someone who would pity me, but there was no one. I wanted someone to encourage/comfort me, but there were none. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_21","020_69_21","PSA","69","21","21","Instead, they gave me food that tasted like poison, and when I was thirsty, they gave me sour wine to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_22","020_69_22","PSA","69","22","22","I hope/desire that the feasts MTY that they enjoy will ◄become a snare for/bring trouble to► them, and that those whom they invite to the sacrificial feasts will also be trapped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_23","020_69_23","PSA","69","23","23","I hope/desire that their eyesight will become dim so that they cannot see anything, and that their backs/bodies will become weaker and weaker. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_24","020_69_24","PSA","69","24","24","Show them that you are very angry with them! Because of your great/furious anger, chase after them and catch them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_25","020_69_25","PSA","69","25","25","Cause their towns to become abandoned/deserted and that there will be no one left to live in their tents/houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_26","020_69_26","PSA","69","26","26","Do this because they persecute those whom you have punished, ◄they talk about the sins of/they want to hurt even more► those whom you have wounded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_27","020_69_27","PSA","69","27","27","Keep making a record of all their sins, do not acquit/pardon them for the evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_28","020_69_28","PSA","69","28","28","Erase their names SYN from the book containing the names of those who have eternal life; do not include them in the list of righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_29","020_69_29","PSA","69","29","29","As for me, I have pain and am suffering. O God, protect me and rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_30","020_69_30","PSA","69","30","30","When God does that, I will sing as I praise God, and I will honor him by thanking him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_31","020_69_31","PSA","69","31","31","My doing that will please Yahweh more than sacrificing oxen, more than offering him full-grown bulls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_32","020_69_32","PSA","69","32","32","Oppressed/Afflicted people will see that God has rescued me, and they will be glad. I want all of you who ask God to help you to be encouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_33","020_69_33","PSA","69","33","33","Yahweh listens to those who are needy; He does not ignore/forget those who are oppressed/imprisoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_34","020_69_34","PSA","69","34","34","I desire that everything will praise God— everything that is in heaven and on earth, and all the creatures that are in the seas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_35","020_69_35","PSA","69","35","35","God will rescue the people of Jerusalem from their enemies, and he will rebuild the towns that are in Judah. His people will live there and again possess the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS69_36","020_69_36","PSA","69","36","36","The descendants of his people will inherit it, and those who love him will live there safely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS70_1","020_70_1","PSA","70","1","1","God, please save me! Yahweh, come quickly to help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS70_2","020_70_2","PSA","70","2","2","Humble those who are happy about my troubles/difficulties, and cause them to be disgraced/ashamed. Chase away those who are trying to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS70_3","020_70_3","PSA","70","3","3","I hope/desire that you will cause them to become dismayed and ashamed because you have defeated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS70_4","020_70_4","PSA","70","4","4","But I hope/desire that all those who go to worship you will be very joyful DOU. I want those who love you because you saved them to shout repeatedly HYP, “God is great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS70_5","020_70_5","PSA","70","5","5","As for me, I am poor and needy DOU; so God, come quickly to help me! Yahweh, you are the one who saves and helps me, so please come quickly! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_1","020_71_1","PSA","71","1","1","Yahweh, I have come to you to ◄get refuge/be protected►; never allow me to become ashamed because of being defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_2","020_71_2","PSA","71","2","2","Because you always do what is right, help me and rescue me; listen to me, and save me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_3","020_71_3","PSA","71","3","3","Be like an overhanging rock MET under which I can be safe/protected; be like a strong fortress in which I am safe DOU. You continually command (OR, Continually command) your angels to rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_4","020_71_4","PSA","71","4","4","God, rescue me from wicked people, from the power of unjust and evil men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_5","020_71_5","PSA","71","5","5","Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me; I have trusted in you since I was young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_6","020_71_6","PSA","71","6","6","I have depended on you all my life; you have taken care of me IDM since the day that I was born, so I will always praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_7","020_71_7","PSA","71","7","7","The manner in which I have conducted my life has been an example to many people, because they realize that you have been my strong defender. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_8","020_71_8","PSA","71","8","8","I praise you all day long, and I proclaim that you are glorious/wonderful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_9","020_71_9","PSA","71","9","9","Now, when I have become an old man, do not reject/abandon me; do not abandon me now, when I am not strong any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_10","020_71_10","PSA","71","10","10","My enemies say that they want to kill me; they plan together how they can do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_11","020_71_11","PSA","71","11","11","They say about me, “God has abandoned him; so now we can pursue him and seize him, because there is no one who will rescue him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_12","020_71_12","PSA","71","12","12","God, do not stay far away from me; hurry to help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_13","020_71_13","PSA","71","13","13","Cause those who ◄accuse me/say that I have done things that are wrong► to be defeated and destroyed; cause those who want to harm me to be shamed and disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_14","020_71_14","PSA","71","14","14","But as for me, I will continually and confidently expect you to do great things for me, and I will praise you more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_15","020_71_15","PSA","71","15","15","I will tell people that you do what is right; all day long I will tell people how you have saved me, although what you have done is more than I can fully understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_16","020_71_16","PSA","71","16","16","Yahweh, my Lord, I will praise you for your mighty deeds; I will proclaim that only you always act justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_17","020_71_17","PSA","71","17","17","God, you have taught me many/those things ever since I was young, and I still tell people about your wonderful deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_18","020_71_18","PSA","71","18","18","And now, God, when I am old and my hair is gray, do not abandon me. Stay with me while I continue to proclaim to my children and grandchildren HYP that you are very powerful! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_19","020_71_19","PSA","71","19","19","God, you do many righteous deeds; it is as though they extend up to the sky. You have done great things; there is no one like you RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_20","020_71_20","PSA","71","20","20","You have caused me to have many troubles and to suffer much, but you will cause me to become strong again; when I am almost dead HYP, you will keep me alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_21","020_71_21","PSA","71","21","21","You will cause me to be greatly honored and you will encourage/comfort me again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_22","020_71_22","PSA","71","22","22","I will also praise you while I play my harp; I will praise you, my God, for faithfully doing what you have promised to do. I will play hymns to praise you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_23","020_71_23","PSA","71","23","23","I SYN will shout joyfully while I play the harp for you; with my entire inner being I will sing because you have rescued me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS71_24","020_71_24","PSA","71","24","24","All day long I will tell people that you act righteously, because those who wanted to harm me will have been defeated and disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_1","020_72_1","PSA","72","1","1","A psalm written by Solomon. O God, enable me, the king whom you appointed in Israel, to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_2","020_72_2","PSA","72","2","2","in order that I will judge your people fairly, that I will govern your oppressed people justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_3","020_72_3","PSA","72","3","3","I desire that all over the country—even on the hills and mountains DOU— people will live peacefully and righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_4","020_72_4","PSA","72","4","4","Help me, your king, to defend the poor people and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_5","020_72_5","PSA","72","5","5","I desire that your people will revere you as long as the moon shines, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_6","020_72_6","PSA","72","6","6","I desire that my rule will be enjoyed by the people SIM like they enjoy rain on growing crops, like they enjoy showers that fall on the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_7","020_72_7","PSA","72","7","7","I hope/desire that people will live righteously during the years that I rule, and that my people will live peacefully and prosperously as long as the moon shines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_8","020_72_8","PSA","72","8","8","I hope/desire that the kings of Israel will rule the people in all the area from one sea in the east to another in the west, and from the Euphrates River to the most remote/distant places on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_9","020_72_9","PSA","72","9","9","I hope/desire that those who live in the desert will bow down before them, and that their enemies will throw themselves on the ground in submission to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_10","020_72_10","PSA","72","10","10","I hope/desire that the kings of Spain and of the islands in the Mediterranean Sea will bring ◄tribute money/taxes► to the kings of Israel, and that the kings of Sheba to the south and of Seba to the southwest will bring them gifts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_11","020_72_11","PSA","72","11","11","I hope/desire that all the other kings in the world will bow before the kings of Israel, and that people of all nations will serve them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_12","020_72_12","PSA","72","12","12","They will rescue poor people when they ◄cry out/plead► for help, and help those who are needy and those who have no one to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_13","020_72_13","PSA","72","13","13","They will pity those who are weak and needy; he saves the people’s lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_14","020_72_14","PSA","72","14","14","Our kings will rescue the people from being oppressed and from being treated cruelly, because ◄their lives/they► MTY are precious to our kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_15","020_72_15","PSA","72","15","15","I hope/desire that our kings will live a long time! I hope/desire that they will be given gold from Sheba. I desire that people will always pray for our kings and praise them all the time, every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_16","020_72_16","PSA","72","16","16","I hope/desire that the fields will produce plenty of grain everywhere, even on the tops of the hills in the land where they rule, like the grain that grows on the hills in Lebanon. I hope/desire that the cities in Israel will be full of people like the fields are full of grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_17","020_72_17","PSA","72","17","17","I desire that the names of our kings will never be forgotten. I hope/desire that people will remember them as long as the sun shines. I hope/desire that people of all nations will ask ◄God to bless them/that they will be blessed by God► just like he has blessed the kings of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_18","020_72_18","PSA","72","18","18","Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship; he is the only one who does wonderful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_19","020_72_19","PSA","72","19","19","Praise him forever! I desire that ◄his glory will fill the whole world/people all over the world may see that he is very great► MTY! Amen! May it be so! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS72_20","020_72_20","PSA","72","20","20","That is the end of this group of prayers/songs written by David, the son of Jesse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_1","020_73_1","PSA","73","1","1","God truly is good to us Israeli people, to those who totally want to do all that God desires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_2","020_73_2","PSA","73","2","2","As for me, I almost stopped trusting in God; it was as though my feet slipped and I stumbled MET, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_3","020_73_3","PSA","73","3","3","because I envied those who proudly said that they did not need God, and I saw that they prospered even though they were wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_4","020_73_4","PSA","73","4","4","Those people do not have any pains; they are always strong and healthy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_5","020_73_5","PSA","73","5","5","They do not have the troubles/difficulties that other people have; they do not have problems like others do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_6","020_73_6","PSA","73","6","6","So they are proud, and their being proud is like a necklace that they show to others, and they show off their violent actions like people show off their beautiful robes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_7","020_73_7","PSA","73","7","7","From their inner beings they ◄pour out/do► evil deeds, and they are always thinking about more evil things to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_8","020_73_8","PSA","73","8","8","They scoff at other people, and they talk about doing evil things to them; they are proud while they plan to oppress others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_9","020_73_9","PSA","73","9","9","They say evil things about God who is in heaven MTY, and they talk boastfully/proudly about things that they have done here on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_10","020_73_10","PSA","73","10","10","The result is that people listen to what they say and praise them and do not think that they have done anything that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_11","020_73_11","PSA","73","11","11","Wicked people say to themselves, “God will certainly not RHQ know what we have done; people say that he is greater than any other god, but he does not know everything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_12","020_73_12","PSA","73","12","12","That is what wicked people are like; they never worry about anything, and they are always becoming richer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_13","020_73_13","PSA","73","13","13","So, God, I think it is useless that I have RHQ always done what you want me to, and that I have not sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_14","020_73_14","PSA","73","14","14","All day long I have problems, and every morning you punish me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_15","020_73_15","PSA","73","15","15","If I had said the things that the wicked people say, I would have been sinning against your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_16","020_73_16","PSA","73","16","16","And when I tried to think about all this, it was very difficult for me to understand it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_17","020_73_17","PSA","73","17","17","But when I went to your temple, you spoke to me, and I understood what will happen to the wicked people after they die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_18","020_73_18","PSA","73","18","18","Now I know that you will surely put them in slippery places, and they will fall down and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_19","020_73_19","PSA","73","19","19","They will be destroyed instantly; they will die in terrible ways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_20","020_73_20","PSA","73","20","20","They will disappear as quickly as a dream disappears when a person awakes in the morning; Lord, when you arise, you will ◄cause them to disappear/forget all about them►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_21","020_73_21","PSA","73","21","21","When I felt sad/bitter, and brokenhearted, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_22","020_73_22","PSA","73","22","22","I was stupid and ignorant, and I behaved like an animal toward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_23","020_73_23","PSA","73","23","23","But I am always close to you, and you hold my hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_24","020_73_24","PSA","73","24","24","You guide me by teaching me, and ◄at the end of my life/when I die►, you will receive me and honor me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_25","020_73_25","PSA","73","25","25","You are in heaven and I belong to you RHQ, and there is nothing on this earth that I desire more than that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_26","020_73_26","PSA","73","26","26","My body and my mind may become very weak, but God, you continue to enable me to be strong; I belong to you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_27","020_73_27","PSA","73","27","27","Those who remain far from you will be destroyed; you will get rid of those who abandon you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS73_28","020_73_28","PSA","73","28","28","But as for me, it is wonderful to be near to God and to be protected by Yahweh, and to proclaim to others all that he has done for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_1","020_74_1","PSA","74","1","1","God, why have you abandoned/rejected us? Will you keep rejecting us forever RHQ? Why are you angry with us, since we are like sheep in your pasture and you are like our shepherd? MET, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_2","020_74_2","PSA","74","2","2","Do not forget your people whom you chose long ago, the people whom you freed from being slaves in Egypt and caused to become your tribe. Do not forget Jerusalem, which was ◄your home/where you dwelt► on this earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_3","020_74_3","PSA","74","3","3","Walk along and see where everything has been totally ruined; our enemies have destroyed everything in the sacred temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_4","020_74_4","PSA","74","4","4","Your enemies shouted triumphantly in this sacred place; they erected their banners to show they had defeated us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_5","020_74_5","PSA","74","5","5","They cut down all the engraved objects in the temple like woodsmen cut down trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_6","020_74_6","PSA","74","6","6","Then they smashed all the carved wood with their axes and hammers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_7","020_74_7","PSA","74","7","7","Then they burned your temple to the ground; they caused that place where you were worshiped to be unfit for people to worship in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_8","020_74_8","PSA","74","8","8","They said to themselves, “We will destroy the Israelis completely,” and they also burned down all the other places where we gathered to worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_9","020_74_9","PSA","74","9","9","All our sacred symbols (OR, miracles) are gone; there are no prophets now/any more, and no one knows how long this situation will continue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_10","020_74_10","PSA","74","10","10","God, how long will our enemies make fun of you RHQ? Will they insult you MTY forever RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_11","020_74_11","PSA","74","11","11","Why do you refuse to help MTY, RHQ us? Why do you keep your hand inside your cloak instead of using it to destroy our enemies RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_12","020_74_12","PSA","74","12","12","God, you have been our king all the time since we came out of Egypt HYP, and you have enabled us to defeat our enemies in the land of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_13","020_74_13","PSA","74","13","13","By your power you caused the Red Sea to divide; it was as though you smashed the heads of the rulers of Egypt who were like huge sea dragons MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_14","020_74_14","PSA","74","14","14","It was as though you crushed the head of the king of Egypt MET and gave his body to the animals in the desert to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_15","020_74_15","PSA","74","15","15","You caused springs and streams to flow, and you also dried up rivers that had never dried up previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_16","020_74_16","PSA","74","16","16","You created the days and the nights, and you put the sun and the moon in their places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_17","020_74_17","PSA","74","17","17","You determined where the oceans end and the land begins, and you created the summer/hot season and the winter/cold season. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_18","020_74_18","PSA","74","18","18","Yahweh, do not forget that your enemies laugh at you, and that it is foolish people who despise you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_19","020_74_19","PSA","74","19","19","Do not let your helpless people MET fall into the hands of their cruel enemies; do not forget your suffering/persecuted people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_20","020_74_20","PSA","74","20","20","Do not forget the agreement that you made with us; remember that there are violent people in every dark place on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_21","020_74_21","PSA","74","21","21","Do not allow your oppressed people to be disgraced; help those poor and needy people in order that they will again praise you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_22","020_74_22","PSA","74","22","22","God, arise and defend yourself by defending your people! Do not forget that foolish people laugh at you ◄all day long/continually►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS74_23","020_74_23","PSA","74","23","23","Do not forget that your enemies shout angrily at you; the uproar that they make while they oppose you never stops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_1","020_75_1","PSA","75","1","1","We give thanks to you; our God, we thank you. You are close to us, and we proclaim to others the wonderful things that you have done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_2","020_75_2","PSA","75","2","2","You have said, “I have appointed a time when I will judge people, and I will judge everyone fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_3","020_75_3","PSA","75","3","3","When the earth shakes and all the creatures on the earth tremble, I am the one who will ◄keep its foundations steady/prevent it from being destroyed►. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_4","020_75_4","PSA","75","4","4","I say to people who ◄boast/talk proudly about themselves►, ‘Stop bragging!’ and I say to wicked people, ‘Do not proudly do things to show how great you are IDM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_5","020_75_5","PSA","75","5","5","Do not be arrogant, and do not speak so boastfully!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_6","020_75_6","PSA","75","6","6","The one who judges people does not come from the east or from the west, and he does not come from the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_7","020_75_7","PSA","75","7","7","God is the one who judges people; he says that some have sinned and must be punished, and that others have not done what is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_8","020_75_8","PSA","75","8","8","It is as though Yahweh holds a cup in his hand; it is filled with wine that has spices mixed in it to cause those who drink it to become more drunk; and when Yahweh pours it out, he will force all the wicked people to drink it; they will drink every drop of it, which means that he will give them all the punishment that they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_9","020_75_9","PSA","75","9","9","But as for me, I will never stop saying what the God whom Jacob worshiped has done; I will never quit singing to praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS75_10","020_75_10","PSA","75","10","10","He will destroy the power IDM of wicked people, but he will cause righteous people to become more powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_1","020_76_1","PSA","76","1","1","People in Judah know God; the Israeli people honor him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_2","020_76_2","PSA","76","2","2","His home is in Jerusalem; he lives on Zion Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_3","020_76_3","PSA","76","3","3","There he broke the flaming arrows that his enemies shot, and he also broke their shields and swords and other weapons that they used in battles. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_4","020_76_4","PSA","76","4","4","God, you are glorious! You are like a king as you return from the mountains where you defeated your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_5","020_76_5","PSA","76","5","5","Their brave soldiers were killed, and then those who killed them took away everything that those soldiers had. Those enemies died EUP, so they were unable to use their weapons any more! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_6","020_76_6","PSA","76","6","6","When you, the God whom Jacob worshiped, rebuked your enemies, the result was that their horses and their riders fell down dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_7","020_76_7","PSA","76","7","7","But you cause everyone to be afraid. When you are angry and you punish people, no one can RHQ endure it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_8","020_76_8","PSA","76","8","8","From heaven you proclaimed that you would judge people, and then everyone on the earth was afraid and did not say anything more, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_9","020_76_9","PSA","76","9","9","when you arose to declare that you would punish wicked people and rescue all those whom they had oppressed. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_10","020_76_10","PSA","76","10","10","When you punish those with whom you are angry, your people will praise you, and your enemies who ◄survive/are not killed► will worship you on your festival days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_11","020_76_11","PSA","76","11","11","So give to Yahweh the offerings that you promised to give to him; all the people of nearby people-groups should also bring gifts to him, the one who is awesome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS76_12","020_76_12","PSA","76","12","12","He humbles IDM princes, and even causes great kings to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_1","020_77_1","PSA","77","1","1","I cry out to God; I cry aloud to him, and he hears me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_2","020_77_2","PSA","77","2","2","Whenever have trouble, I pray to the Lord; all during the night I lift up my hands while I pray, but nothing causes me to be comforted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_3","020_77_3","PSA","77","3","3","When I think about God, I ◄despair/think that he will never help me►; when I meditate about him, I am discouraged. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_4","020_77_4","PSA","77","4","4","All during the night he prevents me from sleeping; I am very worried, with the result that I do not know what to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_5","020_77_5","PSA","77","5","5","I think about days that have passed; I remember what happened in previous years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_6","020_77_6","PSA","77","6","6","I spend the whole night thinking about things; I meditate, and this is what I ask myself: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_7","020_77_7","PSA","77","7","7","“Will the Lord always reject us? Will he never again be pleased with us? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_8","020_77_8","PSA","77","8","8","Has he stopped faithfully loving us? Will he not do for us what he promised to do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_9","020_77_9","PSA","77","9","9","God promised to be merciful to us; has he forgotten that? Because he is angry with us, has he decided to not be kind to us?” (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_10","020_77_10","PSA","77","10","10","Then I said, “What causes me to be very sad is that it seems that God, who is greater than any other god, is no longer powerful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_11","020_77_11","PSA","77","11","11","But then, Yahweh, I recall/remember your great deeds; I remember the wonderful things that you did in the past. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_12","020_77_12","PSA","77","12","12","I meditate on all that you have done, and I think about your mighty acts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_13","020_77_13","PSA","77","13","13","God, everything that you do is holy; there is certainly no god RHQ who is great like you are! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_14","020_77_14","PSA","77","14","14","You are God, the one who performs miracles; you showed to people of many people-groups that you are powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_15","020_77_15","PSA","77","15","15","By your power MTY you rescued your people from Egypt; you saved those who were descendants of Jacob and his son Joseph. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_16","020_77_16","PSA","77","16","16","It was as though the waters of the Red Sea saw you and became very afraid, and even the deepest part of the water shook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_17","020_77_17","PSA","77","17","17","Rain poured down from the clouds PRS; it thundered very loudly PRS, and lightning flashed in all directions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_18","020_77_18","PSA","77","18","18","Thunder crashed in the whirlwind, and lightning ◄lit up/flashed across► the entire sky HYP; the earth shook violently DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_19","020_77_19","PSA","77","19","19","Then you walked through the sea on a path that you made through the deep water, but your footprints could not be seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS77_20","020_77_20","PSA","77","20","20","You led your people like a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, while Moses and Aaron were the leaders of your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_1","020_78_1","PSA","78","1","1","My friends, listen to what I am going to teach you; pay careful attention IDM to what I say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_2","020_78_2","PSA","78","2","2","I am going to give you some sayings that wise people have said. They will be sayings about things that happened long ago, things that were difficult to understand MET, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_3","020_78_3","PSA","78","3","3","things that we have heard and known previously, things that our parents and grandparents told us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_4","020_78_4","PSA","78","4","4","We will tell these things to our children LIT, and we will also tell to our grandchildren about Yahweh’s power and the glorious/great things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_5","020_78_5","PSA","78","5","5","He gave laws and commandments to the Israeli people, those who are the descendants of Jacob DOU, and he told our ancestors to teach them to their children ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_6","020_78_6","PSA","78","6","6","in order that their children would also know them and then they would teach them to their children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_7","020_78_7","PSA","78","7","7","In that way, they also would trust in God, and not forget the things that he has done; instead, they would obey his commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_8","020_78_8","PSA","78","8","8","They would not be like their ancestors, who were very stubborn and kept rebelling against God; they did not continue firmly trusting in God, and they did not worship only him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_9","020_78_9","PSA","78","9","9","The soldiers of the tribe of Ephraim had bows and arrows but they ran away from their enemies on the day that they fought a battle with their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_10","020_78_10","PSA","78","10","10","They did not do what they had agreed with God that they would do; they refused to obey his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_11","020_78_11","PSA","78","11","11","They forgot what he had done; they forgot about the miracles that they had seen him perform. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_12","020_78_12","PSA","78","12","12","While our ancestors were watching, God performed miracles in the area around Zoan city in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_13","020_78_13","PSA","78","13","13","Then he caused the Red Sea to divide, causing the water on each side to pile up like a wall, with the result that our ancestors walked through it on dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_14","020_78_14","PSA","78","14","14","He led them by a bright cloud during the day and by a fiery light during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_15","020_78_15","PSA","78","15","15","He split rocks open in the desert, giving to our ancestors plenty of water from deep inside the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_16","020_78_16","PSA","78","16","16","He caused a stream of water to flow from the rock; the water flowed like a river DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_17","020_78_17","PSA","78","17","17","But our ancestors continued to sin against God; in the desert they rebelled against the one who is greater than any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_18","020_78_18","PSA","78","18","18","By demanding that God give them the food that they desired, they tried to find out if he would always do what they requested him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_19","020_78_19","PSA","78","19","19","They insulted God by saying, “We don’t think he can supply food for us here in this desert! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_20","020_78_20","PSA","78","20","20","It is true that he struck the rock, with the result that water gushed/flowed out, but ◄can he also provide bread and meat for us, his people?/we doubt that he can also provide bread and meat for us, his people.►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_21","020_78_21","PSA","78","21","21","So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up some of his Israeli people. MTY, DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_22","020_78_22","PSA","78","22","22","He did that because they did not trust in him, and they did not believe that he would rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_23","020_78_23","PSA","78","23","23","But God spoke to the sky above them; he commanded it to open like a door, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_24","020_78_24","PSA","78","24","24","and then food fell down like rain, food which they named ‘manna’; God gave them grain from ◄heaven/the sky►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_25","020_78_25","PSA","78","25","25","So the people ate the food that angels eat, and God gave to them all the manna that they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_26","020_78_26","PSA","78","26","26","Later, he caused the wind to blow from the east, and by his power he also sent wind from the south, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_27","020_78_27","PSA","78","27","27","and the wind brought birds which were as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_28","020_78_28","PSA","78","28","28","God caused those birds to fall dead in the middle of ◄their camp►/the area where the people had put up their tents. There were dead birds all around their tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_29","020_78_29","PSA","78","29","29","So the people cooked the birds and ate the meat and their stomachs were full, because God had given them what they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_30","020_78_30","PSA","78","30","30","But before they had eaten all that they wanted, and while they were still eating it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_31","020_78_31","PSA","78","31","31","God was still very angry with them, and he caused their strongest men to die; he got rid of many of the finest young Israeli men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_32","020_78_32","PSA","78","32","32","In spite of all that, the people continued to sin; in spite of all the miracles that God had performed, they still did not trust that he would take care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_33","020_78_33","PSA","78","33","33","So, he caused their lives to end as quickly as a puff of wind ends; they died when disasters suddenly struck them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_34","020_78_34","PSA","78","34","34","When God caused some of them to die, the others turned to God; they repented and earnestly asked God to save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_35","020_78_35","PSA","78","35","35","They remembered that God is like a huge rock ledge under which they would be safe MET, and that he, who was greater than any other god, is the one who protected/rescued them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_36","020_78_36","PSA","78","36","36","But they tried to deceive God by what they said MTY; their words MTY were all lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_37","020_78_37","PSA","78","37","37","They were not loyal to him; they disregarded/ignored the agreement that he had made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_38","020_78_38","PSA","78","38","38","But God was merciful to his people. He forgave them for having sinned and did not get rid of them. Many times he refrained from becoming angry with them and restrained from furiously/severely punishing them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_39","020_78_39","PSA","78","39","39","He remembered/considered that they were only humans who die; they disappear quickly SIM, like a wind that blows by and then is gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_40","020_78_40","PSA","78","40","40","Many times our ancestors rebelled against God in the desert and caused him to become very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_41","020_78_41","PSA","78","41","41","Many times they did evil things, to find out if they could do those things without God punishing them. They frequently caused the holy God of Israel to become disgusted/sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_42","020_78_42","PSA","78","42","42","They forgot about his great power, and they ◄forgot/did not think► about the time when he rescued them from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_43","020_78_43","PSA","78","43","43","They forgot about when he performed many miracles in the area near Zoan city in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_44","020_78_44","PSA","78","44","44","He caused the Nile River (OR, their sources of water) to become red like blood, with the result that the people of Egypt had no water to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_45","020_78_45","PSA","78","45","45","He sent among the people of Egypt swarms of flies that bit them, and he sent frogs that ate up everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_46","020_78_46","PSA","78","46","46","He sent locusts to eat their crops and the other things that grew in their fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_47","020_78_47","PSA","78","47","47","He sent hail that destroyed the grapevines, and sent frost that ruined the figs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_48","020_78_48","PSA","78","48","48","He sent hail that killed their cattle and sent lightning that killed their sheep and cows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_49","020_78_49","PSA","78","49","49","Because God was fiercely angry with the people of Egypt, he caused them to be very distressed. The disasters that struck them were like a group of angels that destroyed everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_50","020_78_50","PSA","78","50","50","He did not lessen his being angry with them, and he did not ◄spare their lives/prevent them from dying►; he sent a ◄plague/serious illness► that killed many of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_51","020_78_51","PSA","78","51","51","He also caused all the firstborn sons of the people of Egypt to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_52","020_78_52","PSA","78","52","52","Then he led his people out of Egypt like a shepherd leads his sheep SIM, and he guided them while they walked through the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_53","020_78_53","PSA","78","53","53","He led them safely, and they were not afraid, but their enemies were drowned in the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_54","020_78_54","PSA","78","54","54","Later he brought them to Canaan, his sacred land, to Zion Hill (OR, the hilly area) and by his power MTY he enabled them to conquer the people who were living there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_55","020_78_55","PSA","78","55","55","He expelled the people-groups while his people were advancing; he allotted part of the land for each tribe to possess, and he gave to the Israeli people the houses of those people who had been expelled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_56","020_78_56","PSA","78","56","56","However, the Israeli people rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god, and they did many evil things to see if they could do those things without God punishing them, and they did not obey his commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_57","020_78_57","PSA","78","57","57","Instead, like their ancestors did, they rebelled against God and ◄were not loyal to/did not faithfully obey► him; they were as unreliable as a crooked arrow that does not go straight SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_58","020_78_58","PSA","78","58","58","Because they worshiped carved images of their gods on the tops of hills, they caused God to become angry DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_59","020_78_59","PSA","78","59","59","He saw what they were doing and became very angry, so he rejected the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_60","020_78_60","PSA","78","60","60","He no longer appeared to them at Shiloh in the tent where he had lived among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_61","020_78_61","PSA","78","61","61","He allowed their enemies to capture the sacred chest, which was the symbol of his power and his glory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_62","020_78_62","PSA","78","62","62","Because he was angry with his people, he allowed them to be killed MTY by their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_63","020_78_63","PSA","78","63","63","Young men were killed in battles, with the result that the young women had no one to marry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_64","020_78_64","PSA","78","64","64","Many priests were killed by their enemies’ swords, and ◄the people did not allow the priests’ widows/the priests’ widows were not allowed► to mourn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_65","020_78_65","PSA","78","65","65","Later, it was as though the Lord awoke from sleeping; he was like a strong man who ◄became stimulated/felt that he was strong► by (OR, became sober after) drinking a lot of wine SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_66","020_78_66","PSA","78","66","66","He pushed their enemies back and caused them to be very ashamed for a long time HYP because they had been defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_67","020_78_67","PSA","78","67","67","But he did not set up his tent where the people of the tribe of Ephraim lived; he did not choose their area to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_68","020_78_68","PSA","78","68","68","Instead he chose the area where the tribe of Judah lived; he chose Zion Hill, which he loves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_69","020_78_69","PSA","78","69","69","He decided to have his temple built there, high up, like his home in heaven; he caused it to be firm, and intended that his temple would last forever, like the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_70","020_78_70","PSA","78","70","70","He chose David, who served him faithfully, and took him from the pastures ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_71","020_78_71","PSA","78","71","71","where he was taking care of his father’s sheep, and appointed him to be the leader MET of the Israeli people, the people who belong to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS78_72","020_78_72","PSA","78","72","72","David took care of the Israeli people sincerely and wholeheartedly, and guided them skillfully/wisely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_1","020_79_1","PSA","79","1","1","God, other people-groups have invaded your land. They have ◄desecrated your temple/caused your temple to be unfit for worship►, and they have destroyed all the buildings in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_2","020_79_2","PSA","79","2","2","Instead of burying the corpses of your people whom they killed, they allowed vultures and wild animals to eat the flesh of those corpses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_3","020_79_3","PSA","79","3","3","When they killed your people, your people’s blood flowed like water through the streets of Jerusalem, and there was almost no one HYP left to bury their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_4","020_79_4","PSA","79","4","4","The people-groups that live in countries that surround our land insult us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_5","020_79_5","PSA","79","5","5","Yahweh, how long will this continue? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your being angry destroy us like a burning fire destroys things? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_6","020_79_6","PSA","79","6","6","Instead of being angry with us, be angry with the people-groups that do not know/worship you! Be angry with kingdoms whose people do not pray to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_7","020_79_7","PSA","79","7","7","because they have killed Israeli people and they have ruined your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_8","020_79_8","PSA","79","8","8","Do not punish us because of the sins that our ancestors committed! Be merciful to us now/quickly, because we are very discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_9","020_79_9","PSA","79","9","9","God, you have saved/rescued us many times, so help us now; rescue us and forgive us for having sinned in order that other people will honor you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_10","020_79_10","PSA","79","10","10","It is not right that RHQ other people-groups say about us, “If their God is very powerful, ◄surely he should help them/why does he not help them►?” Allow us to see you punishing the people of other nations in return for their shedding our blood; they have killed many of us, your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_11","020_79_11","PSA","79","11","11","Listen to your people groaning while they are in prison, and by your great power free those whom our enemies say that they will certainly execute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_12","020_79_12","PSA","79","12","12","In return for their having often insulted you, punish them seven times as much! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS79_13","020_79_13","PSA","79","13","13","After you do that, we, whom you take care of like a shepherd takes care of his sheep, will continue praising you; we will continue to praise you forever HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_1","020_80_1","PSA","80","1","1","Yahweh, you who lead us like a shepherd leads his flock of sheep, listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne in the Very Holy Place in the temple, above the carvings of winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_2","020_80_2","PSA","80","2","2","Show yourself to the people of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_3","020_80_3","PSA","80","3","3","God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us IDM in order that we may be saved from our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_4","020_80_4","PSA","80","4","4","Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_5","020_80_5","PSA","80","5","5","It is as though the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_6","020_80_6","PSA","80","6","6","You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take; our enemies laugh at us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_7","020_80_7","PSA","80","7","7","God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_8","020_80_8","PSA","80","8","8","Our ancestors were like a grapevine MET that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups from this land, and you put your people in their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_9","020_80_9","PSA","80","9","9","Like people clear ground to plant a grapevine MET, you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it. Like the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread MET, you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_10","020_80_10","PSA","80","10","10","Like huge grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar trees MET, HYP, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_11","020_80_11","PSA","80","11","11","your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_12","020_80_12","PSA","80","12","12","So why have you abandoned us and allowed our enemies to tear down our walls RHQ? You are like someone who tears down the fences around his vineyard, with the result that all the people who pass by can steal the grapes, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_13","020_80_13","PSA","80","13","13","and wild pigs can trample the vines, and wild animals can also eat the grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_14","020_80_14","PSA","80","14","14","You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, ◄turn to/stop abandoning► us! Look down from heaven and see what is happening to us! Come and rescue us who are like MET your grapevine, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_15","020_80_15","PSA","80","15","15","who are like the young vine that you SYN planted and caused to grow! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_16","020_80_16","PSA","80","16","16","Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_17","020_80_17","PSA","80","17","17","But strengthen us people whom you have chosen IDM, us Israeli people whom you previously caused to be very strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_18","020_80_18","PSA","80","18","18","When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; ◄revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously►, and then we will praise/worship you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS80_19","020_80_19","PSA","80","19","19","Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued from our enemies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_1","020_81_1","PSA","81","1","1","Sing songs to praise God, who enables us to be strong when we fight our enemies; shout joyfully to God, whom we ◄descendants of Jacob/Israeli people► worship! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_2","020_81_2","PSA","81","2","2","Start playing the music, and beat the tambourines, and play nice music on the harps and ◄lyres/other stringed instruments►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_3","020_81_3","PSA","81","3","3","Blow the trumpets during the festival to celebrate each new moon and each time the moon is full and during our other festivals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_4","020_81_4","PSA","81","4","4","Do that because that is a law for us Israeli people; God commanded it for us descendants of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_5","020_81_5","PSA","81","5","5","He commanded us Israeli people to obey it when he punished the people of Egypt. I heard someone MTY whose voice I did not recognize, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_6","020_81_6","PSA","81","6","6","“After the rulers of Egypt forced you Israelis to work as slaves, I took those heavy burdens off your backs, and I enabled you to lay down those heavy baskets of bricks that you were carrying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_7","020_81_7","PSA","81","7","7","When you were greatly distressed, you called out to me, and I rescued you; I answered you out of a thundercloud. Later I tested whether you would trust me to give you water when you were in the desert at Meribah. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_8","020_81_8","PSA","81","8","8","You who are my people, listen while I warn you! I wish that you Israeli people would pay attention to what I say to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_9","020_81_9","PSA","81","9","9","You must not have any idols of other gods among you; you must never bow to worship any of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_10","020_81_10","PSA","81","10","10","I am Yahweh, your God; It was not any of those other gods who brought you out of Egypt, I am the one who did it! So ask me what you want me to do for you MTY, and I will do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_11","020_81_11","PSA","81","11","11","But my people would not listen to me SYN; they would not obey me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_12","020_81_12","PSA","81","12","12","So even though they were very stubborn, I allowed them to do whatever they wanted to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_13","020_81_13","PSA","81","13","13","I wish that my people would listen to me, that the Israeli people would behave as I want them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_14","020_81_14","PSA","81","14","14","If they did that, I would quickly defeat their enemies; I would strike/punish all of them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_15","020_81_15","PSA","81","15","15","Then all those who hate me would ◄cringe before/bow down to► me, and then I would punish them MTY forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS81_16","020_81_16","PSA","81","16","16","But I would give you Israelis very good wheat/grain, and I would fill your stomachs with wild honey.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_1","020_82_1","PSA","82","1","1","God gathers all the rulers and judges who think they are gods for a meeting in heaven; and he tells them that he has decided this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_2","020_82_2","PSA","82","2","2","“You must RHQ stop judging people unfairly; you must no longer make decisions that favor wicked people! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_3","020_82_3","PSA","82","3","3","You must defend people who are poor and orphans; you must act fairly toward those who are needy and those who have no one to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_4","020_82_4","PSA","82","4","4","Rescue them from the power MTY of evil people DOU!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_5","020_82_5","PSA","82","5","5","Those rulers do not know or understand anything! They are very corrupt/evil, and as a result of their corrupt/evil behavior, it is as though the foundation of the world is being shaken! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_6","020_82_6","PSA","82","6","6","I the all-powerful God, previously said to them, “You think you are gods! It is as though you are all my sons, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_7","020_82_7","PSA","82","7","7","but you will die like people do; your lives will end, like the lives of all rulers end.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS82_8","020_82_8","PSA","82","8","8","God, arise and judge everyone on MTY the earth, because all the people-groups belong to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_1","020_83_1","PSA","83","1","1","God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_2","020_83_2","PSA","83","2","2","because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_3","020_83_3","PSA","83","3","3","They are secretly planning to do things to harm us, your people; they are ◄conspiring together against/planning how to defeat► the people whom you protect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_4","020_83_4","PSA","83","4","4","They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_5","020_83_5","PSA","83","5","5","They have agreed on what they want to do to destroy Israel, and they have formed an alliance against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_6","020_83_6","PSA","83","6","6","The people who have done that are the people of Edom region, the descendants of Ishmael who live on the east side of the Jordan River, the Moab people-group, the descendants of Hagar who also live on the east side of the Jordan River, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_7","020_83_7","PSA","83","7","7","Gebal people-group, the Ammon people-group, the Amalek people-group, the Philistia people-group, and the people of Tyre city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_8","020_83_8","PSA","83","8","8","The people of Assyria have joined them; they are strong allies of the Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are descendants of Abraham’s nephew Lot. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_9","020_83_9","PSA","83","9","9","God, do to those people things like you did to the Midian people-group, like you did to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_10","020_83_10","PSA","83","10","10","You destroyed them at Endor town, and their corpses lay on the ground and decayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_11","020_83_11","PSA","83","11","11","Do to them things like you did to Kings Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_12","020_83_12","PSA","83","12","12","who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that the Israelis say belongs to God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_13","020_83_13","PSA","83","13","13","My God, cause them to disappear quickly like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_14","020_83_14","PSA","83","14","14","Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_15","020_83_15","PSA","83","15","15","expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_16","020_83_16","PSA","83","16","16","Cause them SYN to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_17","020_83_17","PSA","83","17","17","Cause them to be forever disgraced because of being defeated, and cause them to die while they are still disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS83_18","020_83_18","PSA","83","18","18","Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_1","020_84_1","PSA","84","1","1","Lord, you who are the Commander of the armies of angels, your temple is very beautiful! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_2","020_84_2","PSA","84","2","2","I SYN would like to be there; Yahweh, I desire that very much DOU. With all of my inner being I sing joyfully to you, the all-powerful God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_3","020_84_3","PSA","84","3","3","Even sparrows and swallows have built nests near your temple, where you protect them DOU; they take care of their young babies near the altars where people offer sacrifices to you, who are the commander of the armies of heaven, and my king and my God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_4","020_84_4","PSA","84","4","4","◄Happy are/You are pleased with► those who ◄live/continually worship► in your temple, constantly singing to praise you. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_5","020_84_5","PSA","84","5","5","Happy are those who know that you are the one who causes them to be strong, those who strongly desire to ◄make the trip/go► to Zion Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_6","020_84_6","PSA","84","6","6","While they travel through the dry Baca Valley, you cause it to become a place where there are springs of water, where the rains ◄in the autumn/before the cold season► fill the valley with pools of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_7","020_84_7","PSA","84","7","7","As a result, those who travel through there become stronger/refreshed knowing that they will appear in your presence ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_8","020_84_8","PSA","84","8","8","Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, listen to my prayer; God, who is worshiped by us ◄descendants of Jacob/Israeli people►, hear IDM what I am saying! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_9","020_84_9","PSA","84","9","9","God, be kind to IDM our king, the one who protects us MTY, the one whom you have chosen MTY to rule us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_10","020_84_10","PSA","84","10","10","For me, spending one day in your temple is better than spending 1,000 days somewhere else; standing at the entrance to your temple, ready to go inside, is better than living in the tents/homes where wicked people live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_11","020_84_11","PSA","84","11","11","Yahweh our God is like the sun that shines on us and like a shield that protects us MET; he is kind to us and honors us. Yahweh does not refuse to give any good thing/blessing to those who do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS84_12","020_84_12","PSA","84","12","12","Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, ◄happy are/you are pleased with► those who trust in you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_1","020_85_1","PSA","85","1","1","Yahweh, you have been kind to us people who live in this land; you have enabled us Israeli people to become prosperous again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_2","020_85_2","PSA","85","2","2","You forgave us, your people, for the sins that we had committed; you pardoned us for all our sins DOU. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_3","020_85_3","PSA","85","3","3","You stopped being angry with us and turned away from severely punishing us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_4","020_85_4","PSA","85","4","4","Now, God, the one who saves/rescues us, ◄restore us/make us prosperous again► and stop being angry with us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_5","020_85_5","PSA","85","5","5","◄Will you continue to be angry with us forever?/Please do not continue to be angry with us forever.► DOU, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_6","020_85_6","PSA","85","6","6","Please enable us RHQ to prosper again in order that we, your people, will rejoice about what you have done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_7","020_85_7","PSA","85","7","7","Yahweh, by rescuing us from our troubles/difficulties, show us that you faithfully love us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_8","020_85_8","PSA","85","8","8","I want to listen to what Yahweh our God says, because he promises/says that he will enable us, his people, to live peacefully, if we do not return to doing foolish things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_9","020_85_9","PSA","85","9","9","He is surely ready to save/rescue those who revere him, in order that his glory/splendor will be seen in our land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_10","020_85_10","PSA","85","10","10","When that happens, he will both faithfully love us and faithfully do for us what he promised to do PRS; and we will act/behave righteously, and he will give us peace, which will be like a kiss that he gives us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_11","020_85_11","PSA","85","11","11","Here on earth, we will ◄be loyal to/continually believe in► God, and from heaven, God will act justly/fairly toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_12","020_85_12","PSA","85","12","12","Yes, Yahweh will do good things for us, and there will be great harvests in our land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS85_13","020_85_13","PSA","85","13","13","Yahweh always acts righteously PRS, MET; he acts righteously wherever he goes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_1","020_86_1","PSA","86","1","1","Yahweh, listen IDM to what I say and answer me, because I am weak and needy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_2","020_86_2","PSA","86","2","2","Prevent me from dying now, because I ◄am loyal to/continue to believe in► you; save/rescue me, because I serve you and I trust in you, my God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_3","020_86_3","PSA","86","3","3","Lord, be kind to me, because I cry out to you all during the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_4","020_86_4","PSA","86","4","4","Lord, cause me to be glad, because I ◄pray to/worship► IDM you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_5","020_86_5","PSA","86","5","5","Lord, you are good to us, and you forgive us; you faithfully love very much all those who ◄pray/call out► to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_6","020_86_6","PSA","86","6","6","Lord, listen to my prayer; hear me when I cry out to you to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_7","020_86_7","PSA","86","7","7","When I have troubles, I call out to you, because you answer me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_8","020_86_8","PSA","86","8","8","Lord, among all the gods whom the heathen nations worship, there is no one like you; not one of them has done the great things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_9","020_86_9","PSA","86","9","9","Lord, some day, people from all the nations that you have established will come and bow down in front of you and they will praise you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_10","020_86_10","PSA","86","10","10","You are great, and you do wonderful/marvelous things; only you are God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_11","020_86_11","PSA","86","11","11","Yahweh, teach me what you want me to do in order that I may conduct my life according to what you say, which is true. Cause/Teach me to revere you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_12","020_86_12","PSA","86","12","12","Lord, my God, I will thank you with all my inner being, and I will praise you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_13","020_86_13","PSA","86","13","13","You faithfully love me very much; you have prevented me from dying and going to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_14","020_86_14","PSA","86","14","14","But God, proud men are trying to attack me; a gang/group of cruel men are wanting to kill me; they are men who do not have any ◄respect for/interest in► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_15","020_86_15","PSA","86","15","15","But Lord, you always are mercifully and kind; you do not become angry quickly, you faithfully love us very much and always do for us what you have promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_16","020_86_16","PSA","86","16","16","Look down toward me and be merciful to me; cause me to be strong and save/rescue me who serves you faithfully like my mother did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS86_17","020_86_17","PSA","86","17","17","Yahweh, do something to show me that you are being good to me in order that those who hate me will see that you have encouraged me and helped me, and as a result they will be ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_1","020_87_1","PSA","87","1","1","The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_2","020_87_2","PSA","87","2","2","He loves that city, Jerusalem, more than he loves any other city in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_3","020_87_3","PSA","87","3","3","You people in APO the city that God ◄owns/lives in►, people say wonderful things about your city. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_4","020_87_4","PSA","87","4","4","Some of those who know about God are the people of Egypt and Babylonia, and also the people of Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia; some day they all will say, “Although I was not born in Jerusalem, because I belong to Yahweh, it is as though I was born there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_5","020_87_5","PSA","87","5","5","And concerning Jerusalem, people will say “It is as though everyone was born there, and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong/safe/secure.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_6","020_87_6","PSA","87","6","6","Yahweh will write a list of the names of the people of various groups who belong to him, and he will say that he considers them all to be citizens of Jerusalem. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS87_7","020_87_7","PSA","87","7","7","They will all dance and sing, saying, “Jerusalem is the source of all our blessings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_1","020_88_1","PSA","88","1","1","Yahweh God, you who rescues me, all during each day I call out to you to help me, and I cry out to you during each night also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_2","020_88_2","PSA","88","2","2","Listen IDM to my prayer DOU, while I cry out to you for help! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_3","020_88_3","PSA","88","3","3","I have experienced many troubles/difficulties, and I am about to die MTY and go where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_4","020_88_4","PSA","88","4","4","Because I have no more strength, other people also consider that I will soon die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_5","020_88_5","PSA","88","5","5","I am like a corpse that has been abandoned; I am like dead people who lie in their graves, people who have been completely forgotten, because you do not take care of them any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_6","020_88_6","PSA","88","6","6","It is as though you have thrown me into a deep, dark pit, into a place where they throw corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_7","020_88_7","PSA","88","7","7","It seems like you are very angry with me, and it is as though you have crushed me like ocean waves crash down on people MET. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_8","020_88_8","PSA","88","8","8","You have caused my friends to ◄avoid/stay away from► me; I have become repulsive to them. It is as though I am in a prison and cannot escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_9","020_88_9","PSA","88","9","9","My eyes cannot see well because I cry very much. Yahweh, every day I call out to you to help me; I lift up my hands to you while I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_10","020_88_10","PSA","88","10","10","You certainly do not RHQ perform miracles for dead people! Their spirits do not RHQ arise to praise you! (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_11","020_88_11","PSA","88","11","11","Corpses in the grave certainly do not tell about your faithfully loving us RHQ, and in the place where people are finally destroyed, no one tells about what you faithfully do for us RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_12","020_88_12","PSA","88","12","12","No one in the deep dark pit ever sees the miracles that you perform RHQ, and no one in the place where people have been completely forgotten tells about your being good to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_13","020_88_13","PSA","88","13","13","But as for me, Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me; each morning I pray to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_14","020_88_14","PSA","88","14","14","Yahweh, why do you reject me RHQ? Why do you turn away from me RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_15","020_88_15","PSA","88","15","15","All the time since I was young, I have suffered and have often almost died; I am ◄in despair/very discouraged► because of enduring the terrible things that you have done to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_16","020_88_16","PSA","88","16","16","I feel that you have crushed me because of your being angry with me; the terrible things that you are doing to me are almost destroying me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_17","020_88_17","PSA","88","17","17","I feel as though they surround me like a flood SIM; they are ◄closing in on/crushing► me from all sides. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS88_18","020_88_18","PSA","88","18","18","You have caused even my friends and others whom I love to avoid me, and it is as though the only friend that I have is darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_1","020_89_1","PSA","89","1","1","Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully do all that you have promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_2","020_89_2","PSA","89","2","2","I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful to do what you have promised is as permanent as the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_3","020_89_3","PSA","89","3","3","Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose to serve me. I have made this solemn ◄agreement with/promise to► him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_4","020_89_4","PSA","89","4","4","‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you MTY will never end.’” (Think about that!) 10 ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_5","020_89_5","PSA","89","5","5","Yahweh, I desire that all those beings who are in MTY heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully do what you promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_6","020_89_6","PSA","89","6","6","There is no one RHQ in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels RHQ in heaven who are equal to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_7","020_89_7","PSA","89","7","7","When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_8","020_89_8","PSA","89","8","8","O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one RHQ who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing all that you promise is like a cloak that MET always surrounds you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_9","020_89_9","PSA","89","9","9","You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_10","020_89_10","PSA","89","10","10","You are the one who crushed and killed the great sea monster named Rahab. You defeated and scattered your enemies with your great power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_11","020_89_11","PSA","89","11","11","The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_12","020_89_12","PSA","89","12","12","You created everything from the north to the south. Tabor Mountain and Hermon Mountain joyfully praise you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_13","020_89_13","PSA","89","13","13","◄You/Your arms► are very powerful; ◄you/your hands► are extremely strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_14","020_89_14","PSA","89","14","14","◄Your rule MTY over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always► treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing what you promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_15","020_89_15","PSA","89","15","15","Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_16","020_89_16","PSA","89","16","16","Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you MTY have done, and they praise you for being very good to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_17","020_89_17","PSA","89","17","17","You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat MET our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_18","020_89_18","PSA","89","18","18","Yahweh, you gave us the one who protects us MET; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_19","020_89_19","PSA","89","19","19","Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_20","020_89_20","PSA","89","20","20","That man is David, the one who will serve me faithfully, and I anointed him with sacred olive oil to make him king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_21","020_89_21","PSA","89","21","21","I MTY will always strengthen him; with my power MTY I will make him strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_22","020_89_22","PSA","89","22","22","His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_23","020_89_23","PSA","89","23","23","I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_24","020_89_24","PSA","89","24","24","I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat MET his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_25","020_89_25","PSA","89","25","25","I will cause ◄his kingdom/the area that he rules► to include all the land from the Mediterranean Sea to the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_26","020_89_26","PSA","89","26","26","He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects MET and saves me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_27","020_89_27","PSA","89","27","27","I will give him the rights/privileges that a man’s firstborn son has MET; he will be the greatest king on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_28","020_89_28","PSA","89","28","28","I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement to bless him will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_29","020_89_29","PSA","89","29","29","I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_30","020_89_30","PSA","89","30","30","But, if some of his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_31","020_89_31","PSA","89","31","31","if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_32","020_89_32","PSA","89","32","32","I will punish them severely MTY and cause them to suffer for doing wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_33","020_89_33","PSA","89","33","33","But I will not stop faithfully loving David, and I will always do what I promised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_34","020_89_34","PSA","89","34","34","I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_35","020_89_35","PSA","89","35","35","Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_36","020_89_36","PSA","89","36","36","I promised that the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun shines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_37","020_89_37","PSA","89","37","37","That line will ◄be as permanent/last as long► as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky. Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_38","020_89_38","PSA","89","38","38","But Yahweh, now you have rejected DOU David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_39","020_89_39","PSA","89","39","39","It seems that you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, David; it seems as though you have signaled that he is no longer the king by  throwing his crown into the dust/dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_40","020_89_40","PSA","89","40","40","You have torn down the walls that protect his city, and allowed all his forts to become ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_41","020_89_41","PSA","89","41","41","All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors ◄laugh at/ridicule► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_42","020_89_42","PSA","89","42","42","You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_43","020_89_43","PSA","89","43","43","You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_44","020_89_44","PSA","89","44","44","You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_45","020_89_45","PSA","89","45","45","You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_46","020_89_46","PSA","89","46","46","O Yahweh, how long will this continue? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_47","020_89_47","PSA","89","47","47","Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_48","020_89_48","PSA","89","48","48","No one can RHQ keep on living and never die; ◄No one can RHQ avoid going/Everyone will go► to the place of the dead. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_49","020_89_49","PSA","89","49","49","Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_50","020_89_50","PSA","89","50","50","Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! ◄Heathen people/People who do not know you► curse me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_51","020_89_51","PSA","89","51","51","Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS89_52","020_89_52","PSA","89","52","52","I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_1","020_90_1","PSA","90","1","1","Lord, you have always ◄been like a home for us/protected us► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_2","020_90_2","PSA","90","2","2","Before you created the mountains, before you formed the earth and everything that is in it, you were eternally God, and you will be God forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_3","020_90_3","PSA","90","3","3","When people die, you cause their corpses to become soil again; you change their corpses to become dirt like the first man was created from. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_4","020_90_4","PSA","90","4","4","When you ◄consider/think about► time, 1,000 years are as short as SIM one day which passes; you consider that HYP they are as short as a few hours in the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_5","020_90_5","PSA","90","5","5","You cause people suddenly to die MET; they live only a short time, like a dream lasts only a short time. They are like grass/weeds SIM that grow up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_6","020_90_6","PSA","90","6","6","In the morning DOU the grass sprouts and grows well, but in the evening it dries up and ◄completely withers/dies►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_7","020_90_7","PSA","90","7","7","Similarly, because of the sins that we have committed, you become angry with us; you terrify us and then you destroy us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_8","020_90_8","PSA","90","8","8","It is as though you place our sins in front of you, you spread out even our secret sins where you can see them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_9","020_90_9","PSA","90","9","9","Because you are angry with us, you cause our lives to end; the years that we live pass as quickly as a sigh does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_10","020_90_10","PSA","90","10","10","People live for only 70 years; but if they are strong, some of them live for 80 years. But even during good years we have much pain and troubles; our lives soon end, and we die EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_11","020_90_11","PSA","90","11","11","No one RHQ has fully experienced the powerful things you can do to them when you are angry with them, and people are not afraid that you will greatly punish them because of your being angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_12","020_90_12","PSA","90","12","12","So teach/help us to realize that we live for only a short time in order that we may use our time wisely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_13","020_90_13","PSA","90","13","13","Yahweh, how long will you be angry with us? Pity us who serve you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_14","020_90_14","PSA","90","14","14","Each morning show us that your faithfully loving us is enough for us in order that we may shout joyfully and be happy for the rest of our lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_15","020_90_15","PSA","90","15","15","Cause us to now be as happy for as many years as you ◄afflicted us/caused us to be sad► and we experienced troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_16","020_90_16","PSA","90","16","16","Enable us to see the great things that you do and enable our descendants to also see your glorious power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS90_17","020_90_17","PSA","90","17","17","Lord, our God, give us your blessings and enable us to be successful; yes, cause us to be successful in everything that we do DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_1","020_91_1","PSA","91","1","1","Those who live under the protection of God Almighty, will be able to rest safely under his care. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_2","020_91_2","PSA","91","2","2","I will declare to Yahweh, “You protect me; you are like a fort MET in which I am safe. You are my God, the one in whom I trust.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_3","020_91_3","PSA","91","3","3","Yahweh will rescue you from all hidden traps and save you from deadly diseases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_4","020_91_4","PSA","91","4","4","He will shield/protect you like a bird shields/protects its chicks MET with/under her wings. You will be safe ◄in his care/because he takes care of you►. His faithfully doing what he has promised is like a shield MET that will protect you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_5","020_91_5","PSA","91","5","5","You will not be afraid of things that happen during the night that could ◄terrorize you/cause you to be very afraid►, or of arrows that your enemies will shoot at you during the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_6","020_91_6","PSA","91","6","6","You will not be afraid of ◄plagues/widespread sicknesses► that demons cause when they attack people at night, or of other evil forces that kill people at midday. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_7","020_91_7","PSA","91","7","7","Even if 1,000 people fall dead alongside you, even if 10,000 people are dying around you, you will not be harmed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_8","020_91_8","PSA","91","8","8","Look and see that ◄wicked people are being punished/God is punishing wicked people►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_9","020_91_9","PSA","91","9","9","If you allow Yahweh to protect you, if you trust God Almighty to ◄shelter/take care of► you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_10","020_91_10","PSA","91","10","10","nothing evil will happen to you; no plague will come near your house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_11","020_91_11","PSA","91","11","11","because Yahweh will command his angels to protect you wherever you go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_12","020_91_12","PSA","91","12","12","They will hold you up with their hands, with the result that you will not hurt your foot on a big stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_13","020_91_13","PSA","91","13","13","You will be kept safe from being harmed by your enemies MET; it will be as though you are stepping on lions and poisonous snakes without them harming you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_14","020_91_14","PSA","91","14","14","Yahweh says, “I will rescue those who love me, I will protect them because they ◄acknowledge that I am Yahweh/know me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_15","020_91_15","PSA","91","15","15","When they call out to me, I will answer them. I will help them when they are experiencing trouble; I will rescue them and honor them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS91_16","020_91_16","PSA","91","16","16","I will reward them by enabling them to live a long time, and I will save them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_1","020_92_1","PSA","92","1","1","Yahweh, it is good for people to thank you and to sing to praise you MTY who are greater than any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_2","020_92_2","PSA","92","2","2","It is good to proclaim every morning that you faithfully love us, and each night to sing songs that declare that you always do what you have promised to do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_3","020_92_3","PSA","92","3","3","accompanied by musicians playing harps that have ten strings, and by the sounds made by a lyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_4","020_92_4","PSA","92","4","4","Yahweh, you have caused me to be glad; I sing joyfully because of what you SYN have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_5","020_92_5","PSA","92","5","5","Yahweh, the things that you do are great! But it is difficult for us to understand all that you think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_6","020_92_6","PSA","92","6","6","There are things that you do that foolish people cannot know about, things that stupid people cannot understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_7","020_92_7","PSA","92","7","7","They do not understand that although the number of wicked people increases like blades of grass do SIM, and they prosper, they will be completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_8","020_92_8","PSA","92","8","8","But Yahweh, you will ◄be exalted/be honored/rule► forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_9","020_92_9","PSA","92","9","9","Yahweh, your enemies will certainly die, and those who do wicked things will be defeated/scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_10","020_92_10","PSA","92","10","10","But you have caused me to be as strong MTY as SIM a wild ox; you have caused me to be very joyful MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_11","020_92_11","PSA","92","11","11","I SYN have seen you defeat my enemies; d I have heard those evil men wail/scream while they were being slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_12","020_92_12","PSA","92","12","12","But righteous people will prosper like SIM palm trees that grow well, or like SIM cedar trees that grow in Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_13","020_92_13","PSA","92","13","13","They are like the trees that grow near the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem, those trees that are close to the courtyard of the temple of our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_14","020_92_14","PSA","92","14","14","Even when righteous people become old, they do many things IDM that please God. They remain strong and full of energy, like trees that MET remain full of sap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS92_15","020_92_15","PSA","92","15","15","That shows that Yahweh is just; he is like a huge rock under which I am safe/protected, and he never does anything that is wicked/wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS93_1","020_93_1","PSA","93","1","1","Yahweh, you are the King! You are majestic, and the power that you have is like MET a robe that a king wears. You put the world firmly in place, and it will never be moved/shaken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS93_2","020_93_2","PSA","93","2","2","You ruled as king a very long time ago; you have always existed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS93_3","020_93_3","PSA","93","3","3","Yahweh, when you created the world, you separated the water from the chaotic mass and formed oceans, and the waves of the waters of those oceans still roar, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS93_4","020_93_4","PSA","93","4","4","but you are greater than the roar of those oceans, more powerful than the ocean waves! You are Yahweh, the one who is greater than any other god! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS93_5","020_93_5","PSA","93","5","5","Yahweh, your laws never change, and your temple has always been holy/sacred. And that will be true forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_1","020_94_1","PSA","94","1","1","Yahweh, you are able to get revenge on your enemies. So show them that you are going to punish them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_2","020_94_2","PSA","94","2","2","You are the one who judges all people on the earth; so arise, and give/punish the proud leaders of our people like they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_3","020_94_3","PSA","94","3","3","Yahweh, how long will those wicked people be glad/happy? It is not right that RHQ they continue being glad! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_4","020_94_4","PSA","94","4","4","They do evil things, and they boast about doing them; how long will they be allowed to continue doing that? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_5","020_94_5","PSA","94","5","5","Yahweh, it is as though those wicked people crush us, your people; they ◄oppress/treat cruelly► those who belong to you DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_6","020_94_6","PSA","94","6","6","They murder widows and orphans and people from other countries who think it is safe to live in our land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_7","020_94_7","PSA","94","7","7","Those wicked people say, “Yahweh does not see anything; so the God whom those Israelis worship does not see the evil things that we do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_8","020_94_8","PSA","94","8","8","You evil people who rule Israel, you are foolish and stupid; when will you become wise RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_9","020_94_9","PSA","94","9","9","God made our ears; so do you think that he cannot hear what you say RHQ? He created our eyes; so do you think that he cannot see the evil things that you do RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_10","020_94_10","PSA","94","10","10","He also scolds the leaders of other nations; so do you think that he will not punish you RHQ? He is the one who knows everything; so why do you think that he does not know what you do RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_11","020_94_11","PSA","94","11","11","Yahweh knows everything that people are thinking; he knows that what they think ◄is useless/vanishes as quickly as► smoke MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_12","020_94_12","PSA","94","12","12","Yahweh, you are pleased with people who want you to discipline/correct them, those who want you to teach them your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_13","020_94_13","PSA","94","13","13","When those people have had troubles, you cause those troubles to cease, and some day it will be as though you will dig pits for wicked people, and they will fall into those pits and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_14","020_94_14","PSA","94","14","14","Yahweh will not abandon his people; he will not desert like that those who belong to him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_15","020_94_15","PSA","94","15","15","Some day judges will decide matters fairly for people, and all honest/righteous people will be pleased about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_16","020_94_16","PSA","94","16","16","But when wicked people ◄oppressed me/treated me cruelly►, ◄who defended me?/no one defended me.► RHQ No one stood up to testify for me against those evil people RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_17","020_94_17","PSA","94","17","17","If Yahweh had not helped me at that time, I would have been executed, and my soul/spirit would have gone to the place where dead people say nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_18","020_94_18","PSA","94","18","18","I said/thought to myself, “I am about to die,” but Yahweh, you held me up by faithfully loving me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_19","020_94_19","PSA","94","19","19","Whenever I am very worried, you comfort/encourage me and cause me to be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_20","020_94_20","PSA","94","20","20","You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_21","020_94_21","PSA","94","21","21","They plan to get rid of righteous people, and they declare that ◄innocent people/people who have not done what is wrong► must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_22","020_94_22","PSA","94","22","22","But Yahweh ◄has become like my fortress/protects me► MET; my God is like a huge rock under which I am protected/safe MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS94_23","020_94_23","PSA","94","23","23","He will punish those wicked leaders in return for the wicked things that they have done, and will get rid of them for the sins that they have committed; yes, Yahweh our God will ◄wipe them out/destroy them completely►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_1","020_95_1","PSA","95","1","1","Come, sing to Yahweh; sing joyfully to the one who protects us MET and saves us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_2","020_95_2","PSA","95","2","2","We should thank him as we come before him, and sing ◄joyful songs/joyfully► as we praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_3","020_95_3","PSA","95","3","3","Because Yahweh is the great God, he is a great king who rules over all other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_4","020_95_4","PSA","95","4","4","He rules over the whole earth, from the deepest places/caves to the highest mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_5","020_95_5","PSA","95","5","5","The seas are his, because he made them. He is also the one who SYN formed/made the dry land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_6","020_95_6","PSA","95","6","6","We should come, worship, and bow down before him. We should kneel before Yahweh, the one who made us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_7","020_95_7","PSA","95","7","7","He is our God, and we are the people whom he takes care of MET; like sheep that a shepherd takes care of. Today, listen to what Yahweh is saying to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_8","020_95_8","PSA","95","8","8","He says, “Do not become stubborn IDM like your ancestors did at Meribah, and like they did at Massah in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_9","020_95_9","PSA","95","9","9","There your ancestors ◄wanted to see/tried to determine► if they could do many very evil things without my punishing them. Even though they had seen me perform many miracles, they tested whether I would continue to be patient with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_10","020_95_10","PSA","95","10","10","For 40 years I was angry with those people, and I said, ‘Those people say that they want to please me, but they do things that I detest. They refuse to obey my commands.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS95_11","020_95_11","PSA","95","11","11","So because I was very angry, I solemnly said/declared about them: ‘They will never enter the land of Canaan where I would have allowed them to rest!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_1","020_96_1","PSA","96","1","1","Sing to Yahweh a new song! You people throughout the earth, sing to Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_2","020_96_2","PSA","96","2","2","Sing to Yahweh and praise him MTY! Every day proclaim to others that he has saved/rescued us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_3","020_96_3","PSA","96","3","3","Tell about his glory/greatness to all people-groups; tell all people-groups the marvelous things that he has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_4","020_96_4","PSA","96","4","4","Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be praised very much; he should be revered more than for all the gods, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_5","020_96_5","PSA","96","5","5","because all the gods that other people-groups worship are only idols, but Yahweh is truly great; he created the skies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_6","020_96_6","PSA","96","6","6","Those who are in his presence honor him and can see that he is a great king. They can see in his temple that he is very powerful and is very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_7","020_96_7","PSA","96","7","7","You people in nations all over the earth, praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh for his glorious power HEN! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_8","020_96_8","PSA","96","8","8","Praise Yahweh like he deserves to be praised, Bring an offering and come to his temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_9","020_96_9","PSA","96","9","9","Bow down before Yahweh when he appears in his holy/sacred temple; everyone on the earth should tremble in front of him, because he is majestic and holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_10","020_96_10","PSA","96","10","10","Say to all the people-groups, “Yahweh is the king! He put the world in its place, and nothing will ever be able to move/shake it. He will judge all the people-groups fairly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_11","020_96_11","PSA","96","11","11","All the beings that are in MTY the heavens should be glad, and all the people on the earth should rejoice. The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar to praise Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_12","020_96_12","PSA","96","12","12","The fields and everything that grows in them should rejoice. When they do that, it will be as though all the trees in the forests will sing joyfully ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS96_13","020_96_13","PSA","96","13","13","in front of Yahweh. That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on MTY the earth. He will judge all the people fairly/justly, according to what he knows is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_1","020_97_1","PSA","97","1","1","Yahweh is the king! I want everyone on the earth to be glad/happy, and the people who live on the islands in the oceans to also rejoice about that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_2","020_97_2","PSA","97","2","2","There are very dark clouds around him to hide him; he rules MTY righteously/justly and fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_3","020_97_3","PSA","97","3","3","He sends fire in front of him, and he completely burns all his enemies in that fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_4","020_97_4","PSA","97","4","4","All around the world he causes lightning to flash; people on the earth see it, and it causes them to be afraid and tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_5","020_97_5","PSA","97","5","5","The mountains/hills melt like wax in front of Yahweh, the one who is the Lord, who rules over all the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_6","020_97_6","PSA","97","6","6","The angels in MTY heaven proclaim that he acts righteously, and all the people-groups see his glory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_7","020_97_7","PSA","97","7","7","Everyone who worships idols should be ashamed; all those who are proud of their false gods should realize that their gods are useless, It is as though all those gods bow down to worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_8","020_97_8","PSA","97","8","8","The people MTY of Jerusalem hear about Yahweh and are glad/happy, and people in the other MTY cities in Judah also rejoice, because Yahweh judges and punishes wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_9","020_97_9","PSA","97","9","9","Yahweh is the supreme king over all the earth; he has very great power, and all the other gods have no power at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_10","020_97_10","PSA","97","10","10","Yahweh loves those who hate what people do that is evil; he protects the lives of his people, and he rescues them when the wicked people try to harm them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_11","020_97_11","PSA","97","11","11","His light shines on righteous people; he causes those who are righteous to rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS97_12","020_97_12","PSA","97","12","12","You righteous people, rejoice about what Yahweh has done, and thank him, our holy God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_1","020_98_1","PSA","98","1","1","Sing to Yahweh a new song, because he has done wonderful things! By his power MTY and his great strength DOU he has defeated his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_2","020_98_2","PSA","98","2","2","Yahweh has declared to people that he has defeated his enemies; he has revealed that he has punished them, and people in all the world have seen that he has done it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_3","020_98_3","PSA","98","3","3","Like he promised to us Israeli people MTY, he has faithfully loved us and ◄been loyal to/not abandoned► us. People who live in very remote places in all the earth have seen that our God has defeated his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_4","020_98_4","PSA","98","4","4","All you people MTY everywhere should sing joyfully to Yahweh; praise him while you sing and shout joyfully! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_5","020_98_5","PSA","98","5","5","Praise Yahweh while you play the lyres/harps, playing delightful music. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_6","020_98_6","PSA","98","6","6","Some of you should blow trumpets and other horns, while others shout joyfully to Yahweh, our king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_7","020_98_7","PSA","98","7","7","The oceans and all the creatures that are in the oceans should roar to praise Yahweh. Everyone on the earth should sing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_8","020_98_8","PSA","98","8","8","It should seem as though the rivers are clapping their hands to praise Yahweh and that the hills are singing together joyfully in front of Yahweh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS98_9","020_98_9","PSA","98","9","9","because he will come to judge everyone on MTY the earth! He will judge all the people-groups in the world justly and fairly DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_1","020_99_1","PSA","99","1","1","Yahweh is the supreme king, so all the people-groups should tremble ◄in his presence/in front of him►! He sits on his throne in the temple above the statues of winged creatures, so the earth should quake/shake! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_2","020_99_2","PSA","99","2","2","Yahweh is a mighty king in Jerusalem; but he is also  the supreme ruler of all people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_3","020_99_3","PSA","99","3","3","So they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_4","020_99_4","PSA","99","4","4","He is a mighty king who ◄loves/is pleased with► what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly DOU in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_5","020_99_5","PSA","99","5","5","Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple MTY, where he rules people. He is holy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_6","020_99_6","PSA","99","6","6","Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those three cried out to Yahweh to help them, and he answered them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_7","020_99_7","PSA","99","7","7","He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud that was like a huge pillar; they obeyed all the laws and commandments DOU that he gave to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_8","020_99_8","PSA","99","8","8","Yahweh, our God, you answered your people when they cried out to you to help them; you are a God who forgave them for those sins that they had committed, even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS99_9","020_99_9","PSA","99","9","9","Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him at the temple on his sacred hill; it is right to do that because Yahweh, our God, is holy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS100_1","020_100_1","PSA","100","1","1","Everyone in the world should shout joyfully to Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS100_2","020_100_2","PSA","100","2","2","We should worship Yahweh gladly! We should come before him singing joyful songs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS100_3","020_100_3","PSA","100","3","3","We should acknowledge/recognize that Yahweh is God; it is he who made us, so we belong to him. We are the people that he takes care of MET; we are like sheep that are cared for by their shepherd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS100_4","020_100_4","PSA","100","4","4","Enter the gates of his temple thanking him; enter the courtyard of the temple singing songs to praise him! Thank him and praise him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS100_5","020_100_5","PSA","100","5","5","because Yahweh always does good things for us. He faithfully loves us, and ◄is faithful/is loyal to us forever/will never forsake us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_1","020_101_1","PSA","101","1","1","Yahweh, I will sing to you! I will sing about your faithfully loving us (OR, my being loyal to you and acting justly/fairly toward people). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_2","020_101_2","PSA","101","2","2","I promise that while I rule people MTY, I will behave in such a way that no one will be able to criticize me. Yahweh, ◄when will you come to help me?/I need you to come to help me.► RHQ I will do things that are right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_3","020_101_3","PSA","101","3","3","I will not allow stay away from those who do what is evil SYN. I hate the deeds of those who ◄turn away from/sin against► you; I will ◄completely avoid those people/not allow those people to come near me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_4","020_101_4","PSA","101","4","4","I will not be dishonest, and I will not have anything to do with evil (OR, evil people). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_5","020_101_5","PSA","101","5","5","I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not ◄tolerate/allow to be near me► anyone who is proud and arrogant DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_6","020_101_6","PSA","101","6","6","I will approve of IDM people in this land who ◄are loyal to/faithfully obey► God, and I will allow them to ◄live with/work for► me. I will allow those who behave in such a way that no one can criticize them to ◄serve me/be my officials►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_7","020_101_7","PSA","101","7","7","I will not allow anyone who deceives others to work in my palace; no one who tells lies will be allowed to continually come to work for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS101_8","020_101_8","PSA","101","8","8","Every day I will try to get rid of all the wicked people in this land; I will do that by expelling them from this city, which is Yahweh’s city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_1","020_102_1","PSA","102","1","1","Yahweh, listen to what I am praying; hear me while I cry out to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_2","020_102_2","PSA","102","2","2","Do not ◄turn away/hide yourself► from me when I ◄have troubles/am distressed►! Listen to me, and answer me quickly now, when I am calling out to you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_3","020_102_3","PSA","102","3","3","My life is ending, like smoke that disappears SIM; I have a high fever which burns my body like a fire burns SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_4","020_102_4","PSA","102","4","4","I feel like I am drying up like grass SIM that has been beaten/trampled down, and I no longer have a desire to eat food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_5","020_102_5","PSA","102","5","5","I groan loudly, and my bones can be seen under my skin because I have become very thin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_6","020_102_6","PSA","102","6","6","I am like a lonely and despised vulture in the desert, like an owl by itself in the abandoned ruins of a building/city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_7","020_102_7","PSA","102","7","7","I lie awake at night; because there is no one to comfort me, I am like a lonely bird sitting on a housetop SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_8","020_102_8","PSA","102","8","8","All during the day my enemies insult me; those who make fun of me mention my name and say, “May you be like him” when they curse people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_9","020_102_9","PSA","102","9","10","Because you are very angry DOU with me, now I sit in ashes while I am suffering greatly; and those ashes fall on the bread/food that I eat, and what I drink has my tears mixed with it. It is as though you have picked me up and thrown me away! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_11","020_102_11","PSA","102","11","11","My time to remain alive is like an evening shadow that will soon be gone SIM. I am withering like grass withers in the hot sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_12","020_102_12","PSA","102","12","12","But Yahweh, you are our king who rules MTY forever; people who are not yet born will remember you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_13","020_102_13","PSA","102","13","13","You will arise and be merciful to the people of MTY Jerusalem; it is now time for you to do that; this is the time for you to be kind to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_14","020_102_14","PSA","102","14","14","Even though ◄the city has been destroyed/our enemies have destroyed our city►, we who serve you still love the stones that were formerly in the city walls; because now there is rubble everywhere, we, your people, are very sad when we see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_15","020_102_15","PSA","102","15","15","Yahweh, some day the people of other nations will revere you MTY; all the kings on earth will see that you are very glorious/great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_16","020_102_16","PSA","102","16","16","You will rebuild Jerusalem, and you will appear there with your glory/brightness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_17","020_102_17","PSA","102","17","17","You will listen to the prayers of your people who are homeless, and you will ◄not ignore them/do what they request► LIT when they plead with you to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_18","020_102_18","PSA","102","18","18","Yahweh, I want to write these words in order that people in future years will know what you have done, in order that people who are not born yet will praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_19","020_102_19","PSA","102","19","19","They will know that you looked down from your holy/sacred place in heaven DOU and saw what was happening on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_20","020_102_20","PSA","102","20","20","They will know that you hear prisoners groaning and that you will set free those who have been told, “You will be executed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_21","020_102_21","PSA","102","21","21","As a result, people in Jerusalem will praise you DOU for what you have done ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_22","020_102_22","PSA","102","22","22","when many people from other people-groups and those who are citizens of other kingdoms gather to worship you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_23","020_102_23","PSA","102","23","23","But now you have caused me to become weak while I am still young; I think that I will ◄not live much longer/ very long/soon die►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_24","020_102_24","PSA","102","24","24","I say to you, “My God, do not cause me to die now, before I become old! You live forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_25","020_102_25","PSA","102","25","25","You created the world long ago, and you made ◄the heavens/everything in the sky► with your own hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_26","020_102_26","PSA","102","26","26","The earth and the heavens/sky will disappear, but you will remain. They will wear out like clothes wear out. You will get rid of them like people get rid of old clothes, and they will no longer exist, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_27","020_102_27","PSA","102","27","27","but you are not like the things that you created, because you are always the same; you never die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS102_28","020_102_28","PSA","102","28","28","Some day our children will live safely in Jerusalem, and their descendants will be protected in your presence.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_1","020_103_1","PSA","103","1","1","I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. I will praise him MTY with all of my inner being, because he MTY is holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_2","020_103_2","PSA","103","2","2","I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh and never forget all the kind things he has done for me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_3","020_103_3","PSA","103","3","3","He forgives all my sins, and he heals me from all my diseases/sicknesses; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_4","020_103_4","PSA","103","4","4","he keeps me from dying MTY, and blesses me by faithfully loving me and acting mercifully to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_5","020_103_5","PSA","103","5","5","He gives me good things during my entire life. He makes me feel young and strong like eagles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_6","020_103_6","PSA","103","6","6","Yahweh judges justly and ◄vindicates/does what is right for► all those who have been treated unfairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_7","020_103_7","PSA","103","7","7","Long ago he revealed to Moses what he planned to do; he showed to the ancestors of us Israeli people the mighty things that he was able to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_8","020_103_8","PSA","103","8","8","Yahweh acts mercifully and kindly; he does not quickly ◄get angry/punish us► when we sin; he is always showing us that he faithfully loves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_9","020_103_9","PSA","103","9","9","He will not keep rebuking us, and he will not remain angry forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_10","020_103_10","PSA","103","10","10","He punishes us for our sins, but he does not punish us severely as we deserve DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_11","020_103_11","PSA","103","11","11","The skies are very high above the earth, and Yahweh’s faithful love for all those who revere him is just as great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_12","020_103_12","PSA","103","12","12","He has taken away the guilt for MTY our sins, taking it as far from us as the east is from the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_13","020_103_13","PSA","103","13","13","Just like parents act mercifully toward their children, Yahweh is kind to those who revere him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_14","020_103_14","PSA","103","14","14","He knows what our bodies are like; he remembers that he created us from dirt, and so we quickly fail to do what pleases him MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_15","020_103_15","PSA","103","15","15","We humans do not live forever SIM; we are like grass SIM that withers and dies. We are like wild flowers: They bloom for a short while, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_16","020_103_16","PSA","103","16","16","but then the hot wind blows over them, and they disappear; no one sees them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_17","020_103_17","PSA","103","17","17","But Yahweh will faithfully keep loving forever all those who revere him. He will act fairly to our children and to their children; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_18","020_103_18","PSA","103","18","18","he will act that way to all those who obey the agreement he made with them to bless them if they did what he told them to do, to all those who obey what he has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_19","020_103_19","PSA","103","19","19","Yahweh made/caused the heavens to be the place where he rules MTY; from there he rules over everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_20","020_103_20","PSA","103","20","20","You angels who belong to Yahweh, praise him! You are powerful creatures/beings who do what he tells you to do; you obey what he commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_21","020_103_21","PSA","103","21","21","Praise Yahweh, you armies/thousands of angels who serve him and do what he desires! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS103_22","020_103_22","PSA","103","22","22","All you things that Yahweh has created, praise him; praise him in every place where he rules, everywhere! And I also will praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_1","020_104_1","PSA","104","1","1","I tell myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes MET, you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_2","020_104_2","PSA","104","2","2","You created/caused light to be like your robe MET. You spread out the sky like a man sets up a tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_3","020_104_3","PSA","104","3","3","You made/put your home in heaven, above the rain clouds in the sky, like a man puts the rafters of his house in place MET. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots to carry you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_4","020_104_4","PSA","104","4","4","You caused the winds to be like your messengers MET, and flames of fire to be like your servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_5","020_104_5","PSA","104","5","5","You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_6","020_104_6","PSA","104","6","6","Later, you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_7","020_104_7","PSA","104","7","7","But when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_8","020_104_8","PSA","104","8","8","Mountains rose up from the water, and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_9","020_104_9","PSA","104","9","9","Then you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the whole earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_10","020_104_10","PSA","104","10","10","You make/cause springs to pour water into ravines; their water flows down between the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_11","020_104_11","PSA","104","11","11","Those streams provide water for all the animals to drink; the wild donkeys drink the water and are no longer thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_12","020_104_12","PSA","104","12","12","Birds make their nests alongside the streams, and they sing among the branches of the trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_13","020_104_13","PSA","104","13","13","From ◄your home in heaven/the sky► you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_14","020_104_14","PSA","104","14","14","You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle to eat, and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way animals and people get their food from what grows in the soil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_15","020_104_15","PSA","104","15","15","We get grapes to make MTY wine to drink and make us cheerful, and we get olives to make MTY olive oil to put on our skin and cause it to shine, and we get grain to make MTY bread to give us strength. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_16","020_104_16","PSA","104","16","16","Yahweh, you send plenty of rain to water your trees, the cedar trees that you planted in Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_17","020_104_17","PSA","104","17","17","Birds make their nests in those trees; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_18","020_104_18","PSA","104","18","18","High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_19","020_104_19","PSA","104","19","19","Yahweh, you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_20","020_104_20","PSA","104","20","20","You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, looking for food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_21","020_104_21","PSA","104","21","21","At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, but they depend on you to give them food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_22","020_104_22","PSA","104","22","22","At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_23","020_104_23","PSA","104","23","23","And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_24","020_104_24","PSA","104","24","24","Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were very wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_25","020_104_25","PSA","104","25","25","We see the ocean which is very large DOU! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_26","020_104_26","PSA","104","26","26","We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to ◄splash around/play► in the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_27","020_104_27","PSA","104","27","27","All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_28","020_104_28","PSA","104","28","28","When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they eat it and are satisfied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_29","020_104_29","PSA","104","29","29","But if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies decay and become soil again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_30","020_104_30","PSA","104","30","30","When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_31","020_104_31","PSA","104","31","31","I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about all the things that he has created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_32","020_104_32","PSA","104","32","32","He causes the earth to shake just by looking at it! By merely touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_33","020_104_33","PSA","104","33","33","I will sing to Yahweh ◄as long as I live/throughout my entire life►. I will praise my God until the day that I die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_34","020_104_34","PSA","104","34","34","I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought about him, because I rejoice about knowing him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS104_35","020_104_35","PSA","104","35","35","But I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked people! But as for me, I will praise Yahweh! ◄Praise him/Hallelujah►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_1","020_105_1","PSA","105","1","1","Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_2","020_105_2","PSA","105","2","2","Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_3","020_105_3","PSA","105","3","3","Be happy because you know that he MTY is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_4","020_105_4","PSA","105","4","4","Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_5","020_105_5","PSA","105","5","6","You people who are descendants of God’s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the man God chose, think about all the wonderful things that he has done: He performed miracles, and he punished all our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_7","020_105_7","PSA","105","7","7","He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges people throughout the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_8","020_105_8","PSA","105","8","8","He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_9","020_105_9","PSA","105","9","9","that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_10","020_105_10","PSA","105","10","10","Later he confirmed it again to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli people that would last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_11","020_105_11","PSA","105","11","11","What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you and your descendants forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_12","020_105_12","PSA","105","12","12","He said that to them when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_13","020_105_13","PSA","105","13","13","They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_14","020_105_14","PSA","105","14","14","But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_15","020_105_15","PSA","105","15","15","“Do not do harm the people whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_16","020_105_16","PSA","105","16","16","He sent a famine to Canaan, and as a result all the people had no food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_17","020_105_17","PSA","105","17","17","So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_18","020_105_18","PSA","105","18","18","Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt, they put his legs in shackles that bruised his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_19","020_105_19","PSA","105","19","19","There, Yahweh ◄refined Joseph’s character/tested Joseph to see if Joseph would continue to trust him►, until what Joseph predicted would happen ◄came true/happened►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_20","020_105_20","PSA","105","20","20","The king of Egypt summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph from prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_21","020_105_21","PSA","105","21","21","Then he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_22","020_105_22","PSA","105","22","22","◄Joseph was permitted/He permitted Joseph► to command the king’s servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and even to tell the king’s advisors the things that they should do for the people of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_23","020_105_23","PSA","105","23","23","Later, Joseph’s father Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_24","020_105_24","PSA","105","24","24","And years later Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. As a result, their enemies, the Egyptians, considered that the Israelis were too strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_25","020_105_25","PSA","105","25","25","So Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to ◄turn against/hate► the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_26","020_105_26","PSA","105","26","26","But then Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with Moses’ older brother Aaron, whom Yahweh had also chosen to be his servant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_27","020_105_27","PSA","105","27","27","Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_28","020_105_28","PSA","105","28","28","Yahweh sent darkness, so that the people of Egypt could not see anything DOU, but the rulers of Egypt refused RHQ to obey when Moses and Aaron commanded them to let the Israeli people leave Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_29","020_105_29","PSA","105","29","29","Yahweh caused all the water in Egypt to become ◄blood/red like blood►, and his doing that caused all the fish to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_30","020_105_30","PSA","105","30","30","Then he caused the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_31","020_105_31","PSA","105","31","31","Then Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended on the people of Egypt, and gnats also swarmed across the whole country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_32","020_105_32","PSA","105","32","32","Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent terrible hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_33","020_105_33","PSA","105","33","33","The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the other trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_34","020_105_34","PSA","105","34","34","He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; so many that they could not be counted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_35","020_105_35","PSA","105","35","35","The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_36","020_105_36","PSA","105","36","36","Then Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house of the people of Egypt DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_37","020_105_37","PSA","105","37","37","Then he brought the Israeli people out from Egypt; they were carrying loads of jewelry made of silver and gold that the women of Egypt had given to them. No one was left behind because of being sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_38","020_105_38","PSA","105","38","38","The people of Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_39","020_105_39","PSA","105","39","39","Then Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and at night it became a big fire in the sky to give them light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_40","020_105_40","PSA","105","40","40","Later the Israelis asked for meat to eat, and Yahweh sent flocks of quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna food from the sky each morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_41","020_105_41","PSA","105","41","41","One day he caused a rock to open up and water poured out for them to drink; it was like a river flowing in that desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_42","020_105_42","PSA","105","42","42","He did that because he kept thinking about the sacred promise that he had given to his servant, Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_43","020_105_43","PSA","105","43","43","So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_44","020_105_44","PSA","105","44","44","He gave to them the land that belonged to the people-groups that lived there in Canaan, and the Israelis harvested crops that other people had planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS105_45","020_105_45","PSA","105","45","45","Yahweh did all these things in order that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do DOU. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_1","020_106_1","PSA","106","1","1","Praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us; he faithfully loves us forever/continually! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_2","020_106_2","PSA","106","2","2","Because Yahweh has done many great things, no one can RHQ tell all the great things that Yahweh has done, and no one can praise him enough/sufficiently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_3","020_106_3","PSA","106","3","3","◄Happy are/He is pleased with► those who act fairly/justly, with those who always do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_4","020_106_4","PSA","106","4","4","Yahweh, be kind to me when you help your people; help me when you rescue/save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_5","020_106_5","PSA","106","5","5","Allow me to see it when your people become prosperous again and when all the people of your nation, Israel, are happy; allow me to be happy with them! I want to praise you along with all those others who belong to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_6","020_106_6","PSA","106","6","6","We and our ancestors have sinned; we have done things that were very wicked DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_7","020_106_7","PSA","106","7","7","When our ancestors were in Egypt, they did not pay attention to the wonderful things that Yahweh did; they forgot about the many times that he showed that he faithfully loved them. Instead, when they were at the Red Sea, they rebelled against God, who is greater than any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_8","020_106_8","PSA","106","8","8","But he rescued them for the sake of his own reputation in order that he could show that he is very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_9","020_106_9","PSA","106","9","9","He rebuked the Red Sea and it became dry, and then while he led our ancestors across it, they walked through it as though it were as dry as a desert SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_10","020_106_10","PSA","106","10","10","In that way he rescued them from the power MTY of their enemies who hated them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_11","020_106_11","PSA","106","11","11","Then their enemies were drowned in the water of the Red Sea; not one of them was left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_12","020_106_12","PSA","106","12","12","When that happened, our ancestors believed that Yahweh had truly done for them what he had promised to do, and they sang to praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_13","020_106_13","PSA","106","13","13","But they soon forgot what he had done for them; they did things without waiting to find out what Yahweh wanted them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_14","020_106_14","PSA","106","14","14","They intensely wanted food like they formerly ate in Egypt. They did evil things to find out if they could do those things without God punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_15","020_106_15","PSA","106","15","15","So he gave them what they requested, but he also caused a terrible disease to afflict them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_16","020_106_16","PSA","106","16","16","Later when some of the men became jealous of Moses and his older brother Aaron, who was dedicated to serve Yahweh by being a priest, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_17","020_106_17","PSA","106","17","17","the ground opened up and swallowed Dathan and also buried Abiram and his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_18","020_106_18","PSA","106","18","18","And God sent a fire down from heaven which burned up all the wicked people who ◄supported them/agreed with► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_19","020_106_19","PSA","106","19","19","Then the Israeli leaders made a gold statue at Sinai Mountain and worshiped it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_20","020_106_20","PSA","106","20","20","Instead of worshiping our glorious God, they started to worship a statue of a bull that eats grass! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_21","020_106_21","PSA","106","21","21","They forgot about God, who had rescued them by the great miracles that he performed in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_22","020_106_22","PSA","106","22","22","They forgot about the wonderful things that he did for them in Egypt and the amazing/awesome things that he did for them at the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_23","020_106_23","PSA","106","23","23","Because of that, God said that he would get rid of the Israelis, but Moses, whom God had chosen to serve him, pleaded with God not to get rid of them. And as a result God did not destroy them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_24","020_106_24","PSA","106","24","24","Later, our ancestors ◄refused/were afraid► to enter beautiful Canaan land because they did not believe that God would enable them to take the land from the people who were living there, as he had promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_25","020_106_25","PSA","106","25","25","They stayed in their tents and grumbled and would not pay attention to what Yahweh said that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_26","020_106_26","PSA","106","26","26","So he solemnly MTY told them that he would cause them to die there in the desert, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_27","020_106_27","PSA","106","27","27","and that he would scatter their descendants among the people of other nations/people-groups who did not believe in him, and that he would allow them to die in those lands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_28","020_106_28","PSA","106","28","28","Later the Israeli people started to worship the idol of Baal who they thought lived at Peor Mountain, and they ate meat that had been sacrificed to Baal and those other lifeless gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_29","020_106_29","PSA","106","29","29","Yahweh became very angry because of what they had done, so again he sent a terrible disease to attack/strike them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_30","020_106_30","PSA","106","30","30","But Phinehas stood up and punished/killed the ones who had sinned greatly, and as a result the ◄plague/serious disease► ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_31","020_106_31","PSA","106","31","31","People have remembered that righteous thing that Phinehas did, and in future years people will remember it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_32","020_106_32","PSA","106","32","32","Then at Meribah Springs our ancestors caused Yahweh to become angry, and as a result Moses had trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_33","020_106_33","PSA","106","33","33","They caused Moses to become very angry IDM, and he said things that were foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_34","020_106_34","PSA","106","34","34","Our ancestors did not destroy the people who did not believe in Yahweh like he told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_35","020_106_35","PSA","106","35","35","Instead, they mingled with people from those people-groups, and they started to do the evil things that those people did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_36","020_106_36","PSA","106","36","36","Our ancestors worshiped the idols of those people, which resulted in their being destroyed/exiled/taken to another country MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_37","020_106_37","PSA","106","37","37","Some of the Israelis sacrificed their sons and daughters to the demons that those idols represented. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_38","020_106_38","PSA","106","38","38","They killed MTY their own children, who ◄were innocent/had not done things that were wrong►, and offered them as sacrifices to the idols in Canaan. As a result, Canaan land was polluted by those murders MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_39","020_106_39","PSA","106","39","39","So by their deeds they caused themselves to become unacceptable to God; because they did not faithfully worship only God, they became like women who sleep with other men instead of sleeping only with their husbands MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_40","020_106_40","PSA","106","40","40","So Yahweh became very angry with his people; he was completely disgusted with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_41","020_106_41","PSA","106","41","41","As a result he allowed people-groups who did not believe in him to conquer them, so those who hated our ancestors started to rule over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_42","020_106_42","PSA","106","42","42","Their enemies ◄oppressed them/treated them cruelly► and completely controlled them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_43","020_106_43","PSA","106","43","43","Many times Yahweh rescued them, but they continued to rebel against him, and they were finally destroyed because of the sins that they committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_44","020_106_44","PSA","106","44","44","However, Yahweh always heard them when they cried out to him; he listened to them when they were distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_45","020_106_45","PSA","106","45","45","For their sake, he thought about the agreement/promise that he had made to bless them, and because he never stopped loving them very much, he changed his mind about punishing them more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_46","020_106_46","PSA","106","46","46","He caused all those who had taken the Israelis to Babylonia to ◄feel sorry for/pity► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_47","020_106_47","PSA","106","47","47","Yahweh our God, rescue/save us and bring us back to Israel from among those people-groups in order that we may thank you MTY and joyfully praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS106_48","020_106_48","PSA","106","48","48","Praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, praise him now and forever! And I want everyone to say, “Amen/May it be so!” Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_1","020_107_1","PSA","107","1","1","Give thanks to Yahweh, because he always does good things for us His faithful love for us lasts forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_2","020_107_2","PSA","107","2","2","Those whom Yahweh has saved should tell others that he has rescued them from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_3","020_107_3","PSA","107","3","3","He has gathered those of you who were ◄exiled/taken forcefully► to many lands; he has gathered you together from the east and the west, from the north and from the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_4","020_107_4","PSA","107","4","4","Some of those who returned from those countries wandered in the desert; they were lost and had no homes to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_5","020_107_5","PSA","107","5","5","They were hungry and thirsty, and they were very discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_6","020_107_6","PSA","107","6","6","When they were in trouble, they called out to Yahweh, and he rescued them from ◄being distressed/their difficulties►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_7","020_107_7","PSA","107","7","7","He led them along a straight road where they walked safely to cities in Canaan where they could live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_8","020_107_8","PSA","107","8","8","They should praise/thank Yahweh for loving them faithfully and for the wonderful things that he does for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_9","020_107_9","PSA","107","9","9","He gives thirsty people plenty of water to drink, and he gives hungry people plenty of good things to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_10","020_107_10","PSA","107","10","10","Some of them were in very dark HEN ◄places in Babylonia/other countries►; they were prisoners, suffering because of chains fastened to their hands and feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_11","020_107_11","PSA","107","11","11","They were in prison because they had ◄rebelled against/not obeyed► the message of God; they were there because they had despised the advice given by God, who is greater than all other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_12","020_107_12","PSA","107","12","12","That is why their bodies were worn out from hard labor; when they fell down, there was no one who would help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_13","020_107_13","PSA","107","13","13","In their troubles, they called out to Yahweh, and he rescued them from their being distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_14","020_107_14","PSA","107","14","14","He broke the chains that were on their hands and feet; and brought them out of those very dark prisons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_15","020_107_15","PSA","107","15","16","He broke down the prison gates that were made of bronze, and cut through the prison bars that were made of iron. So they also should praise/thank Yahweh for faithfully loving them, and for all the wonderful things that he does for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_17","020_107_17","PSA","107","17","17","Some of them foolishly rebelled against God, so they suffered for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_18","020_107_18","PSA","107","18","18","They did not want to eat any food, and they almost died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_19","020_107_19","PSA","107","19","19","In their troubles, they also called out to Yahweh, and he rescued them from their being distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_20","020_107_20","PSA","107","20","20","When he commanded that they be healed, they were healed; he saved them from dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_21","020_107_21","PSA","107","21","21","They also should praise/thank Yahweh for faithfully loving them, and for all the wonderful things that he does for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_22","020_107_22","PSA","107","22","22","They should give offerings to him to show that they are thankful, and they should sing joyfully about the miracles that he has performed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_23","020_107_23","PSA","107","23","23","Some of them sailed in ships; they were selling things in ports throughout the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_24","020_107_24","PSA","107","24","24","As they were sailing, they also saw the miracles that Yahweh performed, the wonderful things that he did when they were on very deep seas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_25","020_107_25","PSA","107","25","25","He commanded the winds, and they became strong and ◄stirred up high waves/caused waves to rise high►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_26","020_107_26","PSA","107","26","26","The ships in which they were sailing were tossed high in the air, and then they sank into the ◄troughs/low places► between the high waves; then the sailors were terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_27","020_107_27","PSA","107","27","27","They stumbled about and staggered like drunken men, and they did not know what to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_28","020_107_28","PSA","107","28","28","In their troubles, they also called out to Yahweh, and he rescued them from their distresses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_29","020_107_29","PSA","107","29","29","He ◄calmed the storm/caused the wind to stop blowing►, and he caused the waves to completely subside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_30","020_107_30","PSA","107","30","30","They were very glad when it became calm; and Yahweh brought them safely into a harbor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_31","020_107_31","PSA","107","31","31","They also should praise/thank Yahweh for faithfully loving them, and for all the wonderful things that he does for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_32","020_107_32","PSA","107","32","32","They should praise him among the Israeli people when they have gathered together, and they should praise him in front of the leaders of the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_33","020_107_33","PSA","107","33","33","Sometimes Yahweh causes rivers to become dry, with the result that the land becomes a desert, and springs of water become dry land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_34","020_107_34","PSA","107","34","34","Sometimes he causes land that has produced lots of crops to become salty wastelands, with the result that they do not produce crops. He does that because the people who live there are very wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_35","020_107_35","PSA","107","35","35","But sometimes he causes pools of water to appear in deserts, and he causes springs to flow in very dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_36","020_107_36","PSA","107","36","36","He brings hungry people into that land, to live there and build cities there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_37","020_107_37","PSA","107","37","37","They plant seeds in their fields, and they plant grapevines that produce big crops of grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_38","020_107_38","PSA","107","38","38","He blesses the people, and the women give birth to many children, and they have large herds of cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_39","020_107_39","PSA","107","39","39","When the number of people becomes smaller and they have been humiliated by their enemies by being oppressed and caused to suffer DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_40","020_107_40","PSA","107","40","40","Yahweh shows contempt for the leaders who oppress them, and causes them to wander in deserts where there are no roads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_41","020_107_41","PSA","107","41","41","But he rescues poor people from ◄being in misery/suffering►, and causes their families to increase in number  like flocks of sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_42","020_107_42","PSA","107","42","42","Godly/Righteous people will ◄see/hear about► these things, and they will rejoice, and wicked people will hear about these things, too, but they will have nothing to say in reply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS107_43","020_107_43","PSA","107","43","43","Those who are wise should think carefully about those things; they should consider all the things that Yahweh has done to show that he faithfully loves them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_1","020_108_1","PSA","108","1","1","God, I am ◄very confident/trusting completely► IDM in you. I will sing to praise you. with all my inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_2","020_108_2","PSA","108","2","2","I will arise before the sun rises, and I will praise you while I play my big harp and my ◄lyre/small harp►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_3","020_108_3","PSA","108","3","3","I prayed, “Yahweh, I will thank you among all the people-groups; I will sing to praise you among the nations, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_4","020_108_4","PSA","108","4","4","because your faithful love for us reaches up to the heavens, and your faithfully doing what you promise is as great as the distance up to the clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_5","020_108_5","PSA","108","5","5","Yahweh, show in the heavens that you are very great! And show your glory to people all over the earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_6","020_108_6","PSA","108","6","6","Answer our prayers and by your power help us MTY to defeat our enemies in order that we, the people whom you love, may be saved/rescued.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_7","020_108_7","PSA","108","7","7","And Yahweh answered our prayers and spoke from his temple, saying, “Because I have conquered your enemies, I will joyfully divideeverything in Shechem city and I will distribute among my people the valuable things in Succoth Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_8","020_108_8","PSA","108","8","8","The Gilead region is mine; the people of the tribe of Manasseh are mine; the tribe of Ephraim is like my war helmet, and the tribe of Judah is like the ◄scepter/stick that I hold which shows that I am the ruler► MET; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_9","020_108_9","PSA","108","9","9","the Moab region is like my washbasin MET; I throw my sandal in the Edom area to show that it belongs to me; I shout triumphantly because I have defeated the people of the Philistia area.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_10","020_108_10","PSA","108","10","10","Because we want to attack the people of Edom, ◄who will lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it?/I want someone to lead my army triumphantly to their capital city that has strong walls around it.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_11","020_108_11","PSA","108","11","11","God, we hope that RHQ you have not abandoned us, and that you will go with us when our army marches out to fight our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_12","020_108_12","PSA","108","12","12","We need you to help us when we fight against our enemies, because the help that humans can give us is worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS108_13","020_108_13","PSA","108","13","13","But with you helping us, we shall win; you will enable us to defeat our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_1","020_109_1","PSA","109","1","1","God, you are the one whom I praise, So please answer my prayer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_2","020_109_2","PSA","109","2","2","because wicked people slander me and tell MTY lies about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_3","020_109_3","PSA","109","3","3","They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_4","020_109_4","PSA","109","4","4","I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but instead of being kind to me, they say that I have done evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_5","020_109_5","PSA","109","5","5","In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_6","020_109_6","PSA","109","6","6","They said, “Appoint a wicked judge who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_7","020_109_7","PSA","109","7","7","And cause that when the trial ends, the judge will declare that he is guilty, and that even his prayer will be considered to be a sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_8","020_109_8","PSA","109","8","8","Then, cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_9","020_109_9","PSA","109","9","9","Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_10","020_109_10","PSA","109","10","10","Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_11","020_109_11","PSA","109","11","11","Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_12","020_109_12","PSA","109","12","12","Cause that while he is still living no one will be kind to him, and after he dies, cause that no one will pity his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_13","020_109_13","PSA","109","13","13","Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he MTY was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_14","020_109_14","PSA","109","14","14","Yahweh, remember and do not forgive his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not even forgive the sins that his mother committed; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_15","020_109_15","PSA","109","15","15","think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_16","020_109_16","PSA","109","16","16","He never was kind to anyone; he ◄persecuted/cause problems for► poor and needy people and even killed helpless people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_17","020_109_17","PSA","109","17","17","He liked to curse people. So cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless others, so cause that no one will bless him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_18","020_109_18","PSA","109","18","18","He cursed other people as often/easily as he put on his clothes SIM; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will happen to him and enter his body like water that he drinks SIM, like olive oil soaks into a person’s bones when it is rubbed on his skin SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_19","020_109_19","PSA","109","19","19","Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_20","020_109_20","PSA","109","20","20","Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_21","020_109_21","PSA","109","21","21","But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me from my enemies because your faithfully loving me is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_22","020_109_22","PSA","109","22","22","I ask you to do this because I am poor and needy and my inner being is ◄full of pain/very troubled/discouraged►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_23","020_109_23","PSA","109","23","23","I think that my time to remain alive is short, like an evening shadow that will soon disappear SIM. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_24","020_109_24","PSA","109","24","24","My knees are weak because I have ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► very often, and my body has become very thin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_25","020_109_25","PSA","109","25","25","The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they insult me by shaking their heads at me as though I were an evil man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_26","020_109_26","PSA","109","26","26","Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love me, rescue me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_27","020_109_27","PSA","109","27","27","When you save me, cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_28","020_109_28","PSA","109","28","28","They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who ◄persecute/cause problems for► me to be defeated and as a result to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_29","020_109_29","PSA","109","29","29","Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause other people to see that they are disgraced, as easily as they see the clothes that they wear SIM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_30","020_109_30","PSA","109","30","30","But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him when I am among the crowd of people who are worshiping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS109_31","020_109_31","PSA","109","31","31","I will do that because he defends MTY needy people like me, and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_1","020_110_1","PSA","110","1","1","Yahweh said to my lord the king, “Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor MTY until I completely defeat your enemies MET and make them like a stool for your feet!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_2","020_110_2","PSA","110","2","2","Yahweh also said to him, “I will extend your power as king from Jerusalem to other lands; you will rule over all your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_3","020_110_3","PSA","110","3","3","On the day that you lead your armies into battle, many of your people will volunteer to join your army. Like the dew refreshes the earth early in the morning, young men will encourage you by coming to help you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_4","020_110_4","PSA","110","4","4","Yahweh has made a solemn promise, and he will never change his mind; he has said to the king, “You will be a priest forever serving Yahweh  like Melchizedek did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_5","020_110_5","PSA","110","5","5","Yahweh stands in the place of highest honor at your right side; when he becomes angry, he will defeat many kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_6","020_110_6","PSA","110","6","6","He will judge and punish the people of many nations; he will fill the land with their corpses. He will crush the heads of other kings all over the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS110_7","020_110_7","PSA","110","7","7","But my lord the king will drink from streams near the road; he will be refreshed after defeating his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_1","020_111_1","PSA","111","1","1","Praise Yahweh! I will thank Yahweh with my entire inner being, every time I am with a large group of godly/righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_2","020_111_2","PSA","111","2","2","The things that Yahweh has done are wonderful! All those who are delighted/pleased with those things desire to ◄study/think about► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_3","020_111_3","PSA","111","3","3","Because of everything that he does, people greatly honor him and respect him because he is a great king; the righteous/just things that he does will endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_4","020_111_4","PSA","111","4","4","He has appointed/established festivals in which we remember the wonderful things that he has done; Yahweh always is kind and merciful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_5","020_111_5","PSA","111","5","5","He provides food for those who revere him; he never forgets the agreement that he made with our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_6","020_111_6","PSA","111","6","6","By enabling his people to capture the lands that belonged to other people-groups, he has shown to us, his people, that he is very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_7","020_111_7","PSA","111","7","7","He MTY faithfully does what he has promised and always does what is just/fair, and we can depend on him to help us when he commands us to do things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_8","020_111_8","PSA","111","8","8","What he commands must be obeyed forever; and he acted in a true and righteous manner when he gave us those commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_9","020_111_9","PSA","111","9","9","He rescued us, his people, from being slaves in Egypt, and he made an agreement with us that will last forever. He MTY is holy and awesome! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS111_10","020_111_10","PSA","111","10","10","Revering Yahweh is the way to become wise. All those who obey his commands will know what is good for them to decide to do. We should praise him forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_1","020_112_1","PSA","112","1","1","Praise Yahweh! ◄Happy are/He is pleased with► those who revere him, those who happily obey his commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_2","020_112_2","PSA","112","2","2","Their children will prosper in their land; and their descendants will be blessed by God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_3","020_112_3","PSA","112","3","3","Their families MTY will be very wealthy DOU, and the results of  their righteous deeds will endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_4","020_112_4","PSA","112","4","4","Godly/Righteous people are like lights SIM that shine in the darkness on those who are kind, merciful and righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_5","020_112_5","PSA","112","5","5","Things will go well for those who generously lend money to others and who conduct their businesses honestly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_6","020_112_6","PSA","112","6","6","Righteous people will not be overwhelmed/worried/distressed because of their troubles, and they will never be forgotten by other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_7","020_112_7","PSA","112","7","7","They are not afraid of receiving bad news; they confidently/completely trust in Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_8","020_112_8","PSA","112","8","8","They are confident and not afraid, because they know that they will see God defeat their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_9","020_112_9","PSA","112","9","9","They give things generously to poor/needy people; the results of their kind deeds will endure forever, and they will be exalted and honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS112_10","020_112_10","PSA","112","10","10","Wicked people see those things and are angry; they gnash their teeth angrily, but they will disappear and die. The wicked things that they want to do will never happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_1","020_113_1","PSA","113","1","1","Praise Yahweh! You people who serve Yahweh, praise him! Praise ◄him/his name►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_2","020_113_2","PSA","113","2","2","Yahweh should be praised now and forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_3","020_113_3","PSA","113","3","3","People who live in the east and people who live in the west, everyone, should praise Yahweh MTY! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_4","020_113_4","PSA","113","4","4","Yahweh rules MTY over all the nations, and high in the heavens he shows that his glory is very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_5","020_113_5","PSA","113","5","5","There is no one RHQ who is like Yahweh, our God, who lives/sits/rules in the highest heaven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_6","020_113_6","PSA","113","6","6","and looks far down through the heavens and sees the people on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_7","020_113_7","PSA","113","7","7","Sometimes he lifts poor people up so that they no longer sit in the dirt; he helps needy people so that they no longer sit on heaps of ashes ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_8","020_113_8","PSA","113","8","8","and causes them to be honored by sitting next to princes, the sons of the kings who rule their people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS113_9","020_113_9","PSA","113","9","9","He also enables women who have no children to have a family; he causes them to be happy mothers. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_1","020_114_1","PSA","114","1","1","When the Israeli people left Egypt, when they who were descendants of Jacob left people who spoke a foreign/different language, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_2","020_114_2","PSA","114","2","2","the land of Judah became the place where people worshiped God; and Israel became the land (OR, the Israeli people became the people) that he ruled over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_3","020_114_3","PSA","114","3","3","When they came to the Red  Sea, it was as though the water saw them and ran away! When they came to the Jordan River, that water in the river stopped flowing so that the Israelis could cross it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_4","020_114_4","PSA","114","4","4","When they came to Sinai Mountain and there was a big earthquake, it was as though the mountains skipped/jumped like goats do and the hills jumped around like lambs do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_5","020_114_5","PSA","114","5","5","If someone asks, “What happened at the Red Sea that caused the water to run away? What happened that caused the water in the Jordan River to stop flowing? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_6","020_114_6","PSA","114","6","6","What happened that caused the mountains to skip like goats and caused the hills to jump around like lambs?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_7","020_114_7","PSA","114","7","7","I would reply that it was the presence of the Lord that caused those things to happen! Everyone/Everything on the earth should tremble in the presence of God, whom ◄Jacob worshiped/the Israeli people worship►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS114_8","020_114_8","PSA","114","8","8","He is the one who caused pools of water for the Israeli people to drink to flow from a rock; he caused a spring to flow from a solid rock cliff! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_1","020_115_1","PSA","115","1","1","Yahweh, people should praise only you MTY; they must praise you, not us, because you faithfully love us and always do what you have promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_2","020_115_2","PSA","115","2","2","It is not right that RHQ other people-groups should say about us, “They claim that their God is very powerful, but if that is true, why does he not help them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_3","020_115_3","PSA","115","3","3","Our God is in heaven, and he does whatever he wants to! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_4","020_115_4","PSA","115","4","4","But their idols are only statues made of silver and gold, things that humans have made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_5","020_115_5","PSA","115","5","5","Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say anything; they have eyes, but they cannot see anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_6","020_115_6","PSA","115","6","6","They have ears, but they cannot hear anything; they have noses, but they cannot smell anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_7","020_115_7","PSA","115","7","7","They have hands, but they cannot feel anything; they have feet, but they cannot walk, and they have throats but cannot even make any sounds! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_8","020_115_8","PSA","115","8","8","The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, and those who trust in those idols can accomplish nothing, just like their idols! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_9","020_115_9","PSA","115","9","9","You, my fellow Israeli people, trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and protects you like MET a shield. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_10","020_115_10","PSA","115","10","10","You priests MTY, trust in Yahweh! He is the one who helps you and protects you like MET a shield. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_11","020_115_11","PSA","115","11","11","All you who revere Yahweh, trust in him! He is the one who helps you and protects you like MET a shield. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_12","020_115_12","PSA","115","12","12","Yahweh has not forgotten us; he will bless us Israeli people MTY! He will bless the priests, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_13","020_115_13","PSA","115","13","13","and he will bless all those who revere him; he will bless important people and people who are considered to be unimportant, everyone! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_14","020_115_14","PSA","115","14","14","I desire that Yahweh will give many children to you my fellow-Israeli people, and to your descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_15","020_115_15","PSA","115","15","15","I desire that Yahweh, the one who made heaven and the earth, will bless all of you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_16","020_115_16","PSA","115","16","16","The highest heavens belong to Yahweh, but he gave everything that is on the earth to us people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_17","020_115_17","PSA","115","17","17","Dead people are not able to praise Yahweh; when they descend into the place where dead people are, they are unable to speak and cannot praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS115_18","020_115_18","PSA","115","18","18","But we who are alive will thank/praise him, now and forever. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_1","020_116_1","PSA","116","1","1","I love Yahweh, because he hears me when I cry for him to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_2","020_116_2","PSA","116","2","2","He listens to me, so I will call out to him all during my life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_3","020_116_3","PSA","116","3","3","Everything around me MET caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_4","020_116_4","PSA","116","4","4","But then I called out to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh, I plead with you to save/rescue me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_5","020_116_5","PSA","116","5","5","Yahweh is kind and does what is right; he is our God, and he acts mercifully to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_6","020_116_6","PSA","116","6","6","He protects those who ◄are helpless/cannot defend themselves►; and when I thought that I would die, he saved me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_7","020_116_7","PSA","116","7","7","I must encourage/tell myself to ◄have inner peace/not worry any more►, because Yahweh has done very good things for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_8","020_116_8","PSA","116","8","8","Yahweh has saved me SYN from dying, and has kept/protected me from troubles that would cause me to cry. He has kept/protected me from stumbling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_9","020_116_9","PSA","116","9","9","So here on the earth, where people are still alive, I live knowing that Yahweh is directing me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_10","020_116_10","PSA","116","10","10","I continued to believe/trust in Yahweh, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted/troubled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_11","020_116_11","PSA","116","11","11","Even when I was distressed/worried and said, “I cannot trust anyone,” I continued to trust in Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_12","020_116_12","PSA","116","12","12","So now I will tell you RHQ what I will offer to Yahweh, because of all the good things that he has done for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_13","020_116_13","PSA","116","13","13","I will offer to him a cup of wine to thank him for saving/rescuing me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_14","020_116_14","PSA","116","14","14","When I am together with many HYP people who belong to Yahweh, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_15","020_116_15","PSA","116","15","15","Yahweh is very grieved/sad when one of his people dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_16","020_116_16","PSA","116","16","16","I am one of those who serve Yahweh; I serve him like my mother did. He has freed/saved me from dying (OR, from being fastened by chains). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_17","020_116_17","PSA","116","17","17","So I will offer to him a sacrifice to thank him, and I will pray to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS116_18","020_116_18","PSA","116","18","19","When I am together with many of HYP the people who belong to Yahweh, in the courtyard outside his temple in Jerusalem, I will give to him the offerings that I solemnly promised to give to him. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS117_1","020_117_1","PSA","117","1","1","You people of all nations, praise Yahweh! All you people-groups, extol/praise him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS117_2","020_117_2","PSA","117","2","2","because he faithfully loves us very much. and he will forever faithfully do for us what he promised that he would do. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_1","020_118_1","PSA","118","1","1","Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you He faithfully loves us, his people, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_2","020_118_2","PSA","118","2","2","You Israeli people should repeatedly shout, “He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_3","020_118_3","PSA","118","3","3","You priests who are descendants of Aaron should repeatedly shout, “He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_4","020_118_4","PSA","118","4","4","All you who revere him should repeatedly shout, “He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_5","020_118_5","PSA","118","5","5","When I was distressed, I called out to Yahweh, and he answered me and set me free from my worries/troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_6","020_118_6","PSA","118","6","6","Yahweh is ◄on my side/helping me►, so I will not be afraid of anything. No one RHQ can do anything that will prevent God from blessing me forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_7","020_118_7","PSA","118","7","7","Yes, Yahweh is ◄on my side/helping me►, so I will look triumphantly at my enemies while he defeats them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_8","020_118_8","PSA","118","8","8","It is better to trust in Yahweh than to ◄depend on/trust in► people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_9","020_118_9","PSA","118","9","9","It is better to trust Yahweh to protect us than to trust that influential/important people will protect us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_10","020_118_10","PSA","118","10","10","Armies of MTY many nations surrounded me, but Yahweh enabled me to defeat them by his power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_11","020_118_11","PSA","118","11","11","They completely surrounded me, but I defeated them all by the power of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_12","020_118_12","PSA","118","12","12","They swarmed around me like angry bees; they were like a fire that blazes strongly, but only briefly, in a thornbush, but I defeated them by the power MTY that Yahweh gave me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_13","020_118_13","PSA","118","13","13","My enemies attacked me fiercely and almost defeated me, but Yahweh helped me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_14","020_118_14","PSA","118","14","14","Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one about whom I always sing; he has saved me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_15","020_118_15","PSA","118","15","15","Listen to the joyful songs of victory being sung in the tents of godly/righteous people! They sing, “Yahweh has defeated our enemies by his mighty power MTY; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_16","020_118_16","PSA","118","16","16","he has raised his strong right arm to show he has defeated his enemies. Yahweh has completely defeated them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_17","020_118_17","PSA","118","17","17","I will not be killed in battle; I will live to proclaim the great things that Yahweh has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_18","020_118_18","PSA","118","18","18","Yahweh has punished me severely, but he has not allowed ◄me to die/my enemies to kill me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_19","020_118_19","PSA","118","19","19","You gatekeepers, open for me the gates of the temple in order that I may enter and thank Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_20","020_118_20","PSA","118","20","20","Those are the gates through which we enter the temple to worship Yahweh; godly/righteous people enter those gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_21","020_118_21","PSA","118","21","21","Yahweh, I thank you that you answered my prayer, and you saved me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_22","020_118_22","PSA","118","22","22","Yahweh’s promised/chosen king is like MET the stone which the builders rejected when they were building a house, but that stone became the ◄cornerstone/most important stone in the building►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_23","020_118_23","PSA","118","23","23","◄This was done by Yahweh/Yahweh has done this►, and it is a wonderful thing for us to see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_24","020_118_24","PSA","118","24","24","This is the day in which we remember that Yahweh acted powerfully to defeat our enemies; we will rejoice and be glad/happy today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_25","020_118_25","PSA","118","25","25","Yahweh, we plead with you to keep rescuing us from our enemies. Yahweh, please help us ◄accomplish/do well► what we want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_26","020_118_26","PSA","118","26","26","Yahweh, bless the one who will come with your authority MTY. And from the temple we ◄bless/ask Yahweh to bless► all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_27","020_118_27","PSA","118","27","27","Yahweh is God, and he has caused his light to shine on us. Come, carrying palm branches, and join the people who are starting the festival as they go to the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_28","020_118_28","PSA","118","28","28","Yahweh, you are the God whom I worship, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will tell everyone that you are great! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS118_29","020_118_29","PSA","118","29","29","Thank Yahweh, because he does good things for us He will faithfully love us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_1","020_119_1","PSA","119","1","1","◄Yahweh is pleased with/Happy are► those about whom no one can say truthfully that they have done things that are wrong, those who always obey the laws of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_2","020_119_2","PSA","119","2","2","Yahweh is pleased with those who ◄obey his requirements/do what he has instructed them to do►, those who request him with their entire inner beings to help them to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_3","020_119_3","PSA","119","3","3","They do not do things that are wrong; they behave like Yahweh wants them to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_4","020_119_4","PSA","119","4","4","Yahweh, you have given us ◄your principles of behavior/all the things that you have declared that we should do►, and you told us to obey them carefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_5","020_119_5","PSA","119","5","5","I desire that I will faithfully/always obey all ◄your statutes/that you have said that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_6","020_119_6","PSA","119","6","6","If I continually ◄heed/pay attention to► all ◄your commands/that you have commanded►, I will not be disgraced/ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_7","020_119_7","PSA","119","7","7","When I learn all of ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, I will praise you with a pure inner being IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_8","020_119_8","PSA","119","8","8","I will obey all ◄your statutes/that you have decreed that we should do►; do not desert/abandon me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_9","020_119_9","PSA","119","9","9","I know RHQ how a youth can ◄keep his life pure/avoid sinning►; it is by obeying what you have told us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_10","020_119_10","PSA","119","10","10","I try to serve you with my entire inner being; do not allow me to ◄wander away from obeying/disobey► ◄your commands/what you have commanded►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_11","020_119_11","PSA","119","11","11","I have ◄memorized/stored in my mind► many of ◄your words/what you have promised► in order that I will not sin against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_12","020_119_12","PSA","119","12","12","Yahweh, I praise you; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have declared►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_13","020_119_13","PSA","119","13","13","I MTY tell others ◄the regulations/the rules that you have given to us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_14","020_119_14","PSA","119","14","14","I like to obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; I enjoy that more than being very rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_15","020_119_15","PSA","119","15","15","I will ◄study/think about► ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and I will pay attention to what you have showed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_16","020_119_16","PSA","119","16","16","I will be happy to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, and I will not forget your words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_17","020_119_17","PSA","119","17","17","Do good things for me, who serve you, in order that I may continue to live and obey ◄your words/what you have told us to do► during all my life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_18","020_119_18","PSA","119","18","18","Open my mind in order that I may know the wonderful things that are written in your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_19","020_119_19","PSA","119","19","19","I am living here on the earth for only a short time; ◄do not prevent me from understanding/help me to understand► LIT ◄your commands/what you have commanded►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_20","020_119_20","PSA","119","20","20","In my inner being I strongly desire to know ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► all the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_21","020_119_21","PSA","119","21","21","You rebuke those who are proud; cursed are those who disobey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_22","020_119_22","PSA","119","22","22","Do not allow them to continue to insult and scorn me; I request this because I have obeyed what you have instructed us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_23","020_119_23","PSA","119","23","23","Rulers gather together and plan ways to harm me, but I will ◄meditate on/study► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_24","020_119_24","PSA","119","24","24","I am delighted with ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; it is as though they are my advisors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_25","020_119_25","PSA","119","25","25","I think that I will soon die IDM; revive/heal me, as you have told me that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_26","020_119_26","PSA","119","26","26","When I told you about my behavior, you answered me; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_27","020_119_27","PSA","119","27","27","Help me to understand ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and then I will ◄meditate on/think about► the wonderful things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_28","020_119_28","PSA","119","28","28","I am very sad/sorrowful IDM, with the result that I have no strength; enable me to be strong again, like you promised me that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_29","020_119_29","PSA","119","29","29","Prevent me from doing what is wrong, and be kind to me by teaching me your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_30","020_119_30","PSA","119","30","30","I have decided that I will faithfully/always obey you; I have ◄paid attention to/heeded► ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_31","020_119_31","PSA","119","31","31","Yahweh, I try to carefully hold fast to what you have instructed us to do; do not abandon me, with the result that I would become disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_32","020_119_32","PSA","119","32","32","I will eagerly obey IDM ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, because you have enabled me to understand more what you want me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_33","020_119_33","PSA","119","33","33","Yahweh, teach me the meaning of ◄your statutes/the things that you have decreed that we should do►, and then I will obey them, every one of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_34","020_119_34","PSA","119","34","34","Help me to understand your laws in order that I may obey them with all my inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_35","020_119_35","PSA","119","35","35","I am happy with ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, so ◄lead me along the paths/enable me to walk on the road► that you have chosen for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_36","020_119_36","PSA","119","36","36","Cause me to want to obey your rules and not to want to become rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_37","020_119_37","PSA","119","37","37","Do not allow me to look at things that are worthless, and allow me to continue to live, like you promised that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_38","020_119_38","PSA","119","38","38","Because I serve you, do what you promised to do for me, which is what you also promise to do for all those who revere you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_39","020_119_39","PSA","119","39","39","People insult me; protect me from those insults, because I hate them. The ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us► are very good! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_40","020_119_40","PSA","119","40","40","I very much desire to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►; because you are righteous, allow me to continue to live (OR, be good to me). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_41","020_119_41","PSA","119","41","41","Yahweh, show me that you faithfully love me, and rescue/save me, like you have said/promised that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_42","020_119_42","PSA","119","42","42","After you do that, I will be able to reply to those who insult me, because I trust in ◄your word/what you have promised that you would do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_43","020_119_43","PSA","119","43","43","Always enable me to LIT speak your truth, because I have confidence in ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_44","020_119_44","PSA","119","44","44","I will always obey your laws, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_45","020_119_45","PSA","119","45","45","I will be free from ◄affliction/my enemies’ attacks►, because I have tried to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_46","020_119_46","PSA","119","46","46","I will tell to kings ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►; and because I did not abandon you, those kings will not cause me to be ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_47","020_119_47","PSA","119","47","47","I am delighted to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_48","020_119_48","PSA","119","48","48","I respect/revere IDM ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and I love them, and I will ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_49","020_119_49","PSA","119","49","49","Do not forget what you said/promised to do for me, who serve you, because what you have said has caused me to confidently expect good things from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_50","020_119_50","PSA","119","50","50","When I have been suffering, you comforted me; you did what you promised me, and that PRS revived me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_51","020_119_51","PSA","119","51","51","Proud people are always making fun of me, but I do not ◄turn away from/stop► obeying your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_52","020_119_52","PSA","119","52","52","Yahweh, when I think about ◄your regulations/the rules► that you gave to us long ago, I am comforted/encouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_53","020_119_53","PSA","119","53","53","When I see that wicked people have disregarded your laws, I become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_54","020_119_54","PSA","119","54","54","While I have been living here for a short time on the earth, I have written songs about ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_55","020_119_55","PSA","119","55","55","Yahweh, during the night I think about you MTY, and so I obey your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_56","020_119_56","PSA","119","56","56","What I have always done is to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_57","020_119_57","PSA","119","57","57","Yahweh, you are the one whom I have chosen, and I promise to ◄obey your words/do what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_58","020_119_58","PSA","119","58","58","With all my inner being I plead with you to be good to me; be kind to me, like you promised/said that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_59","020_119_59","PSA","119","59","59","I have thought about my behavior, and I have decided to return to obeying ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_60","020_119_60","PSA","119","60","60","I hurry to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►; I do not delay at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_61","020_119_61","PSA","119","61","61","Wicked people have tried to seize me, like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a net MET, but I do not forget your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_62","020_119_62","PSA","119","62","62","In the middle of the night I wake up, and I praise you for ◄your commands/the rules that you have given us to do►; they are fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_63","020_119_63","PSA","119","63","63","I am a friend of all those who revere you, those who obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_64","020_119_64","PSA","119","64","64","Yahweh, you faithfully/always love people all over the earth; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_65","020_119_65","PSA","119","65","65","Yahweh, you have done good things for me, like you promised/said that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_66","020_119_66","PSA","119","66","66","Teach me to think carefully before I decide what to do, and teach me other things that I need to know, because I believe that it is good for us to obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_67","020_119_67","PSA","119","67","67","Before you afflicted/punished me, I did things that were wrong, but now I obey ◄your words/what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_68","020_119_68","PSA","119","68","68","You are very good, and what you do is good; teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_69","020_119_69","PSA","119","69","69","Proud people have told many lies about me, but the truth is that with all my inner being I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_70","020_119_70","PSA","119","70","70","Those proud people ◄are stupid/do not understand your laws► IDM, but as for me, I am delighted with your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_71","020_119_71","PSA","119","71","71","It was good for me that you afflicted/punished me, because the result was that I learned ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_72","020_119_72","PSA","119","72","72","The laws that you MTY gave/told to us are worth more to me than gold, more than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_73","020_119_73","PSA","119","73","73","You created me and formed my body (OR, kept me safe); help me to be wise in order that I may learn ◄your commands/what you have commanded►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_74","020_119_74","PSA","119","74","74","Those who have an awesome respect for you will see what you have done for me, and they will rejoice, because they will see that I have trusted in ◄your words/what you told us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_75","020_119_75","PSA","119","75","75","Yahweh, I know that ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► are right/fair and that you have afflicted/punished me because you faithfully do what you have promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_76","020_119_76","PSA","119","76","76","Cause me to be comforted/encouraged by knowing that you faithfully love me, like you said to me that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_77","020_119_77","PSA","119","77","77","Be merciful to me in order that I may continue to live, because I am delighted with your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_78","020_119_78","PSA","119","78","78","Cause the proud people who falsely accuse me to be ashamed, but as for me, I will continue ◄meditating on/thinking about► ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_79","020_119_79","PSA","119","79","79","Cause those who revere you to come back to me in order that they may (OR, specifically, those who) know ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_80","020_119_80","PSA","119","80","80","Enable me to perfectly obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do► in order that I may not be ashamed because of not doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_81","020_119_81","PSA","119","81","81","I am very tired/exhausted while I wait for you to save me from my enemies; but I confidently expect that you will tell me what you will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_82","020_119_82","PSA","119","82","82","My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to do what you promised/said that you would do, and I ask, “When will you help/encourage me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_83","020_119_83","PSA","119","83","83","I have become as useless as MET a wineskin that is shriveled from hanging a long time in the smoke inside a house, but I have not forgotten ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_84","020_119_84","PSA","119","84","84","How long must I wait? When will you punish those who ◄persecute/cause trouble for► me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_85","020_119_85","PSA","119","85","85","It is as though proud people have dug deep pits for me to fall into, people who do not obey your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_86","020_119_86","PSA","119","86","86","All ◄your commands are/what you have commanded is► trustworthy; but people are ◄persecuting/causing trouble for► me by telling lies about me, so please help me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_87","020_119_87","PSA","119","87","87","Those people have almost killed me, but I have not stopped obeying ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_88","020_119_88","PSA","119","88","88","Because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live in order that I may continue to obey ◄your rules/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_89","020_119_89","PSA","119","89","89","Yahweh, your words will last forever; they will last as long as heaven lasts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_90","020_119_90","PSA","119","90","90","You will faithfully continue doing ◄for people who are not yet born/in every generation► what you have ◄promised/said that you would do►; you have put the earth in its place, and it remains firmly there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_91","020_119_91","PSA","119","91","91","To this day, all things on the earth remain because you decided that they should remain; everything on the earth serves you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_92","020_119_92","PSA","119","92","92","If I had not been delighted in obeying your laws, I would have died because of what I was suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_93","020_119_93","PSA","119","93","93","I will never forget ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, because as a result of my obeying them you have enabled me to continue to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_94","020_119_94","PSA","119","94","94","I belong to you; save/rescue me from my enemies, because I have tried to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_95","020_119_95","PSA","119","95","95","Wicked men are waiting to kill me, but I will think about what you have instructed us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_96","020_119_96","PSA","119","96","96","I have learned that there is a limit/end for everything, but what you command ◄has no limits/never ends►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_97","020_119_97","PSA","119","97","97","I love your laws very much. I ◄meditate on/think about► them all during the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_98","020_119_98","PSA","119","98","98","Because I know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, and because I think about them all the time, I have become wiser than my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_99","020_119_99","PSA","119","99","99","I understand more than my teachers do, because I ◄meditate on/think about► ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_100","020_119_100","PSA","119","100","100","I understand more than many old people do, because I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_101","020_119_101","PSA","119","101","101","I have avoided all evil behavior in order that I may obey ◄your words/what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_102","020_119_102","PSA","119","102","102","I have not ◄turned away from/quit► obeying ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, because you have taught me while I have studied them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_103","020_119_103","PSA","119","103","103","When I read your words, they are like MET sweet things that I taste/eat, yes, they are even sweeter than honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_104","020_119_104","PSA","119","104","104","Because I have learned ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, I am able to understand many things; therefore, I hate all evil things that some people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_105","020_119_105","PSA","119","105","105","Your words are like MET a lamp to guide me; they are like a light MET to show me the path that I should walk on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_106","020_119_106","PSA","119","106","106","I have solemnly promised, and I am solemnly promising it again, that I will always obey your ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us►, and they are all fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_107","020_119_107","PSA","119","107","107","Yahweh, I am suffering very much; cause me to be strong/healthy again, as you have promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_108","020_119_108","PSA","119","108","108","Yahweh, when I thank you while I pray, it is like MET a sacrifice to you; please accept it, and teach me your ◄regulations/rules that you have given to us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_109","020_119_109","PSA","119","109","109","My enemies are often trying to kill me IDM, but I do not forget your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_110","020_119_110","PSA","119","110","110","Wicked people have tried to seize me like a hunter tries to catch an animal with a trap MET, but I have not disobeyed ◄your principles of behavior/what you declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_111","020_119_111","PSA","119","111","111","◄Your requirements/What you have instructed us to do► are my possession forever; because of them PRS, I am joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_112","020_119_112","PSA","119","112","112","I ◄have decided/am determined► IDM to obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do► until the day that I die MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_113","020_119_113","PSA","119","113","113","I hate people who are only partly committed to you, but I love your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_114","020_119_114","PSA","119","114","114","You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies, and you are like a shield MET behind which I am protected from them, and I trust in your promises. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_115","020_119_115","PSA","119","115","115","You evil people, stay away from me in order than I may obey ◄my God’s commands/what my God has commanded►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_116","020_119_116","PSA","119","116","116","Enable me to be strong, as you promised/said that you would do, in order that I may continue to live. I am confidently expecting that you will restore me; ◄do not disappoint me/do not allow me to be disappointed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_117","020_119_117","PSA","119","117","117","Hold me up, in order that I will be safe and always ◄pay attention to/heed► ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_118","020_119_118","PSA","119","118","118","You reject all those who disobey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►; but what they deceitfully plan to do will be ◄useless/in vain►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_119","020_119_119","PSA","119","119","119","You get rid of all the wicked people on the earth like SIM people throw away trash; therefore I love what you have instructed us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_120","020_119_120","PSA","119","120","120","I SYN tremble because I am afraid of you; I am afraid because you punish those who do not obey ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_121","020_119_121","PSA","119","121","121","But I have done what is right and fair/just; so do not allow people to oppress/mistreat me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_122","020_119_122","PSA","119","122","122","Promise me that you will do good things for me and do not allow proud people to oppress me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_123","020_119_123","PSA","119","123","123","My eyes are tired from waiting a long time for you to rescue me, for you to save me like you promised/said that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_124","020_119_124","PSA","119","124","124","Do something for me to show that you faithfully love me, and teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_125","020_119_125","PSA","119","125","125","I am one who serves you; enable me to understand what you want me to know in order that I will know ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_126","020_119_126","PSA","119","126","126","Yahweh, now is the time for you to punish people because they have disobeyed your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_127","020_119_127","PSA","119","127","127","Truly, I love ◄your commands/what you have commanded► more than I love gold; I love them more than I love very pure gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_128","020_119_128","PSA","119","128","128","So I conduct my life by ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and I hate all the evil things that some people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_129","020_119_129","PSA","119","129","129","◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► wonderful, so I obey them with all my inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_130","020_119_130","PSA","119","130","130","When someone explains ◄your words/what you have said►, it is as though they are lighting a light; what they say causes even people who have not learned your laws to be wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_131","020_119_131","PSA","119","131","131","I eagerly desire to know ◄your commands/what you have commanded►, like SIM a dog that pants with its mouth open wanting to be fed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_132","020_119_132","PSA","119","132","132","Listen to me and act kindly to me, like you do to all those who love you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_133","020_119_133","PSA","119","133","133","Guide me as you promised/said that you would do and help me not to fall/sin; do not allow evil people to control what I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_134","020_119_134","PSA","119","134","134","Rescue/Save me from those who oppress me in order that I may obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_135","020_119_135","PSA","119","135","135","Be kind to me and teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_136","020_119_136","PSA","119","136","136","I cry very much because many people do not obey your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_137","020_119_137","PSA","119","137","137","Yahweh, you are righteous and ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► are just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_138","020_119_138","PSA","119","138","138","◄Your requirements/All the things that you have instructed us to do► are true and are all very right and fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_139","020_119_139","PSA","119","139","139","I am ◄furious/very angry► because my enemies disregard ◄your words/what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_140","020_119_140","PSA","119","140","140","◄Your promises are/All the things that you have said that you will do are► dependable and I love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_141","020_119_141","PSA","119","141","141","I am not important and people despise me, but I do not forget ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_142","020_119_142","PSA","119","142","142","You are righteous and you will be righteous forever, and your laws will never be changed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_143","020_119_143","PSA","119","143","143","I constantly have troubles/difficulties and I am worried, but ◄your commands cause/what you have commanded causes► me to be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_144","020_119_144","PSA","119","144","144","◄Your requirements are/All the things that you have instructed us to do are► always fair; help me to understand them in order that I may continue to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_145","020_119_145","PSA","119","145","145","Yahweh, with all my inner being I call out to you; answer me and I will obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_146","020_119_146","PSA","119","146","146","I call out to you; save/rescue me in order that I can continue to obey all ◄your requirements/the things that you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_147","020_119_147","PSA","119","147","147","Each morning I arise before dawn and call to you to help me; I confidently expect you to do what you have ◄promised/said that you will do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_148","020_119_148","PSA","119","148","148","All during the night I am awake, and I ◄meditate on/think about► what you have ◄promised/said that you would do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_149","020_119_149","PSA","119","149","149","Yahweh, because you faithfully love me, listen to me while I pray, and keep me safe because of my obeying ◄your regulations/what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_150","020_119_150","PSA","119","150","150","Those evil people who oppress/persecute me are coming closer to me; they do not pay any attention to your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_151","020_119_151","PSA","119","151","151","But Yahweh, you are near to me, and I know that ◄your commands/what you command► will never be changed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_152","020_119_152","PSA","119","152","152","Long ago I found out about ◄your requirements/all the things that you have instructed us to do►, and I know that you intended them to last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_153","020_119_153","PSA","119","153","153","Look at me and see that I am suffering very much, and heal me, because I do not forget your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_154","020_119_154","PSA","119","154","154","Defend me when others accuse me, and rescue me from them; allow me to continue to live, as you promised/said that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_155","020_119_155","PSA","119","155","155","Wicked people do not obey ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►, so you will certainly not save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_156","020_119_156","PSA","119","156","156","Yahweh, you are very merciful; allow me to continue to live because of my obeying ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_157","020_119_157","PSA","119","157","157","Many people are my enemies and many people ◄cause me to suffer/persecute me►, but I ◄do not turn aside from/have not stopped obeying► LIT ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_158","020_119_158","PSA","119","158","158","When I look at those who are not faithful to you, I am disgusted because they do not obey ◄your requirements/what you have instructed us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_159","020_119_159","PSA","119","159","159","Yahweh, notice that I love ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►; because you faithfully love me, allow me to continue to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_160","020_119_160","PSA","119","160","160","All that you have said is truth, and all ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us► will endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_161","020_119_161","PSA","119","161","161","Rulers persecute me for no reason, but in my inner being I revere ◄your words/what you have said►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_162","020_119_162","PSA","119","162","162","I am happy about ◄your words/what you have promised to do for me►, as happy as someone who has found a great treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_163","020_119_163","PSA","119","163","163","I thoroughly hate DOU all lies but I love your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_164","020_119_164","PSA","119","164","164","Seven/Many times each day I thank you for ◄your regulations/the rules that you have given to us►, and they are all just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_165","020_119_165","PSA","119","165","165","Things go well for those who love your laws; there is nothing adverse/bad that will happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_166","020_119_166","PSA","119","166","166","Yahweh, I confidently expect that you will rescue me from my troubles, and I obey ◄your commands/what you have commanded us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_167","020_119_167","PSA","119","167","167","I obey ◄what you require/what you have instructed► us to do; I love it all very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_168","020_119_168","PSA","119","168","168","I obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►, and you see everything that I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_169","020_119_169","PSA","119","169","169","Yahweh, listen while I pray for you to help me; help me to understand ◄your words/what you have told us to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_170","020_119_170","PSA","119","170","170","Hear me while I pray and rescue/save me as you promised/said that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_171","020_119_171","PSA","119","171","171","I MTY will always praise you because you teach me ◄your statutes/what you have decreed that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_172","020_119_172","PSA","119","172","172","I will sing about ◄your words/what you have promised to do► because ◄all your commands are/everything that you have commanded is► just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_173","020_119_173","PSA","119","173","173","I ask you SYN to always be ready to help me because I have chosen to obey ◄your principles of behavior/what you have declared that we should do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_174","020_119_174","PSA","119","174","174","Yahweh, I eagerly desire for you to rescue/save me from my enemies; I am delighted with your laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_175","020_119_175","PSA","119","175","175","Allow me to continue to live in order that I can continue to praise you, and that your regulations/rules that you have given to us will continue to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS119_176","020_119_176","PSA","119","176","176","I have wandered away from you like SIM a sheep that has become lost; search for me, because I have not forgotten ◄your commands/what you have commanded us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_1","020_120_1","PSA","120","1","1","When I had troubles, I called out to Yahweh and he answered me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_2","020_120_2","PSA","120","2","2","I prayed, “Yahweh, rescue/save me from people SYN, MTY who lie to me and try to deceive me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_3","020_120_3","PSA","120","3","3","You people who lie to me, I will tell you RHQ what God will do to you and what he will do to punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_4","020_120_4","PSA","120","4","4","He will shoot sharp arrows at you like soldiers do, and he will burn you with red-hot coals from the wood of a broom tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_5","020_120_5","PSA","120","5","5","It is terrible for me, living among cruel/savage DOU people like those who live in Meshech region and Kedar region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_6","020_120_6","PSA","120","6","6","I have lived for a long time among people who hate to live with others peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS120_7","020_120_7","PSA","120","7","7","Every time I talk about living together peacefully, they talk about starting a war. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_1","020_121_1","PSA","121","1","1","When we travel toward Jerusalem, I look up toward the hills and I ask myself, “Who will help me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_2","020_121_2","PSA","121","2","2","And my answer is that Yahweh is the one who helps me; he is the one who made heaven and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_3","020_121_3","PSA","121","3","3","He will not allow us to fall/stumble; God, who protects us, will not fall asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_4","020_121_4","PSA","121","4","4","The one who protects us Israeli people never gets sleepy, nor does he sleep LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_5","020_121_5","PSA","121","5","5","Yahweh watches over us; he is like the shade MET that protects us from the sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_6","020_121_6","PSA","121","6","6","He will not allow the sun to harm us during the day, and he will not allow the moon to harm us during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_7","020_121_7","PSA","121","7","7","Yahweh will protect us from being harmed in any manner; he will keep us safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS121_8","020_121_8","PSA","121","8","8","He will protect us from the time that we leave our houses in the morning until we return in the evening; he will protect us now, and he will protect us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_1","020_122_1","PSA","122","1","1","I was glad/happy when people said to me, “We should go to the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_2","020_122_2","PSA","122","2","2","And now we are here, standing inside the gates/city of APO Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_3","020_122_3","PSA","122","3","3","Jerusalem is a city that has been rebuilt, with the result that people can gather together in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_4","020_122_4","PSA","122","4","4","We people of the tribes of Israel who belong to Yahweh can now go up there as Yahweh commanded that we should do, and we can thank him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_5","020_122_5","PSA","122","5","5","There the kings of Israel who were descendants of King David sit on their thrones and decide cases fairly when the people have disputes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_6","020_122_6","PSA","122","6","6","Pray that there will be peace in Jerusalem; I desire that those who love Jerusalem will ◄prosper/live peacefully►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_7","020_122_7","PSA","122","7","7","I desire that there will be peace inside the walls of the city and that people who are inside the palaces will be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_8","020_122_8","PSA","122","8","8","For the sake of my relatives and friends, I say, “My desire is that that inside Jerusalem people will live peacefully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS122_9","020_122_9","PSA","122","9","9","And because I love the temple of Yahweh our God, I pray that things will go well for the people who live in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS123_1","020_123_1","PSA","123","1","1","Yahweh, I look up toward you, up to heaven, from where you rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS123_2","020_123_2","PSA","123","2","2","Like servants ask IDM their masters for what they need and like maids ask t their mistresses for what they need, we ask you, Yahweh our God, for what we need, and we ask you to be merciful to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS123_3","020_123_3","PSA","123","3","3","Yahweh, be very merciful DOU to us because our enemies have acted very contemptuously toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS123_4","020_123_4","PSA","123","4","4","Rich people have made fun of us for a long time, and proud people who have ◄oppressed/acted cruelly toward► us have acted toward us as though we were worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_1","020_124_1","PSA","124","1","1","You Israeli people, answer this question: What would have happened to us if Yahweh had not been ◄helping/fighting for► us? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_2","020_124_2","PSA","124","2","2","When our enemies attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_3","020_124_3","PSA","124","3","3","we would have all been killed IDM because they were very angry with us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_4","020_124_4","PSA","124","4","4","They would have been like MET a flood that swept/carried us away; it would have been as though the water would have covered us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_5","020_124_5","PSA","124","5","5","and we would all have drowned in the flood that was ◄raging/flowing very fast►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_6","020_124_6","PSA","124","6","6","But praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our enemies to destroy us like wild animals MET tear apart the creatures that they capture. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_7","020_124_7","PSA","124","7","7","We have escaped from our enemies like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; it is as though the trap that our enemies set for us was broken and we have escaped from it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS124_8","020_124_8","PSA","124","8","8","Yahweh is the one who helps us MTY; he is the one who made heaven and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS125_1","020_125_1","PSA","125","1","1","Those/We who trust in Yahweh are as secure/steadfast SIM as Zion Hill, which cannot be shaken and can never be moved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS125_2","020_125_2","PSA","125","2","2","Like the hills that surround Jerusalem protect the city, Yahweh protects us, his people, and he will protect us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS125_3","020_125_3","PSA","125","3","3","Wicked people MTY should not be allowed to rule over the land where righteous people live. If they did that, those righteous people might ◄be encouraged to imitate them and► do things that are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS125_4","020_125_4","PSA","125","4","4","Yahweh, do good things to those who do good things to others and to those who sincerely obey your commands IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS125_5","020_125_5","PSA","125","5","5","But when you punish the wicked people who are not Israelis, also punish those Israelis who turn away from walking on the good roads MET that you have shown them! I wish that things will go well for people in Israel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_1","020_126_1","PSA","126","1","1","When Yahweh brought us Israeli people back to Jerusalem (OR, enabled us Israelis to prosper again), it was wonderful; it seemed as though SIM we were dreaming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_2","020_126_2","PSA","126","2","2","We were extremely happy, and we SYN continued shouting joyfully. Then the other people-groups said about us, “Yahweh has done great things for them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_3","020_126_3","PSA","126","3","3","And we say, “Yes, Yahweh truly has done great things for us, and we are very happy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_4","020_126_4","PSA","126","4","4","Yahweh, when it rains, water flows in the streams again after they were dry SIM. Similarly, enable our nation to become great again like it was before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_5","020_126_5","PSA","126","5","5","We cried when we planted seeds because it was hard work preparing the soil that had not been plowed for many years; now we want to shout joyfully because we are gathering a big harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS126_6","020_126_6","PSA","126","6","6","Those who cried as they carried the bags of seeds to the fields will shout joyfully when they bring the crops to their houses at harvest time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS127_1","020_127_1","PSA","127","1","1","If people are building a house without knowing whether it is Yahweh’s will to build it, they are building it in vain. Similarly, if Yahweh does not protect a city, it is useless for guards/sentries to stay awake to tell people if their enemies come to attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS127_2","020_127_2","PSA","127","2","2","It is also useless to arise very early and go to sleep late at night in order that you can work hard all day to earn money to buy food, because Yahweh gives food to those whom he loves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS127_3","020_127_3","PSA","127","3","3","Children are a gift that comes to parents from Yahweh; they are a reward/blessing from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS127_4","020_127_4","PSA","127","4","4","If a man has sons while he is still young, when they grow up, they will be able to help him defend his family like SIM a soldier can defend himself if he has a bow and arrows in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS127_5","020_127_5","PSA","127","5","5","A man who has many sons is very happy, like MET a soldier who has many arrows in his quiver is very happy. If a man with his many grown sons is taken by his enemies to the place where they decide matters, his enemies will never be able to defeat that man, because his sons will help to defend him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_1","020_128_1","PSA","128","1","1","◄Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with► those of you who revere him and do what he wants you to do IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_2","020_128_2","PSA","128","2","2","You will be able to earn the money that you MTY need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_3","020_128_3","PSA","128","3","3","Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes SIM; she will give birth to many children. Your children who sit around your table will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_4","020_128_4","PSA","128","4","4","Every man who reveres Yahweh will be blessed like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_5","020_128_5","PSA","128","5","5","I wish/hope that Yahweh will bless all of you from where he dwells ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem► and that you will see the people of Jerusalem prospering every day that you live! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS128_6","020_128_6","PSA","128","6","6","I desire that you will live many years, long enough to see your grandchildren. I desire/hope that things will go well for the people in Israel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_1","020_129_1","PSA","129","1","1","I say that my enemies have ◄afflicted/caused trouble for► me ever since I was young. Now I ask you, my fellow Israelis, to repeat those same words: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_2","020_129_2","PSA","129","2","2","“Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_3","020_129_3","PSA","129","3","3","Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs MET like a farmer uses a plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_4","020_129_4","PSA","129","4","4","But Yahweh is righteous, and he has freed me from being a slave MTY of wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_5","020_129_5","PSA","129","5","5","I wish/hope that all those who hate Jerusalem/Israel will be ashamed because of being defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_6","020_129_6","PSA","129","6","6","I hope/wish that they will be of no value, like grass that grows on the roofs of houses that dries up and does not grow tall; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_7","020_129_7","PSA","129","7","7","as a result no one cuts it and puts it in bundles and carries it away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS129_8","020_129_8","PSA","129","8","8","People who pass by and see men harvesting grain usually greet them by saying to them, “We wish/hope that Yahweh will bless you!” But this will not happen to those who hate Israel. We, acting as Yahweh’s representatives, bless you Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_1","020_130_1","PSA","130","1","1","Yahweh, I have a lot of troubles/many difficulties, so I call out to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_2","020_130_2","PSA","130","2","2","Yahweh, hear me, while I call out to you SYN to be merciful to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_3","020_130_3","PSA","130","3","3","Yahweh, if you kept a record of the sins that we have committed, not one of us RHQ would escape from being condemned and punished ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_4","020_130_4","PSA","130","4","4","But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_5","020_130_5","PSA","130","5","5","Yahweh has said that he would help/rescue me; I trust what he said, and I wait eagerly for him to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_6","020_130_6","PSA","130","6","6","I wait for Yahweh to help me more than watchmen wait for the light to dawn; yes, I wait more eagerly than they do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_7","020_130_7","PSA","130","7","7","You my fellow Israelis, confidently expect that Yahweh will bless us. He will bless us because he faithfully loves us, and he is very willing to save/rescue us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS130_8","020_130_8","PSA","130","8","8","And he will save us Israeli people from being punished for all the sins that we have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS131_1","020_131_1","PSA","131","1","1","Yahweh, I am not proud and I have not thought highly about ◄myself/the things that I have done►. And I do not concern myself about things that you have done that are very big or very wonderful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS131_2","020_131_2","PSA","131","2","2","Instead, I am calm and peaceful, like a small child who lies quietly in its mother’s arms SIM. In the same way, I am peaceful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS131_3","020_131_3","PSA","131","3","3","You my fellow Israelis, confidently expect that Yahweh will do good things for you, now and forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_1","020_132_1","PSA","132","1","1","Yahweh, do not forget King David and all the hardships/troubles he endured! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_2","020_132_2","PSA","132","2","2","He made a solemn promise to you, the mighty God whom our ancestor Jacob worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_3","020_132_3","PSA","132","3","3","He said, “I will not go home, I will not rest on my bed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_4","020_132_4","PSA","132","4","4","I will not sleep at all ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_5","020_132_5","PSA","132","5","5","until I build a place for Yahweh, a home for the mighty God whom Jacob worshiped.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_6","020_132_6","PSA","132","6","6","In Bethlehem we heard news about the sacred chest. We went and found it in the fields of Jearim city, and we took it to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_7","020_132_7","PSA","132","7","7","Later we said, “Let’s go to the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem; let’s worship there in front of the throne where he sits.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_8","020_132_8","PSA","132","8","8","Yahweh, come to the place where you live eternally, to the place where your sacred chest is, to that place that shows that you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_9","020_132_9","PSA","132","9","9","I want/desire that the righteous behavior of your priests will always be evident, just like the beautiful robes that they wear MET, and that your people will always shout joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_10","020_132_10","PSA","132","10","10","You chose David to serve you as king of Israel; do not reject/abandon him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_11","020_132_11","PSA","132","11","11","Yahweh, you made a solemn promise to David, a promise that you will not break. You said, “I will cause your descendants to rule MTY as kings like you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_12","020_132_12","PSA","132","12","12","If they keep my agreement with them and obey all the commands that I will give them, the line of kings descended from you will never end.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_13","020_132_13","PSA","132","13","13","Yahweh has chosen Jerusalem; he has wanted to make that city his home; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_14","020_132_14","PSA","132","14","14","he said, “This is the city where I will live forever DOU; this is the place where I wanted to stay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_15","020_132_15","PSA","132","15","15","I will give to the people of Jerusalem all that they need; I will give enough food even to satisfy the poor people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_16","020_132_16","PSA","132","16","16","I will cause the priests to behave in a manner worthy of being ones whom I have saved; that will be as evident as the beautiful robes that they wear MET; and all my people who live there will shout joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_17","020_132_17","PSA","132","17","17","There in Jerusalem I will cause one of David’s descendants MET to become a great king; he also will be my chosen king, and he will be like a bright lamp MET that shines continually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS132_18","020_132_18","PSA","132","18","18","I will defeat his enemies and cause them to be very ashamed/disgraced; but the crown that my king wears will always shine.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS133_1","020_133_1","PSA","133","1","1","It is very good and very pleasant for God’s people to gather together harmoniously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS133_2","020_133_2","PSA","133","2","2","It is as delightful as the precious/expensive ◄olive oil/perfume► that runs down from the Supreme Priest Aaron’s head onto his beard when he is anointed and runs down onto the collar of his robes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS133_3","020_133_3","PSA","133","3","3","Gathering together harmoniously is as delightful  as the dew that falls on Hermon Mountain and the dew that falls on the hills near Zion Hill. Yahweh has promised to bless his people there in Jerusalem by giving them everlasting (OR, a long-lasting) life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS134_1","020_134_1","PSA","134","1","1","All you people who serve Yahweh, who stand up and ◄serve/pray to► him at night in his temple, come and praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS134_2","020_134_2","PSA","134","2","2","Lift up your hands/arms to pray to him in the temple and praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS134_3","020_134_3","PSA","134","3","3","And I want Yahweh, who created heaven and the earth, to bless you from where he lives in the temple on Zion Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_1","020_135_1","PSA","135","1","1","Praise Yahweh! You who ◄do work for/serve► Yahweh, praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_2","020_135_2","PSA","135","2","2","You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him MTY! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_3","020_135_3","PSA","135","3","3","Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us; sing to him MTY, because he is kind to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_4","020_135_4","PSA","135","4","4","He has chosen us, the descendants of Jacob; he has chosen us Israelis to belong to him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_5","020_135_5","PSA","135","5","5","I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_6","020_135_6","PSA","135","6","6","Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, down to the bottom of the seas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_7","020_135_7","PSA","135","7","7","He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_8","020_135_8","PSA","135","8","8","He is the one who killed all the firstborn males in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_9","020_135_9","PSA","135","9","9","There he performed many kinds of miracles DOU to punish the king and all his officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_10","020_135_10","PSA","135","10","10","He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings who ruled them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_11","020_135_11","PSA","135","11","11","Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan region, and all the other kings in Canaan land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_12","020_135_12","PSA","135","12","12","Then he gave their land to us Israeli people to belong to us forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_13","020_135_13","PSA","135","13","13","Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_14","020_135_14","PSA","135","14","14","Yahweh, you declare that we your people ◄are innocent/have not done things that are wrong►, and you are merciful to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_15","020_135_15","PSA","135","15","15","But the idols that the other people-groups worship are only statues made of silver and gold, things that humans have made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_16","020_135_16","PSA","135","16","16","Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say anything; they have eyes, but they cannot see anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_17","020_135_17","PSA","135","17","17","They have ears, but they cannot hear anything, and they are not even able to breathe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_18","020_135_18","PSA","135","18","18","The people who make those idols are as powerless as those idols, and those who trust in those idols can accomplish no more than their idols can! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_19","020_135_19","PSA","135","19","19","My fellow Israelis, praise Yahweh! You priests who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_20","020_135_20","PSA","135","20","20","You men who are descended from Levi, you who assist the priests, praise Yahweh! All you who revere Yahweh, praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS135_21","020_135_21","PSA","135","21","21","Praise Yahweh in the temple on Zion Hill in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_1","020_136_1","PSA","136","1","1","Thank Yahweh, because he does good things for us; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_2","020_136_2","PSA","136","2","2","Thank God, the one who is greater than all other gods; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_3","020_136_3","PSA","136","3","3","Thank the Lord who is greater than all other lords/rulers; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_4","020_136_4","PSA","136","4","4","He is the only one who performs great miracles; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_5","020_136_5","PSA","136","5","5","He is the one who by being very wise created the heavens; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_6","020_136_6","PSA","136","6","6","He is the one who caused the ground to rise up above the deep waters; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_7","020_136_7","PSA","136","7","7","He is the one who created great lights in the sky; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_8","020_136_8","PSA","136","8","8","He created the sun to shine in the daytime; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_9","020_136_9","PSA","136","9","9","He created the moon and stars to shine during the nighttime; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_10","020_136_10","PSA","136","10","10","He is the one who killed the firstborn males in Egypt; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_11","020_136_11","PSA","136","11","11","He led the Israeli people out of Egypt; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_12","020_136_12","PSA","136","12","12","With his ◄strong hand/great power► he led them out; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_13","020_136_13","PSA","136","13","13","He is the one who caused the Red Sea to divide; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_14","020_136_14","PSA","136","14","14","He enabled the Israeli people to walk through it on dry land; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_15","020_136_15","PSA","136","15","15","But he caused the king of Egypt and his army to drown in it; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_16","020_136_16","PSA","136","16","16","He is the one who led his people safely through the desert; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_17","020_136_17","PSA","136","17","17","He killed powerful kings; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_18","020_136_18","PSA","136","18","18","He killed kings who were famous; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_19","020_136_19","PSA","136","19","19","He killed Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_20","020_136_20","PSA","136","20","20","He killed Og, the king of Bashan region; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_21","020_136_21","PSA","136","21","21","He gave their lands to us, his people; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_22","020_136_22","PSA","136","22","22","He gave those lands to us people of Israel, who serve him; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_23","020_136_23","PSA","136","23","23","He is the one who did not forget about us when we were defeated by our enemies; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_24","020_136_24","PSA","136","24","24","He rescued us from our enemies; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_25","020_136_25","PSA","136","25","25","He is the one who gives food to all living creatures; his faithful love for us endures forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS136_26","020_136_26","PSA","136","26","26","So thank God, who lives in heaven, for all those things, because his faithful love for us endures forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_1","020_137_1","PSA","137","1","1","When we had been taken to Babylonia, far from Jerusalem, we sat down by the rivers there, and we cried when we thought about the temple on Zion Hill in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_2","020_137_2","PSA","137","2","2","On the willow trees alongside the rivers we hung our harps because we did not want to play them any more because we were very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_3","020_137_3","PSA","137","3","3","The soldiers who had captured us and taken us to Babylonia told us to sing for them; they told us to ◄entertain them/make them happy►, saying, “Sing for us one of the songs that you previously sang in Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_4","020_137_4","PSA","137","4","4","But we thought, “We are sad because we have been punished by Yahweh and brought to this foreign land, so we cannot RHQ sing songs about Yahweh while we are here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_5","020_137_5","PSA","137","5","5","If I forget about Jerusalem APO, Iet my right hand wither with the result that I will be unable to play my harp ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_6","020_137_6","PSA","137","6","6","Do not allow me to sing again MTY, if I forget about Jerusalem, if I do not consider that Jerusalem causes me to be more joyful than anything else does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_7","020_137_7","PSA","137","7","7","Yahweh, punish the people of the Edom people-group for what they did on the day that the army of Babylon captured Jerusalem. Do not forget that they said, “Tear down all the buildings! Destroy them completely! Leave only the foundations!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_8","020_137_8","PSA","137","8","8","And you people of Babylon, you will certainly be destroyed! Those who punish you in return for what you did to us will be happy; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS137_9","020_137_9","PSA","137","9","9","they will take your babies and completely smash them on the rocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_1","020_138_1","PSA","138","1","1","Yahweh, I thank you with all my inner being. I sing to praise you in front of the idols of false gods to ridicule/belittle them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_2","020_138_2","PSA","138","2","2","I bow down while I look towards your sacred temple, and I thank you MTY because you faithfully love us and faithfully do all that you have promised. You have shown that both you MTY and what you have promised to do are greater than anything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_3","020_138_3","PSA","138","3","3","On the day when I called out to you, you answered me; you enabled me to be strong and brave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_4","020_138_4","PSA","138","4","4","Yahweh, some day all the kings of this earth will praise you, because they will have heard what you have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_5","020_138_5","PSA","138","5","5","They will sing about what you have done; they will sing and say that you are very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_6","020_138_6","PSA","138","6","6","Yahweh, you are supreme, but you take care of people who are considered to be unimportant. And you know what proud people are doing, even though they are far away from you and think that you do not see them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_7","020_138_7","PSA","138","7","7","When I am in the midst of many troubles/difficulties, you save/rescue me. With your hand/power MTY you rescue me from my enemies who are angry at me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS138_8","020_138_8","PSA","138","8","8","Yahweh, you will do for me everything that you promised; you faithfully love us forever. Finish what you started to do for us, your Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_1","020_139_1","PSA","139","1","1","Yahweh, you have examined me, and you know everything about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_2","020_139_2","PSA","139","2","2","You know when I sit down and when I stand up. Even though you are far away from me, you know what I am thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_3","020_139_3","PSA","139","3","3","When I travel and when I lie down, you know everything that I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_4","020_139_4","PSA","139","4","4","Yahweh, even before I say MTY anything, you know everything that I am going to say! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_5","020_139_5","PSA","139","5","5","You protect me on all sides; you put your hand on me to protect me with your power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_6","020_139_6","PSA","139","6","6","I am not able to understand that you know everything about me. That is too great for me to really understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_7","020_139_7","PSA","139","7","7","◄Where could I go to escape from your Spirit?/I could not go anywhere to escape from your Spirit.► RHQ ◄Where could I go to get away from you?/I could not go anywhere to get away from you.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_8","020_139_8","PSA","139","8","8","If I went up to heaven, you would be there. If I lay down in the place where the dead people are, you would be there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_9","020_139_9","PSA","139","9","9","If I had wings and flew very far east MTY, or if I flew west and made a place to live on an island in the ocean, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_10","020_139_10","PSA","139","10","10","you would be there also, to lead me by your hand, and you would help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_11","020_139_11","PSA","139","11","11","I could request the darkness to hide me, or I could request the light around me to become darkness, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_12","020_139_12","PSA","139","12","12","but even if that happened, the darkness would not be darkness for you! For you, the night is as bright as the daytime is, because for you, daylight and darkness are ◄not different/the same►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_13","020_139_13","PSA","139","13","13","You created all the parts of my body; you put the parts of my body together when I was still in my mother’s womb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_14","020_139_14","PSA","139","14","14","I praise you because you made my body in a very awesome and wonderful way. Everything that you do is amazing! I know that very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_15","020_139_15","PSA","139","15","15","When my body was being formed, while it was being put together where no one else could see it, you saw it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_16","020_139_16","PSA","139","16","16","You saw me before I was born. You wrote in your book the number of days that you had decided that I would live. You did that before any of those days had even started! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_17","020_139_17","PSA","139","17","17","God, what you think about me is very precious (OR, is very hard to understand). There is a great number of things that you think about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_18","020_139_18","PSA","139","18","18","If I could count them, I would see that they are more than the grains of sand at the seashore. And when I wake up, I am still with you and I know that there are still more of your thoughts about me to count. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_19","020_139_19","PSA","139","19","19","God, I desire that you would kill all the wicked people! And I wish that violent MTY men would ◄leave/go away from► me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_20","020_139_20","PSA","139","20","20","They say wicked/malicious things about you; they slander your name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_21","020_139_21","PSA","139","21","21","Yahweh, I certainly RHQ hate those who hate you! And I despise RHQ those who rebel against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_22","020_139_22","PSA","139","22","22","I hate them completely, and I consider that they are my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_23","020_139_23","PSA","139","23","23","God, search my inner being; find out what I am thinking! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS139_24","020_139_24","PSA","139","24","24","Find out whether there is anything evil in my inner being, and lead me along the road that leads to my being with you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_1","020_140_1","PSA","140","1","1","Yahweh, rescue/save me from being attacked by evil men; and even more, ◄keep me safe/protect me► from being attacked by violent people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_2","020_140_2","PSA","140","2","2","They are always planning to do evil things and they are always inciting/urging people to start quarrels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_3","020_140_3","PSA","140","3","3","By what they say MTY they injure people like poisonous snakes do; the words that they speak MTY can kill people as easily as cobras/vipers do. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_4","020_140_4","PSA","140","4","4","Yahweh, protect me from the power MTY of wicked people. Keep me safe from violent men who plan to destroy me SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_5","020_140_5","PSA","140","5","5","It is as though proud people have set a trap for me; it is as though they have spread their nets to catch me; it is as though they have put those things along the road to catch/seize me. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_6","020_140_6","PSA","140","6","6","I say to you, “Yahweh, you are my God;” so listen to me while I cry out to you to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_7","020_140_7","PSA","140","7","7","Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one who defends me strongly; you have protected me during battles MET as though you had put a helmet on my head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_8","020_140_8","PSA","140","8","8","Yahweh, do allow wicked people to do the things that they desire, and do not allow them to do the evil things that they plan to do. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_9","020_140_9","PSA","140","9","9","Do not allow my enemies to ◄become proud/defeat me►; cause the evil things that they say MTY they will do to me to happen to them, instead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_10","020_140_10","PSA","140","10","10","Cause burning coals to fall on their heads! Cause them to be thrown into deep pits, from which they cannot climb out! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_11","020_140_11","PSA","140","11","11","Do not allow those who slander others to succeed; cause evil things to happen to violent men and destroy them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_12","020_140_12","PSA","140","12","12","Yahweh, I know that you defend those who are oppressed, and that you do what is just/fair for those who are needy/poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS140_13","020_140_13","PSA","140","13","13","Righteous people will surely thank you MTY, and they will live ◄in your presence/with you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_1","020_141_1","PSA","141","1","1","Yahweh, I call out to you; please help me quickly! Listen to me when I am calling to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_2","020_141_2","PSA","141","2","2","Accept my prayer as though it were incense being burned as an offering SIM to you. And accept me while I lift up my hands to pray to you like you accept sacrifices that I offer to you each evening SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_3","020_141_3","PSA","141","3","3","Yahweh, do not allow me to say MTY things that are wrong; guard my lips. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_4","020_141_4","PSA","141","4","4","Prevent me from wanting to do anything that is wrong, and from joining with wicked men when they want to do evil deeds DOU. Do not even allow me to share in eating delightful food with them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_5","020_141_5","PSA","141","5","5","It is all right if righteous people strike/hit me or rebuke me because they are trying to act kindly toward me to teach me to do what is right, but I do not want wicked people to honor me by anointing my head with olive oil; I am always praying that you will punish them because of the wicked deeds that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_6","020_141_6","PSA","141","6","6","When their rulers are thrown down from the top of rocky cliffs, people will know that what you, Yahweh, said about them is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_7","020_141_7","PSA","141","7","7","Like a log that is split and cut into small pieces SIM, their shattered bones will be scattered on the ground near other graves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_8","020_141_8","PSA","141","8","8","But Yahweh God, I continue to ask you to help me. I ask you to protect me; do not allow me to ◄die/be killed► now! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_9","020_141_9","PSA","141","9","9","It is as though people have set traps for me; protect me from falling into those traps, It is as though they have spread nets to catch me; keep me from being caught in those nets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS141_10","020_141_10","PSA","141","10","10","I desire that wicked people will fall into the traps they have set to catch me while I escape from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_1","020_142_1","PSA","142","1","1","Yahweh, I cry out to you; I plead with you to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_2","020_142_2","PSA","142","2","2","I am bringing to you all my problems; I am telling you all my troubles/difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_3","020_142_3","PSA","142","3","3","When I am very discouraged, you know what I should do. Wherever I walk, it is as though my enemies have hidden traps for me to fall into. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_4","020_142_4","PSA","142","4","4","I look around, but there is no one who pays attention to me, no one who will protect me, no one who cares about what happens to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_5","020_142_5","PSA","142","5","5","So Yahweh, I cry out to you to help me; you are the one who protects me; and you are all that I need while I am alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_6","020_142_6","PSA","142","6","6","Listen to me while I cry out to you for help, because I am very distressed. Rescue/Save me from those who are pursuing me, because they are very strong, with the result that I cannot escape from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS142_7","020_142_7","PSA","142","7","7","Free/Rescue me from my troubles/difficulties MET in order that I may thank you. If you do that, when I am with godly/righteous people, I will praise you for having been very good to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_1","020_143_1","PSA","143","1","1","Yahweh, hear me while I pray to you! Because you are righteous and because you faithfully do what you have promised, listen to what I am pleading that you do for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_2","020_143_2","PSA","143","2","2","I am one who serves you; do not judge me, because you know that everyone has done things that are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_3","020_143_3","PSA","143","3","3","My enemies have pursued me; they have completely defeated me. It is as though they have put me in a dark prison, where I have nothing good to ◄hope for/expect►, like those who died long ago SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_4","020_143_4","PSA","143","4","4","So I am very discouraged; I am very dismayed/worried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_5","020_143_5","PSA","143","5","5","I remember what has happened previously: I ◄meditate on/think about► all the things that you have done; I consider all the great deeds that you SYN have performed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_6","020_143_6","PSA","143","6","6","I lift up my hands/arms to you while I pray; I SYN need you, like very dry ground needs rain SIM. (Think about that!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_7","020_143_7","PSA","143","7","7","Yahweh, I am very discouraged, so please answer me right now! Do not hide from me, because if you do that, I will soon be SIM among those who descend to where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_8","020_143_8","PSA","143","8","8","Every morning cause me to remember that you faithfully love me, because I trust in you. I ◄pray/send my prayers up IDM► to you; show me what I should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_9","020_143_9","PSA","143","9","9","Yahweh, I have gone/run to you to be protected, so rescue me from my enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_10","020_143_10","PSA","143","10","10","You are my God; teach me to do what you want me to do. I want your good Spirit to lead me on a path that is not difficult to walk on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_11","020_143_11","PSA","143","11","11","Yahweh, restore me when I am close to dying, as you promised to do. Because you are righteous/good, rescue me from my troubles/difficulties! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS143_12","020_143_12","PSA","143","12","12","I am one who serves you; so because you faithfully love me, kill my enemies and get rid of all those who ◄oppress/cause trouble for► me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_1","020_144_1","PSA","144","1","1","I praise Yahweh, who is like an overhanging rock under which I ◄get refuge/am protected►! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can shoot arrows in a war. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_2","020_144_2","PSA","144","2","2","He is the one who protects me; he is like a fortress DOU in which I am safe, he protects me like shields protect soldiers MET, and he gives me refuge. He defeats other nations and then puts them under my power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_3","020_144_3","PSA","144","3","3","Yahweh, we people are very insignificant/unimportant, so why ◄are you concerned/do you care about us► RHQ? It is amazing to me that you pay attention to humans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_4","020_144_4","PSA","144","4","4","The time that we live is as short as SIM a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_5","020_144_5","PSA","144","5","5","Yahweh, ◄tear open/open up► the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_6","020_144_6","PSA","144","6","6","Cause lightning to flash with the result that your enemies will run away! Shoot your arrows at them and cause them to ◄run away/scatter►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_7","020_144_7","PSA","144","7","7","It is as though my enemies surround me like a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them SYN. They are men from other countries ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_8","020_144_8","PSA","144","8","8","who SYN always tell lies. Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth they tell lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_9","020_144_9","PSA","144","9","9","God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp while I sing to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_10","020_144_10","PSA","144","10","10","You enable kings to defeat their enemies; and you rescued me, your servant David, from being killed by my enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_11","020_144_11","PSA","144","11","11","So I ask you to save me from being killed by the swords that those evil people carry. Rescue me from the power MTY of those foreigners who SYN always tell lies, and who raise their right hands in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_12","020_144_12","PSA","144","12","12","I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants SIM, and I wish/hope that our daughters will grow up to be straight and tall like the pillars SIM that stand in the corners of palaces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_13","020_144_13","PSA","144","13","13","I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_14","020_144_14","PSA","144","14","14","I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us ◄into exile/to their own countries►). I wish/hope that there will not be a time when the people in our streets cry out in distress because foreign armies are invading. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS144_15","020_144_15","PSA","144","15","15","If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_1","020_145_1","PSA","145","1","1","My God and King, I will proclaim that you are very great/glorious; I will praise you MTY now and forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_2","020_145_2","PSA","145","2","2","Every day I will praise you; Yes, I will praise you MTY forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_3","020_145_3","PSA","145","3","3","Yahweh you are great, and ◄you ought to be praised/people should praise you► very much; we cannot fully realize how great you are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_4","020_145_4","PSA","145","4","4","Parents should tell their children the things that you have done; they should tell their children about your mighty deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_5","020_145_5","PSA","145","5","5","They should tell them that you are very glorious and majestic DOU, and I will ◄meditate on/think about► all your wonderful deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_6","020_145_6","PSA","145","6","6","People will speak about your powerful and awesome deeds, and I will proclaim that you are very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_7","020_145_7","PSA","145","7","7","People will remember and proclaim that you are very good to us, and they will sing joyfully that you always act justly/fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_8","020_145_8","PSA","145","8","8","Yahweh, you are kind and merciful to us; you do not quickly become angry; you faithfully love us very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_9","020_145_9","PSA","145","9","9","Yahweh, you are good to everyone, and you are merciful to everything that you have made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_10","020_145_10","PSA","145","10","10","Yahweh, all the creatures that you made will thank you, and all your people will praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_11","020_145_11","PSA","145","11","11","They will tell others that you rule gloriously as our king and that you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_12","020_145_12","PSA","145","12","12","They will do that in order that everyone will know about your powerful deeds and that you rule over us gloriously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_13","020_145_13","PSA","145","13","13","You will never stop being king; you will rule ◄throughout all generations/forever►. Yahweh, you faithfully do all that you have promised to do, and all that you do, you do mercifully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_14","020_145_14","PSA","145","14","14","Yahweh, you help all those who are discouraged and you lift up all those who ◄stumble and fall down/are distressed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_15","020_145_15","PSA","145","15","15","All of the creatures that you made expect that you will provide food for them, and you give them food when they need it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_16","020_145_16","PSA","145","16","16","You give food to all living creatures generously IDM, and you cause them to ◄be satisfied/have all the food that they need►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_17","020_145_17","PSA","145","17","17","Everything that Yahweh does, he does justly/fairly, and all that he does, he does mercifully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_18","020_145_18","PSA","145","18","18","Yahweh ◄comes near to/is ready to help► all those who call out to him, to those who call to him sincerely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_19","020_145_19","PSA","145","19","19","To all those who revere him, he gives them what they need. He hears them when they cry out to him, and saves/rescues them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_20","020_145_20","PSA","145","20","20","Yahweh protects all those who love him, but he will get rid of all the wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS145_21","020_145_21","PSA","145","21","21","I SYN will always praise Yahweh; He is holy; and I wish/hope that everyone will praise him MTY forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_1","020_146_1","PSA","146","1","1","Praise Yahweh! With my whole inner being I will praise Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_2","020_146_2","PSA","146","2","2","I will praise Yahweh as long as I am alive; I will sing to praise my God for the rest of my life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_3","020_146_3","PSA","146","3","3","You people, do not trust in your leaders; do not trust humans because they cannot save/rescue you from your difficulties/problems. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_4","020_146_4","PSA","146","4","4","And when they die, their corpses decay and become soil again. After they die, they can no longer do the things that they planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_5","020_146_5","PSA","146","5","5","But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob worshiped are happy. The one whom they confidently expect to help them is Yahweh, their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_6","020_146_6","PSA","146","6","6","He is the one who created heaven and the earth and the oceans and all the creatures that are in them. He always does what he has promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_7","020_146_7","PSA","146","7","7","He decides matters fairly for those who are ◄treated unfairly/oppressed►, and he provides food for those who are hungry. He frees those who are in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_8","020_146_8","PSA","146","8","8","Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_9","020_146_9","PSA","146","9","9","Yahweh takes care of those from other countries who live in our land, and he helps widows and orphans. But he gets rid of wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS146_10","020_146_10","PSA","146","10","10","Yahweh will continue to be our king forever; you people of Israel, your God will rule forever! Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_1","020_147_1","PSA","147","1","1","Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_2","020_147_2","PSA","147","2","2","Jerusalem was destroyed, but Yahweh is enabling us to build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_3","020_147_3","PSA","147","3","3","He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; it is as though they have wounds and he bandages them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_4","020_147_4","PSA","147","4","4","He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_5","020_147_5","PSA","147","5","5","Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_6","020_147_6","PSA","147","6","6","Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_7","020_147_7","PSA","147","7","7","Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_8","020_147_8","PSA","147","8","8","He covers the sky with clouds, and then he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_9","020_147_9","PSA","147","9","9","He gives to animals the food that they need, and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out because they are hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_10","020_147_10","PSA","147","10","10","He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run MTY fast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_11","020_147_11","PSA","147","11","11","Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_12","020_147_12","PSA","147","12","12","You people of APO Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_13","020_147_13","PSA","147","13","13","He guards your city by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_14","020_147_14","PSA","147","14","14","He protects the borders of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_15","020_147_15","PSA","147","15","15","He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_16","020_147_16","PSA","147","16","16","He sends snow which covers the ground like a white wool blanket SIM, and he scatters frost on the ground like wind scatters ashes SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_17","020_147_17","PSA","147","17","17","He sends hail down like ◄pebbles/tiny stones►; when that happens, ◄it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_18","020_147_18","PSA","147","18","18","But he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. Then the hail melts and the water flows into the streams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_19","020_147_19","PSA","147","19","19","He sent his message to the descendants of Jacob; he tells to his Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS147_20","020_147_20","PSA","147","20","20","He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_1","020_148_1","PSA","148","1","1","Praise Yahweh! Praise him, from up in heaven; praise him from way up in the sky! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_2","020_148_2","PSA","148","2","2","All you angels who belong to him, praise him! All you who are in the armies of heaven, praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_3","020_148_3","PSA","148","3","3","Sun and moon, you also praise him! You shining stars, you praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_4","020_148_4","PSA","148","4","4","You highest heavens, praise him! And you waters that are high above the sky, praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_5","020_148_5","PSA","148","5","5","I want all of these to praise Yahweh MTY because by commanding them to exist, he created them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_6","020_148_6","PSA","148","6","6","He determined the places where they should be in the sky, and he commanded that they should be there forever. They cannot disobey that command! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_7","020_148_7","PSA","148","7","7","And everything on the earth, praise Yahweh! You huge sea monsters and everything else that is deep in the ocean, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_8","020_148_8","PSA","148","8","8","and fire and hail, and snow and frost, and strong winds that obey what he commands, I tell all of you to praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_9","020_148_9","PSA","148","9","9","Hills and mountains, fruit trees and cedar trees, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_10","020_148_10","PSA","148","10","10","all the wild animals and all you cattle, and the ◄reptiles/creatures that scurry across the ground►, and all the birds, I tell all of them to praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_11","020_148_11","PSA","148","11","11","You kings on this earth and all the people that you rule, you princes and all other rulers, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_12","020_148_12","PSA","148","12","12","you young men and young women, you old people and children, everyone, praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_13","020_148_13","PSA","148","13","13","I want them all to praise Yahweh MTY because he is greater than anyone else. His glory is greater than anything on the earth or in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS148_14","020_148_14","PSA","148","14","14","He caused us, his people, to be strong in order that we, his people, we Israeli people ◄who are very precious to him/whom he loves very much►, would praise him. So praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_1","020_149_1","PSA","149","1","1","Praise Yahweh! Sing a new song to Yahweh, praise him whenever his faithful people gather together! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_2","020_149_2","PSA","149","2","2","You Israeli people, be glad because of what God, who created you, has done for you! You people of Jerusalem, rejoice because of what God your king has done for you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_3","020_149_3","PSA","149","3","3","Praise Yahweh by dancing, by beating/playing tambourines, and by playing harps to praise him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_4","020_149_4","PSA","149","4","4","Yahweh is pleased with his people; he honors humble people by helping them to defeat their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_5","020_149_5","PSA","149","5","5","God’s people should rejoice because they have won battles and they should sing joyfully all during the night! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_6","020_149_6","PSA","149","6","6","They MTY should shout loudly to praise God; but they should also hold sharp swords in their hands, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_7","020_149_7","PSA","149","7","7","ready to use them to defeat the soldiers of nations that do not worship God, and to punish the people of those nations, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_8","020_149_8","PSA","149","8","8","and to fasten the arms and legs of their kings and other leaders with iron chains, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS149_9","020_149_9","PSA","149","9","9","to judge and punish the people of those nations, like God wrote/declared should be done. It is ◄a privilege/an honor► for God’s faithful people to do that! Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_1","020_150_1","PSA","150","1","1","Praise Yahweh! Praise God in his sacred temple! And praise him in his fortress in heaven! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_2","020_150_2","PSA","150","2","2","Praise him for the mighty deeds that he has performed; praise him for his being extremely great! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_3","020_150_3","PSA","150","3","3","Praise him by blowing trumpets loudly; praise him by playing harps and ◄small lyres/other instruments that have many strings►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_4","020_150_4","PSA","150","4","4","Praise him by beating drums and by dancing. Praise him by playing stringed instruments and by playing flutes! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_5","020_150_5","PSA","150","5","5","Praise him by clashing cymbals together; praise him by clashing together very loud cymbals! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PS150_6","020_150_6","PSA","150","6","6","I want all living creatures to praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_1","021_1_1","PRO","1","1","1","These are the ◄proverbs/wise sayings► that come from Solomon, the King of Israel, who was the son of King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_2","021_1_2","PRO","1","2","2","◄These proverbs PRS can teach people/By studying these proverbs, people can learn► how to be wise and how to obey what these proverbs teach them. They will also help people to understand which teachings are wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_3","021_1_3","PRO","1","3","3","These proverbs PRS will teach you how to discipline/control yourselves, how to conduct your lives, and how to do what is right and just DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_4","021_1_4","PRO","1","4","4","They will show people who do not yet know much how to do things that are smart. They will show young people how to become wise and how to make good plans/decisions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_5","021_1_5","PRO","1","5","5","Those who are wise should also pay attention to these proverbs, in order to become more wise, and those who understand these teachings will receive good advice/guidance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_6","021_1_6","PRO","1","6","6","Then they will be able to understand the meaning of proverbs and parables/metaphors, these wise sayings and ◄riddles/sayings that are difficult to understand►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_7","021_1_7","PRO","1","7","7","If you want to be wise, you must begin by revering Yahweh. Only foolish people despise wisdom and good advice/discipline. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_8","021_1_8","PRO","1","8","8","My son, pay attention to what I, your father, am teaching you. And do not reject what your mother teaches you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_9","021_1_9","PRO","1","9","9","What we teach you will make you respected like having a lovely turban around your head and like a beautiful necklace to put around your neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_10","021_1_10","PRO","1","10","10","My son, if sinners tempt/entice you to do what is wrong, say “No” to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_11","021_1_11","PRO","1","11","11","They may say, “Come with us! Join us! We will hide and then kill MTY someone who passes by. We will ambush some helpless/innocent people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_12","021_1_12","PRO","1","12","12","We will kill them HYP and get rid of them completely, just like people who are buried in graves are gone forever. While they are in good health, we will send them to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_13","021_1_13","PRO","1","13","13","And we will seize all the things that they own. We will fill our houses with these things! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_14","021_1_14","PRO","1","14","14","So, come with us! Join our group! We will share with you the things that we steal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_15","021_1_15","PRO","1","15","15","My son, do not accompany them! Do not walk on the roads with them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_16","021_1_16","PRO","1","16","16","They rush to do evil deeds! They hurry to murder MTY people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_17","021_1_17","PRO","1","17","17","It is useless to put out a ◄trap/net to catch a bird► because when a bird sees it, it stays away from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_18","021_1_18","PRO","1","18","18","But those wicked people are not like the birds, because they do not realize that when they prepare to ambush someone to kill him, they will be killed themselves! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_19","021_1_19","PRO","1","19","19","That is what happens to people who eagerly try to get things by violently attacking others. They will only destroy themselves! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_20","021_1_20","PRO","1","20","20","Wisdom PRS shouts to people in the streets, and calls out to people in the ◄plazas/town squares►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_21","021_1_21","PRO","1","21","21","Wisdom calls out in noisy places, and at the entrances to cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_22","021_1_22","PRO","1","22","22","Wisdom says, “How long will you stupid people continue to enjoy doing foolish things RHQ? How long will you people who ridicule God enjoy doing that RHQ? How long will you foolish people refuse to know what things are right RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_23","021_1_23","PRO","1","23","23","If you pay attention to me when I rebuke you, I will tell you what I am thinking in my inner being; I will give you some good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_24","021_1_24","PRO","1","24","24","But when I called to you, you refused to listen. I beckoned to you to come to me, but you ignored me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_25","021_1_25","PRO","1","25","25","I tried to advise you, but you refused to listen to me. I tried to correct you, but you rejected what I told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_26","021_1_26","PRO","1","26","26","So now, when you are experiencing troubles/disasters, I will laugh at you. When things happen that cause you to be afraid, I will make fun of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_27","021_1_27","PRO","1","27","27","When calamities strike you like a big storm, when disasters hit you like a violent wind, when all kinds of things distress you and give you trouble, I will ridicule you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_28","021_1_28","PRO","1","28","28","Wisdom also says, “When foolish people call to me to help them, I will not answer them. They will search for me diligently/everywhere, but they will not find me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_29","021_1_29","PRO","1","29","29","They refused to know what things are right, and they decided not to revere Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_30","021_1_30","PRO","1","30","30","They would not accept my advice, and they did not pay attention when I tried to correct them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_31","021_1_31","PRO","1","31","31","So they will endure what will result MET, DOU from the evil way they have lived/behaved and the evil things they have planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_32","021_1_32","PRO","1","32","32","Those who turn away from me are stupid/foolish; they will die because of doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR1_33","021_1_33","PRO","1","33","33","But those who pay attention to me will live peacefully and safely, and they will not be afraid that something will harm them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_1","021_2_1","PRO","2","1","1","My son, listen to what I say, and consider my instructions to be as valuable as MET a treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_2","021_2_2","PRO","2","2","2","Pay attention to wisdom and try hard to understand it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_3","021_2_3","PRO","2","3","3","Call out to God to get insight; plead with him to help you to understand more of what he wants you to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_4","021_2_4","PRO","2","4","4","Search eagerly for wisdom, like you would search for silver, like you would search for a treasure that someone has hidden. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_5","021_2_5","PRO","2","5","5","If you do that, you will understand how to revere Yahweh, and you will succeed in knowing God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_6","021_2_6","PRO","2","6","6","Yahweh is the one who gives us wisdom. He is the one who tells us things that we need to know and understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_7","021_2_7","PRO","2","7","7","He gives good advice to those who conduct their lives as they should. He protects MET those who do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_8","021_2_8","PRO","2","8","8","He guards those who act justly/fairly toward others, and he watches over those who are faithful/loyal to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_9","021_2_9","PRO","2","9","9","If you ask God for wisdom, you will understand what is right and just DOU to do, and you will know the right way to conduct your life, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_10","021_2_10","PRO","2","10","10","because you will be wise in your inner being; and knowing what God wants you to know will cause you to be joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_11","021_2_11","PRO","2","11","11","If you know PRS how to choose what is right to do and if you understand what God wants you to do, God will protect you and guard you and keep you safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_12","021_2_12","PRO","2","12","12","If you are wise PRS, you will not do what evil people do, and you will not believe what deceitful people say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_13","021_2_13","PRO","2","13","13","Deceitful people have stopped acting fairly/justly toward others and ◄walk on dark and evil paths/do what evil people do► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_14","021_2_14","PRO","2","14","14","They enjoy doing what is wrong; they like to do what is evil and to deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_15","021_2_15","PRO","2","15","15","They ◄walk on crooked paths/always deceive others► and are always dishonest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_16","021_2_16","PRO","2","16","16","If you are wise PRS, you will also be saved from ◄immoral women/prostitutes►; you will not pay attention when adulterous women try to ◄seduce/entice you by what they say.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_17","021_2_17","PRO","2","17","17","Those women have left the husbands whom they married when they were young; they have disregarded the solemn promise they made to God not to commit adultery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_18","021_2_18","PRO","2","18","18","If you go into houses of women who are like that, you will die when you are still young; the road to their houses leads to hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_19","021_2_19","PRO","2","19","19","No man who ◄visits/sleeps with► a woman like that will again live harmoniously with his family. He will never have a happy life again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_20","021_2_20","PRO","2","20","20","If you are wise, you should behave like good men behave. You should ◄stay on the paths that righteous people walk on/do what godly people do► MET, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_21","021_2_21","PRO","2","21","21","because only godly people will live in this land and receive God’s blessings; only those who have not done wrong will stay here for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR2_22","021_2_22","PRO","2","22","22","Wicked people will be expelled from this land, and people who are not trustworthy will be thrown {God will throw them} out of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_1","021_3_1","PRO","3","1","1","My son, do not forget what I have taught you. Keep my commands in your inner being, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_2","021_3_2","PRO","3","2","2","because if you obey them you will live a long time and things will go well for you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_3","021_3_3","PRO","3","3","3","Always faithfully love others and ◄be faithful/do what you say that you will do►; doing those things will cause others to be pleased with you; it will be as though you are wearing a beautiful necklace. Keep those things in your mind/inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_4","021_3_4","PRO","3","4","4","If you do, God and people will approve of you and think highly of you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_5","021_3_5","PRO","3","5","5","Trust in Yahweh completely, and do not rely on what you yourself understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_6","021_3_6","PRO","3","6","6","Always allow him to lead you. If you do that, he will ◄show you the right path/direct your life►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_7","021_3_7","PRO","3","7","7","Do not be proud of being wise. Instead, revere Yahweh and turn away from doing evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_8","021_3_8","PRO","3","8","8","If you do that, your body will be healthy/strong; it will be like medicine for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_9","021_3_9","PRO","3","9","9","Honor Yahweh by what you do with your money; and by giving him the first part of your harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_10","021_3_10","PRO","3","10","10","If you do that, you will have a good harvest. Yahweh will fill your barns with grain, and your vats/containers will be overflowing with grape juice for making wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_11","021_3_11","PRO","3","11","11","My son, when Yahweh disciplines/corrects you, do not despise it, and if he rebukes you, do not resent it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_12","021_3_12","PRO","3","12","12","I say that because it is the people whom Yahweh loves that he corrects/reproves, just like parents correct/reprove their sons whom they love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_13","021_3_13","PRO","3","13","13","Yahweh is pleased with those who become wise and have good understanding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_14","021_3_14","PRO","3","14","14","Being wise and having good understanding is worth more than silver, better than gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_15","021_3_15","PRO","3","15","15","Being wise is more precious than ◄jewels/precious stones►; there is nothing that you could desire that would be as valuable as wisdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_16","021_3_16","PRO","3","16","16","On the one hand, wisdom PRS enables you to live a long life, and on the other hand, wisdom enables you to become rich and to be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_17","021_3_17","PRO","3","17","17","If you are wise, your life will be pleasant, and things will go well for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_18","021_3_18","PRO","3","18","18","Wisdom is like a tree that gives long life to those who eagerly take hold of it, and Yahweh is pleased with those who hold onto it tightly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_19","021_3_19","PRO","3","19","19","By his wisdom Yahweh created the earth, and by his understanding he put everything in the skies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_20","021_3_20","PRO","3","20","20","By his knowledge he caused the water that was beneath the earth to burst forth, and he caused rain to fall from the clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_21","021_3_21","PRO","3","21","21","My son, always keep doing things that are right and things that are smart. If you do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_22","021_3_22","PRO","3","22","22","you will live many years and be honored and respected {people will honor and respect you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_23","021_3_23","PRO","3","23","23","If you do what is right and wise, you will be able to walk safely, and you will not ◄stumble/do things that are wrong► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_24","021_3_24","PRO","3","24","24","You will be able to lie down at night and not be afraid of anything, and you will sleep peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_25","021_3_25","PRO","3","25","25","You will not be afraid that something disastrous will happen to you or that storms that strike the wicked will strike you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_26","021_3_26","PRO","3","26","26","because you will be confident that Yahweh will take care of you. He will not let your foot be caught in a trap/snare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_27","021_3_27","PRO","3","27","27","If you are able to help people who deserve it, do not refuse to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_28","021_3_28","PRO","3","28","28","If you are able to help someone you interact with, do not say, “Come back later; perhaps I can help you tomorrow.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_29","021_3_29","PRO","3","29","29","Do not make plans to harm those you interact with regularly, because they live near you, and they trust you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_30","021_3_30","PRO","3","30","30","If someone has not harmed you, do not accuse him by saying that he has harmed you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_31","021_3_31","PRO","3","31","31","Do not envy people who obtain things by violent actions, and do not imitate/do what they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_32","021_3_32","PRO","3","32","32","I say that because Yahweh considers such people to be abominable/detestable; but he is a friend to all those who do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_33","021_3_33","PRO","3","33","33","Yahweh curses the families MTY of those who are wicked, but he blesses the families of those who are good/righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_34","021_3_34","PRO","3","34","34","Yahweh makes fun of those who make fun of others, but he kindly helps those who are humble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR3_35","021_3_35","PRO","3","35","35","Wise people will be honored {people will honor wise people}, but foolish people will be dishonored/disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_1","021_4_1","PRO","4","1","1","My children, listen to what I am teaching you. If you pay attention, you will understand what is wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_2","021_4_2","PRO","4","2","2","What I am teaching you is good, so do not turn away from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_3","021_4_3","PRO","4","3","3","When I was a young boy, loved by my mother, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_4","021_4_4","PRO","4","4","4","my father told me, “Remember my words; if you obey my commandments, you will live a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_5","021_4_5","PRO","4","5","5","Obtain wisdom and understanding, and ◄do not abandon/hold fast to► LIT what I have taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_6","021_4_6","PRO","4","6","6","Do not turn away from wisdom, because if you are wise, you will be protected from all evil/danger. If you love wisdom, wisdom PRS will guard you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_7","021_4_7","PRO","4","7","7","The most important thing that you can do is to get wisdom. Even if you obtain many other things, the best thing is to know what things are wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_8","021_4_8","PRO","4","8","8","If you consider being wise to be very valuable, people will think very highly of you. If you cling to wisdom like you would cling to a woman you love, many people will honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_9","021_4_9","PRO","4","9","9","If you become wise, that will for you be like a beautiful wreath that is put {someone puts} on your head; it will be like a king’s glorious crown.” That is what my father told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_10","021_4_10","PRO","4","10","10","So now I say, “My son, heed what I say. If you do that, you will live a good long life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_11","021_4_11","PRO","4","11","11","I am teaching you the way to live wisely; I am showing you how to act justly toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_12","021_4_12","PRO","4","12","12","If you live wisely, when you decide to do something, you will succeed LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_13","021_4_13","PRO","4","13","13","Hold fast to the things I have taught you to do, and do not let them go. Guard them, because they will be the source of a good life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_14","021_4_14","PRO","4","14","14","Do not do the things that wicked people do; do not behave like they do; do not even walk on the roads that evil people walk on MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_15","021_4_15","PRO","4","15","15","Stay away from those roads; turn aside and walk on other roads; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_16","021_4_16","PRO","4","16","16","because evil people cannot sleep if they have not done some evil deed on that day. They cannot rest if they have not harmed someone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_17","021_4_17","PRO","4","17","17","What they eat and what they drink are things that they have obtained by acting wickedly and violently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_18","021_4_18","PRO","4","18","18","The behavior of good/righteous people is like the light that begins to shine at dawn and then continues to shine brighter until the brightest time of day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_19","021_4_19","PRO","4","19","19","But the behavior of wicked people is like deep/thick darkness. Because it is very dark, they cannot see the things that cause them to stumble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_20","021_4_20","PRO","4","20","20","My son, pay attention to what I am saying. Listen to my words carefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_21","021_4_21","PRO","4","21","21","Keep them close to you; let them penetrate your inner being, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_22","021_4_22","PRO","4","22","22","because you will have PRS a good life and good health if you search for them and find them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_23","021_4_23","PRO","4","23","23","It is very important that you be careful about what you think, because what you think controls MET the things that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_24","021_4_24","PRO","4","24","24","Do not say anything that deceives others and never say what is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_25","021_4_25","PRO","4","25","25","Keep looking straight ahead toward the events that are before you, and do not turn aside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_26","021_4_26","PRO","4","26","26","Plan carefully where you will go and what you will do, and then stay on that road. Then what you do will be right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR4_27","021_4_27","PRO","4","27","27","Do not leave the straight road by turning to the left or to the right. Do only what is right and keep yourself from doing what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_1","021_5_1","PRO","5","1","1","My son, listen carefully to some more wise things that I will tell you. Listen well to what I am going to teach you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_2","021_5_2","PRO","5","2","2","If you do that, you will be able to choose wisely what to do, and you will know the right things to say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_3","021_5_3","PRO","5","3","3","What an immoral woman says to you may be as sweet as honey, and sound smoother than olive oil feels on your skin, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_4","021_5_4","PRO","5","4","4","but the result of being with her will be bitter like gall and injure you as badly, like being cut with a sharp two-edged sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_5","021_5_5","PRO","5","5","5","If you go where she goes MTY, you will go down to where the dead people are. Her steps will lead you straight to the grave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_6","021_5_6","PRO","5","6","6","She is not concerned about the roads that lead to a long life. She walks down a crooked path, and she does not realize that she is on the wrong road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_7","021_5_7","PRO","5","7","7","So now, my sons, listen to me. ◄Never turn aside from/always remember► LIT what I am about to tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_8","021_5_8","PRO","5","8","8","Run away from immoral women! Do not go near the doors of their houses! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_9","021_5_9","PRO","5","9","9","If you enter the home of one of them, you will lose your ◄self-respect/good reputation► and that woman’s husband will not act mercifully toward you; he will kill you and take everything that you have acquired during your life! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_10","021_5_10","PRO","5","10","10","Foreigners will take your money, and all the good things that you have worked for will ◄end up in their hands/become their possessions►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_11","021_5_11","PRO","5","11","11","And when you are about to die, you will groan with severe pain because diseases that you have gotten from being immoral will be destroying your body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_12","021_5_12","PRO","5","12","12","Then you will say, “I hated it when people tried to correct me. I despised people when they reproved/rebuked me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_13","021_5_13","PRO","5","13","13","I did not heed what my teachers said! I paid no attention to those who tried to teach me something about my behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_14","021_5_14","PRO","5","14","14","Now I am almost ruined, and I will be disgraced in public gatherings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_15","021_5_15","PRO","5","15","15","Like a man is refreshed by drinking water from his own well MET, enjoy having sex EUP only with your own wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_16","021_5_16","PRO","5","16","16","Like you would not waste good water by pouring it into the street, you should not have sex with other women. MET, EUP ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_17","021_5_17","PRO","5","17","17","Enjoy having sex only with your wife; do not have sex with other women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_18","021_5_18","PRO","5","18","18","Let your wife be a source of great pleasure to you. ◄Be happy/Enjoy sex► with the woman whom you married when you were both young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_19","021_5_19","PRO","5","19","19","She is as pretty and graceful as a young female deer. Allow her breasts to always satisfy you. Allow her lovemaking to excite you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_20","021_5_20","PRO","5","20","20","My son, do not be RHQ captivated/charmed by an immoral woman! Do not fondle the breasts of another man’s wife! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_21","021_5_21","PRO","5","21","21","I say that because Yahweh sees clearly everything that we do; he knows where we are going on the roads that we walk on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_22","021_5_22","PRO","5","22","22","Evil men’s sinful desires hold them fast; their sins are like ropes that bind them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR5_23","021_5_23","PRO","5","23","23","Evil men will die because they are unable to say “No” to their desires; they will ◄go astray/be lost► because of the foolish things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_1","021_6_1","PRO","6","1","1","My son, if someone has borrowed money from a friend or a stranger, and if you have promised that you will pay the money back if that person is unable to pay back the money he borrowed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_2","021_6_2","PRO","6","2","2","you may be trapped by what you have agreed to do, because if the one who borrowed the money is not able to pay it back, you will have to pay it. What you have said that you will do will be like a snare to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_3","021_6_3","PRO","6","3","3","So, my son, I will tell you what you should do to escape from your difficulty, so that the moneylender does not get control over your wealth: Humbly go to your friend and plead with him to cancel the agreement! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_4","021_6_4","PRO","6","4","4","Do not wait until tomorrow; go immediately! Do not rest until you go and talk with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_5","021_6_5","PRO","6","5","5","Save yourself, like a deer that escapes from a deer hunter or like a bird that flees from a bird hunter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_6","021_6_6","PRO","6","6","6","You lazy individual, learn something from watching the ants. Become wise from observing what they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_7","021_6_7","PRO","6","7","7","They do not have a king or a governor or any other person who rules them and forces them to work, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_8","021_6_8","PRO","6","8","8","but they work hard all during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_9","021_6_9","PRO","6","9","9","But, you lazy loafer, how long will you continue to sleep RHQ? Are you never going to get up from sleeping and go to work? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_10","021_6_10","PRO","6","10","10","You sleep a for a little time; you say, “I will take just a short nap.” You lie down and fold/lay your hands across your chest and rest; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_11","021_6_11","PRO","6","11","11","and suddenly you will become poor. It will be as though a bandit suddenly comes and takes all that you have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_12","021_6_12","PRO","6","12","12","I will describe for you what worthless and evil people are like. They constantly lie; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_13","021_6_13","PRO","6","13","13","by winking their eyes and moving their feet and making signs with their fingers, they signal to their friends what they are intending/planning to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_14","021_6_14","PRO","6","14","14","They plan to do evil things. They constantly cause strife/trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_15","021_6_15","PRO","6","15","15","But disasters will hit them suddenly; they will be crushed/ruined and nothing will be able to heal them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_16","021_6_16","PRO","6","16","16","There are six, maybe seven, kinds of people that Yahweh hates. They are: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_17","021_6_17","PRO","6","17","17","People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie MTY; people SYN who kill others SYN who have done nothing wrong; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_18","021_6_18","PRO","6","18","18","people who plan to do evil deeds; people SYN who run quickly to do wrong things; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_19","021_6_19","PRO","6","19","19","people who easily tell lies in court; and people who cause strife between family members. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_20","021_6_20","PRO","6","20","20","My son, obey my commands, and do not ignore what your mother has taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_21","021_6_21","PRO","6","21","21","Remember the things that we have said. Those things should be like a beautiful necklace around your neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_22","021_6_22","PRO","6","22","22","If you follow our advice, it will be as though what we have taught you PRS will lead you, wherever you go. When you sleep, they will protect you. And when you wake up in the morning, they will teach/instruct you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_23","021_6_23","PRO","6","23","23","These commands and what we teach you will be like a lamp to light your path MET. When we rebuke you and correct/punish you, we will be showing you the road to having a good life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_24","021_6_24","PRO","6","24","24","Heeding PRS these commands and things that we have taught you will enable you to keep away from immoral women and from listening to the enticing words of an adulterous woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_25","021_6_25","PRO","6","25","25","Even if such a woman is beautiful and has lovely eyes, do not desire to go with her. Do not let her persuade you to go with her ◄with her eyes/by the way she looks at you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_26","021_6_26","PRO","6","26","26","Do not forget that you can hire a prostitute for only a loaf of bread, but if you sleep with another man’s wife, ◄it may cost you/you may lose► your life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_27","021_6_27","PRO","6","27","27","Can you carry hot coals in your pocket and not be burned RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_28","021_6_28","PRO","6","28","28","Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch/burn your feet? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_29","021_6_29","PRO","6","29","29","No! And in the same way, anyone who ◄sleeps with/has sex with► another man’s wife will suffer for doing that. He will certainly LIT be punished severely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_30","021_6_30","PRO","6","30","30","We do not despise a thief if he steals some food because he is very hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_31","021_6_31","PRO","6","31","31","But if he steals something and then is caught by the police, he will have to pay back ◄seven times as much as/much more than► he stole. He may need to sell everything that is in his house to get enough money to pay it back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_32","021_6_32","PRO","6","32","32","But a man who commits adultery with some woman is very foolish, because he is destroying his own self/soul by what he is doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_33","021_6_33","PRO","6","33","33","That woman’s husband will wound him badly, and other people will despise him. His shame will never end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_34","021_6_34","PRO","6","34","34","Because that woman’s husband will ◄be jealous/not want anyone else to sleep with her►, he will become furious, and when he gets revenge, he will not act mercifully toward the man who slept with his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR6_35","021_6_35","PRO","6","35","35","And he will not accept any bribe/money, even if it is a big bribe, to ◄appease him/cause him to stop being angry►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_1","021_7_1","PRO","7","1","1","My son, heed my advice, and guard my instructions as you would MET guard a treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_2","021_7_2","PRO","7","2","2","Obey my commands, and as a result you will live a good life. Consider the things that I teach you to be very precious; guard them, just like you protect your eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_3","021_7_3","PRO","7","3","3","Tie my commands around your fingers in order that they will remind you to obey them. Always keep them in mind MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_4","021_7_4","PRO","7","4","4","Love wisdom like you love your sister. Understand what is wise, and let that be as dear to you as members of your family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_5","021_7_5","PRO","7","5","5","If you are wise and if you understand what is wise PRS, you will not sleep with an immoral woman; you will not listen to a woman who tries to entice you to sleep with her by what she says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_6","021_7_6","PRO","7","6","6","One day, I was standing at the window inside my house, and I looked outside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_7","021_7_7","PRO","7","7","7","I saw some young men who did not have good sense. Among them was a man who was very foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_8","021_7_8","PRO","7","8","8","He crossed the street near the house of an immoral woman. He was walking along the path toward her house ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_9","021_7_9","PRO","7","9","9","at twilight, when it was getting dark DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_10","021_7_10","PRO","7","10","10","Suddenly the woman came out to see/meet him. She was dressed ◄seductively/like a prostitute►, wanting to persuade him to sleep with her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_11","021_7_11","PRO","7","11","11","She was a loud talker, one who was rebellious; she SYN never stayed at home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_12","021_7_12","PRO","7","12","12","She often went into the city streets and plazas/markets, waiting to trap some man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_13","021_7_13","PRO","7","13","13","When she saw that young man, she put her arms around him and kissed him. Then without being a bit ashamed, she said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_14","021_7_14","PRO","7","14","14","“I have some meat that is left over from a sacrifice that I made today to maintain fellowship with Yahweh; I have fulfilled/done what I promised him that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_15","021_7_15","PRO","7","15","15","And now I have come out to meet/see you. I was searching for you, and now I have found you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_16","021_7_16","PRO","7","16","16","I have put on my bed sheets/bedspreads that were made from very fine linen that were imported {people brought} from Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_17","021_7_17","PRO","7","17","17","I have sprinkled sweet-smelling perfumes on my bed— myrrh and aloes and cinnamon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_18","021_7_18","PRO","7","18","18","Come with me; let us enjoy having sex until tomorrow morning. Let’s enjoy making love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_19","021_7_19","PRO","7","19","19","My husband is not at home; he has gone away on a long journey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_20","021_7_20","PRO","7","20","20","He is carrying a wallet filled with money, and he will not return until the middle of this month.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_21","021_7_21","PRO","7","21","21","So she persuaded him by her enticing/tempting words. She allured him by her smooth/sweet talk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_22","021_7_22","PRO","7","22","22","And he went with her immediately, like an ox that was going to where it would be slaughtered, or like a deer (OR, a fool) that is stepping into a noose/trap, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_23","021_7_23","PRO","7","23","23","where it will remain/stay until someone shoots an arrow into its liver and kills it. He was like a bird that flew into a trap. He did not know that ◄it would cost him his life/he would die as a result►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_24","021_7_24","PRO","7","24","24","My son, listen to what I say; pay careful attention to my words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_25","021_7_25","PRO","7","25","25","Do not allow anything to arouse/persuade you to go with an immoral woman like that. Do not go where she goes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_26","021_7_26","PRO","7","26","26","She has caused many men to be ruined; truly, no one can count the men she has killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR7_27","021_7_27","PRO","7","27","27","The road to her house is the road to the grave. Those who enter her bedroom PRS will die as a result. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_1","021_8_1","PRO","8","1","1","It is as if wisdom, with great understanding of many things, is calling PRS out to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_2","021_8_2","PRO","8","2","2","Wisdom stands on hilltops and at crossroads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_3","021_8_3","PRO","8","3","3","Wisdom also stands at the city gates and shouts loudly, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_4","021_8_4","PRO","8","4","4","“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_5","021_8_5","PRO","8","5","5","You people who do not know how to do things that are smart to do, get sound judgment; you foolish people, get good understanding! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_6","021_8_6","PRO","8","6","6","Listen to me, because I have some excellent/important things to say. What I say is what is fair/right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_7","021_8_7","PRO","8","7","7","I speak what is true; I detest speaking MTY what is false/deceptive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_8","021_8_8","PRO","8","8","8","Everything that I say is honest; there is nothing that I say that deceives people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_9","021_8_9","PRO","8","9","9","My words are clear to those who have good sense; those who are wise know that what I say is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_10","021_8_10","PRO","8","10","10","If someone offers you the kind of teaching I give or offers you silver, choose my teaching. If he offers to show you how to be wise or offers you gold, choose to know how to be wise, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_11","021_8_11","PRO","8","11","11","because wisdom is more valuable than jewels. Nothing that you desire is as valuable as being wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_12","021_8_12","PRO","8","12","12","I, wisdom, and understanding of what is smart to do, cannot be separated. We are like two people who live in the same house. I know how to be wise and how to make smart decisions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_13","021_8_13","PRO","8","13","13","All the people who revere Yahweh hate evil. I, wisdom, hate people who are proud and people who think they are more important than others. I hate people who  behave in an evil way and those who say things to deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_14","021_8_14","PRO","8","14","14","I give people good advice and I enable them to do things that are wise. I understand how things really are, and I am strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_15","021_8_15","PRO","8","15","15","When kings are wise, they rule well; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_16","021_8_16","PRO","8","16","16","Rulers govern their people with the help of me, wisdom, and those who have authority decide things fairly/just with my help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_17","021_8_17","PRO","8","17","17","I, wisdom, love all those who love me, and all those who truly seek me will find me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_18","021_8_18","PRO","8","18","18","I enable people to become rich and to be honored; I enable them to have wealth that will last and to be successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_19","021_8_19","PRO","8","19","19","What I can give people is more valuable than fine/pure gold and the best silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_20","021_8_20","PRO","8","20","20","I always do what is righteous and just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_21","021_8_21","PRO","8","21","21","I give wealth to those who love me; I fill their houses with valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_22","021_8_22","PRO","8","22","22","Yahweh created me, wisdom, when he began to create the world; he created me to do my work before he created anything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_23","021_8_23","PRO","8","23","23","He appointed me long ago, before he created the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_24","021_8_24","PRO","8","24","24","I was born before the oceans were created, when there were no springs from which water flowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_25","021_8_25","PRO","8","25","25","I was born before the hills and mountains were formed; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_26","021_8_26","PRO","8","26","26","I, wisdom, was born before Yahweh made the earth, before he made the fields and the soil on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_27","021_8_27","PRO","8","27","27","I was there when Yahweh put the sky in place, when he marked the place in the distance where the sky and the oceans seem to come together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_28","021_8_28","PRO","8","28","28","I was there when Yahweh put the clouds above the earth and when he caused the water that is inside the earth to be secure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_29","021_8_29","PRO","8","29","29","I was there when he fixed a boundary for the seas, so that the water in the seas would not go past those boundaries, and when he put down the foundations which support the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_30","021_8_30","PRO","8","30","30","I was at the side of Yahweh, the master worker (OR, as though I was his child). I caused him to be happy every day, and I was always rejoicing when I was with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_31","021_8_31","PRO","8","31","31","I was delighted with the world that he created; I was happy with the people whom he created, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_32","021_8_32","PRO","8","32","32","So, you people who are like my sons, listen to me. I am pleased with all those who obey my teachings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_33","021_8_33","PRO","8","33","33","Listen carefully to what I teach you and become wise. Do not reject my teaching! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_34","021_8_34","PRO","8","34","34","I am pleased with those who listen to me, those who are outside my house every day, waiting for me to come out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_35","021_8_35","PRO","8","35","35","Those who find me will have a long life, and Yahweh will be pleased with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR8_36","021_8_36","PRO","8","36","36","But those who stray away from me just harm themselves. All those who hate me, it is as though IRO they are loving death.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_1","021_9_1","PRO","9","1","1","It is as though wisdom is a woman who has built a big house for herself, and has set up seven columns to support the roof, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_2","021_9_2","PRO","9","2","2","and has slaughtered an animal and cooked the meat, and has mixed nice spices in the wine, and has put the food on the table. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_3","021_9_3","PRO","9","3","3","It is as though then she sent out her servant women to call out from the highest place in the town, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_4","021_9_4","PRO","9","4","4","“You people who need to understand more, come in!” And to those who are ignorant, it is as though she calls out, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_5","021_9_5","PRO","9","5","5","“Come and eat the food that I have prepared, and drink the good wine that I have mixed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_6","021_9_6","PRO","9","6","6","◄Leave/Go away from► other foolish people, and if you do that, you will continue to live. Walk on the road that will enable you to ◄have knowledge/know what is true and what is not true►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_7","021_9_7","PRO","9","7","7","If you rebuke someone who will not allow others to correct him, he will insult you. If you reprove/scold an evil man, he will hurt you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_8","021_9_8","PRO","9","8","8","Do not rebuke someone who will not allow others to ◄correct him/tell him what he has done is wrong►, because he will hate you for doing that. But if you rebuke a wise person, he will respect you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_9","021_9_9","PRO","9","9","9","If you give instruction to wise people, they will become wiser. And if you teach righteous people, they will learn more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_10","021_9_10","PRO","9","10","10","If you want to be wise, you must start by revering Yahweh, and if you know God, the Holy One, you will understand which teachings are wise/true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_11","021_9_11","PRO","9","11","11","If you become wise, you will live many years DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_12","021_9_12","PRO","9","12","12","If you are wise, you are the one who will benefit from it; if you ridicule becoming wise, you are the one who will suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_13","021_9_13","PRO","9","13","13","Foolish women talk loudly; they are ignorant and are never ashamed of the wrong things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_14","021_9_14","PRO","9","14","14","They sit at the doors of their houses or they sit on the top of the hills in the town, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_15","021_9_15","PRO","9","15","15","and they call out to the men who are passing by, who are trying to be concerned with their own affairs, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_16","021_9_16","PRO","9","16","16","“You people who need to understand more, come into my house!” And to those who are ignorant, they call out, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_17","021_9_17","PRO","9","17","17","“Just as water which you have stolen tastes very good and food that you eat by yourself tastes the best, if you have sex secretly with someone to whom you are not married, you will enjoy it very much.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR9_18","021_9_18","PRO","9","18","18","But men who go to those women’s houses do not know that those who have gone there are now dead; they have descended down into the deepest parts of the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_1","021_10_1","PRO","10","1","1","These are more proverbs/wise sayings from Solomon: If children are wise, they cause their parents to be happy; but if children are foolish, they cause their parents to be very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_2","021_10_2","PRO","10","2","2","Money that you get by doing dishonest/wicked things will really not benefit you; but by living righteously you will live for ◄a long time/many years►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_3","021_10_3","PRO","10","3","3","Yahweh does not allow righteous people to starve, but he will prevent wicked people from getting what they want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_4","021_10_4","PRO","10","4","4","Lazy people soon become poor; it is those who work hard who become rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_5","021_10_5","PRO","10","5","5","Those who are wise, harvest the crops when they are ripe; it is shameful/disgraceful to sleep and not work during harvest time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_6","021_10_6","PRO","10","6","6","Righteous people will be blessed by God; the nice things that wicked people say MTY sometimes conceal the fact that they are planning to act violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_7","021_10_7","PRO","10","7","7","After righteous people die, other people are blessed as they remember what those people did before they died; but we will soon forget wicked people MTY after they die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_8","021_10_8","PRO","10","8","8","Wise people heed good instruction/advice, but people who talk foolishly will ruin themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_9","021_10_9","PRO","10","9","9","Honest people will be safe, but others (OR, God) will find out those who are dishonest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_10","021_10_10","PRO","10","10","10","Those who signal with their eyes that they are about to do something that is wrong cause trouble, but those who rebuke others truthfully cause them to be peaceful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_11","021_10_11","PRO","10","11","11","What righteous people say MTY is like a fountain that ◄gives life/enables people to live many years► MET, but what wicked people say MTY hides the fact that they intend to act violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_12","021_10_12","PRO","10","12","12","When we hate others, it causes quarrels, but if we love others, we forgive them for the wrong things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_13","021_10_13","PRO","10","13","13","Those who have good sense say MTY what is wise, but people who do not have good sense must be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_14","021_10_14","PRO","10","14","14","Wise people continue to learn all that they can, but when foolish people speak, they soon cause trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_15","021_10_15","PRO","10","15","15","The wealth that rich people have protects them like a city is protected by a strong wall around it MET, but people who are poor suffer much because they have no one to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_16","021_10_16","PRO","10","16","16","If you are righteous, your reward will be a good life, but all that sinful people gain is to sin more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_17","021_10_17","PRO","10","17","17","Those who pay attention when others try to ◄correct them/teach them what they are doing that is wrong► will live ◄happily/for many years►; but those who reject being rebuked will not find the road to life (OR, cause others to go astray). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_18","021_10_18","PRO","10","18","18","Those who will not admit that they hate others are liars, and those who slander others are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_19","021_10_19","PRO","10","19","19","When people talk a lot, that will lead them to sin a lot by what they say; if you are wise, you will refuse to say very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_20","021_10_20","PRO","10","20","20","What righteous/good people say MTY is as valuable as pure silver MET; what wicked people think is worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_21","021_10_21","PRO","10","21","21","What righteous people say MTY benefits many people, but foolish people die because of the stupid things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_22","021_10_22","PRO","10","22","22","Yahweh blesses some people by enabling them to become rich, and working hard will not make them to become richer (OR, and he will not also cause them to become sad). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_23","021_10_23","PRO","10","23","23","Foolish people ◄have fun/enjoy► doing what is wrong, but wise/sensible people enjoy doing what is wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_24","021_10_24","PRO","10","24","24","Righteous people will get the good things that they want/desire, but what wicked people are afraid of is what will happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_25","021_10_25","PRO","10","25","25","When storms come, the wicked will ◄be blown away/never be safe►, but righteous people will be safe forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_26","021_10_26","PRO","10","26","26","We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_27","021_10_27","PRO","10","27","27","If you revere Yahweh, you will live for a long time; but wicked people die before they become old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_28","021_10_28","PRO","10","28","28","Righteous people confidently expect that good things will happen to them, and that causes them to be happy/joyful; but when wicked people confidently expect something good to happen, it does not happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_29","021_10_29","PRO","10","29","29","Yahweh protects MET those who live righteously, but he destroys those who do what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_30","021_10_30","PRO","10","30","30","Righteous people will always be secure LIT, but wicked people will be removed from their land (OR, from this earth). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_31","021_10_31","PRO","10","31","31","Righteous people MTY say things that are wise, but God will shut the mouths of people MTY who say what is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR10_32","021_10_32","PRO","10","32","32","Righteous people MTY know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked people MTY are constantly saying things that are not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_1","021_11_1","PRO","11","1","1","Yahweh detests people who use scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_2","021_11_2","PRO","11","2","2","People who are proud will eventually be disgraced; it is wise to be humble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_3","021_11_3","PRO","11","3","3","People who are good are guided by doing what is honest; those who are not honest will be ruined because of the wrong things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_4","021_11_4","PRO","11","4","4","Your money will not help you on the day that God judges and punishes people; but if you live righteously, you will live a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_5","021_11_5","PRO","11","5","5","When people are honest and good, that will ◄direct their paths/show them what is right for them to do►; but wicked people will experience disasters because of the evil things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_6","021_11_6","PRO","11","6","6","God rescues/protects righteous people because they ◄are honest/do what is right►, but those who ◄are treacherous/cannot be trusted► will be trapped because of their being greedy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_7","021_11_7","PRO","11","7","7","When wicked people die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything that is good; they expect that their money will help/save them, but it will not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_8","021_11_8","PRO","11","8","8","Yahweh rescues righteous people from their troubles/difficulties; instead, it is the wicked who will have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_9","021_11_9","PRO","11","9","9","Godless people can ruin others by what they say MTY, but righteous people will be saved by their ◄own good sense/being wise►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_10","021_11_10","PRO","11","10","10","When things go well for righteous people, the people in MTY their city are happy, and they shout joyfully when wicked people die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_11","021_11_11","PRO","11","11","11","When righteous people request God to bless a city, that city will become great, but cities are ruined by what wicked people say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_12","021_11_12","PRO","11","12","12","It is foolish to despise others; those who ◄have good sense/are wise► do not say anything to criticize others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_13","021_11_13","PRO","11","13","13","Those who ◄spread gossip/tell bad things about others► will tell your secrets to others, but if there is someone whom you can trust, you can trust him to not tell your secrets to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_14","021_11_14","PRO","11","14","14","A nation will be destroyed/ruined if it does not have leaders who guide it wisely; but if there are many good advisors, the nation remains secure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_15","021_11_15","PRO","11","15","15","If you promise a stranger that you will pay his debt if he cannot pay it himself, you will regret it. You will be safe if you refuse to guarantee that you will pay someone else’s debts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_16","021_11_16","PRO","11","16","16","People honor/respect women who are kind/gracious; ruthless/violent people may get a lot of money, but that is all that they will get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_17","021_11_17","PRO","11","17","17","Those who are kind benefit themselves because others will be kind to them, but those who are cruel will hurt themselves because others will be cruel to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_18","021_11_18","PRO","11","18","18","If wicked people earn a lot of money, that will deceive them because they will not keep it for very long, but those who do what is right will surely be rewarded by God forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_19","021_11_19","PRO","11","19","19","Those who always do what is right will live a long/happy life, but those who insist on doing what is wrong will not live very long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_20","021_11_20","PRO","11","20","20","Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_21","021_11_21","PRO","11","21","21","It is certain that Yahweh will punish evil people and that righteous people will escape from being punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_22","021_11_22","PRO","11","22","22","It is ◄unsuitable/not proper/disgusting► for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like SIM it is unsuitable/disgusting for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_23","021_11_23","PRO","11","23","23","When the things that righteous people want happen, it brings good to them and to others, but when the wicked get what they want, it causes everyone else to become angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_24","021_11_24","PRO","11","24","24","Some people give their money generously to poor people, but they become richer in spite of that, and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor in spite of that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_25","021_11_25","PRO","11","25","25","Those who give generously to others will prosper; if you help others, they/someone will help you, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_26","021_11_26","PRO","11","26","26","People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain and does not sell it, waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it when people need it, even when the price is not high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_27","021_11_27","PRO","11","27","27","If you sincerely want to do what is right, people will respect you, but if you are wanting to cause trouble, trouble is what you will get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_28","021_11_28","PRO","11","28","28","Those who trust in their money will disappear like the withered leaves that fall from the trees, but righteous people will keep going strong, like green leaves in the summer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_29","021_11_29","PRO","11","29","29","Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing MET from them, and those who do foolish things like that will some day become the servants of wise people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_30","021_11_30","PRO","11","30","30","Those who live righteously will live for a long time, but those who act violently will destroy their own lives (OR, those who are wise will have many people come and live with them). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR11_31","021_11_31","PRO","11","31","31","Sometimes righteous people are rewarded here on the earth, but it is much more certain that very wicked people DOU will be rewarded by being punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_1","021_12_1","PRO","12","1","1","Those who want to know what is right to do want to be ◄disciplined/corrected► when they do what is wrong; it is foolish to not want to be ◄corrected/told that what you did is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_2","021_12_2","PRO","12","2","2","Yahweh is pleased with good people, but he condemns those who plan to harm others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_3","021_12_3","PRO","12","3","3","People do not become secure/safe by doing what is wicked; righteous people will be very safe and secure LIT like MET a tree that has deep roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_4","021_12_4","PRO","12","4","4","A good wife is one who causes her husband to be greatly honored, but a wife who does things that cause her husband to be ashamed will destroy him like SIM cancer destroys his bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_5","021_12_5","PRO","12","5","5","What righteous people want to do is to treat people fairly; what wicked people want to do is to deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_6","021_12_6","PRO","12","6","6","What wicked people say is like a trap MET that kills MTY people who pass by, but what righteous people say MTY rescues those whom wicked people threaten to harm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_7","021_12_7","PRO","12","7","7","Wicked people will die before they become old and we will see them no more, but righteous people will live for many years and have many descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_8","021_12_8","PRO","12","8","8","People will praise those who have good sense, but people will despise those ◄who are always thinking about doing evil things/whose thinking is twisted►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_9","021_12_9","PRO","12","9","9","It is better to be a humble/ordinary person who has only one servant than to think that you are very important while you have nothing to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_10","021_12_10","PRO","12","10","10","Righteous people take care of their domestic animals, but wicked people act cruelly toward their animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_11","021_12_11","PRO","12","11","11","Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops that will give them plenty to eat, but those who waste their time working on worthless projects are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_12","021_12_12","PRO","12","12","12","Wicked people desire to take away what other evil people have, but Yahweh enables righteous/godly people to be steadfast and productive MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_13","021_12_13","PRO","12","13","13","Evil people are trapped by the evil things that they say MTY, but righteous people escape from trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_14","021_12_14","PRO","12","14","14","People are rewarded for the good things that they say to others, and people are also rewarded for the good work that they do MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_15","021_12_15","PRO","12","15","15","Foolish people always think that what they are doing is right; wise people heed other people when they give them good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_16","021_12_16","PRO","12","16","16","Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like; but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_17","021_12_17","PRO","12","17","17","In the courtroom, honest people say what is true, but untruthful/dishonest people tell nothing but lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_18","021_12_18","PRO","12","18","18","What some people say hurts people badly, as much as SIM a sword can; but what wise people say ◄heals others’ souls/comforts others►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_19","021_12_19","PRO","12","19","19","When people tell MTY lies, others soon realize that what they said is not true IDM; but when people say what is true, others will remember that forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_20","021_12_20","PRO","12","20","20","Those who plan to do what is evil are always wanting to deceive others, but things will go well for those who plan to do good things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_21","021_12_21","PRO","12","21","21","Bad things usually HYP do not happen to righteous people, but wicked people always have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_22","021_12_22","PRO","12","22","22","Yahweh detests those MTY who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_23","021_12_23","PRO","12","23","23","Those with good sense do not reveal all that they know; foolish people show clearly by what they say that they ◄are ignorant/have not learned much►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_24","021_12_24","PRO","12","24","24","Those SYN who work hard become rulers of others; those who are lazy become slaves of others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_25","021_12_25","PRO","12","25","25","When people are anxious/worried, they become depressed/dejected, but when others speak kindly to them, it causes them to be cheerful again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_26","021_12_26","PRO","12","26","26","Godly/Righteous people try to give good advice to their friends (OR, try to make friends with others), but the manner in which wicked people live misleads their friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_27","021_12_27","PRO","12","27","27","Lazy people do not even cook the meat of the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR12_28","021_12_28","PRO","12","28","28","Those who ◄live righteously/continually do what is right► are walking on the road to a long life; ◄it is not a road to death/they will not die when they are still young►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_1","021_13_1","PRO","13","1","1","Children who are wise ◄pay attention/heed it► when their parents discipline/correct them; but foolish children do not pay attention when someone rebukes them for their bad behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_2","021_13_2","PRO","13","2","2","Good people are rewarded IDM for the good things MET that they say, but those who desire to deceive others are very eager to act violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_3","021_13_3","PRO","13","3","3","Those who are very careful about what they say MTY will live a long life; those who talk ◄without thinking/too much► will ruin themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_4","021_13_4","PRO","13","4","4","People who are lazy want things very much, but they will not get anything HYP. People who work hard will get all that they want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_5","021_13_5","PRO","13","5","5","Righteous/Honest people hate/detest lies, but what wicked people do ◄is very disgraceful/stinks► DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_6","021_13_6","PRO","13","6","6","The behavior PRS of those who always do what is right will protect them, but sinful behavior will ruin wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_7","021_13_7","PRO","13","7","7","Some people who have nothing pretend to be rich, but other people who are very rich pretend to be poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_8","021_13_8","PRO","13","8","8","Rich people are able to pay people who want to kill them, with the result that they will be protected, not killed, but poor people do not have to worry about that because no one threatens to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_9","021_13_9","PRO","13","9","9","Righteous people are like a lamp MET that shines brightly, but wicked people are like MET a lamp that will soon be extinguished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_10","021_13_10","PRO","13","10","10","People who are arrogant/proud always cause strife; those who are wise ask other people for good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_11","021_13_11","PRO","13","11","11","Those who acquire a lot of money quickly by doing what is wrong, probably will lose it quickly, but if people earn money slowly, the amount of money they have will increase. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_12","021_13_12","PRO","13","12","12","When people do not receive the things that they are expecting to receive, ◄it causes them to despair/they become very sad►; but if you receive what you are desiring to get, that will be like a tree MET whose fruit gives you life (OR, that will cause you to be joyful). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_13","021_13_13","PRO","13","13","13","Those who despise the good advice that others give them are bringing ruin on themselves; those who pay attention to that advice will ◄be secure/succeed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_14","021_13_14","PRO","13","14","14","What wise people teach is like a fountain whose water gives life MET; what they teach you will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_15","021_13_15","PRO","13","15","15","People respect those who have good sense, but those who cannot be trusted are on the road to being ruined/destroyed (OR, will have a lot of difficulties/troubles). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_16","021_13_16","PRO","13","16","16","Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show by what they say and do that they are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_17","021_13_17","PRO","13","17","17","Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully deliver their messages cause people to act peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_18","021_13_18","PRO","13","18","18","Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; people respect those who accept it when they are rebuked for their bad behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_19","021_13_19","PRO","13","19","19","It is delightful to receive what we desire; foolish people hate/refuse to turn away from doing evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_20","021_13_20","PRO","13","20","20","Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise; those who ◄are close friends of/associate with► foolish people will ◄regret it/be ruined►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_21","021_13_21","PRO","13","21","21","Sinners have trouble PRS wherever they go, but things will go well for righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_22","021_13_22","PRO","13","22","22","When good people die, their grandchildren inherit their money; but when sinners die, the money that they had will end up in the hands of righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_23","021_13_23","PRO","13","23","23","Sometimes poor people’s fields produce plenty of food, but unjust people take away all that food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_24","021_13_24","PRO","13","24","24","Those who do not punish their children for bad behavior do not really love them; those who love their children start to discipline them when the children are still young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR13_25","021_13_25","PRO","13","25","25","Righteous people have enough food to eat and be satisfied, but the stomachs of wicked people SYN are always empty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_1","021_14_1","PRO","14","1","1","Wise women PRS hold their families together by the wise things that they do, but foolish women ruin their families by the foolish things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_2","021_14_2","PRO","14","2","2","By continually behaving/acting righteously, people show that they greatly revere Yahweh; those who ◄walk on crooked paths/always deceive others► show that they despise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_3","021_14_3","PRO","14","3","3","Foolish people will be punished MTY for what they say, but wise people will be protected by what they say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_4","021_14_4","PRO","14","4","4","If a man has no oxen to plow his field, he does not need to put grain in their feedbox, but if he has oxen, they will enable him to produce an abundant crop. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_5","021_14_5","PRO","14","5","5","Witnesses who are reliable always say what ◄is true/really happened►, but witnesses who are not reliable constantly tell lies about what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_6","021_14_6","PRO","14","6","6","Those who make fun of being wise will never become wise, but those who understand what is right learn things easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_7","021_14_7","PRO","14","7","7","Stay away from foolish people, because they will not be able to teach you anything useful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_8","021_14_8","PRO","14","8","8","Those who have good sense are wise, so they know what they should do and what they should not do; foolish people do not know what is right to do, but because they think that they do, they are deceiving themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_9","021_14_9","PRO","14","9","9","Foolish people make fun of their committing sins; but God is pleased with those who do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_10","021_14_10","PRO","14","10","10","If you are very sad or if you are joyful, only you know what you are experiencing; no one else can know what you are feeling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_11","021_14_11","PRO","14","11","11","Houses built by wicked people will be destroyed, but houses built by good/righteous people will last for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_12","021_14_12","PRO","14","12","12","There are some kinds of behavior MET that some people falsely think are right, but ◄walking on those roads/continually doing those things► causes those people to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_13","021_14_13","PRO","14","13","13","Sometimes when people laugh, they are really sad, and when they stop laughing, they are still sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_14","021_14_14","PRO","14","14","14","Those who stubbornly continue to do what is wrong will get what they deserve, and those who continually do what is good will also get what they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_15","021_14_15","PRO","14","15","15","Foolish people believe everything that people tell them; those who have good sense think carefully about what will be the result of their actions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_16","021_14_16","PRO","14","16","16","Wise people are careful and avoid doing things that will give them trouble; foolish people are careless and act ◄too quickly/without thinking►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_17","021_14_17","PRO","14","17","17","Those who quickly become angry IDM do foolish things; people hate those who plan to do wicked things (OR, those who have good sense remain calm/patient). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_18","021_14_18","PRO","14","18","18","Foolish people get what they deserve for doing foolish things; those with good sense are rewarded MET by being able to learn a lot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_19","021_14_19","PRO","14","19","19","Some day evil people will bow down in front of righteous people to show that they respect them; they will humbly stand at the gates of the houses of righteous people and request their help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_20","021_14_20","PRO","14","20","20","No one likes poor people; even their friends/neighbors do not like them; rich people have many friends, but only while the rich people still have money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_21","021_14_21","PRO","14","21","21","It is sinful to despise your poor neighbors; God is pleased with those who do kind things for the poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_22","021_14_22","PRO","14","22","22","Those who plan to do things that are evil/wrong are walking on the wrong road; people faithfully love, respect and are loyal to those who plan to do what is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_23","021_14_23","PRO","14","23","23","If you work hard, you will ◄accomplish something good/get a good income►, but if all you do is to talk and not work, you will remain poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_24","021_14_24","PRO","14","24","24","One of the rewards MET of being wise is to become rich; the reward of acting foolishly is to become more foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_25","021_14_25","PRO","14","25","25","By saying in court what is true, you can save the life of the one who is being falsely accused; if you tell lies, you are abandoning someone who needs your help to defend him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_26","021_14_26","PRO","14","26","26","Those who revere Yahweh are confident that he will protect them, and their family will also be protected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_27","021_14_27","PRO","14","27","27","Having an awesome respect for Yahweh is like MET having a fountain that gives life; it will help you to escape when something dangerous is threatening to kill you MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_28","021_14_28","PRO","14","28","28","If a king rules over many people, many people will be able to honor him; if he has only a few people in his kingdom, he will have very little HYP power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_29","021_14_29","PRO","14","29","29","Those who do not quickly become angry are very wise; by quickly becoming angry, people show that they are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_30","021_14_30","PRO","14","30","30","Having a mind that is peaceful results in having a healthy body; having a mind that is often in turmoil is like MET cancer in a person’s bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_31","021_14_31","PRO","14","31","31","Those who oppress poor people are insulting God, the one who made those poor people, but acting kindly toward them is respecting God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_32","021_14_32","PRO","14","32","32","Wicked people ruin themselves by the evil things that they do, but righteous/good people are kept safe/protected even when they die (OR, because of their continually doing what is right). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_33","021_14_33","PRO","14","33","33","Those who have good sense always think what is wise; foolish people do not know anything about being wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_34","021_14_34","PRO","14","34","34","When the people of a nation continually act righteously, it causes that nation to be great; continually doing what is evil causes a nation to be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR14_35","021_14_35","PRO","14","35","35","Kings are pleased with officials who do their work competently/skillfully, but they punish MTY those who do their work in a manner that causes the kings to be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_1","021_15_1","PRO","15","1","1","When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_2","021_15_2","PRO","15","2","2","When wise people speak MTY, it causes those who hear what they say to want to know more; foolish people continually say MTY what is foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_3","021_15_3","PRO","15","3","3","Yahweh sees MTY what is happening everywhere; he observes what bad people do as well as what good people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_4","021_15_4","PRO","15","4","4","Those who speak MTY kindly to people are like MET trees whose fruit gives life; speaking what is false causes people to ◄despair/feel very discouraged►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_5","021_15_5","PRO","15","5","5","Foolish children despise their parents when their parents correct/discipline them; wise children accept it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_6","021_15_6","PRO","15","6","6","There are many valuable things in the houses of righteous people; the wealth of wicked people causes them to have troubles/difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_7","021_15_7","PRO","15","7","7","What wise people teach MTY causes others to know much more, but foolish people cannot teach others what is useful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_8","021_15_8","PRO","15","8","8","Yahweh detests the sacrifices that are offered by wicked people; what delights/pleases him very much are the prayers of righteous/good people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_9","021_15_9","PRO","15","9","9","Yahweh hates/detests the behavior of wicked people, but he loves those who always do what is righteous/just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_10","021_15_10","PRO","15","10","10","Those who do what is wrong will be severely punished; those who do not want to be corrected will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_11","021_15_11","PRO","15","11","11","Yahweh knows what is happening in the place where dead people DOU are, so he certainly knows RHQ what people are thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_12","021_15_12","PRO","15","12","12","Some people do not want to be corrected; they never go to wise people to seek good advice from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_13","021_15_13","PRO","15","13","13","When people are happy, they have smiles on their faces; but when they are sad, by looking at their faces we can see that they are sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_14","021_15_14","PRO","15","14","14","Those who have good sense want to learn more; foolish people MTY are very satisfied with being foolish/ignorant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_15","021_15_15","PRO","15","15","15","Those who are oppressed constantly have difficulties, but those who (OR, if they) are happy, it is as though MET they are having a big feast every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_16","021_15_16","PRO","15","16","16","Being poor and revering Yahweh is better than being rich and having a lot of troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_17","021_15_17","PRO","15","17","17","Eating meals with people whom you love and having only vegetables to eat is better than eating with people who hate each other and having lots of good meat to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_18","021_15_18","PRO","15","18","18","Those who quickly become angry cause arguments/quarreling, but those who do not quickly become angry cause people to act peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_19","021_15_19","PRO","15","19","19","Lazy people constantly have difficulties MET; it is as though they are walking through thorns; but those who are honest and hard-working will have few difficulties; it is as though they are walking on a level highway MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_20","021_15_20","PRO","15","20","20","Children who are wise cause their parents to be happy; it is foolish children who despise their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_21","021_15_21","PRO","15","21","21","Foolish people are happy to continually act foolishly; those who have good sense do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_22","021_15_22","PRO","15","22","22","If there is no one to give us good advice, we will not accomplish what we are planning to do; but when we have many good advisors, we will succeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_23","021_15_23","PRO","15","23","23","People rejoice when they are able to reply well to what others have asked them; truly, it is very delightful to be able to say the right thing at the right time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_24","021_15_24","PRO","15","24","24","Wise people walk on a road that leads up to a long life; they do not walk on a road that leads down to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_25","021_15_25","PRO","15","25","25","Yahweh tears down the houses of proud people, but he protects the property of widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_26","021_15_26","PRO","15","26","26","Yahweh detests what wicked people are thinking about doing; but when people say what is kind, he considers those words to be pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_27","021_15_27","PRO","15","27","27","Those who try hard to get money by acting dishonestly cause trouble for their family; those who refuse to accept bribes will live for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_28","021_15_28","PRO","15","28","28","Righteous/Good people think carefully before they answer what others ask them; wicked people very quickly say what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_29","021_15_29","PRO","15","29","29","Yahweh does not listen MTY to what wicked people request him to do; he listens to righteous people when they pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_30","021_15_30","PRO","15","30","30","If people have a smile on their faces, it makes them/others happy, and when people hear good news, it refreshes their spirits MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_31","021_15_31","PRO","15","31","31","If people pay attention when people correct/warn them, they will become wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_32","021_15_32","PRO","15","32","32","If people refuse to listen when others try to correct them, they are despising/hurting themselves; those who ◄pay attention/heed► when others warn them ◄become wiser/acquire good sense►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR15_33","021_15_33","PRO","15","33","33","If you revere Yahweh, you will learn how to become wise, but only after you become humble will people honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_1","021_16_1","PRO","16","1","1","People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh is the one who decides MTY what really will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_2","021_16_2","PRO","16","2","2","People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_3","021_16_3","PRO","16","3","3","◄Request/Rely on► Yahweh to direct what you plan to do; if you do that, you will succeed in what you plan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_4","021_16_4","PRO","16","4","4","Yahweh knows why he does everything that he does; he has even prepared the wicked for the time that he will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_5","021_16_5","PRO","16","5","5","Yahweh hates/detests everyone who is proud IDM; you can be certain IDM that they will be punished LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_6","021_16_6","PRO","16","6","6","Be loyal to Yahweh and faithfully obey him; if you do that, he will forgive you for having sinned. If we revere him, nothing evil will happen to us (OR, he will prevent evil things from happening to us). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_7","021_16_7","PRO","16","7","7","When our behavior pleases Yahweh, he even causes our enemies to act peacefully toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_8","021_16_8","PRO","16","8","8","It is better to have a small amount of money that is earned honestly than to have a lot of money that is acquired dishonestly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_9","021_16_9","PRO","16","9","9","People plan what they want to do, but Yahweh directs/determines what they will really be able to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_10","021_16_10","PRO","16","10","10","If God directs what a king says, what he decides is always right/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_11","021_16_11","PRO","16","11","11","Yahweh wants us to use scales that are correct; the weights in his bag are correct, because he made them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_12","021_16_12","PRO","16","12","12","Kings detest those who do evil, because it is people doing what is fair/right that causes their governments to be MTY strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_13","021_16_13","PRO","16","13","13","Kings are delighted to hear people say MTY what is true; they love those who say what is right/honest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_14","021_16_14","PRO","16","14","14","If a king becomes angry, he may command that someone be executed, so wise people will try to cause him to be calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_15","021_16_15","PRO","16","15","15","If a king has a smile MTY on his face, he will enable people to have a long life (OR, he will not order people to be executed); his being pleased with people is as delightful as rain in the springtime when seeds are planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_16","021_16_16","PRO","16","16","16","Becoming wise is better than aquiring gold; getting good understanding/insight is better than acquiring silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_17","021_16_17","PRO","16","17","17","Those whose behavior MET is good/right turn away from doing evil; those who guard their conduct MTY protect their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_18","021_16_18","PRO","16","18","18","Being proud will ◄lead to your having/cause you to have► disasters; despising others will result in your being ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_19","021_16_19","PRO","16","19","19","It is better to be humble and poor than to associate with proud people and to become rich by dividing with them ◄plunder/goods captured in a battle►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_20","021_16_20","PRO","16","20","20","Those who heed good teaching/instruction will prosper; happy are those who trust in Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_21","021_16_21","PRO","16","21","21","People say that those who are wise learn what is right/good behavior, and those who talk pleasantly are able to influence others to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_22","021_16_22","PRO","16","22","22","Being wise is like having a fountain that gives life MET, but foolish people are punished as a result of their acting foolishly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_23","021_16_23","PRO","16","23","23","Those who are wise think carefully before they talk, and as a result they are able to influence/persuade others to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_24","021_16_24","PRO","16","24","24","Kind words are like honey SIM: We enjoy them both, and both cause our bodies to be healthy/strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_25","021_16_25","PRO","16","25","25","There are some kinds of behavior MET that people think are right, but ◄walking on those roads MET/continually doing those things► causes those people to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_26","021_16_26","PRO","16","26","26","If a worker ◄has an appetite/is hungry►, that urges him to work hard because he SYN wants to earn money to buy things to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_27","021_16_27","PRO","16","27","27","Worthless people plan ways to cause trouble for others, and even what they say injures people like a hot fire does SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_28","021_16_28","PRO","16","28","28","Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people; those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_29","021_16_29","PRO","16","29","29","Those who act violently entice/encourage others to also act violently and lead them along a road that will end in disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_30","021_16_30","PRO","16","30","30","People sometimes show with one of their eyes to signal to their friends that they are planning to do something to harm others; they smirk when they are about to do something evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_31","021_16_31","PRO","16","31","31","Gray hair is like a glorious crown MET that is given to people who have always behaved righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_32","021_16_32","PRO","16","32","32","Those who do not become angry quickly are better than those who are powerful; it is better to ◄control your temper/keep yourself from becoming very angry► than to conquer a city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR16_33","021_16_33","PRO","16","33","33","People ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to decide what should be done, but God is the one who truly decides what will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_1","021_17_1","PRO","17","1","1","It is better to eat a dry piece of bread and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where everyone is quarreling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_2","021_17_2","PRO","17","2","2","A slave who acts wisely will some day be the boss of his master’s disgraceful son and when his master dies, the slave will receive part of his master’s possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_3","021_17_3","PRO","17","3","3","Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and Yahweh similarly examines people’s inner beings to see if they are pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_4","021_17_4","PRO","17","4","4","Those who do what is evil pay attention to people who say MTY what is evil, and liars pay attention to other people’s lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_5","021_17_5","PRO","17","5","5","Those who make fun of poor people insult God, the one who made the poor people, and those who are happy when someone else has troubles will certainly be punished LIT by God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_6","021_17_6","PRO","17","6","6","Old people are usually proud of MET their grandchildren, just like children are usually proud of their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_7","021_17_7","PRO","17","7","7","Fine/Eloquent speech is not suitable for foolish people to say, just like lies are not suitable for rulers to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_8","021_17_8","PRO","17","8","8","People think that a bribe is like a magic stone to persuade someone to do what they want him to do; they think that because of the bribe, that person will do whatever they want him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_9","021_17_9","PRO","17","9","9","If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you. If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_10","021_17_10","PRO","17","10","10","Rebuking people who have good sense will accomplish more for them than hitting them 100 times with a stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_11","021_17_11","PRO","17","11","11","Because wicked people are always trying to cause trouble, someone will be sent to severely punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_12","021_17_12","PRO","17","12","12","A mother bear whose cubs have been taken away from her is dangerous, but it is more dangerous to confront a foolish person who is doing something foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_13","021_17_13","PRO","17","13","13","If someone does something evil in return for something good being done to him, evil/trouble will never leave that person’s family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_14","021_17_14","PRO","17","14","14","Starting a quarrel is like allowing water to start to leak out of a dam; they both need to be stopped before they get worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_15","021_17_15","PRO","17","15","15","There are two things that Yahweh hates: ◄Condemning innocent people/Saying that people who have done nothing wrong must be punished►, and declaring that people who have done wicked things should not be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_16","021_17_16","PRO","17","16","16","It is useless to allow foolish people RHQ to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_17","021_17_17","PRO","17","17","17","Friends love others all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_18","021_17_18","PRO","17","18","18","If someone borrows money from another person, it is foolish for you to promise IDM that you will pay the money back if that other person is unable to pay back the money that he borrowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_19","021_17_19","PRO","17","19","19","Those who like to sin also like to cause strife/trouble; and those who build fancy doors in their houses to show that they are very wealthy (OR, speak proudly) are inviting disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_20","021_17_20","PRO","17","20","20","Those who ◄have perverse minds/are always thinking about doing evil things► will not prosper, and disasters will happen to those who always tell lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_21","021_17_21","PRO","17","21","21","Children who are foolish soon cause their parents to be very sad; their parents will not be joyful at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_22","021_17_22","PRO","17","22","22","Being cheerful is like swallowing good medicine; being discouraged/gloomy all the time will ◄drain away your energy/cause you to become weak► MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_23","021_17_23","PRO","17","23","23","Wicked people/judges accept bribes that are given to them secretly, and as a result they do not decide matters justly/fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_24","021_17_24","PRO","17","24","24","Those who have good sense determine to do what is wise, but foolish people are always thinking about many different things and never decide what they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_25","021_17_25","PRO","17","25","25","Children who are foolish cause their father to be sad and also cause their mother to be very sorrowful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_26","021_17_26","PRO","17","26","26","It is not right to force someone who has done nothing wrong to pay a fine; it is wrong to punish good/respected people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_27","021_17_27","PRO","17","27","27","Those who have good sense do not talk a lot, and those who ◄control their tempers/keep themselves from becoming very angry► are truly wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR17_28","021_17_28","PRO","17","28","28","People may think that foolish people who do not say anything are wise; if foolish people ◄do not say anything/keep their mouths shut►, others will think that they are very intelligent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_1","021_18_1","PRO","18","1","1","Those who separate themselves from other people think only about those things that they are interested in; if they would continually associate with those who have good judgment/sense, they would constantly disagree/quarrel with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_2","021_18_2","PRO","18","2","2","Foolish people do not want to understand anything; they only want to ◄express their own opinions/say what they think► IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_3","021_18_3","PRO","18","3","3","Whenever people do wicked things, others will despise them; when people do things that cause themselves to no longer be honored, they will be disgraced also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_4","021_18_4","PRO","18","4","4","What wise people say is like a deep ocean that you can never get to the bottom of MET, and it refreshes us like water from a rapidly flowing stream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_5","021_18_5","PRO","18","5","5","It is not good for a judge to decide matters in favor of those who ◄are guilty/have done wicked things► and to not do what is just for those who ◄are innocent/have not done what is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_6","021_18_6","PRO","18","6","6","When foolish people SYN start arguments, it is as though they SYN are requesting/inviting someone to flog/whip them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_7","021_18_7","PRO","18","7","7","What foolish people MTY say causes them to be ruined; their own words are like a trap MET that catches/seizes them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_8","021_18_8","PRO","18","8","8","People enjoy listening to what gossips say like SIM they enjoy tasty food; they accept what gossips tell them like MET they swallow tasty food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_9","021_18_9","PRO","18","9","9","People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as IDM those who destroy things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_10","021_18_10","PRO","18","10","10","Yahweh MTY is like a strong tower MET; righteous people can go to him and be safe like they can run to a tower to be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_11","021_18_11","PRO","18","11","11","Rich people are protected because they have a lot of money PRS like a city is protected because it has a high wall surrounding it SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_12","021_18_12","PRO","18","12","12","Proud people are on the road to being ruined, but being humble leads to being honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_13","021_18_13","PRO","18","13","13","Those who reply to someone before that person has finished speaking are foolish; doing that is disgraceful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_14","021_18_14","PRO","18","14","14","A desire to continue to live can sustain someone when he is sick; if he loses that desire, he ◄cannot endure it/will become very discouraged► when he is sick RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_15","021_18_15","PRO","18","15","15","Intelligent people are always wanting to learn more; wise people SYN are not content with what they already know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_16","021_18_16","PRO","18","16","16","If you take a gift to an important person, that will open the way to allow you to talk to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_17","021_18_17","PRO","18","17","17","The first person to present his case in court seems right, but when ◄someone else/his opponent► begins to ask him questions, it may become clear that what he said was not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_18","021_18_18","PRO","18","18","18","If two influential/important people are arguing, someone can settle the matter by ◄casting lots/throwing marked stones to decide who is right►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_19","021_18_19","PRO","18","19","19","If you help relatives, they will protect you like SIM a strong wall protects a city, but if you quarrel with them, that will separate you from them like bars on a city gate separate the city from those who want to enter it MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_20","021_18_20","PRO","18","20","20","People are happy when they hear others say MTY something that is good, like they are happy when they eat food that is good MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_21","021_18_21","PRO","18","21","21","What you say can cause others to be killed or it can cause them to continue to live; so those who like to talk a lot must ◄accept the consequences/realize that what they say can cause much harm►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_22","021_18_22","PRO","18","22","22","If you marry a good woman, that is like finding a wonderful thing; it shows that Yahweh is pleased with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_23","021_18_23","PRO","18","23","23","It is necessary for poor people to speak politely when they request rich people to do something for them, but rich people reply very impolitely when poor people speak to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR18_24","021_18_24","PRO","18","24","24","There are some people who only pretend to be friends with us, but there are some friends who are more loyal than members of our families. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_1","021_19_1","PRO","19","1","1","Conducting our lives as we should even though we are poor is better than being foolish and telling lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_2","021_19_2","PRO","19","2","2","Being enthusiastic but not thinking carefully about what we are about to do is not good; doing things hastily can cause us a lot of trouble IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_3","021_19_3","PRO","19","3","3","Some people are ruined as a result of their own foolish actions, and when that happens, they SYN angrily say that it is Yahweh’s fault. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_4","021_19_4","PRO","19","4","4","Those who are rich easily find people who want to be their friends, but when people become poor, their friends often desert them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_5","021_19_5","PRO","19","5","5","Those who tell lies in court will surely be punished LIT; they will not escape it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_6","021_19_6","PRO","19","6","6","Many people try to persuade important people to do favors for them; everyone wants to be a friend of those who give gifts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_7","021_19_7","PRO","19","7","7","Even the relatives of someone who becomes poor hate him, and his friends certainly stay away from him, too; even if he tries to talk with them, they will not be his friends again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_8","021_19_8","PRO","19","8","8","Those who become wise IDM are doing a favor for themselves; those who get good sense will prosper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_9","021_19_9","PRO","19","9","9","Those who tell lies in court will certainly be punished LIT; they will be ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_10","021_19_10","PRO","19","10","10","It is not appropriate for foolish people to live ◄luxuriously/like rich people►, and it is even less appropriate for slaves to rule important officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_11","021_19_11","PRO","19","11","11","Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry; people respect those who ignore offensive things that people say to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_12","021_19_12","PRO","19","12","12","When a king is angry, that causes people to be afraid of him, like the roar of a lion causes people to be afraid SIM, but if he acts kindly toward people, they like it just like they like dew on the grass in the morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_13","021_19_13","PRO","19","13","13","Foolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_14","021_19_14","PRO","19","14","14","We can inherit a house or money from our parents when they die, but only Yahweh can give someone a sensible wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_15","021_19_15","PRO","19","15","15","Those who are lazy sleep soundly, but if they are lazy, they will be hungry because of not earning money to buy food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_16","021_19_16","PRO","19","16","16","Those who obey God’s commandments will remain alive for a long time; those who despise/disobey them (OR, those who do not control their own conduct) will die while they are still young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_17","021_19_17","PRO","19","17","17","When we give things to poor people, it is as though we are lending to Yahweh, and he will ◄pay us back/reward us for what we did►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_18","021_19_18","PRO","19","18","18","Discipline your children while they are young, while you still hope that they will learn to behave as they should; if you do not discipline them, you are helping them to destroy themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_19","021_19_19","PRO","19","19","19","Those who ◄do not control their temper/quickly become very angry► will have to endure what happens as a result; but if we rescue them from those troubles once, we will have to continue rescuing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_20","021_19_20","PRO","19","20","20","Pay attention when people give you good advice and learn from them, in order that you will become wise for the rest of your life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_21","021_19_21","PRO","19","21","21","People plan to do many kinds of things, but what will happen is what Yahweh has decided will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_22","021_19_22","PRO","19","22","22","People want others to be loyal to them; it is better to be poor than to tell a lie to a judge in court in order to get money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_23","021_19_23","PRO","19","23","23","Those who have an awesome respect for Yahweh will live a long life; they rest peacefully and are not harmed during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_24","021_19_24","PRO","19","24","24","Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish to take some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_25","021_19_25","PRO","19","25","25","If you punish someone who makes fun of those who are wise, those who ◄are naive/need to be instructed► will learn to do what is smart; if you rebuke those who are wise, they will listen to what you say and become wiser. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_26","021_19_26","PRO","19","26","26","Anyone who mistreats/abuses his father or forces his mother to leave the home is a child who is acting shamefully and disgracefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_27","021_19_27","PRO","19","27","27","My son, if you stop learning things, you will soon forget what you already know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_28","021_19_28","PRO","19","28","28","Worthless witnesses in court make fun of judges who try to make fair decisions, and wicked people enjoy doing evil like they enjoy eating good food MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR19_29","021_19_29","PRO","19","29","29","God is ready to punish those who make fun of him/religion; those who do foolish things deserve to be flogged/whipped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_1","021_20_1","PRO","20","1","1","Drinking a lot of wine or other strong drinks causes people to start fighting; it is foolish to become drunk/intoxicated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_2","021_20_2","PRO","20","2","2","Being afraid of a king when he is angry is like SIM being afraid of a lion when it growls/roars; if you cause the king to become angry, he may execute you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_3","021_20_3","PRO","20","3","3","People respect those who stay away from disputes/arguments; foolish people love to quarrel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_4","021_20_4","PRO","20","4","4","If a lazy man does not plow his fields at the right/proper time, he will look for crops at harvest time, but there will be nothing there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_5","021_20_5","PRO","20","5","5","Just as it is difficult to bring up water from a deep well, it is difficult to know what people are thinking, but someone who has good sense/insight will be able to find out what people are thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_6","021_20_6","PRO","20","6","6","Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they say that they will do, but it is very difficult to find RHQ someone who can really be trusted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_7","021_20_7","PRO","20","7","7","If parents conduct their lives as they should, God blesses their children (OR, their children are very happy/fortunate). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_8","021_20_8","PRO","20","8","8","A king who sits on his throne to judge people can easily MTY find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_9","021_20_9","PRO","20","9","9","There is no one RHQ who can truthfully say, “I do not know of any wrong things that I have done; I have ◄gotten rid of all my sinful behavior/quit doing what is sinful►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_10","021_20_10","PRO","20","10","10","Yahweh detests people who use weights that are not right and measures that are not correct. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_11","021_20_11","PRO","20","11","11","Even children show by what they do whether they are good or not; they show whether ◄what they do/their behavior► is honest and right or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_12","021_20_12","PRO","20","12","12","Two of the things that Yahweh has created for us are ears to hear things and eyes to see things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_13","021_20_13","PRO","20","13","13","If you want to sleep all the time, you will become poor; if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_14","021_20_14","PRO","20","14","14","People look at things that they are about to buy, and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they say, “◄It is no good/It is poor quality►,” but after they buy it, they go and boast about having bought it for a cheap price. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_15","021_20_15","PRO","20","15","15","Gold and precious stones are valuable, but wise words MTY are more valuable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_16","021_20_16","PRO","20","16","16","If you foolishly promise to a stranger that you will pay what he owes if he is unable to pay it DOU, you deserve to have someone take your coat from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_17","021_20_17","PRO","20","17","17","People may think that food that they acquire by doing what is dishonest will taste very good, but later they will not enjoy what they have done any more than they would enjoy eating gravel/sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_18","021_20_18","PRO","20","18","18","When people give you good advice, if you do what they suggest, your plans will succeed; so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_19","021_20_19","PRO","20","19","19","Those who go around telling gossip are always telling secrets to others; so stay away from people who foolishly talk too much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_20","021_20_20","PRO","20","20","20","If someone curses his father or his mother, his life will be ended, just like a lamp is extinguished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_21","021_20_21","PRO","20","21","21","If you very quickly take the property that your parents promise will be yours after they die, you will not receive any good/blessing from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_22","021_20_22","PRO","20","22","22","Do not say, “I will do evil to those who do evil to me;” wait for Yahweh to do something about it, and he will ◄help you/do what is right►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_23","021_20_23","PRO","20","23","23","Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate/correct. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_24","021_20_24","PRO","20","24","24","Yahweh is the one who has decided what will happen to us, so ◄how can we <understand/know> what will happen before it happens?/we humans certainly cannot <understand/know> what will happen before it happens.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_25","021_20_25","PRO","20","25","25","You should think carefully before you solemnly promise to dedicate something to God, because later you might be sorry you have promised to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_26","021_20_26","PRO","20","26","26","Wise kings find out MET which people have done what is wrong, and they punish them very severely IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_27","021_20_27","PRO","20","27","27","Our consciences are like lamps that Yahweh has given to us to enable us to know what we are thinking MET; they reveal what is hidden deep in our ◄minds/inner beings►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_28","021_20_28","PRO","20","28","28","Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_29","021_20_29","PRO","20","29","29","We honor/admire young people because they are strong, but we respect MTY old people more because they are wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR20_30","021_20_30","PRO","20","30","30","When we are beaten or whipped, it can cause us to quit doing what is evil in our lives; when someone wounds us by punishing us, it can cause our behavior to become good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_1","021_21_1","PRO","21","1","1","Yahweh controls what kings do MTY like he controls how streams flow; he causes kings to do just what he wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_2","021_21_2","PRO","21","2","2","People always think that what they do is right, but Yahweh judges our ◄motives/reasons for doing things► MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_3","021_21_3","PRO","21","3","3","Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh than bringing sacrifices to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_4","021_21_4","PRO","21","4","4","Being proud and arrogant DOU is like a lamp MTY that guides wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes ◄wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_5","021_21_5","PRO","21","5","5","People who plan carefully will surely have plenty of what they need; those who act too quickly to become rich will become poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_6","021_21_6","PRO","21","6","6","Money that people acquire by cheating others by lying MTY to them will soon disappear like a mist, and doing that will soon lead to their death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_7","021_21_7","PRO","21","7","7","Wicked people refuse to do what is right/just, but they will be ruined because of the violent things PRS that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_8","021_21_8","PRO","21","8","8","Guilty people continually do what is evil; it is as though MET they are walking on a crooked road; but righteous/innocent people always do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_9","021_21_9","PRO","21","9","9","It is better to live in the corner of an attic/housetop by yourself than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_10","021_21_10","PRO","21","10","10","Wicked people SYN are always wanting to do what is evil; they never act mercifully toward anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_11","021_21_11","PRO","21","11","11","When those who ridicule others are punished, even those who do not have good sense see that, and they become wise, and when those who are wise are taught, they become wiser. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_12","021_21_12","PRO","21","12","12","God, the one who is completely righteous, knows what happens inside the houses of wicked people, and he will cause those people to be completely ruined/destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_13","021_21_13","PRO","21","13","13","There are people who refuse to listen when poor people cry out for help; but some day they themselves will cry out for help, and no one will hear them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_14","021_21_14","PRO","21","14","14","When someone is angry with you, if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_15","021_21_15","PRO","21","15","15","Good/Righteous people are happy when they see others do what is just/fair, but those who do what is evil are terrified when they think about what may happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_16","021_21_16","PRO","21","16","16","Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave will soon discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_17","021_21_17","PRO","21","17","17","Those who spend their money to buy ◄things that give them pleasure/things that cause them to feel happy► will become poor; those who love to spend money to buy wine and nice/fancy food MTY will never become rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_18","021_21_18","PRO","21","18","18","Wicked people bring on themselves the sufferings that they were trying to cause righteous people to experience DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_19","021_21_19","PRO","21","19","19","It is better to live alone in a desert than to live with a wife who is always nagging and complaining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_20","021_21_20","PRO","21","20","20","Wise people have many valuable things in their houses, but foolish people quickly spend/waste all their money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_21","021_21_21","PRO","21","21","21","Those who always try to act in a fair and kind way toward others will live a long time and be honored/respected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_22","021_21_22","PRO","21","22","22","A wise army commander helps his troops climb over a wall to attack a city that is defended by a strong army, with the result that they are able to ◄get over/destroy► the high walls that their enemies trusted would protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_23","021_21_23","PRO","21","23","23","Those who are very careful about what they say MTY are able to avoid trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_24","021_21_24","PRO","21","24","24","Those who make fun of everything that is good are proud and conceited DOU; they always act in an inconsiderate way toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_25","021_21_25","PRO","21","25","25","Lazy people, who refuse to work, will die of hunger because they SYN do not earn money to buy food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_26","021_21_26","PRO","21","26","26","All during the day wicked people desire to obtain things, but righteous people have plenty, with the result that they are able to give things generously to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_27","021_21_27","PRO","21","27","27","Yahweh detests the sacrifices that wicked people offer to him; but he detests it even more when they think that they will escape being punished for their evil deeds because of the sacrifices that they bring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_28","021_21_28","PRO","21","28","28","Those who tell lies in court will be punished; no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_29","021_21_29","PRO","21","29","29","Wicked people pretend that they know everything, but righteous people think carefully about what will happen because of what they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_30","021_21_30","PRO","21","30","30","Thinking that we are wise, and that we understand many things, and that we have good insight, does not help us if Yahweh is ◄acting against/not pleased with► us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR21_31","021_21_31","PRO","21","31","31","We can get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to ◄win victories/defeat our enemies►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_1","021_22_1","PRO","22","1","1","◄Having a good reputation/Being honored by people► is better than having a lot of money; being well respected is better than having plenty of gold or silver DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_2","021_22_2","PRO","22","2","2","There is one thing that is true about both rich people and poor people: Yahweh is the one who created all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_3","021_22_3","PRO","22","3","3","Those who have good sense realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they avoid it; those who do not have good sense just keep going and later they will suffer because of doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_4","021_22_4","PRO","22","4","4","The reward that Yahweh gives to those who are humble and who revere him is that he causes them to be rich and honored and to live for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_5","021_22_5","PRO","22","5","5","Because of the things that wicked people do, they have difficulties/troubles that will be like thorns and traps on the roads that they walk on MET; people who are careful/cautious will be able to stay away from those difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_6","021_22_6","PRO","22","6","6","If you train/teach children to do what is right, all during their life they will act/behave in that manner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_7","021_22_7","PRO","22","7","7","Rich people rule over poor people harshly, and those who borrow money become like slaves MET of the people who lend money to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_8","021_22_8","PRO","22","8","8","If you plant corn or rice, corn or rice will grow; similarly, if you act unjustly, you will have disasters MET; and if you try to harm/oppress people because you are angry with them, you will not be able to harm them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_9","021_22_9","PRO","22","9","9","God will bless those who are generous IDM, those who give some of their food to poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_10","021_22_10","PRO","22","10","10","If you get rid of those who make fun of everything that is good, there will no more arguing or quarreling or insulting other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_11","021_22_11","PRO","22","11","11","If you always act sincerely IDM and always speak kindly, the king will be your friend. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_12","021_22_12","PRO","22","12","12","Yahweh SYN ◄watches over/takes care of► those who have good understanding/sense, but he ruins the plans/affairs of those who always try to deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_13","021_22_13","PRO","22","13","13","Lazy people remain in their houses; they say, “A lion might attack me if I go out into the street to go to work!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_14","021_22_14","PRO","22","14","14","What ◄wives who commit adultery/immoral women► say to men MTY is like a deep pit MET into which those men fall; those with whom Yahweh is angry will fall into that pit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_15","021_22_15","PRO","22","15","15","Children SYN naturally do things that are foolish, but if you punish/spank them PRS, they will ◄stop doing foolish things/learn to behave as they should►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_16","021_22_16","PRO","22","16","16","Those who oppress poor people in order to become rich, and those who give a bribe to rich people in order that the rich people will do a favor for them, will just lose their money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_17","021_22_17","PRO","22","17","17","Now listen MTY to what wise people have said; think carefully about what I am teaching you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_18","021_22_18","PRO","22","18","18","It will be good to ◄keep these things in your minds/always remember them►, because if you do that, you will be able to quote/recite them to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_19","021_22_19","PRO","22","19","19","I want you to trust in Yahweh, and that is the reason that I am telling them to you, now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_20","021_22_20","PRO","22","20","20","I have written RHQ 30 ◄sayings/things that wise people have said► from which you will receive good advice and you will be able you to know many good/useful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_21","021_22_21","PRO","22","21","21","From them, you will learn what is right and what is true, in order that you will be able to bring back a good report to those who sent you to school (OR, give a good answer to those who ask you questions). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_22","021_22_22","PRO","22","22","22","It is easy to rob poor people who are helpless and cannot defend themselves, but never do that; and do not oppress in court those who are needy/afflicted, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_23","021_22_23","PRO","22","23","23","because Yahweh will speak to defend them, and he will punish those who steal things from others—by causing them to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_24","021_22_24","PRO","22","24","24","Do not become friends with those who often become angry, and do not associate with those who cannot control their temper/anger, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_25","021_22_25","PRO","22","25","25","because you might start to act like they do and not be able to stop doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_26","021_22_26","PRO","22","26","26","If someone borrows money, do not be one of those who promises to pay what that person owes he cannot pay it back, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_27","021_22_27","PRO","22","27","27","because if you cannot pay it back, people will surely RHQ come and take away everything you own, even your bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_28","021_22_28","PRO","22","28","28","Do not steal some of your neighbors’ land by removing the boundary lines/markers that your ancestors placed/set. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR22_29","021_22_29","PRO","22","29","29","Know/Learn RHQ this about those who do their work very skillfully: They will quit working for ordinary people and will start working for kings because the kings will want people like that to work for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_1","021_23_1","PRO","23","1","1","When you sit down to eat a meal with a ◄government official/king►, think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_2","021_23_2","PRO","23","2","2","Even if you ◄have a big appetite/want to eat a lot of food►, restrain yourself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_3","021_23_3","PRO","23","3","3","Do not want to eat a lot of his fine food, because he may be trying to trick you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_4","021_23_4","PRO","23","4","4","Do not cause yourself to become very tired by working very hard to become rich; be wise and stop doing that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_5","021_23_5","PRO","23","5","5","because as soon as you look MTY at all the money that you have acquired, it will be gone; it will disappear as if it suddenly grew wings SIM and flew up into the sky like an eagle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_6","021_23_6","PRO","23","6","6","If someone who is stingy invites you to a meal, do not eat a lot of his fine food, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_7","021_23_7","PRO","23","7","7","because he will be thinking about how much the food cost that you are eating. He will say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he will really be thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_8","021_23_8","PRO","23","8","8","When you realize what he is really thinking, it will cause you to want to vomit what you have eaten; and your kind words telling him that you are enjoying the meal will be wasted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_9","021_23_9","PRO","23","9","9","◄Do not waste time by/It is useless► talking to foolish people; they will only despise the wise things that you say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_10","021_23_10","PRO","23","10","10","Do not steal someone’s property by removing a boundary marker that has been there for a long time, and do not take for yourself the land that belongs to orphans, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_11","021_23_11","PRO","23","11","11","because Yahweh is strong, and he is like a relative that has the responsibility to defend them, he will stand up in court and argue for them and against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_12","021_23_12","PRO","23","12","12","Pay attention to what your teachers teach you, and try to learn from the wise things that they say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_13","021_23_13","PRO","23","13","13","Do not refuse to discipline your children; if you punish/spank them, it will not cause them to die, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_14","021_23_14","PRO","23","14","14","and it may save them from going to the place where dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_15","021_23_15","PRO","23","15","15","My son/child, if you SYN become wise, I SYN will be very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_16","021_23_16","PRO","23","16","16","I SYN will rejoice when I hear you SYN say what is right/wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_17","021_23_17","PRO","23","17","17","Do not envy sinful people; instead, revere Yahweh all of your life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_18","021_23_18","PRO","23","18","18","If you do that, you will be happy in the future, and God will certainly do for you what you are confidently expecting him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_19","021_23_19","PRO","23","19","19","My son/child, listen carefully to me and become wise, and think about ◄all that you do/your behavior►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_20","021_23_20","PRO","23","20","20","Do not associate with those who drink a lot of ◄wine/strong drink► or with those who ◄are gluttons/eat more than they should►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_21","021_23_21","PRO","23","21","21","because drunkards and gluttons will become poor; and if all that you do is eat and sleep, you will soon ◄be wearing rags/not have any money to buy clothes►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_22","021_23_22","PRO","23","22","22","Pay attention to what your father tells you, and ◄do not neglect/take care of► LIT your mother when she is old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_23","021_23_23","PRO","23","23","23","Try to know/learn what is wise, and get good instruction and understanding; and do not throw those things away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_24","021_23_24","PRO","23","24","24","Righteous children will cause their parents to be very happy; those whose children are wise are proud of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_25","021_23_25","PRO","23","25","25","Do what will cause your father to be glad and enable your mother also to be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_26","021_23_26","PRO","23","26","26","My son, heed what I say to you, and allow what I do to be an example for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_27","021_23_27","PRO","23","27","27","Prostitutes and immoral women DOU are like MET a deep pit or a well that you may fall into. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_28","021_23_28","PRO","23","28","28","They wait for you like robbers SIM, and they cause many men to ◄be unfaithful to/have sex with women who are not► their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_29","021_23_29","PRO","23","29","29","I will tell you RHQ what kind of people are always miserable and sad. I will tell you RHQ which people are always causing arguments/quarrels and who are always complaining. I will tell you RHQ who are injured in fights and whose eyes are always red/bloodshot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_30","021_23_30","PRO","23","30","30","It is those who drink a lot of wine, who try drinking other kinds of strong drinks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_31","021_23_31","PRO","23","31","31","Do not look with pleasure at red wine that looks nice, and which sparkles when it is poured out into cups, and which tastes good as you drink it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_32","021_23_32","PRO","23","32","32","because the next morning you will feel like you have been bitten by a poisonous snake DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_33","021_23_33","PRO","23","33","33","You SYN will think that you are seeing strange/weird things, and you SYN will not be able to think clearly or speak clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_34","021_23_34","PRO","23","34","34","You will think you are in a ship that is tossing on the sea; you be like SIM someone who is trying to sleep when the ship is rolling from one side to the other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR23_35","021_23_35","PRO","23","35","35","You will say, “I think that someone struck me, but he did not hurt me; he hit me, but I did not feel it. When will I ◄wake up/feel normal again► in order that I can drink some more wine?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_1","021_24_1","PRO","24","1","1","Do not envy evil people; do not desire to associate with them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_2","021_24_2","PRO","24","2","2","because they are constantly thinking about acting violently, and whenever they speak MTY, they talk about ◄causing trouble/hurting someone►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_3","021_24_3","PRO","24","3","3","People make good houses (OR, families) by doing what is wise, and they make their houses (OR, families) strong by heeding good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_4","021_24_4","PRO","24","4","4","By using good sense, they are able to buy valuable and beautiful things and put them in the rooms of their houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_5","021_24_5","PRO","24","5","5","Being wise is better than being strong/powerful; those who know many things can accomplish more than those who are very strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_6","021_24_6","PRO","24","6","6","Leaders can fight battles if they have wise advisors, and they win those battles if they have many good advisors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_7","021_24_7","PRO","24","7","7","Foolish people cannot understand wise sayings/talk; at public meetings they are not able to say anything that is useful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_8","021_24_8","PRO","24","8","8","Those who are always planning to do evil things will be called troublemakers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_9","021_24_9","PRO","24","9","9","It is sinful to plan to do foolish things, and people hate those who make fun of everything that is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_10","021_24_10","PRO","24","10","10","If you act as though you are helpless when you have troubles, you are truly very weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_11","021_24_11","PRO","24","11","11","If it is unjustly decided that someone must be executed, try hard to rescue them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_12","021_24_12","PRO","24","12","12","If you say, “I did not know anything about it, so ◄it is not my concern/I did not try to help him►,” remember that God knows what we have done, and he knows what we were thinking IDM, RHQ, and he will certainly RHQ repay us as we deserve for what we have done or for not doing what we should have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_13","021_24_13","PRO","24","13","13","My child/son, eat honey, because it is good for you; the honey that drips from honeycombs tastes very sweet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_14","021_24_14","PRO","24","14","14","Similarly, being wise is good for your soul; if you become wise, you will be happy in the future, and God will certainly do for you what you are confidently expecting him to do LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_15","021_24_15","PRO","24","15","15","Do not be like wicked people who hide and wait to break into the houses of righteous/good people and rob/steal things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_16","021_24_16","PRO","24","16","16","Even if good people fall down seven/many times, they always stand/get up again, but when a disaster happens to wicked people, it ruins/destroys them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_17","021_24_17","PRO","24","17","17","Do not be happy when something bad happens to one of your enemies; do not rejoice when he stumbles and falls, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_18","021_24_18","PRO","24","18","18","because Yahweh will know what you are thinking, and he will not like it, and as a result he will not punish that enemy of yours. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_19","021_24_19","PRO","24","19","19","Do not become angry/upset about those who do what is evil, and do not SYN envy them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_20","021_24_20","PRO","24","20","20","because nothing good will happen to wicked people; they are like a lamp that will soon be extinguished MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_21","021_24_21","PRO","24","21","21","My child/son, revere Yahweh and also honor the king, and do not associate with people who want to rebel against either of them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_22","021_24_22","PRO","24","22","22","because those people will suddenly experience disasters; and no one knows RHQ what great disasters that God or the king can cause to happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_23","021_24_23","PRO","24","23","23","Here are more things that wise people have said: It is wrong for judges to decide matters unfairly IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_24","021_24_24","PRO","24","24","24","If they say to people who are guilty, “You ◄are innocent/have not done something that is wrong►,” even people in other nations will curse and despise them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_25","021_24_25","PRO","24","25","25","but if judges say that guilty people must be punished, things will go well for those judges, and ◄they will receive blessings/God will bless them►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_26","021_24_26","PRO","24","26","26","Those who answer others honestly show that they are truly their friends IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_27","021_24_27","PRO","24","27","27","First, do the work that needs to be done outside your house, and prepare your fields, and then plant things, and after you finish doing that, build your house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_28","021_24_28","PRO","24","28","28","In the courtroom do not testify against someone when you have no reason to do that, and do not try to deceive people by what you say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_29","021_24_29","PRO","24","29","29","Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for the bad things that he did to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_30","021_24_30","PRO","24","30","30","One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_31","021_24_31","PRO","24","31","31","I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall around the garden had ◄collapsed/fallen down►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_32","021_24_32","PRO","24","32","32","When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_33","021_24_33","PRO","24","33","33","If you spend a lot of time sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR24_34","021_24_34","PRO","24","34","34","soon you will become poor; it will be as though PRS, SIM a bandit who had a weapon in his hand attacked you and stole all that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_1","021_25_1","PRO","25","1","1","Here are more wise sayings/words that Solomon wrote. Some men who worked for Hezekiah, the king of Judah, copied them from a scroll that Solomon had written. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_2","021_25_2","PRO","25","2","2","We consider God to be great because he ◄acts in mysterious ways/does things that we cannot understand►; we consider kings to be great because they explain things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_3","021_25_3","PRO","25","3","3","It is not possible for anyone to measure how high the sky is or how deep the earth/ocean is; likewise SIM, it is not possible for us to know all that kings are thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_4","021_25_4","PRO","25","4","4","If workers burn out the impure bits that are in silver, a man who makes things from silver can make something beautiful from the silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_5","021_25_5","PRO","25","5","5","Similarly, if wicked advisors are taken away from a king, his government will remain secure, because the king will be able to act justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_6","021_25_6","PRO","25","6","6","When you stand in front of a king, do not try to ◄impress him/honor yourself► and do not ◄act like you are important/ask to sit where important people sit;► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_7","021_25_7","PRO","25","7","7","it is better if someone tells you to sit closer to the king than for someone to tell you, while the king is listening, to sit further away in order that someone who is more important may sit closer to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_8","021_25_8","PRO","25","8","8","Do not quickly go to a court to tell the judge about something that you have seen, because another witness may later say something that proves that you are wrong, and as a result you will be disgraced/ashamed. If that happens, ◄what will you do?/you will not know what to do.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_9","021_25_9","PRO","25","9","9","If you and someone else think differently about some matter, settle it between yourselves, and do not tell others any secret that he has told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_10","021_25_10","PRO","25","10","10","If others find out that you have told secrets, you will be ashamed, and from that time on, ◄you will have a bad reputation/people will think badly about you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_11","021_25_11","PRO","25","11","11","Something that is said that is very appropriate is as delightful as seeing SIM gold apples/ornaments in a silver bowl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_12","021_25_12","PRO","25","12","12","When a wise person rebukes/warns someone SYN who is willing to listen, that is as valuable as SIM a gold ring or a gold chain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_13","021_25_13","PRO","25","13","13","A messenger who ◄is reliable/tells someone else exactly what he was told to say► refreshes the spirits of his bosses who sent him like SIM ◄snow/cold water► refreshes the ground at the time that people harvest crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_14","021_25_14","PRO","25","14","14","When someone promises to give a gift to us but never gives it, that disappoints us as much as SIM clouds and wind that come but do not bring any rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_15","021_25_15","PRO","25","15","15","If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will often agree to do it; similarly, by speaking MTY gently we can often convince others that what we say is right IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_16","021_25_16","PRO","25","16","16","If you find some honey, do not eat a lot of it, because doing that may cause you to vomit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_17","021_25_17","PRO","25","17","17","Do not go to your neighbor’s house very often to talk with him; if you go very often, he will get tired of listening to you and start to hate you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_18","021_25_18","PRO","25","18","18","To falsely accuse others in court is like SIM attacking them with a war-club or a sword or a sharp arrow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_19","021_25_19","PRO","25","19","19","Depending on unreliable people when you have troubles is as bad as trying to eat when you have a bad/hurting tooth or trying to walk when your foot is crippled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_20","021_25_20","PRO","25","20","20","Singing to someone who is depressed just causes him to feel worse; it is like SIM taking off clothes on a very cold day or like putting vinegar on a wound. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_21","021_25_21","PRO","25","21","21","If your enemies are hungry, give them something to eat; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_22","021_25_22","PRO","25","22","22","doing that will cause them to feel ashamed IDM, and Yahweh will reward you for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_23","021_25_23","PRO","25","23","23","When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; similarly SIM, if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_24","021_25_24","PRO","25","24","24","It is better to live ◄alone/by yourself► in the corner of an attic/housetop than to live inside the house with a wife who is always nagging. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_25","021_25_25","PRO","25","25","25","Receiving good news from a country far away refreshes our spirits like SIM cold water refreshes us when we are very thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_26","021_25_26","PRO","25","26","26","When a righteous/good person ◄gives in/yields► to wicked people, that is as bad as SIM a spring that becomes muddied or a fountain that becomes polluted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_27","021_25_27","PRO","25","27","27","It is not good to eat too much honey, and trying to get people to praise you is also not good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR25_28","021_25_28","PRO","25","28","28","People who ◄cannot control their tempers/quickly become very angry► are unable to defend their behavior; that is like having a city without a wall around it, with the result that no one can defend it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_1","021_26_1","PRO","26","1","1","Just like SIM it is not appropriate for snow to fall in summer time, or rain to fall at harvest time, it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_2","021_26_2","PRO","26","2","2","Like SIM birds that fly by and do not alight/land on anything, if someone curses you, it cannot hurt you if you ◄do not deserve them/have not done to him what is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_3","021_26_3","PRO","26","3","3","It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey to force them to go where we want them to go, and similarly SIM it is often necessary to strike foolish people with a stick to cause them to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_4","021_26_4","PRO","26","4","4","If a foolish person asks a foolish question, do not answer him, because if you answer his question, you are just as foolish as he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_5","021_26_5","PRO","26","5","5","If you give a foolish answer to someone who asks a foolish question, he will realize that he is ◄not very wise/foolish►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_6","021_26_6","PRO","26","6","6","Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone is himself doing something as foolish as cutting off his own feet or drinking poison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_7","021_26_7","PRO","26","7","7","A lame man cannot use his legs, and similarly SIM it is useless for a foolish person to speak MTY ◄proverbs/wise sayings►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_8","021_26_8","PRO","26","8","8","Tying a stone in a sling so that it cannot be thrown at a target is as foolish as SIM honoring a foolish person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_9","021_26_9","PRO","26","9","9","If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that (OR, he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand); similarly, if foolish people speak MTY proverbs, they do not help anyone who hears them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_10","021_26_10","PRO","26","10","10","A man who shoots arrows to try to wound everybody who is near is foolish; similarly, anyone who hires a foolish person who passes by is very foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_11","021_26_11","PRO","26","11","11","A foolish person will foolishly do something stupid a second time; it is like SIM a dog returning to eat what it has vomited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_12","021_26_12","PRO","26","12","12","God can help/bless foolish people more easily than he can help/bless people who are not wise RHQ, but think that they are wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_13","021_26_13","PRO","26","13","13","Lazy people just stay inside their houses and do nothing; they keep saying “I think there is a lion in the street!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_14","021_26_14","PRO","26","14","14","A door continually swings back and forth on its hinges and does not go anywhere; similarly SIM, lazy people just continually turn over in their beds and never do anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_15","021_26_15","PRO","26","15","15","Some people are extremely lazy; they put their hand in a dish to get some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_16","021_26_16","PRO","26","16","16","Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people who can answer others’ questions with good sense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_17","021_26_17","PRO","26","17","17","Anyone who ◄meddles/involves himself► in a quarrel that does not concern him is as foolish as SIM someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_18","021_26_18","PRO","26","18","18","Crazy people who shoot burning arrows to kill people ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_19","021_26_19","PRO","26","19","19","are as foolish as those who deceive someone else and then say, “I was only joking.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_20","021_26_20","PRO","26","20","20","If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly SIM, if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_21","021_26_21","PRO","26","21","21","Putting charcoal on burning coals or putting wood on a fire causes the fire to keep burning; similarly, people who like to quarrel cause people to keep arguing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_22","021_26_22","PRO","26","22","22","People enjoy listening to what gossips say about others just like SIM they enjoy tasty food; they enjoy listening to what gossips tell them like they enjoy swallowing tasty food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_23","021_26_23","PRO","26","23","23","People who say nice things when they are thinking about doing evil things are like a nice glaze/covering on a cheap clay pot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_24","021_26_24","PRO","26","24","24","Those who hate someone and are saying MTY something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning to harm that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_25","021_26_25","PRO","26","25","25","When they say nice things, do not believe them, because in their inner beings are many things that Yahweh hates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_26","021_26_26","PRO","26","26","26","They try to deceive people to cause them to think that they do not hate that person, but in a public meeting, the people will find out the evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_27","021_26_27","PRO","26","27","27","Those who dig a deep pit for other people to fall into will fall into it themselves; rocks will roll down on those who start to cause rocks to roll down to crush someone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR26_28","021_26_28","PRO","26","28","28","Those MTY who tell lies to others really hate them, and those who deceive others ruin them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_1","021_27_1","PRO","27","1","1","Do not boast about what you will do tomorrow, because you do not know what will happen PRS on any day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_2","021_27_2","PRO","27","2","2","Do not praise yourself MTY, PRS; allow others to praise you. If someone else praises you, that is okay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_3","021_27_3","PRO","27","3","3","It causes pain to our bodies to carry heavy stones or a pail full of sand, but doing something stupid/foolish can cause great pain to other people’s spirits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_4","021_27_4","PRO","27","4","4","It is cruel to be angry with others, and our being angry sometimes destroys others, but being jealous of someone is RHQ often more cruel than that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_5","021_27_5","PRO","27","5","5","It is better to correct someone openly than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_6","021_27_6","PRO","27","6","6","If a friend criticizes you, he is a good friend and you can trust him; but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is probably wanting to deceive you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_7","021_27_7","PRO","27","7","7","When someone’s stomach is full, he does not want to eat honey; but when someone is very hungry, he thinks that even bitter things taste sweet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_8","021_27_8","PRO","27","8","8","Anyone who wanders far from his home/family is like SIM a bird that is far from its nest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_9","021_27_9","PRO","27","9","9","Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good, but having a friend who gives good advice is even better. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_10","021_27_10","PRO","27","10","10","Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends; and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help; someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_11","021_27_11","PRO","27","11","11","My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise, in order that I will know how to reply to those who would criticize me about your behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_12","021_27_12","PRO","27","12","12","Those who have good sense will realize that there is something dangerous ahead, and they will hide; those who do not have good sense just keep going, and later they will suffer because of doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_13","021_27_13","PRO","27","13","13","You deserve to have your property taken from you if you foolishly promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_14","021_27_14","PRO","27","14","14","If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping, he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_15","021_27_15","PRO","27","15","15","Having a wife that is constantly nagging is as bad as listening to rain continually dripping on a rainy day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_16","021_27_16","PRO","27","16","16","Trying to restrain/stop her from doing that is as difficult SIM as trying to stop the wind or trying to hold oil in your hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_17","021_27_17","PRO","27","17","17","We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool; similarly SIM, when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_18","021_27_18","PRO","27","18","18","Those who take care of fig trees will have figs to eat; similarly, servants who protect their master will be honored by him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_19","021_27_19","PRO","27","19","19","When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face; similarly SIM, when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_20","021_27_20","PRO","27","20","20","It is as though the place where the dead people are is always wanting more people to die and come there; and humans SYN are always wanting to acquire more things, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_21","021_27_21","PRO","27","21","21","Workers put silver and gold in a very hot furnace to burn out what is impure, and SIM people learn what we are really like when they see how we react when people praise us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_22","021_27_22","PRO","27","22","22","Even if you beat/crush a fool severely like MET you pulverize grain with a pestle, you probably will not be able to cause him to stop ◄being foolish/doing foolish things►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_23","021_27_23","PRO","27","23","23","Take good care of your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_24","021_27_24","PRO","27","24","24","because the money that you acquired from selling animals previously will not ◄last/stay with you► forever; similarly SIM, governments MTY certainly do not RHQ last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_25","021_27_25","PRO","27","25","25","After you cut the hay DOU and store it to feed the animals in the winter while a new crop of hay is growing, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_26","021_27_26","PRO","27","26","26","you will be able to shear the sheep and make clothes from the wool, and you will get money from selling some of the goats to buy more land, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR27_27","021_27_27","PRO","27","27","27","and you will get enough milk from the other goats for you and your family and your female servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_1","021_28_1","PRO","28","1","1","Wicked people run away even when no one is pursuing them, but righteous/good people are not afraid; they are as brave as lions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_2","021_28_2","PRO","28","2","2","When the people of a nation sin, they will have one ruler after another; but when their leaders are wise and have good sense, their government will last for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_3","021_28_3","PRO","28","3","3","A poor person who oppresses other poor people is like MET a very heavy/hard rain that destroys the crops, with the result that there is no food for people to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_4","021_28_4","PRO","28","4","4","Those who reject/disobey God’s laws always speak well of wicked people; but those who obey God’s laws always oppose what wicked people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_5","021_28_5","PRO","28","5","5","Evil people do not understand what it means to act justly, but those who try to obey/worship Yahweh understand that very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_6","021_28_6","PRO","28","6","6","It is better to be honest even though you are poor than to be dishonest even though you are rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_7","021_28_7","PRO","28","7","7","Young people who obey the laws are wise IDM; parents whose children associate with those who ◄carouse/go to wild parties► are humiliated/disgraced because of what their children do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_8","021_28_8","PRO","28","8","8","When people become very rich by charging very high interest DOU, their money will eventually go to someone who does kind things for the poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_9","021_28_9","PRO","28","9","9","If people do not obey MTY God’s laws, God ◄detests their prayers/considers that their prayers stink►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_10","021_28_10","PRO","28","10","10","Those who cause honest/good people to do what is evil will fall into their own pits/traps, but good things will happen to those who ◄are innocent/have not done what is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_11","021_28_11","PRO","28","11","11","Many rich people think that they are wise, but poor people who have good sense will find out whether rich people really are wise or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_12","021_28_12","PRO","28","12","12","When righteous/good people ◄succeed/win elections►, everyone ◄celebrates/is happy►; but when wicked people win, everyone hides because they are afraid of what the wicked people will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_13","021_28_13","PRO","28","13","13","Those who refuse to confess/admit their sins will not prosper, but God acts mercifully/kindly toward those who confess their sins and turn away from their sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_14","021_28_14","PRO","28","14","14","God is pleased with those who always revere him, but those who are stubborn IDM will experience disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_15","021_28_15","PRO","28","15","15","Wicked people who mistreat poor people whom they rule are as dangerous to them as SIM a lion roaring at them or a bear springing up to attack them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_16","021_28_16","PRO","28","16","16","Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress the people they rule, but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving people will live (OR, rule) for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_17","021_28_17","PRO","28","17","17","Those who are guilty of murdering MTY another person will ◄be fugitives/keep running away► until they die; do not help them to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_18","021_28_18","PRO","28","18","18","Those who continually do what is right will be safe/protected, but those who are dishonest will suddenly be ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_19","021_28_19","PRO","28","19","19","Farmers who work hard in their fields will produce good crops and always have plenty of food to eat, but those who spend all their time ◄on useless projects/doing things that do not benefit anyone► will become very poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_20","021_28_20","PRO","28","20","20","God will greatly bless those who ◄are trustworthy/always do what they say that they will do►, but he will certainly punish LIT those who try to become rich quickly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_21","021_28_21","PRO","28","21","21","It is not good for judges to decide matters unfairly/unjustly, but some people will do what is wrong even if they receive only a very small bribe HYP for doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_22","021_28_22","PRO","28","22","22","Selfish people IDM are very eager to become rich quickly; they do not realize that they will soon become poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_23","021_28_23","PRO","28","23","23","Those who rebuke someone will be appreciated/thanked more than those who say nice things to others merely to ◄flatter them/cause them to feel good►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_24","021_28_24","PRO","28","24","24","Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother and says “That is not sinful” is as bad as a bandit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_25","021_28_25","PRO","28","25","25","Greedy people cause trouble/strife; those who trust in Yahweh will prosper IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_26","021_28_26","PRO","28","26","26","Those who believe that what they think is always right are foolish; those who act wisely will ◄escape danger/be safe►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_27","021_28_27","PRO","28","27","27","Those who give things to poor people will not become poor, but many people will curse those who refuse to help IDM poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR28_28","021_28_28","PRO","28","28","28","When wicked people become rulers, people hide because they are afraid of what those wicked people will do; but when wicked people are no longer rulers, good/righteous people will become the rulers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_1","021_29_1","PRO","29","1","1","Some people remain stubborn IDM even though they are often reproved/warned about doing what is wrong, but some day they will be crushed/ruined, and nothing will be able to heal them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_2","021_29_2","PRO","29","2","2","When righteous people are rulers, people are happy, but when wicked people rule, people ◄groan/are miserable►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_3","021_29_3","PRO","29","3","3","Those who are eager to become wise cause their parents to be glad; those who spend their time with prostitutes will end up giving all their money to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_4","021_29_4","PRO","29","4","4","When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned only with getting more money from the people ruins his nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_5","021_29_5","PRO","29","5","5","Those who ◄flatter others/say nice things to others merely to cause them to feel good► are really setting a trap for them (OR, for themselves) SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_6","021_29_6","PRO","29","6","6","Evil people will be trapped by the sins that they commit, but righteous/honest people will sing and be joyful/happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_7","021_29_7","PRO","29","7","7","Righteous/Good people know that poor people should be treated fairly/justly, but wicked people ◄are not concerned about/do not pay attention to► those matters at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_8","021_29_8","PRO","29","8","8","Those who make fun of everything that is good say things that cause everyone in the city to ◄be agitated/in turmoil►; those who are wise enable people to remain calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_9","021_29_9","PRO","29","9","9","If a wise person sues a foolish person, the foolish person merely laughs at him and yells at him and will not be quiet (OR, the dispute will not be resolved). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_10","021_29_10","PRO","29","10","10","Those who murder others hate people who ◄are honest/always do what is right►, but righteous people try to protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_11","021_29_11","PRO","29","11","11","People who are wise are patient and restrain/control themselves when they are angry, but foolish people ◄quickly show others that they are very angry/do not restrain themselves at all►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_12","021_29_12","PRO","29","12","12","If a ruler ◄pays attention to/believes► people who tell lies, all his officials will also become wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_13","021_29_13","PRO","29","13","13","There is one thing that is true about both poor people and those who oppress them: Yahweh enables all of them to see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_14","021_29_14","PRO","29","14","14","If kings judge poor people fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_15","021_29_15","PRO","29","15","15","If children are punished/spanked and reproved/warned, they become wise; but if they are allowed to do whatever they want to do, they do things that cause their mothers to be ashamed of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_16","021_29_16","PRO","29","16","16","When wicked people rule, there are more crimes committed {people commit more crimes}, but some day those wicked people will ◄be defeated/no longer rule►, and righteous people will see that happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_17","021_29_17","PRO","29","17","17","If you discipline your children, they will no longer do things that will cause you to be worried; instead, they will do things that will delight you SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_18","021_29_18","PRO","29","18","18","When the people of a nation do not receive messages that come directly from God, they do not control their behavior. God is pleased with those who obey his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_19","021_29_19","PRO","29","19","19","It is not possible to correct/discipline servants only by talking to them; they understand what you are saying, but they do not pay attention to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_20","021_29_20","PRO","29","20","20","God can help/bless foolish people more easily RHQ than he can help/bless people who speak without thinking first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_21","021_29_21","PRO","29","21","21","If someone gives his servants everything that they want, starting from when they are young, some day those servants will take from him everything that he owns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_22","021_29_22","PRO","29","22","22","Those who quickly become angry cause many arguments, and they also commit many sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_23","021_29_23","PRO","29","23","23","Proud people will be disgraced; those who are humble will be respected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_24","021_29_24","PRO","29","24","24","Those who help thieves to steal only hurt themselves; when they are in court, they solemnly ask God to curse them if they do not tell the truth, but they do not tell the truth about the crime that was committed, and as a result, God will curse them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_25","021_29_25","PRO","29","25","25","It is like a dangerous trap MET for people to be ◄afraid of/worried about► what others will think about them, but those who trust in Yahweh are safe/protected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_26","021_29_26","PRO","29","26","26","Many people request rulers to do things to help them, but Yahweh is the only one who surely does for people what is fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR29_27","021_29_27","PRO","29","27","27","Righteous people hate/detest those who do what is evil, and wicked people hate those whose behavior is always good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_1","021_30_1","PRO","30","1","1","These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh. Agur wrote them for Ithiel and Ucal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_2","021_30_2","PRO","30","2","2","It seems that I am very stupid; I do not deserve to be considered to be a human; I do not have the good sense that humans should have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_3","021_30_3","PRO","30","3","3","I have not learned how to become wise and I do not know much about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_4","021_30_4","PRO","30","4","4","But let me say this: No one RHQ has ascended to heaven to find out what God is like and returned to tell us. No one RHQ has gathered/held the wind in his hand. No one RHQ has wrapped the water in the ocean in a piece of cloth, and no one RHQ has established the boundaries of the earth. If you know who has done those things, tell me RHQ his name, and the names of his children SAR! But you do not know who has done those things, so you cannot speak with authority about what God is like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_5","021_30_5","PRO","30","5","5","Everything that God has said is true; he is like a shield MET for all those who request him to protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_6","021_30_6","PRO","30","6","6","Do not add to (OR, change) what God has said; if you do that, he will rebuke you and show that you are lying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_7","021_30_7","PRO","30","7","7","God, I ask you to do two things for me; please do them before I die: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_8","021_30_8","PRO","30","8","8","Help me never to lie or deceive people and do not cause me to become poor or to become rich. Just give me the food that I need; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_9","021_30_9","PRO","30","9","9","because if I become rich, I might say that I do not RHQ know you and that I do not need you; and if I become poor, I might dishonor you by stealing things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_10","021_30_10","PRO","30","10","10","Do not ◄slander/say bad things about► a worker to his boss; if you do that, the worker will curse you, and cause you to have trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_11","021_30_11","PRO","30","11","11","I will list four kinds of evil things that people do: Some people curse their fathers and do not ask God to bless their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_12","021_30_12","PRO","30","12","12","Some people think that they are perfect, but really they have never been cleansed from their guilt for committing disgusting sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_13","021_30_13","PRO","30","13","13","Some people are very proud; they think that they are very good and they despise others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_14","021_30_14","PRO","30","14","14","Some people act very cruelly toward others; it is as though MET they have teeth that are like sharp knives; they severely oppress poor people and try to cause them to disappear from the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_15","021_30_15","PRO","30","15","15","Leeches are always wanting more blood to suck; similarly, greedy people are always saying “Give me some!” or “Give me more!” MET There are four things that are never ◄satisfied/content with what they have►; they always want more LIT: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_16","021_30_16","PRO","30","16","16","The place where the dead people are; women who do not have any children; ground that needs water/rain; and a fire that always needs more wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_17","021_30_17","PRO","30","17","17","Those who SYN make fun of their fathers or refuse to obey their mothers (OR, despise their aged mothers) should die and have their eyes pecked out by crows, and the rest of their corpses should be fed to the vultures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_18","021_30_18","PRO","30","18","18","There are four things that are wonderful to me, but I do not understand any of them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_19","021_30_19","PRO","30","19","19","How eagles fly in the sky, how snakes are able to move/crawl across a big rock, how ships sail on the seas, and how a man falls in love with a woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_20","021_30_20","PRO","30","20","20","This is what a woman who ◄is not faithful to/does not have sex only with► her husband does: She commits adultery EUP, and then bathes and says, “I have not done anything that is wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_21","021_30_21","PRO","30","21","21","There are four things that no one in the world can tolerate: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_22","021_30_22","PRO","30","22","22","What a slave does who becomes a king, a foolish person eating too much food, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_23","021_30_23","PRO","30","23","23","what a woman who is hated does when she gets married, and what a female servant does when she becomes the boss instead of her mistress. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_24","021_30_24","PRO","30","24","24","There are four animals on the earth that are small, but they are very wise: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_25","021_30_25","PRO","30","25","25","Ants are not strong, but they store up food during the summer in order to have it during the winter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_26","021_30_26","PRO","30","26","26","Rock badgers also are not strong, but they make their homes among the rocks where they will be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_27","021_30_27","PRO","30","27","27","Locusts do not have a king, but they march like the soldiers in an army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_28","021_30_28","PRO","30","28","28","Lizards/Geckos are very small and you can hold them in your hand, but they are cleverly able to get inside kings’ palaces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_29","021_30_29","PRO","30","29","29","There are four animals that strut around and look very impressive while they walk DOU: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_30","021_30_30","PRO","30","30","30","Lions, which are stronger than all other animals and are not afraid of any of them; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_31","021_30_31","PRO","30","31","31","male goats, strutting roosters, and kings who ◄parade/walk proudly back and forth► in front of the people whom they rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_32","021_30_32","PRO","30","32","32","If you have acted foolishly, exalting yourself, or if you been planning to do something evil, stop it immediately IDM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR30_33","021_30_33","PRO","30","33","33","If you churn milk, it produces butter/curds, and if you hit someone hard on his nose, his nose bleeds; similarly, if you do something to cause people to become angry, strife usually results. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_1","021_31_1","PRO","31","1","1","These are sayings/messages that God gave to King Lemuel’s mother, and which his mother taught him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_2","021_31_2","PRO","31","2","2","You are my son; I gave birth to you RHQ; you are the son that God gave me in answer to my prayers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_3","021_31_3","PRO","31","3","3","Do not exhaust your energy having sex EUP with women to whom you are not married, with women who ruin kings by having sex with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_4","021_31_4","PRO","31","4","4","Lemuel, kings should not be constantly drinking wine or greatly desire to drink other strong/alcoholic drinks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_5","021_31_5","PRO","31","5","5","If they do that, they forget the laws that they have made, and they do not do what is right for poor/afflicted people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_6","021_31_6","PRO","31","6","6","Give strong/alcoholic drinks to those who are dying and to those who are ◄greatly distressed/suffering very much►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_7","021_31_7","PRO","31","7","7","If they drink, they will forget that they are poor, and they will not think about their distress/troubles any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_8","021_31_8","PRO","31","8","8","Speak MTY to defend people who are unable to defend themselves; speak to encourage others to do what is right for those who are helpless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_9","021_31_9","PRO","31","9","9","Speak MTY ◄on their behalf/to help them► and try to cause judges to decide matters fairly/justly; try to cause others to do for poor and needy people what should be done for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_10","021_31_10","PRO","31","10","10","It is very difficult for a man to RHQ find a wife who is good and who is capable of doing many things. Any woman who is like that is worth more than jewels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_11","021_31_11","PRO","31","11","11","Her husband completely trusts her, and because of her, he has everything that he needs LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_12","021_31_12","PRO","31","12","12","She never does anything that would harm him; she does good things for him all the days of her life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_13","021_31_13","PRO","31","13","13","She finds wool and flax in the market, and she enjoys spinning it to make yarn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_14","021_31_14","PRO","31","14","14","She is like SIM a ship that brings from far away goods/merchandise to sell, because she buys food that comes from far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_15","021_31_15","PRO","31","15","15","She gets up before dawn to prepare food for her family. Then she plans the work that her servant girls will do on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_16","021_31_16","PRO","31","16","16","She goes out and looks at a field that someone wants to sell; and if it is a good field, she buys it. She buys grapevines MTY with the money that she has earned, and then she plants them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_17","021_31_17","PRO","31","17","17","She works very hard IDM; she makes her arms strong by the work she does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_18","021_31_18","PRO","31","18","18","She knows when she is getting a good profit from her business. When it is necessary, she works MTY until it is late at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_19","021_31_19","PRO","31","19","19","She holds the ◄spindle/rod which twists the thread that she is making►, and then she spins the thread MTY that she will use. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_20","021_31_20","PRO","31","20","20","She generously helps MTY those who are poor and needy DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_21","021_31_21","PRO","31","21","21","She is not worried that the people in her house will be cold in the winter, because she has made warm clothes for all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_22","021_31_22","PRO","31","22","22","She makes bedspreads/quilts for the beds. She wears fine linen clothes that are dyed purple, like queens wear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_23","021_31_23","PRO","31","23","23","Her husband is well known by the important people of the town; he sits with the other town leaders in the meetings of the town council. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_24","021_31_24","PRO","31","24","24","She makes clothes from linen cloth and sells them. She sells sashes to shop owners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_25","021_31_25","PRO","31","25","25","She is strong in her character and respected/dignified, and she ◄laughs at/is not afraid of► what will happen in the future. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_26","021_31_26","PRO","31","26","26","When she speaks, she says what is wise. When she gives instructions, she speaks MTY kindly (OR, faithfully). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_27","021_31_27","PRO","31","27","27","She watches over everything that is done in her household, and she IDM is never lazy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_28","021_31_28","PRO","31","28","28","Her children all together speak highly of her, and her husband also praises her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_29","021_31_29","PRO","31","29","29","He says to her, “There are many women who do admirable things, but you surpass them all!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_30","021_31_30","PRO","31","30","30","Some women who are attractive are not really good women, but they can deceive us regarding what they are really like. Furthermore, women’s beauty does not last; but women who revere Yahweh should be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PR31_31","021_31_31","PRO","31","31","31","Reward women who are like that, and praise them in public MTY for what they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_1","022_1_1","ECC","1","1","1","I am Solomon, the son of King David. I rule in Jerusalem and people call me ‘The ◄Preacher/Religious Teacher►’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_2","022_1_2","ECC","1","2","2","I say that everything is mysterious; everything is hard for me to understand; it is difficult to understand why everything happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_3","022_1_3","ECC","1","3","3","◄What do people gain from all the work that they do here on the earth?/It seems that people gain no lasting benefit from all the work that they do here on the earth.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_4","022_1_4","ECC","1","4","4","Each year old people die and babies are born, but the earth never changes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_5","022_1_5","ECC","1","5","5","Each morning the sun rises, and each evening it sets, and then it hurries around to where it started from. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_6","022_1_6","ECC","1","6","6","The wind blows south, and then it turns around to start blowing towards the north. It goes around and around in circles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_7","022_1_7","ECC","1","7","7","All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is never full. The water returns to the sky, and when it rains, the water returns to the rivers, and it flows again to the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_8","022_1_8","ECC","1","8","8","Everything is boring, with the result that we do not even want to talk about it. We SYN see things, but we always want to see more. We SYN hear things, but we always want to hear more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_9","022_1_9","ECC","1","9","9","Everything continues to be the same as it has always been; things that happen have happened previously, and they will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing really new in this world MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_10","022_1_10","ECC","1","10","10","Sometimes people say, “Look at this! This is something new RHQ!” But it has existed previously; it existed before we were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_11","022_1_11","ECC","1","11","11","People do not remember the things that happened long ago, and in the future, people will not remember what we are doing now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_12","022_1_12","ECC","1","12","12","I, the Religious Teacher, have been the king of Israel for many years, ruling in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_13","022_1_13","ECC","1","13","13","By being wise, I concentrated on understanding everything that was being done on the earth MTY. But I found out that God causes all of us to experience things that cause us to be unhappy/miserable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_14","022_1_14","ECC","1","14","14","It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like MET chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_15","022_1_15","ECC","1","15","15","Many things that are crooked cannot be caused to become straight; we cannot count things that do not exist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_16","022_1_16","ECC","1","16","16","I said to myself, “Hey, I am wiser than any of the kings that ruled in Jerusalem before I became the king. I am wiser and I know more than any of them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_17","022_1_17","ECC","1","17","17","So I determined to learn more about being wise and to learn about knowing about many things, and also to learn about doing things that are very foolish DOU. But I found out that trying to understand those things was also useless, like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC1_18","022_1_18","ECC","1","18","18","The wiser I became, the more disappointed I became. The more things I knew about, the sadder I became. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_1","022_2_1","ECC","2","1","1","Then I said to myself, “Okay, I will try to do everything that I enjoy. I will find out whether doing what I enjoy can truly enable me to be happy.” But I found out that doing that was also useless/senseless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_2","022_2_2","ECC","2","2","2","So I said to myself, “It is foolish to laugh all the time, and continually doing what I enjoy does not seem to bring any lasting benefit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_3","022_2_3","ECC","2","3","3","So, after thinking a lot about it, I decided to ◄cheer myself/cause myself to be happy► by drinking a lot of wine. So while I was still trying to be wise, I decided to do things that many people do to be happy during the short time that they are alive on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_4","022_2_4","ECC","2","4","4","I did great things: I caused houses to be built for myself and vineyards to be planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_5","022_2_5","ECC","2","5","5","I told my workers to make gardens and parks. Then I told them to fill the gardens with many kinds of fruit trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_6","022_2_6","ECC","2","6","6","I told them to build reservoirs to store water to irrigate the fruit trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_7","022_2_7","ECC","2","7","7","I bought male and female slaves, and babies who later became my slaves were born in my palace. I also owned more livestock than any of the previous kings in Jerusalem had owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_8","022_2_8","ECC","2","8","8","I also accumulated large amounts of silver and gold that were paid to me from the treasures of kings and rulers of provinces. I hired men and women to sing for me, and I had many ◄concubines/slave wives► who gave me much pleasure EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_9","022_2_9","ECC","2","9","9","So, I became greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_10","022_2_10","ECC","2","10","10","I got everything LIT that I SYN saw and wanted. I did everything LIT that I thought would enable me to be happy. All those things that I SYN enjoyed were like a reward for all my hard work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_11","022_2_11","ECC","2","11","11","But then I thought about all the hard work that I SYN had done to get all those things, and none of it seems to bring any lasting benefit DOU. It was all like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_12","022_2_12","ECC","2","12","12","Then I started to think about being wise, and also about being foolish DOU. I said to myself, “I certainly do not think that RHQ the next king will be able to do anything better than I can.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_13","022_2_13","ECC","2","13","13","And I thought, “Surely it is better to be wise than to be foolish, like light is better than darkness, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_14","022_2_14","ECC","2","14","14","because wise people walk in the daylight and IDM can see where they are going, but foolish people walk in the darkness and cannot see where they are going.” But I also realized that both wise people and foolish people eventually die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_15","022_2_15","ECC","2","15","15","So I said to myself, “I am very wise, but I will die at the end of my life, like foolish people do. So ◄how has it benefited me to be very wise?/it certainly has not benefited me to be very wise RHQ►. I do not understand why people consider that it is valuable to be wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_16","022_2_16","ECC","2","16","16","Wise people and foolish people all die. And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_17","022_2_17","ECC","2","17","17","So I hated being alive, because everything that we do here on the earth MTY distresses me. It all seems to be useless like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_18","022_2_18","ECC","2","18","18","I also began to hate all the hard work that I had done, because when I die, everything that I have acquired will belong to the next king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_19","022_2_19","ECC","2","19","19","And ◄who/no one► knows RHQ whether he will be wise or whether he will be foolish. But even if he is foolish, he will acquire all the things that I worked very hard and wisely to get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_20","022_2_20","ECC","2","20","20","I thought about all the hard work that I had done. It seemed useless, and I became depressed/discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_21","022_2_21","ECC","2","21","21","Some people work wisely and skillfully, using the things that they have learned. But when they die, they leave everything, and someone who has not worked hard acquires those things. And that also seemed to be senseless and caused me to be discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_22","022_2_22","ECC","2","22","22","So, it seems that people do not RHQ get much for all the hard work that they do and for worrying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_23","022_2_23","ECC","2","23","23","Every day the work that they do causes them to experience pain and to be worried. And during the night, their minds are not able to rest. That also is very frustrating. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_24","022_2_24","ECC","2","24","24","So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and also enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_25","022_2_25","ECC","2","25","25","There is absolutely no one RHQ who is able to enjoy those things if God does not give those things to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC2_26","022_2_26","ECC","2","26","26","God enables those who please him to be wise, to know many things, and to enjoy many things. But if sinful people work hard and become rich, God can take their money away from them and give it to those who please him. But that also is something that is difficult for me to understand. Their working hard seems useless, like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_1","022_3_1","ECC","3","1","1","There is a right/correct time for everything, a time for everything that we do in this world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_2","022_3_2","ECC","3","2","2","There is a time to be born, and there is a time to die. There is a time to plant seeds, and there is a time to harvest crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_3","022_3_3","ECC","3","3","3","There is a time to kill people, and there is a time to heal people. There is a time to tear things down, and there is a time to build things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_4","022_3_4","ECC","3","4","4","There is a time to cry, and there is a time to laugh. There is a time to mourn, and there is a time to dance joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_5","022_3_5","ECC","3","5","5","There is a time to throw away stones from a field, and there is a time to gather stones to build walls/houses. There is a time to embrace people, and there is a time to not embrace people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_6","022_3_6","ECC","3","6","6","There is a time to search for things, and there is a time to stop searching for things. There is a time to keep/save things, and there is a time to throw things away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_7","022_3_7","ECC","3","7","7","There is a time to tear our old clothes, and there is a time to mend clothes. There is a time to say nothing, and there is a time when we should speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_8","022_3_8","ECC","3","8","8","There is a time when we should love things that people do, and there is a time when we should hate things that people do. There is a time for war, and there is a time for peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_9","022_3_9","ECC","3","9","9","◄What do people gain from all the work that they do?/It seems that people gain very little from all the work that they do RHQ►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_10","022_3_10","ECC","3","10","10","I have seen the work that God has given people to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_11","022_3_11","ECC","3","11","11","God has appointed a time that is right/correct for everything to happen. He has also caused people to realize that there are things that will endure forever. But in spite of that, no one can completely understand everything that God has done, from the time that he starts doing things until he finishes them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_12","022_3_12","ECC","3","12","12","I know that the best LIT thing for us people to do is to rejoice and to do good things all during the time that we are alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_13","022_3_13","ECC","3","13","13","And I also know that everyone should eat and drink, and enjoy the work that they do. Those are things that God gives to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_14","022_3_14","ECC","3","14","14","I also know that what God does endures forever. No one can add to what God does, and no one can take away from the things that God does. God does those things in order that people would revere him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_15","022_3_15","ECC","3","15","15","Things that exist now have already existed previously, and things that will happen in the future have already happened previously; God causes the same things to happen many times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_16","022_3_16","ECC","3","16","16","Furthermore, I saw that on this earth MTY, even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done, they did many wicked DOU things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_17","022_3_17","ECC","3","17","17","So I said to myself SYN, “God will judge both righteous people and wicked people; there is a time for him to do that, because there is a time for him to do everything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_18","022_3_18","ECC","3","18","18","And regarding humans, I also said to myself, “God is testing us, to show us that in one way people are no different than animals, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_19","022_3_19","ECC","3","19","19","because what happens to people happens to animals. Animals die, and people die. We all must breathe to remain alive. With regard to that, people have no advantage over animals, so I have a difficult time understanding that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_20","022_3_20","ECC","3","20","20","People and animals all die and are buried. We are all made of soil, and when we die, our corpses become soil again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_21","022_3_21","ECC","3","21","21","No one knows RHQ for sure that when we die, our souls/spirits go up to heaven and the souls/spirits of animals go down to the place where the dead are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC3_22","022_3_22","ECC","3","22","22","So I concluded that the best thing for us people to do is to be happy about the work that we do, because that is what God has given to us. I say that because no one of us RHQ knows what happens to us after we die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_1","022_4_1","ECC","4","1","1","I thought some more about all the suffering that people are caused to experience on the earth MTY. I saw the tears of people who were ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► and who had no one to comfort/encourage them. Those who oppressed them had power, and there was absolutely no one who was able to comfort those who were being oppressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_2","022_4_2","ECC","4","2","2","So I thought that those who are already dead are more fortunate than those who are still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_3","022_4_3","ECC","4","3","3","And those who have not been born yet are more fortunate than those who are still alive and those who have died, because those who have not been born have not seen all the evil things that are done on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_4","022_4_4","ECC","4","4","4","I also thought about all the hard work that people do and the skills that they have. And I thought about how they compete with each other because they are envious of others, and I concluded that this also is something that is not accomplishing anything useful, like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_5","022_4_5","ECC","4","5","5","Foolish people refuse to work; they sit idly, with their hands folded, and do not work. So they ruin themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_6","022_4_6","ECC","4","6","6","So I say, “It is better to be content with not having much money, than to work very hard and try to get a lot of money, which is as useless as chasing the wind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_7","022_4_7","ECC","4","7","7","I thought about something else that happens on the earth MTY that seems senseless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_8","022_4_8","ECC","4","8","8","There are men who live alone; they do not have a wife or children or any brothers living with them; every day they work very hard, without stopping, to get a lot of money, but they are never satisfied with the things that they have. They never ask themselves, “Why am I working very hard to earn more money? Why am I not doing things that would cause me to be happy?” What they do also seems senseless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_9","022_4_9","ECC","4","9","9","Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time. If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_10","022_4_10","ECC","4","10","10","If you fall down, he can help you get up again. But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you, because there will be no one to help you stand up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_11","022_4_11","ECC","4","11","11","Similarly, if two people sleep together, they can keep each other warm. But someone who sleeps alone will certainly not RHQ be warm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_12","022_4_12","ECC","4","12","12","Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person, but two people can help each other and ◄resist/defend themselves against► someone who attacks them. Three people can defend themselves even more easily, like a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_13","022_4_13","ECC","4","13","13","A young man who is poor but wise is a better person than a foolish old king who refuses to pay attention when people try to give him good advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_14","022_4_14","ECC","4","14","14","It is possible for a young man like that to succeed and some day become king, even if his parents were poor or even if he was in prison some of the time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_15","022_4_15","ECC","4","15","15","But then some other young man becomes king, and everyone ◄starts to support/is pleased with► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC4_16","022_4_16","ECC","4","16","16","Large crowds of people crowd around him. But after a few years, they will reject him, too. So it is all senseless, like chasing after the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_1","022_5_1","ECC","5","1","1","When you enter God’s temple, you should be sure to listen carefully. Doing that is better than offering sacrifices to God and then not obeying him, which is foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_2","022_5_2","ECC","5","2","2","Think carefully before you speak MTY or before you promise God that you will do something IDM. Do not forget that God is in heaven and he is all-powerful and you are here on the earth, so think carefully before you make any promises to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_3","022_5_3","ECC","5","3","3","If you are continually thinking and worrying about things, you will have bad dreams about them and not rest well. And the more you talk, the more likely it will be that you will say things that are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_4","022_5_4","ECC","5","4","4","When you solemnly promise God that you will do something, do not be foolish by delaying in doing it, because God is not pleased with foolish people. Do all the things that you promise God that you will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_5","022_5_5","ECC","5","5","5","It is better to not promise anything than to promise to do something, and then not doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_6","022_5_6","ECC","5","6","6","Do not sin by promising to do something and then not doing it. And when you promise God to do something and do not do it, do not say to God’s priest that it was a mistake for you to promise to do that. If you do that, God will certainly RHQ become very angry with you, and he will take from you everything that you SYN have worked to acquire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_7","022_5_7","ECC","5","7","7","Promising to do something and not doing it is like SIM a dream that has no value; instead, revere God by doing what you promised him that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_8","022_5_8","ECC","5","8","8","Do not be surprised if you see poor people being ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► by powerful/influential people, or if you see judges making unjust decisions throughout the land. That happens because the people who do that are supervised and cheated by more important officials DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_9","022_5_9","ECC","5","9","9","and even the king forces the people to give him some of the crops that they harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_10","022_5_10","ECC","5","10","10","Everyone who tries to get as much money as they can will never think that they have enough. They will never be satisfied with the money that they have. That also is senseless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_11","022_5_11","ECC","5","11","11","The more money that we have, the more people want us to spend our money to buy things for them. So people who have a lot of money do not RHQ benefit from it; they see MTY it when they get it, but it soon ◄disappears/is completely spent►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_12","022_5_12","ECC","5","12","12","Those who work hard sleep peacefully at night, even if they do not have much food to eat. But rich people do not sleep well, because they worry about their money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_13","022_5_13","ECC","5","13","13","I have seen another terrible thing that happens here on the earth MTY: People save up all their money and become rich, but they are not helped by saving a lot of money, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_14","022_5_14","ECC","5","14","14","because something happens that causes their money to be gone, and when they die, there is no money for their children to get/inherit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_15","022_5_15","ECC","5","15","15","When we are born, we do not bring anything with us, and when we die, we take nothing with us from all that we have earned by our working hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_16","022_5_16","ECC","5","16","16","That also seems senseless. People bring nothing into the world when they are born, and they leave this world taking nothing with them. They have worked hard, but they receive no lasting benefit MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_17","022_5_17","ECC","5","17","17","Furthermore, rich people are always miserable MET and sad, and depressed/discouraged and often sick and ◄resentful/thinking that what has happened to them is unfair►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_18","022_5_18","ECC","5","18","18","So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_19","022_5_19","ECC","5","19","19","If people are rich and have a lot of possessions, and are able to ◄enjoy/be happy with► the things that they have and to enjoy their work, those things are also gifts from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC5_20","022_5_20","ECC","5","20","20","Those people do not worry much about everything that has happened during the time that they have been alive, because God enables them to be happy doing everything that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_1","022_6_1","ECC","6","1","1","I have seen something else here on this earth that troubles people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_2","022_6_2","ECC","6","2","2","God enables some people to get a lot of money and possessions and to be honored; they have everything LIT that they want. But God sometimes does not allow them to continue to enjoy those things. Someone else gets them and enjoys them. That seems senseless and unfair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_3","022_6_3","ECC","6","3","3","Someone might have 100 children and live for many years. But if he is not able to enjoy the things that he has acquired, and if he is not buried properly after he dies, I say that a child that is dead when it is born is more fortunate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_4","022_6_4","ECC","6","4","4","That dead baby’s birth is meaningless; it does not even have a name. It goes directly to the place where there is only darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_5","022_6_5","ECC","6","5","5","It does not live to see the sun or know anything. But it finds more rest than rich people do who are alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_6","022_6_6","ECC","6","6","6","Even if people could live for 2,000 years, if they do not enjoy the things that God gives to them, it would have been better for them never to have been born. All people who live a long time certainly RHQ all go to the same place— to the grave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_7","022_6_7","ECC","6","7","7","People work hard to earn enough money to buy food to eat MTY, but often they never get enough to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_8","022_6_8","ECC","6","8","8","So it seems that RHQ wise people do not receive more lasting benefits than foolish people do. And it seems that RHQ poor people do not benefit from knowing how to conduct their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_9","022_6_9","ECC","6","9","9","It is better to enjoy the things that we already have MTY than to constantly want more things; continually wanting more things is senseless, like chasing the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_10","022_6_10","ECC","6","10","10","All the things that exist on the earth have been given names. And everyone knows what people are like, so it is useless to argue with someone (OR, with God) who is stronger than we are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_11","022_6_11","ECC","6","11","11","The more that we talk, the more often we say things that are senseless, so it certainly does not RHQ benefit us to talk a lot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC6_12","022_6_12","ECC","6","12","12","We live for only a short time; we disappear like SIM a shadow disappears in the sunlight. No one RHQ knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one RHQ knows what will happen to us after we die EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_1","022_7_1","ECC","7","1","1","Having a good reputation MTY is better than fine perfume, and the day that we die is better than the day that we are born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_2","022_7_2","ECC","7","2","2","It is better to go to a house where people are mourning about someone who has died than to go to a house where people are feasting, because everyone will die some day, and people who are alive should think seriously IDM about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_3","022_7_3","ECC","7","3","3","It is better to be sad than to be always laughing, because being sad can cause us to think more about how we should conduct our lives IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_4","022_7_4","ECC","7","4","4","Wise people who go to where others are mourning think about the fact that some day they also will die, but foolish people PRS do not think about that; they are always MTY laughing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_5","022_7_5","ECC","7","5","5","It is better to pay attention to someone who is wise rebuking you than to listen to the songs of a foolish person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_6","022_7_6","ECC","7","6","6","By listening to foolish people laughing we will not learn any more than by listening to the crackling of thorns being burned under a pot. Listening to fools is senseless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_7","022_7_7","ECC","7","7","7","When wise people say to others, “You must pay me a lot of money for me to protect you,” that causes those wise people to become foolish, and accepting bribes causes people to become unable to do what is fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_8","022_7_8","ECC","7","8","8","Finishing something is better than starting something, and being patient is better than being proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_9","022_7_9","ECC","7","9","9","Do not quickly ◄lose your temper/react to things angrily►, because it is foolish people SYN who become very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_10","022_7_10","ECC","7","10","10","Do not say, “Things were a lot better RHQ previously,” because it is people who are not wise who say that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_11","022_7_11","ECC","7","11","11","Being wise is better than inheriting valuable things; being wise provides lasting benefits for every person on the earth MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_12","022_7_12","ECC","7","12","12","We are sometimes protected by being wise like we are sometimes protected by having a lot of money, but being wise is better than having a lot of money, because being wise prevents us from doing foolish things that would cause us to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_13","022_7_13","ECC","7","13","13","Think carefully about what God has done. Certainly no one can RHQ cause to become straight the things that God has caused to be crooked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_14","022_7_14","ECC","7","14","14","When things are going well for you, be happy, and when things are not going well for you, remember that God is the one who causes good things to happen and who also causes disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_15","022_7_15","ECC","7","15","15","During all the time that I have been alive I have seen a lot of HYP things that seem senseless. I have seen righteous people die while they are still young, and I have seen wicked people remain alive for a very long time in spite of their continuing to be wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_16","022_7_16","ECC","7","16","16","So do not think that you are very righteous and do not think that you are very wise, because if you think those things, you will destroy yourself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_17","022_7_17","ECC","7","17","17","If you do what is evil or do what is foolish, you might die while you are still young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_18","022_7_18","ECC","7","18","18","Continue to avoid doing what is evil and doing what is foolish; avoid doing both of those things by continually revering God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_19","022_7_19","ECC","7","19","19","If you are wise, you will be more powerful/influential than the ten most powerful/influential men in your city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_20","022_7_20","ECC","7","20","20","There is no one in this world who always does what is right and who never sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_21","022_7_21","ECC","7","21","21","Do not pay attention IDM to everything that people say, because if you do that, you might hear your servant cursing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_22","022_7_22","ECC","7","22","22","You know that you have also cursed other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_23","022_7_23","ECC","7","23","23","I said to myself that I would use my wisdom to study all the things that I have written about, but I was not able to do it successfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_24","022_7_24","ECC","7","24","24","Wisdom seems to be far from me; there is no one RHQ who can truly understand everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_25","022_7_25","ECC","7","25","25","But I decided to investigate things and by my wisdom try to understand the reason for everything. I also wanted to understand why people act wickedly and why they act very foolishly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_26","022_7_26","ECC","7","26","26","One thing I learned was that ◄allowing a woman to seduce you/having sex with a woman to whom you are not married► is worse than dying. A woman who tries to seduce men is as dangerous as a trap MET. If you allow her to put her arms around you, it will be as though she will be fastening you with chains. Women like that will capture sinful men, but men who please God will escape from such women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_27","022_7_27","ECC","7","27","27","This is what I have learned: I tried to learn more and more about things to try to find out the reason for everything, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_28","022_7_28","ECC","7","28","28","and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find all that I was searching for. But one thing that I found out was that among 1,000 people I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC7_29","022_7_29","ECC","7","29","29","But I did learn one thing: When God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to do many evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_1","022_8_1","ECC","8","1","1","I will tell you about those who are truly wise RHQ with the result that they can explain why everything happens. Being wise enables people to be happy MTY and enables them to smile. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_2","022_8_2","ECC","8","2","2","You solemnly promised God that you would obey what the king commands, so do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_3","022_8_3","ECC","8","3","3","Do not quickly disobey the king. And do not join those who want to rebel against him, because the king will do what he wants to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_4","022_8_4","ECC","8","4","4","We need to obey what the king says more than we need to obey what anyone else says; no one can say to the king, “◄Why are you doing that?/You should not be doing that.► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_5","022_8_5","ECC","8","5","5","If you obey what the king commands, he will not harm you. So be wise, and know the correct/right time to do things and the right way to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_6","022_8_6","ECC","8","6","6","Although people experience many troubles/difficulties, there is a right/correct time to do things, and there is a right/correct way to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_7","022_8_7","ECC","8","7","7","No one knows what will happen in the future, so there is no one RHQ who can tell us what is going to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_8","022_8_8","ECC","8","8","8","We cannot control the wind, and we cannot control when we will die. Soldiers are not permitted to go home during a battle, and evil people will not be saved by doing what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_9","022_8_9","ECC","8","9","9","I thought about all those things, and I thought about all HYP the other things that happen on this earth. I saw that sometimes people cause those whom they control to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_10","022_8_10","ECC","8","10","10","I also saw that sometimes after evil people die, they are highly honored at their funerals by the people in the cities where they had done evil deeds. It seemed to be difficult to understand why that happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_11","022_8_11","ECC","8","11","11","If evil people are not immediately punished, it causes other people SYN to also want to do evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_12","022_8_12","ECC","8","12","12","But even if sinful people commit 100 crimes, and even if they live for a long time, I know that things will go better for those who greatly respect and revere God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_13","022_8_13","ECC","8","13","13","I also know that things will not go well go for those who are evil, because they do not revere God. Shadows do not last a long time. Similarly SIM, evil people will not live a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_14","022_8_14","ECC","8","14","14","Another thing that sometimes happens on this earth is that bad things happen to righteous people, and good things happen to evil people. It is difficult to understand why that happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_15","022_8_15","ECC","8","15","15","So I decided that I would recommend that people be happy while they are alive, because the best thing that people can do here on this earth is to eat and drink and be happy. Enjoying doing those things will help people while they do their work, all the time that God has given to them to remain alive here on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_16","022_8_16","ECC","8","16","16","I thought about being wise and about people who work very hard, working day and night and not taking time to sleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC8_17","022_8_17","ECC","8","17","17","Then I thought about everything HYP that God has done, and I realized that no one can understand everything that happens here on this earth. Truly, people are not able to fully understand everything that God understands, even if they try hard to do that. Even if wise people claim that they understand it all, they cannot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_1","022_9_1","ECC","9","1","1","I thought about all those things, and I concluded that God controls what happens to everyone, even those who are wise and those who are righteous. No one knows whether others will love them or whether they will hate them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_2","022_9_2","ECC","9","2","2","But we know that some time in the future we will all die; it does not matter whether we act righteously or wickedly, whether we are good or whether we are bad, whether we are acceptable for worshiping God or whether we have done things to cause us to be unacceptable; it does not matter if we offer sacrifices to God or if we do not; it does not matter if we do what we have promised God that we will do or if we do not; we all die. The same thing will happen to good people and to sinful people, to those who solemnly promise to do things for God and to those who are afraid to make such promises. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_3","022_9_3","ECC","9","3","3","It seems wrong that the same thing happens to everyone on this earth: Everyone dies EUP. Furthermore, people’s inner beings are full of evil. People do foolish things while they are alive, and then they die and join those who are already dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_4","022_9_4","ECC","9","4","4","While we are alive, we confidently expect that good things will happen to us. We despise dogs, but it is better to be a dog that is alive than to be a majestic lion that is dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_5","022_9_5","ECC","9","5","5","We who are alive know that some day we will die, but dead people do not know anything. Dead people do not receive any more rewards, and people soon forget them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_6","022_9_6","ECC","9","6","6","While they were alive, they loved some people, they hated some people, they envied some people, but that all ends when they die. They will never again be a part of anything that happens here on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_7","022_9_7","ECC","9","7","7","So I say, be joyful DOU while you eat your food and drink your wine, because that is what God wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_8","022_9_8","ECC","9","8","8","Wear nice MTY clothes and make your face look nice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_9","022_9_9","ECC","9","9","9","Enjoy living with your wife whom you love, all during the time that God has given to you to be alive here on this earth. And even though it is difficult to understand why many things happen, enjoy doing the work that you do here on this earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_10","022_9_10","ECC","9","10","10","Whatever you are able to do, do it with all your energy, because some time you will die, and in the place of the dead where you are going, no one works or plans to do anything or knows anything or is wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_11","022_9_11","ECC","9","11","11","I have seen something else here on the earth: The person who runs fastest does not always win the race, the strongest soldiers do not always win the battle, the wisest people do not always have food, the smartest people do not always become rich, and people who have studied a lot are not always ◄honored/treated very specially► by others; we cannot always control what things will happen to us and where they will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_12","022_9_12","ECC","9","12","12","No one knows when he will die EUP; fish are cruelly caught in a net, and birds are caught in snares/traps; similarly SIM, people experience disasters at times when they do not expect them to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_13","022_9_13","ECC","9","13","13","Once I saw something that a wise man did that impressed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_14","022_9_14","ECC","9","14","14","There was a small town, where only a few people lived. The army of a great king came to that town and surrounded it. They built dirt ramps up against the walls in order to climb up and attack the town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_15","022_9_15","ECC","9","15","15","In that town there was a man who was poor but very wise. Because of doing what that man suggested, the town was saved; but people soon forgot about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_16","022_9_16","ECC","9","16","16","So I realized that although being wise is better than being strong, if you are poor, no one will appreciate what you do, and people will soon forget what you said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_17","022_9_17","ECC","9","17","17","Speaking quietly what is very wise is much more sensible than a king shouting to foolish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC9_18","022_9_18","ECC","9","18","18","Being wise is more useful than a lot of weapons; but if you do one foolish thing, it is possible that because of doing that, you will ruin all the good things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_1","022_10_1","ECC","10","1","1","A few dead flies in a bottle of perfume cause all the perfume to stink. Similarly SIM, a small amount of acting foolishly can have a greater effect than acting wisely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_2","022_10_2","ECC","10","2","2","If people think sensibly, it will lead them to do what is right; if they think foolishly, it causes them to do what is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_3","022_10_3","ECC","10","3","3","Even while foolish people walk along the road, they show that they do not have good sense; they show everyone that they are not wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_4","022_10_4","ECC","10","4","4","Do not quit working for a ruler when he is angry with you; if you remain calm, he will probably stop being angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_5","022_10_5","ECC","10","5","5","There is something else that I have seen here on this earth, something that rulers sometimes do that is wrong/inappropriate: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_6","022_10_6","ECC","10","6","6","They appoint foolish people to have important positions, while they appoint rich people to have unimportant positions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_7","022_10_7","ECC","10","7","7","They allow slaves to ride on horses like rich people usually do, but they force officials to walk like slaves usually do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_8","022_10_8","ECC","10","8","8","It is possible that those who dig pits will fall into one of those pits. It is possible that someone who tears down a wall will be bitten by a snake that is in that wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_9","022_10_9","ECC","10","9","9","If you work in a quarry, it is possible that a stone will fall on you and injure you. It is possible that men who split logs will be injured by one of those logs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_10","022_10_10","ECC","10","10","10","If your axe is not sharp DOU, you will need to work harder to cut down a tree, but by being wise, you will succeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_11","022_10_11","ECC","10","11","11","If a snake bites a man before he charms/tames it, his ability to charm snakes will not benefit him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_12","022_10_12","ECC","10","12","12","Wise people say MTY what is sensible, and because of that, people honor them; but foolish people are destroyed by what they say MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_13","022_10_13","ECC","10","13","13","When foolish people start to talk, they say things that are foolish, and they end by saying things that are both wicked and foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_14","022_10_14","ECC","10","14","14","They talk ◄too much/without ceasing►. None of us knows what will happen in the future, or what will happen after we die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_15","022_10_15","ECC","10","15","15","Foolish people become so exhausted by the work that they do that they are unable to find the road to their town/homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_16","022_10_16","ECC","10","16","16","Terrible things will happen to the people of a nation whose ruler is a foolish young man, and whose other leaders continually eat, all day long, every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_17","022_10_17","ECC","10","17","17","But a nation will prosper if its ruler is from a ◄noble/well-educated► family, and if its other leaders feast only at the proper times, and if they eat and drink only to be strong, not to become drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_18","022_10_18","ECC","10","18","18","Some men are very lazy and do not repair the rafters, with the result that the rafters sag and collapse; and if they do not repair the roof, water will leak into the house when it rains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_19","022_10_19","ECC","10","19","19","Eating food and drinking wine causes us to laugh and be happy, but we are able to enjoy those things only if we have money to buy them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC10_20","022_10_20","ECC","10","20","20","Do not even think about cursing the king, or cursing rich people, even when you are alone in your bedroom, because it is possible that a little bird will hear what you are saying, and tell those people what you said about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_1","022_11_1","ECC","11","1","1","Give generously to others some of the money MET that you have; if you do that, later you will get back an equal amount. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_2","022_11_2","ECC","11","2","2","Share some of what you have with ◄seven or eight/several► others, because you do not know when you will experience a disaster, and if you give some of what you have to others, when you experience that disaster, they will kindly help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_3","022_11_3","ECC","11","3","3","It is always true that when clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Similarly, wherever a tree falls on the ground, that is where it will remain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_4","022_11_4","ECC","11","4","4","If farmers see in what direction the wind is blowing, they will know whether it is wise at that time to plant things or not. It is also true that if farmers look at the clouds and see that they are blowing from the west, which means that it will probably rain, they will not try to harvest their crops on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_5","022_11_5","ECC","11","5","5","We do not know where the wind comes from or where it goes, and we do not know how bodies are formed in women’s wombs. Similarly SIM, God is the one who made everything, and we cannot fully understand what God does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_6","022_11_6","ECC","11","6","6","Start planting your seeds in the morning, and do not stop planting them until the evening, because you do not know which ones will grow better, the ones you plant in the morning or the ones you plant later in the day, or whether both will grow well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_7","022_11_7","ECC","11","7","7","It is very delightful to be alive and see MTY the sun rise every morning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_8","022_11_8","ECC","11","8","8","Even if people live for many years, they should enjoy all of them. But they should not forget that some day they will die and then they will never be able to see any light again, and we do not know what will happen to us after we die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_9","022_11_9","ECC","11","9","9","You young people, be happy while you are still young. Enjoy IDM doing the things that you want to do. But do not forget that some day God will judge you concerning all the things that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC11_10","022_11_10","ECC","11","10","10","So when you are young MTY, do not worry about anything, and do not pay attention to the pains that you have in your body, because we will not remain young and strong forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_1","022_12_1","ECC","12","1","1","While you are still young, keep thinking about God, who created you. Do that before you are old and you experience many troubles, during the years when you say “I no longer enjoy being alive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_2","022_12_2","ECC","12","2","2","When you become old, the light from the sun and moon and stars will seem dim to you, and it will seem that the rain clouds always return quickly after it rains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_3","022_12_3","ECC","12","3","3","Then your arms that you use to protect MET your bodies will shake/tremble, and your legs that support MET your bodies will become weak. Many of your teeth that you use to grind/chew your food will fall out, and your eyes that you use to look out of windows will not see clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_4","022_12_4","ECC","12","4","4","Your ears MET will not hear the noise in the streets, and you will not be able to hear clearly the sound of people grinding grain with millstones. You will be awakened in the morning by hearing the birds singing/chirping, but you will not be able to hear well the songs that ◄the birds/people► sing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_5","022_12_5","ECC","12","5","5","You will be afraid to be in high places and afraid of dangers on the roads that you walk on. Your hair will become white like MET the flowers of almond trees. When you try to walk, you will drag yourself along like MET grasshoppers, and you will no longer desire to have sex. Then you will die and go to your eternal home, and people who will mourn for you will be in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_6","022_12_6","ECC","12","6","6","Think much about God now, because soon our lives will end, like MET silver chains or golden bowls that break easily, or like pitchers/jugs that are broken at the water fountain, or like broken pulleys at a well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_7","022_12_7","ECC","12","7","7","Then our corpses will decay and become dirt again, and our spirits will return to God, the one who gave us our spirits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_8","022_12_8","ECC","12","8","8","So I say again that it is difficult to understand why everything happens; everything is mysterious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_9","022_12_9","ECC","12","9","9","I was considered to be a very wise man, and I taught the people many things. I assembled/collected and wrote down many proverbs, and I carefully thought about and studied them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_10","022_12_10","ECC","12","10","10","I searched for the right words, and what I have written is reliable and true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_11","022_12_11","ECC","12","11","11","The things that I and other wise people say teach people what they should do; they are like SIM ◄goads/sharp sticks that people use to strike animals to direct where they should go►. They are like SIM nails that stick out of pieces of wood. They are given to us by God, who is like MET our shepherd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_12","022_12_12","ECC","12","12","12","So, my son, pay careful attention to what I have written, and choose carefully what you read that others have written, because writing proverbs/books is endless, and trying to study them all will cause you to become exhausted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_13","022_12_13","ECC","12","13","13","Now you have heard all that I have told you, and here is the conclusion: Revere God, and obey his commandments, because those commandments summarize everything that people should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EC12_14","022_12_14","ECC","12","14","14","And do not forget that God will judge everything that we do, good things and bad things, even things that we do secretly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_1","023_1_1","SNG","1","1","1","This is King Solomon’s most beautiful song. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_2","023_1_2","SNG","1","2","2","Kiss me on my lips, because your love for me is more delightful than wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_3","023_1_3","SNG","1","3","3","The fragrance of the cologne on your skin is very sweet/pleasing CHI. And your reputation is very good and spreads, like SIM the fragrance of the special oil spread on your skin. That is why the other young women are attracted to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_4","023_1_4","SNG","1","4","4","Take me quickly; take me to your home. It is as though you are my king; take me into your room. We are very happy DOU about you; we say that your love for each other is better than wine. It is not surprising that the other young women adore you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_5","023_1_5","SNG","1","5","5","You women of Jerusalem, I am dark but beautiful; my dark skin is like SIM the tents in Kedar, or like the beautiful curtains in Solomon’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_6","023_1_6","SNG","1","6","6","But do not stare at me because of the sun having caused my skin to become dark; my brothers were angry with me, so they forced me to work out in the sunshine in the vineyards, so I was not able to take good care of my body/skin CHI, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_7","023_1_7","SNG","1","7","7","You whom I SYN love, where will you take your flock of sheep today? Where will you allow them to rest at noontime? I want to know because it is not right RHQ for me to wander around like a prostitute looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_8","023_1_8","SNG","1","8","8","You who are the most beautiful of all the women, if you search for me and do not know where I will take my sheep, follow the tracks/footprints of the sheep. Then allow your young goats to ◄graze/eat grass► near the shepherds’ tents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_9","023_1_9","SNG","1","9","9","You are beautiful, my darling, like the young female horse that pulls the chariot of the king of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_10","023_1_10","SNG","1","10","10","Your cheeks are decorated with jewelry, and there are strings of beads/pearls around your neck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_11","023_1_11","SNG","1","11","11","We will make for you some gold earrings that are decorated/inlaid with silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_12","023_1_12","SNG","1","12","12","While the king was on his couch, the smell of my perfume spread around the room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_13","023_1_13","SNG","1","13","13","The man who loves me is as delightful as MET a ◄sachet/small cloth bag► of myrrh between my breasts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_14","023_1_14","SNG","1","14","14","He is like MET a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En-Gedi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_15","023_1_15","SNG","1","15","15","You whom I love, you are beautiful; you are very beautiful! Your eyes are as delightful/charming as doves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_16","023_1_16","SNG","1","16","16","You who love me, you are very delightful/handsome, you are wonderful! This green grass will be like a couch where we lie down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS1_17","023_1_17","SNG","1","17","17","Branches of cedar trees will shade us; it is as though branches of juniper/pine trees will be like MET a roof over our heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_1","023_2_1","SNG","2","1","1","I am like MET a flower/rose from the Sharon Plain, and like MET a lily that grows in a valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_2","023_2_2","SNG","2","2","2","Among the other young women, the one whom I love is like MET a lily growing among thorns! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_3","023_2_3","SNG","2","3","3","And among the other men, you, the man who loves me, are like MET an apple/fruit tree that grows in the forest. You are like a tree whose shadow protects me from the sun, and your being close to me EUP is like MET eating sweet fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_4","023_2_4","SNG","2","4","4","You led me to the ◄banquet room/room where we could make love►, and it is evident that you love me very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_5","023_2_5","SNG","2","5","5","Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemaking like I am refreshed by eating MET, EUP raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_6","023_2_6","SNG","2","6","6","Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_7","023_2_7","SNG","2","7","7","You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_8","023_2_8","SNG","2","8","8","I hear the voice of the man who loves me. It is as though MET he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_9","023_2_9","SNG","2","9","9","like SIM a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the ◄lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_10","023_2_10","SNG","2","10","10","He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me CHI! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_11","023_2_11","SNG","2","11","11","Look, the ◄winter/cold season► is ended; the rain has stopped; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_12","023_2_12","SNG","2","12","12","flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_13","023_2_13","SNG","2","13","13","There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_14","023_2_14","SNG","2","14","14","You are like MET a dove that is hiding far from me in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely CHI.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_15","023_2_15","SNG","2","15","15","There are other men who are like MET little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow those men to attack me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_16","023_2_16","SNG","2","16","16","You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you experience pleasure when you kiss my lips like MET a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS2_17","023_2_17","SNG","2","17","17","You who love me, come and be like SIM a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn tomorrow morning, when the darkness fades. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_1","023_3_1","SNG","3","1","1","All through the night while I lay on my bed, I longed for the one whom I love. I desired for him to come, but he did not come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_2","023_3_2","SNG","3","2","2","So I said to myself, “I will get up now and walk around the city, through the streets and plazas, to search for the one whom I love.” So I got up and searched for him, but I could not find him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_3","023_3_3","SNG","3","3","3","The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling/walking around the city. I asked them, “Have you seen the one whom I love?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_4","023_3_4","SNG","3","4","4","As soon as I walked past them, I found the one whom I love. I clung to him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room where my mother had conceived me (OR, where I was born). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_5","023_3_5","SNG","3","5","5","You women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_6","023_3_6","SNG","3","6","6","Who is it that is coming from the desert, who is stirring up dust like a column of smoke from burning myrrh and incense made from spices imported by merchants? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_7","023_3_7","SNG","3","7","7","It is Solomon, sitting in his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_8","023_3_8","SNG","3","8","8","They all have swords and they all ◄are trained to/know well how to► use them. Each one has his sword strapped to his side and is prepared to defend Solomon from dangers that might occur even during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_9","023_3_9","SNG","3","9","9","King Solomon commanded his servants to make that portable chair for him; it was made with wood from Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_10","023_3_10","SNG","3","10","10","The canopy that covered it was ◄held up/supported► by posts made of silver, and the back of the chair was embroidered with gold. The seat/cushion was covered with purple cloth lovingly made/woven by the women of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS3_11","023_3_11","SNG","3","11","11","You women of Jerusalem, come and look at King Solomon wearing the headdress that his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, the day when he SYN was very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_1","023_4_1","SNG","4","1","1","My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are as gentle as MET doves. Your long black hair moves from side to side like SIM a flock of black goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_2","023_4_2","SNG","4","2","2","Your teeth are very white like SIM a flock of sheep whose wool has just been ◄shorn/cut off► and that have come up from being washed in a stream. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_3","023_4_3","SNG","4","3","3","Your lips are like SIM a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your round, rosy/red cheeks are like SIM the halves of a pomegranate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_4","023_4_4","SNG","4","4","4","Your long neck is beautiful like SIM the tower of King David that was built using layers/rows of stone. The ornaments on your necklaces are like 1,000 HYP shields that are hanging on the walls of a tower; each one belongs to a warrior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_5","023_4_5","SNG","4","5","5","Your breasts are as beautiful SIM as two ◄fawns/young gazelles► that eat grass among lilies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_6","023_4_6","SNG","4","6","6","Until dawn tomorrow morning and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will lie close to your breasts that are like MET hills that are covered with incense DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_7","023_4_7","SNG","4","7","7","My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly formed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_8","023_4_8","SNG","4","8","8","My bride, it is as though you are in MET Lebanon far away, where I cannot reach you; come back to me. It is as though you are inaccessible MET on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_9","023_4_9","SNG","4","9","9","My bride DOU, you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection IDM by only once quickly looking at me, and by one strand of jewels in your necklace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_10","023_4_10","SNG","4","10","10","My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_11","023_4_11","SNG","4","11","11","Being kissed by you is as enjoyable as eating MTY honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk mixed with honey. The aroma of your clothes is like SIM the aroma of cedar trees in Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_12","023_4_12","SNG","4","12","12","My bride, you who are dearer to me than MET my sister, you are like MET a garden that is locked in order that other men cannot enter it; you are like MET a spring or a fountain that is covered in order that others may not drink from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_13","023_4_13","SNG","4","13","13","You are like MET an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of plants that produce henna and nard spices, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_14","023_4_14","SNG","4","14","14","and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many other fine spices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_15","023_4_15","SNG","4","15","15","You are like MET a fountain in a garden, like MET a spring of clear water that flows down from the mountains of Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS4_16","023_4_16","SNG","4","16","16","I want the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, in order that the fragrance of the spices will spread through the air. Similarly, I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy cuddling up to me like MET, EUP someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit that grows there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_1","023_5_1","SNG","5","1","1","My bride, you who are dearer to me than my sister, I have come to cuddle up to you MET, EUP; it will be as though I will be gathering myrrh with my other spices, and eating my honey and my honeycomb, and drinking my wine and my milk. You two who love each other, enjoy your lovemaking; enjoy all that you want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_2","023_5_2","SNG","5","2","2","I was partially asleep, but my mind was still awake. Then I heard the one who loves me knocking at the door. He said, “My darling, you who are dearer to me than my sister, my dear friend, my perfect one, my dove MET, open the door for me! My hair is wet from the dew, from the mist that has fallen during the night.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_3","023_5_3","SNG","5","3","3","But I had already taken off my robe; I did not RHQ want to put it on again to open the door. I had already washed my feet; I did not RHQ want them to become dirty again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_4","023_5_4","SNG","5","4","4","The one who loves me put his hand through the opening in the wall, and I was thrilled that he was there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_5","023_5_5","SNG","5","5","5","I got up to open the door for the one who loves me, but first I put a lot of myrrh on my hands. The myrrh was dripping from my fingers while I unlatched the bolt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_6","023_5_6","SNG","5","6","6","I opened the door for the man who loves me, but he had left. He had turned away and was gone! I was very disappointed IDM; I searched for him, but I could not find him. I called him, but he did not answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_7","023_5_7","SNG","5","7","7","The city watchmen saw me while they were walking around the city. They beat me and wounded me because they thought I must be a prostitute; those men who were guarding the city walls took my robe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_8","023_5_8","SNG","5","8","8","You young women of Jerusalem, I plead with you, if you see the man who loves me, tell him DOU that I am very disappointed that we did not make love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_9","023_5_9","SNG","5","9","9","You who are the ◄fairest/most beautiful► among women, why do you think that the one who loves you is better than other men? In what way is the man who loves you better than other men with the result that you ask us to tell him that? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_10","023_5_10","SNG","5","10","10","The man who loves me is handsome and healthy, ◄outstanding among/better than► ◄10,000/an uncountable number of► other men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_11","023_5_11","SNG","5","11","11","His head is beautiful, like MET purest gold; his hair is wavy and as black as SIM a raven/crow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_12","023_5_12","SNG","5","12","12","His eyes are as gentle as SIM doves along the streams; the white parts of his eyes are as white as MET milk, with what resembles jewels inlaid in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_13","023_5_13","SNG","5","13","13","His cheeks are like SIM a garden full of spice trees that produce sweet-smelling perfume. His lips are like SIM lilies that have myrrh/perfume dripping from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_14","023_5_14","SNG","5","14","14","His arms are like MET gold bars/rods that are decorated with precious stones/jewels. His body is like SIM a column/pillar of ivory that is decorated with ◄sapphires/valuable blue stones►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_15","023_5_15","SNG","5","15","15","His legs are like MET pillars of marble that are set in bases made of pure gold. He is majestic, like the mountains of SIM Lebanon, as delightful/beautiful as SIM cedar trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS5_16","023_5_16","SNG","5","16","16","His kisses MTY are extremely sweet; he is very handsome. You young women of Jerusalem, all that tells you why the one who loves me and who is my friend is better than other men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_1","023_6_1","SNG","6","1","1","You who are the most beautiful of all the women, where has the one who loves you gone? If you tell us which RHQ direction he went, we will go with you to search for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_2","023_6_2","SNG","6","2","2","The one who loves me has now come to me, who am like MET, EUP his garden, He has come to enjoy my ◄charms/physical attractions► which are like MET, EUP spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me EUP, MET, and kissing my lips, which are like MET lilies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_3","023_6_3","SNG","6","3","3","I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me; he enjoys kissing my lips like MET a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_4","023_6_4","SNG","6","4","4","My darling, you are beautiful, like SIM Tirzah the capital city of Israel and Jerusalem the capital city of Judah are beautiful; you are as exciting MET as a group/battalion of troops holding up their banners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_5","023_6_5","SNG","6","5","5","Quit looking at me like that, because your eyes excite me very much. Your long black hair moves from side to side like SIM a flock of black goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_6","023_6_6","SNG","6","6","6","Your teeth are very white like SIM a flock of sheep whose wool has just been shorn and that have come up from being washed in a stream. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_7","023_6_7","SNG","6","7","7","Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like SIM the halves of a pomegranate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_8","023_6_8","SNG","6","8","8","Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 ◄concubines/slave wives► and more young women than anyone can count, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_9","023_6_9","SNG","6","9","9","none of them would be like my dove, who is perfect, you who are your mother’s only daughter, whom your mother considers to be very precious. Other young women who see you say that you are fortunate, and the queens and concubines recognize that you are very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_10","023_6_10","SNG","6","10","10","Who is RHQ this woman who is as delightful as SIM the dawn, as fair/delightful to look at as the light of the moon, as exciting as a group/battalion of troops holding up their banners? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_11","023_6_11","SNG","6","11","11","I went down to some walnut trees to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley. I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded or if the pomegranate trees were blooming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_12","023_6_12","SNG","6","12","12","But before I realized it, my desire to make love caused me to be as excited as a prince riding in a chariot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS6_13","023_6_13","SNG","6","13","13","You who are the perfect one, come back to us, in order that we may see you! Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect, like SIM you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_1","023_7_1","SNG","7","1","1","You who are the daughter of a prince/king, you have lovely feet in your sandals. Your curved hips/thighs are like SIM jewels that have been made by a ◄skilled craftsman/man who shapes jewels very well►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_2","023_7_2","SNG","7","2","2","Your navel is like MET a round bowl that is always full of wine mixed with spices. Your waist is like SIM a mound/bundle of wheat with lilies growing around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_3","023_7_3","SNG","7","3","3","Your breasts are as as beautiful as SIM two ◄fawns/young gazelles►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_4","023_7_4","SNG","7","4","4","Your neck is like SIM a tower made of ivory. Your eyes sparkle/shine like MET the pools in Heshbon city, near the Bath-Rabbim gate. Your nose is is as lovely as SIM the tower of Lebanon which faces toward Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_5","023_7_5","SNG","7","5","5","Your head is majestic like SIM Carmel Mountain. Your long hair is shiny SIM and black; it is as though I, your king, am captured by your tresses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_6","023_7_6","SNG","7","6","6","You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_7","023_7_7","SNG","7","7","7","You are stately like SIM a palm tree, and your breasts are like SIM clusters/bunches of dates/fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_8","023_7_8","SNG","7","8","8","I said to myself, “I will climb that palm tree and take hold of those clusters of dates.” To me, your breasts are like clusters of grapes that I can feel and your breath is like the sweet fragrance of apples ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_9","023_7_9","SNG","7","9","9","and your kisses are like very good wine. My kisses MTY go to the one who loves me and flow like wine over his lips and his teeth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_10","023_7_10","SNG","7","10","10","I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_11","023_7_11","SNG","7","11","11","You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_12","023_7_12","SNG","7","12","12","And let’s go early to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded and if there are blossoms on them that have opened, and to see if the pomegranate trees are blooming, and there I will make love to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS7_13","023_7_13","SNG","7","13","13","The mandrakes/love-apples are producing a fragrant odor, and we are surrounded by delightful pleasures MET, EUP, new ones and old ones, pleasures that I have been saving to give to you, who love me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_1","023_8_1","SNG","8","1","1","I wish that you were my brother who ◄nursed at/drank milk from► my mother’s breasts when you were a baby, because, if you were my brother, if I saw you when you were outside the house, I could kiss you, and no one would say that my doing that was wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_2","023_8_2","SNG","8","2","2","No one would object if I led you to my mother’s house, to where my mother, who taught me many things, lives. I would like to take you to my mother’s house because I would like to make love to you EUP, and that would be as delightful as MET juice squeezed from pomegranates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_3","023_8_3","SNG","8","3","3","You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_4","023_8_4","SNG","8","4","4","I would say to you women of Jerusalem, “Solemnly promise me that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_5","023_8_5","SNG","8","5","5","Who is that woman who is coming up from the desert, ◄leaning on/clinging close to► the man who loves her? I woke you up when you were under the apple tree at the place where your mother conceived you, which is the same place where she gave birth to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_6","023_8_6","SNG","8","6","6","Keep me close to you, like SIM a seal on your heart, or like SIM a bracelet on your arm. Our love for each other is as powerful as death, it is as enduring as the grave. It is as though our love for each other bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_7","023_8_7","SNG","8","7","7","Nothing can extinguish our love for each other, not even a flood. If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house, she would refuse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_8","023_8_8","SNG","8","8","8","We have a younger sister, and her breasts are still small. So this is RHQ what we should do for her on the day that we promise some young man that he can marry her: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_9","023_8_9","SNG","8","9","9","If her chest is flat like MET a wall, we will decorate it by putting silver jewels that are like MET towers on it. Or, if she is flat like MET a door, we will decorate her with bits/pieces of cedar wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_10","023_8_10","SNG","8","10","10","My chest was previously flat like MET a wall, but now my breasts are big like SIM towers. So the one who loves me is delighted with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_11","023_8_11","SNG","8","11","11","King Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon, and he rented it to people for them to take care of it. He required each one to pay him 1,000 pieces of silver each year for the grapes that they harvested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_12","023_8_12","SNG","8","12","12","But my body is like MET my own vineyard, and Solomon, I am giving it to you. You do not need to pay me 1,000 pieces of silver to enjoy my body, but I will give 200 pieces of silver to those who take care of me MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_13","023_8_13","SNG","8","13","13","You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; so allow me to hear it, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("SS8_14","023_8_14","SNG","8","14","14","You who love me, come to me quickly; run to me MET, EUP as fast as SIM a gazelle or young deer runs across MET hills of spices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_1","024_1_1","ISA","1","1","1","I am Isaiah, the son of Amoz. Yahweh showed me visions about Jerusalem and all the other places in Judah. He showed me these visions during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_2","024_1_2","ISA","1","2","2","This is what Yahweh says: “All you angels in APO heaven and all you people on APO earth, listen to me! The people that I caused to exist and took care of DOU have rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_3","024_1_3","ISA","1","3","3","Oxen know their owners, and donkeys know who provides food for them, but my Israeli people do not know me; they do not realize that I am the one who takes care of them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_4","024_1_4","ISA","1","4","4","Terrible things will happen to that sinful nation, to those people who are guilty of sinning greatly. They are a group of very evil people, who act very unjustly. They have abandoned Yahweh, the holy one of Israel; they have ◄abandoned/turned away from► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_5","024_1_5","ISA","1","5","5","Why do you RHQ continue to do things for which you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? You are like MET someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_6","024_1_6","ISA","1","6","6","It is as though MET from the soles/bottoms of your feet to the tops of your heads nothing is healthy; there are only open wounds and cuts and sores that have not been cleaned or bandaged, and no olive oil has been put on them to heal them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_7","024_1_7","ISA","1","7","7","It is as though your country is ruined/desolate; your towns have been burned. Foreigners plunder/steal the crops in your fields while you watch; they destroy everything that they see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_8","024_1_8","ISA","1","8","8","The city of Jerusalem has already been abandoned, it is like SIM a shelter in a vineyard that has been abandoned by the watchmen; it is like SIM a watchman’s hut in a field of melons that has been deserted. It is a city surrounded by its enemies who are waiting to attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_9","024_1_9","ISA","1","9","9","If the Commander of the armies of angels had not allowed a few of us his people to ◄survive/remain alive►, we would have all been destroyed, like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_10","024_1_10","ISA","1","10","10","You leaders of Judah are as wicked as the rulers of Sodom were, and you other people in Jerusalem areas are as wicked as the people in Gomorrah were. Listen to this message from Yahweh, all of you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_11","024_1_11","ISA","1","11","11","He says, “You continue to bring many sacrifices to me, but I do not RHQ want them because you do not worship me sincerely! You bring me many offerings to be completely burned on the altar, but I ◄am tired/do not want any more► of your burning all those offerings, the burning rams and the fat from fat cattle. I am not pleased with the blood of bulls and lambs and goats that the priest pours against the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_12","024_1_12","ISA","1","12","12","When you come to my temple to worship me, no one RHQ told you to trample on my courtyard while you perform all those rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_13","024_1_13","ISA","1","13","13","Stop bringing to me those offerings, because they are useless to me; I am disgusted with the incense that the priests burn. And your feasts to celebrate the new moon each month and your ◄Sabbath days/days of rest► and your other festivals— I detest them because of the wicked things that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_14","024_1_14","ISA","1","14","14","I SYN hate all your celebrations of each new moon and the other festivals that you celebrate each year. They are like MET a heavy burden that I am tired of carrying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_15","024_1_15","ISA","1","15","15","So, when you lift up your hands when you pray to me, I will not even look at you. Even if you pray to me very frequently, I will not listen to you, because it is as though your hands are covered with the blood of people whom you have killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_16","024_1_16","ISA","1","16","16","Cleanse your inner beings, and become spiritually clean! Stop your evil behavior! Stop doing things that are wrong! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_17","024_1_17","ISA","1","17","17","Learn to do things that are good! Try to cause people to do what is just. Help people who are ◄oppressed/treated cruelly►. Defend orphans and widows when people take them to court.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_18","024_1_18","ISA","1","18","18","Yahweh says, “You need to think about the results of what you do. Even though the guilt of your sins be as evident and as difficult to get rid of as SIM red stains on a white garment DOU, I will get rid of them completely like someone who can make that stained garment become as white as snow or wool DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_19","024_1_19","ISA","1","19","19","If you are willing to obey me, I will enable you to have plenty to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_20","024_1_20","ISA","1","20","20","But, if you turn away from me and rebel against me, you will be killed by your enemies’ swords. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_21","024_1_21","ISA","1","21","21","“You people of Jerusalem previously faithfully worshiped only me, but now you have become like MET prostitutes who are not faithful to any husband. Previously, people there always acted justly/fairly and righteously, but now your city is full of murderers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_22","024_1_22","ISA","1","22","22","Previously, you were like MET pure silver, but now you have become like MET the scum that is left when silver is purified. Previously you were like pure wine, but you have become like MET wine that has a lot of water mixed with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_23","024_1_23","ISA","1","23","23","Your leaders are rebels; they spend time with thieves. They all want to get bribes and force others to give them gifts in order that they do good things for them. They do not defend orphans in court, and they do not do all they can to enable widows to get what they should receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_24","024_1_24","ISA","1","24","24","Therefore I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the mighty God of Israel, say to my enemies, ‘ will get revenge on you; you will not cause me any more trouble. And I will pay you back for the evil things that you did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_25","024_1_25","ISA","1","25","25","I will raise my fist to strike you. I will punish you severely MET, as though MET you were silver and I needed to heat you very greatly to melt you and get rid of the impurities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_26","024_1_26","ISA","1","26","26","After that happens, I will give you good judges like you had previously; you will have wise counselors like you had long ago. Then people will call your city “a city where people act righteously, a city where people are loyal to me.”'” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_27","024_1_27","ISA","1","27","27","Because the people of Jerusalem will do what is fair/just, their city will be restored; those who repent will be saved because of their acting righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_28","024_1_28","ISA","1","28","28","But rebels and sinners will be crushed by Yahweh, and those who forsake him will disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_29","024_1_29","ISA","1","29","29","You will be ashamed because you worshiped idols under the oak trees that you considered to be sacred; you will be disgraced because you worshiped idols in the gardens where you chose to worship them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_30","024_1_30","ISA","1","30","30","You will be like SIM a very large tree which has withered leaves, like SIM a garden that is dried up because it has no water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS1_31","024_1_31","ISA","1","31","31","Those among you who are very strong will become like MET dry wood, and the work they do will be like MET a spark; both they and the evil things that they do will burn up completely, and no one will be able to put out the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_1","024_2_1","ISA","2","1","1","This is the message that Yahweh showed me in a vision, concerning Jerusalem and the rest of Judea: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_2","024_2_2","ISA","2","2","2","I saw that in the future, the hill on which Yahweh’s temple is built will be the most important place on the earth; it will be as though it is the highest mountain, as though it has been raised up above all other hills; and people from all over the world will come there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_3","024_2_3","ISA","2","3","3","People from many people-groups will say to each other, “Come, let’s go up to the hill, to the temple of Yahweh, to worship the God whom Jacob worshiped. There Yahweh will teach us what he desires us to know, in order that our behavior will please him. His teaching will be given to us in Jerusalem, and we will take his message from Jerusalem to other places/nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_4","024_2_4","ISA","2","4","4","Yahweh will listen to the disputes between nations and he will settle their arguments. Then, instead of fighting against each other, they will hammer their swords into plow blades, and they will hammer their spears into pruning knives. The armies of nations will no longer fight against each other, and they will not even train men to fight in battles/wars.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_5","024_2_5","ISA","2","5","5","You Israeli people, let’s walk in the light MET that comes from Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_6","024_2_6","ISA","2","6","6","Yahweh, you have abandoned us your people who are descendants of Jacob, because everywhere your people practice the customs of people who live east of Israel. Your people also perform rituals to find out what will happen in the future, like the people in Philistia do. They make agreements/treaties with ◄pagans/people who do not know you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_7","024_2_7","ISA","2","7","7","Israel is full of silver and gold; there are very many ◄treasures/valuable things► here. The land is full of war horses and war chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_8","024_2_8","ISA","2","8","8","But the land is also full of idols; the people worship things that they have made with their own hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_9","024_2_9","ISA","2","9","9","So now they will be humbled and they will be caused to become disgraced— Yahweh, do not forgive them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_10","024_2_10","ISA","2","10","10","All you people should crawl into the caves in the rock cliffs! You should hide in pits/holes in the ground because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_11","024_2_11","ISA","2","11","11","Yahweh will cause you people to no longer be arrogant, and he will stop you from being proud. Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_12","024_2_12","ISA","2","12","12","The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a day when he will judge those who are proud, every one of them DOU, and he will humble them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_13","024_2_13","ISA","2","13","13","He will get rid of all those who think they should be admired like MET the tall cedar trees in Lebanon, and like all the great oak trees in the Bashan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_14","024_2_14","ISA","2","14","14","He will get rid of all those who think they are as great as MET all the high hills and even the high mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_15","024_2_15","ISA","2","15","15","He will get rid of all those who think that they are high towers and high strong walls inside of or behind which they will be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_16","024_2_16","ISA","2","16","16","He will destroy all those who are rich because they own big ships that carry goods to other countries and they own other beautiful ships. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_17","024_2_17","ISA","2","17","17","He will cause people to no longer be arrogant and he will cause them to stop being proud. Only Yahweh will be praised/honored on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_18","024_2_18","ISA","2","18","18","All idols will ◄disappear/be destroyed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_19","024_2_19","ISA","2","19","19","When Yahweh comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth, they will run to hide in caves in rock cliffs and in holes/pits in the ground, because of being afraid of Yahweh and of his glorious and awesome power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_20","024_2_20","ISA","2","20","20","On that day, people will get rid of all their gold and silver idols that they made to worship, and they will throw them to the bats and rats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_21","024_2_21","ISA","2","21","21","Then they will crawl into caves and hide in the crags in the cliffs. They will do that to escape from the dreadful punishments that Yahweh will cause them to endure, from what he will do because he is glorious and awesome, when he comes to shake/terrify the people on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS2_22","024_2_22","ISA","2","22","22","So, do not trust that people will save you, because people are as powerless as MET their own breath. People certainly cannot help you RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_1","024_3_1","ISA","3","1","1","The Commander of the armies of angels is about to take away from Jerusalem and other places in Judea everything that you depend on— all your food and water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_2","024_3_2","ISA","3","2","2","He will take away your heroes and your other soldiers, your judges and your prophets, people who do rituals to find out what will happen in the future and the elders, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_3","024_3_3","ISA","3","3","3","army officers and other officials, advisors and skilled craftsmen and those who perform rituals to predict the future. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_4","024_3_4","ISA","3","4","4","He will appoint boys to be your leaders; your children will rule you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_5","024_3_5","ISA","3","5","5","People will treat each other cruelly: people will fight against their neighbors. Young people will insult older people, and vulgar/dishonorable people will sneer at people who should be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_6","024_3_6","ISA","3","6","6","At that time, someone will grab one of his brothers in his father’s house and say to him, “You have a coat, which shows that you are respected. So you be our leader! You rule this city, which is now a pile of ruins!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_7","024_3_7","ISA","3","7","7","But his brother will reply, “No, I cannot help you, because I do not have any extra food or clothes in this house. So do not appoint me to be your leader!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_8","024_3_8","ISA","3","8","8","Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah will be destroyed, because everything that the people do and say there opposes Yahweh, who is powerful and glorious, and they refuse to obey him. They rebel against him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_9","024_3_9","ISA","3","9","9","They even show on their faces that they oppose Yahweh. They are proud of their sins, like the people of Sodom were long ago; they do not try to hide their sins. Because of their sins, terrible things will happen to them, but they will bring those disasters on themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_10","024_3_10","ISA","3","10","10","Yahweh told me to tell the righteous people that good things will happen to them; they will enjoy the blessings that they will receive for their good deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_11","024_3_11","ISA","3","11","11","But terrible things will happen to wicked people; they will be ◄paid back/punished► for the evil things that MTY they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_12","024_3_12","ISA","3","12","12","Now, youths who have become leaders treat my people cruelly, and women rule over my people. My people, your leaders are misleading you; they are causing you to go down the wrong road MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_13","024_3_13","ISA","3","13","13","It is as though Yahweh has sat in his place in a courtroom and is ready to judge his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_14","024_3_14","ISA","3","14","14","He will stand up to declare why the elders and rulers of his people should be punished: he says, “The people of Israel are like MET a vineyard that I planted, but you have ruined it! Your houses are full of things that you have stolen from poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_15","024_3_15","ISA","3","15","15","You should stop RHQ crushing my people! It is as though you are pushing the faces of poor people into the dirt!” That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_16","024_3_16","ISA","3","16","16","Yahweh says this: “The women of Jerusalem are haughty/proud; they walk around sticking their chins out, and flirting with men with their eyes. They walk with tiny steps with bracelets on their ankles that jingle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_17","024_3_17","ISA","3","17","17","So I, Yahweh, will cause sores to be on their heads, and I will cause those beautiful women in Jerusalem to become bald.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_18","024_3_18","ISA","3","18","18","At the time that Yahweh does that, he will strip away everything that the women of Jerusalem wear to make themselves beautiful—the ornaments on their ankles and their headbands, their crescent necklaces, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_19","024_3_19","ISA","3","19","19","their earrings and bracelets and veils, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_20","024_3_20","ISA","3","20","20","their scarves and ankle bracelets and sashes, their perfumes and ◄charms/little things that they wear thinking that those things will protect them from evil►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_21","024_3_21","ISA","3","21","21","their signet rings and nose rings, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_22","024_3_22","ISA","3","22","22","their nice robes and capes and cloaks and purses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_23","024_3_23","ISA","3","23","23","their mirrors and nice linen clothes and shawls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_24","024_3_24","ISA","3","24","24","Instead of their having a nice smell from perfume, they will stink; instead of nice sashes, they will have ropes around their waists because they will be captives. Instead of having fancy hairdos, they will be bald. Instead of fancy/beautiful robes, they will wear rough sackcloth, and instead of being beautiful, they will be branded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_25","024_3_25","ISA","3","25","25","Their husbands will be killed by their enemies’ swords, and their soldiers will also die in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS3_26","024_3_26","ISA","3","26","26","People PRS will mourn and cry at the gates of the city. The city will be like MET a woman who sits on the ground because everything that she owned is gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_1","024_4_1","ISA","4","1","1","When that happens, there will be very few unmarried men still alive. As a result, seven unmarried women will grab one man, and say, “Allow us all to marry you IDM! We will provide our own food and clothing. All that we want is to no longer be disgraced because of not being married.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_2","024_4_2","ISA","4","2","2","But some day, Israel MTY will be very beautiful and great/glorious. The people of Israel who will still be there will be very proud of the wonderful fruit that grows in their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_3","024_4_3","ISA","4","3","3","All the people who will remain in Jerusalem, who were not killed when Jerusalem was destroyed, whose names are listed among those who live there, will be called holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_4","024_4_4","ISA","4","4","4","That will happen when Yahweh washes away the guilt of the women of Jerusalem, and when he stops the violence MET on the streets of Jerusalem by punishing the people of Jerusalem. When he does that, it will be like a fire to burn up all the impure things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_5","024_4_5","ISA","4","5","5","Then Yahweh will send a cloud of smoke every day and a flaming fire every night to cover Jerusalem and all those who gather there; it will be like a glorious canopy over the city ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS4_6","024_4_6","ISA","4","6","6","that will shelter the people from the sun during the daytime and protect them when there are windstorms and rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_1","024_5_1","ISA","5","1","1","Now I will sing a song about my dear friend, and about his vineyard. The vineyard was on a very fertile hillside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_2","024_5_2","ISA","5","2","2","My friend plowed the ground and cleared away the stones. Then he planted very good grapevines on that ground. In the middle of the vineyard, he built a watchtower, and he dug a ◄winepress/pit for squeezing the grapes►. Then he waited each year to harvest some good grapes, but the vines produced only sour grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_3","024_5_3","ISA","5","3","3","Now this is what Yahweh says: “You people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, I am like the friend, and you are like my vineyard; so you judge which of us has done what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_4","024_5_4","ISA","5","4","4","What more could I have done for you than what I have already done? I expected you to be doing good deeds MET, so it is disgusting that RHQ you were doing only evil things like the vineyard that produced only sour grapes! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_5","024_5_5","ISA","5","5","5","So, I will now tell you what I will do to Judah, the place that is like my vineyard. I will cut down the hedges, and they will be destroyed. I will tear down the walls of the cities and allow wild animals to trample the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_6","024_5_6","ISA","5","6","6","I will cause it to become a wasteland where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed. It will be a place where briers and thorns DOU grow. And I will command that no rain will fall on it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_7","024_5_7","ISA","5","7","7","The nation of Israel is like MET the vineyard of the Commander of the armies of angels. The people of Judah are like the garden that was pleasing to him. He expected you to be doing what is just/fair, but instead, what he saw was people murdering MTY others. He expected that you would be doing righteous deeds, but instead, he heard cries from people who were being attacked violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_8","024_5_8","ISA","5","8","8","Terrible things will happen to you who continually illegally acquire houses and fields. You force one family after another to leave their homes until you are the only ones HYP still living in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_9","024_5_9","ISA","5","9","9","But I heard the Commander of the armies of angels solemnly declare this: “Some day, many of those huge houses will be empty/deserted; no one will be living in those beautiful mansions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_10","024_5_10","ISA","5","10","10","The vines on ten acres of land will not produce enough grapes to make ◄six gallons/22 liters► of juice/wine, and ten baskets of seed will produce only one basket of grain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_11","024_5_11","ISA","5","11","11","Terrible things will happen to those who get up early each morning to begin drinking alcoholic drinks, and who stay awake until late at night drinking a lot of wine until they are completely drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_12","024_5_12","ISA","5","12","12","They have big parties and provide lots of wine. At their parties, there are people playing harps and lyres and tambourines and flutes, but they never think about what Yahweh does or appreciate what he has created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_13","024_5_13","ISA","5","13","13","So, my people will be ◄exiled/taken to other countries► far away because they do not know about me. Those who are now very important and honored will starve, and the other people will die from thirst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_14","024_5_14","ISA","5","14","14","It is as though PRS the place where the dead people are is eagerly looking for more Israeli people, opening its mouth to swallow them, and a huge number of people will be thrown into that place, including their leaders as well as a noisy crowd of people who enjoy living in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_15","024_5_15","ISA","5","15","15","Yahweh will get rid of a huge number of people; and he will humble many more people who now are proud/arrogant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_16","024_5_16","ISA","5","16","16","But the Commander of the armies of angels will be exalted/praised because of his acting justly. God will show that he is holy by doing righteous/just deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_17","024_5_17","ISA","5","17","17","Then lambs and fat sheep will be able to find good grass to eat, even among the ruins of the houses of rich people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_18","024_5_18","ISA","5","18","18","Some people constantly tell lies, and it is as though they are dragging behind them the wrong things that they have done. Terrible things will happen to them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_19","024_5_19","ISA","5","19","19","They make fun of God and say to him, “Go ahead, do something to punish us! We want to see what you will do. You, the Holy One of Israel, should do what you are planning to do, because we want to know what it is.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_20","024_5_20","ISA","5","20","20","Terrible things will happen to those who say that evil is good, and that good is evil, that darkness is light and that light is darkness, that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_21","024_5_21","ISA","5","21","21","Terrible things will happen to those who think that they are wise and that they ◄are very clever/know everything►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_22","024_5_22","ISA","5","22","22","Terrible things will happen to those who think that IRO they are great/heroes because they are able to drink lots of wine, and boast about being able to mix good alcoholic drinks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_23","024_5_23","ISA","5","23","23","If people offer them bribes in order that they will enable wicked people not to be punished, they accept those bribes, and they cause people who are innocent to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_24","024_5_24","ISA","5","24","24","Therefore, just like SIM fires burn up stubble and dry grass shrivels up and quickly burns in flames, it will be as though those people have roots that will rot and have flowers that will wither. That will happen because they rejected the laws of the Commander of the armies of angels; they have despised the messages of the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_25","024_5_25","ISA","5","25","25","That is why Yahweh is extremely angry with his people; it is as though his hand is raised and he is ready to smash them. When he does that, the mountains will shake, and the corpses of people will be scattered in the streets like SIM manure. But even when that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry; he will be ready to punish his people MET again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_26","024_5_26","ISA","5","26","26","Yahweh will send a signal to summon armies of nations far away; it is as though he will whistle to summon those soldiers who are in very remote places on the earth. They will come very swiftly DOU to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_27","024_5_27","ISA","5","27","27","They will not get tired or stumble. They will not stop to rest or to sleep. None of their belts will be loose, and none of them will have sandals with broken straps, so they will all be ready to fight in battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_28","024_5_28","ISA","5","28","28","Their arrows will be sharp, and their bows will be ready to shoot those arrows in a battle. Because their horses pull the chariots fast, sparks will shoot out from their hooves, and the wheels of the chariots will spin like a whirlwind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_29","024_5_29","ISA","5","29","29","They will roar like very strong lions DOU that growl and then pounce on the animals they want to kill and carry them off, and no one is able to rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS5_30","024_5_30","ISA","5","30","30","Similarly, your enemies will roar when they see the people they are about to kill, like SIM the sea roars. On that day, if someone looks across the land, he will see only people who are in darkness and distressed; it will be as though even the sunlight is hidden by dark clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_1","024_6_1","ISA","6","1","1","During the year that King Uzziah died, Yahweh showed me a vision. In the vision, I saw Yahweh sitting on a throne, high above everyone. He was wearing a very long robe that covered the floor of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_2","024_6_2","ISA","6","2","2","Above him were standing several winged creatures. Each of them had six wings. They covered their faces with two of their wings, they covered their feet with two of their wings, and they flew using two of their wings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_3","024_6_3","ISA","6","3","3","They were calling to each other, saying, “The Commander of the armies of angels is holy; he is completely holy! The entire earth is filled with his glory.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_4","024_6_4","ISA","6","4","4","When they spoke, it caused the doorposts of the temple to shake, and the temple was filled with smoke. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_5","024_6_5","ISA","6","5","5","Then I said, “Terrible things will happen to me, because everything that I say MTY is sinful, and I live among people who constantly say MTY sinful things. I will be destroyed because I have seen the Commander of the armies of angels!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_6","024_6_6","ISA","6","6","6","Then one of the winged creatures took a hot coal from the altar, using a pair of tongs. He flew to me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_7","024_6_7","ISA","6","7","7","and touched my lips with the coal. Then he said, “Look at what I have done. I have touched your lips with this coal. Now your guilt is ended, and your sins are forgiven DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_8","024_6_8","ISA","6","8","8","Then I heard Yahweh asking, “Whom shall I send to be a messenger to my people? Who will go and speak for us?” I replied, “I will. Send me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_9","024_6_9","ISA","6","9","9","Then he said, “Okay, go, and say to the Israeli people, ‘You will listen carefully to what I say, but you will not understand it. You will look very carefully at the things that I am doing, but you will not understand them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_10","024_6_10","ISA","6","10","10","What you(sg) say will cause these people to become stubborn IDM; it will cause them to not be able to hear what I say and see what I do. As a result, they will not see what I want them to see or hear what I want them to hear, and they will not understand it, and they will not turn to me and be saved from being punished.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_11","024_6_11","ISA","6","11","11","Then I said, “How long do you want me to continue to do that?” He replied, “Do it until their cities are ruined by their enemies, until no one is living in their houses, do it until all the crops are stolen from their fields and the fields are ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_12","024_6_12","ISA","6","12","12","Do it until I have ◄exiled everyone/forced everyone to go to their enemies’ lands► far away, and the whole land of Israel is deserted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS6_13","024_6_13","ISA","6","13","13","If even one tenth of the people survive and stay there, their enemies will invade the land again and burn everything. But, just like MET when an oak tree is cut down, a stump is left from which new shoots will grow, the people who remain in this land will be a group that will become large again and be ◄set apart for/dedicated to► me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_1","024_7_1","ISA","7","1","1","Ahaz was the son of Jotham and grandson of Uzziah. During the time that Ahaz was the king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah of Israel marched with their armies to attack Jerusalem. But they could not conquer it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_2","024_7_2","ISA","7","2","2","But before they attacked, everyone in the palace heard a report that the armies of Syria and Israel were now ◄allies/joined to attack Jerusalem►. So Ahaz and the people over whom he ruled were extremely afraid; they were shaking from fear like trees shake in a windstorm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_3","024_7_3","ISA","7","3","3","Then Yahweh said to me, “Take your son Shear-Jashub, and go to talk with King Ahaz. He is at the end of the ◄aqueduct/water channel► that brings water into the upper reservoir, near the road to the place where women wash clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_4","024_7_4","ISA","7","4","4","Tell Ahaz to stop worrying DOU. Tell him that he does not need to be afraid of those two kings, Rezin and Pekah. They are very angry with Judah, but they are unable to harm his country any more than completely burned-out coals can harm him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_5","024_7_5","ISA","7","5","5","Yes, they are planning to attack this land and saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_6","024_7_6","ISA","7","6","6","‘We will attack Judah and conquer it. Then we will appoint Tabeel’s son to be the king of Judah.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_7","024_7_7","ISA","7","7","7","But this is what Yahweh, the Lord, says: ‘It will not happen; they will not conquer Jerusalem! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_8","024_7_8","ISA","7","8","8","The capital of Syria is Damascus, but Damascus is ruled only by its unimportant/insignificant king king Rezin. And as for Israel, within 65 years it will be conquered and completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_9","024_7_9","ISA","7","9","9","Israel’s capital is Samaria, and Samaria is ruled only by its insignificant/unimportant king king Pekah. So you do not need to be afraid of those two countries! But you must trust me, because if you do not trust me fully, you will be defeated.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_10","024_7_10","ISA","7","10","10","Later, Yahweh gave me another message to tell to King Ahaz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_11","024_7_11","ISA","7","11","11","He said to tell him, “Request me, Yahweh your God, to do something that will enable you to be sure that I will help/protect you. What you request can be from a place that is as high as the sky or as low as the place where the dead people are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_12","024_7_12","ISA","7","12","12","But when I told that to the king, he refused. He said, “No, I will not request Yahweh to do something to prove that he will help/protect us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_13","024_7_13","ISA","7","13","13","Then I said to him, “You people who are descendants of King David, listen! You are causing me to be tired of being patient. Are you also going to cause my God to stop being patient with you RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_14","024_7_14","ISA","7","14","14","Yahweh himself will do something for you to prove that he will help/protect you. Listen to this: A young woman will become pregnant and give birth to a son. She will name him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_15","024_7_15","ISA","7","15","15","And by the time that child is old enough to eat curds/yogurt and honey, he will be able to reject what is evil and choose what is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_16","024_7_16","ISA","7","16","16","And before that child is old enough to do that, the lands of the two kings that you(sg) are very ◄afraid of/worried about► will be deserted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_17","024_7_17","ISA","7","17","17","But then Yahweh will cause you and your family and your entire nation to experience terrible disasters. Those disasters will be worse than any disasters that have occurred since the country of Israel separated from Judah. Yahweh will cause the army of the king of Assyria to attack you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_18","024_7_18","ISA","7","18","18","At that time, it will be as though Yahweh will whistle to summon the army from the south of Egypt as well as the army of Assyria. They will come and surround your country like MET flies and bees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_19","024_7_19","ISA","7","19","19","They will all come and settle/live everywhere—in the narrow valleys and caves in the rock cliffs, on land where there are thornbushes as well as on the fertile land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_20","024_7_20","ISA","7","20","20","At that time Yahweh will hire the king of Assyria to come with his army from east of the Euphrates River. They will get rid of everything in your land—the crops and the people. They will destroy everything thoroughly; it will be like MET a barber shaving not only a man’s hair but his beard and the hair on his legs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_21","024_7_21","ISA","7","21","21","When that happens, a farmer will be able to have only one cow and two goats/sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_22","024_7_22","ISA","7","22","22","However, those animals will give plenty of milk, with the result that the farmer will have curds/yogurt to eat. And because there will not be many people left in the land, all the people who remain there will have plenty of milk and honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_23","024_7_23","ISA","7","23","23","Now there are many areas where there are vineyards that are worth 1,000 pieces of silver, but at that time there will be only briers and thorns DOU in those fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_24","024_7_24","ISA","7","24","24","There will be only briers and thorns in the entire land, and wild animals, with the result that men will take their bows and arrows and go there to hunt and kill animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS7_25","024_7_25","ISA","7","25","25","No one will go to where there previously were gardens on fertile hillsides, because briers and thorns will cover those hillsides. They will be areas where only a few cattle and sheep and goats wander around searching for something to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_1","024_8_1","ISA","8","1","1","Then Yahweh said to me, “Make a large signboard. And write clearly on it, ‘Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz’ which means ‘quickly ◄plunder/take by force► and steal everything’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_2","024_8_2","ISA","8","2","2","So I requested Uriah the Supreme Priest and Jeberekiah’s son Zechariah, men who were both honest/trustworthy witnesses, to watch me as I was doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_3","024_8_3","ISA","8","3","3","Then I had sex with EUP my wife, who was a prophetess, and she became pregnant and then gave birth to a son. Then Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz (which means ‘suddenly attacked, quickly conquered’), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_4","024_8_4","ISA","8","4","4","because before he is old enough to say ‘papa’ or ‘mama’, the King of Assyria will come with his army and quickly take away all the valuable things in Damascus and in Samaria.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_5","024_8_5","ISA","8","5","5","Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “Tell the people of Judah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_6","024_8_6","ISA","8","6","6","‘I have taken good care of you people, but you have rejected that, thinking that my help was very little, like MET the little canal through which water flows from the Gihon Spring into Jerusalem. Instead, you have been happy to request help from King Rezin and King Pekah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_7","024_8_7","ISA","8","7","7","Therefore, I will cause the people of Judah to be attacked by the powerful army of the King of Assyria, which will be like a great flood from the Euphrates River. Their soldiers will be everywhere in your country, like a river that overflows all its banks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_8","024_8_8","ISA","8","8","8","Those soldiers will go all over Judah— like a river whose water MET rises as high as a person’s neck. Their army will spread over the land quickly, like an eagle, and they will cover your entire land! But I will be with you!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_9","024_8_9","ISA","8","9","9","Listen, all you people in distant countries! You can prepare to attack Judah. You can prepare for battle, and shout your war-cries, but your armies will be crushed/shattered! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_10","024_8_10","ISA","8","10","10","You can prepare for what you will do to attack Judah, but what you plan to do will not happen! You will not succeed, because God is with us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_11","024_8_11","ISA","8","11","11","Yahweh strongly warned me MTY not to act like the other people in Judah did. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_12","024_8_12","ISA","8","12","12","“Do not say that everything that people do is conspiring/rebelling against the government, like other people say, and do not ◄be afraid of/worry about► the things that other people are afraid of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_13","024_8_13","ISA","8","13","13","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, am the one you should consider to be holy. And I am the one you should fear, the one you should revere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_14","024_8_14","ISA","8","14","14","I will protect you(sg). But as for the other people MTY in Israel and Judah, I will be like MET a stone that causes people to stumble, a rock that causes them to fall down. And as for the people of Jerusalem, I will be like MET a trap or a snare DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_15","024_8_15","ISA","8","15","15","Many people will stumble and fall down and never get up again. They will experience great troubles; they will be captured by their enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_16","024_8_16","ISA","8","16","16","So, I say to you who are my disciples, seal up this scroll on which I have written the messages that God has given to me, and give his instructions to others who have accompanied me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_17","024_8_17","ISA","8","17","17","I will wait to see what Yahweh will do. He has rejected the descendants MTY of Jacob, but I will confidently expect him to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_18","024_8_18","ISA","8","18","18","I and the children that Yahweh has given to me are like signs to warn the people of Israel; we are warnings from the Commander of the armies of angels the one who lives in his temple on Zion Hill in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_19","024_8_19","ISA","8","19","19","Some people may urge you(pl) to ◄consult/go and talk with► those who talk with the spirits of dead people or with those who say that they receive messages from those spirits. They whisper and mutter about what we should do in the future. But God is RHQ the one whom we should ask to guide us! It is ridiculous RHQ for people who are alive to request spirits of dead people to tell us what we should do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_20","024_8_20","ISA","8","20","20","Pay attention to God’s instructions and teaching! If people do not say things that agree with what God teaches us, what they say is worthless. It is as though those people are in darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_21","024_8_21","ISA","8","21","21","They will wander through the land, worried/discouraged and hungry. And when they become very hungry, they will become very angry. They will look up toward heaven and curse God and will also curse their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS8_22","024_8_22","ISA","8","22","22","They will look around the land and see only trouble/distress and darkness and things that cause them to despair. And then they will be thrown into the very black darkness of hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_1","024_9_1","ISA","9","1","1","However, those in Judah who have been distressed/worried will not continue to suffer. Previously, Yahweh humbled the people in the land where the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali live. But in the future he will honor the people who live in that Galilee region, along the road between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, where many foreigners live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_2","024_9_2","ISA","9","2","2","Some day, it will be as though MET the people who walked in darkness will see a great light. A great light will shine on those who live in a land where they have great troubles/distress. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_3","024_9_3","ISA","9","3","3","Yahweh, you will cause us people in Israel to rejoice; we will become very happy. We will rejoice about what you have done like SIM people rejoice when they harvest their crops, or like soldiers rejoice when they divide up among themselves the things that they have captured in a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_4","024_9_4","ISA","9","4","4","You will cause us to no longer be slaves MET of those who captured us; you will lift the heavy burdens from our shoulders. It will be as though you will break the rods of those who oppressed us, like you did when you destroyed the army of the Midian people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_5","024_9_5","ISA","9","5","5","The boots that the enemy soldiers have worn and their clothing which has stains of blood on them will all be burned up; they will only be fuel for a big fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_6","024_9_6","ISA","9","6","6","Another reason that we will rejoice is that a special child will be born for us; a woman will give birth to a son, who will be our ruler. And his names will be ‘Wonderful Counselor’, ‘Mighty/Powerful God’, ‘Our Everlasting Father’, and ‘Prince/Ruler who enables us to have Peace’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_7","024_9_7","ISA","9","7","7","His rule, and the peace that he brings/causes, will never end. He will rule MTY fairly and justly DOU, like his ancestor King David did. This will happen because the Commander of the armies of angels greatly desires that it happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_8","024_9_8","ISA","9","8","8","The Lord has warned the people of Israel, the descendants of Jacob; he has said that he will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_9","024_9_9","ISA","9","9","10","And all the people in Samaria and other places in Israel know that, but they are very proud and arrogant DOU. They say, “Our city has been destroyed, but we will take away the broken bricks from the ruins and replace them with carefully cut stones. Our sycamore-fig trees have been cut down by our enemies, but we will plant cedar trees in their place.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_11","024_9_11","ISA","9","11","11","But Yahweh brought the armies of Assyria, the enemies of King Rezin of Syria, to fight against Israel and incited other nations to attack Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_12","024_9_12","ISA","9","12","12","The army of Syria came from the east, and the army of Philistia came from the west, and they destroyed Israel like a wild animal tears another animal apart and MET devours it. But even after that happened, Yahweh was still very angry with them. He was ready to strike them with his fist again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_13","024_9_13","ISA","9","13","13","But even though Yahweh punished his people like that, they still did not return to him and worship him. They still did not request the Commander of the armies of angels to assist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_14","024_9_14","ISA","9","14","14","Therefore, in one day Yahweh will get rid of those who are like Israel’s head and those who are like its tail; the ones who are like the top of the palm tree and the ones who are like the bottom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_15","024_9_15","ISA","9","15","15","The leaders DOU of Israel are the head, and the prophets who tell lies are the tail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_16","024_9_16","ISA","9","16","16","The leaders of the people have misled them; they have caused the people that they are ruling to be confused. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_17","024_9_17","ISA","9","17","17","For that reason, Yahweh is not pleased with the young men of Israel, and he does not even act mercifully toward the widows and orphans, because they are all ungodly and wicked, and they all say things that are foolish. But Yahweh still is angry with them; he is ready to strike them with his fist again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_18","024_9_18","ISA","9","18","18","When people do wicked things, it is like SIM a brushfire that spreads rapidly. It burns up not only briers and thorns; it starts a big fire in the forests from which clouds of smoke will rise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_19","024_9_19","ISA","9","19","19","It is as though the whole land is burned black because the Commander of the armies of angels is extremely angry with the Israeli people. They will become like SIM fuel for that great fire, and no one will try to rescue even his own brother from that fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_20","024_9_20","ISA","9","20","20","Israeli people will attack their neighbors on the right to get food from them, but they will still be hungry. They will kill those who live in houses on the left and eat their flesh, but their stomachs will still not be full. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS9_21","024_9_21","ISA","9","21","21","People of the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim will attack each other, and then they will both attack the people of Judah. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with them. He will be ready to strike them with his fist again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_1","024_10_1","ISA","10","1","1","Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_2","024_10_2","ISA","10","2","2","You refuse to help poor people, and you do not allow them to get the things that they should get. You allow people to steal things from widows and do unfair things to orphans. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_3","024_10_3","ISA","10","3","3","When I punish you by sending people from distant lands to cause you to experience disasters, ◄to whom will you run to get help?/there will be no one who can help you.► RHQ Your valuable possessions will certainly not be safe RHQ anywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_4","024_10_4","ISA","10","4","4","You will be able only to stumble along as you are taken away with other prisoners, or else your corpses will lie on the ground with others who have been killed. But even after that happens, Yahweh will still be very angry with you. He will still be ready to strike you again with his fist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_5","024_10_5","ISA","10","5","5","Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to Assyria. It is true that their army is like a rod/club DOU with which I punish other nations because I am very angry with those nations DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_6","024_10_6","ISA","10","6","6","Sometimes I send the armies of Assyria to attack a godless nation, to fight against other people who have caused me to be angry. I send them to capture people and to seize and take away their possessions, and to trample them like SIM people walk on mud in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_7","024_10_7","ISA","10","7","7","But the king of Assyria does not understand, he does not realize that he is only like a weapon in my hand. He wants only to destroy people, to get rid of many nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_8","024_10_8","ISA","10","8","8","He says, ‘All of my army commanders will soon be kings of these nations that I conquer! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_9","024_10_9","ISA","10","9","9","We destroyed Calno city like we destroyed Carchemish city, We destroyed Hamath city like we destroyed Arpad city; we destroyed Samaria just like we destroyed Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_10","024_10_10","ISA","10","10","10","We were able to destroy all those kingdoms that were full of idols, kingdoms whose idols were greater than the idols in Jerusalem and Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_11","024_10_11","ISA","10","11","11","So we will defeat Jerusalem and destroy the idols that are there, just like we destroyed Samaria and the idols that were there!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_12","024_10_12","ISA","10","12","12","But, I, Yahweh, say that after I have used Assyria to finish what I want to do to punish the people in Jerusalem DOU, I will punish the king of Assyria because he has been very proud and arrogant/boastful DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_13","024_10_13","ISA","10","13","13","He says, ‘By my own great power MTY I have done these things. I have been able to do them because I am very wise and very intelligent. My army removed the barriers at the borders of nations and carried away all their valuable things. My army has knocked down their kings like SIM a ferocious bull would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_14","024_10_14","ISA","10","14","14","Like MET a farmer reaches into a bird’s nest to take away the eggs, we have taken away the treasures of other countries DOU. The people were not like birds that would flap their wings or chirp loudly to protest about their eggs being stolen; the people did not object at all to their treasures being stolen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_15","024_10_15","ISA","10","15","15","But I, Yahweh, say that an axe certainly cannot RHQ boast about being stronger than the person who uses it, and a saw is not greater than the person who uses it. A rod cannot control the one who holds it RHQ, and a wooden club cannot lift up a person RHQ. So the king of Assyria should not boast that he has done these things with his own wisdom and strength. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_16","024_10_16","ISA","10","16","16","And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will send a plague among the proud soldiers of Assyria; it will be like MET a fire that will kill them and get rid of their glory/wealth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_17","024_10_17","ISA","10","17","17","I, Yahweh, who am like MET a light for the people of Israel, will be the fire; I, the Holy One, will be like a flame. The soldiers of Assyria are like MET thorns and briers, and I will burn them up in one night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_18","024_10_18","ISA","10","18","18","There are glorious forests and fertile farmlands in Assyria, but I will completely destroy them; they will be like SIM a very sick person who shrivels up and then dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_19","024_10_19","ISA","10","19","19","There will be very few trees left in those forests; even a child will be able to count them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_20","024_10_20","ISA","10","20","20","In the future there will be only a few people left in Israel; not many descendants of Jacob will still be alive. But they will no longer rely on the king of Assyria, the king of the nation that tried to destroy them. Instead, they will faithfully/sincerely trust in Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_21","024_10_21","ISA","10","21","21","Those Israelis will return to their mighty God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_22","024_10_22","ISA","10","22","22","Now, the people of Israel are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, but only a few of them will return from the countries to which they were exiled. Yahweh has decided to destroy most of the Israelis and that is what he must do because he is completely just/righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_23","024_10_23","ISA","10","23","23","Yes, the Commander of the armies of angels has already decided to destroy the entire land of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_24","024_10_24","ISA","10","24","24","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “My people in Jerusalem, do not be afraid of the army of Assyria when they beat you with rods and clubs, like the men of Egypt did to your ancestors long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_25","024_10_25","ISA","10","25","25","Soon I will no longer be angry with you, and then I will be angry with the people of Assyria and destroy them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_26","024_10_26","ISA","10","26","26","The Commander of the armies of angels will whip them. He will do to them like he did when he helped Gideon and his 300 soldiers to defeat the army of the Midian people-group, and like he did when he showed his mighty power MTY by causing the army of Egypt to drown in the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_27","024_10_27","ISA","10","27","27","Some day, Yahweh will cause the army of Assyria to stop oppressing you, his people; he will end your suffering and your being slaves of the people of Assyria MET; he will take away the load that you people of Judah have been carrying, and cause things to go well for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_28","024_10_28","ISA","10","28","28","The army of Assyria will enter northern Judah near Aiath town, they will go through Migron town and store their supplies at Micmash town north of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_29","024_10_29","ISA","10","29","29","They will cross through a mountain pass and set up their tents at Geba town. People in Ramah town will tremble because of being afraid. The people of Gibeah town, where King Saul was born, will all run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_30","024_10_30","ISA","10","30","30","You people of Gallim town will cry out for help. You will shout to the people of Laish city near Jerusalem to warn them! The people of Anathoth town will suffer a lot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_31","024_10_31","ISA","10","31","31","The people of Madmenah town north of Jerusalem will all be running away, and the people of Gebim town close to Jerusalem will be trying to hide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_32","024_10_32","ISA","10","32","32","The soldiers of Assyria will stop at Nob city outside Jerusalem. They will shake their fists as they threaten the people on Zion Hill in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_33","024_10_33","ISA","10","33","33","But listen to this! The Commander of the armies of angels with his great power will destroy MET the mighty army of Assyria. It is as though they are a huge tree MET that he will cut down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS10_34","024_10_34","ISA","10","34","34","He will destroy the soldiers of Assyria like men use big axes to cut down the tall trees in the forests of Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_1","024_11_1","ISA","11","1","1","Like MET a new shoot often grows from the stump of a tree, there will be a descendant of King David who will be a new king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_2","024_11_2","ISA","11","2","2","The Spirit of Yahweh will always be with him. The Spirit will enable him to be wise and to understand much about many things. The Spirit will enable him to decide what is good to do, and will enable him to be very powerful. The Spirit will enable him to know Yahweh and to revere him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_3","024_11_3","ISA","11","3","3","He will be glad to obey Yahweh. He will not decide whether someone is righteous or not only by seeing what that person looks like, or by listening to what others say about that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_4","024_11_4","ISA","11","4","4","He will judge the cases of needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides MTY; he will get rid of wicked people because of MTY their behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_5","024_11_5","ISA","11","5","5","He will always act righteously; his doing that will accompany him like MET a belt around his waist. He will always speak what is true; his doing that will accompany him like MET a sash around his waist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_6","024_11_6","ISA","11","6","6","When he becomes king, wolves and lambs will live together peacefully; leopards, instead of killing baby goats, will lie down with them. Similarly, calves and lions will eat food together; and a young child will take care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_7","024_11_7","ISA","11","7","7","Cows and bears will eat together; bear cubs and calves will lie down together. Lions will not eat other animals; instead, they will eat hay like cows do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_8","024_11_8","ISA","11","8","8","Babies will play safely near the holes where cobra snakes live; small children will even put their hands into nests of poisonous snakes, and the snakes will not harm them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_9","024_11_9","ISA","11","9","9","No creatures will harm or kill other creatures on Zion Hill, my holy hill; and the earth will be filled with people who know Yahweh like SIM the seas are full of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_10","024_11_10","ISA","11","10","10","At that time, a descendant of King David will hold up a flag to signal to the people of all people-groups that they should gather around him; they will come to him to get his advice, and the place where he lives will be glorious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_11","024_11_11","ISA","11","11","11","At that time, Yahweh will ◄reach out his hand/use his power► as he did long ago; he will enable those who had been ◄exiled from/forced to leave► Israel to return home, from Assyria, from northern Egypt, from southern Egypt, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath, and from all the distant countries near the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_12","024_11_12","ISA","11","12","12","Yahweh will raise his flag among all the people-groups, and he will gather together the people of Israel who had been exiled long ago. He will gather from very distant places IDM on the earth the people of Judah who ◄had been scattered to/are living in► those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_13","024_11_13","ISA","11","13","13","Then, the people of Israel and the people of Judah will not be jealous of each other any longer, and they will no longer be enemies of each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_14","024_11_14","ISA","11","14","14","Their armies will join together to attack the people of Philistia to the west. And together they will attack nations to the east; they will defeat those nations and take away all their valuable possessions. They will capture the areas of Edom and Moab, and the people of the Ammon people-group will be controlled/ruled by the people of Israel and Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_15","024_11_15","ISA","11","15","15","Yahweh will make a dry road through the sea near Egypt. And it will be as though he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind to cause it to divide into seven streams, with the result that people will be able to walk across those streams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS11_16","024_11_16","ISA","11","16","16","And because he will make a highway for his people who are living in Assyria, they will be able to return to their own land, just like long ago he made a path for the people of Israel so that they could go through the water when they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_1","024_12_1","ISA","12","1","1","At that time, you people of Jerusalem will sing this song: “Yahweh, we praise you! Previously, you were angry with us, but you are not angry now and you have comforted us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_2","024_12_2","ISA","12","2","2","Amazingly, you have come to save us, so we will trust in you and not be afraid. Yahweh our God, you enable us to be strong; you are the one about whom we sing; you have rescued us from our enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_3","024_12_3","ISA","12","3","3","You(pl), his people, will greatly enjoy being saved like MET you enjoy drinking water from a fountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_4","024_12_4","ISA","12","4","4","At that time you all will say, “We should thank Yahweh! We should praise him MTY! We should tell the people of all the people-groups what he has done; we should enable them to know that he MTY is very great! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_5","024_12_5","ISA","12","5","5","We should sing to Yahweh, because he has done wonderful things. We should enable everyone in the world to know it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS12_6","024_12_6","ISA","12","6","6","You people of Jerusalem, shout joyfully to praise Yahweh, because he is the great Holy One whom we Israeli people worship, and he lives among us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_1","024_13_1","ISA","13","1","1","I, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, received from Yahweh this message about Babylon city: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_2","024_13_2","ISA","13","2","2","Lift up a flag on the bare top of a hill, to signal that an army should come to attack Babylon. Shout to them and wave your hand to signal to them that they should march through the city gates into the palaces of the proud rulers of Babylon! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_3","024_13_3","ISA","13","3","3","Yahweh says, “I have commanded those soldiers to do that; I have summoned the warriors whom I have chosen to punish the people of Babylon because of my being very angry with them, and those soldiers will be very proud when they do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_4","024_13_4","ISA","13","4","4","Listen to the noise on the mountains, which is the noise of a huge army marching! It is the noise made by people of many people-groups shouting. The Commander of the armies of angels has summoned this army to gather together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_5","024_13_5","ISA","13","5","5","They come from countries that are far away, from the most remote places IDM on the earth. They are like SIM weapons that Yahweh will use to punish the people with whom he is very angry, and to destroy the entire country of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_6","024_13_6","ISA","13","6","6","You people of Babylon will scream because you will be terrified, because it will be the time that Yahweh has determined/chosen, the time for the all-powerful God to destroy your city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_7","024_13_7","ISA","13","7","7","All of your people will be very afraid DOU, with the result that they will be unable even to lift their arms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_8","024_13_8","ISA","13","8","8","All of you will be terrified. You will have PRS severe pains like SIM a woman has when she is giving birth to a baby. You will look at each other helplessly, and it will show on your faces that you feel horror. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_9","024_13_9","ISA","13","9","9","Listen to this: The day that Yahweh has appointed/chosen is near, the day that he will furiously and fiercely punish you because he is very angry with you. He will cause your land of Babylonia to be desolate/barren, and he will destroy all the sinners in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_10","024_13_10","ISA","13","10","10","When that happens, none of the stars will shine. When the sun rises, it will be dark, and there will be no light from the moon at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_11","024_13_11","ISA","13","11","11","Yahweh says, “I will punish everyone in the world for the evil things that they do; I will punish the wicked people for the sins that they have committed. I will stop arrogant/proud people from being proud, and I will stop ruthless people from acting cruelly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_12","024_13_12","ISA","13","12","12","And because I will cause most people to die, people will be harder to find than gold, harder to find than fine gold from Ophir in Arabia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_13","024_13_13","ISA","13","13","13","I will shake the sky, and the earth will also move out of its place. That will happen when I, the Commander of the armies of angels, punish wicked people, when I show them that I am extremely angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_14","024_13_14","ISA","13","14","14","And all the foreigners in Babylon will run around like SIM deer that are being hunted, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. They will try to find other people from their countries, and then they will escape from Babylon and return to their own countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_15","024_13_15","ISA","13","15","15","Anyone who is captured in Babylon will be killed by their enemies’ swords DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_16","024_13_16","ISA","13","16","16","Their little children will be dashed to pieces on the rocks while their parents watch; their enemies will steal everything valuable from their houses and will rape their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_17","024_13_17","ISA","13","17","17","Look! I am going to incite the people of Media to attack Babylon. The army of Media will attack Babylon, even if they are offered DOU silver or gold if they promise to not attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_18","024_13_18","ISA","13","18","18","With their arrows, the soldiers of Media will shoot the young men of Babylon; they will not even act mercifully DOU toward infants or children!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_19","024_13_19","ISA","13","19","19","Babylon has been a very beautiful MTY city; all the people of Babylonia have been very proud of Babylon, their capital city; but God will destroy Babylon, like SIM he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_20","024_13_20","ISA","13","20","20","No one will ever live in Babylon again. It will be deserted forever. ◄Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live► will refuse to set up their tents there; shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_21","024_13_21","ISA","13","21","21","Instead, animals that live in the desert will be there; jackals/wolves will live in the ruins of the houses. Owls (OR, Ostriches) will live in the ruins, and wild goats will romp/jump around there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS13_22","024_13_22","ISA","13","22","22","Hyenas will howl in the ruined towers, and jackals/wolves will make their dens in the ruins of the palaces that were previously very beautiful. The time when Babylon will be destroyed is very near; Babylon will not exist much longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_1","024_14_1","ISA","14","1","1","But Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose the people of Israel to be his people again, and he will allow them to return here and live in their own land again. Then people from many other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_2","024_14_2","ISA","14","2","2","People of other nations will help them to return to their own land, and those who come from other countries will ◄work for/become the servants of► the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who previously oppressed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_3","024_14_3","ISA","14","3","3","Some day Yahweh will free you Israeli people from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_4","024_14_4","ISA","14","4","4","When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_5","024_14_5","ISA","14","5","5","You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_6","024_14_6","ISA","14","6","6","You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered other nations by causing them to suffer endlessly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_7","024_14_7","ISA","14","7","7","But soon everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone PRS will sing again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_8","024_14_8","ISA","14","8","8","It will be as though even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine trees and the cedar trees in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You ◄have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler►, and now no one comes to get rid of us MET.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_9","024_14_9","ISA","14","9","9","The dead people are PRS are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations before they died will stand up to welcome you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_10","024_14_10","ISA","14","10","10","They will all shout to you together, ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_11","024_14_11","ISA","14","11","11","You were very proud and powerful, but all that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps being played in your palace. Now in your grave maggots will be under you like a sheet MET, and worms will cover you like a blanket MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_12","024_14_12","ISA","14","12","12","You have disappeared from the earth like MET a star which has fallen from the sky; you were very well-known like MET the morning star which is seen by everyone; you destroyed many nations, but now you have been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_13","024_14_13","ISA","14","13","13","You proudly said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where the gods gather together, far in the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_14","024_14_14","ISA","14","14","14","I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_15","024_14_15","ISA","14","15","15","But you were not able to do that; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_16","024_14_16","ISA","14","16","16","The other dead people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. They say, ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the people in many kingdoms to tremble? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_17","024_14_17","ISA","14","17","17","Is this the man who tried to cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_18","024_14_18","ISA","14","18","18","All the kings of the earth who have died were greatly honored when they were buried, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_19","024_14_19","ISA","14","19","19","but your corpse will not be buried; it will be thrown away like SIM a worthless branch of a tree. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by their enemies’ swords, and their corpses were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_20","024_14_20","ISA","14","20","20","Your corpse will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people like you will never be honored again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_21","024_14_21","ISA","14","21","21","People will say, ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer all the nations in the world, and fill the world with the cities that they rule!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_22","024_14_22","ISA","14","22","22","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I myself will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_23","024_14_23","ISA","14","23","23","I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely as though MET I were sweeping it with a broom. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_24","024_14_24","ISA","14","24","24","The Commander of the armies of angels has also solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_25","024_14_25","ISA","14","25","25","When the army of Assyria is in my land of Israel, I will crush them. It will be as though I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves MET of the people of Assyria; it will be as though MET I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_26","024_14_26","ISA","14","26","26","I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power MTY to punish all the nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_27","024_14_27","ISA","14","27","27","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can RHQ change my mind. When I raise my fist to strike Assyria, no one RHQ will be able to stop me from doing that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_28","024_14_28","ISA","14","28","28","I received this message from Yahweh during the year that King Ahaz died: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_29","024_14_29","ISA","14","29","29","You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army MET that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was as dangerous as MET a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more dangerous than a cobra; he will be like MET a quick-moving poisonous snake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_30","024_14_30","ISA","14","30","30","Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people of Philistia who are still alive DOU to die from famine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_31","024_14_31","ISA","14","31","31","So, you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because a very powerful army will come from the north to attack you; their chariots will stir up the dust like MET a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS14_32","024_14_32","ISA","14","32","32","If messengers from Philistia come to us Israeli people, this is what we must RHQ tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, not Philistia, and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside the walls of Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_1","024_15_1","ISA","15","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about the Moab people-group: In one night two of your important cities, Ar and Kir, will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_2","024_15_2","ISA","15","2","2","The people of Dibon, your capital city, will go to their temple to mourn/weep; they will go to their shrines on the hilltops to weep. They will wail because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba towns in the south; they will all shave the hair of their heads, and the men will cut off their beards to show that they are grieving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_3","024_15_3","ISA","15","3","3","In the streets people will wear rough sackcloth, and on their flat rooftops and in the city plazas everyone will wail, with tears streaming down their faces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_4","024_15_4","ISA","15","4","4","The people of Heshbon city and Elealeh towns in the north of Moab will cry out; people as far away as Jahaz town in the south will hear them wailing. Therefore the soldiers of Moab will tremble and cry out and they will be very afraid IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_5","024_15_5","ISA","15","5","5","I feel very sorry for the people of Moab; they will flee to Zoar and Eglath-Shelishiyah towns in the far south. They will cry as they walk up to Luhith town. All along the road to Horonaim town people will mourn because their country has been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_6","024_15_6","ISA","15","6","6","The water in Nimrim Valley will have dried up. The grass there will be withered; the green plants will all be gone, and there will be nothing left that is green. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_7","024_15_7","ISA","15","7","7","The people will pick up their possessions and carry them across Willows Brook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_8","024_15_8","ISA","15","8","8","Throughout the country of Moab, people will be crying; people as far away as Eglaim in the south and Beer-Elim in the north will hear them wailing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS15_9","024_15_9","ISA","15","9","9","The stream near Dimon will become red from the blood of people who have been killed, but I will cause the people of Moab to experience even more trouble: Lions will attack those who are trying to escape from Moab and will also attack the people who remain in that country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_1","024_16_1","ISA","16","1","1","The rulers of Moab will say to each other, “We must send some lambs from Sela city as a gift to the ruler of Judah to persuade him to not allow his army to attack us any more. We should send them through the desert to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_2","024_16_2","ISA","16","2","2","The women of Moab will be left alone at the ◄fords of/places where people can walk across► the Arnon River; they will be like SIM birds that have been pushed out of their nests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_3","024_16_3","ISA","16","3","3","They will cry out, ‘Help us! Tell us what we should do! Protect us completely MET, we who are running away from our enemies, and do not ◄betray us/tell our enemies where we are►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_4","024_16_4","ISA","16","4","4","Allow those of us who are fleeing from Moab to stay with you; hide/protect us from our enemies who want to destroy us!’ Some day there will be no one to oppress us, and our enemies will stop destroying our land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_5","024_16_5","ISA","16","5","5","Then Yahweh will appoint someone to be king who will be a descendant of King David. As he rules MTY, he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_6","024_16_6","ISA","16","6","6","We people of Judah have heard about the people of Moab; we have heard that they are very proud and conceited DOU; they are insolent, but what they proudly say about themselves is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_7","024_16_7","ISA","16","7","7","Some day all the people in Moab will weep. They will all mourn, because there will be no more raisin cakes in Kir-Hareseth city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_8","024_16_8","ISA","16","8","8","The crops in the fields at Heshbon city will wither, and the vineyards at Sibmah town will wither also. The armies of other nations will destroy Moab, which is like MET a beautiful grapevine whose branches spread north to Jazer town and east to the desert. Its branches spread very far west, to the west side of the Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_9","024_16_9","ISA","16","9","9","So I will weep for Jazer and for the grapevines of Sibmah. I will shed tears for all of you. I will cry because people will no longer shout joyfully, like they usually do when they gather the fruit that ripens in the ◄summer/hot season► and the other crops that they harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_10","024_16_10","ISA","16","10","10","People will no longer be glad at harvest time. No one will sing in the vineyards, no one will shout joyfully. No one will tread on grapes to get grape juice for wine; there will be nothing to shout about joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_11","024_16_11","ISA","16","11","11","I cry inwardly for Moab; my groaning is like SIM a sad song played on a harp. I am sad about Kir-Hareseth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_12","024_16_12","ISA","16","12","12","The people of Moab will go and pray at their sacred shrines, but that will not help them. They will cry out to their gods in their temples, but none of them will be able to rescue the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_13","024_16_13","ISA","16","13","13","Yahweh has already spoken those things about Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS16_14","024_16_14","ISA","16","14","14","But now he says that exactly three years from now, he will destroy all the things that the people of Moab have been proud of. Even though they have a huge number of people in Moab now, only a few people will remain alive, and they will be weak/helpless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_1","024_17_1","ISA","17","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about Damascus the capital of Syria: “Listen carefully! Damascus will no longer be a city; it will be only a heap of ruins! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_2","024_17_2","ISA","17","2","2","The towns near Aroer city will be abandoned. Flocks of sheep will eat grass in the streets and lie down there, and there will be no one to chase them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_3","024_17_3","ISA","17","3","3","The cities in Israel will not have walls around them to protect them. The power of the kingdom of Damascus will be ended, and the few people who will remain in Damascus will be disgraced like the people in Israel were disgraced.” That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_4","024_17_4","ISA","17","4","4","“At that time, Israel will become insignificant. It will be like MET a fat person who has become very thin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_5","024_17_5","ISA","17","5","5","The entire land will be like SIM a field where the harvesters have cut all the grain; there will be nothing left, like SIM the fields in the Rephaim Valley after all the crops have been harvested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_6","024_17_6","ISA","17","6","6","Only a few of the Israeli people will remain MET, like SIM the few olives that remain on the top of a tree after the workers have caused all the other olives to fall to the ground. There will be only two or three olives in the top branches, or four or five olives on the other branches.” That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_7","024_17_7","ISA","17","7","7","Then, at that time, you people of Israel will ◄turn for help to/look up to► God, your creator, the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_8","024_17_8","ISA","17","8","8","You will no longer seek to get help from your idols or worship the idols that you have made with your own hands DOU. You will never again bow down in front of the poles where you worship the goddess Asherah. You will never again worship at the shrines that you have built for burning incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_9","024_17_9","ISA","17","9","9","The largest cities in Israel will be abandoned, like the land that the Hiv and Amor people-groups abandoned (OR, like the forests that the Canaan people-group abandoned) when the Israelis attacked them long ago. No one will live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_10","024_17_10","ISA","17","10","10","That will happen because you have stopped worshiping God who is like MET a huge rock under which you can be safe. You have forgotten that he is the one who can hide/protect you. So, now you plant very nice grapevines and even plant very expensive ones that come from other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_11","024_17_11","ISA","17","11","11","But even if they sprout leaves on the day that you plant them, and even if they produce blossoms on that same morning, at harvest time, there will not be any grapes for you to pick. All that you will get is a lot of agony/misery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_12","024_17_12","ISA","17","12","12","Listen! The armies of many nations will roar like the sea roars. It will sound like the noise of crashing waves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_13","024_17_13","ISA","17","13","13","But even though their loud roaring will be like the sound of crashing waves, when Yahweh rebukes them, they will run far away. They will flee like SIM chaff on the hills scatters when the wind blows, like tumbleweeds scatter when a windstorm blows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS17_14","024_17_14","ISA","17","14","14","And, even though you people of Israel will be terrified, in the morning your enemies will all be gone/dead. That is what will happen to those who invade our land and then steal our possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_1","024_18_1","ISA","18","1","1","Terrible things will happen to you people of Ethiopia! In your land there are many sailboats at the upper part of the Nile River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_2","024_18_2","ISA","18","2","2","Your rulers send ambassadors that sail quickly down the river in papyrus boats. You messengers to Ethiopia, go quickly! Go up the river to people who are tall and who have smooth skin. People everywhere are afraid of those people, because they conquer and destroy other nations; they live in a land that is divided by branches of one large river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_3","024_18_3","ISA","18","3","3","You messengers must tell people everywhere, to people everywhere, “Look when I lift up my battle flag on top of the mountain, and listen when I blow the ram’s horn to signal that the battle is about to begin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_4","024_18_4","ISA","18","4","4","Listen because Yahweh has told me this: “I will watch quietly from where I live. I will watch as quietly as SIM the heat waves shimmer as they rises on a hot summer day, as quietly as the dew forms on the ground during harvest time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_5","024_18_5","ISA","18","5","5","But even before the army of Ethiopia starts to attack, while their plans are slowly forming like SIM grapes that are ripening, Yahweh will get rid of them like a farmer who MET cuts off the new shoots of the grapevines with his shears, and prunes the branches that have become very long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_6","024_18_6","ISA","18","6","6","All the soldiers in the army of Ethiopia will be killed, and their corpses will lie in the fields for vultures to eat their flesh in the ◄summer/hot season►. Then wild animals will chew on their bones all during the ◄winter/cold season►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS18_7","024_18_7","ISA","18","7","7","At that time, the people of that land that is divided by the branches of that one big river will take gifts to Yahweh in Jerusalem. Those tall people who have smooth/dark skin, whom people everywhere are afraid of, because they conquer and destroy many countries, will take gifts to Jerusalem, the city where the Commander of the armies of angels lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_1","024_19_1","ISA","19","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when I appear, and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_2","024_19_2","ISA","19","2","2","I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_3","024_19_3","ISA","19","3","3","The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_4","024_19_4","ISA","19","4","4","Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king DOU.” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_5","024_19_5","ISA","19","5","5","Some day the water in the Nile River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_6","024_19_6","ISA","19","6","6","The branches of the river will all dry up DOU The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and ◄bulrushes/tall grass►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_7","024_19_7","ISA","19","7","7","All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_8","024_19_8","ISA","19","8","8","The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad because there will be no fish in the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_9","024_19_9","ISA","19","9","9","Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_10","024_19_10","ISA","19","10","10","They will all despair and be very discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_11","024_19_11","ISA","19","11","11","The officials in Zoan city in northern Egypt are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_12","024_19_12","ISA","19","12","12","King, ◄where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!► RHQ If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt SAR! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_13","024_19_13","ISA","19","13","13","Yes, the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis city in northern Egypt have deceived themselves. All the leaders of the people have ◄caused their people to do wrong things/led their people astray►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_14","024_19_14","ISA","19","14","14","Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, it is as though the people of Egypt stagger like SIM a drunken person staggers and slips in his own vomit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_15","024_19_15","ISA","19","15","15","There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, who will be able to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_16","024_19_16","ISA","19","16","16","At that time, the people of Egypt will be as helpless as SIM women. They will tremble, being terrified because they know that the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, ready to strike/punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_17","024_19_17","ISA","19","17","17","The people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because that will remind them of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_18","024_19_18","ISA","19","18","18","At that time, people in five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will learn to speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘City of the Sun’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_19","024_19_19","ISA","19","19","19","At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a ◄pillar/large rock► to honor Yahweh at the border between Egypt and Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_20","024_19_20","ISA","19","20","20","That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are ◄oppressing them/causing them to suffer►, he will send to them someone who will defend and rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_21","024_19_21","ISA","19","21","21","Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_22","024_19_22","ISA","19","22","22","After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him for help, and he will cause their troubles to cease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_23","024_19_23","ISA","19","23","23","At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. As a result, the people of Egypt will be able to travel easily to Assyria, and the people of Assyria will be able to travel easily to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_24","024_19_24","ISA","19","24","24","And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be friendly to each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS19_25","024_19_25","ISA","19","25","25","The Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “You people of Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_1","024_20_1","ISA","20","1","1","One year King Sargon of Assyria sent the chief commander of his army to take his soldiers to capture Ashdod city in Philistia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_2","024_20_2","ISA","20","2","2","At that time, Yahweh told me, “Take off the rough sackcloth that you have been wearing and take off your sandals.” So I did what he told me to do, and then I walked around naked and barefoot for three years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_3","024_20_3","ISA","20","3","3","Then Yahweh said this to the people of Judah: “My servant Isaiah has been walking around naked and barefoot for the past three years. That is to show the terrible disasters that I will cause the people of Egypt and Ethiopia to experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_4","024_20_4","ISA","20","4","4","What will happen is that the army of the King of Assyria will invade those countries and capture many of the people and take them away as their prisoners. They will force all them, including both the young ones and the old ones, to walk naked and barefoot. They will also force them to have no clothes around their buttocks, which will cause the people of Egypt to be ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_5","024_20_5","ISA","20","5","5","Then the people of other countries who trusted that the armies of Egypt and Ethiopia would be able to help them will be very dismayed/confused and afraid/disappointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS20_6","024_20_6","ISA","20","6","6","They will say, ‘We trusted that the armies of Egypt and Ethiopia would help us and defend us, but they have been destroyed, so there is no way RHQ that we can escape from being destroyed by the army of the King of Assyria!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_1","024_21_1","ISA","21","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about Babylonia, a land that is near the Persian Gulf but which will soon be a desert. An army will soon come from the desert to invade that land; it is an army that causes its enemies to be terrified, an army that will come like a whirlwind from the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_2","024_21_2","ISA","21","2","2","Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision. In the vision I saw an army that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions after they conquer them. Yahweh said, “You armies from Elam and Media, surround Babylon and prepare to attack it! I will cause the groaning and suffering that Babylon caused to cease!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_3","024_21_3","ISA","21","3","3","Because of that, my body is full of pain; my pain is like the pain that women who are giving birth experience. When I hear about and see what God is planning to do, I am shocked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_4","024_21_4","ISA","21","4","4","I cannot think straight/correctly, and I tremble. I was eager for it to be nighttime, but now it is night, and I am horrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_5","024_21_5","ISA","21","5","5","In the vision I saw that the leaders of Babylonia were preparing a great feast. They had spread rugs for people to sit on; everyone was eating and drinking. But they should get up and prepare their shields, because they are about to be attacked! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_6","024_21_6","ISA","21","6","6","Then Yahweh said to me, “Put a watchman on the wall of Jerusalem, and tell him to shout/proclaim what he sees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_7","024_21_7","ISA","21","7","7","Tell him to watch for chariots pulled by pairs of horses, and men riding camels and donkeys, coming from Babylon. Tell the watchman to watch and listen carefully!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_8","024_21_8","ISA","21","8","8","So I did that, and one day the watchman called out, “Day after day I have stood on this watchtower, and I have continued to watch during the day and during the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_9","024_21_9","ISA","21","9","9","Now, I saw a man riding in a chariot pulled by two horses. I called out to him, and he answered/shouted, ‘Babylon has been destroyed! All the idols in Babylon lie in pieces on the ground!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_10","024_21_10","ISA","21","10","10","My people in Judah, the army of Babylon has caused you to suffer greatly as though MET you were grain that was threshed and ◄winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff►. But now I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis worship, told me about Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_11","024_21_11","ISA","21","11","11","I received this message from Yahweh about Edom: Someone from Edom has been calling/shouting to me saying, “Watchman, how long will it be before the night is ended? DOU” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_12","024_21_12","ISA","21","12","12","I, the watchman, replied, “It will soon be morning, but after that, it will soon be night again. If you want to inquire again about what will happen in our country, come back and inquire again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_13","024_21_13","ISA","21","13","13","I received this message about Arabia: Give this message to people traveling in caravans from Dedan town in northwest Arabia, who camp in the scrub there. Tell them to bring water for those who are thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_14","024_21_14","ISA","21","14","14","And you people who live in Tema city in northwest Arabia, must bring food for the ◄refugees/people who are fleeing from their enemies►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_15","024_21_15","ISA","21","15","15","They are fleeing in order not to be killed by their enemies’ swords and not to be shot in battles by arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_16","024_21_16","ISA","21","16","16","Yahweh said to me, “Exactly one year from now, all the greatness of the Kedar area in Arabia will end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS21_17","024_21_17","ISA","21","17","17","Only a few of their soldiers who know well how to shoot arrows will remain alive. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_1","024_22_1","ISA","22","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about Jerusalem, about the valley where Yahweh showed me this vision. Why is everyone foolishly running up to their flat rooftops? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_2","024_22_2","ISA","22","2","2","Everyone in the city seems to be shouting. There are a lot of corpses in the city, but they were not killed by their enemies’ swords. They did not die in battles; instead, they died from diseases and hunger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_3","024_22_3","ISA","22","3","3","All the leaders of the city fled. But then they were captured because they did not have bows and arrows to defend themselves. Your soldiers tried to flee while the enemy army was still far away, but they also were captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_4","024_22_4","ISA","22","4","4","That is why I said, “Allow me to cry alone; do not try to comfort me about my people being slaughtered.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_5","024_22_5","ISA","22","5","5","The Commander of the armies of angels has chosen a time when there will be a great uproar, soldiers marching, and people being terrified in the valley where I received this vision. It will be a time when our city walls will be battered down and the people’s cries for help will be heard in the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_6","024_22_6","ISA","22","6","6","The armies from Elam and Kir in Media will attack, driving chariots and carrying shields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_7","024_22_7","ISA","22","7","7","Our beautiful valleys will be filled with our enemies’ chariots and the men who drive the chariots will stand outside our city gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_8","024_22_8","ISA","22","8","8","The walls that protect the cities in Judah will fall down. You people of Jerusalem will run to get the weapons that are stored in the building called “the Hall of the Forest”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_9","024_22_9","ISA","22","9","9","You will see that there are many breaks/holes in the walls of Jerusalem. You will store water in the lower pool in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_10","024_22_10","ISA","22","10","10","You will inspect the houses in Jerusalem, and some of them you will tear down to use the stones to repair the city wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_11","024_22_11","ISA","22","11","11","Between the walls of the city you will build a reservoir to store water from the old pool. But you will never request help from the one who made the city; you have never depended on Yahweh, who planned this city long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_12","024_22_12","ISA","22","12","12","The Commander of the armies of angels told you to weep and mourn; he told you to shave your heads and to wear rough sackcloth to show that you were sorry for the sins that you had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_13","024_22_13","ISA","22","13","13","But instead of doing that, you were happy and celebrating; you slaughtered cattle and sheep, in order to cook their meat and eat it and drink wine. You said, “Let’s eat and drink all that we want to, because it is possible that we will die tomorrow!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_14","024_22_14","ISA","22","14","14","So the Commander of the armies of angels revealed this to me: “I will never forgive my people for sinning like this!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_15","024_22_15","ISA","22","15","15","The Commander of the armies of angels said this to me: “Go to Shebna, the official who supervises the workers in the palace, and give this message to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_16","024_22_16","ISA","22","16","16","'Who do you think you are? Who gave you the authority to build a beautiful tomb where you will be buried, chiseling it out of the rocky cliff high above this valley? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_17","024_22_17","ISA","22","17","17","You think that you are IRO a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away. It will be as though he will seize you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_18","024_22_18","ISA","22","18","18","and roll/crumple you into a ball and throw you away into a large distant land. You will die and be buried there, and your beautiful chariots will stay there in the hands of your enemies. And because of what happens to you, your master, the king, will be very ashamed/disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_19","024_22_19","ISA","22","19","19","Yahweh will force you to quit working in the palace; you will be demoted from your important position. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_20","024_22_20","ISA","22","20","20","Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me well, to replace you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_21","024_22_21","ISA","22","21","21","I will allow him to wear your robe, and to fasten your sash around him, and I will give to him the authority that you had. He will be like MET a father to the people of Jerusalem and all the other towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_22","024_22_22","ISA","22","22","22","I will give to him authority MTY over what happens in the palace where King David lived; when he decides something MET, no one will be able to oppose it; when he refuses to do something, no one will be able to force him to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_23","024_22_23","ISA","22","23","23","I will cause his family to be greatly respected, because I will put him firmly in his position as supervisor of the workers in the palace, like SIM a nail that is firmly hammered into a wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_24","024_22_24","ISA","22","24","24","Others will enable him to have much responsibility, with the result that all the members of his family, even the most insignificant ones, will be honored.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS22_25","024_22_25","ISA","22","25","25","But the Commander of the armies of angels also says, “Shebna is like MET a peg that is firmly fastened to the wall. But there will be a time when I will remove him from his position; he will lose his power/influence, and everything that he promoted MET will fail. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_1","024_23_1","ISA","23","1","1","I received this message from Yahweh about Tyre city: You sailors on APO ships from Tarshish, weep, because the harbor of Tyre and all the houses in the city have been destroyed. The reports that you heard in Cyprus island about Tyre are true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_2","024_23_2","ISA","23","2","2","You people who live along the coast near Tyre, and merchants of Sidon city, mourn silently. Your sailors went across the seas to many places like Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_3","024_23_3","ISA","23","3","3","They sailed across deep seas to buy grain in Egypt and other crops that are grown along the Nile River. Tyre became the city where people from all nations bought and sold goods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_4","024_23_4","ISA","23","4","4","But now you people in Sidon should be ashamed, because you trusted in Tyre, which has been a strong fortress on an island in the sea. Tyre is like a woman who is saying, “Now it is as though I have not given birth to any children, or raised any sons or daughters.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_5","024_23_5","ISA","23","5","5","When the people of Egypt hear what has happened to Tyre, they will grieve very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_6","024_23_6","ISA","23","6","6","Sail to Tarshish and tell them what happened; weep, you people who live along the coast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_7","024_23_7","ISA","23","7","7","The people in the very old city of Tyre were RHQ previously joyful. Traders PRS from Tyre established colonies in many distant nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_8","024_23_8","ISA","23","8","8","People from Tyre appointed kings over other places; their traders were wealthy; they were as powerful and wealthy as MET kings. So, who RHQ caused the people of Tyre to experience this disaster? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_9","024_23_9","ISA","23","9","9","It was the Commander of the armies of angels who did it; he did it in order to cause you people in Tyre not to be proud any more, to humiliate you men who are honored all over the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_10","024_23_10","ISA","23","10","10","You people of Tarshish, you must grow crops in your land instead of trading; spread out over your land like SIM the Nile River spreads over the land of Egypt when it floods, because there is no harbor in Tyre for your ships now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_11","024_23_11","ISA","23","11","11","It is as though Yahweh stretched out his hand over the sea and shook the kingdoms of the earth. He commanded that in Phoenicia/Canaan all its fortresses must be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_12","024_23_12","ISA","23","12","12","He said to the people of Sidon, “You will never rejoice again, because you will be crushed; even if you flee to Cyprus island, you will not escape destruction.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_13","024_23_13","ISA","23","13","13","Think about what happened in Babylonia: the people who were in that land have disappeared. The armies of Assyria have caused that land to become a place where wild animals from the desert live. The Assyrians built dirt ramps to the top of the walls of the city of Babylon; then they entered the city and tore down the palaces and caused the city to become a heap of rubble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_14","024_23_14","ISA","23","14","14","So wail, you sailors on the ships of Tarshish, because the harbor in Tyre where your ships stop is destroyed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_15","024_23_15","ISA","23","15","15","For seventy years, which is as long as kings usually live, people will forget about Tyre. But then it will be rebuilt. What will happen there will be like what happened to a prostitute in this song: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_16","024_23_16","ISA","23","16","16","“You harlot, whom people had forgotten, play your harp well, and sing many songs, in order that people will remember you again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_17","024_23_17","ISA","23","17","17","It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS23_18","024_23_18","ISA","23","18","18","But their profits will be given to Yahweh. The merchants will not hoard their money; instead, they will give it to Yahweh’s priests in order that they can buy food and nice clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_1","024_24_1","ISA","24","1","1","Some day, Yahweh is going to destroy everything on the earth. He will devastate it and cause it to become a desert and scatter its people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_2","024_24_2","ISA","24","2","2","He will scatter everyone— priests and common people, servants and their masters, maids and their mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, people who owe money and people who are owed money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_3","024_24_3","ISA","24","3","3","Nothing that is worth anything will be left on earth; everything valuable will be destroyed. That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_4","024_24_4","ISA","24","4","4","Everything on the earth will dry up and die DOU; its important people will become weak and unimportant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_5","024_24_5","ISA","24","5","5","The earth has become unacceptable to Yahweh because the people who live on it have disobeyed his laws; they have rejected the agreement that he intended to last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_6","024_24_6","ISA","24","6","6","Therefore, Yahweh will curse the earth; the people who live on it must be punished because of the sins that they have committed. They will be destroyed by fire, and only a few people will remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_7","024_24_7","ISA","24","7","7","The grapevines will wither, and there will be no grapes to make wine. All the people who were previously happy will then groan and mourn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_8","024_24_8","ISA","24","8","8","People will no longer play cheerful songs with tambourines, people will no longer play joyfully on their harps, and people will no longer shout noisily during their celebrations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_9","024_24_9","ISA","24","9","9","People will no longer sing while they drink wine, and all their alcoholic drinks will taste bitter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_10","024_24_10","ISA","24","10","10","Towns and cities will be desolate; every house will be locked to prevent thieves from entering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_11","024_24_11","ISA","24","11","11","Mobs will gather in the streets, wanting wine; no one on the earth will be happy DOU any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_12","024_24_12","ISA","24","12","12","Cities will be ruined and all their gates will be battered/broken into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_13","024_24_13","ISA","24","13","13","It will be like that all over the earth: there will only be a few people still alive, like what happens when workers beat all the olives off a tree and there are only a few left, or when they harvest the grapes and there are only a few left on the vines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_14","024_24_14","ISA","24","14","14","But those who are left alive will sing joyfully; people in nations to the west of Israel will declare that Yahweh is very great; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_15","024_24_15","ISA","24","15","15","people in nations to the east of Israel will also praise Yahweh MTY; in countries across the sea, people will praise Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_16","024_24_16","ISA","24","16","16","We will hear people in the most distant places on the earth singing praise to Yahweh, the truly righteous one. But now, I am SYN very sad. Weep for me, because I have become thin and weak. Terrible things are happening! Treacherous people still betray/deceive others everywhere DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_17","024_24_17","ISA","24","17","17","You people all over the earth, you will be terrified, and you will fall into deep pits and traps/snares. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_18","024_24_18","ISA","24","18","18","Those who try to flee because they are terrified will fall into deep pits, and those who climb out of the pits will be caught by traps/snares. The sky will split open and torrents SIM of rain will fall; the foundations of the earth will shake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_19","024_24_19","ISA","24","19","19","The earth will split apart and be shattered; it will shake violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_20","024_24_20","ISA","24","20","20","It will be as though the earth will stagger like SIM a drunk; it will shake like SIM a hut shakes in a windstorm. It will collapse and not be able to rise again, because the guilt of the people who rebel against Yahweh is very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_21","024_24_21","ISA","24","21","21","At that time, Yahweh will punish the wicked powerful beings in the skies and the wicked kings on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_22","024_24_22","ISA","24","22","22","They will all be gathered together and thrown into a dungeon/pit. They will be shut/locked in that dungeon/pit, and later they will be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS24_23","024_24_23","ISA","24","23","23","At that time the light of the moon and the sun will be lessened; it will be as though they are ashamed in the presence of Yahweh, because he, the Commander of the armies of angels, will rule gloriously ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►, in the presence of the leaders of his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_1","024_25_1","ISA","25","1","1","Yahweh, you are my God; I will honor you and praise you MTY. You do wonderful things; you said long ago that you would do those things, and now you have done them like you said that you would. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_2","024_25_2","ISA","25","2","2","Sometimes you have caused cities to become heaps of rubble, cities that had strong walls around them. You have caused palaces in foreign countries to disappear; they will never be rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_3","024_25_3","ISA","25","3","3","Therefore, people in powerful nations will declare that you are very great, and people in nations whose leaders are ruthless/cruel will revere you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_4","024_25_4","ISA","25","4","4","Yahweh, you are like SIM a strong tower where poor people can ◄find refuge/be safe►, a place where needy people can go when they are distressed. You are like MET a place where people can find refuge in a storm and where they can be shaded from the hot sun. Ruthless/Cruel people oppress us; they are like SIM a storm beating against a wall, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_5","024_25_5","ISA","25","5","5","and like SIM the intense heat in the desert. But you cause the roaring of people in foreign nations to cease. Like the air cools when a cloud comes overhead, you stop ruthless/cruel people from singing songs boasting about their being very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_6","024_25_6","ISA","25","6","6","Here in Jerusalem, the Commander of the armies of angels will prepare a wonderful feast for all the people of the world. It will be a banquet with plenty of good meat and fine well-aged DOU wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_7","024_25_7","ISA","25","7","7","People here are sad; their being sad is like a dark cloud that hangs over them, like they experience when someone dies. But Yahweh will enable them to quit being sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_8","024_25_8","ISA","25","8","8","He will get rid of death forever! Yahweh our God will cause people to no longer mourn because someone has died. And he will stop other people insulting and making fun of his land and us his people. That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_9","024_25_9","ISA","25","9","9","At that time, people will proclaim, “Yahweh is our God! We trusted in him, and he rescued us! Yahweh, in whom we trusted, has done it; we should rejoice because of his saving/rescuing us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_10","024_25_10","ISA","25","10","10","Yahweh MTY will protect and bless Jerusalem. But he will crush the people in the land of Moab; they will be like SIM straw that is trampled in the manure and left to rot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_11","024_25_11","ISA","25","11","11","Yahweh will push down the people of Moab like SIM a swimmer pushes the water with his hands. He will cause them to cease being proud, and he will show that all the things that they have done are worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS25_12","024_25_12","ISA","25","12","12","The high walls around the cities in Moab will be torn down; they will be demolished and fall into the dust/dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_1","024_26_1","ISA","26","1","1","Some day, people in Judah will sing this song: Our city of Jerusalem is strong! Yahweh protects our city; He is like MET a wall that surrounds it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_2","024_26_2","ISA","26","2","2","Open the gates of the city for people who are righteous; allow people who faithfully obey Yahweh to enter the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_3","024_26_3","ISA","26","3","3","Yahweh, those who trust in you, those who firmly resolve to never doubt you, you will enable them to feel perfectly peaceful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_4","024_26_4","ISA","26","4","4","So always trust in Yahweh, because Yahweh, our God, is forever like MET a huge rock under which we are sheltered/protected/safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_5","024_26_5","ISA","26","5","5","He humbles proud people and destroys cities whose people are arrogant. He causes those cities to collapse into the dust/dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_6","024_26_6","ISA","26","6","6","When that happens, poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_7","024_26_7","ISA","26","7","7","But as for righteous people, Yahweh, you do what is right; it is as though you cause the paths where they walk to be level and smooth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_8","024_26_8","ISA","26","8","8","Yahweh, by obeying your laws we show that we trust you to help us; and what we desire is that you will be honored/praised/exalted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_9","024_26_9","ISA","26","9","9","All through the night I SYN desire to know you better, and each morning I still want to be with you. Only when you come to judge and punish people who live on the earth will they learn to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_10","024_26_10","ISA","26","10","10","But your acting kindly toward wicked people does not cause them to do what is good. Even in places where people do what is right, the wicked people continue to do what is evil, and they do not realize that you, Yahweh, are great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_11","024_26_11","ISA","26","11","11","Yahweh, it is as though your fist is raised up ready to strike them, but they do not realize that. Show them that you are very eager to help your people. If your enemies would realize that, they would be ashamed; allow your fire to burn them up because they are your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_12","024_26_12","ISA","26","12","12","Yahweh, we desire that you will allow things to go well for us; everything that we have done is what you have enabled us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_13","024_26_13","ISA","26","13","13","Yahweh, our God, others have ruled over us, but you MTY are the only one whom we honor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_14","024_26_14","ISA","26","14","14","Those who ruled us are now gone; they are dead; their spirits have left this earth, and they will not become alive again. You punished those rulers and got rid of them, and people do not even remember them any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_15","024_26_15","ISA","26","15","15","Yahweh, you have enabled our nation to become great; we are more in numbernow, and we have more land, so we thank/praise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_16","024_26_16","ISA","26","16","16","Yahweh, when we were distressed, we asked you to help us; when you disciplined/punished us, we were able only to whisper when we prayed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_17","024_26_17","ISA","26","17","17","Like pregnant women writhe and cry out when they are giving birth, we suffered very much, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_18","024_26_18","ISA","26","18","18","We had severe pain, but nothing good resulted MET from it. We have not rescued our people from being conquered by our enemies, and we have not given birth to children who will rule the world correctly (OR, not defeated the armies that have attacked other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_19","024_26_19","ISA","26","19","19","But Yahweh’s people who have died will become alive again, their corpses will become alive! Those whose bodies lie in graves will rise and shout joyfully! His light will be like dew that falls on his people who have died, who are now in the place where the dead people are, and will cause them to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_20","024_26_20","ISA","26","20","20","But now, my people/fellow-citizens, go home and lock your doors! Hide for a short time, until Yahweh is no longer angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS26_21","024_26_21","ISA","26","21","21","Listen to this: Yahweh will come from heaven to punish all the people on the earth for the sins that they have committed. People will be able to see PRS the ◄blood of those/the people► who have been murdered; their murderers will no longer be able to hide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_1","024_27_1","ISA","27","1","1","At that time, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the swift-moving monster/dragon, that coiling serpent that lives in the sea. Yahweh will kill it with his sharp, huge, and powerful sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_2","024_27_2","ISA","27","2","2","At that time, Yahweh will say, “You Israeli people, who are like MET a fruitful vineyard, must sing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_3","024_27_3","ISA","27","3","3","I will protect you like a farmer MET waters his crops carefully in order that they will grow well. I will guard you day and night, in order that no one harms you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_4","024_27_4","ISA","27","4","4","I am no longer angry with my people; if any of your enemies try to injure you like briers and thorns injure people MET, I will attack them in battles; I will get rid of them completely, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_5","024_27_5","ISA","27","5","5","unless they request me to protect them; I strongly invite them to make peace with me DOU!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_6","024_27_6","ISA","27","6","6","There will be a time when the ◄descendants of Jacob/Israeli people► will prosper like a plant that has good roots; they will be like MET trees that bud and blossom and bear a lot of fruit; what they do will bless all the people in the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_7","024_27_7","ISA","27","7","7","But now I ask, has Yahweh punished us Israelis like he punished our enemies? Has he punished us as much as he punished them? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_8","024_27_8","ISA","27","8","8","No, he has not done that, but he punished us Israeli people and ◄exiled us/forced us to leave our country►; we were taken away from our land as though SIM we were struck by a windstorm from the east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_9","024_27_9","ISA","27","9","9","Yahweh did that in order to punish us for our sins, and remove our guilt. As a result of our being exiled, all the altars to other gods in Israel will be demolished, and we will be forgiven for the sins that we have committed. There will be no more poles for worshiping the goddess Asherah, or altars for burning incense to other gods; they will all be torn down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_10","024_27_10","ISA","27","10","10","The cities that have strong walls around them will be empty; like the desert, they will have no one living in them. The houses will be abandoned, and the streets will be full of weeds. Calves will eat grass there and lie down there; they will chew up all the leaves on the trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_11","024_27_11","ISA","27","11","11","The Israeli people are like MET dry branches on a tree; women break them off and use them to make fires under their cooking pots. Our Israeli people do not have any sense; so Yahweh, who created them, will not act mercifully toward them or be kind to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_12","024_27_12","ISA","27","12","12","However, there will be a time when Yahweh will gather them together again; he will separate them from the people who have conquered them, like people separate wheat from chaff. He will bring them back to Israel, one by one, from the land between the Euphrates River in the northeast  and the brook at the border of Egypt in the southwest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS27_13","024_27_13","ISA","27","13","13","At that time, a trumpet will be blown very loudly. And those who were exiled to Assyria and Egypt and who almost died there will return to Jerusalem, to worship Yahweh on Zion, his holy hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_1","024_28_1","ISA","28","1","1","Terrible things will happen to Samaria city, the capital of Israel! It is on a hill above a fertile valley; the people who live there, who get drunk by drinking too much wine, are very proud; it is a beautiful and glorious city, but some day that beauty will disappear like MET a flower that wilts and dries up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_2","024_28_2","ISA","28","2","2","Listen to this: Yahweh will cause a great army to attack Samaria. Their soldiers will be like SIM a huge hailstorm or a very strong wind; they will be everywhere, like the water of a huge flood, and they will smash to the ground the buildings in Samaria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_3","024_28_3","ISA","28","3","3","The people of Samaria are proud, but everything that the drunks who live there think is wonderful/glorious will be trampled on by their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_4","024_28_4","ISA","28","4","4","Yes, Samaria is beautiful, set on a hill above a fertile valley, but that beauty will disappear like MET a flower that wilts and dries up. Whenever someone sees a good fig at the beginning of the season when figs become ripe, he quickly picks and eats it; similarly, when the enemies of Israel see all the beautiful things in Samaria, they will quickly conquer the city and take away all those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_5","024_28_5","ISA","28","5","5","At that time, the Commander of the armies of angels will be like a glorious wreath of flowers for us Israeli people who are still alive after being exiled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_6","024_28_6","ISA","28","6","6","He will cause our judges to want to do what is fair/just when they decide people’s cases. He will enable the soldiers who stand at the city gates to strongly defend the city when our enemies attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_7","024_28_7","ISA","28","7","7","But now, our leaders stagger/stumble because they have drunk a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. The priests and prophets also stagger because of drinking a lot of wine and other alcoholic drinks. They are not able to think right; they see visions but they cannot understand what they mean; they are unable to decide things correctly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_8","024_28_8","ISA","28","8","8","All their tables are covered with their vomit; filth is everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_9","024_28_9","ISA","28","9","9","They ridicule Yahweh saying, “Who does he think that he is teaching? Why is he talking to us like this? Does he think that we are little children who have recently been weaned? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_10","024_28_10","ISA","28","10","10","He continually tells us, ‘Do this, do that;’ first he tells us one rule, then another rule, he tells us only one line at a time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_11","024_28_11","ISA","28","11","11","So now, Yahweh will need to force them to listen to Assyrians speaking to them in a language that they do not understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_12","024_28_12","ISA","28","12","12","Yahweh told his people long ago, “This is a place where you can rest; you are exhausted from all your travels through the desert, but you will be able to rest in this land.” But they refused to pay attention to what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_13","024_28_13","ISA","28","13","13","So Yahweh continues to tell the people of Samaria, one line at a time, “Do this, do that,” first one rule and then another rule. But because of their ignoring what God said, they will be attacked and defeated; they will be wounded and snared and captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_14","024_28_14","ISA","28","14","14","Because of what will happen in Samaria, you rulers in Jerusalem who make fun of me, listen to this message from Yahweh: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_15","024_28_15","ISA","28","15","15","You boast saying, “We have made an alliance with the leaders of Egypt, so we will not be killed in battles; we will never go to the place where the dead people are. When the army of Assyria attacks us, they will never defeat us, because we have made an agreement with Egypt to protect us!” But that agreement consists of a lot of lies DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_16","024_28_16","ISA","28","16","16","Therefore, Yahweh our Lord says this: “Listen to this! I am going to place in Jerusalem someone who is like MET a foundation stone, he is like a stone that has been tested to determine if it is solid. He will be like a valuable cornerstone around which it will be safe to build a house; and whoever trusts in him will never be disappointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_17","024_28_17","ISA","28","17","17","I will test you people of Jerusalem to find out if you will act justly and righteously like MET someone uses a plumb line to determine if a wall is straight and vertical. But because your agreement with Egypt to protect you was made by leaders lying to each other and deceiving each other, you will be defeated and taken away from your country by an army that will come against you like MET a flood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_18","024_28_18","ISA","28","18","18","I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made with the leaders of Egypt. You thought that because of that agreement you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are. But when the vast army of Assyria overwhelms you like a flood, they will trample you into the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_19","024_28_19","ISA","28","19","19","Their soldiers will come during the morning, at noontime, and at night, and they will carry you all away.” And when you understand this message, you will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_20","024_28_20","ISA","28","20","20","You have heard people say, “Your bed is very short, you will not be able to sleep in it; your blankets are very narrow; they will not cover you!” That means for you that your agreement with Egypt is not going to save you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_21","024_28_21","ISA","28","21","21","Yahweh will come and cause you to be defeated; he will do to you like he did to the army of Philistia at Perizim Mountain and like he did to the Amor people-group at Gibeon Valley. What he will do will be very strange and unusual DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_22","024_28_22","ISA","28","22","22","The Commander of the armies of angels has told me that he is going to destroy the entire land. So do not ridicule what I say any more, because if you do that he will punish you even more severely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_23","024_28_23","ISA","28","23","23","Listen IDM to what I say; pay attention carefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_24","024_28_24","ISA","28","24","24","When a farmer plows some ground, does he never plant seeds RHQ? Does he continue to plow it and never plant anything RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_25","024_28_25","ISA","28","25","25","No, he makes the ground very level, and then he plants seeds— dill and cumin and wheat and barley. He plants each kind of seed in the correct manner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_26","024_28_26","ISA","28","26","26","He does that because God has taught him the correct way to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_27","024_28_27","ISA","28","27","27","Farmers never thresh caraway/dill with a heavy sledge/club; instead, they beat it only with a stick. Farmers never thresh cumin by driving a cart over it; instead, they hit it only with a rod. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_28","024_28_28","ISA","28","28","28","And grain for baking bread is crushed easily, so the farmers do not continue to pound it for a long time. They sometimes cause their horses to pull a cart over it to thresh it, but doing that does not grind the grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS28_29","024_28_29","ISA","28","29","29","The Commander of the armies of angels gives us wonderful advice about how to do things; he causes us to be very wise. So what the farmers do is very smart/wise, but what your leaders are doing is very stupid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_1","024_29_1","ISA","29","1","1","This is a message from Yahweh: Terrible things will happen to Jerusalem, the city where King David lived. You people continue to celebrate your festivals each year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_2","024_29_2","ISA","29","2","2","But I will cause you to experience a great disaster, and when that happens, people will weep and lament very much. Your city will become like MET an altar to me where people are burned as sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_3","024_29_3","ISA","29","3","3","I will cause your enemies to come to your city; they will surround it by building towers and putting in place other things with which to attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_4","024_29_4","ISA","29","4","4","Then you will talk as though you were buried deep in the ground DOU; it will sound like someone whispering from under the ground, like SIM a ghost speaking from a grave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_5","024_29_5","ISA","29","5","5","But, suddenly your enemies will be blown away like dust; their armies will disappear like SIM chaff that is blown away by the wind. It will happen very suddenly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_6","024_29_6","ISA","29","6","6","The Commander of the armies of angels will come to help you with thunder and an earthquake and a very loud noise, with a strong wind and a big storm and a fire that will burn up everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_7","024_29_7","ISA","29","7","7","Then the armies of all the nations that will be attacking Jerusalem will quickly disappear like a dream in the night DOU. Those who will be attacking Jerusalem will suddenly vanish/disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_8","024_29_8","ISA","29","8","8","People who are asleep dream about eating food, but when they wake up, they are still hungry. People who are thirsty dream about drinking something, but when they wake up they are still thirsty. It will be like that when your enemies come to attack Zion Hill; they will dream about conquering you, but when they wake up, they will realize that they have not succeeded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_9","024_29_9","ISA","29","9","9","You people of Jerusalem, be amazed and surprised about this IRO! Do not believe what I have said SAR! And continue to be blind IRO about what Yahweh is doing. You are stupid, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. You stagger, but not from drinking alcoholic drinks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_10","024_29_10","ISA","29","10","10","Because Yahweh has prevented the prophets DOU from understanding and telling you his messages, it is as though he has caused you to be fast/deeply asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_11","024_29_11","ISA","29","11","11","Yahweh gave me this vision; but for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read and request that they read it, they will say, “We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_12","024_29_12","ISA","29","12","12","When you give it to others who cannot read, they will say, “We cannot read it because we do not know how to read.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_13","024_29_13","ISA","29","13","13","So the Lord says, “These people say that they belong to me. They honor me by what they say MTY, but they do not think IDM about what I desire. When they worship me, all they do is recite rules that people have made and that they have memorized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_14","024_29_14","ISA","29","14","14","Therefore, again I will do something to amaze these people; I will perform many miracles. And I will show that the people who tell others that they are wise are not really wise, and I will show that the people who tell others that they are intelligent are not really intelligent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_15","024_29_15","ISA","29","15","15","Terrible things will happen to those who try to conceal from me, Yahweh, the evil things that they plan to do; they do those things in the darkness and they think, ‘Yahweh certainly cannot RHQ see us; he cannot RHQ know what we are doing!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_16","024_29_16","ISA","29","16","16","They are extremely foolish! They act as though they were the potters and I was the clay! Something that was created should certainly never RHQ say to the one who made it, ‘You did not make me!’ A jar should never say, ‘The potter who made me did not know what he was doing!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_17","024_29_17","ISA","29","17","17","Soon the forests in Lebanon will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fields, and that will happen very soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_18","024_29_18","ISA","29","18","18","At that time, deaf people will be able to hear; they will be able to hear when someone reads from a book; and blind people will be able to see; they will be able to see things when it is gloomy and even when it is dark. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_19","024_29_19","ISA","29","19","19","Yahweh will enable humble people to be very joyful again. Poor people will rejoice about what the Holy One of Israel has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_20","024_29_20","ISA","29","20","20","There will be no more people who ridicule others and no more arrogant people. And those who plan to do evil things will be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_21","024_29_21","ISA","29","21","21","Those who testify falsely in order to persuade judges to punish innocent people will vanish/disappear. Similar things will happen to those who by lying in court persuade judges to make unjust decisions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_22","024_29_22","ISA","29","22","22","That is why Yahweh, who rescued Abraham, says about the people of Israel, “My people will no longer be ashamed; no longer will they show on their faces that they are ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_23","024_29_23","ISA","29","23","23","When they see that I have blessed them by giving them many children and doing many other things for them, they will realize that I am the Holy One of Israel, and they will revere me, the God to whom they, the descendants of Jacob, belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS29_24","024_29_24","ISA","29","24","24","When that happens, those who have not been able to think well will think clearly, and those who complain about what I am doing will accept what I am teaching them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_1","024_30_1","ISA","30","1","1","Yahweh says, “Terrible things will happen to you, my people who rebel against me. You make plans, but what you plan is not what I want. You have made an alliance with the rulers of Egypt, but you did not ask my Spirit if that was what you should do. By doing that, you have increased the number of your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_2","024_30_2","ISA","30","2","2","You went to Egypt to ask their rulers for help, without asking for my advice. You have trusted in the army of the king of Egypt to protect you; you have trusted in them like people sit in the shade to protect themselves from the sun MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_3","024_30_3","ISA","30","3","3","But the result of your trusting in the king of Egypt is that you will be disappointed and disgraced; because of trusting in him, you will be humiliated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_4","024_30_4","ISA","30","4","4","Officials/ambassadors from Judah have gone to Zoan and Hanes cities in Egypt to make treaties, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_5","024_30_5","ISA","30","5","5","but all those who trust in the King of Egypt will be humiliated, because that nation will not be able to help you; the treaty that you have made requesting help from them will be useless; instead, the result will be that you will be humiliated and disgraced DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_6","024_30_6","ISA","30","6","6","I received from Yahweh this message about the animals in the southern part of Judah: That area is one where people experience a lot of troubles and difficulties, an area where there are male and female lions and various kinds of poisonous snakes. Caravans go through that area taking donkeys and camels loaded with valuable goods. They are taking them to Egypt to seek for protection by the army of Egypt, but it will be useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_7","024_30_7","ISA","30","7","7","The promises made by the king of Egypt are worthless; therefore I call Egypt ‘the sea monster/dragon that does nothing’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_8","024_30_8","ISA","30","8","8","Yahweh told me to write on a scroll a message, in order that it would be a witness to the people of Judah that would endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_9","024_30_9","ISA","30","9","9","It would remind them that they are deceitful and always rebelling against Yahweh; they refuse to pay attention to what he tells/teaches them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_10","024_30_10","ISA","30","10","10","They tell the people who see/receive visions from Yahweh, “Stop seeing visions!” They tell the prophets, “Do not reveal to us what is right! Tell us pleasant things; do not tell us visions about things that are true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_11","024_30_11","ISA","30","11","11","Stop doing what you have been doing DOU; stop telling us what the Holy One of Israel says to us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_12","024_30_12","ISA","30","12","12","Therefore, this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “You have rejected my message, and you are relying on those who oppress and deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_13","024_30_13","ISA","30","13","13","Therefore, the result of your sin of rejecting me will be that you will suddenly experience disasters; what will happen to you will be like SIM a cracked wall that suddenly collapses DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_14","024_30_14","ISA","30","14","14","You will be smashed like a clay jar is smashed when it is dropped, and it shatters completely, with the result that there is not one piece big enough to carry some coals from a stove or to carry a little bit of water from a well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_15","024_30_15","ISA","30","15","15","Yahweh, our God, the Holy One of Israel, also says this: “You will be rescued from your enemies only if you repent and trust in what I will do for you; you will be strong only if you quit worrying and trust in me. But you do not want to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_16","024_30_16","ISA","30","16","16","You said, ‘No, we will escape on horses that the army of Egypt will give us!’ So, you will try to flee. You said, ‘We will escape from the army of Assyria by riding on swift horses!’ But those who pursue you will also ride swiftly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_17","024_30_17","ISA","30","17","17","As a result, 1,000 of you will flee when only one of them pursues you! When only five of their soldiers threaten to kill you, all of you will flee. Only a few of you will be left, like SIM a single flagpole on top of a mountain with one signal flag on the pole.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_18","024_30_18","ISA","30","18","18","But Yahweh wants to be kind to you; he desires to show you that he is merciful. Do not forget that Yahweh is a God who acts justly; he is pleased with those who patiently trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_19","024_30_19","ISA","30","19","19","You people who live in Jerusalem DOU, some day you will not cry any more. Yahweh will be kind to you when you call out to him for help. He will answer/help you as soon as he hears you call. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_20","024_30_20","ISA","30","20","20","Although now Yahweh has caused you to daily experience MET great troubles and suffer much, he, your teacher, will not hide himself from you. He SYN will teach you many things clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_21","024_30_21","ISA","30","21","21","And you will hear him speak to you to guide you. Right behind you he will say, “This is the road on which you should walk; walk on this road!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_22","024_30_22","ISA","30","22","22","When that happens, you will destroy all your idols that are covered with silver or gold. You will throw them away like you throw away a filthy rag, and you will say to them, “We do not need you any more!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_23","024_30_23","ISA","30","23","23","If you do that, Yahweh will bless you by giving you good rain at the time that you plant your crops. You will have good harvests, and plenty of pasture with grass for your cattle to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_24","024_30_24","ISA","30","24","24","After the wind blows away the chaff, the oxen and donkeys that pull the plow to plow your ground will have good grain to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_25","024_30_25","ISA","30","25","25","At that time, when your enemies have been slaughtered and their towers have ◄collapsed/been destroyed►, there will be streams flowing down every hill and mountain in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_26","024_30_26","ISA","30","26","26","The moon will seem to shine as brightly as the sun, and the sun will seem to shine seven times as brightly as previously. That is what it will be like when Yahweh causes the suffering of his people to cease; it will be as though MET he will be putting bandages on their wounds and healing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_27","024_30_27","ISA","30","27","27","It is as though we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says MTY he shows that he is angry; what he says is like SIM a devastating/destructive fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_28","024_30_28","ISA","30","28","28","His breath is like SIM a flood that covers his enemies up to their necks. He will separate MET the nations in order to destroy some of them; it is as though he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_29","024_30_29","ISA","30","29","29","But his people will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like SIM a large group of his people are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes when they are all going there to worship Yahweh. He is like MET a huge rock under which we Israeli people are safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_30","024_30_30","ISA","30","30","30","And Yahweh will enable us to hear him speaking powerfully/majestically. He will show us that he SYN is very powerful. We will see him SYN smash his enemies. Being very angry, he will descend with a big rainstorm and thunder and hail to punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_31","024_30_31","ISA","30","31","31","The soldiers of Assyria will be terrified when they hear the voice of Yahweh and when he strikes them with his rod. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_32","024_30_32","ISA","30","32","32","And while Yahweh strikes them to punish them, his people will celebrate by playing tambourines and harps. It will be as though Yahweh will lift up his powerful hand/arm and defeat the Assyrian army in battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS30_33","024_30_33","ISA","30","33","33","The valley of Topheth outside Jerusalem has been prepared for a long time; it is ready for the king of Assyria; the ◄funeral pyre/pile of wood► for burning his body is wide and high, and it will be as though Yahweh will light the fire with his breath, which will come out like a stream of burning sulfur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_1","024_31_1","ISA","31","1","1","Terrible things will happen to those who reply on Egypt to help them, trusting in their soldiers’ horses and their many chariots and their strong chariot-drivers, instead of trusting that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_2","024_31_2","ISA","31","2","2","Yahweh is very wise, but he also causes people to experience disaster! And when he decides to do that, he does not change his mind! He will strike/punish the wicked people and all those who help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_3","024_31_3","ISA","31","3","3","The soldiers of Egypt that you people of Judah are relying on are humans, not God! And their horses are only horses; they are not powerful spirits! So when Yahweh raises his fist to strike/punish the soldiers of Egypt whom you thought would help you, he will also strike you who thought that you would be helped, and you and they will stumble and fall down; all of you will die together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_4","024_31_4","ISA","31","4","4","But this is what Yahweh said to me: “When a huge lion stands over the body of a sheep that he has killed and growls, even if a large group of shepherds comes to chase/shoo away the lion, even if they shout loudly, the lion will not be afraid and will not leave. Similarly, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will come down to fight my enemies on Zion Hill, and nothing will hinder me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_5","024_31_5","ISA","31","5","5","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will protect Jerusalem like SIM a mother bird protects the baby birds in her nest: I will defend the city and rescue it from its enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_6","024_31_6","ISA","31","6","6","My people, even though you have greatly rebelled against Yahweh, return to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_7","024_31_7","ISA","31","7","7","When you do that, each of you will throw away the idols that you SYN have sinned by making, idols that are covered with silver and gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_8","024_31_8","ISA","31","8","8","Many of the Assyrian soldiers will be killed, but not by swords that men use. They will be destroyed by the sword of God; and those who are not killed will ◄panic/be very afraid► and flee. And some of them will be captured and forced to become slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS31_9","024_31_9","ISA","31","9","9","Even their very strong soldiers MTY will be terrified; they will abandon their battle flags and run away! Yahweh will cause his enemies who attack Jerusalem to be destroyed. Yahweh’s presence on Zion Hill is like a fire, like a furnace that blazes in Jerusalem; and that is what Yahweh says about what will happen to the Assyrian army! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_1","024_32_1","ISA","32","1","1","Listen to this! Some day there will be a righteous king, and his officials will help him to rule justly/fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_2","024_32_2","ISA","32","2","2","Each of them will be like MET a shelter from the wind and a ◄refuge/place to be protected► from the storm. They will be like SIM streams of water in the desert, like the shade under a huge rock in a very hot and dry land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_3","024_32_3","ISA","32","3","3","When that happens, those leaders will enable people who have not understood MET God’s truth to understand it, and they will enable those who have not paid attention to MET God’s truth to pay attention to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_4","024_32_4","ISA","32","4","4","Even those who act very hastily will have good sense, and those who cannot speak well will speak fluently and clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_5","024_32_5","ISA","32","5","5","At that time, people who are foolish/unwise will no longer be ◄admired/looked up to►, and scoundrels will no longer be respected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_6","024_32_6","ISA","32","6","6","Foolish people say things that are foolish, and they plan to do evil things. Their behavior is disgraceful, and they say things about Yahweh that are false. They do not give food to those who are hungry, and they do not give water to those who are thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_7","024_32_7","ISA","32","7","7","Scoundrels do things that are evil and that deceive people; they plan to do evil things; by telling lies in court they cause poor people to ◄have trouble/be convicted►, even when what the poor people are requesting is fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_8","024_32_8","ISA","32","8","8","But honorable people plan to do honorable/good things, and they do the honorable/good things that they plan to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_9","024_32_9","ISA","32","9","9","You women of Jerusalem who think that you are very secure/safe and think that everything is going well, listen to IDM what I say! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_10","024_32_10","ISA","32","10","10","One year from now, you who now ◄are not worried about anything/think that everything is going well► will tremble, because there will be no grapes for you to harvest and no other crops to harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_11","024_32_11","ISA","32","11","11","So tremble now, you women who are not worried about anything! Take off your fancy clothes and put rough sackcloth around your waists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_12","024_32_12","ISA","32","12","12","Beat/Hit your breasts to show that you are grieving about what will happen in your fertile fields and to your fruitful grapevines, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_13","024_32_13","ISA","32","13","13","because only thorns and thistles will grow in your soil. Your houses where you had joyful parties and your city where you have been happy will be gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_14","024_32_14","ISA","32","14","14","The king’s palace will be empty; there will be no people in the city that now is very noisy. Wild donkeys will walk around and flocks of sheep will eat grass in the empty forts and watchtowers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_15","024_32_15","ISA","32","15","15","It will be like that until God pours his Spirit out on us from heaven. When that happens, the deserts will become fertile fields, and abundant crops will grow in those fertile fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_16","024_32_16","ISA","32","16","16","People PRS will act/rule justly/fairly in those desert areas, and people will act/rule righteously in those fertile fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_17","024_32_17","ISA","32","17","17","And the result of their acting righteously will be that there will be peace, the land will be tranquil/quiet, and people will be secure/safe forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_18","024_32_18","ISA","32","18","18","My people will live in their homes peacefully, and safely, and calmly, in places of rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_19","024_32_19","ISA","32","19","19","Even if a severe hailstorm knocks down the trees in the forest, and all the buildings in the city are blown down, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS32_20","024_32_20","ISA","32","20","20","Yahweh will greatly bless you; you will plant seeds in fields alongside the streams and there will be abundant crops. Your donkeys and cattle will easily find grass to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_1","024_33_1","ISA","33","1","1","Terrible things will happen to you people of Assyria! You have destroyed others, but you have not been destroyed yet. You have betrayed/deceived others, but you have not been betrayed/deceived yet. When you stop destroying others, others will destroy you. When you stop betraying/deceiving others, others will betray you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_2","024_33_2","ISA","33","2","2","Yahweh, be kind to us, because we have patiently waited for you to help us. Enable us to be strong every day, and rescue us when we have troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_3","024_33_3","ISA","33","3","3","Our enemies run away when they hear your voice. When you stand up and show that you are powerful IDM, the people of all nations flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_4","024_33_4","ISA","33","4","4","And after our enemies have been defeated, we, your people, will take away all our enemies’ possessions like SIM caterpillars and locusts strip off all the leaves of plants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_5","024_33_5","ISA","33","5","5","Yahweh is greater than anyone else, and he lives in heaven, and he will rule justly and righteously in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_6","024_33_6","ISA","33","6","6","When that happens, he will enable you to live securely/safely; he will fully protect your possessions, he will enable you to be wise and to know all that you need to know; and revering Yahweh will be like MET a valuable treasure for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_7","024_33_7","ISA","33","7","7","But now, look, our brave men are crying out in the streets; our ambassadors have gone to other countries to make peace treaties, but they will cry bitterly because they will not succeed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_8","024_33_8","ISA","33","8","8","No one travels on our roads DOU. The leaders of Assyria have broken/disregarded their peace treaty with us; they despise the people who made those treaties, and they do not respect anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_9","024_33_9","ISA","33","9","9","The land of Judah is dry and barren. The cedar trees in Lebanon are drying up and decaying. The Sharon Plain along the coast is now a desert. There are no more leaves on the trees in the Bashan and Carmel areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_10","024_33_10","ISA","33","10","10","Yahweh says, “Now I will begin to show that I am very powerful DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_11","024_33_11","ISA","33","11","11","You people of Assyria make plans that are as useless as MET chaff and straw. Your breath will become a fire that will burn you up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_12","024_33_12","ISA","33","12","12","Your people will be burned until only ashes remain MET like SIM thornbushes are cut down and burned up in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_13","024_33_13","ISA","33","13","13","You people who live far away and you people who live nearby, pay attention to what I have done and realize that I am very powerful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_14","024_33_14","ISA","33","14","14","The sinners in Jerusalem will tremble because of being very afraid; godless people will be terrified. They say, “None of us can RHQ remain alive because this fire is burning everything; it is like the fire on Yahweh’s altar that will burn forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_15","024_33_15","ISA","33","15","15","Those who act honestly and say what is right, those who do not try to become rich by ◄extortion/forcing people to give them money►, those who do not try to get bribes, those who refuse to listen to people who are planning to murder someone, those who do not join others who urge them to do what is wrong, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_16","024_33_16","ISA","33","16","16","they are the people who will live safely MTY; they will find places to be safe in the caves in the mountains. They will have plenty of food and water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_17","024_33_17","ISA","33","17","17","You SYN people of Judah will see the king wearing all his beautiful robes, and you will see that he rules a land that extends far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_18","024_33_18","ISA","33","18","18","When you see that, you will think about when you were previously terrified, and you will say, “The officers of Assyria who counted the tax money that we were forced to pay to them have disappeared RHQ! Those men who counted our towers are gone RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_19","024_33_19","ISA","33","19","19","Those arrogant people who spoke a language that we could not understand are no longer here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_20","024_33_20","ISA","33","20","20","At that time, you will see Zion Hill, the place where we celebrate our festivals; you will see that Jerusalem has become a place that is calm and safe. It will be secure, like SIM a tent that cannot be moved because its ropes are tight and its stakes are firmly in the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_21","024_33_21","ISA","33","21","21","Yahweh will be our mighty God; he will be like SIM a mighty river that will protect us because our enemies will not be able to cross it; no one will be able to row across it and no ships will be able to sail across it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_22","024_33_22","ISA","33","22","22","Yahweh is our judge; he is the one who gives us laws, and he is our king. He will rescue us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_23","024_33_23","ISA","33","23","23","The ropes on our enemies’ boats will hang loose, their masts will not be fastened firmly, and their sails will not be spread out. The treasures that they have seized will be divided among us, God’s people, and even lame people among us will get some. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS33_24","024_33_24","ISA","33","24","24","And the people in Jerusalem will no longer say, “We are sick,” because Yahweh will forgive the sins that have been committed by the people who live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_1","024_34_1","ISA","34","1","1","You people of all nations, come near and listen and pay careful attention. I want the world and everything that is in it to hear what I say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_2","024_34_2","ISA","34","2","2","Yahweh is angry with the people of all nations; he is ◄furious/very angry► with all their armies. He has decided that they must be destroyed, and he will slaughter them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_3","024_34_3","ISA","34","3","3","Their corpses will not be buried, and as a result their corpses will stink, and their blood will fill the streams that flow down the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_4","024_34_4","ISA","34","4","4","The sky will disappear like SIM a scroll that is rolled up and thrown away. Stars will fall from the sky like SIM withered leaves fall from grapevines, or like SIM shriveled figs fall from fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_5","024_34_5","ISA","34","5","5","When Yahweh has finished his work of destroying objects in the sky, he will punish the people of Edom, that people-group that he has said must be destroyed/exterminated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_6","024_34_6","ISA","34","6","6","It is as though Yahweh has a sword that is covered with blood and fat— the blood of lambs and goats and the fat of the kidneys of rams to be sacrificed. It is as though Yahweh will offer a sacrifice in the city of Bozrah and kill many people in other cities in Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_7","024_34_7","ISA","34","7","7","Even wild oxen will be killed, as well as young calves and big bulls. The ground will be soaked with blood, and the dirt will be covered with the fat of those animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_8","024_34_8","ISA","34","8","8","That will be the time when Yahweh gets revenge for what those people did to the people of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_9","024_34_9","ISA","34","9","9","The streams in Edom will be full of burning pitch/tar, and the ground will be covered with burning sulfur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_10","024_34_10","ISA","34","10","10","Yahweh will never finish punishing Edom with fire; the smoke will rise forever. No one will ever live in that land, and no one will even travel through it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_11","024_34_11","ISA","34","11","11","Ravens and various kinds of owls and small animals will live there. Yahweh will measure that land carefully: He will measure it to to decide where to cause chaos and destruction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_12","024_34_12","ISA","34","12","12","There will be no princes; the people who have authority will have no kingdom to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_13","024_34_13","ISA","34","13","13","The deserted palaces and fortified buildings will be full of thorns and thistles. The ruins will be a place for jackals/wolves and owls to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_14","024_34_14","ISA","34","14","14","Animals that live in the desert and hyenas/wolves will be there, and wild goats will bleat/call to each other. There will also be creatures/animals that roam around at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_15","024_34_15","ISA","34","15","15","Owls will make their nests there and lay their eggs in the nests; and when the eggs hatch, the mother birds will cover them with their wings. There will also be falcons/hawks there, each with its mate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_16","024_34_16","ISA","34","16","16","If you read what is written in the book that contains messages from Yahweh, you will find out what he will do in Edom. All of those animals and birds will be there, and each one will have a mate, because that is what Yahweh has promised, and his Spirit will cause them all to gather there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS34_17","024_34_17","ISA","34","17","17","He has decided what parts of the land of Edom each will live in, and those are the places where each bird or animal will live. Their descendants will possess those areas forever, throughout all generations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_1","024_35_1","ISA","35","1","1","Some day, it will be as though the desert and other very dry areas are glad DOU; the desert will rejoice and flowers will blossom. Like crocuses/daffodils, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_2","024_35_2","ISA","35","2","2","the desert will produce flowers abundantly; it will be as though everything is rejoicing and singing! The deserts will become as beautiful as SIM the trees in Lebanon, as fertile SIM as the plains of the Sharon and Carmel areas. There people will see the glory of Yahweh; they will see that he is magnificent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_3","024_35_3","ISA","35","3","3","So, encourage those who are tired and weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_4","024_35_4","ISA","35","4","4","Say to those who are afraid, “Be strong and do not be afraid, because our God is going to come to get revenge on his enemies; he will ◄pay them back/punish them► for what they have done, and he will rescue you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_5","024_35_5","ISA","35","5","5","When he does that, he will enable blind people to see and enable deaf people to hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_6","024_35_6","ISA","35","6","6","Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out from springs in the desert; streams will flow in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_7","024_35_7","ISA","35","7","7","The very dry ground will become a pool of water, and springs will provide water for the dry land. Grass and reeds and papyrus will grow in places where the jackals/wolves lived previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_8","024_35_8","ISA","35","8","8","And there will be a highway through that land; it will be called ‘the Holy Highway’. People who are not acceptable to God will not walk on that road; it will be only for those who conduct their lives as God wants them to; foolish people will become lost while walking on that road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_9","024_35_9","ISA","35","9","9","There will not be any lions there or any other dangerous animals along that road. Only those who have been freed from being slaves in Babylonia will walk on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS35_10","024_35_10","ISA","35","10","10","Those whom Yahweh has freed will return to Jerusalem; they will sing as they enter the city; they will be extremely joyful MET, PRS forever. No longer will they be sad or mourn; they will be completely joyful DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_1","024_36_1","ISA","36","1","1","When King Hezekiah had been ruling Judah for almost 14 years, King Sennacherib of Assyria came with his army to attack the cities in Judah that had walls around them. They did not conquer Jerusalem, but they conquered all the other cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_2","024_36_2","ISA","36","2","2","Then the king of Assyria sent a large army with some of his important officials from Lachish city to persuade King Hezekiah to surrender. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they stood in their positions alongside the aqueduct/channel in which water flows into the upper pool into Jerusalem, near the road to the field where the women wash clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_3","024_36_3","ISA","36","3","3","The Israeli officials who went out of the city to talk with them were Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, the ◄palace administrator/man who supervised the workers in the palace►, Shebna the king’s secretary, and Asaph’s son Joah, who wrote down the government decisions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_4","024_36_4","ISA","36","4","4","Then one of Sennacherib’s important officials told them to take this message to Hezekiah: This is what the King of Assyria, the great king, says: “What are you trusting in to rescue you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_5","024_36_5","ISA","36","5","5","You say that you have weapons to fight us and some country’s promises to help you, and that will enable you to defeat us, but that is only talk RHQ. Who do you think will help you to rebel against my soldiers from Assyria? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_6","024_36_6","ISA","36","6","6","Listen to me! You are relying on the army of Egypt. But that will be like MET using a broken reed for a walking stick on which you could lean. But it would pierce the hand of anyone who would lean on it! That is what the King of Egypt would be like for anyone who relied on him for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_7","024_36_7","ISA","36","7","7","But perhaps you will say to me, ‘No, we are relying on Yahweh our God to help us.’ I would reply, ‘Is he not the one whom you insulted by tearing down his shrines and altars and forcing everyone in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to worship only in front of the altar in Jerusalem?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_8","024_36_8","ISA","36","8","8","So I suggest that you make a deal with my master/boss, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses, but I do not think that you can find 2,000 of your men who can ride on them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_9","024_36_9","ISA","36","9","9","You are expecting the king of Egypt to send chariots and men riding horses to assist you. But they certainly would not RHQ be able to resist/defeat even the most insignificant/unimportant official in the army of Assyria! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_10","024_36_10","ISA","36","10","10","Furthermore, do not think that RHQ we have come here to attack and destroy this land without Yahweh’s orders! It is Yahweh himself who told us to come here and destroy this land!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_11","024_36_11","ISA","36","11","11","Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the official from Assyria, “Please speak to us in your Aramaic language, because we understand it. Do not speak to us in our Hebrew language, because the people who are standing on the wall will understand it and become frightened.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_12","024_36_12","ISA","36","12","12","But the official replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to say these things only to you, and not to the people standing on the wall RHQ? If you reject this message, the people in this city will soon need to eat their own dung and drink their own urine, just like you will, because there will be nothing more for you to eat or drink.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_13","024_36_13","ISA","36","13","13","Then the official stood up and shouted in the Hebrew language to the people sitting on the wall. He said, “Listen to this message from the great king, the King of Assyria! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_14","024_36_14","ISA","36","14","14","He says, ‘Do not allow Hezekiah to deceive you! He will not be able to rescue you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_15","024_36_15","ISA","36","15","15","Do not allow him to persuade you to trust in Yahweh, saying that Yahweh will rescue you, and that the army of the King of Assyria will never capture this city!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_16","024_36_16","ISA","36","16","16","Do not pay attention to what Hezekiah says! This is what the king of Assyria says: ‘Come out of the city and surrender to me. If you do that, I will arrange for each of you to drink the juice from your own grapevines and to eat figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_17","024_36_17","ISA","36","17","17","You will be able to do that until we come and take you to a land that is like your land—a land where there is grain to make bread and vineyards to produce grapes for making new wine and, and where we make lots of bread.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_18","024_36_18","ISA","36","18","18","Do not allow Hezekiah to mislead you by saying, “Yahweh will rescue us.” The gods that people of other nations worship have never RHQ rescued any of them from the power MTY of the King of Assyria! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_19","024_36_19","ISA","36","19","19","Why were the gods of Hamath and Arpad cities, and the gods of Sepharvaim unable to rescue Samaria from my power MTY? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_20","024_36_20","ISA","36","20","20","No, no god RHQ of any nation has been able to rescue their people from me. So why do you think that Yahweh will rescue you people of Jerusalem from my power MTY?’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_21","024_36_21","ISA","36","21","21","But the people who were listening were silent. No one said anything, because King Hezekiah had commanded, “When the official from Assyria talks to you, do not answer him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS36_22","024_36_22","ISA","36","22","22","Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah returned to Hezekiah with their clothes torn because they were extremely distressed. They told him what the official from Assyria had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_1","024_37_1","ISA","37","1","1","When King Hezekiah heard what they reported, he tore his clothes and put on clothes made of rough sackcloth because he was very distressed. Then he went into the temple of Yahweh and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_2","024_37_2","ISA","37","2","2","Then he sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the ◄older/most important► priests, who were also wearing clothes made of rough sackcloth, to talk to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_3","024_37_3","ISA","37","3","3","He said to them, “Tell this to Isaiah: ‘King Hezekiah says that this is a day when we are greatly distressed. Other nations are causing us to be insulted and disgraced. We are like SIM a woman who is about to give birth to a baby, but she does not have the strength that she needs to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_4","024_37_4","ISA","37","4","4","But perhaps Yahweh our God has heard what the official from Assyria said. Perhaps he knows that his boss, the King of Assyria, sent him to insult the all-powerful God, and that Yahweh will punish the King of Assyria for what he said. And the king requests that you pray for the few of us who are still alive here in Jerusalem.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_5","024_37_5","ISA","37","5","5","After those men gave me that message, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_6","024_37_6","ISA","37","6","6","I replied, “Tell the King, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “Those messengers from the King of Assyria have said evil things about me. But do not be disturbed by what they said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_7","024_37_7","ISA","37","7","7","Listen to this: I will cause Sennacherib to hear a rumor that the armies of Babylon are about to attack his country, and that will worry him. So he will return to his own country, and there I will cause him to be assassinated by men using swords.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_8","024_37_8","ISA","37","8","8","The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria and his army had captured Lachish city and that they were attacking Libnah, which is a nearby city. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_9","024_37_9","ISA","37","9","9","Soon after that, King Sennacherib received a report that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was leading his army to attack them. So before King Sennacherib left Libnah with his army to fight against the army from Ethiopia, he sent other messengers to Hezekiah in Jerusalem with a letter. In the letter he wrote this to Hezekiah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_10","024_37_10","ISA","37","10","10","“Do not allow your god, on whom you are relying, to deceive you by promising you that Jerusalem will not be captured by my army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_11","024_37_11","ISA","37","11","11","You have certainly heard what the armies of the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries; our armies have destroyed them completely. So, ◄do you think that you will escape?/do not think that your god will save you!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_12","024_37_12","ISA","37","12","12","Did the gods of the nations that were about to be destroyed by the armies of the previous kings of Assyria rescue them? Did those gods rescue Gozan region, and Haran and Rezeph cities in northern Syria, and the people of Eden region who were forced to go to Tel-Assar city? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_13","024_37_13","ISA","37","13","13","What happened to the King of Hamath and the King of Arpad? What happened to the kings of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah cities? Did their gods rescue them RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_14","024_37_14","ISA","37","14","14","Hezekiah received the letter that the messengers gave him, and he read it. Then he went up to the temple and spread out the letter in front of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_15","024_37_15","ISA","37","15","15","And then Hezekiah prayed this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_16","024_37_16","ISA","37","16","16","“O Yahweh, Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom we Israelis belong, you are seated on your throne above the statues of the creatures with wings, above the Sacred Chest. Only you are truly God. You rule all the kingdoms on this earth. You are the one who created everything on the earth and in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_17","024_37_17","ISA","37","17","17","So, Yahweh, please listen to what I am saying, and look at what is happening! And listen to what Sennacherib has said to insult you, the all-powerful God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_18","024_37_18","ISA","37","18","18","Yahweh, it is true that the armies of the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and ruined their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_19","024_37_19","ISA","37","19","19","And they have thrown all the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But they were not really gods. They were only idols made of wood and stone, and that is why they were destroyed easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_20","024_37_20","ISA","37","20","20","So now, Yahweh our God, please rescue us from the power MTY of the King of Assyria, in order that the people in all the kingdoms of the world will know that you, Yahweh, are the only one who is truly God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_21","024_37_21","ISA","37","21","21","Then I sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says: Because you prayed about what King Sennacherib of Assyria said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_22","024_37_22","ISA","37","22","22","this is what I say to him: ‘The people of Jerusalem despise you and make fun of you. They will wag/shake their heads to mock you while you flee from here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_23","024_37_23","ISA","37","23","23","Whom do you think you have been despising and ridiculing? Whom do you think you were shouting at? Whom do you think you were looking at very proudly/arrogantly? It was I, the Holy One whom the Israelis worship! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_24","024_37_24","ISA","37","24","24","The messengers whom you sent made fun of me. You said, “With my many chariots I have gone to the highest mountains, even to the highest mountains in Lebanon. We have cut down its tallest cedar trees and its nicest pine/cypress trees. We have been to the most distant/remote peaks and to its densest forests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_25","024_37_25","ISA","37","25","25","We have dug wells in many countries and drunk water from them. And by marching through MTY the streams of Egypt, we dried them all up HYP!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_26","024_37_26","ISA","37","26","26","But I, Yahweh, reply, “Have you never heard that long ago I determined those things; I planned them long ago, and now I have been causing those things to occur. I planned that your army would destroy cities and cause them to become piles of rubble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_27","024_37_27","ISA","37","27","27","The people in those cities have no power, and as a result they are dismayed and discouraged. They are as frail as MET grass and plants in the fields, as frail as grass that grows on the roofs of houses and is scorched by the hot east wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_28","024_37_28","ISA","37","28","28","But I know everything about you; I know when you are in your house and when you go outside; I also know that you are ◄raging/speaking very angrily► against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_29","024_37_29","ISA","37","29","29","So, because you have raged against me and because I have heard you speak very proudly/arrogantly, it will be as though I will put a hook in your nose and I will put an iron ◄bit/metal bar► in your mouth in order that I can lead you where I want you to go, and I will force you to return to your own country, on the same road on which you came here, without conquering Jerusalem.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_30","024_37_30","ISA","37","30","30","Then I said to Hezekiah, ‘This will prove to you that what I said will happen: “This year, you(pl) will eat only the crops that grow by themselves, and next year the same thing will happen. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will take care of your vineyards and eat the grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_31","024_37_31","ISA","37","31","31","And you people who are still here in Judah, will be strong and prosper again MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_32","024_37_32","ISA","37","32","32","A small number of my people will survive, and they will spread out from Jerusalem DOU.” That will happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, am desiring very much to accomplish it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_33","024_37_33","ISA","37","33","33","And this is what I, Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem; they will not even shoot arrows into it. His soldiers will not march outside the city gates holding their shields, and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city to enable them to attack the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_34","024_37_34","ISA","37","34","34","And their king will return to his own country on the same road on which he came here. He will not enter this city!’ That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_35","024_37_35","ISA","37","35","35","For the sake of my own reputation and because of what I promised King David, who served me well, I will defend this city and prevent it from being destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_36","024_37_36","ISA","37","36","36","That night, an angel from Yahweh went out to where the army of Assyria had set up their tents and killed 185,000 of their soldiers. When the rest of the soldiers woke up the next morning, they saw that there were corpses everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_37","024_37_37","ISA","37","37","37","Then King Sennacherib left and returned home to Nineveh in Assyria, and stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS37_38","024_37_38","ISA","37","38","38","One day, when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his two sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords. Then they escaped and went to the Ararat region northwest of Nineveh. And another of Sennacherib’s sons, Esarhaddon, became the King of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_1","024_38_1","ISA","38","1","1","About that time, Hezekiah became very ill and was close to dying. So I went to see him. And I gave him this message: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘You should tell the people in your palace what you want them to do after you die, because you will not recover from this illness. You are going to die’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_2","024_38_2","ISA","38","2","2","Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_3","024_38_3","ISA","38","3","3","“Yahweh, do not forget that I have always served you very faithfully, and I have done things that pleased you!” Then Hezekiah started to cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_4","024_38_4","ISA","38","4","4","I left his room, but Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_5","024_38_5","ISA","38","5","5","“Go back to Hezekiah and tell him that this is what I, the God to whom your ancestor King David belonged, say: ‘I have heard what you prayed, and I have seen you crying. So listen: I will enable you to live 15 years more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_6","024_38_6","ISA","38","6","6","And, I will rescue you and this city from the power MTY of the King of Assyria. I will defend this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_7","024_38_7","ISA","38","7","7","And this is what I will do to prove that I will do what I have just now promised. I will cause the shadow of the sun to move ten steps backward on the sundial that was built by King Ahaz.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_8","024_38_8","ISA","38","8","8","So the shadow of the sun on the sundial moved backward ten steps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_9","024_38_9","ISA","38","9","9","When King Hezekiah was almost well again, he wrote this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_10","024_38_10","ISA","38","10","10","I thought to myself, “Is it necessary for me to die and go to the place where the dead people are during this time of my life when I am still strong? Is Yahweh going to rob me of the remaining years that I should live?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_11","024_38_11","ISA","38","11","11","I said, “I will not see Yahweh again in this world where people are alive. I will not see my friends again, or be with others who now are alive in this world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_12","024_38_12","ISA","38","12","12","It is as if my life has been taken away like SIM a tent whose pegs have been pulled up by a shepherd and taken away. My time to live has been cut short, like a piece of cloth that a weaver cuts and rolls up after he has finished weaving a cloth.” Suddenly, it seemed that my life was ending. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_13","024_38_13","ISA","38","13","13","I waited patiently all during the night, but my pain was as though MET I was being torn apart by lions. It seemed that my life was finished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_14","024_38_14","ISA","38","14","14","I was delirious, and I chirped like a swift or a swallow, and moaned like a dove. My eyes became tired looking up toward heaven for help. I cried out, Lord, help me, because I am distressed!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_15","024_38_15","ISA","38","15","15","But there was really nothing RHQ that I could say and ask him to reply to me, because it was Yahweh who sent this illness. So now I will live humbly during my remaining years because I am very anguished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_16","024_38_16","ISA","38","16","16","Yahweh, the sufferings (OR, the promises) that you give are good, because what you do and what you say bring new life and health to us. And you restore/heal me and allow me to continue to live! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_17","024_38_17","ISA","38","17","17","Truly, my suffering was good for me; you loved me, and as a result you have rescued me from dying and have also forgiven all my sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_18","024_38_18","ISA","38","18","18","Dead people MTY cannot praise you; they cannot sing to praise you. Those who have descended to their graves cannot confidently expect you to faithfully do things for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_19","024_38_19","ISA","38","19","19","Only people who are still alive, like I am, can praise you. Fathers tell their children how you are faithful, and if I remain alive, I will do the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_20","024_38_20","ISA","38","20","20","I know that Yahweh will fully heal me, so I will sing to praise him while others praise him playing musical instruments; I will do that every day of my life, in the temple of Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_21","024_38_21","ISA","38","21","21","I had previously said to Hezekiah’s servants, “Prepare an ointment from mashed figs, and spread it on his boil, and then he will recover.” So they did that, and Hezekiah recovered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS38_22","024_38_22","ISA","38","22","22","And Hezekiah had previously asked, “What will Yahweh do to prove that I will recover and be able to go to his temple?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_1","024_39_1","ISA","39","1","1","Soon after that, Baladan’s son Merodach-Baladan, the King of Babylon, heard a report that Hezekiah had been very sick but that he had recovered. So he wrote some notes and gave them to some messengers to take to Hezekiah, along with a gift. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_2","024_39_2","ISA","39","2","2","When the messengers arrived, Hezekiah welcomed them gladly. Then he showed them everything that was in his ◄treasure houses/places where very valuable things were kept►—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the nice-smelling olive oil. He also took them to see the place where they kept their soldiers’ weapons, and he showed them the other valuable things that were in the storehouses. Hezekiah showed them everything LIT that was in the palace or in other places HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_3","024_39_3","ISA","39","3","3","Then I went to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did those men come from, and what did they want?” He replied, “They came from the far away land of Babylon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_4","024_39_4","ISA","39","4","4","I asked him, “What did they see in your palace?” Hezekiah replied, “They saw everything. I showed them absolutely everything that I own—all my valuable things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_5","024_39_5","ISA","39","5","5","Then I said to Hezekiah, “Listen to this message from the Commander of the armies of angels: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_6","024_39_6","ISA","39","6","6","'There will be a time when everything in your palace, all the valuable things that your ancestors stored there up until the present time, will be carried away to Babylon. Yahweh says that there will be nothing left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_7","024_39_7","ISA","39","7","7","Furthermore, some of your sons will be forced to go to Babylon. They will be castrated in order that they can become servants in the palace of the king of Babylon.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS39_8","024_39_8","ISA","39","8","8","Then Hezekiah replied to me, “That message from Yahweh that you have given to me is good.” He said that because he was thinking, “Even if that happens, there will be peace, and people in this country will be safe during the time that I am alive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_1","024_40_1","ISA","40","1","1","Our God says, “Encourage my people! Encourage them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_2","024_40_2","ISA","40","2","2","Speak kindly to the people of Jerusalem; tell them that their suffering is ended, and that I have forgiven them for the sins that they have committed; I SYN have fully punished them for their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_3","024_40_3","ISA","40","3","3","I hear someone who is shouting, “Prepare in the desert a way for Yahweh to come to you; make a smooth road for our God (OR, Prepare yourselves to receive Yahweh when he comes, like people make a straight road for an important official MET). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_4","024_40_4","ISA","40","4","4","Fill in the valleys; flatten every hill and every mountain. Make the uneven ground smooth, and make the rough places smooth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_5","024_40_5","ISA","40","5","5","If you do that, it will become known that Yahweh is glorious/great, and all people will realize it at the same time. Those things will surely happen because it is Yahweh who has said MTY it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_6","024_40_6","ISA","40","6","6","Someone said to me, “Shout!” I replied, “What should I shout?” He replied, “Shout that people are like SIM grass; their influence fades as quickly as flowers in the field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_7","024_40_7","ISA","40","7","7","Grass withers and flowers dry up when Yahweh causes a hot wind from the desert to blow on them. And people are MET like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_8","024_40_8","ISA","40","8","8","The grass withers and the flowers dry up, but what our God promises will last forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_9","024_40_9","ISA","40","9","9","You people of Jerusalem, you have good news to tell to people, so, shout it from the top of a high mountain! Shout it loudly, and do not be afraid! Tell the people in the towns of Judah, “Your God is coming here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_10","024_40_10","ISA","40","10","10","Yahweh your God will be coming with power; he will rule powerfully MTY. And when he comes, he will bring with him the people whom he has freed MET from being slaves in Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_11","024_40_11","ISA","40","11","11","He will take care of his people like SIM a shepherd takes care of his sheep, and carries the young lambs in his arms. He carries them close to his chest and he gently leads the female sheep that are nursing their young lambs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_12","024_40_12","ISA","40","12","12","There is no one like Yahweh! ◄Who else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand?/No one else has measured the water in the oceans in the palm of his hand!► RHQ ◄Who else has measured the sky with his fingers?/No one else has measured the sky with his fingers!► RHQ ◄Who else knows how much the earth weighs?/No one else knows how much the earth weighs!► RHQ ◄Who else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales?/No one else has weighed the mountains and hills on scales!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_13","024_40_13","ISA","40","13","13","And ◄who else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit?/No one else can advise Yahweh’s Spirit!► RHQ ◄Who can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do?/No one can teach him or advise/tell him what he should do!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_14","024_40_14","ISA","40","14","14","◄Has Yahweh consulted anyone else to get advice?/Yahweh has certainly not consulted anyone else to get advice!► RHQ ◄Does he need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly?/He certainly does not need someone to tell him what is right to do and how to act justly!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_15","024_40_15","ISA","40","15","15","Yahweh considers that the nations are as insignificant as MET one drop from a bucket full of water. They are as insignificant as dust on scales. He is able to weigh islands as though they weighed no more than grains of sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_16","024_40_16","ISA","40","16","16","There would be not enough wood from all the trees in Lebanon to make a suitable fire for sacrificing animals to him, and there are not enough animals in Lebanon to offer as sacrifices to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_17","024_40_17","ISA","40","17","17","The nations of the world are completely insignificant/unimportant to him; he considers that they are worthless and less than nothing HYP, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_18","024_40_18","ISA","40","18","18","So, to whom can you compare God? What image resembles him? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_19","024_40_19","ISA","40","19","19","Can you compare him to an idol that is made in a mold, and then is covered with a thin sheet of gold and decorated with silver chains? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_20","024_40_20","ISA","40","20","20","A man who is poor cannot buy silver or gold for his idol; so he selects a piece of wood that will not rot, and he gives it to a craftsman to carve an idol that will not fall down! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_21","024_40_21","ISA","40","21","21","Have you(pl) not heard this? Do you not understand it? Are you unable to hear what God said long ago— messages that he gave before he created the earth? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_22","024_40_22","ISA","40","22","22","God sits on his throne above the earth, and the people on the earth below seem to be as small as SIM grasshoppers. He spreads out the sky like a curtain; it is like SIM a tent for him to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_23","024_40_23","ISA","40","23","23","He causes kings to have no more power, and he causes the rulers to be worth nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_24","024_40_24","ISA","40","24","24","They start to rule, like small plants start to grow and form roots; but then he gets rid of them as though MET they withered when he blew on them, like SIM chaff that is blown away by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_25","024_40_25","ISA","40","25","25","The Holy One asks, “To whom will you compare me? Is anyone equal to me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_26","024_40_26","ISA","40","26","26","Look up toward the sky: Consider who RHQ created all the stars. Yahweh created them, and at night he causes them to appear; he calls each one by its name. Because he is extremely powerful DOU, all of the stars are there LIT when he calls out their names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_27","024_40_27","ISA","40","27","27","You people of Israel DOU, why do you complain that Yahweh does not see the troubles that you are experiencing? Why do you say that he does not act fairly toward you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_28","024_40_28","ISA","40","28","28","Have you never heard and have you never understood that Yahweh is the everlasting God; he is the one who created the earth, even the most distant places on the earth. He never becomes weak or weary, and no one can find out how much he understands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_29","024_40_29","ISA","40","29","29","He strengthens DOU those who feel weak and tired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_30","024_40_30","ISA","40","30","30","Even youths become faint and weary, and young men will fall when they are exhausted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS40_31","024_40_31","ISA","40","31","31","But those who trust in Yahweh will become strong again; it will be as though they will soar/fly high like SIM eagles do. They will run for a long time and not become weary; they will walk long distances and not faint. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_1","024_41_1","ISA","41","1","1","Yahweh says, “You people who live on APO islands in the ocean, be silent in front of me while I ask you some questions! Then you can be courageous and talk to me. We will meet together and decide which one of us is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_2","024_41_2","ISA","41","2","2","Who has urged this king to come from the east? Who has enabled his army to righteously defeat many nations and to trample their kings under their feet? With their swords they cut their enemies into tiny pieces HYP; with their arrows they cause their enemies to scatter like SIM the wind scatters chaff. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_3","024_41_3","ISA","41","3","3","Even though they march through areas where they have not gone previously, they pursue their enemies and continue to march, and nothing stops them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_4","024_41_4","ISA","41","4","4","Who has enabled rulers to do DOU mighty things like that? Who has done that throughout all generations? It is I, Yahweh; I was the first one to do things like that, and I will be the last one to do them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_5","024_41_5","ISA","41","5","5","People who live on PRS islands in the ocean are afraid while they watch. People in remote areas tremble and gather together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_6","024_41_6","ISA","41","6","6","They encourage each other and say to each other, “Be strong!' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_7","024_41_7","ISA","41","7","7","The craftsmen encourage those who make things from gold, and the men who flatten metal encourage those who hammer metal ◄on an anvil/into shape►. They all say, “The idol has been well made!” And then they carefully nail down the idol in order that it will not topple over! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_8","024_41_8","ISA","41","8","8","Yahweh says, “You people of Israel are like my servants; you are descendants of Jacob, whom I chose; you are descendants of Abraham, who I said is my friend. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_9","024_41_9","ISA","41","9","9","I summoned you from very distant places DOU on the earth, and I said ‘I want you to serve me; I have chosen you, and I will not reject you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_10","024_41_10","ISA","41","10","10","Do not be afraid, because I will ◄be with/help► you. Do not be discouraged, because I am your God. I will enable you to be strong, and I will help you; I will hold you up with my powerful arm by which you will be rescued. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_11","024_41_11","ISA","41","11","11","It is certain that all those who are angry with you Israeli people will be disgraced DOU. Those who oppose you will be wiped out; they will all die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_12","024_41_12","ISA","41","12","12","If you search for those who tried to conquer you, you will not find them, because they will all have disappeared. Those who attacked you will not exist any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_13","024_41_13","ISA","41","13","13","It will be as though I will hold you up by your right hand. I am Yahweh, your God, and I say to you, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will help you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_14","024_41_14","ISA","41","14","14","Although you people of Israel DOU think that you are as insignificant as worms, do not be afraid of your enemies, because I will help you. I am Yahweh, the one who rescues you; I am the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_15","024_41_15","ISA","41","15","15","I will cause you to be like MET a ◄threshing sledge/big piece of metal that has sharp teeth for separating grain from chaff►. You will tear your enemies to bits, causing them to be like bits of chaff on the mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_16","024_41_16","ISA","41","16","16","You will toss them up into the air, and a strong wind will blow them away DOU. When that happens, you will rejoice about what I have done for you; you will praise me, the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_17","024_41_17","ISA","41","17","17","When poor and needy people need water and they have no water, and their tongues are very dry because they are very thirsty, I, Yahweh, will come and help them. I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will never abandon them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_18","024_41_18","ISA","41","18","18","I will cause rivers to flow for them on the barren hills. I will give them fountains in the valleys. I will fill HYP the desert with pools of water. Water from springs will flow into rivers, and the rivers will flow across the dry ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_19","024_41_19","ISA","41","19","19","I will plant trees in the desert— cedar trees, acacia trees, myrtle trees, olive trees, cypress trees, fir trees, and pine trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_20","024_41_20","ISA","41","20","20","I will do that in order that people who see it will think about it, and they will know and understand DOU that it is I, Yahweh, who have done it; it is what I, the Holy One of Israel, have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_21","024_41_21","ISA","41","21","21","I, Yahweh, the true king of Israel say to you nations, “Tell what your idols can do for you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_22","024_41_22","ISA","41","22","22","Bring them here to tell us what is going to happen! Ask them to tell us what things happened long ago, in order that we may think about those things, and learn if those things that they predicted really happened. Or, ask them to tell us about the future, in order that we can know what will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_23","024_41_23","ISA","41","23","23","Yes, those idols should tell us what will happen in the future. If they do that, we will know that they are really gods. Tell them to do something—either something good or something bad! Tell them to do something that will cause us to be amazed and afraid! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_24","024_41_24","ISA","41","24","24","But that is impossible, because idols are absolutely worthless HYP; they can do nothing, and I detest those who decide to worship idols.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_25","024_41_25","ISA","41","25","25","“But I have incited/urged a ruler who will come with his army from the north. I have summoned him to come from his country, which is east of Israel, and I have given him my authority MTY. I will enable his army to conquer other rulers; they will trample those leaders like SIM a man who makes clay pots first tramples the clay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_26","024_41_26","ISA","41","26","26","◄Who told you people long ago that this would happen?/No one told you people long ago that this would happen!► RHQ ◄Who predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’?/No one predicted it, with the result that we can say, ‘What he predicted was correct!’► RHQ No one else said that it would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_27","024_41_27","ISA","41","27","27","I was the first one to tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Listen to this! I have appointed a messenger to tell good news to you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_28","024_41_28","ISA","41","28","28","None of your idols told you that DOU. And when I asked them questions, none of them was able to give me any answers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS41_29","024_41_29","ISA","41","29","29","Think about it: Those idols are all useless, worthless DOU things. They are as meaningless as MET the wind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_1","024_42_1","ISA","42","1","1","Yahweh says, “I want you people to know about my servant, whom I encourage. I have chosen him, and I am pleased with him. I have given him my Spirit, and he will make certain that all the people-groups do what is right/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_2","024_42_2","ISA","42","2","2","He will not show his power by shouting DOU or by talking very loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_3","024_42_3","ISA","42","3","3","He will not get rid of anyone who is weak like MET a smashed reed, and he will not end the life of anyone who is helpless like MET someone would extinguish a dimly burning wick of an oil lamp. He will faithfully/continually make sure that judges decide cases justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_4","024_42_4","ISA","42","4","4","He will not become exhausted or discouraged all during the time that he is causing things to be done justly throughout the earth. Even people living on the islands in MTY the oceans will confidently wait for him to teach them his laws.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_5","024_42_5","ISA","42","5","5","Yahweh our God created the sky and spread it out. He also created the earth and everything on it. He gives breath to all the people on the earth; he causes them to live DOU. And he is the one who says to his special servant, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_6","024_42_6","ISA","42","6","6","“I, Yahweh, have chosen you to show people that I always act righteously/fairly. I will grasp your hand and protect you, and I will present you to my Israeli people to be the one who will put into effect my agreement with them. You will be like a light to the other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_7","024_42_7","ISA","42","7","7","You will enable blind IDM people to see, you will free those who are in prison (OR, who are bound by the guilt of their sins) MET and release those who are in dark dungeons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_8","024_42_8","ISA","42","8","8","I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not allow anyone else to receive the honor that only I deserve. And I will not allow idols to be praised like only I should be praised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_9","024_42_9","ISA","42","9","9","Everything that I have prophesied has happened, and now I will tell about other things that will happen. I will tell you things that will happen before they happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_10","024_42_10","ISA","42","10","10","Sing a new song to Yahweh! Sing to praise him throughout the world! All you people who sail across the oceans, and all you creatures that live in the oceans, and all you people who live on islands far away, sing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_11","024_42_11","ISA","42","11","11","You people who live in towns in the desert, sing loudly! You people who live in the Kedar area in the north of Arabia, you rejoice also! You people in Sela city in Edom, you also should sing joyfully; shout to praise him from the tops of your mountains! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_12","024_42_12","ISA","42","12","12","Even people who live on distant islands should honor Yahweh and sing to praise him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_13","024_42_13","ISA","42","13","13","It will be as though Yahweh will march out like SIM a mighty soldier; he will show that he is very angry. He will shout a battle-cry, and then he will defeat all his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_14","024_42_14","ISA","42","14","14","He will say, “I have remained silent DOU for a long time; I have restrained myself from doing what I need to do. But now, like SIM a woman who is giving birth to a baby, I will cry out and gasp and pant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_15","024_42_15","ISA","42","15","15","I will level off the hills and mountains, and I will cause all the plants and trees to dry up. I will cause the rivers to become small streams, and little islands will appear in them, and I will cause all the pools to become dry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_16","024_42_16","ISA","42","16","16","My people who have been taken to Babylonia are like MET blind people, but I will lead them along a road on which they have not walked before, on a road that they have not seen before. They have felt very helpless, as though they were walking in the darkness, but I will take away that darkness and I will make smooth the road that is in front of them. Those are the things that I will do for them; I will not abandon them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_17","024_42_17","ISA","42","17","17","But those who trust in carved idols, and say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be completely humiliated/disgraced.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_18","024_42_18","ISA","42","18","18","You Israeli people who have acted toward God like deaf people, listen to what Yahweh says! “You who have been like MET blind people, look! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_19","024_42_19","ISA","42","19","19","No people are RHQ as blind as my people, who should have been serving me. No people are RHQ as much like MET deaf people as the Israelis, who should have been my messengers. No people are RHQ as much like MET blind people as those whom I chose to serve me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_20","024_42_20","ISA","42","20","20","You see and know what are the right things to do, but you do not do them. You hear what I say to you, but you do not pay attention.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_21","024_42_21","ISA","42","21","21","Because Yahweh is righteous, he has honored his glorious laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_22","024_42_22","ISA","42","22","22","But the armies of Babylon have destroyed Jerusalem and have completely ◄plundered/taken away► DOU all the valuable things, and they have captured Yahweh’s people and taken them away and put them in prison. They have been captured easily, because there was no one to protect them; there was no one to say that they should be allowed to return home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_23","024_42_23","ISA","42","23","23","Who among you will listen carefully to these things? Who will pay attention from now on? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_24","024_42_24","ISA","42","24","24","Who allowed the valuable possessions of the people of Israel to be stolen RHQ, DOU? It was Yahweh, because he is he one against whom we had sinned; we did not conduct our lives like he wanted us to, and we did not obey his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS42_25","024_42_25","ISA","42","25","25","Therefore, he was extremely angry with us, and he caused our soldiers to be destroyed in battles. It was as though MET he lit a fire around us, but we did not understand what he was trying to tell us. His being angry with us was like a fire that would burn us up, but we did not pay attention IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_1","024_43_1","ISA","43","1","1","But now, you people of Israel, listen to Yahweh, the one who established your nation. The one who caused you to become a nation DOU says this: “Do not be afraid, because I previously rescued you. I enabled you to have a personal relationship with me MTY, and you belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_2","024_43_2","ISA","43","2","2","When you experience dangerous situations, and you feel like MET you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will LIT be able to endure them. When people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by throwing them in a fire, you will not die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not burned up, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_3","024_43_3","ISA","43","3","3","because I am Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, the one who rescues you. I will enable the army of the emperor of Persia to conquer Egypt instead of conquering you; similarly I will enable them to conquer Ethiopia, and Seba in Arabia, in order that you can be saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_4","024_43_4","ISA","43","4","4","I will cause other countries to be conquered, instead of your country; I will trade them for you, in order that you will not be killed, because you are very precious DOU to me and because I love you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_5","024_43_5","ISA","43","5","5","Do not be afraid, because I am with you. Some day I will gather your descendants from the east and from the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_6","024_43_6","ISA","43","6","6","I will command the rulers of the nations to the north and to the south, ‘Allow all the people of Israel to return to their country, from the most distant places on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_7","024_43_7","ISA","43","7","7","Allow all those who belong to me MTY to return, because I have caused them to become a nation in order that they would honor me; I am the one who has done that DOU.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_8","024_43_8","ISA","43","8","8","Summon the people who have eyes but it is as though they are blind; summon those who have ears but because they do not listen to me, it is as though they are deaf. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_9","024_43_9","ISA","43","9","9","Gather people of all nations together, ones from all people-groups, and ask them this: ‘Has any of their idols foretold the things that are happening now? And can any of them predict what will happen in the future?’ Then bring people who will testify and say ‘I heard them predict things, and what they predicted was what happened,’ but they will be lying.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_10","024_43_10","ISA","43","10","10","But Yahweh says, “You people of Israel ◄are my witnesses/know what I have done►, and you are the ones who serve me. I chose you in order that you would know me, believe in me, and understand that I am the only one who is truly God. There is no other true God. There was no other true God previously, and there will never be another true God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_11","024_43_11","ISA","43","11","11","I, only I, am Yahweh, and there is no other one who can save you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_12","024_43_12","ISA","43","12","12","I said that I would rescue your ancestors, and then I rescued them, and I proclaimed that I had done it. No foreign god among you did that! And you are witnesses that only I, Yahweh, am God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_13","024_43_13","ISA","43","13","13","I am God, the one who has existed forever and who will exist forever; no one can snatch people from my hand, and no one can alter/change what I have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_14","024_43_14","ISA","43","14","14","Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, is the one who rescues you; and this is what he says: “For your sake, I will send an army to attack Babylon. They will force the people of that city to flee in ships which they have been proud of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_15","024_43_15","ISA","43","15","15","I am Yahweh, your Holy One, the one who caused Israel to become a nation, and the one who is really your king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_16","024_43_16","ISA","43","16","16","I am Yahweh, the one who opened a path through the water, making a road through the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_17","024_43_17","ISA","43","17","17","Then I summoned the great army of Egypt to come with all their chariots and horses. But when they tried to pursue my people, I caused the waves to flow over them and they drowned; their lives ended like the light of a candle ends when someone MET snuffs out the wick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_18","024_43_18","ISA","43","18","18","But do not think only about what happened in the past, long ago DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_19","024_43_19","ISA","43","19","19","Instead, consider the new thing that I am going to do. I have already started to do it; can you see it? I am going to make a road through the desert. And I will cause there to be streams in the wasteland/desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_20","024_43_20","ISA","43","20","20","The jackals/wolves and owls and other wild creatures will thank me for giving them water in the desert. I will cause streams to appear in the dry desert in order that my people, the ones whom I have chosen, will have water; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_21","024_43_21","ISA","43","21","21","I will do that for the people whom I have created and chosen to belong to me, and some day they will cause many others to praise me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_22","024_43_22","ISA","43","22","22","But now, you descendants of Jacob, you refuse to request my help. It seems that you people of Israel have become tired of worshiping me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_23","024_43_23","ISA","43","23","23","You have not brought to me sheep or goats for offerings that will be completely burned on the altar; you have not honored me by bringing to me any sacrifices, even though the offerings of grain and incense that I asked you to bring to me were not a burden to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_24","024_43_24","ISA","43","24","24","You have bought for me fragrant reeds, and you have brought me the fat from your sacrifices. But these have not pleased me, because you have burdened me by all the sins that you have committed, and made me weary because of all ◄your iniquities/the wrong things that you have done►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_25","024_43_25","ISA","43","25","25","I am the one who is able to forgive you for all your sins; I am the only one who can do that, with the result that I will never think about them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_26","024_43_26","ISA","43","26","26","Tell me what I have done that you do not like. Do you think that when you state your case, you will prove that you ◄are innocent/have done nothing wrong► IRO? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_27","024_43_27","ISA","43","27","27","No, what has happened is that the first ancestor of you Israelis sinned against me, and since then, all your leaders have rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS43_28","024_43_28","ISA","43","28","28","That is why I have caused your priests to be disgraced; and I have allowed others to destroy you people of Israel and caused you to be despised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_1","024_44_1","ISA","44","1","1","But now, you people of Israel whom Yahweh has chosen to serve him, listen to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_2","024_44_2","ISA","44","2","2","Yahweh, the one who created you and helps you, says this: “You dear people of Israel whom I have chosen, you who serve me, do not be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_3","024_44_3","ISA","44","3","3","I will pour water on your dry land and cause streams to flow. And I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants and greatly bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_4","024_44_4","ISA","44","4","4","They will grow up like SIM grass grows along the water, like SIM willow/poplar trees grow well along a riverbank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_5","024_44_5","ISA","44","5","5","Some of them will say, ‘I belong to Yahweh,’ and others will say, ‘We are descendants of Jacob,’ and others will write on their hands, ‘We belong to Yahweh,’ and others will say, ‘We are Israelis.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_6","024_44_6","ISA","44","6","6","Yahweh, the King of Israel, the one who saves us, the Commander of the armies of angels, says this: “I am the one who begins everything and who ends everything; there is no other God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_7","024_44_7","ISA","44","7","7","If there is anyone like me RHQ, he should proclaim it! He should speak and tell me now! He should tell what has happened since I caused my people of Israel to become a nation long ago, and he should also tell what things will happen; he should predict what will happen in the future. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_8","024_44_8","ISA","44","8","8","My people, do not be afraid. Long ago I told you things that would happen RHQ; I predicted them, and you can testify that I did that. There certainly is not RHQ any other God. There is no other God who is able to protect you MET; I know that there is no other God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_9","024_44_9","ISA","44","9","9","All those who make idols are foolish, and the idols that they ◄think highly of/greatly respect► are worthless. And the people who worship those idols— it is as though they are blind, and they will be ashamed for having worshiped those idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_10","024_44_10","ISA","44","10","10","Only foolish people RHQ would make idols in a mold, idols that would never help them at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_11","024_44_11","ISA","44","11","11","Those who make idols and those who worship them will be ashamed. Those who make idols are only human beings, but they claim that they are making gods! They should stand in front of God in a court, and when they hear what he says, they will be terrified, and they will all be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_12","024_44_12","ISA","44","12","12","Metalworkers stand in front of hot coals in order to make idols. They pound them strongly with hammers, and shape them. Because they work very hard, they become hungry and weak; they become very thirsty and feel exhausted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_13","024_44_13","ISA","44","13","13","Then a woodcarver takes a big block/piece of wood and he measures it; then he marks it to show where he will cut it. He uses a chisel and other tools to carve it to resemble a human. He causes it to become a very beautiful idol, and then he puts it in a shrine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_14","024_44_14","ISA","44","14","14","Before he carves an idol from that block of wood, he has cut down a cedar tree, or he has selected a cypress tree or an oak tree and allowed it to grow tall in the forest. Or, he has planted a pine/evergreen tree and the rain has watered it and caused it to grow tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_15","024_44_15","ISA","44","15","15","And after he uses part of the tree to make an idol, he uses the other part of the tree to make a fire, either to warm himself or to bake bread. But he uses part of the same tree to make for himself an idol to worship! He makes an idol and then he bows down to worship it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_16","024_44_16","ISA","44","16","16","He burns part of the wood of the tree to cook his meat and eats the meat and his stomach becomes full, and he burns part of the wood to warm his body, and he says, “I feel warm while I am watching the flames in the fire.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_17","024_44_17","ISA","44","17","17","Then he takes the rest of the wood and makes an idol which is his god. He bows down to it and worships it, and prays to it and says, “You are my god, so save me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_18","024_44_18","ISA","44","18","18","Those people are very stupid and ignorant SAR. It is as though they are blind and cannot see, and their minds are closed and they cannot think well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_19","024_44_19","ISA","44","19","19","They do not think about what they are doing, that they are taking a block of wood and burning half of it to warm themselves and using some of the rest to bake bread and roast some meat! They do not say to themselves, “It is stupid RHQ to take the rest of the wood to make a detestable idol! It does not make sense to bow down to a block of wood!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_20","024_44_20","ISA","44","20","20","They are very stupid to worship something that if you burn it, it becomes ashes! They trust in something that cannot save them; they do not admit, “In my hand I hold something that is not really a god! RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_21","024_44_21","ISA","44","21","21","Yahweh says, “You descendants of MTY Jacob, you people of Israel who should be serving me, I created you, and I will not forget you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_22","024_44_22","ISA","44","22","22","I have gotten rid of your sins like SIM the wind blows away a cloud. It is as though your transgressions were a morning mist SIM that I have blown away. Return to me because I have rescued you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_23","024_44_23","ISA","44","23","23","The sun and moon and stars in the sky should sing, and all the things that are beneath the ground should shout joyfully! All the mountains and forests, and all you trees, should sing loudly, because Yahweh has rescued the descendants of MTY Jacob; the people of Israel will praise/honor him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_24","024_44_24","ISA","44","24","24","Yahweh, who saved you and created you, says this: “I am Yahweh, the one who created everything. I am the only one who stretched out the sky. There was RHQ no one who ◄was with/helped► me when I created the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_25","024_44_25","ISA","44","25","25","I show that the false prophets are liars, and I show that those who perform rituals to predict the future are fools. Some people who falsely think that they are IRO wise say that they know a lot, but I show that they are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_26","024_44_26","ISA","44","26","26","But I always cause to happen what my prophets predict DOU. I tell them to say to the people of MTY Jerusalem, ‘Some day people will live here again.’ And I tell them to say to the people in other towns in Judah that Yahweh says, ‘Your towns will be rebuilt; I will cause the places that are only ruins to be rebuilt.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_27","024_44_27","ISA","44","27","27","When I say to the rivers, ‘Dry up!’, they will become dry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS44_28","024_44_28","ISA","44","28","28","When I say about King Cyrus, ‘He will take care of my people like MET a shepherd takes care of his sheep, he will do what I want him to do,’ he will say about Jerusalem, ‘We must rebuild it!’, and he will also say, ‘We must rebuild the temple!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_1","024_45_1","ISA","45","1","1","Cyrus is the one whom Yahweh has appointed to be the emperor of Persia and to whom he will give great power IDM; Yahweh will enable him to defeat other nations and to take away the power of their kings. He will cause gates of cities to be opened, and no one will ever be able to shut them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_2","024_45_2","ISA","45","2","2","This is what Yahweh says to him: “Cyrus, I will go ahead of you and level the mountains. I will smash down bronze gates and cut through iron bars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_3","024_45_3","ISA","45","3","3","I will give you treasures that people have hidden in dark secret places DOU. I will do that in order that you will know that I am Yahweh, the God to whom the Israelis belong, the God who calls you by your name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_4","024_45_4","ISA","45","4","4","I have summoned you, calling out your name, for the sake of the people of Israel DOU whom I have chosen, who serve me. Even though you do not know me, I will give you a title which has great honor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_5","024_45_5","ISA","45","5","5","I am Yahweh, and there is no other God DOU. Even though you do not know me, I will give you power ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_6","024_45_6","ISA","45","6","6","in order that everyone in the world, from the east to the west, will know that there is no other God. I am Yahweh, and there is no other God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_7","024_45_7","ISA","45","7","7","I created the light and the darkness. I cause there to be peace and I cause there to be disasters. I, Yahweh, do all those things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_8","024_45_8","ISA","45","8","8","And Yahweh also says, “I want my rescue of my people MET to fall from the sky like rain. Just like the earth opens wide to accept rain, I will rescue/save my people and cause them to be treated justly. I, Yahweh, am the one who will cause both of those things to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_9","024_45_9","ISA","45","9","9","Terrible things will happen to those who argue with me, the one who created them. They are like MET a clay pot and I am like the one who made it; so they certainly cannot RHQ criticize me. A lump of clay certainly cannot RHQ argue with the one who shapes it to form a pot, saying, ‘Why are you making me like this?’ The pot cannot say ‘You have no skill, because what you made has no handles!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_10","024_45_10","ISA","45","10","10","And it would be terrible if an unborn baby would say to its father, ‘Why are you RHQ causing me to be born?’ or if it said to its mother, ‘The result of your labor pains will be useless?’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_11","024_45_11","ISA","45","11","11","Yahweh, the Holy One of the Israeli people, the one who created Israel, says this to them: “◄Why do you ask questions about what I do for you, my children?/You should not ask questions about what I do for you, my children.► RHQ ◄Why do you tell me about the work that I should do?/You should not tell me about the work that I should do.► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_12","024_45_12","ISA","45","12","12","I am the one who created the earth and created people to live on it. I stretched out the sky with my hands, and I put the stars in their places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_13","024_45_13","ISA","45","13","13","And I will appoint Cyrus to do things that are right/just, and I will enable him to do all those things easily MET. His workers will rebuild my city, and he will free my people who have been ◄exiled/forced to leave their country►. And he will do it without my rewarding/paying him! Those things will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_14","024_45_14","ISA","45","14","14","And this is also what I, Yahweh, say to you, my people: ‘You will rule the people of Egypt and Ethiopia, and the tall people of Seba in Arabia will become your slaves. They will come to you bringing all the things that they sell, and it will all be yours. As prisoners, they will have chains on their arms as they follow you. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and say, “God is with/helping you and he is the only God; there is no other God.” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_15","024_45_15","ISA","45","15","15","God, although we cannot see you, you are the one to whom we Israeli people belong, the one who saves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_16","024_45_16","ISA","45","16","16","All those who make idols will be humiliated. They will all be disgraced together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_17","024_45_17","ISA","45","17","17","But you, Yahweh, will rescue us, your Israeli people, and we will be free forever. Never again will we again be humiliated and disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_18","024_45_18","ISA","45","18","18","Yahweh is God; he is the one who created the sky and created and formed the earth. He did not want it to remain with nothing living on it; he wanted people to live on it. He says, “I am Yahweh; there is no other God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_19","024_45_19","ISA","45","19","19","What I proclaimed, I did not speak secretly or hide what I was saying by speaking in a dark place. When I spoke to the descendants of Jacob, I did not tell them ‘It will be useless for you to ◄seek for/pray to► me!’ I, Yahweh, speak only what is true and what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_20","024_45_20","ISA","45","20","20","You people who are still alive after experiencing great disasters, should come and gather together and listen to this: The people who carry around their wooden idols and pray to them are foolish, because those idols cannot rescue them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_21","024_45_21","ISA","45","21","21","Talk among yourselves, and decide what you will say to prove that your praying to idols is good. And when you do that, I will ask you, ‘Who predicted long ago what has now happened? Did any idol tell you that those things would happen RHQ?’ No, it was RHQ only I, Yahweh, who told you, because I am the only God; there is no other God. I am a God who acts righteously and saves people; there is no other one who does these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_22","024_45_22","ISA","45","22","22","Everyone in the world should ask me to save them, because I am the only God who can do that; there is no other one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_23","024_45_23","ISA","45","23","23","I have solemnly declared, using my own name; I SYN have spoken what is true, and I will never change what I have said: Some day, everyone SYN will bow in front of me, and they will all solemnly promise to be loyal to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_24","024_45_24","ISA","45","24","24","They will declare, ‘Yahweh is the one who enables us to live righteously and to be strong.’ ” And all those who have been angry at him will come to him, and they will be ashamed for having been angry with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS45_25","024_45_25","ISA","45","25","25","Yahweh is the only one who will enable us Israeli people in the future to defeat our enemies, and then we will boast about what he has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_1","024_46_1","ISA","46","1","1","It is as though Bel and Nebo, the statues of the gods of Babylonia, are bowing down as those statues are put on animals and carried away! The statues are heavy burdens and will cause the animals to become tired SAR! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_2","024_46_2","ISA","46","2","2","It seems like both gods are bowing down; not only can they not save themselves, but they themselves are being ◄exiled/taken to another country►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_3","024_46_3","ISA","46","3","3","Yahweh says, “You descendants of Jacob who were exiled, I am not like the gods of Babylonia that must be carried; instead, it is as though I have carried you since you first became a nation MET. I carried you even before you became a nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_4","024_46_4","ISA","46","4","4","I will be your God, and I will carry you for many years, until it is as though MET your nation is an old man with gray hair. I caused you to become a nation, and I will sustain you and rescue you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_5","024_46_5","ISA","46","5","5","There is certainly RHQ no one to whom I can be compared. There is RHQ no one who is equal to me DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_6","024_46_6","ISA","46","6","6","So it is stupid/ridiculous that some people pour out gold and silver from their bags and weigh it on a scale. Then they hire a man who makes things from gold to make an idol from it. After he makes an idol, they bow down and worship it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_7","024_46_7","ISA","46","7","7","They lift it up and carry it on their shoulders. They put it in a special place, and it stays there. It cannot move! And when someone prays to it, it does not answer. So obviously it cannot rescue anyone from his troubles! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_8","024_46_8","ISA","46","8","8","You people of Judah, do not forget this; keep thinking about it, you sinful people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_9","024_46_9","ISA","46","9","9","Think about the things that I did long ago. Only I am God; I am God, and there is no one like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_10","024_46_10","ISA","46","10","10","Only I can tell what will happen in the future before it occurs; I tell it long before it happens. I will accomplish everything that I plan to accomplish, and I will do everything that I want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_11","024_46_11","ISA","46","11","11","So I will summon someone to come from the east like a swift and powerful eagle; he will come from a distant country. He will accomplish what I want him to. He is the one who will do what I have said that I want him to do, what I have planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_12","024_46_12","ISA","46","12","12","You stubborn people of Israel, you think that it will be a long time before you are allowed to return to your own country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS46_13","024_46_13","ISA","46","13","13","But I will rescue you, and it will not be a long time before that happens. I will do it soon. I will rescue Jerusalem and show to you Israeli people that I am glorious.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_1","024_47_1","ISA","47","1","1","Yahweh also says, “You people of Babylon, you should go and sit in the dust/dirt to show that you are mourning, because your time to rule MTY other countries is almost ended. People will never again say that Babylonia is beautiful like a very attractive/beautiful young woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_2","024_47_2","ISA","47","2","2","You will be slaves, so take heavy stones and grind grain like slave women do. Take off your beautiful veils and take off your robes as you prepare to cross streams to go where you will be forced to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_3","024_47_3","ISA","47","3","3","You will be naked and very ashamed. I will get vengeance on you and not pity you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_4","024_47_4","ISA","47","4","4","The one who frees us people of Judah, whom we call ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, is the Holy One of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_5","024_47_5","ISA","47","5","5","Yahweh says, “You people of Babylon, sit silently in the darkness, because people will never again say that your city is like MET a queen that rules many kingdoms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_6","024_47_6","ISA","47","6","6","I was angry with the people whom I chose to belong to me, and I punished them. I allowed you people of Babylon to conquer them. But when you conquered them, you did not have mercy on them. You ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► MET even the old people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_7","024_47_7","ISA","47","7","7","You said, ‘We will rule other nations forever; it is as though our city will be the queen of the world forever!’ But you did not think about the things that you were doing, or think about what would result. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_8","024_47_8","ISA","47","8","8","You people of Babylon who enjoy pleasure and sex, listen to this: You enjoy a luxurious life and you feel secure. You say, ‘We are like gods, and there are no others like us. Our women will never become widows, and our children will never be killed in wars.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_9","024_47_9","ISA","47","9","9","But both of those things will happen to you suddenly: Many of your women will become widows and many of your children will die, even though you perform much sorcery and many kinds of magic to prevent bad things from happening to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_10","024_47_10","ISA","47","10","10","You felt protected even though you were doing many wicked things, and you said, ‘No one will see what we are doing!’ You thought that you were very wise and knew many things, and you said, ‘We are gods, and there are no others like us,’ but you deceived yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_11","024_47_11","ISA","47","11","11","So you will experience terrible things, and you will not be able to prevent them by working magic. You will experience disasters, and you will not be able to pay anyone to prevent those things from happening. ◄A catastrophe/Something terrible► will happen to you suddenly, something that you will not realize is about to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_12","024_47_12","ISA","47","12","12","So you can continue to perform all your magic spells IRO! You can perform the many kinds of sorcery that you have practiced for many years! Perhaps doing those things will enable you to be successful; perhaps you will be able to cause your enemies to be afraid of you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_13","024_47_13","ISA","47","13","13","But all that has resulted from your doing all the things that the magicians have told you to do is that you have become tired! The men who look at the stars every month and predict what will happen should come forward and rescue you from the disasters that you are about to experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_14","024_47_14","ISA","47","14","14","But they cannot do that, because they are like SIM straw that is burning in a fire; they cannot save themselves from being burned up in the flames. Those men are unable to help you MET; they are as useless as stubble that burns quickly and produces no heat for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS47_15","024_47_15","ISA","47","15","15","The people whom you have associated with and worked with since you were young will not help you, because they will just continue doing their own foolish things, and they will not pay any attention to you when you cry out for help.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_1","024_48_1","ISA","48","1","1","Yahweh says, “You descendants MTY of Jacob, who are also descendants of Judah and are now called the people of Israel, Listen to me! You make solemn promises using my name, Yahweh, and you request that I, the God to whom you Israeli people belong, will hear you, but you do not do it sincerely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_2","024_48_2","ISA","48","2","2","You say that you live in the holy city of Jerusalem, and you insincerely say that you are relying on me, the God to whom you people of Israel belong, the one who is the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_3","024_48_3","ISA","48","3","3","Long ago I MTY predicted what would happen DOU. And then suddenly, I caused those things to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_4","024_48_4","ISA","48","4","4","I knew that you people are very stubborn; I knew that your heads are MET as hard as iron or brass DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_5","024_48_5","ISA","48","5","5","That is why I told you those things long ago. Long before they occurred, I announced that they would occur, in order that when they happened you could not say ‘Our idols did it; our statue made of wood and our idol made of metal caused them to happen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_6","024_48_6","ISA","48","6","6","You have heard those things that I predicted and now you have seen that they have all occurred, so why do you not admit it RHQ? Now I will tell you new things, things that you have not known previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_7","024_48_7","ISA","48","7","7","I am causing them to happen now; they are not things I did long ago. So you cannot say, ‘We already knew about those things.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_8","024_48_8","ISA","48","8","8","I will tell you about things that you have never heard about or understood before. Even long ago you did not pay attention to me IDM. I know that you act very deceitfully/treacherously; you have rebelled against me since you first became a nation MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_9","024_48_9","ISA","48","9","9","But, for my own sake, in order that I will be honored, I will not punish MTY you immediately and I will not completely get rid of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_10","024_48_10","ISA","48","10","10","I have purified you, but not the way people refine silver. Instead, I have caused you to suffer very much to get rid of your impure behavior, like MET people put metal in a very hot furnace to get rid of the impurities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_11","024_48_11","ISA","48","11","11","But for my MTY own sake I will delay punishing you more; I will do it for my own sake in order that my reputation will not be damaged RHQ. I will not allow any person or any idol to be honored as I deserve to be honored.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_12","024_48_12","ISA","48","12","12","“You descendants MTY of Jacob, you people of Israel whom I have chosen, listen to me! Only I am God; I am the one who begins everything and who causes everything to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_13","024_48_13","ISA","48","13","13","I SYN am the one who laid the foundation of the earth. I stretched out the sky with my hand. And when I tell the stars to appear, they all do what I tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_14","024_48_14","ISA","48","14","14","All of you, gather together and listen to me. None of your idols has RHQ told this to you: I, Yahweh, have chosen Cyrus to assist me, and he will do to Babylon what I want him to do, and his army will get rid of the army of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_15","024_48_15","ISA","48","15","15","I have said it; I have summoned Cyrus. I have appointed him, and he will accomplish everything that he attempts to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_16","024_48_16","ISA","48","16","16","Come close to me and listen to what I say. Long ago MTY I told you plainly/clearly LIT what would happen, and when those things occurred, I was causing them to happen.” And now Yahweh the Lord and his Spirit have sent me to give you a message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_17","024_48_17","ISA","48","17","17","This is what Yahweh, the one who saves you, the Holy God of us Israelis, says: “I am Yahweh, your God; I teach you what is important for you to know; I direct you and lead you to the roads that you should walk on MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_18","024_48_18","ISA","48","18","18","I wish that you had paid attention to my commands! If you had done that, things would have gone well for you like SIM a river that flows gently; you would have been successful again and again, like SIM waves that come without ceasing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_19","024_48_19","ISA","48","19","19","Your descendants would have been as many as MET the grains of sand on the seashore which no one can count. I would not have needed to get rid of you; the country of MTY Israel would not have been destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_20","024_48_20","ISA","48","20","20","However, now I tell you, leave Babylon! Flee from being slaves of the people of Babylonia! Proclaim this message joyfully; send it to the most remote/distant places on the earth: Yahweh freed the people of Israel from being slaves in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_21","024_48_21","ISA","48","21","21","They were not thirsty when he led them through the desert, because he split open the rock and caused water to gush/flow out for them to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS48_22","024_48_22","ISA","48","22","22","“But things will not go well like that for wicked people,” says Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_1","024_49_1","ISA","49","1","1","All you people who live on islands in the ocean and in other distant areas, pay attention DOU to what I will say! Yahweh called/chose me before I was born; he chose/appointed me when I was still in my mother’s womb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_2","024_49_2","ISA","49","2","2","When I grew up, he caused my messages to be like SIM a sharp sword. He has protected me with his hand SYN. He protects me MET like someone protects sharp arrows in a quiver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_3","024_49_3","ISA","49","3","3","He said to me, “You will serve my Israeli people, and you will cause people to honor me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_4","024_49_4","ISA","49","4","4","I replied, “My work has been useless; I have used my strength, but I have accomplished nothing worthwhile; everything that I have done has been ◄in vain/useless►. However, Yahweh can honor me as he pleases; my God is the one who will reward me as I deserve.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_5","024_49_5","ISA","49","5","5","Yahweh formed me when I was in my mother’s womb in order that I would serve him; he appointed me to bring the people of Israel back to himself DOU. Yahweh has honored me, and he is the one who has caused me to be strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_6","024_49_6","ISA","49","6","6","He says to me, “It is not enough for you to serve me by bringing the descendants of Jacob back to worship me again DOU; I also want you to be like MET a light for the non-Jews; I want you to take my my message about how to be saved to people all over the world.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_7","024_49_7","ISA","49","7","7","Yahweh, the one who saves us, the Holy God of us Israeli people, says to the one who was despised and rejected by the people of many nations, the one who is the slave of rulers, “Some day kings will stand up to respect you when they see you, and princes will bow down before you because you serve me, Yahweh, the one who faithfully does what I promise. I am the Holy God to whom you Israelis belong, the one who has chosen you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_8","024_49_8","ISA","49","8","8","This is also what Yahweh says: “At a time when it pleases me, I will answer your prayers. On the day when you will be rescued from your oppressors, I will help you. I will protect you and enable you to establish an agreement with other nations. And by what you do, I will re-establish your nation of Israel and allow you to live/settle again in your land that was abandoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_9","024_49_9","ISA","49","9","9","I will say to those who were captured and ◄exiled/taken to Babylonia►, ‘Leave Babylonia and return to your own country!’ And I will say to those who are in dark prisons, ‘Come out into the light!’ When that happens, they will again be like MET sheep that eat grass in green pastures, on hills where previously there was no grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_10","024_49_10","ISA","49","10","10","They will not be hungry or thirsty any more; the hot sun will not beat upon them again DOU. I, Yahweh, will act mercifully toward them and lead them; I will lead them to where there are springs of cool water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_11","024_49_11","ISA","49","11","11","And I will cause the mountains to become as though they were level roads, and I will prepare good highways for my people to travel on, to return to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_12","024_49_12","ISA","49","12","12","My people will return from far away; some will come from the north, some from the west, some from southern Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_13","024_49_13","ISA","49","13","13","Because of what Yahweh has promised to do, everything should shout joyfully— the sky and the earth and the mountains should sing, because Yahweh comforts his people, and he will pity those who are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_14","024_49_14","ISA","49","14","14","The people of Jerusalem say, “Yahweh has abandoned us; he has forgotten about us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_15","024_49_15","ISA","49","15","15","But Yahweh replies, “That is not true! ◄Can a woman forget the infant that she is nursing?/A woman certainly cannot forget the infant that she is nursing!► RHQ ◄Can she stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth?/She certainly cannot stop being kind to the child to whom she has given birth!► RHQ But even if a woman would do that, I will not forget you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_16","024_49_16","ISA","49","16","16","Note that I have written your names on the palms of my hands; in my mind I can always see the walls of your city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_17","024_49_17","ISA","49","17","17","Soon your children will be returning there (OR, Those who rebuild your city will work more quickly than those who destroyed it), and all those who destroyed your city will leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_18","024_49_18","ISA","49","18","18","You will look around and see all of your children coming back to you. As surely as I live, they will be around you for you to show to people like SIM a bride shows her wedding ornaments! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_19","024_49_19","ISA","49","19","19","Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned DOU, but some day it will be filled with people, and those who conquered you will be far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_20","024_49_20","ISA","49","20","20","The children who were born while you were ◄exiled/in Babylonia► MET will return to Jerusalem and say, ‘This city is too small for us; We need more space to live in!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_21","024_49_21","ISA","49","21","21","Then you will think to yourselves MTY, ‘It is amazing that we have RHQ all these children! Most of our children were dead, and the rest were exiled. We were left here alone; so we do not know RHQ where all these children have come from! Who raised them?' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_22","024_49_22","ISA","49","22","22","This is what Yahweh our God says: “Watch! It is as though I will lift up my hand to signal to those who are not Israelis. And they will carry your little sons and daughters on their shoulders and bring them back to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_23","024_49_23","ISA","49","23","23","Kings will serve you and will tutor/teach your children, and their queens will take care of your young children. They will prostrate themselves in front of you and humble themselves by licking the dust off your feet. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do; and those who trust in me will never be disappointed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_24","024_49_24","ISA","49","24","24","There is no one RHQ who can snatch valuable things from a soldier who has captured those things in a war; there is no one RHQ who can force a ◄tyrant/cruel man► to free the people whom he has captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_25","024_49_25","ISA","49","25","25","But Yahweh says this: “Some day, those who have been captured will be freed, and the valuable things that ◄tyrants/cruel men► have snatched from others will be returned, because I will fight against those who fight against you, and I will rescue your children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS49_26","024_49_26","ISA","49","26","26","And I will cause your enemies to destroy themselves MET instead of murdering others. When that happens, everyone in the world will know that I, Yahweh, am the one who saves you, the one who rescues you from your enemies; everyone will know that I am the mighty God to whom you descendants of MTY Jacob belong.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_1","024_50_1","ISA","50","1","1","This is also what Yahweh says: “You Israeli children, do not think RHQ that I forced your parents to be exiled/taken to Babylonia MET like some men send away their wives after giving them a paper on which they state that they were divorcing them! I certainly did not RHQ get rid of you like a man who sells his children to get money to pay what he owes. No, the reason that I forced you to be exiled was to punish you because of the sins that you have committed DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_2","024_50_2","ISA","50","2","2","When I came to you to rescue you, why did no one answer when I called out to you RHQ? Was there no one there RHQ? Or, did you think that I do not have the power MTY to rescue you DOU? Think about this: I can speak to a sea and cause it to become dry! I can cause rivers to become deserts, with the result that the fish in the rivers die from thirst and they rot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_3","024_50_3","ISA","50","3","3","I cause the sky to become dark, as though MET it was wearing black clothes because it was mourning because someone had died.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_4","024_50_4","ISA","50","4","4","Yahweh our God has given me his wise message MTY in order that I may encourage those who are weary. Each morning he awakens me, in order that I SYN may listen to what he teaches SIM me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_5","024_50_5","ISA","50","5","5","Yahweh our God has spoken to me IDM, and I have not rejected what he told me; I have accepted LIT it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_6","024_50_6","ISA","50","6","6","I allowed people to beat me on my back and to pull out the whiskers in my beard because they hated me. I did not turn away MTY from them when they made fun of me and spat on me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_7","024_50_7","ISA","50","7","7","But, because the Lord our God helps me, I will never be humiliated. Therefore, I am strongly determined IDM to face/endure difficulties, and I know that nothing will cause me to be ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_8","024_50_8","ISA","50","8","8","God, the one who vindicates me, is near to me; so if anyone RHQ stands in front of me and accuses me in a court, he will not be able to show that I have done anything that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_9","024_50_9","ISA","50","9","9","The Lord our God defends me in court, so no one RHQ will be able to ◄condemn me/declare that I am guilty►. All those who accuse me will disappear like SIM old clothes that have been eaten by ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_10","024_50_10","ISA","50","10","10","If you revere Yahweh and do what his servant tells you to do, even if you are ◄walking in darkness/enduring suffering►, and it seems that MET there is no light, trust in Yahweh your God DOU to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS50_11","024_50_11","ISA","50","11","11","But you people who oppose me, who would like to throw me into a blazing fire, walk in your own fires and burn yourselves with your own torches! This is what Yahweh will cause to happen to you: You will be enduring great torment when you die EUP! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_1","024_51_1","ISA","51","1","1","Yahweh says, “You people who desire to act righteously/justly, who want to do what I want you to do, listen to me! Think about Abraham! It is as though MET he was a huge rock cliff; and when you people of Israel became a nation, it was as though MET you were cut from that rock DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_2","024_51_2","ISA","51","2","2","Think about your ancestor Abraham and his wife Sarah, of whom all of you are descendants. When I first spoke to Abraham, he had no children. But after I blessed him, he had a huge number of descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_3","024_51_3","ISA","51","3","3","Some day I, Yahweh, will encourage his descendants again, and I will comfort all the people who live in the ruins of Jerusalem. The desert in that area will become like Eden, like the garden that I, Yahweh, made/planted. All the people there will be joyful and happy; they will thank me and sing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_4","024_51_4","ISA","51","4","4","My people of Judah, listen carefully DOU to me, because I want you to proclaim my laws; the just/right things that I do will be like MET a light for the people of the nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_5","024_51_5","ISA","51","5","5","I will soon/quickly rescue you DOU; by my power MTY I will bring you back from being exiled in Babylonia DOU. The people who live on islands in the ocean will wait for me to help them, confidently expecting for me to use my power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_6","024_51_6","ISA","51","6","6","Look up at the sky, and look at the earth, and see what they are like now, because some day the sky will disappear like SIM smoke, and the earth will wear out like SIM old clothes wear out, and people on the earth will die like gnats/flies. But I will rescue/save you, and you will remain free forever, and I will rule you righteously/fairly forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_7","024_51_7","ISA","51","7","7","You people who know what things are right to do, and who know in your inner beings what is written in my laws, listen to me! Do not be afraid of people who taunt/insult you; do not be disturbed/upset when people revile you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_8","024_51_8","ISA","51","8","8","because some day they will be destroyed like MET clothing that is eaten by ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches►, like wool garments that have been eaten by worms. I will save you people, and you will be saved forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_9","024_51_9","ISA","51","9","9","Yahweh, wake up and do something for us! Show your power! Do mighty things like you did long ago, when you stabbed RHQ that sea monster/dragon Rahab and cut it into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_10","024_51_10","ISA","51","10","10","Surely you are RHQ the one who caused the Red Sea to become dry and made a path through that deep water in order that your people could cross it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_11","024_51_11","ISA","51","11","11","And those whom Yahweh will rescue from being exiled in Babylonia will similarly return to Jerusalem, singing. Their being joyful forever will be like MET a crown on their heads. They will not be sad or mourn any more; they will be completely joyful and happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_12","024_51_12","ISA","51","12","12","Yahweh says, “I am the one who encourages you. So ◄why are you/you should not be► RHQ afraid of humans who will wither and disappear like MET grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_13","024_51_13","ISA","51","13","13","◄Why have you/You should not have► RHQ forgotten me, Yahweh, the one who created your nation, the one who stretched out the sky and laid the foundations of the earth. ◄Why are you/You should not be► RHQ continually afraid of those who are angry with you and ◄oppress you/treat you cruelly► and want to get rid of you. You should not be afraid of them now, because those angry people have now disappeared! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_14","024_51_14","ISA","51","14","14","Soon you people who have been caused to be slaves in Babylonia will be freed! You will not remain in prison, and you will not die of hunger, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_15","024_51_15","ISA","51","15","15","because I am Yahweh, your God, the one who stirs up the sea and causes the waves to roar; I am the Commander of the armies of angels! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_16","024_51_16","ISA","51","16","16","I have given you my message MTY to proclaim, and I have protected you with my hand MTY. I stretched out the sky and laid the foundation of the earth. And I am the one who says to you Israeli people, ‘You are my people!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_17","024_51_17","ISA","51","17","17","You people of APO Jerusalem, wake up DOU! You have experienced Yahweh severely punishing MTY you. Yahweh has caused you to suffer much, all that he wanted you to suffer, like MET someone who causes another person to suffer by forcing him to drink every drop of MTY a cupful of bitter liquid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_18","024_51_18","ISA","51","18","18","Now you do not have any children who are alive DOU and able to take your hand and guide you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_19","024_51_19","ISA","51","19","19","You have experienced several disasters: Your country has become desolate/deserted; your cities have been destroyed; many people have died from hunger; many people have been killed by your enemies’ swords. Now, there is no one RHQ left to console/comfort you and sympathize with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_20","024_51_20","ISA","51","20","20","Your children have fainted and lie in the streets; they are as helpless as SIM an antelope that has been caught in a net. What has happened to them is because Yahweh has been very angry with them; he has rebuked them severely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_21","024_51_21","ISA","51","21","21","So now, you people who have suffered much, you act as though you are drunk, but it is not because you have drunk a lot of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_22","024_51_22","ISA","51","22","22","Yahweh, your Lord and your God, the one who argues/pleads your case, says this: “Note this: It is as though MET I have taken that cup of bitter liquid from your hands; I will not be angry with you and cause you to suffer any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS51_23","024_51_23","ISA","51","23","23","Instead, I will cause those who have tormented you to suffer; I will severely punish those who said to you, ‘Prostrate yourselves in order that we may walk on you; lie down on your stomachs in order that your backs will be like SIM streets that we can walk on.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_1","024_52_1","ISA","52","1","1","You people who live in the holy city of Jerusalem APO, wake up! Be strong again! Show that MTY your city is beautiful and glorious; foreigners who do not believe in God will not enter your city again to attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_2","024_52_2","ISA","52","2","2","People of Jerusalem, get up from humbly sitting in the dust and sit in places where people are honored! You people who have returned from being exiled, take off from your neck the chains which were fastened around you as slaves in Babylonia, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_3","024_52_3","ISA","52","3","3","because this is what Yahweh says: “When you were taken to Babylonia, no one paid me for doing that. So now I will bring you back without being required to pay for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_4","024_52_4","ISA","52","4","4","Yahweh our Lord also says this: “Long ago, my people went to Egypt to live there. Later they were being ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► by the soldiers of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_5","024_52_5","ISA","52","5","5","But now think about what is happening: My people are being forced to be slaves again, this time by the people of Babylonia. And those who have conquered them this time have also paid me nothing, and they despise me MTY continually DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_6","024_52_6","ISA","52","6","6","But my people will then have a close relationship with MTY me, and when that happens, they will know that I am the one who predicted/promised that it would happen. It is I, Yahweh, who will do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_7","024_52_7","ISA","52","7","7","It is a wonderful thing when messengers MTY arrive on the mountains/hills, bringing good news, the news about God giving us peace and saving us, the news that the God to whom we Israeli people belong is now ruling/king! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_8","024_52_8","ISA","52","8","8","The watchmen who are guarding the city will shout and sing joyfully, because while they are watching they will see Yahweh returning to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_9","024_52_9","ISA","52","9","9","Jerusalem has been ruined, but the people who are there now should start to sing joyfully, because Yahweh will encourage his people; he will set his people free and bring them back to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_10","024_52_10","ISA","52","10","10","Yahweh will show all the nations that he is holy and powerful. People in the most remote/distant places on earth will know that he has rescued his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_11","024_52_11","ISA","52","11","11","So, leave the places where you were taken to when you were captured, where everything is unacceptable to God. You men who carry the items used for the worship of Yahweh, leave there and return to Jerusalem, and purify yourselves in order to be acceptable to worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_12","024_52_12","ISA","52","12","12","But it will not be necessary for you to leave suddenly, to flee in panic, because Yahweh will ◄go in front of/lead► you; and he will also protect you from being attacked at the rear while you travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_13","024_52_13","ISA","52","13","13","Yahweh says, “Listen carefully! My servant will act wisely (OR, do the right things to accomplish what he wants to), and I will highly exalt him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_14","024_52_14","ISA","52","14","14","But many people will be appalled when they see what has happened to him. Because of his being beaten very badly, his appearance will be changed; people will hardly recognize that he is a human. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS52_15","024_52_15","ISA","52","15","15","But he will cause people of many nations to be surprised; even kings will be silent when they stand in front of him, because they will see someone that no one had told them about previously, and they will understand things that they had not heard about before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_1","024_53_1","ISA","53","1","1","◄Who will believe what we will tell them about God’s servant?/Hardly anyone will believe what we will tell them about God’s servant.► RHQ ◄Who will see what Yahweh does by his great power?/Very few people will see what Yahweh does by his great power.► MTY, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_2","024_53_2","ISA","53","2","2","While God watches, his servant will grow up appearing/seeming to be very insignificant/unimportant, like a weak young plant that shoots up from a root of a tree that is growing in dry ground. There will be nothing beautiful or majestic about him, nothing that would cause us to want to be with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_3","024_53_3","ISA","53","3","3","People will despise and reject him. {He will be despised and rejected.} He will endure much pain, and he will suffer much. Because his face will be very disfigured, people will not want to look at him; people will despise him and think that he is not worth paying any attention to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_4","024_53_4","ISA","53","4","4","But he will be punished for the sicknesses of our souls; he will endure great pain for us. But we will think that he is being punished by God, afflicted/punished for his own sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_5","024_53_5","ISA","53","5","5","But his body will be bruised because of the evil things that we did, wounded because of our sins. He will be beaten in order that things will go well for our souls; and because he will be whipped, our souls can be healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_6","024_53_6","ISA","53","6","6","All of us have gone away from God like SIM sheep who have strayed away from their shepherd. We have turned away from doing the things that God wants in order to do the things that we wanted MET. We deserve to be punished, but Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_7","024_53_7","ISA","53","7","7","He will be abused and caused to suffer, but he will not say anything to complain. They will lead him to where they will execute him, like they lead a lamb to where it will be slaughtered. And like a sheep does not ◄bleat/make any noise► when the shearer cuts off its wool, he will not say anything MTY to defend himself when he is killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_8","024_53_8","ISA","53","8","8","After he is arrested and put on trial, he will be taken away and executed. And no one RHQ will be able to talk about his descendants, because he will die EUP without being married and having children. He will be ◄afflicted/caused to suffer► for the wrong things that we have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_9","024_53_9","ISA","53","9","9","Although he will never have done any wrong or deceived MTY anyone, people will plan to bury his corpse where wicked people are buried, but instead, a rich man will bury him after he dies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_10","024_53_10","ISA","53","10","10","But it will be Yahweh’s will that he be afflicted and caused to suffer. And when he dies, Yahweh will cause him to be an offering to remove the guilt of sinners. But later he will have many spiritual children, and he will live ◄a long time/forever► after he dies and becomes alive again, and he MTY will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_11","024_53_11","ISA","53","11","11","When he sees all that he will accomplish because of his suffering, he will be satisfied. And because of what will have happened to him, Yahweh’s righteous servant will cause the guilt of many people to be ended, because he will remove the guilt for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS53_12","024_53_12","ISA","53","12","12","So Yahweh will consider him to be one of the truly great people; he will be like a king who divides up among his soldiers the ◄spoils/things they took from their enemies after defeating them► MET, because he will sacrifice himself and die. Even though people will consider him to be a sinner, he will remove the guilt of many people, and he will intercede/pray that those who have done things that are wrong will be forgiven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_1","024_54_1","ISA","54","1","1","Yahweh says, “You people of Jerusalem MET, start to sing! You who are like MET women who have never given birth to children, sing loudly and shout joyfully, because you, who are like MET childless women who have been abandoned by their husbands, will soon have more children than women who have never had any children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_2","024_54_2","ISA","54","2","2","Make your tents larger; make them wider, and fasten them firmly with tent pegs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_3","024_54_3","ISA","54","3","3","You will need to make your city much larger because soon you and your descendants will spread all over the land. They will force the people of other nations who now live in your cities to leave, and you will live again in those cities that were previously abandoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_4","024_54_4","ISA","54","4","4","Do not be afraid; you will no longer be ashamed. Previously you were ashamed because your enemies conquered you and caused many of your women to become widows, but soon you will not even remember that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_5","024_54_5","ISA","54","5","5","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the Holy one of Israel, who rules over the whole earth, the one who created you, will be like MET a husband to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_6","024_54_6","ISA","54","6","6","You were like a woman whose husband left her, and caused you to be very sad; you were like a young woman who got married when she was very young, and then her husband abandoned her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_7","024_54_7","ISA","54","7","7","I abandoned you people of Jerusalem for a while, but now I am saying, ‘I will take you back.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_8","024_54_8","ISA","54","8","8","I was very angry with you for a while, and I turned away from you. But I will act mercifully toward you and I will faithfully love you forever. That is what I, Yahweh, your protector, say to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_9","024_54_9","ISA","54","9","9","During the time that Noah lived, I solemnly promised that I would never again allow a flood to cover the earth. So now I solemnly promise that I will not be angry with you again and ◄rebuke you/threaten to punish you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_10","024_54_10","ISA","54","10","10","Even if the mountains and hills shake and collapse, I will not stop faithfully loving you, and I will not cancel my agreement to cause things to go well for you. That is what I, Yahweh, who act mercifully, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_11","024_54_11","ISA","54","11","11","You people of Jerusalem APO,, your enemies acted very violently toward you; it was as though your city was battered by a severe storm, and no one helped you. But now I will cause your city to be rebuilt with stones made of ◄turquoise/valuable stones►, and I will cause the foundations of the city to be made of ◄sapphires/valuable blue stones►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_12","024_54_12","ISA","54","12","12","I will cause the towers on the city wall to be made of ◄rubies/valuable red stones►, and all the gates of the city will be made of other very valuable stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_13","024_54_13","ISA","54","13","13","I will be the one who will teach you people and cause things to go well with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_14","024_54_14","ISA","54","14","14","Your government will be strong because of acting justly/fairly; no one will ◄oppress you/cause you to suffer►; you will not be afraid, because there will be nothing PRS that will ◄terrorize you/cause you to become extremely afraid►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_15","024_54_15","ISA","54","15","15","If any army attacks you, it will not be because I have incited them to do that, and you will defeat any group that attacks you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_16","024_54_16","ISA","54","16","16","Think about this: ◄Blacksmiths/Men who make things from metal► fan the coals to make a very hot flame in order to produce weapons that can be used in battles, but I am the one who has produced blacksmiths! And I am also the one who created people who destroy other people and cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS54_17","024_54_17","ISA","54","17","17","But I am promising you that I will not allow you to be defeated/injured by soldiers using weapons that have been made to attack you, and when others try to accuse you, you will ◄refute them/show that they are wrong►. That is the reward that I will give to the people who serve me; I will defend them; that is what I, Yahweh, promise.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_1","024_55_1","ISA","55","1","1","“All you people who are in exile, listen to me! It is as though MET you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! It is as though you have no money, but you can come and get things from me that are like wine and milk! You can get what you need from me, and you will not need to give me any money for them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_2","024_55_2","ISA","55","2","2","What you really need is to have a close relationship with me, so ◄why do you spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need?/you should not spend money to buy things that do not supply what you really need.► RHQ ◄Why do you work hard to get money to buy things that do not <satisfy your inner beings/cause you to be happy>?► RHQ Pay attention to what I say and acquire what is really good MET! If you do that, then you will truly be happy MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_3","024_55_3","ISA","55","3","3","Listen to me and come to me; pay attention to me, and if you do that, you will have new life in your souls. I will make an agreement with you that will last forever to faithfully love you like I loved King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_4","024_55_4","ISA","55","4","4","By what he did, I showed my power to many people-groups; I caused him to be a leader and commander DOU over the people of many nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_5","024_55_5","ISA","55","5","5","And similarly, you will summon people of other nations to come to you, nations that previously you have not heard about, and they had not heard about you; and they will come to you quickly because they will have heard that I, Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, have honored you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_6","024_55_6","ISA","55","6","6","Seek to know me while it is still possible for you to do that; call to me while I am near! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_7","024_55_7","ISA","55","7","7","Wicked people should abandon their wicked behavior, and evil people should stop thinking what is evil. They should turn to me, and if they do that, I will act mercifully toward them; they should turn to me, their God, because I will fully pardon them for all the wicked things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_8","024_55_8","ISA","55","8","8","I, Yahweh, declare that what I think is not the same as what you think, and what I do is very different from what you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_9","024_55_9","ISA","55","9","9","Just as the sky is far above the earth, what I do is far greater than what you do, and what I think is much greater than what you think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_10","024_55_10","ISA","55","10","10","Rain and snow come down from the sky, and they cause the ground to be moist before the moisture returns to the sky and produces more clouds. When the ground becomes moist, it causes plants to sprout and grow, with the result that the soil produces seed for the farmer to plant and grain to produce flour to make bread for people to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_11","024_55_11","ISA","55","11","11","And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will always cause to happen; my promises will always be fulfilled LIT. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_12","024_55_12","ISA","55","12","12","You will leave Babylon joyfully, you will have peace as I lead you out. It will be as though the hills and mountains will sing joyfully, and the trees in the fields will clap their hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS55_13","024_55_13","ISA","55","13","13","Instead of thornbushes and briers, pine/cypress trees and myrtle trees will grow in your land. As a result of that, people will honor me much more; and what I do will remind everyone that I do what I have promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_1","024_56_1","ISA","56","1","1","Yahweh says to all the people of Judah, “Do the things that are fair and just, because I will soon come to rescue DOU you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_2","024_56_2","ISA","56","2","2","I will bless those who faithfully obey my laws about the Sabbath/rest days. I will bless those who ◄keep sacred/honor► my Sabbath/rest days, and who do not do any work on those days, and who refrain from MTY doing anything that is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_3","024_56_3","ISA","56","3","3","And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh; I am like MET a tree that has completely withered.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_4","024_56_4","ISA","56","4","4","They should not say that, because I, Yahweh, say this to the eunuchs who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who choose to do the things that please me, and who obey all the other laws of the agreement that I made with the Israeli people: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_5","024_56_5","ISA","56","5","5","I will cause to be put inside the walls of my temple a monument DOU to them; because of that monument, they will be honored more than they would have if they had children; they will be honored forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_6","024_56_6","ISA","56","6","6","I will also bless those who are not Israelis, who ◄join themselves to/believe in► me, and who serve me and worship and love me, and who obey my laws about the Sabbath, and who faithfully obey all the other laws of the agreement that I made with the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_7","024_56_7","ISA","56","7","7","I will bring them to my sacred hill in Jerusalem, I will cause them to be very joyful in my temple where people pray to me, and I will accept the sacrifices that they completely burn on my altar and other sacrifices that they offer. I will do those things for them because I want my temple to be a building where people of all nations pray to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_8","024_56_8","ISA","56","8","8","I, Yahweh, the Lord, the one who will bring back the people of Israel who have been ◄forced to go/exiled► to other countries, say this: 'I will bring from other countries many more people to join those Israelis whom I have brought back.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_9","024_56_9","ISA","56","9","9","“You surrounding nations have armies that are like MET animals in the forest; come and attack/destroy Israel! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_10","024_56_10","ISA","56","10","10","The Israeli leaders should be like watchdogs to protect the people, but it is as though they are blind. They are stupid. They are all like MET dogs that cannot bark. Good watchdogs bark when strangers approach, but the Israeli leaders do not warn the people that their enemies are coming. Instead, they just want to lie down and sleep and dream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_11","024_56_11","ISA","56","11","11","And they are like greedy dogs; they never get all that they want. They are supposed to lead the people, like good shepherds lead their flocks, but they are ignorant, and they each do whatever they want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS56_12","024_56_12","ISA","56","12","12","They say to each other, ‘Come, let’s go and get some wine and other alcoholic/strong drinks, and let’s become drunk! And tomorrow we will enjoy drinking even more!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_1","024_57_1","ISA","57","1","1","Righteous people sometimes die when they are still young, and no one is concerned about it. Godly people sometimes die because of disasters, and no one understands why. They are taken away in order that they will not endure more calamities, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_2","024_57_2","ISA","57","2","2","and now they have peace. They continually lived righteously, and now they rest peacefully in their graves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_3","024_57_3","ISA","57","3","3","Yahweh says, “But you who practice sorcery, come here! You who worship idols MET, listen to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_4","024_57_4","ISA","57","4","4","Do you realize RHQ whom you are ridiculing, and whom you are insulting? Do you realize RHQ to whom you are sticking out your tongues? You are insulting me, Yahweh! You are RHQ always rebelling against me and always lying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_5","024_57_5","ISA","57","5","5","You are eager to have sex under every big green tree where you worship your gods. You kill your children as sacrifices to your idols in the dry riverbeds, and also offer them as sacrifices to your idols in the rocky caves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_6","024_57_6","ISA","57","6","6","You take big smooth stones from the riverbeds and worship them as your gods. You pour out wine to be an offering to them, and you bring grain to burn for an offering to them. Do you think that I should not punish you for doing all those things? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_7","024_57_7","ISA","57","7","7","You have sex EUP with cult prostitutes on every hill and mountain, and you go there to offer sacrifices to your gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_8","024_57_8","ISA","57","8","8","You have put ◄fetishes/pagan symbols► behind your doors and doorposts, and you have deserted me. You have taken off your clothes EUP and climbed into your bed and invited more of your lovers to come to bed with you. You have paid them to have sex with you, and you have fondled their sexual organs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_9","024_57_9","ISA","57","9","9","You have given fragrant oil and lots of perfume to your god Molech, and you sent messengers to distant countries to find other gods to worship; you even tried to send messengers to the place of the dead to search for new gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_10","024_57_10","ISA","57","10","10","You became weary because of doing all those things, but you never said, ‘It is useless for us to do that.’ You found new strength for worshiping idols, so you continued to do that LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_11","024_57_11","ISA","57","11","11","Was it because you were afraid of those idols more than you were afraid of me that you lied about what you were doing, and you do not even think about DOU, RHQ me? Was it because I did not punish you for a long time that you are not afraid of me RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_12","024_57_12","ISA","57","12","12","You think that IRO the things that you have done are right, but I will tell the truth. It will not help you to do any of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_13","024_57_13","ISA","57","13","13","When you cry out for help to your collection of idols, they will not rescue you. The wind will blow them away DOU. But those who trust in me will live in the land of Israel, and they will worship me on Zion, my sacred hill.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_14","024_57_14","ISA","57","14","14","Yahweh will say, “Prepare yourselves to receive me, like MET people build and prepare a road for a king to come on. Get rid of the things that are causing you to sin like MET people remove from a road ◄obstacles/things that cause people to stumble►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_15","024_57_15","ISA","57","15","15","Because this is what I, Yahweh, who am holy and greatly honored and who live forever, say: I live in the highest heaven, where everything is holy, but I also am with those who are humble and who are sorry for the sinful things that they have done. I will greatly encourage DOU those who have repented. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_16","024_57_16","ISA","57","16","16","I will not accuse people forever; I will not always be angry with them, because if I did that, people would become weak/discouraged; all the people whom I created and caused to live would die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_17","024_57_17","ISA","57","17","17","I was angry with my people because they sinned by wanting the things that others had. So because I was angry, I punished them and turned away from them, but they continued sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_18","024_57_18","ISA","57","18","18","I have seen the evil things that they continually do, but I will restore them and lead them. I will encourage/comfort them. And to those who are mourning, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_19","024_57_19","ISA","57","19","19","I will enable them to sing songs to praise me. I will restore all my people, those who live near Jerusalem and those who live far away, and I will cause things to go well for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_20","024_57_20","ISA","57","20","20","Wicked people do not have peace in their inner beings; they are like SIM a sea whose waves are always churning up mud, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS57_21","024_57_21","ISA","57","21","21","and I, Yahweh, say that things will never ◄go well/be peaceful► for those who are evil.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_1","024_58_1","ISA","58","1","1","Yahweh said to me, “Shout loudly! Shout like SIM a loud trumpet! Shout to warn my Israeli people about their sins DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_2","024_58_2","ISA","58","2","2","They worship me every day; they come to my temple because they say that they are eager to know what I want them to do. They act as though they are a nation that does things that are righteous, who would never abandon their God. They request me to decide matters justly, and they delight to come to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_3","024_58_3","ISA","58","3","3","They say, ‘We have ◄fasted/abstained from eating food► to please you, but you did not RHQ notice our doing that. We humbled ourselves, but you did not RHQ pay any attention!’ I will tell you why I did not pay attention. It is because when you fast, you do it only to please yourselves, and you act cruelly toward all your workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_4","024_58_4","ISA","58","4","4","You fast, but you also quarrel and fight with each other with your fists. Doing things like that while you fast will certainly not cause me to hear your prayers where I am, high in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_5","024_58_5","ISA","58","5","5","You act as though IRO you humble yourselves RHQ by bowing your heads like SIM the tops of reeds bend when the wind blows, and you wear RHQ rough clothes and cover your heads with ashes like people do when they are grieving. That is what you do when you are fasting, but do you really think RHQ that will please me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_6","024_58_6","ISA","58","6","6","No, that is not the kind of fasting that I desire. What I really want RHQ is for you to free those who have been unjustly put in prison DOU, and to encourage those who are ◄treated cruelly/oppressed►; I want you to free those who have been oppressed in any way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_7","024_58_7","ISA","58","7","7","I want you to RHQ share your food with those who are hungry and to allow those who have no houses to stay in your houses. Give clothes to those who do not have clothes, and do not hide from your relatives who need help from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_8","024_58_8","ISA","58","8","8","If you do those things, what you do for others will be like SIM a light that shines when it dawns. The troubles that have been caused by your sins will end quickly. Others will know about your righteous behavior, and with my glorious presence I will protect you from behind like I protected the Israeli people when they left Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_9","024_58_9","ISA","58","9","9","Then you will call out to me, and I will quickly answer and say that I will help you.’ Stop ◄oppressing people/treating people cruelly►; stop falsely accusing people; and stop saying evil things about people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_10","024_58_10","ISA","58","10","10","Give food to those who are hungry, and give to people who are afflicted/suffering the things that they need. Your doing that will be like MET a light that shines in the darkness; instead of doing evil to people MET, the good things that you do for them will be like SIM sunshine at noontime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_11","024_58_11","ISA","58","11","11","I, Yahweh, will guide you continually, and I will give you good things to satisfy you. I will enable you to remain strong and healthy. You will be like SIM a garden that is well watered, like SIM a spring that never dries up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_12","024_58_12","ISA","58","12","12","Your people will rebuild the cities that were destroyed long ago; they will build houses on top of the old foundations. People will say that you are the ones who are repairing the holes in the city walls, and who are repairing the streets where people live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_13","024_58_13","ISA","58","13","13","Do not travel MTY long distances on Sabbath/rest days, and on Sabbath days do not do only the things that you delight to do. Enjoy the Sabbath days, and consider them to be delightful. The Sabbath days are my holy days. Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do on the Sabbath days. Do not talk about and do things only to please yourselves. If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS58_14","024_58_14","ISA","58","14","14","I will enable you to be joyful. I will greatly honor you; I will honor you everywhere! I will give to you the blessings that I gave to your ancestor Jacob. Those things will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_1","024_59_1","ISA","59","1","1","Listen to this! Yahweh’s power MTY is not ended/gone, with the result that he cannot save you. He has not become deaf MTY, with the result that he cannot hear you when you call to him for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_2","024_59_2","ISA","59","2","2","But, you have separated yourselves from your God by the sins that you have committed. Because of your sins, he has turned away from you, with the result that he does not pay attention to what you request him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_3","024_59_3","ISA","59","3","3","You do violent things MTY to others, with the result that your hands are stained with their blood. You constantly tell MTY lies, and you say MTY evil things about others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_4","024_59_4","ISA","59","4","4","When you accuse someone in court, what you say is not fair and it is not true. You accuse people falsely. You are constantly planning to cause trouble for others, and then you do those evil things that you planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_5","024_59_5","ISA","59","5","5","What you plan to do to harm people MET is as dangerous as the eggs of a ◄cobra/poisonous snake►, because cobras will hatch from those eggs. You trap people like MET spiders trap/catch insects in their webs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_6","024_59_6","ISA","59","6","6","We people cannot hide/cover our skin with clothes made of spider webs MET, and similarly you cannot hide the evil things that you have done. You are constantly acting MTY violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_7","024_59_7","ISA","59","7","7","You SYN are very quick to go and do evil things, and you hurry to murder people MTY who are innocent. You are continually thinking about sinning. Wherever you go, you destroy things and cause people to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_8","024_59_8","ISA","59","8","8","You do not know how to act peacefully or to treat others fairly. You always are ◄dishonest/deceiving others► MET, and those who imitate your behavior never have any inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_9","024_59_9","ISA","59","9","9","Because of that, God does not rescue us from our enemies; it seems that he is not acting fairly/righteously toward us. We expect God to give us light, but all he gives us is darkness DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_10","024_59_10","ISA","59","10","10","We are like SIM blind people who have to feel along a wall to be able to walk anywhere. We stumble and trip at noontime like SIM we would when it is dark. We are like SIM dead people who are among healthy people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_11","024_59_11","ISA","59","11","11","We growl like SIM hungry bears; we continually moan like SIM doves. We seek people who do what is just/fair, but we cannot find any anywhere. We want God to rescue us, but it seems that he is far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_12","024_59_12","ISA","59","12","12","But these things are happening because it is as though our sins are piled high in the presence of God, and that they testify PRS against us. We cannot deny it; we know that we have done many wrong things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_13","024_59_13","ISA","59","13","13","We know that we have rebelled against Yahweh; we have turned away from him. We ◄oppress people/treat people cruelly► by what we testify against them; we do not allow them to get what they have a right to get. We SYN think about the lies that we can tell, and then we tell them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_14","024_59_14","ISA","59","14","14","In our courts, the judges do not decide cases/matters fairly; no one is acting righteously. In plazas where people gather together, no one tells the truth PRS; it seems that people are not allowed to say what is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_15","024_59_15","ISA","59","15","15","No one tells the truth, and people try to ruin the reputations of those who quit doing evil. Yahweh looked around, and he saw that no one was doing what is just/fair, and he was very displeased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_16","024_59_16","ISA","59","16","16","He was disgusted when he saw that no one tried to help those who were being treated cruelly. So he used his own power MTY to rescue them; it is because he is always righteous that he did that PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_17","024_59_17","ISA","59","17","17","It is as though he is a soldier who MET puts on his armor and a helmet; his continually doing what is right is like MET his armor, and his ability to rescue people is like his helmet. His being extremely angry and his being ready to get revenge on those who do evil are like MET his robes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_18","024_59_18","ISA","59","18","18","He will repay his enemies for the evil things that they have done. He will severely punish MTY even those who live far from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_19","024_59_19","ISA","59","19","19","When that happens, people everywhere, from the east to the west, will respect and honor Yahweh MTY, because he will come like SIM a rushing river that is pushed along by the strong wind that Yahweh sent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_20","024_59_20","ISA","59","20","20","And Yahweh says that he will come to Jerusalem to free his people; he will come to rescue those in Judah who have quit ◄doing sinful things/their sinful behavior►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS59_21","024_59_21","ISA","59","21","21","This is what Yahweh says to his people: “This is the agreement that I will make with you: My Spirit will not leave you, and you will always have my message. You will be able to declare it MTY, and your children and grandchildren will be able to declare it forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_1","024_60_1","ISA","60","1","1","You people of Jerusalem PRS, stand up! Yahweh has done glorious things for you, and he has acted powerfully for you; so show others that he is very great! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_2","024_60_2","ISA","60","2","2","But spiritual darkness has covered all the other people-groups on the earth, complete darkness, but Yahweh will show you how great he is, and other people will also see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_3","024_60_3","ISA","60","3","3","By seeing what he has done for you, people of all people-groups will see that he is very great, and kings will come to see the wonderful things that have happened to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_4","024_60_4","ISA","60","4","4","Yahweh says, “Look around and you will see the people who will be returning from ◄exile/countries to which they have been forced to go►! Your sons will come from distant countries; others will carry your little daughters home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_5","024_60_5","ISA","60","5","5","When you look at this happening, you will be very joyful DOU, because people will bring valuable goods to you from all around the world. They will bring in ships valuable things from many nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_6","024_60_6","ISA","60","6","6","People will also bring valuable goods to you on herds/caravans of camels: Camels from the Midian and Ephah areas of northern Arabia. And from Sheba in southern Arabia they will come, bringing gold and frankincense; they will all come to praise me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_7","024_60_7","ISA","60","7","7","They will bring flocks of sheep and goats from Kedar in northern Arabia and give them to you. They will bring PRS rams from Nebaioth for you to sacrifice on my altars, and I will accept them happily. At that time I will cause my temple to be very beautifully decorated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_8","024_60_8","ISA","60","8","8","And what are those things that are moving swiftly like SIM clouds? They resemble SIM doves returning to their nests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_9","024_60_9","ISA","60","9","9","But they are really ships from Tarshish that are bringing your people back here. When your people come, they will bring with them all the valuable possessions that they have acquired, and they will do that to honor me, Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, because I will have greatly honored you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_10","024_60_10","ISA","60","10","10","Foreigners will come and rebuild the walls of your cities, and their kings will serve/help you. Although I punished you because I was angry with you, these things will happen now because I will act mercifully toward you because I am kind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_11","024_60_11","ISA","60","11","11","The gates of your cities will be open during the day and also during the night, in order that people will be able to bring into your cities valuable things from many countries, with their kings being led to you in the processions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_12","024_60_12","ISA","60","12","12","And the kingdoms and nations whose people refuse to allow you to rule them will be completely destroyed DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_13","024_60_13","ISA","60","13","13","The glorious/beautiful things in Lebanon will be brought to you— lumber from cypress trees and fir trees and pine trees — to be used to make my temple beautiful. When that is done, my temple MTY will truly be glorious! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_14","024_60_14","ISA","60","14","14","The descendants of those who ◄oppressed you/treated you cruelly► will come and bow down to you; those who despised you will prostrate themselves in front of your feet. They will say that your city on Zion Hill is the City of Yahweh, where the Holy One of Israel lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_15","024_60_15","ISA","60","15","15","Previously everyone hated you and ignored you, but now your city will be majestic/honored forever; and I will cause you to be joyful forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_16","024_60_16","ISA","60","16","16","People of all nations and their kings will gladly bring MET their wealth to you. And when that happens, you will realize that I truly am Yahweh, the one who saves you and rescues you from your enemies, and that I am the mighty one to whom you Israeli people belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_17","024_60_17","ISA","60","17","17","Instead of metals that are not valuable, like bronze and iron, I will bring to you silver and gold. Instead of wood and stones, I will bring you bronze and iron for your buildings. There will be peace in your country, and your rulers will do what is fair/just. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_18","024_60_18","ISA","60","18","18","People in your country will no longer act violently, and people will no longer destroy your land and cause it to become desolate/ruined. The people in the city will be safe, and everyone there will praise me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_19","024_60_19","ISA","60","19","19","And you will no longer need the sun and moon to give you light, because I, Yahweh, will give you more light than the sun and moon; I will be a glorious light for you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_20","024_60_20","ISA","60","20","20","It will seem as though the sun and moon will always be shining LIT, because I, Yahweh, will be an everlasting light for you. You will never again be sad because of things that happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_21","024_60_21","ISA","60","21","21","Your people will all be righteous, and they will occupy the land forever, because I myself have put you there like people plant trees MET in order that you will show others that I am very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS60_22","024_60_22","ISA","60","22","22","At that time, the groups that are very small now will become very large clans, and small clans will become great nations. All those things will happen because, I, Yahweh, will cause them to happen at the right time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_1","024_61_1","ISA","61","1","1","The Spirit of Yahweh our Lord is on me; he has appointed MTY me to bring good news to those who are oppressed, to comfort those who are discouraged, to free all those who are as though they are chained/tied DOU by the wrong things that they continually do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_2","024_61_2","ISA","61","2","2","He has sent me to tell those who mourn about the members of their families who died (OR, who are still in Babylonia) that now is the time when Yahweh will act kindly toward his people; now is the time when our God will ◄get revenge on/punish► their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_3","024_61_3","ISA","61","3","3","To all those in Jerusalem who mourn, he will give flower necklaces to wear; instead of ashes that they put on their heads to show that they are sad; he will cause them to rejoice MTY instead of being sad; he will enable them to be MET happy instead of being discouraged. They will be called “people who continually do what is right, people who are like tall/strong oak trees that Yahweh has planted” to show others that he is very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_4","024_61_4","ISA","61","4","4","Those who return from Babylon will rebuild the cities that the soldiers from Babylon tore down. Even though those cities have been destroyed and abandoned for many years, they will be restored/rebuilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_5","024_61_5","ISA","61","5","5","Foreigners will be the ones who will take care of your flocks of sheep and goats, and plow your fields and take care of your grapevines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_6","024_61_6","ISA","61","6","6","But you are the ones who will be like the priests to serve Yahweh, to work for God. You will enjoy valuable goods that are brought from other nations, and you will be happy that those things have become yours. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_7","024_61_7","ISA","61","7","7","Previously you were shamed and disgraced, but now you will have great blessings; previously your enemies humbled you, but now you will have many good things; you will be happy because of being in your land again, and you will rejoice forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_8","024_61_8","ISA","61","8","8","“I, Yahweh, am very pleased with those/judges who decide matters fairly; I hate those who illegally take things from other people. I will surely repay my people ◄for/because of► all that they have suffered in the past. And I will make an everlasting agreement with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_9","024_61_9","ISA","61","9","9","Their descendants will be honored by people of other nations DOU. Everyone who sees them will know that they are a nation that I, Yahweh, have blessed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_10","024_61_10","ISA","61","10","10","I greatly rejoice because of what Yahweh has done! I am happy, because he has saved me and declared that I am righteous; those blessings are like MET a robe that he has put on me. I am as happy as SIM a bridegroom in his wedding suit, or a bride wearing jewels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS61_11","024_61_11","ISA","61","11","11","Just as seeds sown in a garden sprout from the soil and grow DOU, Yahweh our God will cause people of all nations to act righteously, with the result that they will praise him for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_1","024_62_1","ISA","62","1","1","Because I am very concerned about the people of Jerusalem DOU, I will do something to help them. I will not stop praying for them until they are rescued/freed from their oppressors, until that becomes as apparent to everyone as the dawn every morning, until people can see it as clearly as SIM they see a torch shining brightly at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_2","024_62_2","ISA","62","2","2","Some day the people of many nations will know that Yahweh has rescued you, his people. Their kings will see that your city is very great/glorious. And Yahweh MTY will give your city a new name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_3","024_62_3","ISA","62","3","3","It will be as though Yahweh will hold you up in his hands in order that everyone can see you. Under his authority MTY, you will be like a glorious headband/turban worn by a king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_4","024_62_4","ISA","62","4","4","Your city will never again be called “the deserted/abandoned city” and your country will never again be called “the desolate land”; it will be called “the land that Yahweh delights in”, and it will also be called “married to Yahweh”. It will be called that because Yahweh will be delighted with you, and it will be as though you are his bride MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_5","024_62_5","ISA","62","5","5","You people will live in all the country of Judah like SIM a young man lives with his bride. And our God will be happy that you belong to him like SIM a bridegroom is happy that his bride belongs to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_6","024_62_6","ISA","62","6","6","You people of Jerusalem, I have placed watchmen on your walls; they will LIT earnestly pray to Yahweh day and night. You watchmen, you must not stop praying and reminding Yahweh about what he has promised to do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_7","024_62_7","ISA","62","7","7","And tell Yahweh that he should not rest until he causes Jerusalem to be a city that is famous throughout the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_8","024_62_8","ISA","62","8","8","Yahweh has raised his right hand to solemnly promise to the people of Jerusalem, “I will use my power MTY and never again allow your enemies to defeat you; soldiers from other nations will never come again to take away your grain and the wine that you worked hard to produce. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_9","024_62_9","ISA","62","9","9","You yourselves grew the grain, and you will be the ones who will praise me, Yahweh, while you eat the bread made from that grain. Inside the courtyards of my temple you yourselves will drink the wine made from the grapes that you harvested.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_10","024_62_10","ISA","62","10","10","Go out through the city gates! Prepare the highway on which people will return from other countries! Cause the road to become smooth; clear off all the stones; set up signal flags to help the people-groups to see where the road to Jerusalem is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_11","024_62_11","ISA","62","11","11","This is the message that Yahweh has sent to the people of every nation: “Tell the people of Israel, ‘The one who will rescue/save you is coming! Look! He will be bringing to you ◄your reward/what you deserve for the good things that you have done►; those whom he is setting free will be going ahead of him.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS62_12","024_62_12","ISA","62","12","12","They will be called “Yahweh’s own people, the ones whom he rescued”. And Jerusalem will be known as the city that Yahweh loves, the city that is no longer abandoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_1","024_63_1","ISA","63","1","1","I ask, “Who is this who is coming from Bozrah city in Edom, whose clothes are stained red from blood? Who is this who is wearing beautiful robes?” He replies, “It is I, Yahweh, declaring that I have defeated your enemies, and I am able to rescue you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_2","024_63_2","ISA","63","2","2","I ask him, “What are those red spots on your clothes? It appears that SIM you have been treading/tramping on grapes to make wine.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_3","024_63_3","ISA","63","3","3","He replies, “I have been treading on my enemies, not on grapes. I did it myself; no one helped me. I punished them because I was very angry with them, and my clothes became stained with their blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_4","024_63_4","ISA","63","4","4","I did that because it was time for me SYN to get revenge; it was time to rescue my people from those who had oppressed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_5","024_63_5","ISA","63","5","5","I searched for someone who would enable me to help my people, but I was amazed/shocked that there was no one to help me. So I defeated their enemies with my own power/strength MTY; I was able PRS to do that because of my being very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_6","024_63_6","ISA","63","6","6","Because I was extremely angry, I punished the nations; I caused them to stagger like MET drunk men, and I caused their blood to pour out on the ground.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_7","024_63_7","ISA","63","7","7","I will tell about Yahweh faithfully loving his people, and I will praise him for all that he has done. Yahweh has done good things for us people MTY of Israel; he has acted mercifully toward us, and he has steadfastly and faithfully loved us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_8","024_63_8","ISA","63","8","8","Yahweh said, “These are my people; they will not deceive me;” so he rescued us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_9","024_63_9","ISA","63","9","9","When we had many troubles, he was sad also. He sent his angel to rescue us. Because he loved us and was merciful to us, he saved us; it was as though he picked our ancestors up and carried them all those years during which they were oppressed in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_10","024_63_10","ISA","63","10","10","But we rebelled against him, and we caused his Holy Spirit to be sad. So he became like MET an enemy who fought against us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_11","024_63_11","ISA","63","11","11","Then we thought about what happened long ago, during the time when Moses led our ancestors out of Egypt. We cried out, “Where is the one who brought our ancestors through the Red Sea while Moses led them? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among our ancestors? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_12","024_63_12","ISA","63","12","12","Where is the one who showed his glorious power MTY, and caused the water to separate when Moses lifted his arm above it, with the result that he will be honored/praised forever? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_13","024_63_13","ISA","63","13","13","Where is the one who led our ancestors while they walked through the sea bed? They were like SIM horses that were racing along and never stumbled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_14","024_63_14","ISA","63","14","14","They were like SIM cattle that walk down into a valley to rest, and the Spirit of Yahweh enabled them to go to a place where they could rest. Yahweh, you led your people, and you caused yourself MTY to ◄get a wonderful reputation/be greatly honored►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_15","024_63_15","ISA","63","15","15","Yahweh, look down from heaven; look down on us from your holy and glorious home. You were RHQ previously very concerned about us, and you acted powerfully to help us. But it seems that you do not act mercifully and zealously for us any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_16","024_63_16","ISA","63","16","16","You are our father. Abraham does not know what is happening to us, and Jacob is not concerned about us, either, but Yahweh, you are our father; you rescued us long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_17","024_63_17","ISA","63","17","17","Yahweh, why did you cause us to wander away from your road RHQ? Why did you cause us to be stubborn, with the result that we no longer revere you RHQ? Help us like you did previously, because we are the people who serve you and belong to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_18","024_63_18","ISA","63","18","18","We, your holy people, possessed your sacred temple for only a short time, and now our enemies have destroyed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS63_19","024_63_19","ISA","63","19","19","Now it seems as though we never were ruled by you, as though we were never part of your family MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_1","024_64_1","ISA","64","1","1","“Yahweh, I wish that you would tear open the sky and come down, and cause the mountains to shake in your presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_2","024_64_2","ISA","64","2","2","Be like a fire that burns twigs and causes water to boil! Come down in order that your enemies will know who you are, and the people of other nations will tremble in your presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_3","024_64_3","ISA","64","3","3","You have done awesome things which we were not expecting you to do; the mountains shook when you came down at Horeb Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_4","024_64_4","ISA","64","4","4","Since ◄long ago/the world began►, no one SYN has ever seen or heard about a God like you; you help those who ◄depend on/trust in► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_5","024_64_5","ISA","64","5","5","You help those who joyfully do what is right, those who conduct their lives as you want them to. But we did not do that; we continued to sin, and so you became angry with us. We have been sinning for a long time, so only if we continually do what you want us to do will we be saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_6","024_64_6","ISA","64","6","6","We have all become people who are not fit to worship you; all of the good things that we have done are only like SIM filthy/blood-stained rags. Because of our sins, we are like SIM leaves that dry up and are blown away by the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_7","024_64_7","ISA","64","7","7","None of our people worships you, and no one is completely dedicated to IDM you. You have turned away from us. It is as though you have caused us to be forced to continue our sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_8","024_64_8","ISA","64","8","8","Yahweh, you are our father. We are like MET clay, and you created us, like MET a potter creates pottery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_9","024_64_9","ISA","64","9","9","Yahweh, do not continue to be angry with us; do not keep thinking about our sins forever. Do not forget that we are all your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_10","024_64_10","ISA","64","10","10","All of your towns in Judah have become like MET deserts; even Jerusalem has been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_11","024_64_11","ISA","64","11","11","Your glorious temple on Zion Hill, where our ancestors worshiped you, has been destroyed by fire. And all our other beautiful things have been ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS64_12","024_64_12","ISA","64","12","12","Yahweh, you see all those things, so we worry that you will refrain from helping us, and that you will cause us to suffer much more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_1","024_65_1","ISA","65","1","1","This is what Yahweh said: “I was ready to reply to my people, but no one requested me to help them. I was ready to help even those who did not call out to me. I continued to say, ‘I am here to help you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_2","024_65_2","ISA","65","2","2","It is as though I have continually held out my arms to show that I am ready to help my people who rebel against me, and who continually do the evil things that they want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_3","024_65_3","ISA","65","3","3","They boldly continue to do things that cause me to be angry: They offer sacrifices to their idols in their gardens, and they burn incense to them on altars made of bricks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_4","024_65_4","ISA","65","4","4","They secretly remain awake at night in burial caves, talking with the spirits of ◄dead people/their ancestors►. They eat the meat of pigs, and their pots are full of other meat that is also unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_5","024_65_5","ISA","65","5","5","Then they say to others, ‘Stay away from me; do not come near me, because I am very holy, with the result that you should not touch me.’ People like that are like MET smoke in my nose from a fire that burns continually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_6","024_65_6","ISA","65","6","6","I have written a record of all the evil things that they have done. And I will not do nothing about all those things; I will certainly punish them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_7","024_65_7","ISA","65","7","7","for the sins that they and their ancestors have committed. They have mocked/insulted me by burning incense to their idols on the hilltops. So I will punish them like they deserve for doing those things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_8","024_65_8","ISA","65","8","8","This is also what Yahweh said: “When there is a cluster of nice grapes on a vine, people do not throw them away, because they know that there is good juice in those grapes. Similarly, because there are some people in Judah who faithfully serve/worship me, I will not get rid of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_9","024_65_9","ISA","65","9","9","I will spare some of the descendants of Jacob who are living on the hills of Judah. I have chosen them, and they will possess that land; they will worship/serve me, and they will live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_10","024_65_10","ISA","65","10","10","Then all the land from the Sharon Plain near the Mediterranean Sea and as far east as Achor Valley near Jericho will become pastureland where their cattle and sheep will rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_11","024_65_11","ISA","65","11","11","But it will be different for you who have abandoned me, you who do not worship me on Zion, my sacred hill, you who worship Gad and Meni, the gods who you think will bring you good luck and good fortune. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_12","024_65_12","ISA","65","12","12","It is I, not Meni, who will decide/say what will happen to you; you will all be slaughtered by swords. That will happen because you did not answer when I called out to you. I spoke to you, but you did not pay attention. Instead, you did things that I said are evil; you chose to do things that do not please me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_13","024_65_13","ISA","65","13","13","I, Yahweh the Lord, will give to those who worship and obey me things to eat and drink, and they will be happy; but all you evil people will be hungry and thirsty, and you will be sad and disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_14","024_65_14","ISA","65","14","14","Those who worship and obey me will sing joyfully, but you evil people will wail loudly because you will be suffering in your inner beings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_15","024_65_15","ISA","65","15","15","Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people; I, Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you. But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name that they will use when they bless people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_16","024_65_16","ISA","65","16","16","The people in this land have had many troubles, but I will cause those troubles to occur no more. Therefore those who ask me to bless them and those who solemnly promise to do something should never forget that I am God, who faithfully do what I promise to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_17","024_65_17","ISA","65","17","17","“Note this: Some day I will create a new heaven and a new earth. They will be very wonderful, with the result that you will no longer think about all the troubles you had previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_18","024_65_18","ISA","65","18","18","Be glad and always rejoice because of what I will do: Jerusalem will be a place where people rejoice; the people who live there will always be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_19","024_65_19","ISA","65","19","19","I will rejoice about Jerusalem, and I will be delighted with my people. People will no longer weep or cry because of being distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_20","024_65_20","ISA","65","20","20","No child will die when it is still an infant; all people will live until they are very old. People will consider that anyone who is 100 years old is still young; they will consider that anyone who dies who is younger than that has been cursed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_21","024_65_21","ISA","65","21","21","My people will build houses and then live in them. They will plant vineyards and then eat grapes from those vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_22","024_65_22","ISA","65","22","22","As for the houses that they build, no one will take those houses away from them and live in them. No one will take a vineyard away from its owner. My chosen people will live a long time, like trees do, and they will enjoy what they have accomplished— the houses that they have built and the crops that they have planted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_23","024_65_23","ISA","65","23","23","They will not work hard in vain, and their children will not die from some ◄calamity/terrible thing happening to them►. I will certainly bless their children and their grandchildren. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_24","024_65_24","ISA","65","24","24","Before they call to me to help them, I will answer; I will answer their prayers while they are still praying for me to do something for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS65_25","024_65_25","ISA","65","25","25","No one will be harmed or injured anywhere on Zion, my sacred hill: Wolves and lambs will eat grass together peacefully; lions will eat hay like oxen do, and they will not attack people. Snakes will not hurt anyone; they will lie on the ground and eat only dirt. That is surely what it will be like because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_1","024_66_1","ISA","66","1","1","Yahweh also said this: “All of heaven is like my throne, and the whole earth is like my footstool. So you could certainly not RHQ build a house that would be adequate for me to live in and rest! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_2","024_66_2","ISA","66","2","2","I MTY have created everything; all things exist because I made them. That is true because I, Yahweh, have said it. The people I am most pleased with are those who are humble, who patiently endure it when they ◄suffer/are afflicted►, and who tremble when they hear me rebuking them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_3","024_66_3","ISA","66","3","3","You have enjoyed continually doing the things that you want to do: Some of you slaughter oxen to sacrifice them to me, but you also bring human sacrifices to your idols! You sacrifice lambs to me, but you kill dogs to offer them to your gods. You offer grain to me, but you also bring pigs’ blood to your idols. You burn incense to me, but you also praise your idols. You enjoy doing those disgusting things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_4","024_66_4","ISA","66","4","4","When I called out to you, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not pay attention. You did many things that I say are evil; you chose to do things that I did not like. So now I will punish you by causing you to experience the things that you are very afraid of.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_5","024_66_5","ISA","66","5","5","But you people who tremble when you hear what Yahweh says, listen to what he says now: “Some of your people hate you and reject you because you belong to me. They make fun of you, and they say, ‘Yahweh should show his glorious power! We want to see him do something to cause you to be truly happy.’ But some day those people will be very disgraced.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_6","024_66_6","ISA","66","6","6","At that time, you will listen to the noise in the city. You will hear the shouting in the temple. It will be the sound of Yahweh shouting while he is punishing his enemies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_7","024_66_7","ISA","66","7","7","No one RHQ ever heard that a woman gave birth to a baby when she was just starting to have birth pains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_8","024_66_8","ISA","66","8","8","Certainly no one RHQ ever heard about such a thing happening, and no one has ever seen it happen. Similarly, no one ever RHQ heard that a nation was created in one instant, not even in one day. But Jerusalem is like MET a woman who gives birth to children as soon as she starts to have birth pains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_9","024_66_9","ISA","66","9","9","Women certainly do not RHQ bring infants to the time when they are ready to be born and then do not allow them to be born. Similarly, he will do for Jerusalem MET what he has promised to do: He will cause Jerusalem to be full of people again. That will happen because Yahweh has said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_10","024_66_10","ISA","66","10","10","You people in APO Jerusalem, rejoice! And all you people who love Jerusalem should also be happy. You people who were sad because of what happened to Jerusalem, you should now be glad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_11","024_66_11","ISA","66","11","11","You people in Jerusalem will have everything that you need like MET a baby that gets all it needs from its mother’s breasts. You will enjoy all the abundant and glorious things MET in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_12","024_66_12","ISA","66","12","12","Yahweh has promised, “I will cause Jerusalem to be full of valuable things that come from other nations; those things will pour into Jerusalem; it will be like SIM a big flood. I will take care of the people of Jerusalem like women care for the babies that they nurse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_13","024_66_13","ISA","66","13","13","I will comfort you people in Jerusalem like MET mothers comfort their children.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_14","024_66_14","ISA","66","14","14","When you see those things happen, you SYN will rejoice. Your old bones will become strong again like SIM grass that grows quickly/well in the springtime. When that happens, everyone will know that Yahweh has power MTY to help those who worship and obey him, but that he is angry with his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_15","024_66_15","ISA","66","15","15","Yahweh will come down with flames of fire, and his chariots will come down like SIM a whirlwind; he will be extremely angry, and he will punish his enemies by burning them in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_16","024_66_16","ISA","66","16","16","It is as though MET Yahweh has a big sword, and he will judge and execute many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_17","024_66_17","ISA","66","17","17","Yahweh says, “Some of you people purify/bathe yourselves and then go to a garden to worship your gods. You eat the meat of pigs and lizards and mice, and other things that I have forbidden you to eat. So I will get rid of you for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_18","024_66_18","ISA","66","18","18","I know all the evil things that you think and do. It is now time for me to gather together the people who live in all nations and who speak all languages, and to show them that I am very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_19","024_66_19","ISA","66","19","19","I will put a mark on them, and those whom I have spared will go to various distant countries: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal, Javan, and to distant islands. I will send them to proclaim to nations that have never heard about me that I am very great and glorious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_20","024_66_20","ISA","66","20","20","Then they will bring back here your relatives who have been ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►, to be like SIM an offering to me. They will come on horses, in chariots, on mules, and on camels. They will come to Zion, my sacred hill in Jerusalem. That will be like SIM the offerings that my Israeli people used to bring in the correct manner to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_21","024_66_21","ISA","66","21","21","I solemnly promise that I will appoint some of them to be priests, and others to do other work in my temple. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_22","024_66_22","ISA","66","22","22","I also promise that just like the new heaven and the new earth will last forever, you will always have descendants, and you MTY will always be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_23","024_66_23","ISA","66","23","23","At every festival to celebrate the Sabbath each week and the new moon each month, everyone will come and worship me. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("IS66_24","024_66_24","ISA","66","24","24","Then they will go out of Jerusalem and look at the corpses of those who rebelled against me. The maggots in those corpses will never die, the fire will never stop burning them, and everyone who sees their corpses will detest them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_1","025_1_1","JER","1","1","1","I, Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, am writing these messages. I am a priest, from Anathoth town in the area where the tribe of Benjamin lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_2","025_1_2","JER","1","2","2","Yahweh started to give me these messages when Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_3","025_1_3","JER","1","3","3","Yahweh continued to give me more messages when Josiah’s son Jehoiakim was the king, and he continued to do that until Zedekiah had been the king of Judah for almost eleven years. It was in August of that year that the people of Jerusalem were ◄exiled/taken as prisoners► to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_4","025_1_4","JER","1","4","4","One day Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_5","025_1_5","JER","1","5","5","“I knew you before I finished forming you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born, I ◄set you apart/chose you► and I appointed you to be my prophet whose messages would be for all nations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_6","025_1_6","JER","1","6","6","I replied, “O, Yahweh my God, I am not qualified to speak for you, because I am very young!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_7","025_1_7","JER","1","7","7","Yahweh replied, “Do not say that, because you must go to everyone to whom I will send you, and you must tell them everything that I tell you to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_8","025_1_8","JER","1","8","8","And you must not be afraid of the people to whom you will speak, because I will protect you from being harmed by them. This will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_9","025_1_9","JER","1","9","9","Then it was as though Yahweh touched my mouth and said, “Listen to me! I am ◄putting my message into your mouth/telling you what you must speak►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_10","025_1_10","JER","1","10","10","Today I am appointing you to warn nations and kingdoms. You will tell them that I will completely destroy and get rid of DOU some of them and that I will establish MET others and cause them to be strong.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_11","025_1_11","JER","1","11","11","Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “I see a branch from an almond tree.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_12","025_1_12","JER","1","12","12","Yahweh said, “That is correct. And because the word for ‘almond’ resembles the word for ‘watching’, it means that I am watching what will happen, and I will make certain that what I have said to you about destroying nations will happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_13","025_1_13","JER","1","13","13","Then Yahweh spoke to me again and said, “What do you see now?” I replied, “I see a pot full of boiling water MTY. It is tipping toward me from the north.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_14","025_1_14","JER","1","14","14","Yahweh replied, “Yes! It means that from the north great trouble/destruction will spread MET over this land, like boiling water MET pouring from a pot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_15","025_1_15","JER","1","15","15","Listen to what I say: I am summoning the armies of kingdoms that will come from the north of Judah to Jerusalem. Their kings will set up their thrones at the gates of this city to indicate that they are now the kings of Judah. Their armies will attack and break down the walls of this city, and they will do the same thing to all the other towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_16","025_1_16","JER","1","16","16","I will punish MTY my people because of all the evil things that they have done; they have abandoned me and they worship gods/idols. They worship idols that they have made with their own hands! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_17","025_1_17","JER","1","17","17","So, get up and put on your clothes to get ready for action! Then go to the people of Judah and tell them everything that I tell you to say. Do not be afraid of them, because if you are afraid of them, I will cause you to be truly terrified in front of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_18","025_1_18","JER","1","18","18","But listen! I will cause you to be strong, like MET a city that has strong walls around it. You will be as strong as MET an iron pillar or a bronze wall. None of the kings or officials or priests will be able to defeat you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR1_19","025_1_19","JER","1","19","19","They will oppose you, but they will not be able to defeat you, because I will be with you and will protect you. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_1","025_2_1","JER","2","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_2","025_2_2","JER","2","2","2","to proclaim to everyone in Jerusalem. He said that I should tell them this MET: “I, Yahweh, remember that you very much wanted to please me long ago. You tried to please me like a bride tries to please her husband; You loved me, and you followed me through the desert DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_3","025_2_3","JER","2","3","3","At that time you Israelis ◄were set apart/belonged only► to me; you belonged to me like the first part of the harvests belong to me MET. I promised to punish all those who harmed you, my people, and truly I did send disasters on them. That happened because I, Yahweh, said that it would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_4","025_2_4","JER","2","4","4","So, you descendants of MTY Jacob, all you people of MTY Israel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_5","025_2_5","JER","2","5","5","listen to what Yahweh says: “◄What sin did I commit RHQ that caused your ancestors to turn far away from me?/Though your ancestors found no fault in me, they turned far away from me.► They worshiped worthless idols, and they themselves became worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_6","025_2_6","JER","2","6","6","They did not say, ‘Yahweh brought us safely out of Egypt, and he led us through a desert where there were a lot of pits; he led us where there was no water and where it was very dangerous, through a land where no one lives, and no one even travels. ◄So where is Yahweh now?/So he should be helping us now!► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_7","025_2_7","JER","2","7","7","And when I brought you into a very fertile land, in order that you could enjoy all the fruit and other good things that you would harvest, you caused the land that I promised to give to you to be unfit for me and to become disgusting/detestable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_8","025_2_8","JER","2","8","8","Your priests also did not say, ‘◄Where is Yahweh now?/Yahweh should be helping us now!►’ RHQ Those who teach/explain my laws do not want to know me, and your leaders have rebelled against me. Your prophets gave you messages from their god Baal, and they worship worthless idols.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_9","025_2_9","JER","2","9","9","“So, I will accuse you in court. In future years, I will say what your children and your grandchildren have done that is wrong. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said that it will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_10","025_2_10","JER","2","10","10","If you go west to the island of Cyprus, or if you go east to Kedar land, and if you ask people in those places, they will tell you that no people from their countries have ever done the wicked things that you people have done! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_11","025_2_11","JER","2","11","11","The people of no other nation have ever RHQ abandoned their gods that they thought were glorious and started to worship gods that are not really gods, but you people have abandoned me, your glorious God, and are worshiping gods that are useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_12","025_2_12","JER","2","12","12","It is as though everything in the sky is surprised and dismayed/appalled about what you have done; it is as though they tremble because they are very horrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_13","025_2_13","JER","2","13","13","You, my people, have done two evil things: You have rejected me, the one who is like MET a fountain where you can obtain fresh water, and you are worshiping gods that are like MET pits in the ground that are cracked and which are not able to hold any water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_14","025_2_14","JER","2","14","14","You Israeli people, you were certainly not RHQ slaves when you were born; you were captured by your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_15","025_2_15","JER","2","15","15","Your enemies MET roared like lions, and they destroyed your land. Now your towns have been burned, and no one lives in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_16","025_2_16","JER","2","16","16","Soldiers from Memphis and Tahpenes, cities in Egypt, have defeated you and shaved your heads to show that you are their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_17","025_2_17","JER","2","17","17","But it is RHQ because you abandoned me, Yahweh, that these disasters have happened to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_18","025_2_18","JER","2","18","18","So ◄why are you trying to make an alliance with MET the rulers of Egypt?/it certainly will not help you to make an alliance with the rulers of Egypt► RHQ. Why are you trying to make an alliance with MET the rulers of Assyria who live near the Euphrates River? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_19","025_2_19","JER","2","19","19","It is because you have been very wicked that I PRS will punish you. It is because you have turned away from me that I PRS will condemn you. When I do that, you will realize that painful and evil DOU things will happen to you because you have forsaken me, Yahweh, your God, and you no longer revere me. That will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_20","025_2_20","JER","2","20","20","Long ago, you stopped obeying me MET, and you would not allow me to lead you MET; you refused to worship me. Instead, you worship idols that are under trees on the top of every hill, and your young women have sex with EUP men at those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_21","025_2_21","JER","2","21","21","It is as though MET you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that RHQ you have become like a rotten worthless vine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_22","025_2_22","JER","2","22","22","Your guilt from your sins is like MET very bad stains on a cloth, and you cannot get rid of those stains even by using very strong soap. This is true because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_23","025_2_23","JER","2","23","23","You say that you have not sinned. You say ‘We have not become unacceptable to God; we have not worshiped Baal.’ But think about the disgusting things that you do very eagerly in Hinnom Valley outside Jerusalem. You are like desperate female camels, running here and there to find male camels to have sex with. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_24","025_2_24","JER","2","24","24","You are like wild female donkeys in the desert. They sniff the air to find where the male donkeys are, and no one can RHQ restrain them. The male donkeys that want them do not become tired searching for them, because at mating time they find them easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_25","025_2_25","JER","2","25","25","You constantly run here and there to find idols to worship, with the result that your sandals are worn out, and your throats have become dry. I told you to stop doing that, but you said, ‘We cannot stop, because we love foreign gods, and we must worship them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_26","025_2_26","JER","2","26","26","Yahweh says this: “A robber is disgraced when he is caught. And all of you, including your kings and priests and prophets, are similarly disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_27","025_2_27","JER","2","27","27","You say to a piece of wood that is carved to become a sacred idol, ‘You are our father!’ And you say to a stone that you have set up, ‘You are our mother!’ You have rejected IDM me, but when you experience troubles, you cry out to me to rescue you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_28","025_2_28","JER","2","28","28","Why do you not RHQ cry out to the gods that you made? You have as many gods as you have cities and towns in Judah. So why do you not plead with them to rescue you when you experience disasters? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_29","025_2_29","JER","2","29","29","You complain that it was wrong for me not to have rescued you, but you have all rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_30","025_2_30","JER","2","30","30","I punished some of you, but you did not learn anything from my doing that. You have killed many of the prophets that I sent to you, like SIM fierce lions kill other animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_31","025_2_31","JER","2","31","31","You people of Israel, pay attention to what I say. I have certainly RHQ never abandoned you in a desert; I have never left you in a land full of darkness. So, why do you, my people, say ‘We are free from God’s control; we will not return to worship God any more’? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_32","025_2_32","JER","2","32","32","A young woman would certainly never RHQ forget to wear her jewelry, and a bride would never RHQ forget to wear her wedding dress, but you my people have forgotten me for many years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_33","025_2_33","JER","2","33","33","You know how to easily find gods from other countries whom you can love. You can find them as easily as a prostitute can find men to sleep with. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_34","025_2_34","JER","2","34","34","Although you have on your clothes the blood of poor people whom you have murdered, people who ◄were innocent/had not done things that are wrong►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_35","025_2_35","JER","2","35","35","you say ‘We have not done anything that is wrong; so surely Yahweh is not angry with us.’ But I will punish MTY you severely for saying ‘We have not sinned.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_36","025_2_36","JER","2","36","36","Previously you requested the army of Assyria to help you, but they were not able to help you. Now you have requested the army of Egypt to help you, but they will not be able to help you, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR2_37","025_2_37","JER","2","37","37","They will capture you, and you will be their prisoners MTY, led to Egypt, very ashamed with your hands on your heads. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have rejected those nations that you are relying on, and they will not be able to help you at all.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_1","025_3_1","JER","3","1","1","“Moses wrote that if a man divorces his wife and then she marries another man, her first husband certainly must not RHQ take her back again to be his wife, because that would certainly RHQ cause the whole nation to become unacceptable to me. But you have more idols than prostitutes have men whom they have slept with! So, why should I accept you if you return to me?” RHQ says Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_2","025_3_2","JER","3","2","2","“Look up at the barren hilltops. On every hilltop there are RHQ idols that you have worshiped. It is as though they are all lovers with whom you have had sex. It is as though you have sat along the roadsides like an Arab, waiting to attack and steal things from those who pass by. Because of worshiping idols and all the other wicked things that you have done, you have caused the entire land to become unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_3","025_3_3","JER","3","3","3","That is why I have not sent you any rain at the times of the year when you needed it. But you are like prostitutes MET who are not at all ashamed for what they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_4","025_3_4","JER","3","4","4","Now each of you says to me, ‘You are my father! You have loved me ever since I was young! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_5","025_3_5","JER","3","5","5","So surely you will not RHQ be angry with me forever!’ But you will not quit sinning!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_6","025_3_6","JER","3","6","6","One day when Josiah was the king of Judah, Yahweh said to me, “Have you seen what the people of Israel have done? They have turned away from me, like a woman who has abandoned her husband and sleeps with other men. They have gone up on every hilltop and under every big tree and worshiped idols there MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_7","025_3_7","JER","3","7","7","I thought that they would return to me, so I said to them, ‘Come back to me!’ But they refused. So I sent them away to other countries, like a man writes a note saying that he is divorcing his wife and then sends his wife away because she has committed adultery MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_8","025_3_8","JER","3","8","8","The people of Judah saw what I did to them. But they are just like the people of Israel. They are not afraid of what I will do to them. They also have turned away from me and are worshiping idols like women who abandon their husbands and go to other men MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_9","025_3_9","JER","3","9","9","They thought that worshiping idols did not matter to me, so they have made the entire land unacceptable to me by worshiping idols of wood and stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_10","025_3_10","JER","3","10","10","The people of Judah have pretended to return to me, but they have not really done that. This is true because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_11","025_3_11","JER","3","11","11","Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Israel have turned away from me, but what the people of Judah have done is worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_12","025_3_12","JER","3","12","12","So go and tell this to the people of Israel: ‘Yahweh says this to you Israeli people who have turned away from him: I am merciful. I will not continue to be angry with you forever. So return to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_13","025_3_13","JER","3","13","13","But you must admit/say that you are guilty, and that you have rebelled against me, Yahweh, your God, that you have worshiped idols under big trees everywhere, and you have not obeyed me. You have turned away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_14","025_3_14","JER","3","14","14","But you belong to me. So I will take you, one from each city and two from each clan, and bring you back to Jerusalem from the countries to which you were exiled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_15","025_3_15","JER","3","15","15","If you do that, I will appoint for you leaders with whom I am pleased, leaders who will guide you well because they will know and understand what pleases me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_16","025_3_16","JER","3","16","16","And when you become very numerous DOU in your land, you will not need to talk about the Sacred Chest that contained the Ten Commandments. You will not think about it, and you will not want to make a new one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_17","025_3_17","JER","3","17","17","At that time people will say, “Jerusalem is the place where Yahweh’s throne is.” People from all nations will come there to worship me. And they will no longer stubbornly do the evil things that they desire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_18","025_3_18","JER","3","18","18","At that time you people MTY of Israel and the people of Judah will return from being ◄exiled/forced to live► in lands to the northeast. You will return to the land that I gave to your ancestors to belong to them forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_19","025_3_19","JER","3","19","19","You people of Israel, I wanted to accept you to be my children. I wanted to give you this delightful land. It is a land more desirable/pleasant than the land of any other nation! I wanted you to call me ‘father’, and I wanted you to never turn away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_20","025_3_20","JER","3","20","20","But you have abandoned me like wives who have abandoned their husbands.’ ” That is what Yahweh said, and I told it to the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_21","025_3_21","JER","3","21","21","People will hear a noise on the barren hilltops. It will be the noise made by people weeping and pleading for God to be merciful to them. They will be admitting/saying that they have forgotten Yahweh their God, and that they turned away from behaving as God wanted them to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_22","025_3_22","JER","3","22","22","Yahweh will say to them, “You Israeli people, come back to me! If you do that, I will cause you to never turn away from me again.” The people will reply, “We are returning to you, because you are Yahweh, our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_23","025_3_23","JER","3","23","23","We did not get any help from the idols that we worshiped on the hilltops; we did not get any help from making all that noise up there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_24","025_3_24","JER","3","24","24","From the time when we were young, the shameful god Baal has taken away from us everything that our ancestors worked hard to acquire. He has taken away their flocks of sheep and herds of cattle, their sons and their daughters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR3_25","025_3_25","JER","3","25","25","So, now we should lie down feeling very ashamed DOU, because we and our ancestors have sinned against Yahweh our God, and we have never obeyed him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_1","025_4_1","JER","4","1","1","Yahweh says, “You Israeli people, come back to me! If you get rid of those detestable idols and do not turn away from me again, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_2","025_4_2","JER","4","2","2","and if you declare, ‘Just as surely as Yahweh lives, what he says is true,’ and if you start to always say what is true and act justly/fairly and righteously, then the people in the other nations of the world will request that I bless them as I have blessed you, and they will all come and honor/praise me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_3","025_4_3","JER","4","3","3","This is what Yahweh says to the people of Jerusalem and the other cities in Judah: “Prepare yourselves to receive my messages like farmers plow up hard ground in order that they can plant seed in it. Just as farmers do not waste good seed by sowing seeds among thorny plants, I do not want to waste my time telling you messages that you are not ready to receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_4","025_4_4","JER","4","4","4","Purify your inner beings and your minds for me. If you do not do that, my being angry with you MTY because of all the sins that you have committed will be like a fire that will be impossible to extinguish.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_5","025_4_5","JER","4","5","5","“Declare this DOU to all the people in Jerusalem and the rest of Judea; blow the trumpets everywhere in the land to warn the people. Tell them that they should flee to the cities that have high walls around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_6","025_4_6","JER","4","6","6","Shout to the people of Jerusalem, ‘Run away now! Do not delay, because I am about to cause you to experience a terrible disaster DOU that will come from the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_7","025_4_7","JER","4","7","7","An army that has destroyed many nations will attack you like MET a lion that comes out of its den to attack other animals. The soldiers of that army have taken down their tents and they are ready to march toward your land. They will destroy your cities and leave them without any people still living in them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_8","025_4_8","JER","4","8","8","So, put on sackcloth/rough clothes and weep and beat your chests to show that you are very sorry for what you have done, because Yahweh is still very angry with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_9","025_4_9","JER","4","9","9","Yahweh said that at the time he punishes you, the King of Judah and all his officials will be very afraid. The priests and the prophets will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_10","025_4_10","JER","4","10","10","Then I replied, “Yahweh my God, you completely deceived the people by telling them that there would be peace in Jerusalem, but now our enemies PRS are ready to slaughter us with their swords!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_11","025_4_11","JER","4","11","11","When that happens, Yahweh will say to the people of Jerusalem, “A huge army will come to attack you. They will not be like a gentle breeze that separates wheat from chaff. They will be like a very hot wind that blows in from the desert MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_12","025_4_12","JER","4","12","12","They will be like MET a strong blast that I will send. Now I am declaring that I will punish/destroy you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_13","025_4_13","JER","4","13","13","Our enemies are about to rush down on us; their chariots are like SIM whirlwinds. Their horses are faster than eagles. It will be terrible for us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_14","025_4_14","JER","4","14","14","You people of Jerusalem APO, purify your hearts/inner beings, in order that Yahweh will rescue you. How long will you continue to think about doing evil things? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_15","025_4_15","JER","4","15","15","From Dan city in the far north to the hills of Ephraim a few miles/kilometers north of Jerusalem messengers are proclaiming that disasters are coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_16","025_4_16","JER","4","16","16","Tell this to the people in other nations but also announce it in Jerusalem: Yahweh says, “An army is coming to Jerusalem from far away; they will shout a battle-cry against the cities in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_17","025_4_17","JER","4","17","17","They will set up tents around Jerusalem like people set up temporary shelters SIM around a field at harvest time. That will happen because the people of Judah have rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_18","025_4_18","JER","4","18","18","You will be punished very severely; it will be as though a sword has stabbed your inner beings. But you are causing those things to happen to you because of the evil things that you have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_19","025_4_19","JER","4","19","19","I am extremely anguished/sad; the pain in my inner being is very severe. My heart beats wildly. But I cannot remain silent because I have heard our enemies blowing their trumpets to announce that the battle against Judah will start immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_20","025_4_20","JER","4","20","20","Disasters will occur one after another until the whole land is ruined. Suddenly all our tents will be destroyed; even the curtains inside the tents will be ripped apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_21","025_4_21","JER","4","21","21","How long will this battle continue? How long will I continue to see the enemy battle flags and hear the sound of their trumpets being blown? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_22","025_4_22","JER","4","22","22","Yahweh says, “My people are very foolish! They do not have a relationship with me. They are like MET stupid children who do not understand anything. They very cleverly do what is wrong, but they do not know how to do what is good.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_23","025_4_23","JER","4","23","23","God gave me a vision in which I saw that the earth was barren and without form. I looked at the sky, and there was no light there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_24","025_4_24","JER","4","24","24","I looked at the mountains and hills, and they shook and moved from side to side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_25","025_4_25","JER","4","25","25","I looked and saw that there were no more people, and all the birds had flown away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_26","025_4_26","JER","4","26","26","I looked and saw that the fields that previously were fertile had become a desert. The cities were all ruined; they had all been destroyed by Yahweh because he was extremely angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_27","025_4_27","JER","4","27","27","This is what Yahweh is saying: “The entire land of Judah will be ruined, but I will not destroy it completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_28","025_4_28","JER","4","28","28","I will do to my people what I said that I would do, and I will not change my mind. So when that happens, it will be as though the earth will mourn and the sky will become very dark.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_29","025_4_29","JER","4","29","29","When the people hear the sound of the enemy army marching, they will be terrified as they flee from their cities. Some of them will find places to hide in the bushes, and others will run toward the mountains/hills to escape being killed by their enemies. All the cities in Judah will be abandoned; not one person will remain in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_30","025_4_30","JER","4","30","30","So you who will surely be destroyed, why are you doing the things that you are doing now? Why are you wearing beautiful clothes and jewelry? Why are you putting paint around your eyes? Doing those things will not help you, because the people in other countries that you think love you actually despise you, and they will try to kill you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR4_31","025_4_31","JER","4","31","31","It is as though I already hear the people in Jerusalem crying very loudly, like SIM a woman cries when she is giving birth to her first child; she gasps for breath and pleads for someone to help her. It is as though Jerusalem is crying, “Something terrible is happening to me! They are about to murder me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_1","025_5_1","JER","5","1","1","Yahweh said to the people of Jerusalem, “Go up and down every street. Search in the marketplaces to find people who do what is fair/right, who try to be faithful to me. If you find even one person like that, I will forgive the people of Jerusalem and not destroy their city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_2","025_5_2","JER","5","2","2","But when people there say, ‘I solemnly declare that as surely as Yahweh lives, I will do what he says,’ they are lying.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_3","025_5_3","JER","5","3","3","Yahweh, you are certainly RHQ searching for people who tell the truth. You struck/punished your people, but they did not pay any attention. You crushed them, but they ignored what you were telling them to do. They were extremely stubborn IDM and refused to return to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_4","025_5_4","JER","5","4","4","I thought, “We cannot expect these people to act righteously, because they are poor; they do not have any sense. They do not know the way Yahweh wants them to conduct their lives; they do not know what God requires them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_5","025_5_5","JER","5","5","5","So, I will go and talk to their leaders, because they surely know how God wants them to conduct their lives.” But they also have stopped obeying Yahweh MET, and they will not allow him to lead them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_6","025_5_6","JER","5","6","6","Because of that, lions will come out of the forests and kill them; wolves from the desert will attack them; leopards that lurk/wait outside their cities will maul anyone who walks outside the cities. Those things will happen because the people have sinned very much against God and have turned away from him very frequently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_7","025_5_7","JER","5","7","7","Yahweh says, “I cannot RHQ forgive these people; even their children have abandoned me. When they solemnly declare something, they ask their gods to show that what they say is true. I gave my people everything that they needed, but they often went to the shrines of their idols and committed adultery there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_8","025_5_8","JER","5","8","8","Just like MET well-fed male horses neigh, wanting sex with female horses, each of the men desires to have sex with his neighbor’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_9","025_5_9","JER","5","9","9","◄Should I not punish them for this RHQ?/I will certainly get revenge on this nation for this!► I will certainly get revenge RHQ on this nation whose people behave like that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_10","025_5_10","JER","5","10","10","I will say to your enemies, ‘The people of Judah and Israel are like a vineyard. Go along the rows in their vineyards and get rid of most of the people, but do not kill all of them. These people do not belong to me, so get rid of them, like a gardener MET lops/cuts off branches from a vine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_11","025_5_11","JER","5","11","11","The people of Israel and Judah have turned away from me completely.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_12","025_5_12","JER","5","12","12","They have lied about me and said, ‘He will not punish us! He will not cause us to experience disasters! We will not experience wars or famines! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_13","025_5_13","JER","5","13","13","What God’s prophets say is nothing but hot air! They do not have messages from God! We would like the disasters that they predict to happen to them!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_14","025_5_14","JER","5","14","14","So, this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, has said to me: “Because my people are saying those things, I will give you a message to tell them MTY that will be like MET a fire, and these people will be like MET wood that the fire will burn up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_15","025_5_15","JER","5","15","15","Listen to this, you people of Israel: I will bring the army of a distant nation to attack you. It is a very powerful nation that has existed for a long time. They speak a language that you do not know and which you will not be able to understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_16","025_5_16","JER","5","16","16","Their soldiers are all very strong, and the arrows from their quivers MET will ◄send many Israeli men to their graves/cause many Israeli people to die►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_17","025_5_17","JER","5","17","17","They will eat the food that you have harvested from your fields, and eat your bread. They will kill your sons and daughters, and they will kill your flocks of sheep and herds of cattle. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will also destroy your cities that have high walls around them and kill the people with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_18","025_5_18","JER","5","18","18","But even when those things happen, I will not get rid of all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_19","025_5_19","JER","5","19","19","And when the survivors ask, ‘Why is Yahweh our God doing this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘You rejected him and worshiped foreign gods in your own land, so now you will become slaves of foreigners in a land that is not your land.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_20","025_5_20","JER","5","20","20","Yahweh said to me, “Proclaim this to the people of Israel and Judah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_21","025_5_21","JER","5","21","21","Listen to this, you people who are foolish and who do not have any sense: You have eyes, but it is as though you cannot see; you have ears, but it is as though you cannot hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_22","025_5_22","JER","5","22","22","Why do you not revere me RHQ? You should RHQ tremble when you are in my presence! I, Yahweh, am the one who put a barrier along the shores so that the waters of the ocean cannot cross it and flood the land. The waves roll and roar, but they cannot go past that barrier. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_23","025_5_23","JER","5","23","23","But you people are not like the waves that obey me. You people are very stubborn and rebellious. You have constantly turned away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_24","025_5_24","JER","5","24","24","You do not say to yourselves, ‘We should revere Yahweh our God, the one who sends us rain at the times when we need it, the one who causes the grain to become ripe at the harvest season.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_25","025_5_25","JER","5","25","25","It is because of the wrong things that you have done, that those good things have not happened; it is because of the sins that you have committed that you have been prevented from receiving those blessings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_26","025_5_26","JER","5","26","26","Among my people are wicked people who hide along the roads to ambush/attack people like SIM men who hunt birds ◄put out nets/set traps► to catch them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_27","025_5_27","JER","5","27","27","Like a hunter has a cage full of birds that he has captured, their homes are full of things that they have gotten by deceiving others. So now they are very rich and powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_28","025_5_28","JER","5","28","28","They are big and fat, and there is no limit to the evil things that they have done. They do not try to defend orphans in the courtrooms, and they do not help poor people to get what they have a right to receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_29","025_5_29","JER","5","29","29","So I will certainly RHQ punish them for doing those things. I will certainly RHQ ◄get revenge on their nation/do to their nation what they deserve►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_30","025_5_30","JER","5","30","30","Very appalling/horrible and terrible DOU things are happening in this country: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR5_31","025_5_31","JER","5","31","31","Prophets speak only lies and priests rule by their own authority, and you people like that! But when you start to experience disasters, what will you do RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_1","025_6_1","JER","6","1","1","“You people in Jerusalem who are from the tribe of Benjamin, flee from this city! Blow the trumpets in Tekoa city south of Jerusalem! Send up a smoke signal in Beth-Haccherem town to warn the people of the coming danger! A powerful army will come from the north, and they will cause great destruction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_2","025_6_2","JER","6","2","2","Jerusalem is like a beautiful pasture full of sheep, but it will soon be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_3","025_6_3","JER","6","3","3","Enemy kings, not shepherds MET, will come with their armies and set up their tents around the city, and each king will choose a part of the city for his soldiers to destroy like MET shepherds divide their pastures for their flocks of sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_4","025_6_4","JER","6","4","4","The kings will tell their troops, “Get ready for the battle. We should attack them before noontime. But if we arrive there late in the afternoon when the shadows are becoming long, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_5","025_6_5","JER","6","5","5","we will attack them at night and tear down their fortresses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_6","025_6_6","JER","6","6","6","Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, says this: “I will command those soldiers to cut down the trees outside Jerusalem and to build dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls in order that they can enter the city. This city must be punished because everyone there continually oppresses others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_7","025_6_7","JER","6","7","7","It is as though the wicked things that the people do pour out of the city like SIM water flows out of a spring. The noise from people doing violent and destructive actions is heard everywhere. I continually see people who are suffering and wounded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_8","025_6_8","JER","6","8","8","Listen to what I am warning you, you people of APO Jerusalem, because if you do not listen, I will reject you and cause your land to become desolate, a land where no one lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_9","025_6_9","JER","6","9","9","Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels in heaven, also says this: “I will tell your enemies to cause your country to become as desolate SIM as a vineyard from which all the grapes have been completely stripped from the vines. Their soldiers will seize the possessions of those who remain in Israel after the others have been exiled like SIM farmers go to the vines again to pick any grapes that were ◄left/not picked►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_10","025_6_10","JER","6","10","10","Then I said, “If I speak to the Israeli people to warn them, ◄who will listen to me?/No one will listen to me.► RHQ It is as though their ears are closed, and as a result they cannot hear what I say. They scorn Yahweh’s messages; they do not want to listen to them at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_11","025_6_11","JER","6","11","11","So now I am extremely angry, like Yahweh is angry, and I cannot restrain it any longer.” So Yahweh said to me, “Tell everyone that you are very angry with them. Tell the children in the streets and the young men who gather together. Tell the men and their wives; tell the very old people DOU, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_12","025_6_12","JER","6","12","12","Tell the men that I will give their houses to their enemies, and I will give their property/fields and their wives to them, also, when I punish IDM the people who live in this land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_13","025_6_13","JER","6","13","13","Everyone is trying to get money by tricking others, from the most important people to the least important people; even the prophets and the priests are trying to deceive people to get money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_14","025_6_14","JER","6","14","14","They act as though the sins of my people are like MET small wounds that they do not need to put bandages on. They continually greet people by saying ‘I hope things are going well with you,’ when things are not going well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_15","025_6_15","JER","6","15","15","They should be RHQ ashamed about the disgusting things that they do, but they are not ashamed at all. They do not even know how to ◄blush/show on their faces that they are ashamed►. So, they also will be among those who will be killed. They will be destroyed when I punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_16","025_6_16","JER","6","16","16","This is also what Yahweh said to the Israeli people: “Stand at the crossroads and look at the people who pass by. Ask them what was the good behavior that their ancestors had long ago. And when they tell you, behave that way. If you do that, you will find rest for your souls.” But you replied, ‘We do not want to do that!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_17","025_6_17","JER","6","17","17","I sent my prophets who were like MET watchmen. They said, ‘Listen carefully when we blow the trumpets to warn you that your enemies are approaching,’ but you said, ‘No, we do not want to listen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_18","025_6_18","JER","6","18","18","Therefore, you people in the other nations, listen to this: Pay attention to what is going to happen to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_19","025_6_19","JER","6","19","19","Listen, all of you! I am going to cause the Israeli people to experience disasters. That is what will happen to them because they have refused to listen to what I told them. They have refused to obey my laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_20","025_6_20","JER","6","20","20","You Israeli people, when you burn frankincense that came from far away in Sheba, and when you offer to me sweet-smelling anointing oil that came from far away, I will not RHQ be pleased with your sacrifices. I will not accept the sacrifices that are completely burned on the altar; I am not pleased with any of your sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_21","025_6_21","JER","6","21","21","Therefore, I will put obstacles on the roads on which my people will travel. Men and their sons and people’s neighbors and friends will stumble over those obstacles and fall down; everyone will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_22","025_6_22","JER","6","22","22","Yahweh also says this: “You will see a huge army marching towards you from the north. An army of a great nation very far away is preparing to attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_23","025_6_23","JER","6","23","23","They have bows and arrows and spears; they are very cruel, and do not act mercifully to anyone. As they ride along on their horses, the horses’ feet sound like the roaring of the ocean waves; they are riding in battle formation to attack you people of Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_24","025_6_24","JER","6","24","24","The people of Jerusalem say, “We have heard reports about the enemy; so we are very frightened, with the result that we feel weak. We are very afraid, and worried, like SIM women who are about to give birth to babies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_25","025_6_25","JER","6","25","25","So one person says to another, ‘Do not go out into the fields! Do not go on the roads, because the enemy soldiers have swords and they are everywhere; they are coming from all directions, and we are extremely afraid.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_26","025_6_26","JER","6","26","26","So I say, “My dear people, put on ◄sackcloth/rough clothes► and sit in ashes to show that you are sorry for your sins. Mourn and cry very much, like SIM a woman would cry if her only son had died, because your enemies are very near, and they are going to destroy everything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_27","025_6_27","JER","6","27","27","Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, I have caused you to become like MET someone who heats metal very hot to completely burn the impurities. You will examine my people’s behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_28","025_6_28","JER","6","28","28","You will find out that they are very stubborn rebels, they are always slandering others. Their inner beings are as hard as bronze or iron; they all continually deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_29","025_6_29","JER","6","29","29","A metalworker causes the bellows to blow very hard to make the fire very hot to completely burn up the impurities MET. But just as a fire does not cause all the waste material to run off, it is impossible to separate the righteous people from the wicked people, and punish only the wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR6_30","025_6_30","JER","6","30","30","I, Yahweh, have rejected them; I say that they are like MET worthless silver.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_1","025_7_1","JER","7","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_2","025_7_2","JER","7","2","2","“Go to the entrance of my temple, and give this message to the people: You people of Judah who worship here, listen to this message from Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_3","025_7_3","JER","7","3","3","The Commander of the armies of angels says to you, 'If you stop doing evil things and start doing what is right, I will allow you to remain living in your land.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_4","025_7_4","JER","7","4","4","But some people are repeatedly saying to you, ‘The temple of Yahweh is here, so we will be safe; he will not allow us and the temple to be destroyed.’ But do not pay attention to what they say, because they are deceiving you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_5","025_7_5","JER","7","5","5","I will act mercifully to you only if you change your behavior and stop doing evil things, and if you start to act fairly/justly toward others, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_6","025_7_6","JER","7","6","6","and if you stop oppressing foreigners who live in your country, and orphans and widows, and if you stop murdering people, and if you stop worshiping ◄foreign gods/idols►. However, if you continue to do those things, you will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_7","025_7_7","JER","7","7","7","If you do what I have told you, I will allow you to stay in this land that I promised to your ancestors that it would belong to them and their descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_8","025_7_8","JER","7","8","8","People are repeatedly telling you, ‘The temple is here, so we are safe’, and you are trusting/believing that what they are saying is true, but it is a lie. Those people are deceiving you, and what they say is worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_9","025_7_9","JER","7","9","9","You think that RHQ you can steal things, murder people, commit adultery, tell lies in court, and worship Baal and all those other gods that you did not know about previously, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_10","025_7_10","JER","7","10","10","and then come here and stand in front of this temple, which is my temple, and say ‘Nothing bad will happen to us!’, while you continue to do all those abominable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_11","025_7_11","JER","7","11","11","Do you realize that you are causing this temple, which is my temple, to become like MET a den where bandits hide RHQ? Do you not know that I see all the evil things that you people do there? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_12","025_7_12","JER","7","12","12","Long ago I put my Sacred Tent at Shiloh city, to be a place where people would worship me MTY. Think about how I destroyed it because my people, the Israeli people, did many wicked things there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_13","025_7_13","JER","7","13","13","And while you were continually doing those wicked things, I told you about it many times, but you refused to listen. I called out to you, but you refused to answer me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_14","025_7_14","JER","7","14","14","Therefore, just like I destroyed Shiloh, I will now destroy this temple that was built for people to worship me MTY, this temple that you trust in, that is in this place that I gave to you and your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_15","025_7_15","JER","7","15","15","And I will expel you from this land and send you to other countries far away from me, just like I did to your relatives, the people of Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_16","025_7_16","JER","7","16","16","Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, do not pray for these people any longer. Do not cry for them or plead for me to help them, because I will not pay any attention to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_17","025_7_17","JER","7","17","17","Do you see the wicked things that they are doing in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_18","025_7_18","JER","7","18","18","The children gather firewood and their fathers use it to make fires on the altars to burn sacrifices. The women knead/make dough to make cakes to offer to their goddess Astarte who is called the Queen of Heaven. And on their altars they pour out offerings of wine to their other idols. All of those things cause me to become extremely angry! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_19","025_7_19","JER","7","19","19","But I am not RHQ the one whom they are hurting; they are really RHQ hurting themselves by doing these things for which they should be very ashamed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_20","025_7_20","JER","7","20","20","So Yahweh the Lord says this: “Because I am extremely angry with what happens at this place, I will punish these people severely MTY; my being very angry will be like MET a fire that will not be extinguished, and I will destroy the people, their animals, their fruit trees, and their crops.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_21","025_7_21","JER","7","21","21","Therefore, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Take away IRO your offerings that you bring to burn completely on your altars and your other sacrifices; don’t give them to me; eat them yourselves! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_22","025_7_22","JER","7","22","22","When I led your ancestors out of Egypt, it was not offerings to be completely burned on the altar or other sacrifices that I wanted from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_23","025_7_23","JER","7","23","23","What I told them was, ‘Obey me; if you do that, I will be your God and you will be my people. If you do the things that I want you to do, everything will go well for you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_24","025_7_24","JER","7","24","24","But your ancestors would not pay any attention DOU to me. They continued to do the evil things that they wanted to do, everything that in their stubborn inner beings they desired to do. Instead of coming closer to me, they went further away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_25","025_7_25","JER","7","25","25","From the day that your ancestors left Egypt until now, I have continued to send my prophets to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_26","025_7_26","JER","7","26","26","But you, my people, have not listened to me or paid attention to what I said; you have been stubborn, and you have done more sinful things than your ancestors did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_27","025_7_27","JER","7","27","27","Then Yahweh said to me, “When you tell all this to my people, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_28","025_7_28","JER","7","28","28","Say to them, ‘You people of Judah have not obeyed Yahweh, your God; you have not accepted it when he tried to correct you. No one among you is truthful; you do not say anything that is true; you speak only lies.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_29","025_7_29","JER","7","29","29","So, tell them to cut off their hair to show that they are mourning; tell them to go up into the hills and sing a sad funeral song, because I have completely rejected DOU this generation of people who have made me angry.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_30","025_7_30","JER","7","30","30","Yahweh says this: “The people of Judah have done many things that I say are evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in my temple, causing it to become an unacceptable place to worship me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_31","025_7_31","JER","7","31","31","They have built altars at Topheth in Ben-Hinnom Valley outside Jerusalem, and they sacrifice their sons and daughters on those altars. I never commanded them to do that; I never even thought that anyone would do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_32","025_7_32","JER","7","32","32","So they should beware! There will be a time when that place will no longer be called Topheth or the Hinnom Valley; instead, it will be called the Valley of Slaughter. There will be a huge number of people who will be buried there, with the result that there will be no space to bury more bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_33","025_7_33","JER","7","33","33","The corpses of my people that are not buried and are left on the ground will be eaten by vultures and wild animals, and there will be no one to shoo/chase them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR7_34","025_7_34","JER","7","34","34","There will be no one singing and laughing any more in the streets of Jerusalem; there will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides in Judah, because the land will be completely destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_1","025_8_1","JER","8","1","1","Yahweh says, “At the time that your corpses are scattered on the ground, your enemies will break open the graves of your kings and other officials who lived in Judah, and the graves of your priests and prophets and other people who lived there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_2","025_8_2","JER","8","2","2","They will take out their bones from their graves and dishonor them by scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars— those are the gods which my people loved and served and worshiped. No one will gather up their bones and bury them again; they will remain scattered on the ground like dung. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_3","025_8_3","JER","8","3","3","And all the people of this wicked nation who are still alive and whom I have exiled to other countries will say, ‘We would prefer to die than to continue to stay alive here in these countries.’ That will be true because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_4","025_8_4","JER","8","4","4","Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, tell the people that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to them: ‘When people fall down, they get up again, do they not RHQ? When people are going along a road and find out that they are walking on the wrong road, they go back and find the correct road, do they not RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_5","025_8_5","JER","8","5","5","Yes, they do, so why do these people of Judah continue trusting in those idols that have deceived them? They continue turning away from me, even though I have warned them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_6","025_8_6","JER","8","6","6","I have listened carefully DOU to what they say, but they do not say what they should say. Not one of them is sorry for having sinned. No one says, “I have done RHQ wicked things.” They are sinning and doing what they want to as fast as SIM a horse that is running into a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_7","025_8_7","JER","8","7","7","All the birds that fly south for the ◄winter/cold season► know the time that they need to fly south, and they all return at the right time the following year. But my people are not like those birds! They do not know what I, Yahweh, require them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_8","025_8_8","JER","8","8","8","Your men who teach you the laws that Moses wrote have been saying false things about those laws. So, why RHQ do they continue saying, “We are very wise because we have the laws of Yahweh”? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_9","025_8_9","JER","8","9","9","Those teachers, who think that IRO they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken to other countries by their enemies because they sinned by rejecting what I told them. Truly, they were not RHQ very wise to do that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_10","025_8_10","JER","8","10","10","So, I will give their wives to other men; I will give their fields to the enemy soldiers who conquer them. All the people, including those who are important and those who are not important, deceive others in order to obtain their possessions. Even my prophets and my priests do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_11","025_8_11","JER","8","11","11","They act as though the sins of my people are not serious, like MET wounds that do not need to be cleaned and bandaged. They tell the people that everything will go well with them, but that is not true; things will not go well with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_12","025_8_12","JER","8","12","12","They should be RHQ ashamed when they do disgusting things RHQ, but they do not even know how to show on their faces that they are ashamed about their sins. So, they will be killed, and their corpses also will lie among the corpses of others who have been slaughtered by their enemies. They will be killed when I punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_13","025_8_13","JER","8","13","13","I will allow their enemies to take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields. Their fruit trees will all wither. They will not receive all the blessings that I prepared for them. This will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_14","025_8_14","JER","8","14","14","Then the people will say, “◄Why should we wait here in these small towns?/We should not wait here in these small towns.► RHQ! We should go to the cities that have high walls around them, but even if we do that we will be killed there, because Yahweh our God has decided that we must be destroyed; it is as though MET he has given us a cup of poison to drink, because we sinned against him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_15","025_8_15","JER","8","15","15","We hoped/desired that things would go well for us, but things have not gone well. We hoped that bad things would not happen to us any more, but only things that terrify us are happening to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_16","025_8_16","JER","8","16","16","People far north in Israel in the city of Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies who are preparing to attack us. It is as though the entire land of Judah is shaking as their army approaches; they are coming to destroy our land and everything in it, the people and the cities.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_17","025_8_17","JER","8","17","17","Yahweh says, “I will send those enemy soldiers to Judah, and they will be like MET poisonous snakes among you. No one will be able to stop them from attacking you MET; they will attack you like snakes do, and kill you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_18","025_8_18","JER","8","18","18","I grieve very much for the people of Judah, and my grieving does not end. I am very sad IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_19","025_8_19","JER","8","19","19","Throughout our land, the people ask, “Has Yahweh abandoned Jerusalem? Is he, our city’s king, no longer there?” Yahweh replies, “Why do the people cause me to become very angry by worshiping idols and foreign gods?” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_20","025_8_20","JER","8","20","20","The people say, “The harvest season is finished, the ◄summer/hot season► has ended, and we hoped that we would receive blessings from Yahweh, but he has not rescued us from our enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_21","025_8_21","JER","8","21","21","I cry because my people have been crushed. I mourn, and I am completely dismayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR8_22","025_8_22","JER","8","22","22","I ask, “Surely there is RHQ medicinal balm in the Gilead region! Surely there are RHQ doctors there!” But my people have been badly wounded in their spirits, and nothing can heal them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_1","025_9_1","JER","9","1","1","I wish that my head was like MET a spring of water, and that my eyes were like a fountain of tears. Then I would cry night and day for all of my people who have been killed by our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_2","025_9_2","JER","9","2","2","I wish that I could leave my people and forget them, and go and live in a shack/shelter in the desert, because they have not remained faithful MET to Yahweh; they are a mob of people who deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_3","025_9_3","JER","9","3","3","Yahweh replied to me, “They use their tongues to tell MET lies like people shoot arrows with bows. It is because they tell lies that they have become more powerful in this land, and they do not know me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_4","025_9_4","JER","9","4","4","Do not trust your neighbors and even your brothers! They all are as deceitful as Jacob was. They slander each other and tell lies about each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_5","025_9_5","JER","9","5","5","They deceive their friends and never tell the truth. They lie continually and, because of that, they have become skilled liars; they do one oppressive thing after another, and are unable to stop doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_6","025_9_6","JER","9","6","6","They habitually lie and deceive each other, and no one will admit/say that I am God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_7","025_9_7","JER","9","7","7","Therefore I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: Listen carefully to what I say: I will cause my people to experience great afflictions, like a metalworker puts metal in a hot fire MET to completely burn out the impure bits. Because of all the evil things that my people have done, there is absolutely nothing else RHQ that I can do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_8","025_9_8","JER","9","8","8","What they say MTY injures people like MET poisoned arrows do. They say to their neighbors, ‘I hope things will go well for you,’ while they are planning to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_9","025_9_9","JER","9","9","9","Should I not punish them for doing that RHQ? Yes, I should certainly ◄get revenge on/give what they deserve to► the people of a nation that does things like that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_10","025_9_10","JER","9","10","10","So, I will weep and wail for the people who live in the mountains and in the ◄pastures/places where the livestock eat the grass►, because those areas will be desolate, and no one will live there. There will be no cattle there to call to each other, and all the birds and wild animals will have fled to other places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_11","025_9_11","JER","9","11","11","Yahweh also says, “I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins, and only jackals/wolves will live there. I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted; no one will live there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_12","025_9_12","JER","9","12","12","I said, “Only people who are very wise RHQ can understand these things. Only those who have been taught by Yahweh can RHQ explain these things to others. The wise people are RHQ the only ones who can explain why the land will be completely ruined with the result that everyone RHQ will be afraid to travel through it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_13","025_9_13","JER","9","13","13","Yahweh replied, “These things will happen because my people have rejected my laws which I gave to them; they have not obeyed me or my instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_14","025_9_14","JER","9","14","14","Instead, they have stubbornly done the things that they wanted to do. They have worshiped the idols that represent the god Baal, which is what their ancestors did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_15","025_9_15","JER","9","15","15","So now listen to what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God of the Israelis, say: What I will do will be like MET giving these people bitter things to eat and poison to drink: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_16","025_9_16","JER","9","16","16","I will scatter them to many nations which neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about; I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_17","025_9_17","JER","9","17","17","This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Think about what is happening, then summon those women who mourn when someone has died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_18","025_9_18","JER","9","18","18","Tell them to come quickly and start to wail, with the result that tears will stream down from your(pl) eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_19","025_9_19","JER","9","19","19","Listen to the people of Jerusalem crying/lamenting, saying, ‘We have been ruined/destroyed! We have experienced a terrible disaster! Now we are very ashamed, because our houses have been destroyed by our enemies, and we are being forced to leave our land.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_20","025_9_20","JER","9","20","20","You women, listen to what Yahweh says MTY. Pay attention to his words DOU. Teach your daughters to wail. Teach each other how to sing funeral songs, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_21","025_9_21","JER","9","21","21","because people will be dying PRS in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men gathering in the city squares/marketplaces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_22","025_9_22","JER","9","22","22","There will be corpses scattered across the fields like dung; their dead bodies will lie there like SIM grain that has been cut by reapers/farmers, and there will be no one still alive to bury them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_23","025_9_23","JER","9","23","23","Yahweh says this: “Wise men should not boast about their being wise, strong men should not boast about their being strong; and rich people should not boast about their being rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_24","025_9_24","JER","9","24","24","Instead, those who want to boast should boast about their knowing me and about understanding that I am Yahweh, that I am kind and just and righteous, that I faithfully love people, and that I am delighted with people who act that way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR9_25","025_9_25","JER","9","25","26","There will be a time when I will punish all those people of Egypt and of the Moab people-group and of the Edom people-group and of the Ammon people-group, all those people who live close to desert areas (OR, who cut their hair short to please their gods) far from Judah, all those people who have changed their bodies by circumcising them MET but who have not changed their inner beings. I will punish the people of Judah also, because they have not changed their inner beings, either.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_1","025_10_1","JER","10","1","1","You people of Israel, listen to what Yahweh says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_2","025_10_2","JER","10","2","2","“Do not act like the people of other nations act, and do not be terrified by strange/unusual things that you see in the sky, even though they cause the people of other nations to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_3","025_10_3","JER","10","3","3","The customs of the people of other nations are worthless. For example, they cut down a tree in the forest. Then a skilled worker/craftsman cuts a section of it and uses his chisel to carve an idol from that section. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_4","025_10_4","JER","10","4","4","Then people decorate the idol with silver and gold. Then they fasten it securely with nails in order that it will not topple/fall over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_5","025_10_5","JER","10","5","5","Then the idol stands there like SIM a scarecrow in a field of cucumbers/melons! It cannot speak, and people must carry it, because it cannot walk. Do not be afraid of idols, because they cannot harm anyone, and they cannot do anything good to help anyone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_6","025_10_6","JER","10","6","6","Yahweh, there is no one like you. You MTY are great, and you are very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_7","025_10_7","JER","10","7","7","You are the king of all the nations! Everyone should RHQ revere you, because that is what you deserve. Among all the wise people on the earth and in all the kingdoms where they live, ◄there is no one like you./who can compare with you?► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_8","025_10_8","JER","10","8","8","Those people who think that they are very wise IRO are stupid and foolish DOU. The idols that they worship are only made of wood! Those idols certainly cannot teach them anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_9","025_10_9","JER","10","9","9","People hammer into thin sheets silver from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, and then they give those sheets of silver and gold to skilled workers/craftsmen to cover the idols. Then they put on those idols expensive purple robes that are made by skilled workers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_10","025_10_10","JER","10","10","10","But Yahweh is the only true God; he is the all-powerful God, the king who rules forever. When he is angry, all the earth shakes/quakes; and the people of the nations cannot endure what he does when he is angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_11","025_10_11","JER","10","11","11","You Israeli people, tell this to those people: “Those idols did not make the sky and the earth, and they will disappear from the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_12","025_10_12","JER","10","12","12","But Yahweh made the earth by his power; he established it firmly by his wisdom and stretched out the sky by his understanding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_13","025_10_13","JER","10","13","13","When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form over every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_14","025_10_14","JER","10","14","14","People are senseless and know very little HYP; those who make idols are always disappointed because their idols do nothing for them. The images/statues that they make are not real gods; they are lifeless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_15","025_10_15","JER","10","15","15","Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they all will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_16","025_10_16","JER","10","16","16","But the God whom we Israelis worship is not like those idols; he is the one who created everything that exists; we, the tribe/people of Israel, belong to him; he is the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_17","025_10_17","JER","10","17","17","Yahweh says this to the people of Jerusalem: “The army of your enemies surrounds your city, so gather up your possessions and prepare to leave the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_18","025_10_18","JER","10","18","18","I will soon throw you out of this land and cause you to experience great troubles, with the result that you will have severe pain (OR, none of you will be left here).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_19","025_10_19","JER","10","19","19","The people replied, “It is as though we have been badly wounded, and we are very grieved; It is as though we have a very serious illness, and we must endure the pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_20","025_10_20","JER","10","20","20","It is as though our great tent is destroyed; the ropes that held it up have been cut; our children have gone away from us and will not return; there are no people left to rebuild our great tent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_21","025_10_21","JER","10","21","21","Our leaders MET no longer have any sense; they no longer ask Yahweh to ◄guide them/tell them what to do►, so they will no longer prosper, and all those over whom they rule MET will be scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_22","025_10_22","JER","10","22","22","Listen! Our enemies’ armies in the north are making a very big noise/commotion as they march toward us. The towns in Judah will be destroyed, and they will become a place where jackals/wolves live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_23","025_10_23","JER","10","23","23","Yahweh, I know that no person controls what will happen to him; no one is able to direct the events that he will experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_24","025_10_24","JER","10","24","24","So correct/discipline us, but do it gently. Do not correct/punish us when you are angry, because we would die if you did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR10_25","025_10_25","JER","10","25","25","Punish MTY all the nations whose people do not acknowledge/say that you are God; punish all the nations whose people do not worship you, because they are completely destroying DOU us people of Israel and they are causing our land to soon be only a desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_1","025_11_1","JER","11","1","1","This is another message that Yahweh told me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_2","025_11_2","JER","11","2","2","“Listen to the agreement that I made with the ancestors of the people of Jerusalem and the other cities in Judah. Then remind them of that agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_3","025_11_3","JER","11","3","3","Then tell them that I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worship, said that I will curse everyone who does not obey what was written in that agreement that I made with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_4","025_11_4","JER","11","4","4","It is the same agreement that I made with their ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt. What happened to them in Egypt was terrible; it was as though they were living in a hot furnace MET. When I brought them out of Egypt, I told them to obey me, and to do everything that I had commanded them to do. I also told them that if they obeyed me, they would be my people and I would be their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_5","025_11_5","JER","11","5","5","Now tell these people that if they obey me, I will do what I promised to do for their ancestors. I will enable them to continue living in this very fertile IDM land in which they now live.” I replied, “Yahweh, I hope that what you said will happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_6","025_11_6","JER","11","6","6","Then Yahweh said to me, “Go into the streets of Jerusalem and to the other cities in Judah. Proclaim my message to the people. Tell them to listen to the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and to obey it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_7","025_11_7","JER","11","7","7","When I brought their ancestors out of Egypt, I solemnly pleaded with them many times to obey me, and I am still pleading with them now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_8","025_11_8","JER","11","8","8","But they did not obey me or even pay any attention to me. Everyone continued to be stubborn and to do the evil things that they wanted to do. I commanded them to do what was written in the agreement, but they refused. So I punished them in all the ways that I promised that I would.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_9","025_11_9","JER","11","9","9","Then Yahweh said to me, “The people of Jerusalem and the other cities in Judah are rebelling against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_10","025_11_10","JER","11","10","10","Their ancestors refused to do what I told them to do, and now these people have returned to committing the sins that their ancestors committed. They are worshiping other gods. The people of Israel disobeyed the agreement that I made with their ancestors, and now the people of Judah have done the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_11","025_11_11","JER","11","11","11","So now I, Yahweh, am warning them that I will cause them to experience disasters, and they will not escape them. And when they cry out for me to help them, I will not pay attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_12","025_11_12","JER","11","12","12","When that happens, the people in Jerusalem and other cities in Judah will offer sacrifices and burn incense to their gods and ask for their help, but those gods will not be able to save them when those disasters come to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_13","025_11_13","JER","11","13","13","There are more gods in Judah than there are towns in Judah, and the people of Jerusalem have erected as many altars to burn incense to those gods as there are streets in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_14","025_11_14","JER","11","14","14","Jeremiah, do not pray for these people, and do not plead with me to rescue them. If you plead with me, I will not pay attention; and if they cry out to me for help when they are in distress, I will not listen to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_15","025_11_15","JER","11","15","15","Then Yahweh said, “The people of Judah whom I love certainly no longer have RHQ a right to come to my temple, because they continually do many evil things. They think that continually making sacrifices of meat to me certainly will RHQ protect them from disasters, with the result that they will be able to rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_16","025_11_16","JER","11","16","16","I previously said that they were like an olive tree full of green leaves with a lot of good olives on it, but now I will send their enemies to attack them furiously; it is as though I will break off their branches, and their city will be destroyed by fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_17","025_11_17","JER","11","17","17","It is as though the people of Judah and Israel were a beautiful olive tree that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, planted, but now, by burning incense to their god Baal, they have caused me to become very angry. So now I have decided to destroy them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_18","025_11_18","JER","11","18","18","Yahweh revealed to me that my enemies were planning to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_19","025_11_19","JER","11","19","19","Before he did that, I was like a lamb that was being led away to be slaughtered; I did not know what they were planning to do. I did not know that they were saying, “Let’s get rid of this tree and its fruit,” so I did not know that they intended to kill me, in order that no one would remember me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_20","025_11_20","JER","11","20","20","Then I prayed, “Commander of the armies of angels, you judge people justly/fairly, and you examine everything that we are thinking DOU. Allow me to watch you getting revenge on the people who want to kill me, because I trust that you will do for me what is right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_21","025_11_21","JER","11","21","21","It was the men of my own town, Anathoth, who wanted to kill me, and they told me that they would kill me if I did not stop prophesying what Yahweh told me to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_22","025_11_22","JER","11","22","22","So the Commander of the armies of angels said about them, “I will punish them. Their young men will be killed in wars, and their children will die because they have no food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR11_23","025_11_23","JER","11","23","23","I have set a time when I will bring disasters to the people of Anathoth, and when that happens, none of them will remain alive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_1","025_12_1","JER","12","1","1","Yahweh, whenever I tell you that I am unhappy about what is happening to me, you always act justly/fairly. So now allow me to ask about one more thing that I do not understand: Why are wicked people often very prosperous? Why do things go very well for dishonest/wicked people? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_2","025_12_2","JER","12","2","2","You allow them to prosper like MET trees that grow tall and bear a lot of fruit. They always say MTY good things about you, but their hearts are really far from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_3","025_12_3","JER","12","3","3","But Yahweh, as for me, you know what is in my inner being. You see what I do and you are able to know what I am thinking. So drag away those wicked people, like people drag away sheep that they are going to butcher. Set them aside like sheep that are about to be slaughtered! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_4","025_12_4","JER","12","4","4","This land is RHQ becoming very dry and even the grass is withering. The wild animals and the birds have all died because the people are very wicked. All that has happened because the people have said, “Yahweh does not know what we are doing (OR, what will happen to us)!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_5","025_12_5","JER","12","5","5","Then to show me that I needed to be prepared to endure even greater difficulties, Yahweh said to me, “It is as though you have become exhausted from racing against men; so how will you be able to race against horses? If you stumble and fall when you are running on open/bare/smooth ground, what will happen to you when you are running through the thornbushes near the Jordan River? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_6","025_12_6","JER","12","6","6","Already your brothers and other members of your own family oppose you. They ◄plot against/plan to do evil things to► you and they say bad things about you. So even if they say nice things about you, do not trust them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_7","025_12_7","JER","12","7","7","I have abandoned my Israeli people, the people whom I chose to belong to me. I have allowed their enemies to conquer the Israeli people, whom I love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_8","025_12_8","JER","12","8","8","My people have become to me like SIM a lion in the forest. It is as though they roar at me like a lion, so now I hate them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_9","025_12_9","JER","12","9","9","My chosen people have RHQ become like speckled hawks that are surrounded by vultures waiting to eat their flesh after they are dead. Tell all the wild animals to come and eat the flesh of their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_10","025_12_10","JER","12","10","10","Many rulers from other countries have come with their armies and devastated/destroyed my people whom I care for like a farmer takes care of his vineyard. They have caused my beautiful land to become a barren desert where no one lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_11","025_12_11","JER","12","11","11","They have caused it to become completely empty; it is as though I hear the land crying sadly/mournfully. The whole land is desolate, and no one ◄worries about/pays any attention to► it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_12","025_12_12","JER","12","12","12","The soldiers of our enemies have marched across all the barren hilltops. But I, Yahweh, am using those armies MTY to punish your land from one end to the other, and no one will escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_13","025_12_13","JER","12","13","13","It is as though my people planted wheat, but now they are harvesting thorns. They have become very tired because of much hard work, but they have gained nothing from all that work. They will be very disappointed because their harvests will be very small, and that will happen because I, Yahweh, am extremely angry with them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_14","025_12_14","JER","12","14","14","This is also what Yahweh said to me: “I will punish the evil nearby nations that have been trying to take away the land that I gave to my Israeli people, and I will force them to leave their own land. But I will throw the people of Judah out of their land, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_15","025_12_15","JER","12","15","15","But later I will act mercifully toward those nations again, and I will bring them back to their own lands again. Each clan will come back to its own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_16","025_12_16","JER","12","16","16","And if the people of the other nations whose armies have invaded Israel learn the religious customs of my people, and if they learn that I am listening when they solemnly promise that they will do something good, like they taught my people to believe that their god Baal was listening when they made solemn promises, I will cause them to become prosperous, and they also will be my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR12_17","025_12_17","JER","12","17","17","But I will expel any nation whose people refuse to obey me, and I will destroy that nation and its people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_1","025_13_1","JER","13","1","1","One day Yahweh said to me, “Go and buy a linen waistcloth. Put it on, but do not wash it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_2","025_13_2","JER","13","2","2","So I bought a very nice waistcloth, which is what Yahweh told me to do, and I put it on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_3","025_13_3","JER","13","3","3","Then later Yahweh gave me another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_4","025_13_4","JER","13","4","4","He said, “Go to the small Perath Stream near Jerusalem and hide your waistcloth in a crevice/hole in the rocks.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_5","025_13_5","JER","13","5","5","So I went to the stream and did what Yahweh told me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_6","025_13_6","JER","13","6","6","A long time later, Yahweh said to me, “Go back to that stream and get the waistcloth that I told you to hide there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_7","025_13_7","JER","13","7","7","So I went to the Perath Stream and dug out the waistcloth from the crevice/hole in which I had hidden it. But it was ruined, and useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_8","025_13_8","JER","13","8","8","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_9","025_13_9","JER","13","9","9","“What happened to your waistcloth shows that I will destroy the things that the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah are very proud of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_10","025_13_10","JER","13","10","10","Those wicked people refuse to pay attention to what I say. They stubbornly do just what they desire to do; they worship other gods. Therefore, they will become completely useless, like your waistcloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_11","025_13_11","JER","13","11","11","Just like a waistcloth clings closely/tightly to a man’s waist, I wanted the people MTY of Israel and Judah to cling closely to me. I wanted them to be my people, people who would praise me and honor me. But they would not pay attention to me. “ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_12","025_13_12","JER","13","12","12","“So, tell this to them: ‘Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people worship, says that every leather wineskin should be filled with wine.’ And when you tell that to them, they will reply, ‘◄Of course/Certainly► we know RHQ that all wineskins should be filled with wine!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_13","025_13_13","JER","13","13","13","And then you must tell them, ‘No, that is not what Yahweh means. What he said means that he will cause this land to be filled with people who are drunk. That will include all of you—the king who sits on the throne that King David previously sat on, the priests and the prophets, and even the common people of Jerusalem.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_14","025_13_14","JER","13","14","14","He is saying, ‘I will cause you to bash each other. Even parents will bash their children. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you at all; pitying you will not prevent me from getting rid of you.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_15","025_13_15","JER","13","15","15","You people of Judah, pay very careful attention DOU. Do not be proud, because Yahweh has spoken to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_16","025_13_16","JER","13","16","16","It is as though he is ready to bring darkness on you and to cause you to stumble and fall as you walk on the hills when it is becoming dark. So praise/honor Yahweh your God before that happens. If you do not do that, you will look for light, but all you will see is darkness and gloom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_17","025_13_17","JER","13","17","17","And if you still refuse to heed what he says, what will happen to you because of your being proud will cause me to cry when I am alone. My eyes will be filled with tears because you, Yahweh’s people, whom he takes care of like a shepherd takes care of MET his flock, will all be captured by your enemies and taken to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_18","025_13_18","JER","13","18","18","You people of Judah, say to the king and to his mother, “Come down from sitting on your thrones and humbly sit in the dust, because your enemies will soon snatch from your heads your glorious crowns.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_19","025_13_19","JER","13","19","19","The towns in the southern part of Judah will be surrounded by your enemies, and no one will be able to get through their lines to rescue the people in those towns. You people of Judah will be captured and taken away; you will all be ◄exiled/taken to foreign countries►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_20","025_13_20","JER","13","20","20","You leaders of Jerusalem, open your eyes and look: The enemy armies are ready to march down from the north. When that happens, what will happen to RHQ the people of Judah who are like a beautiful flock of sheep, people that he gave to you to take care of? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_21","025_13_21","JER","13","21","21","What will you say RHQ when Yahweh appoints people from other countries to rule over you, people who you mistakenly thought were your friends? You will RHQ suffer very much pain, like a woman who is about to give birth to a baby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_22","025_13_22","JER","13","22","22","You will ask yourselves, “Why is this happening to us?” I will reply that it is because of your many sins. That is why soldiers of the invading armies will lift up the skirts of your women and rape them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_23","025_13_23","JER","13","23","23","A man from Ethiopia certainly cannot RHQ change the color of his black skin, and a leopard certainly cannot RHQ change its spots. Similarly, you cannot start doing what is good, because you have always done what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_24","025_13_24","JER","13","24","24","Yahweh says, “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the wind from the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_25","025_13_25","JER","13","25","25","That is what is certainly going to happen to you; the things that I have determined will happen to you, because you have forgotten me, and you are trusting in false gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_26","025_13_26","JER","13","26","26","It is as though I myself will pull your skirts up over your faces and cause you to be very ashamed because everyone will be able to see your sex organs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR13_27","025_13_27","JER","13","27","27","I have seen that you act like men who are eager to commit adultery; you are like male horses that whinny when they desire to have sex with a female horse. I have seen that you worship disgusting idols in the fields and on the hills. You people of Jerusalem, terrible things will happen to you! How long will it be RHQ until you are acceptable to me again?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_1","025_14_1","JER","14","1","1","After there had been no rain in Judah for a long time, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_2","025_14_2","JER","14","2","2","The people in Judah are very distressed; people are sitting on the ground and mourning; in all of Jerusalem people are crying loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_3","025_14_3","JER","14","3","3","The rich people send their servants to wells to get water, but all the wells are dry. The servants return with empty pitchers; they cover their heads because they are ashamed and humiliated/disappointed and sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_4","025_14_4","JER","14","4","4","The ground is extremely dry and cracked open because there has been no rain. The farmers are very worried, so they also cover their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_5","025_14_5","JER","14","5","5","Even the ◄does/female deer► abandon their newborn babies/fawns because there is no grass in the fields for them to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_6","025_14_6","JER","14","6","6","The wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, panting like SIM thirsty jackals/wolves. They become blind because there is no grass to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_7","025_14_7","JER","14","7","7","The people say, “Yahweh, we have turned away from you and sinned many times, and now we know that we are being punished because of our sins, but please help us in order that everyone can see that you are very great MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_8","025_14_8","JER","14","8","8","You are the one whom we Israelis confidently expect to do good things for us when we have many troubles/difficulties. So, why do you not help us? You act as though you are a stranger in our land, like you are someone who is staying here for only one night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_9","025_14_9","JER","14","9","9","Are you also surprised about the terrible things that are happening to us? Why do you act like you are unable to save anyone, even though you are a strong warrior? Yahweh, you are here among us, and others know that we are your people, so do not abandon us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_10","025_14_10","JER","14","10","10","And this is what Yahweh says to those people: “You love to wander away from me; you run MTY from one idol to another. Therefore, now I will no longer accept you, and I will punish you for your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_11","025_14_11","JER","14","11","11","Then Yahweh said to me, “Do not pray for these people any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_12","025_14_12","JER","14","12","12","When they ◄fast/abstain from food in order to honor me►, I will not pay any attention. When they bring to me their offerings of animals to be completely burned on the altar and their offerings of grain, I will not accept them. Instead, I will get rid of them by wars, by famines, and by diseases.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_13","025_14_13","JER","14","13","13","Then I replied to him, “Yahweh my God, their prophets are telling the people that they will not experience wars MTY or famines. They are telling the people that you will surely allow us to have peace in our land for many years.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_14","025_14_14","JER","14","14","14","Yahweh replied to me, “Those prophets say that they are speaking what I tell them to say MTY, but they are telling lies. I did not send them, so what they are saying is false. They say that they have received visions from me, and that they are telling things that I have revealed to them, but that is not true. They are saying foolish things that they have only thought of themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_15","025_14_15","JER","14","15","15","So this is what I say about those prophets who are predicting what will happen, saying that I told them those things: They are saying that we Israelis will not die from wars or famines, but I did not send those prophets. And they themselves will die from wars or from famines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_16","025_14_16","JER","14","16","16","And the people to whom they are predicting these things, they and their wives and their sons and their daughters, will also die from wars or from famines. Their corpses will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem, and there will not be anyone to bury them. I will punish them like they deserve to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_17","025_14_17","JER","14","17","17","So, Jeremiah, tell this to them about yourself: ‘Day and night my eyes are full of tears. I cannot stop crying. I cry for my people, who are very precious to me, as if they were MET my daughters. I cry for them because they have been severely wounded; they have been severely crushed DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_18","025_14_18","JER","14","18","18","If I go out into the fields, I see corpses of people who have been slaughtered by our enemies. If I walk along the streets of the city, I see corpses of people who died from hunger. The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people, but they do not know what they are doing (OR, in a land that they know nothing about).’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_19","025_14_19","JER","14","19","19","Then I prayed this: “Yahweh, have you completely rejected the people of Judah? Do you really despise the people of Jerusalem MTY? Why have you RHQ wounded us very badly, with the result that we will never be healed? We hoped that we would have peace, but there was no peace. We hoped that there would be a time when we would be healed, but all that we received were things that terrified us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_20","025_14_20","JER","14","20","20","Yahweh, we admit/know that we are wicked people, and that our ancestors also did many wicked things. We have all sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_21","025_14_21","JER","14","21","21","But Yahweh, in order that we may honor MTY you, do not despise/abandon us. Do not dishonor the city where MTY your glorious throne is. Please do not forget us, and do not ◄break your agreement with us/stop doing what you agreed to do for us►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR14_22","025_14_22","JER","14","22","22","Those idols that have been brought from other nations certainly cannot RHQ bring rain to us, and the sky certainly cannot RHQ cause rain to fall. Yahweh our God, you are the only one who can do things like that. So we will confidently expect you to help us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_1","025_15_1","JER","15","1","1","Then Yahweh said this to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel could come back from their graves and and stand in front of me and plead with me for these Israeli people, I would not act mercifully IDM toward these people. I would tell you, ‘Send them away from me. Cause them to leave me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_2","025_15_2","JER","15","2","2","And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’, tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: The ones that I say must die, will die: The ones that I say must die in wars MTY, will die in wars. The ones that I say must die from hunger, will die from hunger. The ones that I say must be captured and taken to other countries, will be captured and taken to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_3","025_15_3","JER","15","3","3","I will send four things that will get rid of them: I will send enemy soldiers using swords to kill them. I will send wild dogs to drag away their corpses. I will send vultures to eat their corpses. And I will send other wild animals to eat what remains of their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_4","025_15_4","JER","15","4","4","Because of the wicked things that King Manasseh did in Jerusalem, I will cause people in all the kingdoms of the earth to be horrified about what will happen in Judah to my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_5","025_15_5","JER","15","5","5","You people of Jerusalem, no one will RHQ feel sorry for you. No one will RHQ weep/cry for you. No one will RHQ ask ◄how you are/if you are well►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_6","025_15_6","JER","15","6","6","You people have abandoned me; you have continued to walk away from me DOU. So, I will lift up my fist to smash you; I will not act mercifully toward you any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_7","025_15_7","JER","15","7","7","At the gates of your cities, I will scatter you like a farmer scatters the chaff from his grain by ◄winnowing it/throwing it up to allow the wind to blow the chaff away► MET. You, my people, have refused to turn away from your evil behavior. So, I will get rid of you, and I will even cause your children to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_8","025_15_8","JER","15","8","8","I will cause there to be more widows in Judah than there are grains of sand on the seashore HYP. At noontime, when people will not be expecting it to happen, I will cause an enemy army to attack you, an army that will destroy your young men and cause their mothers to weep. I will cause you to suddenly experience great suffering/pain and become very terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_9","025_15_9","JER","15","9","9","A woman who has seven children will become faint and ◄gasp for breath/be hardly able to breathe►; it will be as though daylight will become darkness for her, because most of her children will be dead, and she will be disgraced and humiliated DOU. And her children who are still alive, I will enable your enemies to kill them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_10","025_15_10","JER","15","10","10","I said to my mother, “I am very sad; I wish that you had not given birth to me; everyone in this land opposes me and quarrels with me. I am not a person who lends money to people and threatens to sue/harm them if they do not pay me back when they should, and I am not a person who borrows money from others and then refuses to pay it back, but everyone HYP curses me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_11","025_15_11","JER","15","11","11","But Yahweh replied to me, “Jeremiah, I will take care of you. And at times when your enemies have troubles and disasters, they will come to you and plead for you to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_12","025_15_12","JER","15","12","12","Yahweh also told me to say to the people of Judah, “Your enemies, who are as strong as iron or bronze, will attack you from the north; no one will be able to stop them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_13","025_15_13","JER","15","13","13","I will give all the valuable possessions of the people of Judah to their enemies, without them paying for it. Their valuable possessions will be the payment/reward that I will give them because of all the sins that you have committed throughout your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_14","025_15_14","JER","15","14","14","I will tell your enemies to force you to become their prisoners, and to take you to other lands that you do not even know about, and force you to become their slaves. That will happen because I am extremely angry with you; my being angry is like SIM a fire that will burn forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_15","025_15_15","JER","15","15","15","Then I said, “Yahweh, you know what is happening to me. Please come and ◄help me/take care of me►. Punish those who are ◄persecuting me/causing me to suffer►. Please do not continue to be patient with them and do not allow me to die now. It is ◄for your sake/because I serve you► that I am suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_16","025_15_16","JER","15","16","16","Yahweh my God, you are the Commander of the armies of angels; and when you spoke to me, I was delighted with your message; it caused me to be joyful, and I eagerly accepted MET what you said because I belong to you. IDM, MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_17","025_15_17","JER","15","17","17","When the people were carousing together, I never joined them; I sat alone, because you MTY are the one who controls what I do. I was very angry with those people because of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_18","025_15_18","JER","15","18","18","So, ◄why do you allow me to continue to suffer?/I do not understand why you allow me to continue to suffer.► RHQ It seems that RHQ my wounds cannot be healed. Sometimes you help me, sometimes you do not help me. It seems that you are as undependable as a brook that has water in it only during certain seasons; you are like a spring that has dried up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_19","025_15_19","JER","15","19","19","Then Yahweh replied, “If you begin again to trust in me, I will restore you, in order that you can continue to serve me. If you proclaim good/valuable messages and not worthless ones, you will continue to be the one who speaks what I tell you to say. You must cause the people to pay attention to what you say; you must not pay attention to what they say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_20","025_15_20","JER","15","20","20","They will fight against you, but I will protect you, like SIM people are protected from their enemies by a bronze wall. They will not defeat you, because I will be with you, and I will protect and rescue DOU you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR15_21","025_15_21","JER","15","21","21","Truly, I will keep you safe from those wicked people, I will rescue you when you are seized by cruel people. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_1","025_16_1","JER","16","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_2","025_16_2","JER","16","2","2","“Do not get married and have children in this land, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_3","025_16_3","JER","16","3","3","because this is what I, Yahweh, say about the children who are born in this city, and about their mothers and fathers: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_4","025_16_4","JER","16","4","4","Many of them will die from terrible diseases. And no one will mourn for them. No one will even bury their corpses; the corpses will lie on the ground, scattered like manure. Others will die in wars or from hunger, and then their corpses will become food for vultures and wild animals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_5","025_16_5","JER","16","5","5","This is also what Yahweh said to me: “Do not go to funerals to mourn or to show those whose relatives have died that you feel sorry for them, because I have stopped protecting them, and I have caused that things will not go well for them. I have stopped faithfully loving them and acting mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_6","025_16_6","JER","16","6","6","Very many people will die in this land, including those who are important and those who are not important. And no one will mourn for them, or even bury their corpses. No one will cut himself or shave his head to show that he is very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_7","025_16_7","JER","16","7","7","No one will bring food to comfort those who are mourning, not even if it is their father or their mother who has died. No one will give them a cup of wine to cheer them up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_8","025_16_8","JER","16","8","8","And do not go into the houses where people are feasting. Do not eat or drink anything with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_9","025_16_9","JER","16","9","9","I want you to do this because this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say: ‘While you are still alive and seeing it happen, I will cause there to be no more singing and laughing in this land. There will be no more joyful voices of bridegrooms and brides.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_10","025_16_10","JER","16","10","10","When you tell these things to the people, they will ask, ‘Why has Yahweh declared that these terrible things will happen to us? What have we done for which we deserve to be punished like this? What sin have we committed against Yahweh our God?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_11","025_16_11","JER","16","11","11","Then this is what you must tell them that I am replying to them: ‘It is because your ancestors turned away from me, Yahweh. They worshiped other gods and served them. They abandoned me and did not obey my commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_12","025_16_12","JER","16","12","12","But you who are living now have done more wicked things than your ancestors did! Each of you stubbornly does the evil things that he desires and refuses to pay attention to what I say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_13","025_16_13","JER","16","13","13","So, I will throw you out of this land, and I will send you to a land that you and your ancestors have never known about. There you will worship other gods day and night. And I will not act mercifully toward you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_14","025_16_14","JER","16","14","14","But there will be a time when people who are solemnly promising to do something will no longer say, ‘I will do this, just as surely as Yahweh lives—the one who brought the Israeli people here from Egypt.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_15","025_16_15","JER","16","15","15","Instead, they will say ‘I will do this, just as surely as Yahweh lives—the one who brought us Israeli people back to our own land, from the lands to the north and from all the other lands to which he had ◄exiled us/forced us to go►.’ They will be able to say that because some day I will bring your descendants back to this land that I gave to your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_16","025_16_16","JER","16","16","16","But now I am summoning your enemies who will seize the people of Judah like MET fishermen catch fish. I am summoning those who will search for them on every mountain and hill, and in every cave, like MET hunters search for animals to kill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_17","025_16_17","JER","16","17","17","I am watching them carefully. I see every sin that they commit. They will not be able to hide from me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_18","025_16_18","JER","16","18","18","Because of all the wicked things that they have done DOU, I will punish them twice as much as I would punish other people. I will do that because they have caused my land to become unacceptable to me because of their worshiping lifeless statues of detestable gods, and also because they have done many other evil things throughout my land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_19","025_16_19","JER","16","19","19","Then I prayed, saying, “Yahweh, you are the one who strengthens me and protects me MET; you are the one to whom I go when I have troubles. Some day people from nations all over the world will come to you and say, ‘Our ancestors left/gave us only something that was false; they worshiped idols that are completely worthless DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_20","025_16_20","JER","16","20","20","No one can RHQ make their own gods; the gods that they make are only idols; they are not real gods.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR16_21","025_16_21","JER","16","21","21","Then Yahweh said, “Now I will show my power to the people of Judah; I will show them that I am truly very powerful DOU. Then, finally, they will know that I, Yahweh, am the true God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_1","025_17_1","JER","17","1","1","Yahweh said, “It is as though a list of the sins committed by the people of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel, or engraved using the fine point of a very hard stone, on the altars where they worship idols. And it is as though this list is engraved on their inner beings! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_2","025_17_2","JER","17","2","2","Even their children are happy to go to the altars to worship their gods, and to the poles that represent the goddess Asherah at which their parents worshiped, shrines that are underneath all the big trees and on all the high hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_3","025_17_3","JER","17","3","3","So, I will allow your enemies to capture Zion, your holy hill, and all your wealth and your ◄treasures/valuable things►, and even the shrines on all those hills, because of the sins that you people have committed throughout your land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_4","025_17_4","JER","17","4","4","The wonderful land that I gave to you will no longer belong to you. I will tell your enemies to take you to a land that you do not know about, and you will become their slaves. I will do that because I am extremely angry with you; my being angry is like a fire that will burn forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_5","025_17_5","JER","17","5","5","This is also what Yahweh says: “I will curse/condemn those who trust in human beings to help them, those who rely on their own strength and turn away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_6","025_17_6","JER","17","6","6","They are like dry bushes in the desert, they are people who will not experience any good things. Those people will live in the barren desert in a salty area, where nothing grows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_7","025_17_7","JER","17","7","7","But I am pleased with those who trust in me, Yahweh, and who confidently expect me to take care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_8","025_17_8","JER","17","8","8","Those people are like SIM fruit trees that have been planted along a riverbank, trees that have roots that go down into the wet ground beside the water. They are trees whose leaves remain green when it becomes hot, trees that continue to bear fruit when there are many months in which there is no rain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_9","025_17_9","JER","17","9","9","Human minds are extremely corrupt/deceitful, and you cannot change that. It is also completely impossible RHQ for anyone to understand that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_10","025_17_10","JER","17","10","10","But I, Yahweh, search what is in everyone’s inner being, and I examine what they are thinking. I will give all people rewards, what they deserve for what they have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_11","025_17_11","JER","17","11","11","I, Jeremiah, agree, because I know that people who become rich by doing things that are unjust are like birds that hatch eggs that they ◄did not lay/stole from another nest►. So, when those people have lived only half of the years that they expect to live, their wealth will disappear. Then other people will realize that those rich people have been foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_12","025_17_12","JER","17","12","12","Yahweh, your temple is like a glorious throne that is still on a high hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_13","025_17_13","JER","17","13","13","You are the one whom we Israeli people confidently expect to bless us, and all those who turn away from you will be disgraced. Their names will be written only in the dust, and will soon disappear, because they have abandoned you, who are like MET a fountain where people obtain fresh water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_14","025_17_14","JER","17","14","14","Yahweh, please heal me, because if you heal me, I will truly be healed. If you rescue me, I will truly be safe, because you are the only one whom I praise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_15","025_17_15","JER","17","15","15","People often ridicule me and say, “You tell us messages that you say came from Yahweh, but ◄why have the things that you predicted not happened?/those predictions have not come true!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_16","025_17_16","JER","17","16","16","Yahweh, you appointed me to take care of your people like a shepherd takes care of his sheep MET; I have not abandoned that work, and you know that I have not previously wanted this time of disaster to come to people who ridicule me. And you know everything that I have said MTY to your people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_17","025_17_17","JER","17","17","17","Do not cause me to be terrified! When disasters come/occur, you are the one to whom I will go to be safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_18","025_17_18","JER","17","18","18","So now, cause those who ◄persecute me/cause me to suffer► to be ashamed and dismayed, but do not do things to me that will cause me to be ashamed and dismayed. Cause them to be terrified! Do to them many things that will completely destroy them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_19","025_17_19","JER","17","19","19","This is what Yahweh said to me: “Go to the city gates in Jerusalem. First go to the gate where the kings of Judah go in and out of the city, and then go to each of the other gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_20","025_17_20","JER","17","20","20","Say to the people at each gate, ‘You kings of Judah and everyone else who is living in Jerusalem and all you other people of Judah who enter these gates, listen to this message from Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_21","025_17_21","JER","17","21","21","He says, “Listen to this warning carefully! Stop doing work on ◄Sabbath/our rest► days! Stop carrying loads through these gates on those days! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_22","025_17_22","JER","17","22","22","Do not carry loads out of your houses or do any other work on Sabbath days! Instead, cause Sabbath days to be ◄holy/set apart for me►. I commanded your ancestors to do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_23","025_17_23","JER","17","23","23","but they did not listen to me or obey me. When I did things to correct them, they stubbornly IDM refused to pay attention to what I said or to accept it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_24","025_17_24","JER","17","24","24","But I say that if you obey me, and if you do not carry loads through these gates on Sabbath days or do any other work on Sabbath days, and if you dedicate the Sabbath days to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_25","025_17_25","JER","17","25","25","kings of Judah MTY and their officials will continue to go in and out of these gates. There will always be someone who is a descendant of MTY King David ruling here MTY in Jerusalem. Kings and their officials will go in and out of these gates, riding in chariots and on horses, and there will be people living in this city forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_26","025_17_26","JER","17","26","26","And people will come to Jerusalem bringing offerings to be completely burned on the altar and other offerings. They will bring to the temple grain offerings and incense and offerings to thank me. People will bring those offerings from the towns in Judah and the villages near Jerusalem and from the land where the tribe of Benjamin lives and from the western foothills and from the desert in the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR17_27","025_17_27","JER","17","27","27","But if you do not pay attention to what I say, and if you refuse to dedicate the Sabbath days to me, and if you continue to carry loads through these gates into the city on Sabbath days, I will burn these gates completely. The fire will spread to the palaces, and no one will be able to put out that fire.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_1","025_18_1","JER","18","1","1","Yahweh gave another message to me. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_2","025_18_2","JER","18","2","2","“Go to the shop of the man who makes clay pots. I will give you a message there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_3","025_18_3","JER","18","3","3","So I went to that shop, and I saw the man who makes pots. He was working at the wheel that he uses to form pots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_4","025_18_4","JER","18","4","4","But when he finished making one jar, it was not as good as he hoped/wanted it to be. So, he took that clay and formed it into another jar, shaping it as he desired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_5","025_18_5","JER","18","5","5","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_6","025_18_6","JER","18","6","6","“Perhaps the people of Israel think that I cannot do to them like this man who makes pots has done RHQ. But what they think is wrong. I can control what happens to them like this man controls what he does with the clay in his hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_7","025_18_7","JER","18","7","7","There may be a time when I proclaim that I will get rid of a nation or kingdom, like someone pulls up a plant with its roots, and smashes it, and destroys it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_8","025_18_8","JER","18","8","8","But if the people of that nation repent of doing evil things, I will not send to them the disasters that I planned to send. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_9","025_18_9","JER","18","9","9","And there may be a time when I proclaim that I will establish a nation or kingdom and cause it to be strong MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_10","025_18_10","JER","18","10","10","But if the people of that nation start to do evil things and refuse to obey me, then I will not bless them as I said that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_11","025_18_11","JER","18","11","11","Therefore, Jeremiah, go and warn all the people in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: “I am planning to cause you to experience a disaster DOU. So, each of you should turn from your evil behavior and start doing what is right, in order that you will not experience that disaster.” ’ ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_12","025_18_12","JER","18","12","12","So I told that message to the people, but they replied, “It is useless for you to tell us that. We will continue to be stubborn and behave as we want to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_13","025_18_13","JER","18","13","13","So, this is what Yahweh says: “Ask the people who live in other nations if they have RHQ ever heard of such a thing. My Israeli people, who have been pure like MET virgins, have done a terrible thing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_14","025_18_14","JER","18","14","14","The snow certainly never RHQ completely disappears/melts from the rocky slopes of the mountains in Lebanon. The cold streams that flow down from those distant mountains never RHQ cease flowing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_15","025_18_15","JER","18","15","15","But my people are not as reliable as those streams: They have abandoned me. They burn incense to honor/worship worthless idols. It is as though they have stumbled as they walked along very old roads that are good roads, and now, instead, they are walking on dirt paths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_16","025_18_16","JER","18","16","16","Therefore, their land will become desolate, and people who see it will hiss to ridicule it. Everyone who passes by will be appalled; they will shake their heads to show that they are shocked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_17","025_18_17","JER","18","17","17","I will scatter the people when their enemies attack them like dust is scattered by an east wind. And when they experience all those difficulties/disasters, I will turn my back on them and refuse to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_18","025_18_18","JER","18","18","18","Then some of the people said, “Come, let’s plan to attack Jeremiah. We have many priests who teach us God’s laws, and wise men who give us good advice, and prophets who tell us what will happen. We do not need Jeremiah! So, let’s slander him and not pay attention to anything that he says.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_19","025_18_19","JER","18","19","19","Then I prayed, “Yahweh, please listen to me! And listen to what my enemies are saying about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_20","025_18_20","JER","18","20","20","I am doing things that are good, so it is disgusting that RHQ they are paying me back by doing evil things to me. It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into and die. Do not forget that one time I stood in front of you and pleaded for you to help them, and I tried to prevent you from punishing them MTY, even though you were very angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_21","025_18_21","JER","18","21","21","So now, allow their children to die from hunger! Or cause them to be killed by their enemies’ swords! Cause their wives to become widows, whose children are all dead! Cause their old men to die in a plague, and cause their young men to be killed in battles! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_22","025_18_22","JER","18","22","22","Cause people to scream in their homes when enemy soldiers suddenly come into their houses! Cause all those things to happen to them because they want to kill me. It is as though they have dug a pit for me to fall into, and they have hidden traps along my path. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR18_23","025_18_23","JER","18","23","23","Yahweh, you know all the things that they are planning to do to kill me. Do not forgive them for their crimes or blot out the record of their sins. Cause them to be destroyed; punish them because of your being angry with them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_1","025_19_1","JER","19","1","1","This is another message that Yahweh gave to me: “Go and buy a clay jar from a man who makes them. Then take with you some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_2","025_19_2","JER","19","2","2","Go out of the city past the Gate of Broken Pots, to the place overlooking the dump for broken pottery in the Ben-Hinnom Valley. Then give them a message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_3","025_19_3","JER","19","3","3","Say to them, ‘This message is for you kings of Judah and other people of Jerusalem. Listen to what Yahweh is saying! The Commander of the armies of angels says that he will cause there to be a terrible disaster in Jerusalem. Those who hear about it will be stunned/shocked IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_4","025_19_4","JER","19","4","4","That will happen because you Israeli people have stopped worshiping me, and have caused this place to be a place where you worship foreign gods. You burn sacrifices to gods that neither you nor your ancestors nor even the kings of Judah ever heard about. And you have filled this place with the blood of innocent people whom you have killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_5","025_19_5","JER","19","5","5","You have built shrines to honor your god Baal, and at those shrines you have killed your own children and offered them to be sacrifices to Baal. I never commanded you to do that, I never spoke about doing that, I never even thought about anyone doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_6","025_19_6","JER","19","6","6","So, beware, because I, Yahweh, say that there will be a time when this garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or Ben-Hinnom Valley; it will be called Slaughter Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_7","025_19_7","JER","19","7","7","In this place I will ruin the plans of you people who live in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah. I will allow your enemies who want to kill you to kill many of you with their swords. Then I will allow your corpses to remain on the ground to be food for vultures and wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_8","025_19_8","JER","19","8","8","I will completely destroy Jerusalem and cause it to become a heap of ruins that people will despise. All the people who pass by will be appalled, and they will be shocked when they see that the city has been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_9","025_19_9","JER","19","9","9","I will enable your enemies who want to kill you to surround the city for a long time. Then the food will be all gone, and you people will be extremely hungry, with the result that you people in the city will eat the flesh of your own children and your neighbors’ children.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_10","025_19_10","JER","19","10","10","Jeremiah, after you tell that to them, while the people who are with you are watching, smash the jar that you brought. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_11","025_19_11","JER","19","11","11","Then say to them, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Just like this jar has been smashed and cannot be repaired, I will smash this city of Jerusalem and other places in Judah. You will bury some of your corpses here in this dump, until there is no more space to bury any more corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_12","025_19_12","JER","19","12","12","That is what I will do to this city and to you people who live here. I will cause this city to be desecrated, like King Josiah caused Topheth to be a place that was unfit for people to worship me there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_13","025_19_13","JER","19","13","13","The houses in Jerusalem and the palaces of the kings of Judah will be desecrated like this place will be. All the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to honor the stars that you worshiped, and where you poured out wine to be an offering to your gods, will become ◄desecrated/unacceptable places for people to worship me►.”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_14","025_19_14","JER","19","14","14","Then I returned from the garbage dump where Yahweh had sent me to tell them that message. Then I stood in the courtyard of Yahweh’s temple and said this to all the people who were there: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR19_15","025_19_15","JER","19","15","15","“This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘I will cause there to be a disaster in this city and in the villages around it like I promised, because you people have stubbornly IDM refused to pay attention to what I said to you.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_1","025_20_1","JER","20","1","1","Pashhur, the son of Immer, was a priest who supervised the temple guards. He heard those things that I had prophesied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_2","025_20_2","JER","20","2","2","So he arrested me. Then he commanded guards to whip me and fasten my feet in ◄stocks/a wooden frame► at the Benjamin Gate of Yahweh’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_3","025_20_3","JER","20","3","3","The next day, when Pashhur released me, I said to him, “Pashhur, Yahweh is giving you a new name. From now on, your name will be ‘Surrounded by Terror’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_4","025_20_4","JER","20","4","4","because Yahweh says this to you: ‘I will cause you and your friends to be terrified. You will watch them being killed by your enemies’ swords. I will enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture the people of Judah. Those soldiers will take some of the people to Babylon, and they will kill others with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_5","025_20_5","JER","20","5","5","And I will enable their soldiers to take away other things in Jerusalem. They will take to Babylon all the very valuable things that belonged to your kings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_6","025_20_6","JER","20","6","6","And as for you, Pashhur, they will take you and all your family to Babylon. You and your family and all your friends who have prophesied things that are lies will die there and be buried there.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_7","025_20_7","JER","20","7","7","One day I said this to Yahweh: “Yahweh, when you chose me to be a prophet,you deceived me, and I allowed you to deceive me. You insisted that I become a prophet and you are stronger than I am. And now everyone HYP ridicules me. They make fun of me all the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_8","025_20_8","JER","20","8","8","When I tell people your messages, I shout saying, ‘Yahweh is going to cause you to experience violence and destruction!’ So because I tell them those messages from you, they insult me and scoff at me all day long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_9","025_20_9","JER","20","9","9","But if I would say, ‘I will never mention Yahweh or say anything about him, MTY’ it would be as though your message would burn in my inner being like SIM a fire; it would be like a fire in my bones. Sometimes I try to remain silent and not proclaim your messages, but I am not able to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_10","025_20_10","JER","20","10","10","I hear many people whispering about me, saying ‘He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to be terrified everywhere. We must tell the authorities what he is saying! We must denounce him!’ Even my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong. They are saying, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong, and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_11","025_20_11","JER","20","11","11","But you, Yahweh, are helping me like SIM a strong warrior, so it is as though you will cause those who persecute me to stumble, and they will not defeat me. They will be completely disgraced because of being unable to defeat me; and other people will never forget that they were disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_12","025_20_12","JER","20","12","12","Commander of the armies of angels, you examine all those who are righteous; you know all that is in their inner beings and what they think. Allow me to see you getting revenge on those who want to harm me, because I trust that you will do for me what is right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_13","025_20_13","JER","20","13","13","Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! He rescues poor and needy people, from those SYN who are wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_14","025_20_14","JER","20","14","14","But I hope/desire that the day that I was born will be cursed. I do not want anyone to celebrate that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_15","025_20_15","JER","20","15","15","And as for that man who brought to my father the news, and caused him to be very happy, by saying “You wife has given birth to a son for you”, I hope/desire that he also will be cursed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_16","025_20_16","JER","20","16","16","Allow him to be destroyed like the cities that Yahweh destroyed long ago, without acting mercifully toward them. Cause that man to hear the people wailing in the morning, and to hear the enemy soldiers shout their battle cries at noon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_17","025_20_17","JER","20","17","17","I want that to happen to him because he did not kill me before I was born. I wish that I had died in my mother’s womb, and that my mother’s body would have been like MET my grave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR20_18","025_20_18","JER","20","18","18","I have continually experienced much trouble and sorrow, and I am disgraced now when I am about to die; why was it necessary RHQ for me to me born? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_1","025_21_1","JER","21","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message when King Zedekiah of Judah sent a man who was also named Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, and a priest named Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, to talk to me. They pleaded with me, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_2","025_21_2","JER","21","2","2","“The army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking Judah. Please speak to Yahweh for us. Ask him if he will help us. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar’s army to leave by performing a miracle for us, like the miracles he performed previously.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_3","025_21_3","JER","21","3","3","I replied to them, “Go back to King Zedekiah. Tell him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_4","025_21_4","JER","21","4","4","‘This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: “I will cause your weapons to be useless in fighting against the king of Babylon and his army that is outside the walls of Jerusalem, attacking. I will enable them to enter into the center of this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_5","025_21_5","JER","21","5","5","I myself will fight against your army with my very great power, MTY, DOU because I am very angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_6","025_21_6","JER","21","6","6","I will send a very ◄terrible plague/big sickness► on the people of this city, and on their domestic animals, and many of them will die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_7","025_21_7","JER","21","7","7","And Yahweh says there are many people in this city who want to kill you. So, he will enable the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and other people in this city to capture you, King Zedekiah, and your officials, and all the other people who do not die from the plague. His army will slaughter your soldiers; they will not act mercifully toward you(pl) or pity you at all. DOU’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_8","025_21_8","JER","21","8","8","And tell this to all the people: ‘Yahweh says that you must decide whether you want to die or to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_9","025_21_9","JER","21","9","9","Everyone who remains in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed in battles or die from being hungry or from diseases. But those who surrender to the army of Babylon that is surrounding your city will remain alive. They will escape dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_10","025_21_10","JER","21","10","10","That will happen because I, Yahweh, have decided to cause this city to experience disasters, not to experience something good. The army of the king of Babylon will capture this city and will destroy it completely by fire.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_11","025_21_11","JER","21","11","11","Yahweh also told me to say this to the family of the king of Judah: “Listen to this message from Yahweh! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_12","025_21_12","JER","21","12","12","This is what he says to you descendants of King David: ‘Every day, make fair decisions for the people whom you judge. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue/Save them from those SYN who ◄oppress them/treat them cruelly►. If you do not do that, I will be angry and punish MTY you with a fire that will be impossible to extinguish, because of all the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_13","025_21_13","JER","21","13","13","I will fight against you people of Jerusalem, you who live on top of a rocky hill above the valley. I will fight against you people who boast, saying, “No one can attack us and break through our defenses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR21_14","025_21_14","JER","21","14","14","I will punish you for your wicked deeds like you deserve to be punished; It will be as though I will light a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_1","025_22_1","JER","22","1","1","This is another message that Yahweh gave to me: “Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_2","025_22_2","JER","22","2","2","‘You are the king of Judah. You are the ruler MTY, like King David was. You and your officials and your people must listen ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_3","025_22_3","JER","22","3","3","to what Yahweh says: “Act fairly and justly. Do what is right. Help those who have been robbed. Rescue people from those who oppress them. Stop doing evil things. Do not mistreat those who have come here from other countries, and do not mistreat orphans and widows. Stop murdering here in Jerusalem MTY those who ◄are innocent/have not done things that are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_4","025_22_4","JER","22","4","4","If you obey those commands carefully, there will always be some descendant of King David who will be ruling here MTY in Jerusalem. The king and his officials and other people will ride through the gates of the city in chariots and on horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_5","025_22_5","JER","22","5","5","But if you refuse to pay attention to those commands, I, Yahweh, solemnly declare, with myself MTY as a witness, that this palace will become a pile of rubble.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_6","025_22_6","JER","22","6","6","And this is what Yahweh says about the king’s palace: “I like this palace, like I like the forests in the Gilead region and the mountains in Lebanon. But I will cause this palace to become a desert, a place that no one lives in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_7","025_22_7","JER","22","7","7","I will summon enemy troops who will destroy this palace; each of their soldiers will use his own tools to wreck the building. They will cut into pieces the beautiful big cedar beams and throw them into a fire.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_8","025_22_8","JER","22","8","8","People from many nations will walk past the ruins of this city and say to each other, “Why did Yahweh destroy this city that was very great?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_9","025_22_9","JER","22","9","9","And other people will reply, “He did it because his people stopped obeying the agreement that they had made with Yahweh their God. Instead, they worshiped DOU other gods.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_10","025_22_10","JER","22","10","10","Yahweh also says, “Do not mourn for King Josiah; do not cry because he has died. Instead, mourn for King Jehoahaz, his son, because he will be captured and taken to another country, and he will never return to see his own country, Judah, again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_11","025_22_11","JER","22","11","11","Jehoahaz became king after his father, King Josiah, died, but Jehoahaz indeed was captured and taken to Babylonia. And this is what Yahweh says about him: “He also will never return to Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_12","025_22_12","JER","22","12","12","He will die in that far-away country and will never see his own country again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_13","025_22_13","JER","22","13","13","And Yahweh said to me, “Terrible things will happen to King Jehoahaz’s brother, King Jehoiakim. He unjustly forced men to build his palace. The rooms on the upper level were built by men who were forced unjustly to do that work; he forced his neighbors to work for nothing; he did not pay them anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_14","025_22_14","JER","22","14","14","He said, ‘I will force my workers to build a huge beautiful palace with very large rooms and many windows. They will cover the walls with fragrant cedar panels/timber and paint them bright red.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_15","025_22_15","JER","22","15","15","But it is certainly not RHQ having a beautiful cedar palace that causes a king to be great! Jehoiakim’s father, Josiah, also had RHQ plenty of things to eat and drink. But Josiah always did things that are right and just, and that is why God blessed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_16","025_22_16","JER","22","16","16","Josiah acted justly/fairly and helped poor and needy people, so things went well for him. Yahweh says, “That is RHQ the way a person should behave who knows me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_17","025_22_17","JER","22","17","17","But Jehoiakim, you MTY are greedy and desire only to obtain things by acting dishonestly. You murder MTY innocent people, you oppress poor people, and you treat people cruelly and violently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_18","025_22_18","JER","22","18","18","Therefore, this is what Yahweh says about Jehoiakim, the son of King Josiah: “When he dies, people will not mourn for him. They will not say to each other, ‘It is very sad; we are so sorry!’ The people whom he ruled will not mourn for him, saying, ‘We are sad that our king is dead; we are so sorry that the wonderful things that happened while he was king are ended.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_19","025_22_19","JER","22","19","19","When he dies, people will do to his corpse what they do to a dead donkey; his corpse will be dragged out of Jerusalem and dumped outside the gates! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_20","025_22_20","JER","22","20","20","You people of Judah, go to the mountains in Lebanon and weep, shout in the mountains of the Bashan region, cry out in the mountains of Moab, because all your friends in those areas have been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_21","025_22_21","JER","22","21","21","When you were prosperous, I warned you, but you replied, ‘We will not pay attention to what you say.’ You have been acting like that since you were young; you have never obeyed me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_22","025_22_22","JER","22","22","22","So, now I will punish all your leaders; it will be as though they have been blown away by the wind. They will be captured by your enemies and taken to another country. When that happens, you will truly be ashamed and disgraced because of all the wicked things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_23","025_22_23","JER","22","23","23","Now, your king enjoys living in the cedar rooms in his palace, but soon he will be punished, and then he will groan like SIM a woman who is giving birth to a baby.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_24","025_22_24","JER","22","24","24","Yahweh says this: “Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, as surely as I am alive, I will punish you. Even if you were the ring on my finger that shows that I am the king, I would pull you off. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_25","025_22_25","JER","22","25","25","You are afraid of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his huge army, because they are wanting to kill you. I will enable them to capture you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_26","025_22_26","JER","22","26","26","I will expel you and your mother from this land, and you will be taken to another country. Neither of you was born there, but you will both die there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_27","025_22_27","JER","22","27","27","You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_28","025_22_28","JER","22","28","28","Someone said, “Jehoiachin will be RHQ like a broken pot that is despised and which no one wants. He and his children will be ◄exiled/forced to go► to a foreign land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_29","025_22_29","JER","22","29","29","I want the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR22_30","025_22_30","JER","22","30","30","This is what Yahweh says: “In the record about the kings of Judah, write down that it will be as though this man Jehoiachin had no children, and that he has not been successful during his life, because none of his children/descendants will ever become king to rule over the people of Judah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_1","025_23_1","JER","23","1","1","Yahweh declares, “Terrible things will happen to the leaders MET of my people—those who are like shepherds of the people who are like my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_2","025_23_2","JER","23","2","2","So, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worship, say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_3","025_23_3","JER","23","3","3","But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_4","025_23_4","JER","23","4","4","Then I will appoint other leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid DOU of anything again, and none of them will be like a lost sheep.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_5","025_23_5","JER","23","5","5","Yahweh also says, “Some day I will appoint for you a righteous man who will be a descendant of King David. He will be a king who rules wisely. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_6","025_23_6","JER","23","6","6","At that time, all the Israeli people DOU will be saved from their enemies, and they will be safe. And his name will be ‘Yahweh, the one who vindicates/defends us.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_7","025_23_7","JER","23","7","7","Yahweh also says that at that time, people who are solemnly promising to do something will no longer say, “I will do it as surely as Yahweh lives, who rescued the Israeli people from Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_8","025_23_8","JER","23","8","8","Instead, they will say, “I will do it as surely as Yahweh lives, who brought us Israeli people back to our own land, from the land to the northeast and from all the other countries to which he had exiled us.” And they will live in their own land again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_9","025_23_9","JER","23","9","9","I am very shocked because of the sacred message that Yahweh has spoken about what will happen to the false prophets; it is as though all my bones shake. I stagger like a man who is drunk after drinking a lot of wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_10","025_23_10","JER","23","10","10","The land is full of people who commit adultery; and Yahweh has cursed the land. Even the pastures in the desert are all dried up, because the people do what is evil, and the false prophets use their power to do things that are not just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_11","025_23_11","JER","23","11","11","Yahweh says, “Yes, even the priests and the prophets are ungodly; they do wicked things even in my temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_12","025_23_12","JER","23","12","12","Therefore, it will be as though the paths that they walk on are slippery. It will be as though they are being chased in the darkness, and there they will fall down, because I will cause them to experience disasters at the time that I will punish them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_13","025_23_13","JER","23","13","13","Previously I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal gave them the messages that they were proclaiming, and they were deceiving my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_14","025_23_14","JER","23","14","14","And now I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things. They commit adultery and habitually tell lies. They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things, with the result that the people do not stop sinning. Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_15","025_23_15","JER","23","15","15","So, this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says about those false prophets: “I will give those prophets bitter things to eat and poison to drink, because it is because of them that this land is filled with people who do wicked things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_16","025_23_16","JER","23","16","16","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Do not pay any attention to what those false prophets say to you, because they are just deceiving you. They tell you about visions that they have thought/created only in their own minds, not about visions that I have given them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_17","025_23_17","JER","23","17","17","They habitually say to those who hate me, ‘Yahweh says that you will have peace.’ And they say to those who stubbornly do what they want to do, ‘Nothing bad will happen to you because of your doing those things.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_18","025_23_18","JER","23","18","18","But none of them has ever been in a council meeting in heaven in order to listen to a message from me. None of them has paid attention to anything that I, Yahweh, have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_19","025_23_19","JER","23","19","19","So, listen to this: I will punish them; it will be like a great storm; it will come down like a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of those wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_20","025_23_20","JER","23","20","20","I will not stop being angry until I completely accomplish all that I have planned. In the future, you will understand all of this clearly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_21","025_23_21","JER","23","21","21","Yahweh also says, “I have not appointed those prophets, but they run around telling people their messages. I did not speak to them, but they continue to prophesy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_22","025_23_22","JER","23","22","22","If they had been in my council meetings, they would have been able to speak messages from me, and they would have caused people to turn away from committing evil things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_23","025_23_23","JER","23","23","23","Yahweh also says, “Am I a God who is only nearby? No, I am a God who is far away, also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_24","025_23_24","JER","23","24","24","So, no one can hide in some secret place with the result that I cannot see him. I am everywhere, in heaven and on the earth! That is what I, Yahweh, say! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_25","025_23_25","JER","23","25","25","I have heard those prophets prophesy lies, saying that they are telling people messages from me. They say, ‘Listen to me tell you the dream that God gave me last night! I really had this dream!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_26","025_23_26","JER","23","26","26","How long will they continue to do this? How long will those lying prophets continue to prophesy things that come only from their own minds? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_27","025_23_27","JER","23","27","27","They think that because of the dreams that they tell to each other, people will forget me, like their ancestors forgot about me when they started to worship Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_28","025_23_28","JER","23","28","28","Allow those false prophets to tell people their dreams, but those who have messages that really come from me should proclaim those messages faithfully. I, Yahweh, say that like straw and grain are certainly very different, my messages and the messages from those false prophets are certainly very different. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_29","025_23_29","JER","23","29","29","It is as though my messages burn like a fire; they strike people’s inner beings like someone strikes a rock with a hammer and smashes it into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_30","025_23_30","JER","23","30","30","Therefore, I, Yahweh say, 'I oppose all those prophets who steal messages from each other and claim that those messages came from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_31","025_23_31","JER","23","31","31","I oppose those prophets who speak their own messages but claim that those messages came from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_32","025_23_32","JER","23","32","32","I oppose those prophets who falsely say that I told them something in a vision, but they are only telling lies that cause my people to sin. I did not send those prophets. I did not even appoint them to be prophets. And they have no messages that will benefit my people at all.' That is what I, Yahweh, declare.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_33","025_23_33","JER","23","33","33","Yahweh said to me, “If one of those prophets or priests or one of the other people asks you, ‘What problem has Yahweh told you about now?’, you must reply, ‘You are the problem! And Yahweh says that he will abandon you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_34","025_23_34","JER","23","34","34","And if any prophet or priest or anyone else falsely says, ‘I have a prophecy from Yahweh,’ I will punish that person and his family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_35","025_23_35","JER","23","35","35","What you should continually ask each other is, ‘When you spoke to Yahweh, what did he reply? What is he saying to us?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_36","025_23_36","JER","23","36","36","But stop saying ‘I have a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ because those who say that are doing it only because they want people to accept their ideas, and by doing that they distort/change the messages that are from our God, the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_37","025_23_37","JER","23","37","37","This is what you should ask each prophet: ‘What did Yahweh reply when you talked to him? What is he saying to us?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_38","025_23_38","JER","23","38","38","If he replies, ‘What I told you is a prophecy/message from Yahweh,’ you should say to him, ‘You have continued to say, “I received a prophecy/message from Yahweh” even though I told you to not claim that you have received prophecies/messages from Yahweh.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_39","025_23_39","JER","23","39","39","So I , Yahweh, will get rid of you false prophets. I will expel you from my presence. And I will get rid of this city that I gave to you and to your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR23_40","025_23_40","JER","23","40","40","I will cause people to make fun of you forever. People will never forget that you were disgraced.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_1","025_24_1","JER","24","1","1","The army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon captured Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all his skilled workers DOU and took them to Babylon. After that happened, Yahweh gave me a vision. In the vision I saw two baskets of figs that had been placed in front of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_2","025_24_2","JER","24","2","2","One basket was full of good figs, like the kind that ripen first. The other basket was filled with figs that were bad/rotten, with the result that they could not be eaten. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_3","025_24_3","JER","24","3","3","Then Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” I replied, “I see some figs. Some are very good ones, but some are very bad, with the result that no one would eat them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_4","025_24_4","JER","24","4","4","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_5","025_24_5","JER","24","5","5","“This is what I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people say that they worship, say: ‘The good figs represent SIM the people of Judah whom I exiled to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_6","025_24_6","JER","24","6","6","I SYN will ◄watch over/take care of► them well, and some day I will bring them back here to Judah. I will establish them and cause them to be strong. I will cause them to be prosperous MET, and I will not exile them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_7","025_24_7","JER","24","7","7","I will enable them to desire to know IDM that I am Yahweh. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me sincerely.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_8","025_24_8","JER","24","8","8","But I, Yahweh, also say, ‘The bad figs represent SIM Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and his officials, and all the other people who remain in Jerusalem, and those who have gone to Egypt. I will do to them like people do to rotten figs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_9","025_24_9","JER","24","9","9","I will get rid of them, with the result that people in every nation on the earth will be horrified, and will hate them because they are evil people. Wherever I scatter them, people will make fun of them, and say that they are disgraced, and ridicule them, and curse them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR24_10","025_24_10","JER","24","10","10","And I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases, until they have disappeared from this land which I gave to them and to their ancestors.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_1","025_25_1","JER","25","1","1","After Jehoiakim had been ruling Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave me this message for all the people of Judah. It was during the year that King Nebuchadnezzar started to rule in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_2","025_25_2","JER","25","2","2","I spoke this message to all the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_3","025_25_3","JER","25","3","3","“Yahweh has been giving me messages for 23 years. He started giving me messages when Josiah, the son of Amon, had been ruling Judah for almost 13 years. And I have faithfully told you those messages, but you have not paid any attention to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_4","025_25_4","JER","25","4","4","Many times Yahweh has sent to you the prophets who served him, but you have not listened to them or paid any attention to what they said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_5","025_25_5","JER","25","5","5","Each time their message was this: ‘Turn from all your evil behavior MET, from all the evil things that you have continually been doing. If you do that, you will be able to stay in this land that Yahweh gave to you and to your ancestors, to belong to you forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_6","025_25_6","JER","25","6","6","Do not cause Yahweh to become angry by serving and worshiping idols that you have made with your hands. If you do not cause him to be angry, he will not punish/harm you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_7","025_25_7","JER","25","7","7","And Yahweh says, ‘But you would not pay attention to the messages that I gave to those prophets. You caused me to become extremely angry by your worshiping idols that you had made with your own hands. That resulted in my punishing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_8","025_25_8","JER","25","8","8","So now, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say that because you have not paid attention to what I said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_9","025_25_9","JER","25","9","9","I will gather all the armies of the nations that will come from the northeast. I have appointed King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to lead them. I have appointed him to do my work for me. I will bring those armies to attack this land and nearby countries. I will completely destroy them, and cause them to be places that people are horrified about, and that people will ◄ridicule/act contemptuously toward►, places that will be ruined forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_10","025_25_10","JER","25","10","10","I will cause happy singing and laughing to cease in your land. There will no longer be brides and bridegrooms talking joyfully. There will not be the sound of people grinding grain with millstones. There will be no lamps lit in your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_11","025_25_11","JER","25","11","11","All of this land will become a desert where no one will live. And the people of Israel and of the nearby countries will will be exiled to Babylonia and ◄work for/be slaves of► the kings of Babylon for seventy years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_12","025_25_12","JER","25","12","12","Then, after they have been in Babylonia for seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_13","025_25_13","JER","25","13","13","I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_14","025_25_14","JER","25","14","14","The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for having caused my people to suffer.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_15","025_25_15","JER","25","15","15","Then Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, gave me a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine. He said, “Take from me this cup that is full of wine that represents punishment MTY. I will cause all the leaders of the nations to which I will send you to drink some of the wine in this cup. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_16","025_25_16","JER","25","16","16","When they drink the wine, they will stagger and act like crazy people, because they will realize that I will ◄massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed► MTY with swords.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_17","025_25_17","JER","25","17","17","So, in the vision, I took that cup full of wine from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused the leaders of those nations to drink some of that wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_18","025_25_18","JER","25","18","18","I went to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah, and the king and the other officials drank some of the wine from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all eventually were removed from having authority, and became people whom others ◄ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards►, who were despised, and cursed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_19","025_25_19","JER","25","19","19","In the vision I went to Egypt and gave some of the wine to the king and his officials and many of his people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_20","025_25_20","JER","25","20","20","and to foreigners who were living there. In the vision I also went to Uz land and to Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod cities and gave some of the wine to the kings of those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_21","025_25_21","JER","25","21","21","Then in the vision I went to the Edom, Moab, and Ammon people-groups, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_22","025_25_22","JER","25","22","22","and to Tyre and Sidon cities and to areas across the Mediterranean Sea, and gave some of the wine to the kings of those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_23","025_25_23","JER","25","23","23","In the vision I then went to Dedan, Tema, and Buz cities in Arabia and to other distant places (OR, places where people cut their hair short), and gave some of the wine to leaders in those areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_24","025_25_24","JER","25","24","24","In the vision I also went to other places in Arabia and to the kings of tribes in the desert ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_25","025_25_25","JER","25","25","25","and to the kings of the Zimri, Elam, and Media people-groups, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_26","025_25_26","JER","25","26","26","and to kings in countries to the north that are near to Israel and to countries that are far from Israel, one after the other— I went to all the kingdoms in the world HYP. And finally, in my vision I went to Babylon, and gave some of the wine to the king of Babylon—the wine that symbolized that Yahweh would punish the people of Babylon because he was angry with them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_27","025_25_27","JER","25","27","27","Then in the vision Yahweh said to me, “Tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘Drink from this cup some of the wine that represents the punishment that I will give you. Drink a lot of it and become drunk and vomit. You will fall down and not get up again, because I will cause you to be killed in wars MTY that I will send to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_28","025_25_28","JER","25","28","28","If any of those to whom you give this wine MTY refuse to drink it, tell them that the Commander of the armies of angels says that they must drink it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_29","025_25_29","JER","25","29","29","I am starting to cause the people of my own city to experience disaster. Do you think that you should not be punished RHQ? No, you will surely be punished LIT because I am causing there to be wars in all the nations on the earth. That will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_30","025_25_30","JER","25","30","30","Now tell them all those things that I have said, and also say this to them: ‘Yahweh will shout to them from his holy dwelling in heaven MTY and it will sound like the roar of a lion. He will shout like SIM people shout when they are treading on grapes to make juice for wine; he will shout to everyone on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_31","025_25_31","JER","25","31","31","Even people in very remote places around the earth will hear him shouting, because he will say why he will judge and punish all the nations. He will cause the wicked people to be slaughtered with swords. That will surely happen because Yahweh has said it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_32","025_25_32","JER","25","32","32","Then tell them that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Listen to this! There will be disasters in one nation after another. I am preparing to punish them like MET a great storm that starts in the most distant places on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_33","025_25_33","JER","25","33","33","When that happens, the corpses of those whom I have caused to be slaughtered will fill the earth from the east to the west. And no one will mourn for them, and no one will gather their corpses to bury them. They will be scattered on the ground like manure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_34","025_25_34","JER","25","34","34","You evil leaders, weep and moan! You who should take care of my people, fall down and roll in the dust/dirt. It is time for you to be slaughtered; you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase shatters when it falls to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_35","025_25_35","JER","25","35","35","You will not find any place to hide, there will be no place to which you can escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_36","025_25_36","JER","25","36","36","People will listen to your leaders crying when I, Yahweh, am ruining your nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_37","025_25_37","JER","25","37","37","Your peaceful meadows will become a wasteland/desert because I will be extremely angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR25_38","025_25_38","JER","25","38","38","I will leave my dwelling like SIM a lion leaves its den to attack other animals, and I will cause your land to become desolate when I, because I am very angry with you, cause your enemies to slaughter you with their swords.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_1","025_26_1","JER","26","1","1","Soon after Jehoiakim became the king of Judah, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_2","025_26_2","JER","26","2","2","“This is what I, Yahweh, am telling you: Stand in the courtyard in front of my temple, and speak to all the people from the various towns in Judah who come there to worship me. Tell them everything that I tell you; do not omit anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_3","025_26_3","JER","26","3","3","If you do tell them everything, perhaps they will pay attention, and each one of them will turn away from his evil behavior. Then I will change my mind, and not cause them to experience the disaster that I was planning to cause them to experience because of the evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_4","025_26_4","JER","26","4","5","Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I sent to you the prophets who serve me, to tell you what you should do. I sent them to you many times, but you have not paid attention to what they said. If you will not pay attention to what I say and do not obey the message that I have given to you, and if you do not pay attention to what the prophets say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_6","025_26_6","JER","26","6","6","I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Sacred Tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_7","025_26_7","JER","26","7","7","When I did what Yahweh told me to do, the priests, the false prophets, and many other people listened to me as I told them that message outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_8","025_26_8","JER","26","8","8","But as soon as I finished telling them everything that Yahweh had commanded me to say, they all seized me and said, “You must be executed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_9","025_26_9","JER","26","9","9","Why RHQ are you prophesying that this temple will be destroyed like Shiloh was destroyed? Why are you saying that this city will be destroyed, and that no one will live here any more? (OR, You should not be prophesying) RHQ” All the people surrounded me as I stood in front of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_10","025_26_10","JER","26","10","10","When the officials of Judah heard about all this that was happening, they rushed from the palace and sat down at the gate of the temple named The New Gate, to judge my case. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_11","025_26_11","JER","26","11","11","The priests and the false prophets told the officials and the other people who were there, “This man should be executed, because he has prophesied that this city will be destroyed, and you yourselves MTY have heard him say that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_12","025_26_12","JER","26","12","12","Then I replied to the officials and the other people, saying, “Yahweh sent me to prophesy all the things that you heard me say about what will happen to this temple and this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_13","025_26_13","JER","26","13","13","But if you change your behavior and stop sinning, and start to obey Yahweh our God, he will change his mind, and not cause you to experience the disasters that he said that he would send. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_14","025_26_14","JER","26","14","14","As for me, I am not able to free myself from your grasp. So you can do to me whatever you want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_15","025_26_15","JER","26","15","15","But you need to know that if you kill me, you will be killing a man SYN who ◄is innocent/has not done anything wrong►. And you and everyone else in this city will be guilty, because the truth is that it was Yahweh who sent me to speak every word that you have heard me say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_16","025_26_16","JER","26","16","16","Then the officials and the other people said to the priests and the false prophets, “This man does not deserve to be executed, because he has spoken to us the message MTY that Yahweh gave him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_17","025_26_17","JER","26","17","17","Then some of the elders stood up and spoke to all the people who were gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_18","025_26_18","JER","26","18","18","They said, “◄Remember/Think about► what Micah, the prophet from Moresheth town, prophesied during the years that Hezekiah was the King of Judah. He told the people of Judah this: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: Some day Zion Hill will be plowed like fields are plowed; Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins. There will be a large clump/group of trees on top of the hill where the temple is now.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_19","025_26_19","JER","26","19","19","But did RHQ King Hezekiah or anyone else in Judah kill Micah for saying that? No! Instead, Hezekiah revered Yahweh, and pleaded that he would ◄act mercifully toward/not destroy► them. So, Yahweh changed his mind about causing them to experience the terrible disaster that he said he would send. And now if we kill Jeremiah, we are going to cause ourselves to experience a terrible disaster!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_20","025_26_20","JER","26","20","20","At that time,Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-Jearim city was also prophesying/proclaiming messages MTY from Yahweh. He was predicting that the city and the rest of the land would experience the same disasters that I was predicting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_21","025_26_21","JER","26","21","21","When King Jehoiakim and his army officers and officials heard what Uriah was saying, the king sent someone to kill Uriah. But Uriah heard about it, and became very afraid, and he ◄escaped/ran away► to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_22","025_26_22","JER","26","22","22","Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan the son of Acbor along with several other men to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_23","025_26_23","JER","26","23","23","They captured Uriah and took him back to Jerusalem to King Jehoiakim. The king then had a soldier kill Uriah with a sword. Then they buried his corpse in a place where poor people are buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR26_24","025_26_24","JER","26","24","24","However, Ahikam the son of Shaphan defended me, and persuaded the officials not to allow MTY the mob to murder me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_1","025_27_1","JER","27","1","1","Soon after Zedekiah became the King of Judah, Yahweh gave a message to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_2","025_27_2","JER","27","2","2","This is what he said to me: “Make a ◄yoke/set of wooden bars to fasten around the neck of an ox►, but fasten it around your own neck with leather straps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_3","025_27_3","JER","27","3","3","Then send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon, by telling those messages to the ambassadors from those countries who have come to Jerusalem to talk to King Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_4","025_27_4","JER","27","4","4","Tell them to give this message to their kings: This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people worship, says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_5","025_27_5","JER","27","5","5","‘With my very great power MTY, DOU I created the earth and the people and the animals that are on the earth. And I can give my power to anyone whom I want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_6","025_27_6","JER","27","6","6","And now I am going to enable King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who does what I want him to do, to control your countries. I am going to enable him to rule everything, even the wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_7","025_27_7","JER","27","7","7","The people of all the nations will work for him, and later for his son, and later for his grandson, until the time for them to rule is finished. Then the armies of many great kings from many nations will conquer Babylon.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_8","025_27_8","JER","27","8","8","But now I tell you that you must do what the king of Babylon wants you to do MET, like an ox that has a yoke on its neck must do what its master wants it to do. I will punish any nation that refuses to do that. I will cause those people to experience war and famine and diseases, until the armies of Babylon have conquered that nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_9","025_27_9","JER","27","9","9","So, do not pay attention to your false prophets and fortune-tellers and people who predict what will happen by working magic or by talking with spirits of dead people. Those people say that the king of Babylon will not conquer your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_10","025_27_10","JER","27","10","10","Those people are all liars. If you believe what they say, it will result in your being exiled from your land. I will cause you to be taken from your land, and you will die far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_11","025_27_11","JER","27","11","11","But the people of any country who do what the King of Babylon wants them to do will remain in their own country and be able to plant their crops MTY as they always have done. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_12","025_27_12","JER","27","12","12","After I gave that message to those ambassadors, I gave the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. I said to him, “If you want to remain alive, do what the King of Babylon and his officials want you to do MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_13","025_27_13","JER","27","13","13","It would be foolish for you not to do that, because the result would be that you and your people would die by your enemies’ swords or by famine or diseases, which Yahweh will cause any nation to experience that refuses to allow the King of Babylon to rule them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_14","025_27_14","JER","27","14","14","Do not pay attention to those prophets who say to you, ‘The King of Babylon will not conquer your country.’ They are liars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_15","025_27_15","JER","27","15","15","This is what Yahweh says: ‘I have not appointed those prophets. They are saying that I MTY gave them messages, but they are lying. So, if you believe them, I will expel you from this land. And you and all those prophets will die in Babylon!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_16","025_27_16","JER","27","16","16","Then I spoke to the priests and the other people, and I said, “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Do not believe your prophets who tell you that all the gold items that were taken from my temple by soldiers from Babylon will soon be returned from Babylon, because what they are prophesying is a lie. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_17","025_27_17","JER","27","17","17","Do not pay attention to what they say. Surrender to the king of Babylon. If you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that RHQ, this entire city will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_18","025_27_18","JER","27","18","18","If they are really prophets who speak messages from me, tell them to plead to me, the Commander of the armies of angels, that the soldiers from Babylon will not be allowed to take away to Babylon the valuable items that still remain in the temple and in the king’s palace and in the other palaces in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_19","025_27_19","JER","27","19","19","I say this because the huge pillars that are in front of the temple and the large water tank and the ten water carts and all the other items that are used for offering sacrifices are still in this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_20","025_27_20","JER","27","20","20","King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left those things here when he exiled Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the other leaders of Jerusalem and the leaders of other places in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_21","025_27_21","JER","27","21","21","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people worship, say this about all those valuable things that are still outside the temple and in the palace of the king of Judah and in other places in Jerusalem: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR27_22","025_27_22","JER","27","22","22","They will all be carried away to Babylon. And they will stay there until I say that they should be brought back to Jerusalem. Then they will be bought back here. That is what I, Yahweh, say.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_1","025_28_1","JER","28","1","1","When Zedekiah had been the King of Judah for more than three years, late in the ◄summer/hot season►, Azzur’s son Hananiah, a prophet from Gibeon city, spoke to me in the courtyard of the temple, while all the priests and other people were listening. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_2","025_28_2","JER","28","2","2","“This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘I will cause the king of Babylon to stop ruling/controlling MET all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_3","025_28_3","JER","28","3","3","◄Within two years/Before two years have ended►, I will cause to be brought bring back to this temple all the valuable things that King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers took from this temple and took to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_4","025_28_4","JER","28","4","4","And I will also cause King Jehoiachin to be brought back here, and all the other people who were captured and taken to Babylon. The king of Babylon has forced you to do what he wants, like someone puts a yoke on the neck of an ox to force it to do what he wants MET it to do. But I will cause that to end. That will happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_5","025_28_5","JER","28","5","5","I replied to Hananiah in front of all the priests and other people who were standing outside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_6","025_28_6","JER","28","6","6","I said, “◄Amen/May that happen►! I desire/hope that what you have predicted will happen. I hope/desire that Yahweh will do everything that you have said! I hope/desire that he will cause men from Babylon to bring back from Babylon all the valuable things that were in this temple, and all the people who were taken to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_7","025_28_7","JER","28","7","7","But now listen to what I say to you while all these people are listening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_8","025_28_8","JER","28","8","8","Many years ago, those who were prophets before you and I became prophets spoke messages about many nations and great kingdoms. They predicted/prophesied that wars and disasters and plagues/diseases would occur in those nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_9","025_28_9","JER","28","9","9","So now you or any other prophet who predicts that things will go well for us must show that your message is correct. Only if what you predict actually happens will we know that you were truly appointed by Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_10","025_28_10","JER","28","10","10","Then Hananiah took the yoke off my neck and broke it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_11","025_28_11","JER","28","11","11","Then he said this to all the people who were there: “This is what Yahweh says: ‘Just like Hananiah has broken this yoke, within two years I will cause King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to stop forcing the people to do what he wants, which has been like a heavy yoke on all their necks MET.’ ” After Hananiah said that, I left the temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_12","025_28_12","JER","28","12","12","Soon after Hananiah had broken the yoke that was around my neck, Yahweh gave this message to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_13","025_28_13","JER","28","13","13","“Go and say this to Hananiah: ‘Yahweh says that you have broken a wooden yoke, but that he will replace it with an iron yoke. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_14","025_28_14","JER","28","14","14","I have forced the people of all these nations to become slaves of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. That is like MET an iron yoke around their necks. I have put everything, even wild animals, under his control.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_15","025_28_15","JER","28","15","15","Then I went to Hananiah and said to him, “Hananiah, listen to this: Yahweh has not appointed you; instead, you have told lies to the people, and they have believed your lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_16","025_28_16","JER","28","16","16","Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: ‘You will soon die. Before the end of this year, you will die, because you have rebelled against Yahweh.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR28_17","025_28_17","JER","28","17","17","Hananiah died two months later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_1","025_29_1","JER","29","1","2","After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah, and all the various kinds of craftsmen DOU had been exiled to Babylon, I wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_3","025_29_3","JER","29","3","3","I gave the letter to Elasah the son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what I wrote in the letter: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_4","025_29_4","JER","29","4","4","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says to all you people who were captured here in Jerusalem and taken there to Babylon: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_5","025_29_5","JER","29","5","5","“Build houses there, and plan to stay there because you will be there for many years. Plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_6","025_29_6","JER","29","6","6","Get married and have children. Then when they grow up, choose wives for your sons, and husbands for your daughters, in order that they also may have children. In that way, the number of you people will increase, not decrease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_7","025_29_7","JER","29","7","7","Also, do things that will cause things to go well for the other people there in the city where I sent you. Pray that things will go well for the people in that city, because if things go well for them, things will go well for you, also.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_8","025_29_8","JER","29","8","8","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israeli people worship, says: “There are false prophets and fortune-tellers among you. Do not allow them to deceive you. Do not pay attention to them when they tell you their dreams, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_9","025_29_9","JER","29","9","9","because they are telling you lies, saying that MTY I have given them the messages that they are telling you. But, I have not appointed them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_10","025_29_10","JER","29","10","10","This is also what Yahweh says: “After you and your children have been in Babylon for seventy years, I will help you, and do for you the things that I promised, and I will enable you to return here to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_11","025_29_11","JER","29","11","11","I, Yahweh, know what I have planned for you. I am planning to cause things to go well for you, not to cause you to experience disasters. I am planning to give you many things that you confidently expect to receive in the future. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_12","025_29_12","JER","29","12","12","At that time, when you pray, I will heed you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_13","025_29_13","JER","29","13","13","If you earnestly desire for me to bless you, you will experience me blessing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_14","025_29_14","JER","29","14","14","I will make my help available to you IDM. I will cause you to no longer be slaves in Babylon. I will gather you from all the nations to which I have exiled you, and I will bring you back here to your own land, to the place from which you were taken.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_15","025_29_15","JER","29","15","15","Some of you say that Yahweh has appointed prophets for you there in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_16","025_29_16","JER","29","16","16","But this is what Yahweh says about the king who rules here in Jerusalem, and about all the other people who are still living here—your relatives who were not taken to Babylon with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_17","025_29_17","JER","29","17","17","The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “I will cause them to experience wars and famines and diseases. I will cause them to become like SIM bad figs that are very rotten, with the result that no one can eat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_18","025_29_18","JER","29","18","18","I will not stop causing them to experience wars and famines and diseases. And I will scatter them all around the world. In every country where I ◄force them to be taken/exile them►, I will cause them to be people whom others curse and be horrified about and make fun of DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_19","025_29_19","JER","29","19","19","That will happen because they have refused to pay attention to my messages, messages that I gave to the prophets whom I sent to them. And you who have been exiled to Babylon have not paid attention to them, either.” That is what Yahweh says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_20","025_29_20","JER","29","20","20","Therefore, you people who have been ◄exiled/forced to go► from Jerusalem to Babylon, listen to this message from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_21","025_29_21","JER","29","21","21","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says about Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and about Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, who are telling lies to you, saying that they are giving messages MTY from him: “They will be seized and taken to MTY King Nebuchadnezzar, who will cause them to be executed while you are watching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_22","025_29_22","JER","29","22","22","Because of what will happen to them, all you people who have been taken from Judah to Babylon will say this when they curse someone: ‘I hope/wish that Yahweh will do to you the same thing that he did to Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the King of Babylon caused to be killed by being burned in a fire.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_23","025_29_23","JER","29","23","23","They have done terrible things to my Israeli people. They have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and they have spoken lies, saying that they were messages MTY from me. They have said things that I did not tell them to say, and I, Yahweh, have heard them say those things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_24","025_29_24","JER","29","24","24","Yahweh told me to send this message to Shemaiah, a man from Nehelam town who was living in Babylon: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_25","025_29_25","JER","29","25","25","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: “You wrote a letter that no one told you to write. You sent it to Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, and you sent copies to the other priests and all the other people here in Jerusalem. This is what you wrote to him: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_26","025_29_26","JER","29","26","26","Zephaniah, Yahweh has appointed you to be the priest instead of Jehoiada, to supervise those who work in the temple. Anyone who acts like a crazy man and who claims that he is a prophet, you should put his arms and legs and head into ◄stocks/a wooden frame so that he cannot move►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_27","025_29_27","JER","29","27","27","So why have you not done anything to stop Jeremiah, the man from Anathoth town, who pretends that he is a prophet among you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_28","025_29_28","JER","29","28","28","He sent a letter to us who are here in Babylon, saying that we will be here for a long time. He said that therefore we should build houses and plan to stay here, and plant gardens, and eat the food that is produced in the gardens.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_29","025_29_29","JER","29","29","29","But when Zephaniah the priest received the letter from you, he brought it to me and read it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_30","025_29_30","JER","29","30","30","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_31","025_29_31","JER","29","31","31","“Send this message to all the people from Judah who are there in Babylon. Say that this is what Yahweh says about Shemaiah, the man from Nehelam: ‘I did not appoint him, but he has deceived you and caused you to believe the lies that he prophesied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR29_32","025_29_32","JER","29","32","32","So, I will punish him and his family. He has incited you to rebel against me. Because of that, all of his descendants will soon die. I will do many good things for you, my people, but he and his descendants will not see those things, because they will be dead. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_1","025_30_1","JER","30","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_2","025_30_2","JER","30","2","2","“I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people say they belong to, am telling you that you should write down everything that I have said to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_3","025_30_3","JER","30","3","3","I want you to know that some day I will free my people, the people of Israel and Judah, from being slaves in Babylon. I will bring them back to this land that I gave to their ancestors, and this land will belong to them again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_4","025_30_4","JER","30","4","4","Yahweh gave to me another message concerning the people of Israel and Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_5","025_30_5","JER","30","5","5","This is what he said: “I hear people screaming because they are terrified DOU; there is no peace in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_6","025_30_6","JER","30","6","6","But think about this: Men certainly do not RHQ give birth to babies. Therefore, why do strong men stand there, with their faces very white/pale, with their hands pressed against their stomachs, like women who are about to give birth to babies? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_7","025_30_7","JER","30","7","7","Terrible things will soon happen; that will be a terrible day! There has never been such a time. It will be a time when my Israeli people will experience great trouble, but finally they will be saved from their sufferings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_8","025_30_8","JER","30","8","8","The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “At that time it will be as though I will sever/cut the ropes that are around my people, and I will free them from being ◄slaves/forced to do what the King of Babylon wants them to do► MET. People in other countries will no longer be their bosses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_9","025_30_9","JER","30","9","9","My people will again serve me, Yahweh, their God, and they will serve a king who is a descendant of King David; they will serve the king whom I will appoint for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_10","025_30_10","JER","30","10","10","So, you people of Israel who serve me, do not be dismayed/worried now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants back home from the land to which they were exiled. Then you Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any nation that will cause you to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_11","025_30_11","JER","30","11","11","I, Yahweh, say that I will be with you and will rescue you; I will completely destroy the nations to which I have scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will punish you for your many sins, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: I would be doing wrong if I did not punish you at all.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_12","025_30_12","JER","30","12","12","Yahweh also says this: “You have ◄suffered very much/endured many disasters►; it is as though you have a terrible wound that cannot be cured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_13","025_30_13","JER","30","13","13","There is no one to help you, no one to put a bandage on your wound. There is no medicine that will heal you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_14","025_30_14","JER","30","14","14","All your allies MET have deserted you and they do not want to help you any more. It is true that I have punished you severely, like your enemies would wound you, because you have committed many sins and you are very guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_15","025_30_15","JER","30","15","15","Because that is true, why do you protest about my punishing you, as though I had caused a wound that could not be cured RHQ? It was necessary for me to punish you, because you had committed many sins and you were very guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_16","025_30_16","JER","30","16","16","But some day all those who are trying to destroy you will be destroyed; all your enemies will be exiled to other nations. All those who have stolen things from you will have their valuable possessions stolen, and all those who attack you will be attacked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_17","025_30_17","JER","30","17","17","Everyone says that you are ◄outcasts/people that they no longer associate with►, and that you live in Jerusalem, a city that no one cares about.” But Yahweh says, “I will heal your injuries/wounds and cause you to be healthy again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_18","025_30_18","JER","30","18","18","This is what Yahweh says: “I will bring the people of Israel back from the lands to which they were taken and enable them to possess their land and their houses again. When that happens, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on top of its ruins, and the king’s palace will be rebuilt to be like it was before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_19","025_30_19","JER","30","19","19","People will again sing joyfully to thank me, and I will cause there to be more people in Jerusalem, not fewer; I will cause them to be honored, not despised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_20","025_30_20","JER","30","20","20","Their children will prosper like they did before. I will cause them to be a group of people who worship me, and I will punish any nation that oppresses them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_21","025_30_21","JER","30","21","21","One of their own people will be their king, and I will invite him to come close to me to worship me, because no one RHQ would ◄dare/have courage► to come close to me if I did not invite him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_22","025_30_22","JER","30","22","22","You Israeli people will be my people, and I will be your God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_23","025_30_23","JER","30","23","23","Yahweh will punish MTY your enemies; it will be like a great storm; it will come down like a whirlwind, swirling around the heads of wicked people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR30_24","025_30_24","JER","30","24","24","He will not stop being angry until he completely accomplishes all that he has planned. In the future, you will understand all of this clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_1","025_31_1","JER","31","1","1","Yahweh says that at that time, he will be the God who is worshiped by all the clans in Israel, and they will be his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_2","025_31_2","JER","31","2","2","This is what Yahweh says: “Those people who remained alive and were not killed by their enemies’ swords were blessed by me even in the desert; I enabled them to have peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_3","025_31_3","JER","31","3","3","Long ago I, Yahweh, said to your ancestors, the Israeli people, ‘I have loved you and I will continue to love you forever. By faithfully loving you, I have brought you close to myself.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_4","025_31_4","JER","31","4","4","And now I tell you, my Israeli people whom I love MET, that I will cause you to be a nation again. You will joyfully dance as you play your tambourines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_5","025_31_5","JER","31","5","5","Again you will plant your vineyards on the hills of Samaria, and you will eat the grapes that grow there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_6","025_31_6","JER","31","6","6","There will be a time when watchmen will call out from the hills of Samaria MTY, ‘Come, let’s go up to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh, our God!' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_7","025_31_7","JER","31","7","7","And now Yahweh also says this: “Sing joyfully about what I have done for the people of Israel! Shout about your nation, the greatest nation! Shout joyfully, praising me and saying, ‘Yahweh, rescue your people, the ones who are still alive!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_8","025_31_8","JER","31","8","8","Do that because I will bring them back from the northeast, from the most distant places on the earth. Among them will be blind people and lame people, women who are pregnant and women who are ◄having labor pains/about to give birth to babies►. They will be a huge group of people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_9","025_31_9","JER","31","9","9","They will be crying as they return, and they will be praying to me. I will guide them along streams of water, on level paths where they will not stumble. I will do this because I am like a father to the Israeli people; it is as though Israel is my oldest son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_10","025_31_10","JER","31","10","10","Yahweh says, “You people in the nations of the world, listen to this message from me. Then proclaim it to people who live along the coasts far away. I scattered my people, but I will gather them again and will take care of them like SIM a shepherd takes care of his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_11","025_31_11","JER","31","11","11","I will buy my Israeli people back from those who conquered them because they were more powerful than my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_12","025_31_12","JER","31","12","12","My people will return to Jerusalem and shout joyfully on the slopes of Zion Hill. They will rejoice about the things that I have abundantly given to them— grain and new wine and olive oil and young sheep and cattle. They themselves will be like a well-watered garden, and they will no longer be sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_13","025_31_13","JER","31","13","13","The young women will dance joyfully, and all the men, young ones and old ones, will join with them. I will cause them to rejoice instead of mourning; I will comfort them and cause them to be happy instead of being sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_14","025_31_14","JER","31","14","14","The priests will have plenty of things to eat and drink, and all my people will be filled with the good things that I give them. That will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_15","025_31_15","JER","31","15","15","Yahweh also says this: “Women were weeping in Ramah town on the border between Israel and Judah; they were mourning and crying very loudly. The women who were the descendants of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two grandsons of Rachel the wife of Jacob, were weeping about their children, and no one could comfort them because their children were all dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_16","025_31_16","JER","31","16","16","But now this is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘Do not cry any more, because I will reward you for the good things you have done for your children. Your children will return from the land where their enemies have taken them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_17","025_31_17","JER","31","17","17","I, Yahweh, am telling you that there are things that you can confidently expect me to do for you in the future. Your children will return to their own land.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_18","025_31_18","JER","31","18","18","I have heard the people of Israel grieving very much and saying to me, ‘You punished us severely, like SIM calves are beaten by their owners to train them for pulling a plow. So bring us back to obey/worship you again, because we are ready to return to you, because you alone are Yahweh, our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_19","025_31_19","JER","31","19","19","We turned away from you, but we repented; after you caused us to realize that we were guilty. We beat our chests to show that we were very ashamed DOU of the sins that we committed when we were young.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_20","025_31_20","JER","31","20","20","But I, Yahweh, say this: The Israeli people certainly are RHQ still my dear children DOU. It is often necessary for me to threaten to punish them, but I still love them. That is why I have not forgotten them, and I will certainly act mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_21","025_31_21","JER","31","21","21","You Israeli people, set up road signs; put up posts along the roads to mark the road on which you walked when you were taken from Jerusalem. My precious/beloved Israeli people, come back to your towns here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_22","025_31_22","JER","31","22","22","You people who have been like MET daughters who have forsaken their parents, how long will you continue to wander away from me RHQ? I, Yahweh, will cause something to happen on the earth that ◄is new/has not happened before►: The women of Israel will be protecting their husbands as they travel back here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_23","025_31_23","JER","31","23","23","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israeli people worship, says: “When I bring them back from the countries to which they have been exiled, all the people from the towns in Judah will again say, ‘I hope that Yahweh will bless this my home, the holy place where righteous people will live!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_24","025_31_24","JER","31","24","24","The people of Judah who live in the towns, including the farmers and the shepherds, will all live together peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_25","025_31_25","JER","31","25","25","I will enable weary people to rest, and enable people who are very exhausted to become strong again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_26","025_31_26","JER","31","26","26","I, Jeremiah, woke up after dreaming all those things, and I looked around. I had slept very delightfully! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_27","025_31_27","JER","31","27","27","Then Yahweh said to me, “There will be a time when I will greatly increase MET the number of people and the number of livestock here in Israel and Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_28","025_31_28","JER","31","28","28","Previously, I caused their enemies to remove the people from their land and to destroy their land and to cause them to experience many disasters DOU. But in the future, I will enable them to build houses and to plant crops here in Israel again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_29","025_31_29","JER","31","29","29","Previously the people often said, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, but it is the children’s teeth that ache.’ They meant that it was not fair for them to be punished for their ancestors’ sins. But when I bring them back to their land, they will no longer say that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_30","025_31_30","JER","31","30","30","But now all people will die because of the sins that they themselves have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_31","025_31_31","JER","31","31","31","I, Yahweh, say this: ‘There will be a time when I will make a new agreement with the people of Israel and Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_32","025_31_32","JER","31","32","32","This new agreement will not be like the agreement that I made with their ancestors when I took them by their hands and led them out of Egypt. They broke that agreement, even though I loved them like MET husbands love their wives.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_33","025_31_33","JER","31","33","33","This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘This is the new agreement that I will make with the people of Israel some day: I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their inner beings. I will be their God, and they will be my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_34","025_31_34","JER","31","34","34","And it will not be necessary for them to teach their neighbors or their relatives and say, “You need to know Yahweh,” because everyone, including unimportant people and very important people, will already know me. And I will forgive them for having been very wicked, and I will never think again about the sins that they have committed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_35","025_31_35","JER","31","35","35","Yahweh is the one who causes the sun to give light during the day, and who causes the moon and the stars to give light during the night. He stirs up the seas, with the result that waves roar. His name is the Commander of the armies of angels, and this is what he says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_36","025_31_36","JER","31","36","36","“I will not reject my Israeli people any more than I will get rid of the laws that control the universe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_37","025_31_37","JER","31","37","37","And this is what I say: ‘No one can measure the sky, and no one can find out what is supporting the earth. Similarly, I cannot reject forever the descendants of Jacob because of all the evil things that they have done.’ That is certain, because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_38","025_31_38","JER","31","38","38","I, Yahweh, also say that there will be a time when everything in Jerusalem will be rebuilt for me, from the tower of Hananel at the northeast corner, west to the gate named the Corner Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_39","025_31_39","JER","31","39","39","Workers will stretch a measuring line/string over Gareb Hill all the way southwest to Goah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR31_40","025_31_40","JER","31","40","40","And the whole area, including the place where corpses and ashes are thrown in the Kidron Valley, and all the fields to the east as far as the Horse Gate, will become set apart for me. And the city of Jerusalem will never again be captured or destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_1","025_32_1","JER","32","1","1","After Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost ten years, Yahweh gave me another message, during the time that Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling Babylonia for almost 18 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_2","025_32_2","JER","32","2","2","His army was surrounding Jerusalem, and I was in a prison area in the courtyard where the guards of the king’s palace stayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_3","025_32_3","JER","32","3","3","King Zedekiah had put me there. I continued to prophesy there about what would happen. I continued to say, “Yahweh says that he is about to allow the army of the king of Babylon to capture this city DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_4","025_32_4","JER","32","4","4","And the soldiers of Babylonia will capture King Zedekiah and ◄take him to/put him in the hands of► the king of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_5","025_32_5","JER","32","5","5","Then his soldiers will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will remain there until I arrange for him to be punished. And if he tries to fight against the soldiers from Babylonia, he will not succeed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_6","025_32_6","JER","32","6","6","At that time, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_7","025_32_7","JER","32","7","7","“Your cousin Hanamel, the son of Shallum your uncle, will come to you. He will say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth, your hometown. Because you are my closest relative, it is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_8","025_32_8","JER","32","8","8","And just as Yahweh had predicted, my cousin Hanamel came to see me in the courtyard of the palace. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the area where the descendants of Benjamin live. It is written in our laws that you have the right to buy it before I ask if anyone else wants to buy it.” When he said that, I knew that the message that I had received was truly from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_9","025_32_9","JER","32","9","9","So, I bought the field at Anathoth. I paid Hanamel 17 pieces of silver for it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_10","025_32_10","JER","32","10","10","I signed the paper/papyrus on which it was written that I was buying it, while others were watching/witnessing it. Then I weighed the silver and gave it to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_11","025_32_11","JER","32","11","11","Then I took two copies of the paper/papyrus. One was sealed and the other was not sealed. On both of them was written the price and conditions of the purchase. I took both copies ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_12","025_32_12","JER","32","12","12","and I gave them to Baruch, who was the son of Neraiah and the grandson of Mahseiah. I did this while my cousin Hanamel, the other witnesses who had signed the paper/papyrus, and other men of Judah who were there in the courtyard, were watching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_13","025_32_13","JER","32","13","13","Then, while they were all listening, I said to Baruch, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_14","025_32_14","JER","32","14","14","“This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘Take both copies of this paper/papyrus and put them in a clay jar, to preserve them for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_15","025_32_15","JER","32","15","15","Do that because this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israelis worship, say: “Some day people will again own property in this land, and they will buy and sell houses and vineyards and fields.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_16","025_32_16","JER","32","16","16","After I had given the papers/papyri to Baruch, I prayed to Yahweh, saying this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_17","025_32_17","JER","32","17","17","“Yahweh, you are my Lord! You made the sky and the earth by your very great power. MTY, DOU Nothing is too difficult for you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_18","025_32_18","JER","32","18","18","You show thousands of people that you faithfully love them, but you punish people for the sins that their parents have committed. You are the great and powerful God, the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_19","025_32_19","JER","32","19","19","You make wise plans and you do mighty deeds. You see how all people behave DOU, and you do to them what they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_20","025_32_20","JER","32","20","20","You performed many miracles DOU in Egypt, and you continue to perform miracles here in Israel and everywhere else in the world. Because of that, you have ◄become very famous/caused many people to know that you are very great/powerful►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_21","025_32_21","JER","32","21","21","You brought our Israeli ancestors out of Egypt by performing many great miracles DOU, using your very great power DOU, causing our enemies to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_22","025_32_22","JER","32","22","22","You gave to us Israeli people this land that you solemnly promised to give to our ancestors, a land that is very fertile IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_23","025_32_23","JER","32","23","23","Our ancestors came here and conquered this land and started to live in it, but they refused to obey you or to do what you commanded them to do. Because of that, you have caused us to experience all these disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_24","025_32_24","JER","32","24","24","And now, the army of Babylonia has built ramps up against our city walls in order to attack our city. Because of our enemies’ swords and because of famines and diseases, they will be able to conquer it easily. The things that you said would happen have now happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_25","025_32_25","JER","32","25","25","And it is evident that the Babylonian army will soon conquer this city. So now, Yahweh my Lord, I do not understand why you told me to buy this field with my silver, while others were watching. It seems that I have just been wasting my money by doing that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_26","025_32_26","JER","32","26","26","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_27","025_32_27","JER","32","27","27","“I am Yahweh, the God who rules all the people in the world. There is absolutely nothing RHQ that is too difficult for me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_28","025_32_28","JER","32","28","28","So, this is what I say: It is true that I will enable the Babylonian army and King Nebuchadnezzar to capture this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_29","025_32_29","JER","32","29","29","The soldiers of Babylonia who are now outside the walls around the city will enter and burn this city. They will burn down all the houses where people caused me to become angry by burning incense on the tops of their roofs to honor Baal and by pouring out offerings of wine to other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_30","025_32_30","JER","32","30","30","The people of Israel and Judah have continually done only evil things from the time that they became a nation. They have caused me to become very angry by all their evil deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_31","025_32_31","JER","32","31","31","From the time that this city was built until now, the people of this city have done only things that caused me to be very angry DOU. So now I will destroy it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_32","025_32_32","JER","32","32","32","The people of Israel and Judah, including their kings, their officials, the priests, the false prophets, and all the other people in Jerusalem have committed many sins that have caused me to become angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_33","025_32_33","JER","32","33","33","My people have turned away from me and have refused to return to me. Even though I taught them things many times, they would not pay attention to what I taught them, and they would not obey me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_34","025_32_34","JER","32","34","34","They have set up their detestable idols even in my own MTY temple and ◄defiled it/caused it to become a place that is unacceptable for people to worship me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_35","025_32_35","JER","32","35","35","They have built shrines to honor Baal in Ben-Hinnom Valley outside Jerusalem, and there they sacrifice their sons and daughters to their god Molech. I never commanded them to do such horrible things. I never even thought that anyone might do such a terrible thing. And by doing it they have caused all the people of Judah to be guilty of having sinned.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_36","025_32_36","JER","32","36","36","“But now I will say something more about this city. You people of Jerusalem have been saying, ‘The army of the King of Babylon will conquer it, either by their swords or because of famines or diseases.’ But this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people say you belong to, say: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_37","025_32_37","JER","32","37","37","‘I will certainly bring my people back here again, from all the countries to which I will force them to go because I am extremely angry DOU with them. I will bring them back to this city and allow them to live here safely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_38","025_32_38","JER","32","38","38","They will be my people, and I will be their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_39","025_32_39","JER","32","39","39","I will cause them to have one way of thinking IDM and behaving, in order that they may revere me, for their good and for the good of their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_40","025_32_40","JER","32","40","40","I will make an agreement with them that will last forever: I will never stop doing good things for them, and I will encourage them to revere me and never turn away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_41","025_32_41","JER","32","41","41","I will be happy to do good things for them, and I will surely enable them to return to this land and remain here MET; I will do that with all my inner being and all my strength.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_42","025_32_42","JER","32","42","42","And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: ‘I have caused them to experience all these disasters. Similarly, some day I will do for them all the good things that I have promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_43","025_32_43","JER","32","43","43","By buying land you, Jeremiah, have predicted that some day people will buy and sell fields in this land about which you people of Jerusalem now say, “The Babylonian soldiers have destroyed it. It is now desolate. It is a land where there are no longer any people or animals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR32_44","025_32_44","JER","32","44","44","But some day people will again buy and sell fields here. People will sign documents about buying those fields, and other people will witness them doing that. That will happen in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live and here in the villages near Jerusalem, in other towns in Judah, in the hilly areas and in the foothills to the west, and in the southern desert area, too. Some day I will cause them to prosper again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_1","025_33_1","JER","33","1","1","While I was still being guarded in the courtyard of the palace, Yahweh gave me this second message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_2","025_33_2","JER","33","2","2","“This is what I, the one who made the earth, who formed/shaped it and put it in its place, say to the people of Jerusalem: ‘My name is Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_3","025_33_3","JER","33","3","3","Call out to me, and then I will tell you great and wonderful things that you have not known before.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_4","025_33_4","JER","33","4","4","This is what I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israeli people say you belong to, say: ‘The men in this city have torn down some of their houses, and even parts of the king’s palace, to get materials to strengthen the walls around the city, in order that the soldiers of Babylonia will not be able to break through the walls after they climb up the ramps that they have built against the walls, and kill the inhabitants with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_5","025_33_5","JER","33","5","5","You are expecting to fight against the army from Babylonia, but what will happen is that the houses of this city will be filled with the corpses of the men of this city whom I will allow to be killed because I am extremely angry DOU with them. I have abandoned them because of all the wicked things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_6","025_33_6","JER","33","6","6","However, there will be a time when I will cause the people in this city to be healthy and strong again. I will enable them to be prosperous and have peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_7","025_33_7","JER","33","7","7","I will bring the people of Judah and Israel back from the lands to which they were exiled. I will enable them to rebuild their towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_8","025_33_8","JER","33","8","8","I will get rid of their guilt for all the sins that they have committed against me, and I will forgive them for their sin of rebelling against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_9","025_33_9","JER","33","9","9","When that happens, all the nations of the world will rejoice, and they will praise me and honor me. They will hear about all the good things that I have done for this city and, because of that, they will revere me, and they will tremble because I have caused the people in this city to have peace and to prosper.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_10","025_33_10","JER","33","10","10","And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: ‘You people have said that this is a land where there are no longer any people or animals. But in the streets of Jerusalem that are now completely empty DOU, and in the other towns in Judah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_11","025_33_11","JER","33","11","11","some day people will again be happy and laugh. Brides and bridegrooms will again  sing joyfully. And many other people will also sing joyfully as they bring their offerings to me to thank me for what I have done for them. They will sing this song: “We thank you, the Commander of the armies of angels, because you are good to us. You faithfully love us forever.” They will sing that because I will cause the people of this land to be as prosperous as they were before.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_12","025_33_12","JER","33","12","12","This land is now desolate. There are no people or animals living here. But I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘In this land there will again be pastures/fields where shepherds will lead their sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_13","025_33_13","JER","33","13","13","Shepherds will again count their sheep as the sheep walk by, outside the towns in the hilly area, in the western foothills, in the southern desert area, in the land where the descendants of Benjamin live, around Jerusalem, and outside all the other towns in Judah.’ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_14","025_33_14","JER","33","14","14","Listen to this! I, Yahweh, say that there will be a time when I will do for the people of Israel and Judah all the good things that I promised to do for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_15","025_33_15","JER","33","15","15","At that time DOU I will appoint a righteous man who will be a descendant MET of King David. Throughout the land, he will do what is just and right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_16","025_33_16","JER","33","16","16","At that time, the people of Judah will be rescued from their enemies, and the people of Jerusalem will be safe. And people will say that the name of the city is ‘Yahweh is the one who vindicates/defends us’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_17","025_33_17","JER","33","17","17","And this is also what I, Yahweh, say: ‘There will be descendants of King David ruling MTY Israel forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_18","025_33_18","JER","33","18","18","And there will always be priests who are descendants of Levi who stand in front of me and offer sacrifices that will be completely burned on the altar and who will burn grain offerings and other sacrifices.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_19","025_33_19","JER","33","19","19","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_20","025_33_20","JER","33","20","20","“This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘You certainly cannot annul my promise/agreement to cause nighttime to follow daytime each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_21","025_33_21","JER","33","21","21","Similarly, you cannot annul the promise/agreement that I made with King David, who served me well, that there will always be descendants of his who will rule Judah. The same is true for my agreement with the descendants of Levi who are priests who do work for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_22","025_33_22","JER","33","22","22","No one can count the stars in the sky, and no one can count the grains of sand at the seashore. Similarly, I will cause there to be a huge number of priests who are descendants of David and descendants of Levi who will work for me.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_23","025_33_23","JER","33","23","23","Yahweh gave another message to me. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_24","025_33_24","JER","33","24","24","“Have you noticed/heard that some people are saying, ‘Yahweh chose two groups, the people of Judah and the people of Israel, and later abandoned them.’ They are despising my people and saying that Israel no longer deserves to be considered a nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_25","025_33_25","JER","33","25","25","But this is what I say: ‘I will not change my laws that control the day and the night, the sky and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR33_26","025_33_26","JER","33","26","26","Similarly, I will never abandon the descendants of David or the other descendants of Jacob, and I will always allow descendants of David to rule the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will bring my people back to their land, and I will act mercifully toward them.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_1","025_34_1","JER","34","1","1","King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with the armies of all the kingdoms that he ruled, and they fought against Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah. At that time, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_2","025_34_2","JER","34","2","2","“Go to Zedekiah the King of Judah, and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: “I am about to enable the army of the King of Babylon to capture this city, and they will burn it down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_3","025_34_3","JER","34","3","3","You will not escape from them; they will capture you and take you to the king of Babylon. And then they will take you to Babylon.” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_4","025_34_4","JER","34","4","4","But King Zedekiah, listen to this that Yahweh has promised: ‘You will not be killed in a battle MTY; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_5","025_34_5","JER","34","5","5","you will die peacefully. When you die, people will burn incense to honor/remember you just as they did for your ancestors who were kings before you became king. They will mourn for you, crying, “We are very sad that our king is dead!” I, Yahweh, promise that will happen.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_6","025_34_6","JER","34","6","6","So I took that message to King Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_7","025_34_7","JER","34","7","7","At that time the army of Babylonia had surrounded Jerusalem and Lachish and Azekah. Those three cities were the only cities in Judah that had high walls around them that still had not been captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_8","025_34_8","JER","34","8","8","King Zedekiah had decreed that the people must free their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_9","025_34_9","JER","34","9","9","He decreed that the people must free their Hebrew slaves, both the men slaves and the women slaves. No one would be allowed to force a fellow Jew to continue to be his slave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_10","025_34_10","JER","34","10","10","The officials and the rest of the people had obeyed what the king decreed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_11","025_34_11","JER","34","11","11","but later they changed their minds. They forced the men and women whom they had freed to become their slaves again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_12","025_34_12","JER","34","12","12","So Yahweh gave me this message to tell to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_13","025_34_13","JER","34","13","13","“I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, ◄made an agreement with/gave this command to► your ancestors long ago, when I rescued them from being slaves in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_14","025_34_14","JER","34","14","14","I told them that they must free all their Hebrew slaves after the slaves had worked for them for six years. But your ancestors did not pay any attention to what I said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_15","025_34_15","JER","34","15","15","Recently, you obeyed my command and stopped doing what was wrong and did what was right. You made a solemn agreement at my temple that you would free your slaves, and then you freed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_16","025_34_16","JER","34","16","16","But now you have disregarded what you solemnly promised, and you have shown contempt for what I MTY said by taking back the women and men whom you had freed and said they could live wherever they wanted to. Now you have forced them to be your slaves again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_17","025_34_17","JER","34","17","17","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘Because you have not obeyed me by freeing your fellow Israelis, I will free you to be destroyed by the swords of your enemies and by famines and diseases. All the nations of the earth will be horrified because of what happens to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_18","025_34_18","JER","34","18","19","Because you have disregarded what I said in my agreement with you, I will do to you just like you did to the calves that you cut in half to show that you would surely do what you solemnly promised that you would do. I will enable your enemies to cut you into pieces, you officials of Judah and you officials of Jerusalem, and you officials in the palace, and you priests and all you common people. I will do that because you have disregarded what you solemnly promised about freeing your slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_20","025_34_20","JER","34","20","20","I will enable your enemies to capture you, and they will kill you. And your bodies will be food for vultures and wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_21","025_34_21","JER","34","21","21","I will enable the army of the king of Babylon to capture King Zedekiah and his officials. Although the king of Babylon and his army have left Jerusalem for a short time, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR34_22","025_34_22","JER","34","22","22","I will summon them back again. This time, they will fight against this city and capture it and burn it down. I will make sure that all the towns in Judah are destroyed, with the result that no one will live there any more.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_1","025_35_1","JER","35","1","1","Several years earlier, when Jehoiakim was the King of Judah, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_2","025_35_2","JER","35","2","2","“Go to the place where families of the Rechab clan live. Invite them to my temple. When they arrive, take them into one of the inside rooms and offer them some wine.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_3","025_35_3","JER","35","3","3","So I went to see Jaazaniah and all his brothers and sons who represented the Rechab clan. Jaazaniah was the son of another man named Jeremiah and grandson of Habazziniah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_4","025_35_4","JER","35","4","4","I took them to the temple, and we went into the room where the sons of Igdaliah’s son Hanan, who was a prophet, stayed. That room was next to the room that was used by the men who were in charge of the entrances to the temple. It was above the room that belonged to Maaseiah, who was the temple gatekeeper and the son of Shallum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_5","025_35_5","JER","35","5","5","I set jugs of wine in front of them and urged them to drink some, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_6","025_35_6","JER","35","6","6","but they refused. They said, “We do not drink wine, because our ancestor Jehonadab, the son of Rechab, commanded us, saying ‘You and your descendants must never drink wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_7","025_35_7","JER","35","7","7","And you must not build houses or plant vineyards or other crops. Instead, you must always live in tents. If you obey those commands, you all will live for many years in this land.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_8","025_35_8","JER","35","8","8","So we have obeyed him in all those matters. We have never drunk wine. Our wives and our sons and our daughters have also never drunk wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_9","025_35_9","JER","35","9","9","We have not built houses or planted vineyards or other crops or worked in fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_10","025_35_10","JER","35","10","10","We have lived in tents. We have obeyed all the commands that Jehonadab, our ancestor, gave us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_11","025_35_11","JER","35","11","11","But when the army of King Nebuchadnezzar attacked this country, we said, ‘We must go to Jerusalem to escape from the armies of Babylonia and Syria.’ So, we came to Jerusalem and we are living here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_12","025_35_12","JER","35","12","12","Then Yahweh gave this message to me: “This is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people say that they belong to, say: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_13","025_35_13","JER","35","13","13","'Go and tell this to the people in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah: “Why do you not RHQ listen to me or learn something about how to obey me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_14","025_35_14","JER","35","14","14","The Rechab clan still do not drink wine, because their ancestor Jehonadab told them to not do that. In contrast, I have spoken to you many times, but you refuse to obey me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_15","025_35_15","JER","35","15","15","Many times I sent prophets to you. They told you, 'Turn away from your wicked behavior, and do things that you should do. Stop worshiping other gods, in order that you will be able to live peacefully in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors.' But you would not pay attention to what I said or obey me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_16","025_35_16","JER","35","16","16","The descendants of Jehonadab have obeyed their ancestor, but you have refused to pay attention to what I told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_17","025_35_17","JER","35","17","17","Therefore, this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israeli people say you belong to, say: 'You have refused to listen to me and you did not answer when I called you. Therefore, I will cause the people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah to experience all the disasters that I said that I would cause to happen.' ” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_18","025_35_18","JER","35","18","18","Then I turned to the Rechab clan and said, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis say we belong to, says: ‘You have obeyed what your ancestor Jehonadab told you. You have obeyed all his instructions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR35_19","025_35_19","JER","35","19","19","Therefore, this is what I say: “There will always be descendants of Jehonadab who will do work for me.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_1","025_36_1","JER","36","1","1","When Jehoiakim had been the king of Judah for almost four years, Yahweh gave this message to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_2","025_36_2","JER","36","2","2","“Get a scroll, and write on it the messages that I have given to you regarding Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Write all of the messages, starting from the time that I gave you the first message, when Josiah was the king, up until now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_3","025_36_3","JER","36","3","3","When the people of Judah hear again about all the disasters that I plan to cause them to experience, perhaps each one of them will repent. If they do that, I will be able to forgive them for the wrong/evil things that they have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_4","025_36_4","JER","36","4","4","So I summoned Baruch, the son of Neraiah. Then, as I dictated to him all the messages that Yahweh had spoken to me, he wrote them on a scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_5","025_36_5","JER","36","5","5","Then I said to him, “I am not allowed to leave here and go to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_6","025_36_6","JER","36","6","6","So, you go to the temple on the next day when the people are ◄fasting/abstaining from food►, and read to them the messages from Yahweh that you wrote while I dictated them to you. Read them aloud to all the people who are there, including the people of Judah who come there from their towns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_7","025_36_7","JER","36","7","7","Perhaps they will turn from their evil behavior and request Yahweh to act mercifully toward them. They must do that, because Yahweh is very angry with them and has threatened to punish them severely.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_8","025_36_8","JER","36","8","8","Baruch did what I told him to do. He went to the temple and read to the people all those messages from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_9","025_36_9","JER","36","9","9","He did it in December on a day when their leaders had proclaimed that all the people in Jerusalem and the people who had come there from other towns in Judah should fast to please/honor Yahweh. It was when Jehoiakim had been king for almost five years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_10","025_36_10","JER","36","10","10","Baruch read to all the people the messages that he had written on the scroll. He read them while he was in the temple, in the room where Gemariah stayed. He was the son of Shaphan, who had previously been the king’s secretary. That room was close to the upper courtyard of the temple, near the entrance to the temple that is called the New Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_11","025_36_11","JER","36","11","11","When Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan, heard those messages from Yahweh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_12","025_36_12","JER","36","12","12","he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace, where all the king’s officials were meeting. Elishama the king’s secretary was there. Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Acbor, Gemariah, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials of the king were also there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_13","025_36_13","JER","36","13","13","When Micaiah told them about the messages that Baruch had been reading to the people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_14","025_36_14","JER","36","14","14","the officials sent Jehudi, who was the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to tell Baruch to come and read the messages to them, also. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_15","025_36_15","JER","36","15","15","They said to him, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch did what they requested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_16","025_36_16","JER","36","16","16","After they had heard all the messages, they were afraid. They looked at each other and then they said, “We must tell these messages to the king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_17","025_36_17","JER","36","17","17","Then they asked Baruch, “How did you get this scroll? Did Jeremiah dictate to you all the messages on this scroll?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_18","025_36_18","JER","36","18","18","Baruch replied, “Yes, Jeremiah dictated them to me, and I wrote them with ink on this scroll.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_19","025_36_19","JER","36","19","19","Then the officials told Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must both hide. Do not tell anyone where you are!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_20","025_36_20","JER","36","20","20","They put the scroll in the room of Elishama, the king’s secretary. Then they went to the king, who was in the courtyard, and reported to him everything that Baruch had read to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_21","025_36_21","JER","36","21","21","Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama’s room and read it to the king, while all the king’s officials were standing there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_22","025_36_22","JER","36","22","22","It was in the cold season, and the king was in a part of the palace where he stayed when it was cold. He was sitting in front of a fire to keep/be warm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_23","025_36_23","JER","36","23","23","Each time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king cut off that section of the scroll with a knife and threw it into the fire. He did that, section by section, until the entire scroll was burned up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_24","025_36_24","JER","36","24","24","Neither the king nor his officials showed that they were afraid that God would punish them. They did not tear their clothes to show that they were sorry for what they had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_25","025_36_25","JER","36","25","25","Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, but he did not pay any attention. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_26","025_36_26","JER","36","26","26","Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and me. But they were unable to do that because Yahweh had hidden us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_27","025_36_27","JER","36","27","27","After the king had burned the scroll on which were written the messages that I had dictated to Baruch, Yahweh said this to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_28","025_36_28","JER","36","28","28","“Get another scroll, and tell Baruch to write everything again, the same messages that he had written on the scroll that the king burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_29","025_36_29","JER","36","29","29","Then go to the king and say to him, ‘Yahweh says this: “You burned the scroll because you did not like what was written on it, that the king of Babylon would surely RHQ come with his army and destroy this land and get rid of all the people and the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_30","025_36_30","JER","36","30","30","Now this is what I, Yahweh, say about you, Jehoiakim: 'None of your descendants will rule this kingdom MTY. Your corpse will be thrown out on the ground and not be buried; it will be under the hot sun during the days and struck by frost during the nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_31","025_36_31","JER","36","31","31","I will punish you and your family and your officials for their sins. And I will cause the people of Jerusalem and the people of the other towns in Judah to experience all the disasters that I promised, because you all would not pay attention to what I said!' ” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR36_32","025_36_32","JER","36","32","32","So I took another scroll, and again I dictated the messages to Baruch. He wrote everything that had been written on the other scroll, the one that King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. But this time, I added more messages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_1","025_37_1","JER","37","1","1","After Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which King Josiah’s son Zedekiah became the King of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, appointed him to be the new king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_2","025_37_2","JER","37","2","2","But King Zedekiah and his palace officials and the other people in the land paid no attention to the messages that Yahweh gave me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_3","025_37_3","JER","37","3","3","However, one day King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, who was the son of Maaseiah, to me. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_4","025_37_4","JER","37","4","4","At that time I had not yet been put in prison, so I could come and go wherever and whenever I wanted to, without being hindered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_5","025_37_5","JER","37","5","5","At that time, the army of Hophra, the King of Egypt, came to the southern border of Judah. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there to fight against the army from Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_6","025_37_6","JER","37","6","6","Then Yahweh gave this message to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_7","025_37_7","JER","37","7","7","“I, Yahweh, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, say this: ‘The King of Judah has sent messengers to you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell the king that even though the army of the King of Egypt came to help him, they are about to return to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_8","025_37_8","JER","37","8","8","Then the army of Babylonia will return here and capture this city and burn everything in it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_9","025_37_9","JER","37","9","9","So, this is what I say to you Israelis: ‘You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_10","025_37_10","JER","37","10","10","And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only a few of them who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, they would come out of their tents and burn this city completely!” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_11","025_37_11","JER","37","11","11","When the army from Babylonia left Jerusalem because the army from Egypt was approaching, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_12","025_37_12","JER","37","12","12","I started to leave the city. I intended to go to the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, in order to take possession of my share of the property from my family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_13","025_37_13","JER","37","13","13","But as I was walking out the Benjamin Gate, a guard seized me and said, “You are deserting us and going to the soldiers from Babylonia!” The man who seized me was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_14","025_37_14","JER","37","14","14","But I protested and said, “That is not true! I was not intending to do that!” But Irijah would not pay attention to what I said. He took me to the king’s officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_15","025_37_15","JER","37","15","15","They were very angry with me. They commanded the guards to beat me and then to put me in the house where Jonathan the king’s secretary stayed. They had changed Jonathan’s house to make it become a prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_16","025_37_16","JER","37","16","16","They put me in a dungeon/cell in that prison, and I remained there for several days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_17","025_37_17","JER","37","17","17","Then King Zedekiah secretly sent a servant to me, who took me to the palace. There the king asked me, “Do you have any messages from Yahweh?” I replied, “Yes, the message is that you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_18","025_37_18","JER","37","18","18","Then I asked the king, “What crime have I committed RHQ against you or against your officials or against the Israeli people, with the result that you have commanded that I be put in a prison? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_19","025_37_19","JER","37","19","19","Your prophets predicted that the army of the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land. Why were RHQ their messages not fulfilled? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_20","025_37_20","JER","37","20","20","Your majesty, I plead with you to listen to me. Do not send me back to the dungeon/cell in the house of Jonathan your secretary, because if you do that, I will die there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR37_21","025_37_21","JER","37","21","21","So King Zedekiah commanded that I not be sent back to the prison cell. Instead, I was allowed to be watched by the guards in the courtyard of the palace. The king also commanded that they should bring me a loaf of fresh bread every day, until there was no bread left in the city. So they put me in that courtyard and I remained there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_1","025_38_1","JER","38","1","1","Four officials, Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malkijah, heard what I had been telling all the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_2","025_38_2","JER","38","2","2","I had been telling them that Yahweh was saying, “Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by their enemies’ swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army, they will be spared. They will not be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_3","025_38_3","JER","38","3","3","Yahweh also says that the army of the King of Babylon will certainly capture this city DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_4","025_38_4","JER","38","4","4","So those officials went to the king and said, “This man Jeremiah should be executed! Because of what he is saying, he is discouraging our soldiers who remain in the city. He is also discouraging the people. He is not saying things that will help us; he is saying things that will defeat us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_5","025_38_5","JER","38","5","5","King Zedekiah said, “All right, do to him what you want to; I do not have the power to stop you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_6","025_38_6","JER","38","6","6","So those officials took me from my cell and lowered me by ropes into a well in the courtyard. The well belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the well, but there was a lot of mud, so I sank down deep into the mud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_7","025_38_7","JER","38","7","7","But Ebed-Melech, a palace official from Ethiopia, heard someone say that I was in the well. At that time the king was deciding/judging people’s cases at the Benjamin Gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_8","025_38_8","JER","38","8","8","Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_9","025_38_9","JER","38","9","9","“Your majesty, those men have done a very evil thing. They have put the prophet Jeremiah in a well. Almost all the food in the city is gone, so they will not be able to bring him any food and as a result he will die from hunger!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_10","025_38_10","JER","38","10","10","So the king told Ebed-Melech, “Take thirty of my men/soldiers with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_11","025_38_11","JER","38","11","11","So Ebed-Melech took thirty men with him and they went into a room in the palace below the room where they stored very valuable things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_12","025_38_12","JER","38","12","12","Then Ebed-Melech called down to me, “Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from being injured by the ropes!” So I did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_13","025_38_13","JER","38","13","13","Then they pulled me out of the well. I returned to the courtyard where the palace guards stayed, and I stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_14","025_38_14","JER","38","14","14","One day King Zedekiah summoned me, and I was brought to the king, who was waiting for me at the entrance of the temple. He said to me, “I want to ask you something. I want you to answer me truthfully, and and to not conceal anything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_15","025_38_15","JER","38","15","15","I replied, “If I tell you the truth, you will command that I be executed. And if I give you good advice, you will not pay attention to what I say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_16","025_38_16","JER","38","16","16","But King Zedekiah secretly promised me, “Tell me the truth! And as surely as Yahweh lives, I will not cause you to be executed, and I will not hand you over to those who are wanting to kill you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_17","025_38_17","JER","38","17","17","So then I said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, you and your family will ◄be spared/not be killed►, and this city will not be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_18","025_38_18","JER","38","18","18","But if you refuse to surrender to them, you will not escape. And the army from Babylonia will capture this city and completely burn it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_19","025_38_19","JER","38","19","19","The king replied, “But I am afraid to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon, because their officers may hand me over to the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_20","025_38_20","JER","38","20","20","I replied, “If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not hand you over to our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_21","025_38_21","JER","38","21","21","But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_22","025_38_22","JER","38","22","22","All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you: ‘You had friends whom you thought you could trust, but they have deceived you and caused you to make a wrong decision. Now it is as though you are stuck in mud, and your friends have abandoned you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_23","025_38_23","JER","38","23","23","All of your wives and children in the city will be led out to the soldiers from Babylonia, and you also will not escape. The soldiers of the King of Babylon will seize you, and they will burn down this city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_24","025_38_24","JER","38","24","24","Then Zedekiah said to me, “Do not tell anyone what you told me; if you tell anyone, my officials may kill you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_25","025_38_25","JER","38","25","25","If my officials find out that I talked to you, perhaps they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you do not tell us, we will kill you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_26","025_38_26","JER","38","26","26","If that happens, just tell them that you pleaded with me not to send you back to the dungeon/cell in Jonathan’s house, because you were afraid that you would die if you were put there again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_27","025_38_27","JER","38","27","27","And that is what happened. The king’s officials came to me and asked why the king had summoned me. But I told them what the king told me to tell them. So they did not ask me any more questions, because no one had heard what the king and I had said to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR38_28","025_38_28","JER","38","28","28","So I remained being guarded in the courtyard of the palace, until the day that the army of Babylonia captured Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_1","025_39_1","JER","39","1","1","After King Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar came in January with his army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_2","025_39_2","JER","39","2","2","One and a half years later, after Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, on July 18, soldiers from Babylonia broke through the city wall. Then they rushed in and captured the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_3","025_39_3","JER","39","3","3","Then all the officers of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate to decide what they would do to the city. They included Nergal-Sharezer from Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim who was one of the chief army officers, another Nergal-Sharezer, the king’s advisor, and many other officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_4","025_39_4","JER","39","4","4","When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that the army of Babylonia had broken into the city, they fled. They waited until it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king’s garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started running toward the Jordan River Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_5","025_39_5","JER","39","5","5","But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the King of Babylon, who was at Riblah town in the Hamath region. There the king of Babylon told his soldiers what they should do to punish Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_6","025_39_6","JER","39","6","6","They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_7","025_39_7","JER","39","7","7","Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_8","025_39_8","JER","39","8","8","Meanwhile, the Babylonian army burned the palace and all the other buildings in Jerusalem. And they tore down the city walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_9","025_39_9","JER","39","9","9","Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the king’s bodyguards, forced to go to Babylon most of the other people who remained in the city and the Jews who had joined the soldiers of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_10","025_39_10","JER","39","10","10","But he allowed some of the very poor people to remain in Judah, and he gave them vineyards and fields to take care of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_11","025_39_11","JER","39","11","11","King Nebuchadnezzar had previously told Nebuzaradan to find me. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_12","025_39_12","JER","39","12","12","“Make sure that no one harms him. Take care of him, and do for him whatever he requests you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_13","025_39_13","JER","39","13","13","So he and Nebushazban, who was one of their chief officers, and Nergal-Sharezer the king’s advisor, and other officers of the King of Babylon ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_14","025_39_14","JER","39","14","14","sent some men to bring me out of the courtyard outside of the palace. They took me to Gedaliah who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Then Gedaliah took me to my home, and I stayed in Judah among my own people who had been allowed to remain there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_15","025_39_15","JER","39","15","15","While I was still being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_16","025_39_16","JER","39","16","16","“Say this to Ebed-Melech, the official from Ethiopia: ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: “I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. I will not enable the people to prosper; I will cause them to experience disasters. You will see Jerusalem being destroyed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_17","025_39_17","JER","39","17","17","but I will rescue you from the people whom you are afraid of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR39_18","025_39_18","JER","39","18","18","You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by your enemies’ swords; you will remain alive. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_1","025_40_1","JER","40","1","1","The soldiers from Babylonia captured me and many other people from Jerusalem and other places in Judah. They planned to take us to Babylon. So they fastened chains around our wrists and took us to Ramah town north of Jerusalem. While we were there, I was released. This is how it happened: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_2","025_40_2","JER","40","2","2","Nebuzaradan, the captain of the king’s bodyguards, found that I was there. He summoned me and said to me, “Yahweh your God said that he would cause this land to experience a disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_3","025_40_3","JER","40","3","3","And now he has caused it to happen. He has done just what he said that he would do, because you people sinned against Yahweh and refused to obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_4","025_40_4","JER","40","4","4","But today I am going to take the chains off your wrists and release you. If you want to come with me to Babylon, that will be fine. I will take care of you. But if you do not want to come with me, do not come. Stay here. Look, the entire country is available; you can choose whatever part you want to go to. You can go wherever you wish.” Then he took the chains off my wrists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_5","025_40_5","JER","40","5","5","He said, “If you decide to stay here, go to Gedaliah. The King of Babylon appointed him to be the governor of Judah. You will be allowed to stay here with the people that he is governing. But you can do whatever you want to.” Then Nebuzaradan gave me some food and some money, and he allowed me to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_6","025_40_6","JER","40","6","6","I returned to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and I stayed in Judah with the people who still remained in the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_7","025_40_7","JER","40","7","7","The Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia were roaming around in the countryside. Then their leaders heard someone say that the King of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor of the very poor people who were still in Judah, who had not been taken to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_8","025_40_8","JER","40","8","8","So they went to talk to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Those who went included Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai from Netophath, and Jezaniah from Maacah, and the soldiers who were with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_9","025_40_9","JER","40","9","9","Gedaliah solemnly promised that the soldiers from Babylonia would not harm them. He said, “Do not be afraid to do things for them. Stay here in this land and do things for the King of Babylon. If you do that, things will go well for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_10","025_40_10","JER","40","10","10","As for me, I will stay here at Mizpah to be your representative to the officials from Babylonia who come to talk with us. But you should return to your towns, and eat the things that are produced on your land. Harvest the grapes and the fruit that ripen in the ◄summer/hot season► and the olives, make wine and olive oil, and store it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_11","025_40_11","JER","40","11","11","Then the Jews who had fled to Moab, Ammon, Edom, and other nearby countries heard people say that the King of Babylon had allowed a few people to remain in Judah, and that he had appointed Gedaliah to be their governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_12","025_40_12","JER","40","12","12","So they began to return to Judah. They stopped at Mizpah to talk with Gedaliah. Then they went to various places in Judea, and they harvested a great amount of grapes and summer fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_13","025_40_13","JER","40","13","13","Some time later, Johanan and all the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_14","025_40_14","JER","40","14","14","They said to him, “Do you know that Baalis, the king of the Ammon people-group, has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to assassinate you?” But Gedaliah did not believe what they said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_15","025_40_15","JER","40","15","15","Later Johanan talked with Gedaliah privately. He said, “Allow me to go and murder Ishmael secretly. It would not be good RHQ to allow him to come and murder you! If you are killed, what will happen to all the Jews who have returned to this area? They will be scattered, and the other people who remain in Judah will all be killed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR40_16","025_40_16","JER","40","16","16","But Gedaliah said to Johanan, “No, I will not allow you to do that. I think that you are lying about Ishmael.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_1","025_41_1","JER","41","1","1","Ishmael was a member of the king’s family. He had been one of King Zedekiah’s important officials. In October of that year, he went to Mizpah with ten other men to talk with Gedaliah. While they were eating together, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_2","025_41_2","JER","41","2","2","Ishmael and the other ten men jumped up, and with their swords they killed Gedaliah—the man whom the king of Babylon had appointed to be their governor! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_3","025_41_3","JER","41","3","3","Ishmael and the other men also killed all the Jews and the soldiers from Babylonia who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_4","025_41_4","JER","41","4","4","The next day, before anyone had found out that Gedaliah had been murdered, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_5","025_41_5","JER","41","5","5","eighty men from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria cities came to worship at the temple of Yahweh in Mizpah. They had shaved off their beards and torn their clothes and cut themselves to show that they were mourning. And they had brought grain offerings and incense to burn on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_6","025_41_6","JER","41","6","6","Ishmael went out of the city to meet them, crying as he went. When he reached them, he said, “Come and see what has happened to Gedaliah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_7","025_41_7","JER","41","7","7","But as soon as they had all entered the town, Ishmael and his men killed most of them and threw their corpses into a well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_8","025_41_8","JER","41","8","8","There were only ten of them whom they ◄spared/did not kill►. They were not killed because they promised to Ishmael that if he allowed them to remain alive, they would bring him lots of wheat and barley and olive oil and honey that they had hidden. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_9","025_41_9","JER","41","9","9","The well where Ishmael’s men had thrown the corpses of the men whom they had murdered was the deep well that King Asa’s men had dug in order that they would have water in the city if the army of King Baasha of Israel would surround the city. Ishmael’s men filled that well with corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_10","025_41_10","JER","41","10","10","Then Ishmael and his men captured the king’s daughters and some of the other people who had been left in Mizpah by Nebuzaradan in order that Gedaliah would take care of them. Ishmael and his men took those people and started back toward the Ammon area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_11","025_41_11","JER","41","11","11","But Johanan and all the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia heard about what Ishmael and his men had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_12","025_41_12","JER","41","12","12","So they immediately went with all their men to stop them. They caught up with them at the large pool near Gibeon city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_13","025_41_13","JER","41","13","13","When all the people whom Ishmael and his men had captured saw Johanan and the soldiers who were with him, they shouted joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_14","025_41_14","JER","41","14","14","So all those who had been captured in Mizpah escaped, and they started to help Johanan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_15","025_41_15","JER","41","15","15","But Ishmael and eight of his men escaped and fled to the Ammon area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_16","025_41_16","JER","41","16","16","Then Johanan and the men who were with him gathered together all the people whom they had rescued at Gibeon. They included soldiers and women and children and some of the king’s palace officials. They were all people whom Ishmael and his men had captured after they had killed Gedaliah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_17","025_41_17","JER","41","17","17","They took them all to Geruth-Kimham village near Bethlehem. And they all prepared to go to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR41_18","025_41_18","JER","41","18","18","They were worried about what the soldiers of Babylonia would do to them when they found out that Ishmael had killed Gedaliah, who had been appointed by the King of Babylonia to be their governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_1","025_42_1","JER","42","1","1","Then Johanan and Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia, and many HYP other people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_2","025_42_2","JER","42","2","2","to me. They said, “Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a huge number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people who have survived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_3","025_42_3","JER","42","3","3","Pray that Yahweh our God will show us what we should do and where we should go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_4","025_42_4","JER","42","4","4","I replied, “Okay, I will pray to Yahweh our God, like you have requested, and I will tell you what he says. I will ◄tell you everything/not hide anything from you►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_5","025_42_5","JER","42","5","5","They replied to me, “We hope/wish that Yahweh our God will be a faithful witness against us if we refuse to do everything that he tells us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_6","025_42_6","JER","42","6","6","We are requesting you to ask Yahweh our God what we should do. When he replies, we will obey him, whether we like what he says or not. We will do that because we know that things will go well for us if we obey him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_7","025_42_7","JER","42","7","7","So I prayed to Yahweh, and ten days later he gave me his reply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_8","025_42_8","JER","42","8","8","So I summoned Johanan and all his other soldiers and all the other people, including those who were important and those who were not important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_9","025_42_9","JER","42","9","9","I said to them, “You told me to tell Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, what you were requesting. This is what he replied: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_10","025_42_10","JER","42","10","10","‘You should stay here in this land. If you do that, I will cause your nation to be strong and not be weak. I will cause you to prosper and not be exiled again. I am sorry about the disasters that I was forced to cause you to experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_11","025_42_11","JER","42","11","11","But do not be afraid of the king of Babylon any more, because I will ◄be with/help► you. I will rescue you DOU from his power MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_12","025_42_12","JER","42","12","12","I will be merciful to you by causing him to act kindly toward you. So as a result, he will allow you to stay here in your land.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_13","025_42_13","JER","42","13","13","But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say ‘We will not stay here; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_14","025_42_14","JER","42","14","14","instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience any wars, we will not hear trumpets signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles, and we will not be hungry,’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_15","025_42_15","JER","42","15","15","then listen to what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt, and you go and live there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_16","025_42_16","JER","42","16","16","you will experience those wars and famines that you are afraid of, and you will all die there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_17","025_42_17","JER","42","17","17","That is what will happen to all you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies, and others of you will die from famines and from diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_18","025_42_18","JER","42","18","18","And the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, also says this: ‘Because I was very angry, I severely punished MTY all the people of Jerusalem. I will do the same things to you when you go to Egypt. The result will be that people will curse you. They will be horrified about what has happened to you. They will make fun of you, and you will never see this land again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_19","025_42_19","JER","42","19","19","You little group of people of Judah who are still alive, listen to me: Yahweh has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ So do not forget what I have warned you today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_20","025_42_20","JER","42","20","20","I know that you were lying when you requested me to pray to Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_21","025_42_21","JER","42","21","21","And today I have told you exactly what he said, but I know that you will not obey Yahweh our God now, just as you have not obeyed him previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR42_22","025_42_22","JER","42","22","22","You want to go to Egypt and live there. So now, you can be sure of this: All of you will die there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies and others will die from famines or from diseases.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_1","025_43_1","JER","43","1","1","So I finished telling to the people that message from Yahweh our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_2","025_43_2","JER","43","2","2","But then Johanan and Azariah and some other insolent/arrogant men said to me, “You are lying! Yahweh our God has not told us that we should not go to Egypt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_3","025_43_3","JER","43","3","3","We think that Baruch has urged/persuaded you to say this, in order that if we stay here, the soldiers from Babylonia will seize us and kill us or take us to Babylonia.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_4","025_43_4","JER","43","4","4","So Johanan and the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers and many of HYP the other people who were there refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_5","025_43_5","JER","43","5","5","Johanan and all the other leaders gathered together all the people who had returned from the other countries to which they had been scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_6","025_43_6","JER","43","6","6","They included men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and all those whom Nebuzaradan had left with Gedaliah, and they also took Baruch and me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_7","025_43_7","JER","43","7","7","They refused to obey Yahweh, and they took us all to Egypt, as far as Tahpenes city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_8","025_43_8","JER","43","8","8","While we were at Tahpenes, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_9","025_43_9","JER","43","9","9","“While the people of Judah are watching you, take some large rocks and bury them under the brick pavement at the entrance to the king’s palace there at Tahpenes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_10","025_43_10","JER","43","10","10","Then say to the people of Judah, ‘This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, says: “I will summon Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, who does my work, to come with his army to Egypt. I will set up his throne over these stones that I told Jeremiah to bury. And Nebuchadnezzar will set up his tent there to show that he has become the King of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_11","025_43_11","JER","43","11","11","When his army comes, they will attack Egypt. Then those will die who I have determined must die, those who I have determined must be captured will be captured, and those who I have determined must be killed by swords will be killed by swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR43_12","025_43_12","JER","43","12","13","Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt. But before they burn the temples, they will take away their idols as souvenirs. His troops will clean Egypt like a shepherd cleans lice from his cloak. They will tear down the sacred pillars that are in the temple of their sun god. And then Nebuchadnezzar’s troops will leave there, without having been harmed.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_1","025_44_1","JER","44","1","1","This is the message that Yahweh gave me concerning the Jews who were living in northern Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpenes, and Memphis cities, and in the Pathros region in southern Egypt: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_2","025_44_2","JER","44","2","2","“This is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, say: ‘You saw the disaster that I caused the people in Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah to experience. Those towns are now ruined and deserted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_3","025_44_3","JER","44","3","3","That happened because I was extremely angry with them on account of their being very wicked. They burned incense to other gods and worshiped them. They were gods that you previously did not know about, and your ancestors also did not know about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_4","025_44_4","JER","44","4","4","Many times I sent my prophets who served me, to say to them, “Do not do those abominable things that I hate!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_5","025_44_5","JER","44","5","5","But my people would not pay any attention DOU to what I said to them. They would not turn away from their wicked behavior, or stop burning incense to worship/honor other gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_6","025_44_6","JER","44","6","6","So I poured out my anger MTY on them. I punished people on the streets of Jerusalem and on the other towns in Judah. It caused those towns to be ruined and deserted, and they are still like that.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_7","025_44_7","JER","44","7","7","So now I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, ask you: ‘Why are you causing yourselves to experience these disasters? Do you not realize that because of what you are doing, soon there will be no more men or women or children or infants left among you who have come here to Egypt from Judah? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_8","025_44_8","JER","44","8","8","Why are you RHQ provoking me and causing me to be very angry by burning incense to the idols that you have made here in Egypt? If you continue doing this, you will destroy yourselves, and you will cause yourselves to be people whom all the nations on the earth will curse and despise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_9","025_44_9","JER","44","9","9","Have you forgotten how I punished your ancestors for the wicked things that they did, and how I punished the kings and queens of Judah for what they did, and you and your wives for the sins that you committed in the streets of Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_10","025_44_10","JER","44","10","10","Up until this day you have not humbled yourselves or revered me. You have not obeyed the laws and decrees DOU that I gave to you and your ancestors.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_11","025_44_11","JER","44","11","11","Therefore, this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom you Israelis say you belong to, say: ‘I am determined to cause all of you to experience disasters and to get rid of every one of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_12","025_44_12","JER","44","12","12","You people from Judah who have survived were determined to come and live here in Egypt. So I will get rid of all of you here in Egypt. Every one of you will die, including those who are important and those who are not important. Some of you will be killed by your enemies’ swords, some will die from famines. You will become people whom others curse, be horrified about, and make fun of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_13","025_44_13","JER","44","13","13","I will punish you here in Egypt like I punished others in Jerusalem, some of whom were killed by their enemies’ swords and some of whom died from famines or diseases. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_14","025_44_14","JER","44","14","14","You people who did not die in Judah fled here to Egypt, hoping that some day you would return to Judah. But very few HYP of you will survive and escape. You are longing/wanting to remain alive and return to Judah, but only a very few of you will escape and be able to do that.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_15","025_44_15","JER","44","15","15","Then a large group of the people who had started to live in northern Egypt and southern Egypt, including all the men who knew that their wives had been burning incense to other gods, and all the women who were standing there, said this to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_16","025_44_16","JER","44","16","16","“You are saying that MTY Yahweh gave messages to you, but we will not pay any attention to your messages! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_17","025_44_17","JER","44","17","17","We will certainly do everything that we said that we would do. We will burn incense to worship our goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and we will pour out offerings of wine to her, just like we and our ancestors and our kings and their officials have always done in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah. At that time, we had plenty of food, and we were prosperous and we did not have any troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_18","025_44_18","JER","44","18","18","But ever since we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and giving her offerings of wine, we have had many troubles, and some of our people have been killed by our enemies’ swords and some have died from hunger.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_19","025_44_19","JER","44","19","19","And the women said, “Furthermore, we burned incense and poured out wine offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and we also made small cakes that resembled her idol, to offer to her. But our husbands certainly knew about and approved of RHQ what we were doing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_20","025_44_20","JER","44","20","20","Then I said to all the men and women who had answered me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_21","025_44_21","JER","44","21","21","“Do not think RHQ that Yahweh did not know that you and your ancestors and your kings and their officials and all the other people in Judah were burning incense to worship/honor idols in the streets of Jerusalem and in the other towns in Judah! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_22","025_44_22","JER","44","22","22","It was because Yahweh could no longer endure/tolerate your wicked actions and the detestable things that you were doing that he caused your land to be a place whose name people say when they curse someone, a land that is ruined and which has no one living in it. And your land is still like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_23","025_44_23","JER","44","23","23","It is because you burned incense to worship/honor idols and committed other sins against Yahweh that you experienced all those disasters. It is because you have not obeyed him or his laws and decrees and commandments.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_24","025_44_24","JER","44","24","24","Then I said to all of them, including the women, “All you people of Judah who are here in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_25","025_44_25","JER","44","25","25","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says to you Israeli men: ‘You and your wives have said that you would continue to do what you promised, to burn incense and pour out wine to the goddess whom you call the Queen of Heaven. And you have proved by your actions that you intend to continue to do that. So go ahead and continue doing what you have promised to do for her.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_26","025_44_26","JER","44","26","26","But now, all you people from Judah who are now living here in Egypt, listen to this message from Yahweh. He says, ‘I have solemnly declared, using my great name, that soon none of you people from Judah who are here in Egypt will ever again use my name. There will be none of you who, when you solemnly promise to do something, will ever again say, “I will do it as surely as Yahweh lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_27","025_44_27","JER","44","27","27","Because I will be watching over you, not to cause good things to happen to you but to cause things to happen that will harm you. Almost everyone HYP from Judah who is now here in Egypt will experience being killed by their enemies’ swords, or dying from famine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_28","025_44_28","JER","44","28","28","Only a very few of you will not die, and will return to Judah. When that happens, all those who came to Egypt will find out whose words ◄were true/were fulfilled►, theirs or mine.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_29","025_44_29","JER","44","29","29","And Yahweh also says, ‘I will do something that will prove to you that everything that I have said will happen, and that I will punish you here in this place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR44_30","025_44_30","JER","44","30","30","I will cause Hophra, the king of Egypt, to be captured by his enemies who want to kill him, just like I caused King Zedekiah of Judah to be captured by the soldiers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.’ ” And that is what happened several years later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR45_1","025_45_1","JER","45","1","1","After Jehoiakim the son of King Josiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, I, Baruch, wrote down all the messages that the prophet Jeremiah had dictated to me. Then Jeremiah gave me a message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR45_2","025_45_2","JER","45","2","2","“Baruch, Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, has a message for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR45_3","025_45_3","JER","45","3","3","You have said, ‘Terrible things are happening to me! I have endured much pain already. And now Yahweh is causing me to be very sad, in addition to my having pain. I am exhausted from my ◄groaning/being sad►, and I am unable to rest!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR45_4","025_45_4","JER","45","4","4","But Baruch, this is what Yahweh says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I established. This nation is like a tree MET that I planted and that I will now pull up with its roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR45_5","025_45_5","JER","45","5","5","So, should you RHQ desire that people do things to honor you in a special way? Do not desire that. It is true that I will cause all these people to experience a great disaster, but wherever you go, I will protect you, and you will not be killed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_1","025_46_1","JER","46","1","1","These are messages that Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah about other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_2","025_46_2","JER","46","2","2","After Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, had been ruling Judah for almost four years, this message about Egypt was given by Yahweh. It was when the army of King Neco of Egypt was defeated by the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon along the Euphrates River. This is what Yahweh said: “The officers of the army of Egypt are saying to their troops, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_3","025_46_3","JER","46","3","3","‘Prepare your shields and march out to fight the battle! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_4","025_46_4","JER","46","4","4","Put harnesses on your horses, and get on their backs. ◄Get into your positions/Line up► for the battle; put on your helmets. Sharpen your spears, and put on your armor!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_5","025_46_5","JER","46","5","5","But what RHQ do I see? I see that the soldiers of Egypt will be terrified and will be fleeing. Even the bravest of their soldiers will be running away, without even looking backward! I, Yahweh, say that their soldiers will be terrified on all sides! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_6","025_46_6","JER","46","6","6","Even the fastest runners will try to run away, but even the greatest of their warriors will not escape. In the north, by the Euphrates River, they will stumble and fall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_7","025_46_7","JER","46","7","7","What group is this that will be covering the land like the water of the Nile River covers the land when it floods? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_8","025_46_8","JER","46","8","8","It is the army of Egypt that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood, and they will boast that they will cover the earth and will destroy cities and the people who live in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_9","025_46_9","JER","46","9","9","You riders of horses, charge/rush into the battle! You drivers of chariots, drive furiously! All you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya who carry your shields, you warriors from Lydia who shoot arrows, you come! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_10","025_46_10","JER","46","10","10","But, you need to know that this is the day when I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies. With my sword PRS I will kill my enemies until I am satisfied; my sword will be like a monster that MET, PRS drinks the blood of the animals it kills until it is no longer thirsty. The enemy soldiers who will be killed in the north beside the Euphrates River will be like MET a sacrifice to me, the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_11","025_46_11","JER","46","11","11","You people IDM of Egypt, go up to the Gilead region to obtain medicine; but it will be useless to take all those medicines; you will not be healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_12","025_46_12","JER","46","12","12","People in the other nations will hear how you were humiliated. People all over the earth will hear you wailing. Your mighty warriors will stumble over each other and they will all fall down together.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_13","025_46_13","JER","46","13","13","Then Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt with his army: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_14","025_46_14","JER","46","14","14","“Shout this message throughout Egypt! Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes cities! ‘◄Get into your positions/Line up► for the battle; Prepare to defend yourselves, because everyone around you will be killed.’ PRS, MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_15","025_46_15","JER","46","15","15","Your god is a bull; Why does he fall down? He will not be able to stand up, because Yahweh will knock him down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_16","025_46_16","JER","46","16","16","The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other, and then they will say to each other, ‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land. Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_17","025_46_17","JER","46","17","17","There in Egypt they will say, ‘The king of Egypt talks loudly, but when our army had an opportunity to defeat our enemies, they failed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_18","025_46_18","JER","46","18","18","I, the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘As surely as I live, someone’s army will be coming to fight against the army of Egypt. They will be extremely powerful, as though they were as tall as Tabor Hill, or as high as Carmel Mountain close to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_19","025_46_19","JER","46","19","19","All you people who live in Egypt, pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled. Memphis city will be destroyed; it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_20","025_46_20","JER","46","20","20","Egypt is like SIM a beautiful young cow, but the army of a powerful king from the northeast will come to attack it like a horsefly MET bites a cow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_21","025_46_21","JER","46","21","21","The ◄mercenaries/soldiers from other countries who have been hired► will become like SIM fat calves; but they also will turn around and run away; they will not stand there and fight, because it will be a day when there will be a great disaster in Egypt, a day when their people will be greatly punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_22","025_46_22","JER","46","22","22","The soldiers of Egypt will run away, as silently as a snake scurries/crawls away. The army of the enemy will advance; they will march along carrying their axes like SIM men who cut down trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_23","025_46_23","JER","46","23","23","I, Yahweh, say that they will kill the soldiers of Egypt as though SIM they were a forest of trees, because the enemy soldiers will be as numerous as a swarm of locusts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_24","025_46_24","JER","46","24","24","The people of Egypt will be humiliated; they will be conquered by people from the northeast.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_25","025_46_25","JER","46","25","25","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israelis worship, say, ‘I will punish Amon, the god whom the people of Thebes city worship, and all the other gods in Egypt. I will punish the King of Egypt and all those who trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_26","025_46_26","JER","46","26","26","I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_27","025_46_27","JER","46","27","27","But you people of Israel who serve me, do not be at all dismayed DOU now, because some day I will bring you back from distant places; I will bring your descendants from the land to which they were exiled. Then you Israeli people will again live peacefully and safely, and there will not be any nation to cause you to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR46_28","025_46_28","JER","46","28","28","I, Yahweh, say to you people of Israel who serve me, ‘Do not be afraid, because I will be with you. I will completely destroy the nations among whom I have scattered you, but I will not completely get rid of you. I will punish you, but I will punish you only as severely as you deserve: It would be wrong if I did not punish you at all.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_1","025_47_1","JER","47","1","1","Yahweh gave to the prophet Jeremiah a message about the people of Philistia. The message was given to me before Gaza city in Philistia was captured by the army of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_2","025_47_2","JER","47","2","2","This is what Yahweh said: “An army MET will be coming from the northeast that will cover the land like a flood. They will destroy the land and everything in it; they will destroy people and cities. People will scream; everyone in the land will wail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_3","025_47_3","JER","47","3","3","They will hear the sound of the hooves of the enemy horses, and they will hear the rumble/noise of the wheels of their enemies’ chariots. Men will run away; they will not stop to help their children; they will be completely weak and helpless MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_4","025_47_4","JER","47","4","4","It will be the time for all the people of Philistia to be destroyed, and the time to prevent the remaining soldiers from helping the people of Tyre and Sidon cities. I, Yahweh, will get rid of the people of Philistia, those whose ancestors long ago came from Crete island. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_5","025_47_5","JER","47","5","5","The people of Gaza will be humiliated; they will shave off all the hair on their heads to indicate that they are ashamed. The people of Ashkelon city will all be silent because they will be mourning. All you people who live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea who are still alive, how long RHQ will you gash yourselves because you are mourning?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_6","025_47_6","JER","47","6","6","The people of Philistia say, “Yahweh, when RHQ will you tell our enemies to stop killing us with PRS their swords? Tell them to PRS put them back into their sheaths and keep them there!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR47_7","025_47_7","JER","47","7","7","But it would not be right RHQ for their swords to stay there, because Yahweh has commanded their enemies to do something more; Yahweh intends to tell them to attack all the people living in Ashkelon and in other cities along the coast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_1","025_48_1","JER","48","1","1","This is a message about Moab. The Commander of the armies of angels said: “Terrible things will happen to Nebo town; it will soon be ruined. Kiriathaim city will be captured and all its people will be humiliated; the high wall around their city will be ruined, and its people will become ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_2","025_48_2","JER","48","2","2","No one will boast about Moab again; the enemies of Moab will plan to destroy the capital city, Heshbon. They will say, ‘Come, let’s cause Moab to no longer be a nation.’ You people in Madmen town, you also will be silenced; enemy armies MTY will pursue you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_3","025_48_3","JER","48","3","3","Listen to the people of Horonaim town screaming; they will be wailing because their town will have been devastated and destroyed DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_4","025_48_4","JER","48","4","4","All of Moab will be ruined; even the little children will cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_5","025_48_5","JER","48","5","5","They will cry bitterly as they climb up Luhith Hill. Others will wail on the road down to Horonaim, being very sad because of their town being destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_6","025_48_6","JER","48","6","6","Someone will say to them, ‘Flee! Hide in the desert!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_7","025_48_7","JER","48","7","7","But you trusted that because you were rich and powerful, you would be safe; so you will be captured. The statue of your god Chemosh and all his priests and officials will be taken away to distant lands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_8","025_48_8","JER","48","8","8","All the towns in Moab will be destroyed; none of them will escape. Towns in the valleys and on the plateau will all be destroyed, because I, Yahweh, have said that is what will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_9","025_48_9","JER","48","9","9","Spread salt on the ground in order that it will become a wasteland with nothing growing there any more, and no one will be living in it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_10","025_48_10","JER","48","10","10","Yahweh will curse anyone who will not eagerly do what he desires, anyone who refrains from using his sword to kill MTY others in Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_11","025_48_11","JER","48","11","11","The people of Moab have always felt secure; they have never been ◄exiled/forced by their enemies to go to other countries►. They are like MET wine that has been left undisturbed in a container for many days to give it good flavor, so now it smells good, and it tastes good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_12","025_48_12","JER","48","12","12","But Yahweh says that there will be a time when he will send enemies to attack them; they will get rid of the people of Moab like people pour out wine on the ground and then smash the wine jar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_13","025_48_13","JER","48","13","13","Then the people of Moab will be ashamed of their god/idol Chemosh because it did not help them, like the Israeli people were ashamed because their gold statue of a calf was smashed at Bethel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_14","025_48_14","JER","48","14","14","The soldiers of Moab previously said, “We are warriors; we have fought bravely in battles!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_15","025_48_15","JER","48","15","15","But now our King, who is Yahweh, who is called ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’, says that the country of Moab and all the towns in it will be destroyed. Their fine young men will all be slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_16","025_48_16","JER","48","16","16","Moab will very soon be destroyed. It will soon experience disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_17","025_48_17","JER","48","17","17","You people who live in nations near Moab, who know that it is very famous, should mourn for Moab, and say, “Its glorious power MTY, DOU is completely ended/broken.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_18","025_48_18","JER","48","18","18","You people of Dibon city, stop being proud because of being honored, and sit in the dust/dirt, because those who will destroy other places in Moab will attack your city and destroy your high walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_19","025_48_19","JER","48","19","19","You people of Aroer town, stand along the road and watch. Shout to the men and women who will be fleeing from Moab, “What has happened there?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_20","025_48_20","JER","48","20","20","They will reply, “Moab is ruined and we are disgraced!” So weep and wail DOU. Proclaim at the Aroer River that Moab has been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_21","025_48_21","JER","48","21","21","Yahweh will have punished the towns in Moab that are on the ◄plateau/high level►: Holon and Jahaz and Mephaath, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_22","025_48_22","JER","48","22","22","Dibon and Nebo and Beth-Diblathaim, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_23","025_48_23","JER","48","23","23","Kiriathaim and Beth-Gamul and Beth-Meon, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_24","025_48_24","JER","48","24","24","Kerioth and Bozrah, cities that are near each other and towns that are far away from each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_25","025_48_25","JER","48","25","25","Yahweh says, “The power MTY of Moab will be ended; it is as though MET Moab will have a broken arm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_26","025_48_26","JER","48","26","26","You people of Moab have rebelled against me, Yahweh; so now I will cause you all to stagger like SIM drunken people. You people of Moab will wallow in your own vomit and be ridiculed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_27","025_48_27","JER","48","27","27","You people of Moab ridiculed the people of Israel RHQ. You treated them as though they were thieves RHQ. You shook your head at them scornfully and despised them RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_28","025_48_28","JER","48","28","28","You people who live in Moab, you should abandon your towns and go and live in caves. Be like SIM doves that make their nests in the entrances of caves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_29","025_48_29","JER","48","29","29","We have all heard that the people of Moab are very proud; they are extremely proud and conceited/arrogant. IDM, DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_30","025_48_30","JER","48","30","30","But Yahweh says, “I know about that, but it is useless for them to boast because it will accomplish nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_31","025_48_31","JER","48","31","31","So now I will wail for Moab; I will cry about all its people. I will moan for the men of Kir-Hareseth city, the old capital of Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_32","025_48_32","JER","48","32","32","You people of Sibmah city, you have many vineyards. It is as though the branches of your vines extend across the Dead  Sea to Jazer city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_33","025_48_33","JER","48","33","33","But no one will be joyful or happy in Moab now; your fruit and grapes that ripen in the ◄summer/hot season► will soon be destroyed. There will be no grape juice coming from the winepresses, so there will be no wine. People will not shout joyfully as they tread on the grapes; people will shout, but they will not be shouting joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_34","025_48_34","JER","48","34","34","Instead, the sound of their wailing will rise from Heshbon city to Elealeh town and Jahaz village, from Zoar city as far as Horonaim town and Eglath-Shelishiyah village. Even the water in Nimrim Stream will be dried up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_35","025_48_35","JER","48","35","35","I, Yahweh, say that I will get rid of the people who offer sacrifices on the hilltops, and burn incense to their gods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_36","025_48_36","JER","48","36","36","I SYN moan for the people of Moab and Kir-Hareseth like SIM someone playing a funeral song on a flute, because all their wealth will disappear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_37","025_48_37","JER","48","37","37","The men will shave their heads and their beards to show that they are mourning. They all will slash their hands and wear ◄rough cloth/sackcloth► around their waists. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_38","025_48_38","JER","48","38","38","In every home and in the town plazas/centers in Moab there will be people who are mourning, because I will have destroyed Moab like SIM someone smashes an old jar that no one wants any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_39","025_48_39","JER","48","39","39","Moab will be completely shattered! And you will hear the people wailing loudly! They will be disgraced. Moab will become a nation that people ridicule. The people in nearby countries will be horrified about what has happened there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_40","025_48_40","JER","48","40","40","This is what I, Yahweh, say: ‘Look! Their enemies will be swooping/rushing down over Moab like an eagle SIM swoops down to seize an animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_41","025_48_41","JER","48","41","41","Its cities will be captured, its fortresses will be seized. Even their warriors will be afraid, like SIM a woman who is about to give birth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_42","025_48_42","JER","48","42","42","The leaders of Moab boasted against me, Yahweh, so Moab will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_43","025_48_43","JER","48","43","43","I, Yahweh, say that you people of Moab will be terrified, and fall into pits and traps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_44","025_48_44","JER","48","44","44","Those who are terrified and try to run away will fall into deep pits. Whoever climbs out of a pit will be caught in a trap, because I will punish them at the time that I have chosen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_45","025_48_45","JER","48","45","45","The people will flee as far as Heshbon city, but they will not be able to go any further, because a fire will burn in Heshbon, which is the city where King Sihon lived long ago, and it will burn up all the people SYN in Moab who noisily/loudly boasted very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_46","025_48_46","JER","48","46","46","You people of Moab, terrible things will happen to you! You people who worship your god Chemosh, you will be destroyed. Your sons and your daughters will be captured and taken away to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR48_47","025_48_47","JER","48","47","47","But some day, I will enable the people of Moab to return to their land again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” That is the end of what I prophesied about Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_1","025_49_1","JER","49","1","1","This message is about the Ammon people-group. This is what Yahweh says: “There are RHQ plenty of Israeli people left to occupy the land of the tribe of Gad. So, why are RHQ the people who worship the god Molech living in those towns? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_2","025_49_2","JER","49","2","2","There will be a time when I will sound the battle-cry for their enemies to attack their capital city, Rabbah. Then it will become a heap of ruins, and all the nearby towns will be burned. Then the people of Israel will again possess the land that the Ammon people-group took away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_3","025_49_3","JER","49","3","3","You people of Heshbon city MTY, wail, because Ai town nearby will be destroyed. You people of Rabbah city, weep; put on ◄rough clothing/sackcloth► to show you are mourning; run back and forth in confusion inside the city walls, because your god Milcom, along with its priests and officials, will be taken away ◄in exile/to other countries►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_4","025_49_4","JER","49","4","4","You are RHQ very proud of your very fertile valleys, but they will soon be ruined. You rebellious people, you trusted in your wealth, and you said, ‘Certainly no RHQ army will be able to attack us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_5","025_49_5","JER","49","5","5","But listen to this: 'I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will cause you to become terrified. You will all be forced to flee to other countries, and no one will be able to bring you together again.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_6","025_49_6","JER","49","6","6","But some day I will enable the Ammon people-group to return to their land. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_7","025_49_7","JER","49","7","7","This message is about the Edom people-group. This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “It seems that RHQ there are no wise people in Teman district in Edom! There are no people left who can give others good advice. The people who were wise PRS have disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_8","025_49_8","JER","49","8","8","You people of Dedan city in the south of Edom, turn and flee and hide in deep caves, because when I cause the Edom people-group to experience disaster, I will punish you, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_9","025_49_9","JER","49","9","9","Those who harvest grapes always RHQ leave some on the vines. When thieves come at night, they surely RHQ steal only as much as they want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_10","025_49_10","JER","49","10","10","But I will cause everything in Edom to be destroyed, and there will be nothing left, and there will be no place for people to hide. Many of HYP the children, their relatives and their neighbors, will die, and Edom will not exist any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_11","025_49_11","JER","49","11","11","But I will protect the orphans, and the widows also will be able to depend on me to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_12","025_49_12","JER","49","12","12","And this is also what Yahweh says: “If those who do not deserve to suffer MET must suffer, you people of Edom must RHQ suffer much more DOU! You will not escape being punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_13","025_49_13","JER","49","13","13","I, Yahweh, have solemnly promised, using my own name, that your chief city Bozrah will become a place that people will be horrified about. It will be a heap of ruins. People will make fun of it and use its name when they curse people. All the nearby towns and villages will be a ruins forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_14","025_49_14","JER","49","14","14","I heard this message from Yahweh: “I have sent an ambassador to many nations, to tell them to gather together to attack Edom. They must prepare for battle!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_15","025_49_15","JER","49","15","15","And Yahweh says to the people of Edom, “I will cause your nation to become very unimportant among the other nations. They will all despise your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_16","025_49_16","JER","49","16","16","You have caused people of other nations to be terrified, and you MTY have been very proud, but you have deceived yourselves. You live in caves in the rock cliffs; you think that you are safe there because you live high up there. But even if you make your homes as high up as the eagles’ nests, I will cause you to come crashing down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_17","025_49_17","JER","49","17","17","Edom will become a place about which people are horrified; people who pass by will be horrified and will ◄gasp/be shocked► when they see the destruction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_18","025_49_18","JER","49","18","18","Edom will be destroyed as completely as Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns were destroyed long ago. As a result, no one will live there any more DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_19","025_49_19","JER","49","19","19","I will come to Edom suddenly like SIM a lion comes out of the jungle and leaps on the sheep that are eating in the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Edom from their land. And then I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; I can do that because there is no one RHQ like me who can object to what I do. No ruler can oppose me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_20","025_49_20","JER","49","20","20","Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Teman town and the rest of Edom: Even the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely get rid of the people MET who live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_21","025_49_21","JER","49","21","21","When Edom is destroyed, the noise will be extremely great, with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard as far away as the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_22","025_49_22","JER","49","22","22","Look! The enemy troops will swoop/rush down over Bozrah like an eagle spreads its wings when it swoops down to seize an animal. On that day, even the strongest warriors of Edom will be afraid like SIM a woman who is about to give birth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_23","025_49_23","JER","49","23","23","This message is about Damascus. This is what Yahweh says: “The people in the nearby cities of Hamath and Arpad are confused, because they have heard bad news about Damascus. They are very anxious and restless, like SIM a sea in a big storm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_24","025_49_24","JER","49","24","24","The people of Damascus have become very weak, and they all have ◄panicked/fled because they are very afraid►. The people are anguished and in pain like SIM a woman experiences who is about to give birth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_25","025_49_25","JER","49","25","25","That famous city, that I was previously pleased with, will be abandoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_26","025_49_26","JER","49","26","26","Its young men will fall in the streets. Its soldiers will all be killed in one day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_27","025_49_27","JER","49","27","27","And I, the Commander of the armies of angels, will start a fire to burn the walls that surround Damascus, and the palaces of King Ben-Hadad will be burned down.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_28","025_49_28","JER","49","28","28","This is a message about the Kedar people-group and the kingdom of Hazor which the army of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon attacked. This is what Yahweh says: “I will cause an army to advance to attack Kedar and destroy those people who live east of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_29","025_49_29","JER","49","29","29","Their tents and their flocks of sheep will be captured. The curtains in their tents and their camels and their other possessions will be taken away. Everywhere men will shout, ‘We are terrified because terrible things are happening all around us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_30","025_49_30","JER","49","30","30","So I, Yahweh, say, ‘Run away quickly! You people who live in Hazor, go and hide in deep caves, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon wants to attack you with his army; he is planning to destroy you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_31","025_49_31","JER","49","31","31","But I say to Nebuchadnezzar, ‘Go up and attack that nation whose people feel secure; they do not have allies who will help them and do not have walls with gates that have bars in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_32","025_49_32","JER","49","32","32","Your troops will seize their camels and other livestock. I will scatter in every direction IDM those people who live in remote places (OR, who cut their hair short). I will cause them to experience disasters from every direction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_33","025_49_33","JER","49","33","33","Hazor will become a place where jackals/wolves live, and it will be deserted forever. No one will live there again; no one will settle there DOU.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_34","025_49_34","JER","49","34","34","I received this message from Yahweh when King Zedekiah was starting to rule Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_35","025_49_35","JER","49","35","35","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “The men of Elam are famous ◄archers/men who shoot arrows well►; that is how they have made their country very powerful. But I will get rid of them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_36","025_49_36","JER","49","36","36","I will bring their enemies from all directions IDM, DOU, and they will scatter the people of Elam in all directions. The people of Elam will be exiled to every nation on the earth LIT, HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_37","025_49_37","JER","49","37","37","Because I am very angry with the people of Elam, I will enable their enemies to smash Elam; I will cause the people of Elam to experience great disasters. I will enable their enemies, who want to kill them, to pursue them and kill them with swords until I completely get rid of all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_38","025_49_38","JER","49","38","38","I, Yahweh, will judge them there MTY, and then I will get rid of their king and his officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR49_39","025_49_39","JER","49","39","39","But some day, I will enable the people of Elam to return to their land. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_1","025_50_1","JER","50","1","1","Yahweh gave to me, Jeremiah the prophet, a message about Babylon city and the country of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_2","025_50_2","JER","50","2","2","This is what Yahweh says: “Proclaim DOU a message among the nations; do not withhold any of it; raise up a signal flag to announce that Babylon will be captured. Its chief god Marduk, whose other name is Bel, will be completely disgraced, and all the other statues and idols will be shattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_3","025_50_3","JER","50","3","3","The army of a nation will come from the north to attack Babylon and destroy the city very thoroughly, with the result that no one will live there again. Both people and animals will run away.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_4","025_50_4","JER","50","4","4","“But I, Yahweh, say that in the future, when that is about to happen, the people of Israel and the people of Judah will join together. They will be weeping and wanting to worship me, their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_5","025_50_5","JER","50","5","5","They will inquire about the road to Jerusalem, and then they will start traveling IDM toward it. They will say to each other, ‘We must return to Yahweh again!’ They will make an everlasting agreement with me that they will never forget. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_6","025_50_6","JER","50","6","6","My people have been like MET lost sheep. Their leaders/rulers have caused them to abandon me like MET shepherds who have allowed their sheep to wander in the hills and mountains. My people are like MET sheep that do not know the path to return to the sheepfold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_7","025_50_7","JER","50","7","7","All their enemies who found them attacked them. They said, ‘We did not sin by attacking them, because they sinned against Yahweh; he is the one who provides what they need; he is the one to whom they should have remained faithful; he is the one whom their ancestors confidently expected to help them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_8","025_50_8","JER","50","8","8","But now, I say to the leaders of my people, ‘Flee from Babylon! Leave the land of Babylonia! Be like SIM male goats that go in front of the rest of the flock; lead my people back to their own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_9","025_50_9","JER","50","9","9","Do that because I am going to gather an army of great nations to the north of Babylon. They will join together to attack Babylon and will capture it. Their arrows will be like SIM skilled warriors that always hit what they aim at. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_10","025_50_10","JER","50","10","10","Babylonia will be conquered, and those who conquer it will take away everything they want. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_11","025_50_11","JER","50","11","11","“You people of Babylon who ◄plundered/stole everything valuable from► my chosen people, now you are very happy DOU. You run around joyfully like SIM a calf in a meadow, and are happy like SIM male horses are happy when they are neighing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_12","025_50_12","JER","50","12","12","But soon your people will be very disgraced DOU as a result of being conquered. Your country will be the most insignificant nation; it will be a desert, a dry and deserted land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_13","025_50_13","JER","50","13","13","Because I, Yahweh, am angry with you people of Babylon, I will cause your city to become completely deserted. All who pass by will be horrified and will ◄gasp/be shocked► because of the destruction there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_14","025_50_14","JER","50","14","14","All you nations that surround Babylon, prepare to attack it! Tell your archers to shoot at their enemies; shoot all of your arrows at them LIT, because the people/leaders of Babylon have sinned against me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_15","025_50_15","JER","50","15","15","Shout war-cries against Babylon from all sides of the city. The soldiers of Babylon will surrender; the towers and walls will be torn down. It is I, Yahweh, who will be getting revenge on the people of Babylon, so help me to get revenge. Do to the people of Babylon what they have done to others! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_16","025_50_16","JER","50","16","16","Take away from Babylon those who plant crops and those who reap the harvests! Because of the swords carried by those who will attack Babylon, those people in Babylon who have come from other countries should all run away, back to their own countries DOU!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_17","025_50_17","JER","50","17","17","“The Israeli people are like MET sheep that have been scattered by lions. First the army of the King of Assyria defeated them. Then the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon smashed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_18","025_50_18","JER","50","18","18","So this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people worship, say: ‘Now I will punish the King of Babylon and the people of his land, like I punished the King of Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_19","025_50_19","JER","50","19","19","And I will bring the people of Israel back to their own land where they will eat the food that grows in the fields of the Carmel and Bashan regions, and the people in the hilly areas of Ephraim and Gilead will have all they want to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_20","025_50_20","JER","50","20","20","At that time, there will not be people in Israel and in Judah who are still guilty for having sinned DOU, because I will forgive the small group of people whom I enable to still be alive.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_21","025_50_21","JER","50","21","21","“So, I, Yahweh, say to the enemies of Babylonia,‘Attack the people who live in the Merathaim region and the people in the Pekod region of Babylonia. Pursue them, kill them, and completely get rid of them, as I have commanded you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_22","025_50_22","JER","50","22","22","Shout your battle cries throughout the land; shout when you are causing great destruction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_23","025_50_23","JER","50","23","23","The army of Babylon is like MET the most powerful hammer on the earth, but it will be completely shattered. Babylon will be deserted among the other nations.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_24","025_50_24","JER","50","24","24","You people of Babylon, listen, because I have set a trap for you; you will be caught in that trap, because you fought against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_25","025_50_25","JER","50","25","25","It is as though I have opened the place where I store my weapons, and I have brought out all the weapons to use against the people with whom I am angry. I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have a lot of work to do to punish the people of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_26","025_50_26","JER","50","26","26","So, you enemies of Babylonia, come from distant lands and attack it. Break open the places where they store the grain. Crush the walls of the city and the houses and pile up the rubble like SIM heaps of grain. Destroy everything; do not leave anything that is not destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_27","025_50_27","JER","50","27","27","Destroy all the young men who are as strong as MET bulls; take them to where you will slaughter them. It will be terrible for them, because it will be time for them to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_28","025_50_28","JER","50","28","28","Listen to the people who have fled and escaped from Babylon while they tell in Jerusalem how I, Yahweh, have gotten revenge against those who destroyed my temple in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_29","025_50_29","JER","50","29","29","Summon archers DOU to come to attack Babylon; surround the city in order that no one will escape. Do to the people of Babylon what they have done to others DOU, because they have defied me, the Holy One of the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_30","025_50_30","JER","50","30","30","The young men of Babylon will fall in the streets; all their soldiers will be killed in one day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_31","025_50_31","JER","50","31","31","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say this: ‘You arrogant/proud people, it is now the time; it is the time DOU when I will punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_32","025_50_32","JER","50","32","32","Your land is full of proud people, but you will stumble and fall, and no one will lift you up again. I will light a fire in the cities in Babylonia that will burn up everything that is nearby.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_33","025_50_33","JER","50","33","33","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, also say this: ‘The people of Israel and Judah were ◄oppressed/treated cruelly►; those who captured them guarded them carefully and would not allow them to leave Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_34","025_50_34","JER","50","34","34","But I am strong, and I will free them. I am the Commander of the armies of angels; I will defend my people and enable them to return to their land where they will have peace, but the people of Babylonia will not have peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_35","025_50_35","JER","50","35","35","I will send enemy soldiers carrying swords PRS to strike the people of Babylonia; they will strike the officials and wise men and all the other people who live in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_36","025_50_36","JER","50","36","36","They will strike their false prophets with swords and they will become foolish. They will strike the strongest warriors of Babylonia, and they will all be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_37","025_50_37","JER","50","37","37","They will strike their horses and chariots and the foreigners who are in the army of Babylonia, and they will all become as weak as MET women. They will seize MTY all the valuable things there in Babylon and take them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_38","025_50_38","JER","50","38","38","I will cause the streams to become dry. I will do all those things because the entire land of Babylonia is filled with idols, and those horrible idols have caused the people who worship them to become crazy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_39","025_50_39","JER","50","39","39","Soon only hyenas and other wild creatures will live there; and it will be a place where owls live. People will never live there again; it will be uninhabited forever DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_40","025_50_40","JER","50","40","40","I will destroy Babylon like I destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah and the nearby towns; no one will ever live there again DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_41","025_50_41","JER","50","41","41","Look! A great army will come from the north. A great nation far away with many kings is preparing to attack you people of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_42","025_50_42","JER","50","42","42","Their army has bows and arrows and spears; they are very cruel, and do not act mercifully to anyone. As they ride along on their horses, the sound of the horses’ hooves is like SIM the roaring of the ocean waves; they are riding in battle formation to attack you, you people of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_43","025_50_43","JER","50","43","43","The King of Babylon says, “I have heard reports about the enemy approaching; so I am very frightened, with the result that I am weak. I am very fearful, and anguished/worried, like SIM a woman who is about to give birth to a baby.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_44","025_50_44","JER","50","44","44","I, Yahweh, will come to Babylon suddenly like a lion comes out of the jungle and leaps on the sheep that are eating the good pastureland. I will quickly chase the people of Babylonia from their land. And then I will appoint for them a leader whom I will choose; I will do that because there is no one RHQ like me who can say that what I have done is not right. No ruler can RHQ oppose me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_45","025_50_45","JER","50","45","45","Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Babylon city and the rest of Babylonia: even the little children will be dragged away, and I will completely destroy the people MET who live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR50_46","025_50_46","JER","50","46","46","When Babylon is destroyed, the noise will be extremely loud, with the result that the earth will shake, and the wailing of the people will be heard by the people of other nations.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_1","025_51_1","JER","51","1","1","This is what Yahweh says: “I will inspire/motivate an army to destroy Babylon like a powerful wind MET, and also to destroy the people of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_2","025_51_2","JER","51","2","2","I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia like a strong wind that blows away chaff. They will attack from every direction on that day of disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_3","025_51_3","JER","51","3","3","I will tell them, ‘Do not allow the archers of Babylon to have time to put on their armor or draw their bows. Do not spare the young men of Babylon. Completely destroy their army.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_4","025_51_4","JER","51","4","4","Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia; they will die after being wounded in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_5","025_51_5","JER","51","5","5","I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah. Even though their land was full of people who sinned against me, the Holy God of Israel, I am still their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_6","025_51_6","JER","51","6","6","You people of Israel and Judah, flee from Babylon! Run away from there! Do not stay there and be killed when I punish the people of Babylon! It will be the time when I will get revenge; I will do to them what they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_7","025_51_7","JER","51","7","7","Babylon has been like MET a gold cup in my hand, a cup that is full of wine that caused people all over the earth who drank some of it to become drunk. It is as though the rulers of the nations drank the wine from Babylon, and it caused them to become crazy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_8","025_51_8","JER","51","8","8","But suddenly Babylon will be conquered. You foreigners who live in Babylon, weep for its people. Give them medicine for their wounds; perhaps they can be healed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_9","025_51_9","JER","51","9","9","We foreigners would have tried to heal them, but now they cannot be healed. So we will not try to help them; we will abandon them, and return to our own lands, because it is as though the punishment they are receiving is so great that it reaches up to the clouds in sky, so great that no one can measure it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_10","025_51_10","JER","51","10","10","Yahweh has ◄vindicated us/shown that we were right►; so let’s proclaim in Jerusalem everything that Yahweh our God has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_11","025_51_11","JER","51","11","11","You enemy soldiers, sharpen your arrows! Lift up your shields, because Yahweh has incited your kings of Media and Persia to march with their armies to Babylon and to destroy it. That is how Yahweh will get revenge on those foreigners who entered his temple in Jerusalem and defiled it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_12","025_51_12","JER","51","12","12","Lift up a battle flag close to the walls of Babylon! ◄Reinforce the/Appoint more► guards, and tell the watchmen to stand in their positions! Prepare an ambush, because Yahweh is about to accomplish all that he has planned to do to the people of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_13","025_51_13","JER","51","13","13","Babylon is a city near the great Euphrates River, a city in which there are many rich people, but it is time for Babylon to be finished; the time for the city to exist is ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_14","025_51_14","JER","51","14","14","The Commander of the armies of angels has solemnly promised, using his own name, “Your cities will be filled with your enemies; I will cause them to be like SIM a swarm of locusts; and they will shout triumphantly when they conquer your city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_15","025_51_15","JER","51","15","15","Yahweh created the earth by his power; he established it by his wisdom, and he stretched out the sky by his understanding. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_16","025_51_16","JER","51","16","16","When he speaks loudly, there is thunder in the sky; he causes clouds to form in every part of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and releases the winds from his storehouses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_17","025_51_17","JER","51","17","17","People are senseless, and they know very little HYP; those who make idols are always disappointed, because their idols do nothing for them. The images/statues that they make are not real gods; they are lifeless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_18","025_51_18","JER","51","18","18","Idols are worthless; they deserve to be ridiculed; there will be a time when they will all be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_19","025_51_19","JER","51","19","19","But the God whom we Israelis worship is not like those idols; he is the one who created everything that exists; we, the people of Israel, belong to him; his name is ‘the Commander of the armies of angels’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_20","025_51_20","JER","51","20","20","Yahweh says about the army of Babylonia (OR, about a nation that will attack Babylonia), “You have been like MET my battle-axe and war-club; with your power I have shattered nations and destroyed many kingdoms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_21","025_51_21","JER","51","21","21","With your power I have shattered armies of other nations: I destroyed their horses and their riders, their chariots and their chariot-drivers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_22","025_51_22","JER","51","22","22","With your power I shattered men and women, old people and children, young men and young women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_23","025_51_23","JER","51","23","23","With your power I shattered shepherds and their flocks of sheep, farmers and their oxen, governors and their officials.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_24","025_51_24","JER","51","24","24","But, Yahweh also says, “Soon I will repay/punish you people in Babylon and in the rest of Babylonia for all the evil things that you have done in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_25","025_51_25","JER","51","25","25","Babylonia is APO like MET a great mountain from which bandits descend to ◄plunder/steal things from► people all over the earth. But I, Yahweh, am the enemy of you people of Babylonia. I will raise my fist to strike you. I will knock you down from the cliffs and cause you to be only a huge pile of burned rubble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_26","025_51_26","JER","51","26","26","Your city will be abandoned forever; even the stones in your city will never again be used for buildings. Your city will be completely destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_27","025_51_27","JER","51","27","27","Tell the nations to lift up a battle flag! Tell them to shout the battle-cry! Gather all their armies to fight against Babylon! Prepare the nations to attack Babylon. Summon the armies of the kingdoms north of Babylonia—from Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander for them, and bring a great number of horses; there must be a huge number of horses; that huge number will resemble SIM a swarm of locusts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_28","025_51_28","JER","51","28","28","Prepare the armies of other nations, armies that will be led by the kings of Media and Persia, their governors and their officials. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_29","025_51_29","JER","51","29","29","When they attack Babylon, it will be as though the earth will shake and writhe in pain, because those armies will accomplish everything that Yahweh has planned to do to Babylon; they will destroy it completely, with the result that no one will live there again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_30","025_51_30","JER","51","30","30","When their enemies attack, the strongest warriors in Babylon will not fight. They will remain in their barracks, without any strength. They will be as timid/weak as SIM women. The enemy soldiers will burn the buildings in the city and pull down the bars of the city gates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_31","025_51_31","JER","51","31","31","Messengers will go quickly, one after another, to tell the king that his city has been captured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_32","025_51_32","JER","51","32","32","The places at which people can cross the river to escape from the city will be blocked. The dry reeds in the marshes/swamps will be set on fire, and the soldiers of Babylon will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_33","025_51_33","JER","51","33","33","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom we Israelis worship, says; “Babylon is like SIM wheat on the ground where it is about to be threshed by animals tramping on it. Very soon their enemies will trample on the city of Babylon MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_34","025_51_34","JER","51","34","34","The army of Nebuchadnezzar, the King of Babylon, has attacked and crushed us Israeli people, and we have no strength left. It is as though they have swallowed us like a great monster that filled its belly with all our tasty parts, and then has spit out what it did not like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_35","025_51_35","JER","51","35","35","So the people of PRS Jerusalem say to Yahweh, “Cause the people of Babylon to suffer like they caused us to suffer! Cause the people of Babylonia to be punished for killing MTY our people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_36","025_51_36","JER","51","36","36","And this is what Yahweh replies to the people of Jerusalem: “I will be like your lawyer to defend you, and I will avenge you. I will dry up the river in Babylon and all the springs of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_37","025_51_37","JER","51","37","37","Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a place where jackals/wolves live. It will become a place that people are horrified about and will ridicule; it will be a place where no one lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_38","025_51_38","JER","51","38","38","The people of Babylon will all roar like young lions; they will growl like baby lions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_39","025_51_39","JER","51","39","39","But while they are extremely hungry, I will prepare a different kind of feast for them. It is as though I will cause them to drink wine until they are very drunk, with the result that they will fall asleep. But they will never wake up from that sleep! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_40","025_51_40","JER","51","40","40","I will bring them down to a place where they will be slaughtered, like SIM someone who takes lambs or rams or goats to where they will be slaughtered for sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_41","025_51_41","JER","51","41","41","People all over the earth now ◄honor/praise► Babylon; they say that it is a great city. But I will cause it to become a place about which people of all nations are horrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_42","025_51_42","JER","51","42","42","The enemies of Babylon will cover the city like huge waves of the sea DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_43","025_51_43","JER","51","43","43","The towns in Babylonia will become ruins, Babylonia will become a dry desert area. It will be a land in which no one lives and which no one walks through. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_44","025_51_44","JER","51","44","44","And I will punish Bel, the god that the people of Babylon worship, and I will cause the people to give back what they have stolen MET. People of other nations will no longer come to worship Bel. And the walls of Babylon will collapse.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_45","025_51_45","JER","51","45","45","Yahweh also says, “My people, come out of Babylon! Run away from there! Run, because I, Yahweh, am extremely angry MTY with the people of Babylon, and I will get rid of them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_46","025_51_46","JER","51","46","46","Do not be discouraged/worried IDM or afraid when you hear reports about what is happening in Babylon. People will report rumors like that every year, rumors about violent things being done in the land, and rumors about leaders fighting against each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_47","025_51_47","JER","51","47","47","But it will soon be the time for me to get rid of the idols in Babylon. People all over the land will be ashamed because of being defeated; and the corpses of their soldiers will lie in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_48","025_51_48","JER","51","48","48","Then all the angels in heaven and all the people on PRS the earth will rejoice, because from the north will come armies that will destroy Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_49","025_51_49","JER","51","49","49","Like the soldiers of Babylon killed the people of Israel and also killed others all over the world HYP, the people of Babylon must also be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_50","025_51_50","JER","51","50","50","You Israeli people who have not been killed MTY, get out of Babylon! Do not wait! Even though you are in a land far away from Israel, think about Yahweh, and think about Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_51","025_51_51","JER","51","51","51","The Israeli people say, “We are ashamed. We are completely disgraced DOU, because foreigners have entered Yahweh’s temple and ◄defiled it/caused it to become unfit for worship►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_52","025_51_52","JER","51","52","52","Yahweh replies, “That is true, but there will soon be a time when I will destroy the idols in Babylon, and throughout Babylonia there will be wounded people who will groan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_53","025_51_53","JER","51","53","53","Even if the walls around Babylon could extend up to the sky, and if its walls/fortifications were extremely strong, I will send armies that will destroy the city. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_54","025_51_54","JER","51","54","54","Listen to the people of Babylon crying for help! And listen to the sounds of things being destroyed all over Babylonia! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_55","025_51_55","JER","51","55","55","Yahweh will be destroying Babylon. He will cause the loud noises in the city to cease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_56","025_51_56","JER","51","56","56","Enemy troops will surge against the city like SIM a great wave. They will capture the city’s mighty soldiers and break their weapons. That will happen because Yahweh is a God who punishes his enemies justly; he will punish them as they deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_57","025_51_57","JER","51","57","57","The king, the Commander of the armies of angels says, “I will cause the city officials and wise men, the army captains and soldiers in Babylon to become drunk. They will fall asleep, but they will never wake up again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_58","025_51_58","JER","51","58","58","Yahweh also says, “The thick walls around Babylon will be flattened to the ground. The city gates will be burned. People from other countries will work hard to save the city, but it will be ◄in vain/useless►, because everything that they have built will be destroyed by fire.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_59","025_51_59","JER","51","59","59","Seraiah was the man who made arrangements for the King of Babylon whenever he traveled. He was the son of Neraiah and grandson of Mahseiah. When he was about to go to Babylon with King Zedekiah, after Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost four years, the prophet Jeremiah gave him a message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_60","025_51_60","JER","51","60","60","Jeremiah had written on a scroll a list of all the disasters that he had written about, disasters that would soon occur in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_61","025_51_61","JER","51","61","61","He said to Seraiah, “When you arrive in Babylon, read aloud everything that I have written on this scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_62","025_51_62","JER","51","62","62","Then pray, ‘Yahweh, you said that you will thoroughly destroy Babylon, with the result that people and animals will no longer live there. You said that it will be desolate forever.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_63","025_51_63","JER","51","63","63","Then, when you have finished reading what I have written on the scroll, tie it to a heavy stone and throw it into the Euphrates River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR51_64","025_51_64","JER","51","64","64","Then say, ‘In the same way, Babylon and its people will disappear and never exist again, because of the disasters that Yahweh will cause to occur there’ ” That is the end of Jeremiah’s messages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_1","025_52_1","JER","52","1","1","Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became the King of Judah. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_2","025_52_2","JER","52","2","2","Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh says are evil, like his father Jehoiakim had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_3","025_52_3","JER","52","3","3","The events that are summarized here happened because Yahweh was angry with the people of Jerusalem and of other places in Judah, and finally he ◄exiled them/forced them to go to other countries► and said that he did not want to have anything to do with them any more. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_4","025_52_4","JER","52","4","4","So, on January 15, when Zedekiah had been ruling for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army to attack Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built dirt ramps up to the top of the city walls to enable them to attack the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_5","025_52_5","JER","52","5","5","They continued to surround Jerusalem until Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_6","025_52_6","JER","52","6","6","When Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, by July 18 of that year, the ◄famine/lack of food► in the city had become very severe, and there was no more food for the people to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_7","025_52_7","JER","52","7","7","Then the soldiers of Babylonia broke through a section of the city wall, and all the Israeli soldiers fled. But because the city was surrounded by soldiers from Babylonia, Zedekiah and the Israeli soldiers waited until it became dark. Then they left the city through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they ran towards the Jordan River Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_8","025_52_8","JER","52","8","8","But the soldiers of Babylonia pursued King Zedekiah, and they caught up with him on the plains near Jericho. He was alone because all his men had deserted him and had scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_9","025_52_9","JER","52","9","9","The soldiers of Babylonia took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath region. There the king of Babylon told his soldiers what they should do to punish Zedekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_10","025_52_10","JER","52","10","10","They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_11","025_52_11","JER","52","11","11","Then they gouged out Zedekiah’s eyes. They fastened him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. They put him in a prison, and he remained there until the day that he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_12","025_52_12","JER","52","12","12","On August 17 of that year, which was when King Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost 19 years, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the king’s bodyguards and one of the king’s officials, arrived in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_13","025_52_13","JER","52","13","13","He commanded his soldiers to burn down the temple of Yahweh, the king’s palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. They also destroyed all the important buildings in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_14","025_52_14","JER","52","14","14","Then he supervised the soldiers from Babylonia while they tore down the walls on all sides of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_15","025_52_15","JER","52","15","15","Then Nebuzaradan ◄forced to go/exiled► to Babylon some of the poorest people, those Israelis who had said they would support the king of Babylon, the rest of the craftsmen, and other people who had remained in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_16","025_52_16","JER","52","16","16","But Nebuzaradan allowed some of the very poor people to remain in Judah to take care of the vineyards and fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_17","025_52_17","JER","52","17","17","The soldiers from Babylonia broke into pieces the huge bronze pillars that were in front of the temple, and the large bronze water tank, and the ten bronze water carts, and they took all the bronze to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_18","025_52_18","JER","52","18","18","They also took away the basins for holding the ashes from the burned sacrifices, the shovels for cleaning out the ashes, the tools for snuffing out the wicks of the lamps, the basins for holding the blood of the sacrificed animals, the dishes for incense, and all the other bronze items that were used when sacrifices were made at the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_19","025_52_19","JER","52","19","19","Nebuzaradan also told his soldiers to take away the small bowls, the dishes for burning incense, the basins, pots, lampstands, bowls for incense, and the bowls used for pouring out the wine offerings. They took all the other items that were made of pure gold or silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_20","025_52_20","JER","52","20","20","The bronze from the two pillars, the large water tank and the twelve statues of oxen that were beneath it, and the water carts, was more/heavier than they could weigh. Those things had been made for the temple during the time that Solomon was the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_21","025_52_21","JER","52","21","21","Each of the pillars was ◄27 feet/8 meters► tall and ◄18 feet/5.5 meters► around. They were hollow, and each had sides/walls that were ◄3 in./8 cm.► thick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_22","025_52_22","JER","52","22","22","The bronze head on the top of each pillar was ◄7-1/2 feet/over 2 meters► high and was decorated all around with a bronze network of figures that represented pomegranates. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_23","025_52_23","JER","52","23","23","There was a total of 100 figures of pomegranates on the network at the top, 96 of which could be seen from the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_24","025_52_24","JER","52","24","24","When Nebuzaradan returned to Babylon, he took with him as prisoners Seraiah the Supreme Priest, Zephaniah who was Seraiah’s deputy, and the three men who guarded the entrances to the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_25","025_52_25","JER","52","25","25","He found some other people who were hiding in the city. So from them he took a commander of the army of Judah, seven of the king’s advisors, the army commander’s chief secretary who was in charge of recruiting soldiers for the army, and 60 other soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_26","025_52_26","JER","52","26","26","Nebuzaradan took them all to the king of Babylon, who was still at Riblah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_27","025_52_27","JER","52","27","27","There at Riblah in the Hamath region, the king of Babylon commanded that they all be executed. Many of the people of Judah were ◄forced to leave/exiled from► their own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_28","025_52_28","JER","52","28","28","The number of people who were captured and sent to Babylon at that time, when Nebuchadnezzar had been ruling for almost seven years, was 3,023. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_29","025_52_29","JER","52","29","29","Then, when he had been ruling for almost 18 years, his soldiers took 832 more Israeli people to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_30","025_52_30","JER","52","30","30","When he had been ruling almost 23 years, he sent Nebuzaradan to Jerusalem again, and he brought back 745 more Israelis to Babylonia. That was a total of 4,600 Israelis who were taken to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_31","025_52_31","JER","52","31","31","After King Jehoiachin of Judah had been in prison in Babylon for almost thirty-seven years, Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin and ordered that he be released from prison. That was on March 31 of the year that Evil-Merodach became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_32","025_52_32","JER","52","32","32","He always spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and gave him a position in which he was honored more than all the other kings who had been exiled/taken to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_33","025_52_33","JER","52","33","33","He supplied new clothes for Jehoiachin, to replace the clothes that he had been wearing in prison. He also allowed Jehoiachin to eat with him every day, all during the rest of his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JR52_34","025_52_34","JER","52","34","34","Every day, the King of Babylon gave him some money to buy the things that he needed. That continued until the day that Jehoiachin died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_1","026_1_1","LAM","1","1","1","Jerusalem was once full of people, but now it is deserted. Once it was honored by people all over the world, but now it is grieving/abandoned like SIM a widow. Once it was honored like MET a princess is honored among the nations, but now we who live here have become slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_2","026_1_2","LAM","1","2","2","We PRS weep bitterly all night long, with tears flowing down our cheeks. Among the people in all the nations that loved Jerusalem there are none that comfort us now. All the rulers of those nations that were previously our allies have betrayed us, and they are all now enemies of the people of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_3","026_1_3","LAM","1","3","3","The people of Judah have been ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries► and caused to suffer greatly as slaves. They live in other nations where they do not have peace/safety. Their enemies seized them, and there was no way for them to escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_4","026_1_4","LAM","1","4","4","The roads to Zion Hill are empty PRS because no one comes here to celebrate the sacred festivals. The city gates are deserted, and the priests groan. The young women of Jerusalem cry because they are suffering greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_5","026_1_5","LAM","1","5","5","Our enemies have conquered the city, and now they prosper. Yahweh has punished the people of Jerusalem because of all the sins that they have committed. The children of Jerusalem have been captured and taken to other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_6","026_1_6","LAM","1","6","6","Jerusalem was a beautiful city, but it is not beautiful now. The leaders of the city are like SIM deer that are starving because of being unable to find any grass to eat. They are very weak, with the result that they are unable to run from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_7","026_1_7","LAM","1","7","7","The people of Jerusalem are sad and scattered, and they think about the previous greatness of the city. But now our enemies have captured the city, and there is no one to help the people. Our enemies destroyed the city and laughed while they were doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_8","026_1_8","LAM","1","8","8","The people of PRS Jerusalem have sinned very much; it is as though MET the city has become like a filthy rag. All those who previously honored the city now despise it, because they see that it has become very disgraced MET. Now the people of the city groan, and they cover their faces because they are very ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_9","026_1_9","LAM","1","9","9","The city has become filthy because of PRS the sins that the people have committed; they did not think about what could happen to the city. Now the city has been destroyed, and there is no one to comfort the people. The people cry out saying, “Yahweh, look at how we are suffering because our enemies have defeated us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_10","026_1_10","LAM","1","10","10","Our enemies have taken away all our treasures, all the valuable things that we owned. We have seen soldiers from other nations, men who do not worship Yahweh, enter our sacred temple, the place where foreigners/non-Israelis were ◄forbidden/not allowed► to enter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_11","026_1_11","LAM","1","11","11","The people of the city groan while they search for food; they have given their treasures to get food to eat to remain alive. They say, “Yahweh, look at us, and see that we are despised!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_12","026_1_12","LAM","1","12","12","You people who pass by, you do not RHQ seem to care at all about what has happened to us. Look around and see that there are no other RHQ people who are suffering like we are. Yahweh has caused us to suffer because he was extremely angry with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_13","026_1_13","LAM","1","13","13","It is as though he sent a fire from heaven MTY that burned in our bones; it is as though MET he has placed a trap for our feet, and has prevented us from walking any further. He has abandoned us; we are weak/miserable every day, all day long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_14","026_1_14","LAM","1","14","14","He caused the sins that we have committed to be like a heavy load for us to carry; it is as though MET he tied them around our necks. Previously we were strong, but he has caused us to become weak. He has allowed our enemies to capture us, and we were not able to do anything to resist them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_15","026_1_15","LAM","1","15","15","Yahweh looked at our mighty soldiers and laughed at them. He has summoned a great army to come and crush our young soldiers. It is as though MET Yahweh has trampled on us people of Judah like SIM people trample on grapes in a pit to make wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_16","026_1_16","LAM","1","16","16","I weep because of all those things; my eyes are filled with tears. There is no one to comfort me; those who could encourage me are far away. Our enemies have conquered us, so our children have nothing good to ◄hope for/expect to happen►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_17","026_1_17","LAM","1","17","17","We people of PRS Jerusalem reach out our hands to get help, but there is no one to comfort us. Yahweh has decided concerning us descendants of Jacob that the people in nearby nations will become our enemies; so they consider that Jerusalem has become like MET a filthy rag. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_18","026_1_18","LAM","1","18","18","But what Yahweh has done to us is fair, because we have rebelled against obeying the commands that he gave us. You people everywhere, listen to us; look and see that we are suffering greatly. We had many sons and daughters, but they have been captured and forced to go to distant countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_19","026_1_19","LAM","1","19","19","We pleaded with our allies to help us, but they all refused. Our priests and our leaders have died from hunger in the city while they were searching for food to eat to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_20","026_1_20","LAM","1","20","20","Yahweh, see that we are suffering very much. It is as though our inner beings are tormented. We are sad SYN because we have rebelled against you. Our enemies kill people in the streets with their swords; people are dying because they have no food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_21","026_1_21","LAM","1","21","21","People have heard us while we groaned, but no one came to comfort us. Yahweh, you caused us to experience this disaster, and our enemies are happy to see what you have done to us. But cause it soon to be the time that you have promised, when our enemies will suffer like we have suffered! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM1_22","026_1_22","LAM","1","22","22","Yahweh, see all the evil things that they have done and punish them! Punish them like you have punished us for all the sins that we committed! We say this to you because we suffer and groan very much, and we ◄faint/are very sad►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_1","026_2_1","LAM","2","1","1","Yahweh was extremely angry with us; as a result, it was as though MET he covered Jerusalem with a dark cloud. Previously it was a beautiful/glorious city, but he has caused it to become a ruins. At the time he punished MET Israel, he even abandoned his temple MET in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_2","026_2_2","LAM","2","2","2","Yahweh destroyed the homes of the people of PRS Judah; he did not act mercifully. Because he was very angry, he broke down the fortresses of Judah. He has caused our kingdom and our rulers to become disgraced, and he has gotten rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_3","026_2_3","LAM","2","3","3","Because he was extremely angry, he has caused Israel to not be powerful MET any more. He has refused to assist us when our enemies attacked us. He has destroyed Israel like SIM a raging fire destroys everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_4","026_2_4","LAM","2","4","4","He bent his bow to prepare to shoot us, his people, as though we were his enemies. He prepared to kill the people whom we love the most MET, members of our own families. He is extremely angry MTY with us people of Jerusalem; his anger is like SIM a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_5","026_2_5","LAM","2","5","5","Yahweh has become like an enemy to us Israelis; he has destroyed our palaces and caused our fortresses to become ruins. He has gotten rid of many people in Jerusalem, and caused us to mourn and weep for those who were killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_6","026_2_6","LAM","2","6","6","He has caused his temple to be smashed as easily as SIM if it was a shelter in a garden. He has caused us, his people, to forget all our sacred festivals and Sabbath days. He has caused our kings and priests to be rejected because he was extremely angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_7","026_2_7","LAM","2","7","7","Yahweh has rejected his own altar and abandoned his temple. He has allowed our enemies to tear down the walls of our temple and our palaces. They shout victoriously in the temple of Yahweh, like we previously shouted during our sacred festivals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_8","026_2_8","LAM","2","8","8","Yahweh was determined to cause the walls of our city MTY to be torn down. It was as though he measured the walls and then he completely destroyed MTY them. It was as though he caused the towers and walls to lament/weep, because they were now ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_9","026_2_9","LAM","2","9","9","The city gates have collapsed; the bars that fastened the gates shut have been smashed. The king and his officials have been forced to go to other countries. No longer does anyone teach the people the laws that God gave to Moses. The prophets do not receive any visions because Yahweh does not give them any. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_10","026_2_10","LAM","2","10","10","The old men of Jerusalem MTY sit on the ground, and they say nothing. They wear rough sackcloth and throw dust on their heads to show that they are sad. The young girls of Jerusalem bow down sorrowfully, their faces touching the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_11","026_2_11","LAM","2","11","11","My eyes are very tired because of my tears; I am very grieved in my soul. Because very many of my people have been killed, I grieve and am exhausted. Even children and babies are fainting and dying in the streets because they have no food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_12","026_2_12","LAM","2","12","12","They cry out to their mothers, “We need RHQ something to eat and drink!” They faint like wounded men in the streets of the city. They slowly die in the arms of their mothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_13","026_2_13","LAM","2","13","13","You people of Jerusalem MTY, DOU, ◄what can I/there is nothing that I can► say to help you. No people have RHQ suffered like you are suffering; I do not know what I can do to comfort you. The disaster MET that you have experienced is as great as the ocean is deep; there is no one RHQ who can restore your city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_14","026_2_14","LAM","2","14","14","The prophets among you claimed that they had seen visions from Yahweh, but what they said was false and worthless. They did not save you from being ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►, because they did not proclaim that you had sinned. Instead, the messages that they gave you deceived you because they were not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_15","026_2_15","LAM","2","15","15","All those who pass by you make fun of IDM you; they shake their heads and they hiss/sneer at you. They say, “Is this that great city of Jerusalem? Is it the city that was the most beautiful city in the world, the city that caused all the people on the earth to be joyful?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_16","026_2_16","LAM","2","16","16","Now all our enemies scoff IDM at you; they hiss/sneer at you and gnash their teeth to show that they hate you. They say, “We have destroyed them! This is what we longed/waited for, and now it has happened!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_17","026_2_17","LAM","2","17","17","Yahweh has done what he planned; long ago he threatened to destroy you, and now he has done it. He has destroyed your city without acting mercifully toward you; he has enabled your enemies to he happy about defeating you; he has enabled your enemies to continually become stronger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_18","026_2_18","LAM","2","18","18","I wish/desire that the walls of Jerusalem APO would cry out to Yahweh! You people of Jerusalem MET, Cry day and night! Let your tears flow like rivers. Do not stop grieving; do not stop crying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_19","026_2_19","LAM","2","19","19","Get up every night and cry out; tell Yahweh what you are feeling. Raise your arms to plead to him to act mercifully to prevent our children from dying; they are fainting on the street corners because they have no food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_20","026_2_20","LAM","2","20","20","Yahweh, look, and think about it! Have you ever RHQ caused people to suffer like this before? It is certainly not right that RHQ women are eating the flesh of their own children, the children whom they have always taken care of! It is not right that RHQ priests and prophets are being killed in your own temple! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_21","026_2_21","LAM","2","21","21","The corpses of people of all ages lie in the streets; there are even corpses of young men and young women who have been killed by our enemies’ swords. Because you were very angry, you caused them to be killed; you have slaughtered them without pitying them at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM2_22","026_2_22","LAM","2","22","22","You summoned our enemies to attack us from every direction, as though you were calling/inviting them to come to a feast. At that time when you showed that you were very angry, no one escaped. Our enemies murdered our little children, ones whom we took care of and reared/brought up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_1","026_3_1","LAM","3","1","1","I , the one who am writing this, am a man who has been afflicted/punished MTY by Yahweh because he was angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_2","026_3_2","LAM","3","2","2","It was as though he caused me to walk in a very dark place without any light at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_3","026_3_3","LAM","3","3","3","He has punished IDM me many times, all day, every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_4","026_3_4","LAM","3","4","4","He has caused my skin and my flesh to become old. He has broken my bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_5","026_3_5","LAM","3","5","5","He has surrounded me DOU with bitterness and suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_6","026_3_6","LAM","3","6","6","It is as though he has buried me in a dark place like SIM the graves of those who have been dead for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_7","026_3_7","LAM","3","7","7","It is as though MET he has built a wall around me, and fastened/tied me with heavy chains, and I cannot escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_8","026_3_8","LAM","3","8","8","Although I call out and cry out for him to help me, he does not pay attention to my prayers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_9","026_3_9","LAM","3","9","9","It is as though he has blocked my path with a high stone wall and has caused my path to become crooked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_10","026_3_10","LAM","3","10","10","He has waited to attack me like SIM a bear or a lion hides and waits to attack other animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_11","026_3_11","LAM","3","11","11","It is as though he has dragged me off the path and ◄mauled me/torn me into pieces►, and left me without help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_12","026_3_12","LAM","3","12","12","It is as though MET he bent his bow and caused me to become the target at which he shot his arrows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_13","026_3_13","LAM","3","13","13","It is as though he shot his arrows deep into my body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_14","026_3_14","LAM","3","14","14","All my relatives laugh at me; all day, every day they sing songs that make fun of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_15","026_3_15","LAM","3","15","15","He has filled me with ◄bitterness/great suffering►, like MET someone who drinks a very bitter liquid suffers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_16","026_3_16","LAM","3","16","16","It is as though he has caused me to chew gravel that broke my teeth, and he has trampled me in the dirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_17","026_3_17","LAM","3","17","17","Things no longer go well for me; I no longer remember being prosperous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_18","026_3_18","LAM","3","18","18","I continued to say to myself, “I no longer expect to live much longer; I no longer confidently expect to receive good things from Yahweh!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_19","026_3_19","LAM","3","19","19","When I think about my suffering and my wandering away from home, it is like drinking a very bitter DOU liquid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_20","026_3_20","LAM","3","20","20","I will never forget this time when I feel very depressed/discouraged IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_21","026_3_21","LAM","3","21","21","However, I confidently expect Yahweh to do good things for me again when I think about this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_22","026_3_22","LAM","3","22","22","Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us, and he never stops being kind to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_23","026_3_23","LAM","3","23","23","He is the one whom we can always trust/lean on. Every morning he is merciful to us again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_24","026_3_24","LAM","3","24","24","So I say to myself, “Yahweh is all that I need; so I will confidently wait for him to do good things for me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_25","026_3_25","LAM","3","25","25","Yahweh is good to all those who depend on him, to those who seek his help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_26","026_3_26","LAM","3","26","26","So it is good for us to wait quietly for Yahweh to save/rescue us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_27","026_3_27","LAM","3","27","27","And it is good for us to patiently endure suffering while we are young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_28","026_3_28","LAM","3","28","28","Those who seek his help should sit by themselves, silently, knowing that it is Yahweh who has allowed/caused them to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_29","026_3_29","LAM","3","29","29","They should lie in the dirt, with their faces on the ground, because they can still hope that Yahweh will help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_30","026_3_30","LAM","3","30","30","If someone strikes us on one cheek, we should turn the other cheek toward that person in order that he may strike it, too, and accept/endure it when we are insulted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_31","026_3_31","LAM","3","31","31","Yahweh does not abandon us his people forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_32","026_3_32","LAM","3","32","32","Sometimes he causes us to suffer, but sometimes he is kind to us because he continually and faithfully loves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_33","026_3_33","LAM","3","33","33","And he is not happy about causing human beings to suffer or to be sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_34","026_3_34","LAM","3","34","34","If people ◄mistreat all the prisoners/crush all the prisoners under their feet► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_35","026_3_35","LAM","3","35","35","or if they rebel against God by refusing to give to people the things that it is right for them to receive, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_36","026_3_36","LAM","3","36","36","or if they cause judges to decide matters unjustly, ◄does Yahweh not see all those things?/Yahweh certainly sees all those things!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_37","026_3_37","LAM","3","37","37","No one can RHQ command something to happen and then cause it to happen if Yahweh has not already decided that it should happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_38","026_3_38","LAM","3","38","38","God in heaven MTY is RHQ the one who causes disasters to happen, and he also causes good things to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_39","026_3_39","LAM","3","39","39","So it is certainly not RHQ right for us, who are only humans, to complain when he punishes us for the sins that we have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_40","026_3_40","LAM","3","40","40","Instead, we should ◄examine/think carefully about► our behavior; we should turn back to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_41","026_3_41","LAM","3","41","41","We should pray IDM sincerely and lift up our arms toward God in heaven, and say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_42","026_3_42","LAM","3","42","42","“We have sinned and rebelled against you, and you have not forgiven us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_43","026_3_43","LAM","3","43","43","You have surrounded us with your anger and pursued us; you have slaughtered us without pitying us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_44","026_3_44","LAM","3","44","44","You have hidden yourself in a cloud, with the result that you do not hear us when we pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_45","026_3_45","LAM","3","45","45","You have caused the people of other nations to consider us to be only garbage DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_46","026_3_46","LAM","3","46","46","All our enemies have insulted us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_47","026_3_47","LAM","3","47","47","We are constantly afraid DOU, because we have experienced disasters and ruin DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_48","026_3_48","LAM","3","48","48","I cry a lot because my people have been destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_49","026_3_49","LAM","3","49","49","My tears continually flow; they will not stop ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_50","026_3_50","LAM","3","50","50","until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_51","026_3_51","LAM","3","51","51","I am very grieved because of what has happened to the women of my city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_52","026_3_52","LAM","3","52","52","Those who are my enemies hunted for me like SIM people hunt for a bird to kill it even though there was no reason for them to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_53","026_3_53","LAM","3","53","53","They threw me into a pit to kill me, and they threw stones on top of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_54","026_3_54","LAM","3","54","54","The water in the pit rose above my head, and I said to myself, “I am about to die/drown!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_55","026_3_55","LAM","3","55","55","But from the bottom of the pit I cried out to you MTY, “Yahweh, help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_56","026_3_56","LAM","3","56","56","I pleaded with you, “Do not refuse to heed MTY me while I cry out to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_57","026_3_57","LAM","3","57","57","Then you answered me and said, “Do not be afraid!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_58","026_3_58","LAM","3","58","58","Yahweh, you defended me; you did not allow me to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_59","026_3_59","LAM","3","59","59","Now, Yahweh, you have seen the evil things that my enemies have done to me, so decide my case and show that I am right! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_60","026_3_60","LAM","3","60","60","You know the evil things that they have planned to do to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_61","026_3_61","LAM","3","61","61","Yahweh, you have heard them insult me and what they have planned to do to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_62","026_3_62","LAM","3","62","62","Every day they whisper and mutter things about me, all day long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_63","026_3_63","LAM","3","63","63","Look at them! Whether they are standing or sitting they make fun of me with the songs that they sing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_64","026_3_64","LAM","3","64","64","Yahweh, cause them to suffer in return for their causing me to suffer! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_65","026_3_65","LAM","3","65","65","Curse them IDM for their being very stubborn IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM3_66","026_3_66","LAM","3","66","66","Because you are angry with them, pursue them and get rid of them, until none of them remain on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_1","026_4_1","LAM","4","1","1","Previously our people were like MET pure gold, but now they are worthless. Like MET the sacred stones in the temple have been scattered, our young men have been scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_2","026_4_2","LAM","4","2","2","The young men of Jerusalem were as valuable as MET large amounts of gold, but now people consider that they are as worthless as ordinary clay pots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_3","026_4_3","LAM","4","3","3","Even the female jackals/wolves feed their pups, but my people act cruelly toward their children; they are like SIM ostriches in the desert that abandon their eggs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_4","026_4_4","LAM","4","4","4","My people’s infants’ tongues cling to the roofs/tops of their mouths because they are extremely thirsty; the children plead for some food, but no one gives them any. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_5","026_4_5","LAM","4","5","5","People who previously ate fine food are now starving in the streets; those who previously lived luxuriously MTY now paw/dig through rubbish heaps to find some food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_6","026_4_6","LAM","4","6","6","The people of Sodom were struck with a disaster very suddenly, and there was no one to rescue them; but my people have been punished more severely than the people of Sodom were punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_7","026_4_7","LAM","4","7","7","Our leaders’ behavior was previously very pure, whiter and brighter than snow and milk; their bodies were redder than red coral/stones; they were very strong and healthy MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_8","026_4_8","LAM","4","8","8","But now their faces are blacker than soot, and no one recognizes them in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, and it has become as dry as SIM a wooden stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_9","026_4_9","LAM","4","9","9","It is better to die in a battle MTY than to die of hunger. There was no food to harvest in the fields, so the people slowly starved until they died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_10","026_4_10","LAM","4","10","10","Women who usually/previously were very kind have killed and cooked their own children; they ate them when there was no other food, when Jerusalem was surrounded by enemy soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_11","026_4_11","LAM","4","11","11","Yahweh has shown that he was extremely angry; it is as though he started/ignited a fire in Jerusalem that burned everything to ashes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_12","026_4_12","LAM","4","12","12","None of the kings on the earth or anyone else believed that any of our enemies could enter the gates of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_13","026_4_13","LAM","4","13","13","But that is what happened; it happened because the prophets sinned; and the priests also sinned by causing innocent people to be executed MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_14","026_4_14","LAM","4","14","14","The prophets and priests wandered through the streets as though they were blind. No one would touch them because their clothes were stained with the blood of people who had been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_15","026_4_15","LAM","4","15","15","The people who were alive shouted, “Stay away from us DOU! You are defiled/untouchable! Do not touch us!” So the prophets and priests fled from Israel, and they wandered around from one country to another, because people in each country kept saying to them, “You cannot stay here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_16","026_4_16","LAM","4","16","16","It is Yahweh himself who has scattered them; he no longer is concerned about them. People do not respect our priests or leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_17","026_4_17","LAM","4","17","17","We SYN continued to look for someone to help us, but it was useless. We continued to watch to see if one of our allies would save us, but none of the nations that we were waiting for could help us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_18","026_4_18","LAM","4","18","18","Our enemies were hunting for us, so we could not even walk in our streets lest they seize us. We were about to be captured; it was time for us to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_19","026_4_19","LAM","4","19","19","Those who pursued us were faster than eagles flying in the sky. Even if we fled to the mountains or hid in the desert, they went there ahead of us and waited to attack us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_20","026_4_20","LAM","4","20","20","Our king, whom Yahweh appointed, was the one who enabled us to remain alive MTY; he was the one whom we trusted to protect us IDM from the armies of other nations. But he was captured like animals are MET caught in a pit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_21","026_4_21","LAM","4","21","21","You people of IDM Edom and Uz, you may be happy about what is happening to us now, but Yahweh will be punishing MTY you also. You will become drunk and will be ashamed because your enemies will have stripped off your clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM4_22","026_4_22","LAM","4","22","22","You people of APO Jerusalem, the time of your being punished will end; Yahweh will not allow you to continue to live in ◄exile/foreign countries►. But you people of APO Edom, Yahweh will punish you; he will reveal the wicked things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_1","026_5_1","LAM","5","1","1","Yahweh, think about what has happened to us. See that we have been disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_2","026_5_2","LAM","5","2","2","Foreigners have seized our property, and now they live in our homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_3","026_5_3","LAM","5","3","3","Our enemies have killed our fathers; they caused our mothers to become widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_4","026_5_4","LAM","5","4","4","Now we are required to pay for water to drink, and we must pay a lot of money for firewood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_5","026_5_5","LAM","5","5","5","It is as though those who pursue us are at our heels; we are exhausted, but they do not allow us to rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_6","026_5_6","LAM","5","6","6","In order to get enough food to remain alive, we went to Egypt and Assyria and offered to work for the people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_7","026_5_7","LAM","5","7","7","Our ancestors sinned, and now they are dead, but we are being punished for the sins that they committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_8","026_5_8","LAM","5","8","8","Officials from Babylon who were previously slaves now rule over us, and there is no one who can rescue us from their power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_9","026_5_9","LAM","5","9","9","When we roam around in the desert searching for food, we are in danger of being killed, because people there kill strangers with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_10","026_5_10","LAM","5","10","10","Our skin has become hot like SIM an oven, and we have a very high fever because we are extremely hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_11","026_5_11","LAM","5","11","11","Our enemies have raped the women in Jerusalem, and they have done that to the young women in all the towns of Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_12","026_5_12","LAM","5","12","12","Our enemies have hanged our leaders, and they do not respect our elders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_13","026_5_13","LAM","5","13","13","They force our young men to grind flour with millstones, and boys stagger while they are forced to carry heavy loads of firewood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_14","026_5_14","LAM","5","14","14","Our elders no longer sit at the city gates to make important decisions; the young men no longer play their musical instruments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_15","026_5_15","LAM","5","15","15","We SYN are no longer joyful; instead of dancing joyfully, we now mourn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_16","026_5_16","LAM","5","16","16","The wreaths of flowers have fallen off our heads. Terrible things have happened to us because of the sins that we committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_17","026_5_17","LAM","5","17","17","We SYN are tired and discouraged IDM, and we cannot see well because our eyes are full of tears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_18","026_5_18","LAM","5","18","18","Jerusalem is completely deserted, and jackals/wolves prowl around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_19","026_5_19","LAM","5","19","19","But Yahweh, you rule forever! You continue to rule MTY from one generation to the next generation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_20","026_5_20","LAM","5","20","20","So why RHQ have you forgotten us? Why RHQ have you abandoned us for a very long time? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_21","026_5_21","LAM","5","21","21","Please enable us to return to you, and enable us to prosper MTY as we did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LM5_22","026_5_22","LAM","5","22","22","Please do that, because we hope that RHQ you have not rejected us forever and that RHQ you do not continue to be extremely angry with us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_1","027_1_1","EZK","1","1","2","I am Ezekiel, a priest, the son of Buzi. When I was 30 years old, I wasliving among theIsraeli people who had been ◄exiled from/forced to leave► Judahand had come to Babylon. I was living along the Kebar River/Canalsouth of Babylon. Almost five years after King Jehoiachin had been ◄exiled/forced to leave Judah►, on the fifth day of the fourth monthof that year, it was as though the sky was opened and I saw visions from God. On that day, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_3","027_1_3","EZK","1","3","3","God gave me messagesin visions here in Babylonia, and I felt the power MTY of Yahweh on me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_4","027_1_4","EZK","1","4","4","In one of the visions, I saw a windstorm coming from the north. There was a huge cloud, and lightning was flashing continually, and a brilliant light surrounded the cloud. In the center of where the lightning was flashing there was something that resembled glowing bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_5","027_1_5","EZK","1","5","5","In the center of the storm I saw what resembled four living creatures. They resembled humans, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_6","027_1_6","EZK","1","6","6","but each of them had four faces and four wings DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_7","027_1_7","EZK","1","7","7","Their legs were straight. Their feet resembled the hooves of calves, and the creatures shone like polished bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_8","027_1_8","EZK","1","8","8","On their four sides under their wings there were hands like humans have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_9","027_1_9","EZK","1","9","9","As the four creaturesstood there, they formed a circle/square, with their wings touching each other. They did not turn when they were moving; they went straight ahead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_10","027_1_10","EZK","1","10","10","Eachof the creatures had four faces. The face that was in front of each one was a face that  resembled a human face. The face on the right side resembled a lion’s face. The face on the left side resembled an ox’s face. The face in back resembled an eagle’s face. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_11","027_1_11","EZK","1","11","11","Two of each creature’s wings were lifted up and touched the wings of the creatures that were on each side. The other two wings were folded against the creature’s body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_12","027_1_12","EZK","1","12","12","The creatures went straight ahead in whatever direction the spiritthat controlled/guided them wanted them to go, without changing directions while they were moving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_13","027_1_13","EZK","1","13","13","Thefour creatures resembled burning coals or torches. A blazing fire moved back and forth among the creatures, and lighting flashed from among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_14","027_1_14","EZK","1","14","14","The creatures moved back and forthextremely rapidly, like SIM flashes of lightning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_15","027_1_15","EZK","1","15","15","While I looked at the four living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_16","027_1_16","EZK","1","16","16","Each of the wheels was the same, and they all shone like SIM ◄chrysolite/a valuable green stone►. Each seemed to have one wheel inside another wheel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_17","027_1_17","EZK","1","17","17","Whenever they moved, they would go straight in one of the four directions that they faced; they did not turnin another direction while they moved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_18","027_1_18","EZK","1","18","18","The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_19","027_1_19","EZK","1","19","19","Whenever the living creatures moved, the wheels moved with them. So whenever the creatures rose from the ground, the wheelsalso rose up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_20","027_1_20","EZK","1","20","20","Wherever the spiritthat controlled the creatures wanted the creatures to go, they went, and the wheels went with them, because the spiritthat controlled/guided them was in the wheels DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_21","027_1_21","EZK","1","21","21","Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved. Whenever the creatures stoodstill, the wheels stopped. Whenever the creatures rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_22","027_1_22","EZK","1","22","22","Above the heads of the creatures there was something that resembled a dome. It shone like ice (OR, crystal) shines, and it was awesome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_23","027_1_23","EZK","1","23","23","Under the dome, the creatures stretched out their wings. Each one had two wings; each wing stretched towards the creature thatwas next to it, and two wings that were against the creature’s body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_24","027_1_24","EZK","1","24","24","Whenever the creatures moved, their wings made a sound that resembled the roar made by a rushing stream. It also sounded like the voice of Almighty God, and like SIM the noise of a huge army marching. Whenever the creatures stood stillon the ground, they lowered their wings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_25","027_1_25","EZK","1","25","25","While they stoodon the ground with their wings lowered, there was a voice from the dome that was over their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_26","027_1_26","EZK","1","26","26","Above the dome was something that resembled ahuge thronethat was made of a huge ◄sapphire/valuable blue stone►. Sitting on the throne was someone that resembled a human. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_27","027_1_27","EZK","1","27","27","I saw that above his waist his body resembled metal that was glowing as though it hada very hot fire inside it. And I saw that below his waist there was a very brilliant light that surrounded him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK1_28","027_1_28","EZK","1","28","28","Itshone like SIM a rainbow shines in the clouds on a rainy day. That was the brilliant light that represented the presence of Yahweh. When I saw it, I prostrated myself on the ground, and I heard him speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_1","027_2_1","EZK","2","1","1","He said to me, “You human, stand up while I speak to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_2","027_2_2","EZK","2","2","2","While he spoke to me, God’s Spirit entered me and enabled me to stand up. Then I heard him speak to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_3","027_2_3","EZK","2","3","3","He said, “You human, I will send you to the Israeli people. They are people who have turned away from me and rebelled against me. Their ancestors rebelled against me, and they themselves are still rebelling against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_4","027_2_4","EZK","2","4","4","The people to whom I will send you are very stubborn DOU. But say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_5","027_2_5","EZK","2","5","5","Andwhen you tell them my messages, perhaps those rebellious people will heed those messages and perhaps they will not heed them, but they will know thatyou are a prophet who has been among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_6","027_2_6","EZK","2","6","6","And you human, you must not be afraid of them or afraid of what they say. Living among them will be like living in the midst of briers or scorpions, but do not be afraid of them. They are rebellious people MTY, but do not allow them to cause you to become afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_7","027_2_7","EZK","2","7","7","Tell them my message, but do not expect them to pay attention to it, because they arevery rebellious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_8","027_2_8","EZK","2","8","8","But human, you must pay attention to what I say. Do not be rebellious like they are. Now open your mouth and eat what I give to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_9","027_2_9","EZK","2","9","9","Then, as I watched, I saw his hand that was stretched toward me. In his hand was a scroll. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK2_10","027_2_10","EZK","2","10","10","He unrolled the scroll. On both sides of it were written words that expressed sorrow and mourning and words about trouble/disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_1","027_3_1","EZK","3","1","1","He said to me, “You human, eat this scroll that is in front of you. Then go and speak to the Israeli people MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_2","027_3_2","EZK","3","2","2","So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_3","027_3_3","EZK","3","3","3","Then he said to me, “You human, eat the scroll that I have given to you. Fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and in my mouth it tasted as sweet as honey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_4","027_3_4","EZK","3","4","4","Then he said to me, “You human, go to the Israeli people MTY and tell them my message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_5","027_3_5","EZK","3","5","5","The people to whom I am sending you are not people whose language is very difficultto learn, a language which you do not understand. I am sending you to your Israeli people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_6","027_3_6","EZK","3","6","6","I am sending you to people whose language you understand very well. If I were sending you to people whose language was difficult for you to understand, they wouldbe surprised and pay attention to what yousay to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_7","027_3_7","EZK","3","7","7","But the Israeli people do not want to listen to you because they do not want to listen to me. They do not want to listen because they are all very stubborn DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_8","027_3_8","EZK","3","8","8","But I will enable you SYN to be as stubborn and tough as they are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_9","027_3_9","EZK","3","9","9","I will cause you to be as firm/unbreakable as SIM the hardest stone, like flint. So, even though they are very rebellious people, do not be afraid of them; do not allow them to cause you to be afraid.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_10","027_3_10","EZK","3","10","10","He also said to me, “You human, listen very carefully to what I say, and keep thinking about it IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_11","027_3_11","EZK","3","11","11","Go to your fellow Israelis who arehere after being ◄exiled/forced to leave their country►, and speak to them. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ and then tell them my message, whether they want to hear it or whether they do not want to hear it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_12","027_3_12","EZK","3","12","12","Thenin the vision the Spiritof God lifted me up, and I heard behind mesomeone speaking very loudly, like a loud rumbling sound. I heard someone say, “Praise our glorious Yahweh in the place where he livesin heaven!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_13","027_3_13","EZK","3","13","13","I heard the sound of the wings of the four living creatures brushing against each other, andI also heard the sound of the wheels that were beside them. It was a loud rumbling sound. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_14","027_3_14","EZK","3","14","14","The Spirit took me away. Within me I was very bitter and angry DOU, but I felt Yahweh holding me very powerfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_15","027_3_15","EZK","3","15","15","I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Abibtown near the Kebar River/Canalsouth of Babylon. Then, where they were living, I sat for seven days. I was shockedabout everything that I had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_16","027_3_16","EZK","3","16","16","After those seven days had ended, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_17","027_3_17","EZK","3","17","17","“You human, I am appointing youto be like a watchman MET for the Israeli people MTY. So listen to these messages that I will give you, and tell them those messages to warn them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_18","027_3_18","EZK","3","18","18","When I say about some wicked people, ‘They will surely diebecause of their sins,’ if you do not warn them or tell them that they must turn from their wicked behavior if they want to ◄save their lives/remain alive►, those wicked people will die because of the sins that they have committed, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_19","027_3_19","EZK","3","19","19","But if you warn the wicked people and they do not turn from all their wicked behavior DOU, they will die because of their sins, but you will have saved yourselffrom my punishing you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_20","027_3_20","EZK","3","20","20","Similarly, when righteous people turn from their righteous behavior and do evil deeds, I will cause bad things to happen IDM to them. But you must warn them. If you do not warn them, and if they do not stop their sinful behavior, they will die because of their sins; I will not think about the righteous things that they didpreviously, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_21","027_3_21","EZK","3","21","21","But if you warn righteous people not to sin, and they do not sin, they will surely remain alive because they heededyour warning, and you will have saved yourselffrom my punishing you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_22","027_3_22","EZK","3","22","22","I felt Yahweh take control MTY of me, and he said to me, “Get up and go outfrom the city down to the plain/valley, and there I will speak to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_23","027_3_23","EZK","3","23","23","So I got up and went down to the valley. And I saw the glory of Yahweh there, like the glory that I had seen along the Kebar River/Canal. And I prostrated myself on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_24","027_3_24","EZK","3","24","24","Then the Spiritof God entered me and enabled me to stand up. He said to me, “Go into your house and stay inside it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_25","027_3_25","EZK","3","25","25","People will tie you with ropes, with the result that you will be unable to go out among the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_26","027_3_26","EZK","3","26","26","Even though they are very rebellious people, I will cause your tongue to stick to the roof of your mouth, with the result that you will be unable to talk and to rebuke them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK3_27","027_3_27","EZK","3","27","27","Butthen when I speak to youagain, I will enable you to talk MTY, and you will say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ and you will tell them my message. Those who are willing to listento what you say will listen, butmany will refuse to listen, because they are rebellious people MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_1","027_4_1","EZK","4","1","1","Yahweh also said to me, “You human, take a large clay tablet/brick and put it in front of you. Then on the clayengrave/draw on it lines that represent Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_2","027_4_2","EZK","4","2","2","Thendraw figures around it to represent enemy soldiers who will surround the city. Make mounds around it and a dirt ramp up against the wallaround the city. Setfigures around it that represent ◄battering rams/heavy logs that will break though the walls►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_3","027_4_3","EZK","4","3","3","Then take an iron pan, and place it to be like an iron wall between you andthe drawing of the city. Then turn your face toward the drawing. It will symbolize thatenemy troops will surround the city to attack it. That will be a warning to the Israeli people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_4","027_4_4","EZK","4","4","5","Then lie on your left side, and stay like that for 390 days. That willsymbolize that the Israeli people will be punished for their sins; you must lie like that one day for each year during which they will be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_6","027_4_6","EZK","4","6","6","After that, lie down again. This time, lie on your right side for 40 days. That willsymbolize that the Israeli people will be punished more for their sins, one day for each yearduring which they will be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_7","027_4_7","EZK","4","7","7","Turn your face towardthe drawing of Jerusalem and bare your armlike a soldier does who prepares to go into a battle MTY, and prophesy aboutwhat will happen to the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_8","027_4_8","EZK","4","8","8","You will not be able to move; it will be as though I have tied you with ropes in order that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finishedsymbolizing how many years the city will be ◄besieged/surrounded by enemy soldiers►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_9","027_4_9","EZK","4","9","9","Before you do that, take some wheat and barley, beans, lentils, spelt and millet, and put them in a storage jar, and use that to bake breadfor yourself. That is what you will eat during the 390 days while you lie on your left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_10","027_4_10","EZK","4","10","10","You will eat ◄8 ounces/a small loaf► of bread each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_11","027_4_11","EZK","4","11","11","Also measure out ◄1.5 pints/0.6 liter► of water to drink each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_12","027_4_12","EZK","4","12","12","Eat that bread like you would eat a loaf of barley bread. But use your own dried dung for fuel to bake the bread while people are watching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_13","027_4_13","EZK","4","13","13","That will symbolize that the Israeli people will be forced to eat food that is unacceptable to me when they are living in the nations to which I will force them to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_14","027_4_14","EZK","4","14","14","Then I said, “No, Yahweh God!Do not force me to do that! I have never caused myself to become unacceptable to you by doing anything like that. From the time when I was young, I have never eaten meat of any animal that was found dead or that had been killed by wild animals. And I have never eaten any meat that is unacceptable to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_15","027_4_15","EZK","4","15","15","Yahweh replied, “Okay, I will allow you to bake your bread using dried cow manure instead of human dungfor fuel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_16","027_4_16","EZK","4","16","16","Then he said to me, “You human, I will cause the supply of food to Jerusalem to be cut off. Then the people will eat the small amounts of food and drink the small amounts of waterthat the government permits them to have, and they will be very distressed and anxious as they do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK4_17","027_4_17","EZK","4","17","17","because water and food will be very scarce. They will see each other becoming extremely thin, and they will be appalled; but this will happen because they are being punished for the sins that they have committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_1","027_5_1","EZK","5","1","1","“Also, you human, when you start doing those things, take a sharp sword and use it like SIM a razor to shave your head and your beard. Then put the hair that you shaved off on scales, and divide the hairinto three equal parts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_2","027_5_2","EZK","5","2","2","When the time during whichyou will symbolize that the city will be surroundedby enemy troops ends, put a third of the hair inside thedrawing of the city and burn it. Take another third of the hair, scatter it all aroundthe drawing of the city, and then strike it with your sword. That will symbolize that I will strike the people of Jerusalem withtheir enemies’ swords. Then allow the wind to scatter the other third of the hair. That will symbolize thateven if they flee from the city, I will stillcause their enemies to pursue them and attack them with swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_3","027_5_3","EZK","5","3","3","Take a few of your hairs and tuck them into the folds of your robe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_4","027_5_4","EZK","5","4","4","Then take a few of those hairs, throw them into the fire, and burn them up. That will symbolize that a fire will spread from Jerusalem and destroy things throughout Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_5","027_5_5","EZK","5","5","5","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Thisdrawing will represent Jerusalem, the city which I have set in the center of the nations, with other countries around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_6","027_5_6","EZK","5","6","6","But the wicked people of Jerusalem rebelled against obeying my commands, and they show that they are more wicked than the people of the surrounding countries. They rejected my laws and refused to obey my commands.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_7","027_5_7","EZK","5","7","7","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You people of Jerusalem have been more rebellious than the people of the nations around you; you have not obeyed any of my laws DOU. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_8","027_5_8","EZK","5","8","8","Therefore, this is whatI, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am opposed to you people of  Jerusalem. I will punish you, and the people of other nations will see it happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_9","027_5_9","EZK","5","9","9","Because of all your detestable idols, I will punish youpeople of Jerusalem like I have never done before and will never do again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_10","027_5_10","EZK","5","10","10","As a result, parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their parentsbecause there will be nothing else to eat. I will punish you severely, and I will cause those who will still be alive to be scattered in all directions IDM.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_11","027_5_11","EZK","5","11","11","Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, because you have polluted my temple with all your disgusting statues of idols and by the other detestable things that you do, I will no longer bless you. I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_12","027_5_12","EZK","5","12","12","One-third of your people will die inside the city because of the plagues they will experience or by ◄famine/lack of food►. One-third of your people will be killed byyour enemies’ swords outside the city. And one-third I will cause to be scattered in all directions; butyour enemies will still pursue you and kill you with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_13","027_5_13","EZK","5","13","13","Then I will no longer be angry with you; I will stop punishing MTY you after I have gotten revenge on you. And when I stop punishing you, you will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken to you because I have been very strongly concerned aboutwhat you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_14","027_5_14","EZK","5","14","14","I will cause your city to be a ruins, with the result that people of other nations that are around you will pass by and see it and sneer at you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_15","027_5_15","EZK","5","15","15","They will make fun of you and taunt you. When I severely punish you because of my being very angry DOU with you, they will be horrified and they will be warned. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_16","027_5_16","EZK","5","16","16","When I cut off your food supply and cause there to be more famine, it will be as though MET I am shooting at you with my arrows that will destroy you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK5_17","027_5_17","EZK","5","17","17","I will cause you to experience a famine, and I will send wild beasts to attack you and your children, and all your children will be killed. You will experience plagues and wars, and I will cause your enemies to attack you with their swords. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_1","027_6_1","EZK","6","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_2","027_6_2","EZK","6","2","2","“You human, turn toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy aboutwhat will happen to them, and say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_3","027_6_3","EZK","6","3","3","‘You mountains and hills of Israel APO, listen to what Yahweh the Lord says to you: “I am about to sendenemy soldiers with swords to come and destroy allthe shrines on your hilltops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_4","027_6_4","EZK","6","4","4","They will smash all the altarsfor worshiping idols and the altars for burning incense. And they will killmany Israeli people in front of those idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_5","027_6_5","EZK","6","5","5","Their corpses will lie in front of their idols, and their bones will be scattered around their altars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_6","027_6_6","EZK","6","6","6","Wherever the Israelis live, their towns will be ruined, and the shrines where they worship idols will be smashed. Their altars will be completely smashed DOU, their idols will be completely smashed DOU, and everything that they own will become a pile of ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_7","027_6_7","EZK","6","7","7","Many of their people will be killed; and then they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do the things that I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_8","027_6_8","EZK","6","8","8","But I will allow some of the Israelis to remain alive. They will escape being killed when their enemies scatter them among many other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_9","027_6_9","EZK","6","9","9","When that happens, in those nations to which they have been forced to go, those who have escaped from being killed will think about me. They will remember that I was very grieved because of their turning away from me IDM with their inner beings, and because they very much desired IDM to worship their idols. They will ◄hate/be very displeased with► themselves because of the evil and detestable things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_10","027_6_10","EZK","6","10","10","Andthey will realize that I, Yahweh, have punished them. They will realize that when I threatened to punish them, I surely intended LIT to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_11","027_6_11","EZK","6","11","11","So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, sayto you, Ezekiel: ‘Wring your hands and stamp your feet and cry outto show that you are distressed, and groanabout what will happen to your Israeli people MTY because of all their wicked and detestable behavior. They will be killed bytheir enemies’ swords, they will die from hunger, and they will die from plagues. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_12","027_6_12","EZK","6","12","12","Those who are far from Jerusalem will die from plagues, those who are close to Jerusalem will be killed by their enemies’ swords, and those who are still alive will die from hunger. That is how I will punish MTY them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_13","027_6_13","EZK","6","13","13","Some of your people’s corpses will lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hilltop and on all the mountaintops, under every big tree DOU—at all the places where they burned incense tohonor their idols. Then they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK6_14","027_6_14","EZK","6","14","14","And I will stretch out my arm and cause your entire country to become an empty wasteland, from the desertin the far south to Diblahtown in the far north. Then they will realize that I, Yahweh, have the power to do the things that I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_1","027_7_1","EZK","7","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_2","027_7_2","EZK","7","2","2","“You human, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to the people MTY of Israel: All of Israel will soon be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_3","027_7_3","EZK","7","3","3","Youpeople of Israel, the end has come. I will punish you severely. I will judge you for all the wicked things that you have done, and pay you back for your disgusting behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_4","027_7_4","EZK","7","4","4","I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you. I will surely punish you for your wicked behavior DOU. Then you will know that it has happened because I, Yahweh, have done it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_5","027_7_5","EZK","7","5","5","This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “You will soon experience many terrible disasters! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_6","027_7_6","EZK","7","6","6","This will be the endof Israel; your country will be finished! And your lives will be ended PRS! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_7","027_7_7","EZK","7","7","7","It will be the end of you people who live in the landof Israel. The time has come; the daywhen you will be destroyed is near. At that time the people who worship idols on the mountains will not be happy; they will panic. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_8","027_7_8","EZK","7","8","8","I am very angry with you and am about to pour out my punishment MTY on you. I will judge you for all the wicked things that you have done and pay you back for your disgusting behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_9","027_7_9","EZK","7","9","9","I will not pity you or act mercifully toward you. I will surely punish you for your wicked behavior DOU. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have punished you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_10","027_7_10","EZK","7","10","10","The dayof your punishment is here! It has arrived! Disasters have come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_11","027_7_11","EZK","7","11","11","People are acting violently and doing more wicked things. And nothing that belongs to those people will be left, none of their money, nothing that is valuable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_12","027_7_12","EZK","7","12","12","Now is the time; that day has arrived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_13","027_7_13","EZK","7","13","13","People who buy things should not rejoicebecause of buying things very cheaply, and those who sell things should not be sadbecause they had to sell things cheaply, becauseYahweh will be punishing MTY everyone. During the rest of their lives, people who sell some of their property will never be able to buy it back, because I, Yahweh, will never change my mind about what I have declared; because of your sins, I will destroy all of you people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_14","027_7_14","EZK","7","14","14","Even though yoursoldiers blow trumpetsto prepare for a battle, no soldier will go into a battle, because I will have killed all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_15","027_7_15","EZK","7","15","15","When those things happen, your enemies will be outsidethe city with their swords, and there will be plagues and famines insidethe city. Thosewho flee from the city into the countryside will be killed bytheir enemies’ swords, and those who stay in the city will die from famines and plagues. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_16","027_7_16","EZK","7","16","16","Those who survive and escape will flee to the mountains, and they all will moan like doves because of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_17","027_7_17","EZK","7","17","17","Because everyone will be very afraid, all the people’s hands will become limp and their knees will become very weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_18","027_7_18","EZK","7","18","18","They will put on clothes made from rough cloth, and they will be terrified. Their faces will show that they are ashamed, and they will shave their headsto show that they are very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_19","027_7_19","EZK","7","19","19","They will throw their silver into the streets, and consider that their gold is only like SIM garbage, because they will realize that their silver and gold will not be able to rescue them when I, Yahweh, punish them. They will not be able to use their gold and silver to buy things to fill their stomachs, because having a lot of gold and silver has led them to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_20","027_7_20","EZK","7","20","20","They were proud of their beautiful jewelry, and they used it to make their detestable idols and disgusting statuesof their gods. So I will cause them to be disgusted with those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_21","027_7_21","EZK","7","21","21","I will give their silver and gold to foreigners who invade your country and take away your valuable treasures. I will give those things to wicked people, and they will do disgraceful things to those treasures that I give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_22","027_7_22","EZK","7","22","22","I will not ◄interfere with/stop► IDM robbers when they enter my sacred temple and desecrate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_23","027_7_23","EZK","7","23","23","Prepare chains to be fastened on you. People are being murdered MTY throughout the country, and people are acting violently throughout the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_24","027_7_24","EZK","7","24","24","So I will bring armies of the nations whose people are extremely wicked to occupy the houses of the Israeli people. I will cause Israeli peoplewho think that they are IRO strong/mighty to no longer be proud. Your enemies will cause your places of worship to no longer be acceptable to be used. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_25","027_7_25","EZK","7","25","25","When your enemies cause you to be terrified, you will plead for them to make peace, but there will be no peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_26","027_7_26","EZK","7","26","26","You will experience many disasters, and you will continually hear rumorsabout disasters that are happening in other places. People will plead with prophets to tell them what visions they have received, but the prophets will not have received any visions. Priests will no longer teach people the lawsthat I gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK7_27","027_7_27","EZK","7","27","27","Your king will mourn, and his son will no longer expectthat good things will happen. The hands of people throughout the country will tremble. And I will do to them what they deserve for their wicked behavior. I will judgeand condemn them the same way they have judgedand condemned others. Then they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_1","027_8_1","EZK","8","1","1","On the fifth day of the sixth month of that year, almost six years after we Israeli people had been ◄exiled/forced to go to Babylon►, I was sitting in my house. The elders of Judah were sitting in front of me. Suddenly the power MTY of Yahweh the Lord came on me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_2","027_8_2","EZK","8","2","2","Thenin a vision I saw someone who resembled a man. Below his waist, his body was like fire, and above his waist his body was glowing like very hot metal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_3","027_8_3","EZK","8","3","3","He reached out what seemed to be a hand and grabbed me by the hair of my head. The Spirit lifted me up high above the earth, and in visions God took me from Babylon to Jerusalem. He took me to the temple, to the north gate, to the place where there was an idol that caused Yahweh to be very disgusted and furious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_4","027_8_4","EZK","8","4","4","And there in front of me was the brilliant light that indicated the presence of the God whom the Israeli people previously worshiped. It was like the vision that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_5","027_8_5","EZK","8","5","5","Yahweh said to me, “You human, look toward the north!” So I looked, and I saw in the entrance of the gate near the altar that idol that caused Yahweh to be disgusted and furious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_6","027_8_6","EZK","8","6","6","He said to me, “You human, do you see what those Israeli people MTY are doing? They are doing detestable things here, things that will cause me to abandon my temple. But you will see things that are even more detestable.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_7","027_8_7","EZK","8","7","7","Then he brought me to the entrance of the courtyard. I looked and saw a hole in the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_8","027_8_8","EZK","8","8","8","He said to me, “You human, dig through the wall here.” So I dug through the wall, and I saw a doorway inside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_9","027_8_9","EZK","8","9","9","He said to me, “Go in and see the wicked and detestable things that they are doing there!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_10","027_8_10","EZK","8","10","10","So I went in through the doorway and looked, and I saw, all over the wallsof a big room, drawings of all kinds of creatures that scurry across the ground and other detestable animals, and drawings of all the idols that the people of Israelwere worshiping. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_11","027_8_11","EZK","8","11","11","In front of them stood 70 elders of Israel. Jaazaniah, the son of Shaphan, was standing among them. Each of them was holding a pan in which incense was burning, and fragrant smoke of the burning incense was rising up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_12","027_8_12","EZK","8","12","12","Yahweh said to me, “You human, look at RHQ what the Israeli elders are doing here in the darkness, each of them standing in front of the shrine of his own idol! They are saying, ‘Yahweh does not see us; Yahweh has deserted this country.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_13","027_8_13","EZK","8","13","13","He also said, “But you will see things that are even more detestable!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_14","027_8_14","EZK","8","14","14","Then he took me to the entrance at the north gate of the temple. I saw women sitting there, mourning for the death of the god of the people of Babylonia, Tammuz. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_15","027_8_15","EZK","8","15","15","He said to me, “You human, you see this RHQ, but you will see things that are more detestable than this!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_16","027_8_16","EZK","8","16","16","Then he took me into the courtyard outside the temple. There at the entrance of the temple, between the porch and the altar, were about 25 men. Their backs were toward the temple and their faces were toward the east, and they were bowing down to worship the sun as it rose in the east. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_17","027_8_17","EZK","8","17","17","He said to me, “You human, you see RHQ what they are doing. Do you think that it is not important that these men of Judah are doing these detestable things here? But they are doing other terrible things. They are acting violently throughout their country, and continually causing me to be angry. Look at them! They are insulting me by their actions IDM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK8_18","027_8_18","EZK","8","18","18","So I will show them that I am very angry. I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. And even if they shout to me to help them, I will not pay attention to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_1","027_9_1","EZK","9","1","1","Then I heard Yahweh call out loudly, “You men who are going to punish this city, bring here the guards of the city, each carrying a weapon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_2","027_9_2","EZK","9","2","2","Then I saw six men coming from the north gate of the temple area. Each one was carrying a weapon. With them was a man wearing a white linen robe. Hecarried at his side a case containing things to write with. They all came into the temple and stood beside the bronze altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_3","027_9_3","EZK","9","3","3","Then the ◄glory/dazzling light► that symbolized the presence of the God of Israel rose up from above the four winged creatures and moved to the entrance of the temple. Then Yahweh called to the man wearing the linen robe, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_4","027_9_4","EZK","9","4","4","and said to him, “Go throughout Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of those who are very sad DOU because of the detestable things that are being done inside the city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_5","027_9_5","EZK","9","5","5","While I was listening, he said to the other six men, “Follow the man wearing the white robe, and kill people. Do not pity them or act mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_6","027_9_6","EZK","9","6","6","Slaughter old men, young men and women, older women and children, but do not harm any of those who have that mark on their forehead. Start at my temple.” So they began by killing the elders who were worshiping idols in front of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_7","027_9_7","EZK","9","7","7","Then Yahweh said to those men, “Pollute the temple by filling the courtyardwith the corpses of those whom you kill! Start now!” So they went out and starting killing people throughout the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_8","027_9_8","EZK","9","8","8","While they were doing that, I was left alone. I prostrated myself on the ground and cried out, “Yahweh my Lord, are you going to get rid of all the people of Israel and Judah who are still alive, while you are severely punishing MTY the people of  Jerusalem?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_9","027_9_9","EZK","9","9","9","He replied, “The sins of the people MTY of Israel and Judah are extremely great. People are murdered MTY everywhere in this country, and this city is full of people who act unjustly. They say, ‘Yahweh has abandoned this country, and he does not seewhat we are doing.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_10","027_9_10","EZK","9","10","10","So I will not pity them or act mercifully toward them. I will do to them the evil things that they have done to other people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK9_11","027_9_11","EZK","9","11","11","Then the man wearing the linen robe returned, saying, “I have done what you commanded me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_1","027_10_1","EZK","10","1","1","Then in the vision I saw what resembled a throne made of ◄sapphire/a very valuable blue stone►. It was above the thing that resembled a dome that was above the heads of the four winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_2","027_10_2","EZK","10","2","2","Yahweh said to the man wearing the linen robe, “Go between the wheels that are under the winged creatures. Pick up as many hot coals as you can, and scatter them over the city.” And while I watched, the man wearing the linen robe left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_3","027_10_3","EZK","10","3","3","The four winged creatures were standing on the south side of the temple when the man wearing the linen robe entered. Then a cloud filled the inner courtyard of the temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_4","027_10_4","EZK","10","4","4","And the ◄glory/dazzling light► of Yahweh rose up from above the winged creatures and went to the entrance of the temple. The cloud filled the temple, and the courtyard was full of the ◄glory/dazzling light► of Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_5","027_10_5","EZK","10","5","5","The sound made by the wings of the winged creatures could be heard as far away as the courtyard outside the temple. It wasvery loud, like SIM the voice of Almighty God when he speaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_6","027_10_6","EZK","10","6","6","When Yahweh commanded the man wearing the linen robe to take burning coals from among those winged creatures, the man went intothe courtyard and stood beside one of the wheels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_7","027_10_7","EZK","10","7","7","Then one of those winged creatures reached out his hand to the fire that was there among them. He picked up some of the coals and put them in the hands of the man wearing the linen robe, and that man took them and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_8","027_10_8","EZK","10","8","8","Under the wings of the winged creatures was something that resembled a human’s hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_9","027_10_9","EZK","10","9","9","Then in the vision I saw four wheels alongside the winged creatures. There was one wheel beside each of the winged creatures. The wheels shone like SIM very valuable stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_10","027_10_10","EZK","10","10","10","The wheels were all alike: Each had one wheel inside another wheel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_11","027_10_11","EZK","10","11","11","Whenever they moved, they went straight in whatever direction one of the winged creatures faced. The wheels did not turn in another direction while the winged creatures flew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_12","027_10_12","EZK","10","12","12","Their bodies, including their backs and hands and wings, were covered with eyes. The wheels were also covered with eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_13","027_10_13","EZK","10","13","13","I heard someone call them ‘the whirling wheels’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_14","027_10_14","EZK","10","14","14","Each of the winged creatures had four faces. One face was like the face of a bull, one face was like the face of a human, one face was like the face of a lion, and one face was like the face of an eagle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_15","027_10_15","EZK","10","15","15","Then the winged creatures rose up. They were the same living creatures that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_16","027_10_16","EZK","10","16","16","When the winged creatures moved, the wheels moved with them. When the winged creatures spread their wings to fly over the ground, the wheels did not leave them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_17","027_10_17","EZK","10","17","17","When the winged creatures stopped, the wheels stopped. When the winged creatures started to fly, the wheels flew with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_18","027_10_18","EZK","10","18","18","Then the ◄glory/dazzling light► left the entrance of the temple and stopped above the winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_19","027_10_19","EZK","10","19","19","While I watched, the winged creatures spread their wings and started to fly, and the wheels went with them. They stopped at the gate on the east side of the temple area, and the ◄glory/dazzling light► of God, the one whom the Israelishad worshiped, was above them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_20","027_10_20","EZK","10","20","20","Those were the same four living creatures that I had seen alongside the Kebar River/Canal, and I realized that they were the winged creatures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_21","027_10_21","EZK","10","21","21","Each of them had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what resembled a human’s hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK10_22","027_10_22","EZK","10","22","22","Their faces were the same as the faces that I had seen at the Kebar River/Canal. Each of them flew straight ahead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_1","027_11_1","EZK","11","1","1","Then God’s Spirit lifted me up and took me to the gate on the east side of the temple area. There at the gate were 25 men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azzur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_2","027_11_2","EZK","11","2","2","Yahweh said to me, “You human, these are the new leaders in Jerusalem who are planning to do evil things and who are giving wicked advice to people in this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_3","027_11_3","EZK","11","3","3","They say, ‘Everything will go well for us, so it will surely soon be RHQ time to build houses. We are like MET fine/choice pieces of meat that are carefully stored in covered pots, and we are protected from the bad things that will happen to others.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_4","027_11_4","EZK","11","4","4","So, you human, prophesy aboutthe terrible things that will happen to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_5","027_11_5","EZK","11","5","5","Then the Spirit of Yahweh came upon me and told me to sayto the people, “This is what Yahweh says: You Israeli people MTY are saying those things, but I know what you are thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_6","027_11_6","EZK","11","6","6","You have killed many people in this city and filled the streets with their corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_7","027_11_7","EZK","11","7","7","Therefore this is what Yahweh the Lord says: The corpses of the people whom you have killed here are like the meat MET, and this city is like the pot MET, but I will expel you from this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_8","027_11_8","EZK","11","8","8","You are afraid ofbeing killed by enemies’ swords, and that is what I will cause to happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_9","027_11_9","EZK","11","9","9","I will expel you from this city and enable foreigners to capture you and punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_10","027_11_10","EZK","11","10","10","They will kill EUP you with their swords; you will be punished right here in Israel. Then people will realize that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_11","027_11_11","EZK","11","11","11","This city will not be aa place were you will be protected like MET meat in a covered pot. I will punish you wherever you are in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_12","027_11_12","EZK","11","12","12","And you will know that I, Yahweh, have predicted that would happen, because you have not obeyed my commands and decrees; instead, you have imitated thewicked behavior of the people of the nearby nations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_13","027_11_13","EZK","11","13","13","While I was prophesying that, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah suddenly died. Then I prostrated myself on the ground and cried out loudly, “Yahweh my Lord, are you going tosimilarly get rid of all the Israeli people who are still alive?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_14","027_11_14","EZK","11","14","14","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_15","027_11_15","EZK","11","15","15","“You human, the people who are still in Jerusalem are talking about you and your own relatives and about all the other people who were ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►, saying, ‘They arein Babylonia, far from Yahweh. They have left their propertyhere in Israel, so their property now belongs to us!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_16","027_11_16","EZK","11","16","16","So tell them, “This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Although I caused them to be taken far awayfrom Israel and scattered them among other nations, for a short time I will ◄be like a refuge for/protect► them in the countries to which they have been taken.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_17","027_11_17","EZK","11","17","17","So also tell them, “This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Some day I will gather you from the nationsto which you have been taken and bring you back to Israel, and you will live in your country/land again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_18","027_11_18","EZK","11","18","18","When you return to your country, you will get rid of all the vile statues of gods and detestable idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_19","027_11_19","EZK","11","19","19","I will put a new way of thinking IDM within you. I will cause you to no longer be stubborn IDM, and I will enable you to obey me completely IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_20","027_11_20","EZK","11","20","20","When I do that, you will carefully obey all my laws DOU. You will be my people, and I will be your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_21","027_11_21","EZK","11","21","21","But as for those who are devoted toworshiping their vile statues and detestable idols, I will punish them as they deserve for the evil things that they have done.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_22","027_11_22","EZK","11","22","22","Then the winged creatures, with their wheels beside them, spread their wingsand flew up into the air, and the dazzling brightness of Yahweh was above them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_23","027_11_23","EZK","11","23","23","That light went up away from the city and stopped above the mountain to the east of the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_24","027_11_24","EZK","11","24","24","In the vision that I had been seeing, God’s Spirit lifted me up and brought me back to the ◄exiles in/people who had been forced to go to► Babylonia. Then the vision ended, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK11_25","027_11_25","EZK","11","25","25","and I told the exiles everything that Yahweh had shown mein the vision. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_1","027_12_1","EZK","12","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_2","027_12_2","EZK","12","2","2","“You human, you are living among people who are very rebellious. They have eyes, but they do not seewhat I want them to see; they have ears, but they do not hearwhat I want them to hear, because they are rebellious/stubborn people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_3","027_12_3","EZK","12","3","3","Therefore, you human, pack your belongings as though you were ◄going into exile/being forced to go to another country►. Then, during the daytime, while people are watching, prepare to go to another place. Even though the people are rebellious, perhaps they will understandwhat you are symbolizing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_4","027_12_4","EZK","12","4","4","During the daytime, while they are watching, bring out the things that you want to take and pack them. Then in the evening, while they are watching, do what those who are preparing to go into exile do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_5","027_12_5","EZK","12","5","5","Dig through thecity wall and take your things through the hole. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_6","027_12_6","EZK","12","6","6","Then put themin a sack on your shoulder while they are watching and leave at dusk. Cover your face in order that you cannot see the path. I want you to do this because I want you to warn the Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_7","027_12_7","EZK","12","7","7","So I did what Yahweh told me to do. During the day I brought things out of my houseas though I was packing to go into exile. Then in the evening I dug through thecity wall. Then while people watched, I put my sack of belongings on my shoulder and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_8","027_12_8","EZK","12","8","8","The next morning, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_9","027_12_9","EZK","12","9","9","“You human, the rebellious people MTY of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_10","027_12_10","EZK","12","10","10","So go back and say to them, ‘What I did is about the king in Jerusalem and all the other people of Israel who are there.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_11","027_12_11","EZK","12","11","11","Tell them, ‘What I did is a warning to you.’ What has happened to you will happen to them. They will be captured and forced to go to another country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_12","027_12_12","EZK","12","12","12","Their king will put his belongings on his shoulder at dusk and leave. His servants will dig a hole through the city wall, and he will take his belongings through it. He will cover his face in order thatothers will not recognize him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_13","027_12_13","EZK","12","13","13","Butit will be as though I will spread a net for himto be captured; enemy soldiers will capture him and take him to Babyloncity. But he will notbe able to see it; and there he will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_14","027_12_14","EZK","12","14","14","I will scatter in all directions IDM all those who have been around him—his advisors and his soldiers—and I will cause his enemies to pursue them, with their swords ready to strike them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_15","027_12_15","EZK","12","15","15","Then, when I scatter them among many nations DOU, they will know that I, Yahweh,have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_16","027_12_16","EZK","12","16","16","But I will spare/save a few of them from being killed by swords and from dying from famines or plagues, with the result that in the nations to which they are forced to go, they will realize/admit that they have been doing disgusting things, and they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_17","027_12_17","EZK","12","17","17","Then Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_18","027_12_18","EZK","12","18","18","“You human, tremble while you eat your food, and shudder fearfully while you drink your water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_19","027_12_19","EZK","12","19","19","Tell this to the Israeli people: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about those who are still living in Jerusalem and inother places in Israel: They also will be very anxious/worried DOU while they eat their food and drink their water, because their country will soon have everything taken away. That will happen because the people who live there continually act very violently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_20","027_12_20","EZK","12","20","20","The towns where people live will be devastated, and the land will become barren/empty. Then you people will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_21","027_12_21","EZK","12","21","21","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_22","027_12_22","EZK","12","22","22","“You human, the people in Israel have this proverb/saying: ‘The days pass, and whatthe prophets predict never happens.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_23","027_12_23","EZK","12","23","23","So say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I am going to prove that ◄what they say/that proverb► is not correct, and then they will never say that again in Israel.’ Tell them, ‘It will soon be the time when everything that the prophets have predicted will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_24","027_12_24","EZK","12","24","24","No longer willfalse prophets tell to the Israeli people false visions, or prophecies that try to please people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_25","027_12_25","EZK","12","25","25","Instead, I, Yahweh, will say what I want to tell the people, and what I predict will quickly happen. You rebellious people, I will cause to happen everything that I say will happen. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_26","027_12_26","EZK","12","26","26","Yahweh also gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_27","027_12_27","EZK","12","27","27","“You human, the Israeli people are constantly saying about you, ‘The things that he sees in visionswill not happen soon. They are aboutthings that will happen many years from now, far in the future.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK12_28","027_12_28","EZK","12","28","28","Therefore say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord DOU says: I will no longer delaycausing to happen any of the things that I have prophesied. Whatever I have predicted willvery soon happen.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_1","027_13_1","EZK","13","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_2","027_13_2","EZK","13","2","2","“You human, prophesya warning against the prophets in Israel who are prophesying. Some of them are prophesying things that they themselves have imagined/thought. Say to them: 'Listen to what Yahweh says! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_3","027_13_3","EZK","13","3","3","He says, “Terrible things will happen to those wicked prophets who proclaim their own ideas and have not seen anyvisions from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_4","027_13_4","EZK","13","4","4","You Israeli people, your prophets areas useless as SIM jackals/wolves that only dig through the ruinsof a city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_5","027_13_5","EZK","13","5","5","Those prophets have not helped you Israeli people MTY to repair the places where thecity walls have ◄been broken/crumbled►. That needs to be done in order that the walls will be strong at the time when I, Yahweh, allow your enemies to attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_6","027_13_6","EZK","13","6","6","The visions and prophecies of those prophets are false. They say, 'Yahweh told me this,' but I have not sent themto you to be my prophets. But they expect that what they prophesy will truly happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_7","027_13_7","EZK","13","7","7","They say that they have seen visions, but those visions are false, and the things that they prophesy are lies RHQ. They say, 'Yahweh told me this,' but I have told them nothing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_8","027_13_8","EZK","13","8","8","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “Because you prophets have said what is false, and because your visions are lies, I am opposed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_9","027_13_9","EZK","13","9","9","I will strike/punish all you prophets who falsely say that you have seen visions and prophesy things that are lies. You will not have any place among my people, your names will not be listed in the records of the Israeli people, and you will never return to Israel. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_10","027_13_10","EZK","13","10","10","They deceive my people, saying “Things will go well for us,” when things will not go well. It as though MET the people have built a shaky/weak wall, and the prophets cover it with ◄whitewash/white paint► to make people think that it is a very strong wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_11","027_13_11","EZK","13","11","11","So, tell those prophets who cover the wall with whitewash that the wall will surely fall down. It will rain very hard. I will send big hailstones to fall. Very strong winds will blow against it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_12","027_13_12","EZK","13","12","12","When the wall falls down, the people will certainly say to those prophets, “The white paint certainly did not RHQ make the wall strong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_13","027_13_13","EZK","13","13","13","So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “Because I am very angry with you, I will send enemy armies to destroy Jerusalem. It will be as though MET I will send a very strong wind and hailstones and very heavy rains to destroy you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_14","027_13_14","EZK","13","14","14","The false prophecies of your prophets are like MET a wall that they have covered with whitewash, but I will break it down, and shatter it down to the ground, with the result that people can see its foundations. When the wall collapses, you also will be killed, and everyone will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_15","027_13_15","EZK","13","15","15","In that way I will show that I am very angry withthe people who built the wall and those who covered it with ◄whitewash/white paint►. Then I will say to you, “The wall is destroyed/gone, and those prophets who put ◄whitewash/white paint► on it have been killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_16","027_13_16","EZK","13","16","16","Those are the prophets who prophesied that things would go well for the people in Jerusalem, when things would not go well for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_17","027_13_17","EZK","13","17","17","So, you human, show that you are angry with IDM the women of Jerusalem who prophesy things that they themselves have imagined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_18","027_13_18","EZK","13","18","18","Tell them, “This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Terrible things will happen to you women who fasten magic charms on your wrists and make veils of various sizes to put on your heads in order to deceive the people. You think that RHQ you will deceive othersby telling them that you know what will happen in the future, and that you will save your own lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_19","027_13_19","EZK","13","19","19","You dishonored meby telling lies in order to get from my people a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. My people listen to lies; and you women who are lying to them have caused to be killed people who did not deserve to die and have ◄spared/allowed to remain alive► those who should not continue to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_20","027_13_20","EZK","13","20","20","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, sayto those women: “I detest your magic charms by which you deceive people like SIM people trap birds. I will tear those charms off your wrists, and I will cause the people whom you have deceived to no longer be deceived by you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_21","027_13_21","EZK","13","21","21","I will also tear off your veils and rescue my people from continuing to be deceived by you, and they will no longer be under your control. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_22","027_13_22","EZK","13","22","22","You have discouraged righteous people by telling them lies when I did not do things to cause them to be sad. And you have encouraged wicked people to not turn away from their wicked behavior; if they had done that, they would have continued to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK13_23","027_13_23","EZK","13","23","23","Therefore, you will no longer falsely say that you have seen visions or tell people what will happen in the future in order to please them. I will rescue my people from being deceived by you. And then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_1","027_14_1","EZK","14","1","1","One day some of the elders of Israel came to me and sat down in front of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_2","027_14_2","EZK","14","2","2","Then Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_3","027_14_3","EZK","14","3","3","“You human, these men want to IDM worship idols, and they are allowing idols to induce them to sin IDM. So I will certainly RHQ answer them if they ask me for advice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_4","027_14_4","EZK","14","4","4","So say this to them: ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: When any Israeli person wants to worship idols which will induce him to sin, and he goes to a prophetto get advice, I, Yahweh, will give him the answer that he deserves to receive because he worship idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_5","027_14_5","EZK","14","5","5","I will do that in order that the Israeli people, who have abandoned me in order to worship their idols, will sincerely IDM worship me again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_6","027_14_6","EZK","14","6","6","Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: ◄Repent/Stop sinning►! Stop worshiping your idols, and stop all your other detestable behavior!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_7","027_14_7","EZK","14","7","7","When any of you Israeli people or any foreigner living among you turns away from me and starts worshiping idols IDM that induce him to sin, and then goes to a prophet to find out what I want him to do, I myself will answer him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_8","027_14_8","EZK","14","8","8","I will show that I detest him, and causewhat happens to him to be a warning to others, and cause him to be someone whom people despise. I will cause him to no longer be allowed to associate with my people. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_9","027_14_9","EZK","14","9","9","And if a prophet is deceived and gives a false prophecy, even though I haveallowed him to give that message, I will get rid of him and remove him from among my Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_10","027_14_10","EZK","14","10","10","Both the prophet and the one who asks him for advice will be guilty, and I will punish both of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_11","027_14_11","EZK","14","11","11","Then you Israeli people will no longer abandon me, and you will no longer become unacceptable to me because of your sins. You will be my people, and I will be your God. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_12","027_14_12","EZK","14","12","12","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_13","027_14_13","EZK","14","13","13","“You human, ifthe people of some country sin against me by abandoning me, and I punish IDM them by cutting off their food supply and by sending a famine, with the result that people and animals die, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_14","027_14_14","EZK","14","14","14","even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were there, they would save only themselves because of their being righteous. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_15","027_14_15","EZK","14","15","15","Or, if I send wild animals throughout the country, and they attack and killmany of HYP the people, with the result that travel in that country becomes very dangerous and no one travels through that country, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_16","027_14_16","EZK","14","16","16","as surely as I am alive, even if those three men were in that country, they could not save even their own sons or daughtersfrom being killed. Only those three would ◄be saved/remain alive►, and the country would become desolate. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_17","027_14_17","EZK","14","17","17","Or, if I bring enemy soldiers MTY to attack that country, and they kill MTY people and animals throughout that country with their swords, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_18","027_14_18","EZK","14","18","18","as surely as I am alive, even if those three men were in that country, they would not be able to save even their own sons or daughtersfrom being killed. They would save only themselves. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_19","027_14_19","EZK","14","19","19","Or, if I send a plague into that land and cause the people and the animals to diefrom the plague because I am very angry with those people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_20","027_14_20","EZK","14","20","20","as surely as I am alive, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in that country, they would not be able to save even their sons and daughters. They would save only themselves because of their being righteous. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_21","027_14_21","EZK","14","21","21","So now this is what I,, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will cause four things to happen to the people of Jerusalem to punish them very severely. Some people and animals will be killed by swords, some will die from famines, others will be attacked and killed by wild animals, and others will die in plagues. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_22","027_14_22","EZK","14","22","22","But some of your people will remain alive, both adults and children. They will come to you, Ezekiel, in Babylon. And when you see theirdisgusting behavior and actions, you will realize that I had good reasons for causing the people of  Jerusalem to experience those many great disasters DOU that I have sent to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK14_23","027_14_23","EZK","14","23","23","When you see those things that they do, you will know that there were very good reasons LIT for me to do everything that I caused to happen to them. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_1","027_15_1","EZK","15","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_2","027_15_2","EZK","15","2","2","“You human, the wood of a grapevine is certainly not RHQ more useful that the branches of the trees in a forest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_3","027_15_3","EZK","15","3","3","No one RHQ ever takes a branch of a grapevine and makes anything useful from it. No one RHQ even makes pegs from them to hang things on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_4","027_15_4","EZK","15","4","4","And after a branch of a grapevine is thrown into a fire, and the fire burns both ends and chars/scorches the branch in the middle, will it then be useful for anything? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_5","027_15_5","EZK","15","5","5","No; if it was not useful for anything before it was burned, it certainly cannot bemade into something useful after the fire has burned and charred it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_6","027_15_6","EZK","15","6","6","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: The wood of grapevines is useful only for fuel in a fire. Similarly, the people who live in Jerusalemare useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_7","027_15_7","EZK","15","7","7","I will reject IDM them. It will be as though they have escaped from a fire, but there will still be a fire that will burn them up. And when I punish EUP them, you people who remain alive will know that I, Yahweh, have done it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK15_8","027_15_8","EZK","15","8","8","I will cause your country to become a wasteland because your people have not been loyal to me. That is what I, Yahweh, the Lord, say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_1","027_16_1","EZK","16","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_2","027_16_2","EZK","16","2","2","“You human, cause the people of Jerusalem to think about their detestable behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_3","027_16_3","EZK","16","3","3","Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you people of Jerusalem: It is as though you are a woman who MET was born in the country where the Canaan people-group lived. It is as though MET your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_4","027_16_4","EZK","16","4","4","It is as though MET on the day that you were born, your umbilical cord was not cut, and your body was not washed in water, and it was not rubbed with salt or wrapped in strips of cloth, like Israeli babies always are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_5","027_16_5","EZK","16","5","5","No one pitied you or acted kindly toward you by doing those things for you. Instead, it was as though MET you were thrown into a field, because on the day that you were born, you were despised {everyone despised you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_6","027_16_6","EZK","16","6","6","Then it was as though MET I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, “I want you to remain alive!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_7","027_16_7","EZK","16","7","7","It was as though I caused you to grow up, like plants in the field grow; you grew up and became tall and became like MET a very beautiful jewel. It was as though MET your breasts ◄formed/became large►, and your hair became long, although you were still naked DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_8","027_16_8","EZK","16","8","8","When I saw you several years later, it was as though MET I saw that you were old enough to have sex EUP. So it was as though MET I spread the corner of my robe over youto symbolize that I would marry you, with the result that you were no longer naked. I solemnly promised that I would marry you and made a marriage agreement with you, and you became my wife. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_9","027_16_9","EZK","16","9","9","And then it was as though MET I bathed you and washed the blood from you and put ointment on your body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_10","027_16_10","EZK","16","10","10","It was as though MET I put a fine linen robe on you and gave you other expensive clothes. I put an embroidered dress on you and put leather sandals on your feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_11","027_16_11","EZK","16","11","11","It was as though MET I put bracelets on your arms and a necklace around your neck. Those things all had nice jewels fastened to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_12","027_16_12","EZK","16","12","12","I put a gold ring in your nose and fastened earrings to your ears and put a beautiful crown on your head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_13","027_16_13","EZK","16","13","13","So it was as though you wore gold and silver ornaments. You had clothes made from fine ◄linen/white cloth► and other expensive embroidered material/cloth. You ate bread made from fine flour, honey, and olive oil. You became very beautiful, like MET a queen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_14","027_16_14","EZK","16","14","14","You were very beautiful, with the result that people in other nations heard about you, because they knew that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who had caused you to become very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_15","027_16_15","EZK","16","15","15","But it was as though MET you realized that because people knew that you were very beautiful, you could earn a lot of money by becoming a prostitute. It was as though you had sex with EUP every man who came along, and they all enjoyed your beauty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_16","027_16_16","EZK","16","16","16","It was as though you took some of your clothes to make beautifully decorated shrines, and that is where you had sex with those men. Those things should certainly never occur! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_17","027_16_17","EZK","16","17","17","You took the fine gold and silver jewelry that I gave you, and you made male idols for yourself, in order to have sex with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_18","027_16_18","EZK","16","18","18","You took some of your embroidered clothes to put on those idols, and you burned oil and incense in front of them to honor them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_19","027_16_19","EZK","16","19","19","And the bread that was made from fine flour and the olive oil and honey that I gave to you to eat, you offered to be a fragrant sacrifice to those idols. I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that is what happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_20","027_16_20","EZK","16","20","20","And you even took your sons and daughters who were as though they were MET my children, and sacrificed them to be food for the idols. That was much worse RHQ than your becoming a prostitute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_21","027_16_21","EZK","16","21","21","You slaughtered those who were like MET my children, and offered them to be sacrifices to the gods! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_22","027_16_22","EZK","16","22","22","All during the time when you were acting like a prostitute and doing other detestable things, you did not think about the time when it was as though you were very young, naked DOU, lying in your own blood and kicking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_23","027_16_23","EZK","16","23","23","So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that terrible things will happen to you. In addition to all the other wicked things that you did, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_24","027_16_24","EZK","16","24","24","you built a shrine to worship idols in every city square/plaza. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_25","027_16_25","EZK","16","25","25","At the beginning of every street you built a shrine, and showed people your beautiful body, offering it to have sex with every man who walked by, becoming a better known prostitute every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_26","027_16_26","EZK","16","26","26","It was as though MET you had sex with men from Egypt who were eager to have sex with you, men who lived near to Israel. You caused me to become very angry because you became more eager to have sex with more and more of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_27","027_16_27","EZK","16","27","27","So I punished IDM you and caused your enemies to capture some of your country. I enabled your greedy enemies from Philistia to defeat you; and even they were shocked because of your disgraceful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_28","027_16_28","EZK","16","28","28","It was as though you had sex with soldiers from Assyria, too, because you always wanted more sex. And after that, you still were not satisfied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_29","027_16_29","EZK","16","29","29","So you also had sex with soldiers from Babylonia, a country full of merchants/businessmen, but even that did not satisfy you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_30","027_16_30","EZK","16","30","30","I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that when you did all those things, acting like MET a bold prostitute, you were showing that you were ready to do anything that you wanted to IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_31","027_16_31","EZK","16","31","31","When you built shrines to worship idols on every street corner and in every city square/plaza, you were not like a prostitute: Prostitutes charge money, but you refused to take money for what you did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_32","027_16_32","EZK","16","32","32","You are like MET a woman who commits adultery: You prefer to have sex with strangers rather than with your husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_33","027_16_33","EZK","16","33","33","Prostitutes are paid, but it is as though you give gifts to all your lovers; you bribe them to come to you from everywhere to have sex with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_34","027_16_34","EZK","16","34","34","So although you act like MET a prostitute, you are not like other prostitutes: No one needs to request you to have sex EUP with them. You are the opposite of other prostitutes; instead of them giving any money to you, you give men money to have sex with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_35","027_16_35","EZK","16","35","35","Therefore, you people of Jerusalem, who are like a prostitute MET, listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord, am saying about you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_36","027_16_36","EZK","16","36","36","I say that what you have done is as though MET you took off your clothes and acted like a prostitute and had sex with men who are not your husband. What I mean is that you have been worshiping detestable idols, and you have murdered MTY your own children to be sacrifices to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_37","027_16_37","EZK","16","37","37","So what I am going to do is as though I will gather those who you think have loved you and those whom you hated. I will gather them around you to attack you, and what I will do is as though I will strip your clothes off you, and they will see you when you are completely naked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_38","027_16_38","EZK","16","38","38","I will punish you like women who commit adultery and who murder people MTY are punished. I will get revenge on you and get rid of you because I am extremely angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_39","027_16_39","EZK","16","39","39","I will allow your enemies who you thought loved you IRO to defeat you, and they will tear down your shrines. It will be as though they will strip off your fancy clothes and take away your fine jewelry and cause you to be completely naked DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_40","027_16_40","EZK","16","40","40","They will bring a mob to attack you, and that mob will throw stones at you and cut you to pieces with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_41","027_16_41","EZK","16","41","41","They will burn down your houses and punish you while many women are watching. I will cause your acting like a prostitute and paying your lovers to have sex with you to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_42","027_16_42","EZK","16","42","42","Then I will no longer be angry DOU with you. I will stop being jealous because of your worshiping gods other than me only. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_43","027_16_43","EZK","16","43","43","You have forgotten the wonderful things that I did for you in previous years MET. You have caused me to become extremely angry because of all the evil things that you have done. In addition to all the other detestable things that you did, you committed many sexual sins. So I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I will punish you IDM for doing those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_44","027_16_44","EZK","16","44","44","People who like to quote proverbs will quote this proverb about you: “Daughtersbehave like their mothers behave.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_45","027_16_45","EZK","16","45","45","You are like your mother; it was as though she detested her husband and her children. You are like your sisters, who also despised their husbands and their children. It was as though MET your father belonged to the Amor people-group and your mother belonged to the Heth people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_46","027_16_46","EZK","16","46","46","And it was as though MET your older sister was Samaria, and she and her daughters lived to the north of you, and it was as though your younger sister was Sodom, and she and her daughters lived to the south of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_47","027_16_47","EZK","16","47","47","You not only imitated all DOU their detestable behavior, but you quickly became more sinful than they were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_48","027_16_48","EZK","16","48","48","I, Yahweh the Lord, solemnly declare that as surely as I am alive, the people who lived in MTY Sodom and other nearby cities never did the detestable things that you people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_49","027_16_49","EZK","16","49","49","These are the sins ofthe people who lived in Sodom, who were like your sister MET: The people who lived there and in nearby cities were arrogant. In spite of having more food to eat than they needed, they refused to help the poor and needy DOU people among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_50","027_16_50","EZK","16","50","50","The people of Sodom and nearby cities MET were proud and did detestable things in my presence, so I got rid of them when I saw what they had been doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_51","027_16_51","EZK","16","51","51","Also, the people of Samaria did not commit half as many sins as you have committed. You have done more disgusting things than they have done. You cause the people of Samaria to appear to be good, compared to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_52","027_16_52","EZK","16","52","52","Your sins are worse than their sins, so they seem to be less wicked than you are. So I will punish you more than I punished them. As a result, you will be ashamed and disgraced DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_53","027_16_53","EZK","16","53","53","However, some day I will causethe people of Sodom and Samaria and the cities near to them MET to prosper again. And I will cause you to prosper again, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_54","027_16_54","EZK","16","54","54","You will be very ashamed DOU of the wicked things that you have done, and that will cause the people of those cities to be encouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_55","027_16_55","EZK","16","55","55","The people of Sodom and Samaria will prosper again, and you and the people in nearby cities will prosper also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_56","027_16_56","EZK","16","56","56","You ◄sneered at/despised► the people of Sodom when you were proud, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_57","027_16_57","EZK","16","57","57","before it was revealed that you were very wicked. And now the people of Edom and the people of Philistia all insult you and despise you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_58","027_16_58","EZK","16","58","58","And you are being punished for all your immoral behavior and other detestable things that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_59","027_16_59","EZK","16","59","59","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will continue to punish you like you deserve to be punished, because by rejecting the agreement that I made with you, you have despised that solemn agreement that you promised to obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_60","027_16_60","EZK","16","60","60","But I will not forget the agreement that I made with you long ago MET, and I will make an agreement with you that will endure forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_61","027_16_61","EZK","16","61","61","Then you will think about what you have done, and you will be ashamed about those things when you welcome the people of Sodom and Samaria, cities which are like MET older and younger sisters to you people of Jerusalem. I will put them under your control by causing them to become like MET your daughters, but they will not have the same agreement that I will make with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_62","027_16_62","EZK","16","62","62","I will establish my agreement with you, and you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK16_63","027_16_63","EZK","16","63","63","Then when I have forgiven you for all your sins, you will think about all the sins that you committed and you will be ashamed, and you will never again boast about them, because you will be humiliated.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_1","027_17_1","EZK","17","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_2","027_17_2","EZK","17","2","2","“You human, tell this story/parable DOU to the people MTY of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_3","027_17_3","EZK","17","3","3","Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: A huge eagle that had strong wings and long beautiful feathers of many colors flew to Lebanon. It grasped the top of a cedar tree ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_4","027_17_4","EZK","17","4","4","and broke it off. Then the eagle carried it away to Babylonia, a country that had many merchants/businessmen, and planted it in one of the cities there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_5","027_17_5","EZK","17","5","5","Then that eagle took a seedling from your country and planted it in a fertile field. He planted it like people plant a willow tree, alongside a stream that had plenty of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_6","027_17_6","EZK","17","6","6","It grew and became a low grapevine that spread along the ground. Its branches turned up towards the eagle, but its roots grew down into the ground. So it became a good vine and produced lots of branches and leaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_7","027_17_7","EZK","17","7","7","But there was another huge eagle that had strong wings and beautiful feathers. And some of the roots of the vine grew toward that eagle, and its branches also turned toward it, hoping that the eagle would bring more water to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_8","027_17_8","EZK","17","8","8","That happened in spite of the fact that the vine had already been planted in good soil, where there was plenty of water, with the result that it had produced branches and produced grapes and had become a very healthy/productive vine.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_9","027_17_9","EZK","17","9","9","Then after you have told that to the people, say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: That vine will certainly not RHQ remain healthy/productive. It will be RHQ pulled up by its roots by the eagle that planted it, and all its fruit will be stripped off and its leaves will wither. And it will not need someone with strong arms or many people to pull it out by its roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_10","027_17_10","EZK","17","10","10","Even if that vine is transplanted, it certainly will not continue to grow RHQ. When the hot wind from the east blows against it, it will completely wither, there where it was planted! RHQ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_11","027_17_11","EZK","17","11","11","Then Yahweh gave this message to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_12","027_17_12","EZK","17","12","12","“Ask these rebellious Israeli people, ‘Do you know what this parable/story means?’ Tell them that it signifies that the King of Babylon went to Jerusalem with his army and captured the King of Judah and his officials, and took them back to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_13","027_17_13","EZK","17","13","13","Then he took one of the king’s close relatives and appointed him to be the king, and made an agreement with him, forcing him to solemnly promise to remain loyal. The King of Babylon also took to Babylon the other important citizens of Judah, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_14","027_17_14","EZK","17","14","14","in order that the kingdom of Judah would not be able to become powerful again. The King of Babylon intended that the kingdom of Judah would not continue to exist if the people did not obey that agreement that he made with the King of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_15","027_17_15","EZK","17","15","15","But the King of Judah rebelled against the King of Babylon by sending officials to Egypt to request from them horses and a large army to fight against the army of Babylonia. But the King of Judah will certainly not RHQ be sucessful. Rulers who rebel like that and and refuse to obey solemn agreements will never RHQ escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_16","027_17_16","EZK","17","16","16","I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, the King of Judah will die in Babylon, in the city where the King of Babylon appointed him to be the King MTY of Judah. He will die because he despised the solemn agreement and refused to do what he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_17","027_17_17","EZK","17","17","17","The King of Egypt with all his very huge army DOU will not be able to help the King of Judah: The soldiers from Babylonia will build ramps up against the walls of Jerusalem and set up devices to batter the walls. They will enter Jerusalem and kill many of its people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_18","027_17_18","EZK","17","18","18","The King of Judah despised the solemn agreement by disregarding the treaty. Although he had solemnly promised to be under the control of the King of Babylon, he sent officials to request help from Egypt. Therefore he will not escape being punished by the King of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_19","027_17_19","EZK","17","19","19","Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'Just as surely as I am alive, I will cause the King of Judah to be punished IDM for ignoring the solemn agreement that he made with the King of Babylon and then refusing to obey it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_20","027_17_20","EZK","17","20","20","It will be as though I will spread a net to capture him, and he will be caught in it. He will be captured and taken to Babylon and punished because he rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_21","027_17_21","EZK","17","21","21","Most HYP of his soldiers who try to escape will be killed by their enemies’ swords, and those who survive will be scattered in all directions. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_22","027_17_22","EZK","17","22","22","This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “It will be as though I will take a shoot from the top of a very tall cedar tree and plant it DOU in another place. I will plant it on a very high DOU mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_23","027_17_23","EZK","17","23","23","It will be as though I will plant it on a mountain in Israel, and it will grow and become a beautiful cedar tree. Many HYP kinds of birds will make their nests in the tree, and they will have shade in its branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK17_24","027_17_24","EZK","17","24","24","And it will be as though all the trees in the field will know that I, Yahweh, get rid of tall trees and make little ones grow. I cause big green trees to wither, and I cause dry trees to become green. I, Yahweh have said this, and I will certainly do what I have said that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_1","027_18_1","EZK","18","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_2","027_18_2","EZK","18","2","2","“You people quote RHQ this proverb and say that it is about Israel: ‘Parents/People eat sour grapes, but it is their children who have a very sour taste in their mouths', which means that you think that it is not fair for you to be punished for your ancestors’ sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_3","027_18_3","EZK","18","3","3","But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, you Israeli people will no longer quote that proverb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_4","027_18_4","EZK","18","4","4","Everyone who is alive belongs to me. That includes children and their parents; they all belong to me. And it is those who sin who will diebecause of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_5","027_18_5","EZK","18","5","5","So, suppose there is a righteous person whoalways does what is fair and right DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_6","027_18_6","EZK","18","6","6","He does not eatmeat sacrificed to idols on the hilltops, he does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with someone else’s wife or have sex with a woman during her monthly menstrual period. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_7","027_18_7","EZK","18","7","7","He does not mistreat/oppress people; if someoneborrows money from him and gives him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back, he always gives the cloak back to that personbefore the sun goes down. He does not rob people. He gives food to hungry people. He gives clothing to people who need clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_8","027_18_8","EZK","18","8","8","When he lends money to people, he does not do it just to charge big interest. He does not do SYN things that are evil. He always decides things fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_9","027_18_9","EZK","18","9","9","He faithfully obeys all DOU my laws. That man is truly righteous; he will remain alive. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_10","027_18_10","EZK","18","10","10","But suppose that man has a son who acts violently, who murders people and does any of these other things, even though his father has not done any of them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_11","027_18_11","EZK","18","11","11","He eatsmeat sacrificed to idols on the hilltops. He has sex with other people’s wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_12","027_18_12","EZK","18","12","12","He mistreats/oppresses poor and needy people. He robs people. If someone gives him his cloak to guaranteethat he will pay the money back, he never gives the cloak back to himbefore the sun goes down. He seeks help from idols. He does other detestable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_13","027_18_13","EZK","18","13","13","When he lends money, he chargesvery big interest. If you think that such a person willbe allowed to remain alive RHQ, you are certainly wrong. Because he has done those detestable things, he will surely be executed, and it will be his own fault IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_14","027_18_14","EZK","18","14","14","But suppose that man has a son who sees all the sins that his father commits, but he does not do those things: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_15","027_18_15","EZK","18","15","15","He does not eatmeat sacrificed to idols on the hilltops. He does not request help from idols. He does not have sex with other people’s wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_16","027_18_16","EZK","18","16","16","He does not mistreat/oppress people. If he lends money to someone, he does not require that person to give him his cloak to guarantee that he will pay the money back. He does not rob anyone. He gives food to those who need it. He gives clothes to those who need clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_17","027_18_17","EZK","18","17","17","He does not commit sins, like his father did, and does not charge big interest DOU when he lends money. He faithfully obeys all DOU my laws. That person will not be executed for his father’s sins; he will surely remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_18","027_18_18","EZK","18","18","18","But his father will be executed for the sins that he committed, because he cheated people and robbed people and did other things that are evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_19","027_18_19","EZK","18","19","19","If you ask, ‘Why should the man’s son not ◄suffer/be punished► for the evil things that his father did?’, I will answer that the son has done what is fair and right DOU and has obeyed all my laws, so he will surely remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_20","027_18_20","EZK","18","20","20","It is those who sin who will diebecause of their sins. People will not be punished for the sins of their parents, or for the sins of their children. Good/Righteous people will be rewarded for their being good/righteous, and evil people will be punished for theirdoing evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_21","027_18_21","EZK","18","21","21","But if a wicked person ◄turns away from/quits► doing all the evil things that he did previously, and if he starts to obey faithfully all my laws, and does what is fair and right DOU, he will surely remain alive; he will not be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_22","027_18_22","EZK","18","22","22","He will not be punished for the sins he committed previously. Because of the good/righteous things that he has done since that time, he willbe allowed to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_23","027_18_23","EZK","18","23","23","I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I certainly am not RHQ happy about wicked people dying. Instead, I am happy when they turn away from their wicked behavior, andbecause of that, they remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_24","027_18_24","EZK","18","24","24","But if a righteous person stops doing righteous things and starts to commit sins and does the same detestable things that wicked people do, he will certainly not RHQ be allowed to remain alive. I will not think about the righteous things that he did previously. Because he did not faithfullydo what pleases me, and because of all the sins that he has committed, he will be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_25","027_18_25","EZK","18","25","25","But you say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly!’ You Israeli people, listen to what I say: It is certainly not RHQ what I do that is unfair, it is what you continually do that is not fair/right! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_26","027_18_26","EZK","18","26","26","If a righteous person ◄turns away from/quits► doing what is righteous and commits sins, he will diefor committing those sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_27","027_18_27","EZK","18","27","27","But if a wicked person turns away from doing wicked things and does what is just and right DOU, he will save himselffrom being executed/punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_28","027_18_28","EZK","18","28","28","Because he has thought about all the evil things that he did and has turned away from doing them, he will surelybe allowed to live. He will not be executed for having done evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_29","027_18_29","EZK","18","29","29","But you Israeli people MTY say, ‘Yahweh does not act fairly.’ You people of Israel, my behavior is certainly not RHQ unfair! It is your behavior that is not right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_30","027_18_30","EZK","18","30","30","Therefore, you Israeli people MTY, I, Yahweh the Lord, will judge each of you according to what you have done. Repent! Turn away from all your wicked behavior! Then you will not be destroyed PRS because of your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_31","027_18_31","EZK","18","31","31","Get rid of all your wicked behavior, and get a new way of thinking IDM, DOU. You Israeli people MTY, ◄do you really want to be executed for your sins?/you act as though you want to be executed for your sins► RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK18_32","027_18_32","EZK","18","32","32","I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I am not pleased about your dying. So repent, and remain alive!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_1","027_19_1","EZK","19","1","1","Yahweh said to me, “Ezekiel, sing a sad funeral songa which will be a parable abouttwo of the kings of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_2","027_19_2","EZK","19","2","2","Say to the Israeli people, ‘It is as though MET your mother was a brave female lion who raised her cubs among other lions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_3","027_19_3","EZK","19","3","3","She taught one of them to huntfor other animals to kill, and he even learned tokill and eat people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_4","027_19_4","EZK","19","4","4","When people from other nations heard about him, they trapped him in a pit. Then they used hooks to drag him to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_5","027_19_5","EZK","19","5","5","His mother waited for him to return, but soon she stopped hoping/expecting that he would return. So she raised another cub who also became very fierce. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_6","027_19_6","EZK","19","6","6","He hunted along with other lionsfor animals to kill, and he even learned tokill and eat people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_7","027_19_7","EZK","19","7","7","He destroyed forts, and he ruined cities. When he roared loudly, everyone was terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_8","027_19_8","EZK","19","8","8","So people of other nations planned to kill him, and men came from many places to spread out a net for him, and they caught him in a trap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_9","027_19_9","EZK","19","9","9","They tied him with chains and took him to Babylonia. And there he was locked in a prison, with the result that no one on the hills of Israel ever heard him roar again.’ Also, say to the Israeli people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_10","027_19_10","EZK","19","10","10","‘It is as though SIM your mother was a grapevine that was planted along a stream. There was plenty of water, so it had lots of branches and produced a lot of grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_11","027_19_11","EZK","19","11","11","That grapevine grew and became taller than all the nearby trees; everyone could see that it was very strong and healthy. And those branches were good for making scepters that symbolize the power/authorityof a king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_12","027_19_12","EZK","19","12","12","ButYahweh became very angry, so he pulled up the vine by its roots and threw it on the ground, where the very hot winds from the desert dried up all its fruit. The strong branches wilted and were burned in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_13","027_19_13","EZK","19","13","13","Now that vine has been planted in a hot, dry desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK19_14","027_19_14","EZK","19","14","14","A fire started to burn its stem, and then started to burn the branches and burned all the grapes. Now not even one strong branch remains; they will never become scepters for a king.’ That funeral song must be sung very sadly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_1","027_20_1","EZK","20","1","1","Almost seven years afterKing Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been captured and taken to Babylonia, on the tenth day of the fifth monthof that year, some Israeli elders came to me to askif I had a message for them from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_2","027_20_2","EZK","20","2","2","Then Yahweh gave me a message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_3","027_20_3","EZK","20","3","3","“You human, speak to the Israeli elders and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Yousay that you have come to ask if there is any message from me RHQ, but as surely as I am alive, I will notanswer you if you ask meto tell you anything.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_4","027_20_4","EZK","20","4","4","If you are RHQ willing to warn them, remind them of the detestable things that their ancestors did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_5","027_20_5","EZK","20","5","5","Then say to them, ‘On the day that I chose you Israeli peopleto belong to me, with my hand lifted up, I made a solemn promise to your ancestorswhile they were still in Egypt. I said to them, “I am Yahweh, your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_6","027_20_6","EZK","20","6","6","I will bring you out of Egypt and lead you to a land that I have chosen for you. It is a very fertile IDM and ◄very beautiful/more beautiful than any other► land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_7","027_20_7","EZK","20","7","7","Each of you must get rid of the disgusting idols that you loved IDM, and do not defile yourselves byworshiping those idolsthat you saw in Egypt. I, Yahweh your God, am saying this to you.” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_8","027_20_8","EZK","20","8","8","But they rebelled against me. They would not pay attention to me. They did not get rid of the disgusting idols they loved, and they did not reject those idolsthat they saw in Egypt. So because I was angry with them, I said that I would punish MTY them in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_9","027_20_9","EZK","20","9","9","But for the sake of my own reputation, I decided to do something in order that I would not be dishonored by the people of the nations who would see it when I brought my people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_10","027_20_10","EZK","20","10","10","Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_11","027_20_11","EZK","20","11","11","I gave them all my laws and decrees DOU, in order that they would obey them, and as a result they would live for a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_12","027_20_12","EZK","20","12","12","Also, I established the Sabbath/rest days to be a symbol between us to show that I, Yahweh, had caused them to be set apartfrom the other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_13","027_20_13","EZK","20","13","13","But the Israeli people rebelled against me in the desert. They did not obey my commands DOU; they rejected them, even though they tell people who obey them that they will live for a long time, and they profaned the Sabbath days. So I said that I would get rid of them in the desert, and that would show that I was very angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_14","027_20_14","EZK","20","14","14","But again, for the sake of my own reputation, I decided to do something else in order that I would not be dishonored/despised by the people of the nations who had seen me bring my people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_15","027_20_15","EZK","20","15","15","I lifted up my hand and solemnly declared to them in the desert that I would not take them into the land that Ihad promised to give them, a land that was very fertile IDM and ◄very beautiful/more beautiful than any other► land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_16","027_20_16","EZK","20","16","16","The reason that I promised that was because they rejected and disobeyed all my laws DOU and ◄desecrated/refused to rest on► the Sabbath days. They did that  because they SYN were devoted toworshiping their idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_17","027_20_17","EZK","20","17","17","But, I still pitied them and did not get rid of all of them in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_18","027_20_18","EZK","20","18","18","I said to their children, ‘Do not do the things that your parents continually did, or defile yourselves byworshiping their idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_19","027_20_19","EZK","20","19","19","I am Yahweh your God. Carefully obey DOU my laws and commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_20","027_20_20","EZK","20","20","20","Respect my Sabbath days, in order that by doing that PRS, it will remind you that you belong to me, Yahweh your God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_21","027_20_21","EZK","20","21","21","But their children also rebelled against me. They did not carefully obey my laws DOU, even though the people who obey them will live for a long time; and they profaned the Sabbath days. So again I said that by getting rid of them in the desert, I would show that I was very angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_22","027_20_22","EZK","20","22","22","But I did not do that IDM. Again, for the sake of my own reputation, I decided to do something in order that I would not be dishonored/despised by the people of the nations who had seen it when I brought my people out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_23","027_20_23","EZK","20","23","23","I lifted up my hand and solemnly declared to them in the desert that I would cause them to be scattered among many nations DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_24","027_20_24","EZK","20","24","24","because they had rejected and disobeyed all my laws DOU and desecrated the Sabbath days, and they had eagerly desiredto worship the idols that their parentshad worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_25","027_20_25","EZK","20","25","25","I also allowed them to obey laws that were not good, and laws that would not enable them to live a long time if they obeyed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_26","027_20_26","EZK","20","26","26","I allowed them to become unacceptable to me by their sacrificing their firstborn children in the fire. I did that in order that they would be horrified, and in order that they would know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_27","027_20_27","EZK","20","27","27","Therefore, you human, speak to the Israeli people. Say this to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you: This is one way that your ancestors dishonored me by turning away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_28","027_20_28","EZK","20","28","28","After I brought them into the land that I had solemnly promised to give to them, every time that they saw a high hill or a big green tree, they offered sacrificesto idols there. They made offerings to them, and that caused me to become angry. They presented to those idols their fragrant burning incense, and poured out wine offerings to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_29","027_20_29","EZK","20","29","29","Then I asked them, “Who RHQ told you to worship at a shrine like this, here on this hilltop?” So they are still called “hilltop shrines”.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_30","027_20_30","EZK","20","30","30","Therefore, say this to the Israeli people MTY: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “You are going to RHQ defile yourselves like your ancestors did by strongly desiringto worship their disgusting statues of idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_31","027_20_31","EZK","20","31","31","When you sacrifice your children in the fire, you are still continuing to make yourselves unacceptable to me byworshiping your many idols. You Israeli people, should I allow you to inquirewhat I want you to do? I, Yahweh the Lord, say that as surely as I am alive, I will not answer if you inquire.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_32","027_20_32","EZK","20","32","32","You say, ‘We want to be like the other nations, like the other people-groups in the world. We want to worshipidols made of wood and stonelike they do.’ But what you want will never happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_33","027_20_33","EZK","20","33","33","I, Yahweh your Lord, say that as surely as I am alive, I will use my great power DOU, MTY to rule over you, and show that I am angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_34","027_20_34","EZK","20","34","34","With my great power I will gather you from the places to which you have been scattered, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_35","027_20_35","EZK","20","35","35","and I will bring you to a desertthat is surrounded by other nations. There, while I am looking at you, I will judge you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_36","027_20_36","EZK","20","36","36","I will punish you, like I punished your ancestors in the desert near Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_37","027_20_37","EZK","20","37","37","I will count you MTY as you walk by, and I will force you to obey the agreement that I made with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_38","027_20_38","EZK","20","38","38","I will get rid of those people among you who rebel DOU against me. Although I will bring them out ofBabylonia, where they are now living, they will not enter Israel. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_39","027_20_39","EZK","20","39","39","As for you Israeli people MTY, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'Go and worship your idols now IRO, each of you. But afterwards, you will surely heed me and no longer dishonor me MTY by taking gifts to your idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_40","027_20_40","EZK","20","40","40","I, Yahweh your Lord, declare that there on my sacred hill, Zion, that high hill in Israel, you will bring gifts to me, and I will accept them. I will require you to bring to me gifts and offerings there, and your sacrifices that are dedicated to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_41","027_20_41","EZK","20","41","41","When I bring you out from the other nations DOU to which you have been scattered, I will accept youas though you were fragrant incense. By doing that, I will show the people of other nations that I have set you apart to belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_42","027_20_42","EZK","20","42","42","Then, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land that I solemnly promised with my hand lifted up that I would give to your ancestors, you will know that I, Yahweh, have done it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_43","027_20_43","EZK","20","43","43","And therein Israel you will remember how you conducted your lives previously, you will remember the actions that caused you to become unacceptable to me, and you will hate/despise yourselves for all the evil things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_44","027_20_44","EZK","20","44","44","When I act toward you Israeli people to protect my reputation, and not just  because of your evil deeds and corrupt behavior, you Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' That is what Yahweh the Lord declares.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_45","027_20_45","EZK","20","45","45","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_46","027_20_46","EZK","20","46","46","“You human, turn toward the south. Preach about what will happen to that dry land, to the forest there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_47","027_20_47","EZK","20","47","47","Say to the forest in the southpart of Israel: 'Listen to this message that Yahweh the Lord is saying about you: “I am about to start a fire in your midst, and it will burn up all your trees, both the green trees and the withered/dry trees. Nothing will extinguish the blazing flames. And the fire will scorch the faces of everyone who lives in that area, from the south to the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_48","027_20_48","EZK","20","48","48","Everyone will see that it is I, Yahweh, who have lit this fire, and no one will be able to put it out.” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK20_49","027_20_49","EZK","20","49","49","Then I said, “Yahweh, my Lord, when I tell things like this to people, they do not believe me. They say about me, ‘He is only telling parables.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_1","027_21_1","EZK","21","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_2","027_21_2","EZK","21","2","2","“You human, turn toward Jerusalem. Preach about what will happen to the temple there. Preach about what will happen to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_3","027_21_3","EZK","21","3","3","Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I am opposed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_4","027_21_4","EZK","21","4","4","Sowhat I will do to you will be as though MET I will pull my sword from its sheath and strike you. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people DOU. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_5","027_21_5","EZK","21","5","5","Then everyone will know thatit is as though I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_6","027_21_6","EZK","21","6","6","Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully IDM, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_7","027_21_7","EZK","21","7","7","And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ tell them, ‘Because of the news that they soon will hear. Everyone will be very fearful IDM, and their knees will become as weak as SIM water. A great disaster will soon occur. That is what Yahweh the Lord is promising.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_8","027_21_8","EZK","21","8","8","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_9","027_21_9","EZK","21","9","9","“You human, prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh says: I have sharpened my sword and polished it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_10","027_21_10","EZK","21","10","10","It is sharpened in order that I can slaughtermany people with it; it is polished so that it will flash like lightning. The people of Judah will not celebratetheir being punished like this, but they did not repent whenI only struck them with a stick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_11","027_21_11","EZK","21","11","11","A sword should be polished, and be grasped in someone’s hand. It should be sharpened and polished, ready for someone to use it to kill people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_12","027_21_12","EZK","21","12","12","So, you human, cry and wail, because I will use my sword to kill my people, including the leaders of Israel. They and all the other people, my people, will be killed by swords, so beat your chestto show that you are sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_13","027_21_13","EZK","21","13","13","I am about to test my people, and the kings MTY of Judah will not escape being punished. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_14","027_21_14","EZK","21","14","14","So, you human, prophesy; clap your handsto show that you are very happy about what is going to happen. My sword will strike them again and again; it is a sword for slaughtering many people, while I attack them from every side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_15","027_21_15","EZK","21","15","15","In order that people will be very much afraid IDM and many people will be killed, I have placedsoldiers holding my swords at every city gate, ready to slaughter people. Those swords will flash like lightning, as the soldiers grasp them to slaughter people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_16","027_21_16","EZK","21","16","16","Their swords APO will slash to the right and then to the left, whichever way they turn the blades. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_17","027_21_17","EZK","21","17","17","Then I will clap my handstriumphantly; and then I will no longer be angry. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_18","027_21_18","EZK","21","18","18","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_19","027_21_19","EZK","21","19","19","“You human, makea map, and on it mark two roads for the King of Babylonia to march onalong with his army, carrying their swords. When they depart from their country, they will come to a sign post where the road divides. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_20","027_21_20","EZK","21","20","20","If they continue on the one road, they will attack Rabbahcity, the capital of the Ammon people-group. If they continue on the other road, they will come to Judah and to Jerusalem, a city with walls around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_21","027_21_21","EZK","21","21","21","When the army of Babylonia comes to where the road divides, they will stop, and the king will perform magic rituals to decide which road to go on. He will throw arrows; then consult his idolsabout which road to go on, and he will ◄examine/look at► the liverof a sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_22","027_21_22","EZK","21","22","22","With his right hand he will pick up the arrow marked ‘Jerusalem’. He will thencommand his soldiers to go to Jerusalem. When they arrive there, they will set up ◄rams/devices to batterdown the walls,► and then the king will give the command for them to slaughter the people. They will shout a battle-cry, and they will set up the rams against the city gates. They will build a dirt ramp against the walls around the city, and set up things to bash those walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_23","027_21_23","EZK","21","23","23","The peoplein Jerusalem who had promised to be loyal to the King of Babylonia will think that those rituals must be wrong. They will think that his army should not be attacking them. But he will remind them of the sins MTY that they had committed, andhis army will capture them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_24","027_21_24","EZK","21","24","24","Therefore, tell the Israeli people that this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘You people have allowed everyone to see that you are openly rebellingagainst the King of Babylonia, and by doing that you have shown that everything that you do is sinful. Therefore you will be captured and takento Babylonia.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_25","027_21_25","EZK","21","25","25","Also, say, ‘You very wicked DOU king of Israel, it is your timeto die. It is the time for you to be punished.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_26","027_21_26","EZK","21","26","26","And this is what Yahweh the Lord says to you soldiers from Babylonia: ‘Take off the king’s turban and his crown, because now things will be different than they were before. Thosein Jerusalem who had no authority will now be given authority, and those who had authority will have their authority taken from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_27","027_21_27","EZK","21","27","27","Jerusalem will be completely ruined. I will cause it to be ruined, and it will not be rebuilt/restored until the king to whom the city truly belongs comes; I will give it to himto rule it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_28","027_21_28","EZK","21","28","28","“And, you human, prophesy and say this: 'This is what Yahweh the Lord says about the Ammon people-group, and about what they have said to insult Israel: “The King of Babylon says, ‘My soldiers have swords’ APO; they have pulled out those swords to slaughter many people. They have polished them in order to kill people, and to make those swords flash like lightning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_29","027_21_29","EZK","21","29","29","Your prophets have given you false visions about what will happen to you, and they have given you messages that are not true. So swords will strike the necks of those wicked people; it is time for them to be killed; it is the day when they will be punishedfor their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_30","027_21_30","EZK","21","30","30","You must put your swords back in their sheaths because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended. I will judge those people in the country where they were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_31","027_21_31","EZK","21","31","31","I will pour out my punishment MTY on them. Because I am very angry with them, my breath on them will scorch them likea fire MET. I will allow brutal men to capture them, men who are experts in killing people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK21_32","027_21_32","EZK","21","32","32","You will be like fuel MET that is burned in a fire. Your blood will be shed in your own land. No one will remember you any more. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_1","027_22_1","EZK","22","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_2","027_22_2","EZK","22","2","2","“You human, are you ready to condemn the people of Jerusalem? It is RHQ a city full of murderers MTY. Remind them of all the detestable things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_3","027_22_3","EZK","22","3","3","Then say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: By your murdering people and by ◄defiling yourselves/making yourselves unacceptable to God► by making idols, you people of this city APO have brought to yourselves the time when you will be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_4","027_22_4","EZK","22","4","4","You have become guilty by doing both of those things DOU. You have brought to an end your time to remain alive DOU. Therefore I will cause you to become a group whom the people of other nations will scorn; they will all laugh at you DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_5","027_22_5","EZK","22","5","5","People in countries that are near you and people who live far from you will make fun of you, because your city is full of lawless people and full of confusion. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_6","027_22_6","EZK","22","6","6","Think about how each of your Israeli kings have used their power to cause people to be murdered MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_7","027_22_7","EZK","22","7","7","Your people do not respect/honor their parents; they have oppressed foreigners; they mistreat orphans and widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_8","027_22_8","EZK","22","8","8","You despise my sacred places and ◄dishonor/do not respect► the Sabbath days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_9","027_22_9","EZK","22","9","9","Among you are men who tell lies in order to cause others to be executed MTY. There are those who eatfood offered to idols at the hilltop shrines, and they perform disgusting sexual acts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_10","027_22_10","EZK","22","10","10","There are men who have sex with their father’s wives EUP, and men who have sex with women during their monthly menstrual periods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_11","027_22_11","EZK","22","11","11","There are men who have sex with someone else’s wife. Some men have sex with their daughters-in-law or with their sisters or half-sisters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_12","027_22_12","EZK","22","12","12","There are among you men who accept bribes in order to cause someone to be executed MTY. You charge high interest when you lend people money. You become rich by forcing people to give you money. Andthe worst thing is that you have forgotten me, Yahweh the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_13","027_22_13","EZK","22","13","13","So I will shake my fists at you to show that I am angry with you because of your stealing money from people and murdering MTY people who live among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_14","027_22_14","EZK","22","14","14","When I finishpunishing you, you will no longer RHQ be courageous/brave DOU. I, Yahweh, have said what I will do to you, and I will do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_15","027_22_15","EZK","22","15","15","I will cause you to be scattered among many nations DOU, and I will cause you to stop your sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_16","027_22_16","EZK","22","16","16","When the people of other nations see that you have been humiliated, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_17","027_22_17","EZK","22","17","17","Yahweh also said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_18","027_22_18","EZK","22","18","18","“You human, your Israeli people MTY have becomeuseless to me. They are like  MET dross/slag to me. They are like SIM theworthless copper, tin, iron, and lead that remains after silver is melted in avery hot furnace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_19","027_22_19","EZK","22","19","19","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Because you have all become like dross/slag, I will gather you in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_20","027_22_20","EZK","22","20","20","People putore containing silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin in a very hot furnace and melt them in a blazing fireto burn up the impurities. Similarly SIM, I will gather you togetherinside Jerusalem, and because I am very angry with you, what I will do will be as though I am melting you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_21","027_22_21","EZK","22","21","21","It will be as though I will blow on you with a hot breath that shows that I am very angry, andit will be as though you will be melted, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_22","027_22_22","EZK","22","22","22","as though you will be melted like SIM silver is melted in a furnace, and then you will know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my punishment MTY on you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_23","027_22_23","EZK","22","23","23","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_24","027_22_24","EZK","22","24","24","“You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘WhenYahweh is angry with you, there has been no rain or showers in your country.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_25","027_22_25","EZK","22","25","25","Your leaders are like SIM lions that tear apart the animals that they have killed. Your leaders destroy their people. They steal treasures and other valuable things from people, and they cause many women to become widowsby murdering their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_26","027_22_26","EZK","22","26","26","Their priests disobey my laws and disrespect my sacred things by saying that there is no difference between things that are sacred and those that are not sacred, and by ignoring my laws about honoring the Sabbath days. As a result, they no longer honor me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_27","027_22_27","EZK","22","27","27","Their officials are like SIM wolves that tear apart the animals that they have killed: They murder people DOU in order to get their money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_28","027_22_28","EZK","22","28","28","Their prophets, by falsely saying they have received visionsfrom God, and by giving false messages, try to ◄cover up MET/say that it is all right to commit► those sins. They say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says,’ when I have said nothing to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_29","027_22_29","EZK","22","29","29","The Israeli people force others to give them money, and they rob people. They oppress poor DOU people, and they mistreat foreigners among them by not treating them fairlyin the courts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_30","027_22_30","EZK","22","30","30","I looked among them to find a man who would cause the people of the city to repent MET so that I would not need to get rid of them. But I did not find anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK22_31","027_22_31","EZK","22","31","31","So because I am very angry with them, I will severely punish them MTY for all the wicked things that they have done. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_1","027_23_1","EZK","23","1","1","Yahweh said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_2","027_23_2","EZK","23","2","2","“You human, listen to this parable about Jerusalem and Samaria. Once there were two women, daughters of the same mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_3","027_23_3","EZK","23","3","3","They lived in Egypt. And from the time that they were young women, they became prostitutes. In that land, men fondled their breasts and caressed their bosoms DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_4","027_23_4","EZK","23","4","4","The older sister was Oholah, and her younger sister was Oholibah. It was as though they became my wives. Later they gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah represents Samaria, and Oholibah represents Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_5","027_23_5","EZK","23","5","5","Oholah acted like a prostitute while she was still my wife. She desired to have sex with those she loved—soldiers from Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_6","027_23_6","EZK","23","6","6","Some of them were army officers and commanders. They wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_7","027_23_7","EZK","23","7","7","She acted like a prostitute toward all the important Assyrian officials, and became unacceptable to me by worshiping all the idols of the men she wanted to have sex with. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_8","027_23_8","EZK","23","8","8","When she was a young woman in Egypt, she started being a prostitute, and young men caressed her breasts and had sex with her; and when she became older, she did not quit acting like a prostitute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_9","027_23_9","EZK","23","9","9","So I allowed the Assyrian soldiers, whom she wanted to have sex with, to capture her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_10","027_23_10","EZK","23","10","10","They stripped all her clothes off her. They took away her sons and daughters. And then they killed her with a sword. Other women started talking about what had happened to her, about how she had been punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_11","027_23_11","EZK","23","11","11","Heryounger sister Oholibah saw those thingsthat happened to Oholah, but she was a prostitute, and she desired to have sex with men more than herolder sister had desired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_12","027_23_12","EZK","23","12","12","Oholibah also wanted to have sex with the Assyrian soldiers. Some of them were army officers and commanders. They all wore beautiful blue uniforms. They were all handsome young men. Some of them rode horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_13","027_23_13","EZK","23","13","13","I saw what she did that caused her to became unacceptable to me, just like herolder sister. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_14","027_23_14","EZK","23","14","14","But she did even worse things. She saw drawings of men from Babylonia on the walls, painted in red. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_15","027_23_15","EZK","23","15","15","The menin the drawings had belts around their waists and long turbans on their heads. They all resembled officers from Babylonia DOU who rode in chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_16","027_23_16","EZK","23","16","16","As soon as she saw those drawings, she wanted to have sex with those men, and she sent messages to them in Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_17","027_23_17","EZK","23","17","17","Then the soldiers from Babylonia came to her, they lay in bed with her, and they had sex with her. Then she became disgusted with them and turned away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_18","027_23_18","EZK","23","18","18","But when she continued to openly/boldly act like a prostitute DOU, I became disgusted with her, and I rejected her like I had rejected herolder sister. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_19","027_23_19","EZK","23","19","19","But she became even more immoral, as she remembered when she was a young woman who was a prostitute in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_20","027_23_20","EZK","23","20","20","There she wanted to have sex with those who loved her, whose genitals were very long, like SIM those of donkeys, and whose sexual emissions were huge, like those of horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_21","027_23_21","EZK","23","21","21","So she desired to be immoral like she was when she was young, when men in Egypt caressed her bosom and fondled her breasts.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_22","027_23_22","EZK","23","22","22","“Oholibahrepresents you people of Jerusalem. Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I will cause those soldiers who loved you but whom you turned away from because you became disgusted with them, to be angry with you. I will cause them to come and attack you from every side— ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_23","027_23_23","EZK","23","23","23","soldiers from Babylon and all the other places in Babylonia, andtheir allies from Pekod and Shoa and Koaregions, and all the army of Assyria. Yes, all of them are handsome young men, army officers and commanders, officers who ride in chariots, all riding on horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_24","027_23_24","EZK","23","24","24","Their huge army will attack you with weapons, riding in chariots and pulling wagons that will carry their army supplies. They will surround you, carrying large and small shields, and wearing helmets. I will allow them to capture you and punish you in the way that they always punishtheir enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_25","027_23_25","EZK","23","25","25","Because I am very angry with you, I will cause them to act very furiously toward you. They will cut off your noses and your ears. Then, those who are still alive, they will kill with their swords. They will take away your sons and daughters, and a fire will burn up those who remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_26","027_23_26","EZK","23","26","26","They will strip off your clothes and your fine jewelry and take them away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_27","027_23_27","EZK","23","27","27","In that way, I will stop all the immoral behavior that began when you became a prostitute in Egypt. You will no longer desire to do those things, or think aboutwhat you did in Egypt.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_28","027_23_28","EZK","23","28","28","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘I am about to allow those whom you hate, those you became disgusted with and turned away from, to capture you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_29","027_23_29","EZK","23","29","29","They will be cruel and take away everything that you have worked hard to acquire. They will leave you completely naked DOU, and everyone will see that you truly are a prostitute. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_30","027_23_30","EZK","23","30","30","It is because of what you have done that you will be punished like that; you have been an immoral prostitute; you have had sex with men of other nations, and you have caused yourselves to become unacceptable to me byworshiping their idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_31","027_23_31","EZK","23","31","31","You have behaved likethe people of Samaria, who are like your older sister. So I will cause you to be punished MET like they were punished.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_32","027_23_32","EZK","23","32","32","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘You will suffer like people suffer when they drink from a cup a lot of strong alcoholic drink: It will be as though you will drink from the cup that the people of Samaria drank from; a big and tall cup. Because of your drinking what is in that cup, many people will scorn you and make fun of you because there is a lot of liquid in that cup. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_33","027_23_33","EZK","23","33","33","When you become very drunk, you will become very sad, becausedrinking what is in that cup MTY will cause you to become ruined and deserted, like what happened MET to the people of Samaria, who are like MET your sister. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_34","027_23_34","EZK","23","34","34","You will drink all the liquid that is in that cup; then you will break that cup into pieces anduse those pieces to gash/cut your breastsbecause you will be very sad.’ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_35","027_23_35","EZK","23","35","35","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘Because you have forgotten me and rejected me IDM, you must be punished for your immoral behavior and for beinglike a prostitute.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_36","027_23_36","EZK","23","36","36","Yahweh said to me, “You human, you must RHQ judgethe people of those two cities represented by Oholah and Oholibah. You must remind them of their detestable behavior: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_37","027_23_37","EZK","23","37","37","It is as though the people of those cities have committed adultery and have murdered MTY people. They have been unfaithful to me by worshiping idols. They have even sacrificed their own children, who belonged to me, to be food for their idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_38","027_23_38","EZK","23","38","38","They have done otherdisgraceful things: They have caused my temple to be an unacceptable place for worship, and have not respected the Sabbath days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_39","027_23_39","EZK","23","39","39","On the same day that they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my temple, which caused it to be an unacceptable place for worshiping me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_40","027_23_40","EZK","23","40","40","They sent messages to men in countries far away. And when those men arrived, the women of those two cities bathed themselves for them, painted their eyebrows, and put on jewelry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_41","027_23_41","EZK","23","41","41","They sat on a beautiful couch, with a table in front of it on which they had put incense and olive oil that belonged to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_42","027_23_42","EZK","23","42","42","Soon there was a noisy crowd around them. Among the crowd there were men from Sheba who had come from the desertof Arabia. They put bracelets on the arms of the two sisters and put beautiful crowns on their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_43","027_23_43","EZK","23","43","43","Then I said about the woman who had become exhausted by her having sex with many men, ‘Now allow those men to act toward her as though she is a prostitute, because that is all that she is.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_44","027_23_44","EZK","23","44","44","So they had sex EUP with those two women, Oholah and Oholibah, like men have sex with prostitutes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_45","027_23_45","EZK","23","45","45","But righteous men will condemn them to be punished, like women who commit adultery and who murder others are punished, because those women commit adultery and they murder MTY others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_46","027_23_46","EZK","23","46","46","So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Bring a mob to attack Samaria and Jerusalem, and allow that mob to cause the people of those cities to be terrified, and to rob them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_47","027_23_47","EZK","23","47","47","The mob will throw stones at themto kill them; they will cut them into pieces with their swords, they will kill their sons and daughters, and burn down their houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_48","027_23_48","EZK","23","48","48","In that way I will cause them to stop their immoral behavior. It will warn other women to not imitate/do what you people of Jerusalem are doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK23_49","027_23_49","EZK","23","49","49","Youpeople of Jerusalem will be punished for your immoral behavior and for your worshiping idols. Then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_1","027_24_1","EZK","24","1","1","Almost nine yearsafter we had been taken to Babylonia, on the tenth day of the tenth month of that year, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_2","027_24_2","EZK","24","2","2","“You human, write down what day of the month this is. On this daythe army ofthe King of Babylon has surrounded Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_3","027_24_3","EZK","24","3","3","Tell those rebellious Israeli people MTY in Babylon a parable. Say this to them: This is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Pour water into the cooking pot and put the pot onthe fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_4","027_24_4","EZK","24","4","4","Put into the pot some pieces of meatfrom one of your best sheep: Put in the leg and shoulder, which are the best pieces. Then fill the rest of the pot with the best bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_5","027_24_5","EZK","24","5","5","Pile wood on the fire, and cook the bones and the meat in the boiling water.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_6","027_24_6","EZK","24","6","6","Do that because this is what Yahweh the Lord says: ‘Terrible things will happen toJerusalem; it is city that is full of murderers MTY, a city that is like MET a scorched pot whose black residue inside cannot be removed. Take the pieces of meat out of the pot, but do not choose which pieces to take out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_7","027_24_7","EZK","24","7","7","The blood of the people who were murdered in Jerusalem is still there; they were murdered on the bare rocks, not on the soil, where their blood could be covered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_8","027_24_8","EZK","24","8","8","But I am the one who caused the blood of those who were murdered MTY to be smeared on the bare rock, where their blood could not be covered; I did that in order thatI could see it and then be angry and get revenge.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_9","027_24_9","EZK","24","9","9","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ‘Terrible things will happen to that city that is full of murderers MTY! It will be as though I also will pile high the wood in the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_10","027_24_10","EZK","24","10","10","So, heap on the wood and light the fire! Cook the meat well, and mix some spices with it; cook it until the bones are charred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_11","027_24_11","EZK","24","11","11","Then set the empty pot on the coalsof the fire until the pot becomes very hot and the copper glows, with the result that the impurities and the rust will be burned up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_12","027_24_12","EZK","24","12","12","It is as though I tried to get rid of that rust, but I was not able to do it, not even by putting that pot in a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_13","027_24_13","EZK","24","13","13","The rustin the pot represents your immoral behavior. I tried to cleanse you from your wicked behavior, but you did not allow me to do that. So you will not be cleansedfrom the guilt of your sin untilI have punished you and I am no longer angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_14","027_24_14","EZK","24","14","14","I, Yahweh, have said that I will surely punish you. And it is time for me to do that. I will not change my mind; I will not refrain from punishing you, and I will not pity you. I will judge you and punish you as you deserve to be punished for your sinful behavior. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_15","027_24_15","EZK","24","15","15","One day Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_16","027_24_16","EZK","24","16","16","“You human, I am going to suddenly take from youyour wife, whom you love very much. Butwhen she dies, do notshow that you are sad or lament or cry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_17","027_24_17","EZK","24","17","17","Groan quietly; do not cry openly for her. Keep your turban wrapped around your head, andinstead of being barefoot, keep your sandals on your feet. Do not cover the lower part of your faceto show that you are sad. And do not eat the kind of food that people who are mourning usually eat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_18","027_24_18","EZK","24","18","18","Soone morning I talked to the peopleas usual, and that evening my wife suddenly died. The next morning I did what Yahweh had told me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_19","027_24_19","EZK","24","19","19","Then the people asked me, “What do the things that you are doing signify to us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_20","027_24_20","EZK","24","20","20","So I said to them, “This is what Yahweh told me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_21","027_24_21","EZK","24","21","21","‘Tell the Israeli people MTY that I am about to destroy the temple, the building that you are very proud of, the building that you delight to look at. Your children whom you leftin Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon will be killed bytheir enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_22","027_24_22","EZK","24","22","22","When that happens, you will do like I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_23","027_24_23","EZK","24","23","23","You will keep your turbans wrapped around your heads and keep your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die because of your sins. And you will groan to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_24","027_24_24","EZK","24","24","24","Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lordhave the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_25","027_24_25","EZK","24","25","25","Then Yahweh said to me, “You human, soon I will destroy their sacred temple, which they rejoice about and which they respect and delight to look at, and I will get rid of their sons and daughters also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_26","027_24_26","EZK","24","26","26","On that day, someone will escape from Jerusalem and come and tell you what has happened there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK24_27","027_24_27","EZK","24","27","27","When that happens, you will be able to speak again MTY without constraint. You two will talk together DOU. You will be a warning to the people; and they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_1","027_25_1","EZK","25","1","1","Some time later, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_2","027_25_2","EZK","25","2","2","“You human, turn toward where the Ammon people-grouplives, and prophesy aboutwhat will happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_3","027_25_3","EZK","25","3","3","Say about them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “You shouted joyfully when my templein Jerusalem was destroyed, and when the country/land of Israel was ruined, and when the people of Judah were ◄exiled/forced to go► to Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_4","027_25_4","EZK","25","4","4","Therefore, I am going to allow you to be conquered by people who will come from the east. They will set up their tents in your country and live there. And they will eat the fruit from yourfruit trees and drink the milkfrom your cattle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_5","027_25_5","EZK","25","5","5","I will causeyour capital city Rabbah to become a pasture for camels, and the rest of Ammon to becomeonly a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_6","027_25_6","EZK","25","6","6","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “You clapped your handsjoyfully and stomped your feet, and laughed because you despised the people in the land of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_7","027_25_7","EZK","25","7","7","Therefore, I will use my power MTY against you, and I will enable other nations toconquer you and take away your valuable possessions. I will destroy you completely DOU, with the result that you no longer will be a nation. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_8","027_25_8","EZK","25","8","8","This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “The people of  Moabsouth of Ammon and the people of Seirsouth of Moab despised Israel and said, ‘The people MTY of Israel have becomeas unimportant as all the other nations!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_9","027_25_9","EZK","25","9","9","Therefore, I will destroy the cities that protect the borders of Moab, starting at Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon, and Kiriathaim, the finest cities in Moab. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_10","027_25_10","EZK","25","10","10","I will enable people from the east to conquer Moab and also to conquer Ammon. As a result, I will cause that Ammon will no longer be remembered by other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_11","027_25_11","EZK","25","11","11","I will also punish the people of  Moab. When that happens, they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_12","027_25_12","EZK","25","12","12","This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “You people of Edom are guilty of getting revenge on the people MTY of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_13","027_25_13","EZK","25","13","13","Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will use my power against the people of Edom and will get rid of their men and their animals. I will ruin the land from Teman region in central Edom to Dedan region in the south of Edom, and many of their men will be killed bytheir enemies swords.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_14","027_25_14","EZK","25","14","14","The Israeli people will use their power MTY to get revenge on the people of Edom. They will show the people of Edom that I have been angry with them, and I will punish MTY them. The people of Edom will experience my getting revenge on them. Then they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_15","027_25_15","EZK","25","15","15","This is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “The Philistia people-group wanted very much to get revenge on the people of Judah. They very maliciously wanted to destroy Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_16","027_25_16","EZK","25","16","16","Therefore this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I am about to use my power MTY against the Philistia people. I will get rid of the Kereth people-group and all those who live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK25_17","027_25_17","EZK","25","17","17","By the way I punish them, I will get great revenge on them and show that I am angry with them. And when I get revenge on them, they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_1","027_26_1","EZK","26","1","1","Almost twelve yearsafter we had been taken to Babylonia, on the first day of the month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_2","027_26_2","EZK","26","2","2","“You human, the people of Tyre city shouted joyfully and said about Jerusalem, ‘Jerusalem, the city from which many traders/merchants went to many nations, is now destroyed. And now people from all over the world will come to us to buy and sell things. Because Jerusalem has now been ruined, we will prosper!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_3","027_26_3","EZK","26","3","3","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am now the enemy of you people of Tyre. I will causethe armies of many nations to come and attack your city, like the waves of the sea beat against the shores. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_4","027_26_4","EZK","26","4","4","Their soldiers will destroy the walls around Tyre and tear down its towers. Tyre will become a place where people from many nations steal valuable things, and then the city will be completely destroyed. Then they will scrape away the rubble and cause the city to become a bare rock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_5","027_26_5","EZK","26","5","5","Out in the sea, Tyre will become an island where men spread their fishing nets to dry them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have predicted it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_6","027_26_6","EZK","26","6","6","The people in small villages on the coast near Tyre will be killed bytheir enemies’ swords. Then people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_7","027_26_7","EZK","26","7","7","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, sayis going to happen: ‘From the north, I am going to bring the most powerful king in the world, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, with his army to attack Tyre. They will bring horses and chariots, and men who ride the horses and men who drive the chariots; it will be a huge army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_8","027_26_8","EZK","26","8","8","In the battles in the small villages on the coast, their soldiers will kill many people with their swords. Then they will set up devices to batter the wall around the city of Tyre, and they will build a dirt ramp up to the top of the wall, and they will all hold up shields to protect themselves from arrows being shot from the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_9","027_26_9","EZK","26","9","9","The king will direct the soldiers who operate the ◄rams/things► to batter the walls, and who will use their iron bars to tear down the towers in the wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_10","027_26_10","EZK","26","10","10","The king will have a huge number of horses, andthe stamping of their hooves will result in the city being covered with dust. It will be as though the walls will tremble because of the noise made by the horses, the supply wagons, and the chariots when they enter the city where the walls have been broken down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_11","027_26_11","EZK","26","11","11","The horses will trample all of the streetsof the city with their hooves. The soldiers will kill the people with their swords; and they will cause your strong pillars to ◄collapse/fall to the ground►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_12","027_26_12","EZK","26","12","12","They will take away all the people’s valuable possessions and steal the things that the merchants sell. They will tear down the walls of the houses and destroy their fine houses. Then they will throw into the sea the stones from the walls of those houses and the timber and the rubble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_13","027_26_13","EZK","26","13","13","No longer will you sing noisy songs, and people will not play their harps any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_14","027_26_14","EZK","26","14","14","The enemy soldiers will cause the city to become a bare rock and only a place where men spread their fishing nets. And the city will never be rebuilt. Those things will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have declaredthat they will happen.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_15","027_26_15","EZK","26","15","15","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say about the people of Tyre: ‘When the wounded people in Tyre groan and many people are slaughtered and the city is destroyed, it will surely be as though RHQ the areas along the coast will tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_16","027_26_16","EZK","26","16","16","Then all the kings in the cities along the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and their embroidered clothes. They will be terrified, and they will sit on the ground, trembling. They will be appalled because of what has happened to the city of Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_17","027_26_17","EZK","26","17","17","Then they will sing a sad song about the city, and they will sing this: “The famous city APO, in which many menwho sailed on the seas lived, is now destroyed! The people of that city had great power because they had many ships that sailed on the seas; they caused all the people who lived near them to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_18","027_26_18","EZK","26","18","18","Now on the day when that city is destroyed, it is as though the people in the areas along the coast tremble and the the people on the islands in the sea are terrified because of that city being ruined.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_19","027_26_19","EZK","26","19","19","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When I cause the city of Tyre to become desolate/empty, like other cities in which people no longer live, and when I cause the huge waves of the sea to cover it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_20","027_26_20","EZK","26","20","20","then I will bring the people of that city down to be with those who have gone down to where the dead people are, people who lived long ago. I will cause them to remain in the place below the earth that is like old/ancient ruins, with those who have gone down to that pit previously, and they will never return to the earth, to where people are alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK26_21","027_26_21","EZK","26","21","21","I will cause them to die in a horrible way (OR, people will be very afraid because of what happens to that city), and that will be the end of ◄them/their lives►. People will search for that city but it will no longer exist. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare will happen.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_1","027_27_1","EZK","27","1","1","Yahweh said this to me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_2","027_27_2","EZK","27","2","2","“You human, sing a funeral song about Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_3","027_27_3","EZK","27","3","3","The city of Tyre is located on an island at the edge of the sea, and their merchants ◄traded/bought and sold goods► with people-groups who live along many seacoasts. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say that you should tell them: ‘You people of  Tyre said that your city was very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_4","027_27_4","EZK","27","4","4","You controlled what was bought and sold by people who lived along the sea. Those who built your city caused it to become very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_5","027_27_5","EZK","27","5","5","You were like SIM a huge ship that was built from the from pine/cypress trees on Hermon Mountain. Then they took cedar wood from Lebanon to make a mast for the ship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_6","027_27_6","EZK","27","6","6","They carved your oars from oak trees from the Bashan region. They made the deck from cypress/pine wood from Cyprus island, and they covered the decks with ivory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_7","027_27_7","EZK","27","7","7","The sails for the ship were made from fine embroidered linen from Egypt, and those sails were like flags that people could see far away. For shade they hung pieces of blue and purple cloth brought from people living on Cyprus island. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_8","027_27_8","EZK","27","8","8","Men from Sidon and Arvad cities pulled the oars; the men who steered the boat were skilled men from Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_9","027_27_9","EZK","27","9","9","Experienced craftsmen from Byblos city on the coast ◄did the caulking/filled the spaces between the planks in the sides► of the ship. Sailors from many countries came in their ships to buy and sell goods there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_10","027_27_10","EZK","27","10","10","Men from as far away as Persia, Lydia, and Libya were soldiers in your army. They hung their shields and helmets on the walls of your city, and that caused people to admire your city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_11","027_27_11","EZK","27","11","11","Men from Arvad and Helech cities were watchmen on the walls of your city; men from Gammad town were in your towers. They also hung their shields on your walls; they also caused your city to be very beautiful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_12","027_27_12","EZK","27","12","12","Because of the many things that you had to trade, men from Tarshish in Spain sent merchants who brought silver, iron, tin, and lead to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_13","027_27_13","EZK","27","13","13","Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and things made from bronze to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_14","027_27_14","EZK","27","14","14","Men from Beth-Togarmah in Armenia brought work horses, war horses, and mules to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_15","027_27_15","EZK","27","15","15","Merchants came to you from Rhodes island. People from nations along the coast traded with you; they brought ◄ivory/elephant tusks► and valuable black ebony wood to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_16","027_27_16","EZK","27","16","16","Because you had very many things to trade, people from Syria brought to you valuable turquoise stones, purple cloth, embroidered cloth, fine linen cloth, and jewelry made from coral and rubies to trade for your things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_17","027_27_17","EZK","27","17","17","Men from Judah and Israel brought wheat from Minnith city in Ammon, and figs, honey, olive oil, and ointment to trade for your things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_18","027_27_18","EZK","27","18","18","Because you had very many things to trade, men from Damascus brought wine from Helbon town and white wool from the Zahar area to trade for many things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_19","027_27_19","EZK","27","19","19","Greek men from the Uzal area brought things made of iron, and cassia spice, and fragrant calamus seeds to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_20","027_27_20","EZK","27","20","20","Merchants came from Dedan in southern Edom bringing saddle blankets to trade for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_21","027_27_21","EZK","27","21","21","Men from Arabia and all the rulers of the Kedar region sent merchants to trade lambs and rams and male goats for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_22","027_27_22","EZK","27","22","22","Merchants from Sheba and Raamah in Arabia brought many kinds of very good spices and jewels and gold to exchange for things that you had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_23","027_27_23","EZK","27","23","23","Men came from Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad in Mesopotamia with their goods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_24","027_27_24","EZK","27","24","24","They brought pretty things to trade: Blue cloth, embroidered cloth, and rugs of many colors that were rolled up and tied with ropes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_25","027_27_25","EZK","27","25","25","Cargo ships from Tarshish carried all those things that you traded; and the warehouses on your island were full of all those things.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_26","027_27_26","EZK","27","26","26","“ ‘The men who row your boats took the ships full of cargo out on the stormy seas. But the strong east wind wrecked those cargo boats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_27","027_27_27","EZK","27","27","27","Everything in the boats ◄was lost/sank to the bottom of the sea►— all the valuable cargo DOU and many of HYP the sailors and ship pilots, the ship workers and merchants and soldiers. On the day that the ships were wrecked, many of those on the ships sank to the bottom of the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_28","027_27_28","EZK","27","28","28","The people in cities along the coast trembled when they heard your ship pilots cry out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_29","027_27_29","EZK","27","29","29","All the men who remained who pulled the oars left the ships; the sailors and pilots go to the shore and stand on the beach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_30","027_27_30","EZK","27","30","30","They cry aloud because of what has happened to your wealth, and they weep bitterly. They throw dirt on their heads and roll around in ashes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_31","027_27_31","EZK","27","31","31","They shave their heads to show that they are very sad because of what has happened to you, and they put on rough sackcloth. They weep for you very bitterly and mourn for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_32","027_27_32","EZK","27","32","32","While they wail and mourn because of what has happened to you, they sing this sad funeral song: “There was certainly never RHQ a city like Tyre that now is silent, covered by the waves of the sea.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_33","027_27_33","EZK","27","33","33","The goods that your merchants traded were things that pleased the people of many countries. Kings in very distant places became rich from the wealth that they obtained from trading with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_34","027_27_34","EZK","27","34","34","But now your city is like a ship MET that is wrecked in the sea, and everything that was in it is broken, at the bottom of the sea. All of your cargo and your sailors have sunk to the bottom of the sea along with the ships. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_35","027_27_35","EZK","27","35","35","All the people who live along the seacoast are appalled/horrified because of what has happened to you. Their kings are very horrified, causing their faces to be twisted as they watch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK27_36","027_27_36","EZK","27","36","36","The merchants of the other nations shake their heads because it is difficult for them to believe what has happened; your city has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_1","027_28_1","EZK","28","1","1","Then Yahweh gave me another message. He said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_2","027_28_2","EZK","28","2","2","“You human, give to the king of Tyre this message from me, Yahweh the Lord: ‘You have very proudly claimed, “I am a god! I sit on a throne of a god in a city on an island in the sea!” You boast that you are a god; but you are only a man, not a god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_3","027_28_3","EZK","28","3","3","You think that you are wiser than Daniel was, and you think that you can understand every secret. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_4","027_28_4","EZK","28","4","4","By being wise and understanding a lot, you have become very rich; you have acquired much gold and silver for your treasuries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_5","027_28_5","EZK","28","5","5","Yes, it is true that by trading wisely, you have been enabled to become very rich, and because you are rich, you have become very proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_6","027_28_6","EZK","28","6","6","Therefore, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Because you think that you are as wise as a god, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_7","027_28_7","EZK","28","7","7","I will now bring a foreign army to attack your country, an army that causes other nations to be terrified. They will pull out their swords to strike you, you who think that IRO you have marvelous/great wisdom, and they will destroy all your beautiful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_8","027_28_8","EZK","28","8","8","They will bring you down to your grave; you will die violently like MET those who died in the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_9","027_28_9","EZK","28","9","9","Then you will certainly not RHQ say to those who are killing you, 'I am a god!' because they will know that you are not a god; you are only a man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_10","027_28_10","EZK","28","10","10","You will die like other people who are unacceptable to me die, killed by foreigners.” That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_11","027_28_11","EZK","28","11","11","Yahweh also gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_12","027_28_12","EZK","28","12","12","“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Tyre. Say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “You thought that IRO you were completely perfect, extremely wise and handsome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_13","027_28_13","EZK","28","13","13","You had a wonderful life, as though you were in my beautiful garden in Eden. Your clothes were decorated with many HYP kinds of very valuable stones— ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, turquoise, and beryl stones. Those stones were set/placed in gold mountings. They were prepared for you on the day that you were born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_14","027_28_14","EZK","28","14","14","I appointed DOU you to be like MET a strong angel to guard the people. It was as though I put you on my holy mountain, and you walked among fiery stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_15","027_28_15","EZK","28","15","15","You were completely good in all that you did, from the day that you were created/born, until you started to do wicked things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_16","027_28_16","EZK","28","16","16","Then you became busy trading things, and you started to act violently, and you sinned. So I caused you to be disgraced; and the angel who was guarding you forced you to leave my holy mountain, forced you to leave your place among those fiery stones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_17","027_28_17","EZK","28","17","17","You were extremely proud because you were very handsome. Because you loved beautiful things, you did things that wise people do not do. So I threw you to the ground, and allowed other kings who saw you to laugh at you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_18","027_28_18","EZK","28","18","18","By committing many sins and by trading things dishonestly, you caused your places of worship to become unacceptable to me. So I caused a fire to burn down your city. Your city was burned completely; the people who were watching it saw that only ashes remained on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_19","027_28_19","EZK","28","19","19","All the people who knew what your city was like previously were appalled. Now your city has disappeared, and it will not exist any more.” ’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_20","027_28_20","EZK","28","20","20","Then Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_21","027_28_21","EZK","28","21","21","“You human, turn toward Sidon city, and declare the terrible things that will happen to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_22","027_28_22","EZK","28","22","22","Give the people of Sidon this message from me, Yahweh the Lord: ‘I am your enemy, you people of Sidon, and by what I do to you, I will reveal that I am very great/glorious. When I punish you and reveal that I am holy, everyone who is watching that will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_23","027_28_23","EZK","28","23","23","I will send a plague upon you, and I will send enemies to come and kill MTY you in your streets. They will attack you from every direction, and your people will be slaughtered inside the walls of your city. Then everyone will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_24","027_28_24","EZK","28","24","24","No longer will those who live near you people of Israel hurt you like MET painful briers and sharp thorns hurt people. And then the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_25","027_28_25","EZK","28","25","25","And this is also what Yahweh the Lord says: “Some day the people of Israel will live in their own land again, the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served me. I will gather them from distant countries where I have scattered them. And I will reveal to the nations that I am holy among my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK28_26","027_28_26","EZK","28","26","26","My people will live safely in Israel; they will build houses and plant vineyards. And when I punish the nearby nations that despised them, they will know that it is I, Yahweh their God, who has done it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_1","027_29_1","EZK","29","1","1","Almost ten yearsafter we had been taken to Babylonia, on the twelfth day of the tenth monthof that year, Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_2","027_29_2","EZK","29","2","2","“You human, turn toward Egypt and proclaim the terrible things that will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_3","027_29_3","EZK","29","3","3","Give the king this message from me, Yahweh the Lord: ‘You king of Egypt, I am your enemy; you are like MET a great monster/crocodile that lies in the streamsalong the Nile River. You say, “The Nile River is mine; I made it for myself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_4","027_29_4","EZK","29","4","4","But it will be as though I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out from the river onto the land, with fish sticking to your scales. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_5","027_29_5","EZK","29","5","5","I will leave you and all those fish to die in the desert; you will fall onto the ground, and your corpse will not be picked up and buried, because I have declared that your flesh will be food for the wild animals and birds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_6","027_29_6","EZK","29","6","6","When that happens, all the people of Egypt will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do. The Israeli people trusted that you would help them. But you have been like MET a reed pole in their hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_7","027_29_7","EZK","29","7","7","And when they leaned on that pole, it splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, it was as though you were a pole that broke, and as a result you wrenched their backs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_8","027_29_8","EZK","29","8","8","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will bring your enemies to attack you with their swords, and they will kill your people and your animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_9","027_29_9","EZK","29","9","9","Egypt will become an empty desert. Then the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” You proudly said, “The Nile River is mine; I made it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_10","027_29_10","EZK","29","10","10","Therefore I am opposed to you and your streams, and I will cause Egypt to be ruined, and cause it to be an empty desert, from Migdol in the north to Aswan in the south, as far south as the border of Ethiopia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_11","027_29_11","EZK","29","11","11","For 40 years no one will walk through that area, and no one will live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_12","027_29_12","EZK","29","12","12","Egypt will be barren/empty, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. The cities in Egypt will be empty and deserted for 40 years, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered to countries far away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_13","027_29_13","EZK","29","13","13","But this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, also say: “At the end of 40 years, I will enable the people of Egypt to return home again from the nations to which they were scattered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_14","027_29_14","EZK","29","14","14","I will bring back the people of Egypt who had been captured, and I will enable them to live again in the Pathros area in the south, where they lived previously. But Egypt will be a very unimportant DOU kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_15","027_29_15","EZK","29","15","15","It will be the least important of all the nations; it will never again be greater than the nearby countries. I will cause Egypt to be very weak, with the result that it will never again rule over other nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_16","027_29_16","EZK","29","16","16","When that happens, the leaders of Israel will no longer be tempted to ask Egypt to help them. Egypt will be punished, and that will cause the Israeli people to not forget that they previously sinned by trusting that Egypt could help them. And the people of Israel will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_17","027_29_17","EZK","29","17","17","Almost twenty-seven years after we had been taken to Babylonia, on the first day of the new year, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_18","027_29_18","EZK","29","18","18","“You human, the army of king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought very hard against Tyre, with the result that their heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders became ◄raw/full of blisters►. But Nebuchadnezzar and his army did not get any valuable things from Tyre to reward them for their hard work to destroy Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_19","027_29_19","EZK","29","19","19","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will enable King Nebuchadnezzar’s army to conquer Egypt. They will carry away from there all the valuable things, in order that the king can give them to his soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_20","027_29_20","EZK","29","20","20","I will enable them to conquer Egypt as a reward for what they did to Tyre, because I, Yahweh say that it was as though his army was working for me, doing what I wanted them to do, when they destroyed Tyre. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK29_21","027_29_21","EZK","29","21","21","And some day Israel will become a glorious nation MET again. When that happens, I will cause the Israeli people to respect what you say MTY. And then they will know that it has happened because  I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.' ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_1","027_30_1","EZK","30","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_2","027_30_2","EZK","30","2","2","“You human, prophesy about what will happen to Egypt. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “Weep and wail DOU, because terrible things will happen some day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_3","027_30_3","EZK","30","3","3","That day is near, the day when I, Yahweh, will punish people; it will be a day of dark clouds and disaster for many nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_4","027_30_4","EZK","30","4","4","An enemy army PRS will come to attack Egypt with their swords, and there will be great distress among the people in Ethiopia. Many people will be killed in Egypt; everything valuable will be taken away, and even the foundations of the buildings will be torn down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_5","027_30_5","EZK","30","5","5","Soldiers of  Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, and from all of Arabia, and all the other groups who are their allies, will be killed in the battles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_6","027_30_6","EZK","30","6","6","This is what I, Yahweh say: “The allies of Egypt will be defeated, and the power that the people of Egypt are proud of will end. From Migdol city in the north to Aswan city in the south, the soldiers of Egypt will be killed by their enemies’ swords”; that is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_7","027_30_7","EZK","30","7","7","Egypt will become the most deserted country in the world, and its cities will be ruined, surrounded by ruined cities in nearby nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_8","027_30_8","EZK","30","8","8","Then, when I cause everything in Egypt to be burned in fires, and all their allies are defeated, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_9","027_30_9","EZK","30","9","9","At that time, I will send messengers to go swiftly up the Nile River in boats to cause the people of Ethiopia who ◄are complacent/confident/think that nothing terrible will happen to them► to become afraid. They will be terrified PRS when Egypt is destroyed; and it will soon be that time!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_10","027_30_10","EZK","30","10","10","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “By the power of MTY of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon I will get rid of very many people in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_11","027_30_11","EZK","30","11","11","Nebuchadnezzar and his army, whose soldiers are extremely ruthless, will come to destroy Egypt. They will pull out their swords and fill Egypt with the corpses of those whom they have killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_12","027_30_12","EZK","30","12","12","I will cause the Nile River to become dry, and I will sell the nation to evil men. By the power MTY of foreigners I will ruin the land and everything that is in it. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have predicted it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_13","027_30_13","EZK","30","13","13","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: “I will cause the idols and statues of idols DOU in Memphis city to be destroyed. No longer will there be a king in Egypt, and all over the land, people will be terrified. I will cause the people of Egypt to be very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_14","027_30_14","EZK","30","14","14","I will cause the Pathros area in southern Egypt to be abandoned. I will start fires in Zoan city in northeast Egypt and punish the people in Thebes, the capital of southern Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_15","027_30_15","EZK","30","15","15","I will pour out my punishment MTY on the fortress in Pelusium at the eastern end of Egypt, and I will get rid of very many people in Thebes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_16","027_30_16","EZK","30","16","16","I will burn Egypt by fires; the people in Pelusium will suffer severe pain. Enemies will conquer Thebes, and the people in Memphis will constantly be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_17","027_30_17","EZK","30","17","17","Many young men in Heliopolis and Bubastis cities in northern Egypt will be killed by their enemies swords, and the others from those cities will be captured and taken to Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_18","027_30_18","EZK","30","18","18","It will be a dark day of destruction at Tahpenes city in northeast Egypt when I cause the power MET of Egypt to end; that country will no longer be proud of being strong. It will be as though a dark cloud will cover Egypt, because the people of its villages will be captured and forced to go to Babylon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_19","027_30_19","EZK","30","19","19","That is how I will punish Egypt, and people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_20","027_30_20","EZK","30","20","20","Almost eleven years after we had been taken to Babylon, on the seventh day of the first month of that year, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_21","027_30_21","EZK","30","21","21","“You human, I have enabled the army of Nebuchadnezzar to defeat the army of the King of Egypt. It is as though I have broken one of the arms of the King of Egypt, and it has not been bandaged in order that it could be healed, and it has not been put in splints in order that after it heals the arm will be strong enough to hold a sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_22","027_30_22","EZK","30","22","22","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘I am the enemy of the King of Egypt. I will completely destroy the power of Egypt; it is as though now I will break both of the king’s arms, the good/strong one and the broken one, and cause the sword to fall from his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_23","027_30_23","EZK","30","23","23","I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_24","027_30_24","EZK","30","24","24","It is as though I will strengthen the arms of the King of Babylon and put a sword in his hand, and as though I will break the arms of the king of Egypt, and he will groan in front of the King of Babylon like SIM a soldier who is wounded and about to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_25","027_30_25","EZK","30","25","25","I will cause the power MTY of the King of Babylon to become greater, and the power of the king of Egypt will be useless MET. When that happens, when I give power to the army of the King of Babylon, they will use that power to attack Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK30_26","027_30_26","EZK","30","26","26","I will cause the people of Egypt to be scattered among the nations DOU. And when that happens, the people of Egypt will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do DOU.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_1","027_31_1","EZK","31","1","1","Almost eleven years after we had been taken to Babylonia, on the first day of the third month of that year, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_2","027_31_2","EZK","31","2","2","“You human, say to the King of Egypt and all of his people, ‘You think that there is RHQ, IRO no country whose power is as great as the power of your country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_3","027_31_3","EZK","31","3","3","You think that your country is as great as Assyria was: Assyria was previously like MET a tall cedar tree in Lebanon; it was as though it had big beautiful branches that provided shade for other trees in the forest. It was very tall; its top was above the leaves of the other trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_4","027_31_4","EZK","31","4","4","Water came from deep springs, and as a result that cedar tree grew tall and very green. Then water flowed around the base of the tree into channels that took water to other nearby trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_5","027_31_5","EZK","31","5","5","That huge tree grew very tall, higher than all the other trees around it. Its branches grew very thick and long DOU because of the abundant water at the base of the tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_6","027_31_6","EZK","31","6","6","Birds built their nests in the branches, and wild animals gave birth to their babies under those branches. And it was as though people of all the great nations lived in the shade of that tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_7","027_31_7","EZK","31","7","7","It was majestic and beautiful; its branches spread out widely because the roots of the tree grew down into the ground where there was a plentiful supply of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_8","027_31_8","EZK","31","8","8","The cedar trees in my garden in Eden were not as great as that tree, and the branches of the pine/cypress trees were not as long and thick as the branches of that cedar tree. And the branches of the plane trees were not as long and thick, either. No tree in my garden was as beautiful as that cedar tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_9","027_31_9","EZK","31","9","9","Because I caused that tree to become very beautiful with its magnificent green branches, all the leaders of other countries represented by MET those other trees in Eden envied the country represented by that tree.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_10","027_31_10","EZK","31","10","10","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘That tree, which represents Assyria, grew very tall, and its top was higher than the other trees, and it became very proud because of being very tall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_11","027_31_11","EZK","31","11","11","Therefore, I enabled another mighty nation to conquer it and to destroy it as it deserved to be destroyed. I have already discarded it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_12","027_31_12","EZK","31","12","12","A foreign army, one that has caused people of other nations to be terrified, cut it down and left it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in the valleys. Some of its branches lay broken in all the ravines in the land. All the people of other nations came out from being under its shade and left it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_13","027_31_13","EZK","31","13","13","Birds ◄settled/went to live► on the fallen tree, and wild animals lived among its branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_14","027_31_14","EZK","31","14","14","The result of what I have done is that no other trees, even if they have plenty of water, will ever grow very high and become proud, and lift their tops above the branches of other trees. I do not want any other tree to grow high like that cedar tree did; trees will all certainly die and decay in the ground, like people die and go down to their graves.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_15","027_31_15","EZK","31","15","15","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: ‘When that great tree was cut down, it was as though the springs that watered it mourned for it, because I caused the plentiful water from the springs to dry up. I caused the mountains in Lebanon to become black, and all the trees there to wither. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_16","027_31_16","EZK","31","16","16","I caused the people of other nations to tremble when they heard that tree fall to the ground. They realized that it would decay, like all people who die and are buried decay. And all the leaders of other countries represented by other beautiful trees in my garden in Eden and in Lebanon, were like beautiful trees that were very proud. They were ones which had roots that grew down deep into the ground where there was plenty of water. They were comforted when the king represented by MET that cedar tree was there with them in the place where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_17","027_31_17","EZK","31","17","17","The leaders of other countries represented by MET trees that grew in the shade of the huge tree, the allies of the great nation that the cedar tree represents, had also joined those who had been killed by the sword and gone down to where the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK31_18","027_31_18","EZK","31","18","18","This parable is about you people of Egypt. You think that RHQ, IRO there is no other nation that is as great and glorious as yours is. But your nation will also be destroyed, as Assyria was, along with those other nations. Your people will be there among the other people who are not fit to worship me, people who have been killed by their enemies’ swords. That is what will happen to the king of Egypt and all his people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have predicted it.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_1","027_32_1","EZK","32","1","1","Almost twelve years after we had been taken to Babylonia, on the first day of the twelfth month of that year, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_2","027_32_2","EZK","32","2","2","“You human, sing a sad/funeral song about the king of Egypt. Sing this to him: ‘You think that you IRO are like SIM a lion among the nations; or like SIM a monster/crocodile in the river thrashing around in the water, churning/stirring up the water with your feet and causing the water to become muddy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_3","027_32_3","EZK","32","3","3","But this is what Yahweh the Lord says: “I will send many people to throw my net over you, and they will haul/drag you up onto the land in my net. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_4","027_32_4","EZK","32","4","4","They will throw you into a field DOU to die; I will allow the birds to sit on you, and all the wild animals will eat the flesh of your corpse until their stomachs are full. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_5","027_32_5","EZK","32","5","5","I will cause them to scatter your flesh on the hills and fill the valleys with your bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_6","027_32_6","EZK","32","6","6","I will cause them to fill the land with your blood, all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_7","027_32_7","EZK","32","7","7","When I get rid of you, I will cover the sky and not allow the stars to shine. I will put a dark cloud in front of the sun, and the moon will not shine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_8","027_32_8","EZK","32","8","8","I will cause the stars in the sky to be dark, and there will be darkness over your entire land; that will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_9","027_32_9","EZK","32","9","9","And when the people of many nations hear about your being destroyed, many of them will be afraid/worried— people living in countries that you have never known about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_10","027_32_10","EZK","32","10","10","I will cause many people to be appalled because of what has happened to you, and their kings will be horrified and shudder/shake because of your being destroyed, when I swing my sword in front of them. At the time that you will be destroyed, all of them will tremble, fearing that they also will be killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_11","027_32_11","EZK","32","11","11","This is what Yahweh the Lord says: “The swords of the army of the King of Babylon will strike you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_12","027_32_12","EZK","32","12","12","I will cause very many of your people to be killed by the swords of mighty soldiers from Babylonia, who are more ruthless/cruel than the soldiers of all other nations. They will cause the people of Egypt to quit being proud, because very many HYP of their people will be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_13","027_32_13","EZK","32","13","13","I will destroy all the cattle in Egypt that ◄graze/eat grass► alongside the streams. As a result, the water in those streams will never again become muddy because of people and cattle walking in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_14","027_32_14","EZK","32","14","14","Then I will allow the streams in Egypt to become calm again and flow as smoothly SIM as olive oil flows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_15","027_32_15","EZK","32","15","15","When I cause Egypt to become empty/desolate and strip off everything that grows on the land, and when I get rid of all the people who live there, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_16","027_32_16","EZK","32","16","16","That sad song about Egypt will also be sung by the people. Women of many nations will sing it. They will chant it about Egypt and all its people; that will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said that it would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_17","027_32_17","EZK","32","17","17","On the fifteenth day of that same month, Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_18","027_32_18","EZK","32","18","18","“You human, wail about the many people of Egypt, because I will send them to the place under the earth, where they and people of other mighty nations will be. I will send them there, along with others, down to the place where the dead are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_19","027_32_19","EZK","32","19","19","Say to them, ‘You people of APO Egypt, you think that IRO, RHQ you are more beautiful than the people of other nations. But you also will descend to the place where the godless dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_20","027_32_20","EZK","32","20","20","Your enemies will pull out their swords and kill many of you. A huge number of the people of Egypt who remain will be dragged away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_21","027_32_21","EZK","32","21","21","In the place where the dead people are, mighty leaders of other countries will make fun of the people of Egypt and say, “They have come here to lie with us godless people who were killed by our enemies’ swords!” ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_22","027_32_22","EZK","32","22","22","The corpses of the people of Assyria will be there. They will be surrounded by corpses of soldiers who were killed by their enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_23","027_32_23","EZK","32","23","23","The people’s graves are there in the deep pit, and corpses of soldiers of their army lie around their graves. Corpses of all those who had caused many others in other places to be terrified also will be there, having been killed by swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_24","027_32_24","EZK","32","24","24","A great number of the people of Elam will be there. They also were killed by their enemies’ swords. They had caused people in many places HYP to be terrified. At that time they will lie there in that deep pit below the earth, and they, along with the others who have gone there, will be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_25","027_32_25","EZK","32","25","25","They will lie there among others who were slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of other people. While they were alive, they caused people of other nations to be terrified; but they were godless, and now, having been killed by their enemies swords, they will lie with others in that deep pit, disgraced, all of them avoiding each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_26","027_32_26","EZK","32","26","26","Corpses of soldiers of Meshech and Tubal will be there, surrounded by the graves of a huge crowd of their people. They were all godless people who were killed by swords because while they were alive, they also caused people in many places HYP to be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_27","027_32_27","EZK","32","27","27","They will surely RHQ not be buried honorably like the soldiers who have died, whose shields were buried with their corpses, whose swords were placed on their skulls in the graves. While those godless people were alive, they had caused many people in the land to be terrified, so they were punished for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_28","027_32_28","EZK","32","28","28","You king of Egypt, you also be killed and will lie there with other godless people who have been killed by their enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_29","027_32_29","EZK","32","29","29","People of the Edom people-group will be there, along with their kings and leaders. They were powerful, but they will be killed and lie there in the place where the other dead people are. They will lie there in that deep pit, with the other godless people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_30","027_32_30","EZK","32","30","30","All the rulers of countries north of Israel, including people from Sidon, will be there. Because of their power, they caused people to be terrified, but they will lie there. They were godless, and they will lie there along with others who were killed by their enemies’ swords. They, along with everyone else who descends into that deep pit, will be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_31","027_32_31","EZK","32","31","31","The king of Egypt and all his army will see them, and they will be comforted to know that there were other huge groups of people who were killed by their enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK32_32","027_32_32","EZK","32","32","32","While he was living, I allowed him to cause others in many countries to be terrified, but he and his huge army will be there among other godless people who had been killed by their enemies’ swords. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, am the one who has said that it would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_1","027_33_1","EZK","33","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_2","027_33_2","EZK","33","2","2","“You human, speak to your fellow Israelis and say this to them: ‘When I bring an enemy army MTY to attack a country, and the people of that country choose one of their men and appoint him to be a watchman, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_3","027_33_3","EZK","33","3","3","if he sees the enemy army MTY coming to attack his country, and he blows a trumpet to warn the people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_4","027_33_4","EZK","33","4","4","if anyone hears the trumpet and does not heed the warning, and as a result he is killed by the sword of one of his enemies, he will be responsible for his own death MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_5","027_33_5","EZK","33","5","5","If he had heeded the warning, he would have ◄have saved his life/still be alive►. But because he heard the sound of the trumpet and did not heed that warning, his death will be his own fault. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_6","027_33_6","EZK","33","6","6","But if the watchman sees the enemy army MTY coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people, and one of his people is killed by an enemy sword, that person will die because of his sin, but I will consider that the watchman is responsible for that man’s death.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_7","027_33_7","EZK","33","7","7","So, you human, I have appointed you to be a watchman for the Israeli people MTY. So always listen to what I say and warn the people for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_8","027_33_8","EZK","33","8","8","When I say to some wicked person, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die because of your sins,’ you must tell him that. If you do not speak to that person to warn him that he should turn away from his sins, that wicked person will die because of his sins, but I will say that you are responsible for his death MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_9","027_33_9","EZK","33","9","9","But if you warn that wicked person that he should turn away from his sins, and he does not do that, he will die because of his sins, but you will have saved your life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_10","027_33_10","EZK","33","10","10","You human, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what you all are saying: “The guilt that we have for disobeying God’s laws and sinning is like a heavy weight on us, and it is hurting us, and we are slowly dying. So what can we do to continue to remain alive?”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_11","027_33_11","EZK","33","11","11","Say to them, ‘Yahweh the Lord says, “As surely as I am alive, I am not happy when wicked people die; I would prefer that they turn away from their wicked behavior and continue to live. So repent! Turn away from your evil behavior! You Israeli people, do you really want to die RHQ?”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_12","027_33_12","EZK","33","12","12","Therefore, you human, say to your fellow Israelis, ‘If righteous people start to disobey me, their being righteous previously will not save them from being punished. And if wicked people turn away from their wicked behavior, they will not die because of the sins that they committed previously. And if righteous people start to sin, they will not be allowed to remain alive because of their formerly being righteous.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_13","027_33_13","EZK","33","13","13","If I tell righteous people that they will surely remain alive, but then they trust/think that because they have been righteous previously, they can start to do evil and not be punished, I will not think about the righteous things that they did previously; they will die because of the evil things that they are doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_14","027_33_14","EZK","33","14","14","And if I say to some wicked person, ‘You will surely die because of your sins,’ that person may turn away from his sinful behavior and do what is just and right DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_15","027_33_15","EZK","33","15","15","For example, he may return what he took from another person to guarantee that that person would pay back what he owes, or he may return things that he has stolen, and he may obey the laws that will enable those who obey them to remain alive, and he will not continue to do evil things. If that happens, he will surely remain alive; he will not die because of the sins that he committed previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_16","027_33_16","EZK","33","16","16","I will not think about the sins that he has committed; he will surely remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_17","027_33_17","EZK","33","17","17","Your fellow Israelis say, ‘What Yahweh does is not fair.’ But it is your behavior that is not fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_18","027_33_18","EZK","33","18","18","If a righteous person turns away from doing what is righteous and starts to do what is evil, it is fair that he die because of his sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_19","027_33_19","EZK","33","19","19","And if a wicked person turns away from his wicked behavior and does what is right and fair DOU, it is fair for him to remain alive because of doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_20","027_33_20","EZK","33","20","20","But you Israeli people still say, ‘What Yahweh does is not fair.’ But I will judge each of you for what you do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_21","027_33_21","EZK","33","21","21","Almost twelve years after we had been taken to Babylonia, on the fifth day of the tenth month of that year, a man who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me in Babylon and said, “Jerusalem has been captured!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_22","027_33_22","EZK","33","22","22","The evening before that man arrived, Yahweh took control MTY of me, and when that man arrived, Yahweh enabled me to speak again; I was no longer forced to be silent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_23","027_33_23","EZK","33","23","23","Then Yahweh gave a message to me. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_24","027_33_24","EZK","33","24","24","“You human, the people who are living in the ruins in Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one person, but Yahweh promised him that he and his descendants would possess this land. But we are many; so surely this land has been given to us by Yahweh to continue to possess.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_25","027_33_25","EZK","33","25","25","So send a message to them. Say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You eat meat that still has the animal’s blood in it. You still worship idols. And you still murder others MTY. So, ◄should this land belong to you?/this land should certainly not belong to you!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_26","027_33_26","EZK","33","26","26","You rely on using your swords to obtain things that you want. You do many detestable things. Each of you has sex with other men’s wives. So ◄why should you continue to possess the land of Israel?/you should not continue to possess this land!► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_27","027_33_27","EZK","33","27","27","Send this message to them: ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: As surely as I am alive, those who are left in the ruins in Jerusalem will also be killed by their enemies’ swords, and those who are living in the countryside will be killed by wild animals, and those who are living in forts and caves will die from a plague. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_28","027_33_28","EZK","33","28","28","I will cause your country to become a desolate wasteland. You will no longer be proud of being a strong country. The mountains of Israel will become very desolate, with the result that no one will walk across them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_29","027_33_29","EZK","33","29","29","Then, when I have caused your country to become a desolate wasteland because of all the detestable things that you have done, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_30","027_33_30","EZK","33","30","30","As for you, you human, your fellow Israelis here in Babylon are talking about you along the city walls and at the doors of their houses. They are saying to each other, ‘Come and listen to the message that has come from Yahweh!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_31","027_33_31","EZK","33","31","31","My people come to you as they often have done, and they sit in front of you to listen to what you say. But they do not do what you tell them that they must do. With their mouths they say that they love me, but in their inner beings they are eager to acquire things by doing what is unjust. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_32","027_33_32","EZK","33","32","32","To them, you are only a man who sings love songs with a beautiful voice, and you play a musical instrument well. They hear what you say, but they do not do what you tell them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK33_33","027_33_33","EZK","33","33","33","The terrible things that I have said will happen to them will surely happen. And then they will know that a prophet has been among them, and that you are that prophet.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_1","027_34_1","EZK","34","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_2","027_34_2","EZK","34","2","2","“You human, prophesy about theleaders of Israel. They should be taking care of my people like MET shepherds take care of their sheep. Say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Terrible things will happen to you leaders MET of Israel who only take care of yourselves! You should certainly RHQ take care of your people like MET a shepherd takes care of his flock of sheep! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_3","027_34_3","EZK","34","3","3","It is as though you eat the curds, you slaughter the very good animals and wear clothes made from their wool. But you do not take care of the flock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_4","027_34_4","EZK","34","4","4","You have not enabled those who are weak to become strong. You have not healed those who were sick. You have not bandaged those who were wounded/injured. You have not brought back those who went astray. You have not searched for those who became lost. You have ruled your people harshly and cruelly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_5","027_34_5","EZK","34","5","5","So they were scattered, because you did not take care of them like MET a shepherd takes care of his sheep. And when they were scattered, it was as though wild animals attacked and killed them and ate their flesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_6","027_34_6","EZK","34","6","6","My people wandered like sheep all over the high hills and mountains. They were scattered all over the earth, and no one searched for them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_7","027_34_7","EZK","34","7","7","Therefore, you who should be acting like shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh the Lord say: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_8","027_34_8","EZK","34","8","8","As surely as I am alive, my people are like a flock of sheep that has no shepherd, and as a result it is as though wild animals have attacked my people and eaten them. You did not search for them; instead, you only wanted to provide food for yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_9","027_34_9","EZK","34","9","9","Therefore, you who should be like MET shepherds, listen to what I, Yahweh say: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_10","027_34_10","EZK","34","10","10","I am opposed to you leaders who should be like MET shepherds for my people. I will remove you from taking care of my people, with the result that you will no longer feed yourselves instead of feeding them. I will rescue my people from you, with the result that you will longer be able to butcher them and eat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_11","027_34_11","EZK","34","11","11","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you leaders: I myself will search for my sheep and take care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_12","027_34_12","EZK","34","12","12","Like a shepherd finds his scattered sheep, I will rescue my people from all the places to which they have been scattered, at a time when things were very gloomy and they experienced disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_13","027_34_13","EZK","34","13","13","I will bring them back from many countries and gather them together again in their own land. Because my people are like sheep MET, it is as though I will enable them to find good pastureland on the hills of Israel, and in the ravines, and in the villages of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_14","027_34_14","EZK","34","14","14","It is as though I will allow them to graze in good pastures on the mountaintops. They will lie down in good ◄grazing areas/grassy fields► there DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_15","027_34_15","EZK","34","15","15","I myself will take care of my people and enable them to lie down and rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_16","027_34_16","EZK","34","16","16","I will search for those who are lost and bring back the ones who have strayed away. I will bandage those who have been injured and strengthen those who are weak. But I will get rid of those who are fat and powerful. I will act fairly toward the people who are like MET my sheep. That is what I, Yahweh, promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_17","027_34_17","EZK","34","17","17","And as for you who are like MET my sheep, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will judge between each of you; and I will separate those that are peaceful like sheep from those that are always trying to dominate others like goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_18","027_34_18","EZK","34","18","18","It is bad that RHQ some of you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that RHQ you trample the good grass with your feet. You yourselves drink the clear water RHQ. But with your feet you cause the other water to become muddy RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_19","027_34_19","EZK","34","19","19","It is as though you RHQ are forcing my flock to eat the grass that you have trampled and to drink the water that you have caused to become muddy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_20","027_34_20","EZK","34","20","20","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: I myself will judge between those of you who are like MET the fat sheep and those of you who are like the thin sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_21","027_34_21","EZK","34","21","21","Youwho are like strong sheep, it is as though with your shoulders and buttocks you have shoved away those who are like thin sheep, and you have butted them with your horns, until you have chased them all away from the good pastureland. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_22","027_34_22","EZK","34","22","22","But I will rescue my people, and they no longer will be ◄harassed/treated cruelly►. I will judge between one person and another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_23","027_34_23","EZK","34","23","23","And I will appoint one leader MET for them, someone who will be like King David, who served me very well. That leader will take care of them and be like their shepherd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_24","027_34_24","EZK","34","24","24","I, Yahweh, will be their God, and the one who is like MET King David will be their king. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_25","027_34_25","EZK","34","25","25","I will make a peace agreement with the people of Israel. In this agreement I will promise to get rid of all the wild animals in Israel, in order that my people may live safely, even in the desert and in the forests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_26","027_34_26","EZK","34","26","26","I will bless them, and I will bless the places close to my sacred hill. I will bless them by sending them rain showers at the right season; they will be showers to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_27","027_34_27","EZK","34","27","27","The fruit trees will produce fruit and the ground will produce crops. And my people will live safely in their land. When I rescue them from people who caused them to be slaves MET, DOU, they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_28","027_34_28","EZK","34","28","28","Soldiers from other nations will no longer take away their valuable possessions, and wild animals will no longer attack them. They will live safely, and no one will cause them to be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_29","027_34_29","EZK","34","29","29","I will cause their land to be famous/well-known for its good crops. There will no longer be famines in the land, and people in other nations will no longer ridicule them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_30","027_34_30","EZK","34","30","30","Then they will know that I, Yahweh their God, am helping them, and they will know that they, the Israeli people, are my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK34_31","027_34_31","EZK","34","31","31","It will be as though MET my people are my sheep whom I will take care of, and I will be their God. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_1","027_35_1","EZK","35","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_2","027_35_2","EZK","35","2","2","“You human, turn toward Edom and prophesy what will happen to its people. Say that this is what Yahweh says to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_3","027_35_3","EZK","35","3","3","‘You who live near Seir Mountain in Edom, I am opposed to you, and I will use my power MTY to strike you and cause your country to become a wasteland. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_4","027_35_4","EZK","35","4","4","I will cause your country to be ruined and desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_5","027_35_5","EZK","35","5","5","You have always been enemies of the Israeli people. You rejoiced when they experienced a great disaster: their enemies attacked them with swords, when I punished them for the sins that they had committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_6","027_35_6","EZK","35","6","6","Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will allow your enemies to slaughter MTY you and continue to slaughter you. You were happy when LIT others were slaughtered; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_7","027_35_7","EZK","35","7","7","so I will cause Seir Mountain to be abandoned/deserted, and I will get rid of anyone who enters it or leaves it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_8","027_35_8","EZK","35","8","8","I will cause your mountains to be filled with the corpses of those who have been killed. The corpses of those who have been killed by your enemies’ swords will lie on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_9","027_35_9","EZK","35","9","9","I will cause your land to be deserted forever. No one will live in your towns again. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_10","027_35_10","EZK","35","10","10","You people said, “Israel and Judah will become ours. We will take over their territory!” You said that even though I, Yahweh, was still there and protecting them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_11","027_35_11","EZK","35","11","11","Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that as surely as I am alive, I will punish MTY you for being angry with my people, envying them, and hating them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_12","027_35_12","EZK","35","12","12","Then you will know that I, Yahweh, have heard all the disgusting things that you have said about the mountains in Israel. You said that they have been ruined/devastated, and that they have been given to you to occupy MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_13","027_35_13","EZK","35","13","13","When you insulted me, I heard all that you said about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_14","027_35_14","EZK","35","14","14","So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You people who live on Seir Mountain and in all the other places in Edom, when I cause your land to become desolate, everyone in the entire world will rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK35_15","027_35_15","EZK","35","15","15","You were happy when the land MTY of the Israeli people became desolate, so I will cause your land to become desolate. When that happens, people will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_1","027_36_1","EZK","36","1","1","You human, prophesy about the mountains in Israel. Say to them, “You mountains in Israel, listen to what Yahweh says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_2","027_36_2","EZK","36","2","2","This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Your enemies happily said about you, ‘Aha! The mountains in Israel that have existed for a long time have become ours!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_3","027_36_3","EZK","36","3","3","Therefore prophesy about those mountains and say, “This is what Yahweh the Lord declares: Armies of other nations attacked you DOU from every direction, with the result that your land became abandoned, and people of other nations occupied you, and they spoke maliciously about you and slandered you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_4","027_36_4","EZK","36","4","6","Therefore, you mountains in Israel, listen to this message from me. I, Yahweh the Lord, have something to say to the hills and mountains, to the ravines and valleys, to the deserted ruins and towns whose valuable possessions have been taken and their people ridiculed by the people of other nations around them. This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: I am very angry DOU with the people of Edom and other nations; they have forced you Israeli people to endure them insulting you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_7","027_36_7","EZK","36","7","7","Therefore, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Lifting up my arm, I solemnly declare that the people of the nations that are around you will also endure being insulted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_8","027_36_8","EZK","36","8","8","But I say to you mountains in Israel that huge crops of fruit will grow on your trees for my Israeli people, because they will soon return home from Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_9","027_36_9","EZK","36","9","9","I ◄am concerned about/will take care of► you, and I will bless you. I will enable farmers to plow the ground and plant seed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_10","027_36_10","EZK","36","10","10","I will cause the number of people who live on you mountains and everywhere else in Israel to greatly increase. People will live in the towns and rebuild houses where there are now only ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_11","027_36_11","EZK","36","11","11","I will cause the number of people and domestic animals to increase. People will have many children IDM, DOU. I will enable people to live there like they did previously, and I will enable them to prosper like they did before. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_12","027_36_12","EZK","36","12","12","I will enable my Israeli people to walk through your mountains. They will own you; you will be their permanent possession. Never again will their children die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_13","027_36_13","EZK","36","13","13","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to you: People say that only a small amount of food is produced on your mountains, and as a result the people of Israel die from hunger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_14","027_36_14","EZK","36","14","14","Therefore, I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that no longer will that happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_15","027_36_15","EZK","36","15","15","No longer will the people of other nations ridicule you; no longer will they laugh at you; no longer will the armies of other nations conquer you. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have declared that it will happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_16","027_36_16","EZK","36","16","16","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_17","027_36_17","EZK","36","17","17","“You human, when the Israeli people were living in their own land, they ◄defiled it/caused it to become unacceptable to me► by the things that they did. I considered that their behavior was disgusting, like SIM the rags/cloths that women use during their monthly menstrual periods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_18","027_36_18","EZK","36","18","18","So I severely punished MTY them, because they had murdered MTY many people and because they had defiled the land by worshiping idols there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_19","027_36_19","EZK","36","19","19","I caused them to be scattered among many nations DOU. I punished MTY them like they deserved to be punished because of their very evil behavior DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_20","027_36_20","EZK","36","20","20","And wherever they went among those nations, they caused my reputation MTY to be disgraced. What has happened is that the people in those countries said about the Israeli people, ‘They belong to Yahweh, but they were forced to leave the land that he gave to them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_21","027_36_21","EZK","36","21","21","But I was concerned about my reputation, which the people of Israel had disgraced among the nations to which they were forced to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_22","027_36_22","EZK","36","22","22","Therefore, say to the Israeli people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: You Israeli people, it is not for your sake that I am going to do these things. Instead, it is for the sake of my sacred reputation, which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_23","027_36_23","EZK","36","23","23","I will show that my reputation is sacred, a reputation which you have disgraced among the nations to which you were forced to go. And when I show the nations that I am holy, the people of those nations will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_24","027_36_24","EZK","36","24","24","What I will do is to bring you back from those nations. I will gather you from all the countries to which you were forced to go, and bring you back to your own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_25","027_36_25","EZK","36","25","25","It will be as though MET I will sprinkle clean water on you, and then you will be clean. I will cause you to be cleansed from everything that has defiled you, and I will cause you to stop worshiping idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_26","027_36_26","EZK","36","26","26","I will give you a completely new way of thinking IDM. I will enable you to stop being stubborn IDM, and I will enable you to obey me from your inner beings IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_27","027_36_27","EZK","36","27","27","I will put my Spirit within you and enable you to carefully obey all my laws DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_28","027_36_28","EZK","36","28","28","You will again live in the land that I gave to your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_29","027_36_29","EZK","36","29","29","I will free you from all your disgraceful behavior. I will cause your grain to be plentiful, and I will not send a famine to you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_30","027_36_30","EZK","36","30","30","I will cause your fruit trees to produce plenty of fruit and your ground to produce plenty of good crops, with the result that you will no longer be ridiculed by the people of other nations because of your not having enough food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_31","027_36_31","EZK","36","31","31","When that happens, you will think about your previous evil behavior and wicked deeds, and you will ◄be very displeased with/hate► yourselves for your sins and the detestable things that you did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_32","027_36_32","EZK","36","32","32","But I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that I want you to know that it is not for your sake that I will do those things. You Israeli people ought to be ashamed of your behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_33","027_36_33","EZK","36","33","33","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: At the time that I forgive you for all the sins that you have committed, I will enable you to live in your towns again and to build houses where there are now only ruins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_34","027_36_34","EZK","36","34","34","People who walk through your country will see that your land is again cultivated instead of ◄being desolate/having nothing growing in it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_35","027_36_35","EZK","36","35","35","They will say, “This land that was ruined has become very fertile/productive like SIM the garden of Eden! The cities that were piles of ruins, empty and destroyed, now have walls around them, and people live in those cities.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_36","027_36_36","EZK","36","36","36","When that happens, the people in the nations that are around you that still exist will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have enabled you to rebuild what was destroyed, and to again plant crops in the fields that had nothing growing in them. I, Yahweh, have said that it will happen, and I will cause it to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_37","027_36_37","EZK","36","37","37","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Again I will heed what you Israeli people are pleading for me to do for you. I will cause your people to be as numerous as your sheep, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK36_38","027_36_38","EZK","36","38","38","as numerous as the flocks of sheep that will be needed for offerings in Jerusalem during your regular festivals. The cities that are now ruined will be filled with people, and then you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_1","027_37_1","EZK","37","1","1","One day Yahweh gave me another vision. In the vision I felt the power MTY of God on me, and by his Spirit he took me to the middle of a valley. It was full of bones of people who had been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_2","027_37_2","EZK","37","2","2","He led me to walk back and forth among those bones. I saw that there were very many bones there, bones that were very dry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_3","027_37_3","EZK","37","3","3","He asked me, “You human, do you think that these bones can become living people again?” I replied, “Yahweh my Lord, only you know if that can happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_4","027_37_4","EZK","37","4","4","Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones. Say to them, ‘You dry bones, listen to what Yahweh says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_5","027_37_5","EZK","37","5","5","This is what Yahweh the Lord says to you bones: I will put my breath into each of you, and you will become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_6","027_37_6","EZK","37","6","6","I will fasten tendons to your bones, and cause your bones to be covered with flesh. I will cover the flesh with skin. Then I will breathe into you, and you will become alive. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_7","027_37_7","EZK","37","7","7","So I spoke to the bones what Yahweh commanded me to speak. As I was speaking, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bones joining to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_8","027_37_8","EZK","37","8","8","While I was looking, I saw tendons fastening to them and flesh covering them, and then skin covered the flesh, but they did not breathe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_9","027_37_9","EZK","37","9","9","Then he said to me, “You human, prophesy to the wind. Say to the wind, ‘Wind APO, Yahweh says to you, blow from all four directions. Breathe into these people who have been killed, in order that they can become alive again!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_10","027_37_10","EZK","37","10","10","So I said what he commanded me to say, and then breath entered them. They became alive and stood up, like a huge army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_11","027_37_11","EZK","37","11","11","Then he said to me, “You human, these bones represent all the Israeli people MTY. The people say, ‘It is as though our bones are dried up; there are no more good things that we can ◄hope for/confidently expect to happen to us►; our nation is destroyed/finished.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_12","027_37_12","EZK","37","12","12","So prophesy and say to them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: My people, it will be as though I will open your graves and cause your corpses to become alive again. I will bring you back to Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_13","027_37_13","EZK","37","13","13","Then, what that happens, you my people will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_14","027_37_14","EZK","37","14","14","I will put my Spirit in you, and it will be as though you will become alive again, and I will enable you to live in your own land again. Then you will know that it is I, Yahweh, who said that it would happen and who has caused it to happen. That is what I, Yahweh, declare.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_15","027_37_15","EZK","37","15","15","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_16","027_37_16","EZK","37","16","16","“You human, take a piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Judah and all the tribes of Judah.’ Then take another piece of wood and write on it, ‘This represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_17","027_37_17","EZK","37","17","17","Then join them together to become as though they were one piece of wood in your hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_18","027_37_18","EZK","37","18","18","When your fellow Israelis ask you, ‘What does ◄this action/what you just did► mean?’, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_19","027_37_19","EZK","37","19","19","tell them, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: One of the pieces of wood in my hand represents Israel and all the tribes of Israel. I am joining it to the piece of wood that represents Judah, to form one piece of wood in his hand.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_20","027_37_20","EZK","37","20","20","Then, you human, hold up the pieces of wood that you have written on, in order that the people can see them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_21","027_37_21","EZK","37","21","21","Say to the people, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: I will take you Israeli people out of the countries to which you have been forced to go. I will gather you from all those nations and bring you back to your own land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_22","027_37_22","EZK","37","22","22","And I will cause you to again be one nation in that land, on the mountains in Israel. And there will be one king to rule over all of you. Never again will you be two nations or divided into two kingdoms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_23","027_37_23","EZK","37","23","23","No longer will you ◄defile yourselves/make yourselves unacceptable to me► by worshiping idols and disgusting statues of your gods, because I will enable you to quit your sinful behavior and to stop rejecting me. You will be my people, and I will be your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_24","027_37_24","EZK","37","24","24","Someone who will be like MET King David who served me well will be the king of your descendants, and it will be as though MET he will be their shepherd. They will carefully obey all my laws DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_25","027_37_25","EZK","37","25","25","They will live in the land that I gave to Jacob, who also served me well; they will live in the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and the one who will be like MET King David will be their king forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_26","027_37_26","EZK","37","26","26","I will make a peace agreement with them; it will be an agreement that will endure forever. I will again give them that land and cause their population to increase. And I will put my temple among them forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_27","027_37_27","EZK","37","27","27","The place where I will live will be among them; I will be their God and they will be my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK37_28","027_37_28","EZK","37","28","28","Then, when my temple is forever there among them, the people of other nations will know that I, Yahweh, have caused the Israeli people to be set apart to belong to me.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_1","027_38_1","EZK","38","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said to me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_2","027_38_2","EZK","38","2","2","“You human, turn and face Magog, the country where Gog is the king. He is also the ruler of the nations of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy about the terrible things that will happen to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_3","027_38_3","EZK","38","3","3","and say, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: Gog, you who rule Meshech and Tubal, I am opposed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_4","027_38_4","EZK","38","4","4","It will be as though I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws and bring you to Israel—you and all of your army, including your horses and men carrying weapons who ride the horses, and many other soldiers carrying large shields and small shields, all of them carrying swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_5","027_38_5","EZK","38","5","5","Armies from Persia, Ethiopia, and Put/Libya will also come, all of them with shields and helmets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_6","027_38_6","EZK","38","6","6","An army from Gomer north of Israel will come, and an army from Togarmah far north of Israel will come. Armies of many nations will accompany you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_7","027_38_7","EZK","38","7","7","Tell Gog, ‘Get ready and be prepared to be the commander of all those groups of soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_8","027_38_8","EZK","38","8","8","At some future time, I will command you to lead those armies to attack Israel, a country whose buildings have been rebuilt after they were destroyed in wars. Their people will have been brought back from many nations to live again on the hills of Israel, which had been deserted for a long time. They had been brought back from other nations and will be living peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_9","027_38_9","EZK","38","9","9","You and all those armies from many nations will go up to Israel, advancing like SIM a big storm. Your army will be like a huge cloud that covers the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_10","027_38_10","EZK","38","10","10","But this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: On that day, you will have an idea about DOU doing an evil thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_11","027_38_11","EZK","38","11","11","You will say to yourself, “My army will invade a country where the villages do not have walls around them. We will attack people who are peaceful and do not suspect/think that they will be attacked. Their towns and villages do not have walls with gates and bars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_12","027_38_12","EZK","38","12","12","So it will be easy for us to attack the people who are living again in those towns that were previously destroyed. They are people who have been gathered from many countries where they had lived for many years, people who now live safely in their land with all their livestock and other possessions. They are living in the country that is in the middle of the most important countries (OR, that they think is IRO the most important country) in the world. Our soldiers will take away DOU all their valuable possessions.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_13","027_38_13","EZK","38","13","13","Then people of Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish and nearby villages will come and say to you, “Are you gathering all your soldiers in order to attack Israel and take away all their silver and gold? Do you plan to take away their livestock and all their other valuable possessions DOU?”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_14","027_38_14","EZK","38","14","14","Therefore, you human, prophesy about Gog and say to him, ‘This is what Yahweh the Lord says: At that time, when my people of Israel are living safely, you will certainly think about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_15","027_38_15","EZK","38","15","15","So you will come from your place far north of Israel, with the armies of many other nations, all riding horses, a huge army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_16","027_38_16","EZK","38","16","16","You will march toward my Israeli people, and your soldiers will cover the land like a huge cloud. Gog, I will bring your army to attack the country that belongs to me, but what I do for you will show the people of other nations that I am holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_17","027_38_17","EZK","38","17","17","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say to Gog: In past years, when I gave messages to my servants, the prophets in Israel, there were messages RHQ about you. At that time, they prophesied for many years that I would bring your armies to attack my people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_18","027_38_18","EZK","38","18","18","So this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say will happen: When your army attacks Israel, I will be very angry with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_19","027_38_19","EZK","38","19","19","I will be very furious, and to show that I am angry, there will be a great earthquake in Israel, where your armies will be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_20","027_38_20","EZK","38","20","20","The fish in the sea, the birds, the wild animals, and the animals/creatures that crawl on the ground, and all the people on the earth will tremble because of what I am doing. Mountains will fall down, cliffs will crumble, and walls everywhere will fall to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_21","027_38_21","EZK","38","21","21","Gog, on all the mountains in the country that belongs to me I will cause your soldiers to fight against each other with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_22","027_38_22","EZK","38","22","22","I will punish MTY you and your soldiers with plagues and murders MTY. And I will send down from the sky, on you and your troops that have come from many nations, huge amounts of rain and hail and burning sulfur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK38_23","027_38_23","EZK","38","23","23","By doing that, I will cause the people of many nations to know that I am very great and holy, and they will know that I, Yahweh, have the power to do the things that I say that I will do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_1","027_39_1","EZK","39","1","1","Yahweh said to me, “You human, prophesy about more terrible things that will happen to Gog, and say this to him: ‘Gog, I am opposed to you who rule Meshech and Tubal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_2","027_39_2","EZK","39","2","2","I will turn you around and drag you and your armies from far north of Israel and send you to fight on the mountains in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_3","027_39_3","EZK","39","3","3","When you are there, I will snatch your bows from your left hands and cause your arrows to fall from your right hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_4","027_39_4","EZK","39","4","4","You and all the soldiers that are with you will die on the mountains in Israel. I will give your corpses to be food for the birds that eat dead flesh, and to the wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_5","027_39_5","EZK","39","5","5","You will die in the open fields. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh the Lord, have said that it will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_6","027_39_6","EZK","39","6","6","I will cause many fires to burn in Magog and among all those who live safely in the areas along their coasts, and they will know that it is I, Yahweh, who have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_7","027_39_7","EZK","39","7","7","I will enable my Israeli people to know that I am holy. I will no longer allow people to damage my reputation, and people in other nations will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, am the Holy One in Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_8","027_39_8","EZK","39","8","8","I, Yahweh the Lord, declare that it will soon be the day that those things will happen. It will be the day that I have spoken to you about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_9","027_39_9","EZK","39","9","9","At that time, those Israelis who live in the towns will go out and gather the weapons from your dead soldiers, and use them to make fires to cook their food. They will burn the small and large shields, the bows and arrows, the war clubs, and spears. There will be enough weapons to use as firewood for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_10","027_39_10","EZK","39","10","10","They will not need to gather firewood in the fields or cut wood from trees in the forests, because those weapons will be all the firewood that they will need. And they will take valuable things from those who took valuable things from them, and steal things from people who stole things from them. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_11","027_39_11","EZK","39","11","11","At that time I will create a graveyard for you, Gog, and your soldiers, in the valley east of the Dead Sea. That graveyard will block the road that travelers usually walk on, because you, Gog and all the soldiers of your huge army will be buried there. So it will be named ‘the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_12","027_39_12","EZK","39","12","12","For seven months the people of Israel will be burying those corpses. It will be necessary to bury all of them, in order that the land will not be ◄defiled/considered unacceptable to me► because of any unburied corpses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_13","027_39_13","EZK","39","13","13","All the people of Israel will do the work of burying them. The day when I win that victory they will honor me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_14","027_39_14","EZK","39","14","14","After those seven months are ended, the Israeli people will appoint men to go throughout the land to bury corpses, in order that the land will not remain defiled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_15","027_39_15","EZK","39","15","15","When they go through the land, when one of them sees a human bone, he will set up a marker beside it. When the gravediggers see the markers, they will pick up the bones and bury them in the Valley of Gog’s Huge Army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_16","027_39_16","EZK","39","16","16","There will be a city there named Hamonah, which means ‘huge army’. And by doing this work of burying the corpses, they will ◄cleanse the land/cause the land to be acceptable to me again►.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_17","027_39_17","EZK","39","17","17","Yahweh said to me, “You human, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: Summon every kind of bird and wild animal. Say to them, ‘Gather together from everywhere and come to the feast that Yahweh is preparing for you. It will be a great feast on the mountains in Israel. There you will eat men’s flesh and drink their blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_18","027_39_18","EZK","39","18","18","You will eat the flesh of strong soldiers and drink the blood of kings as if they were fat animals—rams and lambs, goats and bulls—from the Bashan region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_19","027_39_19","EZK","39","19","19","At that feast that Yahweh is preparing for you, you will eat fat until your stomachs are full, and you will drink blood until it is as though you are drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_20","027_39_20","EZK","39","20","20","It will be as though you are eating at a table that I have set up for you. You will eat all you want of the flesh of horses and their riders, strong soldiers DOU of every kind.’ That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_21","027_39_21","EZK","39","21","21","I will show people of many nations that I am glorious, and all those nations will see how I punish them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_22","027_39_22","EZK","39","22","22","After that time, the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their God, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_23","027_39_23","EZK","39","23","23","And the people of other nations will know that the Israeli people had been forced to go to other countries because they sinned by not being faithful to me. I ◄turned away from/abandoned► them, and allowed their enemies to capture them IDM, and many HYP of them were killed by their enemies’ swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_24","027_39_24","EZK","39","24","24","I punished them like they deserved to be punished because of their disgusting behavior and sins, and I turned away from them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_25","027_39_25","EZK","39","25","25","Therefore, this is now what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: I will now bring back from exile/Babylonia the descendants of Jacob; I will pity all the Israeli people, and I will also jealously protect my reputation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_26","027_39_26","EZK","39","26","26","When the Israeli people are back in their own country, they will live safely in their land, with no one to cause them to be afraid, but they will be ashamed when they think about the disgraceful and unfaithful things that they did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_27","027_39_27","EZK","39","27","27","When I have brought them back from their enemies’ countries and gathered them together in Israel, the people of many nations will know that I am holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_28","027_39_28","EZK","39","28","28","And the Israeli people will know that I, Yahweh their Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do. They will know that because even though I forced them to go to other countries, I will gather them together in their own country. I will not leave any of them in those countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK39_29","027_39_29","EZK","39","29","29","I will no longer turn away from them; I will pour out my Spirit on the Israeli people. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_1","027_40_1","EZK","40","1","1","Almost 25 years after we had been takento Babylonia, on the tenth day of the first month of that year, almost 14years after Jerusalem had been destroyed, in a vision I felt the power MTY of Yahweh on me, and he took me to Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_2","027_40_2","EZK","40","2","2","He set me on a very high mountain. On the south side of that mountain there were some buildings that appeared to be part of a city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_3","027_40_3","EZK","40","3","3","When he took there, I saw a man whose face was like SIM bronze. He was standing in the entrance of a building. He had a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_4","027_40_4","EZK","40","4","4","He said to me, “You human, look carefully at everything that I am going to show you, and pay attention to everything that I say and everything that I will show you, because that is why you have been brought here. And then later you must tell the Israeli people everything that you have seen here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_5","027_40_5","EZK","40","5","5","In the vision I saw that there was a wall that completely surrounded the temple area. The measuring stick in the man’s hand was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► long. He measured the wall: It was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► thick and ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_6","027_40_6","EZK","40","6","6","Then he went to the entryway on the east side of the temple. He climbed the steps and measured the outer threshold/opening for the entryway: It was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► deep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_7","027_40_7","EZK","40","7","7","Next, there was an entry hallway with three ◄alcoves/very small rooms► along each side where the guards stood. Each of the alcoves was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► on each side. There was a dividing wall between each alcove that was ◄8-3/4 feet/2.7 meters► wide. At the end of the entry hallway was the inner threshold/opening for the entryway, ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► deep. It led to the entry room to the inner courtyard and faced the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_8","027_40_8","EZK","40","8","8","Then he measured the entry room at the end of the entry hallway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_9","027_40_9","EZK","40","9","9","It was about ◄14 feet/4.2 meters► long, and its supporting columns were ◄3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters► thick. The entry room of the entryway was at the end of the entry hallway that faced the temple and extended into the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_10","027_40_10","EZK","40","10","10","Inside the east entryway there were three alcoves on each side of the entry hallway. They each had the same length and width. And the measurements of the walls that divided the alcoves were all identical. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_11","027_40_11","EZK","40","11","11","Then he measured the threshold/opening for the entryway: It was ◄17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters► wide, and the entry hallway between the alcoves was ◄22-3/4 feet/6.9 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_12","027_40_12","EZK","40","12","12","In front of each alcove was a low wall about ◄21 inches/53 cm.► high, and the alcoves were ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_13","027_40_13","EZK","40","13","13","Then he measured the width of the roof of the entrance hallway, the distance between the rear wall of one alcove to the rear wall of the opposite alcove, including the supporting walls along each side. It was ◄43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_14","027_40_14","EZK","40","14","14","Then he measured all along the dividing walls between the alcoves all along the inside of the entry hallway: It was ◄105 feet/31.8 meters►. He measured as far as the entry room of the entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_15","027_40_15","EZK","40","15","15","The length from theouter opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_16","027_40_16","EZK","40","16","16","There were small windows in the outside walls of all the alcoves, and also in the inner dividing walls between the alcoves. There were also small windows in the entry room. The dividing walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_17","027_40_17","EZK","40","17","17","Then in the vision he brought me to the outer courtyard. There I saw some rooms, and a stone path/pavement along the walls around the courtyard. There were thirty rooms along the path. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_18","027_40_18","EZK","40","18","18","The stone path was all around the courtyard, and it extended out from the walls into the courtyard for the same distance as the entry room of the entryway. That was the lower path. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_19","027_40_19","EZK","40","19","19","Then the man measured the distance across the outer courtyard of the temple, between the inner entrance of the entryway and the wall surrounding the inner courtyard: It was ◄175 feet/53 meters► on the east side and on the north side of the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_20","027_40_20","EZK","40","20","20","Then he measured how long and how wide was the entryway that was on the north side, the entrance into the outer courtyard of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_21","027_40_21","EZK","40","21","21","There were three alcoves on each side of the entryway hall. The measurements of the alcoves, the dividing walls between the alcoves, and the entry room were the same as as those in the first entryway. The length from theouter opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters►. The entryway was ◄43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_22","027_40_22","EZK","40","22","22","Its windows and the entry room and the palm tree decorations all measured the same as the ones on the east side. There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was at the other end of the entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_23","027_40_23","EZK","40","23","23","There was an entryway to the inner courtyard that faces the north entryway, like there was on the east side. The man measured the distance from the north entryway to the entryway on the other side; it was ◄175 feet/53 meters►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_24","027_40_24","EZK","40","24","24","Then he brought me through the south entryway into the outer courtyard, and he measured it. It measured the same as the other entryways. Its alcoves, its dividing walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_25","027_40_25","EZK","40","25","25","The alcoves and the entry room had narrow windows along the walls, like on the other sides. The length of the outer opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► and the entryway was ◄43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_26","027_40_26","EZK","40","26","26","There were seven steps up to the outer threshold/opening for the entryway, and an entry room was ◄opposite it/at the end of the entryway facing the courtyard►. It also had carvings of palm trees on the dividing walls that were between the alcoves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_27","027_40_27","EZK","40","27","27","The inner courtyard also had an entryway on the south side. He measured from that entryway to the entrance on the south side of the outer courtyard; it was also ◄175 feet/53 meters►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_28","027_40_28","EZK","40","28","28","Then in the vision he brought me through the south entryway into the inner courtyard, and he measured the south entryway. It measured the same as the other entryways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_29","027_40_29","EZK","40","29","29","Its alcoves along the entry hallway, its dividing walls between the alcoves, and its entry room measured the same as the ones on the other sides. The alcoves and the entry room had windows. The length of the outer opening of the entryway to the far end of the entry room was was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► and the entryway was ◄43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_30","027_40_30","EZK","40","30","30","The entry rooms around the inner courtyard were ◄43-3/4 feet/13.3 meters► wide and ◄8.7 feet/2.6 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_31","027_40_31","EZK","40","31","31","The entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were carvings of palm trees that decorated the columns, and there were eight steps up to the entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_32","027_40_32","EZK","40","32","32","Then he led me to the east side of the inner courtyard, and he measured the entrance. It had the same measurements as the other entrances ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_33","027_40_33","EZK","40","33","33","Its alcoves and dividing walls and entry room measured the same as the others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_34","027_40_34","EZK","40","34","34","Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. It also had carvings of palm trees that decorated the walls, and it had eight steps up to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_35","027_40_35","EZK","40","35","35","Then he led me to the entrance on the north side and measured it. It measured the same as the other entrances. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_36","027_40_36","EZK","40","36","36","And its alcoves and walls between them and the entry room all had small windows in the walls. It was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► long and ◄43.7 feet/13.3 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_37","027_40_37","EZK","40","37","37","Its entry room faced the outer courtyard. There were carvings of palm trees that decorated its walls, and there were eight steps up to the entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_38","027_40_38","EZK","40","38","38","In the vision, I saw that in the inner entry room of the north entryway there was a door to a side room. That side room was where the carcasses of the animals that would be burned completely on the altar were washed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_39","027_40_39","EZK","40","39","39","In the entry room, there were two tables on each side of the room. On those tables would be slaughtered the animals that would be completely burned, and the animals for offerings for sins that people had committed, and offerings to cause people to longer be guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_40","027_40_40","EZK","40","40","40","Along the outside wall of the entry room, on each side of the steps at the opening to the entryway on the north side, were two tables. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_41","027_40_41","EZK","40","41","41","So there were four tables outside the entrance and four tables inside the entry room, on which the animals to be sacrificed were slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_42","027_40_42","EZK","40","42","42","There were also four tables of cut stone for the offerings to be completely burned, ◄31-1/2 in./80 cm.► on each side and ◄21 in./53 cm.► high. On those stone tables would be placed the tools for slaughtering all the animals for the sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_43","027_40_43","EZK","40","43","43","The meat for the offerings would be placed on stone tables. There were hooks on which the meat was hung, each with two prongs, each ◄3 in./8 cm.► long, fastened to the walls of the entry room. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_44","027_40_44","EZK","40","44","44","Outside the inner entryway, inside the inner courtyard, were two rooms, one on the north side and one on the south side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_45","027_40_45","EZK","40","45","45","The man said to me, “The room whose door faces south is for the priests who are in charge of the work in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_46","027_40_46","EZK","40","46","46","The room whose door faces north is for the priests who are in charge of the work at the altar. They are the descendants of Zadok; they are the only descendants of Levi who are permitted to approach Yahweh while they work for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_47","027_40_47","EZK","40","47","47","Then he measured the courtyard: It was square, ◄175 feet/53 meters► long and ◄175 feet/53 meters► wide. The altar was in front of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_48","027_40_48","EZK","40","48","48","Then in the vision he brought me to the entry room of the temple, and measured the walls on each side of the entrance: They were ◄8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters► thick. The entrance was ◄24-1/2 feet/7.4 meters► wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were ◄5-1/4 feet/1.6 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK40_49","027_40_49","EZK","40","49","49","The entry room was ◄35 feet/10.6 meters► wide on each side. There were ten steps up to it, and there were pillars on each side of the entrance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_1","027_41_1","EZK","41","1","1","Thenin the vision the man brought me to into the Holy Place in the temple and measured the walls on each side of the doorway of that room: They were about ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► thick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_2","027_41_2","EZK","41","2","2","The entrance was ◄17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters► wide, and the walls of each side of it were ◄8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters► wide. He also measured the Holy Place, it was ◄70 feet/21.4 meters► long and ◄35 feet/10.7 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_3","027_41_3","EZK","41","3","3","Then he entered the inner room of the temple and measured the walls of the entrance; each was ◄3-1/2 feet/1.1 meter► thick. The doorway was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► wide, and the walls on each side of the entrance were ◄12-1/4 feet/3.7 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_4","027_41_4","EZK","41","4","4","Then he measured the inner room: It was ◄35 feet/10.7 meters► long and ◄35 feet/10.7 meters► wide. He said to me, “This is the Very Holy Place.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_5","027_41_5","EZK","41","5","5","Then he measured the wall of the temple: It was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► thick.There was a row of rooms along the outside wall of the temple. Each of those rooms was ◄7 feet/2.1 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_6","027_41_6","EZK","41","6","6","There were three levels of rooms, one above the other. There were thirty rooms on each level. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple that were supports for those side rooms; so those supports were not built into the wall of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_7","027_41_7","EZK","41","7","7","Each of those side rooms was wider than the one below it. The most narrow rooms were built first, at the bottom. Then a wider set of rooms was built over it, and the widest set was at the top. A set of stairs was built from the lowest level through the middle level to the highest level. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_8","027_41_8","EZK","41","8","8","I saw that there was a terrace (OR, raised platform) around the temple. The terrace was the foundation for those side rooms; it was ◄10-1/2 feet/3.3 meters► high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_9","027_41_9","EZK","41","9","9","The outer wall of those side rooms was ◄8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters► thick. All around those side rooms there was an open area that was ◄35 feet/10.6 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_10","027_41_10","EZK","41","10","10","There was a row of rooms for the priests on each side of the outer wall of the inner courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_11","027_41_11","EZK","41","11","11","There were two doors from those side rooms into another open area; one faced north and one faced south. That open area was ◄8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_12","027_41_12","EZK","41","12","12","There was a large building on the west side of the temple area. It was ◄122-1/2 feet/37.1 meters► wide and ◄157-1/2 feet/47.7 meters► long. And its walls were also ◄8-3/4 feet/2.6 meters► thick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_13","027_41_13","EZK","41","13","13","Then the man measured the temple. It was ◄175 feet/53 meters► long, and the temple courtyard, where the large building was, including its walls was also ◄175 feet/53 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_14","027_41_14","EZK","41","14","14","The courtyard on the east side of the temple, across the front of the temple, was also ◄175 feet/53 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_15","027_41_15","EZK","41","15","15","Then he measured the building on the west side. Including its walls it was also ◄175 feet/53 meters► wide. The outer walls of the Holy Place, the Very Holy Place, and the entry room, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_16","027_41_16","EZK","41","16","16","the inner walls above and below the windows, and the frames of the windows were all covered with thin panels of wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_17","027_41_17","EZK","41","17","17","All the walls inside the temple were decorated withcarvings of winged creatures and palm trees: Between each figure of a winged creature was a carving of a palm tree. Each winged creature had two faces: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_18","027_41_18","EZK","41","18","19","One was a face of a human, and one was the face of a lion. Those figures were carved on the walls all around the inside of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_20","027_41_20","EZK","41","20","20","They covered all the walls, from the floor to the top of the walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_21","027_41_21","EZK","41","21","21","At the entrance to the Holy Place of the temple there were square doorposts. In front of the Very Holy Place there was something that resembled ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_22","027_41_22","EZK","41","22","22","a wooden altar. It was ◄5.2 feet/1.6 meters► high and ◄3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters► wide on all four sides. Its corners and base and sides were all made of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is in the presence of Yahweh.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_23","027_41_23","EZK","41","23","23","The Holy Place and the Very Holy Place had double doors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_24","027_41_24","EZK","41","24","24","Each doorway had two doors that swungon hinges. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_25","027_41_25","EZK","41","25","25","On the doors of the Holy Place there were carvings of winged creatures and palm trees, like those on the walls of the Holy Place. There was also a wooden roof over the front of the entry room of the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK41_26","027_41_26","EZK","41","26","26","On the side walls of the entry room were narrow windows with figures of palm trees carved on the sides of the windows. The side rooms around the temple also had roofs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_1","027_42_1","EZK","42","1","1","Thenin the vision the man led me out of the inner courtyard, through the entrance on the north side. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a building that was built against the north wallof the inner courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_2","027_42_2","EZK","42","2","2","That building was ◄175 feet/53 meters► long and ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► wide. Its doorway faced north. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_3","027_42_3","EZK","42","3","3","In that building were two rows of rooms, built on three levels, that faced each other. One row of rooms was built against the wall of the inner courtyard, and the other row was built against the wall facing the outer courtyard. The building was 34 feet from the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_4","027_42_4","EZK","42","4","4","Between the two rows of rooms there was a walkway that was ◄17-1/2 feet/5.3 meters► wide and ◄175 feet/53 meters► long. All its doors were on the north side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_5","027_42_5","EZK","42","5","5","Each of the upper rows of rooms was narrower than the row of rooms below them, because the upper rows needed to have a walkway in front of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_6","027_42_6","EZK","42","6","6","The rooms on the upper levels had no pillars to support them like the ones in the courtyard. Instead, each of those row of rooms were supported by the walls of the row of rooms on the level below. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_7","027_42_7","EZK","42","7","7","The wall of the building extended ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► past the set of rooms built along the outer courtyard, separating all the rooms from the outer courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_8","027_42_8","EZK","42","8","8","The row of rooms that were along the outer courtyard was ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► long, and the set of rooms that faced the temple was ◄175 feet/53 meters► long. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_9","027_42_9","EZK","42","9","9","The lowest row of rooms had an entrance from the outer courtyard, on the east side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_10","027_42_10","EZK","42","10","10","On the south side, along the wall of the outer courtyard, next to the temple courtyard, was a a building with two rows of rooms, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_11","027_42_11","EZK","42","11","11","with a walkway between them. Those rooms were like the rooms on the north side: they were the same length and width, and had the same kind of entrances. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_12","027_42_12","EZK","42","12","12","The doorways on the south side were similar to the doorways on the north side. There was an entrance in the wall that faced the doors of the set of rooms, and there was an entrance on the east side, at the end of the inside walkway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_13","027_42_13","EZK","42","13","13","Then the man said to me, “These rooms that overlook the temple on the north and south sides are holy. Here the priests who offer sacrifices to Yahweh will eattheir portions of the sacred offerings. Because these rooms are holy, they will be used to store the sacred offerings: the grain for the grain offerings, the offerings for the sins that people have committed, and offerings in order that people will no longer be guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_14","027_42_14","EZK","42","14","14","When the priests leave the temple, they will not be allowed to immediately enter the outer courtyard. First, they must remove the clothes that they had been wearing inside the temple, because those clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before they enter the parts of the temple area where the other people gather.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_15","027_42_15","EZK","42","15","15","When the man had finished measuring the inside of the temple area, he led me out through the east entrance of the outer courtyard and measured all the way around the temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_16","027_42_16","EZK","42","16","19","He measured the four sides of the area. There was a wall around the area that was ◄875 feet/265 meters► long on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK42_20","027_42_20","EZK","42","20","20","That wall separated the area which was sacred/holy from the areas that were not sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_1","027_43_1","EZK","43","1","1","Then in the vision the man brought me to the entrance on the east side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_2","027_43_2","EZK","43","2","2","Suddenly I saw the glory/brightness of the God of Israel coming from the east. The sound of his coming was like the roar of a rushing river, and all that area shone with his glory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_3","027_43_3","EZK","43","3","3","What I saw in this vision was like what I saw in the visions that I had seen previously, first by the Kebar River and later when God came to destroy Jerusalem. I prostrated myself on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_4","027_43_4","EZK","43","4","4","The glory of Yahweh entered the temple through the east entrance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_5","027_43_5","EZK","43","5","5","Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner courtyard, and the glory of Yahweh filled the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_6","027_43_6","EZK","43","6","6","Then while the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speak to me from inside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_7","027_43_7","EZK","43","7","7","He said, “You human, this is my temple, the place whereI sit on my throne and where I rest my feet. This is where I will live with the Israeli people forever. The Israeli people and their kings will never again disgrace me SYN by worshiping other gods MET at the shrines on their hilltops, or by building monuments to honor their kings who have died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_8","027_43_8","EZK","43","8","8","They placed their altars near mine, and the doorposts of their temples were next to the doorposts of my temple. There was only a wall between them. And they disgraced me by the detestable things that they did. So, being very angry with them, I got rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_9","027_43_9","EZK","43","9","9","Now they must stop this disgusting worship of idols and these rituals to honor their kings who have died. If they stop doing those things, I will live among them forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_10","027_43_10","EZK","43","10","10","You human, describe to the Israeli people what this temple that I have shown you in a vision is like, in order that they will be ashamed of the sins that they have committed which resulted in their temple in Jerusalem being destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_11","027_43_11","EZK","43","11","11","If they are ashamed of all the evil things that they have done, tell them all about the temple that I showed you: its design/shape, the exits and entrances, and everything else about it. And tell them all my laws and regulations about worshiping me there. Write all these things down while they watch you, in order that they will be able to faithfully obey those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_12","027_43_12","EZK","43","12","12","And this is the supreme law about the temple DOU: All of the area on top of the hill where the temple will be built must be kept sacred and holy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_13","027_43_13","EZK","43","13","13","These are the measurements of the altar, using the same kind of measuring stick that was used for the temple area: There is a gutter around the altar that is ◄21 in./53 cm.► deep and ◄21 in./53 cm.► wide. There is a rim around it that is ◄9 in./23 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_14","027_43_14","EZK","43","14","14","The lower part of the gutter is ◄3-1/2 feet/1.1 meters► high to the lower ledge/rim that surrounds the altar. The lower ledge is ◄21 in./53 cm.► wide. The upper part of the altar is ◄7 feet/2.1 meters► high, up to the upper ledge. That ledge is also ◄21 in./53 cm.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_15","027_43_15","EZK","43","15","15","The ◄hearth/place where the sacrifices are burned► at the top of the altar is another ◄7 feet/2.2 meters► high, and there is a projection that juts/extends up from each of the four corners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_16","027_43_16","EZK","43","16","16","That place at the top of the altar is square, ◄21 feet/6.4 meters► on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_17","027_43_17","EZK","43","17","17","The upper ledge is also a square, ◄24-1/2 feet/7.4 meters► on each side. There is a ◄21 in./53 cm.► gutter at the bottom of the altar, and a ◄10.5 in./26.6 cm.► rim all around it. There are steps up to the east side of the altar.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_18","027_43_18","EZK","43","18","18","Then the man said to me, “You human, this is what Yahweh the Lord says: These are the regulations for sacrificing offerings that will be completely burned and for sprinkling the blood against the sides of the altar when it is built: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_19","027_43_19","EZK","43","19","19","You must present to the priests a young bull to be an offering to cause the altar to be acceptable to me. The priests are descendants of Levi, from the clan of Zadok, who come near to the altar to serve me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_20","027_43_20","EZK","43","20","20","You must take some of the blood from the bull that is sacrificed, and smear it on the four projections of the altar and on the four corners of the upper ledge, and all around the rim, to cause the altar to be acceptable to me, and to consecrate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_21","027_43_21","EZK","43","21","21","You must burn that bull outside the temple in the part of the temple area that I have designated for that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_22","027_43_22","EZK","43","22","22","The next day, you must offer a male goat that has no defects, to be an offering to cause the altar to be acceptable to me. Then you must purify the altar again, like you did with the bull that was sacrificed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_23","027_43_23","EZK","43","23","23","When you have finished doing all that, you must offer a young bull and a ram, both of them without any defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_24","027_43_24","EZK","43","24","24","You must offer them to me, Yahweh, and the priests must sprinkle salt on them and completely burn them on the altar for a sacrifice to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_25","027_43_25","EZK","43","25","25","Then, each day for seven days, you must bring to the priest a male goat to be sacrificed for an offering to cause the altar to be acceptable to me. You must also sacrifice a young bull and a ram, each without any defect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_26","027_43_26","EZK","43","26","26","For seven days the priests will consecrate the altar and cause it to be acceptable to me. By doing that they will dedicate it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK43_27","027_43_27","EZK","43","27","27","At the end of those seven days, starting on the following day, the priests will continue to put on the altar offerings to be completely burned and offerings to maintain fellowship with me. Then I will accept you. That it what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_1","027_44_1","EZK","44","1","1","Then in the vision the man brought me back to the outer entryway to the temple area, the one on the east side, but the outer entrance was shut. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_2","027_44_2","EZK","44","2","2","Yahweh said to me, “This entrance must remain shut. It must not be opened by anyone; no one will be permitted to enter it. It must remain shut because I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, have caused it to be sacred by entering through it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_3","027_44_3","EZK","44","3","3","Only the king of Israel will be permitted to sit inside this entryway to eat food in the presence of Yahweh. But he will must enter and leave the temple area through the entry room of this entryway.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_4","027_44_4","EZK","44","4","4","Then the man brought me through the north entryway to the front of the temple. I looked and saw that the glory of Yahweh filled his temple, and I prostrated myself on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_5","027_44_5","EZK","44","5","5","Yahweh said to me, “You human, look carefully, and listen carefully to everything that I tell you about all the regulations concerning the temple. Note carefully the temple entrance and all the exits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_6","027_44_6","EZK","44","6","6","Say this to the rebellious Israeli people: ‘This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You Israeli people, I will no longer endure the detestable things that you do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_7","027_44_7","EZK","44","7","7","In addition to all the other detestable things that you do, you brought into my temple foreign men who had not been circumcised and who were godless IDM. By doing that, you caused my temple to be an unacceptable place to worship me, while you offered food and fat and blood, and you disobeyed my agreement with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_8","027_44_8","EZK","44","8","8","Instead of doing what I commanded you to do in regard to my holy things, you appointed foreigners to be in charge of my temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_9","027_44_9","EZK","44","9","9","But this is what I, Yahweh, have said: No foreigners, no men who are not circumcised, no godless people are permitted to enter my temple, not even foreigners who live among you Israelis permanently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_10","027_44_10","EZK","44","10","10","Most of the descendants of Levi abandoned me along with most of the Israeli people, and started to worship idols. They must be punished for their sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_11","027_44_11","EZK","44","11","11","They are still permitted to work in my temple and to be in charge of the entrances of the temple, and they are permitted to slaughter the animals that will be completely burned on the altar, and to burn other sacrifices for the people, and they will be able to help the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_12","027_44_12","EZK","44","12","12","But because they helped the people to worship idols and caused many of the Israeli people MTY to sin by worshiping idols, I have lifted up my arm and solemnly declared that they must be punished for their sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_13","027_44_13","EZK","44","13","13","They must not come near me to serve as priests. They must not come near any sacred things or the holy offerings. They must be ashamed of the shameful things that they did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_14","027_44_14","EZK","44","14","14","But I will still put them in charge of the work in the temple and allow them to do all the work that needs to be done there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_15","027_44_15","EZK","44","15","15","But most of the priests who are descendants of Levi and from the clan of Zadok worked in my temple when the other Israelis abandoned me. So they are permitted to come near to me to work for me. They will stand in my presence to offer sacrifices of animals’ fat and blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_16","027_44_16","EZK","44","16","16","They are the only ones who are permitted to enter my temple. They are the only ones who are permitted to come near my altar to serve me and do what I tell them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_17","027_44_17","EZK","44","17","17","When they enter one of the entrances into the inner courtyard, they must wear linen clothes. They must not wear any clothes made of wool while they do their work at the entrances of the inner courtyard or inside the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_18","027_44_18","EZK","44","18","18","They must have linen turbans wrapped around their heads and wrap linen undergarments around their waists. They must not wear anything that would cause them to perspire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_19","027_44_19","EZK","44","19","19","Before they go out into the outer courtyard where other people are, they must take off the clothes that they have been wearing and leave them in the sacred rooms, and they must put on other clothes, in order that the other people are not punished because of their touching the sacred clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_20","027_44_20","EZK","44","20","20","The priests must not shave their heads or allow their hair to become long; but they must regularly trim the edges of their hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_21","027_44_21","EZK","44","21","21","Priests must not drink wine before they enter the inner courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_22","027_44_22","EZK","44","22","22","Also, priests must not marry widows of men who were not priests or women who have been divorced. Priests are permitted to marry only Israeli MTY virgins or widows of other priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_23","027_44_23","EZK","44","23","23","Priests must teach the people the difference between things that are holy/sacred and things that are not, and they must teach them the difference between things that are acceptable to me and things that are not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_24","027_44_24","EZK","44","24","24","When there are disputes between people, the priests are the ones who must be the judges and decide according to my laws what must be done. They must obey all my laws and decrees concerning the sacred festivals, and they must keep my Sabbath days ◄holy/set apart►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_25","027_44_25","EZK","44","25","25","A priest is permitted to go near the corpse of his father or his mother or his son or his daughter or his brother or his unmarried sister; but he is still defiled by doing that. But a priest must not defile himself by going near a corpse of anyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_26","027_44_26","EZK","44","26","26","But even if a priest touches the corpse of a close relative, he must perform the rituals to become acceptable to serve me again. After he performs those rituals, he must wait seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_27","027_44_27","EZK","44","27","27","Then, on the day that he enters the inner courtyard again to serve me in the temple, he must give an offering to remove his guilt for his sin. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_28","027_44_28","EZK","44","28","28","The priests are not permitted to own any property. They will have only what I provide for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_29","027_44_29","EZK","44","29","29","They will eat the offerings other people make from grain, offerings to remove people’s guilt for having sinned, and offerings made when people fail to give to Yahweh the things that they are required to give. Everything else in Israel that is completely dedicated to me, Yahweh, will belong to the priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_30","027_44_30","EZK","44","30","30","The best fruits of the first part of each harvest and all the other special gifts that are given to me will belong to the priests. You must give them the first part of your finely-ground flour, in order that I will bless the people who live in MTY your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK44_31","027_44_31","EZK","44","31","31","Priests must not eat the flesh of any bird or animal that was found dead or that has been killed by wild animals.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_1","027_45_1","EZK","45","1","1","“ ‘When the land of Israel is divided among the twelve tribes, you must present to me, Yahweh, one part of the land to be a sacred district. It will be ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄6.7 miles/10.6 km.► wide. That entire area will be ◄holy/set apart for me►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_2","027_45_2","EZK","45","2","2","Part of that area, ◄875 feet/265 meters► on each side, will be for the temple area. An additional strip of ground, ◄87-1/2 feet/26.5 meters► wide, will be left empty all around the temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_3","027_45_3","EZK","45","3","3","Inside that sacred district, measure a section ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄3.5 miles/5.3 km.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_4","027_45_4","EZK","45","4","4","That section will be the sacred portion of the land for the priests who work in the temple and who come near to me to serve me. It will be a place for their houses as well as being a holy place for the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_5","027_45_5","EZK","45","5","5","An area ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄3.5 miles/5.3 km.► wide will be for the descendants of Levi who work in the temple. That area will belong to them, and they will be permitted to build cities there to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_6","027_45_6","EZK","45","6","6","Alongside that sacred area will be a section of land that is ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄1.7 miles/2.65 km.► wide. It will be for a city where anyone in Israel MTY will be permitted to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_7","027_45_7","EZK","45","7","7","The king will have two sections of land; one will be on the western side of the sacred district and other will be on the eastern side of the sacred district. The one on the western side will extend west to the Mediterranean Sea. The one on the eastern side will extend east to the eastern end of the country. The eastern and western borders of the king’s land will be next to the areas allotted to the tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_8","027_45_8","EZK","45","8","8","That land will be the land in Israel that belongs to the king. So, because the kings will have their own land, they will no longer need to oppress my people and steal land from them. They will assign the remaining parts of the land to the people, giving a part to each tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_9","027_45_9","EZK","45","9","9","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: You kings of Israel must stop acting violently and oppressing the people! You must do what is fair and right DOU. Stop taking land from the people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_10","027_45_10","EZK","45","10","10","And you must use accurate scales, and accurate containers for measuring things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_11","027_45_11","EZK","45","11","11","The baskets for measuring dry things and containers for measuring liquids must be the same size; each must hold 175 quarts/liters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_12","027_45_12","EZK","45","12","12","When you weigh things, you must use weights that everyone accepts as being correct MTY.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_13","027_45_13","EZK","45","13","13","“ ‘You must present to the king one bushel of wheat or barley for every 60 that you harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_14","027_45_14","EZK","45","14","14","And you must give him one quart/liter of olive oil for every 100 quarts/liters that you make. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_15","027_45_15","EZK","45","15","15","Also, I, Yahweh, declare that you must take one sheep from each 200 sheep in your flocks in the pastures of Israel. Those things that you take to the king will be used with the offerings of things made from grain and for the offerings that will be completely burned and the offerings to maintain fellowship with me, offerings in order for me to forgive you for the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_16","027_45_16","EZK","45","16","16","All the Israeli people must join in bringing those offerings to the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_17","027_45_17","EZK","45","17","17","The king must provide the animals to be completely burned on the altar, grain for the grain offerings, and wine for the wine offerings for the sacred festivals that I have appointed for the people of Israel—including the festivals to celebrate each new moon and the Sabbaths. He must provide the animals for the offerings for the people to become acceptable to me, grain for the grain offerings, animals to be completely burned on the altar, and offerings to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, in order that I will forgive the Israeli people for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_18","027_45_18","EZK","45","18","18","This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: On the first day of the first month of each year you must take one young bull that has no defects and sacrifice it to cause the temple to be acceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_19","027_45_19","EZK","45","19","19","The Supreme Priest must take some of the blood of the offering to cause people to become acceptable to me, and smear it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the upper ledge of the altar, and on the entry posts of the inner courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_20","027_45_20","EZK","45","20","20","He must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for any people who sin without intending to sin or without realizing that what they did is sinful. By doing that you will purify the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_21","027_45_21","EZK","45","21","21","In the first month of each year, on the 14th day of the month, you must start to celebrate the Passover Festival. The festival will last for seven days. During that time you must not eat bread made with yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_22","027_45_22","EZK","45","22","22","On the first day, the king must provide a bull to be an offering for himself and for the all the other people of the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_23","027_45_23","EZK","45","23","23","And every day during those seven days he must provide seven young bulls and seven rams that have no defects, to be an offering for the people’s sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_24","027_45_24","EZK","45","24","24","He must also provide a half bushel of grain to be an offering, and also four quarts of olive oil, for each bill and ram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK45_25","027_45_25","EZK","45","25","25","During the seven days of the festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, which starts on the fifteenth day of the seventh month of each year, the king must provide the same things for offerings for the people’s sins, for offerings to be completely burned, for grain offerings, and the same amount of olive oil that he provided each day during the Passover Festival.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_1","027_46_1","EZK","46","1","1","“ ‘This is also what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: The east entryway of the inner courtyard must be shut during the six days in which people work each week, but on the Sabbath days and on the days when there is a new moon, that entryway must remain open until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_2","027_46_2","EZK","46","2","2","The king must enter the courtyard through the entry room of the entryway, and stand alongside the entry post. Then the priests must sacrifice the animal that the king brought to be completely burnedon the altar, and also his offering to maintain fellowship with me. The king must worship me at the entrance of the entryway, and then he must go out. After he leaves, the entryway will not be shut until that evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_3","027_46_3","EZK","46","3","3","On the Sabbath days and on the days when there is a new moon, the people must worship me at the entrance of the entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_4","027_46_4","EZK","46","4","4","The offering that the king brings to be completely burned on the Sabbath day must be six lambs and one ram, all with no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_5","027_46_5","EZK","46","5","5","The offering that he gives with the ram must be a bushel of grain, and the grain that he offers with the lambs should be as much as he desires to offer, along with ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters► of olive oil for each bushel of grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_6","027_46_6","EZK","46","6","6","Then each day that there is a new moon, he must offer a young bull, six lambs and a ram, all with no defects. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_7","027_46_7","EZK","46","7","7","He must also provide one bushel of grain with the bull, one bushel of grain with the ram, and as much grain as he wants with the lambs, along with one quart/liter of olive oil with each bushel of grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_8","027_46_8","EZK","46","8","8","When the king enters the temple area, he must enter through the entry room of the entryway, and he must go out through that same entry room when he leaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_9","027_46_9","EZK","46","9","9","When the Israeli people come to worship me at the festivals that I have appointed, those who enter the temple area through the north entryway must go out through the south entryway. And those who enter through the south entryway must go out through the north entryway. People must not go out through the entryway through which they entered; they must go out through the opposite entryway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_10","027_46_10","EZK","46","10","10","The king must go in when the other people go in, and go out when the people go out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_11","027_46_11","EZK","46","11","11","During the festivals and sacred feasts, the king must present a bushel of grain along with each bull or ram, and as much grain as he wants to bring, along with the lambs and ◄1 gallon/3.8 liters► of olive oil with each bushel of grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_12","027_46_12","EZK","46","12","12","When the king gives an offering that is not required, either one to be completely burned on the altar or an offering to maintain fellowship with me, Yahweh, the entryway on the east side of the courtyard must be opened for him. Then he must present those offerings like he does on the Sabbath days. Then he must go out, and after he goes out, the entryway must be shut. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_13","027_46_13","EZK","46","13","13","Every day, during the morning, someone must provide a one-year-old lamb with no defects to be an offering to me that will be completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_14","027_46_14","EZK","46","14","14","Someone must also provide each morning an offering of flour. It must be one sixth of a bushel of flour mixed with one quart/liter of olive oil. These offerings of flour and olive oil to must be presented to me, Yahweh, each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_15","027_46_15","EZK","46","15","15","The lamb and the offering of flour and olive oil must be presented to me every morning, to be completely burned on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_16","027_46_16","EZK","46","16","16","This is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare: If the king gives some of his land to one of his sons, to belong to him permanently, it will then belong to his son’s descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_17","027_46_17","EZK","46","17","17","However, if he gives some of his land to one of his servants, the servant is allowed to keep that land until the Year of Celebration. Then the king will own it again; the king’s land must belong to his descendants forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_18","027_46_18","EZK","46","18","18","The king must not take any land that the people own and force them to live somewhere else. The land that he gives to his sons must be from his own property, not from anyone else’s property, in order that none of my people will be forced to leave his own property.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_19","027_46_19","EZK","46","19","19","Then, in the vision, the man who was showing the temple area to me brought me through the entrance alongside the entryway and led me to the sacred rooms on the north side, the rooms that the priests used, and he showed me a place at the western end of those rooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_20","027_46_20","EZK","46","20","20","He said to me, “This is the place where the priests must cook the meat of the offerings that people bring in order to no longer be guilty for having sinned, and offerings for their sins, and where they will bake bread made with the flour brought to be offerings. They will cook those things in their rooms  in order to avoid bringing them into the outer courtyard to cook them there, lest someone be punished because of touching them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_21","027_46_21","EZK","46","21","21","Then the man brought me to the outer courtyard and led me to its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosed area; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_22","027_46_22","EZK","46","22","22","each of those areas was ◄70 feet/21.2 meters► long and ◄52-1/2 feet/15.9 meters► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_23","027_46_23","EZK","46","23","23","Around the inside of each of those enclosed areas was a stone ledge, with places to make fires all around under each ledge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK46_24","027_46_24","EZK","46","24","24","The man said to me, “These are the kitchens where the descendants of Levi who work in the temple must cook the sacrifices that the people bring.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_1","027_47_1","EZK","47","1","1","Then, in the vision, the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple. There I saw water flowing out from under the entrance, flowing toward the east. The water was flowing from under the south side of the entrance, south of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_2","027_47_2","EZK","47","2","2","Then the man brought me out of the inner courtyard through the north entryway, and then he led me around to the outer entryway on the east side of the inner courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_3","027_47_3","EZK","47","3","3","As the man continued walking toward the east, he had a measuring line in his hand. He measured off ◄1,750 feet/530 meters►, and then led me through water that covered my ankles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_4","027_47_4","EZK","47","4","4","Then he measured off another ◄1,750 feet/530 meters► and led me through water that was up to my knees. Then he measured off another ◄1,750 feet/530 meters► and led me through water that was up to my waist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_5","027_47_5","EZK","47","5","5","Then he measured off another ◄1,750 feet/530 meters► and led me through water that had become a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen very high, with the result that it would be necessary to swim across it. It was a river that no one could cross by walking across it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_6","027_47_6","EZK","47","6","6","Then he said to me, “You human, think carefully about what you have seen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_7","027_47_7","EZK","47","7","7","Then he led me to the bank of that river. There I saw many trees growing on each side of the river. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_8","027_47_8","EZK","47","8","8","He said to me, “This water flows east and down into the Dead Sea. And when it flows into the Dead Sea, its salty water becomes fresh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_9","027_47_9","EZK","47","9","9","Wherever the river flows, there will be lots of animals and fish. And there will be lots of fish in the Dead Sea, because the water that flows into it will cause the salt water to become ◄fresh water/water that people can drink►. Wherever the river flows, everything alongside it will flourish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_10","027_47_10","EZK","47","10","10","Fishermen will stand along the bank of the Dead Sea to catch fish. From En-Gedi on the western side to En-Eglaim on the eastern side there will be places for fishermen to spread their fishing nets. There will be many kinds of fish, like there are in the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_11","027_47_11","EZK","47","11","11","But the swamps and marshes along the shore will not become fresh; they will be left to the people to use make salt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_12","027_47_12","EZK","47","12","12","Many kinds of fruit trees will grow on both sides of the river. Their leaves will not wither, and they will always have fruit. They will bear fruit every month, because they will continually get water from the water that comes  from the temple. Their fruit will be good to eat and their leaves will be good for healing.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_13","027_47_13","EZK","47","13","13","In the vision, Yahweh also said this to me: “Here is a list of the twelve tribes of Israel and the territory that each tribe must receive. The descendants of Joseph will receive two portions; the tribe of Levi will not receive any. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_14","027_47_14","EZK","47","14","14","I lifted up my arm and solemnly declared to your ancestors that I would give you this land to own permanently. So divide the land equally among all of the other tribes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_15","027_47_15","EZK","47","15","15","These will be the boundaries of the land: On the north side, it will extend from the Mediterranean Sea east along the road to Hethlon, past Lebo-Hamath to Zedad, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_16","027_47_16","EZK","47","16","16","to the cities of Berothah and Sibraim, which are on the border between Damascus and Hamath. From there the boundary will extend as far asthe city of  Hazer-Hatticon, which is on the border of the Hauran region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_17","027_47_17","EZK","47","17","17","So the boundary will extend from the Mediterranean Sea to the city of Hazar-Enan on the border between Hamath to the north and Damascus to the south. That will be the northern boundary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_18","027_47_18","EZK","47","18","18","On the east side, the boundary will extend between Hauran and Damascus, south along the Jordan River between the Gilead region and the land of Israel, along the Dead Sea as far as the town of Tamar. That will be the eastern boundary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_19","027_47_19","EZK","47","19","19","On the south side, the boundary will extend from Tamar southwest to the springs near the town of Meribah-Kadesh. Then the boundary will extend west along the dry riverbed at the border of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. That will be the southern boundary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_20","027_47_20","EZK","47","20","20","On the west side, the boundary will be the Mediterranean Sea, north to near Lebo-Hamath. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_21","027_47_21","EZK","47","21","21","You must distribute this land among yourselves, among the tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_22","027_47_22","EZK","47","22","22","You must allot the land to be a permanent possession for yourselves, and also to be a permanent possession of any foreigners who are living among you and raising their children. You must consider those people to be like you who were born Israelis, and they must be allotted land among the tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK47_23","027_47_23","EZK","47","23","23","Wherever foreigners are living, you must give them some land to belong to them permanently. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_1","027_48_1","EZK","48","1","1","“Here is a list of the tribes of Israel and the territory that each tribe is to receive: The tribe of Dan will be allotted land at the northern boundary of Israel: It will extend east from the Mediterranean Sea east to Hethlon city, then from there to Hamath Pass, and on to the town of Hazar-Enan south of Damascus, between Damascus and Hamath. The tribe of Dan will receive land on the northern border of Israel from the eastern end of the country west to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_2","027_48_2","EZK","48","2","2","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Asher. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_3","027_48_3","EZK","48","3","3","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_4","027_48_4","EZK","48","4","4","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Manasseh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_5","027_48_5","EZK","48","5","5","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Ephraim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_6","027_48_6","EZK","48","6","6","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Reuben. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_7","027_48_7","EZK","48","7","7","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_8","027_48_8","EZK","48","8","8","South of their land will be an area set apart for special use. The temple will be in the center of that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_9","027_48_9","EZK","48","9","9","It must be ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄6.7 miles/10.6 km.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_10","027_48_10","EZK","48","10","10","For the priests, there must be a strip of land ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄3.3 miles/5.3 km.► wide. The temple will be in the center of that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_11","027_48_11","EZK","48","11","11","That area is for the priests who are descendants of Zadok. They are ones who served me faithfully and did not turn away from me, like most of the descendants of Levi and the other Israeli people did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_12","027_48_12","EZK","48","12","12","When the land is distributed, that area must be given to the priests; it is land that is very sacred. It will be next to the land that will be given to the other descendants of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_13","027_48_13","EZK","48","13","13","The land that will be allotted to the other descendants of Levi will be the same size as the land allotted to the priests. So together, those two portions of land will be ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄6.6 miles/10.6 km.► wide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_14","027_48_14","EZK","48","14","14","None of this special land will ever be permitted to be sold or traded or used by other people, because it belongs to me, Yahweh. It is set apart for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_15","027_48_15","EZK","48","15","15","The rest of that sacred area, a strip of land ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► long and ◄1.7 miles/2.65 km.► wide will be allotted for other people to use. It will be land where they will be permitted to build homes and have pasturelands. There will be a city at the center. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_16","027_48_16","EZK","48","16","16","The city will be square, ◄1.5 miles/2.4 km.► on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_17","027_48_17","EZK","48","17","17","Around the city there will be an area for farming, that will be ◄150 yards/135 meters► in each direction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_18","027_48_18","EZK","48","18","18","Outside the city, to the east and to the west, there will be a farming area. It will extend ◄3 miles/4.8 km.► to the east and ◄3 miles/4.8 km.► to the west. Men who work there will produce food for the people who work in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_19","027_48_19","EZK","48","19","19","Some of those who come from the various Israeli tribes to work in the city may also work on the farmland. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_20","027_48_20","EZK","48","20","20","That entire special area, including the sacred lands and the city, will be a square that is ◄8.3 miles/13.3 km.► on each side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_21","027_48_21","EZK","48","21","21","The areas to the east and to the west of the sacred area and the city will belong to the king. One area will extend east to the eastern boundary of Israel and the other will extend west to the Mediterranean Sea. The sacred area in which the temple is located will be in the middle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_22","027_48_22","EZK","48","22","22","The area that belongs to the king will be between the land of the tribe of Judahto the north and the land of the tribe of Benjamin to the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_23","027_48_23","EZK","48","23","23","South of that special area, each of the other tribes must be allotted one portion of land that extends from the eastern boundary of Israel west to the Mediterranean Sea. Beginning at the north will be land for the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_24","027_48_24","EZK","48","24","24","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Simeon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_25","027_48_25","EZK","48","25","25","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Issachar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_26","027_48_26","EZK","48","26","26","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_27","027_48_27","EZK","48","27","27","South of their land will be the territory for the tribe of Gad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_28","027_48_28","EZK","48","28","28","The southern boundary of the tribe of Gad will extend south from Tamar to the springs at Meribah-Kadesh, and from there to the west along the dry riverbed at the border of Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_29","027_48_29","EZK","48","29","29","That is the land that you must allot to the tribes of Israel, to belong to them permanently. That is what I, Yahweh the Lord, declare.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_30","027_48_30","EZK","48","30","30","These will be the exits from the city: On the north side, which will be ◄1.5 miles/2.4 km.► long, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_31","027_48_31","EZK","48","31","31","there must be three gates; each one will have the name of one of the tribes of Israel. The first one will be named for Reuben, the next for Judah, the next for Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_32","027_48_32","EZK","48","32","32","On the east side, also ◄1.5 miles/2.4 km.► long, will be gates named for Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_33","027_48_33","EZK","48","33","33","On the south side, also ◄1.5 miles/2.4 km.► long, will be gates named for Simeon, Issachar, and Zebulun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_34","027_48_34","EZK","48","34","34","On the west side, also ◄1.5 miles/2.4 km.► long, will be gates named for Gad, Asher, and Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EK48_35","027_48_35","EZK","48","35","35","So the distance around the city will thus be ◄6 miles/9.6 km.►. And from that time on, the name of the city will be ‘Yahweh Is There’.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_1","028_1_1","DAN","1","1","1","After King Jehoiakim had been ruling in Judah for almost three years, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem with his army and surrounded the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_2","028_1_2","DAN","1","2","2","After two years, Yahweh allowed Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers  to capture Jehoiakim, who was the King of Judah. They also took some of the things that were in the temple of God, and took them to Babylonia. There Nebuchadnezzar put them in the temple of his god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_3","028_1_3","DAN","1","3","3","Then Nebuchadnezzar commanded Ashpenaz, the chief official in his palace, to bring to him some of the Israeli men whom they had brought to Babylon. He wanted men  who belonged to important families, including the family of the King of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_4","028_1_4","DAN","1","4","4","King Nebuchadnezzar wanted only men who were very healthy, handsome/good-looking, wise, well-educated, capable of learning many things, and suitable for working in the palace. He also wanted to teach them the Babylonian language and have them read things that had been written in the Babylonian language. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_5","028_1_5","DAN","1","5","5","The king commanded his servants, “Give them the same kind of food and wine that is given to me. Train them for three years. Then they will become my servants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_6","028_1_6","DAN","1","6","6","Among the young Israeli men who were chosen were me, Daniel, and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, who all came from Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_7","028_1_7","DAN","1","7","7","But Ashpenaz gave us Babylonian names. The name he gave to me was Belteshazzar, the name he gave to Hananiah was Shadrach, the name he gave to Mishael was Meshach, and the name he gave to Azariah was Abednego. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_8","028_1_8","DAN","1","8","8","But I decided that I would not eat the kind of food that the king ate, or drink the wine that he drank, because that would make me ◄ritually defiled/unacceptable to God►. So I asked Ashpenaz to allow me to eat and drink other things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_9","028_1_9","DAN","1","9","9","God had caused Ashpenaz to greatly respect me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_10","028_1_10","DAN","1","10","10","but he was worried about what I suggested. He said, “My master, the king, has commanded that you eat the kinds of food and drink that he does. If you eat other things and as a result you become more thin and pale than the other young men who are your age, he will order his soldiers to cut off my head because of what you have done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_11","028_1_11","DAN","1","11","11","Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_12","028_1_12","DAN","1","12","12","So I said to this guard: “Please test us for ten days. During that time give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_13","028_1_13","DAN","1","13","13","After ten days, see how we look, and see how the other young men look, the ones who are eating the kind of food that the king eats. Then you can decide about what food you will let us eat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_14","028_1_14","DAN","1","14","14","The guard agreed to do what I suggested, and he tested us like that for ten days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_15","028_1_15","DAN","1","15","15","After ten days, he saw that my three friends and I looked healthier DOU than the young men who had been eating the food that the king wanted them to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_16","028_1_16","DAN","1","16","16","So after that, the guard gave us only vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_17","028_1_17","DAN","1","17","17","And God gave to us four young men wisdom and the ability to study many things that Babylonians had written and studied. And he also gave to me the ability to understand the meaning of visions and dreams. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_18","028_1_18","DAN","1","18","18","When those three years that the king had set for training us young men from Judah were ended, Ashpenaz brought all of us to King Nebuchadnezzar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_19","028_1_19","DAN","1","19","19","The king talked with each of us, and realized that none of the other young men were as capable as Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah and I were. So we four became the king’s special advisors/servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_20","028_1_20","DAN","1","20","20","In all important matters, the king found that what we four men advised was ten times as good as what all the magicians and sorcerers/fortune-tellers in his kingdom advised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN1_21","028_1_21","DAN","1","21","21","I remained there serving the king more than 60 years, until the first year that Cyrus became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_1","028_2_1","DAN","2","1","1","One night during the second year that Nebuchadnezzar ruled, he had a dream. The dream worried him very much; and as a result he could not sleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_2","028_2_2","DAN","2","2","2","The next morning  he summoned his men who worked magic, fortune-tellers, those who worked sorcery, and those who studied the stars. Because he had forgotten what he had dreamed, he insisted that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood there in front of the king, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_3","028_2_3","DAN","2","3","3","he said, “I had a dream last night  that worries me. Tell me what I dreamed, because I want to know what the dream means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_4","028_2_4","DAN","2","4","4","The men who studied the stars replied to the king, speaking in the Aramaic language. They said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we hope that you will live a long time! Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_5","028_2_5","DAN","2","5","5","But the king replied, “I have firmly decided that you must tell me the dream, and also tell me what it means. If you do not do that, I will order my soldiers to cut you into pieces, and to cause your houses to become only piles of stones! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_6","028_2_6","DAN","2","6","6","But if you tell me what I dreamed and what it means, I will reward you. I will give you wonderful gifts and greatly honor you. So tell me what I dreamed and what it means!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_7","028_2_7","DAN","2","7","7","But again they said, “Tell us what you dreamed, and then we will tell you what it means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_8","028_2_8","DAN","2","8","8","The king replied, “I know that you are just trying to get more time, because you know that I will do to you what I said that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_9","028_2_9","DAN","2","9","9","If you do not tell me what I dreamed, you will be punished. I think that you have all agreed to tell me lies and other wicked things, because you hope that I will change ◄my mind/what I am thinking►. But tell me the dream, and then I will know that you can also tell me what it means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_10","028_2_10","DAN","2","10","10","The men who studied the stars replied, “There is no one on the earth who can do what you ask! There is no king, even a great and mighty king, who has ever asked his men who work magic or his fortune-tellers or men who study the stars to do something like that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_11","028_2_11","DAN","2","11","11","What you are asking us to do is impossible. Only the gods can tell you what you dreamed, and they do not live among us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_12","028_2_12","DAN","2","12","12","The king was very angry when he heard that, so he commanded his soldiers that they execute all such wise men in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_13","028_2_13","DAN","2","13","13","And because of what the king commanded, they sent some men to find me and my three friends, to execute us also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_14","028_2_14","DAN","2","14","14","Arioch, the commander of the king’s guards, came to kill us. But I spoke to him very wisely and tactfully/skillfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_15","028_2_15","DAN","2","15","15","I asked Arioch, “Why has the king made such a harsh/terrible decree?” So Arioch told me all that had happened because of the king’s dream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_16","028_2_16","DAN","2","16","16","I immediately went to talk to the king and requested that the king give me some time, so that I could find out what the dream was and  what the dream meant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_17","028_2_17","DAN","2","17","17","Then I went home, and I told my friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_18","028_2_18","DAN","2","18","18","I urged them to ask God, who lives/rules in heaven, to have mercy on us by telling us the secret meaning of what the king dreamed, in order that we and the other wise men in Babylon would not be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_19","028_2_19","DAN","2","19","19","And that night God gave to me a vision in which he revealed the secret. Then I praised God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_20","028_2_20","DAN","2","20","20","saying, “We should praise God MTY forever, because only he truly is wise and powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_21","028_2_21","DAN","2","21","21","He determines what events will happen through the years. He removes some kings and gives their authority to new kings. He is the one who causes people to become wise and enables those who study to understand many things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_22","028_2_22","DAN","2","22","22","He reveals things that are very mysterious; he is surrounded by light, but he knows things that are hidden as though they were in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_23","028_2_23","DAN","2","23","23","God, whom my ancestors worshiped, I thank you and I praise you, because you have caused me to be wise and made me strong. You have told me what my friends and I asked you to tell us; and you have revealed to us what the king demanded to know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_24","028_2_24","DAN","2","24","24","Then I went to Arioch, the man whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men in Babylon. I said to him, “Do not kill those wise men. Take me to the king, and I will tell him what his dream means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_25","028_2_25","DAN","2","25","25","So Arioch quickly took me to the king. He said to the king, “I have found this man, one of the men whom we brought from Judah who says he can can tell you what your dream means!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_26","028_2_26","DAN","2","26","26","The king said to me, whose new name was Belteshazzar, “Is this true? Can you tell me what I dreamed and what it means?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_27","028_2_27","DAN","2","27","27","I replied, “There are no wise men or fortune-tellers or men who work magic or men who work sorcery who can tell such things to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_28","028_2_28","DAN","2","28","28","But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets. And he has shown in your dream what will happen in the future. Now I will tell you what you dreamed, the vision you saw as you were lying on your bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_29","028_2_29","DAN","2","29","29","O King, while you were sleeping, you dreamed about events that will happen in the future. The one who reveals mysteries has shown you what is going to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_30","028_2_30","DAN","2","30","30","And it is not because I am wiser than anyone else on earth that I know the meaning of this mysterious dream. It is because God wanted you to understand what you were thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_31","028_2_31","DAN","2","31","31","O King, in your vision you saw in front of you a huge and terrifying statue of a man. It was shining very brightly, and it was frightening and awesome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_32","028_2_32","DAN","2","32","32","The head of the statue was made of pure gold. Its chest and arms were made of silver. Its belly and thighs were made of  bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_33","028_2_33","DAN","2","33","33","Its legs were made of iron, and its feet were a mixture of clay and iron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_34","028_2_34","DAN","2","34","34","As you watched, something cut a rock from a mountain, but it was not a human who cut it. The rock tumbled down and  smashed the feet of the statue, feet that were made of iron and clay. It smashed them to bits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_35","028_2_35","DAN","2","35","35","Then the rest of the statue collapsed into a big heap of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. The pieces of the statue were as small as bits of chaff on the ground where it is threshed, and the wind blew away all the tiny pieces. There was nothing left. But the rock that smashed the statue became a large mountain that covered the whole earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_36","028_2_36","DAN","2","36","36","That was what you dreamed. Now I will tell you what it means. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_37","028_2_37","DAN","2","37","37","You are a king who rules over many other kings. The God who rules in heaven has caused you to rule over them and has given you great power DOU and has honored you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_38","028_2_38","DAN","2","38","38","He has caused you to be the ruler over all people, and even the animals and birds are controlled by you. So the head of the statue represents you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_39","028_2_39","DAN","2","39","39","But after your kingdom/rule ends, there will be another great kingdom, but it will not be as great as yours. The silver parts of the statue represent that kingdom. Then there will be a third great kingdom whose king  will rule over the whole earth. The bronze parts of the statue represent  that kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_40","028_2_40","DAN","2","40","40","After that kingdom ends, there will be a fourth great kingdom. The iron parts of the statue represent that kingdom. The army of  that kingdom will smash the previous kingdoms, just like iron smashes everything that it strikes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_41","028_2_41","DAN","2","41","41","The feet and toes of the statue that you saw, that were a mixture of iron and clay, indicate that the kingdom they represent will later be divided. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_42","028_2_42","DAN","2","42","42","Some parts of that kingdom will be as strong as iron, but some parts will not remain together, just as iron and clay do not stick together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_43","028_2_43","DAN","2","43","43","The mixture of iron and clay in the statue shows also that the rulers of those kingdoms that separate from each other will try to form alliances with each other as a result of members of the royal families of those kingdoms marrying each other. But that will not succeed, just as iron and clay do not stick together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_44","028_2_44","DAN","2","44","44","But while those kings are ruling, God who rules in heaven will establish a kingdom that will never end. No one will ever defeat its king. He will completely destroy all those kingdoms, but his kingdom will remain forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_45","028_2_45","DAN","2","45","45","That is the meaning of the rock that something cut from the mountain, the rock that will crush to tiny bits the statue that is made of iron, bronze, silver, and gold. O king, the great God has shown you what will truly happen in the future. And you can trust what I told you about the meaning of the dream.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_46","028_2_46","DAN","2","46","46","Then King Nebuchadnezzar prostrated himself in front of me in great respect. He commanded his people that they burn incense and burn an offering of grain to honor me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_47","028_2_47","DAN","2","47","47","The king said to me, “Your God has enabled  you to tell me the meaning of this dream/mystery, so now I truly know that your God is greater than all the other gods and all other kings. He reveals to people things that they cannot know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_48","028_2_48","DAN","2","48","48","Then the king gave many gifts to me, and he also appointed me to rule over the entire province of Babylon, and also to be the boss of all his wise men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN2_49","028_2_49","DAN","2","49","49","I asked the king to appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to also have important positions in Babylon province, and the king did what I asked him to do. But I did my work while I stayed at the king’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_1","028_3_1","DAN","3","1","1","King Nebuchadnezzar ordered his men to make a gold statue. It was ◄90 feet/27 meters► high and ◄9 feet/2.7 meters► wide. They set it up in the Dura plain in Babylon province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_2","028_3_2","DAN","3","2","2","Then he sent messages to all the provincial governors, the district governors, the chief advisors, the counselors, the various judges, and all the other officials in the province. He told them to come to the dedication of the statue that he had set up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_3","028_3_3","DAN","3","3","3","When they all arrived, they all stood in front of that statue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_4","028_3_4","DAN","3","4","4","Then an announcer shouted, “You people who come from many countries and many people-groups and who speak many languages, listen to what the king has commanded! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_5","028_3_5","DAN","3","5","5","When you hear the sounds made by the trumpets, the flutes, the guitars, the harps, the wind instruments, and all the other musical instruments, bow down to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s gold statue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_6","028_3_6","DAN","3","6","6","Anyone who refuses to do that will be thrown into a blazing furnace!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_7","028_3_7","DAN","3","7","7","So when all those people who had gathered heard the sounds made by the musical instruments, they all bowed down to worship the statue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_8","028_3_8","DAN","3","8","8","But some of the men who studied the stars went to the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_9","028_3_9","DAN","3","9","9","They reported to him, “We hope that you, O king, will live a long time! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_10","028_3_10","DAN","3","10","10","You decreed that all the officials whom you had gathered should bow down and worship the gold statue when they heard the sounds made by the musical instruments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_11","028_3_11","DAN","3","11","11","You also decreed that those who refused to do that would be thrown into a blazing furnace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_12","028_3_12","DAN","3","12","12","Sir, there are some men from Judah whom you have appointed to be officials in Babylon province who have not obeyed your decree. Their names are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They have refused to worship your god and the gold statue that you have set up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_13","028_3_13","DAN","3","13","13","Nebuchadnezzar became very angry. He commanded his soldiers to bring in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. When they were brought to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_14","028_3_14","DAN","3","14","14","Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true that you three men have refused to worship my gods or the gold statue that I have set up? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_15","028_3_15","DAN","3","15","15","If that is true, I will give you one more chance. If you bow down to worship the statue that I have set up when you hear the sounds of the musical instruments, fine. But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. Then ◄what god will be able to rescue you from my power?/no god will be able to rescue you from my power!►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_16","028_3_16","DAN","3","16","16","Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend our actions to you in this matter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_17","028_3_17","DAN","3","17","17","If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we worship is able to rescue us. Sir, he will rescue us from your power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_18","028_3_18","DAN","3","18","18","But even if he does not rescue us, you need to know that we will never worship your gods or the gold statue that you have set up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_19","028_3_19","DAN","3","19","19","Nebuchadnezzar was extremely angry. His being very angry even showed on his face. He commanded that the furnace should be made seven times as hot as usual. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_20","028_3_20","DAN","3","20","20","After that was done, he commanded some of the very strong men of his army to tie Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and then to throw them into the blazing furnace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_21","028_3_21","DAN","3","21","21","So the soldiers tied them up and threw them into the furnace, while they were wearing their clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_22","028_3_22","DAN","3","22","22","Because the fire had been made very hot because the king had very strongly ordered them to do that, the flames leaped out and killed the soldiers as they were throwing the men into the fire! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_23","028_3_23","DAN","3","23","23","So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego fell into the roaring flames. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_24","028_3_24","DAN","3","24","24","But as Nebuchadnezzar was watching, he was amazed. He suddenly jumped up and shouted to his advisors, “Did we tie up three men and throw them into the flames, or not?” They replied, “Yes, O king, we did.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_25","028_3_25","DAN","3","25","25","Nebuchadnezzar shouted, “Look! I see four men in the fire! They have no ropes on them, they are walking around, and the flames are not hurting them! And the fourth man looks like a divine being!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_26","028_3_26","DAN","3","26","26","Nebuchadnezzar came closer to the opening of the flaming furnace, and he shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you who worship the Supreme God, come out of there! Come here!” So they stepped out of the fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_27","028_3_27","DAN","3","27","27","Then all the king’s officials crowded around them. They saw that the flames had not harmed them. The flames had not even singed any of the hair on their heads or scorched any of their clothes! There was not even any smell of smoke on them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_28","028_3_28","DAN","3","28","28","Then Nebuchadnezzar said, “Praise the God whom Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship! He sent one of his angels to rescue these three men who worship him and trust in him. They ignored my command; they insisted that they would worship only their God, and were willing to die instead of worshiping any other god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_29","028_3_29","DAN","3","29","29","Therefore, I am now making this decree: ‘If any people, from any country or people-group or any language group, criticize the God whom Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship, they will be cut in pieces and their houses will be torn down and made into a pile of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue people like this!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN3_30","028_3_30","DAN","3","30","30","Then the king gave Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego more important positions in Babylon province than they had before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_1","028_4_1","DAN","4","1","1","Several years after  Nebuchadnezzar started to rule, he sent this message  to the people of  every nation and people-group and all language groups in his empire. He wrote, “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_2","028_4_2","DAN","4","2","2","I want you to know about all the wonderful miracles DOU that the Supreme God has performed for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_3","028_4_3","DAN","4","3","3","He performs great miracles, and does wonderful things. His kingdom will last forever; his rule over people will never end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_4","028_4_4","DAN","4","4","4","I, Nebuchadnezzar, was living in my palace. I was living luxuriantly, and everything was going very well for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_5","028_4_5","DAN","4","5","5","But one night I had a dream that caused me to be very afraid. I saw visions that terrified me as I lay on my bed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_6","028_4_6","DAN","4","6","6","So I summoned all the wise men in Babylon, in order that they would come and tell me what it meant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_7","028_4_7","DAN","4","7","7","All the men who worked magic, the fortune-tellers, the men who worked sorcery, and men who studied the stars came to me. I told them what I had dreamed, but they could not tell me what it meant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_8","028_4_8","DAN","4","8","8","Finally, Daniel came to me, and I decided to tell him what I had dreamed. One of my officials had given him a new name, Belteshazzar, to honor my own god. I knew that the spirit of the holy gods was in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_9","028_4_9","DAN","4","9","9","So, using the name that had been given to him, I said, ‘Belteshazzar, you are the most important of all my fortune-tellers. I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and that you can reveal all mysteries. There is none that is too difficult for you. So, tell me what my dream means. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_10","028_4_10","DAN","4","10","10","This is what I dreamed while I was lying on my bed: I saw a large tree growing in the middle of the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_11","028_4_11","DAN","4","11","11","The tree was very strong and had grown very tall; it seemed that its top reached up to the sky, with the result that everyone in the world HYP could see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_12","028_4_12","DAN","4","12","12","It had beautiful leaves, and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches. All the living creatures everywhere in the world got food from that tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_13","028_4_13","DAN","4","13","13","While I was still lying on my bed, I saw another vision. In the vision I saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_14","028_4_14","DAN","4","14","14","The angel shouted, “Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. Chase away the animals that are lying in the shade of the tree, and the birds that are in its branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_15","028_4_15","DAN","4","15","15","But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump, and allow it to stay there with grass around it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_16","028_4_16","DAN","4","16","16","That tree seems to have represented a man, because the angel also said, “Cause that man to live out in the fields among the animals and plants. Cause the dew from the sky to make his body damp each morning. Do not allow him to continue to have a mind like humans; instead, cause him to have a mind like animals have, for seven years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_17","028_4_17","DAN","4","17","17","The holy angels have decided what must happen. They want to inform everyone that the Supreme God rules over all the kingdoms in this world. He is the one who chooses who will rule these kingdoms. He sometimes allows very unimportant people to become rulers.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_18","028_4_18","DAN","4","18","18","Belteshazzar, that is what I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw in my dream. Now tell me what the dream means. No one else can tell me. I asked all the very wise men in my kingdom to tell me what it means, but they were unable to do that. But you can tell me, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_19","028_4_19","DAN","4","19","19","I, whose new name was Belteshazzar, did not say anything for some time, because I was very worried/disturbed about the meaning of the dream. Finally, the king said to me, “Belteshazzar, do not be afraid about the dream and about what it means.” I replied, “Sir, I wish that the events that were predicted in your dream would happen to your enemies, and not to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_20","028_4_20","DAN","4","20","20","In your dream/vision you saw a very strong and very tall tree. It seemed to reach to the sky, with the result that  everyone in the world could see it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_21","028_4_21","DAN","4","21","21","It had beautiful leaves and it had produced a lot of fruit for people to eat. Wild animals rested in the shade of that tree, and birds built nests in its branches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_22","028_4_22","DAN","4","22","22","◄Your majesty/O King►, that tree represents you! You have become very powerful. It is as though your greatness reaches up to the sky, and you rule people all over the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_23","028_4_23","DAN","4","23","23","Then you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. That angel said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump and allow it to stay there with grass around it. Each morning cause the dew from the sky to make this man, who was represented by the tree, damp. Cause him to live in the fields with the animals for seven years.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_24","028_4_24","DAN","4","24","24","◄Your Majesty/O King►, that is what your dream means. That is what the Supreme God has declared will happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_25","028_4_25","DAN","4","25","25","Your advisors will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do, and dew from the sky will cause your body to be damp/wet every morning. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is the Supreme God who rules over the kingdoms of the world, and he appoints the ones whom he chooses to rule them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_26","028_4_26","DAN","4","26","26","But the stump of the tree and its roots were left in the ground. That means that you will rule your kingdom again when you learn that it is God MTY who is really the ruler. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_27","028_4_27","DAN","4","27","27","◄Your Majesty/O King►, please do what I am telling you to do. Stop sinning, and do what is right. Turn away from your evil behavior. Act mercifully to poor people. If you do that, perhaps you will continue to be sucessful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_28","028_4_28","DAN","4","28","28","But the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is what happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_29","028_4_29","DAN","4","29","29","Twelve months later, one day he was walking on the flat roof of his palace in Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_30","028_4_30","DAN","4","30","30","As he looked out over/across the city, he said to those around him, “I have built this great city of Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order to show people my glory, to show them that I am very great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_31","028_4_31","DAN","4","31","31","While he was still saying this, God MTY spoke from heaven and said, “King Nebuchadnezzar, this is what I am saying to you: You are no longer the ruler of this kingdom! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_32","028_4_32","DAN","4","32","32","Your advisors will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with wild animals, and you will eat grass like cows do. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is I, the Supreme God, who rules over the kingdoms of this world, and I appoint the ones whom I have chosen to rule them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_33","028_4_33","DAN","4","33","33","Immediately what God predicted happened. Nebuchadnezzar became insane, so his advisors forced him to live away from other people. He ate grass like cows do, and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet every morning. He lived like that until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers, and his fingernails became like birds’ claws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_34","028_4_34","DAN","4","34","34","“After those seven years ended, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and I acknowledged that what God said was true. Then I could think correctly again. I praised and worshiped the Supreme God, and I honored him, the one who lives forever. He rules forever; his kingdom will never end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_35","028_4_35","DAN","4","35","35","All the people in the world are very insignificant; we are not like him. He has the power to do whatever he wants to do, among the angels in heaven and among us people who live on the earth. So no one can stop him SYN, and no one can challenge him, saying to him, ‘Why are you doing these things?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_36","028_4_36","DAN","4","36","36","When I was able to think correctly again, I was honored again, and I was able to rule my glorious/great kingdom again. My advisors came to me again to talk about what should be done, and I became greater and more powerful than I was before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN4_37","028_4_37","DAN","4","37","37","Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor DOU God, the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, like I was.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_1","028_5_1","DAN","5","1","1","Several years later, Belshazzar became the king of Babylon. One day  he invited 1,000 of his officers to a big feast, and he drank a lot of wine with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_2","028_5_2","DAN","5","2","2","While he was drinking, he commanded thathis servants bring to him the gold and silver cups that the previous king, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the temple in Jerusalem. He did that because he wanted himself and his officials, his wives, and even his ◄concubines/slave wives► to drink from them, making fun of the god that we Israelis worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_3","028_5_3","DAN","5","3","3","So his servants brought in all those gold cups, that had been taken many years previously  from the temple of the true  God in Jerusalem. Then the king and his officials and his wives and his slave wives drank wine  from those cups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_4","028_5_4","DAN","5","4","4","They drank to praise/honor their idols that were made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and even wood and stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_5","028_5_5","DAN","5","5","5","Suddenly they saw a man’s hand writing on the plaster of the wall opposite the lampstand. The king also saw the hand as it was writing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_6","028_5_6","DAN","5","6","6","He became very frightened, and his face became pale/white. His knees started shaking, and his legs became very weak, with the result that he could not stand up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_7","028_5_7","DAN","5","7","7","Then he shouted to summon the men who worked magic, the men who studied the stars, and the fortune-tellers. He said, “I will greatly honor  any one of them who can read this writing and tell me what it means. I will give him a purple robe like I wear because I am the king, and I will put a gold chain around his neck. He will become a very important official in my kingdom; there will be only two others who will be more important than he will be.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_8","028_5_8","DAN","5","8","8","But when all those wise men came in, none of them could read the writing, or tell him what it meant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_9","028_5_9","DAN","5","9","9","So King Belshazzar became more afraid. His face became even paler/whiter. And all his officials who were there at the feast did not know what to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_10","028_5_10","DAN","5","10","10","But when the mother of the king (OR, of the previous king) heard the king and his officials talking loudly about what had happened, she entered the room where they were having the feast. She said to Belshazzar, “◄Your majesty/O King►, I hope you will live for a long time! But do not be pale and afraid about this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_11","028_5_11","DAN","5","11","11","There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. When Nebuchadnezzar was ruling, they discovered that this man understood many things and was wise, just like the gods. The man who was king previously, Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him to be in charge of all the men in Babylon who worked magic, the men who worked sorcery, the men who studied the stars, and the fortune-tellers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_12","028_5_12","DAN","5","12","12","That man’s name is Daniel; the king gave him a new name, Belteshazzar. He is very intelligent and is able to know and understand many things. He is even able to tell the meaning of dreams, and explain riddles, and explain things that are very difficult to understand. Summon him, and he will tell you what this writing means.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_13","028_5_13","DAN","5","13","13","So they went and brought me in. The king asked me, “You must be Daniel RHQ! They told me that you are one of those who was brought here from Judah by the previous king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_14","028_5_14","DAN","5","14","14","I have also heard that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that you are very wise and understand many things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_15","028_5_15","DAN","5","15","15","My wise men and men who work magic have tried to read the writing on this wall and tell me what it means, but they are not able to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_16","028_5_16","DAN","5","16","16","Someone told me that you can tell what dreams mean and explain things that are very difficult to understand. If you can read these words and tell me what they mean, I will give you a purple robe like I wear because I am the king, and I will put a gold chain around your neck. You will become a very important official in my kingdom; there will be only two others who will be more important than you will be.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_17","028_5_17","DAN","5","17","17","I replied, “I do not want your gifts; keep them, or give them to someone else. But I will read for you the writing on the wall, and I will tell you what it means. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_18","028_5_18","DAN","5","18","18","◄Your Majesty/O king►, the Supreme God caused the man who was king before you, Nebuchadnezzar, to become a great ruler, who was greatly praised and honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_19","028_5_19","DAN","5","19","19","Because God caused him to become very great, people of many HYP people-groups and nations and who spoke many different languages were very much afraid of him. He commanded his soldiers to kill those whom he wanted to be killed, and he ◄spared/allowed to live► those whom he wanted to spare. He honored those whom he wanted to honor, and he caused to be disgraced those whom he wanted to be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_20","028_5_20","DAN","5","20","20","But when he became very proud and stubborn IDM, he was removed from being king MTY. People did not consider him to be glorious/great any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_21","028_5_21","DAN","5","21","21","His officials  sent him away in order that he would not be near other people. God caused him to have a mind like animals have. He lived among the wild donkeys. He ate grass like cows do, and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet each morning. He was like that until he learned that the Supreme God is really the one who rules the kingdoms of this world, and that he appoints whomever he chooses to rule those kingdoms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_22","028_5_22","DAN","5","22","22","Now, Belshazzar, you have become the king. You also knew all those things, but you have not made yourself humble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_23","028_5_23","DAN","5","23","23","You have considered yourself to be greater than God, the Lord of heaven. So you have commanded your servants to bring to you these sacred cups, which were dedicated to the Supreme God, and which were taken from his temple in Jerusalem. You and your officials and your wives and your ◄concubines/slave wives► have been drinking wine from these cups, while you have been praising your own gods—gods which are made of gold and silver and bronze and iron and wood and stone. Those are gods that cannot see, that cannot hear, and that do not know anything! You have not honored the God who gives you breath and who controls everything that happens to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_24","028_5_24","DAN","5","24","24","So God sent that hand to write a message for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_25","028_5_25","DAN","5","25","25","This is the message that it wrote: ‘Mene, mene, tekel, parsin.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_26","028_5_26","DAN","5","26","26","This is what those words mean: Mene means ‘numbered/counted’. That means that God has been counting the days that you will rule, and he has now decided that you will not rule any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_27","028_5_27","DAN","5","27","27","Tekel means ‘weighed’. It is as though God has weighed you on a scale, and you do not weigh what you should, which means that you have not been doing what you should; you are not fit to be a king MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_28","028_5_28","DAN","5","28","28","Parsin means ‘divided’. That means that God has divided your kingdom. Some of it will be ruled by people from Media and some will be ruled by people from Persia.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_29","028_5_29","DAN","5","29","29","Then Belshazzar did what he had promised. He put on me a purple robe like the one he himself wore. He put a gold chain around my neck. And he proclaimed that there would be only two others who would be more important than me in his kingdom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_30","028_5_30","DAN","5","30","30","But that same night soldiers from Media entered the city and killed Belshazzar, the King of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN5_31","028_5_31","DAN","5","31","31","Darius, the King of Media, became the King of Babylonia when he was 62 years old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_1","028_6_1","DAN","6","1","1","King Darius decided to divide his kingdom into 120 provinces. He appointed a governor to rule each province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_2","028_6_2","DAN","6","2","2","He also appointed me and two other men to be administrators, to supervise the governors and to be sure that they did the king’s work properly, in order that the king would not have to worry about anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_3","028_6_3","DAN","6","3","3","I soon showed that I was ◄more capable/able to do the work better► than all the other administrators and the governors. Because of that, the king planned to appoint me to be in charge of the entire empire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_4","028_6_4","DAN","6","4","4","Then, the other administrators and the governors became jealous. So they began to try to find something that they could criticize about the way I was working for the king. But I always did my work faithfully and honestly, and was never lazy. So they could not find anything to criticize. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_5","028_6_5","DAN","6","5","5","They concluded, “The only way we can find something for which we can criticize Daniel will be something concerning the laws that his god his given him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_6","028_6_6","DAN","6","6","6","So the administrators and governors went as one group to the king and said, “◄Your Majesty/O king►, we wish that you will live a long time! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_7","028_6_7","DAN","6","7","7","We administrators and governors and district governors and advisors and other officials have all agreed that you should make a law that everyone must obey. We want you to command that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you. If anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he must be thrown into a pit of  lions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_8","028_6_8","DAN","6","8","8","And because laws made by our governments of Media and Persia cannot be changed, we want you, the head of our government, to sign it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_9","028_6_9","DAN","6","9","9","So King Darius wrote the law and signed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_10","028_6_10","DAN","6","10","10","But when I found out that the king had written and signed that law, I went home. I knelt down in my upstairs room and prayed. I looked toward Jerusalem, and the windows were open with the result that everyone could see me while I was praying. I prayed three times each day, just as I always did, thanking God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_11","028_6_11","DAN","6","11","11","The officials went together to my house and they saw me praying and requesting God to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_12","028_6_12","DAN","6","12","12","So they returned to the king and said to him, “Do you remember that you wrote a law stating that for the next thirty days people may pray only to you, and if anyone prays to anyone else, either to a human or to a god, he will be thrown into a pit of lions?” The king replied, “Yes, that is the law that I wrote. It is a law of our governments of Media and Persia, which cannot be canceled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_13","028_6_13","DAN","6","13","13","Then they said to the king, “Well, that man Daniel, one of the men who were brought from Judah, is not paying any attention to you or the law that you signed. He prays to his god three times each day!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_14","028_6_14","DAN","6","14","14","When the king heard that, he was very distressed. He tried to find a way to save me. All the rest of that day he tried to think of a way to rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_15","028_6_15","DAN","6","15","15","In the evening, many of HYP the officials went together to the king and said, “◄Your Majesty/O king►, you know that our governments of Media and Persia have declared that no law that the king signs can be canceled/changed. So Daniel must be thrown to the lions!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_16","028_6_16","DAN","6","16","16","So the king gave the order, and his servants brought me and threw me into a pit where the lions were. Before they threw me in, the king said to me, “I hope/wish that your God, whom you worship regularly, will rescue you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_17","028_6_17","DAN","6","17","17","They rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the pit. Then the king fastened a string across the entrance and put wax at each end, and stamped the wax with the seal from his ring and the seals of the rings of his officials, in order that no one could secretly rescue me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_18","028_6_18","DAN","6","18","18","Then the king returned to his palace. That night he refused to eat any food. He would not allow anyone to entertain him because he did not want to be happy, with the result that he would forget about me. And that night  he was unable to sleep because he was worried about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_19","028_6_19","DAN","6","19","19","At dawn the next morning, the king got up and went quickly to the pit where the lions were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_20","028_6_20","DAN","6","20","20","When he came near it, he was very worried. He called out, “Daniel, you who serve the all-powerful God! Was your God, whom you worship regularly, able to save you from the lions?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_21","028_6_21","DAN","6","21","21","I answered, “◄Your Majesty/O king►, I hope that you will live a long time! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_22","028_6_22","DAN","6","22","22","Yes, my God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths, in order that they would not harm me! He did that because he knows that I have done nothing that he thinks is wrong. And, ◄Your Majesty/O king►, I never did anything wrong to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_23","028_6_23","DAN","6","23","23","The king was extremely happy, and he commanded his servants to lift me out of the pit. When they did that, they saw that the lions had not wounded me at all. God had protected me because I trusted in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_24","028_6_24","DAN","6","24","24","Then the king commanded that the men who had accused me should be seized and be thrown, along with their wives and children, into the pit where the lions were. When they were thrown into the pit, the lions leaped on them and crushed their bones before they fell onto the bottom of the pit! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_25","028_6_25","DAN","6","25","25","Then King Darius wrote this message and sent it throughout his kingdom to the people of every people-group and nation and from all language groups: “I wish/hope that everything is going very well with you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_26","028_6_26","DAN","6","26","26","I command that everyone in my kingdom should fear and revere the God that Daniel worships. He is the all-powerful God, and he will live forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed; he will rule forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_27","028_6_27","DAN","6","27","27","He rescues and saves his people. He performs all kinds of miracles in heaven and on the earth. He rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN6_28","028_6_28","DAN","6","28","28","So I was successful all during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, the King of Persia, ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_1","028_7_1","DAN","7","1","1","Previously, during the first year that Belshazzar was the king of Babylonia, I had a dream and a vision one night as I lay on my bed. The next morning I wrote down what I had dreamed. This is what I wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_2","028_7_2","DAN","7","2","2","I, Daniel, had a vision last night. In the vision I saw that strong winds were blowing from all four directions, stirring up the water in the ocean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_3","028_7_3","DAN","7","3","3","Then I saw four beasts coming out of the ocean. All four of them were different. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_4","028_7_4","DAN","7","4","4","The first one resembled a lion, but it had wings like an eagle has. But as I watched, something tore off its wings {its wings were pulled off}. The beast was left there, standing on its two hind/rear legs, like a human being stands. And it was given a mind like humans have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_5","028_7_5","DAN","7","5","5","The second beast resembled a bear. It was crouching, and it held between its teeth three ribs from another animal that it had killed and eaten. Someone said to it {It was told}, “Stand up and eat as much meat as you want!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_6","028_7_6","DAN","7","6","6","Then I saw in front of me the third of those beasts. It resembled a leopard, but it had four wings protruding from its back. The wings were like a bird’s wings. It had four heads. It was given the power/authority to rule people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_7","028_7_7","DAN","7","7","7","In the vision I saw a fourth beast. It was stronger than the other beasts, and it was more terrifying. It crushed other creatures with its huge iron teeth and ate their flesh. The parts of animals that it did not grind with its teeth, it trampled on the ground. It was different from the other three beasts: It had ten horns on its head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_8","028_7_8","DAN","7","8","8","While I was looking at those horns, I saw a little horn appear on the head of that beast. It tore out three of the other horns. This little horn had eyes like humans have, and it had a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_9","028_7_9","DAN","7","9","9","Then while I watched, thrones were put in the places where they belonged, and God, the one who had been living forever, sat on one of the thrones. His clothes were as white as snow, and his hair was as white as pure/clean wool. His throne had wheels that were blazing with fire, and his throne was also blazing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_10","028_7_10","DAN","7","10","10","A fire was rushing out of in front of him like a stream. Many thousands of people (OR, angels) were there serving him, and millions of other people (OR, angels) were standing in front of him. They started ◄the court session/judging people►, and they opened the books in which they had written the record of all the good and bad things that people had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_11","028_7_11","DAN","7","11","11","While I was watching, I could hear the little horn speaking very boastfully. As I continued to watch, the fourth beast was killed. Its corpse was thrown into a fire and completely burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_12","028_7_12","DAN","7","12","12","The power/authority of the other three beasts was taken away from them, but they were allowed to continue to live for a while. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_13","028_7_13","DAN","7","13","13","While I continued to see the vision that night, I saw someone who resembled a human being. He was coming closer to me, surrounded by clouds. Then he was taken to God, the one who had been living forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_14","028_7_14","DAN","7","14","14","He was honored and given great authority to rule over all the nations in the world, in order that people from every people-group and every nation, people from all language groups, would worship/serve him. He will rule forever; he will never stop ruling. The kingdom that he rules will never be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_15","028_7_15","DAN","7","15","15","As for me, Daniel, I was very terrified by what I had seen in that vision, and I did not know what to think about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_16","028_7_16","DAN","7","16","16","I went to one of those who were standing in front of the throne of God, and I asked him to tell me what it meant. So he told me the meaning of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_17","028_7_17","DAN","7","17","17","He said, “The four huge beasts represent four kingdoms/empires that will exist on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_18","028_7_18","DAN","7","18","18","But the Supreme God will give power/authority to his people to rule, and they shall rule forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_19","028_7_19","DAN","7","19","19","Then I wanted to know what the fourth beast signified—the beast that was different from the other three, the beast that crushed those that it attacked with its bronze claws, and then ate their flesh with its iron teeth, and trampled on the parts of their bodies that it did not eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_20","028_7_20","DAN","7","20","20","I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head, and about the horn that appeared later, which got rid of three of the other horns. I wanted to know what it meant that it had eyes and a mouth with which it spoke very boastfully. The beast that was represented by that horn was more terrifying than the other beasts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_21","028_7_21","DAN","7","21","21","While I was having the vision, I saw that this horn attacked God’s people and was defeating them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_22","028_7_22","DAN","7","22","22","But then the Supreme God, the one who had been living forever, came and judged in favor of the people who belonged to him. And I knew that it was time for God’s people to receive authority to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_23","028_7_23","DAN","7","23","23","Then the man who was standing there said to me, “The fourth beast represents an empire that will exist on the earth; that empire will be different from all other empires. The army of that empire will crush/kill people all over the world and trample on their bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_24","028_7_24","DAN","7","24","24","As for its ten horns, they represent ten kings who will rule that empire, one after the other. Then another king will appear. He will be different from the previous kings. He will defeat the three kings that were represented by the three horns that were pulled out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_25","028_7_25","DAN","7","25","25","He will revile the Supreme God, and he will oppress God’s people. He will try to change the sacred festivals and their religious laws/regulations. He will control them for three and a half years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_26","028_7_26","DAN","7","26","26","But there will be a session/meeting of the court/judges in heaven, and that king’s authority/power will be taken away, and he will be completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_27","028_7_27","DAN","7","27","27","Then all the power and the greatness of all the kingdoms on the earth will be given to the people who belong to the Supreme God. The kingdom that he rules (OR, they rule) will endure forever. And the rulers of all the nations on the earth will serve and obey him (OR, them).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN7_28","028_7_28","DAN","7","28","28","That is what I saw in my vision/dream. I, Daniel, was terrified, with the result that my face became pale. But I did not tell anyone about the vision that I had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_1","028_8_1","DAN","8","1","1","During the third year that Belshazzar was the King of Babylonia, I had another vision. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_2","028_8_2","DAN","8","2","2","In that vision I was in Susa, the capital city of Elam Province. I was standing alongside the Ulai Canal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_3","028_8_3","DAN","8","3","3","I looked up and saw a ram that was standing alongside the canal. It had two long horns, but the newest one was longer than the other one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_4","028_8_4","DAN","8","4","4","The ram butted/knocked away with its horns everything that was west and everything that was north and everything that was south of it. There were no other animals that were able to oppose it, and none that could rescue/save other animals from its power. The ram did whatever it wanted to do and became very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_5","028_8_5","DAN","8","5","5","While I was thinking about what I had seen, in the vision I saw a goat come from the west. It ran across the land so quickly, that it seemed like its feet did not touch the ground. This goat had one very large horn between its eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_6","028_8_6","DAN","8","6","6","It was very angry, and it ran straight toward the ram that I had seen previously, the ram that was standing alongside the canal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_7","028_8_7","DAN","8","7","7","The goat struck the ram furiously and broke off its two horns, with the result that the ram was unable to defend itself. So the goat knocked the ram down and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the goat’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_8","028_8_8","DAN","8","8","8","The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its horn was broken off. But four other large horns took its place. They each pointed in a different direction. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_9","028_8_9","DAN","8","9","9","Then from one of those large horns appeared a little horn, which became very big, and pointed toward the south and then toward the east and then toward the beautiful land of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_10","028_8_10","DAN","8","10","10","The man who was represented by that horn became very strong, with the result that he attacked some of the soldiers of the army of heaven, and (OR, meaning) the stars in the sky which represented God’s people. He threw some of them to the ground and trampled on them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_11","028_8_11","DAN","8","11","11","He ◄defied/considered himself to be greater than► the leader of the army of heaven, and prevented priests from offering sacrifices to him. He also ◄defiled the temple/caused the temple to become unholy►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_12","028_8_12","DAN","8","12","12","Then God’s people allowed the man who was represented by that horn to control/rule them, with the result that they sinned by offering sacrifices to him. And he threw to the ground the laws that contained the true religion. Everything that he did was successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_13","028_8_13","DAN","8","13","13","Then I heard two angels who were talking to each other. One of them asked, “How long will the things/events that were in this vision continue? How long will the man who rebels against God and causes the temple to be defiled be able to prevent priests from offering sacrifices? How long will he trample on the temple and on the armies of heaven?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_14","028_8_14","DAN","8","14","14","The other angel replied, “It will continue for 1,150 days. During all of that time, people will not be permitted to offer sacrifices in the morning or in the evening. After that, the temple will be purified.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_15","028_8_15","DAN","8","15","15","While I, Daniel, was trying to understand what the vision meant, suddenly an angel who resembled a man stood/appeared in front of me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_16","028_8_16","DAN","8","16","16","And I heard a man call out from the other side of the Ulai Canal, saying, “Gabriel, explain to him the meaning of the vision that he saw!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_17","028_8_17","DAN","8","17","17","So Gabriel came and stood beside me. I was very terrified, with the result that I fell onto the ground. But he said to me, “You human, it is necessary for you to understand that the events that you saw in the vision will occur near the time that the world will end.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_18","028_8_18","DAN","8","18","18","While he was speaking, I fainted. I lay there, unconscious, with my face still on the ground. But Gabriel put his hand on me and lifted me up in order that I could stand again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_19","028_8_19","DAN","8","19","19","Then he said, “I have come here to tell you what will happen because of God being angry. These things will happen near the time when the world will end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_20","028_8_20","DAN","8","20","20","As for the ram with two horns that you saw, those horns represent the kingdoms of Media and Persia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_21","028_8_21","DAN","8","21","21","The goat that you saw represents the kingdom of Greece, and the horn that appeared between its eyes represents its first king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_22","028_8_22","DAN","8","22","22","As for the four horns that grew after the first horn was broken off, they represent four kingdoms into which that first kingdom will be divided after the first king dies. Those four kingdoms will not be as strong/powerful as the first kingdom was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_23","028_8_23","DAN","8","23","23","The people in those kingdoms will become very wicked, with the result that it will be necessary for them to be punished. But near the time when those kingdoms will end, one of those kingdoms will have a king who will be very proud/defiant IDM. He will also be very fierce and very deceitful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_24","028_8_24","DAN","8","24","24","He will become very powerful, but it will not be because of what he himself does. He will terribly destroy things in many places, and he will succeed in doing everything that he wants to. He will get rid of many powerful men, and also some of God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_25","028_8_25","DAN","8","25","25","Because he is very cunning/clever, he will succeed by doing things that deceive many people. He will be proud of himself. He will destroy many people when they think that they are safe. He will also rebel against God EUP, who is the greatest king. But God will destroy him, without the help MTY of any human being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_26","028_8_26","DAN","8","26","26","What you saw in the vision about priests being prevented from making sacrifices in the morning and in the evening, which I explained to you, will surely happen. But for the present time, do not reveal the vision to others, because it will be many years before those things happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN8_27","028_8_27","DAN","8","27","27","Then I, Daniel, became weak, and I was sick for several days. Then I arose and returned to doing the work that the king had given to me, but I was perplexed/confused about the vision, and I could not understand it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_1","028_9_1","DAN","9","1","1","Now I am going to tell you about what happened when Darius, who was from the Mede people-group and who was the son of Xerxes, ruled as the King of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_2","028_9_2","DAN","9","2","2","During the first year that he was the king, I, Daniel, was studying/reading the holy books/Scriptures the message that Yahweh had given to the prophet Jeremiah. In that message Jeremiah had written that Jerusalem would be destroyed and  remain ruined for seventy years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_3","028_9_3","DAN","9","3","3","After I read that, I pleaded to Yahweh my God to help us, praying and ◄fasting/abstaining from eating food►. While doing that, I was wearing rough cloth and sitting in ashes to show that I was very sad about what was going to happen to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_4","028_9_4","DAN","9","4","4","I confessed the sins that we had committed, and this is what I prayed: Lord, you are great and awesome! You have faithfully done what you said that you would do for us. You faithfully love those who love you and who do what you have commanded that they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_5","028_9_5","DAN","9","5","5","But we Israelis have sinned. We have done things that are wrong. We have done wicked things, and we have rebelled against you. We have turned away from obeying your commands DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_6","028_9_6","DAN","9","6","6","Your prophets spoke for you MTY, giving your messages to our kings, to our other rulers, to our other ancestors, and to all the Israeli people, but we have refused to ◄pay attention to/heed► those prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_7","028_9_7","DAN","9","7","7","Lord, you always do what is righteous/just/fair, but we have caused ourselves to be ashamed IDM. This is still true about all of the Israelis who live in Jerusalem and who live in other places in Judea. It is also true about all us Israelis whom you scattered, who were taken to other countries, some near Israel and some far away, because we were very unfaithful/disloyal to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_8","028_9_8","DAN","9","8","8","Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our other ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_9","028_9_9","DAN","9","9","9","Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully toward us and you are willing/ready to forgive us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_10","028_9_10","DAN","9","10","10","Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not ◄listen to/heed► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_11","028_9_11","DAN","9","11","11","All of us Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from obeying what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, you have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote would happen to us if we sinned against you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_12","028_9_12","DAN","9","12","12","You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_13","028_9_13","DAN","9","13","13","You punished us just like Moses wrote that you would do. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_14","028_9_14","DAN","9","14","14","So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and then you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_15","028_9_15","DAN","9","15","15","O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power MTY, and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great IDM even though we have sinned and done wicked things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_16","028_9_16","DAN","9","16","16","Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and your temple was built there on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby countries/nations despise Jerusalem and us your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But now, because you do what is righteous/just, we ask you to not be angry with Jerusalem any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_17","028_9_17","DAN","9","17","17","O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading for you to do. ◄For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great►, act kindly IDM concerning your temple, which was destroyed by the armies of Babylonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_18","028_9_18","DAN","9","18","18","My God, listen to my prayer. Look at us and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you MTY has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_19","028_9_19","DAN","9","19","19","Lord, listen to us! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so we plead with you to heed what we are saying and act to help us right now, ◄for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_20","028_9_20","DAN","9","20","20","I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore the temple on the sacred hill in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_21","028_9_21","DAN","9","21","21","While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when the priests offered sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_22","028_9_22","DAN","9","22","22","He said to me, “Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand DOU clearly the message that God gave to Jeremiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_23","028_9_23","DAN","9","23","23","When you began to plead with God, he gave me a message to pass on to you. He loves you very much, so he has sent me to tell you what he said to me. So now ◄pay attention/listen carefully► in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed to Jeremiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_24","028_9_24","DAN","9","24","24","God has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from the guilt of their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then God will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And what you saw in the vision and what Jeremiah  prophesied will ◄come true/be fulfilled►, and the sacred temple will be dedicated to God again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_25","028_9_25","DAN","9","25","25","You need to know and understand this: There will be 49 years from the time that the king commands that Jerusalem should be rebuilt until the leader/king that God has chosen will come. Then 434 years later, Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and it will have streets and will have a ◄moat/deep ditch filled with water► around it to protect the city. But that will be a time when God’s people will have a lot of troubles/difficulties/suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_26","028_9_26","DAN","9","26","26","After those 434 years, the leader/king whom God has appointed will be killed when it seems that he will have accomplished nothing ◄unjustly/without having done anything wrong►. After that, the temple will be destroyed by the army of a powerful ruler. The city and the temple will be destroyed like a flood MET destroys everything. That will be the beginning of the war and destruction that God has decreed will happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN9_27","028_9_27","DAN","9","27","27","That ruler will make a strong agreement with many people. He will promise to do for seven years what he has said in that agreement. But when that time is half finished, he will prevent priests from giving any more offerings and sacrifices to God. A disgusting idol will be put on the highest part of the temple, and it will stay there until God gets rid of the one who put it there, which is what he said that he would do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_1","028_10_1","DAN","10","1","1","During the third year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, I Daniel, who had been given the name Belteshazzar, received another message from God. The message was true, but it was very difficult for me to understand it. But later I understood the message because of the vision that I had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_2","028_10_2","DAN","10","2","2","At that time I had been sad for three weeks about what had happened to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_3","028_10_3","DAN","10","3","3","I did not eat any tasty food or any meat or drink any wine. I did not even put any perfumed oil on my face or hair for those three weeks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_4","028_10_4","DAN","10","4","4","When those three weeks ended, on April 23, my companions and I were standing on the bank of the great Tigris River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_5","028_10_5","DAN","10","5","5","I looked up and saw someone there who was wearing fine white/linen clothes and a belt made of pure gold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_6","028_10_6","DAN","10","6","6","His body shone like a precious beryl stone. His face was as bright as a flash of lightning. His eyes were/shone like flaming torches. His arms and legs shone like polished bronze. And his voice was very loud, like the roar of a huge crowd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_7","028_10_7","DAN","10","7","7","I, Daniel, was the only one who saw this vision. The men who were with me did not see anything, but they sensed that someone was there, and they became terrified. They ran away and hid themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_8","028_10_8","DAN","10","8","8","So I was left there by myself, looking at this very unusual vision. I had no strength left. My face became very pale, with the result that no one would have recognized me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_9","028_10_9","DAN","10","9","9","I saw a man there, and when I heard him speak, I fell to the ground. I ◄fainted/became unconscious►, and I lay there with my face on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_10","028_10_10","DAN","10","10","10","Suddenly someone’s hand took hold of me and lifted me, with the result that I was on my hands and knees, but I was still trembling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_11","028_10_11","DAN","10","11","11","The man said to me, “Daniel, God loves you very much. Stand up and listen to what I am going to say to you, because God sent me to you.” When he said that, I stood up, but I was still trembling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_12","028_10_12","DAN","10","12","12","Then he said to me, “Daniel, do not be afraid. God has heard what you have prayed ever since the first day that you determined to humble yourself in order to understand the vision. I have come to you because of what you prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_13","028_10_13","DAN","10","13","13","The evil spirit who rules the kingdom of Persia resisted/hindered me for 21 days, but Michael, who is one of God’s chief angels, came to help me. I left him there in Persia to resist that evil spirit who rules there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_14","028_10_14","DAN","10","14","14","I have come here to enable you to understand what will happen to the Israeli people in the future. Do not forget that the vision that you saw is about things that will happen in the distant future, not about things that will happen very soon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_15","028_10_15","DAN","10","15","15","While he was saying that, I stared at the ground and was unable to say anything because I was very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_16","028_10_16","DAN","10","16","16","Suddenly the angel, who resembled a human, touched my lips. Then I was able to speak, and I said to him, “Sir, because I have seen this vision, I have become very weak, with the result that I cannot stop trembling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_17","028_10_17","DAN","10","17","17","I am not able RHQ to talk to you, my master. I have no strength left, and it is very difficult for me to breathe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_18","028_10_18","DAN","10","18","18","But he took hold of me again, and enabled me to become stronger again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_19","028_10_19","DAN","10","19","19","He said to me, “You human, God loves you very much. So do not be afraid. I desire/want things to go well for you and that you will be encouraged.” When he had said that, I felt even stronger, and I said, “Sir, tell me what you want to tell me. You have enabled me to feel stronger.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN10_20","028_10_20","DAN","10","20","21","Then he said, “◄Do you know why I came to you?/I will tell you why I came to you.► RHQ It is to reveal to you what is written in the book which reveals/contains God’s truth. But now I must return to fight against the evil spirit who rules the kingdom of Persia. After I have defeated him, the evil angel who guards Greece will appear and I must defeat him. Michael, who guards you Israeli people, will help me, but there is no one else to help me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_1","028_11_1","DAN","11","1","1","“As for me, during the first year that Darius was king, I helped and encouraged Michael.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_2","028_11_2","DAN","11","2","2","The angel also said, “And what I am going to reveal to you now will truly happen. There will be three more kings to rule Persia, one after the other. Then there will be a fourth king, who will be much richer than the others. As a result of his giving a lot of money to people, they will enable him to become very powerful. Then he will incite/persuade many nations HYP to fight against the kingdom of Greece. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_3","028_11_3","DAN","11","3","3","Then a very powerful king will appear in Greece. He will rule over a very large empire, and he will do whatever he wants to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_4","028_11_4","DAN","11","4","4","But when he has become very powerful, he will die. Then his kingdom will be divided into four parts. Kings who are not his descendants will rule, but they will not be as powerful as he was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_5","028_11_5","DAN","11","5","5","Then the King of Egypt MTY will become very powerful. But one of his army generals will become more powerful than he is, and he will rule a bigger area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_6","028_11_6","DAN","11","6","6","Several years later, the King of Egypt and the King of Syria will make an ◄alliance/agreement to help each other► MTY. The King of Syria will give his daughter to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But she will not be able to influence him MTY very long, and that woman, her husband, her child, and her servants will all be killed/assassinated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_7","028_11_7","DAN","11","7","7","Soon after that, one of her relatives MET will become King of Egypt. His army will attack the army of Syria. They will enter the fortress of the soldiers of Syria and defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_8","028_11_8","DAN","11","8","8","They will return to Egypt, taking the statues of the gods of the people of Syria and many items made of silver and gold that had been dedicated to those gods. Then for several years his army will not attack the army of the King of Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_9","028_11_9","DAN","11","9","9","Then the army of the King of Syria will invade Egypt, but they will soon return to Syria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_10","028_11_10","DAN","11","10","10","However, the sons of the King of Syria will prepare to start a war, and they will gather a large army. That army will march south and spread all over Israel like a huge flood. They will attack a strong fortress in the south of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_11","028_11_11","DAN","11","11","11","Then the King of Egypt, having become very angry, will march with his army north from Egypt and fight against the army of Syria. The King of Syria will gather together a very large army, but the army of the King of Egypt will defeat them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_12","028_11_12","DAN","11","12","12","The King of Egypt will become very proud because of his army having killed a very large number of soldiers from Syria, but his army will not continue to win battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_13","028_11_13","DAN","11","13","13","The King of Syria will again gather together an army that will be bigger than the one that he had before. After a few years, he will again march south on their way to Egypt with a large army and a lot of equipment for fighting battles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_14","028_11_14","DAN","11","14","14","At that time, many people in Egypt will rebel against their king. In order to fulfill a vision that one of their leaders had seen, some violent/lawless people from your country of Israel will also rebel in order to not be controlled by Egypt any more, but they will be defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_15","028_11_15","DAN","11","15","15","Then the King of Syria will come south with his army and pile up dirt against the walls of a city that is well protected, and they will break through those walls and they will capture the city. The soldiers from Egypt who have come to defend that city, even the best troops, will not be strong enough to continue to fight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_16","028_11_16","DAN","11","16","16","So the King of Syria will do whatever he wants to, and no one will be able to oppose him. His army will occupy the glorious land of Israel and completely control/subdue it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_17","028_11_17","DAN","11","17","17","Then he will decide to march south with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King of Egypt and in order that his own daughter will help him to destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_18","028_11_18","DAN","11","18","18","After that, the army of the King of Syria will attack the regions that are close to the Mediterranean Sea, and his army will conquer many of them. But the army of a leader from another country will defeat the army of Syria and will stop their king from continuing to be proud. He will do to the King of Syria what he deserved for being very insolent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_19","028_11_19","DAN","11","19","19","Then the King of Syria will return to the fortresses in his own land. But he will be defeated, and he will ◄die/be assassinated► EUP there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_20","028_11_20","DAN","11","20","20","Then another man will ◄succeed him/become king►. That king will send one of his officers to oppress the people in Jerusalem by forcing them to pay big taxes, in order to get more money for his kingdom. But after a few years HYP that king will die, but he will not die as a result of people being angry with him or in a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_21","028_11_21","DAN","11","21","21","The next King of Syria will be an evil man who, because he will not be the son of the previous king, will not have the right to become king. But he will come when people do not expect it, and he will become king by tricking the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_22","028_11_22","DAN","11","22","22","When his army advances, they will attack any armies that oppose him and destroy those armies. They will also kill God’s Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_23","028_11_23","DAN","11","23","23","By making treaties/alliances with the rulers of other nations, he will deceive them, and he will become very powerful, even though he rules a nation that does not have a lot of people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_24","028_11_24","DAN","11","24","24","Suddenly his army will invade a province that is very wealthy, and they will do things that none of his ancestors did: they will capture in battles all kinds of possessions from the people whom they defeat. Then the king will divide those possessions among his friends. He will also plan for his army to attack fortresses in Egypt, but only for a short time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_25","028_11_25","DAN","11","25","25","He will courageously/boldly conscript/gather a large and powerful army to attack the army of the king of Egypt. But the King of Egypt will prepare to fight against them with a huge and powerful army. However, someone will deceive him, with the result that his plan will not be successful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_26","028_11_26","DAN","11","26","26","Even his most trusted advisors will plan to get rid of him. His army will be defeated and many of his soldiers will be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_27","028_11_27","DAN","11","27","27","Then the two kings who both want to rule that area will sit down at the same table and eat together, but they will both lie to each other. Neither of them will get what he wants, because it will not be the time that God has determined/set for them to rule Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_28","028_11_28","DAN","11","28","28","The army of the King of Syria will return to Syria, taking with them all the valuable things that they had captured. The king will be determined to get rid of the Supreme Priest of the Jewish people. He will do what he wants to in Israel, and then return to his own country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_29","028_11_29","DAN","11","29","29","When it is the time that God has decided, the King of Syria and his army will invade Egypt again. But this time he will not be successful like he was before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_30","028_11_30","DAN","11","30","30","The army of Rome will come in ships and oppose his army and cause him to be afraid. So he will be very angry, and with his army he will return to Israel and try to get rid of the Supreme Priest. The King of Syria will do what those who have abandoned the Jewish religion advise/want him to do for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_31","028_11_31","DAN","11","31","31","Some of his soldiers will do things to ◄defile the temple/cause the temple to become unholy for them►. They will prevent the priests from offering sacrifices each day, and they will put in the temple something that is disgusting/abominable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_32","028_11_32","DAN","11","32","32","By deceiving those who have abandoned the Jewish religion, he will persuade them to ◄become his supporters/help him to do what he wants to do►. But those who are devoted to their God will firmly oppose them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_33","028_11_33","DAN","11","33","33","And wise Israeli leaders will teach others also. But for a while, some of those wise leaders will be killed in battles, and some will be burned to death, and some will be robbed, and some will be put in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_34","028_11_34","DAN","11","34","34","While God’s people are being persecuted, some people will help them a little bit, although some of those who help them will not do it sincerely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_35","028_11_35","DAN","11","35","35","Some of those wise leaders will be killed EUP, but as a result the others will be purified DOU. This suffering will continue until it is the time that God has appointed for it to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_36","028_11_36","DAN","11","36","36","The King of Syria will do what he wants to. He will boast and say that he is greater than any god. He will even revile the Supreme God. He will be able to do what he wants until the time that God punishes MTY him. God will accomplish what he has planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_37","028_11_37","DAN","11","37","37","The King of Syria will ignore the god that his ancestors worshiped and the god that many women love. He will ignore every god, because he will think that he is greater than all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_38","028_11_38","DAN","11","38","38","But he will honor the god who people think protects fortresses. That is a god whom his ancestors did not honor. And he will give gold, silver, ◄jewels/very valuable stones► and other expensive gifts to that god. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_39","028_11_39","DAN","11","39","39","He will ask that god (OR, people who worship a god) from another country to help him to defend his fortresses. He will greatly honor those who allow him to be their ruler. He will appoint some of them to important positions in the government; and to reward them, he will give them some land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_40","028_11_40","DAN","11","40","40","But when his time to rule is almost ended, the army of the King of Egypt will attack his army. The army of the King of Syria will fight against them furiously SIM. His soldiers will be driving chariots and riding on horses and traveling in many ships. His army will invade many countries and spread all over those countries like a flood MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_41","028_11_41","DAN","11","41","41","They will invade the glorious land of Israel and kill EUP tens of thousands of people. But the people of the Edom people-group and the people of the Moab people-group and the people of the Ammon people-group who are still alive will escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_42","028_11_42","DAN","11","42","42","When the army of Syria invades other countries, even the people of Egypt will be defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_43","028_11_43","DAN","11","43","43","The army of Syria will take away from Egypt gold, silver, and other valuable items. The people of Libya and Ethiopia will allow the King of Syria to rule over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_44","028_11_44","DAN","11","44","44","But he will become very frightened/alarmed when he hears reports about what is happening in the east and in the north. So he will become very angry, and send his army to fight furiously and kill many of their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN11_45","028_11_45","DAN","11","45","45","The King of Syria will set up his royal tents in the area between the Mediterranean Sea and the hill in Jerusalem on which the temple ◄exists/was built►. But he will be killed there, because there will be no one to help him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_1","028_12_1","DAN","12","1","1","The angel also said to me, “After those things happen, the great angel Michael, who protects the Israeli people, will appear. Then there will be a time when there will be great troubles/suffering. The troubles will be greater than any troubles/suffering since the nations began. At that time, all of your people whose names have been written in the book containing the names of those who have eternal life will be saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_2","028_12_2","DAN","12","2","2","Many of those who have died EUP will become alive again. Some of them will live eternally with God, and some will be eternally shamed/disgraced in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_3","028_12_3","DAN","12","3","3","Those who were wise will shine as brightly as the sky is bright when the sun is shining. And those who have shown to others the way to live righteously will shine forever, like the stars SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_4","028_12_4","DAN","12","4","4","But as for you, Daniel, close up the scroll on which you are writing, and seal it in order that no one can open it until the end of the world is near. Before that happens, many people will travel rapidly here and there, learning more and more about many things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_5","028_12_5","DAN","12","5","5","When that angel finished speaking, I, Daniel, looked up, and suddenly I saw two other angels. One was standing on the side of the river where I was, and one was standing on the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_6","028_12_6","DAN","12","6","6","One of them called to the other one, who was wearing linen/white clothes, who was now standing further up (OR, above) the river, “How long will it be until these amazing/frightening events end?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_7","028_12_7","DAN","12","7","7","The angel who was on the other side of (OR, above) the river raised his hands toward the sky, and solemnly promised, with the authority MTY of God, who lives forever, “It will be three and a half years. All these things will end after God’s people stop fighting against those who ◄persecute/cause trouble for/cause suffering for► them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_8","028_12_8","DAN","12","8","8","I heard what he said, but I did not understand it. So I asked, “Sir, what will be the result when these things end?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_9","028_12_9","DAN","12","9","9","He replied, “Daniel, you must leave now. I cannot answer your question because what it means must ◄be kept secret/not be revealed► DOU until the time when everything ends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_10","028_12_10","DAN","12","10","10","Many people will thoroughly purify their inner beings DOU. But wicked people will not understand these things. They will continue to be wicked. Only those who are wise will understand these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_11","028_12_11","DAN","12","11","11","But I can tell you that before everything ends, there will be 1,290 days, from the time that people are prevented from offering sacrifices each day, that is, from the time that the abominable/disgusting thing is put in the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_12","028_12_12","DAN","12","12","12","God will be pleased with those who remain faithful until 1,335 days are ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("DN12_13","028_12_13","DAN","12","13","13","So now I say to you, continue to faithfully trust God until your life on earth ends. You will die EUP, but when everything ends, you will receive your reward from God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_1","029_1_1","HOS","1","1","1","I am Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages at various times during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_2","029_1_2","HOS","1","2","2","When Yahweh first began to give messages to me to tell to the people of Israel, he said to me, “Go and marry a prostitute. But some of her children will be born as a result of her having sex with men to whom she is not married. That will illustrate how the people of Israel have turned away from me and worship ◄idols/other gods►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_3","029_1_3","HOS","1","3","3","So I married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave birth to my son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_4","029_1_4","HOS","1","4","4","Yahweh said to me, “Give him the name Jezreel, which means ‘God scatters’, because I will soon punish the descendants MTY of King Jehu by scattering them, because he killed many of my people at Jezreel town. Some day I will end the kingdom of Israel, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_5","029_1_5","HOS","1","5","5","by destroying the power MTY of the army of Israel in Jezreel Valley.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_6","029_1_6","HOS","1","6","6","Later Gomer became pregnant again, and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me “Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, which means ‘not loved,’ because I will no longer show that I love the people MET of Israel, and I will not forgive them for the sins that they have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_7","029_1_7","HOS","1","7","7","But I will show that I love the people MTY of Judah by saving them from their enemies. However, it will not be by weapons and armies or horses and chariots that I will save them. Instead, it will be by the power that I, Yahweh their God, have.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_8","029_1_8","HOS","1","8","8","After Gomer had ◄weaned/stopped breast-feeding► Lo-ruhamah, she became pregnant again, and she gave birth to another son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_9","029_1_9","HOS","1","9","9","Yahweh said “Give him the name Lo-ammi, which means 'not my people', because the people of Israel are no longer my people, and I am not their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_10","029_1_10","HOS","1","10","10","But some day the people of Israel will be as numerous as SIM the grains of sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now I am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘You are the children of God who is all-powerful.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS1_11","029_1_11","HOS","1","11","11","At that time, the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries to which they have been ◄exiled/forced to go►. That will be a great time; Jezreel also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_1","029_2_1","HOS","2","1","1","At that time, you will say to your fellow-Israeli men, “You are God’s people,” and you will say to your fellow-Israeli women, “You are ones whom God loves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_2","029_2_2","HOS","2","2","2","Yahweh also said to me, “I want you to accuse the Israeli people. It is as though MET this nation is your mother, but this nation is no longer as though it is MET my wife, and it is no longer as though MET I am its husband. Tell the Israeli people that they must stop acting like a prostitute by worshiping other gods; they must stop showing by their behavior that they ◄are unfaithful to/have abandoned► me MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_3","029_2_3","HOS","2","3","3","If they do not do that, I will not give them food and clothes as a husband should give to his wife; I will take away those things, and I will cause their nation to become as deserted as it was on the day that I brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation MET. I will cause their country to be like SIM a desert; there will be no rain to water the ground MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_4","029_2_4","HOS","2","4","4","I will not pity the people, because they have abandoned me as MET prostitutes abandon their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_5","029_2_5","HOS","2","5","5","Their parents are like prostitutes MET: they have been unfaithful to me, and they have done very disgraceful things. They said, ‘We will run to our idols/gods who love us; they are the ones who give us food and water and wool and linen and olive oil, and wine to drink.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_6","029_2_6","HOS","2","6","6","So it will be as though MET I am blocking their road with thornbushes, and putting put a wall around them so that they do not know which way to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_7","029_2_7","HOS","2","7","7","They will run to their idols/gods that they think love them, but they will not find them. They will search for their false gods, but they will not find them. Then they will say, ‘Perhaps we should return to Yahweh, whom we worshiped previously MET, because things were better for us then than they are now.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_8","029_2_8","HOS","2","8","8","But they do not realize that I, Yahweh, am the one who gave them grain and wine and olive oil; I am the one who gave them silver and gold which they used to worship Baal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_9","029_2_9","HOS","2","9","9","Therefore I will return and take my grain and grapes from them when they are ripe. I will take from them the wool and linen that I gave to them to make their clothes MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_10","029_2_10","HOS","2","10","10","I will show those false gods/idols that what my people are doing is disgusting MET, and no one will be able to hinder me from punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_11","029_2_11","HOS","2","11","11","I will cause their religious celebrations to cease, the festivals that they celebrate every year and at every new moon and on their ◄Sabbath days/weekly days of rest►. I will cause all their religious celebrations to cease. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_12","029_2_12","HOS","2","12","12","I will destroy all their grapevines and fig trees, which they said were what their idols/gods who loved them paid them for worshiping those idols. I will cause those places to become a desert, and wild animals will eat the fruit that remains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_13","029_2_13","HOS","2","13","13","I will punish my people for all the times that they burned incense to honor the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those false gods/idols that they thought IRO loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! That is what I, Yahweh, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_14","029_2_14","HOS","2","14","14","But listen! Some day I will persuade my people to worship me again; I will lead them out into the desert and speak kindly to them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_15","029_2_15","HOS","2","15","15","I will give their vineyards back to them, and I will cause Achor Valley, which means ‘valley of trouble', to become a valley where they will confidently expect me to do good things for them. They will ◄respond to/want to please► me there like they did long ago, when I freed them from being slaves in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_16","029_2_16","HOS","2","16","16","At that time, they will say to me, ‘It is as though MET you are our husband.’ They will not say that I am their master, like they considered that Baal was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_17","029_2_17","HOS","2","17","17","I will not allow them to speak MTY the names of Baal; they will never use those names again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_18","029_2_18","HOS","2","18","18","At that time it will be as though I will make an agreement with all the wild animals and birds, and even with the little animals that scurry across the ground, so that they will never harm my people again. And I will remove from their nation all the weapons for fighting battles, like swords and bows and arrows. The result will be that my people will live peacefully and safely, and will not be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_19","029_2_19","HOS","2","19","19","I will cause them to be as though they are MET my bride forever. I will be righteous and fair/just; I will faithfully love them and be kind to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_20","029_2_20","HOS","2","20","20","I will not abandon them, and they will realize that I Yahweh, have the power to do what I say that I will do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_21","029_2_21","HOS","2","21","21","At that time, when they request me to do things for them, I will do those things. When they request clouds and rain to fall on their land, I will speak to the clouds, and rain will fall on the earth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_22","029_2_22","HOS","2","22","22","and grain will grow, and the vineyards and the olive trees will grow in Jezreel Valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS2_23","029_2_23","HOS","2","23","23","At that time, I will take care of the Israeli people like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops MET. I will love those people that I previously said were ones I did not love, and I previously said, ‘You are not my people,’ and then they will say to me, ‘You are our God.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS3_1","029_3_1","HOS","3","1","1","Then Yahweh said to me, “Go and show to your wife that you still love her, even though she has been committing adultery with another man who loves her. That will show that I still love the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods/idols and eat raisin cakes in feasts that honor those gods.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS3_2","029_3_2","HOS","3","2","2","My wife had become a slave, but I bought her for ◄6 ounces/179 grams► of silver and ten bushels of barley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS3_3","029_3_3","HOS","3","3","3","Then I said to her, “You must wait for many days before we sleep together EUP. During that time, you must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sex with any other man; but I will live with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS3_4","029_3_4","HOS","3","4","4","Our doing that will show that in the same way, the people of Israel will not have a king and other leaders for many years. They will not offer sacrifices or have sacred stone pillars, no sacred vest for the Supreme Priest, and no idols! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS3_5","029_3_5","HOS","3","5","5","But later, the people of Israel will return to Yahweh their God and be guided by him and by a king who is a descendant of King David. In the last/future days they will come to Yahweh, revering him and trembling in his presence, and he will bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_1","029_4_1","HOS","4","1","1","You Israeli people, listen to this message from Yahweh! He is accusing you people who live in this country, saying “The people are not faithfully doing what pleases me, they are not kind to others, and they do not even know me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_2","029_4_2","HOS","4","2","2","Everywhere in this land they curse others, they murder others, they steal, and they commit adultery. They act violently toward others and commit one murder after another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_3","029_4_3","HOS","4","3","3","It is because of their doing those things that there is no rain MTY, the land has become dry, the people are mourning, and the people are dying from hunger. Even the wild animals and the birds and the fish in the sea are dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_4","029_4_4","HOS","4","4","4","But no one should accuse someone else and say it is his fault. It is you priests whom I am accusing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_5","029_4_5","HOS","4","5","5","So I will punish MTY you priests, night and day, and I will punish the prophets with you. I am going to destroy Israel, the nation that is like MET a mother to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_6","029_4_6","HOS","4","6","6","It is because my people do not know about me that they will be destroyed. And their not knowing about me is because you priests have refused to teach them about me; so I will no longer allow you to be my priests. You have forgotten the things that I taught you, so I will forget to bless your children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_7","029_4_7","HOS","4","7","7","As there are more and more priests, they have sinned against me more and more. So I will no longer allow them to be honored; instead, I will cause them to be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_8","029_4_8","HOS","4","8","8","The priests get food from the offerings that the people bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned, so the priests want the people to sin more and more in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_9","029_4_9","HOS","4","9","9","The priests are as sinful as the other people, and I will punish all of them for what they have done; I will pay them back for the evil things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_10","029_4_10","HOS","4","10","10","The priests will eat, but they will still be hungry; they will have sex with prostitutes, but they will not have any children, because they have abandoned me, Yahweh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_11","029_4_11","HOS","4","11","11","and they are devoting themselves to sleeping with prostitutes, and to drinking old wine and new wine, which results in their not being able to think clearly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_12","029_4_12","HOS","4","12","12","“You my people request wooden idols to tell you what you should do! Like prostitutes who have left/abandoned their husbands, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_13","029_4_13","HOS","4","13","13","you have abandoned me your God, and you are chasing after other gods on the tops of hills and mountains; you burn incense under oak trees, poplar trees, and other trees where there is nice/pleasing shade. So your daughters have become prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law have committed adultery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_14","029_4_14","HOS","4","14","14","But it is not only your daughters whom I will punish for having become prostitutes, and it is not only your daughters-in-law whom I will punish for committing adultery, because the men also are having sex with prostitutes, and they offer sacrifices with the prostitutes who search for men at the shrines of the idols. They are all foolish people, and they will all be ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_15","029_4_15","HOS","4","15","15","You Israeli people have abandoned me like MET those who commit adultery have abandoned their spouses. But do not cause the people of Judah to sin also. Do not go to Gilgal or go up to Beth-Aven towns to worship idols there. Do not make solemn promises there, saying ‘Just as surely as Yahweh lives, I will do what I am promising.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_16","029_4_16","HOS","4","16","16","You people of Israel are as stubborn as SIM a young cow. So there is no way RHQ that I, Yahweh, will provide food for them like a shepherd provides food for his lambs by leading them to a nice meadow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_17","029_4_17","HOS","4","17","17","The people of Israel have chosen to worship idols MET, so allow them to do what they want to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_18","029_4_18","HOS","4","18","18","When their rulers finish drinking their wine, they go to find prostitutes; they love their disgraceful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS4_19","029_4_19","HOS","4","19","19","But they will disappear as though MET they were blown away by a whirlwind. They will become very ashamed because of their offering sacrifices to idols.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_1","029_5_1","HOS","5","1","1","“Listen, you priests! And you other Israeli people, you also pay attention! And you who are members of the king’s family, you also need to listen, because I am going to judge you! Your worshiping idols has been like MET a trap for the people at Mizpah town; it has been like MET a net spread out to catch people at Tabor Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_2","029_5_2","HOS","5","2","2","You have done many evil things, so I will punish all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_3","029_5_3","HOS","5","3","3","I know everything about the people of Israel; nothing that they have done is hidden from me. Because the people of Israel have given themselves to worshiping idols like MET prostitutes give themselves to the men they sleep with, they have become unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_4","029_5_4","HOS","5","4","4","Because they like to do evil things, they will not return to me, their God. Like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands MET, they have IDM abandoned MET me; they do not even know me, Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_5","029_5_5","HOS","5","5","5","It is as though their being proud testifies PRS against them. The sins that the people of Israel have committed are like a heavy load that causes them to stumble, and the people of Judah stumble with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_6","029_5_6","HOS","5","6","6","They will come to worship me, Yahweh, bringing their herds of sheep and cattle, but they will not be able to find me, because I have abandoned them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_7","029_5_7","HOS","5","7","7","They have abandoned me; and their children do not belong to me MET. So they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at the new moons because I will destroy them and the crops in their fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_8","029_5_8","HOS","5","8","8","Blow the rams’ horns in Gibeah town and blow the trumpets in Ramah town! Warn the people at Beth-Aven town; you warriors of the tribe of Benjamin, lead the troops into the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_9","029_5_9","HOS","5","9","9","Israel will be ruined on the day that I destroy them. What I am telling to the tribes of Israel will certainly happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_10","029_5_10","HOS","5","10","10","Because the leaders of Judah seized some land that belonged to Israel, they are like SIM those who move boundary markers to get more land for themselves; so I will punish them severely MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_11","029_5_11","HOS","5","11","11","And the people of Israel will suffer greatly when I punish them, because they are very determined to worship idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_12","029_5_12","HOS","5","12","12","I will destroy the people of Israel like SIM ◄larvae of moths/cockroaches► destroy wool, and I will cause the people of Judah to be like SIM rotten wood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_13","029_5_13","HOS","5","13","13","When the leaders of Israel and Judah saw that the people were suffering because of what their enemies were doing to them MET, they sent messages to the great King of Assyria requesting his help. But he cannot help you; he cannot cause you to stop suffering, because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_14","029_5_14","HOS","5","14","14","I will become like SIM a lion DOU to both nations; I will attack them and tear them to pieces. I will drag them away, and no one will be able to rescue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS5_15","029_5_15","HOS","5","15","15","After that, I will return to my place in heaven until they admit that they have sinned MTY and return to me; when they will experience many troubles, they will request me to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_1","029_6_1","HOS","6","1","1","The Israeli people say, “Come, let’s return to Yahweh! He has caused us to be injured, but he will heal us. He has caused us to be wounded, but it is as though he will put bandages on our wounds MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_2","029_6_2","HOS","6","2","2","After a very short time he will revive us; in less than three days he will restore us in order that we may live in his presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_3","029_6_3","HOS","6","3","3","We must try to know Yahweh; if we do that, he will come and help us, as surely as the sun rises every morning, as surely as rain falls every winter/cold season, and as surely as the rain falls again ◄in the springtime/at the end of the cold season►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_4","029_6_4","HOS","6","4","4","But Yahweh knows they are insincere; so he says to them, “You people of Israel, and you people of Judah, I do not know RHQ what I should do to you. Your being faithful to me will disappear as quickly as SIM the morning mist disappears, like SIM the dew on the ground that disappears quickly when the sun shines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_5","029_6_5","HOS","6","5","5","I warned HYP you by the messages that I gave to the prophets, but you did not pay attention to my messages. Therefore I will completely destroy you; the punishment that I give you will strike you like lightning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_6","029_6_6","HOS","6","6","6","I want my people to faithfully love me more than I want them to offer sacrifices to me; I want them to know me more than I want them to completely burn sacrifices on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_7","029_6_7","HOS","6","7","7","But they have refused to obey my agreement, just like Adam did; they have not been faithful to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_8","029_6_8","HOS","6","8","8","Gilead is a city full of people who do wicked things; in the streets are the bloody footprints of those who have murdered others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_9","029_6_9","HOS","6","9","9","The priests are like SIM bandits who wait ◄in ambushes/along the road► to attack people; they murder people who are walking on the road to Shechem, and they commit other disgraceful crimes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_10","029_6_10","HOS","6","10","10","I have seen horrible things being done in Israel MTY. The people have abandoned me like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands MET; so the people of Israel have become unacceptable to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS6_11","029_6_11","HOS","6","11","11","And you people of Judah, I have appointed a time when I will punish MET you, too. Whenever I wanted to enable my people to prosper again,” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_1","029_7_1","HOS","7","1","1","“and when I wanted to heal them again, I did not do it, because I saw the wicked things that the people of Samaria city and other places in Israel DOU have done. They constantly deceive others; bandits rob people in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_2","029_7_2","HOS","7","2","2","But they do not realize that I do not forget all the evil things that they do. It is as though they are surrounded by all the sins that they commit; and it is though those sins are always right in front of me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_3","029_7_3","HOS","7","3","3","Their king is delighted with the wicked things that the people do; his officials are happy about the people’s lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_4","029_7_4","HOS","7","4","4","The king and his officials are all treacherous. They are always eager to do wicked things; they are like SIM an oven that is very hot: a baker mixes the dough and waits for it to expand, and he does not need to cause the oven to become hotter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_5","029_7_5","HOS","7","5","5","The king and his officials get very drunk during their festivals, carousing with others who also do foolish things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_6","029_7_6","HOS","7","6","6","The officials angrily plan to murder the king; it is like SIM they have an oven in their inner beings. All during the night their eagerness/wanting to murder the king is like a fire that is smouldering, but in the morning it becomes like MET a roaring fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_7","029_7_7","HOS","7","7","7","All those officials are like MET hot flames that completely burn up their rulers, so all their kings are murdered, and no one pleads with me to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_8","029_7_8","HOS","7","8","8","“The leaders of Israel join with leaders of godless nations; so the leaders of Israel are as worthless as a pancake that is cooked on only one side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_9","029_7_9","HOS","7","9","9","Joining with the rulers of foreign nations has caused Israel to be a weak nation, but the Israelis do not realize that. Israel has become like  MET a gray-haired old man, but the people of Israel do not realize it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_10","029_7_10","HOS","7","10","10","Their being proud PRS testifies against them, but in spite of that, they do not return to me, Yahweh, their God, or even try to know me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_11","029_7_11","HOS","7","11","11","The people of Israel have become foolish and stupid like SIM doves. First they called out to Egypt to help them, and then they sought help from Assyria. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_12","029_7_12","HOS","7","12","12","But wherever they go to get help, I will not allow them to succeed; it will be as though MET I will throw a net over them like SIM a hunter uses a net to capture birds; I will punish them for the evil things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_13","029_7_13","HOS","7","13","13","Terrible things will happen to them because they abandoned/deserted me! They will be destroyed because they rebelled against me. I wanted to rescue them, but they tell lies about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_14","029_7_14","HOS","7","14","14","They do not cry out to me sincerely IDM; they only lie on their beds and wail. They gather together and ask me to give them grain and wine, but they turn away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_15","029_7_15","HOS","7","15","15","I trained/taught them and enabled them to become strong, but now they plan to do evil things to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS7_16","029_7_16","HOS","7","16","16","They have rejected me, their Great God, and turned to their god Baal; they are as useless as SIM a crooked bow. Their leaders boast that they are very strong, but they will be killed by their enemies’ swords. As a result, the people of Egypt will laugh at them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_1","029_8_1","HOS","8","1","1","Yahweh said to me, “Blow MTY your trumpet to warn the people! My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them, and they have rebelled against obeying my laws. Therefore, their enemies are swooping down on my people’s country like SIM an eagle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_2","029_8_2","HOS","8","2","2","My Israeli people cry out to me, ‘Our God, we know that you are our God!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_3","029_8_3","HOS","8","3","3","But because the Israeli people have rejected what is good, their enemies will pursue them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_4","029_8_4","HOS","8","4","4","The Israel people appointed their last three kings, but they did not ask me if I agreed to what they were doing. They chose their own leaders without asking if I would approve of them. They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols, and doing that led them to be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_5","029_8_5","HOS","8","5","5","You people of Samaria, throw away your idol that resembles a calf! I am extremely angry with you people! How long RHQ will you do things that cause you to be unacceptable to me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_6","029_8_6","HOS","8","6","6","Someone in Israel made that idol for you; but I am God and it is not. So that idol of a calf in Samaria must be smashed to pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_7","029_8_7","HOS","8","7","7","The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like MET trying to plant wind; but what they harvest will be like MET a whirlwind. So the grain that they planted will have no heads on the stalks, and as a result there will be no grain from which to make flour. And if it did produce good grain, foreigners would come and steal it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_8","029_8_8","HOS","8","8","8","The people of Israel will be defeated MET by their enemies; they will be scattered among other nations and become worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_9","029_8_9","HOS","8","9","9","Like MET donkeys that are looking for mates, they have requested help from Assyria; they paid money to the leaders of Assyria in order to persuade those leaders to protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_10","029_8_10","HOS","8","10","10","But although they have agreed to pay money each year to the leaders of those countries, I will soon gather them together to punish them. The great King of Assyria will cause them to suffer greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_11","029_8_11","HOS","8","11","11","Although the people of Israel built many altars to present offerings to their idols to take away their guilt for sinning, those altars have become places where they commit more sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_12","029_8_12","HOS","8","12","12","I wrote many laws for them, but they disregarded them, saying that they did not have to obey them because they were different from laws that they had known previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_13","029_8_13","HOS","8","13","13","They offer sacrifices to me, and they eat some of the meat of those sacrifices, which is what I permitted them to do. But I, Yahweh, am not pleased with those sacrifices. I remember the evil things that they have done, and I will punish them for the sins that they have committed: I will force them to go to other countries and become slaves like they were MET in Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS8_14","029_8_14","HOS","8","14","14","The people of Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their nation; they have built palaces, and the people of Judah have built walls around many towns. But I will send a fire that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_1","029_9_1","HOS","9","1","1","You people of Israel, do not shout joyfully during your festivals like people of other nations do! I say that because you have ◄not been faithful to/abandoned► me, your God. At every place where the people thresh grain you have presented gifts to your idols like men pay money to prostitutes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_2","029_9_2","HOS","9","2","2","But soon there will not be enough grain MTY, PRS and wine MTY, PRS for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_3","029_9_3","HOS","9","3","3","And you people will not remain in the land that I, Yahweh, gave to your ancestors. You will be captured and taken to Assyria, where you will become slaves like your ancestors were in Egypt; and in Assyria you will be forced to eat food that Yahweh has forbidden you to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_4","029_9_4","HOS","9","4","4","You Israelis will not be able to give wine offerings to him, or bring sacrifices to him. None of your other sacrifices will please him; they will be unacceptable to him, like SIM food that is touched by people at funerals, and everyone who eats that food will become unacceptable to him. They will be permitted to eat that food themselves, but they will not be permitted to bring it into the temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_5","029_9_5","HOS","9","5","5","At that time you will not RHQ be able to celebrate the feasts and sacred festivals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_6","029_9_6","HOS","9","6","6","And even if you escape and are not killed by the Assyrians, you will be captured by the army of Egypt, and you will die and be buried in Memphis, the capital of Egypt. Briers will grow up and cover your treasures of silver, and thorns will grow in your ruined tents/houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_7","029_9_7","HOS","9","7","7","It is now the time for Yahweh to punish you, to pay you back for all the sins that you have committed. You people will soon know that. You have committed very many sins, and you very much hate Yahweh. You consider that the prophets are foolish, and you think that those who proclaim messages from him are crazy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_8","029_9_8","HOS","9","8","8","My God appointed me and the other prophets to be like MET watchmen to warn you people of Israel, but everywhere that we go, it is as though people set traps for us and people are hostile to us, even in the temple of our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_9","029_9_9","HOS","9","9","9","The sins that the Israeli people have committed are as awful as what the men of Gibeah did long ago; so God will not forget the wicked things that they have done; he will punish the Israelis for all those sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_10","029_9_10","HOS","9","10","10","Yahweh says, “When I first started to do things to help Israel, it seemed to me as though SIM I had found grapes in the desert. Your ancestors were delightful, like SIM the first figs that grow on fig trees each year. But when they came to Peor Mountain, they worshiped that disgusting idol Baal, and they became as disgusting as the idol that they loved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_11","029_9_11","HOS","9","11","11","The things that cause Israel to be great will disappear like SIM a bird that flies away; most of their women will not become pregnant DOU or give birth to children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_12","029_9_12","HOS","9","12","12","Even if their children are born and start to grow up, I will cause all of them to die while they are still young. Terrible things will happen to them when I abandon them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_13","029_9_13","HOS","9","13","13","I have seen Israel become beautiful and prosperous like Tyre city was before it was destroyed, but now the people of Israel will be forced to take their children to be slaughtered by their enemies.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_14","029_9_14","HOS","9","14","14","Yahweh, I do not know RHQ what I should ask for my people. So I ask that you do this one thing: Cause the women who are pregnant to have miscarriages and unable to nurse their babies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_15","029_9_15","HOS","9","15","15","Yahweh says, “Because of all the wicked things that my people did at Gilgal, that is where I started to hate them. And now, because of all the sinful things that they have done, I will expel them from my country. I will not love them any longer; all their leaders rebel against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_16","029_9_16","HOS","9","16","16","Israel is like MET a grapevine that is dried up; like a vine MET whose roots are withered and that produces no fruit. Even if the women of Israel give birth to more children, I will cause those children, whom they love, to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS9_17","029_9_17","HOS","9","17","17","The people of Israel have not obeyed me, their God, so I will reject them. As a result, they will wander among the other nations, searching for a place to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_1","029_10_1","HOS","10","1","1","“Israel was like a large healthy/luxuriant vine MET that produced a lot of grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars at which to worship idols. As the people prospered, they built and decorated sacred pillars that they worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_2","029_10_2","HOS","10","2","2","They are deceitful; so now they are guilty and must be punished. I, Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_3","029_10_3","HOS","10","3","3","Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no longer have a king. But even if we had a king, he certainly could not RHQ do anything to help us.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_4","029_10_4","HOS","10","4","4","They falsely promise that they will do many things; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue each other in the courts; they are like SIM poisonous weeds that grow in a plowed field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_5","029_10_5","HOS","10","5","5","The people who live in Samaria city are worried about what may happen to the idol that resembles a calf that they set up at Beth-Aven town. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it if it is damaged or destroyed. Previously they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_6","029_10_6","HOS","10","6","6","It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King of Assyria. So the people of Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because they trusted in that idol. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_7","029_10_7","HOS","10","7","7","The King of Samaria and the other people in Samaria will be gone; they will be like SIM a twig that floats away on the surface of the water and disappears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_8","029_10_8","HOS","10","8","8","The altars on the tops of hills where the people worshiped idols will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall down and cover us to protect us from God punishing us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_9","029_10_9","HOS","10","9","9","You people of Israel, ever since your ancestors did evil things at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. When the people at PRS Gibeah did evil things, the result was a war in which thousands of people died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_10","029_10_10","HOS","10","10","10","So now, when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, the armies of other  nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_11","029_10_11","HOS","10","11","11","Israel is like MET a well-trained ◄heifer/young cow► that likes to thresh grain. So now you will become slaves. It will be as though I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. You people of Israel and Judah will be forced to go to Assyria; there you DOU will pull plows to break up the ground for planting seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_12","029_10_12","HOS","10","12","12","You plow your fields and plant your seeds and harvest your crops MET, but what you need to do is to act righteously and to faithfully love me; you need to repent MET, because it is time to try to know me, Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out MET many blessings on you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_13","029_10_13","HOS","10","13","13","You plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them; but what I consider that you have really done is that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten MET the results IDM of the lies that you have told. Instead of trusting in me, you have ◄depended on/trusted in► your own power and in your many soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_14","029_10_14","HOS","10","14","14","As a result, you will soon hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like SIM Shalman’s army destroyed Beth-Arbel city in a battle, and the women in that city and their children were bashed to death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS10_15","029_10_15","HOS","10","15","15","You people of APO Bethel city, that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises on that day, the King of Israel will be killed in the battle.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_1","029_11_1","HOS","11","1","1","“Before the Israeli people became a nation MET, I loved them like a man loves his son, and I called them out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_2","029_11_2","HOS","11","2","2","But while I continued to call them, they continued to turn away from me more and more. They offered sacrifices to their statues of Baal, and they burned incense to honor them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_3","029_11_3","HOS","11","3","3","The people of Israel were like a little boy MET, and it was as though it was I who taught them to walk, holding them by their hands. But they did not realize that it was I who was taking care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_4","029_11_4","HOS","11","4","4","It was as though I fastened ropes around them to lead them, while I loved them and was kind to them. It was as though they were young oxen MET, and I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_5","029_11_5","HOS","11","5","5","But the people of Israel will become slaves again, like they were in Egypt, and the people of Assyria will RHQ rule over them, because the people of Israel refused to repent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_6","029_11_6","HOS","11","6","6","Their enemies will use their swords to attack the cities in Israel and will destroy the bars in the gates of the city walls. As a result, the people of Israeli will not be able to accomplish the things that they planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_7","029_11_7","HOS","11","7","7","My people are determined to ◄turn away from/abandon► me. They say that I am the great all-powerful God, but they do not honor me at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_8","029_11_8","HOS","11","8","8","You people of Israel, I certainly do not want to RHQ abandon you and allow your enemies to capture you. I do not RHQ want to act toward you like I acted toward Admah and Zeboiim, cities that I completely destroyed when I destroyed Sodom. I SYN have changed my mind about punishing you; my desire to pity you has increased. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_9","029_11_9","HOS","11","9","9","Although I am extremely angry, I do not want to punish you severely; I do not want to ◄devastate/completely ruin► Israel. Humans would easily decide to do that, but I am God, not a human. I, the Holy One, am with you; although I am very angry with you, I will not destroy you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_10","029_11_10","HOS","11","10","10","You will follow me when I roar like SIM a lion; when I roar, some of you my children will tremble as you return to Israel from the islands and seacoasts toward the west. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_11","029_11_11","HOS","11","11","11","Some of you will come swiftly from Egypt like a flock of birds; others will return from Assyria, like doves. I will enable you to live in your homes in Israel again. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS11_12","029_11_12","HOS","11","12","12","Yahweh says, “The people of Israel have ◄surrounded me with lies/constantly told lies to me►. And the people of Judah have also  turned/rebelled against me, their God, the Holy One who always does what I promise to do, and the people of Judah worship other gods.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_1","029_12_1","HOS","12","1","1","The leaders of Israel are constantly wavering about seeking help from other countries. Seeking their help is as useless as MET chasing the wind. They pile up their lies and violent acts. First, they make a treaty with Assyria, and then they send olive oil to the rulers of  Egypt to seek their help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_2","029_12_2","HOS","12","2","2","Yahweh says that he will bring accusations against the leaders of Judah, and that he will punish the descendants of Jacob for what they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_3","029_12_3","HOS","12","3","3","When Jacob was in his mother’s womb, he grabbed his brother Esau’s heel because he wanted to be born first. When Jacob grew up, he wrestled with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_4","029_12_4","HOS","12","4","4","He struggled with the one who had appeared to him in the form of an angel, and Jacob defeated him, but then he cried and asked the angel to bless him. Later, God came to Jacob at Bethel and talked with him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_5","029_12_5","HOS","12","5","5","That was the Commander of the armies of angels whose name is Yahweh who talked with him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_6","029_12_6","HOS","12","6","6","But you people of Israel must return to your God! You must faithfully love him, and you must do what is fair/just and always depend on him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_7","029_12_7","HOS","12","7","7","The merchants among you use scales that do not weigh correctly; they love/like to cheat people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_8","029_12_8","HOS","12","8","8","The people of Israel boast, saying “We are very rich DOU; and we got all that money by our own efforts, and without committing any sin.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_9","029_12_9","HOS","12","9","9","“I am Yahweh your God, the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt. And some day I will force you to live in tents again like your ancestors did when they celebrated the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_10","029_12_10","HOS","12","10","10","Many times I spoke to the prophets, and I gave them many visions, and I gave them parables to tell to the people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_11","029_12_11","HOS","12","11","11","The people of Gilead city are RHQ extremely wicked; they are worthless. The people sacrifice bulls in Gilgal city, but their altars will soon become like SIM piles of stone at the edge of a plowed field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_12","029_12_12","HOS","12","12","12","Your ancestor Jacob fled from his brother Esau and went to northwest Mesopotamia. He worked for his uncle Laban for many years to get a wife; he took care of his uncle’s sheep to pay for her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_13","029_12_13","HOS","12","13","13","Many years later, Yahweh enabled a prophet to bring the ancestors of you people of Israel here from Egypt; that prophet, Moses, took care of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS12_14","029_12_14","HOS","12","14","14","But now the people of Israel have caused Yahweh to become very angry; Yahweh says that they deserve to die because they caused many others to die MTY; he will pay them back for the sins that they have committed against him and for insulting him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_1","029_13_1","HOS","13","1","1","Previously, when the leaders of Israel spoke, the people trembled; those leaders were highly respected by the Israeli people. But the people sinned greatly by worshiping Baal, so now they will be killed by their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_2","029_13_2","HOS","13","2","2","Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves and coat the idols with their silver. Those idols are statues that are very cleverly made, but those statues are made by mere humans. But the people are told, “Kiss those idols that resemble a calf, and offer sacrifices to them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_3","029_13_3","HOS","13","3","3","Therefore, those people will disappear quickly like SIM the morning mist or the dew that lies on the ground early in the morning; they will disappear like SIM chaff that is blown away from where the wheat is threshed, like SIM smoke that goes out of a chimney. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_4","029_13_4","HOS","13","4","4","But Yahweh says to his people, “I am Yahweh, your God, the one who brought your ancestors out of Egypt. You must believe that only I am God and that there is no other God, and that there is no one else who can save you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_5","029_13_5","HOS","13","5","5","I took care of your ancestors when they were in the desert, where it was extremely hot and dry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_6","029_13_6","HOS","13","6","6","When I provided food for them, their stomachs were full, and they were satisfied. But then they became proud and they forgot about me, and you are like your ancestors! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_7","029_13_7","HOS","13","7","7","So I will attack you like SIM a lion attacks other animals; I will be like SIM a leopard that waits beside the road to attack another animal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_8","029_13_8","HOS","13","8","8","Like SIM a female bear attacks anyone that steals her cubs, I will attack you Israelis and rip you open. I will completely destroy you like SIM lions or other wild animals tear apart the animals that they catch and devour them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_9","029_13_9","HOS","13","9","9","You people of Israel, you will be destroyed because you oppose me, the only one who ◄can help/helps► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_10","029_13_10","HOS","13","10","10","You have a king; ◄why is he unable to save you?/but he is unable to save you.► RHQ You have RHQ rulers in all your towns, but they are not helping you, either. Your ancestors said, ‘Appoint for us a king and other leaders to rule over us like the other nations have!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_11","029_13_11","HOS","13","11","11","I was angry with them for requesting that, but I appointed a king to rule over them. But later I became very angry with them again, so I took their king away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_12","029_13_12","HOS","13","12","12","I have written on a scroll a record of the sins that have been committed by you people of Israel, and I have stored away that record. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_13","029_13_13","HOS","13","13","13","You people are not wise; and now you are helpless. You are like MET a woman who is having birth pains but who is unable to give birth to the baby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_14","029_13_14","HOS","13","14","14","I certainly will not RHQ save you from being killed and from going to the place where the dead people are. I will RHQ cause you to be afflicted by plagues and to die and be buried in graves. I will not be merciful to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_15","029_13_15","HOS","13","15","15","Even if you people of Israel prosper more than the nearby nations do, the army of Assyria will come like MET an east wind that blows from the desert; the springs and wells in Israel will become dry; and your enemies will take away all your valuable possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS13_16","029_13_16","HOS","13","16","16","You people of Samaria must be punished because you have rebelled against me, your God. You will be killed by your enemies’ swords; your little children will be killed by being dashed/thrown to the ground; the bellies ofpregnant women among you will be ripped open.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_1","029_14_1","HOS","14","1","1","You people of Israel, return to Yahweh our God. You are being punished because of the sins which you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_2","029_14_2","HOS","14","2","2","So now return to Yahweh and say MTY this to him: “Forgive us for all the sins that we have committed, and kindly accept ◄us/our sacrifices► in order that we may thank/praise you IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_3","029_14_3","HOS","14","3","3","We admit that Assyria will not save us, and our war horses will not save us, either. We will never again say, ‘You are our gods’ to the idols that we SYN have made. You are the one who acts mercifully to orphans.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_4","029_14_4","HOS","14","4","4","Yahweh says, “If they say that to me, I will forgive them for having ◄turned away from/abandoned► me, and I will love them with all my inner being, because I PRS will have stopped being angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_5","029_14_5","HOS","14","5","5","I will be to the people of Israel like dew that refreshes the soil. When I do that, they will become as delightful as MET lilies are when they are blooming. No one will be able to conquer them; they will be as unmovable as SIM the roots of cedar trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_6","029_14_6","HOS","14","6","6","Their good influence will spread like MET the branches of a tree. They will be like SIM beautiful olive trees, and they will be as delightful as SIM the aroma of the cedar trees in Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_7","029_14_7","HOS","14","7","7","People will come to them to be protected like people are protected from the hot sun by being MET in the shade of a tree. They will ◄flourish/be strong► like SIM grain that grows well. They will be successful like a vineyard in which grapes grow abundantly. They will become as famous/well-known as SIM the wines from Lebanon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_8","029_14_8","HOS","14","8","8","You people of Israel, do not RHQ have anything more to do with idols; if you get rid of your idols, I will answer your prayers and take care of you. I am like MET a strong/green pine tree, and your blessings come from me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HS14_9","029_14_9","HOS","14","9","9","Those who are wise will understand the things about which I have written. Those who think well will pay careful attention to them. The things that Yahweh wants us to do MET are right; righteous people will conduct their lives adhering to them. But those who rebel against Yahweh will be ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_1","030_1_1","JOL","1","1","1","I am Joel, the son of Pethuel. This is a message that Yahweh gave to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_2","030_1_2","JOL","1","2","2","You leaders of Israel, and everyone else who lives in this country, listen to this message! Nothing RHQ like this has ever happened during the time that we have lived or the time when our ancestors lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_3","030_1_3","JOL","1","3","3","Tell your children about it, and tell your children to tell it to their children, and tell your grandchildren to tell it to their children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_4","030_1_4","JOL","1","4","4","I am talking about the locusts that have eaten our crops. The first swarm of locusts came and cut many of the leaves of the crops; then another swarm came and ate the rest of the leaves, then another swarm came hopping along, and finally another swarm came and they destroyed everything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_5","030_1_5","JOL","1","5","5","You people who are drunk, wake up! Wake up and wail loudly, because all the grapes are ruined, and so there will be no new wine MTY! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_6","030_1_6","JOL","1","6","6","Huge swarms of locusts have entered our country. They are like MET a powerful army that has very many soldiers, with the result that no one can count them. The locusts have teeth that are as sharp as the teeth of lions DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_7","030_1_7","JOL","1","7","7","They have destroyed our grapevines and our fig trees by stripping off and eating all the bark, with the result that the branches are white and ◄bare/have no leaves on them►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_8","030_1_8","JOL","1","8","8","Cry like SIM a young woman cries when the young man to whom she was ◄engaged/promised to marry► has died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_9","030_1_9","JOL","1","9","9","There is no grain or wine for us to offer as sacrifices at the temple, so the priests who serve Yahweh are mourning/weeping. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_10","030_1_10","JOL","1","10","10","The crops in the fields have been ruined; it is as though PRS the ground is mourning. The grain has been destroyed, there are no grapes to make wine, and there is no more olive  oil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_11","030_1_11","JOL","1","11","11","You farmers, grieve! You who take care of grapevines, wail, because the grain has been destroyed; there is no wheat or barley growing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_12","030_1_12","JOL","1","12","12","The grapevines and the fig trees have withered, and the pomegranate trees and palm trees and apricot trees have also dried up. The people are no longer joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_13","030_1_13","JOL","1","13","13","You priests, put on rough sack clothes and wail. You who serve God by offering sacrifices on the altar, wear those rough sack clothes all night to show that you are mourning, because there is no grain or wine to be offered at the temple of your God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_14","030_1_14","JOL","1","14","14","Tell the people that they should ◄fast/abstain from eating food►. Tell the leaders and the other people to gather at the temple and to cry out to Yahweh there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_15","030_1_15","JOL","1","15","15","Terrible things are happening to us! It will soon be the time when Yahweh, who is the Almighty God, will really punish us, when he will cause us to experience more disasters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_16","030_1_16","JOL","1","16","16","Our crops are already gone, and no one is rejoicing at all DOU at the temple of our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_17","030_1_17","JOL","1","17","17","When we plant seeds, they do not grow; they dry up in the ground, so there are no crops to harvest. Our barns/storehouses are empty; there is no grain to store in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_18","030_1_18","JOL","1","18","18","Our cattle groan, searching for a pasture with some grass to eat, and the sheep bleat because they are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_19","030_1_19","JOL","1","19","19","Yahweh, I cry out to you, because our pastures and our forests have dried up in the hot sunshine MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL1_20","030_1_20","JOL","1","20","20","It is as though even the wild animals cry out to you because all the streams have dried up. The rivers and streams are all dry, and the grass in the pastures is all parched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_1","030_2_1","JOL","2","1","1","Blow trumpets on Zion Hill, God’s sacred hill in Jerusalem! Tell the people of Judah that they should tremble, because it will soon be the time for Yahweh to punish us further. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_2","030_2_2","JOL","2","2","2","That will be a very dark and gloomy day; there will be black clouds and it will be very dark. A huge swarm of locusts has covered the mountains like SIM a black cloud. Nothing like this has ever happened before, and nothing like this will ever happen again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_3","030_2_3","JOL","2","3","3","It is as though the locusts bring flames of fire from which no one can escape. In front of them, the land was beautiful like SIM the garden of Eden, but behind them the land is like a desert and nothing survives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_4","030_2_4","JOL","2","4","4","The locusts resemble horses, and they run like SIM war horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_5","030_2_5","JOL","2","5","5","Leaping over the mountaintops, they make a noise like rumbling chariots, like SIM a mighty army that is preparing for a battle, or like SIM the roar of a fire that burns up stubble in a field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_6","030_2_6","JOL","2","6","6","When people see them coming, they become very pale and frightened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_7","030_2_7","JOL","2","7","7","The locusts climb over walls like soldiers do; they march along in columns and never turn aside from their columns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_8","030_2_8","JOL","2","8","8","They rush straight ahead without pushing each other. Even though people throw spears and javelins at them, that will not cause them to stop. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_9","030_2_9","JOL","2","9","9","They swarm over the city walls and enter our houses; they enter through our windows like SIM thieves do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_10","030_2_10","JOL","2","10","10","It is as though they cause the earth to shake and the sky to tremble. The sun and the moon become dark and the stars do not shine because there are so many locusts in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_11","030_2_11","JOL","2","11","11","Yahweh leads this army of countless locusts, and they obey his commands. This time when he is judging and punishing us is very terrible, with the result that it seems that no one RHQ can survive it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_12","030_2_12","JOL","2","12","12","But Yahweh says, “In spite of these disasters that you have experienced, you can return to me with all your inner beings. Weep, and mourn, and ◄fast/abstain from eating food► to show that you are sorry for having abandoned me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_13","030_2_13","JOL","2","13","13","Do not tear your clothes to show that you are sorry; instead, show MET that you are sorry.” Yahweh is merciful and kind; he does not quickly become angry; he faithfully loves people. He does not quickly become angry; instead, he greatly and faithfully loves you, and he does not like to punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_14","030_2_14","JOL","2","14","14","No one knows RHQ if he will change his mind about punishing you and if instead he will act mercifully toward you. If he does that, he will bless you by giving you plenty of grain and wine in order that you can offer some of  those things as sacrifices to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_15","030_2_15","JOL","2","15","15","Blow the trumpets on Zion Hill! Gather the people together! Show by fasting that you are sorry for the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_16","030_2_16","JOL","2","16","16","Perform the rituals to cause yourselves to be acceptable to Yahweh. Gather everyone together— the old people and the children, even the babies, and summon brides and bridegrooms from their rooms. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_17","030_2_17","JOL","2","17","17","Tell the priests who serve Yahweh to cry between the altar and the entrance to the temple and to pray this: “Yahweh, rescue/save us your people; do not allow people from other nations to despise us; do not allow them to ridicule us and say, ‘Why has RHQ their God abandoned them?’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_18","030_2_18","JOL","2","18","18","But Yahweh showed that he was concerned about his people and that he would act mercifully toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_19","030_2_19","JOL","2","19","19","When the people prayed, Yahweh answered and said, “I will give you plenty of grain and wine and olive oil, and you will be satisfied. And I will no longer allow other nations to insult you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_20","030_2_20","JOL","2","20","20","Another army of locusts will come from the north to attack you, but I will force them to continue past Jerusalem into the desert. Some will go into the Dead Sea in the east and some will go into the Mediterranean Sea in the west. There they will all die, and their bodies will stink.” Yahweh does great things! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_21","030_2_21","JOL","2","21","21","He does wonderful things! So even the ground should rejoice! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_22","030_2_22","JOL","2","22","22","And the wild animals should not be afraid, because the meadows will soon become green again; the fig trees and other trees will be full of fruit, and the grapevines will be covered with grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_23","030_2_23","JOL","2","23","23","You people of Jerusalem, rejoice about what Yahweh, your God, will be doing for you. He will send abundant rain at the ◄right time/time when it is needed►— ◄in the spring/early in the year► and ◄in the autumn/late in the year► like he did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_24","030_2_24","JOL","2","24","24","The ground where you thresh the grain will be covered with grain, and your vats where you store grape juice and olive oil will be full. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_25","030_2_25","JOL","2","25","25","Yahweh said, “I will repay you for everything that was destroyed by those great swarms of locusts that I sent to attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_26","030_2_26","JOL","2","26","26","You, my people, will eat until your stomachs are full. Then you will praise me MTY, Yahweh, your God, for the wonderful things that I have done for you. And never again will you be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_27","030_2_27","JOL","2","27","27","When that happens, you will know that I am always among you, and that I am Yahweh, your God, and that there is no other God. Never again will you be disgraced.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_28","030_2_28","JOL","2","28","28","“Some time later, I will give my Spirit to many HYP people. Your sons and daughters will proclaim messages that come directly from me. Your old men will have dreams that come from me, and your young men will have visions that come from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_29","030_2_29","JOL","2","29","29","At that time, I will give my Spirit even to servants, both men and women. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_30","030_2_30","JOL","2","30","30","I will do unusual/amazing things on the earth and in the sky. On the earth CHI, there will be much blood shed and there will be very large fires and smoke that resembles huge clouds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_31","030_2_31","JOL","2","31","31","In the sky, the sun will become dark and the moon will become as red as MET blood. Those things will happen before that great and terrible day when I, Yahweh, appear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL2_32","030_2_32","JOL","2","32","32","But at that time I will save everyone who worships me. I promise that some people in Jerusalem DOU will escape those disasters; those whom I have chosen will survive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_1","030_3_1","JOL","3","1","1","Yahweh says this: “At that time DOU, I will enable the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah to prosper again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_2","030_3_2","JOL","3","2","2","Then in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together the people of all the other nations; I will judge and punish them because they scattered my Israeli people and forced them to go to other countries. They divided up my land ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_3","030_3_3","JOL","3","3","3","and they ◄threw marked stones/cast lots► to determine who would get each of my people. Then they sold some of the Israeli boys and girls to get money to pay for prostitutes and wine to drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_4","030_3_4","JOL","3","4","4","You people of APO Tyre and Sidon cities and you people of the Philistia region, I certainly have not RHQ done anything to harm you! So if you are trying to get revenge on me, I will very quickly get revenge on you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_5","030_3_5","JOL","3","5","5","You have taken the silver and gold and other valuable things from my temple and put them in your temples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_6","030_3_6","JOL","3","6","6","You dragged away the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_7","030_3_7","JOL","3","7","7","But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_8","030_3_8","JOL","3","8","8","Then I will cause some of your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And some of them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. That will certainly happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_9","030_3_9","JOL","3","9","9","Proclaim to the people of all nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_10","030_3_10","JOL","3","10","10","Take your plows and make swords from them, and take your pruning knives and make spears from them. Even the weak people must also be like MET strong soldiers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_11","030_3_11","JOL","3","11","11","All you people from the nations that are near Judah must come quickly and gather in the Valley of Judgment.” But Yahweh, when that happens, send your army of angels to attack them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_12","030_3_12","JOL","3","12","12","The people in the nations near Judah must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There Yahweh will sit and judge and punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_13","030_3_13","JOL","3","13","13","They are like MET crops that are ready to be harvested; so strike them like MET a farmer swings his sickle to cut the grain. They are like MET grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed; because they are very wicked, punish them severely MET now, like MET a farmer tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_14","030_3_14","JOL","3","14","14","There will be huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_15","030_3_15","JOL","3","15","15","At that time there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_16","030_3_16","JOL","3","16","16","From Zion Hill in Jerusalem Yahweh will shout, and his voice will be like thunder, and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake. But Yahweh will protect MET his people; he will be like MET a strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_17","030_3_17","JOL","3","17","17","Yahweh says, “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred city, and soldiers from other countries will never conquer it again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_18","030_3_18","JOL","3","18","18","At that time, there will be vineyards covering MTY the hills, and your cattle and goats on those hills will produce plenty of milk. The streams in Judah will never dry up. And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley northeast of the Dead Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_19","030_3_19","JOL","3","19","19","The armies of Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah and killed MTY many people who had not done anything that was wrong. So now those countries will become deserts, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_20","030_3_20","JOL","3","20","20","but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and in other places in Judea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JL3_21","030_3_21","JOL","3","21","21","I, Yahweh, live on Zion Hill in Jerusalem, and I will get revenge on the people of Egypt and Edom who killed MTY many of my people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_1","031_1_1","AMO","1","1","1","This is the message that Yahweh gave to me, Amos. I am a ◄shepherd/man who takes care of sheep►. I am from near Tekoa town south of Jerusalem. I received this message about Israel in a vision two years before the big earthquake. It was when Uzziah was the king of Judah, and Jeroboam, the son of King Jehoash, was the king of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_2","031_1_2","AMO","1","2","2","This is what Yahweh said: “I will roar like a lion MET; when I speak from Zion Hill in Jerusalem DOU, my voice will resemble the sound of thunder. When that happens, the pastures where you shepherds take care of your sheep will dry up, and the grass on top of Carmel Mountain will ◄wither/become brown► because I will cause that no rain will fall.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_3","031_1_3","AMO","1","3","3","This is also what Yahweh said to me: “I will punish the people of Damascus, the capital of Syria, because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them MTY, because the cruel things that they did to the people of the Gilead region were like MET people threshing grain using sledges that have ◄iron teeth/sharp iron nails► in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_4","031_1_4","AMO","1","4","4","I will cause a fire to burn the palace that King Hazael built and lived in, the fortress where his son King Ben-Hadad also lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_5","031_1_5","AMO","1","5","5","I will cause the gates of Damascus to be broken down; I will get rid of the king who rules in Aven Valley and the one who rules in Beth Eden. And the people of Syria will be captured and taken to the Kir region where they originally lived.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_6","031_1_6","AMO","1","6","6","Yahweh also said this to me: “I will punish the people of the cities in Philistia: I will punish the people of Gaza city because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they captured large groups of people and took them to Edom and sold them to become the slaves of the people of Edom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_7","031_1_7","AMO","1","7","7","I will cause a fire to completely burn the walls of Gaza and also destroy its fortresses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_8","031_1_8","AMO","1","8","8","I will get rid of the king of Ashdod city and the king who rules MTY in Ashkelon city. I will also strike/punish the people of Ekron city, and all the people of Philistia who are still alive will be killed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_9","031_1_9","AMO","1","9","9","Yahweh also said this to me: “I will punish the people of Tyre city because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they also captured large groups of our people and took them to Edom, disregarding the treaty of friendship that they had made with your rulers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_10","031_1_10","AMO","1","10","10","So I will cause a fire to completely burn the walls of Tyre and also destroy its fortresses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_11","031_1_11","AMO","1","11","11","Yahweh also said this to me: “I will punish the people of Edom because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they pursued the people of Israel, who descended from Esau’s brother Jacob, and killed them with swords; they did not act mercifully toward them at all. They were extremely angry with the people of Israel, and they continued to be angry with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_12","031_1_12","AMO","1","12","12","I will cause a fire to burn Teman district in Edom and completely burn the fortresses of Bozrah, the biggest city in Edom.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_13","031_1_13","AMO","1","13","13","Yahweh also said this to me: “I will punish the people of Ammon because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because their soldiers even ripped open the bellies of pregnant women when their army attacked the Gilead region to gain more territory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_14","031_1_14","AMO","1","14","14","I will cause a fire to completely burn the walls around Rabbah city and completely burn its fortresses. During that battle, their enemies will shout loudly and the fighting will be like MET a fierce/raging wind/storm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM1_15","031_1_15","AMO","1","15","15","After the battle, the king of Ammon and his officials will be ◄exiled/forced to go to another country►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_1","031_2_1","AMO","2","1","1","Yahweh also said this: “I will punish the people of Moab because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they dug up the bones of the king of Edom and burned them completely, with the result that the ashes became as white as lime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_2","031_2_2","AMO","2","2","2","So I will cause a fire to completely burn the fortresses of Kerioth city in Moab. People will hear soldiers shouting and blowing trumpets loudly while I am causing Moab to be destroyed ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_3","031_2_3","AMO","2","3","3","and while I am getting rid of its king and all its leaders. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_4","031_2_4","AMO","2","4","4","Yahweh also said this: “I will also punish the people of Judah because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they have rejected what I taught them and they have not obeyed my commands. They have been deceived and persuaded to worship false gods, the same gods that their ancestors worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_5","031_2_5","AMO","2","5","5","So I will cause a fire to completely burn everything in Judah, including the fortresses in Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_6","031_2_6","AMO","2","6","6","Yahweh also said this: “I will punish the people of Israel because of the many sins that they have committed; I will not change my mind about punishing them, because they sell righteous people to get a small amount of silver; they sell poor people, causing them to become slaves, getting for each of them only the amount of money with which they could buy a pair of sandals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_7","031_2_7","AMO","2","7","7","It is as though they trample the poor people into the dirt and do not allow those who are helpless to be treated fairly. Men and their fathers dishonor me MTY by both having sex EUP with the same slave girl. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_8","031_2_8","AMO","2","8","8","When poor people borrow money, the lenders force those people to give to them a piece of clothing for them to keep until he can pay back the money. But at the end of each day, instead of returning that garment as Yahweh had commanded them to, they lie down on that garment at the places where they worship their gods! They fine people, and with that money they buy wine and drink it in the temples of their gods! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_9","031_2_9","AMO","2","9","9","Long ago, to assist your ancestors, I got rid of the Amor people-group. They seemed to be as tall as cedar trees and as strong as oak trees, but I got rid of them completely, as easily as someone cuts off MET the branches of a tree and then digs out all its roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_10","031_2_10","AMO","2","10","10","I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and then I led them through the desert for 40 years. And then I enabled them to conquer/possess the Amor area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_11","031_2_11","AMO","2","11","11","I chose some of you Israelis to be prophets, and I chose others to be Nazir-men who were completely dedicated to me. You people of Israel certainly RHQ know that what I have said is true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_12","031_2_12","AMO","2","12","12","But you commanded the prophets to not speak the messages that I gave to them, and you persuaded the Nazir-men to drink wine, which I told them never to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_13","031_2_13","AMO","2","13","13","So I will crush you like SIM the wheels of a wagon that is loaded with grain crushes whatever it rolls over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_14","031_2_14","AMO","2","14","14","Even if you run fast, you will not escape; even if you are strong, it will be as though you are weak, and warriors will be unable to save themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_15","031_2_15","AMO","2","15","15","Even if you are able to shoot arrows well, you will be forced to retreat LIT; even if you run fast or if you ride away on a horse, you will not be able to save yourself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM2_16","031_2_16","AMO","2","16","16","Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_1","031_3_1","AMO","3","1","1","“You people of Israel, I brought all your ancestors out of Egypt; so listen to what I am saying about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_2","031_3_2","AMO","3","2","2","From all the people-groups on the earth, I chose and took care of only you. That is the reason that I will punish you for the sins that you have committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_3","031_3_3","AMO","3","3","3","Two people certainly cannot RHQ walk together if they have not already agreed about what place they will start walking from. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_4","031_3_4","AMO","3","4","4","A lion certainly does not RHQ roar in the bushes/forest if it has not killed another animal. It does not RHQ growl in its den if it is not eating the flesh of an animal that it has caught. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_5","031_3_5","AMO","3","5","5","No one can RHQ catch a bird if he does not set a trap for it. A trap does not spring shut unless some animal has not sprung the trap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_6","031_3_6","AMO","3","6","6","Similarly, all the people in a city certainly RHQ become afraid when they hear someone blowing a trumpet to signal that enemies are attacking. And when a city experiences disaster, Yahweh is the one who has caused it RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_7","031_3_7","AMO","3","7","7","And whatever Yahweh plans to do, he tells his prophets about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_8","031_3_8","AMO","3","8","8","Everyone certainly becomes terrified RHQ when they hear a lion roar, and if Yahweh the Lord has given messages to prophets like me, we certainly must RHQ proclaim those messages, even if they cause people to become terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_9","031_3_9","AMO","3","9","9","I said this to the leaders of Samaria (OR, Yahweh said this to me): Send this message to the leaders MET in Ashdod city and to Egypt: “Come to the hills of Samaria and see the way that their ◄leaders/wealthy people► are causing people in that city to be terrified, and the way that they are causing the people to suffer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_10","031_3_10","AMO","3","10","10","Yahweh says that the people there do not know how to do things that are right. Their homes are filled with valuable things that they have stolen or taken violently from others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_11","031_3_11","AMO","3","11","11","So Yahweh our God says that soon their enemies will come and tear down their ◄defenses/high city walls► and take away those valuable things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_12","031_3_12","AMO","3","12","12","Yahweh has declared this: “When a lion attacks a sheep, sometimes a shepherd will be able to snatch from the lion’s mouth only two legs or an ear of the sheep. Similarly, only a few people from Samaria will escape, and they will be able to rescue only a part of a couch and a part of a bed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_13","031_3_13","AMO","3","13","13","The Commander of the armies of angels said this: “Proclaim this message about the descendants MTY of Jacob: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_14","031_3_14","AMO","3","14","14","When I, Yahweh, punish the people of Israel because of the sins that they have committed, I will cause the altars at Bethel town to be destroyed; even the projections at the corners of the altars will be cut off and fall to the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM3_15","031_3_15","AMO","3","15","15","I will cause the houses that they live in during the ◄winter/rainy season► and those in which they live during the ◄summer/dry season► to be torn down. Beautiful big houses and houses that are decorated with ivory will be destroyed. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_1","031_4_1","AMO","4","1","1","You wealthy women of Samaria have grown fat like MET the fat cows of the Bashan region. You oppress poor people and you cause needy people to suffer. And you say to your husbands, “Bring us more wine to drink!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_2","031_4_2","AMO","4","2","2","But Yahweh our God has said this: “Because I am holy, I solemnly promise this: It will soon be the time when you all will be taken to another country; your enemies will take you away as though they are using sharp hooks DOU to grab you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_3","031_4_3","AMO","4","3","3","Your enemies will drag you out through breaks/holes in your city walls, and they will throw you outside the city. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_4","031_4_4","AMO","4","4","4","Go to Bethel and Gilgal towns where many people worship me and sin more and more SAR! I say that not because I want you to do it, but because it is what you have always been doing! Offer sacrifices on the morning after you arrive, and bring me ◄a tithe/one tenth► of your crops the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_5","031_4_5","AMO","4","5","5","Bring offerings of bread to thank me, and other offerings that are not required/commanded, and boast about these offerings that you bring, because that is what you like to do, but you do it to impress others, not to please me. That is certainly true, because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_6","031_4_6","AMO","4","6","6","I am the one who caused there to be no food in any of your cities and towns DOU, but you rejected me in spite of that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_7","031_4_7","AMO","4","7","7","When it was still three months before the time of harvesting crops, at the time when your crops needed rain the most, I prevented rain from falling. Sometimes I allowed rain to fall on some towns and prevented it from falling on other towns. Rain fell on some fields, but it did not fall on other fields, with the result that the soil in those fields where it did not rain dried up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_8","031_4_8","AMO","4","8","8","People would stagger from one town to another town to find water, but they could not even get enough water to drink, but in spite of that, you have not returned to me. That is certainly true because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_9","031_4_9","AMO","4","9","9","I caused your grain fields to dry up; I caused your gardens and vineyards to be struck/destroyed by ◄blight/hot winds► and mildew. I sent locusts to eat the leaves on your fig trees and olive trees, but in spite of that, you rejected me. That is certainly true because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_10","031_4_10","AMO","4","10","10","I caused you to experience ◄plagues/severe sicknesses► like the plagues that I sent to the people of Egypt. I caused many of your young men to die in battles. I allowed your enemies to capture your horses. Many of your soldiers were killed, and I caused your camps to be filled with the smell/stink of their decaying corpses. But in spite of that, you rejected me. That is certainly true, because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_11","031_4_11","AMO","4","11","11","I got rid of many of you, like I got rid of the people in Sodom and Gomorrah. Those of you who did not die were like SIM a burning stick that was snatched from a fire so that it would not burn completely. But in spite of that, you rejected me. That is certainly true, because I, Yahweh, have said it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_12","031_4_12","AMO","4","12","12","So now, you people of Israel, I am going to punish you. Prepare to stand in front of me, your God, when I judge you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM4_13","031_4_13","AMO","4","13","13","I created the mountains, and I created winds. I reveal to humans what I am thinking. I sometimes cause the daylight to become dark like the night. I rule over everything; I even walk on the highest mountains on the earth! I am the Commander of the armies of angels!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_1","031_5_1","AMO","5","1","1","You people MTY of Israel, listen to this funeral song that I will sing about you: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_2","031_5_2","AMO","5","2","2","“You are like MET a young woman, but in spite of that, you will certainly be struck down and you will never get up again! You will lie on the ground, abandoned, and there will be no one to help you stand up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_3","031_5_3","AMO","5","3","3","This is what Yahweh the Lord says to the people MTY of Israel: “When your enemies attack you, and when 1,000 of your soldiers will go to a battle, there will be only 100 who will survive. When 100 soldiers march out from a city to fight, there will be only ten who will remain alive.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_4","031_5_4","AMO","5","4","4","Yahweh continues to say to the people MTY of Israel: “You Israeli people, return to me! If you do that, you will continue to remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_5","031_5_5","AMO","5","5","5","Do not go to Bethel to seek my help; do not go to Gilgal to worship; do not even go to Beersheba, because your enemies will drag away the people of Gilgal to other countries, and Bethel will be completely destroyed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_6","031_5_6","AMO","5","6","6","So, come to Yahweh; if you do that, you will remain alive. If you do not do that, Yahweh will descend on you descendants MTY of Joseph like SIM a fire; that fire will burn everything in Bethel, and ◄nothing/no one► will be able to save that town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_7","031_5_7","AMO","5","7","7","You people distort what is fair/right and cause people to think that it is something that is very bitter; you treat good things as though they are evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_8","031_5_8","AMO","5","8","8","Do you know who created all the groups of stars and put them in their places? Each morning he causes the darkness to become the dawn, and each evening he causes the daylight to become darkness. He scoops up water from the oceans to become clouds, and then he dumps the water from the clouds onto the earth. The one who does those things is named Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_9","031_5_9","AMO","5","9","9","He causes strong soldiers to be killed, and causes the ◄high walls around/fortresses of► cities to be torn down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_10","031_5_10","AMO","5","10","10","He is the one who will punish you because you hate those who challenge anyone who tries to make unjust decisions, and you hate those who tell the truth in your courts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_11","031_5_11","AMO","5","11","11","You oppress poor people and force them to pay big taxes. You have built big stone mansions for yourselves, but you will not be able to live in them. You have planted vineyards, but there will not be any grapes for you to harvest to make wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_12","031_5_12","AMO","5","12","12","I know all of your sins and the terrible crimes that you have committed. You oppress righteous/honest people, and you accept bribes. You do not allow judges to treat poor people justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_13","031_5_13","AMO","5","13","13","This is a time when many people do evil things, so people who have good sense say nothing when they hear about such things being done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_14","031_5_14","AMO","5","14","14","In order to remain alive, you must stop doing what is wrong, and start doing what is right. If you do that, the Commander of the armies of angels will be with you like you claim that he always is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_15","031_5_15","AMO","5","15","15","Love what is good, and hate what is evil! Try to cause judges in your courts to make decisions that are right/fair! If you do those things, perhaps the Commander of the armies of angels will act mercifully toward you descendants of Joseph who are still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_16","031_5_16","AMO","5","16","16","“Because I, Yahweh, will punish you for your sins, this is what I have solemnly declared: People will be wailing loudly in every street, and people will be very sorrowful in every plaza. Farmers will be summoned to come and weep, along with the other official mourners who will wail for those who have died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_17","031_5_17","AMO","5","17","17","People will be wailing in your vineyards, because I will punish you IDM severely. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_18","031_5_18","AMO","5","18","18","Terrible things will happen to you who desire that it will soon be the day when Yahweh will punish your enemies, because that will be a day of darkness, not of light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_19","031_5_19","AMO","5","19","19","At that time, when you try to run from a lion, you will face a bear. When you run into your house to be safe, and you put your hand on a wall, it will be bitten by a snake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_20","031_5_20","AMO","5","20","20","That day, when he punishes people, will certainly be RHQ a very dark day MET, without even a little bit of light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_21","031_5_21","AMO","5","21","21","Yahweh says, “I hate your religious celebrations and the times when you gather to worship me; I detest them DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_22","031_5_22","AMO","5","22","22","Even if you bring me offerings that will be completely burned on the altar and offerings of grain, I will no longer accept them. Even if you bring me offerings to renew/maintain fellowship with me, I will not pay any attention to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_23","031_5_23","AMO","5","23","23","So, stop singing noisy/loud songs! I will not listen when you play harps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_24","031_5_24","AMO","5","24","24","Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be never stop, like SIM the water in a river that never stops flowing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_25","031_5_25","AMO","5","25","25","You Israeli people MTY, your ancestors wandered through the desert for 40 years; and during that time, they never brought any sacrifices and offerings to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_26","031_5_26","AMO","5","26","26","But they carried the two idols that they had made— the idols of Succoth, the god that they considered to be their king, and Kaiwan, the image of the star that they worshiped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM5_27","031_5_27","AMO","5","27","27","Therefore, now I will force you to go to a country that is far beyond Damascus! That will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_1","031_6_1","AMO","6","1","1","Terrible things will happen to you people in Jerusalem who are not worried about anything, and also to you leaders who live on Samaria Hill who think that you are safe. You think that IRO you are the most important people in the world, people to whom Israeli people MTY go to get help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_2","031_6_2","AMO","6","2","2","But go to Calneh city and see what happened there. Then go to see the great city Hamath and see what happened there. Then go down to Gath city in Philistia and see what happened to their city walls. Your land/country is certainly not RHQ larger or more powerful than their countries were, but they were all destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_3","031_6_3","AMO","6","3","3","You are trying to not think about a day when you will experience disasters, when your enemies will come and violently attack you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_4","031_6_4","AMO","6","4","4","You lie on beds decorated with expensive ivory, and on soft couches. You eat the tender meat of lambs and fat calves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_5","031_6_5","AMO","6","5","5","You create/compose new songs and play them on your harps like King David did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_6","031_6_6","AMO","6","6","6","You drink entire bowlfuls of wine and you put expensive oils/perfumes on your bodies, but you do not grieve about your country of Israel MTY, which is about to be destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_7","031_6_7","AMO","6","7","7","Your feasting and lounging on soft couches will soon end, and you will be among the first ones to be forced by your enemies to go ◄into exile/to another country►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_8","031_6_8","AMO","6","8","8","Yahweh the Lord has solemnly declared this: “I hate the people of Israel because they are very proud; I detest their fortresses. I will enable their enemies to capture their capital city and everything in it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_9","031_6_9","AMO","6","9","9","When that happens, if there are ten people in one house, they will all die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_10","031_6_10","AMO","6","10","10","If a relative who ◄has the task of/is responsible for► burning their corpses comes to the house and inquires of anyone who is still hiding there, “Is there anyone here with you?”, and that person replies “No,” the one who inquired will say, “Be quiet! We must not mention the name of Yahweh, lest he cause us also to be killed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_11","031_6_11","AMO","6","11","11","Terrible things like that will happen because Yahweh has commanded that large houses in Israel must be smashed into pieces, and small houses must be smashed into tiny bits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_12","031_6_12","AMO","6","12","12","Horses certainly do not RHQ run on big rocks, and certainly people do not RHQ plow the sea with oxen. But you have done things that no one should do: You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison MET; you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_13","031_6_13","AMO","6","13","13","You are proud because you have captured Lo-Debar town, and you have said, “We captured Karnaim by our own power!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM6_14","031_6_14","AMO","6","14","14","But the Commander of the armies of angels declares, “I will cause another nation to attack you people MTY of Israel; they will ◄oppress you/cause you to suffer► all the way from Hamath Pass in the northwest to the Dead Sea in the southeast.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_1","031_7_1","AMO","7","1","1","Yahweh our God showed me in a vision that he was going to send locusts to destroy our crops. It was going to happen right after the king’s share of the hay had been harvested/cut and before the rest of the hay was ready to be harvested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_2","031_7_2","AMO","7","2","2","And in the vision I saw those locusts come, and they ate everything that was green. Then I cried out, “Yahweh our Lord, please forgive us! We Israeli people are very helpless; ◄how will we be able to survive RHQ?/we will not be able to survive!►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_3","031_7_3","AMO","7","3","3","So Yahweh changed his mind and said, “That will not happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_4","031_7_4","AMO","7","4","4","Then this is what Yahweh our Lord showed me in another vision: He was calling to a fire to come and punish his people. In the vision I saw that the fire dried up the ocean and also burned everything on the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_5","031_7_5","AMO","7","5","5","Then I cried out again, “Yahweh our Lord, I plead with you, please stop this! We Israeli people are very helpless; how will we be able to survive RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_6","031_7_6","AMO","7","6","6","So Yahweh changed his mind again, and said, “That also will not happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_7","031_7_7","AMO","7","7","7","Then Yahweh showed me another vision. I saw him standing beside a wall. It was very straight because it had been built using a ◄plumb line/cord with a weight on one end to determine if walls are vertically straight►. Yahweh had the plumb line in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_8","031_7_8","AMO","7","8","8","Yahweh asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A plumb line.” Then Yahweh said, “Look, I am going to use a plumb line among my Israeli people, to show that they are like a wall that is not straight. I will not change my mind again about punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_9","031_7_9","AMO","7","9","9","The places on hills where the descendants of MTY Isaac worship idols will be destroyed. And the other important shrines in Israel will also be destroyed. And I will enable your enemies to attack your people with swords and they will get rid of King Jeroboam and all his descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_10","031_7_10","AMO","7","10","10","Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, the King of Israel. In the message he said, “Amos is plotting against you among the Israeli people MTY. I am worried that the people of this country will not be able to refute his words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_11","031_7_11","AMO","7","11","11","This is what he is saying: ‘Jeroboam will soon be killed by someone using a sword, and the people of Israel will be ◄exiled/forced to leave their land and go to another country►.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_12","031_7_12","AMO","7","12","12","Then Amaziah came to me and said, “You prophet, get out of here! Go back to the country of Judah! Earn money to buy food to be able to live there, and do your prophesying there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_13","031_7_13","AMO","7","13","13","Do not prophesy any more here at Bethel, because this is where the national temple, the king’s temple, is!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_14","031_7_14","AMO","7","14","14","I replied to Amaziah, “I was previously not a prophet, and my father was not a prophet; I was a shepherd. I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_15","031_7_15","AMO","7","15","15","But Yahweh took me away from taking care of my sheep, and he said to me, ‘Go to Israel and prophesy to my people there!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_16","031_7_16","AMO","7","16","16","You said to me, ‘Do not prophecy saying terrible things will happen to the people of Israel; stop saying those things!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM7_17","031_7_17","AMO","7","17","17","Therefore listen to what Yahweh says about you: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed by your enemies’ swords. Others will measure your land and divide it up among themselves; and you yourself will die in a foreign country. And the people of Israel will certainly be forced to leave their country and go ◄into exile/to live in another country►.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_1","031_8_1","AMO","8","1","1","Yahweh showed me in a vision a basket full of ripe fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_2","031_8_2","AMO","8","2","2","He asked me, “Amos, what do you see?” I replied, “A basket of very ripe fruit.” He said, “That indicates that it almost the end for my Israeli people. I will not change my mind again about punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_3","031_8_3","AMO","8","3","3","Soon, instead of singing in the temple, they will be wailing. There will be corpses everywhere HYP. So, remain silent (OR, Everyone will be silent). These things will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_4","031_8_4","AMO","8","4","4","It is as though you people trample on needy people, and you destroy the poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_5","031_8_5","AMO","8","5","5","You habitually say, “We wish that RHQ the new moon festival would end soon, in order that restrictions on doing business during the festival will be ended and we can sell grain. We wish that the Sabbath would end soon, in order that we will again be permitted to sell our wheat”— and when you sell it, you charge a big price for it, and you cheat people by using scales that do not weigh correctly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_6","031_8_6","AMO","8","6","6","You sell wheat that you have swept up from the floor, and as a result it is mixed with dirt. Those who are needy and poor DOU and who do not have money to buy things, you cause them to become your slaves by buying them with the small amount of silver with which you could buy a pair of sandals! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_7","031_8_7","AMO","8","7","7","Yahweh has declared, “Although you are very proud of being descendants MTY of Jacob, I solemnly declare that I will not forget the evil things that you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_8","031_8_8","AMO","8","8","8","Because of those evil things, your country will certainly RHQ soon be shaken, and all of you will mourn. It will be as though it will repeatedly rise and fall like SIM the Nile River that gets full of water and overflows it banks and then settles back into its riverbed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_9","031_8_9","AMO","8","9","9","On the day when I punish my people, I will cause the sun to set at noontime, and the entire earth will be dark in the daytime. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_10","031_8_10","AMO","8","10","10","I will cause your religious celebrations to become times when you mourn; instead of singing, everyone will be weeping. Because of what I will do, all of you will wear rough sackcloth and shave your heads to show that you are sorrowing. I will cause that time to be like when people mourn after an only son has died. All of you will be extremely sad all of that day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_11","031_8_11","AMO","8","11","11","And Yahweh our God says this: “It will soon be the time when I will cause something to be very scarce MET throughout the country. But it will not be a time when there is no food or water; it will instead be a time when there will be no messages from me for anyone to hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_12","031_8_12","AMO","8","12","12","People will stagger from the Dead Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, and wander from the north to the east, searching for a message from me, but there will not be any. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_13","031_8_13","AMO","8","13","13","At that time, even beautiful young women and strong young men will faint because of being very thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM8_14","031_8_14","AMO","8","14","14","Those who ◄make oaths/solemnly promise to do something► using the names of their shameful gods of Samaria, and those who solemnly promise to do something using the name of the god of Dan, and those who solemnly promise to do something using the name of the god of Beersheba, will all die; and they will never live again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_1","031_9_1","AMO","9","1","1","Yahweh showed me another vision. In the vision, I saw him standing next to the altar. He said, “Shake the tops of the pillars of the temple, until they become loose and fall down, so that even the foundation will shake. Then cause the pieces of the temple to fall down on the people who are inside. I will kill with a sword anyone who tries to flee; no one will escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_2","031_9_2","AMO","9","2","2","If they dig deep pits in the ground, or if they try to climb up to the sky in order to escape, I will reach out and grab them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_3","031_9_3","AMO","9","3","3","If they go to the top of Carmel Mountain to escape, I will search for them and seize them. If they try to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, I will command the huge sea monster to bite them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_4","031_9_4","AMO","9","4","4","If their enemies capture them and force them to go to other countries, I will command that they be killed there with swords. I am determined IDM to get rid of them, not to help them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_5","031_9_5","AMO","9","5","5","When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts, and all over the earth many people die, and the others mourn for them. It is as though Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall like SIM the Nile River rises and falls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_6","031_9_6","AMO","9","6","6","He builds his beautiful palace in heaven, and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth. He scoops up the water from the ocean and puts it into clouds, and then empties the clouds onto the earth. His name is Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_7","031_9_7","AMO","9","7","7","And Yahweh says, “You people of Israel, you are certainly RHQ now no more important to me than the people of Ethiopia. I brought your ancestors here from Egypt, but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete Island, and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_8","031_9_8","AMO","9","8","8","I SYN, Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom of Israel are very sinful, so I will ◄destroy you/wipe you off the earth►. But I will not get rid of all you descendants MTY of Jacob. That is what will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_9","031_9_9","AMO","9","9","9","When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israeli people who are living in various nations, like MET a farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain, in order that they do not fall on the ground with the grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_10","031_9_10","AMO","9","10","10","From among my people, all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’ will be killed by your enemies’ swords.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_11","031_9_11","AMO","9","11","11","“The kingdom over which King David ruled has been destroyed, like MET a house that collapsed and then became ruins. But some day I will cause it to be a kingdom again. I will cause it to prosper again just like it did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_12","031_9_12","AMO","9","12","12","When that happens, your armies will seize/capture the remaining part of Edom region again, and they will also seize the land in other nations that previously belonged to me MTY. I, Yahweh, have said that I will do these things, and I will certainly cause them to happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_13","031_9_13","AMO","9","13","13","There will be a time when your crops will grow very well. Very soon after the crops are harvested, farmers will plow the ground to plant more crops in it again, and soon after the vineyards are planted, farmers will harvest grapes and tread on them to make wine. And because there will be a lot of wine, it will seem as though wine is flowing down from the hills DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_14","031_9_14","AMO","9","14","14","I will cause you, my Israeli people, to prosper again. You will rebuild your towns and live in them. You will plant vineyards and then drink the wine made from the grapes that grows in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AM9_15","031_9_15","AMO","9","15","15","I will enable you to live MET in your land again, the land that I gave to your ancestors, and never again will you be forced to leave it. That is what will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_1","032_1_1","OBA","1","1","1","This is a message that Yahweh our God gave to me, Obadiah, about the Edom people-group. Yahweh our God has told me this about the people of Edom: “I, Yahweh, have sent a messenger to other nations, telling them to prepare to go and attack Edom.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_2","032_1_2","OBA","1","2","2","And Yahweh says this to the people of Edom: “I will soon cause you to become the weakest and most despised nation on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_3","032_1_3","OBA","1","3","3","Your capital city is high in the rocky cliffs, and you are very proud; you think that you are safe from being attacked by your enemies RHQ, but you IDM have deceived yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_4","032_1_4","OBA","1","4","4","And I tell you that even if you had wings and could fly higher than eagles fly, and if you could make your homes among the stars, I would bring you crashing down from there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_5","032_1_5","OBA","1","5","5","When thieves break into someone’s house during the night, they certainly RHQ steal only the things that they want. And people who pick grapes always RHQ leave a few grapes on the vines. But your country will be completely destroyed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_6","032_1_6","OBA","1","6","6","Everything that is valuable will be taken away. Your enemies will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_7","032_1_7","OBA","1","7","7","All ◄your allies/nations who promised to help you► will turn against you, and they will force you to leave your country/land. Those with whom you have peace now will trick/deceive you and defeat you. Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you, and then they will say to you, ‘You are not RHQ as clever as you thought you were!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_8","032_1_8","OBA","1","8","8","I, Yahweh, declare that at the time that I destroy Edom, I will punish the men who live in those cliffs who thought that they were wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_9","032_1_9","OBA","1","9","9","The soldiers from Teman town will become terrified; all you people who are descendants of Esau will be ◄wiped out/killed►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_10","032_1_10","OBA","1","10","10","You acted cruel in a cruel way toward your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, the twin brother of your ancestor Esau. So now you will be disgraced forever; you will be completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_11","032_1_11","OBA","1","11","11","Foreigners entered the gates of Jerusalem and ◄cast lots/threw small stones that were marked► to decide what valuable things they would take away; but you were as bad as those foreigners, because you just stood there and did not help the Israelis. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_12","032_1_12","OBA","1","12","12","You should not have ◄gloated/been happy► about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing. You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined. You should not have made fun of them  when they were suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_13","032_1_13","OBA","1","13","13","They are my people, so you should not have entered their city gates when they were experiencing those disasters and you should not have laughed at them. And you should not have taken away their valuable possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_14","032_1_14","OBA","1","14","14","You should not have stood at crossroads to catch those who were trying to escape. You should not have captured them and put them into the hands of their enemies when they were experiencing those disasters.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_15","032_1_15","OBA","1","15","15","“There will soon be the time when I, Yahweh, will judge and punish all the nations. And you people of Edom will experience the same disasters that you caused others to experience. The same evil things that you have done to others will happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_16","032_1_16","OBA","1","16","16","My people in Jerusalem have been punished because I was very angry with them. It is as though MET they drank a cup of very bitter liquid  on Zion, my sacred hill. But I will punish MET all the other nations even more severely, and cause them to disappear completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_17","032_1_17","OBA","1","17","17","But some people in Jerusalem will escape, and Jerusalem will become a very holy/sacred place. Then the descendants of Jacob will conquer and possess again the land that truly belongs to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_18","032_1_18","OBA","1","18","18","The descendants MTY of Jacob and his son Joseph will be like MET a fire, and the people MTY of Edom will be like MET stubble that will be completely burned in that fire. Not one person will remain alive. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_19","032_1_19","OBA","1","19","19","The Israeli people who live in the southern desert are the ones who will capture Edom. And those who live in the western foothills will capture the Phoenicia region and the areas of Ephraim and Samaria. And people of the tribe of Benjamin will conquer the Gilead region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_20","032_1_20","OBA","1","20","20","Those who were ◄exiled in/forced to go to► Babylon will return to their land and capture the Phoenicia region as far north as Zarephath on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. People of Jerusalem who were captured and taken to Sardis, the capital city of the Lydia region, will capture the towns in the southern desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("OB1_21","032_1_21","OBA","1","21","21","The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it, and Yahweh will be their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_1","033_1_1","JON","1","1","1","One day Yahweh said to the prophet Jonah, the son of Amittai, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_2","033_1_2","JON","1","2","2","“I have seen how wicked the people of MTY the great city of Nineveh are. Therefore go there and warn the people that I am planning to destroy their city because of their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_3","033_1_3","JON","1","3","3","But instead of going to Nineveh, Jonah went in the direction opposite to where Yahweh told him to go. He went down to Joppa city. There he bought a ticket to travel on a ship that was going to Tarshish city, in order to avoid doing what Yahweh told him to do. He got on the ship, and then went down to a lower deck, lay down, and went to sleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_4","033_1_4","JON","1","4","4","Then Yahweh caused a very strong wind to blow, and there was such a violent storm that the sailors thought the ship would break apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_5","033_1_5","JON","1","5","5","The sailors were very frightened. Because of that, they each started to pray to their own gods to save them. Then they threw the cargo into the sea to make the ship lighter in order that it would not sink easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_6","033_1_6","JON","1","6","6","Then the captain went down to where Jonah was sleeping soundly. He awoke him and said to him, “◄How can you sleep during a storm like this?/You should not be sleeping during a storm like this► RHQ! Get up and pray to your god! Perhaps he will pity us and save us, in order that we will not drown!” But Jonah refused to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_7","033_1_7","JON","1","7","7","Then the sailors said to each other, “We need to ◄cast lots/shake from a container small objects that we have all marked►, to determine who has caused all  this trouble!” So they did that, and the object with Jonah’s mark fell out of the container. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_8","033_1_8","JON","1","8","8","So various ones of them asked him, “Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?” “What work do you do?” “Where are you coming from?” “What country and what people-group do you belong to?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_9","033_1_9","JON","1","9","9","Jonah replied, “I am a Hebrew. I worship Yahweh God, who lives in heaven. He is the one who made the sea and the land. I am trying to escape from doing what Yahweh told me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_10","033_1_10","JON","1","10","10","After the sailors heard that, they were terrified. So they asked him, “Do you realize what trouble you have caused?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_11","033_1_11","JON","1","11","11","The storm kept getting worse and the waves kept getting bigger. So one of the sailors asked Jonah, “What should we do in order to make the sea become calm?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_12","033_1_12","JON","1","12","12","He replied, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. If you do that, it will become calm. I know that this terrible storm is the result of my not doing what Yahweh told me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_13","033_1_13","JON","1","13","13","But the sailors did not want to do that. Instead, they tried hard to row the ship back to the land. But they could not do that, because the storm continued to get worse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_14","033_1_14","JON","1","14","14","Therefore they prayed to Yahweh, and one of them prayed, “O Yahweh, please do not let us drown because of our causing this man to die. O Yahweh, you have done what you wanted to do. We do not know if this man has sinned. If he has not sinned, do not consider that we are guilty of sinning when we cause him to die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_15","033_1_15","JON","1","15","15","Then they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea. Then the sea became calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_16","033_1_16","JON","1","16","16","When that happened, the sailors became greatly awed at Yahweh’s power. So they offered a sacrifice to Yahweh, and they strongly promised him that they would do things that would please him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH1_17","033_1_17","JON","1","17","17","While they were doing that, Yahweh sent a huge fish that swallowed Jonah. Then Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_1","033_2_1","JON","2","1","1","While he was inside the huge fish, Jonah prayed to Yahweh God, whom he worshiped. After Yahweh told him that he would answer his prayer, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_2","033_2_2","JON","2","2","2","Jonah said, “Yahweh, when I was greatly distressed here, I prayed to you, and you heard what I prayed. When I was about to descend way down into the place where dead people go, you heard me when I called out for you to help/save me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_3","033_2_3","JON","2","3","3","You threw me down into the deep water, into the bottom DOU of the sea. The currents of the sea swirled around me, and the huge waves crashed above me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_4","033_2_4","JON","2","4","4","Then I thought, ‘You have banished me, and I will never be able to enter your presence again. I will never see your holy temple in Jerusalem again!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_5","033_2_5","JON","2","5","5","The water surrounded me, and threatened to drown me. Seaweed was wrapped around my head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_6","033_2_6","JON","2","6","6","I sank down to where the mountains start rising MET from the bottom of the sea. I thought that forever it would be as though my body would be in a prison MTY inside the earth below me. But you, Yahweh God, whom I worship, rescued me from going down to the place of the dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_7","033_2_7","JON","2","7","7","When I was almost dead EUP, Yahweh, I ◄thought about/prayed to► you. You heard my prayer, up there where you are, in your holy temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_8","033_2_8","JON","2","8","8","All those who worship worthless idols are rejecting you, the one who could act kindly toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_9","033_2_9","JON","2","9","9","But I will sing to thank you, and I will offer a sacrifice to you. I will surely do what I have solemnly promised to do. Yahweh, you are the one who is able to save us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH2_10","033_2_10","JON","2","10","10","Then Yahweh commanded the huge fish to vomit out Jonah, and the fish did that, and Jonah was able to get to the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_1","033_3_1","JON","3","1","1","Then Yahweh said to Jonah again, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_2","033_3_2","JON","3","2","2","“Go to that great city of Nineveh, and tell them the message that I gave you previously.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_3","033_3_3","JON","3","3","3","So this time Jonah obeyed Yahweh, and he went to Nineveh. That city was so big that a person had to walk for three days to completely go through it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_4","033_3_4","JON","3","4","4","On the first day after Jonah arrived, he began walking through the city. He was proclaiming (OR, At the end of that day he started proclaiming) to the people, “Forty days from now, Nineveh will be destroyed {God will destroy Nineveh}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_5","033_3_5","JON","3","5","5","The people of Nineveh believed God’s message. They all decided that everyone should begin ◄fasting/abstaining from food►. So everyone, including important people and unimportant people, did that. They also put on coarse cloth, to show that they were sorry for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_6","033_3_6","JON","3","6","6","The King of Nineveh heard what the people were doing. So he took off his royal robes, and he also put on coarse cloth. He left his palace, and sat down where there were cold ashes, to show that he also was sorry for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_7","033_3_7","JON","3","7","7","Then he sent messengers to proclaim to the people in Nineveh: “My advisors and I have decreed that no one may eat or drink anything. Do not even allow your animals to eat or drink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_8","033_3_8","JON","3","8","8","Instead, every person must put on coarse cloth. Put coarse cloth on your animals, too. Then everyone must pray fervently to God. And everyone must stop doing evil actions/things, and stop acting violently toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_9","033_3_9","JON","3","9","9","Perhaps, if everyone does that, God may change his mind and be merciful to us, and stop being very angry with us, with the result that we will not die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH3_10","033_3_10","JON","3","10","10","When they all did that, God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So he pitied them, and he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_1","033_4_1","JON","4","1","1","But Jonah was very distressed that God had not destroyed Nineveh. He became very angry. The people of Nineveh were non-Jews, and Jonah did not think that God should act mercifully toward anyone who was not a Jew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_2","033_4_2","JON","4","2","2","He prayed to Yahweh, “O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home RHQ. That is why I decided immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish city, because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately toward all people. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing people who sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_3","033_4_3","JON","4","3","3","So now, O Yahweh, since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would, allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to continue to live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_4","033_4_4","JON","4","4","4","Yahweh replied, “◄Why is it right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city?/It is not right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_5","033_4_5","JON","4","5","5","Jonah did not reply. He went out of the city to the east side of it. He made a small shelter in order that he could sit under it and be protected from the sun. He sat under the shelter and waited to see what would happen to the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_6","033_4_6","JON","4","6","6","Then Yahweh God caused a vine to grow up immediately to shade Jonah’s head from the sun and make him feel more comfortable. Jonah was very happy about having the vine over his head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_7","033_4_7","JON","4","7","7","But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_8","033_4_8","JON","4","8","8","Then, when the sun rose high in the sky, God sent a very hot wind from the east, and the sun shone very strongly on Jonah’s head, with the result that he felt faint. He wanted to die, and he said, “It would be better for me to die than to continue to live!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_9","033_4_9","JON","4","9","9","But God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about what happened to the vine?” Jonah replied, “Yes, it is right! Now I am very angry and I want to die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_10","033_4_10","JON","4","10","10","But Yahweh said to him, “You have been concerned about my causing that vine to wither, even though you did not take care of it, and you did not make it grow. It just grew up during one night, and it completely withered at the end of the next night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JH4_11","033_4_11","JON","4","11","11","But there are more than 120,000 people in Nineveh who are very young, and because of that, they cannot tell which is their right hand and which is their left hand, and there are also many cattle, and none of these have done anything to displease me. So ◄is it not right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city, and not want to destroy them?/it is certainly right for me to be concerned about the people of that huge city and not want to destroy them!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_1","034_1_1","MIC","1","1","1","I am Micah. I am from the town of Moresheth in Judah. Yahweh gave me these messages in visions about Samaria and Jerusalem during the time when Jotham, and then Ahaz, and then Hezekiah, were the kings of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_2","034_1_2","MIC","1","2","2","You people everywhere on the earth, pay attention to this DOU! Yahweh our God is accusing you from his holy temple in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_3","034_1_3","MIC","1","3","3","He will come down from heaven and walk on the tops of the highest mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_4","034_1_4","MIC","1","4","4","It will be as though the mountains will melt under his feet like SIM wax melts in front of a fire, and like SIM water disappears when it rushes/flows down into a valley. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_5","034_1_5","MIC","1","5","5","Those things will happen because of the terrible sins DOU that the people MTY of Israel, the descendants of Jacob, have committed. But it was RHQ the people of Samaria city who persuaded all the people of Israel to sin, and it was RHQ because the people of Jerusalem set up altars to worship their gods that the other people of Judah were persuaded to worship idols on their hilltops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_6","034_1_6","MIC","1","6","6","So Yahweh will cause Samaria to become a heap of rubble/ruins; it will be only a field for planting vineyards. He will cause the stones of its buildings to roll down into the valley, and the foundations of the buildings will be uncovered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_7","034_1_7","MIC","1","7","7","All the idols in Samaria will be smashed, and the gifts given to prostitutes at the temples of their idols will be destroyed in a fire. And because people paid prostitutes there, their enemies will take away those idols and sell them to get money to pay to prostitutes in other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_8","034_1_8","MIC","1","8","8","Because Samaria will be destroyed, I will weep and wail. I will walk around ◄barefoot/without any sandals on my feet► and naked. I will howl like a jackal/wolf and screech like an owl, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_9","034_1_9","MIC","1","9","9","because Samaria will be completely destroyed MET; nothing can save that city. But the same thing will happen to Judah! It is as though the enemy army has already reached the city gates of Jerusalem, the main city where my people live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_10","034_1_10","MIC","1","10","10","Do not tell that to our enemies in Gath city in Philistia! Do not cry, lest the people there find out what is happening!! Instead, just roll in the dirt in Beth-Leaphrah because the name of that town means ‘house of dust.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_11","034_1_11","MIC","1","11","11","You people who live in Shaphir town, whose name means ‘beautiful,’ naked and ashamed, you will be taken to another country. You people in Beth-Ezel town should mourn, because no one from Zaanan town, whose name means ‘one who goes out,’ will go out to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_12","034_1_12","MIC","1","12","12","The name of Maroth town sounds like ‘bitterness;’ everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, but good things will not happen to them; instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_13","034_1_13","MIC","1","13","13","You people of Lachish city, whose name sounds like ‘team,’ hitch your horses to pull the chariots in which you can ride to flee from your enemies. The Israeli people rebelled against Yahweh, and you ◄imitated them/did the same evil things that they did►, and that caused the people of Jerusalem IDM to start sinning, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_14","034_1_14","MIC","1","14","14","You people of Judah, send a farewell gift to the people of Moresheth town, because their enemies will soon destroy it. The name of the town Aczib means ‘deception,’ and the kings of Israel will soon find out that the people of that town will deceive them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_15","034_1_15","MIC","1","15","15","The name of your town of Mareshah means ‘conqueror,’ and Yahweh will soon send someone to conquer your town. It will be necessary for the great/glorious leaders of Israel to go and hide in the cave at Adullam city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC1_16","034_1_16","MIC","1","16","16","You people of Judah, shave your heads while you will be mourning, because your children whom you love will soon be ◄exiled/forced to leave you and go to another country►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_1","034_2_1","MIC","2","1","1","Terrible things will happen to you who lie awake at night, planning to do wicked things. You get up at dawn, and you do those things, as soon as you are able to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_2","034_2_2","MIC","2","2","2","You want fields that belong to other people, so you seize them; you also take their houses. You cheat people to get their homes, taking away the property that belongs to their families. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_3","034_2_3","MIC","2","3","3","Therefore, this is what Yahweh says: “I will cause you people to experience disasters, and you will not be able to escape MTY from them. You will no longer walk around proudly, because when those things happen, it will be a time of much trouble for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_4","034_2_4","MIC","2","4","4","At that time, your enemies will make fun of you; they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you: ‘We are completely ruined; Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us, and he will give it to those who will capture us.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_5","034_2_5","MIC","2","5","5","So when it is the time for the land to be given back to you people who belong to Yahweh, there will be no one MTY who will be able to ◄cast lots/throw marked stones► to determine which land belongs to whom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_6","034_2_6","MIC","2","6","6","The people who heard me say that replied to me, “Do not prophesy such things! Do not say that Yahweh is going to humiliate us by causing us to experience disasters!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_7","034_2_7","MIC","2","7","7","But you people MTY of Israel should not RHQ talk like that! The Spirit of Yahweh will certainly not RHQ be patient with people who say such things! People who continually do things that are righteous will certainly RHQ like/appreciate what I say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_8","034_2_8","MIC","2","8","8","But Yahweh says, “Recently my people have been acting toward me like an enemy. When soldiers return from fighting against their enemies, you rich people refuse to return the coats of those poor soldiers who have borrowed money from you and given you their coats to guarantee that they will pay back the money that they borrowed from you. It is as though you are waiting to forcefully take their coats off their backs! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_9","034_2_9","MIC","2","9","9","You have forced women to leave their nice homes, and you have stolen from their children forever the ◄blessings/good things► that I wanted to give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_10","034_2_10","MIC","2","10","10","So get up and leave here! This is not a place where you can rest and be safe/protected, because you have ◄defiled it/caused it to be a place that I hate►; it will be completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_11","034_2_11","MIC","2","11","11","You people want a prophet who will lie to you, saying ‘I will preach that you should drink plenty of wine and other alcoholic drinks!’ That is the kind of prophet who would please you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_12","034_2_12","MIC","2","12","12","“But some day, you descendants of Jacob, you Israeli people who have survived, I will bring you back from ◄exile/other countries►, I will gather you together like SIM a shepherd gathers his sheep from the pasture into a pen DOU; there will be many of you in your land/country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC2_13","034_2_13","MIC","2","13","13","Your leader will enable them to leave the countries where they have been exiled; he will lead them out of the gates of their enemies’ cities, back to your own country. Your king will lead them; it is I, Yahweh, who will be their king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_1","034_3_1","MIC","3","1","1","Then I said, “You Israeli MTY leaders, listen to what I say! You should certainly RHQ know what things are right to do and what things are wrong, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_2","034_3_2","MIC","3","2","2","but you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You act like butchers: it is as though you strip the skin off my people and tear  the flesh from their bones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_3","034_3_3","MIC","3","3","3","It is as though you chop them into pieces like SIM meat to be cooked in a pot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_4","034_3_4","MIC","3","4","4","Then, when you have troubles, you plead to Yahweh to help you, but he will not answer you. At that time, he will turn away from you because of the evil things that you have done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_5","034_3_5","MIC","3","5","5","This is what Yahweh says about your false prophets who are deceiving the people: “If someone gives them food, those prophets say that things will go well for him. But they declare war against anyone who does not give them food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_6","034_3_6","MIC","3","6","6","So now it is as though MET night will descend on you prophets; you will not receive any more visions. It is as though MET the sun will set for you; the time when you are greatly honored will end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_7","034_3_7","MIC","3","7","7","Then you ◄seers/people who predict what will happen in the future► DOU will be disgraced; you will cover your faces because you will be ashamed, because when you ask me what will happen, there will be no answer from me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_8","034_3_8","MIC","3","8","8","But as for me, I am full of God’s power, power from the Spirit of Yahweh. I am courageous and strong to declare to the Israeli people MTY, DOU that they have sinned and rebelled against Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_9","034_3_9","MIC","3","9","9","You leaders of the people MTY of Israel, listen to this! You hate it when people do what is just; and when people say what is true, you distort it, saying it is false. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_10","034_3_10","MIC","3","10","10","It is as though you are building houses in Jerusalem on foundations that consist of murdering people and doing what is corrupt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_11","034_3_11","MIC","3","11","11","Your leaders make favorable decisions only if they receive bribes. Your priests teach people only if those people pay them well. Your false prophets require people to pay them to tell people what will happen to them in the future. Those prophets say, “Yahweh is telling us what we should say, and we say that we will not experience any disasters.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC3_12","034_3_12","MIC","3","12","12","Because of what you leaders do, Zion Hill will be plowed like a field; it will become a heap of ruins/rubble; the top of the hill, where the temple is now, will be covered with bushes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_1","034_4_1","MIC","4","1","1","Yahweh says that some day his temple will be on top of a mountain, and that mountain will be the most important MET one on the earth; it will be as though it is higher than all the hills, and huge groups of people from all over the world will come there to worship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_2","034_4_2","MIC","4","2","2","People from many nations will say to each other, “Let’s go to the mountain where Yahweh is, to the temple where we can worship the God whom Jacob worshiped. There God will teach us how he wants us to conduct our lives, and we will do what he wants us to do.” Zion Hill is the place where he will teach people; and people will go out from Jerusalem to tell others his messages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_3","034_4_3","MIC","4","3","3","Yahweh will settle disputes between many people, and he will also settle disputes between powerful nations that are far away. Then people will hammer their swords to cause them to become plow blades, and hammer their spears to cause them to become pruning knives. Armies of nations will no longer fight against armies of other nations, and they will no longer train men how to fight in wars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_4","034_4_4","MIC","4","4","4","Everyone will sit peacefully under his own grapevines, and under his own fig trees; no one will cause them to be afraid. That is what will surely happen because the Commander of the armies of angels has said it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_5","034_4_5","MIC","4","5","5","Many HYP of the people of other nations will worship IDM their own gods, but we will worship Yahweh our God always, forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_6","034_4_6","MIC","4","6","6","Yahweh says, “There will soon be a time when I will gather the people whom I have punished, who have been ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►, all those whom I have caused to suffer much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_7","034_4_7","MIC","4","7","7","My people who did not die while they were exiled will become a strong nation again. Then I, Yahweh, will be their king, and I will rule from Jerusalem forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_8","034_4_8","MIC","4","8","8","As for you people of Jerusalem MET, you who guard all of my people like MET a shepherd guards his sheep from a tower, you who live on Zion Hill, will have great power again. You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_9","034_4_9","MIC","4","9","9","So why RHQ are you wailing now? Is it because you have no king? Have all your wise people died? You are groaning loudly like SIM a woman who is giving birth to a baby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_10","034_4_10","MIC","4","10","10","Well, you people of Jerusalem should writhe and groan like SIM a woman who is having birth pains, because now you must leave this city, and while you are traveling, you will set up tents in open fields at night; you will go to live in Babylon. But while you are there, I, Yahweh, will rescue you; I will free you from the power/control MTY of your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_11","034_4_11","MIC","4","11","11","Now the armies of many nations have gathered to attack you. They are saying, ‘Jerusalem must be destroyed! We want to see this city when it becomes ruins!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_12","034_4_12","MIC","4","12","12","But they do not know what I, Yahweh, think, and they do not understand what I plan: I will gather them and punish them like SIM farmers thresh grain on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC4_13","034_4_13","MIC","4","13","13","So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish MET the nations who oppose you. I will cause you to be very strong, as if MET you had horns made of iron, as if MET you had hoofs made of bronze; and you will crush many nations. And then you will take from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken from other countries, and you will dedicate those things to me, the one who is the Lord of all the people on the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_1","034_5_1","MIC","5","1","1","“But now, you people of Jerusalem, gather your troops together, because even though you have a wall around your city to protect it, enemy soldiers are surrounding the city. And soon they will strike your leader on his face, with a rod.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_2","034_5_2","MIC","5","2","2","But you people of APO Bethlehem in Ephrathah district need to know that even though your town is a very small one among all the towns in Judah, someone who will rule Israel will be born in your town. He will be someone whose family has existed a very long time ago DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_3","034_5_3","MIC","5","3","3","But now you people of Israel will be conquered by your enemies; but it will be for only a short time, like MET the short time that women have great pain while their babies are being born. After that, your fellow-countrymen who were ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries► will return to their own country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_4","034_5_4","MIC","5","4","4","And that man who will be ruling there in Jerusalem will stand and lead his people well, because Yahweh, his God, will cause him to be strong and greatly honored. Then the people whom he rules will live in Jerusalem safely; he will be greatly honored by people all over the earth, so no one will dare to attack Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_5","034_5_5","MIC","5","5","5","And he will cause things to go well for his people. When the army of Assyria attacks our country and breaks though our fortresses, we will appoint ◄seven or eight/several► leaders to lead our army to fight against them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_6","034_5_6","MIC","5","6","6","With their swords our army will defeat the army of Assyria, whose capital was founded by Nimrod long ago. So our army will rescue us from the Assyrian army when they invade our country DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_7","034_5_7","MIC","5","7","7","The ◄descendants of Jacob/Israelis► who survive will be a blessing to the people of other nations, like SIM dew and rain sent by Yahweh do good to the grass. The Israelis will not trust in humans to help them; instead, they will rely on Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_8","034_5_8","MIC","5","8","8","In the midst of their enemies in many people-groups DOU, the descendants of Jacob who remain alive will be like SIM a lion among the other wild beasts of the forest, like SIM a young lion who goes among a flock of sheep and pounces on one and ◄mauls it/tears it to pieces►, and no one will be able to rescue that sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_9","034_5_9","MIC","5","9","9","You Israelis will defeat MTY all your enemies and completely destroy them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_10","034_5_10","MIC","5","10","10","Yahweh says, “At that time, I will destroy you Israeli people’s horses that your soldiers use in war and your chariots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_11","034_5_11","MIC","5","11","11","I will tear down your city walls and destroy all your fortified cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_12","034_5_12","MIC","5","12","12","I will get rid of all those among you who practice magic and the ◄fortune-tellers/those who say that they can predict what will happen in the future►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_13","034_5_13","MIC","5","13","13","I will destroy all your idols and sacred stone pillars, and then you will no longer bow down and worship things that you yourselves SYN have made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_14","034_5_14","MIC","5","14","14","I will get rid of your poles that represent the goddess Asherah, and I will also destroy all your idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC5_15","034_5_15","MIC","5","15","15","And because I will be very angry, I will also punish the people of all the nations who have not obeyed me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_1","034_6_1","MIC","6","1","1","Pay attention to what Yahweh says to you Israeli people: “Stand up in court and state what you are accusing me about. And allow the hills and mountains to hear what you will say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_2","034_6_2","MIC","6","2","2","But then you mountains must also listen carefully DOU to what I, Yahweh, am complaining about my people. I have something to say about what DOU my Israeli people are doing that displeases me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_3","034_6_3","MIC","6","3","3","My people, what have I done to cause trouble for you RHQ? What have I done to cause you to experience difficulties? Answer me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_4","034_6_4","MIC","6","4","4","I did great things for your ancestors; I brought them out of Egypt; I rescued them from that land where they were slaves. I sent Moses to lead them, and his older brother Aaron and his older sister Miriam. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_5","034_6_5","MIC","6","5","5","My people, think about when Balak, the king of Moab, requested Beor’s son Balaam to curse your ancestors, and think about what Balaam replied. Think about how your ancestors crossed the Jordan River miraculously while they were traveling from Acacia to Gilgal. Think about those things in order that you may know that I, Yahweh, do what is right.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_6","034_6_6","MIC","6","6","6","The Israeli people ask, “What shall we bring to Yahweh who lives in heaven when we come to him and bow down before him? Should we bring calves that are a year-old that will be offerings that will be killed and completely burned on the altar? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_7","034_6_7","MIC","6","7","7","Will Yahweh be pleased if we offer to him 1,000 rams and 10,000 streams of olive oil? Should we offer our firstborn children to be sacrifices to pay for the sins that we have committed DOU?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_8","034_6_8","MIC","6","8","8","No, because he has shown each of us what is good to do; he has shown RHQ us what he requires each of us to do: He wants us to do what is just/fair and to love and to be merciful to others, and he wants us to live humbly while we fellowship with him, our God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_9","034_6_9","MIC","6","9","9","“I am Yahweh, so if you are wise, you should revere me. I am calling out to you people of Jerusalem, ‘The armies MET that will destroy your city are coming, so pay careful attention to me, the one who is causing them to punish you with my rod. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_10","034_6_10","MIC","6","10","10","Do you think that RHQ I should forget that you wicked people filled your homes with valuable things that you acquired by cheating others? Do you think that RHQ I should forget that you used false measures when you bought and sold things? Those are things that I hate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_11","034_6_11","MIC","6","11","11","Do you think that RHQ I should say nothing about people who use scales that do not weigh correctly, and who use weights that are not accurate? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_12","034_6_12","MIC","6","12","12","The rich people among you always act violently to get money from poor people. All of the people in Jerusalem are liars, and they SYN always deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_13","034_6_13","MIC","6","13","13","Therefore, I have already begun to get rid of you, to ruin you because of the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_14","034_6_14","MIC","6","14","14","Soon you will eat food, but you will not have enough to satisfy you; your stomachs will still feel as though they are empty. You will try to save up money, but you will not be able to save anything, because I will send your enemies to take it from you in wars MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_15","034_6_15","MIC","6","15","15","You will plant seeds, but you will not harvest anything. You will press olives, but others, not you, will use the olive oil. You will trample on grapes and make wine from the juice, but others, not you, will drink the wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC6_16","034_6_16","MIC","6","16","16","Those things will happen to you because you obey only the wicked laws of King Omri, and you do the terrible things that wicked King Ahab and his descendants commanded. So, I will destroy your country, and I will cause your people to be despised; people of other nations will insult you.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_1","034_7_1","MIC","7","1","1","I am very miserable/frustrated! I am like SIM someone who is hungry, who searches for fruit to pick after all the fruit had been picked and who finds no grapes or figs to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_2","034_7_2","MIC","7","2","2","All the godly people have disappeared from this land; there is not one of them left. The people who are left are all murderers MTY; it is as though everyone is eager to kill his fellow countryman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_3","034_7_3","MIC","7","3","3","They all use both hands to do what is evil. Government officials and judges all ask for bribes. Important people tell others what they want, and they plot/scheme together about how to get it done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_4","034_7_4","MIC","7","4","4","Even the best people are as worthless SIM as briers; the people who are considered by others to be IRO the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes. But, Yahweh will soon judge them; now is the time that he will punish people, a time when they will be very confused because of being defeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_5","034_7_5","MIC","7","5","5","So, do not trust anyone! Do not trust even a friend; even be careful what you say to your wife whom you love! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_6","034_7_6","MIC","7","6","6","Boys will despise their fathers, and girls will defy their mothers. Women will defy their mothers-in-law. Your enemies will be those who live in your own houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_7","034_7_7","MIC","7","7","7","As for me, I wait for Yahweh to help me. I confidently expect that God, my Savior, will answer me when I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_8","034_7_8","MIC","7","8","8","You who are our enemies, do not gloat/rejoice about what has happened to us, because even if we have experienced disasters, those disasters will end and we will be restored. Even if it is as though we are sitting in the darkness, Yahweh will be our light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_9","034_7_9","MIC","7","9","9","We must be patient while Yahweh punishes us because we have sinned against him. But later, it will be as though he will go to court and defend us, and he will make sure that the judge makes a right decision about us. It will be as though he will bring us out into the light, and we will see it when he rescues us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_10","034_7_10","MIC","7","10","10","Our enemies will also see that, and they will be disgraced because they ridiculed us, saying “Why is RHQ Yahweh, that God of yours, not helping you?” But with our own eyes we will see them when they are defeated; we will see them trampled like SIM mud in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_11","034_7_11","MIC","7","11","11","You people of Israel, at that time your cities will be rebuilt, and your territory will become larger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_12","034_7_12","MIC","7","12","12","People from many countries will come to honor you: people from Assyria and from near the Euphrates River in the east and from Egypt in the south, from distant seas, and from many mountains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_13","034_7_13","MIC","7","13","13","But the other countries on the earth will become desolate because of the evil things that their people have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_14","034_7_14","MIC","7","14","14","Yahweh, protect your people like MET a shepherd protects his sheep by using his walking stick; lead your people MET whom you have chosen to belong to you. Even though some of them live by themselves in a forest, give them the fertile pastureland in the Bashan and Gilead regions that they possessed long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_15","034_7_15","MIC","7","15","15","Yahweh says/replies, “Yes, I will perform miracles for you like the miracles that I performed when I rescued your ancestors from being slaves in Egypt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_16","034_7_16","MIC","7","16","16","People from many nations will see what Yahweh does for you, and they will be ashamed because they do not have any power. They will put their hands over their mouths and their ears because they will be very amazed because of what Yahweh does, and they will not be able to say anything or hear anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_17","034_7_17","MIC","7","17","17","Being very humiliated, they will crawl on the ground MTY like SIM snakes. They will come out of their homes trembling, and stand revering Yahweh our God. They will be very afraid of him, and will tremble in front of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_18","034_7_18","MIC","7","18","18","Yahweh, there is no RHQ God like you; you forgive the sins DOU that were committed by the people who have survived, the people who belong to you. You do not remain angry forever; you are very happy to show us that you faithfully love us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_19","034_7_19","MIC","7","19","19","You will again act kindly/compassionately toward us. You will get rid of the scroll on which you have written the sins that we have committed as though you were trampling it under your feet or throwing it into the deep ocean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MC7_20","034_7_20","MIC","7","20","20","You will show that you faithfully do what you promised for us and faithfully love us, just like you solemnly promised long ago to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob that you would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_1","035_1_1","NAM","1","1","1","I am Nahum, from Elkosh village. This is a message about Nineveh city, the capital of Assyria that was given to me in a vision by Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_2","035_1_2","NAM","1","2","2","Yahweh our God ◄is jealous/does not want people to worship any other god►. He is very angry with those who worship other gods, and he gets revenge DOU on all those who oppose him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_3","035_1_3","NAM","1","3","3","Yahweh does not quickly become angry; but he is very powerful, and he will certainly punish LIT those who have done evil things MTY. He shows his power by sending whirlwinds and storms, and clouds are like MET the dust stirred up by his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_4","035_1_4","NAM","1","4","4","When he commands oceans and rivers to become dry, they dry up. He causes the grass in the fields in the Bashan region and on the slopes of Carmel Mountain to wither, and causes the flowers in Lebanon to fade. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_5","035_1_5","NAM","1","5","5","When he appears, it is as though the mountains shake and the hills melt; the earth quakes and the people on the earth tremble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_6","035_1_6","NAM","1","6","6","There is no one RHQ who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry; there is no one RHQ who can survive when his anger is very hot. When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like SIM a blazing fire, and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_7","035_1_7","NAM","1","7","7","But he is good; he protects us his people when we experience troubles. He takes care of those who trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_8","035_1_8","NAM","1","8","8","But he will get rid of his enemies; he will be to them like MET a flood that destroys everything. He will chase his enemies into the darkness of the place where the dead are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_9","035_1_9","NAM","1","9","9","So, it is useless RHQ for you people of Nineveh to plot against Yahweh. He will not need to strike you two times to destroy you; he will destroy you by striking you only once. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_10","035_1_10","NAM","1","10","10","It will be as though his enemies are tangled in thorns, and they will stagger like people who have drunk a lot of wine. They will be burned up like SIM a fire completely burns up stubble/straw. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_11","035_1_11","NAM","1","11","11","In Nineveh city there was a man who advised people to do very wicked things to Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_12","035_1_12","NAM","1","12","12","But this is what Yahweh says about you Israeli people: “Although the people of Assyria have very many people and their army is very powerful, they will be destroyed and will disappear. I say to my people in Judah, ‘ have already punished you, but I will not punish you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_13","035_1_13","NAM","1","13","13","Now I will cause the people of Assyria to no longer control/oppress you MET; it will be as though I will tear off the shackles/chains on your hands and feet.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_14","035_1_14","NAM","1","14","14","And this is what Yahweh also declares about you people of Nineveh: “You will not have any descendants who will continue to have your family names. And I will destroy all the statues of your gods that were carved or formed in molds. I will cause you to be killed and sent to your graves, because you are vile/despicable!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM1_15","035_1_15","NAM","1","15","15","You people of Judah, look! A messenger will be coming across the mountains, and he SYN will be bringing good news to you. He will be declaring that you will now have peace because Assyria will have been conquered. So, celebrate your festivals, and do what you solemnly promised to do when your enemies were threatening to attack you, because your wicked enemies will not invade your country again, because they will be completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_1","035_2_1","NAM","2","1","1","You people of APO Nineveh, your enemies are coming to attack you. So place guards on the tops of the walls around the city! Guard the roads into the city! Get ready to fight! Gather your troops/soldiers MTY together! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_2","035_2_2","NAM","2","2","2","Even though enemy soldiers have destroyed the descendants of MTY Jacob, Yahweh will cause them to be honored again. Israel is like a grapevine that has been ruined, but Israel will prosper again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_3","035_2_3","NAM","2","3","3","The shields of the enemy soldiers who are coming to attack you will shine red as the sun shines on them, and they will wear bright red uniforms. The metal of their chariot wheels will flash when they line up before the battle, and their soldiers will lift up their cypress/pine spears and wave them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_4","035_2_4","NAM","2","4","4","Their chariots will dash through the streets of Nineveh and rush furiously through the plazas. Going as quick as lightning, they will resemble flaming torches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_5","035_2_5","NAM","2","5","5","Meanwhile, your king will summon his officers who will stumble as they try to come quickly. They will dash to the city wall, holding their shields to protect themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_6","035_2_6","NAM","2","6","6","But, the gates of the dams on the rivers will be thrown open by enemy soldiers, and the flood will cause the palace to collapse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_7","035_2_7","NAM","2","7","7","The queen will have her clothes stripped off her by enemy soldiers, and her slave girls will moan like doves and beat their breasts to show that they are very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_8","035_2_8","NAM","2","8","8","The people will rush from Nineveh like SIM water rushes from a broken dam. The officials will shout, “Stop! Stop!” but the people will not even look back as they run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_9","035_2_9","NAM","2","9","9","The enemy attackers say to each other, “Seize the silver! Grab the gold! There is a huge amount of very valuable things in this city, more valuable things than anyone can count!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_10","035_2_10","NAM","2","10","10","Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined. People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight. Their faces will all become pale. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_11","035_2_11","NAM","2","11","11","After that happens, people will say, “What happened to RHQ that great city of Nineveh? It was like MET a den full of young lions, where the male and female lions lived and fed the young ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_12","035_2_12","NAM","2","12","12","The soldiers in Nineveh were like MET lions that killed or strangled other animals and brought the meat to their dens.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM2_13","035_2_13","NAM","2","13","13","The Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh, “I am opposed to you; I will cause your chariots to be burned in fires and go up in smoke. Your young men will be killed with swords. Your soldiers will never again conquer other nations and seize their valuable possessions. Your messengers will never again take messages to other nations, demanding that their armies surrender to them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_1","035_3_1","NAM","3","1","1","Terrible things will happen to Nineveh, that city that is full of people who murder MTY and lie. The city is full of things that were seized from other countries by their soldiers; their armies continually LIT have acted brutally towards people whom they conquered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_2","035_3_2","NAM","3","2","2","But now listen to the enemy soldiers coming to attack Nineveh; listen to them cracking their whips, and listen to the rattle of their chariot wheels! Listen to their galloping horses and their chariots as they bounce along! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_3","035_3_3","NAM","3","3","3","Look at their flashing swords and glittering spears as the horsemen race forward! Many people of Nineveh will be killed; there will be piles of corpses, with the result that people will stumble over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_4","035_3_4","NAM","3","4","4","All that will happen because Nineveh is like MET a beautiful prostitute who lures men to where they will be ruined; Nineveh is a beautiful city which has attracted/enticed people of other nations to come there. The people of Nineveh taught those people of other nations rituals of magic, and caused them to become their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_5","035_3_5","NAM","3","5","5","So the Commander of the armies of angels says to the people of Nineveh: “I am your enemy, and I will cause the people in other nations to see you completely humiliated like MET women who have committed adultery are humiliated by having their skirts lifted high, with the result that people can see their naked bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_6","035_3_6","NAM","3","6","6","I will cause rubbish/garbage to be thrown at you; I will show others that I despise you very much, and I will cause you to be publicly ridiculed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_7","035_3_7","NAM","3","7","7","All those who see you will turn their backs to you and say, ‘Nineveh is ruined, but absolutely no one RHQ will mourn for it.’ No one will regret Nineveh being destroyed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_8","035_3_8","NAM","3","8","8","Your city is certainly RHQ no safer than Thebes city was. Thebes was an important city beside the Nile River; the river was like SIM a wall that protected the city DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_9","035_3_9","NAM","3","9","9","The rulers of Ethiopia and Egypt helped Thebes; there was no limit to their power. The governments of the nearby countries of Put and Libya were also allies of Thebes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_10","035_3_10","NAM","3","10","10","But Thebes was captured, and its people were ◄exiled/forced to go to other countries►. Their babies were dashed to pieces in the streets of the city. Enemy soldiers ◄cast lots/threw small marked stones► to decide who would get each official in Thebes to become his slave. All the leaders of Thebes were fastened/tied by chains. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_11","035_3_11","NAM","3","11","11","You people of Nineveh will similarly become dazed and drunk, and you will search for places to hide to escape from your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_12","035_3_12","NAM","3","12","12","Your enemies will cause the walls around your city to fall down like SIM the first figs that fall from fig trees each year. Your city will be captured easily, like MET figs that fall into the mouths HYP of those who shake the fig trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_13","035_3_13","NAM","3","13","13","Look at your soldiers! They will be as weak/helpless as MET women! The gates of your city will be opened wide to allow your enemies to enter them, and then the bars of those gates will be burned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_14","035_3_14","NAM","3","14","14","Store up water now to use when your enemies surround the city! Repair the forts! Dig up clay and trample it to make it soft, and put it into molds to make bricks to repair the walls! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_15","035_3_15","NAM","3","15","15","Nevertheless, your enemies will burn your city; they will kill you with their swords; they will kill you like SIM locusts destroy crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_16","035_3_16","NAM","3","16","16","In your city there are now very many merchants; it seems that there are more of them than there are stars. But when your city is being destroyed, those merchants will take the valuable things and disappear like SIM locusts that strip the leaves from plants and then fly away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_17","035_3_17","NAM","3","17","17","Your leaders are also like a swarm of SIM locusts DOU that crowd together on the stone fences/walls on a cold day, and then fly away when the sun comes up, and no one knows where they have gone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_18","035_3_18","NAM","3","18","18","O King of Assyria, your officials will all be dead EUP; your important people will lie down and rest forever. Your people will be scattered over the mountains, and there will no one to gather them together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("NM3_19","035_3_19","NAM","3","19","19","You are like someone who has a wound that cannot be healed; it will be a wound that causes him to die. And all those who hear about what has happened to you will clap their hands joyfully. They will say, “Everyone has RHQ suffered because he continually was very cruel to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_1","036_1_1","HAB","1","1","1","I am Habakkuk, a prophet. This is the message that Yahweh gave to me in a vision. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_2","036_1_2","HAB","1","2","2","I said, “Yahweh, how long must I continue to call to you for help before you respond? I cry out to you for help, saying that people are acting violently everywhere, but you do not rescue us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_3","036_1_3","HAB","1","3","3","◄Must I/I do not want to► continue seeing people doing what is unjust RHQ. Why do you not punish people who are doing what is wrong RHQ? I see people destroying things and acting violently. There is fighting and quarreling everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_4","036_1_4","HAB","1","4","4","No one obeys laws PRS, and judges PRS never do what is fair/just. Wicked people always defeat righteous people in the courts, with the result that matters are never decided fairly/justly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_5","036_1_5","HAB","1","5","5","Yahweh replied to me, “I know that what you say is true, but look around at what is happening in the other nations; if you look, you will be amazed, because I am doing something during this time that you would not believe would happen, even if someone told you about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_6","036_1_6","HAB","1","6","6","The soldiers of Babylonia are fierce/cruel and swift. And now I am causing them to become very powerful; they will march across the world and conquer many other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_7","036_1_7","HAB","1","7","7","They are people whom others fear very much DOU, and they do whatever they want to, paying no attention to the laws of other countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_8","036_1_8","HAB","1","8","8","The horses that pull their chariots go faster than leopards, and they are fiercer than wolves are in the evening. The horses on which the soldiers ride gallop swiftly; the soldiers riding them come from distant places. They are like SIM eagles that swoop down to snatch and kill small animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_9","036_1_9","HAB","1","9","9","As they ride along, they are determined to act violently. They advance like SIM a wind from the desert, gathering prisoners that are as numerous as grains of sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_10","036_1_10","HAB","1","10","10","They make fun of kings and princes of other countries, and they ridicule all the cities that have high walls around them. They pile dirt outside those walls in order to climb up and capture those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_11","036_1_11","HAB","1","11","11","They rush past like the wind, and then they go to attack other cities. But they are very guilty, because they think that their own power is their god.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_12","036_1_12","HAB","1","12","12","Then I said, “Yahweh, you have certainly RHQ always/forever been God. You are my Holy One; you will not die. So why have you appointed those men from Babylonia to judge and get rid of us? You are like MET a huge rock under which we are protected/safe, so why have you sent them to punish us? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_13","036_1_13","HAB","1","13","13","You SYN are pure, and you cannot endure looking at what is evil, so why  are you ignoring men who are treacherous? Why do you do nothing to punish those wicked men from Babylonia who destroy people who are more righteous than they are? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_14","036_1_14","HAB","1","14","14","Do you consider that we are like fish in the sea, or like other creatures in the sea, that have no ruler? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_15","036_1_15","HAB","1","15","15","The soldiers of Babylonia think that we are fish RHQ for them to pull out of the sea with hooks or to catch in their nets, while they rejoice and celebrate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_16","036_1_16","HAB","1","16","16","If they catch us, they will worship their weapons MET with which they captured us, and offer sacrifices to them and burn incense in front of them! They will say ‘Those weapons have enabled us to become rich and be able to eat expensive food.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK1_17","036_1_17","HAB","1","17","17","Will you allow them to continue to conquer people MET forever? Will you allow them to destroy people of other nations without their being merciful to anyone?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_1","036_2_1","HAB","2","1","1","After I said that, I said to myself, “I will climb up into my watchtower, and stand there at my guard post. I will wait there to find out what Yahweh will say, what he will reply to what I have complained about.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_2","036_2_2","HAB","2","2","2","Then Yahweh replied to me, “Write plainly on tablets what I am revealing to you in this vision, and then read it to a messenger in order that he can run with it to tell it to other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_3","036_2_3","HAB","2","3","3","In this vision I will be talking about things that will happen in the future. Now is not the time when those things will happen, but they certainly will happen, and when they occur, they will occur quickly, and they will not be delayed. Now you want those things to happen immediately, but they are not happening. But wait patiently for them to happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_4","036_2_4","HAB","2","4","4","Think about the proud people of Babylonia! They are certainly not doing what is righteous. But people who are righteous will live because they faithfully do what I want them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_5","036_2_5","HAB","2","5","5","If people trust in their wealth, they will deceive themselves, and proud people are never able to rest. It is as though the greedy people of Babylonia open their mouths as wide as the place where dead people are, and they never have enough, like the place where dead people go never has enough dead people PRS. The armies of Babylonia conquer many nations for themselves, and capture all their people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_6","036_2_6","HAB","2","6","6","But soon all those whom they have captured will ridicule the soldiers from Babylonia! They will make fun of them, saying, ‘Terrible things will happen to you who have stolen things from other countries! You got many things by forcing people to give them to you. But you certainly will not keep those things for a long time RHQ!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_7","036_2_7","HAB","2","7","7","Suddenly those whom you ◄oppressed/treated cruelly► will cause you to tremble, and they will take away all the things that you have stolen from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_8","036_2_8","HAB","2","8","8","You stole things from the people of many nations. You murdered MTY people of many people-groups, and you destroyed their land and their cities. So those who are still alive will steal valuable things from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_9","036_2_9","HAB","2","9","9","Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who build big houses with money that you got by forcing others to give it to you. You are proud and you think that your houses will be safe because you have built them in places where you can easily defend them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_10","036_2_10","HAB","2","10","10","But because you have destroyed others, you have caused your family MTY to be shamed/disgraced, and you yourselves will be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_11","036_2_11","HAB","2","11","11","It is as though the stones in the walls of your houses cry out to accuse you, and it is as though the beams in your ceilings also say the same things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_12","036_2_12","HAB","2","12","12","Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who kill people MTY in order to build cities, cities that you build by using money that you have gotten by committing crimes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_13","036_2_13","HAB","2","13","13","But the Commander of the armies of angels has RHQ declared that everything that is built by people who do things like that will be destroyed by fire; they will have worked hard uselessly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_14","036_2_14","HAB","2","14","14","But in contrast, like SIM the oceans are filled with water, the earth will be filled with people who know that Yahweh is very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_15","036_2_15","HAB","2","15","15","Terrible things will happen to you people of Babylonia who cause people who live in nearby countries to become drunk. You force them to drink a lot of wine from wineskins until they are drunk and then they walk around naked, in order that you can see that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_16","036_2_16","HAB","2","16","16","But you are the ones who soon will be disgraced instead of being honored. It will be as though you are forced to drink a lot of wine in order that you will also stagger around, drunk. You will drink the wine that symbolizes that Yahweh will punish you, and he will cause you to be disgraced instead of being greatly respected any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_17","036_2_17","HAB","2","17","17","You did violent PRS things to the people in Lebanon, and you killed the wild animals there, but you will be punished severely for doing that. You have killed MTY many people and you have destroyed their lands and their cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_18","036_2_18","HAB","2","18","18","You people of Babylonia need to know that your idols are completely RHQ useless, because it is people who made them. Statues that have been carved or made in a mold deceive you. Those who trust in idols are trusting in things that they themselves created, things that cannot speak! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_19","036_2_19","HAB","2","19","19","Terrible things will happen to you who say to lifeless idols that are made of wood, ‘Wake up!’ Idols certainly cannot RHQ tell you what you should do; they look nice/beautiful because they are covered with silver and gold, but they are not alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK2_20","036_2_20","HAB","2","20","20","But Yahweh is in his holy temple; everyone on the earth should be silent in his presence.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_1","036_3_1","HAB","3","1","2","Yahweh, I have heard about you; I revere you because of all the amazing things that you have done. In our time, do again some of those things that you did long ago! Even when you are angry with us, be merciful to us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_3","036_3_3","HAB","3","3","3","In the vision, I saw God, the Holy One, coming from the Teman district in Edom; and I also saw him coming from the Paran Hills in the Sinai area. His glory filled the sky, and the earth was full of people who were praising him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_4","036_3_4","HAB","3","4","4","His glory was like SIM a sunrise; rays flashed from his hands where he hides his power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_5","036_3_5","HAB","3","5","5","He sent plagues in front of him, and other plagues came behind him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_6","036_3_6","HAB","3","6","6","When he stopped, the earth shook. When he looked at the nations, all the people trembled. The hills and mountains that have existed for a very long time HYP collapsed and crumbled. Yahweh is the one who exists eternally/forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_7","036_3_7","HAB","3","7","7","In the vision I saw the people who live in tents in the Cushan region being afflicted, and the people in the Midian region trembling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_8","036_3_8","HAB","3","8","8","Yahweh, was it because you were angry with the rivers and streams that you were angry with them? Did the seas cause you to be furious, with the result that you rode through them with horses that were pulling chariots that enabled you to defeat them? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_9","036_3_9","HAB","3","9","9","It was as though you uncovered your bow, took arrows from your quiver, and prepared to shoot them. Then with lightning you split open the earth, and streams burst forth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_10","036_3_10","HAB","3","10","10","It is as though the mountains saw you doing that, and they trembled. Floods rushed by; it was as though the deep ocean roared and caused its waves to rise up high. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_11","036_3_11","HAB","3","11","11","The sun and moon stopped moving in the sky while your lightning flashed past like a swift arrow, and your glittering spear flashed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_12","036_3_12","HAB","3","12","12","Being very angry DOU, you walked across the earth and trampled the armies of many nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_13","036_3_13","HAB","3","13","13","But you also went to rescue us, your people, and to save the king (Or, people) whom you had chosen MTY. You struck down the leader MTY of those wicked people and stripped off his clothes, from his head to his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_14","036_3_14","HAB","3","14","14","With his own spear you destroyed the leader of those soldiers who rushed like SIM a whirlwind to attack and scatter us, thinking that they could conquer us Israelis easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_15","036_3_15","HAB","3","15","15","You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies, and caused the waves to surge. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_16","036_3_16","HAB","3","16","16","When I saw that vision, my heart pounded and my lips quivered because I became afraid. My legs became weak and I shook, because I was terrified. But I will wait quietly for the people of Babylonia, those who invaded our country, to experience disasters! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_17","036_3_17","HAB","3","17","17","Therefore, even if there are no blossoms on the fig trees, and there are no grapes on the grapevines, and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees, and there are no crops in the fields, and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields, and there are no cattle in the stalls/barns, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_18","036_3_18","HAB","3","18","18","I will rejoice because I know Yahweh. I will be joyful because Yahweh my God is the one who saves me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HK3_19","036_3_19","HAB","3","19","19","Yahweh the Lord is the one who causes me to be strong; he enables me to climb ◄safely/without falling► in the rocky mountains, like SIM a deer does. (This message is for the choir director: When this prayer is sung, it is to be accompanied by people playing stringed instruments.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_1","037_1_1","ZEP","1","1","1","I am Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the grandson of Gedaliah, and the great-grandson of Amariah, whose father was King Hezekiah. Yahweh gave this message to me during the time when King Amon’s son Josiah was the King of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_2","037_1_2","ZEP","1","2","2","Yahweh says, “I will ◄sweep away/destroy► everything HYP that is on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_3","037_1_3","ZEP","1","3","3","I will sweep away people and animals. I will sweep away birds and fish. I will get rid of wicked people; there will be no more wicked HYP people on the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_4","037_1_4","ZEP","1","4","4","“These are some of the things that I will do: I will punish the people who live in Jerusalem and other places in Judah. I will destroy everything that has been used in the worship of Baal. I will cause people to no longer remember the names of the pagan priests or the other priests who have turned away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_5","037_1_5","ZEP","1","5","5","I will get rid of those who go up on the roofs of their houses and worship the sun and moon and stars, those who claim that they worship me but also worship their god Molech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_6","037_1_6","ZEP","1","6","6","I will get rid of all those who previously worshiped me but no longer do, those who no longer seek my help or ask me to tell them what they should do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_7","037_1_7","ZEP","1","7","7","Be silent in front of Yahweh the Lord, because it will soon be the time/day when Yahweh will judge and punish people. Yahweh has prepared to get rid of the people of Judah; they will be like MET animals that are slaughtered for sacrifices, and he has chosen their enemies to be the ones who will get rid of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_8","037_1_8","ZEP","1","8","8","Yahweh says, “On that day when I will get rid of the people of Judah, I will punish their officials and the king’s sons, and I will punish all those who worship foreign gods MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_9","037_1_9","ZEP","1","9","9","I will punish those who show that they revere their god Dagan by avoiding stepping on the threshold of his temple, and those who do violent things and tell lies in the temples of their gods.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_10","037_1_10","ZEP","1","10","10","Yahweh also says, “On that day, people will cry out at the Fish Gate of Jerusalem. People will wail in the newer part of the city, and people will hear a loud crash of buildings collapsing in the hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_11","037_1_11","ZEP","1","11","11","So, all you people who live in the market area of Jerusalem should wail, because all those who sell goods and weigh out silver will be slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_12","037_1_12","ZEP","1","12","12","It will be as though I will light lanterns to search in dark places in Jerusalem for those who have become very satisfied with their behavior and complacent about their sins. They think that I, Yahweh, will do nothing to them, neither good things nor bad things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_13","037_1_13","ZEP","1","13","13","But I say that their valuable possessions will be plundered/stolen by their enemies, and their houses will be destroyed. They will build new homes, but they will not live in them; they will plant vineyards, but they will never drink any wine made from grapes that grow there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_14","037_1_14","ZEP","1","14","14","It will soon be the day/time when Yahweh will punish people. It will be here quickly. It will be a time when people cry bitterly, a time when even brave soldiers will cry loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_15","037_1_15","ZEP","1","15","15","It will be a time when God shows that he is very angry, a time when people experience much distress/suffering and trouble. It will be a time when many things are ruined and destroyed DOU. It will be a time when it is very gloomy and dark DOU, when the clouds are very black. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_16","037_1_16","ZEP","1","16","16","It will be a time when soldiers will blow trumpets to call other soldiers to battle. Your enemies will tear down the walls around your cities and the high towers at the corners of those walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_17","037_1_17","ZEP","1","17","17","Because you sinned against Yahweh, he will cause you to experience great distress; you will walk around groping like SIM blind people do. Your blood will flow from your bodies like SIM water, and your corpses will lie on the ground and rot SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP1_18","037_1_18","ZEP","1","18","18","At the time that Yahweh shows that he is very angry with you, you will not be able to save yourselves by giving silver or gold to your enemies. Because Yahweh ◄is very jealous/does not want people to worship any other god►, he will send a fire to burn up the entire world, and he will suddenly get rid of all the wicked people who live on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_1","037_2_1","ZEP","2","1","1","You people of Judah who ought to be ashamed, gather together DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_2","037_2_2","ZEP","2","2","2","Yahweh is extremely angry with you, so gather together now, before it is time for him to punish MTY you and blow you away like SIM the wind blows away chaff. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_3","037_2_3","ZEP","2","3","3","All you people in Judah who are humble, worship Yahweh, and obey what he has commanded. Try to do what is right and to be humble. If you do that, perhaps Yahweh will protect/spare you on the day when he punishes MTY people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_4","037_2_4","ZEP","2","4","4","When Yahweh punishes Philistia, Gaza and Ashkelon cities will be deserted/abandoned. Ashdod city will be attacked and the people expelled at noon when people are resting; the people of Ekron city will also be driven out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_5","037_2_5","ZEP","2","5","5","And terrible things will happen to you people of Philistia who live near the sea, because Yahweh has decided MTY that he will punish MTY you, also. He will get rid of all of you; not one person will ◄survive/remain alive►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_6","037_2_6","ZEP","2","6","6","The land of Philistia near the sea will become a pasture, a place for shepherds and their sheep pens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_7","037_2_7","ZEP","2","7","7","The people of Judah who ◄survive/are still alive► will possess that land. At night they will sleep in the deserted houses in Ashkelon. Yahweh will take care of them; he will enable them to prosper again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_8","037_2_8","ZEP","2","8","8","The Commander of the armies of angels, the God to whom we Israeli people belong, says this: “I have heard the people of Moab and Ammon when they insulted DOU my people, and when they said that they would conquer my people’s country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_9","037_2_9","ZEP","2","9","9","So now, as surely as I live, I will destroy Moab and Ammon like SIM I destroyed Gomorrah city. Their land will be a place were there are nettles and salt pits; it will be ruined forever. My Israeli people who survive will take away all their valuable possessions and also occupy their land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_10","037_2_10","ZEP","2","10","10","The people of Moab and Ammon will get what they deserve for being proud, because they made fun of the people who belong to the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_11","037_2_11","ZEP","2","11","11","Yahweh will cause them to be terrified when he destroys all the gods of their countries. Then even the people who live on islands throughout the world will worship Yahweh, each in their own countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_12","037_2_12","ZEP","2","12","12","Yahweh says that he will also slaughter the people of Ethiopia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_13","037_2_13","ZEP","2","13","13","Yahweh will punish IDM and destroy Assyria, that land northeast of us. He will cause its capital Nineveh to become ruined and deserted, a place that will be as dry as the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_14","037_2_14","ZEP","2","14","14","Flocks of sheep and herds of cattle and many kinds of wild animals will lie down there. Owls and crows will sit on the columns/pillars of the destroyed buildings, and they will ◄hoot/cry out► through the windows. There will be rubble in the doorways, and the valuable cedar boards will be taken from the ruined houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP2_15","037_2_15","ZEP","2","15","15","The people of Nineveh were previously happy and proud, thinking that they were very safe. They were always saying, “Our city is the greatest city; there is no city as great as ours!” But now it will become a ruins, a place where wild animals make their dens. And everyone who passes by there will hiss and scorn/ridicule that city, and shake their fists to show that they detest that city very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_1","037_3_1","ZEP","3","1","1","Terrible things will also happen to Jerusalem, that city whose people have rebelled against Yahweh and who have become unacceptable to him because of the sins that they have committed. They act violently toward others and they ◄oppress/treat cruelly► other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_2","037_3_2","ZEP","3","2","2","The people there do not pay attention to people who tell them the wrong things that they are doing and try to ◄correct them/cause them to quit doing those things►. The people in Jerusalem do not trust in Yahweh or draw near to ask help from their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_3","037_3_3","ZEP","3","3","3","Their leaders are like MET roaring lions; they are like MET wolves that attack other animals during the evening, and eat everything that they kill, with the result that the next morning there is nothing left of those animals to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_4","037_3_4","ZEP","3","4","4","The prophets in Jerusalem are proud, and they give messages that are not to be trusted. Their priests cause the temple to be unholy by doing things that are opposed to the laws of Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_5","037_3_5","ZEP","3","5","5","But Yahweh is also in the city; and he never does what is wrong. He treats people justly/fairly; he does that every day, but wicked people are never ashamed about their doing what is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_6","037_3_6","ZEP","3","6","6","Yahweh says this: “I have destroyed many nations; I have destroyed their strong/high city walls and towers. Now I have caused the streets in those cities to be completely deserted DOU; the cities are ruined. There are no people still alive in the cities; they are all dead LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_7","037_3_7","ZEP","3","7","7","So I thought to myself, ‘Because of what I have done to those other nations, surely the people of Jerusalem will revere me now, and they will accept ◄my correcting them/my telling them to quit doing what is wrong►. If they do that, I will not destroy their houses; I will not punish them like I said that I would do.’ But in spite of knowing how I punished those other nations, they were still eager to get up early each morning and continue to do evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_8","037_3_8","ZEP","3","8","8","Therefore I, Yahweh, say, ‘Wait for the day in which I will testify in court about your evil things.’ I have decided to gather the people of the kingdoms of the earth DOU and cause them to know that I am very angry with them. All over the earth I will punish and destroy people; my being angry with them because I ◄am jealous/want people to worship no other god► is like MET a ◄raging/very hot► fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_9","037_3_9","ZEP","3","9","9","When that happens, I will cause all people MTY to be changed and enable them to speak only what is ◄pure/pleasing to me►, in order that everyone can worship me MTY and unitedly/together serve me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_10","037_3_10","ZEP","3","10","10","Then my people who were forced to go to other countries, those who live along the upper part of the Nile River in Ethiopia will come to me and bring offerings to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_11","037_3_11","ZEP","3","11","11","At that time, you people in Jerusalem will no longer be ashamed about what has happened to you, because you no longer will be rebelling against me. I will get rid of all the people among you who are very proud DOU. No one on Zion, my holy hill, will strut around proudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_12","037_3_12","ZEP","3","12","12","Those who are still alive in Israel will be poor and humble; they will be people who trust in me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_13","037_3_13","ZEP","3","13","13","Those people who are still alive there in Israel will not do things that are wrong; they will not tell lies or deceive MTY people. They will eat and sleep safely, because no one will cause them to be afraid.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_14","037_3_14","ZEP","3","14","14","You people who live in Jerusalem DOU and other places in Israel, sing and shout loudly! Be glad, and rejoice DOU greatly, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_15","037_3_15","ZEP","3","15","15","because Yahweh will stop punishing MTY you, and he will send away from you the armies of your enemies! And Yahweh himself, the king of us Israeli people, will live among us, and never again will we be afraid that others will harm us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_16","037_3_16","ZEP","3","16","16","At that time, other people will say to us people of Jerusalem, “You people of APO Jerusalem, do not be afraid; do not become afraid or discouraged, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_17","037_3_17","ZEP","3","17","17","because Yahweh your God is living among you. He is mighty, and he will rescue/save you. He will be very happy with you; because he loves you, he will cause you to not be afraid; he will sing loudly to rejoice over you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_18","037_3_18","ZEP","3","18","18","Yahweh says, “You people were sad and ashamed because you were unable to attend your religious festivals; but I will cause you to no longer be disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_19","037_3_19","ZEP","3","19","19","Truly, I will severely punish all those who ◄oppressed you/caused you to suffer►. I will rescue those who are helpless and those who were forced to go to other countries. I will enable them to be praised and honored in every country to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►, places where they were disgraced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZP3_20","037_3_20","ZEP","3","20","20","At that time, I will gather you together and bring you back home to Israel. I will cause you to ◄have a good reputation/be honored► and be greatly praised among all the nations of the earth. You MTY will see me causing you to prosper again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_1","038_1_1","HAG","1","1","1","I am, Haggai, a prophet. I received a message from Yahweh on August 29th, during the second year that Darius was the king of Persia. I told this message to Shealtiel’s son Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, and to Jehozadak’s son Jeshua, the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_2","038_1_2","HAG","1","2","2","Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, told me that the people were saying that it was not yet time for them to rebuild Yahweh’s temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_3","038_1_3","HAG","1","3","3","Then Yahweh gave me this message to tell to the people of Jerusalem: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_4","038_1_4","HAG","1","4","4","“It is not right RHQ for you to be living in luxurious houses while my temple is only ruins! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_5","038_1_5","HAG","1","5","5","I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, say this: Think about what is happening to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_6","038_1_6","HAG","1","6","6","You have planted a lot of seeds, but you are not getting many crops to harvest. You eat food, but you never get enough. You drink wine, but you are still thirsty. You wear clothes, but you do not stay warm. You earn money, but things are very expensive, with the result that it is as though MET your money disappears because you are putting it in purses/pockets that have big holes in them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_7","038_1_7","HAG","1","7","7","So this is what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of heaven, says: “Think about what is happening to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_8","038_1_8","HAG","1","8","8","Then go up into the hills, cut down trees, and bring timber down here, and rebuild my temple. When you do that, I will be pleased, and I will be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_9","038_1_9","HAG","1","9","9","You expected to harvest plenty of crops, but there were few crops to harvest. And when you brought the crops home, I caused them to spoil IDM quickly. The reason that happened is that my temple is a ruins, while each of you are busy building your own beautiful houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_10","038_1_10","HAG","1","10","10","It is because of what you are doing that rain does not fall from the sky, and as a result there are no crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_11","038_1_11","HAG","1","11","11","I have caused a ◄drought/severe lack of rain► on the hills and on your fields. The result has been that your grain has withered, and your grapevines MTY and olive trees MTY and all your other crops have dried up. Because of that, you and your cattle do not have enough food, and the hard work that you have done will be for nothing.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_12","038_1_12","HAG","1","12","12","Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the others of God’s people who were still alive obeyed the message that Yahweh our God had said, and they heeded the message that I had given them, because they knew that Yahweh our God had sent/appointed me. And the people revered Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_13","038_1_13","HAG","1","13","13","Then I, Haggai, who was Yahweh’s messenger, gave this message from Yahweh to the people: “I, Yahweh, declare that I am with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_14","038_1_14","HAG","1","14","14","So Yahweh motivated Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the other people to want to rebuild the temple of our God, the Commander of the armies of angels. They gathered together and started to work to rebuild it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG1_15","038_1_15","HAG","1","15","15","They started work on September 21st, during the second year that Darius was the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_1","038_2_1","HAG","2","1","1","On October 17 of that year, Yahweh gave me, the prophet Haggai, another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_2","038_2_2","HAG","2","2","2","The message was that I should say this to Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and to the other people who were still alive in Jerusalem: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_3","038_2_3","HAG","2","3","3","“Do any of you remember how glorious our former temple was? If you do, what does it look like to you now? It must seem like nothing at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_4","038_2_4","HAG","2","4","4","But now the Commander of the armies of angels says to all of you, to Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of you people who live in this nation, ‘Do not be discouraged; be strong DOU, and work to build this new temple, because I will ◄be with/help► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_5","038_2_5","HAG","2","5","5","My Spirit remains among you, like I promised your ancestors when they left Egypt. So do not be afraid!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_6","038_2_6","HAG","2","6","6","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “Soon I will shake the sky and the earth, the oceans and the land again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_7","038_2_7","HAG","2","7","7","I will shake again the people of  all the nations, and as a result they will bring their treasures to this temple. I will fill this temple with my glory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_8","038_2_8","HAG","2","8","8","The silver and the gold that they own are really mine, so they will bring them to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_9","038_2_9","HAG","2","9","9","Then this temple will be more glorious than the former/previous temple was. And I will cause things to go well for you all. That will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_10","038_2_10","HAG","2","10","10","On December 18 of that year, Yahweh gave another message to me, the prophet Haggai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_11","038_2_11","HAG","2","11","11","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels said to me: “Ask the priests this question about what is written in the laws of Moses about sacrifices: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_12","038_2_12","HAG","2","12","12","‘If one of you priests takes from the altar some meat that was sacrificed and is carrying it in his robes, if his robe touches some bread or stew or wine or olive oil or some other food, does that food also become ◄holy/acceptable for a sacrifice►?’” When he said that to the priests, they replied, “No.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_13","038_2_13","HAG","2","13","13","Then Haggai asked them, “If someone becomes unacceptable to God by touching a corpse, and then he touches any of those foods, will the food also become unacceptable to God?” The priests replied, “Yes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_14","038_2_14","HAG","2","14","14","Then Haggai replied, “Yahweh says this: ‘It is the same with you people and with this nation. Everything that you do and all the sacrifices that you all offer are unacceptable to me because of the sins that you have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_15","038_2_15","HAG","2","15","15","Think about what has been happening to you before you began to lay the foundation of my temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_16","038_2_16","HAG","2","16","16","When you expected to harvest 20 bushels of grain, you harvested only ten bushels. When someone went to a big wine vat to get 50 gallons of wine, there were only 20 gallons in the vat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_17","038_2_17","HAG","2","17","17","I sent ◄blight/hot winds► and mildew and hail to destroy all your crops. But still you did not return to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_18","038_2_18","HAG","2","18","18","Starting from this day, December 18, the day when you have laid the foundation of my new temple, continue to think carefully about your situation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_19","038_2_19","HAG","2","19","19","Is there now RHQ any grain seed left in your barns? No, because you have eaten the small amount that you harvested. And there is no fruit on your grapevines and fig trees and pomegranate trees and olive trees. But, from now on, I will bless you!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_20","038_2_20","HAG","2","20","20","On that same day, Yahweh gave another message to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_21","038_2_21","HAG","2","21","21","He said, “Tell Zerubbabel the governor of Judah that I am going to shake the sky and the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_22","038_2_22","HAG","2","22","22","I will end the power of the kings of many nations DOU. I will cause their chariots and their drivers, their horses and the soldiers who are riding on them to be destroyed. What will happen is that I will cause the soldiers to kill each other with their swords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HG2_23","038_2_23","HAG","2","23","23","Zerubbabel, you serve me well. So I, the Commander of the armies of angels, declare that like kings wear signet rings to show that they have authority to rule people, I will appoint you and cause you to have authority to rule. I will do that because I have chosen you. That will surely happen because I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_1","039_1_1","ZEC","1","1","1","I am Zechariah, a prophet, the son of Berekiah and grandson of Iddo. When Darius had been the emperor of Persia for almost two years, during November of that year, Yahweh gave me this message: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_2","039_1_2","ZEC","1","2","2","“I was very angry with your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_3","039_1_3","ZEC","1","3","3","So tell this to the people: I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say, ‘Return to me, and if you do that, I will help you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_4","039_1_4","ZEC","1","4","4","Do not be like your ancestors. Other  prophets, who have now died, continually proclaimed to your ancestors that they should stop doing the evil things that they were continually doing. But they refused to pay attention to what I said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_5","039_1_5","ZEC","1","5","5","Your ancestors have died and are now in their graves RHQ. And the prophets did not RHQ live forever, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_6","039_1_6","ZEC","1","6","6","But I punished IDM the people for disobeying the commands and the decrees which I commanded my servants the prophets to tell to the people. Then they ◄repented/turned away from their evil behavior► and said, ‘The Commander of the armies of angels has done to us what we deserved for our evil behavior, just like he said that he would do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_7","039_1_7","ZEC","1","7","7","Three months later, on February 15, Yahweh gave another message to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_8","039_1_8","ZEC","1","8","8","During the night I had a vision. In the vision I saw an angel who was on a red horse. He was in a narrow valley among some myrtle trees. Behind him were angels on red, brown, and white horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_9","039_1_9","ZEC","1","9","9","I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Sir, who are those angels on the horses?” He replied, “I will show you who they are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_10","039_1_10","ZEC","1","10","10","Then the angel who had been under the myrtle trees explained. He said, “They are the angels whom Yahweh sent to ◄patrol/see what is happening in► the entire world.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_11","039_1_11","ZEC","1","11","11","Then those angels reported to the angel who was there among the myrtle trees, “We have traveled throughout the world, and we have found out that the army of the emperor of Persia has conquered nations throughout the world, and that those nations are now ◄helpless/unable to resist his army►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_12","039_1_12","ZEC","1","12","12","Then the angel asked, “Commander of the armies of angels, how long will you continue to not be merciful to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah? You have been angry with them for 70 years!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_13","039_1_13","ZEC","1","13","13","So Yahweh spoke kindly to the angel who had talked to me, saying things that comforted/encouraged him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_14","039_1_14","ZEC","1","14","14","Then the angel who had been talking with me said to me, “Proclaim this to the people of Jerusalem: The Commander of the armies of angels says that he is very concerned about the people who live on Zion Hill and in the other parts of Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_15","039_1_15","ZEC","1","15","15","But he is very angry with the nations that are proud and feel safe. He was only a little bit angry with the people of Judah, but he is very angry with the surrounding nations because they caused the people of Judah to experience complete disaster. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_16","039_1_16","ZEC","1","16","16","Therefore, this is what he says: ‘I will again be merciful to the people of Jerusalem, and they will rebuild my temple. Men will measure all the land in the city before they start rebuilding the houses.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_17","039_1_17","ZEC","1","17","17","The Commander of the armies of angels also said this: ‘Tell the people that the people in my towns in Judah will soon be very prosperous again, and I will encourage the people of Jerusalem, and their city will again be my chosen city.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_18","039_1_18","ZEC","1","18","18","Then I looked up, and I saw in front of me four animal horns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_19","039_1_19","ZEC","1","19","19","I asked the angel who had been speaking to me, “What are those horns?” He replied, “Those horns represent the armies that forced the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah and Israel to go to other countries.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_20","039_1_20","ZEC","1","20","20","Then Yahweh showed me four ◄craftsmen/men who make things from metal►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC1_21","039_1_21","ZEC","1","21","21","I asked, “What are those men coming to do?” He replied, “The armies represented by those horns caused the people of Judah to be scattered, with the result that they suffered greatly. But the craftsmen have come to cause those who attacked IDM Judah to be terrified and crushed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_1","039_2_1","ZEC","2","1","1","Then I looked up and saw a man with a measuring line/tape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_2","039_2_2","ZEC","2","2","2","I asked him, “Where are you going?” He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to determine how wide it is and how long it is.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_3","039_2_3","ZEC","2","3","3","Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_4","039_2_4","ZEC","2","4","4","That other angel said to him, “Run and tell that young man that some day there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, with the result that there will be too many to live inside the city walls; many will live outside the walls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_5","039_2_5","ZEC","2","5","5","And Yahweh says that he himself will be like MET a wall of fire around the city, and he will be there with his glory.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_6","039_2_6","ZEC","2","6","6","Yahweh declares to the people who were exiled to Babylonia, “Run! Flee from Babylonia MTY, the country east of Israel, and flee in all directions from the places where I caused you to be scattered! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_7","039_2_7","ZEC","2","7","7","You people who previously lived in Jerusalem and who now live in Babylon, flee from there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_8","039_2_8","ZEC","2","8","8","The armies of the nations that attacked you and took away your valuable possessions have attacked those who are very precious to the Commander of the armies of angels IDM. So he says this about me: ‘After I have honored him and sent him to rebuke the nations, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_9","039_2_9","ZEC","2","9","9","it is as though I will strike them with my fist, with the result that those who were their slaves will now take back their possessions from those who caused them to become slaves.’ And when that happens, you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels is the one who sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_10","039_2_10","ZEC","2","10","10","Yahweh says, “You people of Jerusalem APO, shout and be happy, because I will be coming to you and I will live among you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_11","039_2_11","ZEC","2","11","11","At that time, people of many nations will be united to Yahweh and will become his people. He will live among all of you; and you will know that the Commander of the armies of angels is the one who sent me to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_12","039_2_12","ZEC","2","12","12","The people of Judah will be a very special part of his sacred country, and Jerusalem will again be the city that he has chosen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC2_13","039_2_13","ZEC","2","13","13","Everyone, everywhere, should be silent in the presence of Yahweh, because he again will come down from the sacred place where he lives in heaven to do great things for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_1","039_3_1","ZEC","3","1","1","Then Yahweh showed me Joshua, the Supreme Priest, who was standing in front of the angel that Yahweh had sent. And Satan was standing at Joshua’s right side, ready to accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_2","039_3_2","ZEC","3","2","2","But Yahweh said to Satan, “Satan, I am rebuking you! I am the one who has chosen Jerusalem to be my special city, and I am rebuking you! This man, Joshua, has been brought back from Babylonia; he is surely like MET, RHQ a burning stick that has been snatched from a fire.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_3","039_3_3","ZEC","3","3","3","Joshua was wearing filthy clothes while he was standing in front of the angel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_4","039_3_4","ZEC","3","4","4","The angel said to those other angels who were standing in front of him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” After they did that, the angel said to Joshua, “Look! I have taken away the guilt of your sins, and I will put beautiful clothes on you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_5","039_3_5","ZEC","3","5","5","Then I said to them, “Put a clean turban on his head!” So they put a clean turban on his head and put new clothes on him, while the angel sent by Yahweh was standing there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_6","039_3_6","ZEC","3","6","6","Then the angel said this to Joshua: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_7","039_3_7","ZEC","3","7","7","“The Commander of the armies of angels says that if you do what I want you to do IDM, and obey my instructions, you will ◄be in charge of/have authority over► what is done in my temple and its courtyard. And I will allow you to speak at any time to the angels who are standing near to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_8","039_3_8","ZEC","3","8","8","Joshua, you are the Supreme Priest, and your ◄associates/fellow priests► are sitting in front of you. They symbolize/represent things that will happen in the future. Some day I am going to bring someone who will work for me, someone who will be called the Branch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_9","039_3_9","ZEC","3","9","9","Look at the stone that I have put in front of Joshua. There are seven sides on the stone. I will engrave a message on that stone, and in one day I will remove the guilt of all the people of this country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC3_10","039_3_10","ZEC","3","10","10","At that time, each of you will invite his friends to come and sit under his grapevine and under his fig tree. That is what  the Commander of the armies of angels declares.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_1","039_4_1","ZEC","4","1","1","Then the angel who had been talking with me returned, and he called to me as though I had been asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_2","039_4_2","ZEC","4","2","2","He asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a lampstand made completely of gold. There is a small bowl for olive oil at the top, and there are seven small lamps around the bowl, and a place for a wick on each lamp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_3","039_4_3","ZEC","4","3","3","Furthermore, I see two olive trees, one at the right side of the lampstand and one at the left side.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_4","039_4_4","ZEC","4","4","4","I asked the angel who was talking with me, “Sir, what are these?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_5","039_4_5","ZEC","4","5","5","He replied, “Surely you know RHQ what they are?” I replied, “No, I do not know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_6","039_4_6","ZEC","4","6","6","Then he said to me, “This is the message that Yahweh says that you should give to Zerubbabel the governor of Judah: ‘You will do what I want you to do, but it will not be by your own strength or power. It will be done by the power of my Spirit, says the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_7","039_4_7","ZEC","4","7","7","Zerubbabel, you have many difficult matters to handle. They are like high mountains MET. But they will become easy to handle, as though they will become flat land. And you will bring to the temple the final stone to complete the rebuilding of the temple. When you do that, all the people will shout repeatedly, “It is beautiful! May God bless it!”’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_8","039_4_8","ZEC","4","8","8","Then Yahweh gave me another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_9","039_4_9","ZEC","4","9","9","He said to me, “Zerubbabel SYN laid the first stone in the foundation of the temple, and he will put the last stone in its place. When that happens, the people will know that it is I, the Commander of the armies of angels, who have sent you to them.” And he said, “The seven bowls represent the eyes of Yahweh, who looks back and forth at everything that happens on the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_10","039_4_10","ZEC","4","10","10","No one RHQ should think that little things that are done at the beginning of a big project are unimportant. When the temple is almost finished being rebuilt, Zerubbabel will use a ◄plumb line/string with a stone fastened to it► to see if the walls they are building are straight; so when the people see that, they will rejoice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_11","039_4_11","ZEC","4","11","11","Then I asked the angel, “What is the meaning of the two olive trees, one on each side of the lampstand? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_12","039_4_12","ZEC","4","12","12","And what isthe meaning of the two olive branches, one alongside each of the gold pipes from which olive oil flows to the lamps?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_13","039_4_13","ZEC","4","13","13","He replied, “Surely RHQ you know what they are?” I replied, “No, sir, I do not know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC4_14","039_4_14","ZEC","4","14","14","So he said, “They represent the two men who have been appointed MTY to serve the Lord who rules the entire earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_1","039_5_1","ZEC","5","1","1","I looked up again, and I saw a scroll that was flying through the air. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_2","039_5_2","ZEC","5","2","2","The angel asked me, “What do you see?” I replied, “I see a flying scroll that is huge, ◄10 yards/9 meters► long and ◄5 yards/4.5 meters► wide.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_3","039_5_3","ZEC","5","3","3","Then he said to me, “On this scroll is written the words that Yahweh is speaking to curse the entire country. On one side of the scroll it is written that every thief will be banished. On the other side it is written that everyone who tells a lie when he is solemnly promising to tell the truth will also be banished from the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_4","039_5_4","ZEC","5","4","4","The Commander of the armies of angels says, ‘I will send copies of this scroll to the places where thieves live and to the houses of those who use my name when they solemnly promise to tell the truth. The copies of this scroll will stay in their houses, until those houses and all their wood and stones are destroyed.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_5","039_5_5","ZEC","5","5","5","Then the angel who had been talking to me came closer to me and said, “Look up and see what is appearing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_6","039_5_6","ZEC","5","6","6","I asked him, “What is it?” He replied, “It is a big basket for measuring grain. But it represents the sins that everyone in this nation has committed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_7","039_5_7","ZEC","5","7","7","Then the angel lifted the basket’s cover, which was made of lead. There was a woman sitting inside the basket! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_8","039_5_8","ZEC","5","8","8","The angel said, “She represents the wicked things that people do.” Then the angel pushed her back into the basket and closed the very heavy lid again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_9","039_5_9","ZEC","5","9","9","Then I looked up and saw two women in front of me. They were flying toward us, with their wings spread out in the wind. Their wings were large, like SIM storks’ wings. They lifted the big basket up into the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_10","039_5_10","ZEC","5","10","10","I asked the angel who had been talking to me, “Where are they taking that basket?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC5_11","039_5_11","ZEC","5","11","11","He replied, “They are taking it to Babylonia to build a temple for it. When the temple is finished, they will set the basket there on a pedestal for people to worship it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_1","039_6_1","ZEC","6","1","1","I looked up again, and in the vision I saw four chariots coming toward me. They were coming between two mountains that were made of bronze. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_2","039_6_2","ZEC","6","2","2","The first chariot was pulled by red horses, the second chariot was pulled by black horses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_3","039_6_3","ZEC","6","3","3","the third chariot was pulled by white horses, and the fourth chariot was pulled by spotted gray horses. They were all very strong horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_4","039_6_4","ZEC","6","4","4","I asked the angel who had been speaking to me, “Sir, what do those chariots mean?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_5","039_6_5","ZEC","6","5","5","The angel replied, “They have come from standing in the presence of the Lord who controls/rules the entire earth. They will go across the sky in four directions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_6","039_6_6","ZEC","6","6","6","The chariot pulled by black horses will go north, the one pulled by white horses will go west, the one pulled by spotted gray horses will go south.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_7","039_6_7","ZEC","6","7","7","When those powerful horses left, their chariot-drivers were eager to go throughout the world. As they were leaving, the angel said to them, “Go throughout the world and see what is happening!” So that is what they did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_8","039_6_8","ZEC","6","8","8","Then the angel called to me and said, “Look/Listen, the drivers of the chariots that have gone north will do what the Spirit of Yahweh wants them to do there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_9","039_6_9","ZEC","6","9","9","Then Yahweh gave me another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_10","039_6_10","ZEC","6","10","10","He said, “Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah will be bringing some silver and gold from the people who were ◄exiled in/forced to go to► Babylon. As soon as they arrive, go to the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_11","039_6_11","ZEC","6","11","11","Take some of that silver and gold from them and make a crown. Then put it on the head of Jehozadak’s son Joshua, the Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_12","039_6_12","ZEC","6","12","12","Tell him that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say that the man who is called the Branch will come. He will leave the place where he is now, and he will supervise those who build my temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_13","039_6_13","ZEC","6","13","13","He is the one who will tell those who will build my temple what to do. He will wear royal clothing and he will sit on his throne and rule. There will also be a priest sitting next to his throne, and the two of them will work together harmoniously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_14","039_6_14","ZEC","6","14","14","The crown must be kept in my temple to remind people of what Heldai, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Josiah did for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC6_15","039_6_15","ZEC","6","15","15","People who are living far away will come and help to build my temple. When that happens, the people will know that I, the Commander of the armies of angels, have sent you to them. That will happen if they faithfully obey me, Yahweh, your/their God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_1","039_7_1","ZEC","7","1","1","When Darius had been the emperor for almost four years, on December 7, Yahweh gave me another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_2","039_7_2","ZEC","7","2","2","The people of Bethel city sent two men, Sharezer and Regem-Melech, along with some other men, to the temple of Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, to request that Yahweh bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_3","039_7_3","ZEC","7","3","3","They also asked the priests at Yahweh’s temple and the prophets this question: “For many years, during the fifth month and during the seventh month of each year, we have mourned and ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►. Should we continue to do that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_4","039_7_4","ZEC","7","4","4","Then the Commander of the armies of angels gave me a message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_5","039_7_5","ZEC","7","5","5","He said, “Tell RHQ the priests and all the other people of Judah that during the past 70 years, when they mourned and fasted during the fifth and seventh months of each year, it was not really RHQ me, Yahweh, whom they were honoring. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_6","039_7_6","ZEC","7","6","6","And when they ate and drank, it was really RHQ to benefit themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_7","039_7_7","ZEC","7","7","7","That is certainly RHQ what I continually told the former prophets to proclaim to the people, when Jerusalem and the nearby towns were prosperous and filled with people, and people also lived in the desert area to the south and in the foothills to the west.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_8","039_7_8","ZEC","7","8","8","Yahweh gave another message to me, saying ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_9","039_7_9","ZEC","7","9","9","“Tell the people that this is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: ‘Do what is just/right, and act kindly and mercifully toward each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_10","039_7_10","ZEC","7","10","10","Do not ◄oppress/treat cruelly► widows or orphans or foreigners or poor people. Do not even think about doing evil to anyone else.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_11","039_7_11","ZEC","7","11","11","But the people refused to pay attention to what Yahweh said. They turned their backs to him, and put their hands over their ears in order to not hear what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_12","039_7_12","ZEC","7","12","12","They were very stubborn IDM, and they would not listen to the laws that God gave to Moses or the messages that the Commander of the armies of angels told his Spirit to give to the prophets who were now dead. So the Commander of the armies of angels was very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_13","039_7_13","ZEC","7","13","13","The Commander of the armies of angels says, “When I called/spoke to the people, they would not listen. So when they called/prayed to me, I did not listen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC7_14","039_7_14","ZEC","7","14","14","And I caused them to be scattered among many nations, where they were strangers. It was as though MET a whirlwind picked them up and carried them away from their country. The country/land that they were forced to leave was ruined, with the result that no one could live there or even  travel through it. It was previously a delightful land, but they caused it to become ◄desolate/like a desert►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_1","039_8_1","ZEC","8","1","1","Yahweh gave me another message. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_2","039_8_2","ZEC","8","2","2","“This is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say: ‘I love the people of Jerusalem; I love them very much, and I am very angry with their enemies.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_3","039_8_3","ZEC","8","3","3","So this is what I say: ‘Some day I will return to Zion Hill and I will live there. At that time, Jerusalem will be called the city where people ◄are faithful to/faithfully obey► me, and people will say that Zion  Hill is holy because it is where the Commander of the armies of angels dwells.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_4","039_8_4","ZEC","8","4","4","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “Some day old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each of them holding a cane because of their being very old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_5","039_8_5","ZEC","8","5","5","And the city streets with be full of boys and girls playing.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_6","039_8_6","ZEC","8","6","6","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “When those things happen, it will seem marvelous to the people who are still alive, but it certainly will not RHQ seem marvelous to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_7","039_8_7","ZEC","8","7","7","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “I will rescue my people from countries to the northeast and to the southwest to which they were forced to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_8","039_8_8","ZEC","8","8","8","I will bring them back to Judah, and they will again live in Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will be faithful to them and act righteously toward them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_9","039_8_9","ZEC","8","9","9","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “When the foundation for my temple was laid, there were prophets there who proclaimed messages from me. Some of you heard what those prophets said. So be brave/courageous MTY while you are building the temple, in order that you may finish building it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_10","039_8_10","ZEC","8","10","10","Before you started to rebuild the temple, no one could hire men or animals to work for them, because there was no money to pay for them. And people were afraid to go anywhere because I had caused people to oppose each other, and they thought that there were enemies everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_11","039_8_11","ZEC","8","11","11","But now I will act differently toward you people who are still alive, differently than I did previously. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_12","039_8_12","ZEC","8","12","12","From now on, it will be peaceful when you plant your seeds, and your grapevines will produce grapes, and good crops will grow in your fields. There will be rain. I will give all those things to you people who are still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_13","039_8_13","ZEC","8","13","13","You people of Judah and Israel, the people of other nations have cursed you. But I will rescue you, and you will be a blessing to the people of many nations. So do not be afraid; work hard MTY to finish building the temple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_14","039_8_14","ZEC","8","14","14","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “When your ancestors caused me to become very angry, I decided to punish them. And I did not change my mind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_15","039_8_15","ZEC","8","15","15","But now I will do something different. I am planning to do good things to the people of Jerusalem and other towns in Judah. So do not be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_16","039_8_16","ZEC","8","16","16","These are the things that you should do: You should always tell the truth to each other. In the courts, your judges must make decisions according to what is correct and fair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_17","039_8_17","ZEC","8","17","17","Do not plan to do evil things to others, and do not falsely promise to do things that you know that you will not do. I hate all those things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_18","039_8_18","ZEC","8","18","18","The Commander of the armies of angels spoke to me again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_19","039_8_19","ZEC","8","19","19","This is what he said: “The times when you people of Judah ◄fast/abstain from food► during the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months of each year will become good and very happy/joyful DOU festivals. But you must want to speak truthfully and be peaceful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_20","039_8_20","ZEC","8","20","20","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “Some day people from many people-groups and foreign cities will come here to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_21","039_8_21","ZEC","8","21","21","People from one city will go to the people in another city and say, ‘Let’s go together to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh and ask him to bless us; we ourselves are going.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_22","039_8_22","ZEC","8","22","22","And people from many people-groups and from powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to worship Yahweh and ask him to bless them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC8_23","039_8_23","ZEC","8","23","23","The Commander of the armies of angels also says this: “At that time, this is what will happen everywhere: A group of people from one nation or a group of people who speak another language will grab the fringe/edge of the robe of a Jew and say to him, ‘We have heard people say that God is with you. So allow us to go with you to Jerusalem to worship him.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_1","039_9_1","ZEC","9","1","1","This is another message that I received from Yahweh. Yahweh said, “I watch MTY everyone, especially the tribes of Israel; so I will punish the people in the Hadrach region and in Damascus city because of what they did to the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_2","039_9_2","ZEC","9","2","2","I will also punish the people in nearby Hamath city. I will also punish the people in Tyre and Sidon cities, even though they are considered to be IRO very wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_3","039_9_3","ZEC","9","3","3","The people in Tyre built a high wall around their city. They piled up huge amounts of silver and gold as though they were piles of dirt in the streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_4","039_9_4","ZEC","9","4","4","But I, Yahweh, will cause their precious possessions to be taken away and all their ships to be destroyed, and their city will be destroyed by a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_5","039_9_5","ZEC","9","5","5","The people in Ashkelon city will see that happen, and they will become very afraid. The people in Gaza city will shake because of being terrified, and the people in Ekron city will shake too, because they will no longer expect to prosper. The king of the city of  Gaza will be killed, and the city of Ashkelon will be deserted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_6","039_9_6","ZEC","9","6","6","Foreigners will occupy Ashdod city. I will cause the people in all those cities of Philistia to no longer be proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_7","039_9_7","ZEC","9","7","7","I will no longer allow them to eat MTY meat that still has blood in it, and I will forbid them to eat MTY food that I MTY have not allowed them to eat because it was offered to idols. At that time, the people in Philistia who survive will worship me, and they will become my people, like the people of Judah are. The Philistine people of Ekron will also become my people like SIM the people of Jebus did when they were conquered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_8","039_9_8","ZEC","9","8","8","I will protect my temple, and I will not allow any enemy soldiers to enter it. No enemies will harm my people again, because I will be watching over my people carefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_9","039_9_9","ZEC","9","9","9","Rejoice very much, you people of Jerusalem APO, DOU and shout joyfully, because your king will be coming to you. He is righteous and victorious; but he will be gentle, and he will be riding on a donkey, on a young female donkey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_10","039_9_10","ZEC","9","10","10","I will get rid of the chariots in the Ephraim region that are used in battles and all the war horses in Jerusalem. All the bows used in wars will be broken. Your king will proclaim that he will cause things to go well and peacefully in the nations. He will rule the area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Dead Sea, and from the Euphrates River to the most distant places on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_11","039_9_11","ZEC","9","11","11","As for you my people of Jerusalem, because of the blood of the animals that were sacrificed to make my agreement with you, I will free your people who were forced to go to other countries where it was as though they were kept in a waterless pit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_12","039_9_12","ZEC","9","12","12","You people who were prisoners in those countries who still confidently expect God to help you, return to Judah, where you will be safe. This day I declare that I will give you two blessings for each of the troubles that you have experienced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_13","039_9_13","ZEC","9","13","13","I will cause Judah to be like MET my bow, and I will cause Israel to be like MET my arrow. I will enable you young men of Jerusalem to fight against the soldiers of Greece; you will be like SIM a warrior’s sword.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_14","039_9_14","ZEC","9","14","14","Some day Yahweh will appear in the sky above his people, and the arrows that he shoots will be like SIM lightning. Yahweh our Lord will blow his trumpet, and he will march fiercely like MET the storms from the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_15","039_9_15","ZEC","9","15","15","The Commander of the armies of angels will protect his people; the soldiers of Judah will attack and defeat their enemies who attack them using slingshots. Those soldiers of Judah will drink and celebrate and shout like SIM people who are drunk; they will be as full of wine as the bowl that holds the blood of the animals that are sacrificed and which is then sprinkled on the corners of the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_16","039_9_16","ZEC","9","16","16","On that day, Yahweh our God will save his people like a shepherd saves his flock of sheep from danger. In their land, they will be like SIM jewels that sparkle on a crown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC9_17","039_9_17","ZEC","9","17","17","They will be delightful and beautiful. The young men will become strong from eating grain, and the young women will become strong from drinking new wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_1","039_10_1","ZEC","10","1","1","Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall ◄in the springtime/before the hot season starts►, because he is the one who makes the clouds from which the rain falls. He causes showers to fall on us, and he causes crops to grow well in the fields. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_2","039_10_2","ZEC","10","2","2","What people think that the idols in their houses suggest is only nonsense, and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies. When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless, so the people who ◄consult/trust in► them are like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no one to protect them like MET a shepherd protects his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_3","039_10_3","ZEC","10","3","3","Yahweh says, “I am angry with the leaders MET of my people, and I will punish them. I, the Commander of the armies of angels, take care of my people, the people of Judah, like a shepherd takes care of his MET flock, and I will cause them to be like SIM proud/powerful war horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_4","039_10_4","ZEC","10","4","4","From Judah will come rulers who will be very important, like MET a cornerstone is the most important stone for a house, like MET a tent peg is very important for a tent, like MET a bow is very important for ◄an archer/a man who shoots arrows►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_5","039_10_5","ZEC","10","5","5","They will all be like SIM mighty warriors trampling their enemies in the mud during a battle. I, Yahweh, will be with them, so they will fight and defeat their enemies who ride on horses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_6","039_10_6","ZEC","10","6","6","I will cause the people MTY of Judah to become strong, and I will rescue the people MTY of Israel. I will bring them back from the countries to which they were ◄exiled/forced to go►; I will do that because I pity them. Then they will be as though I had not abandoned them, because I am Yahweh, their God, and I will answer them when they pray for help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_7","039_10_7","ZEC","10","7","7","The people of Israel will be like SIM strong soldiers; they will be as happy as people who have drunk a lot of wine. Their children will see their fathers being very happy, and they also will be happy because of what Yahweh has done for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_8","039_10_8","ZEC","10","8","8","I will signal for my people to return from ◄being exiled/other countries►, and I will gather them together in their own country. I will rescue them, and they will become very numerous like they were previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_9","039_10_9","ZEC","10","9","9","I have caused them to be scattered among many people-groups, but in those distant countries they will think about me again. They and their children will remain alive and return to Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_10","039_10_10","ZEC","10","10","10","I will bring them back from Egypt and from Assyria; I will bring them back from the Gilead and Lebanon regions, and there will hardly be enough HYP space for them all to live in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_11","039_10_11","ZEC","10","11","11","They will endure/experience many difficulties as though they were walking MET through a sea, but I will calm the waves of the sea; the Nile River which is usually deep will dry up. I will defeat the proud soldiers of Assyria, and I will cause Egypt to no longer be powerful MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC10_12","039_10_12","ZEC","10","12","12","I will enable my people to be strong, and they will honor me and obey IDM me. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_1","039_11_1","ZEC","11","1","1","You people of APO Lebanon should open your gates, because you will not be able to stop fire from burning your cedar trees! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_2","039_11_2","ZEC","11","2","2","Your cypress/pine trees APO should also wail because the cedar trees have been cut down. Those glorious/great trees have been destroyed. The oak trees in the Bashan region should also wail, because the other trees in the forest have been cut down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_3","039_11_3","ZEC","11","3","3","And listen to the shepherds crying because the fertile pastures have been ruined. Listen to the lions roar; they roar because the delightful forest where they live near the Jordan River has been ruined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_4","039_11_4","ZEC","11","4","4","This is what Yahweh my God said to me: “I want you to become a shepherd for a flock of sheep that are about to be slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_5","039_11_5","ZEC","11","5","5","The people who are going to buy the sheep will kill the sheep, and they will not be punished. Those who are selling the sheep say, ‘I praise Yahweh, because I will become rich!’ Even the shepherds do not feel sorry for the sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_6","039_11_6","ZEC","11","6","6","And similarly, I no longer feel sorry for the people of this country. I am going to allow many of them HYP to be captured by other people or by their king. Those who capture them will ruin this country, and I will not rescue any of the people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_7","039_11_7","ZEC","11","7","7","So I became the shepherd of a flock of sheep that were about to be slaughtered for their meat to be sold to the dealers. I took good care of the sheep, even the ones that were the weakest sheep. Then I took two shepherds’ ◄staffs/walking sticks►. I named the one staff ‘Kindness’ and the other staff ‘Union’. And I took good care of the sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_8","039_11_8","ZEC","11","8","8","But the three shepherds who had been working with me detested me, and I became impatient with them. Within one month I ◄dismissed/got rid of► those shepherds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_9","039_11_9","ZEC","11","9","9","So I said to the dealers, “I will no longer be the shepherd. I will allow the ones that are dying to die. I will allow the ones that are getting lost to get lost. And I will not prevent those that remain from destroying each other.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_10","039_11_10","ZEC","11","10","10","Then I took the staff that I had named ‘Kindness’ and I broke it. That showed that Yahweh was annulling/canceling the agreement that he had made with all the people-groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_11","039_11_11","ZEC","11","11","11","So that agreement was ended immediately. And the men who bought and sold sheep who were watching me knew by seeing what I was doing that I was giving them a message from Yahweh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_12","039_11_12","ZEC","11","12","12","I told them, “If you think it is what you should do, pay me for taking care of the sheep. If you do not think that is what you should do, do not pay me.” So they paid me only 30 pieces of silver. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_13","039_11_13","ZEC","11","13","13","Then Yahweh said to me, “That is a ridiculously small amount of money that they have paid you! So throw it to the man who makes clay pots!” So I took the silver to the temple of Yahweh, and I threw it in the chest where the offerings/money is kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_14","039_11_14","ZEC","11","14","14","Then I broke my second staff, the one that I named ‘Union’. That indicated that Judah and Israel would no longer be united. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_15","039_11_15","ZEC","11","15","15","Then Yahweh said to me, “Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_16","039_11_16","ZEC","11","16","16","because I am going to appoint a new king for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be like a foolish shepherd: MET He will not take care of those who are dying, those who are very young, those who have been injured, or those who do not have enough food. Instead, he will treat them very cruelly, like a shepherd who would MET kill and eat the best sheep and tear off their hoofs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC11_17","039_11_17","ZEC","11","17","17","But terrible things will happen to that foolish/useless king who abandons the people MET over whom he rules. His enemies will strike his arm and his right eye with their swords. The result will be that he will have no strength in his arm, and his right eye will become completely blind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_1","039_12_1","ZEC","12","1","1","This is a message from Yahweh concerning Israel. Yahweh is the one who stretched out the sky, who created the earth, and who ◄gave life to humans/caused humans to be alive►. This is what he says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_2","039_12_2","ZEC","12","2","2","“I will soon cause Jerusalem to be like MET a cup full of very strong alcoholic drink, and the people of other nations who drink it will stagger around. And they will come and attack Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_3","039_12_3","ZEC","12","3","3","At that time, the armies of all the nations will gather to attack Jerusalem, but I will cause the leaders of Judah to be like SIM a very heavy rock, and all who try to lift it will be badly injured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_4","039_12_4","ZEC","12","4","4","At that time I will cause every one of their enemies’ horses to panic, and their riders to become crazy. I IDM will protect the people of Judah, but I will cause all their enemies’ horses to become blind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_5","039_12_5","ZEC","12","5","5","Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, ‘The people in Jerusalem are strong because the Commander of the armies of angels is their God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_6","039_12_6","ZEC","12","6","6","At that time I will enable the leaders of Judah to be like SIM a pan containing hot coals that is put in a woodpile to set it on fire, or like SIM a burning torch that is put in a field of ripe grain to set it on fire. The leaders of Judah and their army will destroy the people of the surrounding nations in all directions. But the people of Jerusalem will remain safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_7","039_12_7","ZEC","12","7","7","And I, Yahweh, will protect the tents of the soldiers in other places in Judah before I rescue the people of Jerusalem, in order that the leaders of Jerusalem DOU will not be honored more than the people in other places in Judah are honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_8","039_12_8","ZEC","12","8","8","At that time, I will protect MET the people of Jerusalem. When that happens, even the weakest people in Jerusalem will be strong like King David was. And the descendants MTY of David will rule the people like I would, as though an angel sent from me, Yahweh, was their leader. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_9","039_12_9","ZEC","12","9","9","At that time, I will prepare to destroy all the nations that attack Jerusalem.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_10","039_12_10","ZEC","12","10","10","“I, Yahweh, will cause the descendants MTY of King David to act very kindly and mercifully. They will look at me, the one who has been stabbed, and they will cry bitterly, like people cry for a firstborn son who has died DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_11","039_12_11","ZEC","12","11","11","At that time, many people in Jerusalem will be crying bitterly, like people cried when King Josiah was killed in the battle at Hadad-Rimmon on the Megiddo Plain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_12","039_12_12","ZEC","12","12","12","Many people in Judah will cry, each family by themselves: the male descendants of David by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of David’s son Nathan by themselves, and their wives by themselves, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_13","039_12_13","ZEC","12","13","13","the male descendants MTY of Levi by themselves, and their wives by themselves, the male descendants of Levi’s grandson Shimei by themselves, and their wives by themselves, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC12_14","039_12_14","ZEC","12","14","14","and all the other members of the kings’ clans and the priests’ clans by themselves, and their wives by themselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_1","039_13_1","ZEC","13","1","1","At that time it will be as though MET there will be a fountain from which water flows continually to cleanse the descendants MTY of King David and all the other people in Jerusalem from the guilt of the sins that they have committed, especially from becoming unacceptable to me by worshiping idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_2","039_13_2","ZEC","13","2","2","The Commander of the armies of angels says, “At that time, I will prevent people from even mentioning the names of the idols in their country, and no one will remember them any more. I will also expel from the land all the people who falsely claim that they are prophets DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_3","039_13_3","ZEC","13","3","3","If someone continues to prophesy falsely, his parents must say to him, ‘You have told lies saying that Yahweh MTY gave those messages to you, so you must be executed.’ So if someone prophesies like that, his own father and mother must stab him and kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_4","039_13_4","ZEC","13","4","4","At that time, the false prophets will be ashamed that they claimed to have received messages from me in their visions and prophesies that they told to people. They will no longer deceive people by wearing the clothes that prophets usually wear, clothes made of animals’ hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_5","039_13_5","ZEC","13","5","5","So each of them will say, ‘I am not really a prophet; I am a farmer, and I have been a farmer on my land ever since I was a boy!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_6","039_13_6","ZEC","13","6","6","But someone, seeing the wounds on one of those prophet’s bodies, will suspect that he injured himself during rituals to worship idols, and he will ask ‘Why are those wounds on your body?’ And he will lie, saying ‘I was injured when I was at my friend’s house.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_7","039_13_7","ZEC","13","7","7","The Commander of the armies of angels says, “My sword APO must strike the one who is like MET my shepherd, the man who is ◄my companion/very <close/dear> to me►. When the shepherd is killed, those who are like MET his sheep will scatter. And those who are like MET my little sheep will also be attacked IDM.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_8","039_13_8","ZEC","13","8","8","Yahweh also says, “Two-thirds of the people in Judah will die DOU. Only one-third of the people in Judah will remain alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC13_9","039_13_9","ZEC","13","9","9","And I will test the ones that remain alive by causing them to experience great difficulties, to find out if they will continue to worship me. I will purify them like MET a man purifies gold or silver by putting it into a very hot fire. Then my people will call to me MTY for help, and I will answer them. I will say to them, ‘You are my people,’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is our God.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_1","039_14_1","ZEC","14","1","1","Listen! It will soon be the time when Yahweh will judge everyone. At that time, the possessions that were taken from you people of Jerusalem by your enemies will be returned to you, and will be divided among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_2","039_14_2","ZEC","14","2","2","Before that happens, Yahweh will cause the armies of many HYP nations to attack Jerusalem. They will capture the city and steal all the valuable things from your houses and rape the women. They will take half of the people to other countries, but the other half of the people will be allowed to remain in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_3","039_14_3","ZEC","14","3","3","Then Yahweh will go out to fight against those nations; he will fight like SIM soldiers fight in a battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_4","039_14_4","ZEC","14","4","4","On that day, he will stand on Olive Tree Hill, east of Jerusalem. Olive Tree Hill will be split into two parts, with a large valley between the parts. Half of the hill will move toward the north and half will move toward the south. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_5","039_14_5","ZEC","14","5","5","People will flee through that valley which extends to the other side (OR, to Azel), like SIM people fled when there was an earthquake during the time that King Uzziah ruled Judah. Then Yahweh my God will come with his holy angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_6","039_14_6","ZEC","14","6","6","At that time, there will be no light from the sun; it will not become cold and there will be no frost. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_7","039_14_7","ZEC","14","7","7","There has been no other time like that time, and only Yahweh knows when it will happen. There will be no daytime or nighttime; there will be light continually, even in the evening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_8","039_14_8","ZEC","14","8","8","At that time, running/fresh water will flow from Jerusalem. One stream will flow toward the east to the Dead Sea. The other stream will flow toward the west to the Mediterranean Sea. The water will flow all the time, during ◄summer/the hot season► as well as in ◄winter/the cold season►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_9","039_14_9","ZEC","14","9","9","After that time, Yahweh will be the king who rules the entire world. Everyone will know that Yahweh, and only Yahweh MTY, is the true God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_10","039_14_10","ZEC","14","10","10","At that time, all the land in Judah from Geba town at the north to Rimmon town far to the south of Jerusalem, will become a plain. Jerusalem will remain raised up like it has always been. It will extend from the Benjamin Gate and the First Gate northeast to the Tower of Hananel, and to the king’s winepresses to the southwest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_11","039_14_11","ZEC","14","11","11","Many people will live there, and the city will never be destroyed again. It will be a safe city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_12","039_14_12","ZEC","14","12","12","But Yahweh will cause the people in all the nations that attacked Jerusalem to be afflicted by a ◄plague/severe illness►. Their flesh will rot while they are still standing up. Their eyes will rot in their sockets and their tongues will rot in their mouths. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_13","039_14_13","ZEC","14","13","13","At that time, Yahweh will cause many people to panic. People will grab and attack each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_14","039_14_14","ZEC","14","14","14","The people who live in other places in Judah will fight to defend Jerusalem. They will collect the valuable things from the surrounding nations—a lot of gold and silver and clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_15","039_14_15","ZEC","14","15","15","The same plague that will afflict the people of other nations will afflict their horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other work animals in their ◄camps/places where they have set up their tents►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_16","039_14_16","ZEC","14","16","16","The people of other nations who previously came to fight against Jerusalem, all those who are still alive, will return to Jerusalem every year to worship the King, the Commander of the armies of angels, and to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_17","039_14_17","ZEC","14","17","17","If there are people in those nations who do not go to Jerusalem to worship there, rain will not fall on their land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_18","039_14_18","ZEC","14","18","18","If the people of Egypt or any other nation do not go to Jerusalem, they will not have any rain. And Yahweh will cause them to experience the same plague that afflicted the people of other nations that did not celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_19","039_14_19","ZEC","14","19","19","That is how Yahweh will punish the people of Egypt and the people of any other nation who do not go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_20","039_14_20","ZEC","14","20","20","At that time, the words ‘Dedicated to Yahweh’ will be written on the bells that are fastened to the horses. The cooking pots in the courtyard of the temple will be sacred, like the bowls that are near the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ZC14_21","039_14_21","ZEC","14","21","21","Every pot in Jerusalem and in other places in Judah will be dedicated to the Commander of the armies of angels. So everyone who offers sacrifices there in Jerusalem will be able to take some of the meat that has been brought for sacrifices, and cook it in their own pots. And at that time, people will no longer buy or sell things in the courtyard of the temple of the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_1","040_1_1","MAL","1","1","1","This is the message that Yahweh gave to the prophet Malachi to give to the people of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_2","040_1_2","MAL","1","2","2","Yahweh says, “I have always loved you Israeli people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_3","040_1_3","MAL","1","3","3","But you reply, “In what way have you loved us?” Yahweh replies, “This is how I loved you: It is true that your ancestor Jacob was RHQ Esau’s younger brother, and I loved Jacob, but I rejected Esau. I caused his hilly region to become ◄desolate/a place where crops did not grow►. I caused the land which he possessed to become a desert where jackals/wolves live.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_4","040_1_4","MAL","1","4","4","The descendants of Esau who live in Edom may say, “Yes, we have been crushed/ruined, but we will rebuild houses in the ruins.” But the Commander of the armies of angels replies, “They may build houses again, but I will demolish them again. Their country will be called ‘The land where wicked people live’ and their people will be called ‘The people with whom Yahweh is angry forever’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_5","040_1_5","MAL","1","5","5","When you Israeli people yourselves see what I will do to them, you will say, “It is evident far beyond the borders of Israel that Yahweh is very great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_6","040_1_6","MAL","1","6","6","But the Commander of the armies of angels says to the priests, “Boys honor their fathers, and servants respect their masters. So, if I am like your father and your master, why RHQ do you not honor and respect me? You have despised me MTY!” But you ask, “◄How/In what way► have we despised you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_7","040_1_7","MAL","1","7","7","Yahweh replies, “Instead of honoring me, you have despised me by offering sacrifices on my altar that are unacceptable to me.” Then you ask, “What sacrifices have we given that have been unacceptable to you?” Yahweh replies, “You think that ◄it does not matter/it is okay► if you do not respect my altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_8","040_1_8","MAL","1","8","8","You offer for sacrifices animals that are blind. ◄Is that not wrong?/That is disgusting!► RHQ And you offer for sacrifices animals that are crippled or that have diseases. ◄Is that also not wrong?/That also is disgusting!► RHQ If you tried to give presents like that to your governor, ◄do you think RHQ that he would be pleased?/he would certainly not be pleased!► ◄Would he RHQ accept such gifts?He would certainly not accept such gifts!► That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_9","040_1_9","MAL","1","9","9","And he also says, “You plead with me to be merciful to you. But you bring to me sacrifices that are not acceptable to me, so why should I be kind to you RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_10","040_1_10","MAL","1","10","10","The Commander of the armies of angels also says, “I wish/desire that one of you would shut the gates of the temple courtyard, in order that no one could offer those worthless sacrifices. I am not pleased with you, and I will not accept the offerings that you bring to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_11","040_1_11","MAL","1","11","11","People of other nations honor me MTY every day, from sunrise/morning until sunset/evening. All over the world people offer incense and other pure/acceptable offerings to me MTY. They do that because people among all the nations know that I MTY am very great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_12","040_1_12","MAL","1","12","12","But you priests show that you despise me by what you do. You say, ‘It is all right if people pollute the altar by bringing sacrifices that are unacceptable.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_13","040_1_13","MAL","1","13","13","You say ‘We are tired of burning all these sacrifices on the altar.’ You ◄turn up your noses at/act very disrespectfully toward► me. When you bring to me animals that have been stolen or ones that are crippled or that have diseases, to offer them for sacrifices, do you think that RHQ I should accept them? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML1_14","040_1_14","MAL","1","14","14","I will curse anyone who tries to cheat me by solemnly promising to bring to me a perfect ram from his flock of sheep and then brings to me one that has defects. If anyone does that, I will punish him, because I am a great king; I am the Commander of the armies of angels and people of the other nations revere me MTY, but you do not!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_1","040_2_1","MAL","2","1","1","You priests, I will say something to warn you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_2","040_2_2","MAL","2","2","2","The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “Pay attention to what I am saying, and then decide IDM to honor me MTY. If you do not do that, I will curse you, and I will curse the things that I have given to you to bless you. And I have already cursed them, because you have not honored IDM me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_3","040_2_3","MAL","2","3","3","I will punish your descendants MET, and it will be as though I will splatter on your faces some of the material inside the stomachs of the animals that are brought to be sacrificed, and you will be thrown away with the rest of that material. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_4","040_2_4","MAL","2","4","4","When that happens, you will know that I warned you like this, in order that my agreement with you priests who are descendants of Levi will continue to be obeyed. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, am saying to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_5","040_2_5","MAL","2","5","5","My agreement with your ancestor Levi was because I wanted the priests to live prosperously and peacefully. And that is what I have done for them. I required that they greatly respect me and revere DOU me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_6","040_2_6","MAL","2","6","6","They told the people that what I instructed them to do was right. And they did not tell MTY lies. They worked for me peacefully and loyally, and they helped many people to stop sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_7","040_2_7","MAL","2","7","7","What priests say MTY should enable more people to know about me, and people should go to them MTY to be taught what I want them to know, because priests should be messengers from me, the Commander of the armies of angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_8","040_2_8","MAL","2","8","8","But, you priests have stopped doing what I wanted you to do. What you have taught people has caused many of them to sin. You have rejected the agreement that I made with the descendants of Levi long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_9","040_2_9","MAL","2","9","9","Therefore I have caused all the people to despise you, and I have caused you to be humiliated, because you have not obeyed me. When you teach people my commands, you do not treat all people equally.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_10","040_2_10","MAL","2","10","10","Now I will warn you about something else. We all certainly RHQ have the same heavenly Father. We are certainly RHQ all created by the same God. So why are RHQ some of you disobeying/despising the agreement that Yahweh made with our ancestors, by not doing for each other what you said that you would do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_11","040_2_11","MAL","2","11","11","You people of Judah have been unfaithful to Yahweh. You have done detestable things in Jerusalem and in other places in Israel. You Israeli men have defiled the temple that Yahweh loves. You have done that by marrying women who worship idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_12","040_2_12","MAL","2","12","12","I wish that Yahweh would expel from Israel every man who has done that, even though they say that they are obeying the Commander of the armies of angels by bringing offerings to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_13","040_2_13","MAL","2","13","13","This is another thing that you do: You cover Yahweh’s altar with your tears. You wail because he no longer pays attention to your offerings; but he is not pleased with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_14","040_2_14","MAL","2","14","14","You cry out, saying, “Why does Yahweh not like our offerings?” The answer is that Yahweh heard what each of you men solemnly promised to your wives when you were young. But you men have not done what you promised your wives; you sent them away, the ones to whom you made that agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_15","040_2_15","MAL","2","15","15","It is certainly RHQ Yahweh who joined you together. Your spirits and your bodies belong to him. So what he wants RHQ from you are godly children. So make sure that each of you men remain ◄with/loyal to► the woman that you married when you were young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_16","040_2_16","MAL","2","16","16","Yahweh, the God to whom we Israelis belong, says, “I hate divorce!” So if you men divorce your wives, you are overwhelming them by being cruel to them. So be sure that you are ◄not disloyal/remain united► to your wives. That is what the Commander of the armies of angels says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML2_17","040_2_17","MAL","2","17","17","Yahweh also says, “What you have said has caused me to become disgusted.” You reply, “What have we said that caused him to become disgusted?” The answer is that you have caused him to become disgusted by saying that Yahweh is pleased with all those who do evil things. You have caused him to become disgusted by constantly asking, “Why does God not act fairly?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_1","040_3_1","MAL","3","1","1","The Commander of the armies of angels says this: “Listen! I am about to send my messenger who will prepare the people to receive me when I come. You claim that IRO you are wanting to see me, and I will suddenly come to my temple. The messenger who will tell you about a new agreement, the one whom you are eagerly SAR awaiting, is certainly going to come to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_2","040_3_2","MAL","3","2","2","But will anyone RHQ be able to survive when he comes? Will anyone RHQ be able to remain standing in front of him? Certainly not, because he will be like SIM a blazing fire that refines/purifies metal/gold. He will be like SIM a very strong soap that bleaches clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_3","040_3_3","MAL","3","3","3","He will be like a worker who sits in front of his work to cause silver to become pure by burning all the impurities. Like a worker refines silver and gold, he will cause the ◄descendants of Levi/priests► to become pure, in order that they will again become acceptable to offer sacrifices that will be acceptable to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_4","040_3_4","MAL","3","4","4","When that happens, Yahweh will again accept the offerings brought to him by the people of Jerusalem and other places in Judah, as he did previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_5","040_3_5","MAL","3","5","5","This is what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “At that time, I will come to you to judge you. I will quickly testify against all those who practice sorcery/witchcraft, all those who have committed adultery, and all liars. I will testify against those who have not given their workers the pay/wages that they promised, those who ◄oppress/treat cruelly► widows and orphans, and those who do not allow foreigners who live among you to be treated fairly. I will testify that all the people who do those things do not revere me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_6","040_3_6","MAL","3","6","6","“I am Yahweh, and I never change. And although you deceive people like your ancestor Jacob did, I have not yet gotten rid of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_7","040_3_7","MAL","3","7","7","You and your ancestors have ignored my commands and you have not obeyed them. Now return to me; and when that happens, I will ◄return/do good► to you. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.” But you ask, “We have never gone away from you, so how can we return to you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_8","040_3_8","MAL","3","8","8","I reply, “People should certainly not RHQ cheat God; but you people have cheated me!” You ask, “In what way did we cheat you?” I reply, “You have cheated me by not bringing to me each year ◄the tithes/one tenth of all your crops and animals► and other offerings that you are required to give to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_9","040_3_9","MAL","3","9","9","All that you do is cursed, because all you people in this country have been cheating me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_10","040_3_10","MAL","3","10","10","Now bring all the tithes to the storage rooms in the temple, in order that there will be enough food for the people who serve me there. If you do that, I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise that I will open the windows of heaven, and pour out from them blessings on you. If you bring your tithes to the temple, the blessings will be very great, with the result that you will not have enough space to store all of them. So test me to see if I am telling the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_11","040_3_11","MAL","3","11","11","You will have abundant crops to harvest, because I will protect them in order that they will not be harmed by locusts/insects. Your grapes will not fall from the vines before they are ripe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_12","040_3_12","MAL","3","12","12","When that happens, the people of all nations will say that I have blessed you, because your country will be delightful. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_13","040_3_13","MAL","3","13","13","I, Yahweh, have something else to say to you. You have said terrible things about me.” But you reply, “What terrible things have we said about you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_14","040_3_14","MAL","3","14","14","I reply, “You have said, ‘It is useless for us to serve God. We have gained nothing RHQ by obeying the commands that he gave to us and by trying to show the Commander of the armies of angels that we are sorry for the sins that we have committed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_15","040_3_15","MAL","3","15","15","From now on, we will say/consider that those who are proud are the ones whom God has blessed. We will say that because it seems that it is those who do evil who become rich, and that it is those who try to find out how many evil things they can do without God punishing them who are not punished.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_16","040_3_16","MAL","3","16","16","After the people heard my message, those who revered Yahweh discussed those things with each other, and Yahweh listened to what they said. While Yahweh was watching, they wrote on a scroll the things that would remind them about what they promised, and they wrote on that scroll the names of those who revered Yahweh and who said that they always wanted to honor him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_17","040_3_17","MAL","3","17","17","The Commander of the armies of angels says this about those people: “They will be my people. At the time that I judge people, they will be like MET a special treasure to me. I will be kind to them, like SIM fathers are kind to their sons who obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML3_18","040_3_18","MAL","3","18","18","When that happens, you will again see that the manner in which I treat righteous people is different from the manner in which I treat wicked people. You will see that the manner in which I act toward those who serve me is different from the manner in which I act toward those who do not.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_1","040_4_1","MAL","4","1","1","This is also what the Commander of the armies of angels says: “There will be a time that I will judge and punish people. When that happens, it will be like SIM a very hot furnace. At that time, all the proud and wicked people will be burned up like MET stubble burns. They will be burned up completely, like roots and branches and everything else on a tree burns completely in a very hot fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_2","040_4_2","MAL","4","2","2","But as for you who revere me MTY, the one who will save you will come to you like MET the sun shines in the morning, and enable you to become righteous (OR, do what is righteous); he will restore you and protect you like a bird protects its chicks MET under its wings. When he comes, you will be very joyful, like SIM calves that go out from a barn into the pasture leaping joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_3","040_4_3","MAL","4","3","3","At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though SIM they were the dirt under your feet. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_4","040_4_4","MAL","4","4","4","Be sure to obey the laws that I gave to Moses, who served me well. Obey all the commandments and regulations that I gave him on Sinai Mountain, for all you people of Israel to obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_5","040_4_5","MAL","4","5","5","Listen to this: Some day I will send to you the prophet Elijah. He will arrive before the great and dreadful/terrible day when I, Yahweh, will judge and punish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("ML4_6","040_4_6","MAL","4","6","6","Because of what he preaches, parents and their children will love each other again IDM. If that does not happen, I will come and curse your country and destroy it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_1","070_1_1","MAT","1","1","1","This is the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, the descendant of King David and of Abraham, from whom all we Jews have descended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_2","070_1_2","MAT","1","2","2","Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob. Jacob was the father of Judah and Judah’s older and younger brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_3","070_1_3","MAT","1","3","3","Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah, and their mother was Tamar. Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_4","070_1_4","MAT","1","4","4","Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_5","070_1_5","MAT","1","5","5","Salmon and his wife Rahab, a non-Jewish woman, were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed’s mother was Ruth, another non-Jewish woman. Obed was the father of Jesse. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_6","070_1_6","MAT","1","6","6","Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon. Solomon’s mother was previously married to Uriah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_7","070_1_7","MAT","1","7","7","Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asaph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_8","070_1_8","MAT","1","8","8","Asaph was the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat was the father of Jehoram. Jehoram was an ancestor of Uzziah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_9","070_1_9","MAT","1","9","9","Uzziah was the father of Jotham. Jotham was the father of Ahaz. Ahaz was the father of Hezekiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_10","070_1_10","MAT","1","10","10","Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh. Manasseh was the father of Amon. Amon was the father of Josiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_11","070_1_11","MAT","1","11","11","Josiah was the grandfather of Jeconiah and Jeconiah’s brothers. They lived at the time when the Babylonian army took the Israelites as captives to the country of Babylon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_12","070_1_12","MAT","1","12","12","After the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the grandfather of Zerubbabel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_13","070_1_13","MAT","1","13","13","Zerubbabel was the father of Abiud. Abiud was the father of Eliakim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_14","070_1_14","MAT","1","14","14","Eliakim was the father of Azor. Azor was the father of Zadok. Zadok was the father of Akim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_15","070_1_15","MAT","1","15","15","Akim was the father of Eliud. Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_16","070_1_16","MAT","1","16","16","Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary’s husband, and Mary was Jesus’ mother. Jesus is the one who is called {whom we call} the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_17","070_1_17","MAT","1","17","17","As you can calculate, I have grouped Jesus’ ancestors as follows: There was a succession of 14 of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There was a succession of 14 of them from the time when David lived to the time when the Israelites were taken {the Babylonian army took the Israelites} away to Babylon. There was a succession of 14 of them from the time when the Israelites were taken {the Babylonian army took the Israelites} away to Babylon until the time when the Messiah was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_18","070_1_18","MAT","1","18","18","This is the account of what happened just before Jesus Christ was born. Mary, his mother, {had publicly promised Joseph that she would marry him} had been publicly promised to marry Joseph. Before they began to sleep together, Mary realized that she was pregnant. It was the power of the Holy Spirit that had caused her to become pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_19","070_1_19","MAT","1","19","19","Joseph, her future husband, was a man who obeyed God’s commands. One of those commands was that men must divorce women who had acted immorally. So when Joseph learned that Mary was pregnant, he assumed that she was pregnant as a result of her acting immorally. So he decided to break the engagement. But because he did not want to shame her publicly, he decided to do it privately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_20","070_1_20","MAT","1","20","20","While he was seriously considering this, much to his surprise, in a dream he saw an angel whom the Lord had sent. The angel said, “Joseph, descendant of King David, do not be afraid that you(sg) would be doing wrong if you(sg) would marry Mary. Instead, begin to treat her as your wife, because the Holy Spirit, not a man, has caused her to be pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_21","070_1_21","MAT","1","21","21","She will give birth to a son. Since it is he who will cause that his people will be saved from the guilt of their having sinned, name the baby Jesus, which means ‘the Lord saves people’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_22","070_1_22","MAT","1","22","22","All this happened as a result of what the Lord told the prophet Isaiah to write long ago about what was going to happen. This is what Isaiah wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_23","070_1_23","MAT","1","23","23","“Listen, a virgin will become pregnant and will give birth to a son. They will call him Emmanuel.” Emmanuel means ‘God is with us’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_24","070_1_24","MAT","1","24","24","When Joseph got up from sleep, he did what the angel whom the Lord had sent commanded him to do. He took Mary home to be his wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT1_25","070_1_25","MAT","1","25","25","But he did not have sexual relations with her until she had given birth to a son. And Joseph named him Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_1","070_2_1","MAT","2","1","1","Jesus was born in Bethlehem town in Judea province during the time MTY that King Herod the Great ruled there. Some time after Jesus was born, some men who studied the stars and who lived in a country east of Judea came to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_2","070_2_2","MAT","2","2","2","They asked people, “Where is the one who has been born in order that he might be the king of you Jews? We believe that your new king has been born, because we have seen the star that we believe indicated that he has been born. We saw it while we were in our country east of here. So we have come to worship him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_3","070_2_3","MAT","2","3","3","When King Herod heard what those men were asking, he became worried that someone else might be proclaimed {people might proclaim someone else} king of the Jews to replace him. Many of the people of Jerusalem MTY, HYP also became worried because they were afraid of what King Herod might do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_4","070_2_4","MAT","2","4","4","Then Herod gathered together all the ruling priests and men who taught the people the Jewish laws and he asked them where the prophets had predicted that the Messiah was to be born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_5","070_2_5","MAT","2","5","5","They said to him, “He will be born in Bethlehem, here in Judea province, because it was written by the prophet Micah {the prophet Micah wrote} long ago what God said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_6","070_2_6","MAT","2","6","6","‘You who live in Bethlehem APO, in Judea province, your town is certainly very important LIT, because a man from your town will become a ruler. He will guide my people who live in Israel.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_7","070_2_7","MAT","2","7","7","Then King Herod secretly summoned those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star first appeared. By what they told him, he was able to know the approximate age of the baby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_8","070_2_8","MAT","2","8","8","Then he concealed what he really planned to do and said to them, “Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly where the infant is. When you have found him, come back and report to me so that I, myself, can go there and worship him, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_9","070_2_9","MAT","2","9","9","After the men heard what the king told them, they went toward Bethlehem. To their surprise, the star that they had seen while they were in the eastern country went ahead of them again until it stood above the house where the child was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_10","070_2_10","MAT","2","10","10","When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly and followed it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_11","070_2_11","MAT","2","11","11","They found the house and entered it and saw the child and his mother, Mary. They bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasure boxes MTY and they gave gold, costly frankincense, and myrrh to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_12","070_2_12","MAT","2","12","12","Because God knew that King Herod planned to kill Jesus, in a dream the men who studied the stars were warned {he warned the men who studied the stars} that they should not return to King Herod. So they returned to their country, but instead of traveling back on the same road, they went on a different road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_13","070_2_13","MAT","2","13","13","After the men who studied the stars left Bethlehem, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. He said, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you (sg) that you should leave, because King Herod is about to send soldiers to look for the child so that they can kill him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_14","070_2_14","MAT","2","14","14","So Joseph got up, he took the child and his mother that night, and they fled to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_15","070_2_15","MAT","2","15","15","They stayed there until King Herod died, and then they left Egypt. By doing that, it was {they} fulfilled what the prophet Hosea wrote, which had been said by the Lord {which the Lord had said}, I have told my son to come out of Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_16","070_2_16","MAT","2","16","16","While King Herod was still living, because he realized that he had been tricked by the men who studied the stars {the men who studied the stars had tricked him}, he became furious. Then, assuming that Jesus was still in Bethlehem or the surrounding regions, Herod sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies two years old and younger. Herod calculated how old the baby was, according to what the men who studied the stars told him about when the star first appeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_17","070_2_17","MAT","2","17","17","Because Bethlehem and Ramah towns were in the area where the descendants of Jacob’s wife Rachel lived, when soldiers killed the infant boys, they fulfilled what Jeremiah the prophet wrote, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_18","070_2_18","MAT","2","18","18","Women in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly. Women who were the descendants of Rachel, the ancestor of the women there SYN, were grieving for what happened to their children. Even though people tried to comfort them, they would not be comforted {stop mourning}, because their children were dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_19","070_2_19","MAT","2","19","19","After Herod died and while Joseph and his family were still in Egypt, an angel that the Lord had sent appeared to Joseph in Egypt in a dream. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_20","070_2_20","MAT","2","20","20","He said to Joseph, “Take the child and his mother and go back to Israel to live, because the people who were looking for the child in order to kill him have died.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_21","070_2_21","MAT","2","21","21","So Joseph took the child and his mother, and they went back to Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_22","070_2_22","MAT","2","22","22","When Joseph heard that Archaelaus now ruled in Judea district instead of his father, King Herod the Great, he was afraid to go there. Because he was warned {God warned Joseph} in a dream that it was still dangerous for them to live in Judea, he and Mary and Jesus went to Galilee District ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT2_23","070_2_23","MAT","2","23","23","to Nazareth to live there. The result was that what had been said by the ancient prophets {what the ancient prophets had said} about the Messiah, that he would be called {people would call him} a Nazareth-man, was fulfilled {came true}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_1","070_3_1","MAT","3","1","1","While Jesus was still in Nazareth town, John, whom the people called the Baptizer, went to a desolate place in Judea district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_2","070_3_2","MAT","3","2","2","He was preaching to the people who came there. He kept saying, “You need to turn away from your sinful behavior, because God MET will soon begin to rule over people, and he will reject you if you do not turn away from your sinful life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_3","070_3_3","MAT","3","3","3","John was the person who fulfilled what was said by Isaiah the prophet {what Isaiah the prophet predicted when he said}, long ago: In a desolate area ◄people will hear someone/someone will be heard► shouting to the people who pass by, Prepare yourselves to receive the Lord when he comes! Make yourselves ready so that you will be prepared when he comes MET, DOU, just like people improve and straighten out the road for an important official! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_4","070_3_4","MAT","3","4","4","John wore coarse clothing made from camel’s hair. And as the prophet Elijah did long ago, he wore a leather belt around his waist. His food was only grasshoppers and honey that he found in that desolate area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_5","070_3_5","MAT","3","5","5","People who lived in Jerusalem city MTY, many HYP people who lived in other places in Judea district MTY, and many HYP people who lived in the area around the Jordan River MTY came to John to hear him preach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_6","070_3_6","MAT","3","6","6","After they heard him tell them to turn away from their sinful behavior, they openly confessed their sins, and as a result they were baptized by John {John baptized them} in the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_7","070_3_7","MAT","3","7","7","After John noted that many men of the Pharisee religious group and of the Sadducee religious group were coming to him to be baptized {in order that he would baptize them}, he said to them, “You people are evil like poisonous snakes MET! I warn you that God will some day punish MTY everyone who sins. ◄And do not think that you can escape from his punishing you MTY if you do not turn from your sinful behavior!/Did someone tell you that you can escape from his punishing you MTY if you do not turn from your sinful behavior?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_8","070_3_8","MAT","3","8","8","Do what is appropriate IDM for people who have truly turned away from their sinful behavior before you come to me in order to be baptized {that I baptize you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_9","070_3_9","MAT","3","9","9","God promised to give Abraham many descendants. In order to fulfill that promise, God does not need you! I tell you that he can change these stones to make them descendants of Abraham. So do not start to say to yourselves, ‘Since we are descendants of our ancestor Abraham, God will not punish us even though we have sinned.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_10","070_3_10","MAT","3","10","10","God is ready to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like a man who lays his axe at the roots of a fruit tree in order to chop it down and throw it into the fire if it does not produce good fruit MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_11","070_3_11","MAT","3","11","11","“As for me, I am not very important, because I baptize you only with water. I baptize you because of your feeling sorry that you have sinned. But someone else will come soon who is very great; he will do powerful deeds (OR, act powerfully). Because he is superior to me, I am not worthy even to do a menial task for him, such as to carry his sandals. He will put his Holy Spirit within you to truly change the way you live MET, and he will judge others of you and punish you in the fire in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_12","070_3_12","MAT","3","12","12","He is like a farmer who wants to clear away the grain that is on the ground where it has been threshed {they have threshed it}. That farmer uses a huge fork to throw the grain into the air to separate the wheat from the chaff MET, and then he cleans up the threshing area. Similarly, God will separate righteous people from the evil people like a farmer who gathers the wheat into his storage area, and then God will burn the people who are like chaff with a fire that will never be put out MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_13","070_3_13","MAT","3","13","13","During that time, Jesus went from Galilee District to the Jordan River, where John was. He did that in order to be baptized by John {in order to ask that John would baptize him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_14","070_3_14","MAT","3","14","14","When Jesus asked John to baptize him, John objected, saying, “I need to be baptized by you {you to baptize me} because you are superior to me. Since you are not a sinner, ◄you(sg) should not come to me to be baptized by me {to ask that I baptize you(sg)}!/why do you come to me to be baptized by me {ask that I baptize you(sg)} RHQ?►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_15","070_3_15","MAT","3","15","15","But Jesus said to him, “Baptize me at this time, because in this way we two will do everything that God requires.” Then John consented to baptize him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_16","070_3_16","MAT","3","16","16","After he was baptized {John baptized Jesus}, Jesus immediately came up out of the water. Just then, it was as though the sky was opened {split apart}. Then Jesus saw God’s Spirit coming down upon him. He came in the form of a dove. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT3_17","070_3_17","MAT","3","17","17","Then God SYN spoke from heaven, saying, “This is my Son. I love him. I am very pleased with him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_1","070_4_1","MAT","4","1","1","Then Jesus was led by the Spirit {God’s Spirit led Jesus} into a desolate area to be tempted by the devil {in order that the devil would tempt him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_2","070_4_2","MAT","4","2","2","After he did not eat food for 40 days, and 40 nights. he was hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_3","070_4_3","MAT","4","3","3","Satan, the tempter, came to him and said, “Because you claim that you have a relationship with God as a son has with his father MET, prove it by commanding these stones to become bread so that you can eat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_4","070_4_4","MAT","4","4","4","But Jesus said to him, “No! I will not change stones into bread, because it is written in the Scriptures {in the Scriptures Moses wrote}, ‘Eating food SYN sustains people physically, but it does not sustain them spiritually SYN. Instead, paying attention to everything that God has spoken to them is what sustains people spiritually.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_5","070_4_5","MAT","4","5","5","Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem, the city that is dedicated to God. He set him on the highest part of the Temple, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_6","070_4_6","MAT","4","6","6","and said to him, “Because you claim that you have a relationship with God as a son has with his father, prove it by jumping down to the ground. You will not be hurt, because it is written in the Scriptures, ‘God will command his angels to protect you. They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, in order that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_7","070_4_7","MAT","4","7","7","But Jesus said, “No! I will not jump down, because in another place in the Scriptures it is written {there are these words that Moses wrote}: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_8","070_4_8","MAT","4","8","8","Then the devil took him on top of a very high mountain. There he showed him all the nations in the world and the magnificent things in those nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_9","070_4_9","MAT","4","9","9","And then he said to him, “I will let you rule all these nations and give you the magnificent things in them if you bow down and worship me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_10","070_4_10","MAT","4","10","10","But Jesus said to him, “No, I will not worship you, Satan, so go away! It is written in the Scriptures, ‘It is the Lord your God whom you (pl) must worship, and you (pl) must serve only him!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_11","070_4_11","MAT","4","11","11","Then the devil went away, and right away, angels came to Jesus and took care of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_12","070_4_12","MAT","4","12","12","While Jesus was in Judea, John the Baptizer’s disciples told him that John had been put in prison and kept there {that Herod Antipas had put John the Baptizer in prison and kept him there}. So Jesus returned to Galilee District. While he was in Galilee, he first went to Nazareth town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_13","070_4_13","MAT","4","13","13","Then he left Nazareth and went to Capernaum city in order to live there. Capernaum is located beside Galilee Lake in the region which was formerly the regions of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_14","070_4_14","MAT","4","14","14","One reason that he went there was so that these words that were written by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled {so that he might fulfill these words that the prophet Isaiah wrote}: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_15","070_4_15","MAT","4","15","15","“Zebulun region and Naphtali region are on the road which is near Galilee Lake and on the eastern side of the Jordan River. They are the regions in Galilee District where many non-Jews are living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_16","070_4_16","MAT","4","16","16","Although the people there will be like people who sit in a dark place MET, they will suddenly perceive clearly a new teaching, as people who have seen a big light shining on them MET perceive everything clearly. The people who are located in a dangerous MET region will suddenly perceive clearly what God teaches, as people on whom a light shines perceive things clearly MET, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_17","070_4_17","MAT","4","17","17","From that time, while Jesus was in Capernaum city, he began to preach this to people: “God MTY/EUP will very soon begin to rule, and he will judge you when he rules. So you (pl) need to turn from your sinful ways so that God will not punish you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_18","070_4_18","MAT","4","18","18","One day while Jesus was walking by Galilee Lake, he saw two men, Simon, who was later called Peter, and Andrew, his younger brother. They were casting their fishing net into the lake because they earned money by catching and selling fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_19","070_4_19","MAT","4","19","19","He said to them, “Just like you have been gathering fish, come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples.” MET ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_20","070_4_20","MAT","4","20","20","They immediately left the work that they were doing with their fishing nets, and they went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_21","070_4_21","MAT","4","21","21","As the three of them walked on from there, Jesus saw two other men, James, and John, the younger brother of James. They were in their boat with Zebedee, their father, mending their fishing nets. Jesus told them that they should leave their work and go with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_22","070_4_22","MAT","4","22","22","They immediately left their fishing boat and their father, and they went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_23","070_4_23","MAT","4","23","23","Jesus went with those four men throughout all of Galilee District. He was teaching the people in the buildings where we Jews worship God. He was preaching the good message that tells how to become members of the group of people whose lives God rules over. He was also healing all the Galileans who had diseases or who were sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_24","070_4_24","MAT","4","24","24","When people who lived in other parts of Syria District heard PRS what he was doing, they brought to him people who suffered from illnesses, people who suffered from many kinds of diseases, people who suffered from severe pains, people who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled}, people who were epileptics, and people who were paralyzed. And Jesus healed them all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT4_25","070_4_25","MAT","4","25","25","Then crowds started to go with him. They were people from Galilee District, ◄from the Decapolis/from the Ten Towns area►, from Jerusalem city, from other parts of Judea district, and from areas east of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_1","070_5_1","MAT","5","1","1","When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a hillside. He sat down in order to teach his disciples. They came near to him to listen to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_2","070_5_2","MAT","5","2","2","Then he began to teach them by saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_3","070_5_3","MAT","5","3","3","God is pleased with people who recognize that they have a spiritual need; he will allow them to be the people whose lives he rules over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_4","070_5_4","MAT","5","4","4","God is pleased with people who mourn because they have sinned; they will be encouraged {he will encourage them.} ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_5","070_5_5","MAT","5","5","5","God is pleased with people who are meek; they will inherit the earth that God will recreate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_6","070_5_6","MAT","5","6","6","God is pleased with people who sincerely desire to live righteously just like they desire to eat and drink MET; they will be enabled {he will enable them} to do all that he desires MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_7","070_5_7","MAT","5","7","7","God is pleased with people who act mercifully; he will act mercifully to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_8","070_5_8","MAT","5","8","8","God is pleased with people who think only about that which pleases him; some day they will be where God is and will see him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_9","070_5_9","MAT","5","9","9","God is pleased with people who help other people to live peacefully; they will be considered to be {he will consider that they are} his children MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_10","070_5_10","MAT","5","10","10","God is pleased with people to whom evil things are done {to whom other people do evil things} because they conducted themselves righteously; he will allow them to be where he rules over people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_11","070_5_11","MAT","5","11","11","God is pleased with you when other people insult you, when other people do evil things to you and when other people say falsely that you are evil because you believe in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_12","070_5_12","MAT","5","12","12","When that happens, rejoice and be glad DOU, because God will give you a great reward in heaven. God will think highly of you, just like he thought highly of the prophets whom your ancestors persecuted long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_13","070_5_13","MAT","5","13","13","“You are able to influence evil people MTY and improve the way they live in order that they do not become more evil, just like salt is able to improve the flavor of food and to preserve it MET from spoiling. Salt that no longer tastes salty cannot become salty again RHQ. As a result, that salt becomes useless. It is rejected by people, thrown on the ground, and walked on {People reject it, throw it on the ground and walk on it} MET. Similarly, if the way you live no longer influences people to live in a godly manner, God will reject you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_14","070_5_14","MAT","5","14","14","You enable evil people MTY to perceive God’s truth as a light enables people to perceive what is around them. Just like everyone can see LIT the lights of a city on a hill MET, other people can see what you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_15","070_5_15","MAT","5","15","15","After people light a lamp, they never put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand in their houses in order that it can shine on everyone there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_16","070_5_16","MAT","5","16","16","Similarly, you need to do what is right MET in such a manner that other people can see the good deeds that you do, and as a result they will praise your Father who is in heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_17","070_5_17","MAT","5","17","17","“I came to earth, not to annul the laws that God gave Moses or what the prophets MTY wrote. Instead, I came to cause to happen what the authors of those books predicted would happen. So do not think any longer that I have come to earth in order that I might annul what they wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_18","070_5_18","MAT","5","18","18","Keep this in mind: Every point of those laws, including those points that seem least important, and even the smallest details of the laws MTY will surely be in effect HYP, LIT until the heavens and the earth disappear and until all that God told their authors to write happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_19","070_5_19","MAT","5","19","19","Since all God’s laws are important, if anyone disobeys any of those commandments, even if it would be one of the least important ones, and if that person teaches people to disobey any of those commandments, it will be said {God will say} that that person is the least important of those in the place where EUP God rules. But those who obey those commandments and teach other people to obey them, it will be said {God will say} that they are very important among those that God rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_20","070_5_20","MAT","5","20","20","Keep this in mind: You assume that the Pharisees and the men who teach our laws faithfully obey what God commands. But if you do not obey those laws better than they obey them, you will by no means enter the place where God rules.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_21","070_5_21","MAT","5","21","21","“You have heard your religious teachers say that it was said {that Moses said} to your ancestors, ‘Do not murder anyone.’ This implied that if someone murders another person, the judge will condemn that person and sentence him to be executed {say that someone must execute him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_22","070_5_22","MAT","5","22","22","But what I say to you is this: If you are angry with someone, God will judge you. If you say to someone, ‘You are worthless,’ the Jewish Council will judge you. If you hate someone, and say to them 'You fool!' you. yourself, will be in danger of being thrown into the fires in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_23","070_5_23","MAT","5","23","23","So, when you take your gift for God to the altar, if you remember that you have offended someone, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_24","070_5_24","MAT","5","24","24","leave your gift by the altar, and first go to the person you have offended. Tell that person that you are sorry for what you have done, and ask that person to forgive you. Then go back and offer your gift to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_25","070_5_25","MAT","5","25","25","Also, when a fellow citizen takes you to court in order to accuse you, settle accounts with that person quickly while you are walking with that person to court. Do that while there still is time to do so in order that he will not take you to the judge, because if the judge favors the person who is accusing you, he will declare that you are guilty and send you to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_26","070_5_26","MAT","5","26","26","Keep this in mind: If you go to prison, you will never get out because you will never be able to pay all that the judge says that you owe MET. And remember also that you ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_27","070_5_27","MAT","5","27","27","“You have heard God’s commandment, ‘Do not commit adultery.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_28","070_5_28","MAT","5","28","28","But what I say to you is this: If a man only looks at a woman desiring to have sex with her, God considers that his doing that MET is sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_29","070_5_29","MAT","5","29","29","If because of what you see MTY you are tempted to sin, stop looking at those things! Even if you have to gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away HYP to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and as a result go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth you lack one or both of your eyes. But it is not good that you continue to have two eyes and sin and, as a result, God sends your whole body to hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_30","070_5_30","MAT","5","30","30","If you are tempted to use one of your hands to sin MTY, stop using your hand. Even if you have to cut your hand off and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it HYP! It is good that you do not sin and as a result you go to heaven, even though while you are still here on earth you lack one or both of your hands. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God sends your whole body to hell.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_31","070_5_31","MAT","5","31","31","“It is written {Moses wrote}, ‘If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document on which he states that he is divorcing her.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_32","070_5_32","MAT","5","32","32","But now listen to what I say to you: A man may divorce his wife only if she has committed adultery, and not for any other reason. If a man divorces his wife for any other reason, and he has sex with another woman, he makes his wife become one against whom he has committed adultery, because in God’s estimation she still is his wife. Also, if a man marries a woman who is divorced {whose husband has divorced her}, God considers him guilty of committing adultery.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_33","070_5_33","MAT","5","33","33","“You have also heard your religious teachers say that it was written {that Moses wrote} to your ancestors, ‘Make sure that you do what you promised the Lord that you would do!’ DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_34","070_5_34","MAT","5","34","34","But now listen to what I say to you: Never promise to do anything and then ask a superior being to affirm that what you are saying will happen. For example, do not promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings in heaven MTY to affirm that you will do it, because heaven is where God sits on his throne MTY to rule over people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_35","070_5_35","MAT","5","35","35","Also, do not promise that you will give something and then ask spiritual beings on earth MTY to affirm that you will do it, because the earth is where God rests his feet MET. Also, do not promise that you will do something and ask religious authorities in Jerusalem to affirm that you will do it, because Jerusalem is the city where God, the great King rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_36","070_5_36","MAT","5","36","36","Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that your head should be cut off {someone should cut off your head} if you do not do it. You are not even able to change the color of the hair of your head by making one black hair white or one white hair black. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_37","070_5_37","MAT","5","37","37","If you talk about doing something, just say ‘Yes, I will do it,’ or ‘No, I will not do it.’ If you say anything more than that, it is from Satan, the Evil One.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_38","070_5_38","MAT","5","38","38","“You have heard your religious teachers say that it is written {Moses wrote}, ‘Retaliate like this: If someone damages one of your eyes, someone should damage one of that person’s eyes. If someone damages one of your teeth, someone should damage one of that person’s teeth.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_39","070_5_39","MAT","5","39","39","But now listen to what I say to you: Do not take revenge for evil deeds done {that other people do} to you. Instead, if someone insults you by striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person in order that he can strike it also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_40","070_5_40","MAT","5","40","40","If someone wants to sue you and take your ◄inner garment/shirt►, give him your ◄outer garment/coat► also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_41","070_5_41","MAT","5","41","41","If a military authority compels you to go with him one mile and carry his gear, go with him two miles and carry his gear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_42","070_5_42","MAT","5","42","42","Also, if someone asks you for something, give him what he is asking for. If someone requests you to lend him something, do not refuse to lend it to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_43","070_5_43","MAT","5","43","43","“You have heard your religious teachers say that it is written that Moses wrote, ‘Love the citizens of your country and hate your enemies.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_44","070_5_44","MAT","5","44","44","But now listen to what I say to you: Love your enemies as well as your friends, and pray for those who cause you to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_45","070_5_45","MAT","5","45","45","Do that in order to imitate what God, your Father who is in heaven, does. He desires that you MET do like he does. He acts kindly to all people. For example, he causes the sun to shine equally on wicked people and on good people, and he sends rain both on righteous people and on unrighteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_46","070_5_46","MAT","5","46","46","If you love only the people who love you, ◄do not expect God to reward you in heaven!/will God reward you in heaven?► RHQ This is based on the fact that everyone, even the tax collectors, who you think are very great sinners, love RHQ those who love them. If you act like them, ◄you are not any different from tax collectors!/in what way are you different from tax collectors?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_47","070_5_47","MAT","5","47","47","If you want God to bless only your friends, ◄you are not acting any better than other people!/are you acting any better than other people?► RHQ Even the non-Jews, who you think sin very much (OR, you think are unacceptable to God), want God to bless their friends RHQ, but God does not reward them for that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT5_48","070_5_48","MAT","5","48","48","You need to love those who do not love you, and in that way become perfect as God your Father, who is in heaven, is perfect.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_1","070_6_1","MAT","6","1","1","“When you do your good deeds, make certain that you do not do them when other people are watching so that they may see you and think highly of you. If you do good deeds merely in order that other people may think highly of you, God, your Father who is in heaven, will not give you any reward. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_2","070_6_2","MAT","6","2","2","So, whenever you give something to the poor, do not announce it as people announce something that they want other people to know about by playing a fanfare on a trumpet MET. That is what the hypocrites do ◄in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places► and on the main roads in order that people might see what they do and praise them. Keep this in mind: People praise those hypocrites, but that is the only reward they will receive! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_3","070_6_3","MAT","6","3","3","Instead of doing as they do, when you give something to the poor, do not let other people know that you are doing that MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_4","070_6_4","MAT","6","4","4","In that way, you will be giving to the poor secretly. As a result God, your Father who observes you while no one else sees you, will reward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_5","070_6_5","MAT","6","5","5","Also when you pray, do not do what the hypocrites do. They like to stand in the Jewish meeting places and on the corners of the main streets to pray, in order that other people will see them and think highly of them. Keep this in mind: People praise them, but that is the only reward they will get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_6","070_6_6","MAT","6","6","6","But as for you, when you pray, go into your private room and close the door in order to pray to God, your Father, whom no one can see. He observes you where no one else observes you, and he will reward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_7","070_6_7","MAT","6","7","7","When you pray, do not repeat words many times as the people who do not know God do when they pray. They repeat meaningless words because they think that if they use many words, their gods will listen to them and give them what they ask for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_8","070_6_8","MAT","6","8","8","Do not repeat words as they do, because God your Father knows what you need before you ask him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_9","070_6_9","MAT","6","9","9","So pray things like this: Father, you who are in heaven, we (exc) desire that you be honored/revered {that people honor/revere you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_10","070_6_10","MAT","6","10","10","We (exc) desire that people let you rule over their lives. We(exc) want people who live on the earth to do what you desire, as those who live in heaven do what you want them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_11","070_6_11","MAT","6","11","11","Give us (exc) each day the food SYN that we (exc) need for that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_12","070_6_12","MAT","6","12","12","Forgive our sins just like we (exc) have forgiven the people who sin against us (exc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_13","070_6_13","MAT","6","13","13","Do not let us(exc) do wrong things when we(exc) are tempted {someone or something tempts us}, and rescue us (exc) when Satan the evil one tempts us to do evil things.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_14","070_6_14","MAT","6","14","14","“Forgive the people who sin against you, because, if you forgive other people, God, your Father who is in heaven, will forgive your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_15","070_6_15","MAT","6","15","15","But if you do not forgive other people, neither will God forgive your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_16","070_6_16","MAT","6","16","16","“When you abstain from eating food in order to please God, do not look sad as the hypocrites look. They make their faces appear sad in order that people will see that they are abstaining from food and will think highly of them. Keep this in mind: People will think highly of those people for that, but that is the only reward those people will get! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_17","070_6_17","MAT","6","17","17","Instead, each of you, when you abstain from food, should comb your hair and wash your face as usual, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_18","070_6_18","MAT","6","18","18","in order that other people will not notice that you are fasting because you will look as you always do. But God, your Father, whom no one can see, will observe that you are abstaining from food. God your Father sees you even though no one else sees you, and he will reward you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_19","070_6_19","MAT","6","19","19","“Do not selfishly accumulate large quantities of money and material goods for yourselves on this earth, because the earth is where everything is destroyed. For example, on earth termites ruin things, and things rust, and thieves enter buildings and steal things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_20","070_6_20","MAT","6","20","20","Instead, do deeds that will please God. Your doing such deeds will be like storing treasures in heaven MET. Nothing perishes in heaven. In heaven no termites ruin things, nothing rusts, and thieves do not enter buildings and steal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_21","070_6_21","MAT","6","21","21","Remember that the things that you think are the most valuable are the things that you will be constantly concerned about MET. So if you want to be storing treasures in heaven, you need to be constantly thinking about God and heaven, instead of your earthly possessions.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_22","070_6_22","MAT","6","22","22","“Your eyes are like a lamp MET for your body, because they enable you to see things. So if your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well MET. Similarly, if you are generous with your money and other possessions, you will be able to know much of what God wants you to know MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_23","070_6_23","MAT","6","23","23","But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see things well. And if that continues, the time will come when you will not be able to see at all. You will be in complete darkness MET. Similarly, if you continue to be greedy, you will be in spiritual darkness. If all that your eyes can see and your mind can think about involves your greedily desiring material possessions, all that you do will be evil MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_24","070_6_24","MAT","6","24","24","“No one is able to serve two different bosses at the same time. If he tried to do that, he would dislike one of them and love the other one, or he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one DOU. Similarly, you cannot devote your life to worshipping God and worshipping money and material goods at the same time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_25","070_6_25","MAT","6","25","25","“Because you should be concerned about what God thinks is important and not about material goods, I tell you that you should not worry about things that you need in order to live. Do not worry about whether you will have enough food to eat, and something to drink, or enough clothes to wear. It is important to have sufficient food and drink and clothing, but the way you conduct your lives is much more important RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_26","070_6_26","MAT","6","26","26","Look at the birds. They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops and gather them into barns. But they always have food to eat because God, your Father who is in heaven, provides food for them. And you are certainly worth a lot more than birds RHQ! So you can be assured that God will supply what you need! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_27","070_6_27","MAT","6","27","27","◄None of you can, just by worrying, add time to your life./Can any of you, just by worrying, add time to your life?► RHQ You cannot add even one minute to your life! So you should not worry about things such as food and clothing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_28","070_6_28","MAT","6","28","28","You should also not worry about whether you will have enough clothes to wear RHQ. Think about the way flowers grow in the fields. They do not work to earn money, and they do not make their own clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_29","070_6_29","MAT","6","29","29","But I tell you that even though King Solomon, who lived long ago, wore very beautiful clothes, his clothes were not as beautiful as one of those flowers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_30","070_6_30","MAT","6","30","30","God makes the wild plants very beautiful, but they grow in the field for only a short time. One day they grow, and the next day they are thrown into an oven {someone cuts them and throws them into an oven} to be burned to make heat for baking bread. But you are more important to God than wild plants are, and you live much longer. So ◄God will certainly provide clothes for you who live a long time but trust him so little!/will not God surely very adequately clothe you, who live a long time but trust him so little?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_31","070_6_31","MAT","6","31","31","Because of God’s caring for you, do not worry and say, ‘Will we have anything to eat?’ or ‘Will we have anything to drink?’ or ‘Will we have clothes to wear?’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_32","070_6_32","MAT","6","32","32","Those who do not know God are always worrying about things like that. But God, your Father who is in heaven, knows that you need all those things, so you should not worry about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_33","070_6_33","MAT","6","33","33","Instead, the most important thing you should be concerned about is to let God completely direct your life, and to strive to live righteously. If you do that, all the things that you need will be given to you {God will give you all the things that you need}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT6_34","070_6_34","MAT","6","34","34","So each day do not be worried about what will happen to you the next day, because when that day PRS comes, you will be concerned about what happens during that day. You will have enough to be concerned about each day. So do not worry ahead of time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_1","070_7_1","MAT","7","1","1","“Do not talk about how sinfully others have acted, in order that God will not say how sinfully you have acted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_2","070_7_2","MAT","7","2","2","If you condemn other people, God will condemn you. To the same extent that you condemn others, you will be condemned {God will condemn you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_3","070_7_3","MAT","7","3","3","◄None of you should be concerned about someone else’s small faults MET!/Why should any of you be concerned about someone else’s small faults?► MET, RHQ That would be like noticing a speck in that person’s eye. But you should be concerned about your own big faults. They are like MET planks in your own eye, which you do not notice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_4","070_7_4","MAT","7","4","4","◄You should not say to other people about their minor faults, ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes!’/Why do you say to other people about their minor faults, ‘Let me remove the specks from your eyes?’► RHQ You should not say that if a plank is still in your own eye MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_5","070_7_5","MAT","7","5","5","You hypocrite, stop committing your own sins! That will be like removing the plank from your own eye MET. Then, as a result, you will be able to perceive things spiritually so that you can help other people get rid of the faults MET that are like specks in their eyes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_6","070_7_6","MAT","7","6","6","“You do not give holy things to dogs that would ignore those things and attack you CHI. You do not throw pearls in front of hogs, because they would just ignore them and trample them. Similarly, do not give precious spiritual truth to people you know will not value it but instead will do evil things to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_7","070_7_7","MAT","7","7","7","“Keep asking God for what you need. If you do that, he will give it to you. Confidently keep expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you. It will be like MET looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on praying persistently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like MET knocking on a door in order to enter a room. And the way will be opened {God will open the way} for you to get what you pray for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_8","070_7_8","MAT","7","8","8","Remember that God will give things to everyone who continues to ask him for them. He will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. He will open the way for people to get the things that they keep persistently praying for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_9","070_7_9","MAT","7","9","9","◄No man among you would give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread./Would anyone among you give a stone to his son if his son were to ask for bread?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_10","070_7_10","MAT","7","10","10","Likewise, ◄no man would give a poisonous snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish./would anyone give a poisonous snake to his son if his son would ask for a fish?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_11","070_7_11","MAT","7","11","11","You, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children. So God, your Father who is in heaven, will certainly give good things to the people who ask him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_12","070_7_12","MAT","7","12","12","“So in whatever way you want others to act toward you (pl), that is the way you (pl) should act toward them, because that sums up what Moses wrote in the laws that God gave him and also what the prophets wrote long ago.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_13","070_7_13","MAT","7","13","14","“Going to where people live eternally with God in heaven is difficult. It is like going along a narrow road PRS, MET that leads to a narrow gate. Not many people find that way. The way that most people take is easy, but it results in their being punished {God punishing them} in hell. That way is like a wide road that people walk on PRS, MET until they reach the wide gate, but that road and that gate lead to where they will be destroyed {God will destroy them}. Many people enter that gate. So I am telling you to leave the wide road and enter the narrow gate to heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_15","070_7_15","MAT","7","15","15","“Beware of people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They seem to be harmless, but they are extremely harmful. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins to make people believe that they are sheep MET, but they actually are wolves that attack people MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_16","070_7_16","MAT","7","16","16","So how will you know that they are false? Well, by seeing what plants produce, you know what kind of plants they are MET. For example, thornbushes cannot produce grapes, so ◄no one can pick grapes from thornbushes./can anyone pick grapes from thornbushes?► RHQ And thistles cannot produce figs, so ◄no one can pick figs from thistles./can anyone pick figs from thistles?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_17","070_7_17","MAT","7","17","17","Here is another example: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all unhealthy trees produce worthless fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_18","070_7_18","MAT","7","18","18","No good fruit tree is able to produce worthless fruit, and no unhealthy tree is able to produce good fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_19","070_7_19","MAT","7","19","19","And all the trees that do not produce good fruit are chopped down and burned in a fire {people chop them down and burn them in a fire} to get rid of them. Similarly, those who falsely claim to be prophets will be thrown {God will throw false prophets} into the fires of hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_20","070_7_20","MAT","7","20","20","By seeing what plants produce, you know what kind of plants they are. Similarly, when you see what the people who come to you do, you will know if they are false prophets.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_21","070_7_21","MAT","7","21","21","“Even though many people habitually call me ‘Lord’, pretending that they have my authority, some of them will not go to heaven where God rules, because they do not do what he desires. Only those people who do what my Father, who is in heaven, desires will go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_22","070_7_22","MAT","7","22","22","On the day MTY that God judges everyone, many people, trying to tell me that they deserve to go to heaven, will say to me, ‘Lord, we(exc) spoke God’s message as your representatives MTY, RHQ! As your representatives we(exc) expelled demons from people RHQ! And as your representatives, many times we(exc) performed miracles RHQ!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_23","070_7_23","MAT","7","23","23","Then I will declare to them, ‘I have never said that you belonged to me. Go away from me, you who do what is evil!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_24","070_7_24","MAT","7","24","24","“So then, anyone who hears what I say and does what I command, will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_25","070_7_25","MAT","7","25","25","Even though the rain came down and the river flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it did not fall down because it had been built {he built it} on a solid foundation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_26","070_7_26","MAT","7","26","26","On the other hand, anyone who hears what I say but does not obey what I say will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_27","070_7_27","MAT","7","27","27","When the rain fell and the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house, it crashed down and broke completely apart, because it was built on the sand. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_28","070_7_28","MAT","7","28","28","When Jesus finished saying all those things, the crowdswho had been listening to him were amazed at the new teaching that he had taught them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT7_29","070_7_29","MAT","7","29","29","The reason they were amazed was that he was teaching as a person does who has authority. He was not teaching like the men who taught the Jewish laws, who just repeated what other people had taught them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_1","070_8_1","MAT","8","1","1","When Jesus went down from the hillside, large crowds followed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_2","070_8_2","MAT","8","2","2","After he left the crowds, a man who had the skin disease called leprosy unexpectedly came and knelt before him. He said to Jesus, “Lord/Sir, please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you are willing to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_3","070_8_3","MAT","8","3","3","Then Jesus, disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers, stretched out his hand and touched the man. He said to him, “I am willing to heal you, and I heal you now!” Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy {he was no longer a leper}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_4","070_8_4","MAT","8","4","4","Then Jesus said to him, “Go and show yourself to a nearby priest so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy. Then, after he tells the local people, they will know that you no longer have leprosy, and you will be able to associate with them again. Make sure that now you do not report about my healing you to anyone other than the priest. Then go to the Temple in Jerusalem and give the priest the offering that Moses commanded that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer as a sacrifice to God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_5","070_8_5","MAT","8","5","5","When Jesus went to Capernaum city, a Roman officer who commanded 100 soldiers came to him. He begged Jesus to help him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_6","070_8_6","MAT","8","6","6","He said to him, “Sir, my servant is lying in bed at home and is paralyzed, and he has severe pain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_7","070_8_7","MAT","8","7","7","Jesus said to him, “I will go to your house and heal him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_8","070_8_8","MAT","8","8","8","But the officer said to him, “Lord/Sir, do not bother to go. I am a non-Jew, so I am not worthy for you, a Jew, to come into my house MTY and associate with me. Instead, just command that my servant be healed, and he will be healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_9","070_8_9","MAT","8","9","9","I believe this because, as for me, I am a man under the authority of others, and I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_10","070_8_10","MAT","8","10","10","When Jesus heard this, he marveled. He said to the crowd that was walking with him, “Listen to this: I have never before found anyone who has as firm a faith in me as this non-Jewish man has. Not even in Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, have I found anyone who has the kind of faith in me that he has! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_11","070_8_11","MAT","8","11","11","I tell you truly that many other non-Jewish people who will believe in me like this Roman officer will come from distant countries, including those far to the east and far to the west SYN, and they will sit down to eat with MTY Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in heaven, where God rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_12","070_8_12","MAT","8","12","12","But the Jews IDM who should have allowed God to rule over them will be sent to hell, where there is total darkness. And as a result, they will weep because of their suffering and will grind their teeth because they will have severe pain MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_13","070_8_13","MAT","8","13","13","Then Jesus said to the officer, “Go home. What you believed would happen, that I would heal your servant from a distance, will happen.” Then the officer went home and found out that his servant became well at the exact time that Jesus told him that he would heal him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_14","070_8_14","MAT","8","14","14","When Jesus and some of his disciples went to the home of Peter, Jesus saw Peter’s mother-in-law. She was lying on a bed because she had a fever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_15","070_8_15","MAT","8","15","15","He touched her hand, and as a result, immediately she no longer had a fever PRS. Then she got up and served them some food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_16","070_8_16","MAT","8","16","16","That evening when ◄the Sabbath/the Jewish rest day► ended and restrictions about traveling ended, many people who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} and people who were sick MTY were brought to Jesus. He caused the demons to leave just by speaking to them, and he healed all the people who were sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_17","070_8_17","MAT","8","17","17","By doing this he fulfilled the words that had been said by the prophet Isaiah {that the prophet Isaiah had said} about the Messiah: “He healed people who had sicknesses and he cured them of their diseases.” DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_18","070_8_18","MAT","8","18","18","Jesus saw the crowd around him, but he needed to rest. So he told his disciples to take him by boat to the other side of the lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_19","070_8_19","MAT","8","19","19","As they were walking toward the boat, a man who taught the Jewish laws came to him and said, “Teacher, I will go with you wherever you go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_20","070_8_20","MAT","8","20","20","In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with him, Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes in the ground in which to live, and birds have nests, but even though I am the one who came from heaven, I do not have a home where I can sleep MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_21","070_8_21","MAT","8","21","21","Another man who was one of Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Sir/Lord, permit me first to go home. After my father dies I will bury him, and then I will come with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_22","070_8_22","MAT","8","22","22","But Jesus said to him, “Come with me now. God considers that people who do not have eternal life are dead MET. Let those people do the work of burying people who die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_23","070_8_23","MAT","8","23","23","Then Jesus got into the boat. The disciples also got in, and they started sailing close to the shoreline around Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_24","070_8_24","MAT","8","24","24","Suddenly strong winds blew on the lake, and very high waves were splashing into the boat and filling it. But Jesus was sleeping. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_25","070_8_25","MAT","8","25","25","They went and woke him up, and said to him, “Sir/Lord, rescue us! We are about to drown!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_26","070_8_26","MAT","8","26","26","He said to them, “◄You should not be terrified!/Why are you terrified?► RHQ I am disappointed that in spite of all you have seen me do, ◄you do not believe very much that I can rescue you./do you not believe that I can rescue you?► RHQ” Then he got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to calm down. And the wind stopped blowing and the lake became calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_27","070_8_27","MAT","8","27","27","As a result, they were amazed, and they said to one another, “This man is certainly an extraordinary person RHQ! All things are under his control! Even the winds and the waves obey him PRS!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_28","070_8_28","MAT","8","28","28","When they came to the east side of the lake, they arrived in the region where the Gadarenes lived. Jesus got out of the boat and began walking on the road. Then two men who were controlled by demons {whom demons controlled} came out of the burial caves where they were living. Because they were extremely violent and attacked people, no one dared to travel on the road near where they were living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_29","070_8_29","MAT","8","29","29","Suddenly they shouted to Jesus, “You are the Son of God! Because you have nothing in common with us IDM, RHQ, leave us alone Have you come here RHQ to torture us before the time MTY God has appointed to punish us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_30","070_8_30","MAT","8","30","30","There was a large herd of pigs not far away, digging for food with their noses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_31","070_8_31","MAT","8","31","31","So the demons begged Jesus, saying, “You are going to cast us out of the men, so send us into the herd of pigs!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_32","070_8_32","MAT","8","32","32","Jesus said to them, “If that is what you want, go!” So the demons left the men and entered the pigs. Suddenly the whole herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_33","070_8_33","MAT","8","33","33","The men who were tending the pigs became afraid and ran into the town and reported everything that had happened, including what had happened to the two men who had been controlled by demons {whom demons had controlled}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT8_34","070_8_34","MAT","8","34","34","Then it seemed as if all the people HYP who lived in that town MTY went to meet Jesus. When they saw him and the two men who had been controlled by the demons, they begged Jesus to leave their region because they thought that he would destroy more things than just the pigs (OR, because they realized he must be very powerful). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_1","070_9_1","MAT","9","1","1","Jesus and his disciples got into the boat. They skirted around the lake and went to Capernaum, the city where he was living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_2","070_9_2","MAT","9","2","2","Some men brought to him a man who was paralyzed and who was lying on a sleeping pad. When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the paralyzed man, he said to him, “Young man, be encouraged! I forgive your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_3","070_9_3","MAT","9","3","3","Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws said among themselves, “He claims that he can forgive sins! That means that he claims to be equal with God He is insulting God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_4","070_9_4","MAT","9","4","4","Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said, “◄You should not think evil thoughts, accusing me because I claim that I am God!/Why do you think evil thoughts, saying that it is wrong for me to claim that I am God?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_5","070_9_5","MAT","9","5","5","It would not be risky for someone to say to this man, ‘I forgive your sins’, because no one could see whether or not it really happened. But no one, without having the power to heal, would say to him, ‘Get up and walk!’, because people could easily see whether it happened or not! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_6","070_9_6","MAT","9","6","6","So I am going to do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth, as well as to heal people.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_7","070_9_7","MAT","9","7","7","And immediately the man got up, picked up his sleeping pad, and went home! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_8","070_9_8","MAT","9","8","8","When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being to do such things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_9","070_9_9","MAT","9","9","9","As Jesus was going away from there, he saw me, a man named Matthew. I was sitting at a table where I collected taxes for the Roman government. He said to me, “Come with me and become my disciple!” So I got up and went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_10","070_9_10","MAT","9","10","10","Then I invited Jesus and his disciples to my home for a meal. While they were sitting and eating in my home, many tax collectors and other people who were {whom the Pharisees} considered to be habitual sinners came unexpectedly to eat with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_11","070_9_11","MAT","9","11","11","When the Pharisees saw that, they came to us disciples and said, “◄It is disgusting that your teacher, who claims to be righteous, eats and associates with tax collectors and other sinners!/Why is it that your teacher, who claims to be righteous, eats and associates with tax collectors and other sinners?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_12","070_9_12","MAT","9","12","12","Jesus heard what they said, so he told them this parable: “It is people who are sick who need a doctor MET, not people who are well.” What he meant by that was that it was people who knew that they were sinners who were coming to him in order to be helped spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_13","070_9_13","MAT","9","13","13","He continued by saying, “You need to learn what these words that God said mean: ‘I want you to act mercifully to people and not just to offer sacrifices.’ Keep in mind that I came from heaven, not to invite people who think IRO that they are righteous to turn away from their sinful lives and come to me, but to invite people who know they are sinners to turn from their sins and come to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_14","070_9_14","MAT","9","14","14","Later, the disciples of John the Baptizer came to Jesus and asked him, “We (exc) and the Pharisees often abstain from food to show that we want to please God, but your disciples do not do that. Why do they not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_15","070_9_15","MAT","9","15","15","Jesus wanted to show them and the Pharisees that it was not appropriate for his disciples to abstain from food and mourn while he was still with them. So he gave them this illustration: “When a bridegroom is with his friends at the time of the wedding, ◄his friends certainly do not mourn, do they?/do his friends mourn?► RHQ No, they do not mourn, because they are not sad at that time. But when the bridegroom is taken {someone takes the bridegroom/his enemies take the bridegroom} from them, they will abstain from food, because then they will be sad.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_16","070_9_16","MAT","9","16","16","Jesus wanted to show them that people who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like ◄abstaining from food/fasting► MET. So he said to them, “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment to mend a hole. If they did that, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and tear the garment, and the hole would become bigger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_17","070_9_17","MAT","9","17","17","Neither does anyone pour freshly-squeezed grape juice into old skin bags to store it. If anyone did that, those skin bags would tear because they would not stretch when the grape juice ferments and expands. They would be ruined, and the wine would be spilled {spill} on the ground. Instead, people put new wine into new skin bags, and the bags will stretch when the wine ferments. As a result, both the wine and the bags are preserved.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_18","070_9_18","MAT","9","18","18","While Jesus was saying that, a leader of the Jewish meeting place came and bowed down before him to show respect. Then he said, “My daughter just died! But if you come and lay your hand on her, she will live again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_19","070_9_19","MAT","9","19","19","So Jesus got up, and he and we disciples went with the man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_20","070_9_20","MAT","9","20","21","Then a woman who had been suffering constant vaginal bleeding for twelve years came near Jesus. She was saying to herself, “I want Jesus to heal me without anyone finding out that I have this problem of bleeding. So if I touch him or even if I just touch his garment, I will be healed without anyone finding out about it.” So she came behind him and touched the tassel of his garment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_22","070_9_22","MAT","9","22","22","Then Jesus turned around to see who had touched him. And when he saw the woman, he said to her, “Be encouraged, dear woman. Because you believed PRS that I could heal you, I have healed you.” The woman was healed at that very moment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_23","070_9_23","MAT","9","23","23","Then Jesus and some of us disciples came to the Jewish leader’s house. Jesus heard the flute players playing funeral music and the crowd that had gathered wailing loudly because the girl had died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_24","070_9_24","MAT","9","24","24","Knowing that he would cause her to live again, he said to them, “Go away and stop the funeral music and wailing, because the girl is not dead! She is just sleeping!” The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_25","070_9_25","MAT","9","25","25","But Jesus told them to get out of the house. Then he went into the room where the girl was lying. He took hold of her hand and she became alive again and got up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_26","070_9_26","MAT","9","26","26","And the people of that whole region heard PRS about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_27","070_9_27","MAT","9","27","27","As Jesus went away from there, two blind men followed him and shouted, “Have mercy on us and heal our eyes, you who are the Messiah, the Descendant of King David!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_28","070_9_28","MAT","9","28","28","Jesus went into the house, where he was staying, and then the blind men went in, too. Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to heal your eyes?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_29","070_9_29","MAT","9","29","29","Then he touched their eyes and he said to them, “Because you believe that I can heal your eyes, I am healing them right now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_30","070_9_30","MAT","9","30","30","And they were able to see IDM! Then Jesus told them sternly, “Be sure IDM that you do not tell anybody what I did for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_31","070_9_31","MAT","9","31","31","But they went out and reported it throughout that whole region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_32","070_9_32","MAT","9","32","32","When Jesus and we disciples  left the house, some people brought to Jesus a man who was unable to speak because he was controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_33","070_9_33","MAT","9","33","33","After Jesus had expelled the demon, the man who had been unable to speak began to speak! The crowd who saw this marveled. They said, “Never before have we seen anything as marvelous as this happen in Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_34","070_9_34","MAT","9","34","34","But the Pharisees said, “It is Satan, who rules the demons, who enables this man to expel demons from people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_35","070_9_35","MAT","9","35","35","Then we went with Jesus through many of HYP the cities and towns in Galilee district. He was teaching ◄in the synagogues/in the Jewish meeting places►, and preaching the good message about how God rules over people’s lives. He also was healing the people who had various diseases and illnesses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_36","070_9_36","MAT","9","36","36","When he saw the crowd of people, he pitied them because they were harassed and dejected. They were like sheep that do not have a shepherd SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_37","070_9_37","MAT","9","37","37","Then he gave this illustration to us disciples: “The people who are ready to receive my message are like a field that is ready to be harvested {for people to harvest}. But there are only a few of you who are teaching people my message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT9_38","070_9_38","MAT","9","38","38","So pray and ask the Lord God to send more workers who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers into his field to gather the MET harvest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_1","070_10_1","MAT","10","1","1","He told us twelve disciples to come to him. Then he gave us the power/authority to expel evil spirits that controlled people. He also enabled us to heal all people who had diseases or who were sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_2","070_10_2","MAT","10","2","2","Here is a list of us twelve disciples whom he called apostles (which means ‘messengers’): Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; Andrew, Peter’s younger brother; James, the son of Zebedee; John, the younger brother of James; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_3","070_10_3","MAT","10","3","3","Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; me, Matthew, the tax collector; James, the son of Alpheus; Thaddeus; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_4","070_10_4","MAT","10","4","4","Simon, a member of the party that wanted to overthrow the Roman government; and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), who later enabled the Jewish leaders to seize Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_5","070_10_5","MAT","10","5","5","When Jesus was about to send us twelve apostles to tell his message to people in various places, he gave us these instructions: “Do not go where the non-Jews live MTY or into the towns where the Samaritans live, because they hate you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_6","070_10_6","MAT","10","6","6","Instead, go to the people of Israel SYN who have gone away from God like sheep that have gotten lost MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_7","070_10_7","MAT","10","7","7","When you go to them, proclaim to them that God EUP/MTY will soon begin to rule over people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_8","070_10_8","MAT","10","8","8","Heal sick people, cause dead people to become alive, heal people who have leprosy, and cause demons to leave people who are controlled by them {whom demons control}. Do not charge money for helping people, because God did not charge you anything for helping you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_9","070_10_9","MAT","10","9","10","Do not take any money with you MTY, nor a knapsack. Do not take an extra shirt, nor sandals in addition to what you are wearing, nor a walking stick. Every worker deserves to get pay from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_11","070_10_11","MAT","10","11","12","In whatever town or village you enter, find out which person is worthy that you should stay in his home. And as you go into that house, ask God to bless the people who live there MTY. Stay in that home until you leave that town or village. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_13","070_10_13","MAT","10","13","13","If the people who live in MTY that house are worthy of being blessed {God blessing them}, God will bless them. If the people who live in that house are not worthy of being blessed {of God blessing them}, God will bless you instead of blessing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_14","070_10_14","MAT","10","14","14","If the people who live in any house or town do not welcome you to their home or town, nor listen to your message, leave that house or town. And as you leave, shake off the dust from your feet. By doing that, you will warn them that God will punish them for rejecting your message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_15","070_10_15","MAT","10","15","15","Note this carefully: At the time when God judges all people, he will punish the people who lived in Sodom and Gomorrah MTY, the ancient cities which God destroyed because their people were extremely wicked. But in any town where the people MTY refuse to hear your message, God will punish them even more severely.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_16","070_10_16","MAT","10","16","16","“Take note: After I send you out, you will be as defenseless as sheep MET in the midst of people who are as dangerous as wolves. So you should wisely stay away from such people, like you stay away from poisonous snakes SIM. You should be as harmless as doves are SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_17","070_10_17","MAT","10","17","17","Also, be on guard against our religious leaders. They will arrest you and take you to the members of the religious councils to put you on trial and punish you because you are my disciples. You will be whipped {The local leaders will whip you} in their meeting places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_18","070_10_18","MAT","10","18","18","And because you teach about me, you will be taken {the religious leaders will take you} to governors and kings in order that they may put you on trial and punish you. As a result, you will testify to those rulers and to other non-Jews about what I have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_19","070_10_19","MAT","10","19","19","When the religious leaders arrest you, do not be worried about what you will say to them, because at that very time the Holy Spirit will tell you the words that you should say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_20","070_10_20","MAT","10","20","20","It is not that you will decide what to say. Instead, you will say what the Spirit of your heavenly Father tells you to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_21","070_10_21","MAT","10","21","21","You will be taken {People who do not believe in me will take you} to the authorities to be killed because you believe in me. For example, people will betray their brothers, and fathers will betray their children. Children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_22","070_10_22","MAT","10","22","22","Many people will hate you because you believe in me. Nevertheless, many people will keep on believing in me until they die. They are the people whom God will take to live with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_23","070_10_23","MAT","10","23","23","When people in one town cause you to suffer, escape to another town and tell the people there about me. Note this: I, the one who came down from heaven, will certainly return to earth before you have finished going from one town to another town throughout Israel and telling people about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_24","070_10_24","MAT","10","24","24","A disciple should not expect to be greater than his teacher, and servants are not superior to their master. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_25","070_10_25","MAT","10","25","25","You do not expect that people will treat a disciple better than they treat his teacher, or that they will treat a servant better than they treat his master. Similarly, because I am your teacher and master, you can expect that people will mistreat you, because they have mistreated me. The most you can expect is that people will treat you like they treat me. I am like the ruler of a household MET. But people have insulted me by calling me Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons. So they will certainly insult you more, you who are only like members of my household MET!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_26","070_10_26","MAT","10","26","26","“Do not be afraid of people who insult you and do evil things to you. God wants everything that is unknown now to be revealed {God wants you to reveal everything that is unknown now}. He does not want his truth to remain hidden MET and kept secret DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_27","070_10_27","MAT","10","27","27","So, instead of being afraid, what I say to you secretly as people do at night MTY, tell publicly as people do during the daytime MTY. What I say to you privately as people do when they whisper to you MTY, proclaim publicly MTY, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_28","070_10_28","MAT","10","28","28","Do not be afraid of people who are able to kill your body SYN but are not able to destroy your soul. Instead, fear God because he is able to destroy both a person’s body and a person’s soul in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_29","070_10_29","MAT","10","29","29","Think about the  sparrows. They have so little value  that you  can buy cares two of them for only  one small coin RHQ. But when any  sparrow falls to the ground and dies  LIT, God, your heavenly  Father, knows it, because he cares about everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_30","070_10_30","MAT","10","30","30","He cares about you, too. He even knows how many hairs you have on your head! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_31","070_10_31","MAT","10","31","31","God values you much more than he values sparrows LIT. So, do not be afraid of people who threaten to kill you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_32","070_10_32","MAT","10","32","32","If people, without being afraid, are willing to tell others that they are my disciples, I will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven that they are my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_33","070_10_33","MAT","10","33","33","But if they are afraid to say in front of others that they are my disciples, I will tell my Father, who is in heaven, that they are not my disciples.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_34","070_10_34","MAT","10","34","34","“Do not think that I came to earth to cause people to live together harmoniously. The result of my coming is that some of those who follow me MTY will be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_35","070_10_35","MAT","10","35","35","Because I came to earth, people who do not believe in me will oppose those who do believe in me. For example, some sons will oppose their fathers, some daughters will oppose their mothers, and some daughters-in-law will oppose their mothers-in-law. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_36","070_10_36","MAT","10","36","36","This shows that sometimes a person’s enemies will be members of his own household. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_37","070_10_37","MAT","10","37","37","People who love their fathers or mothers more than they love me are not worthy to have a relationship with me. And people who love their sons or daughters more than they love me are not worthy to belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_38","070_10_38","MAT","10","38","38","People who are ready to execute a prisoner force him to carry a cross to the place where they will nail him to it MET. Those who are not willing to allow other people to hurt and disgrace them like that because of being my disciples are not worthy to belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_39","070_10_39","MAT","10","39","39","People who deny that they believe in me in order to escape being killed will not live with God eternally MET, but people who confess that they believe in me and, as a result are killed, will live with God eternally MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_40","070_10_40","MAT","10","40","40","“God considers that everyone who welcomes you, welcomes me SIM, and he considers that everyone who welcomes me welcomes him, the one who sent me SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_41","070_10_41","MAT","10","41","41","Those who welcome someone because MTY they know that person is a prophet they will receive the same reward that prophets receive from God. Likewise, those who welcome a person because MTY they know that person is righteous will receive the reward righteous people receive from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT10_42","070_10_42","MAT","10","42","42","Note this: Suppose people see that you are thirsty  MTY and  give you a drink of cold water because they know that MTY you are one of my disciples. God  will certainly reward people who do that. They might consider that what they did  is insignificant, but God will consider it very significant” LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_1","070_11_1","MAT","11","1","1","When Jesus had finished instructing us twelve disciples about what we should do, he sent us to various Israelite towns. Then he went to teach and preach in other Israelite towns in that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_2","070_11_2","MAT","11","2","2","While John the Baptizer was in prison, he heard what Jesus, the man whom he thought was the Messiah, was doing. So he sent some of his disciples to him in order ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_3","070_11_3","MAT","11","3","3","to ask him, “Are you the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come, or is it someone else that we should expect to come?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_4","070_11_4","MAT","11","4","4","After they asked Jesus that question, he answered them, “Go back and report to John what you hear me telling people and what you see me doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_5","070_11_5","MAT","11","5","5","I am enabling blind people to see and lame people to walk. I am healing people who have leprosy. I am enabling deaf people to hear and dead people to become alive again. I am telling poor people God’s good message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_6","070_11_6","MAT","11","6","6","Also tell John that God is pleased with people who do not stop believing in me because what I do is not what they expected the Messiah to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_7","070_11_7","MAT","11","7","7","When John’s disciples had gone away, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “Think about what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area when you went there to see John. ◄You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed his message, like a reed that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind MET!/Did you go there to listen to a man whose message changes continually like long grass that is blown {blows} back and forth in the wind changes its direction?► MET, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_8","070_11_8","MAT","11","8","8","Then what kind of person did you go there to see RHQ? ◄You did not go there to see a man who was wearing expensive clothes./Did you go there to see a man who was wearing expensive clothes?► RHQ No! You know very well that people who wear beautiful clothes reside in kings’ palaces and not in desolate areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_9","070_11_9","MAT","11","9","9","Then what kind of person did you go to see RHQ? Did you go there RHQ to see John because he was ◄a prophet/a person who speaks what God tells him to say►? Yes! But I will tell you that John is more important than an ordinary prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_10","070_11_10","MAT","11","10","10","He is the one to whom God was referring when he said to the Messiah these words that are written {about whom the prophet Malachi wrote} in the Scriptures: Listen! I am going to send my messenger to go before you SYN to prepare the people MET for your coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_11","070_11_11","MAT","11","11","11","Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, God does not consider that any of them are greater than John the Baptizer. However, God considers that all those people who have let God rule their lives are greater than John, even if they are insignificant people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_12","070_11_12","MAT","11","12","12","From the time that John the Baptizer preached until now, other people have violently attacked the people who have allowed God MTY/EUP to rule their lives, and they have suffered (OR, people have very eagerly been asking God to take control of their lives, OR, Israelite people who have thought that I would become their king have been extremely eager to be included in my kingdom) (OR, have been violently attacked and made to suffer). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_13","070_11_13","MAT","11","13","13","All this that I am saying about John is confirmed by the fact that all the men who wrote the Scriptures MTY, SYN foretold about God ruling people’s lives, until John the Baptizer came. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_14","070_11_14","MAT","11","14","14","Even though most of you are unwilling to believe what I am saying, I will tell this truth to anyone who is willing to believe it: John is the man who is like Elijah MET. He is the one who one of the prophets said would come in order to prepare the people to welcome the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_15","070_11_15","MAT","11","15","15","If you want to understand this, you must think carefully MTY about what I have just said MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_16","070_11_16","MAT","11","16","16","“◄I will illustrate what you people who have heard what John the Baptizer and I have taught are like./Do you know what you people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?► RHQ You are like children who are playing games in an open area. Some of the children are calling to the others, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_17","070_11_17","MAT","11","17","17","‘We played happy music on the flute for you, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry MET!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_18","070_11_18","MAT","11","18","18","Similarly, you are dissatisfied with both John and me! When John came and preached to you, he did not eat good food and did not drink wine, like most people do. But you rejected him saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_19","070_11_19","MAT","11","19","19","In contrast, I, the one who came from heaven, eat the same food and drink wine as other people do. But you reject me, saying, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and other sinners!’ But people who really think about what John and I have done will realize that what we do is truly wise MET, PRS.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_20","070_11_20","MAT","11","20","20","The people who lived in the towns MTY in the area where Jesus was saw him perform many miracles. But they did not turn away from their sinful behavior. So Jesus began to reproach them by saying to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_21","070_11_21","MAT","11","21","21","“You people who live in Chorazin city MTY and you people who live in Bethsaida city MTY will suffer terribly in hell! I did great miracles in your cities, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior. If the miracles that I performed in your cities had been done in the ancient cities of Tyre and Sidon, the wicked people who lived there long ago would have sat in ashes, wearing coarse cloth to show that they were sorry for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_22","070_11_22","MAT","11","22","22","So note this: God will punish the wicked people who lived in the cities of Tyre and Sidon MTY, but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges all people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_23","070_11_23","MAT","11","23","23","also have something to say to you people who live in Capernaum city MTY. ◄Do not think that you will be honored {that God will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that God will honor you} in heaven?► RHQ That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, you will be sent {God will send you} down into the place where sinful people will be punished {he will punish sinful people} forever. God destroyed the ancient city of Sodom because the people who lived in that city were extremely wicked. If I had performed in Sodom the miracles that I performed in your city, the people there would have turned away from their wicked behavior and their city MET would still exist now MTY. But you, although I did miracles in your city, you did not turn from your wicked behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_24","070_11_24","MAT","11","24","24","So note this: God will punish the people who lived in Sodom city MTY, but he will punish you even more severely on the final day when he judges all people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_25","070_11_25","MAT","11","25","25","At that time Jesus prayed, “Father, you rule over everything in heaven and on the earth. I thank you that you have prevented people who think that they are wise IRO because they are well-educated, from knowing these things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept your truth as readily as little children MET do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_26","070_11_26","MAT","11","26","26","Yes, Father, you have done that because it seemed good to you to do so.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_27","070_11_27","MAT","11","27","27","Then Jesus said to the people there who wanted him to teach them, “God, my Father, has revealed to me all the things that I need to know in order to do my work. Only my Father knows who I really am. Furthermore, only I and those people to whom I wish to reveal him know what God my Father is like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_28","070_11_28","MAT","11","28","28","Come to me, all you people who are very weary of trying to obey all the many laws that your religious teachers tell you to obey MET. I will enable you to quit trying to obey all those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT11_29","070_11_29","MAT","11","29","30","Let me help you carry those loads, just like two oxen who have a yoke on their necks MET, DOU help each other pull a heavy load. It will not be difficult for you to do the things that I ask you to do for me DOU. Because I am gentle and humble DOU, accept what I teach about what God wants you to do. And as a result, you will quit worrying about obeying all the religious laws, and your spirits will be at peace.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_1","070_12_1","MAT","12","1","1","During that period of time, on a ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus and we disciples were walking through some grain fields. And because we were hungry, we began to pick some of the heads of grain and eat them. The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_2","070_12_2","MAT","12","2","2","Some Pharisees saw us do what they considered to be work. So they said to Jesus, accusing him, “Look! Your disciples are doing work that is not permitted in our laws PRS for us to do on our day of rest!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_3","070_12_3","MAT","12","3","3","Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food. So he said to them, “It is written {Someone wrote} in the Scriptures RHQ what our revered ancestor King David did when he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, ◄but you do not think about what it implies!/so why do you not think about what it implies?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_4","070_12_4","MAT","12","4","4","David entered the big tent where they worshipped God and asked for some food. The high priest gave him the bread that had been {they had} presented to God. According to the laws of Moses, only priests were permitted to eat that bread, but David and the men who were with him ate it. And God did not consider that what they did was wrong ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_5","070_12_5","MAT","12","5","5","Also, think about the laws that Moses wrote RHQ. He said that even though the priests, by working in the Temple on our Jewish day of rest, are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws, they are not guilty. You have surely read that, but you do not understand what it means. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_6","070_12_6","MAT","12","6","6","Note this: God allows men to work in the Temple on our rest day because that work must be done. But in addition, I tell you that I have more authority than the authority of the Temple. So, it is more important for you to obey my teachings than to obey your traditions about our rest day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_7","070_12_7","MAT","12","7","7","You should think about these words of God in the Scriptures: ‘I want you to act mercifully toward people, and not just offer sacrifices.’ If you understood what that means, you would not condemn my disciples, who have done no wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_8","070_12_8","MAT","12","8","8","And I want you to know that I, the one who came from heaven, have the authority to determine what is right for my disciples to do on the days of rest.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_9","070_12_9","MAT","12","9","9","After Jesus left there that day, he went into a building where we Jews worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_10","070_12_10","MAT","12","10","10","He saw a man with a shriveled hand there. The Pharisees thought that Jesus would be disobeying the tradition about not working on the day of rest if he healed the man, so one of them asked him, “Does God permit us to heal people on our day of rest?” They asked that question so that they might accuse him if he healed someone ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_11","070_12_11","MAT","12","11","11","He replied to them, “Would anyone among you who has only one sheep that falls into a hole ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► just leave it there RHQ? Certainly not! You would take hold of it and lift it out right away, and that would be acceptable work on our day of rest, too ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_12","070_12_12","MAT","12","12","12","Because sheep are valuable, their owners may work on our day of rest in order to rescue them. So, because people are more valuable than sheep, it is certainly right for us to do something good by healing another person any day, including our day of rest!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_13","070_12_13","MAT","12","13","13","Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your withered hand!” The man stretched it out, and it became normal like the other hand! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_14","070_12_14","MAT","12","14","14","Then the Pharisees left the meeting house. They were worried that the people would reject their traditions and would accept Jesus’ teaching instead. So they met together to plan how they could kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_15","070_12_15","MAT","12","15","15","Because Jesus knew that the Pharisees were plotting to kill him, he took us disciples and went away from there. Crowds, including many sick people, followed him, wanting him to heal them, and he healed them all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_16","070_12_16","MAT","12","16","16","But he told them firmly that they should not tell other people yet who he was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_17","070_12_17","MAT","12","17","17","By acting humbly like that he fulfilled what was written by Isaiah the prophet {what Isaiah the prophet wrote} long ago about the Messiah. Isaiah wrote that God said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_18","070_12_18","MAT","12","18","18","Take note of my servant whom I have chosen, the one whom I love and with whom I am pleased. I will put my Spirit in him, and he will proclaim that God will judge the non-Jews justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_19","070_12_19","MAT","12","19","19","He will not quarrel with people, neither will he shout. He will not teach with a loud voice in the main streets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_20","070_12_20","MAT","12","20","20","Until he has justly judged the people who trust in him and has declared them not guilty, he will not destroy anyone who is weak like a smashed stalk MET, nor will he silence anyone who is as helpless as a smoldering linen wick MET, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_21","070_12_21","MAT","12","21","21","As a result, the non-Jews will confidently expect that he will do great things for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_22","070_12_22","MAT","12","22","22","One day when Jesus was at home, some men brought to Jesus a man who, because of being controlled by a demon {a demon controlled him}, was blind and unable to speak. Jesus healed him by expelling the demon. As a result, the man began to talk and was able to see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_23","070_12_23","MAT","12","23","23","All the crowd who saw it marveled. They began asking each other, “Could this man be the Messiah, the descendant of King David, whom we have been expecting?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_24","070_12_24","MAT","12","24","24","Because the Pharisees and the men who taught the Jewish laws heard that the people thought that Jesus might be the Messiah because he had expelled the demon, they said, “It is not God, but Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables this man to expel demons from people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_25","070_12_25","MAT","12","25","25","But Jesus knew what the Pharisees were thinking and saying. So, in order to show them that what they said did not make sense, he said to them, “If the people in MTY one nation fight against each other, they will destroy their nation {their nation will be destroyed}. If people who live in the same city or house fight each other, they will certainly not remain as one group or family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_26","070_12_26","MAT","12","26","26","Similarly, if Satan were expelling his own demons MTY, it would be as though he was fighting against himself. ◄His kingdom would not continue!/How could his kingdom continue?► RHQ His rule over them would certainly not last! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_27","070_12_27","MAT","12","27","27","Furthermore, if it is true that Satan enables me to expel demons, is it also true that your disciples who expel demons do so by Satan’s power RHQ? No So they will show you that you are not thinking logically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_28","070_12_28","MAT","12","28","28","But because it is God’s Spirit who enables me to expel demons, that proves that the power of God to rule people’s lives has come to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_29","070_12_29","MAT","12","29","29","I will illustrate why I am able to expel demons. ◄A person cannot go into the house of a strong man► RHQ But if he ties up the strong man, then he will be able to steal the things in that man’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_30","070_12_30","MAT","12","30","30","No one can be neutral. Those who do not acknowledge that the Holy Spirit enables me to expel demons are opposing me, and those who do not gather people to become my disciples are causing those people to DOU go away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_31","070_12_31","MAT","12","31","31","You are saying that it is not the Holy Spirit who is enabling me to expel demons. So I will say this to you: If those who offend and slander other people in any way are then sorry and ask God to forgive them, God will forgive them. But people who discredit what the Holy Spirit does will not be forgiven {God will not forgive people who discredit what the Holy Spirit does}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_32","070_12_32","MAT","12","32","32","God is willing to forgive people who criticize me, the One who came from heaven. But I warn you that those who say evil things about what the Holy Spirit does will not be forgiven {God will not forgive people who speak evil words about what the Holy Spirit does}. They will not be forgiven {He will not forgive them} now, and they will never be forgiven {he will never forgive them}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_33","070_12_33","MAT","12","33","33","“Think about this: You can know whether a person is good and what that person says is good, in the same way that you can know whether a tree MET and the fruit it produces MET are good. You can also know whether a person and what that person says is evil in the same way that you can know whether a tree MET and its fruit MET are blighted. You can know whether a tree is good by seeing its fruit, and similarly people can know the evil character of you Pharisees by listening to your accusations against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_34","070_12_34","MAT","12","34","34","What you teach harms people spiritually like poisonous snakes harm them physically MET! You are not able to speak good things because you are evil RHQ. Evil people SYN like you speak what comes from all that is in their ◄inner beings/hearts►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_35","070_12_35","MAT","12","35","35","Good people speak good things. That is like taking good things out of buildings where they are stored. But evil people speak evil things. That is like taking evil things out of buildings where they are stored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_36","070_12_36","MAT","12","36","36","I tell you that on the day when God judges MTY, he will make people recall every useless word they have spoken, and he will judge them accordingly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_37","070_12_37","MAT","12","37","37","Based on the words that you have spoken, God will either declare that you are righteous based on the words that you have spoken, or else he will condemn you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_38","070_12_38","MAT","12","38","38","Then some of the Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws responded to what Jesus was teaching by saying to him, “Teacher, we want to see you perform a miracle that would prove to us that God sent you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_39","070_12_39","MAT","12","39","39","Then Jesus said to them, “You people have already seen me perform miracles, but you are evil, and you do not faithfully worship God MET! You want me to perform a miracle that would prove to you that God sent me, but God will enable you to see only one miracle. It will be like what happened to Jonah the prophet MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_40","070_12_40","MAT","12","40","40","Jonah was in the stomach of a huge fish for three days and nights before God caused him to live again. Similarly, for three days and nights I, the one who came from heaven, will be in a place where dead people are, and then God will cause me to live again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_41","070_12_41","MAT","12","41","41","When God judges all people, the people who lived in Nineveh will stand in front of him with you people who have seen me perform miracles. The people of Nineveh turned from their sinful ways as a result of hearing what Jonah preached. Jonah was important, but I, who am more important than Jonah, have come and preached to you, but you have not turned from your sinful ways. So when God judges all people, he will condemn you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_42","070_12_42","MAT","12","42","42","The queen from Sheba, South of Israel, who lived long ago, came from a distant region in order to listen to King Solomon teach many wise things. But now I, a man who is much greater and wiser than Solomon, am here, but you have not listened to what I have told you. So at the time when God judges all people, the queen from Sheba will stand in front of him, along with you people, and will condemn you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_43","070_12_43","MAT","12","43","43","“Sometimes when an evil spirit leaves a person, it wanders around in desolate areas, seeking someone in whom it can rest. If it does not find anyone, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_44","070_12_44","MAT","12","44","44","it says to itself, ‘I will return to the person MET in whom I used to live.’ So it goes back and finds that the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like a house that has been swept clean and everything put in order MET, but it is empty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_45","070_12_45","MAT","12","45","45","Then this evil spirit goes and gets seven other spirits that are even more evil, and they all enter that person and begin living there. So, although that person’s condition was bad before, it becomes much worse. That is what you wicked people who have heard me teach will experience.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_46","070_12_46","MAT","12","46","46","While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and his younger brothers arrived. They stood outside the house, wanting to speak with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_47","070_12_47","MAT","12","47","47","Someone said to him, “Your mother and your younger brothers are standing outside the house, wanting to talk to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_48","070_12_48","MAT","12","48","48","Then Jesus said to the person who told him that, “◄I will tell you something about my mother and brothers MET./Do you know who I consider to be like my mother and my brothers?►” MET, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_49","070_12_49","MAT","12","49","49","He then pointed toward us disciples and said, “These are ones whom I love as much as I love my mother and my brothers MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT12_50","070_12_50","MAT","12","50","50","Those who do what God my Father who is in heaven wants, are as dear to me MET as my brother, my sister, or my mother.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_1","070_13_1","MAT","13","1","1","That same day Jesus, along with us disciples, left the house where he was teaching and went to Galilee lake. He sat down there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_2","070_13_2","MAT","13","2","2","and a very large crowd gathered around him to listen to his teaching. So, in order that they would not jostle him (OR, to speak to the people better), he got into a boat and sat down to teach them. The crowd stood on the shore and was listening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_3","070_13_3","MAT","13","3","3","He was telling them many parables. One of the parables that he told them was this: “Listen! A man went out to his field to sow some seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_4","070_13_4","MAT","13","4","4","As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_5","070_13_5","MAT","13","5","5","Other seeds fell on ground where there was not much soil on top of the rock. Those seeds sprouted very soon, because the sun quickly warmed the shallow soil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_6","070_13_6","MAT","13","6","6","But when the young plants came up, they were scorched by the sun, and they withered because they did not have deep roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_7","070_13_7","MAT","13","7","7","Other seeds fell on ground that contained roots of thorny weeds. The thorny weeds grew together with the young plants, and they crowded out the plants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_8","070_13_8","MAT","13","8","8","But other seeds fell on good soil, and the plants grew and produced a lot of grain. Some plants produced 100 times as many seeds as were planted. Some plants produced 60 times as much. Some plants produced 30 times as much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_9","070_13_9","MAT","13","9","9","If you want to understand this MTY, you should consider carefully what I have just said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_10","070_13_10","MAT","13","10","10","We disciples approached Jesus and asked him, “Why do you use parables when you speak to the crowd?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_11","070_13_11","MAT","13","11","11","He answered us saying, “God EUP/MTY is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about how he wants to rule over people’s lives. But he has not revealed it to others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_12","070_13_12","MAT","13","12","12","Those who think about what I say and understand it, God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not think carefully about what I say will forget even what they already know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_13","070_13_13","MAT","13","13","13","That is why I use parables when I speak to people, because although they see what I do, they do not perceive what it means, and although they hear what I say, they do not really understand what it means. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_14","070_13_14","MAT","13","14","14","What these people do completely fulfills what God told the prophet Isaiah to say long ago to the people who did not try to understand what he said, You will hear what I say, but you will not understand it. You will keep seeing what I do, but you will not understand what it means DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_15","070_13_15","MAT","13","15","15","God also said to Isaiah, These people have become unresponsive MTY to what they see me do and to what they hear me say. They listen unwillingly MTY to what I say, and they do not pay attention to MTY what I do. If it were not so, they would perceive MTY what I am doing, they would understand MTY what I say to them, and they would turn away from their sinful lives and turn to me, and I would save them from being punished for their sins MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_16","070_13_16","MAT","13","16","16","But as for you, God is pleased with you because you SYN have seen what I have done and because you SYN understand what I say DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_17","070_13_17","MAT","13","17","17","Note this: Many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say.” DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_18","070_13_18","MAT","13","18","18","“Since God wants you to understand what I am teaching you, listen as I explain the parable about the man who sowed seeds in various kinds of soil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_19","070_13_19","MAT","13","19","19","The people who hear about how God rules over people’s lives and do not understand what they have heard are like the path where some of the seeds fell. Satan, the Evil One, comes and causes these people to forget MET what they have heard MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_20","070_13_20","MAT","13","20","20","Some people are like the shallow soil on top of rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_21","070_13_21","MAT","13","21","21","But because it does not penetrate deeply into their inner beings, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When they are treated badly and caused to suffer because they believe God’s message, they soon stop believing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_22","070_13_22","MAT","13","22","22","Some people are like the soil that had the roots of thorny weeds in it. They hear God’s message, but they desire to be rich, so they worry only about MTY, PRS material things. As a result, they PRS forget God’s message, and they do not do IDM the things that God wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_23","070_13_23","MAT","13","23","23","But some people are like the good soil where some of the seeds fell. Just like the plants that grew in this soil produced a lot of grain, these people hear my message and understand it. Some of them do many things IDM that please God, some do even more things that please God, and some do very many things that please God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_24","070_13_24","MAT","13","24","24","Jesus also told the crowd another parable, by which he tried to explain that although God MTY/EUP is a king, he will not immediately judge and punish all the wicked people. Jesus said, “God is like a landowner who sent his servants to sow good wheat seed in his field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_25","070_13_25","MAT","13","25","25","While those servants were sleeping and not watching the field, an enemy of the landowner came and scattered weed seeds in the midst of the wheat. Then he left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_26","070_13_26","MAT","13","26","26","After the seeds sprouted and the green plants grew, the heads of grain began to form. But the weeds also grew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_27","070_13_27","MAT","13","27","27","So the servants of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, you RHQ gave us good seeds and those are the ones we RHQ planted in your field. So where did the weeds come from?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_28","070_13_28","MAT","13","28","28","The landowner said to them, ‘My enemy did this.’ His servants said to him, ‘So, do you want us to pull up the weeds and put them in a pile?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_29","070_13_29","MAT","13","29","29","He said to them, ‘No, do not do that, because you might pull up some of the wheat at the same time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_30","070_13_30","MAT","13","30","30","Let the wheat and the weeds grow together until harvest time.’ At that time I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather the weeds, tie them into bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat and put it into my barns.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_31","070_13_31","MAT","13","31","31","Jesus also told this parable: “The number of (OR, God’s influence in the lives of) people whose lives God rules over will continue to grow. It is very much like mustard seeds grow after a man plants them in his field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_32","070_13_32","MAT","13","32","32","Although mustard seeds are among the smallest of all the seeds that people plant, here in Israel they become large plants. When the plants have fully grown, they are larger than the other garden plants. They become shrubs that are large enough for birds to build nests in their branches.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_33","070_13_33","MAT","13","33","33","Jesus also told this parable: “The way people who let God MTY/EUP rule their lives MET can influence the world is like yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. That small amount of yeast made the whole batch of dough swell up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_34","070_13_34","MAT","13","34","34","Jesus told the crowd parables to teach them all these things. When he spoke HYP to them, he habitually used such illustrations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_35","070_13_35","MAT","13","35","35","By doing that, he fulfilled what God told one of the prophets to write long ago: I will speak MTY in parables; I will tell parables to teach what I have kept secret since I created the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_36","070_13_36","MAT","13","36","36","After Jesus dismissed the crowds, he went inside. Then we disciples approached him and said, “Explain to us the parable about the weeds that grew in the wheat field.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_37","070_13_37","MAT","13","37","37","He answered, “The one who sows the good seed represents me, the one who came from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_38","070_13_38","MAT","13","38","38","The field represents this world MTY, where people live. The seeds that grew well represent the people who let God rule their lives MET. The weeds represent the people who do what the devil, the Evil One, tells them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_39","070_13_39","MAT","13","39","39","The enemy who sowed the weed seeds represents the devil. The time when the reapers will harvest the grain represents the time when the world will end. The reapers represent the angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_40","070_13_40","MAT","13","40","40","The weeds are gathered and burned. {The reapers gather the weeds. Then they burn them.} That represents the judging of people, which God will do when the world will end. It will be like this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_41","070_13_41","MAT","13","41","41","I, the one who came from heaven, will send my angels, and they will gather from everywhere the people who cause others to quit believing in me MET and all those who disobey God’s commands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_42","070_13_42","MAT","13","42","42","They will throw those people into the fires of hell. There those people will weep and grind their teeth because of the great pain that they are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_43","070_13_43","MAT","13","43","43","God’s brightness will shine on the people who have lived as he wants them to. It will shine on them as brightly as the sun shines. It will shine on them in the place where God, their Father, rules over them. If you want to understand this MTY, you should think carefully about what I have just said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_44","070_13_44","MAT","13","44","44","“What people do who begin to allow God MTY/EUP to rule their lives is like what a certain man did to acquire a treasure. A treasure was hidden in a field by someone {Someone hid a treasure in a field and never dug it up again}. When another man found it, he hid it by burying it again in order that no one else would find it. Being very happy that he had found something very valuable, he went and sold all his possessions to obtain money to buy the field the treasure was in. He then went and bought the field, and so he was able to acquire that treasure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_45","070_13_45","MAT","13","45","45","Also, what people do who begin to allow God MTY/EUP to rule their lives is like what a merchant did who was looking for good quality pearls to buy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_46","070_13_46","MAT","13","46","46","When he found one very costly pearl that was for sale, he sold all his possessions to acquire enough money to buy that pearl. Then he went and bought it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_47","070_13_47","MAT","13","47","47","What God MTY/EUP will do to people who falsely say that they are letting him rule their lives is like what certain fishermen did with the fish they caught in a lake, using a large net. They caught all classes of fish, both useful and worthless fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_48","070_13_48","MAT","13","48","48","When the net was full, the fishermen pulled it up onto the shore. Then they sat there and put the useful fish into buckets, and threw the worthless ones away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_49","070_13_49","MAT","13","49","49","What they did in separating the good fish from the bad ones is like what will happen to people when the world ends. The angels will come to where God is judging people, and will separate the wicked people from the righteous ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_50","070_13_50","MAT","13","50","50","They will throw the wicked people into the fire in hell. And those wicked people will weep and gnash their teeth because of the intense pain they are suffering.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_51","070_13_51","MAT","13","51","51","Then Jesus asked us, “Do you understand all these parables I have told you?” We said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_52","070_13_52","MAT","13","52","52","“Yes, we understand them.” Then he said to us, “Because you understand all these parables, you will understand the following parable: You, along with all others, will teach people what you heard me say about God ruling people’s lives. You will add that to what you formerly learned. You will be like a manager of a household who takes both new things and old things out of his storage room.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_53","070_13_53","MAT","13","53","53","When Jesus had finished telling these parables, he took us and left that area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_54","070_13_54","MAT","13","54","54","We went to Nazareth, his hometown. ◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day► he began to teach the people in the Jewish worship house. The result was that the people there were astonished. But some said, “This man is just an ordinary person like us. So how is it that he knows so much and understands so much RHQ? And how is it that he is able to do such miracles RHQ? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_55","070_13_55","MAT","13","55","55","◄He is just the son of the carpenter!/Isn’t he just the son of the carpenter that lived here?► RHQ His mother is Mary, and his younger brothers are James, Joseph, Simon and Judas RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_56","070_13_56","MAT","13","56","56","◄And his sisters also live here in our town./Do not his sisters live in our town?► RHQ So how is he able to do all these miracles?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_57","070_13_57","MAT","13","57","57","The people were unable to accept that he was the Messiah. So Jesus said to them, “People honor me and other prophets everywhere else we go, but in our hometowns we are not honored, and even our own families do not honor us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT13_58","070_13_58","MAT","13","58","58","Jesus did not perform many miracles there because the people did not believe that he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_1","070_14_1","MAT","14","1","1","During that time Herod Antipas, the ruler, heard reports about Jesus performing miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_2","070_14_2","MAT","14","2","2","He said to his servants: “That must be John the Baptizer. He must have risen from the dead, and that is why he has power to perform miracles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_3","070_14_3","MAT","14","3","4","The reason Herod thought that was this: Herod had married Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, while Philip was still living. So John had been saying to him, “What you did by marrying your brother’s wife while your brother is still alive is against God’s law!” Then, to please Herodias, Herod told his soldiers to arrest John. They bound him with chains and put him in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_5","070_14_5","MAT","14","5","5","Herod wanted to have John executed, but he was afraid that the people who had accepted what John taught would riot if he did that, because they believed that John was a prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_6","070_14_6","MAT","14","6","6","But when Herod gave a party to celebrate his birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced for his guests. This pleased Herod. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_7","070_14_7","MAT","14","7","7","So he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to punish him if he did not do what he had promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_8","070_14_8","MAT","14","8","8","So Herodias’ daughter went and asked her mother what to ask for. Her mother told her to ask for John the Baptizer’s head. So her daughter went back and said to Herod: “Cut off the head of John the Baptizer and please bring it here on a platter so that my mother can know for sure that he is dead!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_9","070_14_9","MAT","14","9","9","The king was distressed because he now knew he should not have made that promise to her. But because he had made an oath in front of his guests when he made that promise, and he did not want them to think that he would not do what he had promised, he commanded that the girl be given what she requested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_10","070_14_10","MAT","14","10","10","He sent the executioner to go to the prison and to cut off John’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_11","070_14_11","MAT","14","11","11","The executioner did that, and put John’s head on a platter and gave it to the girl. Then the girl took it to her mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_12","070_14_12","MAT","14","12","12","John’s disciples then went to the prison, took John’s body and buried it, and they reported to Jesus what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_13","070_14_13","MAT","14","13","13","After Jesus heard that, he took just us disciples with him and we went by boat on Galilee Lake to an uninhabited place. Matthew 14:13-21 After the crowds heard that we had gone to an uninhabited place, they left their towns and followed Jesus, walking along the shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_14","070_14_14","MAT","14","14","14","When Jesus came to the shore, he saw a large crowd of people who had gathered there, waiting for him. He felt sorry for them, and he healed those among them who were sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_15","070_14_15","MAT","14","15","15","When it was nearly evening, we disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where nobody lives, and it is very late. Dismiss the crowds so that they can go into the nearby towns. Have them do that so that they can buy food for themselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_16","070_14_16","MAT","14","16","16","But Jesus said to us, “They do not need to leave to get food. Instead, you yourselves give them something to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_17","070_14_17","MAT","14","17","17","We said to him, “But we have only five loaves of bread and two cooked fish here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_18","070_14_18","MAT","14","18","18","He said to us, “Bring them to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_19","070_14_19","MAT","14","19","19","He told the people who had gathered there to sit on the grass. Then he took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. Then he gave them to us disciples, and we distributed them to the crowd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_20","070_14_20","MAT","14","20","20","All the people in the crowd ate until they had enough to eat. Then we disciples gathered the pieces that were left over, and we filled twelve baskets with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_21","070_14_21","MAT","14","21","21","Those who ate were about 5,000 men. We did not count the women and children! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_22","070_14_22","MAT","14","22","22","Right after that happened, Jesus told us disciples to get in the boat and to go ahead of him further around the lake while he dismissed the crowds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_23","070_14_23","MAT","14","23","23","After he dismissed them, he went up into the hills to pray by himself. When it was evening, he was still there alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_24","070_14_24","MAT","14","24","24","By this time we were already many hundred meters from the shore. The boat was being severely tossed around by the waves {The waves were severely tossing the boat} because the wind was blowing against it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_25","070_14_25","MAT","14","25","25","Then Jesus came down from the hills to the lake. Some time between three and six o’clock in the morning he walked on the water toward our boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_26","070_14_26","MAT","14","26","26","When we disciples saw someone walking on the water, we thought that we must be seeing a ghost. We were terrified, and we screamed out because we were afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_27","070_14_27","MAT","14","27","27","Immediately Jesus said to us, “Cheer up! It is I. Do not be afraid!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_28","070_14_28","MAT","14","28","28","Peter said to him, “Lord, if it is you, tell me to walk on the water to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_29","070_14_29","MAT","14","29","29","Then Jesus said, “Come!” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water toward Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_30","070_14_30","MAT","14","30","30","But when Peter looked at the tossing waves which the strong wind caused, he became afraid. He began to sink, and cried out, “Lord, save me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_31","070_14_31","MAT","14","31","31","Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and grabbed him. He said to Peter, “You only trust a little bit in my power ◄Why did you doubt that I could keep you from sinking?/You should not have doubted that I could keep you from sinking!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_32","070_14_32","MAT","14","32","32","Then Jesus and Peter got in the boat, and the wind immediately stopped blowing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_33","070_14_33","MAT","14","33","33","All of us disciples who were in the boat worshipped Jesus and said, “Truly you are the ◄Son of/man who is also► God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_34","070_14_34","MAT","14","34","34","When we had gone further around the lake in the boat, we came ashore at Gennesaret town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_35","070_14_35","MAT","14","35","35","The men of that area recognized Jesus. So they sent people to inform those who lived in that whole surrounding region MTY that Jesus was in their area. So the people brought to Jesus all the sick people who lived in that region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT14_36","070_14_36","MAT","14","36","36","The sick people kept begging him to allow them to touch him or just to touch the edge of his robe so that they would be healed. And all who touched him or his robe were healed {he healed all who touched him or his clothing}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_1","070_15_1","MAT","15","1","1","Then some Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws came from Jerusalem to talk to Jesus. They said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_2","070_15_2","MAT","15","2","2","“◄We think it is disgusting that your disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors!/Why do your disciples disobey what our ancestors wrote down and our elders taught us?► RHQ They do not perform the proper ritual of washing their hands before they eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_3","070_15_3","MAT","15","3","3","Jesus answered them, “◄What is really disgusting is that you refuse to obey God’s commands just so that you can follow what your ancestors taught you!/Why do you refuse to obey what God commanded people to do, just so that you can follow your own traditions?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_4","070_15_4","MAT","15","4","4","God gave these two commands: ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and ‘People who speak evil about their father or mother must be executed.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_5","070_15_5","MAT","15","5","5","But you tell people, ‘You can say to your father or mother, “What I was going to give to you to help provide for you, I have now promised to give to God.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_6","070_15_6","MAT","15","6","6","And if you do that, you think that you do not need to give anything to help your parents. In that way, by teaching people your traditions, you disregard what God commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_7","070_15_7","MAT","15","7","7","You only pretend to be good! Isaiah prophesied accurately about you also when he quoted what God said about your ancestors. God said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_8","070_15_8","MAT","15","8","8","‘These people talk as if they honor me MTY, but they do not think about honoring me at all MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_9","070_15_9","MAT","15","9","9","It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach what people thought up as if I myself had commanded it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_10","070_15_10","MAT","15","10","10","Then Jesus again summoned the crowd to come nearer to him. Then he said to them, “Listen to what I am about to tell you, and try to understand it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_11","070_15_11","MAT","15","11","11","Nothing that a person puts into his mouth to eat causes God to consider that person to be unacceptable. Instead, it is the words that come out of people’s mouths SYN that cause God to reject them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_12","070_15_12","MAT","15","12","12","Later we disciples went to Jesus and said, “Do you know that the Pharisees heard what you said, and as a result they felt offended RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_13","070_15_13","MAT","15","13","13","Then, to teach us what God would do to the Pharisees, Jesus told us this parable: “My Father in heaven will get rid of all those who teach things that are contrary to his truth, just like a farmer gets rid of plants that he did not plant, by pulling them up along with their roots MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_14","070_15_14","MAT","15","14","14","Do not pay any attention to the Pharisees. They do not help people who do not know God’s truth to understand it, just like blind guides do not help blind people to perceive where they should go MET. If a blind person tries to lead another blind person, they will both fall into a big hole MET. Similarly, both the Pharisees and their disciples will end up in hell.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_15","070_15_15","MAT","15","15","15","Peter said to Jesus, “Explain to us the parable about what a person eats.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_16","070_15_16","MAT","15","16","16","He replied to them, “◄I am disappointed that even you, who should understand what I teach, still do not understand!/Why is it that even you who should understand what I teach, still do not understand?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_17","070_15_17","MAT","15","17","17","◄You ought to understand that all food that people eat enters their stomachs, and later the refuse passes out of their bodies./Cannot you understand that all food that people eat enters their stomachs and later the refuse passes out of their bodies?► RHQ Because food does not alter what we think and desire, what we eat does not cause God to consider that we are unacceptable to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_18","070_15_18","MAT","15","18","18","You should know that what comes out of people’s mouths, meaning everything that they say SYN, comes from their inner beings/hearts. Many of the things that they say cause God to consider them to be unacceptable to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_19","070_15_19","MAT","15","19","19","It is people’s innermost beings that cause them to think things that are evil, to murder people, to commit adultery, to commit other sexual sins, to steal things, to testify falsely, and to speak evil about others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_20","070_15_20","MAT","15","20","20","It is these actions that cause God to consider people to be unacceptable to him. To eat with unwashed hands does not cause God to consider people unacceptable to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_21","070_15_21","MAT","15","21","21","After Jesus took us and left Galilee district, we went into the region where the cities of Tyre and Sidon are located. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_22","070_15_22","MAT","15","22","22","A woman from the group of people called Canaanites who live in that region came to the place where Jesus was staying. She kept shouting to him, “Lord, you are the descendant of King David, you are the Messiah! Have pity on me and my daughter! She is suffering very much because a demon controls her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_23","070_15_23","MAT","15","23","23","But Jesus did not answer her at all. We disciples came to him, and knowing that the woman was not a Jew, we said to him, “Tell her to leave, because she keeps bothering us by yelling behind us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_24","070_15_24","MAT","15","24","24","But Jesus said to her, “I have been sent {God has sent me} to help only the Israelite people at this time SYN. They are like sheep that have gotten lost MET because they do not know the way to heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_25","070_15_25","MAT","15","25","25","But she came closer to Jesus and knelt down in front of him to worship him. She pled, “Lord/Sir, help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_26","070_15_26","MAT","15","26","26","Then, to suggest to her that he needed to help the Jews first and not the non-Jews, whom the Jews called dogs, he told her, “It is not good for someone to take food that has been prepared for the children and throw it to the little dogs.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_27","070_15_27","MAT","15","27","27","But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God, the woman said to Jesus, “Lord/Sir, what you say is correct, but even the little dogs eat the crumbs that fall to the floor when their masters sit at their tables and eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_28","070_15_28","MAT","15","28","28","Then Jesus said to her, “O woman, because you believe firmly in me, I will heal your daughter as you desire!” At that moment the demon left her daughter, and she became well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_29","070_15_29","MAT","15","29","29","After Jesus, along with us disciples, departed from that area, we went back to Galilee Lake and walked along it. Then Jesus climbed the hill near there and sat down to teach the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_30","070_15_30","MAT","15","30","30","Crowds kept coming to him for the next two days and brought lame, crippled, and blind people, those who were unable to talk, and many others who had various sicknesses. They laid them in front of Jesus so that he would heal them SYN. And he healed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_31","070_15_31","MAT","15","31","31","The crowd saw him heal people who could not talk, crippled people, lame people, and blind people, and they were amazed. They said, “Praise God who rules over us who live in Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_32","070_15_32","MAT","15","32","32","Then Jesus called us disciples to him and said to us, “This crowd of people has been with me for three days and have nothing left to eat. I feel sorry for them. I do not want to send them away while they are still hungry, because if I did that, they might faint on the way home.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_33","070_15_33","MAT","15","33","33","We disciples said to him, “In this place where nobody lives, ◄we cannot possibly obtain enough food to feed such a large crowd!/how can we obtain a large enough amount of food to feed such a large crowd?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_34","070_15_34","MAT","15","34","34","Jesus asked us, “How many small loaves do you have?” We said to him, “We have seven small loaves and a few cooked fish.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_35","070_15_35","MAT","15","35","35","He told the people to sit on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_36","070_15_36","MAT","15","36","36","Then he took the seven small loaves and the fish. After he thanked God for them, he broke them into pieces, and he kept giving them to us. Then we kept distributing them to the crowd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_37","070_15_37","MAT","15","37","38","Because Jesus made the food multiply miraculously, all those people ate and had plenty to satisfy them. There were 4,000 men who ate, but no one counted the women and the children who also ate. Then we disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over, and we filled seven large baskets with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT15_39","070_15_39","MAT","15","39","39","After Jesus dismissed the crowd, he, along with us, got in the boat, and we sailed around the lake to the region called Magadan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_1","070_16_1","MAT","16","1","1","Some Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him to perform a miracle that would prove that Godhad sent him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_2","070_16_2","MAT","16","2","2","He answered them, “In this country, in the evening you say, ‘It will be good weather tomorrow, because the sky is red.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_3","070_16_3","MAT","16","3","3","Early in the morning you say, ‘It will be stormy weather today, because the sky is red, and dark clouds have formed.’ You understand how to predict the weather by looking at the sky, but you cannot seem to look at what is happening now, and by that understand what God is doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_4","070_16_4","MAT","16","4","4","You evil people have seen me perform miracles but you do not faithfully worship God MET. You want to see me perform a miracle that would prove that God has sent me. But God will enable you to see only one miracle. It will be like what happened MET to Jonah, the prophet, who was inside a huge fish for three days and then came out of it to live again.” Then Jesus left them and sailed away, along with us disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_5","070_16_5","MAT","16","5","5","We forgot to take bread when we sailed to another edge of the lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_6","070_16_6","MAT","16","6","6","Then Jesus said to us, “Beware that you do not accept the yeast MET that the Pharisees and Sadducees distribute.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_7","070_16_7","MAT","16","7","7","Then, not realizing that he was speaking figuratively, we said to one another, “He must have said that because we forgot to bring any bread!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_8","070_16_8","MAT","16","8","8","Because Jesus knew what we were saying, he said to us, “◄I am disappointed that you are discussing among yourselves, thinking that it was because you did not bring any bread that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees./Why are you discussing among yourselves thinking that it was because you did not bring any bread that I talked about the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees?► RHQ You believe only a little what I am able to do for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_9","070_16_9","MAT","16","9","9","◄You should understand that I can continue to do miracles to provide for what you need./Do you not yet understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food?► RHQ Do you not remember that 5,000 people ate when I multiplied the five small loaves and the two fish? And after everyone had enough to eat, you collected twelve baskets of left-over pieces RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_10","070_16_10","MAT","16","10","10","Do you not remember RHQ that 4,000 people ate when I multiplied the seven small loaves and a few fish? And after everyone had enough to eat, you collected seven large baskets of left-over pieces ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_11","070_16_11","MAT","16","11","11","◄You should have understood that I was not speaking about real bread that contains yeast./Why have you not understood that I was not speaking about real bread that contains yeast?► RHQ What I was saying was that you should not accept what the Pharisees and Sadducees say, because it would affect you like yeast affects MET dough.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_12","070_16_12","MAT","16","12","12","Then we understood that he was not talking about the yeast that is in bread. Instead, he was talking about the wrong teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_13","070_16_13","MAT","16","13","13","When Jesus came with us disciples to the region near Caesarea Philippi town, he asked us, “Who do people say that I, the one who came from heaven, really am?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_14","070_16_14","MAT","16","14","14","We answered, “Some people say that you are John the Baptizer, who has come back to life again. Others say that you are the prophet Elijah, who has returned from heaven as God promised. Still others say that you are the prophet Jeremiah or one of the other prophets who lived long ago, who has come back to life again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_15","070_16_15","MAT","16","15","15","Jesus said to us, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_16","070_16_16","MAT","16","16","16","Simon Peter said to him, “You are the Messiah! You are the Son of the all-powerful God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_17","070_16_17","MAT","16","17","17","Then Jesus said to him, “Simon, son of Jonah, God is pleased with you. What you just said was not SYN revealed to you by any human. Instead, it was my Father who lives in heaven who revealed this to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_18","070_16_18","MAT","16","18","18","I will also tell you this: You are Peter, which means rock. You are like a rock. What you and your fellow apostles teach (OR, what you do) will be like a foundation on which I will create congregations of people who believe in me. And the demons PRS, who live where the dead people who lived evil lives are, will not be able to come and prevent MET me from doing that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_19","070_16_19","MAT","16","19","19","Then, speaking to all of us, he said, “I will enable you (pl) to have authority MTY over the groups of people over whose lives God rules. Whatever you forbid regarding those people MTY, it will have been forbidden by God. Whatever you permit MET regarding them, it will have been permitted by God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_20","070_16_20","MAT","16","20","20","Then Jesus warned us disciples strongly not to tell anyone at that time that he is the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_21","070_16_21","MAT","16","21","21","From that time Jesus began to teach us disciples that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem city. There the ruling elders, the chief priests, and the men who taught the Jewish laws would cause him to suffer and ◄be killed/die►. Then on the third day after that, he would become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_22","070_16_22","MAT","16","22","22","Because Peter assumed that the Messiah would not suffer and die, he took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him for talking about suffering and dying. He said, “Lord, may God never permit that to happen to you! That must certainly not happen!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_23","070_16_23","MAT","16","23","23","Then Jesus turned to look at Peter, and he said to him, “Stop talking to me like that MTY! Stop saying what Satan MET would say, and stop trying to prevent from happening what God has planned! You are a hindrance to me, because you are not thinking like God thinks. Instead, you are thinking like people think!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_24","070_16_24","MAT","16","24","24","Then Jesus said to us disciples, “If any one of you wants to be my disciple, you must not do only what you yourself want to do. You must be willing to let people hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what they do to criminals whom they force to carry a cross MET to the place where the criminals will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_25","070_16_25","MAT","16","25","25","You must do that, because those who try to save their lives by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me will not live eternally, but those who are killed because of being my disciples will live with God eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_26","070_16_26","MAT","16","26","26","People might get everything they want in this world, but ◄if they do not become my disciples, they would really be gaining nothing because they would not get eternal life!/what would they gain if they do not become my disciples and thus do not get eternal life?► RHQ ◄There is absolutely nothing that people can give to God that would enable them to gain eternal life./What can people give to God that could enable them to gain eternal life?► MTY, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_27","070_16_27","MAT","16","27","27","Listen carefully: I, the one who came from heaven, will leave this earth, but I will return, and the angels of heaven will accompany me. At that time I will have the glorious radiance that my Father has, and I will reward everyone according to what they did when they were living on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT16_28","070_16_28","MAT","16","28","28","Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see me, the one who came from heaven, when I return to rule. You will see this before you die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_1","070_17_1","MAT","17","1","1","A week after Jesus said that, he took Peter, James, and John, the younger brother of James, and led them up a high mountain where they were away from other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_2","070_17_2","MAT","17","2","2","While they were there, the three disciples saw that Jesus’ appearance was changed. His face shone like the sun, and his clothing shone and became as brilliant as light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_3","070_17_3","MAT","17","3","3","Suddenly Moses and Elijah, who were important prophets many years ago, appeared and started talking with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_4","070_17_4","MAT","17","4","4","Peter saw them and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is wonderful for us to be here! If you want me to, I will make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_5","070_17_5","MAT","17","5","5","While Peter was speaking, a bright cloud appeared and covered them. They heard God speaking about Jesus from inside the cloud. He said to them, “This is my Son. I love him. He pleases me very much. So you must listen to him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_6","070_17_6","MAT","17","6","6","When the three disciples heard God speaking, they were terrified. As a result, they fell prostrate on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_7","070_17_7","MAT","17","7","7","But Jesus went to them and touched them and said to them, “Stand up! Do not be afraid any more!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_8","070_17_8","MAT","17","8","8","And when they looked up MTY, they saw that Jesus was the only one who was still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_9","070_17_9","MAT","17","9","9","When they were walking down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone what you saw on the mountain top until God has caused me, the one who has come from heaven, to become alive again after I die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_10","070_17_10","MAT","17","10","10","Those three disciples had just seen Elijah and he did not do anything to prepare people for the coming of the Messiah, so they asked Jesus, “If what you say is true, why do the men who teach the Jewish laws say that it is necessary for Elijah to come back to earth before the Messiah comes?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_11","070_17_11","MAT","17","11","11","Jesus answered them, “It is true that God promised that Elijah would come to prepare many HYP people for the Messiah’s coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_12","070_17_12","MAT","17","12","12","But note this: Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders have seen him, but they did not recognize him as the one who would come before the Messiah. Instead, they treated him badly, just like they desired. And those same rulers will soon treat me, the one who came from heaven, in the same manner.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_13","070_17_13","MAT","17","13","13","Then the three disciples understood that when he was talking about Elijah, he was referring to John the Baptizer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_14","070_17_14","MAT","17","14","14","When Jesus and the three disciples returned to the rest of us disciples and to the crowd that had gathered, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_15","070_17_15","MAT","17","15","15","He said to him, “Sir/Lord, have mercy on my son and heal him! He has epilepsy and suffers very much. Because of this illness, he has fallen in the fire and in the water many times. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_16","070_17_16","MAT","17","16","16","I brought him to your disciples in order that they might heal him, but they were not able to heal him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_17","070_17_17","MAT","17","17","17","Jesus responded by saying to everyone who had gathered there, “You who have seen how I help people do not believe that you can do anything! Your minds are distorted! How long do I have to be with you before you are able to do what I do RHQ? How long do I have to endure your not believing RHQ? Bring the boy here to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_18","070_17_18","MAT","17","18","18","When they brought the boy to Jesus, Jesus rebuked the demon that was causing the epilepsy. As a result, the demon came out of the boy, and right then the boy was healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_19","070_17_19","MAT","17","19","19","Later, some of us disciples approached Jesus. We asked him privately, “Why were we (exc) not able to expel the demon?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_20","070_17_20","MAT","17","20","21","He answered us, “It is because you did not believe very much in God’s power. Think about this: Mustard seeds are very small, but in this area they grow and produce large MET plants. Similarly, if your faith grows until you truly believe that God will do what you ask him to, you will be able to do anything LIT! You could even say to this hill, ‘Move from here to there!’ and it would go where you told it to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_22","070_17_22","MAT","17","22","22","When we disciples had gathered together in Galilee district, Jesus said to us, “I, the one who came from heaven, will soon be handed over {Someone will soon hand me, the one who came from heaven, over} to the authorities SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_23","070_17_23","MAT","17","23","23","They will kill me. But God will cause me to become alive again on the third day after I am killed.” When we heard that, we became very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_24","070_17_24","MAT","17","24","24","When we came to Capernaum city, the men who collect taxes for the Temple approached Peter and said to him, “Your teacher pays the Temple tax, does he not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_25","070_17_25","MAT","17","25","25","He answered them, “Yes, he does pay it.” When we came into the house where Jesus was saying, before Peter began to talk about paying taxes, Jesus said to him, “Simon, from whom do you think rulers collect revenue or taxes? Do they collect taxes  from the citizens of their own country, or from citizens of countries they have conquered?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_26","070_17_26","MAT","17","26","26","Peter answered him, “From citizens of other countries.” Then Jesus said to him, “So citizens of their own country do not need to pay taxes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT17_27","070_17_27","MAT","17","27","27","But even though the Temple is mine, pay the tax for us so that the Temple tax collectors will not become angry with us. In order to get the money to pay it, go to the lake. Cast your fish line and hook, and take the first fish that you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a silver coin that is worth enough to pay the tax for you and me. Take that coin and give it to the Temple tax collectors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_1","070_18_1","MAT","18","1","1","About that time we disciples approached Jesus and said, “Who among us will be the most important when God MTY/EUP makes you king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_2","070_18_2","MAT","18","2","2","Jesus called a child to come, and he placed that child in our midst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_3","070_18_3","MAT","18","3","3","He said, “Think about this: If you (pl) do not change the way you(pl) think and become as humble as little children, you (pl) will surely not go to the place where God MTY/EUP rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_4","070_18_4","MAT","18","4","4","The people who become as humble as this child or any child is, will be the most important people among those over whom God rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_5","070_18_5","MAT","18","5","5","Also, when those who, because they love me, welcome a child like this one, God considers that they are welcoming me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_6","070_18_6","MAT","18","6","6","“If you cause someone who believes in me to sin, even if it is someone who is socially unimportant like this little child, God will severely punish you. If a heavy stone were fastened around your neck and you were thrown into the deep waters of the sea, people would consider that you had been severely punished. But God will punish you more severely than that if you cause someone to sin ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_7","070_18_7","MAT","18","7","7","It will be terrible for those MTY who cause others to stop believing in me. God will punish them eternally. It is inevitable that there will be those who cause others to stop believing in me. But it will be horrible for everyone who does that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_8","070_18_8","MAT","18","8","8","So, if you are wanting to use one of your hands or feet to sin, stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to cut it off to avoid sinning, do it MET! It is good that you not sin and go where you will live with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth you are maimed or lame and do not have a hand or a foot. But it is not good that you continue to have your two hands and two feet and do MTY the sinful things you want to, and as a result, you are thrown into hell, where there is eternal fire burning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_9","070_18_9","MAT","18","9","9","If what you see you makes you want to sin, stop looking at those things! Even if you have to gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it HYP! It is good that you not sin and go where you will live with God eternally, even though while you are still here on earth you have only one eye. But it is not good that you continue to have your two eyes and do the sinful things you want to, and as a result, you are thrown {God throws you} into hell where there is eternal fire burning.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_10","070_18_10","MAT","18","10","11","“Make an effort that you (pl) do not despise even one of these children. I tell you (pl) truly that since the angels live in heaven in the presence of my Father, they will report to him if you mistreat the children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_12","070_18_12","MAT","18","12","12","What do you (pl) think you would do in the following situation? If you had 100 sheep and one of them got lost, you would surely leave the 99 sheep that are on the hill and go and search for the lost one RHQ, would you not? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_13","070_18_13","MAT","18","13","13","If you found it, I affirm to you (pl) that you would rejoice very much. You would be happy that 99 sheep did not stray away, but you would rejoice even more because you had found the sheep that had strayed away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_14","070_18_14","MAT","18","14","14","In the same way that shepherds do not want one of their sheep to stray away, so God, your Father in heaven, does not want even one of these children to go to hell.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_15","070_18_15","MAT","18","15","15","“If a fellow believer sins against you, go to him, and when you two are alone, reprove him for sinning against you. If that person listens to you and feels sorry that he has sinned against you, you will have restored your friendship with that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_16","070_18_16","MAT","18","16","16","If that person will not listen to you nor feel sorry that he has sinned against you, go get one or two other people who will listen to what you both have to say. Have them go with you so that what is written {Moses wrote} in the Scriptures might happen: ‘When one person accuses another in some matter, it should be confirmed by at least two or three people {at least two or three people should confirm it} before that person can be declared guilty {before they declare that person guilty}.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_17","070_18_17","MAT","18","17","17","If the one who has sinned against you will not listen to them or does not feel sorry that he has sinned against you, tell that to the congregation so that they can rebuke him. If that person will not listen to the congregation or feel sorry that he has sinned against you, exclude him from being a member of your congregation, just like you would exclude pagans, tax collectors, and others who do not believe in God and sin greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_18","070_18_18","MAT","18","18","18","Keep this in mind: Whatever you decide on earth about punishing or not punishing a member of your congregation is what has also been decided by God in heaven {what God in heaven has also decided}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_19","070_18_19","MAT","18","19","19","Also note this: If at least two of you who live here on earth agree together about something you ask God for DOU, God, my Father who is in heaven, will give you what you ask for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_20","070_18_20","MAT","18","20","20","This is true, because wherever at least two or three of you assemble because you believe in me MTY, I am spiritually present with you. I will hear what you ask for and I will ask God to do it for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_21","070_18_21","MAT","18","21","21","Then Peter approached Jesus and said to him, “How many times must I forgive a fellow believer who keeps on sinning against me? If he keeps asking me to forgive him, must I forgive him as many as seven times?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_22","070_18_22","MAT","18","22","22","Jesus said to him, “I tell you that the number of times you must forgive someone is not just up to seven, but you must ◄forgive him 77 times/never stop forgiving him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_23","070_18_23","MAT","18","23","23","In order to illustrate why you should do this, I will tell you a story in which God MTY/EUP, who cares for the people whose lives he rules over, is compared {I compare God, who cares for the people whose lives he rules over} to a king and his officials. That king told some of his servants that he wanted his officials to pay what they owed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_24","070_18_24","MAT","18","24","24","So those officials were brought to the king to settle their accounts with him. One of the officials who were brought owed the king several million dollars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_25","070_18_25","MAT","18","25","25","But because he did not have enough money to pay what he owed, the king demanded that he, his wife, his children and all he possessed be sold to someone else, and that the king be repaid with {receive} the money that was paid for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_26","070_18_26","MAT","18","26","26","Then that official, knowing that he did not have the money to pay that huge debt, fell on his knees in front of the king and begged him saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you all of it, eventually.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_27","070_18_27","MAT","18","27","27","The king, knowing that the official could never pay all that huge debt, felt sorry for him. So he canceled his debt and released him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_28","070_18_28","MAT","18","28","28","Then this official went to another one of the king’s officials who owed him a bit less than a year’s wages. He grabbed him by the throat, started choking him, and said to him, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_29","070_18_29","MAT","18","29","29","That official fell on his knees and begged him saying, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you all of it, eventually.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_30","070_18_30","MAT","18","30","30","But this official kept refusing to cancel that small debt that the man owed him. Instead, he caused that official to be put in prison and to stay there until he could pay back all the money that he owed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_31","070_18_31","MAT","18","31","31","When the other officials of the king learned that this had happened, they felt very distressed. So they went to the king and reported in detail what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_32","070_18_32","MAT","18","32","32","Then the king summoned the official who had owed him several million dollars. He said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I canceled that huge debt that you owed me because you begged me to do so ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_33","070_18_33","MAT","18","33","33","You should have been merciful and canceled your fellow official’s debt, just like I was merciful to you and canceled your debt RHQ!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_34","070_18_34","MAT","18","34","34","The king was very angry. He handed this official over to some jailers who would torture him severely until he paid all of the debt that he owed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT18_35","070_18_35","MAT","18","35","35","Then Jesus continued by saying, “That is what my Father in heaven will do to you if you do not feel merciful and sincerely forgive a fellow believer who sins against you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_1","070_19_1","MAT","19","1","1","After Jesus had said that, he took us and left Galilee district and went to the part of Judea district that is located on the east side of the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_2","070_19_2","MAT","19","2","2","Large crowds followed him there, and he healed the sick among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_3","070_19_3","MAT","19","3","3","Some Pharisees approached Jesus and said to him, “Does our Jewish law permit a man to divorce his wife for any reason whatever?” They asked that in order to be able to criticize Jesus, whether he answered “Yes” or “No.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_4","070_19_4","MAT","19","4","4","Jesus said to them, “Because you have read RHQ the Scriptures, you should know that at the time God first created people, ‘he made one man, and he made one woman to be that man’s wife.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_5","070_19_5","MAT","19","5","5","That explains why God said, ‘When a man and woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers. Instead, the two of them shall live together, and they shall become so closely united that they are like one person MET.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_6","070_19_6","MAT","19","6","6","Consequently, although they functioned as two separate people before, they now become as if they were one person MET. Since that is true, a man must not separate from his wife whom God has joined to him, because it is God’s plan for them to remain together.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_7","070_19_7","MAT","19","7","7","The Pharisees then said to him, “If that is true, why did Moses command that a man who wanted to divorce his wife should give her a paper stating his reason for divorcing her, and then send her away?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_8","070_19_8","MAT","19","8","8","He said to them, “It was because your ancestors  stubbornly wanted their own way  that Moses allowed them to divorce their wives, and you are no different from them. But when God first MTY created a man and a woman, he did not intend for them to separate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_9","070_19_9","MAT","19","9","9","I am telling you emphatically that because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, unless his first wife has committed adultery.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_10","070_19_10","MAT","19","10","10","We disciples said to him, “If that is true, it is better for men never to marry!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_11","070_19_11","MAT","19","11","11","Then he said to us, “Not every man is able to accept this teaching. Only the men whom God enables to accept it are able to do so. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_12","070_19_12","MAT","19","12","12","There are men who do not marry because they are not able to have sexual relations because they have been sexually defective ever since they were born. There are other men who do not marry because they are unable to have sexual relations because they have been castrated {other men have made them that way}. There are other men who decide not to marry MET in order that they can serve God better and spend more time telling people about how God MTY/EUP wants to rule people’s lives. You who are able to understand what I have said about marriage should accept it and obey it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_13","070_19_13","MAT","19","13","13","Then some children were brought {some people brought their children} to Jesus in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them. But we disciples scolded the people for bringing their children to Jesus because we thought that Jesus did not want to take the time to be with children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_14","070_19_14","MAT","19","14","14","But when Jesus saw us scolding them, he said to us, “Let the children come to me! Do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are, who can experience God’s rule in their lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_15","070_19_15","MAT","19","15","15","Jesus then laid his hands on the children and asked God to bless them. Then he left there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_16","070_19_16","MAT","19","16","16","As Jesus was walking along, a young man approached him and said to him, “Teacher, what good deeds must I do in order to live with God eternally?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_17","070_19_17","MAT","19","17","17","Jesus said to him, “◄Consider what you are implying about who I am when you ask me about what is good./Do you realize what you are implying about who I am when you ask me about that which is good?► RHQ Only one being is good and really knows what is good. That being is God. But in order to answer your question about desiring to live with God eternally, I will say to you, ‘Keep the commandments that God gave Moses’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_18","070_19_18","MAT","19","18","18","The man asked Jesus, “Which commandments must I keep?” Jesus answered him, “Do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal things, do not testify falsely, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_19","070_19_19","MAT","19","19","19","honor your father and your mother, and love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_20","070_19_20","MAT","19","20","20","Thinking that he might not be able to live with God eternally even though he had kept those commandments, the young man said to Jesus, “I have always obeyed all those commandments. What else must I do in order to live with God eternally?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_21","070_19_21","MAT","19","21","21","Jesus said to him, “If you desire to be all that God intends you to be, go home, sell everything that you have and give the money to poor people. The result will be that you will have spiritual riches in heaven. Then come and be my disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_22","070_19_22","MAT","19","22","22","When the young man heard those words, he went away feeling sad, because he was very rich and did not want to give away everything he owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_23","070_19_23","MAT","19","23","23","Then Jesus said to us disciples, “Keep this in mind: It is very difficult for rich people to decide to let God MTY/EUP rule their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_24","070_19_24","MAT","19","24","24","Note this also: It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult HYP for rich people to decide to let God rule their lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_25","070_19_25","MAT","19","25","25","When we disciples heard this, we were astounded. We thought that rich people were the ones whom God blesses the most. So we said to him, “◄If that is so, it does not seem likely that anyone will be saved!/Who then will God will save?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_26","070_19_26","MAT","19","26","26","When Jesus heard us say that, he looked intently at us, and then he said to us, “Yes, it is impossible for people to save themselves. But God can save them, because God is able to do anything!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_27","070_19_27","MAT","19","27","27","Then Peter said to him, “You know that we (exc) have left everything behind and we have become your disciples. So what benefit will we get for doing that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_28","070_19_28","MAT","19","28","28","Jesus said to us, “Keep this in mind: You will get many benefits. When God makes the new earth and when I, the one who came from heaven, sit on my magnificent throne, those of you who have accompanied me will each sit on a throne, and you will judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_29","070_19_29","MAT","19","29","29","God will reward those who, because of being my disciples, have left behind a house or plot of ground, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or any other family MTY members. God will give them 100 times as many benefits as they have given up. And they will live with God eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT19_30","070_19_30","MAT","19","30","30","But many people who consider themselves to be important now will be unimportant at that future time, and many people who consider themselves to be unimportant now will be important at that future time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_1","070_20_1","MAT","20","1","1","“In order to illustrate how God rewards people, I will compare the way God MTY/EUP rules his people with what the owner of an estate did. Early in the morning the owner of the estate went to the market where people who wanted work gathered. He went there to hire laborers to work in his vineyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_2","070_20_2","MAT","20","2","2","He promised the men whom he hired that he would pay them the standard wage for working one day. Then he sent them to his vineyards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_3","070_20_3","MAT","20","3","3","At nine o’clock that same morning he went back to the market. There he saw more men who did not have work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_4","070_20_4","MAT","20","4","4","He said to them, ‘Go to my vineyard as other men have done, and work there. I will pay you whatever is a just wage.’ So they also went to his vineyard and began to work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_5","070_20_5","MAT","20","5","5","At noon and at three o’clock he again went to the market and found other laborers whom he promised to pay a fair wage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_6","070_20_6","MAT","20","6","6","At five o’clock he went to the market again and saw other men standing there who were not working. He said to them, ‘Why are you standing here all day and not working?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_7","070_20_7","MAT","20","7","7","They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘I will hire you. Go to my vineyard as other men have done, and work there.’ So they went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_8","070_20_8","MAT","20","8","8","When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Tell the men to come so that you can give them their wages. First, pay the men who started working last, and pay the men last who started working first.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_9","070_20_9","MAT","20","9","9","The manager paid the standard daily wage to each of the men who did not start working until five o’clock in the afternoon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_10","070_20_10","MAT","20","10","10","When the men who had begun working early in the morning went to get their wages, they thought that they would receive more than the standard wage. But they also received only the standard wage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_11","070_20_11","MAT","20","11","11","So they complained to the owner of the vineyard because they thought their payment was unfair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_12","070_20_12","MAT","20","12","12","They said to him, ‘You are not being fair! The men who started working after all of the rest of us started worked for only one hour! You have paid them the same wage as you paid us! But we worked hard all day IDM, including working in the hottest part of the day!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_13","070_20_13","MAT","20","13","13","The owner of the vineyard said to one of those who complained, ‘Friend, I did not treat you unfairly. You agreed with me to work the whole day for the standard wage RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_14","070_20_14","MAT","20","14","14","Stop complaining to me! Take your wage and go! I desire to give the same wage that I gave you to the men who began working after all of you had begun working. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_15","070_20_15","MAT","20","15","15","I certainly have a right to spend my money as I desire RHQ, including paying those laborers what I desire to pay them. ◄You should not be envious about my being generous!/Are you angry MET because I am generous?► RHQ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_16","070_20_16","MAT","20","16","16","Then Jesus said to us, “Similarly, God will reward well some people who seem to be less important now, and he will not reward some people who seem to be more important now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_17","070_20_17","MAT","20","17","17","When Jesus was walking on the road up to Jerusalem, along with us twelve disciples, he took us to a place by ourselves in order that he could talk to us privately. Then he said to us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_18","070_20_18","MAT","20","18","18","“Listen carefully! We are now going up to Jerusalem. While we are there, someone will enable the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws to seize me, the one who came from heaven, and they will put me on trial. They will condemn me and say that I should be killed {the authorities should kill me}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_19","070_20_19","MAT","20","19","19","Then they will put me in the hands of non-Jews so that they can make fun of me, whip me, and kill me by nailing me to a cross. But on the third day after that, God will cause me to live again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_20","070_20_20","MAT","20","20","20","Then the mother of James and John brought her two sons to Jesus. She bowed down before Jesus and asked him to do her a favor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_21","070_20_21","MAT","20","21","21","Jesus said to her, “What do you want me to do for you?” She said to him, “Permit these two sons of mine to sit next to you (OR, Permit these two sons of mine to sit next to you at your right side and at your left side) and rule with you MTY when you become king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_22","070_20_22","MAT","20","22","22","Jesus said to her and her sons, “You do not understand what you are asking for. Can you suffer like I am about to suffer IDM?” James and John answered him, “Yes, we are able to do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_23","070_20_23","MAT","20","23","23","Then Jesus said to them, “Yes, you will suffer as I will suffer IDM. But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me and rule with me. God, my Father, will give those places MTY to the ones whom he appoints.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_24","070_20_24","MAT","20","24","24","When we ten other disciples heard what James and John had requested, we became angry with them because we also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_25","070_20_25","MAT","20","25","25","So Jesus called all of us together and said to us, “You know that those who rule the non-Jews enjoy showing them that they are powerful. Their chief rulers enjoy commanding the people under them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_26","070_20_26","MAT","20","26","26","You should not be like them. On the contrary, everyone among you who wants God to consider him great must become like a servant for the rest of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_27","070_20_27","MAT","20","27","27","And everyone among you who wants God to consider him to be the most important must become like a slave for the rest of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_28","070_20_28","MAT","20","28","28","You should imitate me. Even though I am the one who came from heaven, I did not come to be served {in order that people would serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to IDM allow myself to be killed {other people to kill me}, so that my dying would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished for their sins.” MTY ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_29","070_20_29","MAT","20","29","29","As we were leaving Jericho city, a large crowd of people followed us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_30","070_20_30","MAT","20","30","30","As we walked along, we saw two blind men sitting alongside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they yelled to him, “Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Take pity on us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_31","070_20_31","MAT","20","31","31","People in the crowd scolded them and told them to be quiet. But the blind men yelled even louder, “Lord, Descendant of King David, you are the Messiah Have pity on us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_32","070_20_32","MAT","20","32","32","Jesus stopped and called them to come to him. Then he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_33","070_20_33","MAT","20","33","33","They said to him, “Lord, heal our eyes IDM so that we can see!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT20_34","070_20_34","MAT","20","34","34","Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Immediately they were able to see, and they went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_1","070_21_1","MAT","21","1","2","As we approached Jerusalem, we came near Bethphage village, near Olive Tree Hill. Jesus said to two of his disciples, “Go to the village just ahead of us. As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey and her foal that are {someone has} tied up. Untie them and bring them here to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_3","070_21_3","MAT","21","3","3","If anyone says anything to you about your doing that, tell him, ‘The Lord needs them.’ He will then allow you to lead them away.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_4","070_21_4","MAT","21","4","5","When all this happened, what was written by a prophet {what a prophet wrote about} was fulfilled {happened}. The prophet wrote, “Tell the people who live in Jerusalem SYN, ‘Look! Your king is coming to you! He will come humbly. He will show that he is humble, because he will be riding on a colt, the offspring of a donkey.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_6","070_21_6","MAT","21","6","6","So the two disciples went and did what Jesus told them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_7","070_21_7","MAT","21","7","7","They brought the donkey and its colt to Jesus. They placed their cloaks on them to make something for him to sit on. Then Jesus mounted the colt and sat on the cloaks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_8","070_21_8","MAT","21","8","8","Then a large crowd spread some of their clothing on the road, and other people cut off branches from palm trees and spread them on the road. They did those things to decorate the road in order to honor Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_9","070_21_9","MAT","21","9","9","The crowds that walked in front of him and those who walked behind him were shouting things like, “Praise the Messiah, the descendant of King David!” “May the Lord God bless this one who comes as God’s representative and with God’s authority MTY.” “Praise God, who is in the highest heaven!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_10","070_21_10","MAT","21","10","10","As Jesus entered Jerusalem, a crowd of people MTY from all over the city became excited and were saying, “Why are they honoring this man like that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_11","070_21_11","MAT","21","11","11","The crowd that was already following him said, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_12","070_21_12","MAT","21","12","12","Then Jesus went into the Temple courtyard and chased out all of those who were buying and selling things there. He also overturned the tables of those who were giving Temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins, and he overturned the seats of those who were selling pigeons for sacrifices. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_13","070_21_13","MAT","21","13","13","Then he said to them, “It is {◄Jeremiah/A prophet► has} written in the Scriptures that God said, ‘I want my house to be called a place where people pray’, but you bandits have made it MET your hideout!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_14","070_21_14","MAT","21","14","14","After that, many blind people and lame people came to Jesus in the temple in order that he would heal them, and he healed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_15","070_21_15","MAT","21","15","15","The high priests and the men who taught the people the Jewish laws saw the wonderful deeds that Jesus did. They also saw and heard the children shouting in the Temple, “We praise the Messiah, the descendant of King David!” The religious leaders were indignant because they did not believe that Jesus was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_16","070_21_16","MAT","21","16","16","They thought that Jesus should not be allowing the children to say that, so they asked him, “How can you tolerate this RHQ? Do you hear what these children are shouting?” Then Jesus said to them, “Yes, I hear them, but if you remembered what you have read in the Scriptures about children praising me, you would know that God is pleased RHQ with them. The psalmist wrote, saying to God, ‘You have taught infants and other children to praise you perfectly.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_17","070_21_17","MAT","21","17","17","Then Jesus left the city. We disciples went with him to Bethany town, and we slept there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_18","070_21_18","MAT","21","18","18","Early the next morning, when we were returning to the city, Jesus was hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_19","070_21_19","MAT","21","19","19","He saw a fig tree near the road. So he went over to it to pick some figs to eat. But when he got close, he saw that there were no figs on the tree. There were only leaves on it. So to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, he said to the fig tree, “May you never again produce figs!” As a result, the fig tree withered that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_20","070_21_20","MAT","21","20","20","The next day when we disciples saw what had happened to the tree, we marveled, and we said to Jesus, “◄It is astonishing that the fig tree withered so quickly!/How is it that the fig tree dried up so quickly?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_21","070_21_21","MAT","21","21","21","Jesus said to us, “Think about this: If you believe that God has power to do what you ask him to and you do not doubt that, you will be able to do things like what I have done to this fig tree. You will even be able to do marvelous deeds like saying to a nearby hill, ‘Uproot yourself and throw yourself into the sea’, and it will happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_22","070_21_22","MAT","21","22","22","In addition to that, whenever you ask God for something when you pray to him, if you believe that he will give it to you, you will receive it from him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_23","070_21_23","MAT","21","23","23","After that, Jesus went into the Temple courtyard. While he was teaching the people, the chief priests and the elders of the Jewish Council approached him. They asked, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do what you did here yesterday DOU?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_24","070_21_24","MAT","21","24","24","Jesus said to them, “I also will ask you a question, and if you answer me, I will tell you who authorized me to do these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_25","070_21_25","MAT","21","25","25","Where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God or from people? MTY/EUP” The chief priests and elders debated among themselves about what they should answer. They said to each other, “If we say, ‘It was MTY/EUP from God’, he will say to us, ‘Then ◄you should have believed his message!/why did you not believe John’s message?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_26","070_21_26","MAT","21","26","26","If we say, ‘It was from people’, we are afraid that the crowd will react violently, because all the people believe that John was a prophet sent by God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_27","070_21_27","MAT","21","27","27","So they answered Jesus, “We do not know where John got his authority.” Then he said to them, “Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who authorized me to do the things I did here yesterday.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_28","070_21_28","MAT","21","28","28","Then Jesus said to the chief priests and elders, “Tell me RHQ what you think about what I am about to tell you. There was a man who had two sons. He went to his older son and said, ‘My son, go and work in my vineyard today!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_29","070_21_29","MAT","21","29","29","But the son said to his father, ‘I do not want to go and work in your vineyard today!’ But later he changed his mind, and he went to the vineyard and worked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_30","070_21_30","MAT","21","30","30","Then the father approached his younger son and said what he had said to his older son. That son said, ‘Sir, I will go and work in the vineyard today.’ But he did not go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_31","070_21_31","MAT","21","31","31","So which of the man’s two sons did what their father desired?” They answered, “The older son.” Jesus explained to them what that parable meant by saying, “Think about this: It is more likely that other people, including tax collectors and prostitutes, whom you think are very sinful, will enter where God rules, than it is that you Jewish leaders will enter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_32","070_21_32","MAT","21","32","32","I say this to you because, even though John the Baptizer explained to you how to live righteously, you did not believe his message. But tax collectors and prostitutes believed his message, and they turned away from their sinful behavior. In contrast, you, even though you saw what they did, refused to turn away from your sinful behavior, and you did not believe John’s message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_33","070_21_33","MAT","21","33","33","“Listen to another parable that I will tell you. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it. He dug a hole in the ground inside the fence. He placed in the hole a stone tank to collect the juice that would be pressed out of the grapes. He also built a tower inside that fence that someone would sit in to guard that vineyard. He arranged for some men to care for the vineyard and to give him some of the grapes in return. Then he went away to another country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_34","070_21_34","MAT","21","34","34","When it was time to harvest the grapes, the landowner sent some of his servants to the men who were taking care of the vineyard to get his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_35","070_21_35","MAT","21","35","35","But the renters seized the servants. They beat one of them, they killed another one, and killed another one of them by throwing stones at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_36","070_21_36","MAT","21","36","36","So the landowner sent more servants than he had sent the first time. The renters treated those servants the same way that they had treated the other servants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_37","070_21_37","MAT","21","37","37","Later, knowing this, the landowner sent his son to the renters to get his share of the grapes. When he sent him, he said to himself, ‘They will certainly respect my son and give him some of the grapes.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_38","070_21_38","MAT","21","38","38","But when the renters saw his son arriving, they said to each other, ‘This is the man who will inherit this vineyard! Let’s kill him and divide the property among ourselves.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_39","070_21_39","MAT","21","39","39","So they grabbed him, dragged him outside the vineyard, and killed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_40","070_21_40","MAT","21","40","40","Now I ask you, when the landowner returns to his vineyard, what do you think he will do to those renters?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_41","070_21_41","MAT","21","41","41","The chief priests and elders replied, “He will thoroughly destroy those wicked renters! Then he will rent the vineyard to others. They will give him his share of the grapes when they are ripe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_42","070_21_42","MAT","21","42","42","Jesus said to them, “That is right, so you need to think carefully about these words which you have read RHQ in the Scriptures: The builders rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone of the building MET. The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_43","070_21_43","MAT","21","43","43","So, because you reject me, I am going to tell you this: God will no longer let you Jews be the people over whom he rules. Instead, he will let non-Jews be the people over whom he rules, and they will do IDM what he asks them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_44","070_21_44","MAT","21","44","44","The important stone in the building represents me, the Messiah, and those who reject me are like people who fall on this stone. Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken into pieces {This cornerstone will break into pieces anyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_45","070_21_45","MAT","21","45","45","When the chief priests and the elders who were Pharisees heard this parable, they realized that he was accusing them because they did not believe that he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT21_46","070_21_46","MAT","21","46","46","They wanted to seize him, but they did not do so because they were afraid of what the crowds would do if they did that, because the crowds considered that Jesus was a prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_1","070_22_1","MAT","22","1","1","Then Jesus told the Jewish leaders other parables in order to illustrate what will happen to the people who do not accept him as the King God promised to send. This is one of those parables: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_2","070_22_2","MAT","22","2","2","“God MTY/EUP is like a king SIM who told his servants that they should make a wedding feast for his son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_3","070_22_3","MAT","22","3","3","When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people who had been {whom he had} invited that it was time for them to come to the wedding feast. The servants did that. But the people who had been invited did not want to come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_4","070_22_4","MAT","22","4","4","So he sent other servants to again tell the people whom he had invited that they should come to the feast. He said to those servants, ‘Say to the people whom I invited to come to the feast, “The king says that he has prepared the food. The oxen and the fattened calves have been butchered and cooked. Everything is ready. It is time now for you to come to the wedding feast!’ ”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_5","070_22_5","MAT","22","5","5","But when the servants told them that, they disregarded what the servants said. Some of them went to their own fields. Others went to their places of business. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_6","070_22_6","MAT","22","6","6","The rest of them seized the king’s servants, mistreated them, and killed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_7","070_22_7","MAT","22","7","7","When the king heard what had happened, he became furious. He commanded his soldiers to go and kill those murderers and burn their cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_8","070_22_8","MAT","22","8","8","After his soldiers had done that, the king said to his other servants, ‘I have prepared the wedding feast, but the people who were {whom I} invited do not deserve to come to it because they did not consider it an honor to have been invited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_9","070_22_9","MAT","22","9","9","So, go to the intersections of the main streets. Tell whomever you find that they should come to the wedding feast.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_10","070_22_10","MAT","22","10","10","So the servants went there, and they gathered everyone they saw who wanted to come to the feast. They gathered both people that were considered to be evil and those that were considered to be good. They brought them into the hall where the wedding feast took place. The hall was filled with people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_11","070_22_11","MAT","22","11","11","But when the king went into the hall to see the guests who were there, he saw someone who was not wearing clothes that had been provided for the guests to wear at a wedding feast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_12","070_22_12","MAT","22","12","12","The king said to him, ‘Friend, ◄you should never have entered this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes that guests wear at wedding feasts!/how did you enter this hall, because you are not wearing the clothes that are appropriate for guests to wear at a wedding feast?► RHQ’ The man did not say anything, because he did not know what to say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_13","070_22_13","MAT","22","13","13","Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Tie this person’s feet and hands and throw him outside where there is total darkness. People who are there cry out because they are suffering and they gnash their teeth because of their severe pain.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_14","070_22_14","MAT","22","14","14","Then Jesus said, “The point of this story is that God has invited many to come to him, but only a few people are the ones whom he has chosen to be there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_15","070_22_15","MAT","22","15","15","After Jesus said that, the Pharisees met together in order to plan how they could cause him to say something that would enable them to accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_16","070_22_16","MAT","22","16","16","They sent to him some of their disciples, who thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Jewish authorities required them to pay. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod. The members of that party thought that the Israelites should pay only the tax that the Roman government required them to pay. Those who were sent came and said to Jesus, “Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you teach the truth about what God wants us to do. We also know that you do not change what you teach because of what someone says about you, even if it is an important person who does not like what you IDM teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_17","070_22_17","MAT","22","17","17","So tell us what you think RHQ about this matter: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government MTY, or not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_18","070_22_18","MAT","22","18","18","But Jesus knew that what they really wanted to do was evil. They were wanting him to say something that would get him in trouble with either the Jewish authorities or the Roman authorities. So he said to them, “You are ◄hypocrites/pretending to ask a legitimate question►, but you are just wanting RHQ me to say something for which you can accuse me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_19","070_22_19","MAT","22","19","19","Show me one of the coins with which people pay the Roman tax.” So they showed him a coin called a denarius. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_20","070_22_20","MAT","22","20","20","He said to them, “Whose picture is on this coin? And whose name is on it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_21","070_22_21","MAT","22","21","21","They answered, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, the head of the Roman government.” Then he said to them, “Okay, give to the government what they require, and give to God what he requires.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_22","070_22_22","MAT","22","22","22","When those men heard Jesus say that, they marveled that his answer did not enable anyone to accuse him. Then they left Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_23","070_22_23","MAT","22","23","23","During that same day, some Sadducees came to Jesus. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die. They wanted to ask Jesus a question. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_24","070_22_24","MAT","22","24","24","In order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again, they said to him, “Teacher, Moses wrote in the Scriptures, ‘If a man dies who did not have any children, his brother must marry the dead man’s widow in order that she can have a child by him. The child will be considered the descendant of the man who died, and in that way the dead man will have descendants.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_25","070_22_25","MAT","22","25","25","Well, there were seven boys in a family living near us. The oldest one married someone. He and his wife did not have any children, and he died. So the second brother married the widow. But he also died without having a child. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_26","070_22_26","MAT","22","26","26","The same thing happened to the third brother, and also to the other four brothers, who one by one married this same woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_27","070_22_27","MAT","22","27","27","Last of all, the widow also died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_28","070_22_28","MAT","22","28","28","So, at the time when people are raised from the dead, which of the seven brothers do you think will be her husband? Keep in mind that they had all been married to her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_29","070_22_29","MAT","22","29","29","Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong in what you are thinking. You do not know what is written in the Scriptures. You also do not know that God has the power to make people alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_30","070_22_30","MAT","22","30","30","The fact is that the woman will not be the wife of any of them, because after God causes all dead people to live again, no one will be married. Instead, people will be like the angels in heaven. They do not marry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_31","070_22_31","MAT","22","31","31","But as for dead people becoming alive again, God said something about that. ◄I’m sure you have read it./Have you not read it?► RHQ Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_32","070_22_32","MAT","22","32","32","‘I am the God whom Abraham worships and the God whom Isaac worships and the God whom Jacob worships.’ It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_33","070_22_33","MAT","22","33","33","When the crowds of people heard Jesus teach that, they were amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_34","070_22_34","MAT","22","34","34","But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not think of anything that they might say to respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to plan what they would say to him. Then they approached him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_35","070_22_35","MAT","22","35","35","One of them was a man who had studied well the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to see if Jesus could answer his question well or if he would say something wrong. He asked him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_36","070_22_36","MAT","22","36","36","“Teacher, which commandment in the laws that God gave Moses is the most important?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_37","070_22_37","MAT","22","37","37","Jesus quoted the Scriptures as he replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all IDM your ◄inner being/heart►. Show that you love him in all that you desire, in all that you feel, and in all that you think.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_38","070_22_38","MAT","22","38","38","That is the most important commandment in the laws that God gave Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_39","070_22_39","MAT","22","39","39","The next most important commandment that everyone must surely obey is: ‘You must love the people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_40","070_22_40","MAT","22","40","40","These two commandments are the basis of every law that Moses wrote in the Scriptures and also of all that the prophets wrote.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_41","070_22_41","MAT","22","41","41","While the Pharisees were still gathered together near Jesus, he asked them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_42","070_22_42","MAT","22","42","42","“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose descendant is he?” They said to him, “He is the descendant of King David.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_43","070_22_43","MAT","22","43","43","Jesus said to them, “If the Messiah is King David’s descendant, then ◄David should not have called him ‘Lord’ when David was saying what the Holy Spirit prompted him to say./Why did David call the Messiah ‘Lord’ when David was speaking what the Holy Spirit prompted him to say?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_44","070_22_44","MAT","22","44","44","David wrote this in the Scriptures about the Messiah: ‘God said to my Lord, “Sit here beside me on my right, the place of greatest honor you MTY. Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies MTY.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_45","070_22_45","MAT","22","45","45","So, since King David called the Messiah ‘my Lord’, ◄the Messiah cannot be just someone descended from David!/how can he be only the descendant of King David?► RHQ He must be much greater than David!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT22_46","070_22_46","MAT","22","46","46","No one who heard what Jesus said was able to think of even one word to say to him in response. And after that, no one else ever dared to ask him another question to try to trap him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_1","070_23_1","MAT","23","1","1","Then Jesus said to the crowd and to us his disciples, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_2","070_23_2","MAT","23","2","2","“Moses was the renowned teacher who taught the people the laws that God gave him MTY. Now, the Pharisees and the men who teach our Jewish laws have made themselves the ones who interpret those laws IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_3","070_23_3","MAT","23","3","3","Consequently, you should do whatever they tell you that you must do. But do not do what they do, because they themselves do not do what they tell you that you must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_4","070_23_4","MAT","23","4","4","They require you to obey many rules that are difficult to obey. But they themselves do not help anyone obey those rules. It is as if they are tying up loads that are hard to carry and putting them on your shoulders MET for you to carry. But they themselves do not desire to help anyone obey those laws. They are like people who do not want to lift even the slightest load that they could lift MET ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_5","070_23_5","MAT","23","5","5","with one finger. Whatever they do, they do it to be seen by other people {so that other people will see them doing that}. For example, they make extra wide the tiny boxes containing portions of Scripture that they wear on their arms. They enlarge the tassels on their robes, to make others think that they are pious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_6","070_23_6","MAT","23","6","6","They want people to honor them. For example, at dinner parties they sit in the seats where the most important people sit. In the places of worship they want to sit in the seats where the most honored people sit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_7","070_23_7","MAT","23","7","7","Also, they want people to greet them respectfully in the marketplaces and to honor them by calling them ‘Teacher’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_8","070_23_8","MAT","23","8","8","But you who are my disciples should not allow people to address you honorably as ‘Rabbi’, which means ‘teacher’. I am the only one who is really your teacher, which means that you are all equal, like brothers and sisters, and none of you should act superior to another, as the Pharisees do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_9","070_23_9","MAT","23","9","9","Do not honor anyone on earth by addressing him as ‘Father’, because God, your Father in heaven, is the only spiritual father of all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_10","070_23_10","MAT","23","10","10","Do not allow people to call you ‘Instructors’, because I, the Messiah, am the one instructor who teaches all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_11","070_23_11","MAT","23","11","11","In contrast, everyone among you who wants God to consider them to be important must serve others as servants do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_12","070_23_12","MAT","23","12","12","God will humble those who exalt themselves. And he will exalt those who humble themselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_13","070_23_13","MAT","23","13","14","Then Jesus said to the religious leaders, “You men who teach the Jewish laws and you Pharisees are hypocrites! There will be terrible punishment for you, because by teaching what is false, you prevent people MTY/HYP who are thinking about letting God rule their lives from doing that MET. What you are doing is like closing a gate MET so that people who are wanting to enter a city cannot go in. As for you, you do not let God rule your lives. Neither do you allow other people to let God rule their lives. What you do is like not going into a house yourselves, and not allowing others to enter it either MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_15","070_23_15","MAT","23","15","15","“You are hypocrites, you men who teach the Jewish laws and you Pharisees! Your punishment will be terrible, because you exert yourselves very much to get even one person to believe what you teach. For instance, you travel across seas and lands to distant places in order to do that. And as a result, when one person believes what you teach, you make that person much more deserving to go to hell than you yourselves deserve to.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_16","070_23_16","MAT","23","16","16","“You Jewish leaders, your punishment will be terrible! You are like people who are blind MET who are trying to lead others. You say, ‘In the case of those who promise to do something and then ask the Temple to affirm what they have promised, it means nothing if they do not do what they have promised. But if they ask the gold that is in the Temple to affirm what they have promised, they must do what they promised.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_17","070_23_17","MAT","23","17","17","You are fools, and you are like people who are blind MET! The gold that is in the Temple is important, but the Temple is even more important RHQ, because it is the Temple that the gold is in that sets the gold apart for a special use for God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_18","070_23_18","MAT","23","18","18","Also you say, ‘In the case of those who promise to do something and then ask the altar to affirm what they have promised, it means nothing if they do not do what they have promised. But if they ask the gift that they have put on the altar to support what they have promised, they must do what they promised.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_19","070_23_19","MAT","23","19","19","You are like people who are blind MET. The gift that is offered on the altar is important, but the altar is even more important RHQ because it is the altar on which the offering is offered that sets it apart for a special use for God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_20","070_23_20","MAT","23","20","20","So, those who promise to do something, and then ask the altar to affirm what they have promised are asking everything on the altar to support what they promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_21","070_23_21","MAT","23","21","21","Those who promise to do something, and then ask the Temple to affirm what they promised, are asking that God, to whom the Temple belongs, will affirm what they have promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_22","070_23_22","MAT","23","22","22","Those who promise to do something and then ask heaven to affirm what they promised are asking the throne of God and God, who sits on that throne, to affirm what they promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_23","070_23_23","MAT","23","23","23","“You men who teach the Jewish laws and you Pharisees, your punishment will be terrible! You are hypocrites because, even though you give to God a tenth of the herbs you produce, such as mint, dill, and cummin, you do not obey God’s laws that are more important. For example, you do not act justly toward others, you do not act mercifully toward people, and you are not trustworthy. It is good to give a tenth of your herbs to God, but you should also obey these other more important laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_24","070_23_24","MAT","23","24","24","You leaders are like blind people who are trying to lead others. According to your laws you say that touching gnats and camels makes you unacceptable to God. What you are doing is like straining a gnat out of a jar of water so that you do not swallow it and thereby become unacceptable to God, and at the same time swallowing a camel with the water MET!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_25","070_23_25","MAT","23","25","25","“You men who teach people the Jewish laws and you Pharisees, your punishment will be terrible! You are hypocrites! You are greedy and selfish, but you make yourselves appear holy. You are like cups and plates that have been cleaned on the outside, but on the inside they are very filthy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_26","070_23_26","MAT","23","26","26","You blind Pharisees! First you must stop being greedy and selfish. Then you will be able to do what is righteous. That will be like cleaning the inside of a cup first. Then when you clean MET the outside of the cup, the cup will truly be clean.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_27","070_23_27","MAT","23","27","27","“You men who teach the Jewish laws and you Pharisees, your punishment will be terrible! You are hypocrites! You are like tombs SIM that are painted white so that people can see them and avoid touching them. The outside surfaces are beautiful, but inside they are full of dead people’s bones and filth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_28","070_23_28","MAT","23","28","28","You are like those tombs. When people look at you, they think that you are righteous, but in your ◄inner beings/hearts► you are hypocrites and you disobey God’s commands.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_29","070_23_29","MAT","23","29","29","“You men who teach the Jewish laws and you Pharisees are hypocrites! Your punishment will be terrible! You rebuild the tombs of the prophets whom others killed long ago. You decorate the monuments that honor righteous people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_30","070_23_30","MAT","23","30","30","You say, ‘If we had lived when our ancestors MET lived, we would not have helped MET those who killed MTY the prophets.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_31","070_23_31","MAT","23","31","31","Thus you recognize that you should honor the prophets, but you disregard the word of God that other men whom God has sent teach you. In that way you testify against yourselves that you are descendants and disciples MET of those who killed the prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_32","070_23_32","MAT","23","32","32","You are as ready to murder people as MET your ancestors were! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_33","070_23_33","MAT","23","33","33","You people are so wicked You are as dangerous as poisonous snakes DOU, MET! ◄You foolishly think that you will escape being punished in hell!/Do you foolishly think that you will escape when God punishes wicked people in hell?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_34","070_23_34","MAT","23","34","34","Take note that this is why I will send prophets, wise men, and other men who will teach you my message. You will kill some of them by nailing them to crosses, and you will kill some in other ways. You will whip some of them in the places where you worship, and you will chase them from city to city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_35","070_23_35","MAT","23","35","35","As a result, God will consider that you are guilty for killing SYN all the righteous people, including killing MTY Adam’s son Abel, who was a righteous man SYN, and Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you are guilty of killing in the holy place between the Temple and the altar, and for killing all the prophets who lived between the times that those two men lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_36","070_23_36","MAT","23","36","36","Think about this: You people who have observed my ministry, it is you whom God will punish for killing all those prophets!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_37","070_23_37","MAT","23","37","37","“O people of Jerusalem MTY, APO, you killed the prophets who lived long ago, and you killed others whom God sent to you. You killed them by throwing stones at them DOU! Many times I wanted to gather you together to protect you, like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings MET. But you did not want me to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_38","070_23_38","MAT","23","38","38","So listen to this: Your city SYN will soon  become an uninhabited place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT23_39","070_23_39","MAT","23","39","39","Keep this in mind: You will see me again only when I return, and you say about me, ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority MTY.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_1","070_24_1","MAT","24","1","1","Jesus left the Temple courtyard. As he was walking along, we disciples came to him to ask him to note how beautiful the Temple buildings were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_2","070_24_2","MAT","24","2","2","He said to us, “These buildings that you are looking at RHQ are wonderful, but I want to tell you something about them. They will soon be completely destroyed {Foreign invaders will completely destroy them}. Every stone in these buildings will be thrown down {they will throw down every stone in these buildings}. Not one stone will be left {They will not leave one stone} on top of another stone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_3","070_24_3","MAT","24","3","3","Later, as Jesus was sitting alone on the slope of Olive Tree Hill, we disciples went to him and asked him, “When will this happen to the buildings of the Temple? Also, tell us what will happen to indicate that you are about to come again, and to indicate that this world is ending?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_4","070_24_4","MAT","24","4","4","Jesus replied, “All that I will say is, be sure that no one deceives you about what will happen ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_5","070_24_5","MAT","24","5","5","Many people will come and say ◄that I sent them/that they have my authority► MTY. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah’, and they will deceive many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_6","070_24_6","MAT","24","6","6","You will hear about wars that are close and wars that are far away, but do not let that trouble you. Keep in mind that God has said that those things must happen. But when they happen, it will not mean that the end of the world has come! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_7","070_24_7","MAT","24","7","7","Groups in various countries will fight each other, and various governments will also fight against each other. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_8","070_24_8","MAT","24","8","8","These things will happen first. Then there will be other things that will happen before I return. What will happen will be like the first pains  of childbirth MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_9","070_24_9","MAT","24","9","9","At that time people who oppose you will take you to the authorities, who will mistreat you and kill you. You will be hated by people who live in all nations PRS {People who live in all nations PRS will hate you} because you believe in me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_10","070_24_10","MAT","24","10","10","Also, many people will stop believing in me because of the way they will suffer. They will betray each other and will hate each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_11","070_24_11","MAT","24","11","11","Many will come saying that they are prophets, but they will be lying, and they will deceive many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_12","070_24_12","MAT","24","12","12","Because there will be more and more people who will disobey God’s laws PRS, many people will no longer MET love their fellow believers PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_13","070_24_13","MAT","24","13","13","But all those who keep on believing in me to the end of their lives will be saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_14","070_24_14","MAT","24","14","14","Furthermore, the good message about my ruling over people’s lives will be preached in every part of the world, in order that people of all ethnic groups may hear it. Then the end of the world will come.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_15","070_24_15","MAT","24","15","15","“But before the world ends, the disgusting person who will defile the holy Temple and cause people to abandon it will stand in the Temple. Daniel the prophet spoke and wrote about that long ago. May everyone who reads this pay attention to the following warning from me: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_16","070_24_16","MAT","24","16","16","When you see that happen in the Temple, those of you who are in Judea district must flee to the higher hills! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_17","070_24_17","MAT","24","17","17","Those who are outside their houses must not go back into their houses to get things before they flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_18","070_24_18","MAT","24","18","18","Those who are working in a field should not turn back to get their outer clothing before they flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_19","070_24_19","MAT","24","19","19","I feel very sorry for women who will be pregnant and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, because it will be very difficult for them to run away ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_20","070_24_20","MAT","24","20","20","Pray that you will not have to flee ◄in the winter/in the rainy season► when it will be hard to travel. People who think that God never allows anyone to do any work on our day of rest will not help you as you flee, so pray also that you will not have to flee on such a day, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_21","070_24_21","MAT","24","21","21","because people will suffer very severely when those things happen. People have never suffered that severely since God created the world until now, and no one will ever suffer like that again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_22","070_24_22","MAT","24","22","22","If God had not decided to shorten that time MTY when people will suffer so much, everyone LIT would die. But he has decided to shorten it because he is concerned about the people whom he has chosen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_23","070_24_23","MAT","24","23","24","“At that time people will appear who will falsely say that they are the Messiah or that they are prophets. They will perform many kinds ◄of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do►, in order to deceive people. They will even try to see if it is possible to deceive you people whom God has chosen. So, at that time, if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or if someone says, ‘Over there is the Messiah!’ do not believe it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_25","070_24_25","MAT","24","25","25","Do not forget that I have warned you about all this before it happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_26","070_24_26","MAT","24","26","26","So if someone says to you, ‘Look, the Messiah is in the desolate area!’ do not go there. Likewise, if someone says to you, ‘Look, he is in a secret room!’ do not believe that person, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_27","070_24_27","MAT","24","27","27","because just like lightning flashes from the east to the west and people everywhere can see it SIM, when I, the one who came from heaven, return again, everyone will see me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_28","070_24_28","MAT","24","28","28","When I return, it will be as obvious to everyone as the fact that wherever you see vultures gathering, you know that there will be an animal carcass MET there. (OR, Just like the vultures gather together wherever there is an animal carcass, God will punish sinful people wherever they are.)” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_29","070_24_29","MAT","24","29","29","“Immediately after many people have suffered during those days, the universe will become dark. The sun will become dark. The moon will not shine. The stars will fall from the sky. And the powerful objects in the sky will be shaken. (OR, And the spiritual beings in space will be deposed.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_30","070_24_30","MAT","24","30","30","After that, something will be seen {people will observe something} in the sky that indicates that I, the one who came from heaven, am returning to the earth. Then unbelieving people from all ethnic groups of the earth will mourn because they will be afraid of God punishing them. They will see me, the one who came from heaven, coming on the clouds with power and great glory as I return to the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_31","070_24_31","MAT","24","31","31","I will send my angels to the earth from everywhere in the heavens. They will be blowing trumpets loudly. Then from throughout the whole earth DOU they will gather the people whom I have chosen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_32","070_24_32","MAT","24","32","32","“Now I want you to learn something from this parable about how fig trees grow. In this area, when the buds of a fig tree become tender and its leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_33","070_24_33","MAT","24","33","33","Similarly, when you see all these things that I have just described happening, you will know that the time for me to return is very close MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_34","070_24_34","MAT","24","34","34","Keep this in mind: All of these events will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_35","070_24_35","MAT","24","35","35","You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and sky LIT will continue to exist.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_36","070_24_36","MAT","24","36","36","“But neither I, nor any other person, nor any angel in heaven, knows either the day or the hour when the things that I have told you about will happen. Only God, my Father, knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_37","070_24_37","MAT","24","37","39","It will be like what happened when Noah lived. Until the flood came, the people did not know that anything bad would happen to them. Before the flood waters covered the earth, the people were eating and drinking as usual. Some men were marrying women and some parents were giving their daughters to men to marry them. They were doing all this until the day that Noah and his family entered the big boat. And then the flood came and drowned all those who were not in the boat. Similarly, the unbelieving people will not know when I, the one who came from heaven, will return, and they will not be expecting me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_40","070_24_40","MAT","24","40","40","When I return, I will not take all people up to heaven. I will take only those who trust in me. For example, two people will be in the fields. One of them will be taken {I will take one of them} up to heaven and the other person will be left {and I will leave the other person} here to be punished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_41","070_24_41","MAT","24","41","41","Similarly, two women will be at the mill grinding grain. One of them will be taken up to heaven and the other will be left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_42","070_24_42","MAT","24","42","42","So, because you do not know what day I, your Lord, will return to the earth, you need to be ready for me to return at any time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_43","070_24_43","MAT","24","43","43","You know that if the owners of a house knew at what time in the night thieves would come, they would be awake and prevent the thieves from breaking into their houses. Similarly, I will come just like unexpectedly as a thief. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_44","070_24_44","MAT","24","44","44","So you need to be ready for my return, because I, the one who came from heaven, will return to the earth at a time when you do not expect me to come.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_45","070_24_45","MAT","24","45","45","“Think about what every faithful and wise servant is like RHQ. The house owner appoints one servant to supervise the other servants. He tells him to give them food at the proper times. Then he leaves on a long trip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_46","070_24_46","MAT","24","46","46","If that servant is doing that work when the house owner returns, the house owner will be very pleased with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_47","070_24_47","MAT","24","47","47","Think about this: The house owner will appoint that one servant to be the supervisor of all his possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_48","070_24_48","MAT","24","48","48","But a wicked servant might say to himself, ‘The owner has been away for a long time, so he probably will not return soon and find out what I am doing.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_49","070_24_49","MAT","24","49","49","So he will begin to beat the other servants and eat and get drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_50","070_24_50","MAT","24","50","50","Then the house owner will come back at a time when the servant does not expect him DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT24_51","070_24_51","MAT","24","51","51","He will punish that servant severely HYP, (OR, cut that servant into two pieces) and he will put him where ◄the hypocrites/the ones who only pretended to be good► are put. In that place the people cry and grind their teeth because they suffer very much.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_1","070_25_1","MAT","25","1","1","Jesus continued by saying, “I will tell you something else about the time when I return from heaven as king MET. What will happen to many people who say that they know me will be like what happened to ten virgins who took their lanterns and went to the place where they would meet a bridegroom and go to his wedding celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_2","070_25_2","MAT","25","2","2","Five of the virgins were foolish and five of them were wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_3","070_25_3","MAT","25","3","3","The virgins who were foolish took their lanterns, but they did not take any extra olive oil for the lantern. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_4","070_25_4","MAT","25","4","4","But the virgins who were wise took oil in their flasks as well as in their lanterns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_5","070_25_5","MAT","25","5","5","The bridegroom was delayed, and it became late at night. So all the virgins became sleepy and fell asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_6","070_25_6","MAT","25","6","6","In the middle of the night someone woke them up by shouting, ‘Hey! The bridegroom is arriving! Go outside and meet him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_7","070_25_7","MAT","25","7","7","So all the virgins got up and trimmed their lantern wicks so that they would burn properly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_8","070_25_8","MAT","25","8","8","The foolish virgins said to the wise ones, ‘Give us some of your olive oil, because our lanterns are about to go out!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_9","070_25_9","MAT","25","9","9","The wise virgins replied, ‘No, because there might not be enough oil for our lanterns and for yours. Go to a store and buy some for yourselves!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_10","070_25_10","MAT","25","10","10","But while the foolish virgins were going to buy some oil, the bridegroom arrived. So the wise virgins, who were ready, went with the bridegroom to the wedding hall where the bride was waiting. Then the door was closed {someone closed the door of that hall}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_11","070_25_11","MAT","25","11","11","Later, the rest of the virgins came to the hall and they called to the bridegroom, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_12","070_25_12","MAT","25","12","12","But he said to them, ‘The truth is that I do not know you, so I will not open the door for you!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_13","070_25_13","MAT","25","13","13","Then Jesus continued by saying, “So, in order that this will not happen to you, keep expecting that I will return, because you do not know when MTY it will be.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_14","070_25_14","MAT","25","14","14","“When I return from heaven as king, I will deal with those who say that they have been serving me like a man who was about to go on a long journey dealt with his servants. He called them together and gave them each some of his wealth to invest and gain more money for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_15","070_25_15","MAT","25","15","15","He gave them money according to their ability to take care of it. For example, he gave one servant 5,000 dollars, he gave another servant 2,000 dollars, and he gave another servant 1,000 dollars. Then he left on his journey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_16","070_25_16","MAT","25","16","16","The servant who had received 5,000 dollars went immediately and used that money to gain 5,000 dollars more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_17","070_25_17","MAT","25","17","17","Similarly, the servant who had received 2,000 dollars gained two thousand dollars more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_18","070_25_18","MAT","25","18","18","But the servant who had received one thousand dollars went and dug a hole in the ground and hid the money there to keep it safe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_19","070_25_19","MAT","25","19","19","After a long time the servants’ boss returned. He called them together to find out what they had done with his money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_20","070_25_20","MAT","25","20","20","The servant who had received 5,000 dollars brought two bags, each containing 5,000 dollars. He said, ‘Boss, you gave me 5,000 dollars to take care of. Look, I have gained 5,000 more!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_21","070_25_21","MAT","25","21","21","His boss replied, ‘You are a very good and faithful servant! You have done very well! You have faithfully handled a small amount of money, so I will put you in charge of a lot of things. Come and be happy with me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_22","070_25_22","MAT","25","22","22","The servant who had received 2,000 dollars also came and said, ‘Boss, you gave me 2,000 dollars to take care of. Look, I have gained 2,000 more!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_23","070_25_23","MAT","25","23","23","His boss replied, ‘You are a very good and faithful servant! You have done very well! You have faithfully handled a small amount of money, so I will put you in charge of a lot of things. Come and be happy with me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_24","070_25_24","MAT","25","24","24","Then the servant who had received 1,000 dollars came. He said, ‘Boss, I was afraid of you. I knew that you are a man who does not do foolish things with his money. You even take from others money that does not really belong to you, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even plant the seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_25","070_25_25","MAT","25","25","25","So because I was afraid of what you would do to me if I did not make a profit from my business, I went out and hid your 1,000 dollars in the ground to keep it safe. Here, this is the money that belongs to you!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_26","070_25_26","MAT","25","26","26","His boss replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! ◄You knew that I take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where I did not even plant the seeds!/Did you not know that I take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where I did not even plant the seeds?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_27","070_25_27","MAT","25","27","27","So then, you should have put my money on deposit in a bank, so that when I returned I would get it back with the interest it earned!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_28","070_25_28","MAT","25","28","28","Then the boss said to his other servants, ‘Take the 1,000 dollars from him, and give it to the servant who has the 10,000 dollars! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_29","070_25_29","MAT","25","29","29","To those who use well what they have received, God will give more, and they will have plenty. But from those who do not use well what they have received, even what they already have will be taken away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_30","070_25_30","MAT","25","30","30","Furthermore, throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where he will be with those who are wailing and gnashing their teeth because they are in much pain.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_31","070_25_31","MAT","25","31","31","“When I, the one who came from heaven, come again, I will be very radiant and bring all my angels with me. Then I will sit as a king on my wonderful throne to judge people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_32","070_25_32","MAT","25","32","32","People from all nations MTY will be gathered in front of me {The angels will gather in front of me people from all nations}. Then I will separate them, one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from his goats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_33","070_25_33","MAT","25","33","33","I will put the righteous people on my right and the unrighteous ones on my left, as a shepherd puts sheep on one side and goats on the other side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_34","070_25_34","MAT","25","34","34","Then I will say to those on my right, ‘You people who have been blessed by my Father {whom my Father has blessed}, come! From the time he created the world, he has been preparing to allow you to receive the blessings that he will give to all those who let him rule their lives. Now is the time for you to receive those blessings ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_35","070_25_35","MAT","25","35","35","They belong to you, because you gave me something to eat when I was hungry. (OR, They belong to you. It is as though you gave me something to eat when I was hungry.) You gave me something to drink when I was thirsty. When I was a stranger in your town, you invited me to stay in your houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_36","070_25_36","MAT","25","36","36","When I needed clothes MTY, you gave me some. When I was sick, you took care of me. When I was in prison, you came to visit me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_37","070_25_37","MAT","25","37","37","Then the righteous people will reply, ‘Lord, when were you hungry and we saw you and gave you something to eat? When were you thirsty and we gave you something to drink? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_38","070_25_38","MAT","25","38","38","When were you a stranger in our town and we invited you to stay in our houses? When did you need clothes and we gave you some? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_39","070_25_39","MAT","25","39","39","When were you sick or in prison and we went to visit you?’ We do not remember doing any of these things for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_40","070_25_40","MAT","25","40","40","I will reply, ‘The truth is that whatever you did for any one of your fellow believers, even an unimportant one, it was as though you did it for me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_41","070_25_41","MAT","25","41","41","Then I will say to those on my left, ‘You people who have been cursed by God {whom God has cursed}, leave me! Go into the eternal fire that God has prepared for ◄the devil/Satan► and his angels! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_42","070_25_42","MAT","25","42","42","It is right for you to go there, because you did not give me anything to eat when I was hungry. You did not give me anything to drink when I was thirsty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_43","070_25_43","MAT","25","43","43","You did not invite me into your homes when I was a stranger in your town. You did not give me any clothes when I needed them MTY. You did not take care of me when I was sick or in prison.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_44","070_25_44","MAT","25","44","44","They will answer, ‘Lord, when were you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and we did not help you?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_45","070_25_45","MAT","25","45","45","I will reply, ‘The truth is that whenever you did not do anything to help any one of my people, even if they were unimportant people, it was as though you did not do anything to help me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT25_46","070_25_46","MAT","25","46","46","Then those people on my left will go away to the place where they will be punished {God will punish them} eternally, but the righteous people will go to where they will live forever with God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_1","070_26_1","MAT","26","1","1","When Jesus had finished saying all those things, he said to us disciples, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_2","070_26_2","MAT","26","2","2","“You know that two days from now we will celebrate the Passover festival. At that time I, the one who came from heaven, will be handed over to {they will put me, the one who came from heaven, into the hands of} those who will nail me to a cross.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_3","070_26_3","MAT","26","3","3","At the same time the chief priests and the Jewish elders gathered in the home of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_4","070_26_4","MAT","26","4","4","There they plotted how they could seize Jesus in some deceitful way so that they could have him executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_5","070_26_5","MAT","26","5","5","But they said, “We must not do it during the Passover festival, because if we do it then, the people might riot.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_6","070_26_6","MAT","26","6","6","While Jesus and we were in Bethany village in the home of Simon, whom Jesus had healed of leprosy, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_7","070_26_7","MAT","26","7","7","a woman came to him. She was carrying a stone jar containing very expensive perfume. To show how much she appreciated Jesus, she poured the perfume on his head as he was eating. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_8","070_26_8","MAT","26","8","8","When we disciples saw that, some of us were angry. One of us said, “◄It is terrible that this perfume was wasted!/Why was this perfume wasted?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_9","070_26_9","MAT","26","9","9","We could have sold it and gotten a lot of money for it! Then the money could have been given {we could have given the money} to poor people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_10","070_26_10","MAT","26","10","10","Jesus knew what we were saying. So he said to us, “◄You should not be bothering this woman!/Why are you bothering this woman?► RHQ She has done a beautiful thing to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_11","070_26_11","MAT","26","11","11","Keep in mind that you will always have poor people among you, so you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not always be with you, so it is good for her to show now that she appreciates me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_12","070_26_12","MAT","26","12","12","When she poured this perfume on my body, it was as if she knew that I am going to die soon. And it is as if she has anointed my body for being buried. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_13","070_26_13","MAT","26","13","13","I will tell you this: Wherever this good message about me is preached {people preach this good message about me} throughout the world, those who preach it will tell what this woman has done, and as a result people will always remember her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_14","070_26_14","MAT","26","14","14","Then Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), even though he was one of us twelve disciples, went to the chief priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_15","070_26_15","MAT","26","15","15","He asked them, “If I enable you to seize Jesus, how much money are you willing to give me?” They agreed to give him 30 silver coins. So they counted out the coins and gave them to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_16","070_26_16","MAT","26","16","16","From that time Judas watched for an opportunity to enable them to seize Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_17","070_26_17","MAT","26","17","17","On the first day of the week-long festival ◄when we Jews ate bread which had no yeast in it/of Unleavened Bread►, we disciples went to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to prepare the meal for the Passover celebration so that we can eat it with you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_18","070_26_18","MAT","26","18","18","In reply, he gave instructions to two disciples about where they should go. He said to them, “Go into the city to a man with whom I have previously arranged this. Tell him that the teacher says, ‘The time MTY that I told you about is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover meal with my disciples at your house, and I have sent these two to prepare the meal.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_19","070_26_19","MAT","26","19","19","So the two disciples did as Jesus told them. They went and prepared the Passover meal in that man’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_20","070_26_20","MAT","26","20","20","When it was evening, Jesus was eating the meal with us twelve disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_21","070_26_21","MAT","26","21","21","While we were eating, he said to us, “Listen carefully to this: One of you is going to enable my enemies to seize me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_22","070_26_22","MAT","26","22","22","We were very sad. We began to say to him, one after the other, “Lord, ◄it is surely not I!/I’m not the one, am I?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_23","070_26_23","MAT","26","23","23","He replied, “The one who will enable my enemies to seize me is one of you who is dipping bread MTY into the sauce in the dish along with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_24","070_26_24","MAT","26","24","24","It is certain that I, the one who came from heaven, will die, because that is what has been written {the prophets have written} about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who enables my enemies to seize me! It would be better for that man if he had never been born!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_25","070_26_25","MAT","26","25","25","Then Judas, the one who was going to betray him, said, “Teacher, ◄surely it is not I!/I’m not the one, am I?► RHQ” Jesus replied, “Yes, you are the one.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_26","070_26_26","MAT","26","26","26","While we were eating, Jesus took a small loaf of bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces and gave it to us disciples, and said, “Take this bread and eat it. It represents my body.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_27","070_26_27","MAT","26","27","27","Later he took a cup of wine and thanked God for it. Then he gave it to us, saying, “Drink some of the wine in this cup, all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_28","070_26_28","MAT","26","28","28","The wine in this cup represents my blood, which will soon flow from my body. With my blood I will sign the new agreement that God is making to forgive the sins of many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_29","070_26_29","MAT","26","29","29","Note this carefully: I will not drink wine in this way any more until the time when I drink it with you with a new meaning. That will happen when my Father enables me to begin to rule as king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_30","070_26_30","MAT","26","30","30","After we sang a hymn, we started out towards Olive Tree Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_31","070_26_31","MAT","26","31","31","On the way, Jesus told us, “This night all of you will desert me because of what will happen to me! This is certain to happen because these words that God said are written in the Scriptures: ‘I will cause the shepherd to be killed, and all the sheep will be scattered {scatter}.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_32","070_26_32","MAT","26","32","32","But after I have died and become alive again, I will go ahead of you to Galilee district and meet you there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_33","070_26_33","MAT","26","33","33","Peter replied, “Perhaps all the other disciples will desert you when they see what happens to you, but I certainly will never leave you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_34","070_26_34","MAT","26","34","34","Jesus replied to him, “The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_35","070_26_35","MAT","26","35","35","Peter said to him, “Even if they kill me while I am defending you, I will never say that I do not know you!” All the rest of us disciples also said the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_36","070_26_36","MAT","26","36","36","Then Jesus went with us to a place that is called {that people call} Gethsemane. There he said to most of us, “Stay here while I go over there and pray.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_37","070_26_37","MAT","26","37","37","He took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely distressed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_38","070_26_38","MAT","26","38","38","Then he said to them, “I SYN am very sorrowful, so much so that I feel as if I were about to die! Remain here and stay awake with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_39","070_26_39","MAT","26","39","39","After going a little further, he threw himself face down on the ground. He prayed, “My Father, if it is possible MTY, do not make me have to endure the suffering that is coming now. But do not do as I want. Instead, do as you want!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_40","070_26_40","MAT","26","40","40","Then he returned to the three disciples and saw that they were sleeping. He woke Peter and said to him, “◄I am disappointed that you men fell asleep and were not able to stay awake with me for just a short time!/Why were you men not able to stay awake with me for just one hour?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_41","070_26_41","MAT","26","41","41","You must keep alert and pray so that you can resist when you are tempted {something tempts you}. You want to do what I tell you, but you SYN are not strong enough to actually do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_42","070_26_42","MAT","26","42","42","He went away a second time. He prayed, “My Father, if it is necessary for me to suffer LIT, may what you want happen!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_43","070_26_43","MAT","26","43","43","When he returned to the three disciples, he saw that they were asleep again. They could not keep their eyes open IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_44","070_26_44","MAT","26","44","44","So he left them and went away again. He prayed the third time, saying the same thing that he had prayed before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_45","070_26_45","MAT","26","45","45","Then he returned to us disciples. He woke us up and said to us, “◄I am disappointed that you are still sleeping and resting!/Why are you still sleeping and resting?► RHQ Look Someone is about to enable sinful men to seize me, the one who came from heaven! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_46","070_26_46","MAT","26","46","46","Get up! Let’s go to meet them Here comes the one who is enabling them to seize me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_47","070_26_47","MAT","26","47","47","While Jesus was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of us twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him. A large crowd carrying swords and clubs was with him. They had been sent by the chief priests and elders {the chief priests and Jewish elders had sent them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_48","070_26_48","MAT","26","48","48","Judas had previously arranged to give them a signal, saying, “The man whom I will kiss is the one you want. Seize him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_49","070_26_49","MAT","26","49","49","He immediately went to Jesus and said, “Greetings, Teacher!” Then he kissed Jesus on the neck/cheek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_50","070_26_50","MAT","26","50","50","Jesus replied, “Friend, is it to kiss me that you are here?” (OR, “Do what you have come for!”) Then the men who came with Judas stepped forward and seized Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_51","070_26_51","MAT","26","51","51","Suddenly, one of the men who was with Jesus pulled his sword out of its sheath. He struck the servant of the high priest to kill him, but only cut off his ear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_52","070_26_52","MAT","26","52","52","Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back in its sheath! All those who try to kill others with a sword will themselves be killed with a sword! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_53","070_26_53","MAT","26","53","53","Do you think that RHQ if I asked my Father, he would not immediately send more than ◄twelve armies of/72,000► angels to help me? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_54","070_26_54","MAT","26","54","54","But if I did that, what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about what will happen to the Messiah would not be fulfilled {happen} RHQ.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_55","070_26_55","MAT","26","55","55","At that time Jesus said to the crowd that was seizing him, “◄It is ridiculous that you have come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit!/Have you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit?► RHQ Day after day I sat in the Temple courtyard, teaching the people. Why did you not arrest me then? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_56","070_26_56","MAT","26","56","56","But all this is happening to fulfill what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about me.” Then all of us disciples deserted Jesus and ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_57","070_26_57","MAT","26","57","57","The men who had seized Jesus took him to the house where Caiaphas, the high priest, lived. The men who taught the Jewish laws and the Jewish elders had already gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_58","070_26_58","MAT","26","58","58","Peter followed Jesus at a distance. He came to the high priest’s courtyard. He entered the courtyard and sat down with the guards to see what would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_59","070_26_59","MAT","26","59","59","The chief priests and the rest of the Jewish Council were trying to find people who would tell lies about Jesus so that they could convince the Roman authorities to execute him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_60","070_26_60","MAT","26","60","60","But even though many people spoke lies about him, they did not find anyone who said anything that was useful. Finally two men came forward ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_61","070_26_61","MAT","26","61","61","and said, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy God’s Temple and to rebuild it within three days.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_62","070_26_62","MAT","26","62","62","Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to reply? What do you say about these things that they are saying to accuse you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_63","070_26_63","MAT","26","63","63","But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, “I command you to tell us the truth, knowing that the all-powerful God is listening to you: Are you the Messiah, ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_64","070_26_64","MAT","26","64","64","Jesus replied, “Yes, it is as you say. But I will also say this to all of you: Some day you will see me, the one who came from heaven, sitting beside MTY Almighty God, and ruling. You will also see me coming on the clouds from heaven!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_65","070_26_65","MAT","26","65","65","Then the high priest tore his outer garment. That was the custom to show that he was shocked to hear Jesus say that he was equal to God. Then he said, “This man has insulted God! He claims to be equal with God! ◄We certainly do not need anyone else to testify against this man!/Why should we seek any more people who will testify against this man?► RHQ You heard what he said! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_66","070_26_66","MAT","26","66","66","What have you decided?” The Jewish leaders replied, “According to our laws, he is guilty and deserves to be executed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_67","070_26_67","MAT","26","67","67","Then some of them spat in his face. Others struck him with their fists. Others, after they blindfolded him, slapped him ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_68","070_26_68","MAT","26","68","68","and said, “Since you claim that IRO you are the Messiah, tell us who hit you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_69","070_26_69","MAT","26","69","69","Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came up to him and looked at him. She said, “You also were with Jesus, that man from Galilee district!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_70","070_26_70","MAT","26","70","70","But while everyone there was listening, he denied it. He said, “I do not know what you are talking about!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_71","070_26_71","MAT","26","71","71","Then he went out to the gateway of the courtyard. Another servant girl saw him and said to the people who were standing nearby, “This man was with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_72","070_26_72","MAT","26","72","72","But Peter again denied it. He said, “May God punish me if I am lying! I tell you, I do not even know that man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_73","070_26_73","MAT","26","73","73","After a little while, one of the people who were standing there approached Peter and said to him, “It is certain that you are one of those who were with that man. We can tell from your accent that you are from Galilee.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_74","070_26_74","MAT","26","74","74","Then Peter began to proclaim loudly that God should curse him if he was lying. He asked God in heaven to witness that he was telling the truth and said, “I do not know that man!” Immediately a rooster crowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT26_75","070_26_75","MAT","26","75","75","Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had spoken to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me.” And Peter went out of the courtyard, crying because he was very sad about what he had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_1","070_27_1","MAT","27","1","1","Very early the next morning all the chief priests and Jewish elders decided how to arrange for the Romans to execute Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_2","070_27_2","MAT","27","2","2","They tied his hands and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_3","070_27_3","MAT","27","3","3","When Judas, the one who had ◄betrayed/enabled Jesus’ enemies to seize► him, realized that they had decided to have Jesus executed, he was very sorry about what he had done. He took the 30 coins back to the chief priests and elders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_4","070_27_4","MAT","27","4","4","He said, “I have sinned. I have ◄betrayed/enabled you to seize► a man who ◄is innocent/has not done anything wrong►.” They replied, “◄That means nothing to us!/What does that mean to us?► RHQ That is your problem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_5","070_27_5","MAT","27","5","5","So Judas took the money and threw it inside the Temple. Then he went away and hanged himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_6","070_27_6","MAT","27","6","6","Later the high priests found the coins. They picked them up and said, “This is money that we paid to have a man killed MTY, and our law does not allow such money to be put {us to put such money} into the Temple treasury.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_7","070_27_7","MAT","27","7","7","So they decided to use that money to buy the field where clay was dug for making pots {men dug ground for making pots}. They made that field a place where they buried strangers who died in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_8","070_27_8","MAT","27","8","8","That is why that place is still called {why they still call that place} ‘The field of blood’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_9","070_27_9","MAT","27","9","9","By buying that field, they fulfilled these words that the prophet Jeremiah wrote long ago: They took the 30 silver coins; That was what the leaders of Israel decided that he was worth; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_10","070_27_10","MAT","27","10","10","and with that money they bought the field where clay was dug for potters. They did that as the Lord had commanded me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_11","070_27_11","MAT","27","11","11","Jesus stood in front of Pilate, the governor. The governor asked Jesus, “Do you claim to be the king of the Jews?” Jesus replied, “It is as you have just said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_12","070_27_12","MAT","27","12","12","When he was accused by the chief priests and elders {When the chief priests and elders accused him} about various things, he did not answer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_13","070_27_13","MAT","27","13","13","So Pilate said to him, “You hear how many things they are saying to accuse you; are you not going to reply?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_14","070_27_14","MAT","27","14","14","But even though he was not guilty, Jesus did not say anything. He did not reply to any of the things about which they were accusing him. As a result, the governor was very surprised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_15","070_27_15","MAT","27","15","15","It was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one person who was in prison. He released whichever prisoner the people wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_16","070_27_16","MAT","27","16","16","At that time there was in Jerusalem a well-known prisoner whose name was Barabbas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_17","070_27_17","MAT","27","17","17","So when the crowd gathered, Pilate asked them, “Which prisoner would you like me to release for you: Barabbas, or Jesus, whom some of you claim to be the Messiah?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_18","070_27_18","MAT","27","18","18","He asked that question because he realized that the chief priests wanted to have Jesus executed. They had brought Jesus to him only because they were jealous of Jesus. And Pilate thought that the crowd would prefer that he release Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_19","070_27_19","MAT","27","19","19","While Pilate was sitting on the platform where he made judicial decisions, his wife sent him this message: “Early this morning I had a bad dream because of that man. So do not condemn that righteous man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_20","070_27_20","MAT","27","20","20","But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd to ask Pilate to release Barabbas, and to order that Jesus be executed {that his soldiers execute Jesus}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_21","070_27_21","MAT","27","21","21","So when the governor asked them, “Which of the two men do you want me to release for you?” They replied, “Barabbas!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_22","070_27_22","MAT","27","22","22","Pilate, very astonished, asked, “So what shall I do with Jesus who some of you say is the Messiah?” They all answered, “Command that he be crucified! {Command your soldiers ◄to crucify him/to nail him to a cross►}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_23","070_27_23","MAT","27","23","23","Pilate replied, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “Have him crucified {Command that your soldiers crucify him}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_24","070_27_24","MAT","27","24","24","Pilate realized that he was accomplishing nothing. He saw that instead, the people were starting to riot. So he took a basin of water and washed his hands as the crowd was watching. He said, “By washing my hands I am showing you that if this man dies MTY, it is your fault, not mine!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_25","070_27_25","MAT","27","25","25","And all the people answered, “The guilt for causing him to die MTY will be on us, and it will be on our children, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_26","070_27_26","MAT","27","26","26","Then he ordered the soldiers to release Barabbas for them. But he ordered that his soldiers flog Jesus. And then he turned Jesus over to the soldiers for them ◄to nail Jesus to a cross/to crucify him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_27","070_27_27","MAT","27","27","27","Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the government headquarters. The whole ◄cohort/group of soldiers► gathered around him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_28","070_27_28","MAT","27","28","28","They pulled off his clothes, and pretending he was a king, they put a purple robe on him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_29","070_27_29","MAT","27","29","29","They took some branches with thorns and wove them to make a crown and put it on his head. They put in his right hand a reed like a staff that a king would hold. Then they knelt in front of him and made fun of him, saying, “Hooray for the king of the Jews IRO!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_30","070_27_30","MAT","27","30","30","They kept spitting on him. They took the staff and kept striking him on the head with it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_31","070_27_31","MAT","27","31","31","When they had finished ridiculing him, they pulled off the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to the place where they would nail him to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_32","070_27_32","MAT","27","32","32","After Jesus carried his cross a short distance, the soldiers saw a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene city. They forced him to carry the cross for Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_33","070_27_33","MAT","27","33","33","They came to a place called Golgotha. That name means ‘the place like a skull’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_34","070_27_34","MAT","27","34","34","When they got there, they mixed with wine something that tasted very bitter. They gave it to Jesus to drink so that he would not feel so much pain when they nailed him on the cross. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it. Some soldiers took his clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_35","070_27_35","MAT","27","35","35","Then they nailed him to the cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling with something like dice to decide which piece of clothing each one would get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_36","070_27_36","MAT","27","36","36","Then the soldiers sat down there to guard him, to prevent anyone from trying to rescue him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_37","070_27_37","MAT","27","37","37","They fastened to the cross above Jesus’ head a sign on which had been {they had} written why they were nailing him to the cross. But all it said was, ‘This is Jesus, the King of the Jews’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_38","070_27_38","MAT","27","38","38","Two bandits were also nailed {They also nailed two bandits} on crosses. One was nailed to a cross on the right side of Jesus and one to a cross on the left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_39","070_27_39","MAT","27","39","39","The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads as if he were an evil man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_40","070_27_40","MAT","27","40","40","They said, “You said you would destroy the Temple, and then you would build it again within three days! So if you could do that, you should be able to save yourself! If you are the man who is also God (OR, If you are the Son of God), come down from the cross!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_41","070_27_41","MAT","27","41","41","Similarly, the chief priests, the men who taught the Jewish laws and the elders made fun of him. Various ones of them said things like, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_42","070_27_42","MAT","27","42","42","“He claims that he saved others IRO from their sicknesses, but he cannot help himself!” “He says that he is IRO the King of Israel. So he should come down from the cross. Then we would believe him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_43","070_27_43","MAT","27","43","43","“He says that he trusts in God, and that he is the man who is also God. So if God is pleased with him, God should rescue him now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_44","070_27_44","MAT","27","44","44","And the two bandits who had been crucified with him also insulted him, saying similar things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_45","070_27_45","MAT","27","45","45","At noon it became dark over the whole land. It stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_46","070_27_46","MAT","27","46","46","At about three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” That means, ‘My God, my God, why have you deserted me?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_47","070_27_47","MAT","27","47","47","When some of the people standing there heard the word ‘Eli’, misunderstanding it, they said, “He is calling for the prophet Elijah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_48","070_27_48","MAT","27","48","48","Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with sour wine. Then he put the sponge on the tip of a reed and held it up in order that Jesus could suck out the wine that was in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_49","070_27_49","MAT","27","49","49","But the other people there said, “Wait! Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_50","070_27_50","MAT","27","50","50","Then after Jesus shouted out loudly again, he died, giving his spirit over to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_51","070_27_51","MAT","27","51","51","At that moment the heavy thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the Temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God. The earth shook, and some large rocks split open. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_52","070_27_52","MAT","27","52","52","Some tombs opened up, and the bodies of many godly people who had died became alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_53","070_27_53","MAT","27","53","53","They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus became alive again, they went into Jerusalem and appeared to many people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_54","070_27_54","MAT","27","54","54","The officer who supervised the soldiers who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing nearby. His soldiers who had been on guard so that no one would rescue Jesus were also there. When they felt the earthquake and saw all the other things that happened, they were terrified. They exclaimed, “Truly he was both man and God! (OR, a Son of God).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_55","070_27_55","MAT","27","55","55","Many women were there, watching from a distance. They were women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee district in order to provide the things he needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_56","070_27_56","MAT","27","56","56","Among these women were Mary from Magdala town, another Mary who was the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of James and John. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_57","070_27_57","MAT","27","57","57","When it was almost evening, a rich man named Joseph came there. He was from Arimathea town. He also was a disciple of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_58","070_27_58","MAT","27","58","58","He then went to Pilate and asked Pilate to allow him to take the body of Jesus and bury it. Pilate ordered that he be allowed to {his soldiers let Joseph} take the body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_59","070_27_59","MAT","27","59","59","So Joseph and others took the body and wrapped it in a clean white cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_60","070_27_60","MAT","27","60","60","Then they placed it in Joseph’s own new tomb that had been dug out of the rock cliff. They rolled a huge circular flat stone in front of the entrance to the tomb. Then they left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_61","070_27_61","MAT","27","61","61","Mary from Magdala and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb, watching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_62","070_27_62","MAT","27","62","62","The next day was Saturday, the Jewish day of rest. The chief priests and some of the Pharisees went to Pilate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_63","070_27_63","MAT","27","63","63","They said, “Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive, he said, ‘Three days after I die I will become alive again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_64","070_27_64","MAT","27","64","64","So we ask you to order that the tomb be guarded {that soldiers guard the tomb} for three days. If you do not do that, his disciples may come and steal the body. Then they will tell people that he has risen from the dead. If they deceive people by saying that, it will be worse than the way he deceived people before by saying that he was the Messiah.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_65","070_27_65","MAT","27","65","65","Pilate replied, “You can take some soldiers. Go to the tomb and make it as secure as you know how.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT27_66","070_27_66","MAT","27","66","66","So they went and made the tomb secure by fastening a cord from the stone that was in front of the entrance to the rock cliff on each side and sealing it. They also left some soldiers there to guard the tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_1","070_28_1","MAT","28","1","1","After ◄the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest► ended, on Sunday morning at dawn, Mary from Magdala and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_2","070_28_2","MAT","28","2","2","Suddenly there was a strong earthquake. At the same time an angel from God came down from heaven. He went to the tomb and rolled the stone away from the entrance so that everyone could see that the tomb was empty. Then he sat on the stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_3","070_28_3","MAT","28","3","3","His appearance was as bright SIM as lightning, and his clothes were as white as snow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_4","070_28_4","MAT","28","4","4","The guards shook because they were very afraid. Then they became completely motionless, as though they were dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_5","070_28_5","MAT","28","5","5","The angel said to the two women, “You should not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was {whom they} ◄nailed to a cross/crucified►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_6","070_28_6","MAT","28","6","6","He is not here! God has ◄caused him to be alive again/raised him from the dead►, just like Jesus told you would happen! Come and see the place where his body lay! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_7","070_28_7","MAT","28","7","7","Then go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead! He will go ahead of you to Galilee district. You will see him there.’ Pay attention to what I have told you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_8","070_28_8","MAT","28","8","8","So the women left the tomb quickly. They were afraid, but they were also very joyful. They ran to tell us disciples what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_9","070_28_9","MAT","28","9","9","Suddenly, as they were running, Jesus appeared to them. He said, “Greetings!” The women came close to him. They knelt down and clasped his feet and worshipped him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_10","070_28_10","MAT","28","10","10","Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid! Go and tell ◄all my disciples/all those who have been accompanying me► that they should go to Galilee. They will see me there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_11","070_28_11","MAT","28","11","11","While the women were going, some of the soldiers who had been guarding the tomb went into the city. They reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_12","070_28_12","MAT","28","12","12","So the chief priests and Jewish elders met together. They made a plan to explain why the tomb was empty. They gave the soldiers a lot of money as a bribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_13","070_28_13","MAT","28","13","13","They said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole his body while we were sleeping.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_14","070_28_14","MAT","28","14","14","If the governor hears MTY about this, we ourselves will make sure that he does not get angry and punish you. So you will not have to worry.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_15","070_28_15","MAT","28","15","15","So the soldiers took the money and did as they were told {as the chief priests and elders told them}. And this story has been told {People have told this story} among the Jews to the very day that I am writing this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_16","070_28_16","MAT","28","16","16","Later we eleven disciples went to Galilee district. We went to the mountain where Jesus had told us to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_17","070_28_17","MAT","28","17","17","We saw him there and worshipped him. But some of us doubted that it was really Jesus, and that he had become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_18","070_28_18","MAT","28","18","18","Then Jesus came close to us and said, “My Father has given me all authority over everything and everyone in heaven and on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_19","070_28_19","MAT","28","19","19","So go, and using my authority, teach my message to people of all ethnic groups so that they may become my disciples. Baptize them to be under the authority of MTY my Father, and of me, his Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MT28_20","070_28_20","MAT","28","20","20","Teach them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember that by the Spirit I will be with you always, until the end of this age.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_1","071_1_1","MRK","1","1","2","◄This is/I want to tell you► the good message about Jesus Christ, the Son of God (OR, the man who was also God). What I want to tell you begins just like the prophet Isaiah said it would begin, when he wrote these words that God said to Jesus: Listen! I am sending my messenger ahead of you. He will prepare people for your coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_3","071_1_3","MRK","1","3","3","He will call out to people who pass by where he is in the desolate area, “As people improve and straighten out pathways before an important official arrives MET, make yourselves ready DOU in order that you will be prepared when the Lord comes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_4","071_1_4","MRK","1","4","4","The messenger that Isaiah predicted was John. People called him ‘The Baptizer’. In the desolate area near the Jordan River he kept telling people, “If you want God to forgive you for having sinned, you must turn away from your sinful behavior before you ask me to baptize you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_5","071_1_5","MRK","1","5","5","A great number HYP of people who lived in Jerusalem city and elsewhere in the Judea district were going out to where John was. There, after hearing John’s message, they responded by confessing the sinful things that they had done. Then they were being baptized by John {John was baptizing them} in the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_6","071_1_6","MRK","1","6","6","John wore rough clothes made of camel’s hair. And as the prophet Elijah had done, he wore a leather belt around his waist; and what he ate was only grasshoppers and honey that he found in that desolate area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_7","071_1_7","MRK","1","7","7","He was preaching, “Very shortly a man will come who is very great. I am nothing compared to him. Because he is so superior to me, I am not even worthy to serve him like a slave by stooping down and untying his sandals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_8","071_1_8","MRK","1","8","8","I used only water when I baptized you because you said that you wanted to change your lives, but he will put his Holy Spirit within you to truly change your lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_9","071_1_9","MRK","1","9","9","During that time when John was preaching, Jesus came from Nazareth town, which is in Galilee district. He went to where John was preaching and he was baptized by John {John baptized him} in the Jordan River. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_10","071_1_10","MRK","1","10","10","Immediately after Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven opened up and he saw the Spirit of God descending on himself. He came in the form of a dove. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_11","071_1_11","MRK","1","11","11","And God MTY spoke to him from heaven saying, “You are my Son, whom I love dearly. I am very pleased with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_12","071_1_12","MRK","1","12","12","◄Then/Right away► the Spirit of God sent Jesus into the desolate area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_13","071_1_13","MRK","1","13","13","He was there for 40 days. During that time, he was tempted by Satan {Satan tempted him}. There were wild animals there also. But angels took care of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_14","071_1_14","MRK","1","14","14","Later, after John was put in prison {after soldiers put John in prison} because he had rebuked the governor Herod Antipas for his sins, Jesus went to Galilee district. There he was preaching the good message that came from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_15","071_1_15","MRK","1","15","15","He was repeatedly saying, “Now is the time when God will begin to rule people’s lives in a new way. So turn away from your sinful behavior! Believe the good message in order ◄to belong to him/to become those whose lives he will rule►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_16","071_1_16","MRK","1","16","16","One day, while Jesus was walking along by Galilee Lake, he saw two men, Simon and Simon’s younger brother, Andrew. They were casting their fishing net into the lake. They earned money by catching and selling fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_17","071_1_17","MRK","1","17","17","Then Jesus said to them, “Just like you have been gathering fish, come with me and I will teach you how to gather people to become my disciples” MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_18","071_1_18","MRK","1","18","18","Immediately they abandoned the work that they were doing with their nets, and they went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_19","071_1_19","MRK","1","19","19","After they had gone on a little further, Jesus saw two other men, James and James’ younger brother, John. They were the sons of a man named Zebedee. They were both in a boat mending fishing nets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_20","071_1_20","MRK","1","20","20","As soon as Jesus saw them, he told them that they should leave their work and to come with him. So they left their father, who remained in the boat with the hired servants, and they went away with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_21","071_1_21","MRK","1","21","21","Later Jesus and those disciples arrived at Capernaum town. On the next ◄Sabbath/Jewish rest day►, after Jesus had entered ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place►, he began teaching the people who had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_22","071_1_22","MRK","1","22","22","They were continually amazed at the way he taught. He did not just teach what others had taught, like the men who teach the Jewish laws did. They habitually just repeated what other people had taught. Instead, he taught with his own authority. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_23","071_1_23","MRK","1","23","23","Suddenly, while he was teaching, a man appeared in their worship place who had an evil spirit in him, and he shouted, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_24","071_1_24","MRK","1","24","24","“Jesus, from Nazareth town, since we evil spirits have nothing in common with you, ◄do not interfere with us!/what do you want with us evil spirits?► RHQ ◄Do not destroy us now!/Have you come to destroy us now?► RHQ I know who you are. I know that you are the holy one who has come from God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_25","071_1_25","MRK","1","25","25","Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “Be quiet! And come out of the man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_26","071_1_26","MRK","1","26","26","The evil spirit shook the man hard. He screamed loudly, and then he came out of the man and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_27","071_1_27","MRK","1","27","27","All the people who were there were amazed. As a result, they discussed this among themselves, exclaiming, “◄This is amazing!/What is this?► RHQ Not only does he teach in a new and authoritative way, but also the evil spirits obey him when he commands them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_28","071_1_28","MRK","1","28","28","The people very soon told many others throughout the whole Galilee district what Jesus had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_29","071_1_29","MRK","1","29","29","After they left ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place►, Jesus, Simon and Andrew, along with James and John went directly to Simon and Andrew’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_30","071_1_30","MRK","1","30","30","Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed because she had a high fever. Right away someone told Jesus about her being sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_31","071_1_31","MRK","1","31","31","He went to her, and helped her up by taking hold of her hand. She recovered at once from the fever, and then she got up and served them some food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_32","071_1_32","MRK","1","32","32","That evening, after the sun had gone down and restrictions about travel on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► were ended, some people brought to Jesus many people who were sick and others whose lives evil spirits were controlling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_33","071_1_33","MRK","1","33","33","It seemed as though everyone HYP, MTY who lived in the town was gathered at the doorway of Simon’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_34","071_1_34","MRK","1","34","34","Jesus healed many people who were ill with various diseases. He also expelled many demons from people. He did not allow the demons to tell people about him, because they knew that he had come from God, and for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_35","071_1_35","MRK","1","35","35","Jesus got up very early the next morning while it was still dark. He left the house and went away from the town to a place where there were no people. Then he prayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_36","071_1_36","MRK","1","36","36","Simon and his companions searched for him. When they found him, wanting him to go back to town to help other people, they said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_37","071_1_37","MRK","1","37","37","“Come back to the town with us, because many HYP people in Capernaum are looking for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_38","071_1_38","MRK","1","38","38","He said to them, “No, let’s go on to the neighboring towns in order that I can preach there also, because the reason that I came into the world was to preach to people in many places!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_39","071_1_39","MRK","1","39","39","So they went throughout Galilee district. As they did so, each ◄Sabbath/Jewish rest day► he preached in ◄synagogues/Jewish meeting places►. He was also expelling evil spirits from people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_40","071_1_40","MRK","1","40","40","One day a man who had a bad skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus. He knelt down in front of Jesus and then he pleaded with him saying, “Please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you want to!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_41","071_1_41","MRK","1","41","41","Jesus felt very sorry for him. So he ignored the religious laws about coming close to people who had that disease. He reached out his hand and touched the man. Then he said to him, “Since I am willing to heal you, be healed {I heal you} now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_42","071_1_42","MRK","1","42","42","Immediately the man was healed! He was no longer a leper! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_43","071_1_43","MRK","1","43","43","Jesus spoke sternly to him before he sent him away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_44","071_1_44","MRK","1","44","44","What Jesus said was, “Go to a local priest and show yourself to him in order that he may examine you and verify that you are healed. Then, after the priest tells the local people, they will know that you have been healed, and you will be able to associate with them again. Make sure that you do not tell others about what happened Then go to Jerusalem and take to the priest what Moses commanded that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer, in order that he may offer it as a sacrifice to God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK1_45","071_1_45","MRK","1","45","45","The man went and presented himself to the priest. But then he began to tell many people about how Jesus had healed him DOU. As a result, Jesus was no longer able to enter any town publicly because the crowds would surround him. Instead, he remained outside the towns in places where no people lived. But people kept coming to him from all over that region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_1","071_2_1","MRK","2","1","1","Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum town. A few days later, because it was {people} heard that Jesus was in his house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_2","071_2_2","MRK","2","2","2","many people gathered there. As a result, after the people filled the house, there was no longer space to stand in the house or outside around the doorway. Jesus preached God’s message to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_3","071_2_3","MRK","2","3","3","Some people came to the house bringing to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. He was carried by four men {Four men carried him} on a sleeping pad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_4","071_2_4","MRK","2","4","4","They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because there was a crowd there. So they went up the steps to the flat roof and removed some of the tiles above where Jesus was. Then, after they made a big hole in the roof, they lowered by ropes the sleeping pad on which the paralyzed man lay. They lowered it through the hole, down in front of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_5","071_2_5","MRK","2","5","5","After Jesus perceived that the men believed that he could heal this man, he said to the paralyzed man, “My friend, I forgive your sins!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_6","071_2_6","MRK","2","6","6","There were some men who taught the Jewish laws sitting there. They started thinking like this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_7","071_2_7","MRK","2","7","7","“◄Who does this man think he is, talking like that/This man shouldn’t talk like that!► RHQ? ◄He is insulting God!/Does he think he is God?► RHQ ◄No person can forgive sins!/Who can forgive sins?► RHQ Only God can forgive sins!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_8","071_2_8","MRK","2","8","8","Jesus sensed that they were deliberating like that within themselves. So he said to them, “◄You should not question within yourselves whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins!/Why do you question whether I have the right to forgive this man’s sins?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_9","071_2_9","MRK","2","9","9","It is not risky RHQ for someone to tell the man who is paralyzed, ‘Your sins are forgiven {I forgive your sins},’ because no one can prove that it has happened. But no one would say to him, ‘Get up, pick up your stretcher, and then walk away’, unless he really had the power to heal him, because people can easily see whether it happens or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_10","071_2_10","MRK","2","10","10","So I will do something in order that you may know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive sins on earth as well as to heal people.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_11","071_2_11","MRK","2","11","11","“To you I say, ‘Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And then go home!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_12","071_2_12","MRK","2","12","12","The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, “We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_13","071_2_13","MRK","2","13","13","Jesus left Capernaum town again and walked with his disciples alongside Galilee lake. A large crowd came to him. Then he taught them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_14","071_2_14","MRK","2","14","14","As he walked on further, he saw a man named Levi, whose other name was Matthew, and whose father’s name was Alpheus. He was sitting in his office where he collected taxes for the Roman government. Jesus said to him, “Come with me and become my disciple!” So he got up and went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_15","071_2_15","MRK","2","15","15","Later, Jesus was eating a meal in Levi’s house. Many men who collected taxes and other people who were considered to be sinning regularly were eating with Jesus and his disciples. This was not surprising, for there were many people like this who were going everywhere with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_16","071_2_16","MRK","2","16","16","The men who taught the Jewish laws who were there and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with men who collected taxes and others who were considered {whom they considered} to be sinners. So they said to his disciples, “◄It is disgusting that he eats with such disgusting men as those who collect taxes, and with other sinners!/Why is it that he eats with such disgusting men as those who collect taxes, and with other sinners?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_17","071_2_17","MRK","2","17","17","After Jesus heard what they were saying, he said to the men who taught the Jewish laws, “People who consider that they are well do not seek a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick who seek a doctor MET!” This he said to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him in order that he might help them spiritually. And he said, “I did not come to invite people who think that IRO they are righteous to come to me and turn from their sinful behavior. On the contrary, I came from heaven to invite people who know that they are sinners, in order that they might turn from their sins and come to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_18","071_2_18","MRK","2","18","18","The disciples of John the Baptizer and some men who belonged to the Pharisee sect used to abstain from food to show that they wanted to please God. One day, some people came to Jesus and asked him critically, “The disciples of John and the Pharisees ◄fast/abstain from food► from time to time, but your disciples do not. We think they should abstain from food also. What do you say about that RHQ?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_19","071_2_19","MRK","2","19","19","Jesus wanted them to understand that it was not appropriate for his disciples to show sorrow by abstaining from food while he was still with them. So he said to them, “When a man is marrying a woman, his friends will certainly not abstain from food while he is still with them, will they RHQ? No. During the time that he is with them, they will not abstain from food because they are happy together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_20","071_2_20","MRK","2","20","20","But some day, he will be taken away {his enemies will take him away} from them. Then, in those days, they will abstain from food, because they will be sad.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_21","071_2_21","MRK","2","21","21","Jesus wanted to show that those who desire to live in accordance with his new message should not try to continue to obey the old religious traditions like fasting. So he also said to them, “People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment in order to mend a hole. If they did that, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and the new piece of cloth would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become bigger! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_22","071_2_22","MRK","2","22","22","Similarly, people do not put newly squeezed grape juice into old skin bags to store it. If they did that, that juice will burst the skin bags because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!” MET ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_23","071_2_23","MRK","2","23","23","On one ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► Jesus was walking through some grain fields with his disciples. As they were walking along through the grain fields, the disciples were plucking some of the heads of grain. They rubbed them in their hands to remove the chaff, and were eating the grain. The laws of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_24","071_2_24","MRK","2","24","24","Some of the Pharisees saw them doing what they considered to be work. So they said to him, “Look! ◄They should not be doing on our ◄Sabbath day/day of rest► work that our laws forbid!/Why are they doing on our ◄Sabbath day/day of rest► work that our laws forbid?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_25","071_2_25","MRK","2","25","25","Jesus wanted to show them that the record in the Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food. So he said to them, “It is written in the Scriptures what our revered ancestor, King David, did when he needed food, and both he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, but ◄you do not think about what it implies./why do you not think about what it implies?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_26","071_2_26","MRK","2","26","26","During the time Abiathar was high priest, David entered the big tent where people worshipped God and asked for some bread. The high priest gave him some of the loaves of bread. That bread was the bread he had presented to God. It was permitted in one of Moses’ laws that only the priests could eat that bread! But David ate some of it. Then he also gave some of it to the men who were with him. But God did not consider that was wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_27","071_2_27","MRK","2","27","27","Jesus said to them further, “God established ◄the day of rest/the Sabbath day► to help people! He did not create people to obey rules about ◄the Sabbath/the day of rest►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK2_28","071_2_28","MRK","2","28","28","And think about this: I am the one who came from heaven. So I have the authority to determine what is right for my disciples to do ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_1","071_3_1","MRK","3","1","1","On another ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus entered ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► again. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_2","071_3_2","MRK","3","2","2","Some men of the Pharisee sect watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this in order that if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their Jewish laws, because he worked ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_3","071_3_3","MRK","3","3","3","Jesus said to the man whose hand was shriveled, “Stand up here in front of everyone!” So the man stood up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_4","071_3_4","MRK","3","4","4","Then Jesus said to the Pharisees, “Do the laws that God gave Moses permit people to do good ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit people to do evil? Specifically, do his laws permit us to save a person’s life ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit us to let him die by refusing to help him?” But they did not reply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_5","071_3_5","MRK","3","5","5","He looked around at them angrily. He was very distressed that they were stubbornly not wanting to help the man. So he said to the man, “Reach out your hand!” When the man reached out his withered hand, his hand became all right again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_6","071_3_6","MRK","3","6","6","Then the Pharisees decided to get rid of Jesus. So after they left the meeting house, they immediately met with some of the Jews who supported Herod Antipas, who ruled Galilee district. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_7","071_3_7","MRK","3","7","7","Jesus and his disciples left that town and went to an area further along Galilee Lake in order to get away from the people. But a great crowd of people followed him. They were people who came from Galilee district, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_8","071_3_8","MRK","3","8","8","from Jerusalem city, from other towns of Judea district, from Idumea district, from the region on the east side of the Jordan River, and from the region around Tyre and Sidon cities. This great crowd of people came to him because they heard about what he was doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_9","071_3_9","MRK","3","9","10","Because he had healed many people, many other people who had various illnesses pushed forward in order that by touching him they would come well. So he told his disciples that they should get a small boat ready for him to get in and teach from it. He wanted to do this in order that the crowd would not crush him when they pushed forward to touch him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_11","071_3_11","MRK","3","11","11","Whenever the evil spirits saw Jesus, they caused the people whom they controlled to fall down in front of Jesus in recognition of Jesus’ power. Then they exclaimed, “You are ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_12","071_3_12","MRK","3","12","12","He commanded the evil spirits strongly that they should not tell anyone who he was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_13","071_3_13","MRK","3","13","13","Jesus went with many other people up into the hills. After he picked out from among them the men whom he wanted to accompany him, they came close to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_14","071_3_14","MRK","3","14","14","He appointed twelve men in order that they might be with him and in order that he might send them out to preach. He called them apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_15","071_3_15","MRK","3","15","15","He also gave them power in order that they might expel evil spirits from people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_16","071_3_16","MRK","3","16","16","These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; his younger brother Andrew; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_17","071_3_17","MRK","3","17","17","James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the younger brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, ‘Men who are like Thunder’. because of their fiery zeal; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_18","071_3_18","MRK","3","18","18","Philip; Bartholomew; Levi, whose other name was Matthew; Thomas; another James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus; another Simon, who was a member of the party that wanted to overthrow the Roman government; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_19","071_3_19","MRK","3","19","19","and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town). He was the one who later ◄betrayed Jesus/helped Jesus’ enemies seize him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_20","071_3_20","MRK","3","20","20","Jesus along with his disciples went to the house where he was staying in Capernaum. Again a crowd gathered where he was. There were many people crowding around him, so that he and his disciples had no time when they could eat or when they could do anything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_21","071_3_21","MRK","3","21","21","After his relatives heard about this, they went to take him home with them because ◄some people/they► were saying that he was insane. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_22","071_3_22","MRK","3","22","22","Around that time some men who taught the Jewish laws came down from Jerusalem city. They heard that Jesus was expelling demons. So they were telling people, “Beelzebub, who rules the evil spirits, controls him. He is the one who enables this man to expel evil spirits from people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_23","071_3_23","MRK","3","23","23","Jesus summoned those men. Then he spoke to them in parables to enable them to realize that Satan would not oppose his own evil spirits. He also wanted them to realize that by expelling evil spirits, he was demonstrating that he was much more powerful than Satan. So he said, “◄It is ridiculous to suggest that Satan would expel his own evil spirits!/Why would Satan expel his own evil spirits?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_24","071_3_24","MRK","3","24","24","If people who live in the same country are fighting one another, they will cease to be a single group under one ruler. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_25","071_3_25","MRK","3","25","25","And if people who live in the same house fight each other, they will certainly not remain as one family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_26","071_3_26","MRK","3","26","26","Similarly, if Satan and his evil spirits were fighting one another, instead of remaining strong, he would become powerless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_27","071_3_27","MRK","3","27","27","Contrary to what you say about me, someone can enter the house of a strong man like Satan and carry off his possessions only if he first ties up the strong man. Then and only then will he be able to steal the things in that man’s house.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_28","071_3_28","MRK","3","28","28","Jesus also said, “Consider this carefully! People may sin in many ways and they may speak evilly about God, but if they then are sorry and ask God to forgive them, God will forgive them for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_29","071_3_29","MRK","3","29","29","But if anyone speaks evil words about what the Holy Spirit does, God will never forgive that. That person’s guilt will remain with him forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_30","071_3_30","MRK","3","30","30","Jesus told them that because they refused to admit that the Holy Spirit was helping him to expel demons. Instead, they were saying, “An evil spirit is controlling him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_31","071_3_31","MRK","3","31","31","Jesus’ mother and younger siblings arrived. While they stood outside, they sent someone inside in order to call him outside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_32","071_3_32","MRK","3","32","32","A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, “Listen/Hey, your mother and your younger brothers and sisters are outside, and they are wanting ◄to see/to talk with► you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_33","071_3_33","MRK","3","33","33","Jesus replied to them, “◄I will tell you something about my mother and my brothers./Do you know whom I consider to be like my mother and my brothers?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_34","071_3_34","MRK","3","34","34","After he looked around at the disciples who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, “Look here! I love these men as much as I love my mother and my brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK3_35","071_3_35","MRK","3","35","35","Those who habitually do what God wants are as dear to me MET as my brother, my sister, or my mother!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_1","071_4_1","MRK","4","1","1","Another time Jesus began to teach people alongside Lake Galilee. As he was doing that, a very large crowd gathered around him. Because people were jostling him, he got into a boat in the lake so that he could speak to the crowd better. Then he sat in it and began to teach the crowd from the boat. At the same time, the crowd was on the shore close to the lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_2","071_4_2","MRK","4","2","2","Then he taught them many parables. While he was teaching them, he told them this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_3","071_4_3","MRK","4","3","3","“Consider well the meaning of this illustration: A man/farmer went out to his field to sow some seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_4","071_4_4","MRK","4","4","4","As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then some birds came and ate those seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_5","071_4_5","MRK","4","5","5","Other seeds fell on ground where there was not much soil on top of rock. Very soon the seeds sprouted because the sun warmed the moist soil quickly where it was not deep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_6","071_4_6","MRK","4","6","6","But after the sun shone on those young plants, they became scorched. Then they withered because they did not have deep roots. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_7","071_4_7","MRK","4","7","7","As the farmer sowed, other seeds fell on ground that contained roots of thorny plants. The seeds grew, but the thorny plants also grew up and crowded out the good plants. So the plants produced no grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_8","071_4_8","MRK","4","8","8","But as the farmer sowed, other seeds fell on good soil. As a result, they sprouted, they grew well, and then they produced plenty of grain. Some plants bore 30 grains. Some bore 60 grains. Some bore 100 grains.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_9","071_4_9","MRK","4","9","9","Then Jesus said, “If you want to understand this MTY, you should consider carefully what I have just said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_10","071_4_10","MRK","4","10","10","Later, when only the twelve disciples and a few other people were with him, they asked him about the parables. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_11","071_4_11","MRK","4","11","11","He said to them, “People have not understood before the new message about how God wants to rule people’s lives. It is to you that this is being made known {that I am making this known}. But I tell about this only ◄in parables/figuratively► to those who have not yet invited God to rule their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_12","071_4_12","MRK","4","12","12","As a result it is true what a prophet has written, Although they see what I do, they do not perceive what it means DOU. Although they hear what I say, they do not understand what it means DOU. So they do not ◄repent/turn away from their sinful behavior► in order that they would be forgiven {God would forgive them}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_13","071_4_13","MRK","4","13","13","He also said to them, “◄I am disappointed that you do not understand this illustration!/Can you not understand this illustration?► RHQ If you do not understand this, ◄you will certainly not understand any of the other illustrations!/how will you understand any of the other illustrations?► RHQ Nevertheless, I will explain it to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_14","071_4_14","MRK","4","14","14","In the illustration that I told you, the man who sows seeds represents someone who declares God’s message DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_15","071_4_15","MRK","4","15","15","Some people are like the path on which some of the seeds fell. When they hear the message, Satan comes at once and causes them to forget what they have heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_16","071_4_16","MRK","4","16","16","Some people are like the ground where the soil was not very deep over rock. When they hear God’s message, they immediately accept it with joy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_17","071_4_17","MRK","4","17","17","But, because the message does not penetrate deeply MET into their hearts/inner beings, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When others treat such people badly or cause them to suffer because they believe, those people who are suffering soon stop believing God’s message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_18","071_4_18","MRK","4","18","18","Some people are like the soil that had roots of thorny weeds in it. Although those people hear God’s message, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_19","071_4_19","MRK","4","19","19","they desire to be rich, and they desire to own many other things. So they worry only about material things. The result is that they forget God’s message and they do not do the things that God wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_20","071_4_20","MRK","4","20","20","But some people are like the good soil. They hear God’s message and they accept it and they believe it. Then they do the things that God wants them to do. They are like the good plants that produced 30, 60 or 100 grains.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_21","071_4_21","MRK","4","21","21","He also told them another parable, saying, “◄People certainly do not light an oil lamp and then bring it in the house in order that it may be put {someone may put it} under a container or under a bed./Would anyone light an oil lamp and then bring it in the house in order that it may be put {someone may put it} under a container or under a bed?► RHQ ◄No, they light it in order that it may be put {someone may put it} in a place where it lights the house./Wouldn’t they light it in order that it may be put {someone may put it} in a place where it lights the house?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_22","071_4_22","MRK","4","22","22","Similarly, there are some parts of God’s message that people do not know. But he intends that people will understand all the things that they do not know now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_23","071_4_23","MRK","4","23","23","If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what you have just heard.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_24","071_4_24","MRK","4","24","24","Then he said to them, “Consider carefully what you hear me say to you, for God will let you understand to the same degree that you consider what I say. He will let you understand even more than that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_25","071_4_25","MRK","4","25","25","Those who consider what I say and understand it, God will enable them to understand more. But those who do not consider carefully what I say, they will forget even what they already know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_26","071_4_26","MRK","4","26","26","Jesus also said, “God has the power to change people who let him rule their lives. I will illustrate how that can happen MET. A man planted seeds in the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_27","071_4_27","MRK","4","27","27","Afterwards he slept each night and rose each day without worrying about the seeds. During that time the seeds sprouted and grew in a way that he did not understand, because by itself the soil caused the plants to grow and produce grain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_28","071_4_28","MRK","4","28","28","First the stalks appeared. Then the heads appeared. Then the full kernels in the heads appeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_29","071_4_29","MRK","4","29","29","As soon as the grain was ripe he sent people MTY to harvest it because it was time to harvest the grain.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_30","071_4_30","MRK","4","30","30","Jesus told them another parable. He said, “I will tell you RHQ how the number of people whose lives God rules in a new way will continue to grow (OR, each continue to have more and more influence in this world). I hope RHQ that this illustration will show this to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_31","071_4_31","MRK","4","31","31","You know what happens to mustard seeds when we plant them. Though mustard seeds are among the smallest of seeds, here in Israel they become large plants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_32","071_4_32","MRK","4","32","32","After they are planted, they grow up and become larger than the other garden plants. They put out big branches so that birds are able to make nests in their shade.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_33","071_4_33","MRK","4","33","33","Jesus used many such illustrations when he talked to the people about God. If they were able to understand some, he kept telling them more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_34","071_4_34","MRK","4","34","34","He always used parables when he spoke to them. But he explained all the illustrations to his own disciples when he was alone with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_35","071_4_35","MRK","4","35","35","On that same day, when the sun was setting, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s cross over to the opposite side of Lake Galilee in the boat.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_36","071_4_36","MRK","4","36","36","So they left the crowd, got in the boat where Jesus already was, and left. Other people went with them in other boats. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_37","071_4_37","MRK","4","37","37","A strong wind came up and the waves started coming into the boat! The boat was soon nearly full of water! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_38","071_4_38","MRK","4","38","38","Jesus was in the back part of the boat. He was sleeping, with his head on a cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher! ◄You ought to be concerned that we are about to die!/Are you not concerned that we are about to die?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_39","071_4_39","MRK","4","39","39","So Jesus got up and rebuked the wind. Then he said to the lake, “Be quiet! Be still! DOU” The wind immediately stopped blowing and then the lake became very calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_40","071_4_40","MRK","4","40","40","He said to the disciples, “◄I am disappointed that you are afraid like that!/Why are you afraid like that?► RHQ Do you not yet believe that I can protect you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK4_41","071_4_41","MRK","4","41","41","They were very awestruck. They said to one another, “Not only do the demons obey this man, but  even the wind and the waves obey him! “◄What kind of man is he?/This man is not like ordinary  people!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_1","071_5_1","MRK","5","1","1","Jesus and his disciples arrived on the east side of Lake Galilee. They landed near where the Gerasene people lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_2","071_5_2","MRK","5","2","2","There was a man in that region whom evil spirits controlled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_3","071_5_3","MRK","5","3","3","Because that man was violent and people were afraid of him, they had tied him up many times. As he grew more violent, no one was able to tie him up any longer, not even with chains, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_4","071_5_4","MRK","5","4","4","because the chains would be broken by him {he would break the chains} whenever he was bound {they bound him} with them. The iron shackles would also be smashed by him {He would also smash the iron shackles} whenever they were fastened {they fastened them} on his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_5","071_5_5","MRK","5","5","5","He lived in one of the caves where they bury dead people. During both night and day he would scream among the caves and in the hills. He would also cut himself with sharp stones. That day he came out of the caves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_6","071_5_6","MRK","5","6","6","As Jesus and his disciples got out of the boat, that man saw Jesus from a distance. He immediately ran to Jesus, and then he knelt before him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_7","071_5_7","MRK","5","7","8","Jesus said to the evil spirit, “You evil spirit, come out of this man!” But the demon did not leave quickly. It shouted very loudly, “Jesus, I know that you are the ◄Son of/man who is also► God, so ◄we have nothing in common./what do we have in common?► IDM, RHQ So leave me alone I ask you to promise, knowing God is listening, that you will not torture me now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_9","071_5_9","MRK","5","9","9","So, in order to expel the demon more easily, Jesus asked him, “What is your name?” He replied, “My name is Crowd/Mob because there are many of us evil spirits in this man.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_10","071_5_10","MRK","5","10","10","Then the evil spirits fervently kept begging Jesus that he not send them out of the region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_11","071_5_11","MRK","5","11","11","At the same time, a large herd of pigs was ◄grazing/rooting for food► nearby on the hillside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_12","071_5_12","MRK","5","12","12","So the evil spirits pleaded with Jesus, “Allow us to go to the pigs in order that we might enter them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_13","071_5_13","MRK","5","13","13","He permitted them to do that. So the evil spirits left the man and entered the pigs. The herd, which numbered about 2,000, rushed down the cliff into the lake, and drowned in the lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_14","071_5_14","MRK","5","14","14","The men who had been tending the pigs ran and reported in the town and the countryside what had happened. Many people went to see what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_15","071_5_15","MRK","5","15","15","They came to the place where Jesus was. Then they saw the man whom evil spirits had previously controlled. He was sitting there with clothes on and mentally sound. As a result, they became afraid because they thought that Jesus might destroy more of their property. (OR, they realized that Jesus must be very powerful.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_16","071_5_16","MRK","5","16","16","The people who had seen what had happened described what had happened to the man whom the evil spirits previously controlled. They also described what had happened to the pigs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_17","071_5_17","MRK","5","17","17","Then the people pleaded with Jesus to leave their region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_18","071_5_18","MRK","5","18","18","As Jesus got in the boat in order to leave, the man whom the evil spirits previously controlled begged Jesus, “Please let me go with you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_19","071_5_19","MRK","5","19","19","But Jesus did not let him go with him. On the contrary, he said to him, “Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord God has done for you, and tell them how God was kind to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_20","071_5_20","MRK","5","20","20","So the man left and traveled around the Ten Towns district. He told people how much Jesus had done for him. All the people who heard what the man said were amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_21","071_5_21","MRK","5","21","21","Jesus and his disciples went in a boat back around Lake Galilee to where they were before. When they arrived at the shore of the lake, a large crowd gathered around Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_22","071_5_22","MRK","5","22","22","One of the men who presided over a ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place►, whose name was Jairus, came there. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself at his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_23","071_5_23","MRK","5","23","23","Then he pleaded with Jesus earnestly, “My twelve-year old daughter is sick and nearly dead! Please come to my house and place your hands on her in order that she will be healed {to heal her}, so that she will not die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_24","071_5_24","MRK","5","24","24","So Jesus and the disciples went with him. A large crowd followed Jesus and many pushed close to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_25","071_5_25","MRK","5","25","25","There was a woman in the crowd who had vaginal bleeding EUP every day for twelve years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_26","071_5_26","MRK","5","26","26","She had suffered much while many doctors treated her. But although she had spent all her money to pay the doctors, she had not been helped {they had not helped her}. Instead, she had become worse EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_27","071_5_27","MRK","5","27","27","After she heard that Jesus healed people, she came to where he was and pushed in the crowd close behind Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_28","071_5_28","MRK","5","28","28","She did that because she was thinking, “If I touch him or even if I touch his clothes, I will be healed {his power will heal me}.” So she touched Jesus’ clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_29","071_5_29","MRK","5","29","29","At once her bleeding stopped. At the same time, she sensed that she had been cured of {that he had cured} her illness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_30","071_5_30","MRK","5","30","30","Jesus also immediately sensed that his power had healed someone. So he turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_31","071_5_31","MRK","5","31","31","One of his disciples replied, “You can see that many people are crowding close to you! Probably many people touched you! So ◄why do you ask ‘Who touched me?’/We are surprised that you ask ‘Who touched me?’ RHQ►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_32","071_5_32","MRK","5","32","32","But Jesus kept looking around in order to see the one who had done it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_33","071_5_33","MRK","5","33","33","The woman was very afraid and trembling. She thought that Jesus might be angry because she had violated the law that women who had such a sickness should not touch other people. But she knew that Jesus had healed her. So she prostrated herself before him. Then she told him truthfully about what she had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_34","071_5_34","MRK","5","34","34","He said to her, “◄Ma’am/Young lady►, because you have believed that I could heal you, I have healed you. You may go home with peace in your heart/inner being, because I promise that  you will not be sick this way any more.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_35","071_5_35","MRK","5","35","35","While Jesus was still speaking to that woman, some people arrived who had come from Jairus’ house. They said to Jairus, “Your daughter has now died. So ◄it is useless that you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house!/why do you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_36","071_5_36","MRK","5","36","36","But when Jesus heard what these men said, he said to Jairus, “Do not think that the situation is hopeless! Just keep believing that she will live!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_37","071_5_37","MRK","5","37","38","Then he allowed only his three closest disciples, Peter, James, and John, to go with him to Jairus’ house. He did not allow any other people to go with him. After they arrived near the house, Jesus saw that the people there were in turmoil. They were weeping and wailing DOU loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_39","071_5_39","MRK","5","39","39","He entered the house and then he said to them, knowing that he was going to cause her to live again, “◄Do not make such a disturbance!/Why are you making such a disturbance?► RHQ Stop crying, for the child is not dead! On the contrary, she is only sleeping HYP, EUP!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_40","071_5_40","MRK","5","40","40","The people laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead. But he sent all the other people outside the house. Then he took the child’s father and mother and the three disciples who were with him. He went into the room where the child was lying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_41","071_5_41","MRK","5","41","41","He took hold of the child’s hand and said to her in her own language, “Talitha, Koum!” That means, “Little girl, get up!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_42","071_5_42","MRK","5","42","42","At once the girl got up and walked around. (It was not surprising that she could walk, because she was twelve years old.) When this happened, all who were present were very astonished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK5_43","071_5_43","MRK","5","43","43","Jesus ordered them strictly, “Do not tell anyone about what I have done!” Afterwards he told them that something to eat should be brought to the girl {that they should bring the girl something to eat}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_1","071_6_1","MRK","6","1","1","Jesus left Capernaum city and went to his hometown, Nazareth. His disciples went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_2","071_6_2","MRK","6","2","2","◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day►, he entered the Jewish worship house and taught the people. Many who were listening to him were astonished. But some were saying, “This man is just an ordinary person like we are! So ◄we cannot believe that this man is able to teach us about these things and that he has been made very wise {that God has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles!/how is it that RHQ this man is able to teach us about these things and that he has been made very wise {that God has made him very wise} and that he is performing such miracles?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_3","071_6_3","MRK","6","3","3","◄We know that he is just an ordinary carpenter!/Isn’t he just an ordinary carpenter RHQ?► We know him and his family! We know Mary his mother! ◄We know his younger brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon!/Are not his younger brothers James, Joses, Judas and Simon?► RHQ And ◄his younger sisters also live here in this town!/do not his younger sisters also live here in this town?► RHQ” So they despised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_4","071_6_4","MRK","6","4","4","Jesus knew that they refused to believe in him. So he said to them, “It is certainly true that people honor me and other prophets in other places, but not in our hometowns! Even our relatives and the people who live in our own houses do not honor us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_5","071_6_5","MRK","6","5","5","So, although he healed a few sick people there by touching them, he decided not to perform many other miracles in Nazareth because the people there did not believe that he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_6","071_6_6","MRK","6","6","6","He was amazed that they did not believe in him. Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus and his disciples went from town to town in that region teaching the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_7","071_6_7","MRK","6","7","7","One day he summoned the twelve disciples, and then he told them that he was going to send them out two-by-two to teach people in various towns. He gave them power to expel evil spirits from people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_8","071_6_8","MRK","6","8","9","He also instructed them to wear sandals and to take along a walking stick when they were traveling. He told them not to take food, nor a bag in which travelers carry supplies, nor any money for their journey. He also did not allow them to take extra clothing. He wanted the people who heard their message to give them what they needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_10","071_6_10","MRK","6","10","10","He also instructed them, “After you enter a town, if someone invites you to stay in his house, go into his house. Eat and sleep in that same home until you leave that town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_11","071_6_11","MRK","6","11","11","Wherever the people do not welcome you and wherever the people do not listen to you, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that place. By doing that, you will warn them that God will punish them for rejecting your message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_12","071_6_12","MRK","6","12","12","So after the disciples went out to various towns, they were preaching that people should stop their sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_13","071_6_13","MRK","6","13","13","They were also expelling many evil spirits from people, and they were anointing many sick people with olive oil and healing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_14","071_6_14","MRK","6","14","14","King Herod Antipas heard about what Jesus was doing, because many people were talking about it. Some people were saying about Jesus, “He must be John the Baptizer! He has come back to life! That is why he has God’s power to perform these miracles!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_15","071_6_15","MRK","6","15","15","Others were saying about Jesus, “He is the former prophet Elijah, whom God promised to send back again.” Others were saying about Jesus, “No, he is a different prophet, like one of the other prophets who lived long ago.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_16","071_6_16","MRK","6","16","16","Having heard what the people were saying, King Herod Antipas himself repeatedly said, “The man performing those miracles must be John! I commanded my soldiers to cut off his head, but he has come back to life again to get revenge for my killing him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_17","071_6_17","MRK","6","17","17","The reason King Herod concluded that John wanted revenge is as follows: Some time before this, Herod married Herodias, while she was still the wife of his younger brother, Philip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_18","071_6_18","MRK","6","18","18","John kept telling Herod, “God’s law does not permit you to marry the wife of your brother while he is still alive.” Then, because Herodias urged him to put John in prison, Herod himself sent soldiers to John. They seized John and put him in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_19","071_6_19","MRK","6","19","19","But because Herodias wanted to get further revenge on John, she wanted someone to execute him. But she could not do that because while John was in prison, Herod kept John safe from her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_20","071_6_20","MRK","6","20","20","Herod did this because he respected/feared John, because he knew that he was a righteous and holy man. The king did not know what he should do, but he liked to listen to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_21","071_6_21","MRK","6","21","21","But Herodias was able to have someone execute John when they honored/celebrated the day when Herod was born. On that day, he invited the most important government officials, the most important army leaders, and the most important men in Galilee district in order that they might eat and celebrate with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_22","071_6_22","MRK","6","22","22","While they were eating, Herodias’ daughter came into the room and danced, and that pleased King Herod and his guests. So the king said to her, “Ask me for whatever you desire and I will give it to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_23","071_6_23","MRK","6","23","23","He said to her, “Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it. May God punish me if I do not do what I have promised!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_24","071_6_24","MRK","6","24","24","The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said, and asked her, “What shall I ask for?” Her mother replied, “Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_25","071_6_25","MRK","6","25","25","The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she requested, “I want you to command someone to cut off the head of John the Baptizer and give it to me at once on a platter, so that my mother can know he is dead!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_26","071_6_26","MRK","6","26","26","The king became very distressed when he heard what she asked for, because he knew John was a very righteous man (OR, because he now knew that he should not have made that promise to her). But he could not refuse what she requested because he had promised that he would give her anything she asked for, and because his guests had heard him promise that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_27","071_6_27","MRK","6","27","27","So the king at once ordered the man who executes prisoners to go and cut off John’s head and bring it to the girl. That man went to the prison and cut off John’s head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_28","071_6_28","MRK","6","28","28","He put it on a platter, brought it back, and gave it to the girl. The girl took it to her mother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_29","071_6_29","MRK","6","29","29","After John’s disciples heard what happened, they went to the prison and took John’s body and then they buried it in a burial cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_30","071_6_30","MRK","6","30","30","The twelve apostles returned to Jesus from the places to which they had gone. They reported to him what they had done and what they had taught to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_31","071_6_31","MRK","6","31","31","He said to them, “Come with me to a place where no people are living, in order that we can be alone and rest a little while!” He said this because many people were continually coming to them and going away again, with the result that Jesus and his disciples did not have time to eat or do anything else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_32","071_6_32","MRK","6","32","32","So they went away by themselves in a boat to a place where no people were living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_33","071_6_33","MRK","6","33","33","But many people saw them leaving. They also recognized that they were Jesus and the disciples, and they saw where they were going. So they ran ahead on land from all the nearby towns to the place where Jesus and his disciples were going. They actually arrived there before Jesus and the disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_34","071_6_34","MRK","6","34","34","As Jesus and his disciples got out of the boat, Jesus saw this large crowd. He felt sorry for them because they were confused, like sheep that do not have a shepherd. So he taught them many things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_35","071_6_35","MRK","6","35","35","Late in the afternoon, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a place where no people live and it is very late. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_36","071_6_36","MRK","6","36","36","So  send the people away in order that they may go to the surrounding farms and villages in order that they can buy for themselves something to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_37","071_6_37","MRK","6","37","37","But he replied, “No, you yourselves give them something to eat!” They replied, “◄We could not buy enough bread to feed this crowd, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days!/How could we buy enough bread to feed this mob, even if we had as much money as a man earns by working 200 days?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_38","071_6_38","MRK","6","38","38","But he replied to them, “How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and find out!” They went and found out and then they told him, “We have only five flat loaves and two cooked fish!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_39","071_6_39","MRK","6","39","39","He instructed the disciples to tell all the people to sit down on the green grass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_40","071_6_40","MRK","6","40","40","So the people sat in groups. There were 50 people in some groups and 100 people in other groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_41","071_6_41","MRK","6","41","41","Jesus took the five flat loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked God for them. Then he broke the loaves and fish into pieces and kept giving them to the disciples in order that they would distribute them to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_42","071_6_42","MRK","6","42","42","Everyone ate this food until they all had enough to eat! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_43","071_6_43","MRK","6","43","43","The disciples then collected twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and of the fish that were left over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_44","071_6_44","MRK","6","44","44","There were approximately 5,000 men who ate the bread and fish. They did not even count the women and children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_45","071_6_45","MRK","6","45","45","Right away Jesus told his disciples to get into the boat and then go ahead of him to Bethsaida town, which was further around Lake Galilee. He stayed and dismissed the many people who were there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_46","071_6_46","MRK","6","46","46","After he said goodbye to the people, he went up into the hills in order to pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_47","071_6_47","MRK","6","47","47","When it was evening, the disciples’ boat was in the middle of the lake and Jesus was by himself on the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_48","071_6_48","MRK","6","48","48","He saw that the wind was blowing against them as they rowed. As a result, they were having great difficulty. He approached them early in the morning, when it was still dark, by walking on the water. He intended to walk by them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_49","071_6_49","MRK","6","49","49","They saw him walking on the water, but they thought that he was a ghost. They screamed ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_50","071_6_50","MRK","6","50","50","because they all were terrified when they saw him. But he talked to them. He said to them, “Be calm! Do not be afraid, because it is I!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_51","071_6_51","MRK","6","51","51","He got into the boat and sat down with them and the wind immediately stopped blowing. They were completely amazed about what he had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_52","071_6_52","MRK","6","52","52","Although they had seen Jesus multiply the bread and the fish, they did not understand from that how powerful he was, as they should have. They did not think clearly about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_53","071_6_53","MRK","6","53","53","After they went further around Lake Galilee in a boat, they came to the shore at Gennesaret town. Then they tied up the boat there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_54","071_6_54","MRK","6","54","54","As soon as they got out of the boat, the people there recognized Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_55","071_6_55","MRK","6","55","55","So they ran throughout the whole district in order to tell others that Jesus was there. Then the people placed those who were sick on stretchers and carried them to any place where they heard people say that Jesus was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK6_56","071_6_56","MRK","6","56","56","In whatever village, town or other place where he entered, they would bring to the marketplaces those who were sick. Then the sick people would beg Jesus to let them touch him or even the edge of his clothes in order that Jesus might heal them. All those who touched him or his robe were healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_1","071_7_1","MRK","7","1","1","One day some Pharisees and some men who teach the Jewish laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem to investigate him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_2","071_7_2","MRK","7","2","4","The Pharisees and all of the other Jews strictly observe the traditions that their ancestors taught. For example, they refuse to eat until they first wash their hands with a special ritual, especially after they return from buying things in the marketplace. They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched ◄them/the things they bought►. There are many other such traditions that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash in a special way their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds in order that using these things will not make God reject them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_5","071_7_5","MRK","7","5","5","That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed using the special ritual. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “Your disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! ◄You should not let them eat food if they have not washed their hands using our special ritual!/Why do you let them eat food if they have not washed their hands using our special ritual?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_6","071_7_6","MRK","7","6","6","Jesus said to them, “Isaiah rebuked your ancestors, and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words that God said: These people speak as if they honor me, but they SYN really do not think about honoring me at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_7","071_7_7","MRK","7","7","7","It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded as if I myself had commanded them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_8","071_7_8","MRK","7","8","8","You, like your ancestors, refuse to do what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that ◄others/your ancestors► have taught.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_9","071_7_9","MRK","7","9","9","Jesus also said to them, “You think IRO that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey your own traditions! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_10","071_7_10","MRK","7","10","10","For example, our ancestor Moses wrote God’s command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘The authorities must execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_11","071_7_11","MRK","7","11","12","But you teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people give their things to God instead of giving them to their parents. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you to provide for you, I have now promised to give to God. So I cannot any longer help you!’ As a result, you are actually telling people that they no longer have to help their parents! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_13","071_7_13","MRK","7","13","13","And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others and tell them strongly that they should obey them And you do many other things like that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_14","071_7_14","MRK","7","14","14","Then Jesus again summoned the crowd to come closer. Then he said to them figuratively, “All of you people listen to me! Try to understand DOU what I am about to tell you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_15","071_7_15","MRK","7","15","16","Nothing that people eat causes God to consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s ◄inner beings/hearts► that causes God to reject them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_17","071_7_17","MRK","7","17","17","After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable that he had just spoken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_18","071_7_18","MRK","7","18","18","He replied, “◄I am disappointed that you also do not understand what it means!/Why can you not understand what it means?► RHQ ◄You ought to understand that nothing that enters us from outside can cause God to consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that enters us from outside of us can cause God to consider us unacceptable to him?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_19","071_7_19","MRK","7","19","19","Instead of entering and ruining our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out of our bodies.” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people can eat any food without causing God to reject them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_20","071_7_20","MRK","7","20","20","He also said, “It is the thoughts and actions that come from within people that cause God to consider them unacceptable to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_21","071_7_21","MRK","7","21","21","Specifically, it is people’s innermost being that causes them to think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal things, they commit murder. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_22","071_7_22","MRK","7","22","22","They commit adultery, they are greedy, they act maliciously, they deceive people. They act indecently, they envy people, they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they act foolishly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_23","071_7_23","MRK","7","23","23","People think these thoughts and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes God to consider them unacceptable to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_24","071_7_24","MRK","7","24","24","After Jesus and his disciples left Galilee district, they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know it, but people soon found out that he was there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_25","071_7_25","MRK","7","25","25","A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit within her, heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_26","071_7_26","MRK","7","26","26","This woman was not a Jew. Her ancestors came from Greece country, but she was born in the region around Phoenicia town in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_27","071_7_27","MRK","7","27","27","But he wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs MET, he spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food the mother has prepared for the children and then throw it to the little dogs.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_28","071_7_28","MRK","7","28","28","But to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God MET, she replied to him, “Sir, what you say is correct, but even the little dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children drop.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_29","071_7_29","MRK","7","29","29","Jesus said to her, “Because of what you have said, you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you. So I will help you. Now you may go home, because I have caused the evil spirit to leave your daughter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_30","071_7_30","MRK","7","30","30","The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying quietly on the bed and that the evil spirit had left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_31","071_7_31","MRK","7","31","31","Jesus and his disciples left the region around Tyre city and went north through Sidon city, then toward the east through the district of the Ten Towns, and then south to the towns near Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_32","071_7_32","MRK","7","32","32","There, people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged Jesus to lay his hands on him in order to heal him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_33","071_7_33","MRK","7","33","33","So Jesus took him away from the crowd in order that the two of them could be alone. Then he put one of his fingers into each of the man’s ears. After he spat on his fingers, he touched the man’s tongue with his fingers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_34","071_7_34","MRK","7","34","34","Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed because he was concerned for the man, and then in his own language he said to the man’s ears, “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_35","071_7_35","MRK","7","35","35","At once the man could hear plainly MTY. He also began to speak clearly because what was causing him to be unable to speak was healed {Jesus healed what was causing him to be unable to speak}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_36","071_7_36","MRK","7","36","36","Jesus told ◄the people/his friends► not to tell anyone what he had done. But, although he ordered them and others repeatedly not to tell anyone about it, they kept talking about it very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK7_37","071_7_37","MRK","7","37","37","People who heard about it were utterly amazed and were saying enthusiastically, “Everything he has done is wonderful! Besides doing other amazing things, he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_1","071_8_1","MRK","8","1","1","During those days, a large crowd of people gathered again. After they had been there a couple days, they had no food to eat. So Jesus summoned the disciples to come closer and then he said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_2","071_8_2","MRK","8","2","2","“This is the third day that these people have been with me, and they have nothing left to eat, so now I feel very sorry for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_3","071_8_3","MRK","8","3","3","Furthermore, if I send them home while they are still hungry, some of them will faint on the way home, because some of them have come from far away.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_4","071_8_4","MRK","8","4","4","Knowing that he was suggesting that they give the people something to eat, one of his disciples replied, “◄We cannot possibly find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live!/How can we find food to satisfy this crowd, here in this place where no people live?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_5","071_8_5","MRK","8","5","5","Jesus asked them, “How many loaves of bread do you have?” They replied, “We have seven flat loaves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_6","071_8_6","MRK","8","6","6","Jesus commanded the crowd, “Sit down on the ground!” After they sat down, he took the seven loaves, he thanked God for them, he broke them into pieces and started giving them to his disciples in order that they might distribute them to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_7","071_8_7","MRK","8","7","7","They found that they also had a few small dried fish. So after he thanked God for these, he told the disciples, “Distribute these also.” After they distributed the bread and fish to the crowd, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_8","071_8_8","MRK","8","8","8","the people ate this food and they had plenty to satisfy them. The disciples collected the pieces of food that were left over. They filled seven large baskets full of those pieces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_9","071_8_9","MRK","8","9","9","They estimated that there were about 4,000 people who ate on that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_10","071_8_10","MRK","8","10","10","Then Jesus dismissed the crowd. Immediately after that, he got into the boat along with his disciples, and they went around Lake Galilee to Dalmanutha district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_11","071_8_11","MRK","8","11","11","In those days some Pharisees came to Jesus. They asked him to perform a miracle that would show that God had sent him. They wanted to find a way by which they could convince the people to reject him. So they started to argue with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_12","071_8_12","MRK","8","12","12","Jesus sighed quietly to himself, and then he said, “I am disgusted that RHQ, even though you people have seen how I have healed people, you keep asking me to perform miracles! Note this: Such a miracle will certainly not be shown {I will certainly not show such a miracle} just for you people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_13","071_8_13","MRK","8","13","13","Then he left them. He got into the boat again, along with his disciples, and they went further around Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_14","071_8_14","MRK","8","14","14","The disciples had forgotten to bring along enough food. Specifically, they had only one flat loaf of bread with them in the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_15","071_8_15","MRK","8","15","15","As they were going, Jesus warned them against the attitudes the Pharisees and Herod Antipas had, attitudes that were having a bad effect on other people. He did this by telling them a parable. He said, “Be careful! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_16","071_8_16","MRK","8","16","16","The disciples misunderstood him. So they said to one another, “He must have said that because we have no bread.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_17","071_8_17","MRK","8","17","17","Jesus knew what they were discussing among themselves. So he said to them, “◄I am disappointed that you are discussing about your not having enough bread!/Why are you discussing about your not having enough bread?► RHQ ◄You should understand by now that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food!/Why do you not yet perceive or understand that I can provide miraculously for you if you need food?► RHQ ◄You are not thinking!/Why are you not thinking?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_18","071_8_18","MRK","8","18","18","◄I am also disappointed that, although you have eyes, you do not understand what you see!/Why is it that, although you have eyes, you do not understand what you see?► RHQ You have ears, but you do not understand what I say RHQ!” Then he asked, “Do you not remember what happened ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_19","071_8_19","MRK","8","19","19","when I broke only five loaves and fed the 5.000 people RHQ? Not only was everyone satisfied, but there was food left over How many baskets full of pieces of bread that were left over did you collect?” They replied, “We collected twelve baskets full.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_20","071_8_20","MRK","8","20","20","Then he asked, “When I broke the seven loaves in order to feed the 4,000 people, again when everyone had plenty to eat, how many large baskets of pieces of bread that were left over did you collect?” They replied, “We collected seven large baskets full.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_21","071_8_21","MRK","8","21","21","Then he kept saying to them, “◄I am disappointed that you do not understand yet that you should never worry that you do not have enough food!/Why do you not understand yet that you should never worry that you do not have enough food?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_22","071_8_22","MRK","8","22","22","They arrived in the boat at Bethsaida town. People brought to Jesus a blind man and earnestly requested that Jesus touch him in order to heal him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_23","071_8_23","MRK","8","23","23","Jesus took the hand of the blind man, led him outside the town, he put his saliva on the man’s eyes, he put his hands on the man, and then he asked him, “Do you see anything?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_24","071_8_24","MRK","8","24","24","The man looked up and then he said, “Yes, I see people! They are walking around, but I cannot see them clearly. They look like trees!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_25","071_8_25","MRK","8","25","25","Then Jesus again touched the eyes of the blind man. The man looked intently and at that moment he was completely healed! He could see everything clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_26","071_8_26","MRK","8","26","26","Jesus said to him, “Do not go into the town! First go straight home and tell the people there about what I did!” Then he sent the man to his home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_27","071_8_27","MRK","8","27","27","Jesus and the disciples left Bethsaida town and went to the villages near Caesarea Philippi town. On the way he questioned them, “Who do people say that I really am?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_28","071_8_28","MRK","8","28","28","They replied, “Some people say that you are John the Baptizer, who has come back to life again. Others say that you are the prophet Elijah who has returned from heaven as God promised. And others say that you are one of the other former prophets who has come back to life again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_29","071_8_29","MRK","8","29","29","He asked them, “What about you? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to him, “We believe that you are the Messiah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_30","071_8_30","MRK","8","30","30","Then Jesus warned them strongly that they should not tell anyone yet that he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_31","071_8_31","MRK","8","31","31","Then Jesus began to teach them, “Even though I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the Jewish laws {that the elders, the chief priests, and the men who teach the Jewish laws reject me}, and that I be killed {they kill me}. But on the third day after I am killed I will become alive again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_32","071_8_32","MRK","8","32","32","He said this to them clearly. But Peter took Jesus aside and then, because he assumed that the Messiah would never die, he started to rebuke Jesus for talking about dying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_33","071_8_33","MRK","8","33","33","Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he rebuked Peter, saying, “Stop thinking like that! Satan is causing you to talk like that! Instead of wanting what God wants me to do, you are wanting me to do only what most people would want me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_34","071_8_34","MRK","8","34","34","Then he summoned the crowd along with his disciples so that they might listen to him. He told them, “If any one of you wants to be my disciple, you must not do only what you yourself want to do. Specifically, you must be willing to allow people to hurt you and to disgrace you. That is what they do to criminals who are forced to carry crosses MET to the places where they will be crucified. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_35","071_8_35","MRK","8","35","35","You must do that, because those who try to save their lives by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me will not live eternally, but those who are killed because of being my disciples and because of telling others my good message will live forever with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_36","071_8_36","MRK","8","36","36","People might get everything they want in this world, but ◄they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples!/what will they gain if they do not get eternal life because they do not become my disciples?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_37","071_8_37","MRK","8","37","37","◄Think carefully about the fact that there is absolutely nothing that people can give to God that would enable them to gain eternal life!/Is there anything that a person can give to God in order to gain eternal life?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK8_38","071_8_38","MRK","8","38","38","And think about this: Those who refuse to say that they belong to me and who reject what I say in these days when many people have turned away from God and are very sinful, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse to say that they belong to me when I come back with the holy angels and have the glorious brightness that my Father has!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_1","071_9_1","MRK","9","1","1","He also said to his disciples, “Listen carefully! Some of you who are here now will see God ruling powerfully in many ways. You will see it before you die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_2","071_9_2","MRK","9","2","2","A week later Jesus took Peter, James and James’ younger brother John and led them up a high mountain. While they were alone up there, he appeared very different to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_3","071_9_3","MRK","9","3","3","His clothes became dazzling white. They were whiter than anyone on earth could make them by bleaching them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_4","071_9_4","MRK","9","4","4","Two prophets who had lived long ago, Moses and Elijah, appeared to them. Then the two of them began talking with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_5","071_9_5","MRK","9","5","5","After a short time, Peter interrupted by exclaiming, “Teacher, it is wonderful to be here! So allow us to make three shelters. One will be for you, one will be for Moses, and one will be for Elijah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_6","071_9_6","MRK","9","6","6","He said this because he wanted to say something, but he did not know what to say, because he and the other two disciples were very awestruck. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_7","071_9_7","MRK","9","7","7","Then a shining cloud appeared that covered them. God EUP spoke to them from the cloud saying, “This is my Son. I love him. Therefore, listen to him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_8","071_9_8","MRK","9","8","8","When the three disciples looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone else there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_9","071_9_9","MRK","9","9","9","While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone yet what had just happened to him. He said, “You may tell them after I, the one who came from heaven, ◄rise from the dead/become alive again► after I die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_10","071_9_10","MRK","9","10","10","So they did not tell others about it for a long time. But they discussed among themselves what it meant when he said that he would ◄rise from the dead/become alive again► after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_11","071_9_11","MRK","9","11","11","The three disciples had just seen Elijah, but Elijah had not done anything to prepare people to accept Jesus. So they asked Jesus, “The men who teach the Jewish laws say that Elijah must come back to the earth before the Messiah comes to earth. But you have been here a long time and Elijah came just today. So is what they are teaching wrong?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_12","071_9_12","MRK","9","12","13","Jesus wanted them to know that John the Baptizer was the one who represented Elijah. So he answered them, “It is true that God promised to send Elijah to come first so that people would be ready when I came. Elijah’s representative has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, just like it was prophesied {the prophets prophesied} long ago. But, ◄I also want you to consider what is written {what the prophets wrote} in the Scriptures about me, the one who came from heaven./why have you not thought about what is written {what the prophets wrote} about me, the one who came from heaven?► RHQ It is written {They wrote} that I would suffer much and that I would be rejected {that many people would reject me}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_14","071_9_14","MRK","9","14","14","Jesus and those three disciples returned to where the other disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and some men who taught the Jewish laws arguing with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_15","071_9_15","MRK","9","15","15","As soon as the crowd saw Jesus, they were very surprised to see him come. So they ran to him and greeted him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_16","071_9_16","MRK","9","16","16","He asked them, “What are you arguing about?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_17","071_9_17","MRK","9","17","17","A man in the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son here in order that you would heal him. There is an evil spirit in him that makes him unable to talk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_18","071_9_18","MRK","9","18","18","Whenever the spirit attacks him, it throws him down. He foams at the mouth, he grinds his teeth together, and he becomes stiff. I asked your disciples to expel the spirit, but they were not able to do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_19","071_9_19","MRK","9","19","19","Jesus replied by saying to those people, “◄I am very disappointed that although you have observed how I help people, you do not believe that you are able to do anything!/Why is it that although you have observed how I help people, you do not believe that you are able to do anything?► RHQ ◄I have been with you a long time, and you still cannot do what I do!/How long do I have to be with you before you can do what I do?► RHQ Bring the boy to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_20","071_9_20","MRK","9","20","20","So they brought the boy to Jesus. As soon as the evil spirit saw Jesus, it shook the boy severely, and the boy fell on the ground. He rolled around, and he foamed at the mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_21","071_9_21","MRK","9","21","21","Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” He replied, “This started to happen when he was a child. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_22","071_9_22","MRK","9","22","22","The spirit does not only do this, but he also often throws him into the fire or into the water in order to kill him. But, pity us and help us, if you can!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_23","071_9_23","MRK","9","23","23","Jesus exclaimed to him, “Do not say RHQ ‘If you can’, for God/I can do anything for people who believe in him/me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_24","071_9_24","MRK","9","24","24","Immediately the child’s father shouted, “I believe that you can help me, but I do not believe strongly. Help me to believe more strongly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_25","071_9_25","MRK","9","25","25","Because Jesus wanted to heal the boy before the crowd got bigger, he rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “You evil spirit, you who are causing this boy to be deaf and unable to talk! I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_26","071_9_26","MRK","9","26","26","The evil spirit shouted, it shook the boy violently, and then it left the boy. The boy did not move. He seemed like a dead body. So many of the people there said, “He is dead!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_27","071_9_27","MRK","9","27","27","However, Jesus took him by the hand and helped him get up. Then the boy stood up. He was healed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_28","071_9_28","MRK","9","28","28","Later, when Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, one of them asked him, “Why were we not able to expel the evil spirit?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_29","071_9_29","MRK","9","29","29","He said to them, “You can expel this kind of evil spirit only by your praying that God will give you the power to do it. There is no other way that you can expel them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_30","071_9_30","MRK","9","30","30","After Jesus and his disciples  left that district, they traveled through Galilee district. Jesus did not want anyone else  to know that he was in their area; he did not want ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_31","071_9_31","MRK","9","31","31","anyone to interrupt him as he taught his disciples. He was telling them, “Some day my enemies SYN will seize MTY me, the one who came from heaven, and I will be handed over to other men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I am killed {after they kill me}, I will become alive again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_32","071_9_32","MRK","9","32","32","But they did not understand what he was telling them. Also, they were afraid to ask him about what he had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_33","071_9_33","MRK","9","33","33","Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum town. When they were in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing while we were traveling on the road?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_34","071_9_34","MRK","9","34","34","But they did not reply. They were ashamed to reply because, while they were traveling, they had been arguing with each other about which one of them would be the most important when Jesus became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_35","071_9_35","MRK","9","35","35","He sat down, he summoned the twelve disciples to come close to him, and then he said to them, “If anyone wants God to consider him to be the most important person of all, he must consider himself to be the least important person of all, and he must serve everyone else.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_36","071_9_36","MRK","9","36","36","Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_37","071_9_37","MRK","9","37","37","“Those who, because they love me, welcome a child like this one, God considers that they are welcoming me. So it is as though they are also welcoming God, who sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_38","071_9_38","MRK","9","38","38","John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone who was expelling demons, ◄claiming he had authority from you to do that/while telling people that you have told him to do it►. So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us disciples.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_39","071_9_39","MRK","9","39","39","Jesus said, “Do not tell him not to do that! For no one will speak evilly about me just after he performs a miracle while saying that I have told him to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_40","071_9_40","MRK","9","40","40","Furthermore, those who are not opposing us are trying to achieve the same goals that we are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_41","071_9_41","MRK","9","41","41","Also think about this: Those who belong to me who help you in any way, even if they just give you a cup of water to drink because you follow me, the Messiah, will certainly be rewarded by God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_42","071_9_42","MRK","9","42","42","Jesus also said, “But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, God will severely punish you, even if that person is socially unimportant like this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, you would consider that was a severe punishment. But God will punish you more severely than that if you cause a person who believes in me to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_43","071_9_43","MRK","9","43","44","So, if you are wanting to use one of MTY, PRS your hands to sin, stop using your hand! Even if you have to cut your hand off and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it HYP! It is good that you not sin and that you live eternally, even though you lack one of your hands while you are here on earth. But it is not good that you sin and as a result God throws your whole body into hell. There the fires never go out! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_45","071_9_45","MRK","9","45","46","If you are wanting to use one of PRS your feet to sin, stop using your foot! Even if you have to cut off your foot to avoid sinning, do it HYP! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of your feet while you are here on earth. But it is not good that you sin and go to hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_47","071_9_47","MRK","9","47","47","If because of what you see MTY, PRS you are tempted to sin, stop looking at those things! Even if you have to gouge out your eye and throw it away HYP to avoid sinning, do it! It is good that you not sin and live eternally, even though you lack one of your eyes while you are here on earth. But it is not good that you sin and, as a result, God puts your whole body in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_48","071_9_48","MRK","9","48","48","In that place people suffer forever and the fires are never put out {never go out}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_49","071_9_49","MRK","9","49","49","“You must endure difficulties in order that God will be pleased with you. Your difficulties are like a fire that makes things pure MET. Your enduring is also like MET salt being put on {people putting salt on their} sacrifices to make them pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK9_50","071_9_50","MRK","9","50","50","Salt is useful to put on food, but you cannot RHQ make salt to taste salty again if it becomes flavorless MET. Similarly, you must remain useful to God, because no one can make you useful to God again if you become useless. You must also live peacefully with each other.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_1","071_10_1","MRK","10","1","1","Jesus left ◄that place/Capernaum► with his disciples, and they went through Judea district and on across to the east side of the Jordan River. When crowds gathered around him again, he taught them again, as he customarily did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_2","071_10_2","MRK","10","2","2","While he was teaching them, some Pharisees approached him and asked him, “Does our Jewish law permit a man to divorce his wife?” They asked that in order to be able to criticize him whether he answered “yes” or “no”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_3","071_10_3","MRK","10","3","3","He answered them, “What did Moses command your ancestors about a man divorcing his wife?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_4","071_10_4","MRK","10","4","4","One of them replied, “Moses permitted that a man may write on paper his reason for divorcing his wife, give this paper to her, and then send her away.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_5","071_10_5","MRK","10","5","5","Jesus said to them, “It was because your ancestors stubbornly wanted just what they desired that Moses wrote that law for your ancestors, and you are just like them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_6","071_10_6","MRK","10","6","6","Remember that he also wrote that, when God first created people, he made one man, and one woman to become that man’s wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_7","071_10_7","MRK","10","7","7","That explains why God said, ‘When a man and woman marry, they should no longer live with their fathers and mothers after they marry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_8","071_10_8","MRK","10","8","8","Instead, the two of them shall live together, and they shall become so closely united MET that they are like one person.’ Therefore, although the people who marry were two separate persons before, God regards them as one person now, so he wants them to remain married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_9","071_10_9","MRK","10","9","9","Because that is true, a man must not separate from his wife whom God has joined to him, because God’s plan is for them to remain together!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_10","071_10_10","MRK","10","10","10","When Jesus and his disciples were alone in a house, they asked him again about this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_11","071_10_11","MRK","10","11","11","He said to them, “God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, so he considers that any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery, even if he divorces his first wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_12","071_10_12","MRK","10","12","12","God also considers a woman who divorces her first husband to be committing adultery if she marries another man.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_13","071_10_13","MRK","10","13","13","One day, some people were bringing children to Jesus in order that he would touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded those people because they thought that Jesus ◄did not want to be bothered spending time with/was not concerned about► children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_14","071_10_14","MRK","10","14","14","When Jesus saw that, he became angry. He said to the disciples, “Allow the children to come to me! Do not forbid them DOU! It is people who are humble and trust as they do who can experience ◄God’s rule in their lives/God taking care of them► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_15","071_10_15","MRK","10","15","15","Note this: Those who do not trustingly allow God to direct their lives, as children do, will not enter the place where God rules.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_16","071_10_16","MRK","10","16","16","Then he embraced the children. He also put his hands on them and asked God to bless them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_17","071_10_17","MRK","10","17","17","As Jesus was starting to travel again with his disciples, a young man ran up to him. He knelt before Jesus and then he asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to have eternal life/in order to live with God eternally?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_18","071_10_18","MRK","10","18","18","Jesus said to him, “◄You should consider carefully what you are implying (OR, that you are implying that I am God) by calling me good, because only God is good!/Do you realize what you are implying (OR, that you are implying that I am God) by calling me good, because only God is good?► RHQ No other person is good ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_19","071_10_19","MRK","10","19","19","But to answer your question, you know the commandments of Moses, which will cause you to live eternally if you obey them perfectly. He commanded things such as ‘do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not ◄testify falsely/lie►, do not cheat anyone, and honor your father and mother’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_20","071_10_20","MRK","10","20","20","The man said to him, “Teacher, I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young. So is ◄that enough/there something else that I have not done►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_21","071_10_21","MRK","10","21","21","Jesus looked at him and loved him. He said to him, “There is one thing that you have not yet done. You must go home, sell all that you possess, and then give the money to poor people. As a result, you will be spiritually rich in heaven. After you have done what I have told you, come with me and be my disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_22","071_10_22","MRK","10","22","22","The man became disappointed when he heard that. He went away sad, because he was very rich and he did not want to give away everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_23","071_10_23","MRK","10","23","23","Jesus looked around at the people. Then he exclaimed to his disciples, “It is very difficult for people who are wealthy to decide to let God rule their lives!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_24","071_10_24","MRK","10","24","24","The disciples were surprised at what he said. They thought that God favored the rich people, so if God did not save them, he would not save anyone. So Jesus replied again to them, “My dear friends, it is very difficult for anyone to decide to let God rule his life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_25","071_10_25","MRK","10","25","25","It is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult HYP for rich people to decide to let God rule their lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_26","071_10_26","MRK","10","26","26","The disciples were very astonished. So they said to each other, “If that is so, ◄it will be unlikely that anyone will be saved {that God will save anyone}!/will God save anyone?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_27","071_10_27","MRK","10","27","27","Jesus looked at them and then he said, “Yes, it is impossible for people to save themselves! But God certainly can save them, because God can do anything!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_28","071_10_28","MRK","10","28","28","Peter exclaimed, “You know that we have left behind everything and we have become your disciples. So, ◄what about us/will God <accept us/reward us>►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_29","071_10_29","MRK","10","29","29","Jesus replied, “I want you to know this: Those who have left their houses, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or their plots of ground, to be my disciples and to proclaim the good news, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_30","071_10_30","MRK","10","30","30","will receive in this life 100 times as much as they left behind. That will include houses and people as dear as brothers and sisters and mothers and children, and plots of ground. Furthermore, although people will persecute them here on earth because they believe in me, in the future age they will ◄have eternal life/live with God eternally►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_31","071_10_31","MRK","10","31","31","But I warn you all: Many of you who now consider yourselves to be very important will be unimportant at that future time, and many of you who now consider yourselves to be unimportant will be very important at that future time!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_32","071_10_32","MRK","10","32","32","Some days later as they continued to travel, Jesus and his disciples were walking on the road that leads up to Jerusalem city. Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples/apostles were astonished that he was going to where there were many people who opposed him, and the other people who were with them were afraid about what would happen to him in Jerusalem. Along the way he took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves. Then he began to tell them again about what was going to happen to him, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_33","071_10_33","MRK","10","33","33","“Listen carefully! We are going up to Jerusalem. There the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws will be enabled {someone will help the chief priests and those who teach our Jewish laws} to seize me. Then they will declare that I must die, even though I am the one who came from heaven. Then they will take me to the Roman authorities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_34","071_10_34","MRK","10","34","34","Those men will ridicule me. They will spit on me. They will ◄scourge me/whip me with a leaded whip.► Then they will kill me. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_35","071_10_35","MRK","10","35","35","Along the way, James and John, who were the two sons of Zebedee, approached Jesus and they said to him, “Teacher, please do for us what we will ask you to do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_36","071_10_36","MRK","10","36","36","He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_37","071_10_37","MRK","10","37","37","They said to him, “When you rule gloriously, let us rule with you. Let one of us sit at your right side and one sit at your left side.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_38","071_10_38","MRK","10","38","38","But Jesus said to them, “You do not understand what you are asking for.” Then he asked them, “Can you endure suffering MTY like I am about to suffer? Can you endure being killed MTY as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_39","071_10_39","MRK","10","39","39","They said to him, “Yes, we are able to do that!” Then Jesus said to them, “It is true that you will endure suffering MTY like I will suffer, and you will endure being killed as I will be killed {people killing you as they will kill me}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_40","071_10_40","MRK","10","40","40","But I am not the one who chooses the ones who will sit next to me and rule with me. God will give those places to the ones he appoints.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_41","071_10_41","MRK","10","41","41","The other ten disciples later heard about what James and John had requested. As a result, they were angry with them because they also wanted to rule with Jesus in the highest positions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_42","071_10_42","MRK","10","42","42","Then, after Jesus called them all together, he said to them, “You know that those who rule the non-Jews enjoy showing that they are powerful. You also know that officials enjoy commanding others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_43","071_10_43","MRK","10","43","43","But do not be like them! On the contrary, all those among you who want God to consider them great must become like servants to the rest of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_44","071_10_44","MRK","10","44","44","Furthermore, if anyone among you wants God to consider him to be the most important, he must act like a servant for the rest of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_45","071_10_45","MRK","10","45","45","You should imitate me. Even though I am the one who has come from heaven, I did not come to be served {for others to serve me}. On the contrary, I came in order to serve others and to allow others to kill me, in order that my dying for people would be like a payment to rescue many people from being punished {God punishing them} for their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_46","071_10_46","MRK","10","46","46","On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus and the disciples came to Jericho town. Afterwards, while they were leaving Jericho along with a great crowd, a blind man who habitually begged for money was sitting beside the road. His name was Bartimaeus and his father’s name was Timaeus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_47","071_10_47","MRK","10","47","47","When he heard people say that Jesus from Nazareth was passing by, he shouted, “Jesus! You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_48","071_10_48","MRK","10","48","48","Many people rebuked him and told him that he should be quiet. But he shouted even more, “You who are the Messiah descended from King David, ◄be merciful to/help► me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_49","071_10_49","MRK","10","49","49","Jesus stopped and said, “Call him to come over here!” They summoned the blind man, saying, “Jesus is calling you! So cheer up and get up and come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_50","071_10_50","MRK","10","50","50","He threw aside his cloak as he jumped up, and he came to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_51","071_10_51","MRK","10","51","51","Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Sir, I want to be able to see again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK10_52","071_10_52","MRK","10","52","52","Jesus said to him, “I am healing you because you believed in me. So you may go home!” He could see immediately. And he went with Jesus along the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_1","071_11_1","MRK","11","1","1","When they came near to Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany villages near Olive Tree Hill. Then Jesus summoned two of his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_2","071_11_2","MRK","11","2","2","He said to them, “Go to that village just ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey that no one has ever ridden, that has been tied {people have tied} up. Untie it, and then bring it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_3","071_11_3","MRK","11","3","3","If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing that?’, say, ‘Jesus, our Lord, needs to use it. He will send it back here with someone as soon as he no longer needs it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_4","071_11_4","MRK","11","4","4","So the two disciples went and they found the young donkey. It was tied close to the door of a house, which was beside the street. Then they untied it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_5","071_11_5","MRK","11","5","5","Some of the people who were there said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_6","071_11_6","MRK","11","6","6","They told them what Jesus had said. So the people permitted them to take the donkey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_7","071_11_7","MRK","11","7","7","They brought the donkey to Jesus. The disciples put some of their clothes on it in order to make something for him to sit on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_8","071_11_8","MRK","11","8","8","Many people spread their cloaks on the road to honor him as a king. Others, in order to honor him, spread along the road branches that they cut from palm trees in the fields beside the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_9","071_11_9","MRK","11","9","9","The people who were going in front of him and behind him were all shouting things like, “Praise God!” “May God bless this one who comes ◄with his authority/as his representative► MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_10","071_11_10","MRK","11","10","10","“May you be blessed {May God bless you} when you rule like our ancestor King David ruled!” “Praise God who is in the highest heaven!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_11","071_11_11","MRK","11","11","11","He entered Jerusalem with them, and then he went into the Temple courtyard. After he looked around at everything there, he left the city because it was already late in the afternoon. He returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples and slept there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_12","071_11_12","MRK","11","12","12","The next day, as Jesus and his disciples were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_13","071_11_13","MRK","11","13","13","He saw from a distance a fig tree with all its leaves, so he went to it to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found only leaves on it. This was because it was not yet time when normal fig trees have ripe figs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_14","071_11_14","MRK","11","14","14","But to illustrate how God would punish the nation of Israel, he said to the tree, “No one shall ever eat from you again because you will no longer bear figs.” The disciples heard what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_15","071_11_15","MRK","11","15","15","Jesus and his disciples went back to Jerusalem. He entered the Temple courtyard. He saw people who were selling and buying animals for sacrifices. They were spoiling the place of worship. He chased those people from the Temple courtyard. He also overturned the tables of those who were giving Temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins. He overturned the seats of the men who were selling doves for sacrifices, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_16","071_11_16","MRK","11","16","16","and he would not allow anyone who was carrying anything to sell to go through the Temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_17","071_11_17","MRK","11","17","17","Then as he taught those people, he said to them, “It is written {One of the prophets wrote} in the Scriptures that God said, ‘I want my house to be called {people to call my house} a house where people from all nations may pray’, but you bandits have made it like a cave where you can hide! ◄You know that!/Do you not know that?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_18","071_11_18","MRK","11","18","18","The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws later heard about what he had done. So they planned how they might kill him, but they knew that it would be difficult, because they realized that the crowd was amazed at what he was teaching and they feared that the people would soon decide that Jesus had more authority over the Temple than they did (OR, feared what the people would do if they tried to arrest Jesus). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_19","071_11_19","MRK","11","19","19","That evening, Jesus and his disciples left the city and again slept in Bethany. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_20","071_11_20","MRK","11","20","20","The next morning, while they were going along the road toward Jerusalem, they saw that the fig tree that Jesus had cursed had withered completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_21","071_11_21","MRK","11","21","21","Peter remembered what Jesus had said to the fig tree and he exclaimed to Jesus, “Teacher, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_22","071_11_22","MRK","11","22","22","Jesus replied, “You should not be surprised that God did what I asked! You must trust that God will do whatever you ask him to do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_23","071_11_23","MRK","11","23","23","Also note this: If anyone says to this hill, ‘Be raised up {Rise up} and then be thrown {throw yourself} into the lake!’ and if he does not doubt that what he asks for will happen, that is, if he believes that what he asks for will happen, God will do it for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_24","071_11_24","MRK","11","24","24","So I tell you, whenever you ask God for something when you pray, believe that you will receive it, and, if you do, God will do it for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_25","071_11_25","MRK","11","25","26","Now, I tell you this also: Whenever you are praying, if you have a grudge against people because they have harmed you, forgive them, in order that your Father in heaven will likewise forgive your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_27","071_11_27","MRK","11","27","27","Jesus and his disciples arrived in the Temple courtyard in Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking there, a group consisting of chief priests, some men who taught the Jewish laws, and elders came to him and they said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_28","071_11_28","MRK","11","28","28","“By what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things like those you did here yesterday?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_29","071_11_29","MRK","11","29","29","Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you who authorized me to do those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_30","071_11_30","MRK","11","30","30","Did God MTY or people authorize John to baptize those who came to him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_31","071_11_31","MRK","11","31","31","They debated among themselves as to what they should answer. They said to each other, “If we say that it was God who authorized him, he will say to us, ‘Therefore, ◄you should have believed what John said!/why did you not believe what John said?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_32","071_11_32","MRK","11","32","32","On the other hand, if we say that it was people who authorized John, then what will happen to us?” They were afraid to say that about where John got his authority, because they knew that the people would be very angry with them. They knew that all the people truly believed that John was a prophet whom God had sent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK11_33","071_11_33","MRK","11","33","33","So they answered Jesus, “We do not know where John got his authority.” Then Jesus said to them, “Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things here yesterday.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_1","071_12_1","MRK","12","1","1","Then Jesus told those Jewish leaders a parable. He wanted to show what God would do to those who rejected the former prophets and himself. He said, “A certain man planted a vineyard. He built a fence around it in order to protect it. He made a stone tank to collect the juice that they would press out of the grapes. He also built a tower for someone to sit in to guard his vineyard. Then he leased the vineyard to some men to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return. Then he went away to another country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_2","071_12_2","MRK","12","2","2","When the time came to harvest the grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard in order to receive from them his share of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_3","071_12_3","MRK","12","3","3","But after the servant arrived, they grabbed him and beat him, and they did not give him any fruit. Then they sent him away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_4","071_12_4","MRK","12","4","4","Later the one who owned the vineyard sent another servant to them. But they beat that one on his head, and they insulted him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_5","071_12_5","MRK","12","5","5","Later he sent another servant. That man they killed. They mistreated many other servants whom he sent. Some they beat and some they killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_6","071_12_6","MRK","12","6","6","The man still had one other person with him. It was his son. He loved him very much. So, finally he sent his son to them because he thought that they would respect him and give him some of the grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_7","071_12_7","MRK","12","7","7","But when they saw his son coming, those men who were looking after the vineyard said to each other, ‘Look! Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard! So let’s kill him in order that this vineyard will be ours!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_8","071_12_8","MRK","12","8","8","They seized him and killed him. Then they threw his body outside the vineyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_9","071_12_9","MRK","12","9","9","So ◄do you know what the man who owns the vineyard will do?/I will tell you what the man who owns the vineyard will do RHQ►. He will come, and he will kill those evil men who were taking care of his vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_10","071_12_10","MRK","12","10","10","Now think carefully about these words, which you have read in the Scriptures: The men who were building the building rejected one stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_11","071_12_11","MRK","12","11","11","The Lord has done this, and we marvel as we look at it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_12","071_12_12","MRK","12","12","12","Then the Jewish leaders realized that he was accusing them when he told this story about what those wicked people did. So they wanted to seize him. But they were afraid of what the crowds would do if they did that. So they left him and went away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_13","071_12_13","MRK","12","13","13","The Jewish leaders sent to Jesus some Pharisees who thought that the Jews should pay only the tax that their own Jewish authorities required people to pay. They also sent some members of the party that supported Herod Antipas and the Roman government. They wanted to make Jesus say something wrong that would make one of those groups very angry with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_14","071_12_14","MRK","12","14","14","After they arrived, they said to him deceivingly, “Teacher, we know that you teach the truth. We also know that you are not concerned about what people say about you, even if an important person does not like what you say. Instead, you teach truthfully what God wants us to do. So tell us what you think about this matter: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government, or not MTY? Should we pay the taxes, or should we not pay them?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_15","071_12_15","MRK","12","15","15","Jesus knew that they did not really want to know what God wanted them to do. So he said to them, “◄I know that you are just trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me./Why are you just trying to make me say something wrong for which you can arrest me?► RHQ But I will answer your question anyway. Bring me a coin so that I might ask you something after I look at it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_16","071_12_16","MRK","12","16","16","After they brought him a coin, he asked them, “Whose picture is on this coin? And whose name is on it?” They replied, “It is a picture and the name of Caesar, the man who rules the Roman government.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_17","071_12_17","MRK","12","17","17","Then Jesus said to them, “That is correct, so give to the government MTY what they require, and give to God what he requires.” They were frustrated at his answer but amazed at what he said, because they were not able to accuse him of anything because of what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_18","071_12_18","MRK","12","18","18","Men who belong to the Sadducee sect deny that people become alive again after they die. In order to discredit Jesus by ridiculing the idea that people will live again, some of them came to him and asked him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_19","071_12_19","MRK","12","19","19","“Teacher, Moses wrote for us Jews that if a man who has no children dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow. Then if those two bear children, everyone will consider that those children are the children of the man who died, and in that way the dead man will continue to have descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_20","071_12_20","MRK","12","20","20","So here is an example. There were seven boys in one family. The oldest one married a woman, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Then he later died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_21","071_12_21","MRK","12","21","21","The second brother followed this law and married that woman and he, too, did not bear any children. Then he later died. The third brother did like his other brothers did. But he also did not bear any children, and later died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_22","071_12_22","MRK","12","22","22","Eventually all seven brothers married that woman, one by one, but they had no children, and one by one they died. Afterwards the woman died, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_23","071_12_23","MRK","12","23","23","Therefore, if it were true what some people say, that people will become alive again after they die, whose wife do you think that woman will be when people become alive again? ◄Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/She was married to all seven brothers, so how can anyone decide RHQ?►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_24","071_12_24","MRK","12","24","24","Jesus replied to them, “You are certainly wrong RHQ. You do not know what they have written in the Scriptures about this. You also do not understand God’s power to make people alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_25","071_12_25","MRK","12","25","25","That woman will not be the wife of any of them, because when people have become alive again, instead of men having wives and women having husbands, they will be like the angels in heaven, who do not marry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_26","071_12_26","MRK","12","26","26","But as to people becoming alive again after they die, in the book that Moses wrote, he said something about people who have died that I am sure that you have read RHQ. When Moses was looking at the bush that was burning, God said to him, ‘I am the God whom Abraham worships and the God whom Isaac worships and the God whom Jacob worships.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_27","071_12_27","MRK","12","27","27","It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we know their spirits were still alive! So your claim that dead people do not become alive again is very wrong.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_28","071_12_28","MRK","12","28","28","A man who taught the Jewish laws heard their discussion. He knew that Jesus answered the question well. So he stepped forward and asked Jesus, “Which commandment is the most important?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_29","071_12_29","MRK","12","29","29","Jesus answered, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, you people of Israel! You must worship the Lord, our God, our only Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_30","071_12_30","MRK","12","30","30","You must show that you love him in all the ways that you live Show it in all that you want and feel, in all that you think, and in all that you do!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_31","071_12_31","MRK","12","31","31","The next most important commandment is: ‘You must love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself.’ No other commandment is more important than these two!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_32","071_12_32","MRK","12","32","32","The man said to Jesus, “Teacher, you have answered well. You correctly said that he is the only God and that there is no other God we must worship/obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_33","071_12_33","MRK","12","33","33","You have also said correctly that we ◄should/must show that we► love God by all that we are, by all that we think, and by the way that we live. And you have said correctly that we must love ◄people with whom we come in contact/others► as much as we love ourselves. And you have also implied that doing these things pleases God more than offering/giving animals to him or burning other sacrifices.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_34","071_12_34","MRK","12","34","34","Jesus realized that this man had answered wisely. So he said to him, “I perceive that you will soon decide to let God rule your life.” After that, the Jewish leaders were afraid to ask him any more questions like that to try to trap him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_35","071_12_35","MRK","12","35","35","Later, while he was teaching in the Temple courtyard, Jesus said to the people, “These men who teach the Jewish laws, ◄they must be wrong when they say that the Messiah is merely a descendant of King David!/why do they say that the Messiah is merely a descendant of King David?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_36","071_12_36","MRK","12","36","36","The Holy Spirit caused David himself to say about the Messiah, God said to my Lord, ‘Sit here beside me at the place where I will highly honor you! Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies! MTY’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_37","071_12_37","MRK","12","37","37","Therefore, because David himself calls the Messiah ‘my Lord,’ ◄the Messiah cannot be just a man who descended from King David!/how can the Messiah be just a man who descended from King David?► RHQ He must be much greater than David”! Many people listened to him gladly as he taught those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_38","071_12_38","MRK","12","38","38","While Jesus was teaching the people, he said to them, “Beware that you do not act like the men who teach our Jewish laws. They like people to honor them, so they put on long robes and walk around in order to show people how important they are. They also like people to greet them respectfully in the marketplaces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_39","071_12_39","MRK","12","39","39","They like to sit in the most important seats in our ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place►. At festivals, they like to sit in the seats where the most honored people sit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_40","071_12_40","MRK","12","40","40","They ◄swindle/take for themselves► the houses and property of widows by cheating them. Then they pretend that they are good by praying long prayers publicly. God will certainly punish them severely!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_41","071_12_41","MRK","12","41","41","Later, Jesus sat down in the Temple courtyard opposite the boxes in which people put offerings. As he was sitting there, he watched as all the people put money in the box. Many rich people put in large amounts of money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_42","071_12_42","MRK","12","42","42","Then a poor widow came along and put in two small copper coins, which had a very small value. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK12_43","071_12_43","MRK","12","43","44","He gathered his disciples around him and said to them, “The truth is that these other people have a lot of money, but they gave only a small part of it. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs. So God considers that this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the other people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_1","071_13_1","MRK","13","1","1","While Jesus was leaving the Temple area, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at how marvelous these  huge stones in the walls are  and how wonderful these buildings are!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_2","071_13_2","MRK","13","2","2","Jesus said to him, “Yes, these buildings that you are looking at RHQ are wonderful, but I want to tell you something about them. They will soon be destroyed {Foreign invaders will destroy them} completely, with the result that no stone here in this Temple area will be left on top of another stone.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_3","071_13_3","MRK","13","3","3","After they arrived on Olive Tree Hill across the valley from the Temple, Jesus sat down. When Peter, James, John, and Andrew were alone with him, they asked him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_4","071_13_4","MRK","13","4","4","“Tell us, when will that happen to the buildings of the Temple? Tell us what will happen that will show us that all these things that God has planned are about to be finished {that God is about to finish all these things that he has planned}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_5","071_13_5","MRK","13","5","5","Jesus replied to them, “I cannot give you a simple answer to your questions. All I will say is, beware that no one deceives you concerning what will happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_6","071_13_6","MRK","13","6","6","Many people will come and say ◄that I sent them/that they have my authority► MTY. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah!’ They will deceive many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_7","071_13_7","MRK","13","7","7","Whenever people tell you about wars that are close or wars that are far away, do not be troubled. God has said that those things must happen. But when they do happen, do not think that God will finish all that he has planned at that time! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_8","071_13_8","MRK","13","8","8","Groups who live in various countries will fight each other, and various governments will fight each other. There will also be big earthquakes in various places; and there will be famines. Yet, when these things happen, people will have only just begun to suffer. The first things that they suffer will be like the first pains a woman suffers who is about to bear a child. They will suffer much more after that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_9","071_13_9","MRK","13","9","9","Be ready for what people will do to you at that time. Because you believe in me, they will arrest you and put you on trial before the religious councils. ◄In the synagogues/In the Jewish meeting places►, you will be beaten {others will beat you}. You will be put {People will put you} on trial in the presence of high government authorities. As a result, you will be able to tell them about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_10","071_13_10","MRK","13","10","10","My good message must be proclaimed {You must proclaim my good message} to people in all people-groups before God finishes all that he has planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_11","071_13_11","MRK","13","11","11","And when people arrest you in order to prosecute you because you believe in me, do not worry before that happens about what you will say. Instead, say what God puts into your mind at that time. Then it will not be just you who will be speaking. It will be the Holy Spirit who will be speaking through you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_12","071_13_12","MRK","13","12","12","Other evil things will happen: People who do not believe in me will ◄betray/help others seize► their brothers and sisters in order that the government can execute them. Parents will betray their children, and children will betray their parents so that the government will kill their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_13","071_13_13","MRK","13","13","13","In general, you will be hated by most HYP people {most HYP people will hate you} because you believe in me. But all you who continue to trust in me strongly until your life is finished will be saved {God will save all you who continue to trust in me strongly until your life ends}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_14","071_13_14","MRK","13","14","14","During that time the disgusting thing/person that the prophet Daniel described will enter the Temple. It/He will defile the Temple when he enters it and will cause people to abandon it. When you see it/him standing there where it/he should not be, you should run away quickly (May everyone who is reading this pay attention to this warning from Jesus!) At that time those people who are in Judea district must flee to higher hills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_15","071_13_15","MRK","13","15","15","Those people who are outside their houses must not enter their houses in order to get anything before they run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_16","071_13_16","MRK","13","16","16","Those who are working in a field must not return to their houses in order to get additional clothes before they flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_17","071_13_17","MRK","13","17","17","But I feel very sorry for women who will be pregnant and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, because it will be very difficult for them to run away ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_18","071_13_18","MRK","13","18","19","In those days people will suffer very severely. People have never suffered like that since the time when God first created the world until now; and people will not suffer that way again. So pray that this painful time will not happen in ◄winter/the rainy season►, when it will be hard to travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_20","071_13_20","MRK","13","20","20","If the Lord God had not decided that he would shorten that time when people suffer so much, everyone would die. But he has decided to shorten that time because he is concerned about you people whom he has chosen DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_21","071_13_21","MRK","13","21","22","At that time people who will falsely say that they are Messiahs and prophets will appear. Then they will perform many kinds ◄of miracles/of things that ordinary people cannot do► DOU. They will even try to deceive you people whom God has chosen, but they will not be able to do that. So at that time if someone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or if someone says, ‘Look, he is over there!’ do not believe it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_23","071_13_23","MRK","13","23","23","Be alert! Remember that I have warned you about all this before it happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_24","071_13_24","MRK","13","24","24","After the time when people suffer like that, the sun will become dark, the moon will not shine, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_25","071_13_25","MRK","13","25","25","the stars will fall from the sky, and all things in the sky will be shaken {God will cause all things in the sky to shake}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_26","071_13_26","MRK","13","26","26","Then people will see me, the one who came from heaven, coming through the clouds powerfully and gloriously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_27","071_13_27","MRK","13","27","27","Then I will send out my angels in order that they gather together the people whom God has chosen from everywhere, and that includes all the most remote places on earth IDM, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_28","071_13_28","MRK","13","28","28","Now I want you to learn something from this parable about the way fig trees grow. In this area, when their buds become tender and their leaves begin to sprout, you know that summer is near. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_29","071_13_29","MRK","13","29","29","Similarly, when you see what I have just described happening, you yourselves will know that it is very near the time for me to return MTY. It will be as though I am already at the door HEN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_30","071_13_30","MRK","13","30","30","Keep this in mind: You have observed the things that I have done and said, but all of those events that I have just told you about will happen before all of you will die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_31","071_13_31","MRK","13","31","31","You can be certain that these things that I have prophesied will happen. You can be more certain of that than you can be certain that the earth and what is in the sky will stay in place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_32","071_13_32","MRK","13","32","32","But no one knows the exact time when I will return. The angels in heaven also do not know. Even I do not know. Only my Father knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_33","071_13_33","MRK","13","33","33","So be ready, like people who are waiting for an important man to come, because you do not know when that time will come when all these events will happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_34","071_13_34","MRK","13","34","34","When a man who wants to travel to a distant place is about to leave his house, he tells his servants that they should manage the house. He tells each one what he should do. Then he tells the doorkeeper to be ready for his return. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_35","071_13_35","MRK","13","35","35","That man must always be ready, because he does not know whether his master will return in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn. Similarly, you also must always be ready, because you do not know when I will return. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_36","071_13_36","MRK","13","36","36","May it not happen that when I come suddenly, I will find that you are not ready! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK13_37","071_13_37","MRK","13","37","37","These words that I am saying to you disciples I am saying to everyone who believes in me: Always be ready!” That is what Jesus warned his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_1","071_14_1","MRK","14","1","1","It was only two days before the people ◄celebrated/started to celebrate► for one week the festival which they called Passover. During those days they also celebrated the festival of ◄Unleavened Bread/eating bread that had no yeast in it►. The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws were planning how they could seize Jesus secretly. They wanted to accuse him in front of the Roman authorities so that they would execute him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_2","071_14_2","MRK","14","2","2","But they were saying to one another, “We must not do it during the celebration, because, if we do it then, the people will be very angry with us and riot!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_3","071_14_3","MRK","14","3","3","Jesus was at Bethany town in the house of Simon, whom Jesus had healed from leprosy. While they were eating, a woman came to him. She was carrying a stone jar that contained expensive fragrant perfume called nard. She opened the jar and then she poured the perfume on Jesus’ head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_4","071_14_4","MRK","14","4","4","One of the people who were present became angry and said to the others, “◄It is terrible that she wasted that perfume!/Why did she waste that perfume?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_5","071_14_5","MRK","14","5","5","It could have been sold {We could have sold it} for ◄a huge amount of money/an amount of money for which a person works for a year►, and then the money could have been given {we could have given the money} to poor people!” So he rebuked her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_6","071_14_6","MRK","14","6","6","But Jesus said, “Stop scolding her! She has done to me what I consider to be very appropriate/delightful. So ◄you should not bother her!/why do you bother her?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_7","071_14_7","MRK","14","7","7","You will always have poor people among you. So you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be here among you much longer. So it is good for her to show now that she appreciates me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_8","071_14_8","MRK","14","8","8","It is appropriate that she has done what she was able to do. It is as if she knew that I was going to die soon and has anointed my body for their burying it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_9","071_14_9","MRK","14","9","9","I will tell you this: Wherever the good message about me is preached {people preach the good message} throughout the world, what she has done will be told {people will tell others what she has done to me}, and as a result people will remember her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_10","071_14_10","MRK","14","10","10","Then Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town) went to the chief priests in order to talk to them about helping them to seize Jesus. He did that even though he was one of the twelve disciples ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_11","071_14_11","MRK","14","11","11","When they heard what he was willing to do for them, they were very happy. They promised that they would give him a large amount of money for doing that. Judas agreed, so they gave him the money. As a result, he began watching for an opportunity ◄to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_12","071_14_12","MRK","14","12","12","Two days later, when they killed the lambs for the festival at the beginning of the week when people ate bread that had no yeast in it, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to go and prepare the meal for the Passover celebration in order that you can eat it with us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_13","071_14_13","MRK","14","13","13","So he chose two of his disciples to prepare everything. He said to them, “Go into Jerusalem city. A man will meet you, who will be carrying a large jar full of water. Follow him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_14","071_14_14","MRK","14","14","14","When he enters a house, say to the man who owns the house, ‘Our teacher wants us to prepare the meal of the Passover celebration so that he can eat it with us his disciples. ◄Please show us the room that he arranged with you about./Where is the room that he arranged with you about?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_15","071_14_15","MRK","14","15","15","He will show you a large room that is on the upper floor of the house. It will be furnished and ready for us to eat a meal in it. Then prepare the meal there for us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_16","071_14_16","MRK","14","16","16","So the two disciples left. They went into the city and found everything to be just like he had told them. They prepared the meal for the Passover celebration, and then returned to Jesus and the other disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_17","071_14_17","MRK","14","17","17","When it was evening, Jesus arrived at that house with the twelve disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_18","071_14_18","MRK","14","18","18","As they were all sitting there and eating, Jesus said, “Listen carefully to this: One of you will enable my enemies to seize me. Specifically, it is one of you who will do this in spite of the fact that he is eating with me right now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_19","071_14_19","MRK","14","19","19","The disciples became very sad and they said to him one by one, “Surely ◄it is not I!/I am not the one, am I?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_20","071_14_20","MRK","14","20","20","Then he said to them, “It is one of you twelve disciples, the one who is dipping bread into the sauce in the dish along with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_21","071_14_21","MRK","14","21","21","It is certain that I, the one who came from heaven, will die, because that is what has been {what the prophets have} written about me. But there will be terrible punishment for the man by whom I will be betrayed {who will ◄betray me/help my enemies to seize me►}! In fact, it would be better for that man if he had never been born!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_22","071_14_22","MRK","14","22","22","While they were eating, he took a flat loaf of bread and thanked God for it. Then he broke it into pieces and gave it to them and said to them, “This bread represents MET my body. Take it and eat it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_23","071_14_23","MRK","14","23","23","Afterwards, he took a cup that contained wine and thanked God for it. Then he gave it to them, and then, as they all drank from it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_24","071_14_24","MRK","14","24","24","he said to them, “This wine represents MET my blood, which is about to be shed {which is about to flow from my body} when my enemies kill me. With this blood I will sign the agreement that God has made to forgive the sins of many people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_25","071_14_25","MRK","14","25","25","I want you to know this: I will not drink any more wine in this way until the time when I drink it with a new meaning when I begin to rule as a king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_26","071_14_26","MRK","14","26","26","After they sang a hymn, they went out toward Olive Tree Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_27","071_14_27","MRK","14","27","27","While they were on their way, Jesus said to them, “It has been {The prophets have} written in the Scriptures that God said about me, ‘I will kill the shepherd and his sheep will scatter.’ Those words will come true. When they are about to capture me, all of you will leave me and run away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_28","071_14_28","MRK","14","28","28","But after I have been made {God has made me} alive again, I will go ahead of you to Galilee district and meet you there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_29","071_14_29","MRK","14","29","29","Then Peter said to him, “Perhaps all the other disciples will leave you, but not I! I will not leave you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_30","071_14_30","MRK","14","30","30","Then Jesus said to him, “The truth is that this very night, before the rooster crows a second time, you yourself will deny three times that you know me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_31","071_14_31","MRK","14","31","31","But Peter replied strongly, “Even if they kill me as I defend you, I will never deny that I know you!” And all the other disciples said the same thing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_32","071_14_32","MRK","14","32","32","On the way, Jesus and the disciples came to the place that people call Gethsemane. Then he said to some/eight of his disciples, “Stay here while I pray!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_33","071_14_33","MRK","14","33","33","Then he took Peter, James, and John with him. He became extremely distressed, and he said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_34","071_14_34","MRK","14","34","34","“I SYN am very sorrowful. It is as if I were about to die. You men remain here and stay awake!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_35","071_14_35","MRK","14","35","35","He went a bit further and threw himself on the ground. Then he prayed that if it were possible, he would not have to suffer MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_36","071_14_36","MRK","14","36","36","He said, “O my Father, because you are able to do everything, rescue me so that I do not have to suffer now MTY! But do not do what I want. Instead, do what you want!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_37","071_14_37","MRK","14","37","37","Then he returned and found his disciples sleeping. He woke them up and said, “Simon! ◄I am disappointed that you fell asleep and that you were not able to stay awake for just a short time!/Why is it that you fell asleep and that you were not able to stay awake for just one hour?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_38","071_14_38","MRK","14","38","38","And he said to them, “You want to do what I say, but you are not strong enough MTY to actually do it. So keep awake and pray in order that you can resist when something like this tempts you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_39","071_14_39","MRK","14","39","39","Then he went away again and prayed again what he prayed before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_40","071_14_40","MRK","14","40","40","When he returned, he found that they were sleeping again because they were so sleepy that they could not keep their eyes open. Because they were ashamed, they did not know what to say to him when he awakened them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_41","071_14_41","MRK","14","41","41","Then he went and prayed again. He returned a third time; and he found them sleeping again. He woke all of them and said to them, “◄I am disappointed that you are sleeping again!/Why are you sleeping again?► RHQ You have slept enough. The time for me to suffer is about to begin. Look! Someone is about to enable sinful men to seize me, the one who came from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_42","071_14_42","MRK","14","42","42","So get up! Let’s go toward him Look! Here comes the one who is enabling them to seize me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_43","071_14_43","MRK","14","43","43","While he was still speaking, Judas arrived. Even though he was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples, he came to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him. A crowd who carried swords and clubs was with him. The leaders of the Jewish Council had sent them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_44","071_14_44","MRK","14","44","44","Judas, who was ◄betraying Jesus/helping Jesus’ enemies to seize him►, had previously told this crowd, “The man whom I kiss is the one whom you want. When I kiss him, seize him and lead him away while you guard him carefully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_45","071_14_45","MRK","14","45","45","So, when Judas arrived, he immediately went to Jesus and said, “My teacher!” Then he kissed Jesus on his neck/cheek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_46","071_14_46","MRK","14","46","46","Then the crowd seized Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_47","071_14_47","MRK","14","47","47","But one of the disciples who was standing nearby drew his short sword. He struck the servant of the high priest with it to kill him, but he only cut off his ear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_48","071_14_48","MRK","14","48","49","Jesus said to them, “◄It is ridiculous that you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit!/Have you come here to seize me with swords and clubs, as if I were a bandit RHQ?► Day after day I was with you in the Temple courtyard teaching the people Why did you not seize me then? But this is happening in order that what the prophets have written in the Scriptures about me may be fulfilled {may happen}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_50","071_14_50","MRK","14","50","50","All the disciples at once left him and ran away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_51","071_14_51","MRK","14","51","51","At that time, ◄a young man/I► was following Jesus. He/I was wearing only a linen cloth around his/my body. The crowd seized him/me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_52","071_14_52","MRK","14","52","52","But, as he/I pulled away from them, he/I left behind the linen cloth in their hands, and then he/I ran away naked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_53","071_14_53","MRK","14","53","53","The men who had seized Jesus led him away to the house where the supreme priest lived. All of the Jewish Council were gathering there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_54","071_14_54","MRK","14","54","54","Peter followed Jesus at a distance. He went into the courtyard of the house where the supreme priest lived, and sat there with the men who guarded the house of the supreme priest. He was warming himself beside a fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_55","071_14_55","MRK","14","55","55","The chief priests and all the rest of the Jewish council had already tried to find people who would tell lies about Jesus in order that they could convince the Roman authorities to execute him. But they did not succeed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_56","071_14_56","MRK","14","56","56","because, although many people spoke lies about him, they contradicted each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_57","071_14_57","MRK","14","57","57","Finally, some stood up and accused him falsely by saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_58","071_14_58","MRK","14","58","58","“We heard him when he said, ‘I will destroy this Temple that was built by men, and then within three days I will build another temple ◄without help from anyone else/that human hands will not build►.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_59","071_14_59","MRK","14","59","59","But, what some of these men said also did not agree with what others of them said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_60","071_14_60","MRK","14","60","60","Then the supreme priest himself stood up in front of them and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to reply? What do you say about all the things that they are saying in order to accuse you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_61","071_14_61","MRK","14","61","61","But Jesus was silent and did not reply DOU. Then the supreme priest tried again. He asked him, “Are you the Messiah? Do you say that you are ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_62","071_14_62","MRK","14","62","62","Jesus said, “I am. Furthermore, you will see me, the one who came from heaven, ruling beside God, who is completely powerful. You will also see me coming down through the clouds in the sky!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_63","071_14_63","MRK","14","63","63","In response to Jesus’ words, the supreme priest tore his outer garment. That was their custom to show that he was shocked that Jesus had said that he was equal to God. Then he said, “We certainly do not RHQ need any more people who will testify against this man, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_64","071_14_64","MRK","14","64","64","because you have heard what he said against God! He claimed to be equal with God Therefore, what have you decided?” They all said that Jesus was guilty and deserved ◄to be executed/that they should kill him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_65","071_14_65","MRK","14","65","65","Then some of them began spitting on Jesus. They put a blindfold on him, and then they began striking him and saying to him, “If you are a prophet, tell us who hit you!” And those who were guarding Jesus struck him with their hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_66","071_14_66","MRK","14","66","66","While Peter was outside in the courtyard of the supreme priest’s house, one of the girls who worked for the supreme priest came near him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_67","071_14_67","MRK","14","67","67","When she saw Peter warming himself beside the fire, she looked at him closely. Then she said, “You also were with Jesus, that man from Nazareth town!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_68","071_14_68","MRK","14","68","68","But he denied it by saying, “I do not know or understand DOU what you are talking about!” Then he went away from there to the gate of the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_69","071_14_69","MRK","14","69","69","The  servant girl saw him there and said to the people who were standing nearby, “This man is one of those who have been with that man they arrested.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_70","071_14_70","MRK","14","70","70","But he denied it again. After a little while, one of those who were standing there said to Peter again, “The way you speak shows that you also are from Galilee district. So it is certain that you are one of those who accompanied Jesus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_71","071_14_71","MRK","14","71","71","But he began to exclaim, “I do not know the man that you are talking about! Because God knows that I am speaking truthfully, may he punish me if I am lying!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK14_72","071_14_72","MRK","14","72","72","Immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him before, “Before the rooster crows a second time, you will deny three times that you know me.” When he realized that he had denied it three times, he started crying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_1","071_15_1","MRK","15","1","1","Very early in the morning the chief priests met together with the rest of the Jewish council, in order to decide how to accuse Jesus before the Roman governor. Their guards tied Jesus’ hands again. They took him to the house of Pilate, the governor, and they started to accuse him, saying “Jesus is claiming that he is a king!!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_2","071_15_2","MRK","15","2","2","Pilate asked Jesus, “Do you claim to be the king of the Jews?” Jesus answered him, “You yourself have said so.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_3","071_15_3","MRK","15","3","3","Then the chief priests claimed that Jesus had done many bad things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_4","071_15_4","MRK","15","4","4","So Pilate asked him again, “Don’t you have anything to say? Listen to how many bad things they are saying that you have done!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_5","071_15_5","MRK","15","5","5","But even though Jesus was not guilty, he did not say anything more. The result was that Pilate was very much surprised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_6","071_15_6","MRK","15","6","6","It was the governor’s custom each year during the Passover celebration to release one person who was in prison. He customarily released whichever prisoner the people requested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_7","071_15_7","MRK","15","7","7","At that time there was a man called Barabbas who had been {whom the soldiers had} put in prison with some other men. Those men had murdered some soldiers when they rebelled against the Roman government. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_8","071_15_8","MRK","15","8","8","A crowd approached Pilate and asked him to release someone, just like he customarily did for them during the Passover celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_9","071_15_9","MRK","15","9","9","Pilate answered them, “Would you like me to release for you the man whom you Jewish people say is your king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_10","071_15_10","MRK","15","10","10","He asked this because he realized what the chief priests were wanting to do. They were accusing Jesus because they were jealous of him because many people were becoming his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_11","071_15_11","MRK","15","11","11","But the chief priests urged the crowd to request that Pilate release Barabbas for them instead of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_12","071_15_12","MRK","15","12","12","Pilate said to them again, “If I release Barabbas, what do you want me to do with the man whom some of you Jews say is your king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_13","071_15_13","MRK","15","13","13","Then they shouted again, “Command that your soldiers crucify him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_14","071_15_14","MRK","15","14","14","Then Pilate said to them, “Why? What crime has he committed?” But they shouted even louder, “Command your soldiers to crucify him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_15","071_15_15","MRK","15","15","15","So, because Pilate wanted to please the crowd, he released Barabbas for them. Then, after his soldiers had whipped Jesus with leather straps into which they had fastened metal pieces, Pilate told the soldiers to take him away in order that he would be crucified {they would crucify him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_16","071_15_16","MRK","15","16","16","The soldiers took Jesus into the courtyard of the palace where Pilate lived. That place was the government headquarters. Then they summoned the whole ◄cohort/group of soldiers► who were on duty there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_17","071_15_17","MRK","15","17","17","After the soldiers gathered together, they put a purple robe on Jesus. Then they placed on his head a crown that they made from branches of thornbushes. They did those things in order to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_18","071_15_18","MRK","15","18","18","Then they greeted him like they would greet a king, in order to ridicule him, saying, “Hooray for the King who rules the Jews!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_19","071_15_19","MRK","15","19","19","They repeatedly struck his head with a reed and spat on him. By kneeling down, they pretended to honor him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_20","071_15_20","MRK","15","20","20","When they had finished ridiculing him, they pulled off the purple robe. They put his own clothes on him, and then they led him outside of the city in order to nail him to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_21","071_15_21","MRK","15","21","21","After Jesus carried his cross a short distance, a man named Simon from Cyrene city came along. He was the father of Alexander and Rufus. He was passing by while he was returning home from outside the city. The soldiers compelled Simon to carry the cross for Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_22","071_15_22","MRK","15","22","22","They brought them both to a place that they call Golgotha. That name means, ‘a place like a skull’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_23","071_15_23","MRK","15","23","23","Then they tried to give Jesus wine that was {that they} mixed with medicine called myrrh. They wanted him to drink it so that he would not feel so much pain when they crucified him. But he did not drink it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_24","071_15_24","MRK","15","24","24","Some of the soldiers took his clothes. Then they nailed him to a cross. Afterwards, they divided his clothes among themselves by gambling with something like dice. They did this in order to determine which piece of clothing each one would get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_25","071_15_25","MRK","15","25","25","It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_26","071_15_26","MRK","15","26","26","They attached to the cross above Jesus’ head a sign on which it had been written {someone had written} the reason why they were nailing him to the cross. But all that it said was, “The King of the Jews.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_27","071_15_27","MRK","15","27","28","They also nailed to crosses two men who were bandits. They nailed one to a cross at the right side of Jesus and one to a cross at the left side of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_29","071_15_29","MRK","15","29","29","The people who were passing by insulted him by shaking their heads as if here were an evil man. They said, “Aha! You said that you would destroy the Temple and then you would build it again within three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_30","071_15_30","MRK","15","30","30","If you could do that, then rescue yourself by coming down from the cross!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_31","071_15_31","MRK","15","31","31","The chief priests, along with the men who taught the Jewish laws, also wanted to make fun of Jesus. So they said to each other, “He claims to have saved others from their sicknesses IRO but he cannot save himself! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_32","071_15_32","MRK","15","32","32","He said, ‘I am the Messiah, I am the King who rules the people of Israel.’ If his words are true, he should come down now from the cross! Then we will believe him!” The two men who were crucified beside him also insulted him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_33","071_15_33","MRK","15","33","33","At noon the whole land became dark, and it stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_34","071_15_34","MRK","15","34","34","At three o’clock Jesus shouted loudly, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” That means, “My God, my God, why have you deserted me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_35","071_15_35","MRK","15","35","35","When some of the people who were standing there heard the word ‘Eloi’, misunderstanding it, they said, “Listen! He is calling for the prophet Elijah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_36","071_15_36","MRK","15","36","36","One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He placed it on the tip of a reed, and then he held it up for Jesus to suck out the wine that was in it. While he was doing that, someone said, “Wait! Let’s see whether Elijah will come to take him down from the cross!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_37","071_15_37","MRK","15","37","37","And then, after Jesus shouted loudly, he stopped breathing and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_38","071_15_38","MRK","15","38","38","At that moment the heavy thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the Temple split into two pieces from top to bottom. That showed that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_39","071_15_39","MRK","15","39","39","The officer who supervised the soldiers who nailed Jesus to the cross was standing in front of Jesus. When he saw how Jesus died, he exclaimed, “Truly, this man was the man who was also God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_40","071_15_40","MRK","15","40","41","There were also some women there, watching these events from a distance. They had accompanied Jesus when he was in Galilee district, and they had provided what he needed. They had come with him to Jerusalem. Among those women was Mary from Magdala town. There was another Mary, who was the mother of the younger James and of Joses. There was also Salome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_42","071_15_42","MRK","15","42","43","When evening was near, a man named Joseph from Arimathea town came there. He was a member of the Jewish council, one whom everyone respected. He was also one of those who had been waiting expectantly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule. He knew that, according to Jewish law, people’s bodies had to be buried {someone had to bury people’s bodies} on the day they died. He also realized that it was the day when people prepared things for ◄the Jewish day of rest/the Sabbath►, and that the Sabbath would start when the sun set. So he became courageous and went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take the body of Jesus down from the cross and bury it immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_44","071_15_44","MRK","15","44","44","Pilate was surprised when he heard that Jesus was already dead. So he summoned the officer who was in charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, and he asked him if Jesus had already died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_45","071_15_45","MRK","15","45","45","When the officer told Pilate that Jesus was dead, Pilate allowed Joseph to take away the body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_46","071_15_46","MRK","15","46","46","After Joseph bought a linen cloth, he and others took Jesus’ body down from the cross. They wrapped it in the linen cloth and laid it in a tomb that previously had been dug out of the rock cliff. Then they rolled a huge flat stone in front of the entrance to the tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK15_47","071_15_47","MRK","15","47","47","Mary from Magdala and Mary the mother of Joses were watching where Jesus’ body was placed {where they placed Jesus’ body}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_1","071_16_1","MRK","16","1","1","On Saturday evening when ◄the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest► had ended, Mary from Magdala, Mary the mother of the younger James, and Salome bought fragrant ointment. The Jews had a custom of anointing bodies before they buried them, and the women wanted to follow this custom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_2","071_16_2","MRK","16","2","2","So very early on Sunday, just after the sun rose, they took the fragrant ointment and started toward the tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_3","071_16_3","MRK","16","3","3","While they were going there, they were saying to each other, “Who will roll away for us the stone that blocks the entrance of the tomb?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_4","071_16_4","MRK","16","4","4","After they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone had already been rolled away {that someone had already rolled away the stone}. They were surprised because it would have been difficult to move such a huge stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_5","071_16_5","MRK","16","5","5","They entered the tomb and saw an angel who looked like a young man. He was sitting at the right side of the cave. He was wearing a shining white robe. As a result, they were astonished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_6","071_16_6","MRK","16","6","6","The young man said to them, “Do not be astonished! I know that you are looking for Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was nailed to a cross {whom they nailed to a cross}. But he has become alive again! He is not here! Look! Here is the place where they placed his body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_7","071_16_7","MRK","16","7","7","But, instead of remaining here, go and tell his disciples. Particularly be sure that you tell Peter. Tell them, ‘Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee district, and you will see him there, just like he told you previously’!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_8","071_16_8","MRK","16","8","8","The women went outside and ran from the tomb. They were trembling because they were afraid, and they were astonished. But they did not say anything to anyone about this while they were going, because they were afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_9","071_16_9","MRK","16","9","9","When Jesus became alive again early on Sunday morning, he appeared first to Mary from Magdala town. She was the woman from whom he had previously expelled seven evil spirits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_10","071_16_10","MRK","16","10","10","She went to those who had been with Jesus, while they were mourning and crying. She told them what she had seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_11","071_16_11","MRK","16","11","11","But when she told them that Jesus was alive again and that she had seen him, they refused to believe it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_12","071_16_12","MRK","16","12","12","Later that day, Jesus appeared to two of his disciples while they were walking from Jerusalem to their homes in the surrounding area. But they did not recognize him quickly because he looked very different. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_13","071_16_13","MRK","16","13","13","After they recognized him, those two went back to Jerusalem. They told his other followers what had happened, but they did not believe it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_14","071_16_14","MRK","16","14","14","Later he appeared to the eleven apostles while they were eating. He rebuked them because they had stubbornly refused to believe the reports of those who saw him after he had become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_15","071_16_15","MRK","16","15","15","Later he said to them, “Go into the whole world and preach the good message to everyone! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_16","071_16_16","MRK","16","16","16","Everyone who believes your message and who is baptized will be saved {God will save}. But everyone who does not believe it will be condemned {God will condemn}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_17","071_16_17","MRK","16","17","17","Those who believe my good message will perform miracles. Specifically, by my power they will expel evil spirits. They will speak in languages that they have not learned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_18","071_16_18","MRK","16","18","18","If they pick up snakes accidentally or if they drink any poisonous liquid accidentally, they will not be hurt. Whenever they put their hands on sick people in order that God will heal them, those sick people will become well.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_19","071_16_19","MRK","16","19","19","After the Lord Jesus had said this to the disciples, he was taken {God took him} up into heaven. Then he sat down on his throne beside God to rule with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("MK16_20","071_16_20","MRK","16","20","20","As for the disciples, they went out from Jerusalem, and then they preached everywhere. Wherever they went, the Lord enabled them to perform miracles. By doing that, he showed people that God’s message is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_1","072_1_1","LUK","1","1","2","My noble friend Theophilus, many people saw the things that Jesus did while he was with us, from the time when he started MTY his ministry. They served God by teaching people the message about the Lord Jesus. Many of those who heard what they taught wrote down for us accounts of the things that Jesus did from the time when he began his ministry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_3","072_1_3","LUK","1","3","3","I myself have studied these accounts carefully. So I decided that it would be good for me also to write for you (sg) an accurate account of these matters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_4","072_1_4","LUK","1","4","4","I want you to know the truth about what you have been taught {what others have taught you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_5","072_1_5","LUK","1","5","5","When King Herod the Great ruled Judea district, there was a Jewish priest named Zechariah. He belonged to the group of priests called the Abijah group. He and his wife Elizabeth were both descended from the first priest of Israel, Aaron. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_6","072_1_6","LUK","1","6","6","God considered that both of them were righteous, because they constantly completely obeyed everything that God had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_7","072_1_7","LUK","1","7","7","But they had no children, because Elizabeth had been unable to bear children. Furthermore, she and her husband were very old. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_8","072_1_8","LUK","1","8","8","One day Zechariah’s group was doing their work in the Temple in Jerusalem, and he was serving as a priest in God’s presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_9","072_1_9","LUK","1","9","9","Following their custom, the other priests chose him by lot to enter the Lord’s temple and burn incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_10","072_1_10","LUK","1","10","10","While he was burning the incense, many people were outside in the courtyard, praying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_11","072_1_11","LUK","1","11","11","Then an angel whom God had sent appeared to him. The angel was standing at the right side of the place where the priests burned incense. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_12","072_1_12","LUK","1","12","12","When Zechariah saw the angel, he was startled and became very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_13","072_1_13","LUK","1","13","13","But the angel said to him, “Zechariah, do not be afraid! When you (sg) prayed asking God for a son (OR, that God would send the Messiah), God heard what you prayed. So your wife Elizabeth shall bear a son. You must name him John. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_14","072_1_14","LUK","1","14","14","He will cause you to be very happy, and many other people will also be happy because he is born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_15","072_1_15","LUK","1","15","15","God will consider him to be very important. He must never drink wine or any other alcoholic drink, in order that he will be completely dedicated to God. He will be controlled by the Holy Spirit {The Holy Spirit will control him} from before he is born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_16","072_1_16","LUK","1","16","16","He will persuade many people in Israel to turn away from their sins and please the Lord their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_17","072_1_17","LUK","1","17","17","As God’s Spirit enables him to preach powerfully as the prophet Elijah did, he will precede the Messiah. He will cause parents SYN to act peacefully toward their children again. He will cause many people who do not obey God to hear and obey the wise things that righteous people tell them. He will do this in order to help many people to be ready when the Lord comes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_18","072_1_18","LUK","1","18","18","Then Zechariah said to the angel, “I am very old, and my wife is also so old that she cannot bear a child. So ◄I cannot believe that what you (sg) said will happen!/how can I believe that what you (sg) said will happen?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_19","072_1_19","LUK","1","19","19","Then the angel said to him, “I am God’s chief angel, Gabriel! I do what God tells me, because I constantly am in God’s presence! I was sent {He sent me} to tell you (sg) something good that is going to happen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_20","072_1_20","LUK","1","20","20","What I have told you will certainly happen at the time God decides, but you did not believe what I told you. So now God will make you will be unable to talk until the day your son is born”! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_21","072_1_21","LUK","1","21","21","While Zechariah and the angel were talking, the people in the courtyard were waiting for Zechariah to come out. They wondered, “Why is he staying in the Temple for such a long time?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_22","072_1_22","LUK","1","22","22","When Zechariah came out, he was not able to speak to the people. Because he could not talk, he made motions with his hands to try to convey what had happened. Then they realized that he had seen ◄a vision from God/something that God showed him► while he was in the Temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_23","072_1_23","LUK","1","23","23","When Zechariah’s time to work as a priest in the Temple was finished, he left Jerusalem and returned to his home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_24","072_1_24","LUK","1","24","24","Some time later his wife Elizabeth became pregnant EUP. She did not leave their house for five months, because she knew that people would laugh at her if she told them that she was pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_25","072_1_25","LUK","1","25","25","But she thought, “God has enabled me to become pregnant. He has pitied me and I will no longer be ashamed because I have no children!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_26","072_1_26","LUK","1","26","26","When Elizabeth had been pregnant EUP for almost six months, the angel Gabriel was sent by God {God sent the angel Gabriel} again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_27","072_1_27","LUK","1","27","27","This time he went to Nazareth town in Galilee district, to a virgin whose name was Mary. It had been {Her parents had} promised that she would marry a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_28","072_1_28","LUK","1","28","28","The angel greeted her and said, “◄The Lord/God► is with you (sg) and you will be greatly blessed {has decided to greatly bless you}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_29","072_1_29","LUK","1","29","29","But Mary was very confused when she heard that. She wondered what the angel meant by these words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_30","072_1_30","LUK","1","30","30","Then the angel said to her, “Mary, God is very pleased with you (sg), so do not be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_31","072_1_31","LUK","1","31","31","You will become pregnant and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_32","072_1_32","LUK","1","32","32","He will become great. He will be called {People will call him} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. God, the Lord, will make him a king MTY as his ancestor King David was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_33","072_1_33","LUK","1","33","33","He will be the King of the Jews, the descendants MTY of your ancestor Jacob, forever. He will rule as king forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_34","072_1_34","LUK","1","34","34","Then Mary said to the angel, “I am a virgin, so how can I have a baby?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_35","072_1_35","LUK","1","35","35","The angel replied, “The Holy Spirit will come to you; the power of God MTY/EUP will overshadow you and enable you to become pregnant. So the child you will bear will be completely set apart {give himself completely} to obey God, and he will be called {people will say that he is} ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_36","072_1_36","LUK","1","36","36","I also need to tell you something else. Your cousin Elizabeth is very old, and it was thought {people said} that she could not bear any children. But she has been pregnant EUP for almost six months, and will bear a son! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_37","072_1_37","LUK","1","37","37","You should not be surprised at that, because God can do everything!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_38","072_1_38","LUK","1","38","38","Then Mary said, “All right, I want to serve ◄the Lord/God►, so may what you (sg) have said about me come true!” Then the angel left her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_39","072_1_39","LUK","1","39","39","Very soon after that, Mary got ready and went quickly to a town in the highlands of Judea district where Zechariah lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_40","072_1_40","LUK","1","40","40","She entered his house and greeted his wife Elizabeth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_41","072_1_41","LUK","1","41","41","As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary greet her, the baby moved inside Elizabeth’s womb. The Holy Spirit took complete control of Elizabeth, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_42","072_1_42","LUK","1","42","42","and she said loudly to Mary, “God has blessed you more than he has blessed any other woman, and he has blessed the child you will bear! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_43","072_1_43","LUK","1","43","43","◄I am not worthy that God would allow you to visit me!/Why is God allowing you to visit me?► RHQ You will be the mother of my Lord! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_44","072_1_44","LUK","1","44","44","I realize this because as soon as I heard you greet me, the baby inside my womb moved because he was so happy that you had come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_45","072_1_45","LUK","1","45","45","God is pleased with you because you believed that what ◄the Lord/God► told you would come true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_46","072_1_46","LUK","1","46","46","Then Mary praised God by saying/singing: “, how I SYN praise ◄the Lord/God►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_47","072_1_47","LUK","1","47","47","I am happy because God is the one who saves me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_48","072_1_48","LUK","1","48","48","I was only his lowly servant girl, but he did not forget me. So from now on, everyone will say that God was pleased with me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_49","072_1_49","LUK","1","49","49","because they will hear about the things that God MTY, the mighty one, has done for me. He MTY is awesome! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_50","072_1_50","LUK","1","50","50","He acts mercifully toward all those who respect him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_51","072_1_51","LUK","1","51","51","He shows people that he MTY is very powerful. He scatters those who think proudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_52","072_1_52","LUK","1","52","52","He does not let mighty kings rule MTY any more, but he honors people who are oppressed (OR, humble). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_53","072_1_53","LUK","1","53","53","He gives good things to eat to those who are hungry, but he sends away the rich people without giving them anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_54","072_1_54","LUK","1","54","55","He promised to Abraham and all our other ancestors who descended from him that he would act mercifully toward them forever. And now he has remembered what he promised. So he has helped me and all the other people of MTY Israel who serve him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_56","072_1_56","LUK","1","56","56","Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months. Then she returned to her home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_57","072_1_57","LUK","1","57","57","When it was time for Elizabeth to give birth to her child, she bore a son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_58","072_1_58","LUK","1","58","58","Her neighbors and relatives heard how ◄the Lord/God► had greatly blessed her by enabling her to bear a child, so they were happy along with Elizabeth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_59","072_1_59","LUK","1","59","59","Seven days later they gathered together for the ceremony for circumcising the baby to show that he belonged to God. They wanted to give the baby the same name as his father, Zechariah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_60","072_1_60","LUK","1","60","60","But his mother said, “No, his name will not be Zechariah. His name will be John!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_61","072_1_61","LUK","1","61","61","So they said to her, “John is not the name of any of your (dl) relatives, so you(dl) should not give him that name!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_62","072_1_62","LUK","1","62","62","Then they made motions with their hands to Zechariah, for him to indicate what name he wanted to be given {to give} to his son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_63","072_1_63","LUK","1","63","63","So he signaled that they should give him a tablet to write on. When they gave him one, he wrote on it, “His name is John.” All those who were there were surprised! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_64","072_1_64","LUK","1","64","64","Immediately Zechariah was able to speak again MTY, and he praised God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_65","072_1_65","LUK","1","65","65","All their neighbors were amazed/awestruck! They told other people who lived all over the highlands of Judea about what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_66","072_1_66","LUK","1","66","66","Everyone who heard about it kept thinking about it. They were saying, “We wonder what will this child do for God when he grows up RHQ!” They wondered that because from what had happened they were sure that God would be helping that child SYN in a powerful way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_67","072_1_67","LUK","1","67","67","After Zechariah’s son was born, Zechariah was completely directed by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit completely directed Zechariah} as he spoke these words that came from God: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_68","072_1_68","LUK","1","68","68","“Praise the Lord, the God whom we(inc) people of Israel worship, because he has come to set us, his people, free from our enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_69","072_1_69","LUK","1","69","69","He is sending us someone who will powerfully MTY save us, someone who is descended from MTY King David, who served God well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_70","072_1_70","LUK","1","70","70","Long ago God caused his prophets to say that he would do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_71","072_1_71","LUK","1","71","71","He will rescue us from our enemies, and he will save us from the power of all those who hate us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_72","072_1_72","LUK","1","72","72","He will do this because he has not forgotten what he promised our ancestors; he made an agreement that he would act mercifully to us, their descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_73","072_1_73","LUK","1","73","73","That is what he strongly promised our ancestor Abraham that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_74","072_1_74","LUK","1","74","74","God told him that we would be rescued {he would rescue us} from the power of our enemies, that he would enable us to serve him without being afraid, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_75","072_1_75","LUK","1","75","75","that he would cause us to be completely dedicated to him, and enable us to live righteously all of our lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_76","072_1_76","LUK","1","76","76","Then Zechariah said this to his little son: “My child, you will be called {people will say that you are} a prophet whom God MTY/EUP has sent; you will begin your work before ◄the Lord/Messiah► comes; you will prepare people so that they will be ready for him. (OR, you will begin your work before the Messiah comes). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_77","072_1_77","LUK","1","77","77","You will tell God’s people how he will forgive them and save them from being punished for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_78","072_1_78","LUK","1","78","78","Our God will do that because he is very kind to us. Just like a new day begins when the sun rises MET, God will do that new thing for us when the Messiah comes to us from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_79","072_1_79","LUK","1","79","79","People who do not know God MET are like those who sit in the darkness. They are afraid MTY that they will soon die. But when the Messiah tells us God’s message, it will be like causing such people to see a bright light. He will guide us SYN so that we will be living peacefully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK1_80","072_1_80","LUK","1","80","80","Later, Zechariah’s son grew up and became spiritually strong. Then he lived in a desolate region until he began to preach to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_1","072_2_1","LUK","2","1","1","About that time the Emperor Augustus commanded that ◄his officials must write down the names/a census be taken► of all the people who lived in countries controlled by the Roman government {that the Roman government controlled}, so that the government could collect taxes from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_2","072_2_2","LUK","2","2","2","That was the first time that they ◄wrote down the names/took a census► in Syria province, which included Judea district. They did this while Quirinius was the governor of the province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_3","072_2_3","LUK","2","3","3","Every person had to go to the town where his most famous ancestor had lived, so that the officials could write down their names. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_4","072_2_4","LUK","2","4","4","So, because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he went up from Nazareth, the town in Galilee district where he lived, to the town of Bethlehem in Judea district. That was the town where King David grew up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_5","072_2_5","LUK","2","5","5","Joseph went with Mary, who was considered {whom people considered} to be his wife, who was now pregnant. They went so that they could put his name and Mary’s name in the record book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_6","072_2_6","LUK","2","6","7","When they arrived in Bethlehem, there was no place for them to stay in the house where travelers stay. So they stayed in a cattle shed. When the time for Mary to give birth arrived, she gave birth to her first son there. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and placed him in a trough where people put food for the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_8","072_2_8","LUK","2","8","8","That night, there were some shepherds who were taking care of their sheep as usual in the fields near Bethlehem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_9","072_2_9","LUK","2","9","9","An angel from God appeared to them. A great light ◄from the Lord/from God► shone on them and around them. So they became very afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_10","072_2_10","LUK","2","10","10","But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid! I have come to tell you good news, which will make you very happy! This message is for everyone to hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_11","072_2_11","LUK","2","11","11","The message is that today a baby has been born in Bethlehem, the town where King David grew up. That baby will eventually save you from the guilt of your sins! He is the Messiah, your Lord! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_12","072_2_12","LUK","2","12","12","I will tell you how you will recognize him (OR, how you will know that what I say is true): In Bethlehem you will find a baby who has been wrapped {whose mother has wrapped him} in strips of cloth and placed in a trough where people put food for the animals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_13","072_2_13","LUK","2","13","13","Suddenly a large group of angels from heaven appeared and joined the other angel. They all praised God, singing/saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_14","072_2_14","LUK","2","14","14","“May all the angels in the highest heaven praise God! And on the earth may the people to whom God has shown his favor have peace with him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_15","072_2_15","LUK","2","15","15","After the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem to see this wonderful thing that has happened, which ◄the Lord/God► has told us about!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_16","072_2_16","LUK","2","16","16","So they went quickly. They found the place where Mary and Joseph were staying, and they saw the baby lying in the trough where people put food for the animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_17","072_2_17","LUK","2","17","17","Then they told Mary and Joseph and others what had been told them {what the angel had told them} about this child. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_18","072_2_18","LUK","2","18","18","Everyone who heard what was said by the shepherds {what the shepherds said} to them was amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_19","072_2_19","LUK","2","19","19","But Mary did not talk to others about what the angels said; she just kept thinking very much about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_20","072_2_20","LUK","2","20","20","The shepherds returned to their sheep. They kept praising God very much for all the things that they had heard and seen, because everything happened exactly like the angels told them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_21","072_2_21","LUK","2","21","21","Seven days later, when the priests circumcised the baby, his parents named him Jesus. That was the name that they were told by the angel {the angel told them} to give him before Mary became pregnant. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_22","072_2_22","LUK","2","22","23","It had been written by Moses {Moses had written} long ago in a law that God gave him, that when a woman gave birth to her first son, the parents had to take him to the Temple in Jerusalem in order that they might dedicate him ◄to the Lord/to God►. So when the time came for them to do those rituals so that God would consider them pure again, Mary and Joseph took Jesus there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_24","072_2_24","LUK","2","24","24","God had commanded in his laws that if the first child of a couple was a boy, his parents should offer as a sacrifice to God two turtledoves or two young pigeons. So Joseph and Mary gave the priest two birds so he could offer them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_25","072_2_25","LUK","2","25","25","At that time there was an old man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He habitually did what was pleasing to God and he obeyed God’s laws. The Holy Spirit was directing him as he was waiting for God MTY to encourage the Israeli people by sending the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_26","072_2_26","LUK","2","26","26","It was previously revealed by the Holy Spirit {The Holy Spirit previously revealed} to him that he would see God’s promised Messiah before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_27","072_2_27","LUK","2","27","27","When Joseph and Mary brought their baby Jesus to the Temple in order to perform the rituals that God had commanded in his laws, the Spirit led Simeon to enter the Temple courtyard, and revealed to him that Jesus was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_28","072_2_28","LUK","2","28","28","So he took Jesus up in his arms and praised God, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_29","072_2_29","LUK","2","29","32","Lord, you promised me that I would see the one MTY who would enable you to save people of all people-groups from the guilt of their sins. He will be MET like a light that will reveal your truth to non-Jews, and he will cause people to think highly of your people, the Israeli people. Since I SYN have now seen this one that you promised to send, now let me die peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_33","072_2_33","LUK","2","33","33","His parents marveled about what Simeon said about Jesus. Then Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_34","072_2_34","LUK","2","34","34","“Note what I say: God has determined that because of this child, many Israeli people will turn away from God, and many others will turn to God MET. Although he will be like a sign MET to warn people, many people will oppose him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_35","072_2_35","LUK","2","35","35","As a result, the evil thoughts of many people will be made evident {he will reveal the evil thoughts of many people}. Furthermore, the cruel things that they will do to him MET will be like a sword that will pierce your ◄soul/inner being►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_36","072_2_36","LUK","2","36","36","There was also in the Temple courtyard a very old woman named Anna. She was a prophetess. Her father Phanuel was a member of the tribe of Asher. After she had been married seven years, her husband died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_37","072_2_37","LUK","2","37","37","After that, she lived until she was 84 years old, and she was still a widow. She stayed in the Temple area all the time, night and day, worshipping God. She often ◄abstained from food/fasted► as she prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_38","072_2_38","LUK","2","38","38","While Joseph and Mary and the baby were still in the Temple, Anna came to them. She thanked God for the baby. Then she spoke about Jesus to many people who were expecting God to send the Messiah MTY to set the people of MTY Jerusalem free from their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_39","072_2_39","LUK","2","39","39","After Joseph and Mary had finished performing the rituals that ◄the Lord/God► required the parents of a first son to perform, they returned to their own town, Nazareth, in Galilee district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_40","072_2_40","LUK","2","40","40","As Jesus grew up, he became strong and very wise, and God was very pleased with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_41","072_2_41","LUK","2","41","41","Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_42","072_2_42","LUK","2","42","42","So when Jesus was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem as they always did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_43","072_2_43","LUK","2","43","43","When the celebration ended, his parents started to return home, but Jesus stayed in Jerusalem. His parents did not realize that Jesus stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_44","072_2_44","LUK","2","44","44","They thought that he was with the other people who were traveling with them. They walked all day. Then they started to look for him among their relatives and friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_45","072_2_45","LUK","2","45","45","They did not find him, so they returned to Jerusalem to search for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_46","072_2_46","LUK","2","46","46","Two days later, they found him. He was in the Temple courtyard, sitting with the Jewish religious teachers. He was listening to what they said, and he was asking them questions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_47","072_2_47","LUK","2","47","47","Everyone who heard what he said was amazed at how much he understood and how well he answered the questions that the teachers asked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_48","072_2_48","LUK","2","48","48","When his parents saw him, they were very surprised. His mother said to him, “My son, why have you done this to us? Your father and I have been very worried as we (exc) have been searching for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_49","072_2_49","LUK","2","49","49","He said to them, speaking about the Temple being God his Father’s house, “◄I am surprised that you (dl) did not know where to find me!/Why did you not know where to find me?► RHQ ◄You (dl) should have known that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house!/Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_50","072_2_50","LUK","2","50","50","But they did not understand the meaning of what he said to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_51","072_2_51","LUK","2","51","51","Then he returned with them down to Nazareth. He always obeyed them. But his mother kept thinking about all those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK2_52","072_2_52","LUK","2","52","52","As the years passed, Jesus continued to become wiser and he grew taller. God and people continued to approve of him more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_1","072_3_1","LUK","3","1","1","When the Emperor Tiberius had been ruling the Roman Empire for 15 years, and while Pontius Pilate was the governor of Judea district, and Herod Antipas was ruling Galilee district, and his brother Philip was ruling Iturea and Trachonitis districts, and Lysanius was ruling Abilene district, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_2","072_3_2","LUK","3","2","2","and while Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests in Jerusalem, God gave messages to Zechariah’s son John while he was living in the desolate region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_3","072_3_3","LUK","3","3","3","So John went all over the area close to the Jordan River. He kept telling people, “If you want God to forgive you for your sins, you must ◄repent/turn away from your sinful behavior► before you ask me to baptize you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_4","072_3_4","LUK","3","4","4","John was the one who fulfilled these words that had been written by the prophet Isaiah {that the prophet Isaiah had written} on a scroll long ago: In a desolate area, someone SYN will be heard shouting to the people who pass by, “Prepare yourselves to receive the Lord when he comes! Make yourselves ready so that you will be prepared when he comes, just like people straighten out the road MET for an important official MET, DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_5","072_3_5","LUK","3","5","5","Just like people level off all the places where the land rises and just like they fill all the ravines, and just like people make the road straight wherever it is crooked, and just like people make smooth the bumps in the road, similarly you need to remove all the obstacles which prevent God from blessing you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_6","072_3_6","LUK","3","6","6","Then people SYN everywhere will understand how God can save MTY people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_7","072_3_7","LUK","3","7","7","Although large groups of people came to John to be baptized {in order that he would baptize them}, he knew that many of them were not sincere. So he kept saying to them, “You people are evil MET like poisonous snakes! I warn you that God will some day punish MTY everyone who sins. And ◄do not think that you can escape from his punishing MTY you if you do not turn from your sinful behavior!/did someone tell you that you can escape from his punishing MTY you if you do not turn from your sinful behavior?► RHQ (OR, Who told you that you could escape God’s punishment?) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_8","072_3_8","LUK","3","8","8","Do what is appropriate for people who have truly turned from their sinful behavior! God promised to give Abraham many descendants. In order to fulfill that promise, God does not need you! I tell you that he can change these stones to make them descendants of Abraham! So do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We (exc) are descendants of Abraham, so God will not punish us, even though we have sinned!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_9","072_3_9","LUK","3","9","9","God is ready to punish you if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, just like a man MET lays his axe at the roots of a fruit tree to chop it down and throw it into the fire if it does not produce good fruit MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_10","072_3_10","LUK","3","10","10","Then various ones in the crowd asked John, “What shall we (exc) do to escape God punishing us (OR), to show that we have repented?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_11","072_3_11","LUK","3","11","11","He answered them, “If any of you has two shirts, you should give one of them to someone who has no shirt. If any of you has plenty of food, you should give some to those who have no food.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_12","072_3_12","LUK","3","12","12","Some tax collectors came and asked to be baptized (asked him to baptize them}. They asked him, “Teacher, what shall we (exc) do to please God?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_13","072_3_13","LUK","3","13","13","He said to them, “Do not take from the people any more money than the Roman government tells you to take!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_14","072_3_14","LUK","3","14","14","Some soldiers asked him, “What about us? What should we (exc) do to please God?” He said to them, “Do not say to anyone, ‘If you(sg) do not give me some money, I will hurt you,’ and do not take people to court and falsely accuse them of doing something wrong! And be content with your wages.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_15","072_3_15","LUK","3","15","15","People were expecting that the Messiah would come soon. Because of that, many of them wondered about John. Some of them asked him if he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_16","072_3_16","LUK","3","16","16","John replied to them all, “No, I am not. I used only water when I baptized you. But the Messiah will soon come! He is far greater than I am. He is so great that I am not worthy to be like his slave and untie his sandals MET like a slave would do! He will put his Holy Spirit within MTY you to truly change your lives, and he will judge others of you and punish you in the fire MET in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_17","072_3_17","LUK","3","17","17","He is like a man MET who wants to clear away the grain on the ground where it has been threshed {they have threshed it}. That man uses a huge fork to throw the grain into the air to separate the wheat from the chaff MET, and then he cleans up the threshing area. Similarly, God will separate righteous people from the evil people, like a man who gathers the wheat into his storage area, and then he will burn those who are like chaff with a fire ◄that will never be put out/that will burn forever►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_18","072_3_18","LUK","3","18","18","John kept telling people many things to urge them to turn to God, as he told them the good message from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_19","072_3_19","LUK","3","19","19","He also rebuked the ruler of the district, Herod Antipas. He rebuked him for marrying Herodias, his brother’s wife, while his brother was still alive, and for doing many other evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_20","072_3_20","LUK","3","20","20","But Herod had his soldiers put John in prison. That was another evil thing he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_21","072_3_21","LUK","3","21","21","But before John was put in prison, when many people were being baptized {when he was baptizing many people}, after Jesus was baptized {he baptized Jesus} and Jesus was praying, the sky opened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_22","072_3_22","LUK","3","22","22","Then the Holy Spirit, resembling a dove, descended upon Jesus. And God SYN/EUP spoke to Jesus from heaven, saying, “You (sg) are my Son, whom I love dearly. I am very pleased with you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_23","072_3_23","LUK","3","23","23","When Jesus began his work for God, he was about 30 years old. It was {People} thought that he was the son of Joseph. Joseph was the son of Heli. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_24","072_3_24","LUK","3","24","24","Heli was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. Levi was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Jannai. Jannai was the son of Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_25","072_3_25","LUK","3","25","25","Joseph was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Amos. Amos was the son of Nahum. Nahum was the son of Esli. Esli was the son of Naggai. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_26","072_3_26","LUK","3","26","26","Naggai was the son of Maath. Maath was the son of Mattathias. Mattathias was the son of Semein. Semein was the son of Josech. Josech was the son of Joda. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_27","072_3_27","LUK","3","27","27","Joda was the son of Joanan. Joanan was the son of Rhesa. Rhesa was the son of Zerubbabel. Zerubbabel was the son of Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the son of Neri. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_28","072_3_28","LUK","3","28","28","Neri was the son of Melchi. Melchi was the son of Addi. Addi was the son of Cosam. Cosam was the son of Elmadam. Elmadam was the son of Er. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_29","072_3_29","LUK","3","29","29","Er was the son of Joshua. Joshua was the son of Eliezer. Eliezer was the son of Jorim. Jorim was the son of Matthat. Matthat was the son of Levi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_30","072_3_30","LUK","3","30","30","Levi was the son of Simeon. Simeon was the son of Judah. Judah was the son of Joseph. Joseph was the son of Jonam. Jonam was the son of Eliakim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_31","072_3_31","LUK","3","31","31","Eliakim was the son of Melea. Melea was the son of Menna. Menna was the son of Mattatha. Mattatha was the son of Nathan. Nathan was the son of David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_32","072_3_32","LUK","3","32","32","David was the son of Jesse. Jesse was the son of Obed. Obed was the son of Boaz. Boaz was the son of Sala. Sala was the son of Nahshon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_33","072_3_33","LUK","3","33","33","Nahshon was the son of Amminadab. Amminadab was the son of Admin. Admin was the son of Arni. Arni was the son of Hezron. Hezron was the son of Perez. Perez was the son of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_34","072_3_34","LUK","3","34","34","Judah was the son of Jacob. Jacob was the son of Isaac. Isaac was the son of Abraham. Abraham was the son of Terah. Terah was the son of Nahor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_35","072_3_35","LUK","3","35","35","Nahor was the son of Serug. Serug was the son of Reu. Reu was the son of Peleg. Peleg was the son of Eber. Eber was the son of Shelah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_36","072_3_36","LUK","3","36","36","Shelah was the son of Cainan. Cainan was the son of Arphaxad. Arphaxad was the son of Shem. Shem was the son of Noah. Noah was the son of Lamech. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_37","072_3_37","LUK","3","37","37","Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Cainan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK3_38","072_3_38","LUK","3","38","38","Cainan was the son of Enos. Enos was the son of Seth. Seth was the son of Adam. Adam was the man God created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_1","072_4_1","LUK","4","1","1","As Jesus left the Jordan River valley, the Holy Spirit was completely controlling him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_2","072_4_2","LUK","4","2","2","For 40 days the Spirit led him around in the desolate area. During that time Jesus was being tempted by the devil {the devil was tempting him}, and Jesus did not eat anything. When that time ended, he was very hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_3","072_4_3","LUK","4","3","3","Then the devil said to Jesus, “Because you claim that you ◄have a relationship with God as a son has with his father MET/are the man who is both God and man►, prove it by telling these stones to become bread so that you can eat them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_4","072_4_4","LUK","4","4","4","Jesus replied, “No, I will not change stones into bread, because it is written {Moses wrote} in the Scriptures that eating food sustains people physically, but it does not sustain them spiritually. They also need food for their spirits.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_5","072_4_5","LUK","4","5","5","Then the devil took him on top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_6","072_4_6","LUK","4","6","6","Then he said to Jesus, “I will give you the authority to rule all these areas and will make you famous. I can do this because God has permitted me to control these areas, and I can allow anyone I desire to rule them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_7","072_4_7","LUK","4","7","7","So if you worship me, I will let you rule them all!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_8","072_4_8","LUK","4","8","8","But Jesus replied, “No, I will not worship you, because it is written {the Psalmist wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘It is the Lord, your God, whom you must worship, and you must serve only him!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_9","072_4_9","LUK","4","9","9","Then the devil took Jesus to Jerusalem. He set him on the highest part of the Temple and said to him, “Because you claim that you ◄have a relationship with God as a son has with his father MET/are the man who is both God and man►, prove it by jumping down from here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_10","072_4_10","LUK","4","10","10","You will not be hurt, because it is written {the Psalmist wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘God will command his angels to protect you (sg). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_11","072_4_11","LUK","4","11","11","They will lift you up with their hands when you are falling, so that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_12","072_4_12","LUK","4","12","12","But Jesus replied, “No, I will not do that, because it is written {Moses wrote} in the Scriptures: ‘Do not try to test the Lord your God to see if he will prevent something bad from happening to you when you do something foolish’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_13","072_4_13","LUK","4","13","13","Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt Jesus in many ways, he left him. He wanted to try to tempt him later at an appropriate time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_14","072_4_14","LUK","4","14","14","As the Spirit empowered him, Jesus returned to Galilee district. People throughout all that region heard about what he was doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_15","072_4_15","LUK","4","15","15","He taught people in their ◄synagogues/meeting places►. As a result, he was praised by everyone {everyone praised him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_16","072_4_16","LUK","4","16","16","Then Jesus went to Nazareth, the town where he grew up. ◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day► he went ◄to the synagogue/to the Jewish meeting place►, as he usually did. He stood up to indicate that he wanted to read Scriptures to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_17","072_4_17","LUK","4","17","17","A scroll containing the words that the prophet Isaiah had written was given to him {Someone gave to him a scroll containing the words that the prophet Isaiah had written}. He opened the scroll and found the place from which he wanted to read. He read these words: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_18","072_4_18","LUK","4","18","18","The Spirit ◄of the Lord/of God► is upon me. He has appointed MTY me to declare God’s good news to the poor. He has sent me here to proclaim that God will deliver those whom Satan has captured, and he will enable me to enable those who are blind to see. He will enable me to free people who have been oppressed {whom others have oppressed}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_19","072_4_19","LUK","4","19","19","And he sent me to declare that now is the time when ◄the Lord/God► will act favorably toward people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_20","072_4_20","LUK","4","20","20","Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down to teach the people. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently MTY at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_21","072_4_21","LUK","4","21","21","He said to them, “Today as you have been hearing MTY me speak, I am beginning to fulfill this Scripture passage.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_22","072_4_22","LUK","4","22","22","At first everyone there spoke well about him, and they were amazed at the charming words that he spoke. But then some of them said, “◄He is only Joseph’s son!/Isn’t he only Joseph’s son?► RHQ So ◄it is useless for us(exc) to listen to what he says!/why should we(exc) listen to what he says?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_23","072_4_23","LUK","4","23","23","He said to them, “Surely some of you will quote to me the proverb that says, ‘Doctor, heal yourself!’ What you will mean is, ‘People told us that you did miracles in Capernaum town, but we(exc) do not know if those reports are true. So do miracles here in your own hometown, too!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_24","072_4_24","LUK","4","24","24","Then he said, “It is certainly true that people do not accept the message of a prophet when he speaks in his hometown, just like you(pl) are not accepting my message now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_25","072_4_25","LUK","4","25","25","But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when the prophet Elijah lived. During that time, because of there being no rain MTY for three years and six months, there was a great famine throughout the country. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_26","072_4_26","LUK","4","26","26","But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Jewish widows. God sent him to Zarepath town near Sidon city, to help a non-Jewish widow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_27","072_4_27","LUK","4","27","27","There were also many Jewish lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a non-Jewish man from Syria.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_28","072_4_28","LUK","4","28","28","When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry, because they realized that he was inferring that he similarly would help non-Jewish people instead of helping Jews (OR, that they also were not worthy of receiving God’s help). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_29","072_4_29","LUK","4","29","29","So they all got up and shoved him out of the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside their town in order to throw him off the cliff and kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_30","072_4_30","LUK","4","30","30","But he simply walked through their midst and went away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_31","072_4_31","LUK","4","31","31","One day Jesus went with his disciples down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee district. On the next ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► (OR, Each ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►), he taught the people ◄in the synagogue/in the Jewish meeting place►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_32","072_4_32","LUK","4","32","32","They were continually amazed at what he was teaching, because he spoke ◄with authority/as people speak who have the right to command others what to do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_33","072_4_33","LUK","4","33","33","That day, (OR, On one of those Jewish days of rest,) there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. That man shouted very loudly, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_34","072_4_34","LUK","4","34","34","“Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! We(exc) evil spirits have nothing in common with you, so ◄do not interfere with us now!/why should you interfere with us now?► RHQ ◄Do not destroy us now!/Have you come to destroy us now?► RHQ I know who you are. You are the Holy One who has come from God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_35","072_4_35","LUK","4","35","35","Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, “Be quiet! And come out of the man!” The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people. But without harming the man, the demon left him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_36","072_4_36","LUK","4","36","36","The people were all amazed. They said to each other, “◄What he says to the demons has great power!/What kind of teaching is this?► RHQ He speaks to them like he knows that they must obey him, and as a result they leave people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_37","072_4_37","LUK","4","37","37","The people were telling everyone in every village in the surrounding region what Jesus had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_38","072_4_38","LUK","4","38","38","Jesus and his disciples left ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► and entered Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was sick and had a high fever. So others in Simon’s family (OR, the disciples) asked Jesus to heal her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_39","072_4_39","LUK","4","39","39","So he bent over her and commanded the fever to leave her. At once she became well! She got up and served them some food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_40","072_4_40","LUK","4","40","40","When the sun was setting that day, and the restriction about not traveling ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► was ended, many people HYP whose friends or relatives were sick or who had various diseases brought them to Jesus. He put his hands on them and healed all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_41","072_4_41","LUK","4","41","41","He also was expelling demons from many people. As the demons left those people, they shouted to Jesus, “You are ◄the Son of God/the one who is God and man►!” But he rebuked those demons and would not allow them to tell people about him, because they knew that he was the Messiah, and for various reasons he did not want everyone to know that yet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_42","072_4_42","LUK","4","42","42","Early the next morning Jesus left that house and went to an uninhabited place to pray. Many people searched for him, and when they found him they kept urging him not to leave them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_43","072_4_43","LUK","4","43","43","But he said to them, “I must tell people in other towns also the good message about how God wants to rule MET their lives, because that is what I was sent {God sent me} to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK4_44","072_4_44","LUK","4","44","44","So he kept preaching in ◄the synagogues/Jewish worship places► in various towns in Judea province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_1","072_5_1","LUK","5","1","1","One day while many people were crowding around him to hear the message from God, Jesus was standing on the shore of Gennesaret Lake, which is also called Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_2","072_5_2","LUK","5","2","2","He saw two fishing boats at the edge of the lake. The fishermen had gone out of the boats and were washing their fishing nets on the shore. One of the boats belonged to Simon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_3","072_5_3","LUK","5","3","3","Jesus got in that boat and asked Simon to push the boat a little bit away from the shore so that he could speak to the crowd more easily. Jesus sat in the boat and taught the people who were on the shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_4","072_5_4","LUK","5","4","4","After he finished speaking to them, he said to Simon, “Push the boat out to where the water is deep. Then let your nets down into the water to catch some fish!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_5","072_5_5","LUK","5","5","5","Simon replied, “Master, we (exc) worked hard all night but we did not catch any fish. But because you (sg) tell me to do it, I will let down the nets.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_6","072_5_6","LUK","5","6","6","When Peter and the men with him had done that, they caught so many fish that their nets were breaking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_7","072_5_7","LUK","5","7","7","They motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. So they came and filled both the boats with fish from the net. The result was that the boats were so full that they began to sink. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_8","072_5_8","LUK","5","8","9","Simon and all the men who were with him were amazed at how many fish they had taken. James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, who were Simon’s partners, were among those who were amazed. When Simon, whose other name was Peter, saw the fish, feeling ashamed to be in the presence of someone who obviously had God’s power, he prostrated himself before Jesus and said, “Lord, you should go away from me, because I am a sinful man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_10","072_5_10","LUK","5","10","10","But Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid! Up until now you(sg) have been gathering fish MET, but from now on you will gather people to become my disciples.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_11","072_5_11","LUK","5","11","11","So after they brought the boats to the shore, they left their business HYP in the hands of others and went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_12","072_5_12","LUK","5","12","12","While Jesus was in one of the cities there in the district of Galilee, there was a man there who was very severely affected by leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he prostrated himself before him and, wanting Jesus to heal him, pleaded with him, “Lord/Sir, please heal me, because you are able to heal me if you are willing to!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_13","072_5_13","LUK","5","13","13","Then Jesus, disregarding the religious law that forbade people to come close to lepers, reached out his hand and touched the man. He said, “I am willing to heal you; and I heal you now!” Immediately the man was healed. He was no longer a leper PRS! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_14","072_5_14","LUK","5","14","14","Then Jesus told him, “Make sure that you do not report your healing immediately. First, go to a priest in Jerusalem and show yourself to him so that he can examine you and verify that you no longer have leprosy. After the priest tells the local people, they will know that you have been healed, and you will be able to associate with them again. Also take to the priest the offering that Moses commanded that people who have been healed from leprosy should offer.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_15","072_5_15","LUK","5","15","15","But many people heard the man’s report of what Jesus had done. The result was that large crowds came to Jesus to hear his message and to be healed of their sicknesses {so that he would heal their sicknesses}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_16","072_5_16","LUK","5","16","16","But he often would go away from them to the desolate area and pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_17","072_5_17","LUK","5","17","17","One day when Jesus was teaching, some men from the Pharisee sect were sitting there. Some of them were men who taught the Jewish laws. They had come from many HYP villages in Galilee district and also from Jerusalem and from other villages in Judea district. At that time while God was giving Jesus power to heal people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_18","072_5_18","LUK","5","18","18","several men brought on a sleeping pad a man who was paralyzed. They wanted to bring him into the house and lay him in front of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_19","072_5_19","LUK","5","19","19","But there was no way to do that because of the large crowd of people, so they went up the steps onto the roof. They tied ropes onto the sleeping pad and, after removing some of the tiles on the roof, they lowered the man on the sleeping pad. They lowered him through the opening into the midst of the crowd in front of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_20","072_5_20","LUK","5","20","20","When Jesus perceived that they believed that he could heal the man, he said to him, “My friend, I forgive your sins!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_21","072_5_21","LUK","5","21","21","The men who taught the Jewish laws and the rest of the Pharisees began to think within themselves, “Who does this man think he is, saying that? He is insulting God! ◄Nobody can forgive sins!/What person can forgive sins?► RHQ Only God can do that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_22","072_5_22","LUK","5","22","22","Jesus perceived what they were thinking. So he said to them, “◄You should not think that way about what I said!/Why do you question within yourselves about what I said?► RHQ Consider this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_23","072_5_23","LUK","5","23","23","It would not be risky for someone to say to this man, ‘I forgive your sins,’ because no one could see whether or not his sins were really forgiven. But no one RHQ, without having the power to heal, would say to him, ‘Get up and walk!’ because people could easily see whether he was healed or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_24","072_5_24","LUK","5","24","24","But as a result of my healing this man you (pl) will know that God has authorized me, the one who came from heaven, to forgive the sins of people while I am on the earth, as well as to heal people.” Then he said to the man who was paralyzed, “To you I say, ‘Get up, pick up your sleeping pad, and go home!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_25","072_5_25","LUK","5","25","25","Immediately the man was healed. He stood up in front of them. He picked up the sleeping pad on which he had been lying, and went home, praising God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_26","072_5_26","LUK","5","26","26","All the people there were amazed! They praised God and were completely awestruck. They kept saying, “We (inc) have seen wonderful things today!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_27","072_5_27","LUK","5","27","27","Then Jesus left the town and saw a man who collected taxes for the Roman government. His name was Levi. He was sitting in the booth where he collected the taxes. Jesus said to him, “Come with me and become my disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_28","072_5_28","LUK","5","28","28","So Levi left his work HYP and went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_29","072_5_29","LUK","5","29","29","Afterwards, Levi prepared a big feast in his own house for Jesus and his disciples. There was a large group of tax collectors and others eating together with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_30","072_5_30","LUK","5","30","30","The men who were there who taught the Jewish laws, ones who belonged to the Pharisee sect, complained to Jesus’ disciples, saying, “◄It is disgusting that you are eating with tax collectors and others who we(exc) consider to be sinners!/Why are you eating with tax collectors and others who we(exc) consider to be sinners?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_31","072_5_31","LUK","5","31","31","Then, to indicate that it was those who knew that they had sinned who were coming to him for help, Jesus said to them, “It is people who are sick who need a doctor, not those who are well MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_32","072_5_32","LUK","5","32","32","Similarly, I did not come from heaven to invite those who think they are righteous to come to me. On the contrary, I came to invite those who know that they are sinners to turn from their sinful behavior and come to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_33","072_5_33","LUK","5","33","33","Those Jewish leaders said to Jesus, “The disciples of John the Baptizer often abstain from food to show that they want to please God, and the disciples of the Pharisees do that, too. But your disciples keep on eating and drinking! Why do not they fast like the others?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_34","072_5_34","LUK","5","34","34","To show them that it was not appropriate for his disciples to be sad and abstain from food while he was still with them MET, Jesus said to them, “When ◄the bridegroom/man who is getting married► is with his friends at the time of the wedding, you certainly do not make his friends abstain from food, do you RHQ? No, you do not do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_35","072_5_35","LUK","5","35","35","But some day he will be taken away {his enemies will take him away} from them. Then, at that time, his friends will abstain from food, because they will be sad.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_36","072_5_36","LUK","5","36","36","Then Jesus told them two parables to show them that those who desire to live according to God’s new message should not be forced to obey the old religious traditions like ◄fasting/abstaining from food►, and that those who know only the old traditions are not eager to accept new ones MET. He said, “People never tear a piece of cloth from a new garment and attach it to an old garment to mend it. If they did that, not only would they be ruining the new garment by tearing it, but the new piece of cloth would not match the old garment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_37","072_5_37","LUK","5","37","37","Neither does anyone put freshly-squeezed grape juice into old skin bags to store it. If anyone did that, the grape juice would burst the skin bags because they would not stretch when the new wine ferments and expands. Then the skin bags would be ruined, and the wine would also be spilled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_38","072_5_38","LUK","5","38","38","On the contrary, new wine must be put into new wineskins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK5_39","072_5_39","LUK","5","39","39","Furthermore, those who have drunk only old wine are content with that. They do not want to drink the new wine, because they say, ‘The old wine is MET fine!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_1","072_6_1","LUK","6","1","1","One ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, while Jesus was walking through some grain fields with his disciples, the disciples picked some of the heads of grain. They rubbed them in their hands to separate the grains from the husks, and ate the grain. The law of Moses permitted people to do that if they were hungry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_2","072_6_2","LUK","6","2","2","Some Pharisees who were watching said to Jesus, “◄You should not be doing on our rest day work that our laws forbid!/Why are you doing on our rest day work that our laws forbid?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_3","072_6_3","LUK","6","3","3","Jesus wanted to show them that the record in Scriptures indicated that God permitted people to disobey certain religious laws when they needed food. So he replied, “It is written in the Scriptures what our revered ancestor, King David did when he and the men with him were hungry. You have read about that, ◄but you do not think about what it implies/so why do you not think about what it implies?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_4","072_6_4","LUK","6","4","4","David entered God’s big worship tent and asked for some food. The high priest gave him the bread that the priests had presented to God. It was permitted in one of Moses’ laws that only the priests could eat that bread. But even though David was not a priest, he ate some, and gave some to the men who were with him. And God did not consider that what David did was wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_5","072_6_5","LUK","6","5","5","Jesus also said to them, “I am the one who came from heaven, so I have the authority to determine what is right for my disciples to do on the day of rest!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_6","072_6_6","LUK","6","6","6","Another ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► Jesus entered a ◄synagogue/Jewish meeting place► and taught the people. There was a man there whose right hand was shriveled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_7","072_6_7","LUK","6","7","7","The men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees who were there watched Jesus, to see if he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this so that, if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their laws by working on the day of rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_8","072_6_8","LUK","6","8","8","But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Come and stand here in front of everyone!” So the man got up and stood there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_9","072_6_9","LUK","6","9","9","Then Jesus said to the others, “I ask you this: Do the laws that God gave Moses permit people to do what is good ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, or do they permit people to harm others? Do they permit us to save a person’s life on our day of rest or to let him die HYP by refusing to help him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_10","072_6_10","LUK","6","10","10","They refused to answer him. So after he looked around at them all, he said to the man, “Stretch out your shriveled hand!” The man did that, and his hand became all right again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_11","072_6_11","LUK","6","11","11","But the men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees were very angry, and they discussed with one another what they could do to get rid of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_12","072_6_12","LUK","6","12","12","About that time Jesus went up into the hills to pray. He prayed to God all night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_13","072_6_13","LUK","6","13","13","The next day he summoned all his disciples to come near him. From them he chose twelve men, whom he called apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_14","072_6_14","LUK","6","14","14","They were Simon, to whom he gave the new name, Peter; Andrew, Peter’s younger brother; James and his younger brother, John; Philip; Bartholomew; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_15","072_6_15","LUK","6","15","15","Matthew, whose other name was Levi; Thomas; another James, the son of Alpheus; Simon, who belonged to the party that encouraged people to rebel against the Roman government; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_16","072_6_16","LUK","6","16","16","Judas, the son of another James; and Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), the one who later ◄betrayed Jesus./enabled the Jewish leaders to seize Jesus.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_17","072_6_17","LUK","6","17","17","Jesus came down from the hills with his disciples and stood on a level area. There was a very big crowd of his disciples there. There was also a large group of people who had come from Jerusalem and from many other places in Judea district, and from the coastal areas near Tyre and Sidon cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_18","072_6_18","LUK","6","18","18","They came to hear Jesus talk to them and to be healed {and for him to heal them} from their diseases. He also healed those whom evil spirits had troubled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_19","072_6_19","LUK","6","19","19","Everyone in the crowd tried to touch him, because he was healing everyone by his/God’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_20","072_6_20","LUK","6","20","20","He looked MTY at his disciples and said, “God is pleased with you who know that you lack what he wants you to have; he will allow you to be the people whose lives he rules over. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_21","072_6_21","LUK","6","21","21","God is pleased with you who sincerely desire to receive what MTY he wants you to have; he will give you what you need, until you are satisfied. God is pleased with you that grieve now because of sin. Later you will be joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_22","072_6_22","LUK","6","22","22","God is pleased with you when other people hate you, when they will not let you join them, when they insult you, when they say that you are evil because you believe in me, the one who came from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_23","072_6_23","LUK","6","23","23","When that happens, rejoice! Jump up and down because you are so happy! God will give you a great reward in heaven! When they do these things to you, it will prove that you are God’s servants. (OR, People have always treated God’s servants like that.) Do not forget that these people’s ancestors did the same things to the prophets who served God faithfully! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_24","072_6_24","LUK","6","24","24","But there will be terrible punishment for you that are rich; the happiness you have received from your riches is the only happiness that you will get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_25","072_6_25","LUK","6","25","25","There will be terrible punishment for you who think that you have all that you need now; you will realize that these things will not make you feel satisfied. There will be terrible punishment for you who are joyful now; you will later be very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_26","072_6_26","LUK","6","26","26","When most HYP people speak well about you, trouble is ahead for you; it will not prove that you are God’s servants, because your ancestors used to speak well about those who falsely claimed that they were prophets.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_27","072_6_27","LUK","6","27","27","“But I say this to each of you disciples who are listening to what I say: Love your enemies as well as your friends. Do good things for those who hate you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_28","072_6_28","LUK","6","28","28","Ask God to bless those who curse you! Pray for those who mistreat you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_29","072_6_29","LUK","6","29","29","If someone insults one of you by striking you on one of your cheeks, turn your face so that he can strike the other cheek also. If a bandit wants to take away your (sg) coat, let him also have your shirt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_30","072_6_30","LUK","6","30","30","Give something to everyone who asks you (sg) for something. If someone takes away things that belong to you (sg), do not ask him to return them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_31","072_6_31","LUK","6","31","31","In whatever way you (pl) want others to act toward you, that is the way that you should act toward them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_32","072_6_32","LUK","6","32","32","If you love only those who love you, do not expect God to praise you for doing that RHQ, because even sinners love those who love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_33","072_6_33","LUK","6","33","33","If you do good things only for those who do good things for you, do not expect God to reward you for doing that RHQ, because even sinners do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_34","072_6_34","LUK","6","34","34","If you lend things or money only to those who you expect will give something back to you, do not expect that God will reward you RHQ for doing that. Even sinners lend to other sinners, because they expect them to pay everything back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_35","072_6_35","LUK","6","35","35","Instead, love your enemies! Do good things for them! Lend to them, and do not expect them to pay anything back! If you do that, God will give you a big reward. And you will be acting like his children should. Remember that God is kind to people who are not grateful and to people who are wicked, and he expects you to be like that too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_36","072_6_36","LUK","6","36","36","Act mercifully toward others, just like your Father in heaven acts mercifully toward you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_37","072_6_37","LUK","6","37","37","“Do not say how sinfully others have acted, and then God will not say how sinfully you have acted. Do not condemn others, and then he will not condemn you DOU. Forgive others for the evil things that they have done to you, and then God will forgive you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_38","072_6_38","LUK","6","38","38","Give good things to others, and then God will give good things to you. It will be as though MET God is putting things in a basket for you. He will give you a full amount, pressed down in the basket, which he will shake so that he can put more in, and it will spill over the sides! Remember that the way you act toward others will be the way that God will act toward you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_39","072_6_39","LUK","6","39","39","He also told his disciples this parable to show them that they should be like him, and not be like the Jewish religious leaders: “◄You certainly would not expect a blind man to lead another blind man./Would you expect a blind man to lead another blind man?► RHQ If he tried to do that, ◄they would both probably fall into a hole!/wouldn’t they both probably fall into a hole?► RHQ I am your teacher, and you disciples should be like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_40","072_6_40","LUK","6","40","40","A disciple should not expect to be better known than his teacher. But if a student is fully trained {if someone fully trains a student}, the student can become like his teacher MET. So you should be content to be like me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_41","072_6_41","LUK","6","41","41","◄Why do you notice someone else’s small faults?/None of you should be concerned about someone else’s small faults MET, RHQ.► That would be like noticing a speck in that person’s eye. But you should be concerned about your own big faults. They are like planks in your own eye, which you do not notice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_42","072_6_42","LUK","6","42","42","◄You (sg) should not say, ‘Friend, let me take out that speck in your eye!’ when you do not notice the log in your own eye!/Why do you say, ‘Friend, let me take out that speck in your eye!’ when you do not notice the log in your own eye?► RHQ If you do that, you are a hypocrite! You should first stop committing your own sins. That will be like removing the plank from your own eye. Then, as a result, you will have the spiritual insight you need to help others get rid of the faults that are like specks in their eyes.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_43","072_6_43","LUK","6","43","43","“People are like trees MET. Healthy trees do not bear bad fruit (OR, bear only good fruit), and unhealthy trees do not bear good fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_44","072_6_44","LUK","6","44","44","Just like you can tell if a tree is good or bad by looking at its fruit, you can tell which people are good and which are bad by looking at the way they conduct their lives. For example, because thornbushes cannot produce figs, no one can pick figs from thornbushes. And since bramble bushes cannot produce grapes, no one can pick grapes from bramble bushes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_45","072_6_45","LUK","6","45","45","Similarly, good people will conduct their lives in a good way because they think a lot of good things, and evil people will live in an evil way because they think a lot of evil things. The basic principle is that people speak and act according to all that they think.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_46","072_6_46","LUK","6","46","46","“Because people should obey what their masters tell them, ◄it is disgraceful that you say that I am your master but you do not do what I tell you!/why do you say that I am your master but you do not do what I tell you?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_47","072_6_47","LUK","6","47","47","Some people come to me, and hear my messages and obey them. I will tell you what they are like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_48","072_6_48","LUK","6","48","48","They are like a man who dug deep into the ground to prepare to build his house. He made sure that the foundation was on solid ground. Then when there was a flood, the water tried to wash away the house. But the river could not shake the house, because it was built {he built it} on a solid foundation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK6_49","072_6_49","LUK","6","49","49","But some people hear my messages but do not obey them. They are like a man who built a house on top of the ground without digging a foundation. When the river flooded, the house collapsed immediately and was completely ruined. So it is important for you to obey what I teach you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_1","072_7_1","LUK","7","1","1","After Jesus finished saying this to the people, he went with his disciples to Capernaum town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_2","072_7_2","LUK","7","2","2","There was a Roman army officer there who had a slave whom he thought highly of. This slave was so sick that he was about to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_3","072_7_3","LUK","7","3","3","When the officer heard about Jesus, he summoned some Jewish elders. He told them to go to Jesus and ask him to come and heal his slave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_4","072_7_4","LUK","7","4","4","When they came to where Jesus was, they earnestly asked Jesus to return with them. They said, “This officer deserves that you (sg) do this for him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_5","072_7_5","LUK","7","5","5","because he loves us Jewish people, and he paid the money to build a synagogue for us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_6","072_7_6","LUK","7","6","6","So Jesus went with them. When he was near the officer’s house, the officer decided that it was not necessary for Jesus to come to his house. So he summoned some friends. He told them to go to Jesus and tell him this: “Lord/Sir, do not bother to come. Because I am a non-Jew, I am not worthy for you (sg), a Jew, to come into my house MTY and associate with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_7","072_7_7","LUK","7","7","7","I did not feel worthy to come to you, either. But please command that my servant be healed, and he will become well! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_8","072_7_8","LUK","7","8","8","I believe this because, as for me, there are people who have authority over me and I obey them. I also have soldiers under my authority. When I say to one of them, ‘Go!’ he goes. When I say to another ‘Come!’ he comes. When I say to my slave, ‘Do this!’ he does it. And I believe that you speak with a similar kind of authority.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_9","072_7_9","LUK","7","9","9","When the officer’s friends arrived and told that to Jesus, he marveled at what the officer had said. Then he turned and said to the crowd that was going with him, “I tell you, I have never before found anyone who trusted in me like this non-Jewish man does. No one from Israel, where I would expect people to believe in me, has trusted in me like he has!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_10","072_7_10","LUK","7","10","10","When those men returned to the officer’s house, they found that the slave was well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_11","072_7_11","LUK","7","11","11","Soon after that, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples and a large crowd of other people went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_12","072_7_12","LUK","7","12","12","As they approached the town gate, the corpse of a young man who had just died was being carried out on a stretcher {people were carrying out on a stretcher the corpse of a young man who had just died}. His mother was a widow, and he was her only son. A large group of people from the town were accompanying them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_13","072_7_13","LUK","7","13","13","When the Lord saw her, he pitied her. He said to her, “Do not cry!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_14","072_7_14","LUK","7","14","14","Then, ignoring the Jewish laws about not coming near a corpse, he came close and touched the stretcher on which the body was lying. So the men carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_15","072_7_15","LUK","7","15","15","The man sat up and began to talk! Jesus returned him to his mother to care for her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_16","072_7_16","LUK","7","16","16","Then everyone there was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_17","072_7_17","LUK","7","17","17","Then they reported what Jesus had done throughout all of Judea district and other nearby areas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_18","072_7_18","LUK","7","18","18","The disciples of John the Baptizer went to the prison where John was and told him about those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_19","072_7_19","LUK","7","19","19","So one day John summoned two of his disciples and told them to go to the Lord and ask him: “Are you the Messiah who the prophets prophesied would come, or is it someone else that we should expect to come?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_20","072_7_20","LUK","7","20","20","When those two men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptizer sent us to ask you (sg) this: Are you the Messiah that we are expecting God to send, or shall we (exc) expect someone else?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_21","072_7_21","LUK","7","21","21","At that very time Jesus was healing many people of their diseases and other sicknesses, he was casting out evil spirits, and he was causing many blind people to be able to see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_22","072_7_22","LUK","7","22","22","So he answered those two men, “Go back and report to John what you have seen me doing and what you have heard me telling people. I am enabling blind people to see. I am enabling lame people to walk. I am healing people who have leprosy. I am enabling deaf people to hear. I am causing dead people to become alive again, and I am telling God’s good message to poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_23","072_7_23","LUK","7","23","23","Also tell John that God is pleased with those who do not stop believing in me because what I do is not what they expect the Messiah to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_24","072_7_24","LUK","7","24","24","When the men whom John had sent left, Jesus began to talk to the crowd of people about John. He said to them, “Think about what sort of person you went to see in the desolate area when you went there to see John RHQ. You did not go there to listen to a man who constantly changed the nature of his message MET, like a reed that is blown back and forth by the wind RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_25","072_7_25","LUK","7","25","25","Then what kind of man did you go there to see RHQ? Was he RHQ a man who wore expensive clothes? No! You know very well that people who wear beautiful clothes and live in luxury are in kings’ palaces, not in the desolate areas! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_26","072_7_26","LUK","7","26","26","Then what kind of person did you go to see? Did you RHQ go there to see John because he was a prophet? Yes! But I will tell you that John is more important than an ordinary prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_27","072_7_27","LUK","7","27","27","He is the one about whom these words that God said to the Messiah have been written {the prophet Malachi wrote these words} in the Scriptures: ‘Listen! I am going to send my messenger ahead of you (sg) SYN. He will prepare people for your coming.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_28","072_7_28","LUK","7","28","28","I tell you that from among all the people who have ever lived, God considers that no one is greater than John. However, God considers everyone who has let God rule their lives MET to be greater than John, even if they are insignificant people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_29","072_7_29","LUK","7","29","29","When they heard what Jesus said (OR, what John preached), all the people, including tax collectors, whom many people despised, agreed that God’s way was right. By being baptized by John {By letting John baptize them}, they had agreed that what God required people to do in order to be saved was right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_30","072_7_30","LUK","7","30","30","But the Pharisees and the men who taught the Jewish laws were not baptized by John {did not let John baptize them} because they rejected what God wanted them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_31","072_7_31","LUK","7","31","31","Then Jesus also said, “Many of you people have heard what John and I have taught. ◄I will illustrate what you are like./Do you know what many of you people who have heard what John and I have taught are like?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_32","072_7_32","LUK","7","32","32","You are like children who are playing games in an open area. Some of them are calling to the others, saying, ‘We (exc) played happy music for you on the flute, but you did not dance! Then we sang sad funeral songs for you, but you did not cry!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_33","072_7_33","LUK","7","33","33","Similarly, you people are dissatisfied with both John the Baptizer and me! When John came and preached to you, he did not eat ordinary food SYN or drink wine, like most people do. But you rejected him, saying, ‘A demon is controlling him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_34","072_7_34","LUK","7","34","34","In contrast, I, the one who came from heaven, eat the same food and drink wine as others do. But you reject me, saying, ‘Look! This man eats too much food and drinks too much wine, and he associates with tax collectors and other sinners!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_35","072_7_35","LUK","7","35","35","But those who are truly God’s children PRS realize that what John and I do is truly wise.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_36","072_7_36","LUK","7","36","36","One day one of the Pharisees named Simon invited Jesus to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to the man’s house and reclined to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_37","072_7_37","LUK","7","37","37","There was a woman in that city who many people knew had been a prostitute EUP. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee’s house. So she went there, taking a stone jar that contained perfume. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_38","072_7_38","LUK","7","38","38","As the people there were reclining to eat, the woman stood behind Jesus, at his feet. As she was crying because she was sorry for her sins, her tears fell on Jesus’ feet. Then she wiped his feet with her hair, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the perfume. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_39","072_7_39","LUK","7","39","39","When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw that, he thought, “Prophets know about other people’s lives, so if Jesus were a prophet, he would have known who this woman is who is touching him, and what kind of a person she is. He would have known that she is a prostitute! EUP” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_40","072_7_40","LUK","7","40","40","Jesus said to him, “Simon, there is something I want to tell you (sg).” He replied, “Teacher, what is it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_41","072_7_41","LUK","7","41","41","Jesus replied, “Two people owed some money to a man who earned money by lending it to others. One owed him 500 silver coins, and the other owed him 50 silver coins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_42","072_7_42","LUK","7","42","42","Neither of them was able to pay back what he owed, so the man very kindly said that they did not have to pay back anything. So, which of those two men will love that man more?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_43","072_7_43","LUK","7","43","43","Simon replied, “I think that the one who owed the most money and did not have to pay it back will love him more.” Jesus said to him, “That is correct.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_44","072_7_44","LUK","7","44","44","Then he turned toward the woman, and said to Simon, “◄Think about what this woman has done!/Do you (sg) see what this woman has done?► RHQ When I entered your house, you did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by giving me any water to wash my feet, but this woman has wet my feet with her tears and then wiped them with her hair! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_45","072_7_45","LUK","7","45","45","You did not follow our custom of greeting by kissing me, but since I came in, this woman has not stopped kissing my feet! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_46","072_7_46","LUK","7","46","46","You did not follow our custom of welcoming guests by anointing my head with olive oil, but she has anointed my feet with fragrant perfume. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_47","072_7_47","LUK","7","47","47","So I will tell you that even though this woman has sinned very much, she has been forgiven {I have forgiven her}. By what she has done she has shown that she loves me very much. But a person who has sinned just a little bit, but whom I have forgiven, will love me just a little bit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_48","072_7_48","LUK","7","48","48","Then he said to the woman, “You have been forgiven {I have forgiven you} for your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_49","072_7_49","LUK","7","49","49","Then those who were eating with him said among themselves, “◄This man must think that he is God!/Who does this man think that he is RHQ►, saying that he can forgive people for their sins?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK7_50","072_7_50","LUK","7","50","50","But Jesus said to the woman, “Because you have trusted PRS in me, God has saved you from the guilt of your sins. May God give you inner peace as you go!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_1","072_8_1","LUK","8","1","1","Soon after that, Jesus went, along with his twelve disciples, through various cities and villages. As they went, he was telling people the good message about how God wants ◄to have complete control/to rule► MET over their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_2","072_8_2","LUK","8","2","2","Some women from whom he had expelled evil spirits and healed of diseases also went with him. These included Mary, the woman from Magdala village, from whom he had expelled seven evil spirits; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_3","072_8_3","LUK","8","3","3","Joanna, the wife of Chuza, who was one of King Herod Antipas’ officials; Susanna; and many others. They were providing some of their own funds to help Jesus and his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_4","072_8_4","LUK","8","4","4","A large crowd of people came to Jesus from many towns. Then he told them this parable: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_5","072_8_5","LUK","8","5","5","“A man went out to his field to sow some seeds. As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the path. Then people walked on those seeds, and birds ate them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_6","072_8_6","LUK","8","6","6","Some of the seeds fell on rock on which there was a thin layer of moist soil. As soon as the seeds grew, the plants dried up because they had no moisture. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_7","072_8_7","LUK","8","7","7","Some of the seeds fell on ground that contained roots of thorny weeds. The thorny weeds grew together with the young plants, and they crowded out those plants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_8","072_8_8","LUK","8","8","8","But some of the seeds fell on good soil and grew well. Each seed later produced 100 grains.” Then Jesus called out to them, “If you want to understand MTY this, you must consider carefully what I have just said!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_9","072_8_9","LUK","8","9","9","Jesus’ disciples later asked him about the meaning of the parable he had just told. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_10","072_8_10","LUK","8","10","10","He said, “God is revealing to you what he did not reveal before, about how he wants to rule MET over people’s lives. But when I am telling other people about these things, I tell them only in parables. The result will be like a prophet predicted long ago: They will see what I am doing, but will not perceive what it means. They will hear what I am saying, but will not understand it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_11","072_8_11","LUK","8","11","11","So this is the meaning of that parable: The seeds represent God’s message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_12","072_8_12","LUK","8","12","12","Some people are like the path on which some of the seeds fell. When these people hear God’s message, the devil comes and causes them to forget what they have heard. As a result, they do not believe it, and will not be saved {God will not save them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_13","072_8_13","LUK","8","13","13","Some people are like the soil with rock underneath. When they hear God’s message, they accept it joyfully. But because it does not penetrate deeply MET into their inner beings, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When difficult things happen to them, they stop believing God’s message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_14","072_8_14","LUK","8","14","14","Some people are like the soil that had roots of thorny weeds in it. They are people who accept God’s message, but later on they worry about things, and try to become rich, and enjoy things that give them a lot of pleasure. So they do not become spiritually mature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_15","072_8_15","LUK","8","15","15","But some people are like the good soil. They hear God’s message and accept it. They become good, honest people, and they continue doing things that please God MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_16","072_8_16","LUK","8","16","16","“After people light a lamp, they do not cover it with a basket or put it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a lampstand, so that those who enter their house can see things from its light MET. Similarly, you must tell God’s truth to others so that they can know what I can do for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_17","072_8_17","LUK","8","17","17","God wants to make clear all of his truth that was not evident previously. He intends that all of the truth that he had not revealed before be told openly {that his people openly tell others all of the truth that he has not revealed before}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_18","072_8_18","LUK","8","18","18","So listen carefully to what I tell you, because God will enable those who accept my truth to understand even more. But God will cause those who do not accept my truth to not understand even the little that they think they have understood.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_19","072_8_19","LUK","8","19","19","One day Jesus’ mother and his younger brothers came to see him, but they could not get near him because there was a large crowd around him in the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_20","072_8_20","LUK","8","20","20","Someone told him, “Your mother and your younger brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_21","072_8_21","LUK","8","21","21","He replied, “Those who hear God’s message and obey it are as dear to me MET as my mother and my brothers.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_22","072_8_22","LUK","8","22","22","One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples. He said to them, “Let’s go around to the other side of the lake.” So they started to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_23","072_8_23","LUK","8","23","23","As they were sailing, he fell asleep. A big windstorm struck the lake. Soon the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_24","072_8_24","LUK","8","24","24","Jesus’ disciples woke him up. They said to him, “Master! Master! We (inc) are going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and told the waves to be calm. The wind immediately  stopped blowing and the waves calmed down. The lake became calm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_25","072_8_25","LUK","8","25","25","He said to them, “◄I am disappointed that you did not trust me to help you!/Why did you not trust me to help you?►” RHQ They were afraid. They were also amazed. They said to each other, “◄What kind of man is this?/This man is not like ordinary men!► RHQ He not only commands people, but when he commands the wind and the water, they also obey him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_26","072_8_26","LUK","8","26","26","Jesus and his disciples arrived at the region near Gerasa, a town which was on the eastern side of Lake Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_27","072_8_27","LUK","8","27","27","There was a man in that region in whom demons lived. He was from the town of Gerasa. (OR, In that area there was a man from that town whom demons controlled.) For a long time he had not worn clothes. He did not live in a house. Instead, he lived in burial caves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_28","072_8_28","LUK","8","28","29","Many times demons attacked him. He was guarded {People tried to guard him} so that he would not injure others. Chains were fastened {They fastened chains} on his hands and shackles on his feet, but he would break the chains and shackles. Then he would be sent away by the demons {the demons would send him away} to some desolate area. When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, the man saw him. He ran to Jesus and prostrated himself before him. Then Jesus commanded, “You evil spirit, come out of that man!” But it did not leave immediately. Instead, it caused the man to shout very loudly, “Jesus, Son of the great God in heaven, since we (inc) have nothing in common, leave me alone RHQ! I beg you, do not torture me now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_30","072_8_30","LUK","8","30","30","In order to expel the demon more easily, Jesus asked the demon, “What is your (sg) name?” He replied, “My name is Crowd/Mob.” He said that because many demons had entered that man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_31","072_8_31","LUK","8","31","31","The demons kept begging Jesus that he would not command them to go into the deep place where God punishes demons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_32","072_8_32","LUK","8","32","32","There was a large herd of pigs ◄grazing/rooting for food► on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus that he allow them to enter the pigs. So he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_33","072_8_33","LUK","8","33","33","The demons left the man and entered the pigs. Then the herd of pigs rushed down the steep bank into the lake and drowned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_34","072_8_34","LUK","8","34","34","When the men who were taking care of the pigs saw what happened, they ran! They told people inside the town and outside the town what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_35","072_8_35","LUK","8","35","35","So people went out to see what had happened. When they came to where Jesus was, they saw that the man from whom Jesus had expelled the demons was sitting at the feet of Jesus, listening to him. He had clothes on, and his mind was normal again. Then those people became afraid because they thought that Jesus would destroy more of their property (OR, because they realized that he must be very powerful). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_36","072_8_36","LUK","8","36","36","The people who had seen what happened told those who had just arrived how Jesus had healed the man whom demons were controlling before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_37","072_8_37","LUK","8","37","37","Then those people and many other people HYP from the area near Gerasa asked Jesus to leave their area. They were very afraid of what else Jesus would do to them. So Jesus and the disciples got into the boat to go back across the lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_38","072_8_38","LUK","8","38","38","The man from whom he had expelled the demons begged him saying, “Please, let me go with you!” But Jesus refused. Instead, he said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_39","072_8_39","LUK","8","39","39","“No, go home and tell people how much God has done for you!” Then he sent him away. So the man went away and told people throughout the nearby town how much Jesus had done for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_40","072_8_40","LUK","8","40","40","When Jesus and the disciples returned to Capernaum, a crowd of people who had been waiting for him welcomed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_41","072_8_41","LUK","8","41","41","Just then a man named Jairus, who was one of the leaders ◄of the synagogue/of the Jewish meeting place► there, came near and prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet. He pleaded with Jesus, “Please come to my house and heal my daughter, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_42","072_8_42","LUK","8","42","42","my only daughter, who is about twelve years old, because she is dying!” As Jesus went with him, many people crowded close to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_43","072_8_43","LUK","8","43","43","Then a woman came near. She had been suffering from constant vaginal EUP bleeding for twelve years, but she could not be healed by anyone {no one could heal her}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_44","072_8_44","LUK","8","44","44","She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his robe in order to be healed. At once her bleeding stopped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_45","072_8_45","LUK","8","45","45","Jesus said, “Who touched me?” When everyone said that they had not touched him, Peter said, “Lord, there is a large crowd of people around you (sg) and crowding against you, so any one of them might have touched you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_46","072_8_46","LUK","8","46","46","But Jesus said, “I know that someone deliberately touched me, because my power has healed someone who touched me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_47","072_8_47","LUK","8","47","47","When the woman realized that she could not prevent Jesus (OR, people) from knowing that she was healed, her body began to shake. She was afraid that because she had disobeyed the law that a woman with such a condition should not touch others, Jesus might scold her for doing that. She prostrated herself before Jesus. As the other people were listening, she told why she had touched him and how she had been healed immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_48","072_8_48","LUK","8","48","48","Jesus said to her, “◄Ma’am/My dear woman►, because you believed PRS that I could heal you, I have healed you. Go from here, and may you experience God’s peace within you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_49","072_8_49","LUK","8","49","49","While he was still talking to her, a man from Jairus’ house came and said to Jairus, “Your daughter has died. So ◄it is useless that you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house!/why do you bother the teacher any longer by urging him to go to your house?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_50","072_8_50","LUK","8","50","50","But when Jesus heard that, he said to Jairus, “Do not think that there is nothing more that can be done. Just believe that I can help her. If you(sg) do that, she will live again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_51","072_8_51","LUK","8","51","51","When they arrived outside Jairus’ house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, James, and the girl’s mother and father to go in Jairus’ house with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_52","072_8_52","LUK","8","52","52","All the people there were crying and beating their chests to show that they were sad. But, knowing that he would cause the girl to live again, he said to them, “Stop crying! She is not dead! She is just sleeping MET!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_53","072_8_53","LUK","8","53","53","The people laughed at him, because they knew that the girl was dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_54","072_8_54","LUK","8","54","54","But Jesus took hold of her hand and called to her, saying, “Child, get up!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_55","072_8_55","LUK","8","55","55","At once her spirit returned to her body and she got up. Jesus immediately said, “Give her something to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK8_56","072_8_56","LUK","8","56","56","Her parents were amazed, but Jesus told them not to tell anyone else yet what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_1","072_9_1","LUK","9","1","1","One day Jesus summoned his twelve apostles, and gave them power to expel all kinds of demons and to heal people with diseases. He gave them authority to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_2","072_9_2","LUK","9","2","2","Before he sent them out to heal people and to tell people what it meant to let God ◄rule/have complete control over► their lives, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_3","072_9_3","LUK","9","3","3","he said to them, “Do not take things for your journey. Do not take a walking stick or a traveler’s bag or food or money. Do not take ◄an extra shirt/extra clothes►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_4","072_9_4","LUK","9","4","4","Whenever you enter some house to lodge there, stay in that house until you leave that town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_5","072_9_5","LUK","9","5","5","In towns where the people do not welcome you, you should not continue to stay there. Just leave those towns. And as you leave, shake off the dust from your feet. Do that to warn them that God will punish them for rejecting your message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_6","072_9_6","LUK","9","6","6","Then they left and traveled through many villages. Everywhere they went, they told people God’s good message and healed sick people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_7","072_9_7","LUK","9","7","7","Herod Antipas, the ruler of that district, heard about the things that Jesus and his disciples were doing. He had previously commanded his soldiers to execute John the Baptizer, so now he was perplexed, because some people were saying that John had become alive again and was doing those miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_8","072_9_8","LUK","9","8","8","Others were saying that the prophet Elijah had appeared again as had been prophesied. Others were saying that one of the other former prophets had become alive again and was doing those miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_9","072_9_9","LUK","9","9","9","But Herod said, “It cannot be John who is doing these things, because I commanded my soldiers to cut off his head. So who is this man that I am hearing these things about?” And he kept wanting to see Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_10","072_9_10","LUK","9","10","10","When the apostles returned from traveling to various towns, they told Jesus the things that they had done. Then he took them and they went by themselves by boat to a town called Bethsaida. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_11","072_9_11","LUK","9","11","11","But when the crowds of people who had been with Jesus found out about that, they followed him on land. When they got to where he was, he welcomed them. He taught them about how God is going to some day ◄rule as king/have complete control over people’s lives►. He also healed the sick people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_12","072_9_12","LUK","9","12","12","Late in the afternoon Jesus’ twelve apostles came to him and said, “This is a place where nobody lives, so dismiss the people so that they can go to the surrounding villages and other places where they can get some food and find places to stay!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_13","072_9_13","LUK","9","13","13","But he said to them, “No, you yourselves give them something to eat!” They replied, “We (exc) have only five small loaves and two cooked fish. Are you (sg) going to give us the money to go somewhere and buy food for all these people?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_14","072_9_14","LUK","9","14","14","There were about 5,000 men there. He replied to the disciples, “No, just tell the people to sit down. Tell them to sit in groups, with about 50 people in each group.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_15","072_9_15","LUK","9","15","15","After they told the people that, they all sat down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_16","072_9_16","LUK","9","16","16","Then he took the five small loaves and the two fish. He looked up towards heaven and thanked God for them. Then he broke them into pieces and gave them to the disciples so that they would distribute them to the crowd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_17","072_9_17","LUK","9","17","17","All the people in the crowd ate until they all had enough to eat. Then the disciples collected twelve baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_18","072_9_18","LUK","9","18","18","One day Jesus was praying in a place where only the disciples were with him. He asked them, “The crowds of people, who do they say that I really am?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_19","072_9_19","LUK","9","19","19","They replied, “Some people say that you are John the Baptizer, who has come back to life again. Others say that you are the prophet Elijah, who has returned from heaven as God promised. Others say that you are one of the other prophets who lived long ago, who has come back to life again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_20","072_9_20","LUK","9","20","20","He asked them, “What about you (pl)? Who do you say that I am?” Peter replied, “You (sg) are the Messiah, who has come from God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_21","072_9_21","LUK","9","21","21","Then Jesus warned them strongly not to tell that to anyone yet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_22","072_9_22","LUK","9","22","22","Then he said, “Even though I am the one who came from heaven, it is necessary that I suffer very much. It is also necessary that I be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws {that the Jewish elders and the chief priests and the men who teach the Jewish laws will reject me}. It is necessary that I be killed {that people will kill me}. Then on the third day after that, I will become alive again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_23","072_9_23","LUK","9","23","23","Then he said to all of them, “If any one of you wants to be my disciple, you must not do only what you yourself desire to do. Specifically, you must be willing each day MET to let others hurt you and disgrace you. That is like what is done to criminals who are forced to carry MET crosses to the place where they will be executed. That is what anyone who wants to be my disciple must do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_24","072_9_24","LUK","9","24","24","You must do that, because those who try to save their lives by denying that they belong to me when people want to kill them for believing in me will not live eternally, but those who are killed because of being my disciples will live forever with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_25","072_9_25","LUK","9","25","25","People might get everything that they want in this world, but ◄they are really gaining nothing if they do not get eternal life by becoming my disciples!/are they really gaining anything if they do not get eternal life by becoming my disciples?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_26","072_9_26","LUK","9","26","26","Those who reject my message and refuse to say that they belong to me, I, the one who came from heaven, will also refuse to say that they belong to me when I come back with the holy angels, and have the glorious brightness that my Father has. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_27","072_9_27","LUK","9","27","27","But listen carefully! Some of you (pl) who are here now will see God ruling MET in many powerful ways. You will see it before you die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_28","072_9_28","LUK","9","28","28","About a week after Jesus said those things, he took Peter, James, and James’ brother John and led them up a mountain so that he could pray there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_29","072_9_29","LUK","9","29","29","As he was praying, his face appeared very different to them. His clothes became as bright as lightning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_30","072_9_30","LUK","9","30","31","Suddenly, two men appeared who had the brightness of heaven surrounding them. They were prophets who had lived long ago, Moses and Elijah. They started talking with Jesus about how he would accomplish what God had planned when he died EUP very soon in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_32","072_9_32","LUK","9","32","32","Peter and the other disciples who were with him were sound asleep. When they woke up, they saw Jesus’ brightness. They also saw the two men standing with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_33","072_9_33","LUK","9","33","33","As Moses and Elijah were starting to leave Jesus, Peter said to him, “Master, it is wonderful for us to be here! Allow us to make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah!” But he really did not realize what he was talking about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_34","072_9_34","LUK","9","34","34","As he was saying that, a bright cloud appeared and covered them all. The disciples were afraid as the cloud surrounded them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_35","072_9_35","LUK","9","35","35","God MTY/EUP spoke to them from the cloud, saying, “This is my Son. He is the one whom I have chosen to do a great work for me. So you must listen to him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_36","072_9_36","LUK","9","36","36","After God MTY/EUP finished saying that, the three disciples saw that only Jesus was there. They did not tell anyone what they had seen until much later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_37","072_9_37","LUK","9","37","37","The next day, after they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd of people met Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_38","072_9_38","LUK","9","38","38","Then a man from the crowd exclaimed, “Teacher, I plead with you, do something to help my son! He is my only child! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_39","072_9_39","LUK","9","39","39","At various times an evil spirit suddenly seizes him and causes him to scream. The evil spirit shakes him violently and causes him to foam at the mouth. It does not leave until my child is completely exhausted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_40","072_9_40","LUK","9","40","40","I pleaded with your disciples who were here for them to expel the evil spirit, but they were not able to do it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_41","072_9_41","LUK","9","41","41","Jesus replied by saying to everyone who had gathered there, “You who have seen how I help people do not believe that you can do anything. What you think is perverted! How long must I be with you before you are able to do what I do RHQ? How long must I endure your lack of faith?” Then he said to the boy’s father, “Bring your (sg) son here to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_42","072_9_42","LUK","9","42","42","While they were bringing the boy to Jesus, the demon attacked the boy, threw him to the ground, and shook him severely. But Jesus rebuked the evil spirit and healed the boy. Then he returned him to his father’s care. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_43","072_9_43","LUK","9","43","43","All the people there were amazed at the great power of God. Luke 9:43b-45 While they were all amazed at all the miracles Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_44","072_9_44","LUK","9","44","44","“Think carefully MTY about what I am about to tell you: Even though I am the one who came from heaven, I will soon be handed over to the authorities (OR, my enemies) {someone is about to enable MTY my enemies to seize me}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_45","072_9_45","LUK","9","45","45","But the disciples did not understand what he was saying; God prevented them from understanding it, so that they would not know yet what he meant. And they were afraid to ask him about what he had said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_46","072_9_46","LUK","9","46","46","The disciples began to argue among themselves about which one of them would be the greatest when Jesus became king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_47","072_9_47","LUK","9","47","47","But Jesus perceived what they were thinking. So he brought a young child to his side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_48","072_9_48","LUK","9","48","48","He said to the disciples, “Those who, because they love me, (OR, because they want to behave like me) welcome a little child ◄like this one/as I would► MTY, God considers that MET they are welcoming me. And those who welcome me, God considers that MET they are welcoming him, the one who sent me. Remember that those among you who think of themselves as being very unimportant will be the ones whom God considers to be great.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_49","072_9_49","LUK","9","49","49","John replied to Jesus, “Master, we (exc) saw a man who was expelling demons, claiming that he had authority from you MTY to do that. So we told him to stop doing it, because he is not one of us disciples.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_50","072_9_50","LUK","9","50","50","But Jesus said to him and the other disciples, “Do not tell him not to do that! Remember that those who are not opposing you are trying to achieve the same goals that you are!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_51","072_9_51","LUK","9","51","51","When it was almost time for God to take Jesus up to heaven, he firmly resolved to go to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_52","072_9_52","LUK","9","52","52","He sent some messengers to go ahead of him, and they entered a village in Samaria district to prepare for him SYN to go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_53","072_9_53","LUK","9","53","53","But the Samaritans did not like the Jews because of their insisting that it was necessary to go to Jerusalem to worship God. So, because Jesus had firmly resolved to go to Jerusalem, they would not let him come to their village. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_54","072_9_54","LUK","9","54","54","When two of his disciples, James and John, heard about that, they said, “Lord, do you (sg) want us (exc) to pray that God will send fire down from heaven, as the prophet Elijah did long ago, and destroy those people?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_55","072_9_55","LUK","9","55","55","But Jesus turned and rebuked them for saying that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_56","072_9_56","LUK","9","56","56","So they went to a different village. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_57","072_9_57","LUK","9","57","57","As Jesus and the disciples were walking along the road, one man said to him, “I will go with you (sg) wherever you go!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_58","072_9_58","LUK","9","58","58","In order that the man might know what he could expect if he went with Jesus, Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes in the ground in which to live, and birds have nests, but even though I am the one who came from heaven, I do not have a home where I can sleep!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_59","072_9_59","LUK","9","59","59","Jesus told another man, “Come with me!” But the man said, “Lord/Sir, let me go home first. After my father dies I will bury him, and then I will come with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_60","072_9_60","LUK","9","60","60","But Jesus said to him, “God considers that those who do not have eternal life are dead MET. Let those people do the work of burying people who die. As for you, go and tell people about how God wants ◄to rule/to have complete control over► people’s lives!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_61","072_9_61","LUK","9","61","61","Someone else said, “Lord, I will come with you and be your disciple, but first let me go home to say goodbye to my relatives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK9_62","072_9_62","LUK","9","62","62","Jesus said to him, “Anyone who is plowing his field should not look back to see what he has done. He must look forward to what is ahead. Similarly, anyone who continues to be concerned about his family and other things he has left behind is not fit to serve me and tell others about how God wants to rule MTY people’s lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_1","072_10_1","LUK","10","1","1","After that, the Lord Jesus appointed 72 other people. He prepared to send them out, two-by-two, to every town and village where he SYN intended to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_2","072_10_2","LUK","10","2","2","He said to them, “The people who are ready to receive my message are like a field of MET grain that is ready for people to harvest {to be harvested}. But there are not many people to bring them to God. So pray and ask the Lord God to send more workers who will gather people together and teach them my message, just like a landowner sends workers into his fields to gather the harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_3","072_10_3","LUK","10","3","3","Start going; but remember that I am sending you (pl) out to tell my message to people who will try to get rid of you. You will be like lambs among wolves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_4","072_10_4","LUK","10","4","4","Do not take along any money in a purse. Do not take a traveler’s bag. Do not take extra sandals. Do not spend a lot of time greeting people along the way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_5","072_10_5","LUK","10","5","5","Whenever you enter a house to lodge there, first say to those people, ‘May God give inner peace to you people MTY in this house!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_6","072_10_6","LUK","10","6","6","If people who live there are ◄desiring to have/worthy of receiving► God’s peace, they will experience the inner peace that you are offering them. If people who live there are not desiring to have God’s peace, you will experience God’s inner peace, but they will not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_7","072_10_7","LUK","10","7","7","If they welcome you, stay in that same house until you leave that village. Do not move around from one house to another. Eat and drink whatever they provide for you. A worker deserves to get pay MET from the people for whom he works, so you deserve to receive food and a place to stay from the people to whom you go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_8","072_10_8","LUK","10","8","8","Whenever you enter a town and the people there welcome you, eat what is provided {what they provide} for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_9","072_10_9","LUK","10","9","9","Heal the people there who are sick. Tell them, ‘It is almost time for God to send his king to rule MET your lives.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_10","072_10_10","LUK","10","10","10","But if you enter a town whose people do not welcome you, go into its main streets and say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_11","072_10_11","LUK","10","11","11","‘Because you have refused to hear our message, we(exc) will not only leave, we will also shake off the dust of your town that clings to our sandals, to warn you that God will reject/punish you. But we want you to know that it is almost the time when God will start to rule!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_12","072_10_12","LUK","10","12","12","I will tell you this: On the MTY final day when God judges everyone, he will punish the wicked people MTY who long ago lived in Sodom, the city that he destroyed because its people were so wicked. But he will punish even more severely the people MTY of any town whose people refused to hear your message!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_13","072_10_13","LUK","10","13","13","“There will be terrible punishment for you people who live in MTY Chorazin and Bethsaida cities. I did great miracles in your cities to show God’s power, but you did not turn from your sinful behavior. If the miracles that I performed in your cities had been done in Tyre and Sidon cities, the wicked people who lived there would have long ago shown that they were sorry for their sins by sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_14","072_10_14","LUK","10","14","14","But they did not have the opportunity that you have, so when God punishes people, he will punish the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon, but he will punish you more severely because you did not pay attention to my message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_15","072_10_15","LUK","10","15","15","I also have something to say to you people who live in Capernaum city. ◄Do not think that you will be honored {that God will honor you} in heaven!/Do you think that you will be honored {that God will honor you} in heaven?► RHQ That will not happen! On the contrary, after you die, God will send you down to the place where sinful people will be punished forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_16","072_10_16","LUK","10","16","16","Jesus also said to the disciples, “God will consider that those who listen to your message are listening to me, and that those who reject your message are rejecting me. And he will consider that those who reject me are rejecting God, the one who sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_17","072_10_17","LUK","10","17","17","The 72 people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, “Lord, people did what we(exc) told them to do! Demons also obeyed us when by your (sg) authority MTY we commanded them to leave people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_18","072_10_18","LUK","10","18","18","Jesus replied, “When those demons were obeying you, because God had enabled you to defeat them, it was as though MET I saw Satan fall from heaven as suddenly and quickly as lightning strikes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_19","072_10_19","LUK","10","19","19","Listen! I have given you authority so that if you oppose evil spirits MET they will not hurt you. I have given you authority to defeat our enemy, Satan. Nothing shall hurt you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_20","072_10_20","LUK","10","20","20","But although you can rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice more that your names have been written {that God has written your names} in heaven, because you will be with God forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_21","072_10_21","LUK","10","21","21","At that time the Holy Spirit caused Jesus to be very happy. He said, “Father, you (sg) rule over everything in heaven and on the earth! Some people think that they are wise because they are well-educated. But I thank you that you have prevented them from knowing these things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept your truth as readily MET as little children do. Yes, Father, you have done that because it seemed good to you to do so.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_22","072_10_22","LUK","10","22","22","Jesus also said to the 72 disciples, “God, my Father, has revealed to me all I need to know and the power I need for my work. Only my Father knows who I really am. Furthermore, only I and those people to whom I wish to reveal him know what God my Father is like.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_23","072_10_23","LUK","10","23","23","Then when Jesus’ disciples were alone with him, he turned toward them and said, “God is pleased with you SYN who have seen the things that I have done! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_24","072_10_24","LUK","10","24","24","I want you to know that many prophets and kings who lived long ago desired to see the things that you are seeing me do, but these things did not happen then. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but these things were not revealed to them then.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_25","072_10_25","LUK","10","25","25","One day as Jesus was teaching people, a man was there who had studied carefully the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to ask Jesus a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, “Teacher, what shall I do in order to live with God forever?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_26","072_10_26","LUK","10","26","26","Jesus said to him, “You (sg) have read RHQ what Moses has written in the laws that God gave him. What did Moses write about living forever?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_27","072_10_27","LUK","10","27","27","The man replied, “He wrote that we (inc) must love the Lord our God. We must show that by what we feel and by what we do and by what we think. He also wrote that we must love people that we come in contact with as much as we love ourselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_28","072_10_28","LUK","10","28","28","Jesus replied, “You (sg) have answered your question correctly. If you do all that continually, you will live with God forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_29","072_10_29","LUK","10","29","29","But the man wanted to defend the way he acted toward people that he came in contact with (OR, to defend why he had asked a question that Jesus answered so simply). So he said to Jesus, “Which people that I come in contact with should I love?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_30","072_10_30","LUK","10","30","30","Jesus replied by telling him this illustration: “A Jewish man was once going down along the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Bandits attacked him. They took away most of the man’s clothes and everything else that he had, and they beat him until he was almost dead. Then they left him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_31","072_10_31","LUK","10","31","31","It happened that a Jewish priest was going along that road. When he saw that man, instead of helping him, he passed by on the other side of the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_32","072_10_32","LUK","10","32","32","Similarly, a man who worked in the temple in Jerusalem came to that place and saw the man. But he also passed by on the other side of the road. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_33","072_10_33","LUK","10","33","33","Then a man from Samaria province came along that road to where the man was lying. People from Samaria despise Jews. But when he saw that man, he pitied him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_34","072_10_34","LUK","10","34","34","He went over to him and put some olive oil and wine on his wounds to help heal them. He wound strips of cloth around the wounds. He placed the man on his own donkey and took him to an inn and took care of him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_35","072_10_35","LUK","10","35","35","The next morning he gave two silver coins to the innkeeper and said, ‘Take care of this man. If you (sg) spend more than this amount to care for him, I will pay you back when I return.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_36","072_10_36","LUK","10","36","36","Then Jesus said, “Three people saw the man whom bandits attacked. Which one of them acted in a loving way toward that man?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_37","072_10_37","LUK","10","37","37","The man who studied the Scriptures replied, “The one who acted mercifully toward him.” Jesus said to him, “You (sg) go and act like that toward everyone whom you can help!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_38","072_10_38","LUK","10","38","38","As Jesus and his disciples continued to travel, they entered a village near Jerusalem. A woman whose name was Martha invited them to come to her house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_39","072_10_39","LUK","10","39","39","Her younger sister, whose name was Mary, sat near Jesus. She was listening to what he was teaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_40","072_10_40","LUK","10","40","40","But Martha was very much concerned about preparing a meal. She went to Jesus and said, “Lord, ◄you do not seem to care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself!/do you not care that my sister has left me to prepare everything by myself?► RHQ Tell her that she should help me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_41","072_10_41","LUK","10","41","41","But the Lord replied, “Martha, Martha, you (sg) are very worried about many things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK10_42","072_10_42","LUK","10","42","42","But only one thing is truly necessary, and that is, to listen to what I am teaching. Mary has decided to do that, and that is better than worrying. The blessing that she is receiving from listening to me will not be taken away from her {No one will take away from her the blessing that she is receiving from listening to me}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_1","072_11_1","LUK","11","1","1","One day Jesus was somewhere praying. When he finished praying, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us what to say when we (exc) pray, as John the Baptizer taught his disciples!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_2","072_11_2","LUK","11","2","2","He said to them, “When you pray, say things like this: ‘Father, we want you (sg) MTY to be honored/revered. We want people to let you(sg) MTY, MET rule over their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_3","072_11_3","LUK","11","3","3","Give us (exc) each day the food SYN that we need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_4","072_11_4","LUK","11","4","4","Forgive us for the wrong things that we have done, because we forgive people for the wrong things that they do to us. Do not let us do wrong things when we are tempted {someone or something tempts us}.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_5","072_11_5","LUK","11","5","5","Then he said to them, “Suppose that one of you goes to the house of a friend at midnight. Suppose that you (sg) stand outside and call out to him, ‘My friend, please lend me three buns! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_6","072_11_6","LUK","11","6","6","Another friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived at my house, but I have no food ready to give to him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_7","072_11_7","LUK","11","7","7","Suppose that he answers you from inside his house, ‘Do not bother me! The door has been locked {We(exc) have locked the door} and all my family are in bed. So I cannot get up and give you (sg) anything!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_8","072_11_8","LUK","11","8","8","I will tell you that even if he does not want to get up and give you any food, to avoid being ashamed for not helping you because you are his friend (OR, if without being ashamed you continue asking him to do that), he certainly will get up and give you whatever you need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_9","072_11_9","LUK","11","9","9","So I tell you this: Keep asking God for what you need. If you do that, he will give it to you (pl). Confidently keep expecting God to give you the things that you need, and he will give them to you MET. It will be like looking for what you need and finding it. Keep on praying urgently to God. Then God will answer you. It will be like knocking on a door so that God will open the way for you to get what you pray for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_10","072_11_10","LUK","11","10","10","Remember that God will give things to everyone who continues to ask him for them. He will give things to whoever confidently keeps asking. He will open the way for people to get the things that they keep urgently praying for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_11","072_11_11","LUK","11","11","11","If one of you had a son who asked you (sg) for a fish to eat, ◄you (sg) certainly would not give him a poisonous snake instead!/would you give him a poisonous snake instead?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_12","072_11_12","LUK","11","12","12","If he asked you for an egg, ◄you (sg) certainly would not give him a scorpion!/would you give him a scorpion?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_13","072_11_13","LUK","11","13","13","Even though you people are evil, you know how to give good things to your children. So your Father in heaven will certainly give good things to those who ask him, including giving the Holy Spirit, who is the best gift.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_14","072_11_14","LUK","11","14","14","One day there was a man there who, because a demon controlled him MTY, was unable to speak. After Jesus expelled the demon, the man began to talk. Most of the people there were amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_15","072_11_15","LUK","11","15","15","But some of them said, “It is Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons, who enables this man to expel demons!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_16","072_11_16","LUK","11","16","16","Other people there asked Jesus to perform a miracle to prove ◄he was the Messiah/that he had come from God► MTY/EUP. They wanted to trap him into not being able to perform a miracle or into doing something ridiculous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_17","072_11_17","LUK","11","17","17","But Jesus knew what they were thinking. So he said to them, “If the people in one nation fight against each other, their nation will be destroyed {they will destroy their nation}. If the people in MTY one house are divided, they will cease to remain as one family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_18","072_11_18","LUK","11","18","18","Similarly, if Satan and his demons were fighting against each other, ◄his rule over them would certainly not last!/how would his rule over them last?► RHQ I say this because you are saying that I am expelling demons by the power of the ruler of his own demons ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_19","072_11_19","LUK","11","19","19","Furthermore, if it is true that Satan enables me to expel demons, is it also true that your disciples who expel demons do so by Satan’s power RHQ? No, that is not true. So they will show that you are not thinking logically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_20","072_11_20","LUK","11","20","20","But because it is by the power MTY of God that I expel demons, I am showing you that the power of God to MET rule people’s lives has come to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_21","072_11_21","LUK","11","21","21","Then, to show that by expelling evil spirits he was making it clear that he was much more powerful than Satan, Jesus said MET, “When a strong man who has many weapons guards his own house, no one can steal the things in his house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_22","072_11_22","LUK","11","22","22","But when someone else who is stronger attacks that man and subdues him, he is able to take away the weapons in which the man trusted. Then he can take from that man’s house anything he wants to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_23","072_11_23","LUK","11","23","23","No one can be neutral. Those who do not help me are opposing me, and those who do not gather people to become my disciples are causing those people to go away from me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_24","072_11_24","LUK","11","24","24","Then Jesus said this: “Sometimes when an evil spirit leaves someone, it wanders around in desolate areas seeking someone in whom it can rest. If it does not find anyone, it says to itself, ‘I will return to the person in whom I used to live!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_25","072_11_25","LUK","11","25","25","So it goes back and finds that the Spirit of God is not in control of that person’s life. The person’s life is like a house that has been {that someone has} swept clean and everything put {put everything} in order, but a house that is empty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_26","072_11_26","LUK","11","26","26","Then this evil spirit goes and gets seven other spirits that are even more evil than it is. They all enter that person and begin living there. So, although that person’s condition was bad before, it became much worse.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_27","072_11_27","LUK","11","27","27","When Jesus said that, a woman who was listening called out to him, “God is pleased with the woman who gave birth to you (sg) and let you nurse at her breasts!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_28","072_11_28","LUK","11","28","28","But he replied, “God is much more pleased with those who hear his message and obey it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_29","072_11_29","LUK","11","29","29","When the group of people around Jesus got larger, he said, “Many of you people who have been observing my ministry are evil. You want me to perform a miracle to prove that I have come from God, but the only miracle that I will perform for you is one like happened to Jonah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_30","072_11_30","LUK","11","30","30","After Jonah was inside a huge fish for three days, God performed a miracle to restore Jonah. Jonah then went and testified about that to the people in Nineveh city. God will perform a similar miracle for me, the one who came from heaven. When you people have seen that miracle, you will believe my message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_31","072_11_31","LUK","11","31","31","Long ago the queen from Sheba, far south of Israel, traveled a long distance to hear Solomon speak many wise things. But now I, a man who is much greater and wiser than Solomon, am here, but you have not listened to what I have told you. Therefore, at the time when God judges all people, the queen from Sheba will stand there, along with you people, and will condemn you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_32","072_11_32","LUK","11","32","32","The people who lived in Nineveh city turned from their sinful ways when Jonah preached to them. But now I, who am greater than Jonah, have come and preached to you, but you have not turned from your sinful ways. Therefore, at the time when God judges all people, the people who lived in Nineveh will stand there with you and condemn you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_33","072_11_33","LUK","11","33","33","Then, to show them that they did not need more miracles, but that they needed only to understand better what he had already told them, he said to them MET, “People who light a lamp do not then hide it, or put it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that those who enter their house can see things from its light. Similarly, I have not concealed God’s truth. I have revealed it to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_34","072_11_34","LUK","11","34","34","Your eyes MET are like a lamp for your body, because they enable you to see things. If your eyes are healthy, you are able to see everything well MET. Similarly, if you(sg) accept my teaching, you will be able to know all that God wants you to know. But if your eyes are bad, you are not able to see anything. It is like being in darkness MET. And similarly, if you(pl) do not accept what I teach, you will not be able to know all the things that God wants you to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_35","072_11_35","LUK","11","35","35","Therefore, you(pl) do not need to see more miracles. You need to think carefully about what I have already told you, so that the things that you have heard from others do not cause you to remain in spiritual darkness MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_36","072_11_36","LUK","11","36","36","If you live completely according to God’s truth, you will be able to know everything that God wants you to know. It will be like being in a room with a lamp shining brightly, enabling you to see everything clearly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_37","072_11_37","LUK","11","37","37","While Jesus finished saying those things, a Pharisee invited him to eat a meal with him. So Jesus went to his house and ate with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_38","072_11_38","LUK","11","38","38","The Pharisee was surprised when he saw that Jesus did not follow the Pharisees’ ritual by washing his hands before eating. The Pharisees washed their hands in a certain way to be cleansed from anything that might have contaminated them. They were afraid that God might reject them if they had touched something unacceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_39","072_11_39","LUK","11","39","39","The Lord Jesus said to him, “You Pharisees are concerned about things that are outside your bodies, not with what is in your ◄inner beings/hearts► MET. You wash the outside of cups and dishes before you eat because you think that doing that will make you acceptable to God, but within yourselves you are very greedy and wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_40","072_11_40","LUK","11","40","40","You foolish people! God is concerned about things that are outside our bodies, but ◄he is certainly also concerned about our inner beings!/isn’t he also concerned about our hearts?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_41","072_11_41","LUK","11","41","41","Give money to those who are poor. Give according to what you know within your ◄inner beings/heart► that you should give. Then you will be surprised to realize that you will be acceptable to God without having to perform all those rituals about washing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_42","072_11_42","LUK","11","42","42","But there will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees! You give to God a tenth of all you produce, even the various herbs that you grow, but you do not remember that you must act justly toward others and love God! It is good to give a tenth of your income to God, but you ought to do these other things also! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_43","072_11_43","LUK","11","43","43","There will be terrible punishment for you Pharisees, because you like to sit in the best seats in our worship places so that people will think highly of you, and you like people to greet you respectfully in the marketplaces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_44","072_11_44","LUK","11","44","44","There will be terrible punishment for you, because you are like ground where there is no marker to indicate that there is a grave underneath. People walk there, but they cannot see what is rotten down below MET! Similarly, people who see you do not realize how polluted you are within yourselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_45","072_11_45","LUK","11","45","45","One of those who taught the Jewish laws replied, “Teacher, by saying this you (sg) are criticizing us also!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_46","072_11_46","LUK","11","46","46","Jesus said, “It will be terrible also for you who teach the Jewish laws! You require people to obey many rules that are difficult to obey MET. That is like making them carry heavy burdens on their backs. But you yourselves do not obey the laws that you require others to obey. (OR, you do not do anything to help others to obey the laws.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_47","072_11_47","LUK","11","47","47","There will be terrible punishment for you! You decorate the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed, but you do not live according to what the prophets taught. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_48","072_11_48","LUK","11","48","48","So you are declaring that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the prophets, and you are not honoring the prophets! You just decorate their tombs! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_49","072_11_49","LUK","11","49","49","So God, who is very wise PRS, said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles to you Jews. You will kill some of them and cause some of them to suffer greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_50","072_11_50","LUK","11","50","50","As a result, I will consider that many of you people who have observed my Son’s ministry will be guilty MTY of murder, as if you had killed all the prophets that other people have killed, from the time I created the world, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_51","072_11_51","LUK","11","51","51","starting from Adam’s son Cain killing his brother Abel and continuing until they killed the prophet Zechariah in the holy place between the altar and the temple.’ Yes, what I am saying is true MTY. God will punish you people who have observed my ministry, you people whom he considers to be guilty MTY for killing all those prophets! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_52","072_11_52","LUK","11","52","52","There will be terrible punishment for you men who teach the Jewish laws, because you have not let people know God’s truth MET! It is as though you are taking away a key to a house. You are not going into the house yourselves, and you are not letting other people enter it, either.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_53","072_11_53","LUK","11","53","53","After Jesus finished saying those things, he left there. Then the men who taught the Jewish laws and the Pharisees began to act in a very hostile way toward him. They tried to make him say what he thought about many things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK11_54","072_11_54","LUK","11","54","54","They kept waiting for him to say something wrong for which they could accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_1","072_12_1","LUK","12","1","1","While they were doing that, many thousands of people gathered around Jesus. There were so many that they were stepping on each other. Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Beware of becoming hypocrites like the Pharisees. Their evil influence MET spreads to others like yeast spreads its influence in dough. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_2","072_12_2","LUK","12","2","2","People will not be able to continue concealing the things that they or other people try to conceal now. God will some day cause the things that are hidden now to be known {everyone to know the things that they hide now}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_3","072_12_3","LUK","12","3","3","All the things that you say in the dark secretly, some day will be heard {people will hear them} in the daylight. The things you have whispered SYN privately among yourselves in your rooms will be proclaimed {people will proclaim them} publicly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_4","072_12_4","LUK","12","4","4","“My friends, listen carefully. Do not be afraid of people who are able to kill you, but after they kill you, there is nothing more that they can do to hurt you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_5","072_12_5","LUK","12","5","5","But I will warn you about the one that you should truly be afraid of. You should be afraid of God, because he not only has the power to cause people to die, he has the power to throw them into hell afterward! Yes, he is truly the one that you should be afraid of! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_6","072_12_6","LUK","12","6","6","Think about the sparrows. They are worth so little  that you can RHQ buy five of them for only two small coins. But not one of them is ever forgotten by God {God never forgets one of them}! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_7","072_12_7","LUK","12","7","7","You are worth more to God than many sparrows. So do not be afraid of what people can do to you! God even knows how many hairs there are on each of your heads, so that if you(sg) lose one hair, he knows about it. So nothing bad can happen to you without his knowing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_8","072_12_8","LUK","12","8","8","I want to tell you also that if people, without being afraid, are willing to tell others that they are my disciples, I, the one who came from heaven, will acknowledge before God that they are my disciples. I will do that while God’s angels listen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_9","072_12_9","LUK","12","9","9","But if people are afraid to say in front of others that they are my disciples, I will say, while God’s angels listen, that they are not my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_10","072_12_10","LUK","12","10","10","I will tell you also that God is willing to forgive people who say bad things about me, the one who came from heaven, but he will not forgive anyone who says evil things about what the Holy Spirit does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_11","072_12_11","LUK","12","11","11","So when people ask you in Jewish worship houses and in the presence of rulers and other authorities about your trusting in me, do not worry about how you will answer them when they accuse you. Do not worry about what you should say, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_12","072_12_12","LUK","12","12","12","because the Holy Spirit will tell you at that very time what you should say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_13","072_12_13","LUK","12","13","13","Then one of the people in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, tell my older brother to divide my father’s property and give me the part that belongs to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_14","072_12_14","LUK","12","14","14","But Jesus replied to him, “Man, ◄no one appointed me in order that I would settle matters when people are disputing about property!/did anyone appoint me in order that I would settle matters when people are disputing about property?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_15","072_12_15","LUK","12","15","15","Then he said to the whole crowd, “Guard yourselves very carefully, in order that you do not desire other people’s things in any way! No one can make his life secure by obtaining many possessions.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_16","072_12_16","LUK","12","16","16","Then Jesus told the people this illustration: “There was a certain rich man whose crops grew very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_17","072_12_17","LUK","12","17","17","So he said to himself, ‘I do not know what to do, because I do not have any place big enough to store all my crops!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_18","072_12_18","LUK","12","18","18","Then he thought to himself, ‘I know what I will do! I will tear down my grain bins and build larger ones! Then I will store all my wheat and other goods in the big new bins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_19","072_12_19","LUK","12","19","19","Then I will say to myself SYN, “Now I have plenty of goods stored up. They will last for many years. So now I will take life easy. I will eat and drink all that I want to and be happy for a long time!”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_20","072_12_20","LUK","12","20","20","But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Tonight you will die! ◄Then all the goods you have saved up for yourself will belong to someone else, not to you!/Do you think that you will benefit from all that you have stored up for yourself?► RHQ’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_21","072_12_21","LUK","12","21","21","Then Jesus ended this illustration by saying, “That is what will happen to those who store up goods just for themselves, but who do not value the things that God considers valuable.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_22","072_12_22","LUK","12","22","22","Then Jesus said to his disciples, “So I want to tell you this: Do not worry about things you need in order to live. Do not worry about whether you will have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_23","072_12_23","LUK","12","23","23","It is important to have sufficient food and clothing, but ◄the way you conduct your lives is more important./is not the way you conduct your lives more important?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_24","072_12_24","LUK","12","24","24","Think about the birds: They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. And you are certainly much more valuable than birds. So God will certainly provide what you need! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_25","072_12_25","LUK","12","25","25","◄There is not a one of you who can add a little bit to how long he lives by worrying about it!/Is there any of you who can add a little bit to how long he lives by worrying about it?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_26","072_12_26","LUK","12","26","26","Worrying is a small thing to do. So since you cannot add to your life, ◄you certainly should not worry about other things that you need to have in order to live!/why do you worry about other things that you need to have in order to live?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_27","072_12_27","LUK","12","27","27","Think about the way that flowers grow in the fields. They do not work to earn money, and they do not make their own clothes. But I tell you that even though King Solomon, who lived long ago, wore very beautiful clothes, his clothes were not as beautiful as one of those flowers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_28","072_12_28","LUK","12","28","28","God makes the flowers beautiful, but they grow in the fields for only a short time. Then they are cut at the same time that the grass is cut, and thrown into an oven to be burned to make heat for baking bread. So they really are not worth very much. But you are very precious to God, and he will care for you much more than he cares for the grass by filling it with beautiful flowers. So he will certainly provide clothes for you, who live much longer than the grass. Why RHQ do you trust him so little? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_29","072_12_29","LUK","12","29","29","Do not always be concerned about having enough to eat and drink, and do not be worrying about those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_30","072_12_30","LUK","12","30","30","The people who do not know God are always worried about such things. But your Father in heaven knows that you need those things, so you should not worry about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_31","072_12_31","LUK","12","31","31","Instead, be concerned about letting God completely direct your life. Then he will also give you enough of the things you need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_32","072_12_32","LUK","12","32","32","You who are my disciples are like a small flock of sheep, and I am like your shepherd. So you should not be afraid. Your Father in heaven wants to let you rule with him in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_33","072_12_33","LUK","12","33","33","So now sell the things that you own. Give the money that you get for those things to poor people. If you do that, it will be as though you are providing for yourselves purses that will not wear out, and God will give you a treasure in heaven that will always be safe. There, no thief can come near to steal it, and no termite can destroy it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_34","072_12_34","LUK","12","34","34","Remember that the things that you think are the most valuable are the things that you will be constantly concerned about.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_35","072_12_35","LUK","12","35","35","“Be always ready for doing God’s work MET, like people who have put on their work clothes and are ready during the day, with their lamps burning all night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_36","072_12_36","LUK","12","36","36","Be ready for me to return MET, like servants who are waiting for their master to return after being at a wedding feast for several days. They are waiting to open the door for him and start working for him again as soon as he arrives and knocks at the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_37","072_12_37","LUK","12","37","37","If those servants are awake when he returns, he will be very pleased with them. I will tell you this: He will put on the kind of clothes that servants wear and tell them to sit down, and he will serve them a meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_38","072_12_38","LUK","12","38","38","Even if he comes between midnight and sunrise, if he finds that his servants are awake and ready for him, he will be very pleased with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_39","072_12_39","LUK","12","39","39","But you must also remember this: If owners of a house knew what time a thief was coming, they would stay awake and would not allow their house to be broken into and their goods to be stolen {the thief to break into the house and steal their goods}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_40","072_12_40","LUK","12","40","40","Similarly, you must be ready for me to return, because I, the one who came from heaven, will come again at a time when you do not expect me to come.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_41","072_12_41","LUK","12","41","41","Peter said, “Lord, are you (sg) speaking this illustration only for us or for everyone else also?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_42","072_12_42","LUK","12","42","42","The Lord replied, “I am saying it for you and for anyone else MET, RHQ who is like a faithful and wise manager in his master’s house. His master appoints him to supervise affairs in his house and to give all the other servants their food at the proper time. Then he leaves on a long trip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_43","072_12_43","LUK","12","43","43","If the servant is doing that work when his master returns, his master will be very pleased with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_44","072_12_44","LUK","12","44","44","I tell you this: His master will appoint him to supervise all of his affairs permanently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_45","072_12_45","LUK","12","45","45","But that servant might think to himself, ‘My master has been away for a long time, so he probably will not return soon and find out what I am doing.’ Then he might start to beat the other servants, both male and female ones. He might also start to eat a lot of food and get drunk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_46","072_12_46","LUK","12","46","46","If he does that, and if his master returns on a day when the servant does not expect him, then his master will ◄cut him into two pieces/punish him severely► HYP and put him in the place where he puts all those who do not serve him faithfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_47","072_12_47","LUK","12","47","47","Every servant who knows what his master wants him to do but who does not get himself ready and does not do what his master desires will be beaten severely {The master will beat severely every servant who knows what his master wants him to do but who does not get himself ready and does not do what his master desires}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_48","072_12_48","LUK","12","48","48","But every servant who did not know what his master wanted him to do, and who did things for which he deserved to be punished, will be beaten lightly {the master will beat lightly every servant who did not know what his master wanted him to do and did the things for which he deserved that his master would beat him}. God will treat his people similarly, because he expects a lot from those people whom he has allowed to understand a lot. People who entrust things to others’ care expect those people to care for those things very well. Similarly, God expects a lot from those people whom he has allowed to understand a lot. Furthermore, he expects the most from people to whom he has given the most ability.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_49","072_12_49","LUK","12","49","49","“I came to earth to cause there to be trials MET, which will purify you as fire purifies metal (OR, to cause judgment/divisions among you). I wish that the time when you will be purified {when God will purify you} (OR, when divisions will be caused {to cause divisions among people}) had already begun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_50","072_12_50","LUK","12","50","50","I must soon suffer IDM greatly. I am distressed, and I will continue to be distressed until my suffering is finished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_51","072_12_51","LUK","12","51","51","Do you think that as a result of my coming to earth people will live together peacefully? No! I must tell you, that is not what will happen! Instead, people will be divided. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_52","072_12_52","LUK","12","52","52","Because some people in one house will believe in me and some will not, they will be divided. For example, three people in one house who do not believe in me will oppose two who do believe, or two who do not believe in me will oppose three who do believe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_53","072_12_53","LUK","12","53","53","A man will oppose his son, or a son will oppose his father. A woman will oppose her daughter, or a woman will oppose her mother. A woman will oppose her daughter-in-law, or a woman will oppose her mother-in-law.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_54","072_12_54","LUK","12","54","54","He also said to the crowds, “In this country, when you see a dark cloud forming in the west, you immediately say ‘It is going to rain!’ and that is what happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_55","072_12_55","LUK","12","55","55","In this region, when the wind blows from the south, you say, ‘It is going to be a very hot day!’ and that is what happens. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_56","072_12_56","LUK","12","56","56","You hypocrites! By observing the clouds and the wind, you are able to discern what is happening regarding the weather. It is disgusting that you are not able to discern what God is doing at this present time RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_57","072_12_57","LUK","12","57","57","◄Each of you ought to determine now what is the right thing for you to do, while you still have time to do that!/Why cannot each of you determine what is the right thing for you to do now while you still have time to do that?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_58","072_12_58","LUK","12","58","58","If you do not do that, God will punish you MET. It will be like what happens when someone takes one of you to court, saying that you (sg) have done something very bad. You should try to settle things with him while you are still on the way to the court. If he forces you to go to the judge, the judge will decide that you are guilty and put you into the hands of the court officer. Then that officer will put you in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK12_59","072_12_59","LUK","12","59","59","I tell you that if you go to prison, you will never get out, because you will never be able to pay every bit of what the judge says you owe MET. Similarly, you ought to settle accounts with God before you die, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_1","072_13_1","LUK","13","1","1","Some people who were listening to Jesus at that time told him about some people from Galilee district who had gone to Jerusalem. Pilate, the Roman governor, had ordered soldiers to kill them MTY while they were offering sacrifices in the Temple there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_2","072_13_2","LUK","13","2","2","Jesus replied to them, “Do you think that this happened to those people from Galilee because they were more sinful than all the other people from Galilee? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_3","072_13_3","LUK","13","3","3","I assure you, that was not so! But instead of being concerned about them, you need to remember that God will similarly punish you eternally if you do not turn away from your sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_4","072_13_4","LUK","13","4","4","Or, consider the 18 people who died when the tower at Siloam outside Jerusalem fell on them. Do you think that this happened to them because they were more sinful than all the other people who lived in Jerusalem? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_5","072_13_5","LUK","13","5","5","I assure you, that was not so! But instead, you need to realize that God will similarly punish you eternally if you do not stop your sinful behavior!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_6","072_13_6","LUK","13","6","6","Then Jesus told them this illustration to show what God would do to the Jews, whom he continually blessed, but who did not do things that please him: “A man planted a fig tree on his farmland. ◄Each year/Many times► he came to it looking for figs, but there were no figs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_7","072_13_7","LUK","13","7","7","Then he said to the gardener, ‘Look here! I have been looking for fruit on this fig tree every year for the past three years, but there have been no figs. Cut it down! ◄It is just using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing!/Why should it continue using up the nutrients in the soil for nothing?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_8","072_13_8","LUK","13","8","8","But the gardener replied to the owner, ‘Sir, leave it here for another year. I will dig around it and put manure around it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_9","072_13_9","LUK","13","9","9","If it bears fruit next year, we (inc) will allow it to keep growing. If it does not bear fruit next year, you (sg) can cut it down.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_10","072_13_10","LUK","13","10","10","One ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus was teaching people in one of the Jewish meeting places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_11","072_13_11","LUK","13","11","11","There was a woman there whom an evil spirit MTY had crippled for 18 years. She was always bent over; she could not stand up straight. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_12","072_13_12","LUK","13","12","12","When Jesus saw her, he called her over to him. He said to her, “Woman, I am freeing you (sg) from your illness!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_13","072_13_13","LUK","13","13","13","He put his hands on her. Immediately she stood up straight, and she praised God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_14","072_13_14","LUK","13","14","14","But the man in charge ◄of the synagogue/of the meeting place► was angry because Jesus had healed her ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. He considered that healing was doing work. So he said to the people, “There are six days each week in which our Jewish laws permit people to work. If you need healing, those are the days to come ◄to the synagogue/to the meeting place► and be healed. Do not come on our Jewish day of rest!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_15","072_13_15","LUK","13","15","15","Then the Lord replied to him, “You (sg) and your fellow religious leaders are hypocrites! ◄On the Sabbath/On our Jewish day of rest►, just like on every other day, ◄each of you unties his ox or donkey, and then leads it from the food trough to where it can drink water./does not each of you untie his ox or donkey, and then lead it from the food trough to where it can drink water?► RHQ That is work, too! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_16","072_13_16","LUK","13","16","16","This woman is more important than an animal; she is a Jew, descended from Abraham! But Satan has kept her MET crippled for 18 years, as though he had tied her up and not let her escape! So ◄it is certainly right that she be freed {that I free her}, even if this is a Sabbath day!/was it not right that she be freed {that I free her}, even if this is a Jewish rest day?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_17","072_13_17","LUK","13","17","17","After Jesus said that, all the people there who opposed him were ashamed. But all the other people there were happy about all the wonderful things he was doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_18","072_13_18","LUK","13","18","18","Then Jesus said, “◄I will tell you how the number of people who let God rule MET their lives will increase./Do you know how the number of people who let God rule MET their lives will increase?► RHQ I will tell you what I can compare it to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_19","072_13_19","LUK","13","19","19","It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in his field. It grew until it became big, like a tree. It was so big that birds built nests in its branches.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_20","072_13_20","LUK","13","20","20","Then he said, “I will tell RHQ you something else, to illustrate how the people who let God rule MET their lives can influence their society more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_21","072_13_21","LUK","13","21","21","It is like a little bit of yeast that a woman mixed with about 50 pounds of flour. That small amount of yeast made the whole batch of dough swell up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_22","072_13_22","LUK","13","22","22","Jesus continued traveling, along with his disciples, through various towns and villages on the way to Jerusalem. As they went, he was teaching the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_23","072_13_23","LUK","13","23","23","Someone asked him, “Lord, will there be only a few people who are saved {whom God saves}?” He replied to them, “There will not be many, because the way to heaven MET is like a narrow door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_24","072_13_24","LUK","13","24","24","Therefore, try hard to enter that narrow doorway, because I tell you that many people will try to enter heaven by some other way, but they will not be able to get in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_25","072_13_25","LUK","13","25","25","God is like the owner of a house. Some day he will lock his door. Then some of you will begin to stand outside that door and knock. You will say, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘No, I will not open it, because I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_26","072_13_26","LUK","13","26","26","Then you will say, ‘◄You must have forgotten!/Surely you know us, because► RHQ we (exc) ate meals with you (sg), and you taught people in the streets of our towns’! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_27","072_13_27","LUK","13","27","27","But he will say, ‘I tell you again, I do not know you, and I do not know where you are from. You are wicked people! Get away from here!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_28","072_13_28","LUK","13","28","28","Then Jesus continued, saying, “From where God will send you, you will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the distance. All the prophets who lived long ago will also be there, in the kingdom where God is ruling. But you will be outside, crying and grinding your teeth because you will have severe pain! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_29","072_13_29","LUK","13","29","29","Furthermore, many non-Jewish people will be inside. There will be ones who have come from lands to the north, east, south, and west. They will be feasting in ◄that place where God is ruling/God’s kingdom►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_30","072_13_30","LUK","13","30","30","Think about this: Some people whom others do not consider important now, God will make them very important then, and some people whom others consider very important now, God will make to be not important then.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_31","072_13_31","LUK","13","31","31","At that very time, some Pharisees came and said to Jesus, “Leave this area, because the ruler Herod Antipas wants to kill you (sg)!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_32","072_13_32","LUK","13","32","32","He replied to them, “Herod is MET as cruel as a fox, but also as insignificant as a fox. So I do not worry about him. But to show him that no one can harm me until it is the time and place God has determined, go tell him this message from me: ‘Listen! I am expelling demons and performing miracles today, and I will continue doing it for a short time. After that, I will finish my work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_33","072_13_33","LUK","13","33","33","But I must continue my trip to Jerusalem during the coming days, because they killed many other prophets there, and since I am also a prophet, no other place is appropriate for people to kill me.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_34","072_13_34","LUK","13","34","34","Then Jesus said, “O people of MTY Jerusalem APO! You killed the prophets who lived long ago, and you killed others, whom God sent to you, by throwing stones at them. Many times I wanted to gather you together to protect you SIM like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings. But you did not want me to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK13_35","072_13_35","LUK","13","35","35","So listen to this: Your city MTY (OR, your temple) is going to be abandoned (OR, God will no longer protect it). I will MTY also tell you this: I will enter your city only once more. After that, you will not see me until the time when I return and you say about me, ‘God is truly pleased with this man who comes with God’s authority MTY!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_1","072_14_1","LUK","14","1","1","One ◄Jewish day of rest/Sabbath day►, Jesus went to eat SYN at the house of an important Pharisee. Some men who studied the Jewish laws and other Pharisees who were there were watching him carefully to see if he would do something for which they could accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_2","072_14_2","LUK","14","2","2","Unexpectedly, there was a man in front of Jesus whose arms and legs were swollen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_3","072_14_3","LUK","14","3","3","Jesus said to them, “Is it permitted in our(inc) Jewish laws to heal someone ◄on our Jewish rest day/on the Sabbath►, or not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_4","072_14_4","LUK","14","4","4","They knew that their laws permitted it, but they thought that healing was work, which they thought was wrong to do ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► (OR, they knew that their laws permitted it, but they did not want to admit it). So they did not reply. Then Jesus put his hands on the man and healed him. Then he told him to go home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_5","072_14_5","LUK","14","5","5","Then he said to the rest of them, “If you had a son or an ox that fell into a well on a ◄Sabbath/our day of rest►, would you immediately work to pull him out, or would you(sg) let him stay there until the next day?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_6","072_14_6","LUK","14","6","6","They knew that they would immediately work to pull him out, even on their day of rest, so they could not justly say that Jesus did wrong by healing the man on that day. So they said nothing in reply to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_7","072_14_7","LUK","14","7","7","Jesus noticed that those people who had been {whom the Pharisee had} invited to the meal chose to sit in the places where important people usually sit. Then he gave this advice to them: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_8","072_14_8","LUK","14","8","8","“When one of you (sg) is invited by someone {someone invites one of you (sg)} to a wedding feast, do not sit in a place where important people sit. Perhaps the man giving the feast has invited a man more important than you (sg). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_9","072_14_9","LUK","14","9","9","When that man comes, the man who invited both of you will come to you (sg) and say to you, ‘Let this man take your seat!’ Then you (sg) will have to take the most undesirable seat, and you will be ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_10","072_14_10","LUK","14","10","10","Instead, when you are invited {someone invites one of you} to a feast, go and sit in the most undesirable seat. Then when the man who invited everyone comes, he will say to you (sg), ‘Friend, sit in a better seat!’ Then all the people who are eating with you (sg) will see that he is honoring you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_11","072_14_11","LUK","14","11","11","Also, remember this: God will humble those who exalt themselves. And he will exalt those who humble themselves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_12","072_14_12","LUK","14","12","12","Jesus also said to the Pharisee who had invited him to the meal, “When you (sg) invite people to a midday or evening meal, do not invite your friends or your family or your other relatives or your rich neighbors. They can later invite you (sg) for a meal. In that way they will repay you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_13","072_14_13","LUK","14","13","13","Instead, when you (sg) give a feast, invite poor people, crippled people, lame people, or blind people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_14","072_14_14","LUK","14","14","14","They will be unable to repay you. But God will bless you! He will repay you at the time when he causes righteous people to become alive again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_15","072_14_15","LUK","14","15","15","One of those who were eating with Jesus heard him say that. He said to Jesus, “God has truly blessed us Jews who will eat with the Messiah when he starts to rule!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_16","072_14_16","LUK","14","16","16","But to show that many Jews whom God had invited would not accept God’s invitation MET, Jesus replied to him, “One time a man decided to prepare a large feast. He invited many people to come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_17","072_14_17","LUK","14","17","17","When it was the day for the feast, he sent his servant to tell those who had been {whom he had} invited, ‘Come now because everything is ready!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_18","072_14_18","LUK","14","18","18","But when the servant did that, all of the people whom he had invited began to say why they did not want to come. The first man the servant went to said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please ask your master to forgive me for not coming!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_19","072_14_19","LUK","14","19","19","Another person said, ‘I have just bought five pair of oxen, and I must go to examine them. Please ask your master to forgive me for not coming!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_20","072_14_20","LUK","14","20","20","Another person said, ‘I have just been married. So I cannot come.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_21","072_14_21","LUK","14","21","21","So the servant returned to his master and reported what everyone had said. The owner of the house was angry when he heard the reasons they gave for not coming. He said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city and find poor and crippled and blind and lame people, and bring them here into my house!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_22","072_14_22","LUK","14","22","22","After the servant went and did that, he came back and said, ‘Sir, I have done what you (sg) told me to do, but there is still room for more people.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_23","072_14_23","LUK","14","23","23","So his master said to him, ‘Then go outside the city. Search for people along the highways. Search also along the narrow roads with hedges beside them where homeless people may be staying. Strongly urge the people in those places to come to my house. I want it to be full of people!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_24","072_14_24","LUK","14","24","24","Then Jesus said, “I tell you (pl) this: Very few of you Jewish people will enjoy my feast, even though I invited you first to eat it with me when I become king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_25","072_14_25","LUK","14","25","25","Large groups of people were traveling with Jesus. He turned and said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_26","072_14_26","LUK","14","26","26","“If anyone comes to me who loves his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters more than HYP he loves me, he cannot be my disciple. He must even love me more than he loves his own life! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_27","072_14_27","LUK","14","27","27","People who are ready to execute a prisoner make him carry his cross MET to the place where others will nail him on it. Only those who are willing to allow others to hurt them and disgrace them like that because of being my disciples, and who are willing to obey what I teach, can be my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_28","072_14_28","LUK","14","28","28","I will illustrate MET. If one of you desired to build a ◄tower/big house►, ◄you would surely first sit down and determine how much it would cost!/would you not first sit down and determine how much it would cost?► RHQ Then you would determine whether you had enough money to complete it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_29","072_14_29","LUK","14","29","29","If you did not do that, if you laid the foundation and were not able to finish the rest of the tower, everyone who saw it would make fun of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_30","072_14_30","LUK","14","30","30","They would say, ‘This man started to build a tower, but he was not able to finish it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_31","072_14_31","LUK","14","31","31","Or, if a king decided to send his army to war against another king, ◄he would surely first sit down with those who advised him./would he not first sit down with those who advised him?► RHQ They would determine whether his army, which had only 10,000 soldiers, could defeat the other army, which had 20,000 soldiers, and was about to attack his army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_32","072_14_32","LUK","14","32","32","If he decided that his army could not defeat that army, he would send messengers to the other king while the other army was still far away. He would tell the messengers to say to that king, ‘What things must I do to have peace with your country?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_33","072_14_33","LUK","14","33","33","So, similarly, if any one of you does not first decide that you (sg) are willing to give up all that you have, you cannot be my disciple.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_34","072_14_34","LUK","14","34","34","Jesus also said, “You are like MET salt, which is useful to put on food. But ◄salt certainly cannot be made {you certainly cannot make salt} to taste salty again if it stops tasting salty!/can salt be made {can you make salt} to taste salty again if it quits tasting salty?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK14_35","072_14_35","LUK","14","35","35","If salt does not taste salty any more, it is not good for the soil or even for the manure heap. People throw it away. The same thing will happen to you if you become useless to God. If you want to understand what I just said IDM, you must consider carefully what you have heard!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_1","072_15_1","LUK","15","1","1","Many HYP tax collectors and others whom people considered to be habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_2","072_15_2","LUK","15","2","2","The Pharisees and men who taught the Jewish laws who were there SYN began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also defiles himself by eating with them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_3","072_15_3","LUK","15","3","3","So Jesus told them this parable: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_4","072_15_4","LUK","15","4","4","“Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, ◄you (sg) would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_5","072_15_5","LUK","15","5","5","When you (sg) found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_6","072_15_6","LUK","15","6","6","When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_7","072_15_7","LUK","15","7","7","I tell you (pl) that similarly God will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who think that they are IRO righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_8","072_15_8","LUK","15","8","8","Or, suppose that a woman has ten very valuable silver coins. If she loses one of them, ◄she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_9","072_15_9","LUK","15","9","9","When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found the coin that I lost!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_10","072_15_10","LUK","15","10","10","I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about even just one sinner who turns from doing evil.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_11","072_15_11","LUK","15","11","11","Then Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people. He said, “A certain man had two sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_12","072_15_12","LUK","15","12","12","One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, I do not want to wait until you(sg) die. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_13","072_15_13","LUK","15","13","13","A few days later, the younger son sold his share. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_14","072_15_14","LUK","15","14","14","After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_15","072_15_15","LUK","15","15","15","So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_16","072_15_16","LUK","15","16","16","Because he was very hungry, he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_17","072_15_17","LUK","15","17","17","Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more SYN than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat HYP! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_18","072_15_18","LUK","15","18","18","So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God MTY, EUP and against you (sg). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_19","072_15_19","LUK","15","19","19","I am no longer worthy to be called {of you calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_20","072_15_20","LUK","15","20","20","So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him on the cheek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_21","072_15_21","LUK","15","21","21","His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God MTY/EUP and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of you calling me} your son.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_22","072_15_22","LUK","15","22","22","But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe in the house! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger to show that I am honoring him again as my son! Put sandals on his feet to show that I do not consider him to be a slave! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_23","072_15_23","LUK","15","23","23","Then bring the fat calf and kill it and cook it. We (inc) must eat and celebrate, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_24","072_15_24","LUK","15","24","24","because my son has returned! It is as though MET he was dead and is alive again! It is as though he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_25","072_15_25","LUK","15","25","25","While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out working in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard people playing music and dancing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_26","072_15_26","LUK","15","26","26","He called one of the servants and asked what was happening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_27","072_15_27","LUK","15","27","27","The servant said to him, ‘Your younger brother has come home Your father has told us to kill the fat calf to celebrate because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_28","072_15_28","LUK","15","28","28","But the older brother was angry. He refused to enter the house. So his father came out and pleaded with him to come in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_29","072_15_29","LUK","15","29","29","But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could kill it and cook it and celebrate with my friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_30","072_15_30","LUK","15","30","30","But this son of yours spent all the money he got from what you gave him. He spent it to pay for sleeping with prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, but it is not fair that you have told your servants to kill the fat calf and cook it for him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_31","072_15_31","LUK","15","31","31","But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property that I did not give to your brother has been yours. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK15_32","072_15_32","LUK","15","32","32","But it is as though MET your brother was dead and is alive again! It is as though he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_1","072_16_1","LUK","16","1","1","Jesus also said to his disciples, “Once there was a rich man who had a household manager. One day he was told {someone told him} that the manager was managing the rich man’s money badly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_2","072_16_2","LUK","16","2","2","So he summoned his manager and said to him, ‘◄It is terrible what they are saying about you (sg)!/Is it true what they are saying about you (sg) RHQ?► Give me a written account of the funds you have been managing, because you can no longer be my household manager!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_3","072_16_3","LUK","16","3","3","Then the manager thought to himself, ‘My master is going to fire me, so ◄I do not know what to do./what shall I do RHQ?► I am not strong enough to work by digging ditches, and I am ashamed to beg for money.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_4","072_16_4","LUK","16","4","4","Suddenly he had an idea. ‘I know what I will do, so that people will take me into their houses and provide for me after I am dismissed {after my master dismisses me} from my work!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_5","072_16_5","LUK","16","5","5","So one by one he summoned the people who owed his master money. He asked the first one, ‘How much do you (sg) owe my master?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_6","072_16_6","LUK","16","6","6","The man replied, ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and sit down and quickly change it to 400 gallons!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_7","072_16_7","LUK","16","7","7","He said to another man, ‘How much do you owe?’ The man replied, ‘A thousand bushels of wheat.’ The manager said to him, ‘Take your bill and change it to 800 bushels!’ He did similar things for the others who owed his master money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_8","072_16_8","LUK","16","8","8","When his master heard what the manager had done, he admired the dishonest manager for the clever thing he had done. The truth is that the ungodly people in this world act more wisely toward other people than godly people MET act. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_9","072_16_9","LUK","16","9","9","So I tell you (pl) this: Use the money that you have here on earth to help others so that they will become your friends. Then when you die and you cannot take any money with you, God and his angels will welcome you into a home in heaven that will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_10","072_16_10","LUK","16","10","10","People who faithfully manage small matters will also faithfully manage important matters. People who are dishonest in the way they handle small matters will be dishonest in the way they handle important matters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_11","072_16_11","LUK","16","11","11","So if you have not faithfully handled the money that God has given you here on earth, ◄he will certainly not allow you to possess the true spiritual riches in heaven!/would he allow you to possess the true spiritual riches in heaven?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_12","072_16_12","LUK","16","12","12","And if you have not faithfully managed things that belong to other people, ◄God will certainly not allow you to receive treasures in heaven that would belong to you!/would God allow you to receive treasures in heaven that would belong to you?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_13","072_16_13","LUK","16","13","13","No servant is able to serve two different bosses at the same time. If he tried to do that, he would prefer one of them more than the other one; he would be loyal to one of them and despise the other one. Similarly, you cannot devote your life to worshipping God and worshipping money and material goods at the same time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_14","072_16_14","LUK","16","14","14","There were some Pharisees there. They loved to acquire money. When they heard Jesus say that, they ridiculed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_15","072_16_15","LUK","16","15","15","But he said to them, “You try to make other people think that you are righteous, but God knows your ◄inner beings/hearts►. So he will reject you. Keep in mind that many things that people think are important, God thinks are detestable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_16","072_16_16","LUK","16","16","16","The laws that God gave Moses and what the prophets MTY wrote were ◄in effect/what you needed to obey► until John the Baptizer came. Since then I have been preaching about how God wants to rule people’s lives in a new way, and many people are accepting that message and very eagerly asking God to control their lives. But that does not mean that God has abolished the laws that he established previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_17","072_16_17","LUK","16","17","17","All of God’s laws, even those that seem insignificant, are more permanent than heaven and earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_18","072_16_18","LUK","16","18","18","For example, because God considers that a marriage lasts until either the husband or the wife dies, he considers that any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is committing adultery. He also considers that any man who marries a woman who has been divorced by her husband {whose husband has divorced her} is also committing adultery.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_19","072_16_19","LUK","16","19","19","Jesus also said MET, “Once there was a rich man who wore expensive purple linen garments. He ate luxuriously every day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_20","072_16_20","LUK","16","20","20","And every day a poor man whose name was Lazarus was laid {some people also laid a poor man whose name was Lazarus} at the gate of the rich man’s house. Lazarus’ body was covered with sores. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_21","072_16_21","LUK","16","21","21","He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the scraps of food that fell from the table where the rich man ate. Furthermore, to make things worse, dogs came and licked his sores. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_22","072_16_22","LUK","16","22","22","Eventually the poor man died. Then he was taken by the angels {the angels took him} to start feasting next to his ancestor Abraham. The rich man also died, and his body was buried {some people buried his body}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_23","072_16_23","LUK","16","23","23","In the place where dead people wait for God to judge them, he was suffering great pain. He looked up and saw Abraham far away, and he saw Lazarus sitting close to Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_24","072_16_24","LUK","16","24","24","So he shouted, ‘Father Abraham, I am suffering very much in this fire! So please pity me, and send Lazarus here so that he can dip his finger in water and touch my tongue to cool it!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_25","072_16_25","LUK","16","25","25","But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that while you (sg) were alive on earth you enjoyed many good things. But Lazarus was miserable. Now it is fair that he is happy here, and you are suffering. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_26","072_16_26","LUK","16","26","26","Besides that, there is a huge ravine between you (sg) and us. So those who want to go from here to where you (sg) are, are not able to. Furthermore, no one can cross from there to where we (exc) are.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_27","072_16_27","LUK","16","27","27","Then the rich man said, ‘If that is so, father Abraham, I ask you (sg) to send Lazarus to my father’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_28","072_16_28","LUK","16","28","28","I have five brothers who live there. Tell him to warn them to turn away from their sinful behavior so that they do not also come to this place, where we(exc) suffer great pain!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_29","072_16_29","LUK","16","29","29","But Abraham replied, ‘No, I will not do that, because your brothers are able to go to the Jewish meeting places where the priests read what Moses and the prophets wrote. They should listen to what Moses and the prophets MTY wrote!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_30","072_16_30","LUK","16","30","30","But the rich man replied, ‘No, father Abraham, that will not be enough But if someone from those who have died goes back to them and warns them, they will turn from their sinful behavior.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK16_31","072_16_31","LUK","16","31","31","Abraham said to him, ‘No! If they do not listen to what MTY Moses and the prophets MTY wrote, even if someone would become alive again and go and warn them, they would not be convinced {he could not convince them} that they should turn from their sinful behavior.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_1","072_17_1","LUK","17","1","1","One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that will tempt people to sin are certain to happen, but it will be terrible for anyone who causes them to happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_2","072_17_2","LUK","17","2","2","Suppose you caused one of these people who do not believe in me very strongly to sin. If a huge stone was fastened {someone fastened a huge stone} around your neck and you were thrown {and threw you} into the sea, you would consider that a severe punishment, but God will punish you even more severely if you cause someone to sin! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_3","072_17_3","LUK","17","3","3","Be careful how you act. If you know about a fellow believer who sins, you (sg) should rebuke him. If he says that he is sorry for having sinned and asks you to forgive him, forgive him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_4","072_17_4","LUK","17","4","4","Even if he sins against you (sg) seven times in one day, if he comes to you each time and says, ‘I am sorry for what I did’, you must continue forgiving him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_5","072_17_5","LUK","17","5","5","One day the apostles said to the Lord, “Help us to trust in you (OR, in God) more strongly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_6","072_17_6","LUK","17","6","6","The Lord replied, “Mustard seeds are very small, but in this area they grow and produce large MET plants. Similarly, if your faith grows until you truly believe that God will do what you ask him to, you will be able to do anything. You could even say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself out with your roots and plant yourself in the sea!’ and it would obey you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_7","072_17_7","LUK","17","7","7","Jesus also said, “Suppose that one of you had a servant who was plowing your fields or taking care of your sheep. After he comes into the house from the field, you (sg) would not say RHQ, ‘Sit down and eat immediately!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_8","072_17_8","LUK","17","8","8","Instead, you would say to him, ‘Put on your apron and prepare a meal for me! Then serve it to me so that I can eat and drink! Afterwards you (sg) can eat and drink.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_9","072_17_9","LUK","17","9","9","◄You will not thank your servant for doing the work that he had been told {you had told him} to do!/Would you thank your servant because he did the work that he had been told {you had told him} to do?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_10","072_17_10","LUK","17","10","10","Similarly, when you (pl) have done everything that God has told you to do, you should say, ‘We (inc) are not worthy of God thanking us {being thanked}. We are only God’s servants. We have only done the things that he told us to do.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_11","072_17_11","LUK","17","11","11","As Jesus and his disciples were walking along the road to Jerusalem, they were going through the region between Samaria and Galilee districts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_12","072_17_12","LUK","17","12","12","As they entered one village, ten lepers came near the road. Because lepers were not permitted to come near other people, they stood at some distance ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_13","072_17_13","LUK","17","13","13","and called out, “Jesus, Master, pity us and heal us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_14","072_17_14","LUK","17","14","14","When he saw them, he said to them, “Each of you should go and show yourself to a priest in Jerusalem so that he can see if you are healed.” As they were going there, they were healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_15","072_17_15","LUK","17","15","15","Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_16","072_17_16","LUK","17","16","16","He came to Jesus, prostrated himself at Jesus’ feet, and thanked him. This man was a Samaritan, not a Jew. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_17","072_17_17","LUK","17","17","17","Then Jesus said, “I healed ten lepers ◄I am disappointed that the other nine did not come back!/Where are the other nine?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_18","072_17_18","LUK","17","18","18","I am disappointed RHQ that this non-Jewish man was the only one who returned to thank God; none of the others came back to me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_19","072_17_19","LUK","17","19","19","Then he said to the man, “Get up and continue on your journey. God PRS has saved you and healed you (sg) because you trusted in me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_20","072_17_20","LUK","17","20","20","One day Jesus was asked by some Pharisees SYN {some Pharisees SYN asked Jesus}, “When is God going to rule as king?” He replied, “God’s ruling MET is not something people will be able to see with their eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_21","072_17_21","LUK","17","21","21","And people will not be able to say, ‘Look! He is ruling here!’ Or ‘He is ruling over there!’ because, contrary to what you think, God’s ruling is people’s inner beings (OR, is already happening among you).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_22","072_17_22","LUK","17","22","22","Jesus said to his disciples, “There will be a time when you will want to see me MTY, the one who came from heaven, ruling powerfully. But you will not see that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_23","072_17_23","LUK","17","23","23","Some people will say to you, ‘Look, the Messiah is over there!’ or they will say ‘Look, he is here!’ When they say that, do not believe them. Do not follow them to go see the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_24","072_17_24","LUK","17","24","24","Because when the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, everyone can see it. Similarly SIM, at the time MTY when I, the one who came from heaven, come back again, everyone will see me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_25","072_17_25","LUK","17","25","25","But before that happens, I must suffer in many ways (OR, very much). And I will be rejected by people {people will reject me}, even though they have observed me doing good for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_26","072_17_26","LUK","17","26","26","But when I, the one who came from heaven, come again, people will be doing things just like people were doing at the time when MTY Noah lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_27","072_17_27","LUK","17","27","27","At that time people ate and drank as usual, and they got married as usual, up until the day when Noah and his family entered the big boat. But then the flood came and destroyed all those who were not in the boat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_28","072_17_28","LUK","17","28","28","Similarly, when Lot lived in Sodom city, people there  ate and drank as usual. They bought things and they sold things. They planted crops and they built houses as usual. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_29","072_17_29","LUK","17","29","29","But on the day that Lot and his family left Sodom, fire and burning sulfur came down from the sky and destroyed all those who stayed in the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_30","072_17_30","LUK","17","30","30","Similarly, when I, the one who came from heaven, return to earth, people will be unprepared (OR, enjoying normal life). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_31","072_17_31","LUK","17","31","31","On that day, those who are outside their houses, with all the things that they own inside the houses, must not go in to take them away, because there will not be enough time to do that. Similarly, those who are working in a field must not go back home to get anything; they must flee immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_32","072_17_32","LUK","17","32","32","Remember Lot’s wife! Because she turned back and wanted to get some of her things from Sodom, she died immediately and became a pillar of salt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_33","072_17_33","LUK","17","33","33","Anyone who wants to hold onto his life and his possessions will not receive eternal life. But anyone who is willing to die for my sake will live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_34","072_17_34","LUK","17","34","34","I tell you this: On the night when I return, there will be two people sleeping in one bed. The one who believes in me will be taken {God will take the one who believes in me} to heaven, and the other one will be left behind and punished {and he will leave the other one behind and punish him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_35","072_17_35","LUK","17","35","36","Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left {God will take one and leave the other} behind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK17_37","072_17_37","LUK","17","37","37","His disciples said to him, “Lord, where will this happen?” He replied to them, “Wherever there is an animal carcass, the vultures will gather to eat it MET. Similarly, wherever there are people who are spiritually dead, God will punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_1","072_18_1","LUK","18","1","1","Jesus told his disciples a parable to teach them that they always ought to pray confidently and not be discouraged if God does not immediately answer their prayers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_2","072_18_2","LUK","18","2","2","He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not revere God, and did not care about people, either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_3","072_18_3","LUK","18","3","3","There was a widow in that city who kept coming to him, saying, ‘Please decide what is just in the dispute between me and the man who is opposing me in court!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_4","072_18_4","LUK","18","4","4","For a long time the judge refused to help her. But later he thought to himself, ‘I do not revere God and I do not care about people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_5","072_18_5","LUK","18","5","5","but this widow keeps bothering me! So I will make sure that she is treated justly. If I do not do that, she will exhaust me by continually coming to me!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_6","072_18_6","LUK","18","6","6","Then the Lord Jesus said, “Even though the judge was not a righteous man, think carefully about what he said! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_7","072_18_7","LUK","18","7","7","Similarly, ◄God will certainly show that what you have done has been right!/will God not show that what you have done has been right?► RHQ He will do this for you whom he has chosen. He will do this for you who pray earnestly to him night and day, asking him to help you. He may delay helping you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_8","072_18_8","LUK","18","8","8","But I tell you, some day he will show that what you did was right, and he will do it quickly. But when I, the one who came from heaven, return to earth, ◄there may not be many people who will still be trusting that I will vindicate them (OR, who will still be trusting in me)./will there be many people who will still be trusting that I will vindicate them (OR, who will still be trusting in me)?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_9","072_18_9","LUK","18","9","9","Jesus also told a parable to warn people who mistakenly thought that they were doing things that made them acceptable to God. Besides, they also despised other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_10","072_18_10","LUK","18","10","10","He said this: “Two men went up to the Temple in Jerusalem to pray. One was a Pharisee. The other was a tax collector. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_11","072_18_11","LUK","18","11","11","The Pharisee stood and prayed silently, ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men. Some extort money from others; some treat others unjustly; some commit adultery. I do not do such things. And I am certainly not like this tax collector who cheats people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_12","072_18_12","LUK","18","12","12","Our law says that we(exc) should ◄fast/abstain from food► once a week, but I do more than that. I fast twice a week! I give you ten percent of all that I earn!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_13","072_18_13","LUK","18","13","13","But the tax collector stood far from the other people in the Temple courtyard because he felt very unworthy. He would not even look up toward heaven. Instead, he beat on his chest to show that he was sorry for his sin. He said, ‘God, I am a sinner; be merciful to me and forgive me!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_14","072_18_14","LUK","18","14","14","Then Jesus said, “I tell you (pl) that as the tax collector went home, the record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins}, not that of the Pharisee. Remember this: Those who exalt themselves will be humbled {God will humble all those who exalt themselves}, but those who humble themselves will be exalted {he will exalt those who humble themselves}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_15","072_18_15","LUK","18","15","15","One day when many people were coming to Jesus, they were also bringing small children. They wanted him to put his hands on the children and bless them. When the disciples saw that, they rebuked those who were bringing those children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_16","072_18_16","LUK","18","16","16","But Jesus called the children to come to him. He said to his disciples, “Let the children come to me! Do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are who can experience God ruling their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_17","072_18_17","LUK","18","17","17","Note this: Those who do not trust God and allow him to direct their lives, as children do, will not enter the MET place where God rules.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_18","072_18_18","LUK","18","18","18","A Jewish leader asked Jesus, “Good teacher, what shall I do in order to have eternal life?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_19","072_18_19","LUK","18","19","19","Jesus said to him, “Only God is good! No one else is good! ◄So you(sg) should consider carefully what you are implying by calling me good!/Do you realize that you are implying that I am God by calling me good?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_20","072_18_20","LUK","18","20","20","But to answer your question, you (sg) know the commandments that God gave Moses. He commanded such things as ‘do not commit adultery, do not commit murder, do not steal, do not testify falsely about what you have seen or heard, honor your father and mother.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_21","072_18_21","LUK","18","21","21","The man said, “I have obeyed all those commandments ever since I was young. So ◄there must be something else I have not done./is that enough?►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_22","072_18_22","LUK","18","22","22","When Jesus heard him say that, he replied to him, “There is one thing that you (sg) have not done yet. Sell all that you own. Then give the money to poor people. The result will be that you will have spiritual riches in heaven. Then come and be my disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_23","072_18_23","LUK","18","23","23","The man became sad when he heard that, because he was very rich and he did not want to give everything away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_24","072_18_24","LUK","18","24","24","Jesus looked at the man as he left, and said, “It is very difficult for those who are wealthy to decide to let God rule MET their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_25","072_18_25","LUK","18","25","25","You would say that it is impossible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle. It is almost as difficult HYP for rich people to decide to let God rule their lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_26","072_18_26","LUK","18","26","26","The Jews thought that God favored rich people, so they thought that if God did not save rich people, he would not save others, either. So one of the disciples who heard him say that replied, “If that is so, it seems that no one will be saved {that God will not save anyone} RHQ!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_27","072_18_27","LUK","18","27","27","But Jesus said, “It is impossible for people to save themselves. But God can save them, because God can do anything!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_28","072_18_28","LUK","18","28","28","Then Peter said, “You know that we(exc) have left everything we had and have become your disciples RHQ. So what about us? (OR, So will God accept/save us?”) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_29","072_18_29","LUK","18","29","29","He said to them, “Keep this in mind: Those who have left their homes, their wives, their brothers, their parents, their children, or any other family members, to tell others about how God wants to rule MET people’s lives, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_30","072_18_30","LUK","18","30","30","will receive in this life many times as much as they left. And in the future age they will ◄live eternally with God/ have eternal life►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_31","072_18_31","LUK","18","31","31","Jesus took the twelve disciples to a place by themselves and said to them, “Listen carefully! We (inc) are now going up to Jerusalem. While we are there, everything that has been written by the prophets {that the prophets have written} about me, the one who came from heaven, will be fulfilled {will occur}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_32","072_18_32","LUK","18","32","32","I will be put into the hands of {My enemies will hand me over to} non-Jews. The non-Jews will make fun of me and mistreat me and spit on me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_33","072_18_33","LUK","18","33","33","They will whip me, and then they will kill me. But on the third day after that I will become alive again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_34","072_18_34","LUK","18","34","34","But the disciples did not understand any of those things that he said. They were prevented {Something prevented them} from understanding the meaning of what he was telling them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_35","072_18_35","LUK","18","35","35","As Jesus and his disciples came near to Jericho city, a blind man was sitting beside the road. He was begging for money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_36","072_18_36","LUK","18","36","36","When he heard the crowd of people passing by, he asked someone, “What is happening?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_37","072_18_37","LUK","18","37","37","They told him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth town, is passing by.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_38","072_18_38","LUK","18","38","38","He shouted, “Jesus, you who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_39","072_18_39","LUK","18","39","39","Those who were walking at the front of the crowd scolded the man and told him to be quiet. But he shouted more loudly, “You who are descended from King David, the Messiah, pity me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_40","072_18_40","LUK","18","40","40","Jesus stopped and told people to bring the man to him. When the blind man came near, Jesus asked him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_41","072_18_41","LUK","18","41","41","“What do you (sg) want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, enable me to see again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_42","072_18_42","LUK","18","42","42","Jesus said to him, “Then see! Because you have trusted PRS in me, I have healed you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK18_43","072_18_43","LUK","18","43","43","Immediately he was able to see! And he went with Jesus, praising God. And when all the people who were going with Jesus saw it, they also praised God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_1","072_19_1","LUK","19","1","1","Jesus and his disciples entered Jericho and were going through the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_2","072_19_2","LUK","19","2","2","There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, who was rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_3","072_19_3","LUK","19","3","3","He tried to see Jesus, but he was very short, and there was a big crowd of people near Jesus. So he was not able to see him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_4","072_19_4","LUK","19","4","4","So he ran further ahead along the road that Jesus was walking on. He climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_5","072_19_5","LUK","19","5","5","When Jesus got there, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because God wants me to go with you(sg) to your house and stay there tonight”! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_6","072_19_6","LUK","19","6","6","So he came down quickly. He took Jesus to his house and welcomed him joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_7","072_19_7","LUK","19","7","7","The people who saw Jesus go there grumbled saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_8","072_19_8","LUK","19","8","8","Then Zacchaeus stood up while they were eating and said to the Lord Jesus, “Lord, I want you (sg) to know that I am going to give half of what I own to poor people. And as for the people whom I have cheated, I will pay them back four times the amount I have gotten from them by cheating.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_9","072_19_9","LUK","19","9","9","Jesus said to him, “Today God has forgiven PRS you and the other people in MTY this house, because you (sg) also have shown that you have trusted in God as your ancestor Abraham did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_10","072_19_10","LUK","19","10","10","Remember this: I, the one who came from heaven, came to seek and save people like you(sg) who have gone astray from God, just like a shepherd who searches for his lost sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_11","072_19_11","LUK","19","11","11","They were coming near to Jerusalem, and the people who were going with Jesus who heard him say these things thought that as soon as he got to Jerusalem he would become their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_12","072_19_12","LUK","19","12","12","So he told them this parable: “A prince prepared to go to a distant country in order that the Emperor would make him a king. He intended to return later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_13","072_19_13","LUK","19","13","13","Before he left, he summoned ten of his servants. He gave each of them a coin worth three months’ wages. He said to them, ‘Do business with these coins until I return!’ Then he left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_14","072_19_14","LUK","19","14","14","But many of his fellow-citizens hated him. So after he left they sent some messengers to tell the Emperor, ‘We (exc) do not want this man to be our king!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_15","072_19_15","LUK","19","15","15","But the Emperor made him king anyway. Later the new king returned. Then he commanded that the servants to whom he had given the coins should be summoned {that someone should summon the servants to whom he had given the coins}. He wanted to know how much they had gained by doing business with the coins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_16","072_19_16","LUK","19","16","16","The first man came to him and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned ten more coins!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_17","072_19_17","LUK","19","17","17","He said to this man, ‘You are a good servant! You have done very well! Because you have handled faithfully a small amount of money, I will give you authority to rule ten cities.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_18","072_19_18","LUK","19","18","18","Then the second servant came and said, ‘Sir, with your one coin I have earned five more coins!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_19","072_19_19","LUK","19","19","19","He said to that servant similarly, ‘Good! I will give you authority to rule five cities.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_20","072_19_20","LUK","19","20","20","Then another servant came. He said, ‘Sir, here is your coin. I wrapped it in a napkin and put it away, so that nothing would happen to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_21","072_19_21","LUK","19","21","21","I did that because I was afraid of what you would do to me if the business failed. I know you are a man who does not do foolish things with your money. You even take from others money that does not really belong to you, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even do the planting.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_22","072_19_22","LUK","19","22","22","The king said to that servant, ‘You wicked servant! I will condemn you by the very words MTY that you have just now spoken. ◄You know that I do not do foolish things with my money./Did you not know that I do not do foolish things with my money?► RHQ You said that I even take from others money that does not really belong to me, like a farmer who harvests grain from another man’s field where he did not even do the planting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_23","072_19_23","LUK","19","23","23","So ◄you should at least have given my money to money lenders!/why did you not at least give my money to bankers?► RHQ Then when I returned I could have collected that amount plus the interest it would have earned!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_24","072_19_24","LUK","19","24","24","Then the king said to those who were standing near, ‘Take the coin from him and give it to the servant who has ten coins!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_25","072_19_25","LUK","19","25","25","They protested, ‘But Sir, he already has ten coins!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_26","072_19_26","LUK","19","26","26","But the king said, ‘I tell you this: To the people who use well what they have received, more will be given {I will give more}. But from the people who do not use well what they have received, even what they already have will be taken away {I will take away even what they already have}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_27","072_19_27","LUK","19","27","27","Now, as for those enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them, bring them here and execute them while I am watching!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_28","072_19_28","LUK","19","28","28","After Jesus said those things, he continued on the road up to Jerusalem, going ahead of his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_29","072_19_29","LUK","19","29","29","When they got near Bethphage and Bethany villages, near the hill that is called {that they call} Olive Tree Hill, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_30","072_19_30","LUK","19","30","30","he said to two of his disciples, “Go to the village just ahead of you. As you two enter it, you will see a young animal that no one has ever ridden, that has been {someone has} tied up. Untie it and bring it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_31","072_19_31","LUK","19","31","31","If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him, ‘The Lord needs it.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_32","072_19_32","LUK","19","32","32","So the two disciples went to the village and found the animal, just like he had told them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_33","072_19_33","LUK","19","33","33","As they were untying it, its owners said to them, “Why are you two untying that young animal?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_34","072_19_34","LUK","19","34","34","They replied, “The Lord needs it.” So the owners said that they could take it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_35","072_19_35","LUK","19","35","35","The two disciples brought the animal to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the animal’s back for him to sit on and helped Jesus get on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_36","072_19_36","LUK","19","36","36","Then as he rode along, others spread their cloaks on the road to honor him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_37","072_19_37","LUK","19","37","37","As they came near to Jerusalem, on the road that descends from Olive Tree Hill, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God loudly for all the great miracles that they had seen Jesus do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_38","072_19_38","LUK","19","38","38","They were saying things like, “May the Lord God bless our king who comes representing MTY him!” “May there be peace between God in heaven and us his people!” “May everyone praise God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_39","072_19_39","LUK","19","39","39","Some of the Pharisees who were in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples for saying things like that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_40","072_19_40","LUK","19","40","40","He replied, “I tell you this: If these people would be silent, the stones themselves would shout to praise me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_41","072_19_41","LUK","19","41","41","When Jesus came near to Jerusalem and saw the city, he cried about its people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_42","072_19_42","LUK","19","42","42","He said, “My disciples know what they need to do to have peace with God; I wish that even today the rest of you people knew it. But now you are unable to know MTY it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_43","072_19_43","LUK","19","43","43","I want you to know this: Soon your enemies will come and will set up a barricade around your city. They will surround the city and attack it on all sides. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_44","072_19_44","LUK","19","44","44","They will break through the walls and destroy everything. They will smash you and your people/children. When they finish destroying everything, there will not be one stone left on top of another. All this will happen because you did not recognize the time when God sent his Messiah to save you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_45","072_19_45","LUK","19","45","45","Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the Temple courtyard. He saw the people who were selling things there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_46","072_19_46","LUK","19","46","46","and he began to chase them out. He said to them, “It has been written {A prophet wrote} in the Scriptures that God said, ‘I want my house to be a place where people pray’; but you bandits have made it a cave where you can hide!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_47","072_19_47","LUK","19","47","47","Each day during that week Jesus was teaching people in the Temple courtyard. The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws and other Jewish leaders tried to find a way to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK19_48","072_19_48","LUK","19","48","48","But they did not find any way to do it, because all the people there listened eagerly to him and would have resisted them if they had tried to hurt him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_1","072_20_1","LUK","20","1","1","One day during that week, Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple courtyard and telling them God’s good message. As he was doing that, the chief priests, the men who taught the Jewish laws, and other Jewish elders came to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_2","072_20_2","LUK","20","2","2","They asked him, “Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? Who authorized you to do things like you did here yesterday?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_3","072_20_3","LUK","20","3","3","He replied, “I will also ask you a question. Tell me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_4","072_20_4","LUK","20","4","4","where did John the Baptizer get his authority to baptize those who came to him? Did he get it from God MTY/EUP or from people?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_5","072_20_5","LUK","20","5","5","They discussed this among themselves. They said, “If we(inc) say, ‘It was from God MTY/EUP,’ he will say to us, ‘Then ◄you should have believed John’s message!/why did you not believe what John preached?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_6","072_20_6","LUK","20","6","6","But if we say, ‘It was from people,’ the people here will kill us by throwing stones at us, because they all believe that John was a prophet from God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_7","072_20_7","LUK","20","7","7","So they replied, “We (exc) do not know where John got his authority.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_8","072_20_8","LUK","20","8","8","Then Jesus said to them, “Because you did not answer my question, I will not tell you who authorized me to do those things here yesterday.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_9","072_20_9","LUK","20","9","9","Then Jesus told the people this parable to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself: “A certain man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_10","072_20_10","LUK","20","10","10","When the vines started producing  grapes, he sent a servant to the men who were taking care of the vineyard. He expected that they would give him some of the grapes that the vineyard had produced. But after the servant arrived, they beat him and they did not give him any grapes. They just sent him away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_11","072_20_11","LUK","20","11","11","Later, the owner sent another servant. But they beat him and mistreated him also. They sent him away without giving him any grapes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_12","072_20_12","LUK","20","12","12","Still later, the owner sent another servant. That one they wounded and threw him out of the vineyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_13","072_20_13","LUK","20","13","13","So the owner of the vineyard thought to himself, ‘◄I do not know what to do!/What shall I do?► RHQ’ Then he had an idea. He thought to himself, ‘I will send my son, whom I love very much. Perhaps they will respect him and give him my share of the grapes.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_14","072_20_14","LUK","20","14","14","So he sent his son, but when the men who were caring for the vineyard saw him coming, they said to each other, ‘Here comes the man who will some day inherit the vineyard. Let’s kill him so that this vineyard will be ours!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_15","072_20_15","LUK","20","15","15","So they dragged him outside the vineyard and they killed him. So ◄I will tell you what the owner of the vineyard will do to them!/do you know what the owner of the vineyard will do to them?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_16","072_20_16","LUK","20","16","16","He will come and kill those men who were taking care of the vineyard. Then he will arrange for other people to take care of it.” When the people listening to Jesus heard that, they said, “We would not do anything like those wicked men did!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_17","072_20_17","LUK","20","17","17","But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “You can say that, but think about the meaning of these words that are written {which a prophet wrote} RHQ in the Scriptures, The men who were building a house rejected a certain stone. But others put that same stone in its proper place, and it has become the most important stone in the building MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_18","072_20_18","LUK","20","18","18","That stone represents me, the Messiah, and those who reject me are like people who fall on this stone. Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces {This stone will break to pieces everyone who falls on it}, and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_19","072_20_19","LUK","20","19","19","The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws realized that he was accusing them when he told the parable about what those wicked men did. So they immediately tried to find a way to seize MTY him, but they did not seize him, because they were afraid of what the people there would do if they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_20","072_20_20","LUK","20","20","20","So they watched him carefully. They also hired ◄spies/secret agents► who pretended to be sincere. But they really wanted to get him to say something for which they could accuse him. They wanted to be able to turn him over to the authority of the governor of the province. But they also knew that the Jews were disgusted with having to pay taxes to the government. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_21","072_20_21","LUK","20","21","21","So one of them asked Jesus, “Teacher, we (exc) know that you (sg) speak and teach what is right. You tell the truth even if important people do not like it. You teach truthfully what God wants us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_22","072_20_22","LUK","20","22","22","So tell us what you think about this matter: Is it right that we pay taxes to the Roman government MTY, or not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_23","072_20_23","LUK","20","23","23","But Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him to get him into trouble, either with the Jews, who hated to pay those taxes, or with the Roman government. So he said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_24","072_20_24","LUK","20","24","24","“Show me a Roman coin. Then tell me whose picture is on it. And tell me whose name is on it.” They showed him a coin and said, “It has the picture and name of Caesar, the head of the Roman government.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_25","072_20_25","LUK","20","25","25","He said to them, “In that case, give to the government MTY what they require, and give to God what he requires.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_26","072_20_26","LUK","20","26","26","While the people were there, the spies were unable to find fault with him for what he said. And they were amazed at his answer. So they said nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_27","072_20_27","LUK","20","27","27","Some Sadducees came to Jesus. They are a Jewish sect who do not believe that people will become alive again after they die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_28","072_20_28","LUK","20","28","28","They wanted to ask Jesus a question in order to discredit the idea that dead people will live again. One of them said to Jesus, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us Jews about situations where a man who has a wife but no children. If the man dies, his brother should marry the dead man’s widow so that she can have a child by him. People will consider that the child is the descendant of the man who died, and in that way the dead man will have descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_29","072_20_29","LUK","20","29","29","Well, there were seven brothers in one family. The oldest one married, but he and his wife did not bear any children. Later he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_30","072_20_30","LUK","20","30","30","The second brother followed this law and married the widow, but the same thing happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_31","072_20_31","LUK","20","31","31","Then the third brother married her, but the same thing happened again. All seven brothers, one by one, married that woman, but they had no children, and one by one they died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_32","072_20_32","LUK","20","32","32","Afterwards, the woman died, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_33","072_20_33","LUK","20","33","33","Therefore, if it is true that there will be a time when dead people will become alive again, whose wife do you think that woman will be then? ◄Keep in mind that she was married to all seven brothers!/It will be impossible to decide because she was married to all seven brothers!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_34","072_20_34","LUK","20","34","34","Jesus replied to them, “Men who live here in this world take wives, or are given wives by their parents {their parents choose wives for them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_35","072_20_35","LUK","20","35","35","But the men whom God considers worthy of being in heaven after they become alive again will not be married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_36","072_20_36","LUK","20","36","36","You need to know also that they cannot die any more, because they will be immortal SIM like angels. The fact that God has caused them to be alive again will show that they are God’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_37","072_20_37","LUK","20","37","37","But as for people becoming alive again after they die, Moses wrote something about that. In the place where he wrote about the burning bush, he mentions the Lord as being the God whom Abraham worships and the God whom Isaac worships and the God whom Jacob worships. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_38","072_20_38","LUK","20","38","38","It is not dead people who worship God. It is living people who worship him. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob died long before Moses lived, but God said that they were still worshipping him, so we(inc) know their spirits were still alive! All people whose spirits are alive again after they die continue to live to honor God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_39","072_20_39","LUK","20","39","39","Some of the men who taught the Jewish laws replied, “Teacher, you (sg) have answered very well!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_40","072_20_40","LUK","20","40","40","After that, they no longer dared to ask him any more questions like that to try to trap him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_41","072_20_41","LUK","20","41","41","Then Jesus said to them, “I will show you (OR, prove to you) that people are wrong who say that the Messiah is merely a descendant of King David! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_42","072_20_42","LUK","20","42","42","Because David himself wrote about the Messiah in the book of Psalms, God said to my Lord, Sit here beside me on my right, where I will highly honor you(sg) MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_43","072_20_43","LUK","20","43","43","Sit here while I completely defeat your enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_44","072_20_44","LUK","20","44","44","King David calls the Messiah ‘my Lord’! So ◄the Messiah cannot be just someone descended from King David!/how can the Messiah be just someone descended from King David?► RHQ What I just said proves that he is much greater than David, isn’t that right?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_45","072_20_45","LUK","20","45","45","While all the other people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_46","072_20_46","LUK","20","46","46","“Beware that you do not act like the men who teach our Jewish laws. They like to put on long robes and walk around to make people think that they are very important. They also like people to greet them respectfully in the marketplaces. They like to sit in the most important places in the Jewish meeting places. At dinner parties they like to sit in the seats where the most honored people sit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK20_47","072_20_47","LUK","20","47","47","They swindle MET the houses and property of widows. Then they pretend they are good, as they pray long prayers publicly. God will certainly punish them very severely.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_1","072_21_1","LUK","21","1","1","Jesus looked up from where he was sitting and saw rich people putting their gifts into the offering boxes in the Temple courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_2","072_21_2","LUK","21","2","2","He also saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_3","072_21_3","LUK","21","3","4","He said to his disciples, “The truth is that these rich people have a lot of money, but they gave only a small part of it. But this woman, who is very poor, has put in all the money that she had to pay for the things she needs! So God considers that HYP this poor widow has put more money into the box than all the others.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_5","072_21_5","LUK","21","5","5","Some of Jesus’ disciples talked about the Temple. They commented about the beautiful stones used in building the Temple and the other decorations that people had given, decorations that were on the walls. But he said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_6","072_21_6","LUK","21","6","6","“I want to tell you something about these things that you are looking at. They will be destroyed {Foreign invaders will destroy these buildings} completely. Every stone in these buildings will be thrown down {They will throw down every stone in these buildings}. Not one stone will be left {They will not leave one stone} on top of another.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_7","072_21_7","LUK","21","7","7","Later his disciples asked him, “Teacher, when will that happen? What will happen to the temple to indicate that the things you(sg) just told us are about to happen?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_8","072_21_8","LUK","21","8","8","He said, “All that I will say is, be sure that you are not deceived {that they do not deceive you} about these things! Many people will come and say ◄that I sent them/that they have my authority► MTY. They will say, ‘I am the Messiah!’ They will also say ‘It is now the time when God will begin to rule!’ Do not follow them to become their disciples ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_9","072_21_9","LUK","21","9","9","Also, whenever you hear about wars and riots, do not be terrified. Keep in mind that God has said that those things must happen. But when they happen, it will not mean that the world will end right away!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_10","072_21_10","LUK","21","10","10","Then he said to them, “Groups in various countries will fight each other, and various governments will also fight against each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_11","072_21_11","LUK","21","11","11","There will be big earthquakes, and in various places there will be famines and plagues. People will see things that will terrify them. There will also be unusual things happening in the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_12","072_21_12","LUK","21","12","12","But before all these things happen, some of you will be persecuted and arrested {people will persecute some of you and arrest you} MTY. Some of you will be put {They will put some of you} on trial in the places where you gather to worship, and you will be thrown into prison. You will be put on trial {They will put you on trial} in front of high government authorities because you are my MTY disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_13","072_21_13","LUK","21","13","13","That will be a time for you to tell them about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_14","072_21_14","LUK","21","14","14","So determine within yourselves not to be worrying before that happens what you will say to defend yourselves, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_15","072_21_15","LUK","21","15","15","because I will make you wise HEN so that you will know what to say. As a result, none of your enemies will be able to oppose what you say or ◄refute you/show that you are wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_16","072_21_16","LUK","21","16","16","And there will also be other evil things that will happen: Even your parents and brothers and other relatives and friends who do not believe in me will ◄betray you/help your enemies to seize you►. They will kill some of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_17","072_21_17","LUK","21","17","17","In general, most people will HYP hate you because you believe in me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_18","072_21_18","LUK","21","18","18","But your souls will be absolutely safe IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_19","072_21_19","LUK","21","19","19","By enduring all these things people will do to you, you will preserve your eternal life SYN.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_20","072_21_20","LUK","21","20","20","“But when you see that Jerusalem has been surrounded by the armies of your enemies, you will know that it is time for this city to be completely destroyed {them to completely destroy this city}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_21","072_21_21","LUK","21","21","21","At that time those of you who are in Judea district must flee to the higher hills. Those who are in this city must leave quickly. Those who are in the nearby countryside must not go back into the city to get any of their possessions before they flee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_22","072_21_22","LUK","21","22","22","You must obey what I tell you because, in order that all the things that are written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled, God will very severely punish the people who stay in this city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_23","072_21_23","LUK","21","23","23","I feel very sorry for women in this city who will be pregnant, and women who will be nursing their babies in those days, because it will be very difficult for them to run away! I feel sorry because the people in this land will suffer greatly MTY when God punishes them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_24","072_21_24","LUK","21","24","24","Many of them will be killed {Their enemies will kill many of them} with swords. Others will be captured and taken {They will capture others and take them} to HYP other countries. Non-Jewish people will trample over Jerusalem until the time that God has determined for them to rule the city is ended.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_25","072_21_25","LUK","21","25","25","“There will also be strange things that will happen to the sun, the moon, and the stars. In many nations, people will be very frightened, and they will be anxious when they hear the ocean roaring and see huge waves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_26","072_21_26","LUK","21","26","26","People will faint because they will be afraid as they wait for what will happen. They will be afraid because the powerful objects in the sky will be shaken {shake}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_27","072_21_27","LUK","21","27","27","Then they will see me, the one who came from heaven, coming in a cloud powerfully and very gloriously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_28","072_21_28","LUK","21","28","28","So when these things that I have just now described begin to happen, stand up straight and be brave, because it will be close to the time when God will free you from all suffering.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_29","072_21_29","LUK","21","29","29","Then Jesus told his disciples this parable: “Think about the fig tree, and all the other trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_30","072_21_30","LUK","21","30","30","As soon as you see their leaves beginning to sprout, you know that summer is near. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_31","072_21_31","LUK","21","31","31","Similarly, when you see these things that I have just described happening, you will know that it is almost time for God to truly rule as king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_32","072_21_32","LUK","21","32","32","Keep this in mind: All the things that I have just now described will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_33","072_21_33","LUK","21","33","33","You can be certain that these things that I have told you about will happen. That they will happen is more certain than that the earth and sky will continue to exist.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_34","072_21_34","LUK","21","34","34","“But be on guard. Do not be getting drunk with carousing or let yourselves be distracted by worries concerning your lives SYN {or let worries concerning your lives SYN distract you}. If you do wrong things like those, you may be suddenly surprised by my return MTY, like a trap suddenly catches an animal in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_35","072_21_35","LUK","21","35","35","You need to know that my return will surprise everyone all over the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_36","072_21_36","LUK","21","36","36","So be ready at all times. Pray that you will be able to endure without being afraid of all these difficult things that will happen, so that you will then stand confidently before me, the one who came from heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_37","072_21_37","LUK","21","37","37","Each day during that week Jesus taught the people in the Temple courtyard in Jerusalem. But at night he and his disciples left the city and stayed on Olive Tree Hill. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK21_38","072_21_38","LUK","21","38","38","Early each morning many people came to the Temple courtyard to listen to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_1","072_22_1","LUK","22","1","1","It was now almost time to celebrate the festival of Unleavened Bread, which began with the Passover festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_2","072_22_2","LUK","22","2","2","The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws were seeking a way to kill Jesus. But they wanted to do it secretly, because they were afraid that if they did not do it secretly, the people might riot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_3","072_22_3","LUK","22","3","3","Then even though Judas, who was called the man from Kerioth village, was one of the twelve disciples, Satan entered him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_4","072_22_4","LUK","22","4","4","Judas went and conferred with the chief priests and the officers of the Temple guards. He discussed with them how he could enable them to seize Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_5","072_22_5","LUK","22","5","5","They were pleased that he wanted to do that. They offered to give him money for doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_6","072_22_6","LUK","22","6","6","So he agreed, and they gave him the money. Then he tried to find an opportunity to enable them to seize Jesus when there was no crowd around him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_7","072_22_7","LUK","22","7","7","Then the day during the first part of the week-long festival of Unleavened Bread came, the day when the lambs for the Passover celebration had to be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_8","072_22_8","LUK","22","8","8","So Jesus said to Peter and John, “Go and prepare the meal for the Passover celebration.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_9","072_22_9","LUK","22","9","9","They replied to him, “Where do you (sg) want us to prepare it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_10","072_22_10","LUK","22","10","10","He said to the two of them, “Listen carefully. When you two enter the city, a man who is carrying a large jar of water will meet you. Follow him. When he enters a house, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_11","072_22_11","LUK","22","11","11","tell the owner of the house, ‘Our teacher says that we(exc) should ask you(sg) to please show us the room that he arranged with you where he can eat the Passover meal with us, his disciples RHQ.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_12","072_22_12","LUK","22","12","12","He will show you a large room that is on the upper floor of the house. It will be all set up for a meal. Prepare the meal for us there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_13","072_22_13","LUK","22","13","13","So the two disciples went into the city. They found everything to be just like Jesus had told them. So they prepared the meal for the Passover celebration there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_14","072_22_14","LUK","22","14","14","When it was time MTY to eat the Passover meal, Jesus came and sat down with the twelve apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_15","072_22_15","LUK","22","15","15","He said to them, “I have greatly desired to eat this Passover meal with you before I suffer and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_16","072_22_16","LUK","22","16","16","I want you to know that I will not eat the Passover meal again until all those whose lives God rules completely realize what it represents.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_17","072_22_17","LUK","22","17","17","Then he took a cup of wine and thanked God for it. Then he said, “Take this, and each of you drink some of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_18","072_22_18","LUK","22","18","18","I want you to know that from now on I will not drink wine until God makes me king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_19","072_22_19","LUK","22","19","19","Then he took some bread and thanked God for it. He broke it into pieces and gave it to them to eat. He said, “This bread represents my body, which I am about to sacrifice for you. Keep on eating bread this way regularly to remember what I have done for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_20","072_22_20","LUK","22","20","20","Similarly, after they had eaten the meal, he took another cup of wine. He said, “The wine in MTY this cup represents my blood, which will soon flow from my body when I die. With this blood I will sign the new agreement that God is making with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_21","072_22_21","LUK","22","21","21","But note that the one SYN who will enable my enemies to seize me is eating right here with me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_22","072_22_22","LUK","22","22","22","It is certain that I, the one who came from heaven, will die, because that is what God has planned. But there will be terrible punishment for the man who will ◄betray me/enable my enemies to seize me►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_23","072_22_23","LUK","22","23","23","Then they began to ask one another, “Which of us would do such a thing?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_24","072_22_24","LUK","22","24","24","The apostles began to argue among themselves, saying, “Which one of us will be the greatest when Jesus becomes king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_25","072_22_25","LUK","22","25","25","So Jesus said to them, “The kings of the non-Jews enjoy showing that they are powerful. Yet they give themselves the title, ‘ones who help the people.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_26","072_22_26","LUK","22","26","26","But you should not be like them! Instead, those who want God to consider them the greatest should act as though they were the youngest, since the youngest are expected to serve the older ones. Whoever is a leader should be one who serves the others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_27","072_22_27","LUK","22","27","27","Keep in mind who is the most important one RHQ. It is certainly the one who just sits at the table, not RHQ those who serve the meal. But I, your leader, have been an example for you by serving you while I have been among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_28","072_22_28","LUK","22","28","28","You are the ones who have stayed with me during all my troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_29","072_22_29","LUK","22","29","29","So now, just like my Father has appointed me to rule as a king, I am appointing you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_30","072_22_30","LUK","22","30","30","so that you can sit and eat and rule MET with me when I become king. You will sit on thrones to judge the people of the twelve tribes of Israel.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_31","072_22_31","LUK","22","31","31","“Simon, Simon, listen! Satan has asked God to let him test you, and God has permitted him to do it. Satan wants to cause you to suffer distress (OR, distress you) so that you will not believe/trust in me any more/longer. He wants to shake you, just like a man shakes wheat in a sieve to sift it MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_32","072_22_32","LUK","22","32","32","But I have prayed for you, Simon, that you will not completely stop believing in me. So when you (sg) restore your relationship with me, help your fellow apostles to trust in me more!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_33","072_22_33","LUK","22","33","33","Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you (sg) if they put you in prison, or even to die with you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_34","072_22_34","LUK","22","34","34","Jesus replied, “Peter, I want you (sg) to know that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you do not know me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_35","072_22_35","LUK","22","35","35","Then Jesus asked all of them, “After I sent you out to other villages, and you went without taking any money or a traveling bag or extra sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They replied, “That’s right, we(exc) did not lack anything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_36","072_22_36","LUK","22","36","36","Then, to show them that now many people would oppose them, (OR, to show them that they needed to be prepared to protect themselves,) he said to them, “Now things will be different. So whoever among you has some money should take it with him. Likewise, he should take a carrying bag. Whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy a sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_37","072_22_37","LUK","22","37","37","Because, I now tell you, something must happen to me to fulfill these words that a prophet wrote: ‘He was treated {They treated him} as though he were a criminal.’ Do not forget that everything that is {that they have} written about me in the Scriptures must be fulfilled.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_38","072_22_38","LUK","22","38","38","One of the disciples said, “Lord, look! We (exc) have two swords!” Realizing that they did not understand the meaning of what he said, he replied to them, “That is enough talk about swords”! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_39","072_22_39","LUK","22","39","39","As Jesus left the city, he went, as he usually did, to Olive Tree Hill. His disciples went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_40","072_22_40","LUK","22","40","40","When he came to the place where he often spent the night, he said to them, “Pray that God will help you whenever something tempts you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_41","072_22_41","LUK","22","41","41","Then he went from them a distance of about 30 meters/yards. (OR, as far as someone can throw a stone.) He knelt and prayed, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_42","072_22_42","LUK","22","42","42","“My Father, if you are willing to do it, force me to have to undergo these terrible things that are about to happen to me MTY. But do not do what I want. Instead, do what you want.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_43","072_22_43","LUK","22","43","43","Then an angel from heaven appeared to Jesus and caused him to become stronger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_44","072_22_44","LUK","22","44","44","He was greatly distressed. So he prayed more earnestly. His sweat fell down on the ground as though it was large drops of blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_45","072_22_45","LUK","22","45","45","When he got up from praying, he returned to his disciples. He found that they were sleeping. They were exhausted because they were very sorrowful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_46","072_22_46","LUK","22","46","46","He woke them and said to them, “◄I am disappointed that you are sleeping!/Why are you sleeping?► RHQ Get up! Pray that God will help you whenever you are tempted {when something like this tempts you}!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_47","072_22_47","LUK","22","47","47","While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came to him. Judas, even though he was one of the twelve disciples, was leading them. He came close to Jesus and kissed him on the cheek as if to greet him, but was really a signal to those with him which one was Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_48","072_22_48","LUK","22","48","48","Jesus said to him, “Judas, ◄I am disappointed that it is by kissing me that you are enabling my enemies to seize me, the one who came from heaven!/is it by kissing me as though you loved me that you are enabling my enemies to seize me, the one who came from heaven?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_49","072_22_49","LUK","22","49","49","When the disciples who were around Jesus realized what was going to happen, they said, “Lord, shall we (exc) strike them with our swords?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_50","072_22_50","LUK","22","50","50","One of his disciplesdrew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest to kill him, but only cut off his right ear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_51","072_22_51","LUK","22","51","51","But Jesus said, “Do not do any more of that!” He touched the servant’s ear and healed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_52","072_22_52","LUK","22","52","53","Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the Temple guards, and the Jewish elders who had come to seize him, “◄It is ridiculous that you have come here with swords and clubs to capture MTY me, as if I were a bandit!/Why have you come here with swords and clubs to capture MTY me, as if I were a bandit?► RHQ Day after day I was with you in the Temple courtyard, and you did not seize me! But this is the time MTY when God is allowing you to do what you want. It is also the time MTY when God is allowing Satan, who rules MTY in the darkness, to do what he wants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_54","072_22_54","LUK","22","54","54","They seized Jesus and led him away. They brought him to the high priest’s house. Peter followed them at a distance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_55","072_22_55","LUK","22","55","55","They kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together. Peter sat among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_56","072_22_56","LUK","22","56","56","As the light from the fire shone on his face, a female servant saw him and looked intently at him. She said, “This man was also with the man whom they have arrested!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_57","072_22_57","LUK","22","57","57","But Peter denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_58","072_22_58","LUK","22","58","58","A little later someone else saw Peter and said, “You (sg) also are one of those who were with the man they arrested!” But Peter said, “Man, I am not one of them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_59","072_22_59","LUK","22","59","59","About an hour later someone else said emphatically about Peter, “The way that this man speaks shows that he is from Galilee district. Certainly this man was also with the man whom they arrested, who is from Galilee!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_60","072_22_60","LUK","22","60","60","But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you (sg) are talking about!” Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_61","072_22_61","LUK","22","61","61","The Lord Jesus turned around and looked right at Peter. Then Peter remembered what the Lord had said to him, “This night, before the rooster crows, you (sg) will deny three times that you know me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_62","072_22_62","LUK","22","62","62","And Peter went out of the courtyard and cried very sorrowfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_63","072_22_63","LUK","22","63","63","The men who were guarding Jesus made fun of him and beat him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_64","072_22_64","LUK","22","64","64","They put a blindfold on him and beat him again. Then they said to him, “Because you(sg) say IRO that you are a prophet, prove it by telling us who it was that struck you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_65","072_22_65","LUK","22","65","65","They said many other evil things about him, insulting him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_66","072_22_66","LUK","22","66","66","At dawn the next morning, many of the Jewish leaders gathered together. The group included the chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws. They took Jesus to the Jewish Council. There the men of the Council said to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_67","072_22_67","LUK","22","67","67","“If you (sg) are the Messiah, tell us!” But he replied, “If I tell you that, you will not believe me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_68","072_22_68","LUK","22","68","68","If I ask you what you think about the Messiah, you will not answer me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_69","072_22_69","LUK","22","69","69","But some day you will see me, the one who came from heaven, sitting next to almighty God and ruling MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_70","072_22_70","LUK","22","70","70","Then they all said, “If that is so, are you(sg) saying that you are ◄the Son of God/the Man who is also God►?” He said to them, “Yes, it is just like you say MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK22_71","072_22_71","LUK","22","71","71","Then they said to each other, “◄We (inc) certainly do not need anyone else to testify against him!/Why should we ask for any more people to testify against him?► RHQ” We ourselves have heard him say MTY that he is equal with God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_1","072_23_1","LUK","23","1","1","Then the whole group got up and took Jesus to Pilate, the Roman governor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_2","072_23_2","LUK","23","2","2","They began to accuse Jesus, saying, “We (exc) have determined that this fellow has caused political trouble in our country. He has been telling people that they should not pay taxes to the Roman government MTY. Also, he says that he is the Messiah, a king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_3","072_23_3","LUK","23","3","3","Pilate asked him, “Do you (sg) claim that you are the King of the Jews?” He replied, “It is as you have just now said.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_4","072_23_4","LUK","23","4","4","Pilate said to the chief priests and the rest of the crowd, “I do not conclude that this man is guilty of any crime.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_5","072_23_5","LUK","23","5","5","But they kept insisting, “He is inciting the people to riot! He has been teaching his ideas throughout all of Judea district. He started doing it in Galilee district and now he is doing it here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_6","072_23_6","LUK","23","6","6","When Pilate heard that, he asked, “Is this man from Galilee district?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_7","072_23_7","LUK","23","7","7","When they told him that Jesus was from Galilee, which was the district that Herod Antipas ruled, he told them to take Jesus to Herod Antipas, because Herod was in Jerusalem at that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_8","072_23_8","LUK","23","8","8","So they did. When Herod saw Jesus, he was very happy. He had heard about Jesus, and he had been hoping for a long time that he could see Jesus perform a miracle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_9","072_23_9","LUK","23","9","9","So he asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus did not reply to any of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_10","072_23_10","LUK","23","10","10","The chief priests and men who taught the Jewish laws stood near Jesus, accusing him very strongly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_11","072_23_11","LUK","23","11","11","Then Herod and his soldiers ◄made fun of/ridiculed► Jesus. They put gorgeous clothes on him to mock him as being a king. Then Herod sent him back to Pilate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_12","072_23_12","LUK","23","12","12","Until that time Herod and Pilate had been very hostile to each other, but that very day they became friends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_13","072_23_13","LUK","23","13","13","Pilate then gathered together the chief priests and other Jewish leaders and the crowd that was still there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_14","072_23_14","LUK","23","14","14","He said to them, “You brought this man to me, saying that he had caused trouble among the people. But I want you to know that after having examined him while you were listening, I do not conclude that he is guilty of any of the things that you are accusing him about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_15","072_23_15","LUK","23","15","15","Obviously Herod did not conclude that either, because he sent him back to me without punishing him. So it is clear that this man has not done anything for which we (inc) should kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_16","072_23_16","LUK","23","16","17","So I will have my soldiers flog him and then release him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_18","072_23_18","LUK","23","18","18","But the whole crowd shouted, “Execute this man! Release Barrabas for us (exc)!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_19","072_23_19","LUK","23","19","19","Barrabas was a man who had tried to persuade people in the city to rebel against the Roman government. While doing that, he had murdered someone. So he had been put {they had put him} in prison, where he was waiting to be executed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_20","072_23_20","LUK","23","20","20","Because Pilate wanted to release Jesus, he tried to persuade the crowd again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_21","072_23_21","LUK","23","21","21","But they kept shouting, “Command your soldiers to kill him by nailing him to a cross!/Have him crucified!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_22","072_23_22","LUK","23","22","22","He spoke to them a third time and asked them, “Why? What crime has he committed? I have concluded that he has done nothing for which he deserves to die. So I will have my soldiers flog him and then release him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_23","072_23_23","LUK","23","23","23","But they kept insisting. They shouted loudly that Jesus should be nailed {that Pilate should have his soldiers nail Jesus} to a cross. Finally, because they continued to shout PRS so loudly, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_24","072_23_24","LUK","23","24","24","Pilate decided to do what the crowd requested. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_25","072_23_25","LUK","23","25","25","The man who had been {whom they had} put in prison because he had rebelled against the government and who had murdered someone, he released! That was the man whom the crowd had asked him to release. He handed Jesus over to the soldiers, to do what the crowd wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_26","072_23_26","LUK","23","26","26","As the soldiers were taking Jesus away, they seized a man named Simon, who was from Cyrene city in Africa. He was returning to Jerusalem from out in the countryside. They took from Jesus the cross that he had been carrying. Then they put it on Simon’s shoulders, and told him to carry it behind Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_27","072_23_27","LUK","23","27","27","A large crowd followed Jesus. The crowd included many women who were beating their breasts to show how sad they were, and wailing for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_28","072_23_28","LUK","23","28","28","But Jesus turned to them and said, “You women of Jerusalem, do not cry for me! Instead, cry because of what is going to happen to yourselves and your children! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_29","072_23_29","LUK","23","29","29","I want you to know that there will soon be a time when people will say, ‘Women SYN who have never borne children or nursed babies are fortunate!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_30","072_23_30","LUK","23","30","30","Then, in order that they will not have to suffer greatly when their enemies destroy this city, people who are left in the city will say to the mountains, ‘Fall down on us!’ And people will say to the hills, ‘Cover us!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_31","072_23_31","LUK","23","31","31","I am innocent MET. I am like a living tree that people do not try to burn. But the people of Jerusalem deserve that their enemies punish them. They are like dry wood that is ready to burn. So if they nail me to the cross, ◄their enemies will certainly do much worse things to them!/what worse things will happen to them?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_32","072_23_32","LUK","23","32","32","Two other men who were criminals were also being led away {The soldiers also led away two other men who were criminals}. They were going to be executed {The soldiers were going to execute them} with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_33","072_23_33","LUK","23","33","33","When they came to the place which is called ‘The Skull’, they nailed Jesus to a cross after removing his clothes. They did the same thing to the two criminals. They crucified one at the right side of Jesus and one at his left side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_34","072_23_34","LUK","23","34","34","Jesus prayed, “My Father, forgive them, because they do not realize whom they are doing this to!” Then the soldiers divided Jesus’ clothing by gambling with something like dice, to decide which piece of clothing each one would get. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_35","072_23_35","LUK","23","35","35","Many people stood nearby, watching. And the Jewish leaders ◄made fun of/ridiculed► Jesus, saying, “He said IRO that he saved other people! If he is the Messiah, the one God has chosen, he should save himself!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_36","072_23_36","LUK","23","36","36","The soldiers also ridiculed him because he claimed to be a king. They came up to him and offered him some sour wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_37","072_23_37","LUK","23","37","37","They said to him, “If you (sg) are the King of the Jews, save yourself!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_38","072_23_38","LUK","23","38","38","They also fastened on the cross a sign that stated why they were nailing him to the cross. But all it said was, ‘This is the King of the Jews’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_39","072_23_39","LUK","23","39","39","One of the criminals who was hanging on a cross began to insult Jesus, saying, “You (sg) said that you are the Messiah, so you must be powerful! So save yourself, and save us, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_40","072_23_40","LUK","23","40","40","But the other criminal rebuked him, saying, “◄You (sg) should be afraid of God punishing you!/Are you not afraid of God punishing you?► RHQ They are punishing him and us similarly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_41","072_23_41","LUK","23","41","41","They have justly decided that we (inc) two must die. They are punishing us as we deserve for the evil things that we did. But this man has done nothing wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_42","072_23_42","LUK","23","42","42","Then he said, “Jesus, please remember me and take care of me when you become king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_43","072_23_43","LUK","23","43","43","Jesus replied, “I want you (sg) to know that today you (sg) will be with me in the place where everyone is happy!” (OR, that today you will be with me in Paradise!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_44","072_23_44","LUK","23","44","44","Then it was about noontime. It became dark over the whole land, and it stayed dark until three o’clock in the afternoon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_45","072_23_45","LUK","23","45","45","There was no light from the sun. Then the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the Temple split into two pieces. That signified that ordinary people could now go into the presence of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_46","072_23_46","LUK","23","46","46","As that happened, Jesus shouted loudly, “Father, I put my spirit into your care MTY!” When he said that, he EUP died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_47","072_23_47","LUK","23","47","47","When the officer who supervised the soldiers who were executing Jesus saw what happened, he praised God for the way Jesus died, saying, “I am sure that this man had done nothing wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_48","072_23_48","LUK","23","48","48","When the crowd of people who had gathered to see those events saw what happened, they returned to their homes, beating their chests to show that they were sorrowful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_49","072_23_49","LUK","23","49","49","All of Jesus’ friends, including the women who had come with him from Galilee district, stood at a distance and saw everything that happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_50","072_23_50","LUK","23","50","50","There was a man named Joseph who came there. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea. He was a good and a righteous man, and he was a member of the Jewish Council. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_51","072_23_51","LUK","23","51","51","But he had not agreed with the other Council members when they decided to kill Jesus and when they planned how to do it. He was waiting expectantly for the time when God would send his king to begin to rule. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_52","072_23_52","LUK","23","52","52","He went to Pilate and asked Pilate to permit him to take Jesus’ body and bury it. After Pilate allowed him to do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_53","072_23_53","LUK","23","53","53","he and some others took Jesus’ body down from the cross. They wrapped it in a linen cloth. Then they put his body in a tomb that he had hired others to dig out of a rock cliff. No one had ever put a body in it before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_54","072_23_54","LUK","23","54","54","They had to do it quickly because that was Friday, the day when people prepared things for the Jewish day of rest. ◄The Sabbath/The day of rest► was about to start at sunset, so they had to finish burying Jesus’ body before sunset. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_55","072_23_55","LUK","23","55","55","The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee district followed Joseph and the men who were with him. They saw the tomb, and they saw how the men laid Jesus’ body inside it, and saw the men roll a huge stone across the entrance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK23_56","072_23_56","LUK","23","56","56","Then the women returned to the houses where they were staying. That evening they prepared spices and ointments to put on Jesus’ body, but ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► they rested, according to what Moses had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_1","072_24_1","LUK","24","1","1","Before dawn on Sunday those women went to the tomb. They took with them the spices that they had prepared to put on Jesus’ body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_2","072_24_2","LUK","24","2","2","They discovered that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance to the tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_3","072_24_3","LUK","24","3","3","They went in the tomb, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_4","072_24_4","LUK","24","4","4","They did not know what to think about that. Then suddenly two men wearing bright shining clothes stood by them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_5","072_24_5","LUK","24","5","5","The women were frightened. As they prostrated themselves on the ground, the two men said to them, “◄You should not be seeking someone who is alive in a place where they bury dead people!/Why are you seeking in a place where they bury dead people someone who is alive?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_6","072_24_6","LUK","24","6","6","He is not here; he has ◄become alive again/risen from the dead►! Remember that while he was still with you in Galilee district he said to you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_7","072_24_7","LUK","24","7","7","‘Even though I am the one who came from heaven, someone will enable sinful men to seize MTY me. They will kill me by nailing me to a cross. But on the third day after that, I will become alive again.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_8","072_24_8","LUK","24","8","8","The women remembered that he had said that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_9","072_24_9","LUK","24","9","9","So they left the tomb and went to the eleven apostles and his other disciples and told them those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_10","072_24_10","LUK","24","10","10","The ones who kept telling those things to the apostles were Mary from Magdala village, Joanna, Mary who was the mother of James, and the other women who were with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_11","072_24_11","LUK","24","11","11","But the apostles thought that what the women said was nonsense. They did not believe what the women said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_12","072_24_12","LUK","24","12","12","But Peter got up and ran to the tomb anyway. He stooped down and looked inside. He saw the linen cloths in which Jesus’ body had been wrapped. The cloths were by themselves (OR, He did not see anything else). So, wondering what had happened, he went home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_13","072_24_13","LUK","24","13","13","That same day two of Jesus’ disciples were walking to a village named Emmaus. It was about ◄seven miles/eleven kilometers► from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_14","072_24_14","LUK","24","14","14","They were talking with each other about all the things that had happened to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_15","072_24_15","LUK","24","15","15","While they were discussing those things, Jesus himself approached them and started walking with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_16","072_24_16","LUK","24","16","16","But they were prevented {something prevented them} from recognizing MTY him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_17","072_24_17","LUK","24","17","17","Jesus said to them, “What have you two been talking about while you were walking?” They stopped, and their faces looked very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_18","072_24_18","LUK","24","18","18","One of them, whose name was Cleopas, said, “◄You (sg) must be the only person who is visiting Jerusalem for the Passover festival who does not know the events that have happened there in recent days!/Are you the only person who is visiting Jerusalem for the Passover festival who does not know the events that have happened there in recent days?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_19","072_24_19","LUK","24","19","19","He said to them, “What events?” They replied, “The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth, who was a prophet. Many people saw him perform great miracles, and God enabled him to teach wonderful messages! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_20","072_24_20","LUK","24","20","20","But our chief priests and leaders handed him over to the Roman authorities. The authorities sentenced him to die, and they killed him by nailing him to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_21","072_24_21","LUK","24","21","21","We (exc) were hoping that he was the one who would free us Israelites from our enemies But this does not seem possible now, because three days have already passed since that happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_22","072_24_22","LUK","24","22","22","On the other hand, some women from our group amazed us. Early this morning they went to the tomb, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_23","072_24_23","LUK","24","23","23","but Jesus’ body was not there! They came back and said that they had seen some angels in a vision. The angels said that he was alive! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_24","072_24_24","LUK","24","24","24","Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb. They saw that things were exactly as the women had reported. But they did not see Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_25","072_24_25","LUK","24","25","25","He said to them, “You two foolish men! You are so slow to believe all that the prophets have written about the Messiah! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_26","072_24_26","LUK","24","26","26","◄You should certainly have known that it was necessary that the Messiah should suffer all those things and die, and then enter his glorious home in heaven!/Was it not necessary that the Messiah should suffer all those things and die, and then enter his glorious home in heaven?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_27","072_24_27","LUK","24","27","27","Then he explained to them all the things that the prophets had written in the Scriptures about himself. He started with what Moses MTY wrote and then explained to them what all the other prophets wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_28","072_24_28","LUK","24","28","28","They came near to the village to which the two men were going. Jesus indicated that he would go further, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_29","072_24_29","LUK","24","29","29","but they urged him to not do that. They said, “Stay with us tonight, because it is late in the afternoon and it will soon be dark.” So he went in the house to stay with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_30","072_24_30","LUK","24","30","30","When they sat down to eat, he took some bread and asked God to bless it. He broke it and gave some pieces to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_31","072_24_31","LUK","24","31","31","And just then God enabled them to recognize MTY him. But immediately he disappeared! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_32","072_24_32","LUK","24","32","32","The two men said to each other, “While we were walking along the road and he talked with us and enabled us (inc) to understand the Scriptures, we became so excited that it was as though MET a fire was burning within us RHQ! We should not stay here; we should go tell the others what happened!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_33","072_24_33","LUK","24","33","33","So they left immediately and returned to Jerusalem. There they found the eleven apostles and others who had gathered together with them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_34","072_24_34","LUK","24","34","34","who told those two men, “It is true that the Lord has become alive again, and he has appeared to Peter!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_35","072_24_35","LUK","24","35","35","Then those two men told the others what had happened as they were walking along the road. They also told them how they both recognized Jesus as he broke some bread for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_36","072_24_36","LUK","24","36","36","As they were saying that, Jesus himself suddenly appeared among them. He said to them, “May God give you inner peace!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_37","072_24_37","LUK","24","37","37","They were startled and afraid, because they thought that they were seeing a ghost! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_38","072_24_38","LUK","24","38","38","He said to them, “◄You should not be alarmed!/Why are you alarmed?► RHQ And ◄you should not be doubting that I am alive/Jesus!/why are you doubting that I am alive/Jesus?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_39","072_24_39","LUK","24","39","39","Look at the wounds in my hands and my feet! You can touch me and see my body. Then you can see that it is really I myself. You can tell that I am really alive because ghosts do not have bodies, as you see that I have!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_40","072_24_40","LUK","24","40","40","After he said that, he showed them the wounds in his hands and his feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_41","072_24_41","LUK","24","41","41","They were joyful and amazed, but they still did not believe that he was really alive (OR, that Jesus was the one that they were seeing). So he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_42","072_24_42","LUK","24","42","42","So they gave him a piece of broiled fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_43","072_24_43","LUK","24","43","43","While they were watching, he took it and ate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_44","072_24_44","LUK","24","44","44","Then he said to them, “I will repeat what I told you while I was still with you: Everything that was written about me by Moses and the other prophets MTY and in the Psalms must be fulfilled!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_45","072_24_45","LUK","24","45","45","Then he enabled them to understand the things that had been written about him in the Scriptures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_46","072_24_46","LUK","24","46","46","He said to them, “This is what they wrote: That the Messiah would suffer and die, but on the third day after that he would become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_47","072_24_47","LUK","24","47","47","They also wrote that the message must be preached {that his disciples must preach the message} everywhere that people must turn from their sinful ways for God to forgive their sins. They wrote that his followers should preach that message, claiming his authority MTY. They wrote that they should start preaching it in Jerusalem, and then go and preach it to all ethnic groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_48","072_24_48","LUK","24","48","48","You apostles must tell people that you know that those things that happened to me are true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_49","072_24_49","LUK","24","49","49","And I want you to know that I will send the Holy Spirit MTY to you, as my Father promised that he would do. But you must stay in this city until God fills you with the power of his Spirit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_50","072_24_50","LUK","24","50","50","Then Jesus led them outside the city until they came near Bethany village. There he lifted up his hands and blessed them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_51","072_24_51","LUK","24","51","51","As he was doing that, he left them and went up to heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_52","072_24_52","LUK","24","52","52","They worshipped him. And then they returned to Jerusalem very joyfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("LK24_53","072_24_53","LUK","24","53","53","Each day SYN they went into the Temple courtyard, and spent a lot of time praising God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_1","073_1_1","JHN","1","1","1","The one who expresses MET ◄God’s character/what God is like► has always existed ◄from the beginning MTY of everything/before everything began►. He has always existed with God, and he has God’s nature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_2","073_1_2","JHN","1","2","2","He always existed with God before he began MTY to create anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_3","073_1_3","JHN","1","3","3","He is the one by whom God caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_4","073_1_4","JHN","1","4","4","He is the one who caused everything to live. He, who caused us people to live, revealed to us the truth about God as a light MET reveals what is in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_5","073_1_5","JHN","1","5","5","People do not want him to reveal that what they do is evil MET, just like darkness is evil. But just like darkness cannot put out light MET, evil people have never prevented the one who was like a light from revealing God’s truth (OR, evil people have never understood the one who was like a light.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_6","073_1_6","JHN","1","6","6","A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_7","073_1_7","JHN","1","7","7","He came to tell people about the one who was like MET a light. He came to show that everything that the one who was like a light MET said was true, in order that he could enable all people to believe in the one who was like a light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_8","073_1_8","JHN","1","8","8","John himself was not the one who was like a light MET. Instead, he came to tell others about that one who was like a light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_9","073_1_9","JHN","1","9","9","While John was doing that, the one who was truly like a light was about to show himself to the world. He was the one who enables all people to know about God, as a light MET enables people to know what is in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_10","073_1_10","JHN","1","10","10","Although the one who was like a light was here on the earth, and although he was the one whom God caused to create everything, most people MTY, HYP did not realize who he was. (OR, although he was the one whom God caused to create everything, most people did not accept him.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_11","073_1_11","JHN","1","11","11","Although he came to the land that belonged to him because he created it, most of his own people, the Jews, rejected him (OR, did not accept him). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_12","073_1_12","JHN","1","12","12","But those of us who welcomed him, God authorized that we would have a relationship with him MET like children have a relationship with their father. We were people who believed that what he said about himself MTY was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_13","073_1_13","JHN","1","13","13","We became like God’s children, not because our ancestors belonged to God, or because of someone’s sexual desires, nor because some man desired to have children like himself. Instead, we were caused by God {God caused us} to become like his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_14","073_1_14","JHN","1","14","14","The one who expresses MET ◄God’s character/what God is like► became a human being, and he lived among us for a while. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from God his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted ◄kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve►, and he always spoke truthfully to us about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_15","073_1_15","JHN","1","15","15","One day when John was telling people about him, he saw Jesus. Then he shouted to them, “I told you previously that someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed long before me. This is the man I was talking about!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_16","073_1_16","JHN","1","16","16","We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted in kind way toward us in ways we did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_17","073_1_17","JHN","1","17","17","Moses proclaimed God’s laws to our ancestors. But what Jesus Christ did for us was much better. He acted in kindness toward us in ways we did not deserve and told us the truth about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_18","073_1_18","JHN","1","18","18","No one has ever seen God. But God’s only Son, Jesus, who has always had a very close relationship with God, has told us about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_19","073_1_19","JHN","1","19","19","The Jewish leaders SYN in Jerusalem city sent some Jewish priests and ◄Levites/men who worked in the temple► to where John was, to ask him some questions. They said to him, “What do you claim about yourself?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_20","073_1_20","JHN","1","20","20","So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly DOU. He said, “I am not ◄the Messiah/God’s chosen king►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_21","073_1_21","JHN","1","21","21","Then they asked him, “Then what do you say about yourself? Are you the prophet Elijah that was prophesied to return {◄someone/another prophet► prophesied would return} before the Messiah?” He replied, “No, I am not.” Then they asked him, “Are you the prophet like Moses that ◄we are waiting for/God promised to send►?” He replied, “No.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_22","073_1_22","JHN","1","22","22","So they asked him, “Then who do you claim to be? Tell us so that we can go back and report to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_23","073_1_23","JHN","1","23","23","John replied, “I am the one the prophet Isaiah said would proclaim this new message loudly to the people who would pass by in this desolate area: ‘Prepare yourselves to receive the Lord when he comes MET, just like people prepare a road for an important official. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_24","073_1_24","JHN","1","24","24","Some of those people who were questioning John were ones who had been sent by the Pharisee religious group {whom the Pharisee religious group had sent}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_25","073_1_25","JHN","1","25","25","They asked John, “Since you say you are not the Messiah, nor the prophet Elijah, nor the prophet like Moses, what authority do you have? Furthermore, why are you baptizing Jews, treating them as though they were non-Jews who wanted to become Jews?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_26","073_1_26","JHN","1","26","26","John replied, “I am just baptizing people with water to prepare them to welcome the Messiah. But right now someone is among you whom you people do not know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_27","073_1_27","JHN","1","27","27","He will preach to you after I am gone. He is so important that I am not worthy to serve him as a slave MET by untying his sandals.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_28","073_1_28","JHN","1","28","28","Those things happened at a place called Bethany, on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_29","073_1_29","JHN","1","29","29","The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. He said to the people, “Look! Here is the man whom God has appointed to be a sacrifice MET, like the lambs that the people of Israel sacrificed! By sacrificing himself he will make it possible for everyone in the world to be no longer guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_30","073_1_30","JHN","1","30","30","He is the one about whom I said before, ‘Someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed long before me.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_31","073_1_31","JHN","1","31","31","I myself did not previously recognize that he was the Messiah. But now I know who he is, and I have baptized people with water to enable you people of Israel to recognize who he is.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_32","073_1_32","JHN","1","32","32","John spoke clearly what God had shown him about Jesus. He said, “I saw God’s Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_33","073_1_33","JHN","1","33","33","I myself did not know previously that he was the Messiah. However, God sent me to baptize people with water, people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. While I was doing that, God told me, ‘The man on whom you will see my Spirit descend and remain is the one who will put the Holy Spirit within you (pl) to truly change your lives.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_34","073_1_34","JHN","1","34","34","I saw the Spirit descend on him, and I tell you that he is ◄the Son of God/the person who is both God and man►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_35","073_1_35","JHN","1","35","35","The next day John was at the same place again ◄with two of us/with two of his disciples►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_36","073_1_36","JHN","1","36","36","When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! There is the man God has appointed to be a sacrifice, like the lambs MET the people of Israel have sacrificed!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_37","073_1_37","JHN","1","37","37","◄When we/those two disciples► heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_38","073_1_38","JHN","1","38","38","Jesus turned around and saw us/them coming behind him. So he asked us/them, “What do you want?” We/They replied, “Teacher, tell us where you are staying, because we want to talk with you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_39","073_1_39","JHN","1","39","39","He replied, “Come with me, and you will see where I am staying!” So we/they went with him and saw where he was staying. We/They stayed with him until about 4 o’clock (OR, from about 4 PM until the next day). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_40","073_1_40","JHN","1","40","40","◄One of us/One of the two men► who heard what John had said and who went with Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s younger brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_41","073_1_41","JHN","1","41","41","After Andrew left Jesus, the first thing he did was to find his own older brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_42","073_1_42","JHN","1","42","42","Then he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him, and then said, “You are Simon. Your father’s name is John. You will be given {I will give you} the name Cephas.” Cephas is an Aramaic name that means ‘solid rock’. It means the same in Greek as the name Peter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_43","073_1_43","JHN","1","43","43","The next day Jesus decided to leave the Jordan River valley. He went to Galilee district and (OR, on the way there he) found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, “Come with me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_44","073_1_44","JHN","1","44","44","Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_45","073_1_45","JHN","1","45","45","Then Philip searched for Nathaniel and found him, and said to him, “We have met the Messiah, the one Moses wrote about! The prophets also prophesied that he would come. He is Jesus, from Nazareth town. His father’s name is Joseph.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_46","073_1_46","JHN","1","46","46","Nathaniel replied, “Nazareth? ◄Nothing good can come from such an unimportant place!/Can anything good come from such an unimportant place?► RHQ” Philip replied, “Come and see!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_47","073_1_47","JHN","1","47","47","When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_48","073_1_48","JHN","1","48","48","Nathaniel asked him, “How do you know what I am like?” Jesus replied, “I saw you before Philip called you, when you were by yourself under the fig tree.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_49","073_1_49","JHN","1","49","49","Then Nathaniel declared, “Teacher, you must be ◄the Son of God/the person who is both God and man►! You are the King of Israel we have been waiting for!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_50","073_1_50","JHN","1","50","50","Jesus replied to him, “You RHQ believe those things about me because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree. I was able to see you supernaturally even though I was far away from you. But you will see me do things that are more surprising than that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN1_51","073_1_51","JHN","1","51","51","Then Jesus said to him, “This is the absolute truth: Just like what your ancestor Jacob saw long ago in a vision, some day you (pl) will see heaven opened up, and you will see God’s angels ascending from me and descending on me, the one who came from heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_1","073_2_1","JHN","2","1","1","Two days later there was a wedding celebration in Cana town, in Galilee district. Jesus’ mother was there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_2","073_2_2","JHN","2","2","2","Jesus and we his disciples were also there, because we had been invited {someone had invited us} also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_3","073_2_3","JHN","2","3","3","When the guests had drunk all the wine that was there, Jesus’ mother said to him, “The wine is all gone; can you do something about that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_4","073_2_4","JHN","2","4","4","Jesus said to her, “Ma’am/Woman, ◄do not tell  me what to do!/why do you tell  me what to do?► RHQ It is not yet time MTY to show  that I am the Messiah by working miracles.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_5","073_2_5","JHN","2","5","5","Then Jesus’ mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_6","073_2_6","JHN","2","6","6","There were six empty stone jars there. The Jews habitually put water in them to use for washing things to make them acceptable to God. Each jar held ◄20 to 30 gallons/80 to 120 liters►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_7","073_2_7","JHN","2","7","7","Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water!” So they filled the jars to the brim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_8","073_2_8","JHN","2","8","8","Then he told them, “Now, ladle out some of it and take it ◄to the head waiter/to the master of ceremonies►.” So the servants did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_9","073_2_9","JHN","2","9","9","◄The head waiter/The master of ceremonies► tasted the water, which had now become wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants who had ladled out the wine knew. The wine was delicious! So he called the bridegroom over, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_10","073_2_10","JHN","2","10","10","and said to him, “Everyone else serves the best wine first. Then when the guests have drunk so much that they cannot tell the difference, they serve the cheap wine. But you have not done what others do. You have kept the best wine until now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_11","073_2_11","JHN","2","11","11","That was the first miracle that Jesus did. He did it in Cana town, in Galilee district. By doing it he showed how awesome he is, and as a result, we his disciples believed that he truly was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_12","073_2_12","JHN","2","12","12","Jesus then went down to Capernaum city with his mother and younger brothers and us his disciples. We stayed there several days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_13","073_2_13","JHN","2","13","13","Later, when it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus and we his disciples went up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_14","073_2_14","JHN","2","14","14","There, in the Temple courtyard, he saw some men who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons for sacrifices. He also saw men who were sitting at tables, making a big profit as they gave people Temple tax coins in exchange for their Roman coins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_15","073_2_15","JHN","2","15","15","Then Jesus made a whip from some cords and used it to chase out the sheep and cattle from the Temple courtyard. By overturning their tables he scattered the coins of the men who were exchanging them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_16","073_2_16","JHN","2","16","16","He said to those who were selling doves, “Take these doves away from here! Stop defiling my Father’s Temple by making it a market!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_17","073_2_17","JHN","2","17","17","Then we disciples remembered that these words had been written {that someone/David had written these words} in the Scriptures prophesying what the Messiah would say: “Others PRS will strongly oppose me because I greatly desire that people respect your Sacred Tent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_18","073_2_18","JHN","2","18","18","So one of the Jewish leaders SYN replied to him, “What miracle will you perform to show us that you have authority from God to do these things?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_19","073_2_19","JHN","2","19","19","Jesus replied to them, “If/When you destroy this temple, I will build it again within three days.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_20","073_2_20","JHN","2","20","20","So the Jewish leaders SYN said, “We have been building this Temple for 46 years and it is not finished yet! So ◄there is no way you will build it within three days!/how will you build it within three days?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_21","073_2_21","JHN","2","21","21","But when Jesus said that about the temple, he was really talking about his own body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_22","073_2_22","JHN","2","22","22","Later, after Jesus had died and had become alive again, we his disciples remembered the words he had said. As a result, we believed what had been prophesied in the Scriptures about the Messiah becoming alive again, and we believed that what Jesus said was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_23","073_2_23","JHN","2","23","23","While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people came to believe that he was the Messiah because they saw the miracles he was performing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_24","073_2_24","JHN","2","24","24","But he did not let them tell him what he should do as the Messiah, because he knew within himself what they were all thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN2_25","073_2_25","JHN","2","25","25","He did not need anyone to tell him what others were thinking, because he already knew what they were thinking and wanting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_1","073_3_1","JHN","3","1","1","There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee religious sect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_2","073_3_2","JHN","3","2","2","He went to see Jesus at night, to talk to him about God’s kingdom. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, we believe that you are a teacher who has come from God. We believe this because we know that someone could perform the miracles you are doing only if God were helping him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_3","073_3_3","JHN","3","3","3","Jesus replied to him, “Listen to this carefully: Unless people are born again and have a new life from God, they cannot even see the place where God rules MET!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_4","073_3_4","JHN","3","4","4","Then Nicodemus said to him, “◄No one can be born when he is old!/How can anyone be born when he is old?► RHQ ◄There is no way he can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!/How can he enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_5","073_3_5","JHN","3","5","5","Jesus answered, “Note this: Being born naturally is not enough; people need to also be born spiritually by God’s Spirit. If that does not happen, they cannot experience God ruling MET their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_6","073_3_6","JHN","3","6","6","Humans give birth to humans. But those who are born again  as a result of what God’s  Spirit does receive a new  spiritual nature from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_7","073_3_7","JHN","3","7","7","Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again and have a new life from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_8","073_3_8","JHN","3","8","8","Let me illustrate: The wind blows wherever it wants to blow. You hear its sound, but you do not know where the wind comes from or where it is going. Similarly, those who do not know God cannot understand/control/predict how people are born again as a result of what God’s spirit does.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_9","073_3_9","JHN","3","9","9","Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_10","073_3_10","JHN","3","10","10","Jesus replied to him, “You (sg) are a well-known teacher among us Israelite people, so ◄I am surprised that you do not understand these things!/how is it that you do not understand these things?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_11","073_3_11","JHN","3","11","11","Listen to this carefully: ◄My disciples and I/I► tell you (pl) about the things that my disciples and I have seen and know are true, but you (pl) do not admit that what my disciples and I are saying is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_12","073_3_12","JHN","3","12","12","I have told you about the things that happen here on earth that are true, but you (pl) do not believe me. So if I tell you (sg) about things that happen in heaven, ◄you certainly will not believe me!/how will you believe me?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_13","073_3_13","JHN","3","13","13","I am the only one who has gone up to heaven; no one else has gone up there. I am also the one who came down from heaven. So I know what happens there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_14","073_3_14","JHN","3","14","14","Long ago when the Israelite people rebelled against God in the desolate area, God sent poisonous snakes to bite them. But when Moses lifted up on a pole the model of a poisonous snake, everyone who looked at that model was healed from their snake bites. Similarly, even though I am the one who came from heaven, some day people will lift me up on a cross to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_15","073_3_15","JHN","3","15","15","As a result, everyone who believes/trusts in me will have eternal life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_16","073_3_16","JHN","3","16","16","God loved us people MTY in the world so much that he gave his only Son as a sacrifice for us, in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_17","073_3_17","JHN","3","17","17","When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the people in MTY the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} from being ◄guilty/punished► for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_18","073_3_18","JHN","3","18","18","Everyone who trusts in his Son, God says that they will not be punished {that he will not punish them}. But God has already said that everyone who does not trust in his Son will be punished {that he will punish everyone who does not trust in his Son}, because they have not trusted in what his only Son has done for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_19","073_3_19","JHN","3","19","19","The one who was like a light MET to reveal God’s truth to us came into the world. But people loved doing what was evil, like darkness MET is evil, instead of loving the one who was like a light. That is the reason God will judge people and condemn them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_20","073_3_20","JHN","3","20","20","Everyone who does what is evil hates the one who is like a light, and they will not come to the one who is like a light, because it would be shown {the one who is like a light would show} that their deeds are evil, and he would rebuke them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_21","073_3_21","JHN","3","21","21","But those who live according to God’s truth come to the one who is like a light, in order that it may be seen clearly {that people may see clearly} that the things they have done, they did them because they have depended on God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_22","073_3_22","JHN","3","22","22","Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and directed us as we baptized people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_23","073_3_23","JHN","3","23","23","John the Baptizer was also baptizing people. He was doing that at Aenon village near Salim town in Samaria district, because there were many springs in that area. Many people kept coming to John and were being baptized {he was baptizing them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_24","073_3_24","JHN","3","24","24","That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_25","073_3_25","JHN","3","25","25","Then some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew started arguing about the Jewish rituals of washing things to make them acceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_26","073_3_26","JHN","3","26","26","Then those disciples went to John and said to him, “Teacher, do you remember the man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling us about. Well, now he is baptizing people, and many people are going to him instead of coming to us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_27","073_3_27","JHN","3","27","27","John replied, “A person can become important only if God MTY permits it. So we should not be jealous about Jesus being popular! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_28","073_3_28","JHN","3","28","28","You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not ◄the Messiah/God’s promised king►. Instead, I told you that I was sent {that God sent me} to prepare the way for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_29","073_3_29","JHN","3","29","29","Let me illustrate MET: He is like a ◄bridegroom/man who is being married►, and I am like his friend. The friend of the bridegroom stands there and waits for him to come. That friend is very happy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice when he arrives. Similarly, I am very happy about what you have told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_30","073_3_30","JHN","3","30","30","It is necessary for Jesus to become more important by making more disciples than I have, and for me to become less important.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_31","073_3_31","JHN","3","31","31","Jesus came from heaven. He is more important than anyone else. Those who are born from parents here on earth MTY are just humans, and they speak about things that happen here on the earth. But since Jesus came from heaven, his words are more important than anyone else’s. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_32","073_3_32","JHN","3","32","32","He tells people what he has seen and what he heard in heaven, but very few people HYP listen to what he says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_33","073_3_33","JHN","3","33","33","Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_34","073_3_34","JHN","3","34","34","We know it is true because Jesus, the one God sent, speaks the message of God. That is also true because God causes his Spirit to live in Jesus to completely direct everything he says and does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_35","073_3_35","JHN","3","35","35","God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN3_36","073_3_36","JHN","3","36","36","Those who trust in God’s Son have eternal life. But those who reject God’s Son will never have eternal life. Instead, God is angry with them and he will surely punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_1","073_4_1","JHN","4","1","2","At that time, many people were asking Jesus to baptize them. He did not baptize people; it was we his disciples who were doing the baptizing. But when some of the Pharisee religious group heard people say that Jesus was making more disciples than John the Baptizer and was baptizing them, they became very jealous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_3","073_4_3","JHN","4","3","3","When the Lord Jesus heard about that, so that the Pharisees would not cause trouble for him, he left Judea district, and went again with us disciples to Galilee district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_4","073_4_4","JHN","4","4","4","He knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_5","073_4_5","JHN","4","5","5","So we arrived at a town named Sychar in Samaria district. That was near the plot of ground that our ancestor Jacob had given to his son Joseph long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_6","073_4_6","JHN","4","6","8","The well that used to belong to Jacob was on that plot of ground. Jesus was tired from walking. So while we disciples went into the town to buy some food, he sat down alongside the well. It was about noontime. A woman who lived there in Samaria came to get some water from the well. Jesus said to her, “Will you give me from the well some water to drink?” The woman knew that Jews did not like ◄to touch things that belong to Samaritans/to come near Samaritans►, (OR, Jews did not like to associate with Samaritans,) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_9","073_4_9","JHN","4","9","9","so the woman said to him, “You are a Jew, and I am from Samaria. Furthermore, I am a woman. So ◄I am surprised that you are asking me for a drink of water!/how is it that you are asking me for a drink of water?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_10","073_4_10","JHN","4","10","10","Jesus replied to her, “If you (sg) knew what God wanted to give you, and if you knew who I am, the one who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me, and I would have given you water that gives life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_11","073_4_11","JHN","4","11","11","She thought he was talking about ordinary water. So she said to him, “Sir, you do not have a bucket or a rope with which to get water from the well, and the well is deep. So since you cannot get water from this well, where can you get that life-giving water? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_12","073_4_12","JHN","4","12","12","Our ancestor Jacob left us this well. He drank water from it, and there was enough good water so that his sons and his flocks of sheep and goats drank from it also. Do you claim that you are greater than Jacob, and because of that you can give us life-giving water?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_13","073_4_13","JHN","4","13","13","Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this well will later become thirsty again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_14","073_4_14","JHN","4","14","14","But those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. On the contrary, the water that I give them will become in their inner beings like a spring of water that will enable them to have eternal life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_15","073_4_15","JHN","4","15","15","The woman did not understand that Jesus was speaking figuratively about something that would sustain her spiritually. So she said to him, “Sir, give me that kind of water so that I will not get thirsty again, and so that I will not have to keep returning here to get water!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_16","073_4_16","JHN","4","16","16","Jesus knew that she did not understand, but he wanted to show her by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that because he was the Messiah he could supply her spiritual need. So he said to her, “Woman, go and call your husband, and bring him here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_17","073_4_17","JHN","4","17","17","She replied, “I do not have a husband!” Jesus said to her, “You said that you do not have a husband, and that is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_18","073_4_18","JHN","4","18","18","It is also true that you have had five husbands one by one. And the man you are living with now is not your husband! What you have said is very true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_19","073_4_19","JHN","4","19","19","The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet because you are able to know people’s secrets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_20","073_4_20","JHN","4","20","20","But let me ask you a different question: Our ancestors worshipped God here on Gerizim Mountain, but you Jews say that Jerusalem is the place where we must worship God. So who is right?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_21","073_4_21","JHN","4","21","21","Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me when I say that there will be a time when it will not matter whether you worship God our Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem or somewhere else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_22","073_4_22","JHN","4","22","22","You people from Samaria do not know the one you are worshipping. But we (exc) Jews know whom we worship, because it is from us Jews that God has sent the one who will save people from the guilt of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_23","073_4_23","JHN","4","23","23","However, there will be a time when those who genuinely worship God will worship him as God’s Spirit directs and according to God’s truth. In fact, that time is now. Those are the kind of worshipers my Father seeks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_24","073_4_24","JHN","4","24","24","God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit directs and according to God’s truth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_25","073_4_25","JHN","4","25","25","The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything we need to know.” (‘Messiah’ and ‘Christ’ both mean ‘God’s promised king’.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_26","073_4_26","JHN","4","26","26","Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am the Messiah!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_27","073_4_27","JHN","4","27","27","Just then we disciples returned from town. Since it was contrary to our custom for Jewish religious teachers to converse with a woman they did not know, we were surprised that he was talking to a woman. However, none of us asked her, “What do you want?” and none of us asked him, “Why are you talking with her?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_28","073_4_28","JHN","4","28","28","The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_29","073_4_29","JHN","4","29","29","“Come and see a man who was able to tell me all about my past life HYP, even though I never met him before Could this man be the Messiah?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_30","073_4_30","JHN","4","30","30","So many people left the town and started going to where Jesus was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_31","073_4_31","JHN","4","31","31","Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat some of the food we brought!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_32","073_4_32","JHN","4","32","32","But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_33","073_4_33","JHN","4","33","33","So we started saying to each other, “◄Surely no one has brought him any food when we were not here!/Has anyone brought him any food when we were not here?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_34","073_4_34","JHN","4","34","34","Jesus said to us, “Doing what my Father who sent me wants me to do and finishing the work he gave me to do is ◄what sustains me/like my food► MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_35","073_4_35","JHN","4","35","35","At this time of the year you are saying (OR, your ancestors used to say), ‘There are four months left before we harvest the crops.’ But I say to you, look carefully at the non-Jewish people around here. God says, ‘They are ready to accept my message MET, like crops in fields that are ready for people to harvest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_36","073_4_36","JHN","4","36","36","If you help them to accept my message, I will reward you MET, as an owner of a field pays those who harvest the crops. Because of your work, people will gain eternal life.’ I have been telling people God’s message. That is like MET a man who plants seeds. You will help people to accept my message. That will be like MET harvesting crops. When that happens, both you and I will rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_37","073_4_37","JHN","4","37","37","As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants seeds, but others harvest the crops. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_38","073_4_38","JHN","4","38","38","I am sending you to enable people to accept my message, but you will not be the first ones who tell them God’s message. Others previously worked hard to tell people God’s message, and now you will be harvesting the results of their work.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_39","073_4_39","JHN","4","39","39","Many of the Samaria district people who lived in that town believed that Jesus was the Messiah because they heard what that woman said about Jesus, “That man was able to tell me all about my past life HYP!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_40","073_4_40","JHN","4","40","40","So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_41","073_4_41","JHN","4","41","41","Many more of those people believed ◄in Jesus/that he was the Messiah► because of what he said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_42","073_4_42","JHN","4","42","42","They told the woman, “We believe in Jesus now, but not just  because of what you told us. Now we have heard him ourselves. And now we know that this man truly is the one who can  save people MTY from the guilt of their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_43","073_4_43","JHN","4","43","44","Jesus had said previously that people did not honor prophets like himself when they tried to teach people in their own home area. So, two days later, Jesus and we disciples left that area and went to his own area in Galilee district, because he knew that people there would not think very highly of him, and as a result the Jewish leaders would not be jealous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_45","073_4_45","JHN","4","45","45","However, when we arrived in Galilee district, many of the people there welcomed him, because they had been in Jerusalem during the Passover celebration and had seen all the things he did there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_46","073_4_46","JHN","4","46","46","Jesus went again to Cana in Galilee district. That was where he previously turned water into wine. There was one of the king’s officials who lived in Capernaum, whose son was very sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_47","073_4_47","JHN","4","47","47","When that man heard others say that Jesus had returned to Galilee district from Judea district, he went to Jesus in Cana and pleaded with him, “Please come down to Capernaum and heal my son, who is about to die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_48","073_4_48","JHN","4","48","48","Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform more miracles!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_49","073_4_49","JHN","4","49","49","But the official said to him, “Sir, ◄I believe in you/I believe that you came from God►. So please come down to my home before my son dies!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_50","073_4_50","JHN","4","50","50","Jesus said to him, “Then you may go home. Your son ◄will live/not die►!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_51","073_4_51","JHN","4","51","51","The next day while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_52","073_4_52","JHN","4","52","52","He asked them, “At what time did my son start to become well?” They said to him, “His fever ceased yesterday afternoon at one o’clock.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_53","073_4_53","JHN","4","53","53","Then the boy’s father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, “Your son will ◄live/not die►.” So he and all the people in his house believed that Jesus was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN4_54","073_4_54","JHN","4","54","54","That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee district, after he had returned from Judea district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_1","073_5_1","JHN","5","1","1","Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having another celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_2","073_5_2","JHN","5","2","2","At one of the gates into the city called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. Around the pool were five open areas with roofs over them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_3","073_5_3","JHN","5","3","4","Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_5","073_5_5","JHN","5","5","5","One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_6","073_5_6","JHN","5","6","6","Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, “Do you want to become well?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_7","073_5_7","JHN","5","7","7","The paralyzed man replied to him, “Yes, sir, I want to get well, but there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get to the pool, someone else always gets there before me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_8","073_5_8","JHN","5","8","8","Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_9","073_5_9","JHN","5","9","9","The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking! The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_10","073_5_10","JHN","5","10","10","So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “Today is ◄the Sabbath/our rest day►, and in our Jewish laws it is written that people should not work on our ◄Sabbath/rest day►, so you should not be carrying your mat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_11","073_5_11","JHN","5","11","11","The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_12","073_5_12","JHN","5","12","12","They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk!’?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_13","073_5_13","JHN","5","13","13","But since Jesus had disappeared in the crowd without telling the man his name, the man did not know who it was who had healed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_14","073_5_14","JHN","5","14","14","Later, Jesus found the man in the Temple courtyard. He told the man his name, and said to him, “Listen! You are healed! So stop sinning! If you do not stop sinning, something will happen to you that will be worse than the illness you had before!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_15","073_5_15","JHN","5","15","15","The man went away and told the Jewish leaders SYN that it was Jesus who had healed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_16","073_5_16","JHN","5","16","16","So the Jewish leaders SYN started to harass Jesus, because Jesus was doing these things ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_17","073_5_17","JHN","5","17","17","Then Jesus replied to them, “My Father has always been working every day, including ◄the Sabbath/the day of rest►, up until now. I am doing the same thing!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_18","073_5_18","JHN","5","18","18","The Jewish leaders SYN considered that he was disobeying their rules about ◄the Sabbath/the day of rest►, and that by saying that God was his Father, he was making himself equal with God. And they considered that both these things were grounds for killing him. So they tried even harder to find a way to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_19","073_5_19","JHN","5","19","19","Jesus replied to them by saying, “You need to know this: I can do nothing by my own authority. I do only the kind of things that I see my Father doing. Whatever kinds of things my Father is doing, those are the things I am doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_20","073_5_20","JHN","5","20","20","My Father loves me, and he shows me everything that he is doing. He will show me the miracles that he wants me to do that will be greater than the ones that you have already seen me do, so that you may be amazed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_21","073_5_21","JHN","5","21","21","For example, just like my Father causes people who have died to become alive again, I will give eternal life to everyone that I want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_22","073_5_22","JHN","5","22","22","Furthermore, my Father is not the one who judges people concerning their sins. Instead, he has given to me the work of judging people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_23","073_5_23","JHN","5","23","23","in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor my Father. My Father considers that anyone who does not honor me is not honoring him, the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_24","073_5_24","JHN","5","24","24","Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that God is the one who sent me have eternal life. God will not ◄condemn them/say that he will punish them►. They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_25","073_5_25","JHN","5","25","25","Listen to this carefully: There will be a time when those who are ◄spiritually dead/separated from God► will hear the voice of me, ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. In fact, it is that time already. Those who hear and pay attention to my message will have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_26","073_5_26","JHN","5","26","26","My Father has power to make things live. Similarly, he has given me the power to enable people to live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_27","073_5_27","JHN","5","27","27","Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people concerning their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_28","073_5_28","JHN","5","28","28","Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_29","073_5_29","JHN","5","29","29","and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good lives will rise from their graves and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will ◄condemn them/declare that I will punish them for their sins►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_30","073_5_30","JHN","5","30","30","I do not do anything like that by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear my Father tell me. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please my Father, who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_31","073_5_31","JHN","5","31","31","If I were the only one to tell people about myself, people could rightly say that what I say is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_32","073_5_32","JHN","5","32","32","But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_33","073_5_33","JHN","5","33","33","As for you, when you sent messengers to John the Baptizer to ask about me, he told the truth about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_34","073_5_34","JHN","5","34","34","I do not need that people tell others about me. But instead, I am reminding you about what John told people about me, in order that you will believe it and be saved {God will save you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_35","073_5_35","JHN","5","35","35","John’s message about me (OR, John) MET was like a lamp that shines brightly. For a short while you were willing to be made happy by that message {to let that message make you happy}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_36","073_5_36","JHN","5","36","36","But there is something else that tells you about me. It should prove who I am more than what John said about me. The miracles PRS that my Father told me to do, the miracles that I am performing, show (OR, prove) to people that my Father sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_37","073_5_37","JHN","5","37","37","Furthermore, my Father, who sent me, tells people about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_38","073_5_38","JHN","5","38","38","Furthermore, you have not believed in me, the one he sent. So you have not believed his message in your inner beings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_39","073_5_39","JHN","5","39","39","You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by studying them you will find the way to have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_40","073_5_40","JHN","5","40","40","But you refuse ◄to come to me/to believe my message► in order that you may have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_41","073_5_41","JHN","5","41","41","It does not matter to me whether people praise me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_42","073_5_42","JHN","5","42","42","But you want people to praise you. I know that within yourselves you do not love God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_43","073_5_43","JHN","5","43","43","Although I have come to earth with my Father’s authority MTY, you do not accept me. But if someone else comes with his own authority MTY, you accept him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_44","073_5_44","JHN","5","44","44","You accept your praising each other, but you do not try to do things that will result in God himself praising you. So ◄there is no way you can believe in me!/how can you believe my message?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_45","073_5_45","JHN","5","45","45","But do not think that I am the one who will accuse you while my Father is listening! No, it is Moses who will accuse you! You thought that he would defend you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_46","073_5_46","JHN","5","46","46","Moses wrote about me, so if you had believed what he wrote, you would have believed what I said ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN5_47","073_5_47","JHN","5","47","47","But because you did not believe what he wrote about me, ◄you will certainly not believe what I say!/how will you believe what I say?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_1","073_6_1","JHN","6","1","1","Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went with us disciples by boat and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is also called Tiberias Lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_2","073_6_2","JHN","6","2","2","A large crowd of people kept following Jesus on land because they had been seeing the miracles he performed by healing sick people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_3","073_6_3","JHN","6","3","3","Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with us disciples to teach us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_4","073_6_4","JHN","6","4","4","Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_5","073_6_5","JHN","6","5","5","He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_6","073_6_6","JHN","6","6","6","He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what Jesus could do, because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_7","073_6_7","JHN","6","7","7","Philip replied to him, “Even if we had the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_8","073_6_8","JHN","6","8","8","Another one of us disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s younger brother, said to Jesus, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_9","073_6_9","JHN","6","9","9","“There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two cooked fish. But ◄they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_10","073_6_10","JHN","6","10","10","Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down!” There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down comfortably. There were about 5,000 men among the crowd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_11","073_6_11","JHN","6","11","11","Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked God for them. Then he gave them to us, and we distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. Because God caused the food to keep increasing, everyone ate as much as they wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_12","073_6_12","JHN","6","12","12","When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to us disciples, “Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_13","073_6_13","JHN","6","13","13","So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_14","073_6_14","JHN","6","14","14","After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, many of them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet like Moses that God promised to send to the world!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_15","073_6_15","JHN","6","15","15","So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him their king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_16","073_6_16","JHN","6","16","16","When it was evening, we disciples went down to Galilee Lake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_17","073_6_17","JHN","6","17","17","When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, we got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_18","073_6_18","JHN","6","18","18","A strong wind started to blow and caused the water ◄to become very rough/to have high waves►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_19","073_6_19","JHN","6","19","19","After we had rowed ◄three or four miles/five or six kilometers►, we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_20","073_6_20","JHN","6","20","20","But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_21","073_6_21","JHN","6","21","21","We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as we did that, the boat reached the shore where we were going! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_22","073_6_22","JHN","6","22","22","The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area. They knew that there had been only one boat there the previous day. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_23","073_6_23","JHN","6","23","23","Then some men came from Tiberias city in boats. They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks and caused it to multiply. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_24","073_6_24","JHN","6","24","24","When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, some of them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_25","073_6_25","JHN","6","25","25","When they found him in Capernaum further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, since you(sg) did not come in a boat, when and how did you get here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_26","073_6_26","JHN","6","26","26","Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw me perform miracles and as a result have realized who I really am. No! You are looking for me only because you had plenty of bread to eat after I provided it for you by performing a miracle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_27","073_6_27","JHN","6","27","27","Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get spiritual food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God my Father has shown that he approves of me enabling me to do that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_28","073_6_28","JHN","6","28","28","Then the people asked him, “What things should we do to please God?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_29","073_6_29","JHN","6","29","29","Jesus replied, “What God wants you to do is this: He wants you to believe that I am the one he has sent.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_30","073_6_30","JHN","6","30","30","So they said to him, “Then perform another miracle so that we may see it and believe that you came from God. What miracle would you like to perform? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_31","073_6_31","JHN","6","31","31","Our ancestors ate the food called manna that God provided for them by a miracle in the desolate area. This is written {The Psalmist wrote this} in the Scriptures about what Moses caused to happen: ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ Will you perform a miracle like that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_32","073_6_32","JHN","6","32","32","So Jesus said to them, “The truth is that it was not Moses who gave your ancestors that food from heaven. No, it was my Father who gave it to them. And my Father is the one who gives you the true food from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_33","073_6_33","JHN","6","33","33","The true bread from God came down from heaven, and he is the one who will give eternal life to the people of the world MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_34","073_6_34","JHN","6","34","34","Not understanding what he meant, they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_35","073_6_35","JHN","6","35","35","Jesus said to them, “Just like food MET sustains physical life, I am the one who enables you to have spiritual life. Those who eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty. But those who come to me to receive that life will never again lack anything spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_36","073_6_36","JHN","6","36","36","I told you before that you have seen my miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am, you have not believed in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_37","073_6_37","JHN","6","37","37","All the people that my Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly ◄welcome/never send away► LIT anyone who comes to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_38","073_6_38","JHN","6","38","38","When I came down from heaven, it was not to do what I want. Instead, I came to do what ◄God/my Father►, who sent me, wants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_39","073_6_39","JHN","6","39","39","What the one who sent me wants is that I ◄keep forever all/never lose any► LIT of those whom he has entrusted to me. He wants me to cause all of them to become alive again ◄on the last day/on the day when I judge everyone► MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_40","073_6_40","JHN","6","40","40","Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed MET. What my Father wants is that similarly everyone who looks at what I have done and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again ◄on the last day/on the day when I judge everyone► MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_41","073_6_41","JHN","6","41","41","The Jewish leaders SYN began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the one who is like true bread who came down from heaven.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_42","073_6_42","JHN","6","42","42","They said, “◄This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?► RHQ We know the names of both his father and his mother. He certainly did not come from heaven, so ◄he is lying by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_43","073_6_43","JHN","6","43","43","Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves about what I just said! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_44","073_6_44","JHN","6","44","44","My Father, who sent me, makes people want to come to me. No others will come to me to receive eternal life. Those who come to me are the only ones who will believe in me. I will ◄cause them to be alive again/raise them from the dead► ◄on the last day/on the judgment day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_45","073_6_45","JHN","6","45","45","It was written ◄by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah► {◄One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah► wrote} about all those who will trust in me, ‘God will teach them all.’ Everyone who listens to what my Father says and learns from him will ◄come to/believe in► me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_46","073_6_46","JHN","6","46","46","I came from God. I am the only one who has seen my Father. No one else has seen him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_47","073_6_47","JHN","6","47","47","Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ◄my message/in me► has eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_48","073_6_48","JHN","6","48","48","Just like food MET sustains your physical life, I am the one who enables you to have spiritual life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_49","073_6_49","JHN","6","49","49","Even though your ancestors ate the manna while they were traveling in the desolate area, they died anyway. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_50","073_6_50","JHN","6","50","50","But the bread I am talking about is something that came down from heaven. If people eat that bread, their spirits will never die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_51","073_6_51","JHN","6","51","51","I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have spiritual life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to all the people in MTY the world in order that they may have spiritual life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_52","073_6_52","JHN","6","52","52","Then the Jewish leaders SYN began to argue among themselves. They said, “◄There is no way this man can give us his flesh to eat!/How can this man give us his flesh to eat?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_53","073_6_53","JHN","6","53","53","So, speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins MET, Jesus said to them, “Listen carefully to this: Although I am the one who came from heaven, if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_54","073_6_54","JHN","6","54","54","Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at ◄the last day/the judgment day►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_55","073_6_55","JHN","6","55","55","because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_56","073_6_56","JHN","6","56","56","Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_57","073_6_57","JHN","6","57","57","My Father, who is the source of everything that lives, sent me, and I live because my Father has given me life. Similarly those who eat my flesh will live eternally because of what I do for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_58","073_6_58","JHN","6","58","58","I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate manna, they later died anyway. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_59","073_6_59","JHN","6","59","59","He said this while he was teaching people in ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► in Capernaum. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_60","073_6_60","JHN","6","60","60","After they heard him say that, many of his disciples said, “What he is teaching is hard to understand; ◄it is very difficult for anyone to accept it!/how can anyone accept it?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_61","073_6_61","JHN","6","61","61","Jesus was aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, so he said to them, “◄I am sorry that this is offending you./Is this offending you?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_62","073_6_62","JHN","6","62","62","◄Perhaps you will believe my message if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending there to where I was before!/(What will you think if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending there to where I was before)?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_63","073_6_63","JHN","6","63","63","God’s Spirit is the one who gives people eternal life. Human efforts are no help at all for giving people eternal life. The message I have spoken to you gives spiritual life (OR, comes from God’s Spirit and gives eternal life.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_64","073_6_64","JHN","6","64","64","But there are some of you who do not believe my message.” Jesus said that because he knew from the time he started MTY his ministry which of them would not believe his message. He also knew who would ◄betray him/enable his enemies to seize him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_65","073_6_65","JHN","6","65","65","Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled to believe in me will come to me and receive eternal life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_66","073_6_66","JHN","6","66","66","From that time, many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_67","073_6_67","JHN","6","67","67","So he said to us twelve apostles, “You do not want to leave me also, do you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_68","073_6_68","JHN","6","68","68","Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, we will not leave you, because ◄there is no other person like you to whom we can go!/what other person is there like you to whom we can go?► RHQ You have the message about eternal life! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_69","073_6_69","JHN","6","69","69","We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one who has come from God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_70","073_6_70","JHN","6","70","70","Then Jesus replied to us, “You are saying that as though all you twelve men whom I have chosen RHQ believe that. But one of you is under the control of Satan!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN6_71","073_6_71","JHN","6","71","71","He was talking about Judas, the son of Simon, from Kerioth village. Even though Judas was one of us twelve apostles, he was about ◄to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_1","073_7_1","JHN","7","1","1","After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee province. He did not want to travel in Judea province, because he knew that the Jewish leaders there were wanting to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_2","073_7_2","JHN","7","2","2","But when the time of the Jewish celebration called ‘Celebration of Living in Shelters’ was near, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_3","073_7_3","JHN","7","3","3","Jesus’ younger brothers said to him, “Since many people here have left you, you should leave and go to Judea province and perform some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_4","073_7_4","JHN","7","4","4","No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. You say you are doing these miracles, so do some miracles there so that everyone MTY can see them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_5","073_7_5","JHN","7","5","5","They said this critically, because even though they were his own younger brothers, they did not believe he was from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_6","073_7_6","JHN","7","6","6","So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me MTY to go to the celebration. For you, any time is right to go to the celebration. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_7","073_7_7","JHN","7","7","7","The people MTY who ◄do not believe in me/do not belong to God► cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_8","073_7_8","JHN","7","8","8","You (pl) go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up to Jerusalem to the celebration yet, because now is not the right time for me to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_9","073_7_9","JHN","7","9","9","After he said that, Jesus stayed a little longer in Galilee. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_10","073_7_10","JHN","7","10","10","However, a few days after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with us disciples, but no others went with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_11","073_7_11","JHN","7","11","11","At the celebration, the Jewish leaders were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_12","073_7_12","JHN","7","12","12","Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_13","073_7_13","JHN","7","13","13","But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_14","073_7_14","JHN","7","14","14","In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple courtyard and began to teach people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_15","073_7_15","JHN","7","15","15","The Jewish elders were amazed at what he was saying. They said, “This man never studied in one of our religious schools! So ◄how can he have learned so much about Scripture?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned so much about Scripture!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_16","073_7_16","JHN","7","16","16","Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from God, the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_17","073_7_17","JHN","7","17","17","Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with only my own authority. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_18","073_7_18","JHN","7","18","18","Those who speak with only their own authority do that only so that others will honor them. But I am doing things so that others will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_19","073_7_19","JHN","7","19","19","Think about the laws that Moses gave you RHQ. None of you completely obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, saying I do not obey the laws concerning ◄the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest►?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_20","073_7_20","JHN","7","20","20","Someone in the crowd answered, “By saying this you show that you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_21","073_7_21","JHN","7","21","21","Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle of healing someone ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, you are all shocked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_22","073_7_22","JHN","7","22","22","Moses gave you a law that you must circumcise the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually, it was your ancestors, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, not Moses, who started that ritual. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, but that is working, too ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_23","073_7_23","JHN","7","23","23","You sometimes circumcise boys ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {you do not disobey the law of Moses}, so ◄it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying I worked ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying I worked ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day► by healing a man?► RHQ Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_24","073_7_24","JHN","7","24","24","Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action to help people”! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_25","073_7_25","JHN","7","25","25","Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “◄This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_26","073_7_26","JHN","7","26","26","He is saying these things ◄publicly/in front of many people►, but our Jewish rulers are not saying anything to oppose him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly ◄the Messiah/God’s chosen king►? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_27","073_7_27","JHN","7","27","27","But he cannot be the Messiah, because we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_28","073_7_28","JHN","7","28","28","They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth. So while Jesus was teaching people in the Temple courtyard, he shouted, “Yes, you say that you know me, and you think you know IRO where I am from. But I have come here not ◄because I appointed myself/with my own authority►. Instead, God is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_29","073_7_29","JHN","7","29","29","But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_30","073_7_30","JHN","7","30","30","Then they tried to seize him because he said that he had come from God. But no one put their hands on him to do that, because it was not yet the time MTY for him to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_31","073_7_31","JHN","7","31","31","But many of the crowd believed that he had come from God. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_32","073_7_32","JHN","7","32","32","The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_33","073_7_33","JHN","7","33","33","Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_34","073_7_34","JHN","7","34","34","Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_35","073_7_35","JHN","7","35","35","So the Jewish leaders SYN said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? Some Jewish people have dispersed and live among Greek people. He is not intending to go and live among them and teach them, is he? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_36","073_7_36","JHN","7","36","36","When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what did he mean?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_37","073_7_37","JHN","7","37","37","On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up in the Temple courtyard and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink what I will give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_38","073_7_38","JHN","7","38","38","Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live eternally.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_39","073_7_39","JHN","7","39","39","When Jesus said that, he was referring to God’s Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit to live within believers, because Jesus had not yet died and returned to his glorious home in heaven, from where he would send the Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_40","073_7_40","JHN","7","40","40","When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet whom God promised to send who would be like Moses!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_41","073_7_41","JHN","7","41","41","Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, thinking Jesus was born in Galilee, said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee province, will he? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_42","073_7_42","JHN","7","42","42","◄Did a prophet not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from King David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where King David lived?/It is written in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from King David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where King David lived!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_43","073_7_43","JHN","7","43","43","So the people were divided because of what they thought about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_44","073_7_44","JHN","7","44","44","Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_45","073_7_45","JHN","7","45","45","So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus. They said to the guards, “Why did you not seize him and bring him here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_46","073_7_46","JHN","7","46","46","They replied, “No one ever spoke such amazing things as this man does!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_47","073_7_47","JHN","7","47","47","Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has he deceived you}, too? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_48","073_7_48","JHN","7","48","48","◄None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that <he is the Messiah!/he came from God!>/Have any of our Jewish rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that <he is the Messiah?/he came from God?>► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_49","073_7_49","JHN","7","49","49","Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd have believed in him. They do not know the true teachings of our laws! They will go to hell for listening to him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_50","073_7_50","JHN","7","50","50","Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus at night. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to the rest of the Council members, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_51","073_7_51","JHN","7","51","51","“We have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. ◄It is not permitted in our Jewish law PRS for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our Jewish law PRS for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_52","073_7_52","JHN","7","52","52","They replied to him, “◄Are you another disgusting person from Galilee?/You talk like another disgusting person from Galilee!► RHQ Read what is written in the Scriptures You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee province, like he does!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN7_53","073_7_53","JHN","7","53","53","Then they all left and went to their own homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_1","073_8_1","JHN","8","1","1","But Jesus went with us disciples to Olive Tree Hill and we stayed near there that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_2","073_8_2","JHN","8","2","2","Early the next morning, we returned to the Temple courtyard. Many people gathered around Jesus, so he sat down to teach them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_3","073_8_3","JHN","8","3","3","Then men who taught the Jewish laws and some of SYN the Pharisee religious group brought a woman to him. She was seized {They had arranged to seize her} while she was having sex with a man who was not her husband. They made her stand up in front of the group that was listening to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_4","073_8_4","JHN","8","4","4","Then they said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was seized {we seized this woman} while she was having sex with a man who is not her husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_5","073_8_5","JHN","8","5","5","Moses commanded us in the laws that he gave us that we should throw stones at such women and kill them. So what do you say we should do?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_6","073_8_6","JHN","8","6","6","They asked this question as a trap so that they could accuse him. If he said that they should not kill her, they would shame him for disobeying the law of Moses. If he said that they should kill her, they could accuse him to the Roman governor. But Jesus bent down and wrote something on the ground with his finger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_7","073_8_7","JHN","8","7","7","While they continued to question him, he stood up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has never sinned can be the first one to start throwing stones at her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_8","073_8_8","JHN","8","8","8","Then he stooped down and wrote some more on the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_9","073_8_9","JHN","8","9","9","After they heard what he said, those who were questioning him went away, one by one, the older ones first and then the younger ones, knowing they were all sinners. Finally only Jesus was there, along with the woman. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_10","073_8_10","JHN","8","10","10","Jesus stood up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one said you must die for your sin?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_11","073_8_11","JHN","8","11","11","She said, “No, sir, no one.” Then Jesus said, “I do not condemn you either. Go home now, and do not continue your sinful life any longer!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_12","073_8_12","JHN","8","12","12","Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, “I am like a light MET for all the people in MTY the world. Just like a light reveals what has been in the darkness MET, I reveal God’s truth to them. Those who walk in the darkness are unaware of what is around them. But those who become my disciples will always be aware of God’s truth MET. They will have my light which shows them how to have eternal life.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_13","073_8_13","JHN","8","13","13","So the Pharisees said to him, “You are just telling about yourself! Since there is no one else to verify these things that you say about yourself, we do not need to accept that what you say is true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_14","073_8_14","JHN","8","14","14","Jesus replied, “Even if I were the only one to say these things about myself, what I say is true, because I know that I came from heaven, and I know that I am going back to heaven. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_15","073_8_15","JHN","8","15","15","You judge people according to human standards. The reason that I am here is not ◄to condemn people/to say that I will punish people► for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_16","073_8_16","JHN","8","16","16","But if I did judge people, what I decided would be correct, because I am not the only one who will decide those things. I and the one who sent me will both decide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_17","073_8_17","JHN","8","17","17","It is written {Moses wrote} in your law that if at least two people testify that some event has happened, people should consider that what they say is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_18","073_8_18","JHN","8","18","18","I am telling you about myself, and the other one who is telling you about me is my Father who sent me. So you should believe that what we declare is true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_19","073_8_19","JHN","8","19","19","Then they asked him, “If you have a father whom we can question about you, where is he?” Jesus replied, “You do not know who I really am. If you knew who I really am, you would know who my Father is also.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_20","073_8_20","JHN","8","20","20","He said these things when he was in the Temple courtyard, near the place where the people put their offerings. This was also very close to the place where the Jewish council met. But no one seized him to arrest him, because it was not yet time MTY for him to suffer and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_21","073_8_21","JHN","8","21","21","Jesus also said to them, “I will soon be going away. Then at the end of your life you will seek me, but you will die without God forgiving your sins. Where I will go, you will not be able to come.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_22","073_8_22","JHN","8","22","22","So the Jewish leaders said among themselves, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that the reason that he said, ‘Where I go, you will not be able to come’?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_23","073_8_23","JHN","8","23","23","But Jesus continued by saying to them, “You were born here in this world, but I came from heaven. You belong to those who are opposed to God MTY. I do not belong to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_24","073_8_24","JHN","8","24","24","I told you that you will die without God forgiving your sins. If you do not believe that I am who I say that I am, you will die without God forgiving your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_25","073_8_25","JHN","8","25","25","So they said to him, “You! Who do you think you are?” Jesus said to them, “Ever since I began teaching, I have been telling you who I am! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_26","073_8_26","JHN","8","26","26","I could judge you and say that you are guilty of many things. But instead, I will say only what the one who sent me tells me to say. What he says is true, and I tell the people in the world MTY what I have heard from him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_27","073_8_27","JHN","8","27","27","They did not understand that he was talking about his Father in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_28","073_8_28","JHN","8","28","28","So Jesus said, “I am the one who came down from heaven, but when you lift me up on a cross to kill me, you will know who I am. You will also know that I do not do anything with my own authority. Instead, I say just what my Father has taught me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_29","073_8_29","JHN","8","29","29","He is the one who sent me, and he helps me. Because I always do the things that please him, he has never abandoned me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_30","073_8_30","JHN","8","30","30","As Jesus was saying these things, many people believed that he was ◄from God/the Messiah►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_31","073_8_31","JHN","8","31","31","Then Jesus said to the Jews who now said they believed in him, “If you continue to live in accordance with my message, you will truly be my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_32","073_8_32","JHN","8","32","32","Then you will know God’s truth, and as a result of your believing his truth, he PRS will free you from being controlled by the one who has made you his slaves.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_33","073_8_33","JHN","8","33","33","They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham. We have never been anyone’s slaves. So why do you say we will be freed from being someone’s slaves?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_34","073_8_34","JHN","8","34","34","Jesus replied, “Listen carefully to what I am going to tell you. All those who continue to sin are forced to obey their sinful desires MET, just like a slave is forced to obey his master. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_35","073_8_35","JHN","8","35","35","A slave is not a permanent member of a family. But a son is a member of a family forever. Similarly, you say you are members of God’s family because you are descendants of Abraham, but really, because you are like slaves of your sinful desires, you are no longer permanent members of God’s family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_36","073_8_36","JHN","8","36","36","So if you allow me to free you, you will truly be free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_37","073_8_37","JHN","8","37","37","I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you are trying to kill me because you are not allowing PRS my message to continue to change your inner being. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_38","073_8_38","JHN","8","38","38","I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you do the things that you have heard from your father.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_39","073_8_39","JHN","8","39","39","They replied to him, “Abraham is our ancestor.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s descendants, your character would be like Abraham’s character, and you would do good things like Abraham did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_40","073_8_40","JHN","8","40","40","I have been telling you the truth that I heard from God, but you are trying to kill me. Abraham did not do things like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_41","073_8_41","JHN","8","41","41","No! You are doing the things that your real father does.” They said to him, “We do not know about you, but we are not illegitimate children. And spiritually, we have only one Father. That is God, and you do not know who your father is!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_42","073_8_42","JHN","8","42","42","Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, because I came from God, and now I have come here to this world. My coming was not ◄because I appointed myself/with my own authority►. He sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_43","073_8_43","JHN","8","43","43","◄And I will tell you why you do not understand what I say./Do you know why you do not understand what I say?► RHQ It is because you do not want to accept my message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_44","073_8_44","JHN","8","44","44","You belong to your father, ◄the devil/Satan►, and you desire to do what he wants. He has caused people to become murderers from the time when people first sinned. He has abandoned God’s truth because he is a liar by his nature. Whenever he lies, he is speaking according to his nature, because he is a liar and is the one who originates MET all lies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_45","073_8_45","JHN","8","45","45","But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_46","073_8_46","JHN","8","46","46","Since I have never sinned, ◄none of you can show that I have sinned./can anyone among you show that I have sinned?► RHQ So, since I tell you the truth, ◄there is no good reason for your not believing me!/why is it that you do not believe me?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_47","073_8_47","JHN","8","47","47","Those who belong to God habitually obey God’s message. You do not belong to God, so you do not obey his message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_48","073_8_48","JHN","8","48","48","The Jewish leaders SYN replied to him, “◄We are certainly right by saying that you believe what is false as the Samaritans do!/Are we not right by saying that you believe what is false as the Samaritans do?► RHQ And that ◄a demon/an evil spirit► controls you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_49","073_8_49","JHN","8","49","49","Jesus replied, “A demon does not control me! I honor my Father, and you do not honor me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_50","073_8_50","JHN","8","50","50","I am not trying to honor myself. There is someone else who desires to honor me, and he is the one who will judge whether it is I who am telling the truth or whether it is you who are telling the truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_51","073_8_51","JHN","8","51","51","But the truth is that anyone who obeys what I say will never die!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_52","073_8_52","JHN","8","52","52","Then the Jewish leaders SYN, thinking that he was talking about ordinary death and not about spiritual death, said to him, “Now we are sure that a demon controls you! Abraham and the prophets died long ago! But you say that anyone who obeys what you teach will never die! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_53","073_8_53","JHN","8","53","53","◄You are certainly not greater than our ancestor Abraham!/Do you think you are greater than our ancestor Abraham?► RHQ He died, and all the prophets died, so who do you think you are by saying something like that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_54","073_8_54","JHN","8","54","54","Jesus replied, “If I were honoring myself, that would be worthless. My Father is the one who you say is your God. He is the one who honors me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_55","073_8_55","JHN","8","55","55","Although you do not know him, I know him and have a close relationship with him. If I said that I did not know him, I would be a liar like you are. But I know him, and I obey what he says. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_56","073_8_56","JHN","8","56","56","Your ancestor Abraham was happy when he thought about what I would do during my life MTY. It was as though he saw that, and was happy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_57","073_8_57","JHN","8","57","57","Then the Jewish leaders SYN said to him, “You are not 50 years old yet! So ◄you certainly did not see him!/how could you have seen him?► RHQ Because he died long ago!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_58","073_8_58","JHN","8","58","58","Jesus said to them, “The truth is that I existed before Abraham was born!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN8_59","073_8_59","JHN","8","59","59","So, because they were very angry about Jesus thus saying that he ◄had eternally existed/was equal with God►, they picked up stones to throw at him to kill him. But Jesus caused them not to be able to see him, and he left the Temple courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_1","073_9_1","JHN","9","1","1","As Jesus walked along with us, he saw a man who had been blind from the time he was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_2","073_9_2","JHN","9","2","2","We disciples asked him, “Teacher, was this man blind from when he was born because his parents sinned or because he himself sinned?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_3","073_9_3","JHN","9","3","3","Jesus replied, “His being blind was not because he or his parents sinned. Instead, he has been blind in order that people can see the power of God {the power of God can be seen} as a result of what will now happen to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_4","073_9_4","JHN","9","4","4","While there is still time, I must do the work that the one who sent me wants me to do. Just like daytime is followed by nighttime when people do not work, at the end of our lives MET it is too late for us to do what God wants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_5","073_9_5","JHN","9","5","5","While I am still living in this world, I am the one who enables people to know about God, like MET a light enables the people in MTY this world to see what is in the darkness.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_6","073_9_6","JHN","9","6","6","After he said that, he spat on the ground. He made a little bit of mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_7","073_9_7","JHN","9","7","7","Then he said to him, “Go and wash in Siloam pool!” (That name means ‘sent;’ just like they sent the water by a channel into the pool, God sent Jesus). So the man went and washed in the pool, and when he went home he was able to see! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_8","073_9_8","JHN","9","8","8","His neighbors and others who previously had seen him when he was begging said, “He is the man who used to sit here and beg, isn’t he?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_9","073_9_9","JHN","9","9","9","Some said, “Yes, he is.” Others said, “No, he is not. It is just a man who looks like him!” But the man himself said, “Yes, I am that man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_10","073_9_10","JHN","9","10","10","So they said to him, “How is it that now you can see?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_11","073_9_11","JHN","9","11","11","He replied, “The man whose name is Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam pool and wash. So I went there and washed, and then I could see.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_12","073_9_12","JHN","9","12","12","They said to him, “Where is that man now?” He said, “I do not know.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_13","073_9_13","JHN","9","13","13","They took to the Pharisees the man who was previously blind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_14","073_9_14","JHN","9","14","14","The day on which Jesus made the mud and enabled the man to see again was a ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►. The Pharisees considered that healing someone was work, and their rules did not permit people to do any work ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_15","073_9_15","JHN","9","15","15","So the Pharisees also asked that man, “How did you become able to see?” He said to them, “The man put mud on my eyes. Then I washed, and now I can see!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_16","073_9_16","JHN","9","16","16","So some of the Pharisees said, “Since this man Jesus disobeys our rules about working ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►, he is not from God.” But others said, “If he was a sinner, ◄he could certainly not do such miracles!/how could he do such miracles?► RHQ” So they were divided. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_17","073_9_17","JHN","9","17","17","So one of them said to the blind man again, “You are the man whom he enabled to see. What do you yourself say about him?” The man said, “I think he is a prophet!” So they told him to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_18","073_9_18","JHN","9","18","18","The Jewish leaders SYN still did not believe that the man was blind when he was born, and that he was now able to see. So they sent someone to bring the man’s parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_19","073_9_19","JHN","9","19","19","When they got there, one of the Jewish leaders asked them, “Is that man your son? Do you say that he was blind when he was born? If that is true, how is he now able to see?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_20","073_9_20","JHN","9","20","20","His parents replied, “We know that he is our son. We know that he was blind when he was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_21","073_9_21","JHN","9","21","21","But we do not know how he is able to see now. We also do not know who enabled him to see. Ask our son! He is old enough to answer questions from authorities like you He can tell you himself!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_22","073_9_22","JHN","9","22","22","The Jewish leaders SYN had previously declared that they would prevent anyone who declared that Jesus was the Messiah from entering their synagogues. His parents knew that, so they were afraid of the Jewish leaders SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_23","073_9_23","JHN","9","23","23","That is the reason that they said, “He is old enough to answer questions, so ask him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_24","073_9_24","JHN","9","24","24","So they sent someone to bring back to them the man who had been blind. When he got there, the Jewish leaders said to him, “Knowing that God is listening IDM, tell the truth! We know that the man who healed you is a sinner.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_25","073_9_25","JHN","9","25","25","He replied, “I do not know if he is a sinner or not. But one thing I do know is that I was blind, but now I can see!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_26","073_9_26","JHN","9","26","26","So they said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he enable you to see?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_27","073_9_27","JHN","9","27","27","He replied, “I told you that already, but you did not RHQ pay attention! Why do you want to hear me tell you again? ◄Do you also want to become his disciples?/You talk as though IRO you also want to become his disciples RHQ►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_28","073_9_28","JHN","9","28","28","Then they insulted him angrily. They said, “You are that man’s disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_29","073_9_29","JHN","9","29","29","We know that God spoke to Moses; but this man, we do not know where he is from or where he gets any authority from!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_30","073_9_30","JHN","9","30","30","The man replied, “That is very surprising! You say that you do not know where he gets any authority. But he enabled me to see! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_31","073_9_31","JHN","9","31","31","We know that God does not help sinners who ask God to help them. Instead, he listens to and helps godly people who pray. He listens to people who do what God wants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_32","073_9_32","JHN","9","32","32","No one has ever enabled a man to see who was blind when he was born like I was. That has never happened since the world began! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_33","073_9_33","JHN","9","33","33","So if this man had not come from God, he would not be able to do anything like that!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_34","073_9_34","JHN","9","34","34","They replied to him, “You ◄were born as a result of your parents’ sin EUP/bastard►! ◄Do you think you are qualified to teach us?/You are not qualified to teach us!► RHQ” Then they threw him out of the synagogue. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_35","073_9_35","JHN","9","35","35","Jesus heard people say that they had thrown that man out. He found the man and said to him, “Do you believe that the one who came down from heaven is the Messiah?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_36","073_9_36","JHN","9","36","36","The man answered, “Sir, who is he? Tell me, in order that I may believe in him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_37","073_9_37","JHN","9","37","37","Jesus said to him, “You have seen him. In fact, it is I, the one who am speaking to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_38","073_9_38","JHN","9","38","38","The man said, “Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah!” Then he knelt down before Jesus and worshipped him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_39","073_9_39","JHN","9","39","39","Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge the people in the world. The result will be that those who realize that they do not know God’s truth will perceive it. That is like MET enabling those who are blind to see. But the result will also be that people who falsely think IRO that they understand God’s truth will never understand it. That is like MET people who are blind remaining blind permanently.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_40","073_9_40","JHN","9","40","40","Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard him say that, and said to him, “You are not suggesting that we are like blind people, are you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN9_41","073_9_41","JHN","9","41","41","Jesus said to them, “If you realized that you did not yet know God’s truth, but you wanted to, then you would be like blind people who wanted to see. God would be able to forgive your sins. But you are now falsely claiming that you know God’s truth, so you are like people who are blind who claim that they can see. Because of that, God is not able to forgive your sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_1","073_10_1","JHN","10","1","1","Jesus continued by saying to us, “Listen carefully to what I say. Anyone who does not enter the sheep pen through the gate, if he climbs in some other way, he is a thief or a bandit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_2","073_10_2","JHN","10","2","2","The man who enters the pen through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_3","073_10_3","JHN","10","3","3","The man who watches the gate at night opens the gate for him. The sheep recognize the shepherd’s voice. He summons his own sheep by calling out the names he has given them. Then he leads them outside the pen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_4","073_10_4","JHN","10","4","4","After he has brought out all his own sheep, he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize and pay attention to his voice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_5","073_10_5","JHN","10","5","5","But they will never follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_6","073_10_6","JHN","10","6","6","Jesus said that MET to illustrate the difference between himself and the Pharisees, who were deceiving the people. But they did not understand what he was telling them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_7","073_10_7","JHN","10","7","7","So Jesus spoke to them again. He said, “Listen carefully to what I am saying. I am like MET a gate for the sheep to enter the sheepfold, because I am the one who allows people to enter God’s presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_8","073_10_8","JHN","10","8","8","All of your religious leaders who have come previously without my authority are like MET thieves and bandits because they act violently and dishonestly for their own benefit. But just like sheep do not obey strangers, God’s people do not pay attention to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_9","073_10_9","JHN","10","9","9","I am like a gate. Those will be saved {God will save all those} who come to God by trusting in me. Just like sheep go in and out through the gate safely to find pasture MET, I will provide for them and protect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_10","073_10_10","JHN","10","10","10","Thieves come to a sheep pen only to steal or kill or destroy sheep MET. Similarly, your religious leaders injure God’s people spiritually. But I have come in order that people may have eternal/spiritual life, and that they may have abundantly all they need to sustain them spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_11","073_10_11","JHN","10","11","11","I am like a good shepherd. A good shepherd is willing to die to save the sheep MET. Similarly, I am ready to sacrifice myself to save those who belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_12","073_10_12","JHN","10","12","12","A worker whom someone has hired to look after the sheep is not like the shepherd or the one who owns the sheep. So when he sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock of sheep and seizes one sheep and causes the others to scatter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_13","073_10_13","JHN","10","13","13","The worker runs away because he is only a man whom someone has hired. He is not really concerned about what happens to the sheep MET. Similarly, your religious teachers do not really care what happens to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_14","073_10_14","JHN","10","14","14","I am like a good shepherd. Just like a good shepherd knows his sheep MET, I know those who belong to me, and they know me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_15","073_10_15","JHN","10","15","15","in the same way as my Father knows me and I know my Father. Furthermore, I am ready to sacrifice myself for those who belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_16","073_10_16","JHN","10","16","16","And I have other people who are not Jews who will some day belong to me. They will be like MET sheep from another sheep pen. I must bring them to God/myself also. They will pay attention to what I say, and eventually all those who belong to me will be like one flock, and I will be like MET their one shepherd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_17","073_10_17","JHN","10","17","17","The reason my Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But after I do that, I will become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_18","073_10_18","JHN","10","18","18","No one is causing me to die. Instead, I have chosen to sacrifice myself. I have authority to sacrifice myself and I have authority to become alive again. That is what my Father has commanded me to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_19","073_10_19","JHN","10","19","19","After hearing these words that Jesus said, the Jews were divided again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_20","073_10_20","JHN","10","20","20","Many of them said, “A demon is controlling him and has caused him to become crazy. ◄It is useless to listen to him!/Why should we listen to him?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_21","073_10_21","JHN","10","21","21","But others said, “What he is saying is not something a man whom a demon is controlling would say. ◄No demon could enable a blind man to see like he did!/ How could a demon enable a blind man to see like he did?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_22","073_10_22","JHN","10","22","22","Then it was time for the celebration to remember when our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem. It was in winter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_23","073_10_23","JHN","10","23","23","Jesus was in the Temple courtyard, walking in the place that people called King Solomon’s porch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_24","073_10_24","JHN","10","24","24","The Jewish leaders SYN gathered around him and said, “How long will you keep us from knowing for sure if you are the Messiah? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_25","073_10_25","JHN","10","25","25","Jesus answered them, “I have told you that I am the Messiah, but you do not believe me! You should know who I am because of the miracles I do with my Father’s authority MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_26","073_10_26","JHN","10","26","26","But instead, you do not believe in me because you do not belong to me. You are like MET sheep who belong to a different shepherd. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_27","073_10_27","JHN","10","27","27","Just like sheep heed the voice of their true shepherd MET, my people pay attention to what I say. I know them, and they have become my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_28","073_10_28","JHN","10","28","28","I will give them eternal life. No one will separate them from me, not ever. No one shall ever pull them away from belonging to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_29","073_10_29","JHN","10","29","29","Those that my Father has given to me are more precious than anything else (OR, My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than anything that opposes them). So no one can pull them away from belonging to him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_30","073_10_30","JHN","10","30","30","My father and I are equal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_31","073_10_31","JHN","10","31","31","The Jewish leaders SYN again picked up stones to throw at Jesus and kill him because they were angry at his saying that he was equal with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_32","073_10_32","JHN","10","32","32","But Jesus said to them, “You have seen me perform many miracles that my Father told me to do. You should realize from seeing them that I am equal with God. So, because of which of these miracles IRO are you wanting to kill me by throwing stones at me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_33","073_10_33","JHN","10","33","33","The Jewish leaders SYN replied, “We are wanting to throw stones at you not because you performed a great miracle. Instead, we are wanting to do it because you are dishonoring God. You are just a man, but you are saying that you are God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_34","073_10_34","JHN","10","34","34","Jesus replied to them, “In the Scriptures it is written {◄someone/the Psalmist► has written} RHQ what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed, ‘I have said that you are like gods.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_35","073_10_35","JHN","10","35","35","God said that to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that. And nothing that is in Scripture can be set aside {no one can set aside anything that is in Scripture}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_36","073_10_36","JHN","10","36","36","But I am the one my Father set apart to completely belong to him. He sent me here into this world. So ◄why are you angry with me for saying that I am equal with God when I say that I am the man who is also God?/you should not be angry with me for saying that I am equal with God when I say that I am the person who is both God and man!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_37","073_10_37","JHN","10","37","37","If I were not doing the miracles that my Father told me to do, I would not expect you to believe in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_38","073_10_38","JHN","10","38","38","But because I perform these miracles, believe what these miracles show about me, even though you do not believe what I say. If you do that, then you will know and understand that my Father has a close relationship with me, and I have a close relationship with my Father.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_39","073_10_39","JHN","10","39","39","After they heard that, they tried to seize him again, but he got away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_40","073_10_40","JHN","10","40","40","Then Jesus went, along with us, back across to the east side of the Jordan River. We went to the place where John was previously baptizing people. He/We stayed there for a few weeks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_41","073_10_41","JHN","10","41","41","Many people came to Jesus. They were saying, “John never performed a miracle, but this man has performed many miracles! Everything that John said about this man is true!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN10_42","073_10_42","JHN","10","42","42","Many people who came there believed ◄that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_1","073_11_1","JHN","11","1","1","One time there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was very sick. He lived in Bethany village, where his older sisters Mary and Martha also lived. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_2","073_11_2","JHN","11","2","2","Mary was the woman who later poured perfume on the feet of the Lord Jesus, and then wiped his feet with her hair. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_3","073_11_3","JHN","11","3","3","So the two sisters sent someone to tell Jesus about Lazarus, saying, “Lord, the one you love very much is very sick.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_4","073_11_4","JHN","11","4","4","They hoped that Jesus would come, but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in people realizing how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of what I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_5","073_11_5","JHN","11","5","5","Jesus loved Martha and her younger sister Mary and Lazarus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_6","073_11_6","JHN","11","6","6","But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_7","073_11_7","JHN","11","7","7","But Jesus wanted to see Lazarus. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_8","073_11_8","JHN","11","8","8","We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish leaders SYN wanted to kill you by throwing stones at you. So ◄we think that you should not go back there again!/are you sure that you want to go back there again?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_9","073_11_9","JHN","11","9","9","To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen MET, Jesus replied, “There are RHQ twelve hours in the daytime, which is enough time to do what God wants us to do. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble over things they cannot see, because they see things by the light from the sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_10","073_11_10","JHN","11","10","10","It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_11","073_11_11","JHN","11","11","11","After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_12","073_11_12","JHN","11","12","12","So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. So you do not need to risk your life by going there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_13","073_11_13","JHN","11","13","13","Jesus was speaking figuratively about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_14","073_11_14","JHN","11","14","14","So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_15","073_11_15","JHN","11","15","15","But for your sake I am glad that I was not there when he died, because I want you to believe more firmly that I ◄am the Messiah/came from God►. So now, instead of staying here, let’s go to him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_16","073_11_16","JHN","11","16","16","Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus when his enemies kill him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_17","073_11_17","JHN","11","17","17","When we arrived close to Bethany, someone told Jesus that Lazarus had died and had been buried and his body had been in the tomb for four days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_18","073_11_18","JHN","11","18","18","Bethany is less than ◄two miles/three kilometers► from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_19","073_11_19","JHN","11","19","19","Many Jews had come from Jerusalem to console Martha and Mary over the death of their younger brother. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_20","073_11_20","JHN","11","20","20","When Martha heard someone say that Jesus was coming, she went along the road to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_21","073_11_21","JHN","11","21","21","When Martha got to where Jesus was, she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died because you would have healed him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_22","073_11_22","JHN","11","22","22","But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask concerning my brother.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_23","073_11_23","JHN","11","23","23","Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_24","073_11_24","JHN","11","24","24","Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the Judgment day.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_25","073_11_25","JHN","11","25","25","Jesus said to her, “I am the one who enables people to become alive again and who causes people to live eternally. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_26","073_11_26","JHN","11","26","26","Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, their souls will not die forever. Do you believe that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_27","073_11_27","JHN","11","27","27","She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►. You are the one God promised to send into the world!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_28","073_11_28","JHN","11","28","28","After she said that, she returned to the house and took her younger sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close to our village, and he wants to talk to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_29","073_11_29","JHN","11","29","29","When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_30","073_11_30","JHN","11","30","30","Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_31","073_11_31","JHN","11","31","31","The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb where they had buried Lazarus, in order to cry there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_32","073_11_32","JHN","11","32","32","When Mary got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my younger brother would not have died!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_33","073_11_33","JHN","11","33","33","When Jesus saw her crying, and saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry that Satan had caused Lazarus to die (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_34","073_11_34","JHN","11","34","34","He said, “Where have you buried ◄him/his body►?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_35","073_11_35","JHN","11","35","35","Jesus began to cry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_36","073_11_36","JHN","11","36","36","Then some of the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_37","073_11_37","JHN","11","37","37","But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So ◄he should have been able to heal this man so that he did not die!/why did he not heal this man so that he did not die?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_38","073_11_38","JHN","11","38","38","Within himself Jesus was again very angry about Lazarus dying (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_39","073_11_39","JHN","11","39","39","Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, who, as I mentioned before, was an older sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his body has been in the tomb for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_40","073_11_40","JHN","11","40","40","Jesus said to her, “I told RHQ you that if you believed in ◄me/what I can do►, you would see how great God is! Have you forgotten that?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_41","073_11_41","JHN","11","41","41","So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up toward heaven and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me when I prayed about this earlier. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_42","073_11_42","JHN","11","42","42","I know that you always hear me when I pray. But instead of just praying silently, I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to believe that you sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_43","073_11_43","JHN","11","43","43","After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_44","073_11_44","JHN","11","44","44","The man who had been dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his hands and feet, and a cloth was still around his face, but he came out! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” So they did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_45","073_11_45","JHN","11","45","45","As a result, many of the Jews who had come to see Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ◄was the Messiah/had come from God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_46","073_11_46","JHN","11","46","46","But some of the others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_47","073_11_47","JHN","11","47","47","So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the Jewish Council together. They started saying to each other, “What are we going to do about Jesus? He is performing many miracles! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_48","073_11_48","JHN","11","48","48","If we allow him to keep doing this, everyone will believe ◄in him/that he is the Messiah►, and they will make him their king. Then the Roman army will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_49","073_11_49","JHN","11","49","49","One of the Jewish Council members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus, he said to them, “You talk as though you do not know anything HYP! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_50","073_11_50","JHN","11","50","50","You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that the Romans kill all the people of our Jewish nation.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_51","073_11_51","JHN","11","51","51","He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole Jewish nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_52","073_11_52","JHN","11","52","52","But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who would belong to God, in order that he would unite all of them into one group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_53","073_11_53","JHN","11","53","53","So from that day the Jewish leaders started to make plans how they could kill Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_54","073_11_54","JHN","11","54","54","Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left Jerusalem, along with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there for a while. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_55","073_11_55","JHN","11","55","55","When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, many Jews went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable to God before the Passover celebration started. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN11_56","073_11_56","JHN","11","56","57","The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. So the people thought that Jesus would probably not dare to come to the celebration. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple courtyard they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_1","073_12_1","JHN","12","1","1","Six days before the Passover celebration started, Jesus arrived in Bethany village, along with us. That was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Jesus previously caused to be alive again after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_2","073_12_2","JHN","12","2","2","There they gave a dinner to honor Jesus. Martha served the meal. Her younger brother, Lazarus, was among the people who were eating with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_3","073_12_3","JHN","12","3","3","Then Mary took a bottle of expensive perfume called nard and poured it on Jesus’ feet to honor him. Then she wiped his feet with her hair. The whole house was filled with the beautiful smell of the perfume. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_4","073_12_4","JHN","12","4","4","But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town) objected. He was the one who later enabled Jesus’ enemies to seize him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_5","073_12_5","JHN","12","5","5","He said, “◄We should have sold this perfume and given the money to poor people!/Why did we not sell this perfume and give the money for it to the poor people?► RHQ We could have gotten 300 days’ wages for it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_6","073_12_6","JHN","12","6","6","He said that, not because he cared about the poor people, but instead, because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the bag of funds that people gave to help Jesus and us his disciples, and he often stole some of the money that was {that people} put into it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_7","073_12_7","JHN","12","7","7","Then Jesus said, “Do not bother her! She bought this perfume in order to save it until the day when they will bury me after I die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_8","073_12_8","JHN","12","8","8","There will always be poor people among you, so you can help them whenever you want to. But I will not be with you much longer, so it is good that she showed right now how much she appreciates me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_9","073_12_9","JHN","12","9","9","A large crowd of Jews heard people say that Jesus was there in Bethany. So they came, not only to see Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the man whom he had caused to become alive again after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_10","073_12_10","JHN","12","10","10","So the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_11","073_12_11","JHN","12","11","11","because many of the Jews were deserting them and going to Jesus and believing in him because of Jesus causing Lazarus to be alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_12","073_12_12","JHN","12","12","12","The next day the huge crowd of people that had come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_13","073_12_13","JHN","12","13","13","So they cut branches from some palm trees and took the branches out of the city to wave them when they met him. Some of them were shouting things like, “Hooray!” “May the Lord God bless the one who is coming with his authority MTY!” Some other people were shouting, “May God bless the King of Israel!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_14","073_12_14","JHN","12","14","14","When Jesus came near to Jerusalem, he got a young donkey and sat on it as he rode into the city. By doing this, he fulfilled what had been written {what a prophet had written} in Scripture, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_15","073_12_15","JHN","12","15","15","You people of Jerusalem, do not be afraid! Look! Your king is coming! He is riding on a donkey’s colt! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_16","073_12_16","JHN","12","16","16","At first we disciples did not understand those things. But after Jesus had returned to heaven, we realized that those things had been written {that a prophet had written those things} about him, and that by doing those things for him the people had fulfilled what the prophet prophesied. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_17","073_12_17","JHN","12","17","17","The crowd that was with him continued to tell other people that he called Lazarus to come out of the tomb, and that Lazarus had then become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_18","073_12_18","JHN","12","18","18","Because of that, many people, because they heard others say that he had performed this miracle, went to meet him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_19","073_12_19","JHN","12","19","19","So the Pharisees said to each other, “It is obvious that we are making no progress in trying to stop him! It looks like HYP everyone MTY is becoming his disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_20","073_12_20","JHN","12","20","20","Among those who went up to Jerusalem to worship God during the Passover celebration were some Greeks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_21","073_12_21","JHN","12","21","21","They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida town in Galilee province. They wanted him to do something for them. They said, “Sir, we would like to talk with Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_22","073_12_22","JHN","12","22","22","So after Philip went and told that to Andrew, they both went and told Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_23","073_12_23","JHN","12","23","23","Then, to show them that he must die in order to give eternal life to non-Jews like those Greeks, Jesus replied to them, “It is time for God to honor me, the one who came from heaven. That will happen when I die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_24","073_12_24","JHN","12","24","24","Listen to this carefully: My life is like a seed MET. If someone does not plant a kernel of grain in the ground, it does not change. It remains only one seed. But if it changes after it is planted in the ground, it will grow and produce many seeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_25","073_12_25","JHN","12","25","25","Anyone who strongly wants to keep on living here on earth will surely lose his life forever. But anyone who is willing to die HYP for my sake will surely gain eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_26","073_12_26","JHN","12","26","26","If any of these Greeks or anyone else wants to serve me, they must become my disciples. Then, after they die, they will be where I am, in heaven. My Father will honor all those who serve me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_27","073_12_27","JHN","12","27","27","Now I am deeply disturbed. ◄I do not know what to say./What shall I say?► RHQ Should I say, ‘My Father, save me from this time when I will suffer and die!’? No, I should not say that, because the reason I came ◄into this world/from heaven► was that I would suffer MTY now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_28","073_12_28","JHN","12","28","28","My Father, show how great you are!” John 12:28b-36a Then God spoke EUP from heaven, saying, “I have already shown how great I am, and I will do it again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_29","073_12_29","JHN","12","29","29","The crowd that was there heard it but they did not understand the words. Some said it was thunder. Others said an angel had spoken to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_30","073_12_30","JHN","12","30","30","Jesus replied to them, “The voice that you heard speaking was God’s voice, but it was not for my benefit. It was for your benefit! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_31","073_12_31","JHN","12","31","31","Now is the time for God to judge the people in MTY the world. Now is the time when I will destroy the power of Satan, the one who rules this world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_32","073_12_32","JHN","12","32","32","But as for me, when I am lifted {when men lift me} up from the ground on a cross, I will make a way for gathering everyone to myself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_33","073_12_33","JHN","12","33","33","He said this to show us the way in which he was going to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_34","073_12_34","JHN","12","34","34","Someone in the crowd answered him, “We understand from the Scriptures that the Messiah will live forever. So why do you say that the one who came from heaven, who is the Messiah, will be lifted up {that men will lift up the one who came from heaven, who is the Messiah,} on a cross? What kind of man who came from heaven are you talking about? (OR, That’s not the kind of Messiah we are expecting!)” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_35","073_12_35","JHN","12","35","35","Then Jesus said to them, “My message is like MET a light for you. I will be with you for only a little while longer. Live and act as you should while I am still with you, because suddenly you will have no more opportunity to hear my message! You do not want to be like MET someone who cannot see where he is going any more when it suddenly becomes dark! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_36","073_12_36","JHN","12","36","36","Believe in my message MET while you still have an opportunity to do it, in order that you may become people who have accepted my truth MET!” John 12:36b-43 After Jesus said those things, he left them and hid from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_37","073_12_37","JHN","12","37","37","Although he had done many miracles while people were watching, most of them refused to believe that he is ◄the Messiah/from God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_38","073_12_38","JHN","12","38","38","Their stubbornness and refusal to believe was similar to the stubbornness of the people that the prophet Isaiah wrote about long ago: Lord, ◄hardly anyone has believed our message!/who has believed our message?► RHQ Most people refused to accept it, even though you showed them your power! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_39","073_12_39","JHN","12","39","39","That was the reason why they were unable to believe. It was like Isaiah wrote somewhere else that God said: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_40","073_12_40","JHN","12","40","40","They have refused to understand; they acted as though they were blind people! They were insensible in their inner beings! As a result, they have not perceived my truth! They have not understood it in their inner beings! They have not turned from their sinful lives, and because of that I cannot help them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_41","073_12_41","JHN","12","41","41","Isaiah wrote that because it was as though he saw ahead of time how great Jesus would be, and he prophesied those things about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_42","073_12_42","JHN","12","42","42","Although most of the Jewish leaders SYN did not believe that Jesus is ◄the Messiah/from God►, some of them believed in him. But they would not tell anyone that they believed in him, because they were afraid that if they said that, the Pharisees would not let them worship in the synagogues. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_43","073_12_43","JHN","12","43","43","They wanted people to praise them more than they wanted God to praise them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_44","073_12_44","JHN","12","44","44","Another day, when Jesus was teaching the people, he shouted, “Those who believe in me, they are not believing in me alone. Instead, it is as though they also believe in the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_45","073_12_45","JHN","12","45","45","When they see me and what I am doing, it is as though they are seeing the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_46","073_12_46","JHN","12","46","46","I have come into the world to show people God’s truth, as a light shows people what is around them. I have come in order that people who believe in me will not remain ignorant of God’s truth MET, as those who are in the darkness are ignorant of what is around them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_47","073_12_47","JHN","12","47","47","As for those who hear my message but do not obey its commands, I am not the one who judges them. The main reason that I came ◄into the world/from heaven► was not to judge the people of MTY the world. Instead, I came to save them from being punished for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_48","073_12_48","JHN","12","48","48","There is something that will judge those who reject me and do not accept my message. On the judgment day God will condemn them because they rejected the message that I have told them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_49","073_12_49","JHN","12","49","49","I have not said things from my own authority. Instead, my Father, the one who sent me, instructed me what to say and how I should say it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN12_50","073_12_50","JHN","12","50","50","I know that paying attention to what he has instructed us leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is exactly (OR, only) what my Father has told me to say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_1","073_13_1","JHN","13","1","1","When it was the evening before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that it was time for him to leave this world and to return to his Father in heaven. He loved us who were his disciples. He knew we would continue to live here in this world, so now he showed us how completely he loved us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_2","073_13_2","JHN","13","2","2","We were eating the Passover meal. ◄The devil/Satan► had already suggested to Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), the son of Simon, that he should ◄betray Jesus/enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_3","073_13_3","JHN","13","3","3","But Jesus knew that his Father had given to him complete authority to control the situation. He knew that he had come from God and would soon return to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_4","073_13_4","JHN","13","4","4","But before he left us, he wanted to show us how we should love each other. So he got up from where he was eating. He took off his outer cloak and wrapped a long towel around his waist, as a slave would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_5","073_13_5","JHN","13","5","5","Then he poured some water in a basin. He began to wash our feet, and then dry them with the towel that he had wrapped around himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_6","073_13_6","JHN","13","6","6","When he came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, it is not right for you RHQ to humble yourself by washing my feet!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_7","073_13_7","JHN","13","7","7","Jesus replied to him, “Now you do not understand the meaning of what I am doing, but you will understand later.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_8","073_13_8","JHN","13","8","8","Peter said, “I will never, ever, allow you to wash my feet!” Jesus replied to him, “If I do not wash you, you cannot continue ◄to be my disciple/to belong to me►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_9","073_13_9","JHN","13","9","9","So Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, in that case, do not wash only my feet. Wash my hands and my head, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_10","073_13_10","JHN","13","10","10","Then, to show him that after God had cleansed people from being guilty for sin, they needed only for God to forgive their daily sins MET, Jesus said to him, “Those who have recently bathed need only to have their feet washed, because they get dirty very quickly on the dusty roads. The rest of their bodies are clean. Similarly, I have made you disciples free/clean from the guilt of your sins, although not all of you are free from guilt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_11","073_13_11","JHN","13","11","11","He knew which one of us was going to betray him. That is the reason he said, “Not all of you are free from guilt.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_12","073_13_12","JHN","13","12","12","After he finished washing our feet, he put his cloak back on. Then he sat down and said to us, “Do you understand what I have done for you? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_13","073_13_13","JHN","13","13","13","You show that you respect me by calling me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’. You are right to say that, because I am your teacher and your Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_14","073_13_14","JHN","13","14","14","But if I, who am your teacher and your Lord, have washed your feet, you ought to serve each other by doing things like washing each other’s feet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_15","073_13_15","JHN","13","15","15","I have made myself an example for you in order that you should humbly serve each other as I have done for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_16","073_13_16","JHN","13","16","16","Listen to this carefully: A servant is not greater than his master. A messenger is not greater than the one who has sent him. So, since you are not greater than I am, you should not be proud and unwilling to serve each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_17","073_13_17","JHN","13","17","17","Since you now know these things, God will be pleased with you if you do them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_18","073_13_18","JHN","13","18","18","“I am not saying that God will bless all of you. I knew what all of you were like when I chose you. But I also chose the one who will betray me, in order that what is written in Scripture might be fulfilled {to fulfill what someone/the psalmist wrote in Scripture}, ‘The one who is acting like he is my friend by eating with me has become my enemy IDM.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_19","073_13_19","JHN","13","19","19","I am telling you about someone betraying me before it happens, in order that when it happens, you may continue to believe that I am ◄the Messiah/who I say I am►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_20","073_13_20","JHN","13","20","20","Listen to this carefully: Those who accept any one of you whom I am sending out, God will consider that they are accepting me. And those who accept me, God will consider that they are accepting my Father, who sent me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_21","073_13_21","JHN","13","21","21","After Jesus said this, he was very troubled. He solemnly declared, “Listen to this carefully: One of you is going to enable my enemies to seize me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_22","073_13_22","JHN","13","22","22","We looked at each other. We had no way to know whom he was talking about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_23","073_13_23","JHN","13","23","23","I, the man other people call ‘the one Jesus loved’, was sitting very close to Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_24","073_13_24","JHN","13","24","24","Simon Peter motioned to me to indicate that I should ask Jesus whom he was talking about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_25","073_13_25","JHN","13","25","25","So I leaned close to Jesus and asked him, “Lord, who is it?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_26","073_13_26","JHN","13","26","26","Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I dip it in the sauce in the dish.” Then, to show us that he knew who would enable his enemies to seize him, after he dipped the bread in the sauce, he gave it to Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_27","073_13_27","JHN","13","27","27","As soon as Judas ate the bread, Satan took control of him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_28","073_13_28","JHN","13","28","28","But none of the rest of us who were sitting there knew why Jesus said that to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_29","073_13_29","JHN","13","29","29","Since Judas took care of the money people gave us to help us, some thought Jesus was telling him to go and buy some things we needed for the Passover celebration. Some thought he was telling him to give some money to poor people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_30","073_13_30","JHN","13","30","30","As soon as Judas had eaten the bread, he left. It was dark outside, and it was dark MET in his soul, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_31","073_13_31","JHN","13","31","31","After Judas left, Jesus said, “Now it will be shown {my Father will show} how wonderful I, the one who came from heaven, am. And by what I do it will be seen {people will see} how great God is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_32","073_13_32","JHN","13","32","32","Since by what I do people will see how awesome God is, God himself will show people how awesome I am. And he will do that very soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_33","073_13_33","JHN","13","33","33","You whom I love as though you were my children, I will continue with you only a short time longer. Then you will look for me, but I will not be here. Just like I told the Jewish leaders SYN, I am telling you now, that where I am going, you cannot come yet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_34","073_13_34","JHN","13","34","34","Now I am giving you a new commandment: You must love each other. You must love each other in the way that I have loved you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_35","073_13_35","JHN","13","35","35","If you keep loving each other, everyone who is aware of that HYP will know that you are my disciples.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_36","073_13_36","JHN","13","36","36","Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “The place where I am going, you cannot come with me now, but you will come there later.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_37","073_13_37","JHN","13","37","37","Peter said, “Lord, why can I not come with you now? I am ready to die for you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN13_38","073_13_38","JHN","13","38","38","Jesus answered, “You say RHQ that you are ready to die for me. But the truth is that before the rooster crows early tomorrow morning, you will say three times that you do not know me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_1","073_14_1","JHN","14","1","1","Jesus continued by saying to us, “Stop being anxious/worried. Keep on trusting in God (OR, You are trusting in God); also keep trusting in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_2","073_14_2","JHN","14","2","2","Where my Father is in heaven there is plenty of room! If that were not true, I would have told you. I am about to go there to prepare a place for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_3","073_14_3","JHN","14","3","3","And because I will go there and prepare a place for you, I will return and take you there to be with me. I will do that so that you may also be where I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_4","073_14_4","JHN","14","4","4","You know the road to the place where I am going.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_5","073_14_5","JHN","14","5","5","Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. So how can we know the road?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_6","073_14_6","JHN","14","6","6","Jesus said to him, “I am the road MET to where my Father is. I am the one who reveals MET the truth about God and the one who gives eternal life to people. I am the only one who can enable people to come to my Father. There is no other way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_7","073_14_7","JHN","14","7","7","If you really knew who I was, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and it is as though you have seen him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_8","073_14_8","JHN","14","8","8","Philip said to him, “Lord, show us your Father and that will be enough for us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_9","073_14_9","JHN","14","9","9","Jesus said to him, “Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So ◄surely you should know who I really am!/why have you not come to know who I really am?► RHQ Those who have seen me, it is as though they have seen my Father. So ◄why do you say ‘Show us your Father’?/you should not say ‘Show us your Father’!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_10","073_14_10","JHN","14","10","10","Do you not RHQ believe that I have a close relationship with my Father, and that my Father has a close relationship with me? The messages that I tell you do not come from me. They come from my Father, who has a close relationship with me. He is enabling me to teach these things, and to perform the miracles that he wants me to perform. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_11","073_14_11","JHN","14","11","11","Believe that I have a close relationship with my Father and that my Father has a close relationship with me. If you do not believe that just because of what I say, believe it because of the miracles themselves that I have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_12","073_14_12","JHN","14","12","12","Listen to this carefully: You who trust in me will do the kinds of miracles that I have done. Because of what I will do for you (OR, Because I will send God’s Spirit to you) after I go to my Father, you will be able to do miracles that will be greater than the ones I have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_13","073_14_13","JHN","14","13","13","And whatever you, using my authority, ask me to do, I will do it, in order that I can show you how great my Father is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_14","073_14_14","JHN","14","14","14","Anything that you ask my Father to do, anything that you ask with my authority MTY, I will do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_15","073_14_15","JHN","14","15","15","“If you love me, you will do what I have commanded you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_16","073_14_16","JHN","14","16","16","Then I myself will request my Father, and he will send you someone else who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_17","073_14_17","JHN","14","17","17","I am talking about the Spirit, who will teach you God’s truth. He will be with you forever. Those who are opposed to God MTY cannot receive him, because they cannot understand what he does, and they cannot know who he is. But you know who he is, because he is with you and he will be inside you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_18","073_14_18","JHN","14","18","18","When I leave you, I will not let you be alone/helpless MET. When I send the Spirit, it will be like I am coming back to you (OR, When I rise from the dead, I will come back to you.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_19","073_14_19","JHN","14","19","19","Soon those who do not belong to God MTY will not see me any more. But when the Spirit comes to you, it will be as though you will be seeing me again (OR, But after I become alive again, you will see me again.) Because I will be alive again, you also will have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_20","073_14_20","JHN","14","20","20","At that time you will know that I have a close relationship with my Father, and you will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_21","073_14_21","JHN","14","21","21","Those who have accepted my commands and obey them are the people who love me. My Father will love those who love me. I also will love them, and I will fully reveal to them what I am like.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_22","073_14_22","JHN","14","22","22","Then Judas spoke to him. He was not Judas Iscariot (OR, Judas, the man from Kerioth Town), but instead a disciple whose other name was Thaddeus. He said, “Lord, what has happened so that you can fully reveal to us what you are like, and not reveal that to those who do not belong to God MTY?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_23","073_14_23","JHN","14","23","23","Jesus replied to him, “Those who love me will obey what I have told them. My Father will also love them. It is those people whom my Father and I will be able to come to and ◄live with/have a personal relationship with►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_24","073_14_24","JHN","14","24","24","But those who do not love me will not obey what I have told them. So I cannot reveal to them what I am really like. These words that I am telling you have not come just from me. They came from my Father, the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_25","073_14_25","JHN","14","25","25","I have told you all these things while I am still with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_26","073_14_26","JHN","14","26","26","But my Father will send the Holy Spirit. He is the one who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you. He will come with my authority MTY. He will teach you all of God’s truth that you need to know. He will also cause you to remember all the things that I have told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_27","073_14_27","JHN","14","27","27","As I leave you, I am causing you to have inner peace. This inner peace comes from me. I am not causing you to have something that those who do not belong to God MTY can give you. So stop being anxious/worried, and do not be afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_28","073_14_28","JHN","14","28","28","You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, but later I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going back to my Father, because my Father is greater than I am, and there he will honor me and will send the Spirit to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_29","073_14_29","JHN","14","29","29","I have told you these things now before they happen, so that when they happen you will believe that what I said is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_30","073_14_30","JHN","14","30","30","I will not be able to talk to you much longer, because what happens to me will be as though Satan, the ruler of this world, is coming to attack me. But he has no control over what happens to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN14_31","073_14_31","JHN","14","31","31","Instead, the people who do not belong to God MTY must learn from what happens to me that I love my Father, and I am doing the things that he has commanded me to do. Now, let’s get up and leave here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_1","073_15_1","JHN","15","1","1","Jesus talked to us as we were walking along. Speaking figuratively of the need for us to live in a way that God wants us to, he said, “I am like MET a genuine vine, not like those Jewish leaders who do not teach the truth. My father is like MET a gardener who works to take care of a vineyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_2","073_15_2","JHN","15","2","2","Just like a gardener cuts off the branches that bear no grapes MET, God gets rid of those who do not please him even though they say that they belong to him. Those branches that bear fruit, the gardener trims so that they may bear more grapes. Similarly, my Father disciplines/corrects those who live as he wants them to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_3","073_15_3","JHN","15","3","3","You are already like the branches that a gardener trims because you have believed the message that I have told you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_4","073_15_4","JHN","15","4","4","Remain having a close relationship with me. If you do that, I will remain having a close relationship with you. A branch of a vine cannot bear fruit if it is cut off and left by itself. To bear fruit, it must remain attached to the vine. Similarly, you cannot live the way that God wants you to if you do not remain united to me MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_5","073_15_5","JHN","15","5","5","I am like MET a vine. You are like MET the branches. All those who have a close relationship with me and with whom I have a close relationship will do much that pleases God, like MET a vine that bears much fruit. Remember that you can do nothing HYP that truly pleases God without my help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_6","073_15_6","JHN","15","6","6","A gardener cuts off and throws away useless branches. Then, after they dry up, he picks them up and throws them into a fire and burns them SIM. Similarly, everyone who does not remain having a close relationship with me, God will get rid of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_7","073_15_7","JHN","15","7","7","If you remain having a close relationship with me and you keep living in accordance with my message, you can ask God to do anything for you, and he will do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_8","073_15_8","JHN","15","8","8","The way my Father is honored is by your {The way you honor my Father is by} doing much that pleases him MET, and by doing that, you will show that you are my disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_9","073_15_9","JHN","15","9","9","I have loved you just as my Father has loved me. Now keep living in a way that is appropriate for those whom I love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_10","073_15_10","JHN","15","10","10","If you obey what I have commanded you, you will be acting in a way that is appropriate for those whom I love, just like I have obeyed what my Father has commanded me and I act in a way that is appropriate for someone whom he loves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_11","073_15_11","JHN","15","11","11","I have told you these things so that you may be joyful as I am joyful, and that you may be completely joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_12","073_15_12","JHN","15","12","12","What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_13","073_15_13","JHN","15","13","13","The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_14","073_15_14","JHN","15","14","14","You show that you are my friends if you keep doing what I have commanded you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_15","073_15_15","JHN","15","15","15","I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know why their masters want them to do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, acting like a friend, have revealed to you everything that my Father told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_16","073_15_16","JHN","15","16","16","You did not decide to become my disciples. Instead, I chose you, so that you would do many things that please him MET. The results of what you do will last forever. I also chose you so that my Father will do for you whatever you, using my authority, ask him to do MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_17","073_15_17","JHN","15","17","17","I repeat what I have commanded you: Love each other.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_18","073_15_18","JHN","15","18","18","“The people who are opposed to God will hate you. When that happens, remember that they hated me first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_19","073_15_19","JHN","15","19","19","If you belonged to those who are opposed to God MTY, they would love you like they love those who belong to them. But you do not belong to those who are opposed to God MTY. Instead, I chose you so that you would separate yourselves from MTY them. That is why those who are opposed to God MTY hate you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_20","073_15_20","JHN","15","20","20","Remember these words that I told you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ That means that you, who are like my servants, cannot expect people to treat you better than they treat me. So, since they have ◄persecuted me/caused me to suffer►, they will ◄persecute you/cause you to suffer► also. If they had paid attention to the things I taught them, they would pay attention to what you teach them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_21","073_15_21","JHN","15","21","21","They will treat you like that because you belong to me MTY, and because they do not know the one who sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_22","073_15_22","JHN","15","22","22","If I had not come and spoken God’s message to them, they would not be guilty of rejecting me and my message. But now I have come and told them God’s message, so they will have no excuse when God judges them for their sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_23","073_15_23","JHN","15","23","23","All those who hate me, it is as though they hate my Father as well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_24","073_15_24","JHN","15","24","24","If I had not done among them the miracles that no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of the sin of rejecting me. But now, although they have seen those miracles, they have hated both me and my Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_25","073_15_25","JHN","15","25","25","But this has happened in order that these words that have been written in their Scriptures might be fulfilled {to fulfill this that ◄someone/the Psalmist► wrote in their Scriptures}: ‘They hated me for no reason.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_26","073_15_26","JHN","15","26","26","Later I will send to you from my Father the one who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you. He is the Spirit who will teach you God’s truth. He will come from my Father. He will tell people about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN15_27","073_15_27","JHN","15","27","27","But you disciples must also tell people about me, because you have been with me from the time when I started my ministry MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_1","073_16_1","JHN","16","1","1","Jesus continued by saying to us, “I have told you these things in order that you will not stop trusting in me when people ◄cause you to suffer/persecute you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_2","073_16_2","JHN","16","2","2","They will not allow you to worship in ◄synagogues/their meeting places►. In fact, there will be a time when anyone who kills you will think that he is serving God by doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_3","073_16_3","JHN","16","3","3","They will do such things because they have never known who I really am, nor who my Father is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_4","073_16_4","JHN","16","4","4","I have told you these things in order that when they start ◄to cause you to suffer/to persecute you► MTY, you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you these things when you first started to accompany me MTY because I was with you, and they were causing trouble for me, not for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_5","073_16_5","JHN","16","5","5","“Now I am about to return to the one who sent me. But I am disappointed that none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_6","073_16_6","JHN","16","6","6","Instead, because I have told you these things, you are very sad. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_7","073_16_7","JHN","16","7","7","But the truth is that it is good for you that I am going away, because if I do not go away, the Holy Spirit, who will ◄encourage/be like a legal counsel for► you will not come to you. But when I go, I will send him to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_8","073_16_8","JHN","16","8","8","When he comes, he will prove that those who do not belong to God MTY are wrong about what is sinful and about who is really righteous and about whom God will judge and condemn for their sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_9","073_16_9","JHN","16","9","9","He will tell people that their greatest sin is that they do not believe in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_10","073_16_10","JHN","16","10","10","He will tell people that because I am going back to my Father, and you will no longer see me, you will know that I am the one who was truly righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_11","073_16_11","JHN","16","11","11","He will tell people that the fact that God has already determined that he will punish Satan, the one who rules this world, shows that some day God will also punish those who do not belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_12","073_16_12","JHN","16","12","12","I have many more things that I would like to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_13","073_16_13","JHN","16","13","13","But God’s Spirit is the one who will teach you God’s truth. When he comes, he will guide you so that you understand all spiritual truth. He will not speak from his own authority. Instead, it is the things that he hears my Father say that he will tell you. He will also tell you about things that will happen later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_14","073_16_14","JHN","16","14","14","He will honor me by revealing my truth to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_15","073_16_15","JHN","16","15","15","Everything that my Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit is able to reveal my truth to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_16","073_16_16","JHN","16","16","16","“After a short time I will leave you, and you will not see me. Then a short time after that you will see me again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_17","073_16_17","JHN","16","17","17","So some of us said to each other, “What does he mean by saying ‘After a short time you will not see me,’ and ‘A short time after that you will see me again’? And what does he mean by ‘Because I am going back to my Father’?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_18","073_16_18","JHN","16","18","18","We kept asking each other, “What does he mean by saying ‘After a little while’? We do not understand what he is saying.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_19","073_16_19","JHN","16","19","19","Jesus realized that we wanted to ask him about that. So he said to us, “You are asking RHQ each other what I meant when I said, ‘After a short time you will not see me, and then a short time after that you will see me again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_20","073_16_20","JHN","16","20","20","Listen to this carefully: After I ◄leave you/die►, those who oppose God MTY will be happy, but you will be sad. But later you will stop being sad and you will become joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_21","073_16_21","JHN","16","21","21","A woman who is about to bear a child feels pain, because that is what happens MTY at that time. But after her baby is born, she forgets that pain, because she is very joyful that her child has been born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_22","073_16_22","JHN","16","22","22","It will be the same with you. I will soon die and you will be sad. But after that, I will see you again. Then you will be joyful, and no one will be able to stop you from being joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_23","073_16_23","JHN","16","23","23","When that happens, you will not ask me any questions about anything. Listen to this carefully: After that happens, my Father will do for you anything you ask, because of his relationship with me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_24","073_16_24","JHN","16","24","24","Up to the present time, using my authority you have not asked God to do anything for you MTY. Now keep asking him for things that you need. If you do that, you will receive them, and then you will be completely joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_25","073_16_25","JHN","16","25","25","Although I have been speaking these things using figurative language, there will soon be a time when I will no longer use that kind of language. Instead, I will tell you plainly ◄about my Father/what my Father wants►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_26","073_16_26","JHN","16","26","26","At that time, you will ask him for things ◄because you belong to me/with my authority► MTY. I will not need to ask my Father to do what you ask. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_27","073_16_27","JHN","16","27","27","My Father himself loves you because you have loved me and because you have believed that I came from God my Father, so he wants you to ask him (OR, so he does not need anyone to persuade him to help you) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_28","073_16_28","JHN","16","28","28","I came from my Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going back to my Father.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_29","073_16_29","JHN","16","29","29","Then we, his disciples, said, “Now you are speaking plainly, without using figurative language. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_30","073_16_30","JHN","16","30","30","Now we understand that you know everything. You do not need anyone to ask you questions about anything, because you know what we want to ask before we ask you. That also leads us to believe that you came from God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_31","073_16_31","JHN","16","31","31","Jesus replied, “Now you RHQ say that you believe that I came from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_32","073_16_32","JHN","16","32","32","But listen! There will soon be a time, and that time is already here, when you will all run away! Each of you will run away to your own home. You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I will not really be alone at that time, because my Father is always with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN16_33","073_16_33","JHN","16","33","33","I have told you these things in order that you may have inner peace because of your relationship with me. In this world you will have trouble. But be courageous! I have defeated those who are opposed to me MTY, and you can defeat them, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_1","073_17_1","JHN","17","1","1","After Jesus said those things, he looked up toward heaven. Then he prayed, “My Father, it is now the time MTY for me to suffer and die. Honor me as I do that, in order that I may honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_2","073_17_2","JHN","17","2","2","You gave me authority over all people, in order that I might enable all those whom you chose to come to me to live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_3","073_17_3","JHN","17","3","3","The way for people to live eternally is for them to know that you are the only true God, and to know that I, Jesus, am the Messiah, the one you have sent. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_4","073_17_4","JHN","17","4","4","I have honored you here on this earth by completing all the work that you gave me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_5","073_17_5","JHN","17","5","5","My Father, now honor me when I am with you again, by causing me to have the greatness I had when I was with you before the world began.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_6","073_17_6","JHN","17","6","6","“I have revealed what you are like to the people whom you brought to me from among those who do not belong to you MTY. Those who came to me belonged to you, and you brought them to me. Now they have obeyed your message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_7","073_17_7","JHN","17","7","7","Now they know that everything you have given me, your message and your work, comes from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_8","073_17_8","JHN","17","8","8","I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_9","073_17_9","JHN","17","9","9","I am praying for them. I am not praying for those who do not belong to you MTY. Instead, I am praying for those whom you have brought to me, because they belong to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_10","073_17_10","JHN","17","10","10","All the disciples that I have belong to you, and all those who belong to you also belong to me. They have shown how great I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_11","073_17_11","JHN","17","11","11","I will not be staying in the world any longer. I will be coming back to you. They, however, will be here in the world among those who are opposed to you. My Holy Father, protect them from spiritual harm by your power MTY, the power that you gave me, in order that they may be united as we are united. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_12","073_17_12","JHN","17","12","12","While I have been with them, I have completely protected them by the power MTY that you gave me. As a result, only one of them will be eternally separated from you. He is the one who was doomed to be eternally separated from you. That has happened to fulfill what a prophet wrote in the Scriptures would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_13","073_17_13","JHN","17","13","13","Father, now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still here in the world in order that my disciples may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_14","073_17_14","JHN","17","14","14","I have given them your message. As a result, those who are opposed to you MTY have hated them, because my disciples do not belong to those who oppose you MTY, just like I do not belong to those who oppose you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_15","073_17_15","JHN","17","15","15","I am asking you, not that you take them out of this world, but instead that you protect them from Satan, the evil one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_16","073_17_16","JHN","17","16","16","They do not belong to those who are opposed to you MTY, just like I also do not belong to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_17","073_17_17","JHN","17","17","17","Set my disciples apart so that they may ◄completely belong to/serve► you, by enabling them to live in accordance with what is true. Your message is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_18","073_17_18","JHN","17","18","18","Just like you sent me here into this world, now I surely will be sending them to other places in MTY the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_19","073_17_19","JHN","17","19","19","I dedicate myself to completely belong to you, in order that they also may truly be dedicated {dedicate themselves} completely to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_20","073_17_20","JHN","17","20","20","“I am praying not only for these eleven disciples. I am praying also for those who will believe in me as a result of hearing their message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_21","073_17_21","JHN","17","21","21","My Father, I want all of them to be united, just like I am united with you because of my relationship with you, and as you are united with me because of your relationship with me. I also want them to be united with us. I want that to happen so that those who do not know you MTY may know that you sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_22","073_17_22","JHN","17","22","22","I have honored my disciples just like you honored me, in order that they may be united, as we are united. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_23","073_17_23","JHN","17","23","23","I want them to be united just like they are united with me and as you are united with me. May they be completely united, in order that those who do not belong to you MTY may know that you sent me and that you have loved them just like you have loved me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_24","073_17_24","JHN","17","24","24","My Father, I want the disciples you have brought to me to some day be with me in heaven, where I will be. I want them to see my greatness. I want them to see the greatness you gave me because you loved me. You gave me that greatness before you created the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_25","073_17_25","JHN","17","25","25","My righteous Father, although the people who do not belong to you MTY do not know what you are like, I know what you are like, and my disciples know that you sent me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN17_26","073_17_26","JHN","17","26","26","I have revealed to them what you are like, and I will continue to reveal to them what you are like. I will do that in order that they may love others just like you love me, and in order that I may be in them by my Spirit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_1","073_18_1","JHN","18","1","1","After Jesus finished praying, he went across the Kidron Brook, along with us disciples, to a grove of olive trees. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_2","073_18_2","JHN","18","2","2","Judas, who was about to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him, knew that he would probably be there. He knew that because Jesus often gathered there with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_3","073_18_3","JHN","18","3","3","So Judas came to that grove. He was leading a troop of Roman soldiers and some Temple guards who had been sent by the Pharisees and chief priests. They were carrying torches and lamps and weapons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_4","073_18_4","JHN","18","4","4","Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So as they approached, he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_5","073_18_5","JHN","18","5","5","They replied to him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” He replied, “That is who I am.” Judas, the one who was enabling his enemies to seize him, was with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_6","073_18_6","JHN","18","6","6","When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground because of his power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_7","073_18_7","JHN","18","7","7","He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_8","073_18_8","JHN","18","8","8","Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these disciples of mine to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_9","073_18_9","JHN","18","9","9","This happened in order that when they did what he asked them to do, the words would be fulfilled that he had prayed, “I will never lose any of those whom God has brought to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_10","073_18_10","JHN","18","10","10","Simon Peter had a long dagger. So he drew it and tried to kill the high priest’s servant, but he only cut off the man’s right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_11","073_18_11","JHN","18","11","11","Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath! ◄I must endure what my Father wants me to suffer./Do you not think that I must endure what my Father wants me to suffer?► MET, RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_12","073_18_12","JHN","18","12","12","Then the troop of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish Temple guards, seized Jesus. They tied his hands behind his back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_13","073_18_13","JHN","18","13","13","Then they took him first to Annas, who was previously the high priest. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the high priest that year. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_14","073_18_14","JHN","18","14","14","Caiaphas was the one who previously advised the Jewish Council that it would be better if one man died for the sake of the people than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_15","073_18_15","JHN","18","15","15","Simon Peter and I were following Jesus. Because the high priest knew me, his doorkeeper permitted me to enter the courtyard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_16","073_18_16","JHN","18","16","16","But Peter had to wait outside near the doorway. However, since I knew the high priest, I went back to the doorway and spoke to the girl who was guarding the entrance. Then she allowed Peter to come in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_17","073_18_17","JHN","18","17","17","The servant girl who was guarding the doorway said to Peter, “Surely you are not another disciple of that man they have arrested, are you?” He said, “I am not.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_18","073_18_18","JHN","18","18","18","It was cold, so the high priest’s slaves and Temple guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. Peter was also standing near it, warming himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_19","073_18_19","JHN","18","19","19","While Peter was doing that, the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about what he was teaching people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_20","073_18_20","JHN","18","20","20","Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people MTY, HYP could hear me. I have taught them in ◄the synagogues/their meeting places► and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many HYP Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_21","073_18_21","JHN","18","21","21","So ◄why are you asking me questions like this illegally?/you should not be asking me questions like this illegally!► RHQ Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_22","073_18_22","JHN","18","22","22","After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “◄That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_23","073_18_23","JHN","18","23","23","Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary to your laws, you could tell me that what I said that was wrong. But because I said only what was right, ◄you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_24","073_18_24","JHN","18","24","24","Then after Jesus’ hands were tied {after they tied Jesus hands} again, Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_25","073_18_25","JHN","18","25","25","As Simon Peter was standing warming himself at the fire, someone else said to him, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He denied that he was, and said, “I am not.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_26","073_18_26","JHN","18","26","26","Later one of the high priest’s servants, a man who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off before, said to him, “I saw you with that man in the grove of olive trees, did I not?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_27","073_18_27","JHN","18","27","27","Peter again denied it. Immediately a rooster crowed, as Jesus had said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_28","073_18_28","JHN","18","28","28","Then the Jewish leaders SYN led Jesus from the home of Caiaphas to the headquarters of Pilate, the Roman governor. It was before dawn. Pilate was a non-Jew, and they thought that if they entered his headquarters, they would become unacceptable to God {God would reject them}, and as a result they would not be able to eat the food during the Passover celebration. Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_29","073_18_29","JHN","18","29","29","So Pilate came out to talk to them. He said, “What law do you say that this man has disobeyed?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_30","073_18_30","JHN","18","30","30","They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead, they said, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_31","073_18_31","JHN","18","31","31","Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your own laws!” Then the Jewish leaders SYN said, “No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because we Jews have no right to execute anyone!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_32","073_18_32","JHN","18","32","32","The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross. So, as a result of what the Jewish leaders said, it was fulfilled {the Romans would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_33","073_18_33","JHN","18","33","33","Pilate then went back inside his headquarters. He summoned Jesus. Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king, Pilate said to Jesus scornfully, “Are you the king of the Jews?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_34","073_18_34","JHN","18","34","34","Jesus replied, “Are you asking that because you yourself want to know if I claim to be a king, or because ◄someone else/Caiaphas► said that I claim to be their king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_35","073_18_35","JHN","18","35","35","Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, so ◄I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters?► RHQ It was your fellow Jews and your chief priests who brought you to me! What have you done to make them want to execute you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_36","073_18_36","JHN","18","36","36","Jesus replied, “It is not people in MTY this world who are making me king. If it was people in this world who were making me a king, my disciples would have fought in order that the Jewish leaders SYN would be prevented {to prevent the Jewish leaders SYN} from seizing me. But it is not someone here in this world who is making me a king.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_37","073_18_37","JHN","18","37","37","Then Pilate said to him, “So are you saying that you are a king?” Jesus replied, “Yes, what you have said about my being a king is correct. I was born to become a king, and I came into this world to tell people the truth about God. Everyone who believes the truth pays attention to what I say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_38","073_18_38","JHN","18","38","38","Pilate said to him, “How can anyone know what the truth is?” After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish leaders SYN again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_39","073_18_39","JHN","18","39","39","But you Jews customarily, every year during the Passover celebration, ask me to release for you someone who is in prison. So would you like for me to release for you the man who you Jews say is your king?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN18_40","073_18_40","JHN","18","40","40","They shouted again, “No, do not release this man! Instead, release Barrabas!” But Barrabas was in prison because he was a revolutionist! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_1","073_19_1","JHN","19","1","1","Then Pilate took Jesus inside and had soldiers ◄scourge Jesus/strike Jesus with a whip that had pieces of metal or bone fastened to it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_2","073_19_2","JHN","19","2","2","The soldiers also took some branches with thorns and wove them to make something like a crown. Then they put it on his head. They also put a purple robe on him. They did these things to ridicule him by pretending that he was a king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_3","073_19_3","JHN","19","3","3","Then they kept coming to him and saying, “Hooray for the King of the Jews IRO!” and slapping him on his face. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_4","073_19_4","JHN","19","4","4","Once more Pilate came outside and said to the crowd, “Look! I am bringing him out to you so that you may know that I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him any more.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_5","073_19_5","JHN","19","5","5","When Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, Pilate said to them, “Look at this wretched man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_6","073_19_6","JHN","19","6","6","When the chief priests and Temple guards saw him, they shouted, “Command your soldiers to kill him by nailing him to a cross! Crucify him!” Pilate, knowing that they could not legally do it themselves, said to them, “You yourselves take him and nail him to a cross! As for me, I do not find that he has done anything for which we should punish him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_7","073_19_7","JHN","19","7","7","The Jewish leaders SYN replied, “Our ancestor Moses gave us the law that says we must kill anyone who claims to be God. This man claims that he is ◄the Son of/the man who is also► God, so you must have him killed {command your soldiers to kill him}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_8","073_19_8","JHN","19","8","8","When Pilate heard that, he was more afraid of what would happen to himself if he commanded the soldiers to kill Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_9","073_19_9","JHN","19","9","9","So he took Jesus back inside the headquarters. He said to Jesus, “Where do you really come from?” But Jesus did not answer him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_10","073_19_10","JHN","19","10","10","So Pilate said to him, “Are you refusing to answer me? Do you not know that I have authority to release you, and I also have authority to have you crucified {command my soldiers to crucify you}?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_11","073_19_11","JHN","19","11","11","Jesus replied, “The only authority you have is what has been given to you by God MTY {what God MTY has given you}. The high priest put me into your hands. He has done to me what he wanted to do, and you do not really want to do it. So he is guilty of committing a greater sin than you are.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_12","073_19_12","JHN","19","12","12","Because of that, Pilate kept trying to release Jesus. But the Jewish leaders SYN, threatening to report to the Emperor that Pilate was not going to punish a man who claimed he was a king, continued to shout, “Anyone who claims that he is a king is opposing the Emperor! So if you release this man, we will make sure that the Emperor learns about it, and then he will not consider you as his friend!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_13","073_19_13","JHN","19","13","13","When Pilate heard that, he brought Jesus out again. He sat down at the place where he made decisions about punishing people. The place was called {People called it} The Stone Pavement. In the Aramaic language its name was Gabbatha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_14","073_19_14","JHN","19","14","14","It was almost noontime, on the day that they prepared things for the Passover celebration (OR, the day before the Sabbath during the Passover celebration). Pilate said to the Jewish leaders SYN, ridiculing them, “Look at your king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_15","073_19_15","JHN","19","15","15","They shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Have him crucified {Command your soldiers to nail him to a cross}!” Pilate said to them, “He is your king! Do you really want me to tell my soldiers to nail him to a cross?” The chief priests replied, “The Emperor is our king! We do not have any other king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_16","073_19_16","JHN","19","16","16","Then at last Pilate agreed to do what they wanted, and he told the soldiers to crucify Jesus. John 19:16b-24 Then the soldiers took Jesus away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_17","073_19_17","JHN","19","17","17","As they left, he himself was carrying the cross on which they were going to nail him. They went to a place called The Place of a Skull. In the Aramaic language it is called {they call it} Golgotha. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_18","073_19_18","JHN","19","18","18","There, after removing most of his clothes, the soldiers nailed him to the cross. They also nailed two other criminals to crosses. There was one on each side, and Jesus was in the middle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_19","073_19_19","JHN","19","19","19","Pilate also had them write on a board a notice that stated why they were executing him, and fasten it to the cross. But all they wrote was ‘Jesus from Nazareth, the King of the Jews’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_20","073_19_20","JHN","19","20","20","Many Jews were able to read this sign, because the place where Jesus was nailed {where they nailed Jesus} to the cross was very close to Jerusalem, where many people had come for the celebration, and because it was written {they wrote it} in three languages: Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_21","073_19_21","JHN","19","21","21","So the Jewish priests went back to Pilate and protested, saying to him, “Change what they have written from ‘The King of the Jews’ to ‘This man said that he is the King of the Jews’!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_22","073_19_22","JHN","19","22","22","Pilate replied, “What I told them to write is what they have written, and I will not change it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_23","073_19_23","JHN","19","23","23","After the soldiers nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his clothes and divided them into four parts, one part for each soldier. But they kept his cloak separate. This cloak was without seam, woven from top to bottom, one piece of cloth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_24","073_19_24","JHN","19","24","24","So they said to each other, “Let’s not tear it. Instead, let’s decide ◄by throwing lots/by gambling► who will get it.” So that is what the soldiers did. As a result, these words were fulfilled {they fulfilled these words} that the Psalmist had written in Scripture, They divided most of my clothes among themselves. They cast lots for one piece of my clothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_25","073_19_25","JHN","19","25","25","Near the cross where they had nailed Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and another Mary, the woman from Magdala village. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_26","073_19_26","JHN","19","26","26","Jesus saw his mother standing there. He also saw me standing nearby. Then he said to his mother, “This man will now be like your son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_27","073_19_27","JHN","19","27","27","And he said to me, “Treat this woman as MET your mother.” So from that time I took her to my home and took care of her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_28","073_19_28","JHN","19","28","28","Later, Jesus knew that everything that God sent him to do had now been completed {that he had now completed everything that God sent him to do}, but he knew that something else that was written in the Scriptures had to be fulfilled {that he had to fulfill something else that they had written in the Scriptures}. So he said, “I am thirsty!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_29","073_19_29","JHN","19","29","29","There was a jar of sour wine there. So someone took a stalk of a plant called hyssop and fastened a sponge to it. Then he dipped the sponge into the wine and lifted it up to Jesus’ lips. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_30","073_19_30","JHN","19","30","30","When Jesus tasted the sour wine, he shouted, “I have finished all that I came to do!” Then he bowed his head and ◄died/handed over his spirit to God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_31","073_19_31","JHN","19","31","31","That was the day that they prepared everything for their ◄Sabbath/day of rest►. The next day was a special day of rest, because it was the day of rest during the Passover celebration. The Jewish leaders SYN did not want the bodies of the three men to remain on the cross during their ◄Sabbath/day of rest► because leaving bodies hanging overnight would be contrary to their Jewish laws. So they went to Pilate and asked him to command that the legs of the three men on the crosses be broken {the soldiers to break the legs of the three men on the crosses}, so that they would die quickly. Then their bodies could be taken down and buried {someone could take down their bodies and bury them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_32","073_19_32","JHN","19","32","32","So, after Pilate agreed, the soldiers went and broke the legs of the first man whom they had nailed on a cross near Jesus. Then they broke the legs of the second man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_33","073_19_33","JHN","19","33","33","But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead already. So they did not break his legs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_34","073_19_34","JHN","19","34","34","Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear to make sure that Jesus was dead. Immediately blood clots and other liquid flowed out, which showed that Jesus was really dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_35","073_19_35","JHN","19","35","35","I, John, saw this myself, and what I am writing is true. I know that I am telling the truth, and I am saying this in order that you may believe in (OR, my testimony about) Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_36","073_19_36","JHN","19","36","36","These things happened in order that these words would be fulfilled {to fulfill these words} that are written in Scripture: “Not one of his bones will be broken {No one will break any of his bones}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_37","073_19_37","JHN","19","37","37","And they fulfilled another Scripture passage that has these words: ‘They will look on the one whom they have pierced’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_38","073_19_38","JHN","19","38","38","Later, Joseph, from Arimathea town, went to Pilate and asked Pilate to allow him to take Jesus’ body down from the cross. Joseph was a disciple of Jesus, but he did not tell anyone that, because he was afraid of the other Jewish leaders SYN. Pilate permitted him to take Jesus’ body, so he went, along with others, and they took Jesus’ body down from the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_39","073_19_39","JHN","19","39","39","Nicodemus was one of them. He was the man who previously went to visit Jesus at night. Nicodemus bought an expensive mixture of myrrh and aloe spices to put on the body. It weighed about ◄75 pounds/35 kilograms►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_40","073_19_40","JHN","19","40","40","They took the body of Jesus and wrapped strips of linen cloth around it, putting the spices in with the strips of cloth. They did this according to the Jewish customs about burying bodies in tombs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_41","073_19_41","JHN","19","41","41","Close to the place where Jesus was crucified {where they nailed Jesus to the cross} there was a grove of trees, and at the edge of that grove was a new burial cave. Nobody had ever been put in that cave previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN19_42","073_19_42","JHN","19","42","42","The Jewish day of rest would start at sunset, and they had to finish burying his body before then. So, since that cave was nearby, they laid Jesus’ body there and rolled a huge stone in front of the entrance. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_1","073_20_1","JHN","20","1","1","Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary, the woman from Magdala village, went to the burial cave with some other women. They saw that the stone had been removed {that someone had removed the stone} from the entrance to the cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_2","073_20_2","JHN","20","2","2","So Mary ran to where Simon Peter and I were staying in Jerusalem. She said to us, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the burial cave, and we do not know where they have put it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_3","073_20_3","JHN","20","3","3","So Peter and I started going to the cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_4","073_20_4","JHN","20","4","4","We were both running, but I ran faster than Peter and got there first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_5","073_20_5","JHN","20","5","5","I stooped down at the entrance and looked inside. I saw the strips of linen cloth lying there where his body had been laid, but I did not go inside. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_6","073_20_6","JHN","20","6","6","Then Simon Peter, who was running behind me, arrived. He went inside the cave. He, too, saw the strips of linen cloth lying there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_7","073_20_7","JHN","20","7","7","He also saw the cloth that they had wrapped around Jesus’ head. It had been folded and put {Someone had folded it and put it} aside, separate from the linen strips. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_8","073_20_8","JHN","20","8","8","Then I also went inside. I saw those things and I believed that Jesus had truly become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_9","073_20_9","JHN","20","9","9","Before this happened, we did not understand from what the prophets had written in the Scriptures, that he had to become alive again after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_10","073_20_10","JHN","20","10","10","Then we two disciples went back to where we were staying. In the meantime, Mary returned to the cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_11","073_20_11","JHN","20","11","11","As she stood outside the cave crying, she stooped down to look inside the cave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_12","073_20_12","JHN","20","12","12","She saw two angels in very white clothing, sitting at the place where Jesus’ body had been laid. One was where his head had been, and the other was where his feet had been. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_13","073_20_13","JHN","20","13","13","They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She said to them, “They have taken away the body of my Lord, and I do not know where they have put it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_14","073_20_14","JHN","20","14","14","After she said that, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_15","073_20_15","JHN","20","15","15","He said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have taken his body away, tell me where you have put it. Then I will get it and bury it properly.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_16","073_20_16","JHN","20","16","16","Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him again and recognized him. Then she exclaimed in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” which means ‘Teacher’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_17","073_20_17","JHN","20","17","17","Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to me, because I have not yet returned to my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, ‘I am about to return to my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_18","073_20_18","JHN","20","18","18","So Mary went to where we disciples were and told us that she had seen the Lord alive again. She also told us what Jesus said that she should tell us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_19","073_20_19","JHN","20","19","19","On that Sunday evening we disciples gathered together. The doors were locked {We locked the doors} because we were afraid that the Jewish leaders SYN might arrest us. Suddenly Jesus appeared miraculously and stood among us! He said to us, “May God give you inner peace!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_20","073_20_20","JHN","20","20","20","After he said that, he showed us the wounds in his hands and his side. We were very happy when we saw the Lord! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_21","073_20_21","JHN","20","21","21","Jesus said to us again, “May God give you peace! Just like my Father sent me, now I am sending you to proclaim my message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_22","073_20_22","JHN","20","22","22","After saying that, he breathed on us and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_23","073_20_23","JHN","20","23","23","If you forgive people for their having sinned, God will already have forgiven them. If you do not forgive them, God has not forgiven them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_24","073_20_24","JHN","20","24","24","One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_25","073_20_25","JHN","20","25","25","When the rest of us told him that we had seen the Lord, he said to us, “If I do not see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the place where the nails were, and put my hands into the place in his side where the soldier thrust the spear, I will certainly not believe that he was the one you saw!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_26","073_20_26","JHN","20","26","26","A week later we were in the house again. This time Thomas was with us. Although the doors had been locked {we had locked the doors}, Jesus again appeared miraculously and stood among us. He said, “May God give peace to you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_27","073_20_27","JHN","20","27","27","Then he showed Thomas his hands and said to him, “Put your finger here! Look at the wounds in my hands! Reach out your hand and put it in the wound in my side! Stop doubting LIT/DOU! Instead, believe that I am alive again!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_28","073_20_28","JHN","20","28","28","Thomas answered him, “You are truly my Lord and my God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_29","073_20_29","JHN","20","29","29","Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed that about me. But God is truly pleased with those who have believed that about me, even though they have not seen me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_30","073_20_30","JHN","20","30","30","We disciples saw Jesus perform many other miracles, but I have not written about them in this book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN20_31","073_20_31","JHN","20","31","31","But these that I have written about, I have written about them in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, ◄the Son of God/the man who is also God►, and in order that you may have eternal life by trusting ◄in him/in what he has done for you► MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_1","073_21_1","JHN","21","1","1","After that, Jesus showed himself to us disciples when we were at Tiberias Lake, which is another name for Galilee Lake. This is what happened: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_2","073_21_2","JHN","21","2","2","Simon Peter, Thomas who was called {whom we called} The Twin, Nathaniel from Cana town in Galilee, my older brother and I, and two other disciples were together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_3","073_21_3","JHN","21","3","3","Simon Peter said to us, “I am going to try to catch some fish.” We said, “We will go with you.” So we went down to the lake and got into the boat. But that night we caught nothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_4","073_21_4","JHN","21","4","4","Early the next morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but we did not know that it was Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_5","073_21_5","JHN","21","5","5","He called out to us, “My friends, you have not caught any fish, have you?” We answered, “You are correct, we have not caught any.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_6","073_21_6","JHN","21","6","6","He said to us, “Throw your net out from the right-hand side of the boat! Then you will find some!” We did that, and we caught so many fish in the net that we were unable to pull the net into the boat! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_7","073_21_7","JHN","21","7","7","But I knew that it was Jesus, so I said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Peter had taken off his cloak while he was working, but as soon as he heard me say “It is the Lord!” he wrapped his cloak around himself and jumped into the water and swam to shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_8","073_21_8","JHN","21","8","8","The rest of us came to the shore in the boat, pulling the net full of fish. We were not far from shore, only about 100 yards/meters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_9","073_21_9","JHN","21","9","9","When we got to the shore, we saw that there was a fire of burning coals there, with a large fish on the fire, and some buns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_10","073_21_10","JHN","21","10","10","Jesus said to us, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_11","073_21_11","JHN","21","11","11","Simon Peter got in the boat and dragged the net to the shore. It was full of large fish. There were 153 of them! But in spite of there being so many fish, the net was not torn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_12","073_21_12","JHN","21","12","12","Jesus said to us, “Come and eat some breakfast!” None of us dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because we knew that it was the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_13","073_21_13","JHN","21","13","13","Jesus took the buns and gave them to us. He did the same with the fish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_14","073_21_14","JHN","21","14","14","That was the third time that Jesus appeared to us disciples after God caused him to become alive again after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_15","073_21_15","JHN","21","15","15","When we had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “John’s son Simon, do you love me more than these other disciples do?” Peter said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me (OR, that I love you).” Jesus said, “Give to those who belong to me what they need spiritually, like MET a shepherd provides food for his lambs.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_16","073_21_16","JHN","21","16","16","Jesus said to him again, “John’s son Simon, do you love me?” He replied, “Yes, Lord, you know that you are dear to me (OR, that I love you).” Jesus said to him, “Take care of those who belong to me, like MET a shepherd takes care of his sheep.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_17","073_21_17","JHN","21","17","17","Jesus said to him a third time, “John’s son Simon, am I really dear to you (OR, do you really love me)?” Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him this three times, and because the third time he changed the question. He said, “Lord, you know everything. You know that you are dear to me (OR, that I love you).” Jesus said, “Give to those who belong to me what they need spiritually, as MET a shepherd provides food for his sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_18","073_21_18","JHN","21","18","18","Now listen to this carefully: When you were young, you put your clothes on by yourself, and you went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your arms, and someone will fasten them with a rope and will lead you to a place where you do not want to go.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_19","073_21_19","JHN","21","19","19","Jesus said this to indicate how Peter would die ◄violently/on a cross► in order to honor God. Then Jesus said to him, “Keep being my faithful disciple until you die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_20","073_21_20","JHN","21","20","20","Peter turned around and saw that I was following them. I was the one who leaned close to Jesus during the Passover meal and said, “Lord, who is going to enable your enemies to seize you?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_21","073_21_21","JHN","21","21","21","When Peter saw me, he asked, “Lord, what is going to happen to him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_22","073_21_22","JHN","21","22","22","Jesus said to him, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, ◄that is not your concern!/what is that to you?► RHQ You be my faithful disciple!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_23","073_21_23","JHN","21","23","23","Some of the other believers heard a report of what Jesus had said about me, and they thought that Jesus meant that I would not die. But Jesus did not say that I would not die. He said only, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, ◄that is not your concern!/what is that to you?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_24","073_21_24","JHN","21","24","24","I, John, am the disciple who has seen all these things and I have written them down. My fellow apostles and I know that what I have written is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JN21_25","073_21_25","JHN","21","25","25","Jesus did many other things. If they would all be written {If people would write them all} down in detail, I suppose that the whole world would not have enough space HYP to contain the books that would be written {that they would write} about what he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_1","074_1_1","ACT","1","1","1","Dear Theophilus, In my first book that I wrote for you, I wrote about many of the things that Jesus did and taught ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_2","074_1_2","ACT","1","2","2","until the day on which he was taken {God took him} up to heaven. Before he went to heaven, saying what the Holy Spirit told him, he told the apostles whom he had chosen the things that he wanted them to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_3","074_1_3","ACT","1","3","3","After he had suffered and died on the cross, he became alive again. As he appeared to them often during the next 40 days, the apostles saw him many times. He proved to them in many ways that he was alive again. He talked with them about how God would rule MET the lives of people who accepted him as their king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_4","074_1_4","ACT","1","4","4","One time while he was with them, he told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem yet. Instead, wait here until my Father sends his Spirit MTY to you, as he promised to do. You have heard me speak to you about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_5","074_1_5","ACT","1","5","5","John baptized people in water because they said that they wanted to change their lives, but after a few days LIT God will put the Holy Spirit within you(pl) to truly change your lives.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_6","074_1_6","ACT","1","6","6","One day when the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, will you (sg) now become the King MET over us Israelite people like King David, who ruled long ago?” (OR, “Lord, will you (sg) now defeat the Romans and restore the kingdom to us Israelite people?”) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_7","074_1_7","ACT","1","7","7","He replied to them, “You do not need to know the time periods and days when that will happen. My Father alone has decided when he will make me king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_8","074_1_8","ACT","1","8","8","But you do need to know that the Holy Spirit will make you spiritually strong when he comes to live in you. Then you will powerfully tell people about me in Jerusalem and in all the other places in Judea district, in Samaria district, and in places far away all over IDM the world.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_9","074_1_9","ACT","1","9","9","After he said that, he was taken {God took him} up to heaven, while they were watching. He went up into a cloud PRS, which prevented them from seeing him any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_10","074_1_10","ACT","1","10","10","While the apostles were still staring towards the sky as he was going up, suddenly two men who were wearing white clothes stood beside them. They were angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_11","074_1_11","ACT","1","11","11","One of them said, “You men from Galilee district, ◄you do not need to stand here any longer looking up at the sky!/why do you still stand here looking up at the sky?► RHQ Some day this same Jesus, whom God took from you up to heaven, will come back to earth. He will return in the same manner as you just now saw him when he went up to heaven, but he will not return now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_12","074_1_12","ACT","1","12","12","Then after the two angels left, the apostles returned to Jerusalem from Olive Tree Hill, which was about ◄a half mile/one kilometer► MTY from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_13","074_1_13","ACT","1","13","13","When they entered the city, they went upstairs to the room in the house where they were staying. Those who were there included Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, another James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who belonged to the group that wanted to expel the Romans, and Judas the son of another man named James. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_14","074_1_14","ACT","1","14","14","All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying together. Others who prayed with them included the women who had accompanied Jesus, Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his younger brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_15","074_1_15","ACT","1","15","15","During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There were at that place a group of about 120 of Jesus’ followers. Peter said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_16","074_1_16","ACT","1","16","16","“My fellow believers, there are words that King David wrote MTY in the Scriptures long ago that needed to be fulfilled {to happen as he said they would}. The Holy Spirit, who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words, told David what to write. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_17","074_1_17","ACT","1","17","17","Although Judas had been chosen {Jesus had chosen Judas}, along with the rest of us (exc) to serve as an apostle, Judas was the person who led to Jesus the people who seized him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_18","074_1_18","ACT","1","18","18","The Jewish leaders gave Judas money when he promised to treacherously/wickedly betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them. When Judas hanged himself, his body fell down to the ground. His abdomen burst open, and all his intestines spilled out. So the Jewish leaders bought a field using that money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_19","074_1_19","ACT","1","19","19","All the people who reside in Jerusalem heard about that, so they called that field in their own Aramaic language, Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood’, because it was where someone bled and died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_20","074_1_20","ACT","1","20","20","Peter also said, “I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of Psalms desired to happen: ‘May his house become deserted, and may there be no one to live in it.’ (OR, ‘Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor anyone else may live in his house!)’ And it seems that these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas: ‘Let someone else take over his work as a leader.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_21","074_1_21","ACT","1","21","21","“So it is necessary for us apostles to choose a man to replace Judas. He must be one who accompanied MTY us all the time when the Lord Jesus was with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_22","074_1_22","ACT","1","22","22","That would be from the time when John the Baptizer baptized Jesus until the day when Jesus was taken {when God took Jesus} from us up to heaven. He must be one who saw Jesus alive again after he died.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_23","074_1_23","ACT","1","23","23","So the apostles and other believers suggested the names of two men who qualified. One man was Joseph, who was called {whom people called} Barsabbas (OR, Joseph Barsabbas) who also had the Roman name Justus. The other man was Matthias. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_24","074_1_24","ACT","1","24","25","Then they prayed like this: “Lord Jesus, Judas stopped being an apostle. He died and went to the place where he deserved to be EUP. So we(exc) need to choose someone to replace Judas in order that he can serve you(sg) by becoming an apostle. You (sg) know what everyone is really like. So please show us which of these two men you have chosen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC1_26","074_1_26","ACT","1","26","26","Then they cast lots to choose between the two of them, and the lot fell for Matthias. (OR, Then one of the apostles shook in a container small objects/stones that they had marked to determine which man God had chosen. And the small object/stone that they had marked for Matthias fell out of the container). So Matthias was considered {they considered Matthias} to be an apostle along with the other eleven apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_1","074_2_1","ACT","2","1","1","On the day when the Jews were celebrating the Pentecost festival, the believers were all together in one place in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_2","074_2_2","ACT","2","2","2","Suddenly they heard a noise coming from the sky that sounded like a strong wind. Everyone in the entire house where they were sitting heard the noise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_3","074_2_3","ACT","2","3","3","Then they saw what looked like flames of fire. These flames separated from one another, and one of them came down on the head of each of the believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_4","074_2_4","ACT","2","4","4","Then all of the believers were ◄completely controlled/empowered► by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit ◄completely controlled/empowered► all of the believers}, and he enabled them to begin speaking other languages MTY that they had not learned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_5","074_2_5","ACT","2","5","5","At that time many Jews were staying in Jerusalem to celebrate the Pentecost festival. They were people who always tried to obey the Jewish laws. They had come from many different HYP countries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_6","074_2_6","ACT","2","6","6","When they heard that loud noise like a wind, a crowd came together to the place where the believers were. The crowd ◄was amazed/did not know what to think►, because each of them was hearing one of the believers speaking in that person’s own language. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_7","074_2_7","ACT","2","7","7","They were completely amazed, and they said to each other, “All these men who are speaking have RHQ always resided in Galilee district, so they would not know our languages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_8","074_2_8","ACT","2","8","8","◄We(inc) do not understand how these men can speak our own native languages!/How can these men speak our own native languages?► RHQ But all of us hear them doing that ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_9","074_2_9","ACT","2","9","9","Some of us are from the regions of Parthia and Media and Elam, and others of us reside in the regions of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_10","074_2_10","ACT","2","10","10","There are some from Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt, and the regions in Libya that are near Cyrene city. There are others of us who are here visiting Jerusalem from Rome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_11","074_2_11","ACT","2","11","11","They include native Jews as well as non-Jews who have accepted what we Jews believe. And others of us are from Crete Island and from the region of Arabia. So how is it that these people are speaking our languages MTY, telling us about ◄the great/the mighty things► that God has done?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_12","074_2_12","ACT","2","12","12","All those people were amazed, and did not know what to think about what was happening. So they asked one another, “What does this mean?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_13","074_2_13","ACT","2","13","13","But some of them ◄made fun of/laughed at► those who believed in Jesus. They said, “These people are talking like this because they are drunk!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_14","074_2_14","ACT","2","14","14","So Peter stood up with the other eleven apostles and spoke loudly to the crowd of people, saying, “My fellow Jews and you others who are staying in Jerusalem, listen to me, all of you, and I will explain to you what is happening! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_15","074_2_15","ACT","2","15","15","Some of  you think that we(exc) are drunk, but we are not drunk. It is only  nine o’clock in the morning, and people here never get drunk this early in the day! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_16","074_2_16","ACT","2","16","16","Instead, what has happened to us is the miraculous thing that the prophet Joel wrote about long ago. Joel wrote: God says, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_17","074_2_17","ACT","2","17","17","‘During the last/final days before I judge all people, I will give my Spirit abundantly/generously to people SYN everywhere. As a result, your sons and daughters will tell people messages from me, the young men among you will see visions from me, and the old men among you will have dreams that I will give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_18","074_2_18","ACT","2","18","18","During those days I will abundantly/generously give my Spirit even to men and women believers who are my slaves/servants, so they can tell people messages from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_19","074_2_19","ACT","2","19","19","I will cause amazing things to happen in the sky, and I will do miracles on the earth that will show that I am powerful. Here on the earth CHI I will cause wars with blood, fire and thick/dark smoke everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_20","074_2_20","ACT","2","20","20","In the sky the sun will appear dark to people and the moon will appear red to them. Those things will happen before the important and splendid/amazing day MTY when I, the Lord God, will come to judge everyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_21","074_2_21","ACT","2","21","21","Before that time, all those who ask me MTY to save them from the guilt of their sins will be saved {I, the Lord, will save all those who ask me MTY to save them from the guilt of their sins.}’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_22","074_2_22","ACT","2","22","22","Peter continued, “My fellow  Israelites, listen to me! When  Jesus from Nazareth town lived  among you, God proved to you that he had sent him  by enabling him to do many amazing miracles. You yourselves know that this is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_23","074_2_23","ACT","2","23","23","Even though you knew that, you turned this man Jesus over to his enemies. However, God had already planned for that, and he knew all about it. Then you urged men SYN who do not obey God’s law to kill Jesus. They did that by nailing him to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_24","074_2_24","ACT","2","24","24","He suffered terribly when he died, but God caused him to become alive again. God did not let him continue to be dead, because it was not possible for him PRS to remain dead.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_25","074_2_25","ACT","2","25","25","“Long ago King David wrote what the Messiah said, “ knew that you, Lord God, would always be near me. You are right beside MTY me, so I will not be afraid of those who want to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_26","074_2_26","ACT","2","26","26","Because of that I SYN joyfully praise you, O God. And I am completely confident that you(sg) will ◄cause my body to become alive again/raise me from the dead►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_27","074_2_27","ACT","2","27","27","You will not allow my spirit to remain in the place where the dead are. You will not even let my body decay, because I am devoted to you and always obey you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_28","074_2_28","ACT","2","28","28","You have told me that you will cause my body to become alive again. You will make me very happy because you will be with me forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_29","074_2_29","ACT","2","29","29","Peter continued, “My fellow Jews, I can tell you confidently that our royal ancestor, King David, died, and that his body was buried {that people buried his body}. And the place where they buried his body is still here today. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_30","074_2_30","ACT","2","30","30","So we(inc) know that David was not speaking those words about himself. But because he was a prophet, he spoke about the Messiah. David knew that God had strongly promised him that he would cause one of his descendants to become king MTY like David was king. (OR, to be the Messiah who would rule God’s people like David had ruled them.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_31","074_2_31","ACT","2","31","31","David knew beforehand what God would do, so he was able to say that God would cause the Messiah to live again after he died. He said that God would not let the Messiah remain in the place of the dead, nor let his body decay.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_32","074_2_32","ACT","2","32","32","“After this man Jesus had died, God caused him to become alive again. All of us(exc), his followers, have seen and tell people that Jesus has become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_33","074_2_33","ACT","2","33","33","God has greatly honored Jesus by causing him to rule right beside him MTY in heaven. Jesus has received the Holy Spirit from God his Father, just like God promised. So Jesus has generously/abundantly given us the Holy Spirit, and he has shown that by what you are seeing and hearing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_34","074_2_34","ACT","2","34","34","We(inc) know that David was not speaking about himself because David did not go up into heaven as Jesus did. Besides that, David himself said this about the Messiah: The Lord God said to my Lord the Messiah, ‘Reign here beside me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_35","074_2_35","ACT","2","35","35","while I completely defeat MTY your enemies.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_36","074_2_36","ACT","2","36","36","Peter concluded, “So I want you and all other Israelites MTY to acknowledge that God has caused this Jesus to be both our Lord/Ruler and the Messiah. But God considers that you are the ones who nailed Jesus to a cross.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_37","074_2_37","ACT","2","37","37","When the people heard what Peter said, they felt very guilty IDM. So they asked him and the other apostles, “Fellow-countrymen, what should we (exc) do so that God will forgive us?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_38","074_2_38","ACT","2","38","38","Peter answered them, “Each of you should turn away from your sinful behavior. Then we(exc) will baptize you, if you now believe in Jesus Christ. Then God will give you the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_39","074_2_39","ACT","2","39","39","God has promised to do that MTY for you and your descendants, and for all others who believe in him, even those who live far away from here. The Lord our God will give his Spirit to everyone whom he invites to become his people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_40","074_2_40","ACT","2","40","40","Peter spoke much more and spoke strongly/forcefully to them. He pleaded with them, “Ask God to save you so that he will not punish you when he punishes these evil people who have rejected Jesus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_41","074_2_41","ACT","2","41","41","So the people who believed Peter’s message were baptized. There were about 3,000 SYN who  joined the group of believers  that day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_42","074_2_42","ACT","2","42","42","They continually obeyed what the apostles taught, and they very frequently met together with the other believers. And they continually ate together and celebrated the Lord’s Supper, and continually prayed together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_43","074_2_43","ACT","2","43","43","All the people SYN who were in Jerusalem were greatly revering God because the apostles were frequently doing many kinds of miraculous things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_44","074_2_44","ACT","2","44","44","All of those who believed in Jesus were united and regularly met together. They were also sharing everything that they had with one another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_45","074_2_45","ACT","2","45","45","From time to time some of them sold some of their land and some of the other things that they owned, and they would give some of the money from what they sold to others among them, according to what they needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_46","074_2_46","ACT","2","46","46","Every day they continued meeting together in the temple area. And every day they gladly and generously shared their food SYN with each other, as they ate together and celebrated the Lord’s Supper in their houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC2_47","074_2_47","ACT","2","47","47","As they did so, they were praising God, and all the other people in Jerusalem were thinking favorably about them. As those things were happening, every day the Lord Jesus increased the number of people who were being saved {whom he was saving} from the guilt of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_1","074_3_1","ACT","3","1","1","One day Peter and John were going to the Temple courtyard. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed there publicly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_2","074_3_2","ACT","3","2","2","There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He was sitting by the gate called Beautiful Gate, at the entrance to the Temple area. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering or leaving the temple courtyard to give him some money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_3","074_3_3","ACT","3","3","3","As Peter and John were about to enter the Temple courtyard, the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_4","074_3_4","ACT","3","4","4","As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_5","074_3_5","ACT","3","5","5","So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some money from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_6","074_3_6","ACT","3","6","6","Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money MTY, but what I can do, I will do for you. Jesus Christ, who was from Nazareth town, has authorized MTY me to heal you! So get up and walk!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_7","074_3_7","ACT","3","7","7","Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_8","074_3_8","ACT","3","8","8","He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple area with them, walking and leaping and praising God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_9","074_3_9","ACT","3","9","9","All the people there saw that man walking and praising God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_10","074_3_10","ACT","3","10","10","They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple courtyard and ask people for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_11","074_3_11","ACT","3","11","11","As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised that they did not know what to think So they ran to the two apostles at the place in the Temple courtyard that is called {that people call} Solomon’s Porch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_12","074_3_12","ACT","3","12","12","When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, ◄you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?► RHQ And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to RHQ think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we (exc) ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_13","074_3_13","ACT","3","13","13","So I will tell you what is really happening. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your leaders brought Jesus to the governor, Pilate, so that his soldiers would kill him. And God considers that in front of Pilate you were the ones who rejected Jesus as your king, after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_14","074_3_14","ACT","3","14","14","Although Jesus always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. Pilate wanted to release him, but you urgently asked Pilate to release ◄a murderer/someone who had killed people►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_15","074_3_15","ACT","3","15","15","God considers that you killed Jesus, the one who gives people eternal life. But God has greatly honored him ◄by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead►. Many of us saw him after that, and now we (exc) are telling you about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_16","074_3_16","ACT","3","16","16","It is because we two trusted in what Jesus MTY, PRS could do, that he made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we (exc) trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_17","074_3_17","ACT","3","17","17","“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that to Jesus because you and they did not know that he was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_18","074_3_18","ACT","3","18","18","However, your putting him to death was what God had predicted that people would do. Long ago he told all the prophets MTY to write what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote that the Messiah, whom God would send, would suffer and die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_19","074_3_19","ACT","3","19","19","So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God to help you do what pleases him, in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_20","074_3_20","ACT","3","20","20","If you do that, there will be times when you will know that the Lord God is helping you. And some day he will again send back to earth the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_21","074_3_21","ACT","3","21","21","Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised to do that, and he chose holy prophets to tell that to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_22","074_3_22","ACT","3","22","22","For example, the prophet Moses said this about the Messiah: ‘The Lord ◄your God/the God whom you worship► will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you God’s message. God will send him as he sent me, and he will be from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you and obey him SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_23","074_3_23","ACT","3","23","23","Those who do not listen to that prophet and obey him will no longer belong to God’s people, and God will get rid of them’.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_24","074_3_24","ACT","3","24","24","Peter continued, “All the prophets have told about what would happen during the time MTY in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include Samuel and all the others who later also spoke about these events before they happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_25","074_3_25","ACT","3","25","25","You as well as we(exc) are the people to whom God sent the Messiah, as the prophets said MTY that he would. And when God strongly promised to bless our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham concerning the Messiah, ‘I will bless all people on the earth as a result of what your descendant will do.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC3_26","074_3_26","ACT","3","26","26","Peter concluded, “So when God sent to the earth ◄Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus►, he sent him first to you Israelites to bless you. God will enable you to stop doing what is wicked and to start doing what pleases him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_1","074_4_1","ACT","4","1","1","Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some priests, the officer who was in charge of the temple police, and also some SYN Sadducee sect members. These men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_2","074_4_2","ACT","4","2","2","These men were very angry, because the two apostles were teaching the people about Jesus. What they were telling the people was that because ◄God caused Jesus to become alive again/God raised Jesus from the dead►, God would cause other people who had died to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_3","074_4_3","ACT","4","3","3","So those officials seized Peter and John. Then they put them in jail. They had to wait until the next day to question Peter and John, because it was already evening and it was contrary to their Jewish law to question people at night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_4","074_4_4","ACT","4","4","4","However, many people who had heard the message from Peter believed in Jesus. (OR, But many people had already believed in Jesus, because they had heard the message from Peter.) So the number of men who believed in Jesus increased to about five 5,000. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_5","074_4_5","ACT","4","5","5","The next day the supreme priest summoned the other chief priests, the teachers of the Jewish laws, and the other members of the Jewish Council, and they gathered together in one place in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_6","074_4_6","ACT","4","6","6","Annas, the former supreme priest, Caiaphas who was the new supreme priest, two other former supreme priests whose names were John and Alexander, and other men who were related to the supreme priest were there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_7","074_4_7","ACT","4","7","7","They commanded guards to bring Peter and John into the courtroom MTY and have them stand in front of them. Then one of the leaders questioned the two of them, saying, “Who do you two claim gave you the power to heal this man? And who authorized MTY you to do this DOU?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_8","074_4_8","ACT","4","8","8","So as the Holy Spirit completely controlled Peter, he said to them, “You fellow Israelites who rule us and all of you other elders, listen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_9","074_4_9","ACT","4","9","9","Today you are questioning us concerning our doing something good for a man who was crippled, and you asked us how he was healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_10","074_4_10","ACT","4","10","10","So we(exc) want you and all of our other fellow Israelites to know this: It is because Jesus the Messiah MTY from Nazareth healed this man that he is able to stand here. God considers that it was you who nailed Jesus to a cross, but God caused him to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_11","074_4_11","ACT","4","11","11","In the Psalms this was written about the Messiah: He is like MET the stone that was rejected by the builders {that the builders rejected}. But that stone became the most important stone in the building that they were building. Jesus is that stone, and you are those builders who threw away the stone that was the most important one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_12","074_4_12","ACT","4","12","12","So he alone can save us MTY. God has sent only one person MTY into the world who can save us from the guilt of our sins, and that person is Jesus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_13","074_4_13","ACT","4","13","13","The Jewish leaders realized that Peter and John ◄were not afraid of them/spoke boldly►. They also learned that the two men were ordinary people who had not studied in schools. So the leaders were amazed, and they realized that these men had associated with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_14","074_4_14","ACT","4","14","14","They also saw the man who had been healed standing there with the two of them, so they were not able to say anything to oppose Peter and John. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_15","074_4_15","ACT","4","15","15","So the Jewish leaders commanded guards to take Peter, John, and the man outside of the room where those leaders were meeting. After they did so, the leaders talked with each other about Peter and John. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_16","074_4_16","ACT","4","16","16","Being frustrated, one after another, they said, “◄There is really nothing that we can do to punish these two men!/How can we (inc) do anything to punish these two men?► RHQ Almost everyone HYP who is living in Jerusalem knows that they have done an amazing miracle, so we cannot tell people that it did not happen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_17","074_4_17","ACT","4","17","17","However, we must not allow other people to hear about this miracle. So we must tell these men that we will punish them if they continue to tell other people about this MTY man who they say gave them the power to do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_18","074_4_18","ACT","4","18","18","So the Jewish leaders commanded guards to bring the two apostles into that room again. After they did so, they commanded them both that they should never speak about Jesus, and they should not teach anyone about him MTY again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_19","074_4_19","ACT","4","19","19","But Peter and John replied, “Would God think that it is right for us two to obey you and not to obey him? We(exc) will let you decide which of those you think is proper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_20","074_4_20","ACT","4","20","20","But as for us, we cannot obey you. We will not stop telling people about the things that we (exc) have seen Jesus do and what we have heard him teach.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_21","074_4_21","ACT","4","21","22","Then the Jewish leaders again told Peter and John not to disobey them. But all the people there were praising God about what had happened to the lame man. The leaders knew that only God could have enabled Peter and John to miraculously heal the man, because the man was more than 40 years old and he was lame when his mother bore him. They also knew that the people would become angry if they punished the two apostles. So, because they could not decide how to punish Peter and John, they finally let them go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_23","074_4_23","ACT","4","23","23","After Peter and John had been released, they went to the other believers and reported all that the chief priests and other Jewish elders had said to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_24","074_4_24","ACT","4","24","24","When they heard that, they all agreed as they prayed to God, and one of them prayed, “O Lord! You (sg) made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_25","074_4_25","ACT","4","25","25","The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, King  David MTY, who served you, to write these words: It is ridiculous  RHQ that the non-Jews became angry and the Israelite people planned uselessly to oppose God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_26","074_4_26","ACT","4","26","26","The kings of the world prepared to fight God’s Ruler, and the other rulers assembled together with them to oppose the Lord God and the one whom he had appointed to be the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_27","074_4_27","ACT","4","27","27","Lord, we know that what you(sg) said long ago was true, because King Herod and the governor, Pontius Pilate, and many other people, both non-Jews and Israelites, assembled together here in this city. They planned to kill Jesus, who devotedly served you and whom you appointed MTY to be the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_28","074_4_28","ACT","4","28","28","Because you (sg) are all-powerful, those people did only what you SYN allowed them to do. It was what you decided long ago would happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_29","074_4_29","ACT","4","29","29","“So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about punishing us! Help us who serve you (sg) to very boldly speak messages from you (sg) about Jesus ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_30","074_4_30","ACT","4","30","30","Also, by your power MTY miraculously heal sick people and do other amazing miracles SYN that show people your power! Ask Jesus, who always serves you, to give us the authority MTY to do such miracles!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_31","074_4_31","ACT","4","31","31","When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. All of them were ◄completely controlled/empowered► by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit ◄completely controlled/empowered► all of them}, with the result that they began to speak boldly the words that God told them to speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_32","074_4_32","ACT","4","32","32","The group of people who had believed in Jesus were completely agreed about what they thought and what they wanted/desired. Not one of them claimed that he alone owned anything. Instead, they shared with one another everything that they had. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_33","074_4_33","ACT","4","33","33","The apostles continued to tell others, very powerfully, that God had ◄caused the Lord Jesus to become alive again/raised the Lord Jesus from the dead►. People knew that God was graciously helping all the believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_34","074_4_34","ACT","4","34","34","Some of the believers who owned land or houses would occasionally sell some of their property. Then they would bring the money for what they sold ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_35","074_4_35","ACT","4","35","35","and they would present it to the apostles MTY. Then the apostles would give money to any believer who needed it. So no one among the believers was lacking anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_36","074_4_36","ACT","4","36","36","For example, there was Joseph. He was a descendant of Levi and he was born on Cyprus Island. The apostles called him Barnabas; in the Jewish language that name means a person who IDM always encourages others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC4_37","074_4_37","ACT","4","37","37","He sold one of his fields, and brought the money to the apostles for them to distribute to other believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_1","074_5_1","ACT","5","1","1","But there was one of the believers whose name was Ananias, and whose wife’s name was Sapphira. He also sold some land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_2","074_5_2","ACT","5","2","2","He kept for himself some of the money he had received for the land, and his wife knew that he had done that. Then he brought the rest of the money and presented it to the apostles MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_3","074_5_3","ACT","5","3","3","Then Peter said, “Ananias, you (sg) let Satan completely control you MTY so that you (sg) tried to deceive the Holy Spirit and us(exc). ◄That was terrible!/Why did you do such a terrible thing?► RHQ You have kept for yourself some of the money you (sg) received for selling the land, pretending that you(sg) were giving us all of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_4","074_5_4","ACT","5","4","4","Before you (sg) sold that land, you truly owned RHQ it. And after you sold it, you could RHQ certainly still have used the money any way you wanted to. So why did you (sg) ever think RHQ about doing this wicked thing? You were not merely trying to deceive us! No, you tried to deceive God himself!!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_5","074_5_5","ACT","5","5","5","When Ananias heard that, immediately he fell down dead. So all who were there who heard about Ananias’ death became terrified PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_6","074_5_6","ACT","5","6","6","Some young men came in, wrapped his body in a sheet, and carried it out and buried it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_7","074_5_7","ACT","5","7","7","About three hours later, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_8","074_5_8","ACT","5","8","8","As Peter showed her the money that Ananias had brought, he asked her, “Tell me, is this the amount of money you two received for the land you sold?” She said, “Yes, that’s what we(exc) received.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_9","074_5_9","ACT","5","9","9","So Peter said to her, “You both did a terrible thing! You two agreed RHQ to try to determine if you could do that without the Spirit of the Lord God revealing to anyone that you two tried to deceive them! Listen! Do you(sg) hear the footsteps SYN of the men who buried your husband? They are right outside this door, and they will carry your corpse out to bury it, too!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_10","074_5_10","ACT","5","10","10","Immediately Sapphira fell down dead at Peter’s feet. Then the young men came in. When they saw that she was dead, they carried her body out and buried it beside her husband’s body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_11","074_5_11","ACT","5","11","11","So all the believers in Jerusalem became greatly frightened PRS because of what God had done to Ananias and Sapphira. And all the others who heard people tell about those things also became greatly frightened. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_12","074_5_12","ACT","5","12","12","God was enabling the apostles to do many amazing miracles among the people. All the believers were meeting together regularly in the temple courtyard at the place called Solomon’s Porch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_13","074_5_13","ACT","5","13","13","All of the other people who had not yet believed in Jesus were afraid to associate with the believers, because they knew that if they did anything evil, God would punish them, as well as revealing it to the believers. However, those people continued to greatly respect the believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_14","074_5_14","ACT","5","14","14","Many more men and women started believing in the Lord Jesus, and they joined the group of believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_15","074_5_15","ACT","5","15","15","The apostles were doing amazing miracles, so people were bringing those who were sick into the streets, and laying them on stretchers and mats, in order that when Peter came by he would touch them, or at least his shadow might fall upon some of them and heal them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_16","074_5_16","ACT","5","16","16","Crowds of people were also coming to the apostles from the towns near Jerusalem. They were bringing their sick relatives/friends and those who were being tormented/troubled by evil spirits {whom evil spirits were tormenting/troubling}, and God healed all of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_17","074_5_17","ACT","5","17","17","Then the high priest and all who were with him, who were members of the local Sadducee sect in Jerusalem, became very jealous of the apostles, because many people were accepting the apostles’ message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_18","074_5_18","ACT","5","18","18","So they commanded the Temple guards to seize the apostles and put them in the public jail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_19","074_5_19","ACT","5","19","19","The guards did that, but during the night an angel from the Lord God opened the jail doors and brought the apostles outside! The guards were not aware of what the angel had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_20","074_5_20","ACT","5","20","20","Then the angel said to the apostles, “Go to the Temple courtyard, stand there, and tell the people all about how God can give them eternal life!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_21","074_5_21","ACT","5","21","21","So having heard this, about dawn they entered the Temple courtyard and began to teach the people again about Jesus. Acts 5:21b-24 Meanwhile, the high priest and those who were with him summoned the other Jewish Council members. Altogether they made up the entire Council of Israel. After they all gathered together, they sent guards to the jail to bring in the apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_22","074_5_22","ACT","5","22","22","But when the guards arrived at the jail, they discovered that the apostles were not there. So they returned to the Council, and one of them reported, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_23","074_5_23","ACT","5","23","23","“We (exc) saw that the jail doors were very securely locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in to get those men, none of them was inside the jail!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_24","074_5_24","ACT","5","24","24","When the captain of the temple guards and the chief priests heard that, they became greatly perplexed, wondering what might result from all this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_25","074_5_25","ACT","5","25","25","Then someone came from the Temple courtyard and excitedly reported to them, “Listen to this! Right now the men whom you put in jail are standing in the Temple courtyard and they are teaching the people about Jesus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_26","074_5_26","ACT","5","26","26","So the captain of the Temple guards went to the Temple courtyard with the officers, and they brought the apostles back to the Council room. But they did not treat them roughly, because they were afraid that the people would kill them by throwing stones at them if they hurt the apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_27","074_5_27","ACT","5","27","27","After the captain and his officers had brought the apostles to the Council room, they commanded them to stand in front of the Council members, and the high priest questioned them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_28","074_5_28","ACT","5","28","28","He said to them accusingly, “We (exc) strongly commanded you not to teach people about that man MTY Jesus But you have disobeyed us, and you have taught people all over Jerusalem about him! Furthermore, you are trying to make it seem that we (exc) are the ones who are guilty MTY for that man’s death!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_29","074_5_29","ACT","5","29","29","But Peter, speaking for himself and the other apostles, replied, “We (exc) have to obey what God commands us to do, not what you people tell us to do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_30","074_5_30","ACT","5","30","30","God considers that you are the ones who killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross! But God, whom our ancestors worshipped, ◄caused Jesus to become alive again after he died/raised Jesus from the dead►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_31","074_5_31","ACT","5","31","31","God has greatly honored Jesus. He has taken him up to heaven! He has authorized him to be the one who will save us and to rule over our lives! God did this so that he might enable us Israelites MTY to turn away from our sinful behavior and that he might forgive us for our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_32","074_5_32","ACT","5","32","32","We (exc) tell people about these things that we know happened to Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, whom God has sent to us who obey him, is also confirming that these things are true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_33","074_5_33","ACT","5","33","33","When the Council members heard those words, they became very angry with the apostles, and they wanted to kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_34","074_5_34","ACT","5","34","34","But there was a Council member named Gamaliel. He was a Pharisee, and one who taught people the Jewish laws, and all the Jewish people respected him. He stood up in the Council and told guards to take the apostles out of the room for a short time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_35","074_5_35","ACT","5","35","35","After the guards had taken the apostles out, he said to the other Council members, “Fellow Israelites, you need to think carefully about what you are about to do to these men, and I will tell you why. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_36","074_5_36","ACT","5","36","36","Some years ago a man named Theudas rebelled against the Roman government. He told people that he was an important person, and about 400 men joined him. But he was killed {soldiers killed him} and all those who had been accompanying him were scattered. So they were not able to do anything that they had planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_37","074_5_37","ACT","5","37","37","After that, during the time when they were ◄writing down names of the people/taking the census► in order to tax people, a man named Judas from Galilee province rebelled against the Roman government. He persuaded some people to accompany him. But soldiers killed him, too, and all those who had accompanied him went off in different directions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_38","074_5_38","ACT","5","38","38","So now I say this to you: Do not harm these men! Release them! I say this because if this is just something that humans have planned, they will not be able to do it. They will fail, like Theudas and Judas did ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_39","074_5_39","ACT","5","39","39","But, if God has commanded them to do it, you will not be able to prevent them from doing it, because you will find out that you are opposing God!” The other members of the Council accepted what Gamaliel said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_40","074_5_40","ACT","5","40","40","They told the temple guards to bring the apostles and flog them. So the guards brought them into the Council room and flogged them. Then the Council members commanded them not to speak to people about MTY Jesus, and they released the apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_41","074_5_41","ACT","5","41","41","So the apostles left the Council. They were rejoicing, because they knew God had honored them by letting people disgrace them because they were followers MTY of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC5_42","074_5_42","ACT","5","42","42","And every day the apostles went to the temple area and to various people’s houses, and they continued LIT teaching people and telling them that Jesus is the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_1","074_6_1","ACT","6","1","1","During that time, many more people were becoming believers. Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When you Hebrew-speaking believers distribute food or money to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_2","074_6_2","ACT","6","2","2","So, after the  twelve apostles had heard what they were complaining about, they summoned all the other  believers in Jerusalem to meet  together. Then the apostles said to those other believers, “We (exc) would not be doing right if we stopped preaching and teaching  God’s message about Jesus  in order to distribute food MTY and money to the widows! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_3","074_6_3","ACT","6","3","3","So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom you know that the Spirit of God controls completely and who are very wise. Then we (exc) will appoint them to do this work, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_4","074_6_4","ACT","6","4","4","and we (exc) will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message about Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_5","074_6_5","ACT","6","5","5","What the apostles recommended pleased all of the other believers. So they group chose Stephen. He was a man who strongly believed in God and whom the Holy Spirit controlled completely. They also chose Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas who was from Antioch city. Nicolas had accepted the Jewish religion before he had believed in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_6","074_6_6","ACT","6","6","6","They brought these seven men to the apostles. Then after the apostles prayed for those men, they placed their hands on the heads of each one of them to appoint them to do that work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_7","074_6_7","ACT","6","7","7","So the believers continued to tell many people the message from God. ◄The number of people in Jerusalem who believed in Jesus was increasing greatly./More and more people in Jerusalem were believing in Jesus.► Among them were many Jewish priests who were believing the message about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_8","074_6_8","ACT","6","8","8","God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the Jewish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_9","074_6_9","ACT","6","9","9","However, some people opposed Stephen. They were Jews from a group that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was {that people} called the Freedmen’s Meeting Place. Those people were from Cyrene and Alexandria cities and also from Cilicia and Asia provinces. They all began to argue with Stephen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_10","074_6_10","ACT","6","10","10","But they were not able ◄to refute what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong►, because God’s Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_11","074_6_11","ACT","6","11","11","Then that group secretly persuaded some  men to falsely accuse Stephen. saying, “We (exc) heard him say bad things about Moses and God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_12","074_6_12","ACT","6","12","12","So, by saying that, they made the other Jewish people angry at Stephen, including the elders and the teachers of the Jewish laws. Then they all seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_13","074_6_13","ACT","6","13","13","They also brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely about several things. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws that Moses received from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_14","074_6_14","ACT","6","14","14","Specifically, we (exc) have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth town will destroy this Temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses taught our ancestors.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC6_15","074_6_15","ACT","6","15","15","When all the people who were sitting in the Council room heard that, and as they all stared at Stephen, they saw that his face was shining SIM like the face of an angel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_1","074_7_1","ACT","7","1","1","Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that these people are saying about you(sg) true?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_2","074_7_2","ACT","7","2","2","Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, please listen to me! The glorious God whom we(inc) worship appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still living in Mesopotamia region, before he moved to Haran town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_3","074_7_3","ACT","7","3","3","God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you (sg) and your relatives are living, and go into the land to which I will lead you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_4","074_7_4","ACT","7","4","4","So Abraham left that land, which was also called Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you and I are now living.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_5","074_7_5","ACT","7","5","5","“At that time God did not give Abraham any land here, not even a small plot of this land that would belong to him. God promised that he would later give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would always belong to them. However, at that time Abraham did not have any children who would ◄inherit it/receive it after he died►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_6","074_7_6","ACT","7","6","6","“Later God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They will live there for 400 years, and during that time their leaders will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_7","074_7_7","ACT","7","7","7","But God also said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave that land and they will come and worship me in this land.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_8","074_7_8","ACT","7","8","8","“Then God commanded Abraham that every male in his household and all of his male descendants should be circumcised to show that they all belonged to God and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. Later Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac similarly circumcised him. And Jacob similarly circumcised his twelve sons. They are the twelve men from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_9","074_7_9","ACT","7","9","9","“You know that Jacob’s older sons became jealous because their father favored their younger brother Joseph. So they sold him to merchants/traders who took him MTY to Egypt. There he became a slave of an official who lived there. But God helped Joseph. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_10","074_7_10","ACT","7","10","10","He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule over Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_11","074_7_11","ACT","7","11","11","“While Joseph was doing that work, there was a time ◄when there was very little food/of famine► throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. At that time Jacob and his sons in Canaan also could not find enough food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_12","074_7_12","ACT","7","12","12","When Jacob heard people report that there was grain/food that people could buy in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_13","074_7_13","ACT","7","13","13","When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, they again bought grain from Joseph. But this time he told them who he was. And people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_14","074_7_14","ACT","7","14","14","Then after Joseph sent his brothers back home, they told their father Jacob that Joseph wanted him and his entire family to come to Egypt. At that time ◄Jacob’s family consisted of 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family► SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_15","074_7_15","ACT","7","15","15","So when Jacob heard that, he and all his family went to live in Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “Later on, Jacob died there, and our other ancestors, his sons, also died there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_16","074_7_16","ACT","7","16","16","But the bodies of Jacob and Joseph were brought {they brought the bodies of Jacob and Joseph} back to our land, and Jacob’s body was buried {they buried Jacob’s body} in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body in Shechem in the ground that Jacob had bought from Hamor’s sons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_17","074_7_17","ACT","7","17","17","“Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for God to rescue them from Egypt, as he had promised Abraham that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_18","074_7_18","ACT","7","18","18","Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_19","074_7_19","ACT","7","19","19","That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He even commanded them to leave their baby boys outside their homes so that they would die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_20","074_7_20","ACT","7","20","20","“During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful LIT child. So his parents secretly cared for him in their house for three months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_21","074_7_21","ACT","7","21","21","Then they had to put him outside the house, but Pharaoh’s daughter found him and adopted him and cared for him as though he were her own son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_22","074_7_22","ACT","7","22","22","Moses was taught {The Egyptian teachers taught Moses} many kinds of wise things HYP that the people in Egypt knew, and when he grew up, he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_23","074_7_23","ACT","7","23","23","“One day when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would go and see his fellow Israelis. So he went to the place where they worked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_24","074_7_24","ACT","7","24","24","He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help MTY the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom the Egyptian was hurting/beating}, and he ◄got revenge on/paid back► the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian who was hurting/beating him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_25","074_7_25","ACT","7","25","25","Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them from being slaves. But they did not understand that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_26","074_7_26","ACT","7","26","26","The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting each other. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow Israelis! So ◄stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?► RHQ’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_27","074_7_27","ACT","7","27","27","But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘◄No one appointed you (sg) to rule and judge us (exc)!/Do you (sg) think someone appointed you (sg) to rule and judge us (exc)?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_28","074_7_28","ACT","7","28","28","Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_29","074_7_29","ACT","7","29","29","When Moses heard that, he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so he fled from Egypt to Midian land. He lived there for some years. He got married, and he and his wife had two sons.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_30","074_7_30","ACT","7","30","30","“One day 40 years later, the Lord God appeared as an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_31","074_7_31","ACT","7","31","31","When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, because the bush was not burning up. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord God say to him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_32","074_7_32","ACT","7","32","32","‘I am the God whom your ancestors worshipped. I am the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob worship.’ Moses was so afraid that he began to shake. He was afraid to look at the bush any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_33","074_7_33","ACT","7","33","33","Then the Lord God said to him, ‘Take your sandals off to show that you(sg) revere me. Because I am here, the place where you are standing is holy/sacred. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_34","074_7_34","ACT","7","34","34","I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan because those people continually oppress them. So I have come down to rescue them from Egypt. Now get ready, because I am going to send you back to Egypt to do that.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_35","074_7_35","ACT","7","35","35","“This Moses is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but whom they rejected by saying, ‘No one RHQ appointed you to rule and judge us!’ Moses is the one whom God himself sent to rule them and to free them from being slaves. He is the one whom an angel in the bush commanded to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_36","074_7_36","ACT","7","36","36","Moses is the one who led our ancestors out from Egypt. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years that the Israelite people lived in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_37","074_7_37","ACT","7","37","37","This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. He will speak words from God, just like I speak his words to you.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_38","074_7_38","ACT","7","38","38","This man Moses was our people’s leader when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom God sent the angel on Sinai Mountain to give him our laws, and he was the one who told our other ancestors what the angel had said. He was the one who received from God words that tell us how to live eternally, and Moses passed them on to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_39","074_7_39","ACT","7","39","39","“However, our ancestors did not want to obey Moses. Instead, while he was still on the mountain, they rejected him as their leader and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_40","074_7_40","ACT","7","40","40","So they told his older brother Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us back to Egypt! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we (exc) do not know what has happened to him!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_41","074_7_41","ACT","7","41","41","So, they made out of gold an image that looked like a calf. Then they sacrificed animals and offered other things to honor that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_42","074_7_42","ACT","7","42","42","So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite people MTY, when you repeatedly killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years that you were in the desert, ◄you most certainly were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_43","074_7_43","ACT","7","43","43","On the contrary, you carried with you from place to place the tent that contained the idol representing the god Molech that you worshipped. You also carried with you the image of the star called Rephan. Those were idols that you had made, and you worshipped them instead of me. So I will cause you to be taken away {people to take you} from your own country. You will be taken {They will take you} far from your homes to regions even farther than Babylon Country.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_44","074_7_44","ACT","7","44","44","“While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed that he was there with them. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses to make it. It was exactly like the model that Moses had seen when he was up on the mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_45","074_7_45","ACT","7","45","45","Later on, other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them into this land. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people who previously lived here to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. The tent remained in this land and was still here when King David ruled. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_46","074_7_46","ACT","7","46","46","David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where he and all of our Israeli people could worship God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_47","074_7_47","ACT","7","47","47","But instead, God let David’s son Solomon build a house where people could worship God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_48","074_7_48","ACT","7","48","48","“However, we(inc) know that God is greater than everything, and he does not live in houses that people SYN have made. It is like the prophet Isaiah wrote. He wrote these words that God had spoken: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_49","074_7_49","ACT","7","49","50","Heaven is ◄my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe►, and the earth is ◄my footstool/merely like a stool on which I may rest my feet►. I myself SYN have made everything both in heaven and on the earth. So you human beings, ◄you really cannot build a house that would be adequate for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be appropriate for me?► RHQ You cannot RHQ make a place good enough for me to live in!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_51","074_7_51","ACT","7","51","51","“You people are extremely stubborn MET, not wanting to obey God or listen MTY to him! You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit as they did! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_52","074_7_52","ACT","7","52","52","Your ancestors caused RHQ every prophet to suffer, including Moses. They even killed those who long ago announced that the Messiah would come, the one who always did what pleased God. And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom you recently turned over to his enemies and insisted that they kill him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_53","074_7_53","ACT","7","53","53","You are the people who have received God’s laws. Those were laws that God caused angels to give to our ancestors. However, incredibly, you have not obeyed them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_54","074_7_54","ACT","7","54","54","When the Jewish Council members and others there heard all that Stephen said, they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth together because they were so angry at him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_55","074_7_55","ACT","7","55","55","But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and he saw Jesus standing at God’s right side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_56","074_7_56","ACT","7","56","56","“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I see the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_57","074_7_57","ACT","7","57","57","When the Jewish Council members and others heard that, they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately they all rushed at him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_58","074_7_58","ACT","7","58","58","They dragged him outside the city of Jerusalem and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him took off their outer garments in order to throw stones more easily, and they put their clothes on the ground next to a young man whose name was Saul, so that he could guard them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_59","074_7_59","ACT","7","59","59","While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC7_60","074_7_60","ACT","7","60","60","Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) LIT for this sin!” After he had said that, he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_1","074_8_1","ACT","8","1","2","Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. On that same day people started severely persecuting the believers who were living in Jerusalem. So most of the believers fled to other places throughout Judea and Samaria provinces. The apostles were the only believers who remained in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_3","074_8_3","ACT","8","3","3","While the people were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving of their killing Stephen. So Saul also began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women who believed in Jesus, and then he arranged for them to be put in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_4","074_8_4","ACT","8","4","4","The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_5","074_8_5","ACT","8","5","5","One of those believers whose name was Philip went down from Jerusalem to a city in Samaria province. There he was telling the people that Jesus is MTY the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_6","074_8_6","ACT","8","6","6","Many people there heard Philip speak and saw the miraculous things that he was doing. So they all ◄paid close attention to/listened carefully to► his words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_7","074_8_7","ACT","8","7","7","For example, when Philip commanded evil spirits who controlled many people that they should come out of them, they came out, while those spirits screamed. Also, many people who were paralyzed and many others who were lame were healed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_8","074_8_8","ACT","8","8","8","So many people MTY in that city greatly rejoiced. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_9","074_8_9","ACT","8","9","9","There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria province by doing that. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_10","074_8_10","ACT","8","10","10","All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. Various ones of them were saying, “This man works in extremely powerful ways because God has caused him to be a great person.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_11","074_8_11","ACT","8","11","11","They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_12","074_8_12","ACT","8","12","12","But then they believed Philip’s message when he preached to them about how God desires to rule MET the lives of people who believe in him, and about Jesus being the Messiah MTY. Both the men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. {Philip was baptizing both the men and the women who had come to believe in Jesus}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_13","074_8_13","ACT","8","13","13","Simon himself believed Philip’s message and, after he was baptized {after Philip baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw Philip doing many kinds of miraculous things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_14","074_8_14","ACT","8","14","14","When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that many people PRS throughout Samaria district had believed the message from God about Jesus, they sent Peter and John there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_15","074_8_15","ACT","8","15","15","When Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they prayed for those new believers in order that the Holy Spirit’s power would come to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_16","074_8_16","ACT","8","16","16","Peter and John realized that the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {Philip had baptized them} because they had believed in MTY the Lord Jesus, but they did not know about the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_17","074_8_17","ACT","8","17","17","Then Peter and John placed their hands on the heads of each person, and they received the power of MTY the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_18","074_8_18","ACT","8","18","18","Simon saw things that convinced him that God had given the Spirit’s power to people as a result of the apostles placing their hands on them. So he offered to give money to the apostles, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_19","074_8_19","ACT","8","19","19","saying, “Enable me also to do what you are doing, so that everyone on whom I place/put my hands may receive the Holy Spirit’s power.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_20","074_8_20","ACT","8","20","20","But Peter said to him, “May you (sg) and your money go to hell, because you mistakenly think that you can buy from us what God alone gives to people ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_21","074_8_21","ACT","8","21","21","God has not authorized you to have any part of this ministry of giving the Holy Spirit’s power, because he knows that you are not thinking rightly! (OR, because he knows that you are thinking completely wrongly.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_22","074_8_22","ACT","8","22","22","So stop thinking wickedly like that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you for what you wickedly thought/planned to do ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_23","074_8_23","ACT","8","23","23","Turn away from your evil ways, because I perceive that you (sg) are extremely envious of us, and you are a slave of your continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_24","074_8_24","ACT","8","24","24","Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord God that he will not do to me what you just said!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_25","074_8_25","ACT","8","25","25","After Peter and John told people there what they knew personally about the Lord Jesus and declared to them the message about Jesus, they both returned to Jerusalem. Along the way they preached the good message about Jesus to people in many villages in Samaria province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_26","074_8_26","ACT","8","26","26","One day an angel whom the Lord God had sent commanded Philip, “Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” That was a road in a desert area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_27","074_8_27","ACT","8","27","27","So Philip got ready and went along that road. Suddenly he met a man from Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the queen of Ethiopia. In his language people called their queen Candace. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_28","074_8_28","ACT","8","28","28","and he was returning home and was seated riding in his chariot. As he was riding, he was reading out loud from what the prophet Isaiah had written MTY long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_29","074_8_29","ACT","8","29","29","God’s Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to the man who is riding in it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_30","074_8_30","ACT","8","30","30","So Philip ran to the chariot and kept running close to it. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah had written. He asked the man, “Do you (sg) understand what you are reading?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_31","074_8_31","ACT","8","31","31","He answered Philip, “No! ◄I cannot possibly understand it if there is no one to explain it to me!/How can I understand it if there is no one to explain it to me?► RHQ” Acts 8:31b-35 Then the man said to Philip, “Please come up and sit beside me.” So Philip did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_32","074_8_32","ACT","8","32","32","The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: He will be silent when they lead him away to kill him like when  a sheep is led away to be killed. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off {someone cuts off its wool}, similarly he will not protest MTY when people cause him to suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_33","074_8_33","ACT","8","33","33","When he will be humiliated by being accused falsely {people will humiliate him by accusing him falsely}, the rulers ◄will not consider him innocent/will consider him guilty►. No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed {people will kill him} without him having any descendants on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_34","074_8_34","ACT","8","34","34","The official asked Philip about these words that he was reading, “Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? Was he writing about himself or about someone else?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_35","074_8_35","ACT","8","35","35","So Philip began to explain that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about MTY Jesus. So the official understood and believed in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_36","074_8_36","ACT","8","36","37","While they were traveling along the road, they came to a place where there was a pond of water near the road. Then the official said to Philip, “Look, there is a pond of water! ◄I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent you from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent you from baptizing me}?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_38","074_8_38","ACT","8","38","38","So the official told the driver to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the pond of water, and Philip baptized him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_39","074_8_39","ACT","8","39","39","When they came up out of the water, suddenly God’s Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw Philip again. But although he never saw Philip again, the official continued going along the road, very happy that God had saved him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC8_40","074_8_40","ACT","8","40","40","Philip then realized that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to Azotus town. While he traveled around in that region, he continued proclaiming the message about Jesus in all the towns between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming it when he finally arrived in Caesarea city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_1","074_9_1","ACT","9","1","1","Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that Jesus is the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest in Jerusalem ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_2","074_9_2","ACT","9","2","2","and requested him to write letters introducing him to the leaders of MTY the Jewish meeting places in Damascus city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul to seize any men or women who followed the way that Jesus had taught, and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_3","074_9_3","ACT","9","3","3","Saul took those letters, and while he and those with him traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a brilliant light from heaven shone around Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_4","074_9_4","ACT","9","4","4","Immediately he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice of the Lord say to him, “Saul, Saul, ◄stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_5","074_9_5","ACT","9","5","5","Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, and you (sg) are causing me to suffer by hurting my followers! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_6","074_9_6","ACT","9","6","6","Now instead of continuing to do that, stand up and go into the city! Someone there will tell you (sg) what I want you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_7","074_9_7","ACT","9","7","7","The men who were traveling with Saul became so frightened that they could not say anything. They just stood there. They only heard the sound when the Lord spoke, but they did not see anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_8","074_9_8","ACT","9","8","8","Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men with him took him by the hand and led him into Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_9","074_9_9","ACT","9","9","9","For the next three days Saul could not see anything, and he did not eat or drink anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_10","074_9_10","ACT","9","10","10","In Damascus there was a Jew named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While Ananias was seeing a vision, the Lord Jesus said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I am listening.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_11","074_9_11","ACT","9","11","11","The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask someone there if you(sg) can talk to a man named Saul from Tarsus city, because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_12","074_9_12","ACT","9","12","12","Saul has seen a vision in which a man named Ananias entered the house where he was staying and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_13","074_9_13","ACT","9","13","13","But Ananias protested, saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who believe in you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_14","074_9_14","ACT","9","14","14","And the chief priests have authorized him to come here to Damascus in order to seize all of us who believe in you (sg) MTY and take us to Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_15","074_9_15","ACT","9","15","15","But the Lord Jesus told Ananias, “Go to Saul! Do what I say, because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me MTY both to non-Jewish people and their kings and to the Israeli people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_16","074_9_16","ACT","9","16","16","I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of telling people about me MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_17","074_9_17","ACT","9","17","17","So Ananias went, and after he found the house where Saul was, he entered it. Then, as soon as he met Saul, he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus himself commanded me to come to you. He is the same one who appeared to you (sg) while you were traveling along the road. He sent me to you in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_18","074_9_18","ACT","9","18","18","Instantly, things like fish scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {Ananias baptized him} immediately. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_19","074_9_19","ACT","9","19","19","After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the other believers in Damascus for several days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_20","074_9_20","ACT","9","20","20","Right away Saul began to preach to people about Jesus in the Jewish meeting places in Damascus. He told them that Jesus is ◄the Son of/the man who is also► God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_21","074_9_21","ACT","9","21","21","And all the people who heard him preach were amazed. Various ones of them were saying, “◄We(inc) can hardly believe that this is the same man who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the same man who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?► RHQ, MTY And we (inc) know that he has RHQ come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests in Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_22","074_9_22","ACT","9","22","22","But God enabled Saul to preach to many people even more convincingly. He was proving from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything ◄to refute what he said/to prove that what he said was not true►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_23","074_9_23","ACT","9","23","23","Some time later, after Saul had left Damascus and then returned, the Jewish leaders SYN there plotted to kill him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_24","074_9_24","ACT","9","24","24","During each day and night those Jews were continually watching the people passing through the city gates, in order that when they saw Saul they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_25","074_9_25","ACT","9","25","25","So some of those whom he had helped to believe in Jesus took him one night to the high stone wall that surrounded the city. They used ropes to lower him in a large basket through an opening in the wall. So he escaped from Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_26","074_9_26","ACT","9","26","26","When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, almost all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_27","074_9_27","ACT","9","27","27","But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, while Saul was traveling along the road to Damascus, he had seen the Lord Jesus and how the Lord had spoken to him there. He also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus MTY to people in Damascus. The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_28","074_9_28","ACT","9","28","28","So Saul began to associate with the apostles and other believers throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly to people about MTY the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_29","074_9_29","ACT","9","29","29","Saul was also speaking about Jesus with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying to think ◄of a way to kill him/of how they could kill him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_30","074_9_30","ACT","9","30","30","When the other believers heard that those Jews were planning to kill him, some of the believers took Saul down to Caesarea city. There they arranged for him to go by ship to Tarsus, his hometown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_31","074_9_31","ACT","9","31","31","So the groups of believers throughout the entire regions of Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully because no one was persecuting them any more. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them spiritually and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit was enabling many other people to become believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_32","074_9_32","ACT","9","32","32","While Peter was traveling throughout those regions, once he went to the coastal plain to visit the believers who lived in Lydda town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_33","074_9_33","ACT","9","33","33","There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from his bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_34","074_9_34","ACT","9","34","34","Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you (sg) right now! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_35","074_9_35","ACT","9","35","35","Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon Plain saw Aeneas after the Lord had healed him, so they believed in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_36","074_9_36","ACT","9","36","36","In Joppa town there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. Her name in the Greek language was Dorcas. Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope. That woman was continually doing good deeds for others. Specifically, she was helping poor people by giving them things that they needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_37","074_9_37","ACT","9","37","37","During the time that Peter was in Lydda, she became sick and died. Some women there washed her body according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it. Then they covered her body with cloth and placed it in an upstairs room in her house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_38","074_9_38","ACT","9","38","38","Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was still in Lydda, they sent two men to go to Peter. When they arrived where Peter was, they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us to Joppa!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_39","074_9_39","ACT","9","39","39","So right away Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived at the house in Joppa, the two men took Peter to the upstairs room where Dorcas’ body was lying. All the widows therecrowded around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and other garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_40","074_9_40","ACT","9","40","40","But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” Immediately she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_41","074_9_41","ACT","9","41","41","He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and especially the widows among them to come back in, he showed them that Tabitha was alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_42","074_9_42","ACT","9","42","42","Soon people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC9_43","074_9_43","ACT","9","43","43","Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather from animal skins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_1","074_10_1","ACT","10","1","1","There was a man who lived in Caesarea city whose name was Cornelius. He was an officer who commanded 100 men in a large group of Roman soldiers from Italy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_2","074_10_2","ACT","10","2","2","He always tried to do what would please God; he and his entire household MTY were non-Jews who habitually worshipped God. He sometimes gave money to help poor Jewish people, and he prayed to God regularly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_3","074_10_3","ACT","10","3","3","One day at about three o’clock in the afternoon Cornelius saw a vision. He clearly saw an angel whom God had sent. The angel came into his room and said to him, “Cornelius!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_4","074_10_4","ACT","10","4","4","Cornelius stared at the angel and became terrified. Then he asked fearfully, “Sir, what do you (sg) want?” The angel answered him, “You (sg) have pleased God because you have been praying regularly to him and you often give money to help poor people. Those things have been like a sacrifice to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_5","074_10_5","ACT","10","5","5","So, now command some men to go to Joppa and tell them to bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_6","074_10_6","ACT","10","6","6","He is staying with a man, also named Simon, who makes leather. His house is near the ocean.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_7","074_10_7","ACT","10","7","7","When the angel who spoke to Cornelius had gone, Cornelius summoned two of his household servants and a soldier who served him, one who also worshipped God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_8","074_10_8","ACT","10","8","8","He explained to them everything that the angel had said. Then he told them to go to Joppa to ask Peter to come to Caesarea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_9","074_10_9","ACT","10","9","9","About noon the next day those three men were traveling along the road and were coming near Joppa. As they were approaching Joppa, Peter went up on the flat housetop to pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_10","074_10_10","ACT","10","10","10","He became hungry and wanted something to eat. While someone was preparing the food, Peter saw this vision: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_11","074_10_11","ACT","10","11","11","◄He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky► and something like a large sheet was being lowered to the ground. It was tied at its four corners with ropes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_12","074_10_12","ACT","10","12","12","Inside the sheet were all kinds of creatures. These included animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat. Some had four feet, others scurried across the ground, and others were wild birds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_13","074_10_13","ACT","10","13","13","Then he heard God SYN say to him, “Peter, stand up, kill and cook some of these and eat their meat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_14","074_10_14","ACT","10","14","14","But Peter replied, “Lord, surely you (sg) do not really want me to do that! I have never eaten any meat that our Jewish law says is unacceptable to God or something that we(exc) must not eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_15","074_10_15","ACT","10","15","15","Then Peter heard MTY God talk to him a second time. He said, “I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say that it is not acceptable to eat!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_16","074_10_16","ACT","10","16","16","This happened three times, so Peter knew that he had to think carefully about what it might mean. Immediately after God had said that the third time, ◄the sheet with the animals and birds was the pulled back into heaven/someone pulled the sheet with the animals and birds up into the sky again►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_17","074_10_17","ACT","10","17","17","While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to Simon’s house. So they found his house and were standing outside the gate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_18","074_10_18","ACT","10","18","18","They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_19","074_10_19","ACT","10","19","19","While Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant, God’s Spirit said to him, “Three men are here who want to see you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_20","074_10_20","ACT","10","20","20","So get up and go downstairs and go with them! Do not think that you (sg) should not go with them because of their being non-Jews, because I have sent them here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_21","074_10_21","ACT","10","21","21","So Peter went down to the men and said to them, “Greetings! I am the man you are looking for. Why have you come?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_22","074_10_22","ACT","10","22","22","One of them replied, “Cornelius, who is a Roman army officer, sent us here. He is a righteous man who worships God, and all of the Jewish people HYP who know about him say that he is a very good man. An angel ◄who was sent from God/whom God sent► said to him, ‘Tell some men to go to Joppa to see Simon Peter and bring him here, so that you (sg) can hear what he has to say.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_23","074_10_23","ACT","10","23","23","So Peter said that he would go with them, and then he invited them into the house and told them that they could stay there that night. Acts 10:23b-26 The next day Peter got ready and went with the men. Several of the believers from Joppa went with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_24","074_10_24","ACT","10","24","24","The day after that, they arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for them. He had also invited his relatives and close friends to come to his house, so they were there, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_25","074_10_25","ACT","10","25","25","When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and bowed low in front of him to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_26","074_10_26","ACT","10","26","26","But Peter grasped Cornelius by the hand and lifted him to his feet. He said, “Stand up! Do not revere/worship me I myself am only human, like you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_27","074_10_27","ACT","10","27","27","While he was talking to Cornelius, Peter and the others entered a large room inside the house. Peter saw that many people had gathered together there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_28","074_10_28","ACT","10","28","28","Then Peter said to them, “You all know that any of us Jews think we are disobeying our Jewish laws if we (exc) associate with a non-Jewish person or if we even visit him. However, God has shown me in a vision that I should not say about anyone that God will not accept him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_29","074_10_29","ACT","10","29","29","So when you sent some men to ask me to come here, I came right away. I did not say that I could not go with non-Jewish people. So, please tell me, why have you asked me to come here?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_30","074_10_30","ACT","10","30","30","Cornelius replied, “About this time four days ago I was praying to God in my house, as I regularly do at three o’clock in the afternoon. Suddenly a man whose clothes shone brightly stood in front of me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_31","074_10_31","ACT","10","31","31","and said, ‘Cornelius, when you (sg) have prayed, you have been heard by God {God has heard when you (sg) have prayed to him}. He has also noticed that you have often given money to help poor people, and he is pleased with that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_32","074_10_32","ACT","10","32","32","So now, send messengers to go to Joppa, in order to ask Simon whose other name is Peter to come here. He is staying near the ocean in a house that belongs to another man named Simon, who makes leather. When Simon Peter comes, he will tell you a message from God.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_33","074_10_33","ACT","10","33","33","So I immediately sent some men who asked you (sg) to come here, and I certainly thank you for coming. Now we (exc) all are gathered here, knowing that God is with us, in order to hear all the things that the Lord God has commanded you to say. So please speak to us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_34","074_10_34","ACT","10","34","34","So Peter began to speak MTY to them. He said, “Now I understand that it is true that God does not favor only certain groups of people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_35","074_10_35","ACT","10","35","35","Instead, from every group of people he accepts everyone who honors him and who does what pleases him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_36","074_10_36","ACT","10","36","36","You know the message that God sent to us Israelis. He proclaimed to us the good news that he would cause people to have peace with him because of what Jesus Christ has done. This Jesus is Lord not only over us Israelis. He is also the Lord who rules over all people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_37","074_10_37","ACT","10","37","37","You know what he did throughout the land of Judea, beginning in Galilee. He began to do those things after John had been proclaiming to people that they should turn away from their sinful behavior before he baptized them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_38","074_10_38","ACT","10","38","38","You know that God gave MTY his Holy Spirit to Jesus, the Man from Nazareth town, and gave him the power to do miracles. You also know how Jesus went to many places, always doing good deeds and healing people. Specifically, he was continually healing all the people whom the devil was causing to suffer. Jesus was able to do those things because God was always helping him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_39","074_10_39","ACT","10","39","39","“We apostles tell people about all the things that we saw Jesus do in Jerusalem and in the rest of Israel. The leaders in Jerusalem had him killed by being nailed to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_40","074_10_40","ACT","10","40","40","However, God caused him to become alive again on the third day after he had died. God also enabled some of us(exc) to see him so that we would know that he was alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_41","074_10_41","ACT","10","41","41","God did not let all the Jewish people see him. Instead, he had chosen us apostles beforehand to see Jesus after he became alive again, and to tell others about him. We apostles are the people who ate meals with him ◄after he had become alive again/after he had risen from the dead►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_42","074_10_42","ACT","10","42","42","God commanded us to preach to the people and tell them that Jesus is the one whom he has appointed to judge everyone some day. He will judge all  those who will still  be living and all those who will have died by that time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_43","074_10_43","ACT","10","43","43","All of the prophets who wrote about the Messiah long ago told people about him. They wrote that if people believe in the Messiah MTY, God would forgive them for their sins, because of what the Messiah would do for them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_44","074_10_44","ACT","10","44","44","While Peter was still speaking those words, suddenly the Holy Spirit ◄came down on/began to control► all those non-Jewish people who were listening to the message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_45","074_10_45","ACT","10","45","45","The Jewish believers who had come with Peter from Joppa were amazed that God had generously given the Holy Spirit to the non-Jewish people, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_46","074_10_46","ACT","10","46","46","The Jewish believers knew that God had done that because they were hearing those people speaking languages MTY that they had not learned and telling how great God is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_47","074_10_47","ACT","10","47","47","Then Peter said to the other Jewish believers who were there, “God has given them the Holy Spirit just like he gave him to us Jewish believers, so ◄surely all of you would agree that we(exc) should baptize these people!/would any of you forbid that these people should be baptized?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC10_48","074_10_48","ACT","10","48","48","Then Peter told those non-Jewish people that they should be baptized to show that they had believed MTY in the Lord Jesus Christ. So they baptized all of them. After they were baptized, they requested that Peter stay with them several days. So Peter and the other Jewish believers did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_1","074_11_1","ACT","11","1","1","The apostles and other believers who lived in various towns in Judea province heard people say that some non-Jewish people had believed the message from God about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_2","074_11_2","ACT","11","2","2","So when Peter and the six other believers returned from Caesarea to Jerusalem, some Jewish believers criticized Peter, because they thought that Jews should not associate with non-Jews MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_3","074_11_3","ACT","11","3","3","They said to him, “Not only was it wrong for you(sg) to visit non-Jewish people, you even ate with them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_4","074_11_4","ACT","11","4","4","So Peter began to explain exactly what had happened concerning Cornelius. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_5","074_11_5","ACT","11","5","5","He said, “I was praying by myself in Joppa town, and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw that something like a large sheet was being lowered from heaven. It was tied with ropes at its four corners, and it came down to where I was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_6","074_11_6","ACT","11","6","6","As I was looking intently into it, I saw some tame animals but also animals that our laws forbid us to eat, including wild animals, snakes, and wild birds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_7","074_11_7","ACT","11","7","7","Then I heard God MTY commanding me, ‘Peter, get up, kill some of these, and cook and eat their meat!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_8","074_11_8","ACT","11","8","8","But I replied, ‘Lord, you(sg) surely do not really want me to do that, because I have never eaten MTY meat from any animal that our laws say that we (exc) must not eat SYN!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_9","074_11_9","ACT","11","9","9","God spoke from heaven to me a second time, ‘I am God, so if I have made something acceptable to eat, do not say that it is not acceptable to eat!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_10","074_11_10","ACT","11","10","10","Then after that happened three times, the sheet with all those animals and birds was pulled up into heaven again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_11","074_11_11","ACT","11","11","11","“At that exact moment, three men who had been {whom Cornelius had} sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_12","074_11_12","ACT","11","12","12","God’s Spirit told me that I should be willing to go with them even though they were not Jews. These six Jewish believers from Joppa went with me to Caesarea, and then we (exc) went into that non-Jewish man’s house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_13","074_11_13","ACT","11","13","13","He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his house. The angel told him, ‘Tell some men to go to Joppa and bring back Simon whose other name is Peter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_14","074_11_14","ACT","11","14","14","He will tell you (sg) how you and everyone MTY else in your house will be saved {how God will save you and everyone MTY else in your house}.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_15","074_11_15","ACT","11","15","15","After I started to speak, the Holy Spirit suddenly came down on them, just like he had first MTY come on us during the Pentecost festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_16","074_11_16","ACT","11","16","16","Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John caused people to be baptized in water, but God will cause the Holy Spirit to enter you and change your lives.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_17","074_11_17","ACT","11","17","17","God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us (inc) after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So, ◄I could not possibly tell God that he did wrong when he gave them the Holy Spirit!/how could I tell God that he did wrong when he gave them the Holy Spirit?► RHQ He was showing that he had received them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_18","074_11_18","ACT","11","18","18","After those Jewish believers heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing him. Instead, they praised God, saying, “Then it is clear to us that God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior and believe in Jesus!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_19","074_11_19","ACT","11","19","19","After people had killed Stephen, many of the believers left Jerusalem and went to other places, because people were causing them to suffer there in Jerusalem. Some of them went to Phoenicia region, some went to Cyprus Island, and others went to Antioch city in Syria province. In those places they were continually telling people the message about Jesus, but they told only other Jewish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_20","074_11_20","ACT","11","20","20","Some of the believers were men from Cyprus and from Cyrene city in north Africa. They went to Antioch, and although they told other Jews about the Lord Jesus, they also told non-Jewish people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_21","074_11_21","ACT","11","21","21","The Lord God MTY was powerfully enabling those believers to preach effectively. As a result, very many non-Jewish people believed their message and trusted in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_22","074_11_22","ACT","11","22","22","The group of believers in Jerusalem heard MTY people say that many people in Antioch were believing in Jesus. So the leaders of the congregation in Jerusalem asked Barnabas to go to Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_23","074_11_23","ACT","11","23","23","When he got there, he realized that God had acted kindly toward the believers. So he was very happy, and he continually encouraged all of the believers to continue to trust completely in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_24","074_11_24","ACT","11","24","24","Barnabas was a good man whom the Holy Spirit completely controlled, one who trusted God completely. Because of what Barnabas did, many people there believed in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_25","074_11_25","ACT","11","25","25","Then Barnabas went to Tarsus in Cilicia province to try to find Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_26","074_11_26","ACT","11","26","26","After he found him, Barnabas brought him back to Antioch to help teach the believers. So during a whole year Barnabas and Saul met regularly with the congregation there and taught many of them about Jesus. It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians {that people first called the believers Christians}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_27","074_11_27","ACT","11","27","27","During the time that Barnabas and Saul were at Antioch, some believers who were prophets arrived there from Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_28","074_11_28","ACT","11","28","28","One of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up in order to speak. God’s Spirit enabled him to prophesy ◄that there would soon be a famine in many countries/that people in many countries HYP would soon suffer because they would not have enough food to eat►. (That famine happened when Claudius was the Roman Emperor.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_29","074_11_29","ACT","11","29","29","When the believers there heard what Agabus said, they decided that they would send money to help the believers who lived in Judea. Each of them decided to give as much money as he was able to give. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC11_30","074_11_30","ACT","11","30","30","They sent the money with Barnabas and Saul to the leaders of the congregation in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_1","074_12_1","ACT","12","1","1","It was about this time that King Herod Agrippa sent soldiers MTY who seized and put in prison some of the leaders of the congregation in Jerusalem. He did that because he wanted to make the believers suffer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_2","074_12_2","ACT","12","2","2","He commanded a soldier to cut off the head of the apostle James, the older brother of the apostle John. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_3","074_12_3","ACT","12","3","3","When Herod realized that he had pleased the leaders of the Jewish people by doing that, he commanded soldiers to arrest Peter in order to kill him, too. This happened during the festival when the Jewish people ate bread that did not have yeast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_4","074_12_4","ACT","12","4","4","After they seized Peter, they put him in prison. They arranged for four groups of soldiers to guard Peter. Each group had four soldiers. Every three hours a different group began to guard him while the others rested. Herod wanted to bring Peter out of prison and judge him in front of the Jewish people after the Passover Festival was finished. He then planned to command soldiers to execute Peter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_5","074_12_5","ACT","12","5","5","So for several days Peter was kept {they kept Peter} in prison. But the other believers in the congregation at Jerusalem were praying earnestly to God that he would help Peter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_6","074_12_6","ACT","12","6","6","The night before Herod planned to bring Peter out from prison to have him executed publicly, Peter was sleeping in the prison between two soldiers, with two chains binding his arms to the arms of the soldiers. Two other soldiers were guarding the prison doors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_7","074_12_7","ACT","12","7","7","Suddenly an angel from the Lord God stood beside Peter, and a bright light shone in his cell. The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up and said, “Get up quickly!” While Peter was getting up, the chains fell off from his wrists. However, the soldiers were not aware of what was happening. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_8","074_12_8","ACT","12","8","8","Then the angel said to Peter, “Put on your clothes and sandals!” So Peter did. Then the angel said to him, “Fasten your belt/girdle around you(sg) and put on your sandals!” So Peter did that. Then the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_9","074_12_9","ACT","12","9","9","So, after Peter put on his cloak and sandals, he followed the angel out of the prison cell, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening. He thought that he was seeing a vision. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_10","074_12_10","ACT","12","10","10","Peter and the angel walked by the soldiers who were guarding the two doors, but the soldiers did not see them. Then they came to the iron gate that led out into the city. The gate opened by itself, and Peter and the angel walked out of the prison. After they had walked a ways along one street, the angel suddenly disappeared. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_11","074_12_11","ACT","12","11","11","Then Peter finally realized that what had happened to him was not a vision, but it had really happened. So he said to himself, “Now I really know that the Lord God sent an angel to help me. He rescued me from what Herod planned to do MTY to me, and also from all the things that the Jewish leaders SYN expected that Herod would do to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_12","074_12_12","ACT","12","12","12","When Peter realized that God had rescued him, he went to Mary’s house. She was the mother of John whose other name was Mark. Many believers had assembled there, and they were praying that God would help Peter somehow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_13","074_12_13","ACT","12","13","13","When Peter knocked at the outer entrance, a servant girl named Rhoda came to find out who was outside the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_14","074_12_14","ACT","12","14","14","When Peter answered her, she recognized his voice, but she was so happy and excited that she did not open the door! Instead, she ran back into the house. She excitedly announced to the other believers that Peter was standing outside the door. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_15","074_12_15","ACT","12","15","15","But one of them said to her, “You (sg) are crazy!” But she continued saying that it was really true. Then they repeatedly said, “No, it cannot be Peter. It is probably the angel who was guarding him who has come (OR, It is the angel who has guarded/protected him, and he has come to tell us that Peter has died.)” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_16","074_12_16","ACT","12","16","16","But Peter continued knocking on the door. So when someone finally opened the door, they saw that it was Peter, and they were completely amazed! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_17","074_12_17","ACT","12","17","17","Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet. Then he told them exactly how the Lord God had led him out of the prison. He also said, “Tell James, the leader of our congregation, and our other fellow believers what has happened.” Then Peter left and went away to another town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_18","074_12_18","ACT","12","18","18","The next morning the soldiers who had been guarding Peter became terribly distressed, because they did not know what had happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_19","074_12_19","ACT","12","19","19","Then Herod heard about it. So he commanded soldiers to search for Peter, but they did not find him. Then he questioned the soldiers who had been guarding Peter, and asked them, “How did Peter get away when you were there guarding him?” But they could not explain it. So he commanded them to be led away to be executed {other soldiers to lead them away to execute them}. Afterwards, Herod went from Judea province down to Caesarea, where he stayed for some time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_20","074_12_20","ACT","12","20","20","King Herod had been furiously angry with the people who lived in Tyre and Sidon cities. Then one day some men who represented them came unitedly to Caesarea in order to meet with Herod. They persuaded Blastus, who was one of Herod’s important officials, to tell Herod that the people in their cities wanted to make peace with him. They wanted to be able to trade with the people that Herod ruled, because they needed to buy food from those regions. Herod had commanded the people in the areas he ruled to stop selling food to the people in those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_21","074_12_21","ACT","12","21","21","On the day that Herod had planned to meet with them, he put on ◄very expensive clothes that showed that he was king/his royal robes►. Then he sat on his ◄throne/chair from which he ruled people►, and formally addressed all the people who had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_22","074_12_22","ACT","12","22","22","Those who were listening to him shouted repeatedly, “This man who is speaking is a god, not a man!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_23","074_12_23","ACT","12","23","23","So, because Herod let the people praise him instead of praising God, immediately an angel from the Lord God caused Herod to become seriously ill. Many worms ate his intestines, and soon he died very painfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_24","074_12_24","ACT","12","24","24","The believers continued telling God’s message to people in many places, and ◄the number of people who believed in Jesus was continually increasing/there were continually more and more people who were believing in Jesus►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC12_25","074_12_25","ACT","12","25","25","When Barnabas and Saul finished delivering the money to help the Jewish believers in Judea, they left Jerusalem and returned to Antioch, in Syria province. They took John, whose other name was Mark, with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_1","074_13_1","ACT","13","1","1","Among the people in the congregation at Antioch there were ◄prophets/those who spoke messages from God► and those who taught people about Jesus. They were Barnabas; Simeon, who was also called Niger/Blackman; Lucius, from Cyrene city; Manaen, who had grown up with King Herod Antipas; and Saul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_2","074_13_2","ACT","13","2","2","While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to serve me and to go and do the work that I have chosen them to do!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_3","074_13_3","ACT","13","3","3","So they continued ◄to fast/to abstain from eating food► and pray. Then having put their hands on Barnabas and Saul and praying that God would help them, they sent them off to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_4","074_13_4","ACT","13","4","4","Barnabas and Saul, guided by the Holy Spirit, went down from Antioch to Seleucia port. From there they went by ship to Salamis port on Cyprus Island. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_5","074_13_5","ACT","13","5","5","While they were in Salamis, they went to the Jewish meeting places. There they proclaimed the message from God about Jesus. John Mark went with them and was helping them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_6","074_13_6","ACT","13","6","6","The three of them went across the entire island to Paphos city. There they met a magician whose name was Bar-Jesus. He was a Jew who falsely claimed ◄to be a prophet/to speak messages from God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_7","074_13_7","ACT","13","7","7","He often accompanied the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent someone to ask Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear God’s message. So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_8","074_13_8","ACT","13","8","8","However, the magician, whose name was Elymas in the Greek language, was opposing them. He repeatedly tried to persuade the governor not to believe in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_9","074_13_9","ACT","13","9","9","Then Saul, who now called himself Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, looked intently at the magician and said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_10","074_13_10","ACT","13","10","10","“You (sg) are serving the devil and you oppose everything that is good! You are always lying to people and doing other evil things to them. ◄You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord God is a lot of lies!/When will you stop changing what is true about the Lord God and saying what is not true about him?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_11","074_13_11","ACT","13","11","11","Right now the Lord God MTY is going to punish you! You will become blind and not even be able to see light for some time.” At once he became blind, as though he was in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone to hold him by the hand and lead him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_12","074_13_12","ACT","13","12","12","When the governor saw what had happened to Elymas, he believed in the Lord Jesus. He was amazed by what Paul and Barnabas were teaching about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_13","074_13_13","ACT","13","13","13","After that, Paul and the two men with him went by ship from Paphos to Perga port in Pamphylia province. At Perga John Mark left them and returned to his home in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_14","074_13_14","ACT","13","14","14","Then Paul and Barnabas traveled by land from Perga, and arrived in Antioch city near Pisidia district in Galatia province. ◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day► they entered the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place and sat down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_15","074_13_15","ACT","13","15","15","Someone read aloud from what Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other prophets had written MTY. Then the leaders of the Jewish meeting place gave someone this note to take to Paul and Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, if one of you wants to speak to the people here to encourage them, please speak to us(exc) now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_16","074_13_16","ACT","13","16","16","So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand so that the people would listen to him. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you non-Jewish people who also worship God, please listen to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_17","074_13_17","ACT","13","17","17","God, whom we (inc) Israelis worship, chose our ancestors to be his people, and he caused them to become very numerous while they were foreigners living in Egypt. Then after many years, God helped them MTY powerfully and led them out of there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_18","074_13_18","ACT","13","18","18","Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he cared for them for about 40 years while they were in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_19","074_13_19","ACT","13","19","19","He enabled the Israelis to conquer seven tribal groups who were then living in Canaan region, and he gave their land to us Israelis for us to possess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_20","074_13_20","ACT","13","20","20","Our ancestors began to possess Canaan about 450 years after their ancestors had arrived in Egypt.” Acts 13:20b-22 “After that, God appointed leaders to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people until the time when the prophet Samuel ruled them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_21","074_13_21","ACT","13","21","21","Then, while Samuel was still their leader, the people demanded that he appoint a king to rule them. So God appointed Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king. He ruled them for 40 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_22","074_13_22","ACT","13","22","22","After God had rejected Saul from being king, he appointed David to be their king. God said about him, ‘I have observed that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man that I desire IDM. He will do everything that I want him to do.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_23","074_13_23","ACT","13","23","23","“From among David’s descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to us Israeli people to save us, just like he had told David and our other ancestors that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_24","074_13_24","ACT","13","24","24","Before Jesus began his work, John the Baptizer preached to all of our Israeli people who came to him. He told them that they should turn away from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them. Then he would baptize them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_25","074_13_25","ACT","13","25","25","When John was about to finish the work that God gave him to do, he frequently said to the people, ‘Do you think RHQ that I am the Messiah whom God promised to send? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will soon come. He is so much greater than I am that I am not even important enough to be his slave MET.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_26","074_13_26","ACT","13","26","26","“Fellow Israelis, you who are descendants of Abraham, and you non-Jewish people who also worship God, please listen! It is to all of us that God has sent the message about how he saves people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_27","074_13_27","ACT","13","27","27","The people who were living in Jerusalem and their rulers did not realize that this man Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them. Although messages from MTY the prophets have been read aloud {someone has read aloud messages from MTY the prophets} every ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, they did not understand what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders condemned Jesus to die, which was just like the prophets predicted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_28","074_13_28","ACT","13","28","28","Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things, but they could not prove that he had done anything for which he deserved to die. They insistently asked Pilate the governor to command that Jesus be executed {to command soldiers to execute Jesus}. So Pilate did what they asked him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_29","074_13_29","ACT","13","29","29","They did to Jesus all the things that the prophets long ago had written that people would do to him. They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then his body was taken {some people took his body} down from the cross and placed it in a tomb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_30","074_13_30","ACT","13","30","30","However, God ◄raised him from the dead/caused him to live again after he had died► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_31","074_13_31","ACT","13","31","31","and for many days he repeatedly appeared to his followers who had come along with him from Galilee province to Jerusalem. Those who saw him are telling the Jewish people about him now.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_32","074_13_32","ACT","13","32","32","“Right now we two are proclaiming to you this good message. We want to tell you that God has fulfilled what he promised to our Jewish ancestors! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_33","074_13_33","ACT","13","33","33","He has now done that for us (inc) who are their descendants, and also for you who are not Jews, by causing Jesus to live again. That is just like what David wrote in the second Psalm that God said when he was sending his Son, You (sg) are my Son; Today I have shown everyone that I really am your Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_34","074_13_34","ACT","13","34","34","God has ◄raised the Messiah from the dead/caused the Messiah to live again after he had died► and will never let him die again. Concerning that, God said to our Jewish ancestors, ‘I will surely help you, as I promised David that I would do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_35","074_13_35","ACT","13","35","35","So in writing another Psalm, David said this to God about the Messiah: ‘Because I am devoted to you and always obey you, when I die you (sg) will not let my body decay.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_36","074_13_36","ACT","13","36","36","While David was living, he did what God wanted him to do. And when he died EUP, his body was buried, as his ancestors’ bodies had been buried, and his body decayed. So he could not have been speaking about himself in this Psalm. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_37","074_13_37","ACT","13","37","37","Instead, he was speaking about Jesus. Jesus also died, but God ◄raised him from the dead/caused him to live again►, and therefore his body did not decay.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_38","074_13_38","ACT","13","38","39","“Therefore, my fellow Israelis and other friends, it is important for you to know that we(exc) are declaring to you that God can forgive you for your sins as a result of what Jesus has done. Because of what Jesus has done, God considers that everyone who believes in Jesus is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {God has erased the record}) concerning everything that they have done that displeased God. But when God does that for you, it is not as a result of your obeying the laws that Moses wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_40","074_13_40","ACT","13","40","40","Therefore be careful that God does not judge you MTY, as one of the prophets said MTY that God would do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_41","074_13_41","ACT","13","41","41","The prophet wrote that God said, You who ridicule me, you will certainly be astonished when you see what I am doing, and then you will be destroyed. You will be astonished because I will do something terrible to you while you are living. You would not believe that I would do that even though someone told you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_42","074_13_42","ACT","13","42","42","After Paul finished speaking, while he and Barnabas were leaving the Jewish meeting place, many of the people there repeatedly requested that on the next ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► the two of them should speak to them again about those things that Paul had just told them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_43","074_13_43","ACT","13","43","43","After they began to leave that meeting, many of them went along with Paul and Barnabas. They consisted of Jews and also of non-Jews who had accepted the things that the Jews believe. Paul and Barnabas continued talking to them, and were urging them to continue believing the message that God kindly forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_44","074_13_44","ACT","13","44","44","On the next Jewish rest day, most of the people in Antioch came to the Jewish meeting place to hear Paul and Barnabas speak about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_45","074_13_45","ACT","13","45","45","But the leaders of SYN the Jews became extremely jealous, because they saw that large crowds of non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. So they began to contradict the things that Paul was saying and also to insult him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_46","074_13_46","ACT","13","46","46","Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said to those Jewish leaders, “We two had to speak the message from God about Jesus to you Jews first before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But you are rejecting God’s message. By doing that, you have shown that you are not worthy ◄to have eternal life/to live eternally with God►. Therefore, we are leaving you, and now we will go to the non-Jewish people to tell them the message from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_47","074_13_47","ACT","13","47","47","We are doing that also because the Lord God has commanded us to do it. He said to us, ‘I have appointed you to reveal things about me to non-Jewish people MET that will be like a light to them. I have appointed you to tell people everywhere MTY in the world about the one who came to save them.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_48","074_13_48","ACT","13","48","48","While the non-Jewish people were listening to those words, they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord Jesus was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom God had chosen ◄to have eternal life/to live eternally with God► believed the message about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_49","074_13_49","ACT","13","49","49","At that time, many of the believers traveled around throughout that region. As they did that, they were proclaiming the message about the Lord Jesus MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_50","074_13_50","ACT","13","50","50","However, some leaders of SYN the Jews incited the most important men in the city, and some important/influential women who had accepted what the Jews believe, to oppose Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people incited other people also to persecute Paul and Barnabas. As a result they expelled the two men from their region. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_51","074_13_51","ACT","13","51","51","So, as the two apostles were leaving, they shook the dust from their feet to show those Jewish leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. They left Antioch and went to Iconium city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC13_52","074_13_52","ACT","13","52","52","Meanwhile, the believers in Antioch continued to rejoice greatly, and they continued to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_1","074_14_1","ACT","14","1","1","At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish meeting place and spoke very convincingly about the Lord Jesus. As a result, many Jews and also non-Jews believed in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_2","074_14_2","ACT","14","2","2","But some of the Jews refused to believe that message, and told the non-Jews not to believe it. They told the non-Jewish people that the message about Jesus was not true. As a result, some of the non-Jews became angry towards the believers there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_3","074_14_3","ACT","14","3","3","So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there speaking boldly for the Lord, and the Lord Jesus enabled them to do many miracles. In this way he showed people that the message about how the Lord saves us in a way that we do not deserve is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_4","074_14_4","ACT","14","4","4","The people who lived  in Iconium  city strongly disagreed with each other concerning the message about Jesus. Some of them agreed with the Jews SYN who did not believe that message. Others agreed with Paul and Barnabas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_5","074_14_5","ACT","14","5","5","Then the non-Jewish people and the Jewish leaders  SYN who opposed those two talked among themselves about how they could mistreat them. Some of the important men in that city agreed to help them. Together, they decided that they would kill Paul and Barnabas by  throwing stones at them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_6","074_14_6","ACT","14","6","6","But Paul and Barnabas heard about that, so they quickly went away to Lycaonia district. They went to Lystra and Derbe cities in that district and to the area surrounding those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_7","074_14_7","ACT","14","7","7","While they were in that area, they continually told people the message about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_8","074_14_8","ACT","14","8","8","Once while Paul was preaching to people in Lystra, a man was sitting there who was crippled in his legs. When his mother bore him he had crippled legs, so he was never able to walk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_9","074_14_9","ACT","14","9","9","He listened as Paul was speaking about the Lord Jesus. Paul looked directly at him and could see in the man’s face that he believed that the Lord Jesus could make him well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_10","074_14_10","ACT","14","10","10","So Paul called out to him, “Stand up!” When the man heard that, he immediately jumped up and began to walk normally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_11","074_14_11","ACT","14","11","11","When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they thought that Paul and Barnabas ◄were/must be► the gods that they worshipped. So they shouted excitedly in their own Lycaonia language, “Look! These people are the gods that we(inc) worship! They have made themselves look like people and have come down from the sky/heaven to help us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_12","074_14_12","ACT","14","12","12","They began to say that Barnabas was probably the chief god, whose name was Zeus. And they began to say that Paul was Hermes, the messenger/spokesman for the other gods. They mistakenly thought that because Paul was the one who had been speaking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_13","074_14_13","ACT","14","13","13","Just outside the gates of the city there was a temple where the people worshipped Zeus. The priest who was there heard what Paul and Barnabas had done, so he came to the city gate, where many people had already gathered. He brought two  bulls with wreaths of flowers around their necks. The priest and the other people wanted to kill the bulls as part of a ceremony to worship Paul and Barnabas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_14","074_14_14","ACT","14","14","14","But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard about that, and understood that the people thought that they were gods and wanted to sacrifice the bulls to worship them, they were very distressed, so they tore their own clothes. They rushed among the people, shouting, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_15","074_14_15","ACT","14","15","15","“Men, ◄you must not kill those bulls to worship us(dl)!/why are you doing this?► RHQ We are not gods! We are just human beings like you! We have come to tell you some good news! We have come to tell you about the God who is all-powerful. He wants you to stop worshipping other gods, because they cannot help you. This true God made the heaven/sky and the earth and the oceans and everything in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_16","074_14_16","ACT","14","16","16","In the past, all of you non-Jewish people worshipped whatever gods that you wanted to. God let you worship them, because you did not know him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_17","074_14_17","ACT","14","17","17","But he has shown us LIT that he acts kindly toward us(inc). He is the one who causes it to rain and causes crops to grow. He is the one who gives you plenty of food, and makes you very happy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_18","074_14_18","ACT","14","18","18","The people heard what Paul said, but they still thought that they should sacrifice those bulls to worship Paul and Barnabas. But finally, the people decided not to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_19","074_14_19","ACT","14","19","19","However, after that, some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded many of the people of Lystra that the message Paul had been telling them was not true. The people who believed what those Jews said became angry with Paul. They let the Jews throw stones at him until he fell down, unconscious. They all thought that he was dead, so they dragged him outside the city and left him lying there. But some of the believers in Lystra had followed them outside the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_20","074_14_20","ACT","14","20","20","They came and stood around Paul, where he was lying on the ground. And Paul became conscious! He stood up and went back into the city with the believers. Acts 14:20b-23 The next day, Paul and Barnabas left Lystra and traveled to Derbe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_21","074_14_21","ACT","14","21","21","They stayed there several days and they kept telling the people the good message about Jesus. Many people became believers. After that, Paul and Barnabas started on their way back. They went again to Lystra. Then they went from there to Iconium, and then they went to Antioch in Pisidia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_22","074_14_22","ACT","14","22","22","In each city, they helped the believers SYN to become strong spiritually, and they urged them to keep on trusting in the Lord Jesus. They told the believers, “It is necessary that we endure people often persecuting us (inc) before we enter the place where God will rule over us forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_23","074_14_23","ACT","14","23","23","Paul and Barnabas appointed leaders for each congregation. And before Paul and Barnabas left each town, they gathered the believers together and spent some time praying and ◄fasting/not eating any food►. Then Paul and Barnabas entrusted the leaders and other believers to the Lord Jesus, in whom they had believed, in order that he would care for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_24","074_14_24","ACT","14","24","24","After Paul and Barnabas had traveled through Pisidia district, they went south to Pamphylia district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_25","074_14_25","ACT","14","25","25","In that district, they arrived at Perga and preached God’s message about the Lord Jesus to the people there. Then they went down to the seacoast at Attalia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_26","074_14_26","ACT","14","26","26","There they got on a ship and went back to Antioch in Syria province. That was the place where Paul and Barnabas had been appointed {where believers had sent Paul and Barnabas} to go to other places and preach. Antioch was the place where the believers had asked God to kindly help Paul and Barnabas in the work that they had now completed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_27","074_14_27","ACT","14","27","27","When they arrived in Antioch, they called the believers together. Then Paul and Barnabas told them all that God had helped them to do. Specifically, they told them how God had enabled IDM many non-Jewish people to believe in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC14_28","074_14_28","ACT","14","28","28","Then Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch with the other believers for several months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_1","074_15_1","ACT","15","1","1","Then some Jewish believers went down from Judea province to Antioch. They started teaching the non-Jewish believers there, and said, “You ◄must be circumcised/must have God’s mark put on you► to indicate you belong to God, as Moses commanded in the laws that he received from God. If you do not do that, you will not be saved {God will not save you}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_2","074_15_2","ACT","15","2","2","Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with those Jews and started arguing with them. So the believers at Antioch appointed Paul and Barnabas and some of the other believers to go to Jerusalem, in order that they would/could discuss this matter with the apostles and other spiritual leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_3","074_15_3","ACT","15","3","3","After Paul, Barnabas, and the others were given things for their trip by the congregation at Antioch {After the congregation at Antioch gave Paul, Barnabas, and the others things for their trip}, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria provinces. When they stopped at different places in those provinces, they reported to the believers that many non-Jews in Antioch had become believers. As a result, all the believers in those places rejoiced greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_4","074_15_4","ACT","15","4","4","And when Paul, Barnabas, and the others arrived in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the apostles, the other elders, and the other members of the congregation there {the apostles, the other elders, and the other members of the congregation there welcomed them}. Then Paul and Barnabas reported the things that God had enabled them to do among non-Jewish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_5","074_15_5","ACT","15","5","5","But some of the Jewish believers who belonged to the Pharisee sect stood up among the other believers and said to them, “The non-Jews who have believed in Jesus must be circumcised, and they must be told to obey the laws that God gave to Moses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_6","074_15_6","ACT","15","6","6","Then the apostles and the other elders met together in order to talk about this matter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_7","074_15_7","ACT","15","7","7","After they had discussed it for a long time, Peter stood up and spoke to them. He said, “Fellow believers, you all know that a long time ago God chose me from among you other apostles, in order that the non-Jewish people might also hear me SYN tell them the good message about the Lord Jesus, so that they could hear it and believe in him. So Paul and Barnabas are not the first ones to tell non-Jews about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_8","074_15_8","ACT","15","8","8","God knows and judges people according to what they think, not according to who their ancestors were. By sending the Holy Spirit to the non-Jews, just like he had also done for us (inc) Jews, he showed me and others that he had accepted them also to be his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_9","074_15_9","ACT","15","9","9","God saved us Jews and those non-Jews similarly, making them clean spiritually simply as a result of their believing in the Lord Jesus. That was exactly how he has forgiven us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_10","074_15_10","ACT","15","10","10","You are wanting to force the non-Jewish believers to obey our Jewish rituals and laws—laws that God has shown that he does not require them to obey MET. Your doing that is like putting a heavy burden on them! So then, ◄stop making God angry by doing that!/why are you making God angry by doing that?► RHQ Our ancestors and we (inc) Jews have never been able to bear the burden of obeying those laws! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_11","074_15_11","ACT","15","11","11","But we (inc) know that it is not because we (inc) try to obey those laws that God saves us(inc) Jews. On the contrary, we (inc) know that it is because of what the Lord Jesus did for us (inc) that we did not deserve that we (inc) are saved {that God saves us} from the guilt of our sins. God saves non-Jews who believe in the Lord Jesus exactly like he saves us Jews.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_12","074_15_12","ACT","15","12","12","All the people there became silent after Peter had spoken. Then they all listened to Barnabas and Paul, as the two of them told about the many great miracles that God had enabled them to do among the non-Jewish people, miracles that showed that God had accepted the non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_13","074_15_13","ACT","15","13","13","When Barnabas and Paul had finished speaking, James, the leader of the group of believers there in Jerusalem, spoke to all of them. He said, “Fellow believers, listen to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_14","074_15_14","ACT","15","14","14","Simon Peter has told you how God previously blessed the non-Jews. God did that by choosing from among them a people who would belong to him MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_15","074_15_15","ACT","15","15","15","These words that God spoke, words that were written by one of the prophets {that one of the prophets wrote} long ago, agree with that: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_16","074_15_16","ACT","15","16","16","Later on I will return and I will re-establish the kingdom MET that David ruled and that has been {that people have} destroyed. My doing that will be like rebuilding a house that has been {that people have} torn down. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_17","074_15_17","ACT","15","17","17","I will do that in order that all other people might seek me, the Lord God. I will do that in order that all the non-Jews whom I have called to belong to me MTY might seek me. You can be certain that this will happen because I the Lord God, who will do those things, have spoken these words. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_18","074_15_18","ACT","15","18","18","I caused my people to know about them long ago.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_19","074_15_19","ACT","15","19","19","James continued by saying, “Therefore I have decided that we(inc) should stop bothering the non-Jewish people who are turning away from their sins and turning to God. That is, we should stop demanding that they obey all our laws and rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_20","074_15_20","ACT","15","20","20","Instead, we should write a letter to them requiring only four things: They should not eat meat/food that people have offered to idols, they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married, they should not eat meat from animals that have been killed by being strangled {people have strangled}, and they should not eat the blood of animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_21","074_15_21","ACT","15","21","21","In many cities, for a very long time people have been proclaiming the laws that Moses wrote MTY, laws prohibiting those things. And every ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► those laws are read {someone reads those laws} in the Jewish meeting places. So if the non-Jews want to know more about those laws, they can find out in our meeting houses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_22","074_15_22","ACT","15","22","22","The apostles and the other elders, along with all the other members of the congregation, accepted what James had said. Then they decided that they should choose men from among themselves and that they should send them, along with Paul and Barnabas, to Antioch, to let the believers there know what the leaders at Jerusalem had decided. So they chose Judas, who was also called Barsabbas, and Silas, who were leaders among the believers at Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_23","074_15_23","ACT","15","23","23","Then they wrote the following letter that they asked Judas and Silas to take to the believers at Antioch: “We(exc) apostles and other leaders who are your fellow believers send our greetings to you as we write this to you non-Jewish believers who live in Antioch and other places in Syria and Cilicia provinces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_24","074_15_24","ACT","15","24","24","People have told us that some men from among us went to you, although we had not told them to do that. They troubled/distressed you SYN by telling you things that confused your thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_25","074_15_25","ACT","15","25","25","So while we(exc) met together here, we decided to choose some men and ask them to go to you, along with Barnabas and Paul, whom we (exc) love very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_26","074_15_26","ACT","15","26","26","Those two have put their lives in danger because of their serving our Lord MTY Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_27","074_15_27","ACT","15","27","27","We (exc) have also chosen Judas and Silas to go to you. They will tell you the same things that we are writing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_28","074_15_28","ACT","15","28","28","The Holy Spirit and also we decided that you should not be required {that we should not require you} to obey a lot of burdensome Jewish laws. Instead, we only require you to obey the following instructions, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_29","074_15_29","ACT","15","29","29","You should not eat food that people have sacrificed to idols. You should not eat blood from animals, and you should not eat meat from animals that people have killed by strangling them. Also, you should not have sex with someone to whom you are not married. Those things especially offend Jewish believers. So if you avoid doing them, you will be doing what is right. That is all.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_30","074_15_30","ACT","15","30","30","The four men whom they had chosen went from Jerusalem to Antioch city. When all the believers there had assembled together, Judas and Silas gave the letter to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_31","074_15_31","ACT","15","31","31","When the believers there read the letter, they rejoiced, because its message encouraged them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_32","074_15_32","ACT","15","32","32","Just like Paul and Barnabas were ◄prophets/men who spoke messages from God►, Judas and Silas were also prophets. They spoke for a long time and encouraged the believers there, and helped them to trust more strongly in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_33","074_15_33","ACT","15","33","34","After Judas and Silas  had stayed in Antioch for some time and were ready to return to Jerusalem, the believers there wished them well, and the believers prayed that God  would protect them as they traveled. So the two men  started to go back to the leaders in Jerusalem  who had asked them to go to Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_35","074_15_35","ACT","15","35","35","However, Paul and Barnabas continued to stay in Antioch. While they were there, they, along with many others, were teaching people and preaching to them the message about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_36","074_15_36","ACT","15","36","36","After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the fellow believers in every city where we previously proclaimed the message about the Lord Jesus. In that way, we will know how well they are continuing to believe in the Lord Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_37","074_15_37","ACT","15","37","37","Barnabas agreed with Paul, and said that he wanted to take John, whose other name was Mark, along with them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_38","074_15_38","ACT","15","38","38","However, Paul told Barnabas that he thought that it would not be good to take Mark with them, because Mark had deserted them when they were previously in Pamphylia region, and had not continued to work with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_39","074_15_39","ACT","15","39","39","Paul and Barnabas strongly disagreed with each other about that, so they separated. Barnabas took Mark along with him and they got on a ship and went to Cyprus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_40","074_15_40","ACT","15","40","40","Paul chose Silas, who had returned to Antioch, to work with him. The believers there asked the Lord God to graciously help Paul and Silas. Then the two of them departed from Antioch. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC15_41","074_15_41","ACT","15","41","41","Paul continued traveling with Silas through Syria and Cilicia provinces. In those places he was helping the congregations to trust strongly in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_1","074_16_1","ACT","16","1","1","Paul and Silas went to Derbe city and visited the believers there. Next they went to Lystra city. A believer whose name was Timothy lived there. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_2","074_16_2","ACT","16","2","2","The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_3","074_16_3","ACT","16","3","3","and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him when he went to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. He did that so that the Jews who lived in those places would accept Timothy, because they knew that his non-Jewish father had not allowed him to be circumcised {anyone to circumcise his son}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_4","074_16_4","ACT","16","4","4","So Timothy went with Paul and Silas and they traveled to many other towns. In each town they told the believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that non-Jewish believers should obey. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_5","074_16_5","ACT","16","5","5","God was helping the believers in those towns to trust more strongly in the Lord Jesus, and every day more people became believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_6","074_16_6","ACT","16","6","6","Paul and his companions wanted/planned to enter Asia province and preach the message about Jesus there, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit prevented them} from going there. So they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia provinces. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_7","074_16_7","ACT","16","7","7","They arrived at the border of Mysia province and they wanted to go north into Bithynia province. But again the Spirit of Jesus showed them that they should not go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_8","074_16_8","ACT","16","8","8","So they went through Mysia province and arrived at Troas, a port city. I, Luke, joined them there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_9","074_16_9","ACT","16","9","9","That night God gave  Paul a vision in which he saw a man who was a native of Macedonia province. He was standing some distance away, and he was earnestly calling to Paul, “Please come over here to Macedonia and help us!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_10","074_16_10","ACT","16","10","10","The next morning we (exc) immediately got ready to go to Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to go and preach the good message to the people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_11","074_16_11","ACT","16","11","11","So we (exc) got on a ship in Troas and sailed across the sea to Samothrace Island. We spent the night there, and the next day we sailed again across the sea and arrived at Neapolis port/town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_12","074_16_12","ACT","16","12","12","Then we left Neapolis and went by land to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia province, where many Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi several days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_13","074_16_13","ACT","16","13","13","On the first ◄Sabbath/Jewish day of rest► after we(exc) arrived, we went outside the city gate down to the river. We had heard someone say that Jewish people gathered to pray there. When we arrived there, we saw some women who had gathered to pray. So we sat down and began to tell them the message about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_14","074_16_14","ACT","16","14","14","A woman whose name was Lydia was one of those who were listening to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman, from Thyatira city, who bought and sold expensive purple cloth. She had accepted what the Jews believe about God. The Lord God caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul preached, and she believed it. The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_15","074_16_15","ACT","16","15","15","After Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house MTY {After Lydia and the others who lived in her house were baptized}, she invited us to go and stay in  her home. She said, “You (pl) know that I now believe in the Lord Jesus, so please come and stay in my house.” She persuaded us to do that, so we(exc) stayed there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_16","074_16_16","ACT","16","16","16","Another day, while we (exc) were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen to them. People paid a lot of money to the men who were her owners, in return for her telling them things that she said would happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_17","074_16_17","ACT","16","17","17","This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us. She continually shouted, “These men serve the God who is the greatest of all gods! They are telling you how ◄God can save you so that he will not punish you/to be saved►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_18","074_16_18","ACT","16","18","18","She continued to do that for many days. Finally Paul became irritated. So he turned toward the young woman and rebuked the evil spirit that was in her. He said, “By the authority MTY of Jesus Christ, I command you (sg) to come out of this young woman!” Right away the evil spirit left her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_19","074_16_19","ACT","16","19","19","And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to the place where the government authorities and a lot of other people were gathered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_20","074_16_20","ACT","16","20","20","The owners of the young woman brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling the people in MTY our city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_21","074_16_21","ACT","16","21","21","They are teaching that we (inc) should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider to be correct or to obey!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_22","074_16_22","ACT","16","22","22","Many of the crowd joined those who were accusing Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the Roman authorities commanded soldiers to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them with rods/sticks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_23","074_16_23","ACT","16","23","23","So the soldiers beat Paul and Silas vigorously with rods. After that, they took them and shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_24","074_16_24","ACT","16","24","24","Because the officials had commanded him to do that, the jailer shoved Paul and Silas into the cell that was farthest inside. There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs. Then he fastened their ankles in grooves between two large wooden beams, so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_25","074_16_25","ACT","16","25","25","About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying aloud and praising God by singing hymns. The other prisoners were listening attentively to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_26","074_16_26","ACT","16","26","26","Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail SYN and its foundation SYN. The earthquake caused all the doors of the jail to open suddenly, and caused all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_27","074_16_27","ACT","16","27","27","The jailer woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open. He thought that the prisoners had escaped. So he pulled out his sword in order to kill himself, because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_28","074_16_28","ACT","16","28","28","Paul saw the jailer and shouted to him, “Do not harm yourself! We (exc) prisoners are all here!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_29","074_16_29","ACT","16","29","29","The jailer shouted to someone to bring torches/lanterns, and after they brought them, he rushed into the jail and knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. He was very afraid, so much so that he was trembling/shaking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_30","074_16_30","ACT","16","30","30","Then he brought Paul and Silas out of the jail and asked: “Sirs, what do I need to do to be saved from being punished for my sins?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_31","074_16_31","ACT","16","31","31","They answered, “Trust in what the Lord Jesus has done for you, and you will be saved {God will save you}, and the others who live in MTY your house will also be saved if they believe in Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_32","074_16_32","ACT","16","32","34","Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house, washed their wounds, and gave them a meal. He woke up all the people in his house, and Paul and Silas told all of them the message about the Lord Jesus. They all believed in him. Immediately after that, the jailer and all his family were baptized {Paul and Silas baptized the jailer and all his family}. They were very happy, because now they all believed in God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_35","074_16_35","ACT","16","35","35","The next morning, the Roman officials commanded some police officers to go to the jail to say to the jailer, “Our bosses say, ‘Let those two prisoners go now!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_36","074_16_36","ACT","16","36","36","After the officers went and told that to the jailer, he went and told Paul, “The Roman authorities have sent a message (sg) saying that I should release you (sg) and Silas from prison. So you two can leave the jail now. Now you can go peacefully!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_37","074_16_37","ACT","16","37","37","But Paul said to the police officers, “The authorities commanded men to beat us in front of a crowd before those authorities had learned if we (exc) had done anything wrong! Then they ordered men to shove us into jail! But that was not legal, because we (exc) are Roman citizens! And now they want RHQ to send us away secretly! We will not accept that! Those Roman officials must come themselves and tell us that they are sorry, and take us out of jail.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_38","074_16_38","ACT","16","38","38","So the police officers went and told the city authorities what Paul had said. When those authorities heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid that someone would report to more important officials what they had done, and as a result they would be punished {those officials would punish them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_39","074_16_39","ACT","16","39","39","So the city authorities came to Paul and Silas and told them that they were sorry for what they had done to them. The authorities brought them out of the jail, and repeatedly asked them to leave the city soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC16_40","074_16_40","ACT","16","40","40","After Paul and Silas left the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. There they met with her and the other believers. They encouraged the believers to continue trusting in the Lord Jesus, and then the two apostles left Philippi. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_1","074_17_1","ACT","17","1","1","Paul and Silas traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia towns and arrived at Thessalonica city. There was a Jewish meeting place there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_2","074_17_2","ACT","17","2","2","◄On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day► Paul went into the meeting house, as he usually did. For three weeks he went there on each Jewish day of rest. Referring to the Scriptures about the Messiah, he spoke to the people who were there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_3","074_17_3","ACT","17","3","3","He explained and showed that the prophets wrote that the Messiah needed to die and ◄to become alive again/to be raised from the dead afterwards►. He told them: “This man Jesus, whom I am telling you about, is our Messiah. He died and became alive again, just like the prophets predicted.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_4","074_17_4","ACT","17","4","4","Some of the Jews there were persuaded by {believed} what Paul had said and began to associate with Paul and Silas. There were also many non-Jewish people there who worshipped God and many important women who also believed the message about Jesus, and they began to associate with Paul and Silas. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_5","074_17_5","ACT","17","5","5","But some leaders of the Jews there in Thessalonica became jealous because many people believed what Paul taught. So they went to the public square and persuaded some lazy men who were loitering there to follow them. In this way, the leaders of the Jews gathered a crowd and incited them to become noisy and start a riot against Paul and Silas. Those Jews and others ran to the house of a man named Jason. He was the man who had invited Paul and Silas to stay at his house. They wanted to bring Paul and Silas outside to where the crowd of people was waiting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_6","074_17_6","ACT","17","6","6","They discovered that Paul and Silas were not there, but they found Jason and grabbed him. They dragged him and some of the other believers to where the city officials/authorities and many other people were gathered. The men who had brought Jason shouted, “Those two men have caused trouble IDM everywhere HYP they have gone. Now they have come to our city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_7","074_17_7","ACT","17","7","7","and this fellow Jason invited them to stay at his house. All the people of this sect oppose what our Emperor has decreed. They say that another person, whose name is Jesus, is the real king!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_8","074_17_8","ACT","17","8","8","When the crowd of people that had gathered and the city authorities heard that, they became very angry and excited. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_9","074_17_9","ACT","17","9","9","They wanted to put the believers in jail. But instead, the officials made Jason and the other believers pay a fine and told them that they would give the money back to them if Paul and Silas did not cause any more trouble. Then the authorities let Jason and those other believers go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_10","074_17_10","ACT","17","10","10","So that same night, the believers sent Paul and Silas out of Thessalonica to Berea town. When Paul and Silas arrived there, they went to the Jewish meeting place, on a day when people had gathered there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_11","074_17_11","ACT","17","11","11","The Jews in Thessalonica had not been very willing to listen to God’s message, but the Jews who lived in Berea were very willing to listen, so they listened very eagerly to the message about Jesus. Every day they read the Scriptures for themselves to find out if what Paul said about the Messiah was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_12","074_17_12","ACT","17","12","12","As a result, many of the Jewish people believed in Jesus, and also some of the important non-Jewish women and many non-Jewish men believed in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_13","074_17_13","ACT","17","13","13","But then the Jews in Thessalonica heard people tell them that Paul was in Berea and that he was preaching the message from God about Jesus. So they went to Berea and told people there that what Paul was teaching was not true. Thus, they caused many of those people to get angry at Paul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_14","074_17_14","ACT","17","14","14","So several of the believers in Berea took Paul to the coast to go to another province. But Silas and Timothy stayed in Berea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_15","074_17_15","ACT","17","15","15","When Paul and the other men from Berea arrived at the coast, they got on a ship and went to Athens city. Then Paul said to the men who had come with him, “Tell Silas and Timothy to come to me here in Athens as soon as they can.” Then those men left Athens and returned to Berea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_16","074_17_16","ACT","17","16","16","In Athens, Paul waited for Silas and Timothy to arrive. In the meantime, he walked around in the city. He became very distressed/disturbed because he saw that throughout HYP the city there were many idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_17","074_17_17","ACT","17","17","17","So he went to the Jewish meeting place and talked about Jesus with the Jews, and also with the Greeks who had accepted what the Jews believe. He also went to the public square/center every day and talked to the people whom he met there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_18","074_17_18","ACT","17","18","18","Paul met some teachers who liked to talk about what people should believe. People called some of them Epicureans and they called others Stoics. They told Paul what they believed, and they asked him what he believed. Then some of them said to one another, “This ignorant person is just talking nonsense RHQ!” Others said, “We(exc) think that he is teaching people about ◄foreign gods/new gods that we (exc) have not heard about►.” They said that because Paul was telling them that Jesus had died and had become alive again afterwards. They had not heard that message before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_19","074_17_19","ACT","17","19","19","So they took Paul to the place where the city council met. When they arrived there, they said to Paul, “Please tell us, what is this new message that you (sg) are teaching people? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_20","074_17_20","ACT","17","20","20","You are teaching some things that startle us (exc), so we want to know what they mean.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_21","074_17_21","ACT","17","21","21","They said that, because the people of Athens and also the people from other regions who lived there continually talked about what was new to them, or they listened to others tell what was new. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_22","074_17_22","ACT","17","22","22","Then Paul stood up before the men of the city council and said, “Citizens of Athens, I see that you ◄are very religious/think that it is very important to worship many gods►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_23","074_17_23","ACT","17","23","23","I say that because, while I was walking along and observing the objects that represent different gods that you worship, I even saw an altar that had these words that someone had carved on it: THIS HONORS THE GOD THAT WE(exc) DO NOT KNOW. So now I will tell you about that God whom you worship but you do not know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_24","074_17_24","ACT","17","24","24","He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Because he rules over all beings in heaven and on earth, he does not dwell in shrines that people have made. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_25","074_17_25","ACT","17","25","25","He does not need to have anything made for him by people MTY {to have people MTY make MTY anything for him}, because everything that exists belongs to him. He is the one who causes ◄us (inc)/all people► to live and breathe, and he gives us all the things that we(inc) need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_26","074_17_26","ACT","17","26","26","In the beginning, God created one couple, and from them God produced all ◄the ethnic groups/the nations► that now live everywhere on the earth. He also decided where each ethnic group of people should live and how long they should live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_27","074_17_27","ACT","17","27","27","He wanted people to realize that they need him. Then maybe they would seek him and find him. God wants us to seek him, although he is really close LIT to each one of us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_28","074_17_28","ACT","17","28","28","As someone has said, ‘It is only because he enables us that we (inc) live and move and do what we do.’ And, as some of your own poets have said, ‘We (inc) are God’s children.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_29","074_17_29","ACT","17","29","29","Therefore, because we are God’s children and can communicate like God does, we (inc) should not think that he is anything like an image that people have made of gold or silver or stone which cannot communicate. Those images are designed and skillfully made {People design and make those images}, but they are not alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_30","074_17_30","ACT","17","30","30","During the times when people did not know what God wanted them to do, he did not immediately punish them for what they did. But now God commands all people everywhere to turn away from their evil behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_31","074_17_31","ACT","17","31","31","He tells us that on a certain day that he has chosen he is going to judge all of us(inc) people in MTY the world. He has appointed a certain man to judge us, and that man will judge each of us fairly/justly. God has shown to all people that he has appointed that man to judge everyone, because God ◄caused him to become alive again after he had died/raised him from the dead►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_32","074_17_32","ACT","17","32","32","When the men of the council heard Paul say that ◄a man had become alive again after he had died/someone had been raised from the dead►, some of them laughed scornfully. But others said, “We (exc) would like you (sg) to tell us more about this, some other time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_33","074_17_33","ACT","17","33","33","After they said that, Paul left the council meeting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC17_34","074_17_34","ACT","17","34","34","However, some of the people there went along with Paul and became believers. Among those who believed in Jesus was a member of the council whose name was Dionysius. Also, an important woman whose name was Damaris and some other people who had heard Paul’s message also believed in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_1","074_18_1","ACT","18","1","1","After that, Paul left Athens city and went to Corinth city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_2","074_18_2","ACT","18","2","2","There he met a Jew whose name was Aquila, who grew up in Pontus province. Aquila and his wife Priscilla had recently come from Rome, in Italy. They had previously left Rome because Claudius, the Roman Emperor, had ordered that all the Jews must leave Rome. Paul later went to see Aquila and Priscilla. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_3","074_18_3","ACT","18","3","3","Those two made tents to earn ◄money/a living►. Paul also made tents, so he stayed with them, and they all worked together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_4","074_18_4","ACT","18","4","4","Every Sabbath, Paul went to the Jewish meeting place, where he spoke forcefully to both Jews and non-Jews. He repeatedly tried to persuade them that Jesus is the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_5","074_18_5","ACT","18","5","5","Then Silas and Timothy arrived there from Macedonia province. After they arrived, Paul did not make tents any more. He used all his time preaching the message about Jesus in the Jewish meeting place. He continued to tell the Jews that the Messiah they had been waiting for was Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_6","074_18_6","ACT","18","6","6","But the Jews began to oppose Paul and to say evil things about him. So he shook the dust from his clothes to show them that they were displeasing God. Then he said to them, “If God punishes you, it will be your SYN own fault MTY, not mine! From now on I will go and preach to non-Jewish people!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_7","074_18_7","ACT","18","7","7","So Paul left the Jewish meeting place and went into a house that was next to it, and preached there. Titius Justus, the owner of the house, was a non-Jewish man who had accepted what the Jews believe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_8","074_18_8","ACT","18","8","8","After that, the ruler of the Jewish meeting place, whose name was Crispus, and all of his family MTY believed in the Lord Jesus. Many other people in Corinth who listened to Paul also believed in Jesus. Then they were baptized. But there were people who still opposed Paul and his preaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_9","074_18_9","ACT","18","9","9","One night Paul had a vision in which the Lord Jesus said to him, “Do not be afraid of those who oppose you. Instead, you should continue speaking to people about me. Do not stop, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_10","074_18_10","ACT","18","10","10","because I will help you, and no one will be able to harm you (sg) here. Keep telling people about me, because there are many in this city who will believe in me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_11","074_18_11","ACT","18","11","11","So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching people the message from God about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_12","074_18_12","ACT","18","12","12","When Gallio was the Roman governor of Achaia province, the Jewish leaders SYN there got together and seized Paul. They took him before Gallio and accused him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_13","074_18_13","ACT","18","13","13","saying, “This man is teaching people a false religion, leading them to worship God in ways that are contrary to our Jewish laws.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_14","074_18_14","ACT","18","14","14","When Paul was about to speak MTY to defend himself, Gallio said to the Jews, “If this man had acted deceitfully or disobeyed any of our Roman laws, I would listen patiently to what you Jews want to tell me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_15","074_18_15","ACT","18","15","15","However, you are merely arguing about words and names and your own Jewish laws, so you yourselves need to resolve this. I refuse to judge these things!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_16","074_18_16","ACT","18","16","16","After Gallio had said that, he commanded some soldiers/guards that they expel those Jewish leaders from the courtroom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_17","074_18_17","ACT","18","17","17","Then the mob outside grabbed the leader of the Jewish meeting place, Sosthenes because they considered that he was responsible for those accusations against Paul. They beat him, right there in front of the courthouse. But Gallio did nothing about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_18","074_18_18","ACT","18","18","18","Paul stayed on with the believers in Corinth for ◄many days/some time►. Then he left the believers there, and went with Priscilla and her husband Aquila. They went down to Cenchrea, a port city. There Paul had his head shaved {someone shave his head} in order to partially complete a vow that he had taken. Then they got on a ship and sailed for Syria province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_19","074_18_19","ACT","18","19","19","They arrived at Ephesus city, and Priscilla and Aquila stayed there. Before Paul left Ephesus, he entered the Jewish meeting place and lectured to the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_20","074_18_20","ACT","18","20","20","They asked him to stay longer, but he refused. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_21","074_18_21","ACT","18","21","21","But, as he left, he told them, “I will come back, if God wills/desires me to do that.” Then, because he wanted to be in Jerusalem to finish completing his vow, he got on a ship that sailed from Ephesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_22","074_18_22","ACT","18","22","22","When the ship arrived at Caesarea, Paul got off. He went up to Jerusalem and greeted the believers there. Then he went back down to Antioch city in Syria province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_23","074_18_23","ACT","18","23","23","Paul spent some time with the believers there. Then he left Antioch and traveled to several towns that he had visited previously in Galatia and Phrygia provinces. He taught all of the believers more of the message from God about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_24","074_18_24","ACT","18","24","24","While Paul was traveling in Galatia and Phrygia, a Jewish man whose name was Apollos came to Ephesus. He was a native of Alexandria city. He spoke eloquently and he knew the Scriptures thoroughly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_25","074_18_25","ACT","18","25","25","Other believers had taught him some things about how the Lord Jesus desires that people should conduct themselves, and he taught those things very enthusiastically to people. He had heard about some of the things that Jesus did and said, and he taught those facts accurately to people. However, he was teaching incompletely about Jesus, because he knew only what John the Baptizer had taught people whom he baptized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_26","074_18_26","ACT","18","26","26","Apollos went to the Jewish meeting place, and he told the people there very confidently the things that he had learned. When Priscilla and Aquila heard what Apollos taught, they invited him to their home. There they explained more accurately to him the way that God gives people eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_27","074_18_27","ACT","18","27","27","When Apollos decided that he would like to go to Achaia province, the believers in Ephesus told him that it would be good for him to do that. So they wrote a letter to the believers in Achaia saying that they should welcome Apollos. So Apollos got on a ship to go to Corinth. After he arrived, he greatly helped those whom God had kindly enabled to believe in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC18_28","074_18_28","ACT","18","28","28","Apollos was vigorously arguing publicly with the leaders of the Jews while many other people listened. By quoting from the Scriptures, he proved to people that Jesus was the Messiah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_1","074_19_1","ACT","19","1","1","While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul left the places in Phrygia and Galatia provinces where he had been visiting, and traveled through Asia province back to Ephesus. He met some people who said that they were believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_2","074_19_2","ACT","19","2","2","He asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed God’s message?” They answered, “No, we (exc) did not. We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_3","074_19_3","ACT","19","3","3","So Paul asked, “So when you were baptized, what were you showing?” They replied, “We were showing that we (exc) believed what John the Baptizer taught.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_4","074_19_4","ACT","19","4","4","Paul said, “John baptized people who turned away from their sinful behavior. He also told the people to believe in the one who would come after he had come, and that was Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_5","074_19_5","ACT","19","5","5","So, when those men heard that, they were baptized to affirm that they believed MTY in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_6","074_19_6","ACT","19","6","6","After that, Paul placed his hands on their heads one by one, and the power of the Holy Spirit came upon each of them. The Holy Spirit enabled them to speak in various languages MTY that they had not learned, and they also spoke messages that the Holy Spirit revealed to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_7","074_19_7","ACT","19","7","7","There were about twelve men whom Paul baptized and who received the power of the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_8","074_19_8","ACT","19","8","8","For three months after that, Paul entered the Jewish meeting place in Ephesus on each Sabbath/Jewish day of rest, and he spoke boldly. He convincingly taught the people about how God wanted to rule MET their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_9","074_19_9","ACT","19","9","9","A few of the people in the meeting house believed the message about Jesus. But some of the people would not believe that message and did not want to continue to hear it. While many people were listening, they said many bad things about the way for people to receive eternal life about which Paul was preaching. So Paul left them and took the believers with him to meet in another place. He taught every day in a lecture hall that a man whose name was Tyrannus lectured in/owned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_10","074_19_10","ACT","19","10","10","For two years Paul continued to teach people in that building. In this way, most of HYP the Jews and non-Jews who lived in Asia province heard the message about the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_11","074_19_11","ACT","19","11","11","Also, God gave Paul the power MTY to do amazing miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_12","074_19_12","ACT","19","12","12","If those who were sick could not come to Paul, handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched would be taken and placed on the sick people {others would take and place on the sick people handkerchiefs or aprons that Paul had touched}. As a result, those sick people would become well, and evil spirits that troubled people would leave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_13","074_19_13","ACT","19","13","13","There were also some Jews who traveled around to various places, and they commanded the evil spirits in those places to depart from people. Certain ones of those Jews once tried to command the evil spirits to come out of people by saying “I command you by the authority MTY of the Lord Jesus, the man about whom Paul preaches, to come out!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_14","074_19_14","ACT","19","14","14","There were seven men who were doing that. They were sons of a man named Sceva, a Jew, who called himself a chief priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_15","074_19_15","ACT","19","15","15","But one day as they were doing that, the evil spirit refused to come out of that person. Instead, he said to them, “I know Jesus, and I know that he has authorized Paul to expel demons. ◄But no one has authorized you to do anything to me!/who authorized you to do anything to me?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_16","074_19_16","ACT","19","16","16","After saying that, suddenly the man who was controlled by the evil spirit jumped on the seven Jewish men, one after another, knocked all of them down, and beat each of them severely. He tore off their clothes and wounded them, causing them to bleed. So, greatly frightened, they all ran out of the house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_17","074_19_17","ACT","19","17","17","All the people who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and non-Jews, heard what had happened. So they were afraid MTY. They honored the Lord Jesus MTY because they realized that he was very powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_18","074_19_18","ACT","19","18","18","At that time, while other believers were listening, many believers confessed the evil things that they had been doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_19","074_19_19","ACT","19","19","19","Several of those who had previously practiced sorcery gathered up their scrolls that told how to work magic and burned them in a public place. When people added up how much those scrolls had cost, they realized that altogether the amount was 50,000 valuable silver coins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_20","074_19_20","ACT","19","20","20","As a result, many more people heard MTY the message about the Lord Jesus, and the message powerfully changed their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_21","074_19_21","ACT","19","21","21","After those things had happened, Paul decided that he wanted to go to Jerusalem, but he decided that first he would visit the believers in Macedonia and Achaia provinces again. Paul said, “After I have been to Jerusalem, I must also go to Rome.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_22","074_19_22","ACT","19","22","22","He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, ahead to Macedonia. But Paul stayed a little longer in Ephesus city, in Asia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_23","074_19_23","ACT","19","23","23","Soon after that, some of the people there tried to make a lot of LIT trouble for the people who believed the way God revealed for us(inc) to receive eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_24","074_19_24","ACT","19","24","24","There was a man there whose name was Demetrius who made little images out of silver. They were models of the temple of a goddess whose name was Artemis. Demetrius and the other men who made those little images earned a lot of LIT money from selling those images. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_25","074_19_25","ACT","19","25","25","Demetrius called a meeting of his workmen and also of others who made the little silver images. He said to them, “Men, you know that we (inc) earn a lot of money doing our kind of work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_26","074_19_26","ACT","19","26","26","Also, you know that this fellow Paul has persuaded many people who live in Ephesus to no longer buy the images that we make. Now even the people from many other towns in our province no longer want to buy what we make. This fellow tells people that the gods that we have made and worship are not gods and that we should not worship them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_27","074_19_27","ACT","19","27","27","If people continue to listen to him, soon they will ruin our business. Besides, they will no longer think that they should come to the temple of Artemis to worship her. People all over our Asia province and everywhere HYP else worship our great goddess Artemis. Soon people may no longer consider that Artemis is great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_28","074_19_28","ACT","19","28","28","All the men there were very angry at Paul when they heard what Demetrius said. They began to shout, “The goddess Artemis of us Ephesians is very great!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_29","074_19_29","ACT","19","29","29","Many of the other people in the city heard the shouting and went and joined the crowd. They also became angry at Paul and began shouting. Several of the people seized Gaius and Aristarchus, two men from Macedonia who had been traveling with Paul. Then the whole crowd of people ran, dragging those men along with them, to the city stadium. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_30","074_19_30","ACT","19","30","30","Paul also wanted to go to the stadium and speak to the people, but the other believers would not let him go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_31","074_19_31","ACT","19","31","31","Also, some government officials of that province who were friends of Paul heard what was happening. So they sent someone to tell him urgently not to go into the stadium. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_32","074_19_32","ACT","19","32","32","The crowd of people in the stadium continued shouting. Some shouted one thing, and some shouted something else. But most of them did not even know what the meeting was about! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_33","074_19_33","ACT","19","33","33","One of the Jews there was named Alexander. Some of the Jews pushed him to the front of the stadium, so that he could speak to the crowd of people. So Alexander motioned with his hands to the crowd, wanting them to be quiet. He wanted to tell them that the Jews were not responsible for the riot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_34","074_19_34","ACT","19","34","34","But many of the non-Jewish people knew that Alexander was a Jew. They also knew that the Jews did not worship the goddess Artemis. So the non-Jews there unitedly and repeatedly shouted for about two hours, “Great is the goddess Artemis whom we(inc) Ephesians worship!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_35","074_19_35","ACT","19","35","35","Then the city secretary made the crowd stop shouting, and he said to them, “My fellow-citizens, everyone in the world knows RHQ that we(inc) people who live in Ephesus city guard the temple where we worship the great goddess Artemis. Also, everyone knows that we(inc) watch over the sacred image of our goddess that fell down from heaven! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_36","074_19_36","ACT","19","36","36","Of course everyone knows that, and no one can say that these things are not true. So you should be quiet now. Do not suddenly do anything ◄foolish/that will cause us trouble►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_37","074_19_37","ACT","19","37","37","You should not have brought these two men here, because they have not done anything evil. They have not gone into our temples and taken things from there. And they have not spoken evil of our goddess. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_38","074_19_38","ACT","19","38","38","Therefore, if Demetrius and his fellow-workmen want to accuse anyone about anything bad, they should do it in the right way. There are courts that you can go to when you want to accuse someone, and there are judges there who have been appointed by the government {whom the government has appointed}. You can accuse anyone there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_39","074_19_39","ACT","19","39","39","But if you want to ask about something else, you should ask for other officials to resolve it when those officials legally assemble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_40","074_19_40","ACT","19","40","40","And this is certainly not a legal meeting! Resolve this legally because, if we(inc) do not, I am afraid that the governor will hear about all this noise that you have made and will say that we (inc) were trying to rebel against the government. If he would ask me what you were all shouting about, I would not be able to give him an answer.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC19_41","074_19_41","ACT","19","41","41","That is what the city secretary said to the crowd. Then he told them all to go home. So they left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_1","074_20_1","ACT","20","1","1","After the people at Ephesus had stopped rioting, Paul summoned the believers. He encouraged them to continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. Soon after that, he told them goodbye and left to go to Macedonia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_2","074_20_2","ACT","20","2","2","After he arrived there, he visited each town where there were believers, and encouraged them. Then he arrived in Greece province, which is also called Achaia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_3","074_20_3","ACT","20","3","3","He stayed there for three months. Then he planned to return to Syria by ship, but he heard that some of the Jews SYN in that area were planning to kill him as he traveled. So he decided instead to go by land, and he traveled again through Macedonia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_4","074_20_4","ACT","20","4","4","The men who were going to travel with him to Jerusalem were Sopater, who was a son of Pyrrhus, who grew up in Berea town; Aristarchus and Secundus, who were from Thessalonica city; Gaius, who was from Derbe town; Timothy, who was from Galatia province; and Tychicus and Trophimus who were from Asia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_5","074_20_5","ACT","20","5","5","Those seven men went ahead of Paul and me, Luke, by ship from Macedonia, so they got to Troas before we did and waited for the two of us there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_6","074_20_6","ACT","20","6","6","But we two(exc) traveled by land as far as Philippi city. After the Jewish festival when they eat unleavened bread, we got on a ship that was going from the port near Philippi to Troas city. After five days we (exc) arrived at Troas and we met the other men who had traveled there ahead of us. Then we all stayed in Troas for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_7","074_20_7","ACT","20","7","7","◄On Sunday evening/On the evening of the first day of the week►, we (exc) and the other believers there gathered together to celebrate the Lord’s Supper and to eat other food SYN. Paul spoke to the believers. He continued teaching them until midnight, because he was planning to leave Troas the next day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_8","074_20_8","ACT","20","8","8","Many oil lamps were burning in the upstairs room in which we (exc) had gathered, so the fumes caused some people to become sleepy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_9","074_20_9","ACT","20","9","9","A young man whose name was Eutychus was there. He was seated on the sill of an open window on the third story of the house. As Paul continued talking for a long time, Eutychus became sleepier and sleepier. Finally, he was sound/really asleep. He fell out of the window from the third story down to the ground. Some of the believers went down immediately and picked him up. But he was dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_10","074_20_10","ACT","20","10","10","Paul also went down. He lay down and stretched out on top of the young man and put his arms around him. Then he said to the people who were standing around, “Do not worry, he is alive again now!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_11","074_20_11","ACT","20","11","11","Then Paul, along with the others, went upstairs again and they ate the Lord’s Supper and other food SYN. Afterwards, Paul conversed with the believers until dawn. Then he left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_12","074_20_12","ACT","20","12","12","The other people took the young man home, and were greatly encouraged because he was alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_13","074_20_13","ACT","20","13","13","We then went to the ship. Paul did not get on the ship with us in Troas, because he preferred to go more quickly overland to Assos town. The rest of us got on the ship and sailed for Assos. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_14","074_20_14","ACT","20","14","14","We (exc) met Paul in Assos. He got on the ship with us, and we sailed to Mitylene town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_15","074_20_15","ACT","20","15","15","The day after we reached Mitylene, we sailed from there and arrived at a place near Kios Island. The day after that, we sailed to Samos Island. The next day we left Samos and sailed to Miletus town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_16","074_20_16","ACT","20","16","16","Miletus was just south of Ephesus city. Paul had earlier decided that he would not get on a ship that would stop at Ephesus, because he did not want to spend several days in Asia province. If possible, he wanted to arrive in Jerusalem by the time of the Pentecost festival, and the time of that festival was near. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_17","074_20_17","ACT","20","17","17","When the ship arrived at Miletus, Paul sent a messenger to Ephesus to ask the elders of the congregation to come to talk with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_18","074_20_18","ACT","20","18","18","When the elders arrived, Paul said to them, “You personally know how I conducted myself among you the entire time that I was with you, from the first day when I arrived here in Asia province until the day I left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_19","074_20_19","ACT","20","19","19","You know how I was serving the Lord Jesus very humbly and how I sometimes wept about people. You also know how I suffered because the Jews SYN who were not believers often tried to harm me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_20","074_20_20","ACT","20","20","20","You also know that, as I preached God’s message to you, I never left out anything that would help you. You know that I taught you God’s message when many people were present, and I also went to your homes and taught it there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_21","074_20_21","ACT","20","21","21","I preached both to Jews and to non-Jews, telling them all that they must turn away from their sinful behavior. I also told them they should believe in our Lord Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_22","074_20_22","ACT","20","22","22","“And now note this: I am going to Jerusalem, because God’s Spirit has clearly shown me that I must go there. I do not know what will happen to me while I am there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_23","074_20_23","ACT","20","23","23","But I do know that in each city where I have stopped, the Holy Spirit has ◄told me/caused the believers to tell me► that in Jerusalem people will put me in prison PRS and will cause me to suffer PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_24","074_20_24","ACT","20","24","24","But I do not care even if people kill me, if first I am able to finish the work MET that the Lord Jesus has told me to do. He appointed me to tell people the good message that God saves us by doing for us what we do not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_25","074_20_25","ACT","20","25","25","I have preached to you the message about how God desires to rule people’s lives. But now I know that today is the last time that you fellow believers will see me SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_26","074_20_26","ACT","20","26","26","So I want you all to understand that if anyone who has heard me preach dies without trusting in Jesus, it is not my fault MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_27","074_20_27","ACT","20","27","27","because I told you LIT everything HYP that God has planned for us (inc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_28","074_20_28","ACT","20","28","28","You leaders must continue to believe and obey God’s message. You must also help all the other believers MET for whom the Holy Spirit has caused you to be responsible MTY. Watch over MET yourselves and the other believers as a shepherd watches over his sheep. God bought them with the blood that flowed from his Son’s body on the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_29","074_20_29","ACT","20","29","29","I know very well that after I leave, people who teach MET false doctrines will come among you and will do great harm to the believers. They will be like fierce wolves that kill sheep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_30","074_20_30","ACT","20","30","30","Even in your own group of believers there will be some who will deceive other believers by teaching them messages that are false. They will teach those messages so that some people will believe them and will become their followers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_31","074_20_31","ACT","20","31","31","So watch out that none of you stops believing the true message about our Lord Jesus. Remember that day and night for about three years I repeatedly taught you that message, and warned you with tears in my eyes not to believe any other message.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_32","074_20_32","ACT","20","32","32","“Now as I leave you, I ask God to protect you and to keep you believing the message that he saves us(inc) by doing for us what we do not deserve. If you continue believing the message that I told you, you will become spiritually mature, and God will give you the blessings that he has promised to give to all of those who belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_33","074_20_33","ACT","20","33","33","As for myself, I have not desired anyone’s money MTY or fine clothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_34","074_20_34","ACT","20","34","34","You yourselves know that I have worked with my hands MTY to earn the money that my companions and I needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_35","074_20_35","ACT","20","35","35","In everything that I did, I showed you that we (inc) should work hard in order to have enough money to give some to those who are needy. We (inc) should remember that our Lord Jesus himself said, ‘You are happy when people give you what you need, but God will be happy with you when you give other people what they need.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_36","074_20_36","ACT","20","36","36","When Paul had finished speaking, he knelt down with all of the elders and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_37","074_20_37","ACT","20","37","37","They all cried a lot, and they hugged Paul and kissed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC20_38","074_20_38","ACT","20","38","38","They were especially sad because he had said that they would never see him SYN again. Then they all went with him to the ship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_1","074_21_1","ACT","21","1","1","After we said goodbye to the elders from Ephesus, we got on the ship and sailed to Cos Island, where the ship stopped for the night. The next day we sailed from Cos to Rhodes Island, where the ship stopped again. The day after that we sailed to Patara town, where the ship stopped. This was on Patara Island. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_2","074_21_2","ACT","21","2","2","At Patara we left that ship, and someone told us that there was a ship that would be going to Phoenicia region. So we got on that ship, and it left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_3","074_21_3","ACT","21","3","3","We sailed until we could see Cyprus Island. We passed to the south of the island and continued sailing until we arrived at Phoenicia region, in Syria province. We arrived at Tyre city. The ship was going to stay there several days, because its workers had to unload the cargo. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_4","074_21_4","ACT","21","4","4","Someone told us where the believers in Tyre lived, so we (exc) went and stayed with them for seven days. Because God’s Spirit revealed to them ◄that people would cause Paul to suffer/Paul would suffer► in Jerusalem, they told Paul that he should not go there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_5","074_21_5","ACT","21","5","5","But when it was time for the ship to leave again, we prepared to continue going to Jerusalem. When we left Tyre, all the believers, including their wives and children, went with us to the edge of the sea. We all knelt down there on the sand/shore and prayed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_6","074_21_6","ACT","21","6","6","After we all said goodbye, Paul and we his companions got on the ship, and the other believers returned to their own homes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_7","074_21_7","ACT","21","7","7","After we (exc) left Tyre, we continued on that ship to Ptolemais city. There were believers there, and we greeted them and stayed with them that night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_8","074_21_8","ACT","21","8","8","The next day we left Ptolemais and sailed to Caesarea city, where we stayed in the home of Philip, who spent his days telling others how to become disciples of Jesus. He was one of the seven men whom the believers in Jerusalem had chosen to care for the widows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_9","074_21_9","ACT","21","9","9","He had four daughters who were not married. Each of them frequently spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had revealed to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_10","074_21_10","ACT","21","10","10","After we(exc) had been in Philip’s house for several days, a believer whose name was Agabus came down from Judea district and arrived in Caesarea. He frequently spoke messages that the Holy Spirit had told him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_11","074_21_11","ACT","21","11","11","Coming over to where we were, he took off Paul’s belt. Then he tied his own feet and hands with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘The Jewish leaders SYN in Jerusalem will tie up the hands and feet of the owner of this belt, like this, and they will hand him over to non-Jewish people as a prisoner.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_12","074_21_12","ACT","21","12","12","When the rest of us heard that, we and other believers there repeatedly pled with Paul, “Please do not go up to Jerusalem!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_13","074_21_13","ACT","21","13","13","But Paul replied, “◄Please stop crying and trying to discourage me IDM from going!/Why are you crying and trying to discourage me IDM from going?► RHQ I am willing to be put {for people to put me} in prison and also to be killed {for them to kill me} in Jerusalem because I serve MTY the Lord Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_14","074_21_14","ACT","21","14","14","When we(exc) realized that he was determined to go to Jerusalem, we did not try any longer to persuade him not to go. We said, “May ◄the Lord God do what he wants/the Lord’s will be done►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_15","074_21_15","ACT","21","15","15","After those days in Caesarea, we (exc) prepared our things and left to go by land up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_16","074_21_16","ACT","21","16","16","Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. On the way to Jerusalem, we stayed one night in the house of a man whose name was Mnason. He was from Cyprus Island, and he had believed in Jesus when people were first beginning to hear the message about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_17","074_21_17","ACT","21","17","17","When we arrived in Jerusalem, a group of the believers greeted us happily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_18","074_21_18","ACT","21","18","18","The next day Paul and the rest of us went to speak with James, who was the leader of the congregation there. All of the other leaders/elders of the congregation in Jerusalem were also there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_19","074_21_19","ACT","21","19","19","Paul greeted them, and then he reported all of the things that God had enabled him to do among the non-Jewish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_20","074_21_20","ACT","21","20","20","When they heard that, James and the other elders said, “Praise the Lord!” Then one of them said to Paul, “Brother/Friend, you (sg) know that there are very many thousands of us (inc) Jewish people here who have believed in the Lord Jesus. Also, you know that we (inc) all continue very carefully to obey the laws that Moses gave us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_21","074_21_21","ACT","21","21","21","But our fellow Jewish believers have been told {have heard people say} that when you are among non-Jews, you tell the Jewish believers who live there that they should stop obeying the laws MTY ◄of Moses/that Moses received from God►. People say that you tell those Jewish believers not to circumcise their sons and not to practice our other customs. We(exc) do not believe that this is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_22","074_21_22","ACT","21","22","22","But our fellow Jewish believers will certainly hear that you have arrived, and they will be angry with you. So you need to do something RHQ to show them that what they heard about you is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_23","074_21_23","ACT","21","23","23","So you should do what we suggest to you. There are four men among us who have strongly promised to God about something. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_24","074_21_24","ACT","21","24","24","Go with these men to the Temple and ritually purify yourself along with them. Then, when it is time for them to offer the sacrifices for that ritual, pay for what they offer as sacrifices. After that, they can shave their heads to show that they have done what they promised to do. And when people see you in the courts of the Temple with those men, they will know that what they have been told {what people have told them} about you is not true. Instead, all of them will know that you obey all our Jewish laws and rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_25","074_21_25","ACT","21","25","25","As for the non-Jewish believers, we elders here in Jerusalem have talked about which of our laws they should obey, and we (exc) wrote them a letter, telling them what we decided. We wrote that they should not eat meat that people have offered as a sacrifice to any idol, that they should not eat blood from animals, and that they should not eat meat from animals that people have killed by strangling them. We also told them that they should not have sex with someone to whom they are not married.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_26","074_21_26","ACT","21","26","26","So Paul agreed to do what they asked, and the next day he took the four men, and together they ritually purified themselves. After that, Paul went to the Temple courts and told the priest what day they would finish purifying themselves ritually and when they would offer the animals as sacrifices for each of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_27","074_21_27","ACT","21","27","29","When the seven days for purifying themselves were nearly finished, Paul returned to the Temple courtyard. Some Jews from Asia province saw him there, and they were very angry at him. On another day they had seen Paul walking around in Jerusalem with Trophimus, who was a non-Jew. Their laws did not permit non-Jews to be in the Temple, and they thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the Temple courtyard that day. So they called out to many other Jews who were in the Temple courtyard to help them seize MTY Paul. They shouted, “Fellow Israelites, come and help us punish this man! This is the one who is constantly teaching people wherever he goes that they should despise the Jewish people. He teaches people that they should no longer obey the laws of Moses nor respect this holy Temple. He has even brought non-Jews here into the court of our Temple, causing God to consider it no longer holy!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_30","074_21_30","ACT","21","30","30","People throughout MTY the city heard that there was trouble at the Temple courtyard, and they came running there. They grabbed Paul and dragged him outside of the Temple area. The gates to the Temple courtyard were shut {The Temple guards shut the doors to the Temple courts} immediately, so that the people would not riot inside the Temple area. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_31","074_21_31","ACT","21","31","31","While they were trying to kill Paul, someone ran to the fort near the Temple and told the Roman commander that many HYP people MTY in Jerusalem were rioting at the Temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_32","074_21_32","ACT","21","32","32","The commander quickly took some officers and a large group of soldiers and ran to the Temple area where the crowd was. When the crowd of people who were yelling and beating Paul saw the commander and the soldiers coming, they stopped beating him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_33","074_21_33","ACT","21","33","33","The commander came to where Paul was and seized him. He commanded soldiers to fasten a chain to each of Paul’s arms. Then he asked the people in the crowd, “Who is this man, and what has he done?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_34","074_21_34","ACT","21","34","34","Some of the many people there were shouting one thing, and some were shouting something else. Because they continued shouting so loudly, the commander could not understand what they were shouting. So he commanded that Paul be taken {the soldiers to take Paul} into the barracks so that he could question him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_35","074_21_35","ACT","21","35","35","The soldiers led Paul to the steps of the barracks, but many people continued to follow them, trying to kill Paul. So the commander told the soldiers to carry Paul up the steps into the barracks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_36","074_21_36","ACT","21","36","36","The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Kill him! Kill him!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_37","074_21_37","ACT","21","37","37","As Paul was about to be taken {the soldiers were about to take Paul} into the barracks, he said in Greek to the commander, “May I speak to you?” The commander said, “◄I am surprised that you can speak the Greek language!/Can you (sg) speak the Greek language?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_38","074_21_38","ACT","21","38","38","“◄I thought that you (sg) were that fellow/Are you not that fellow► from Egypt RHQ who wanted to rebel against the government not long ago, and who took 4,000 violent terrorists with him out into the desert, so that we could not catch him?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_39","074_21_39","ACT","21","39","39","Paul answered, “No, I am not! I am a Jew. I was born in Tarsus, which is an important LIT city in Cilicia province. I ask that you (sg) let me speak to the people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC21_40","074_21_40","ACT","21","40","40","Then the commander permitted Paul to speak. So Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand for the crowd to be quiet. And after the people in the crowd became quiet, Paul spoke to them in their own Hebrew language MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_1","074_22_1","ACT","22","1","1","Paul said, “Jewish elders and my other fellow Jews, listen to me now while I reply to those who are accusing me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_2","074_22_2","ACT","22","2","2","When the crowd of people heard Paul speaking to them in their own Hebrew language, they became even more quiet and really listened. Then Paul said to them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_3","074_22_3","ACT","22","3","3","“I am a Jew, as are all of you. I was born in Tarsus city, in Cilicia province, but I grew up here in Jerusalem. When I was young, for many years I studied the laws that Moses gave to our ancestors. I was taught by the famous teacher Gamaliel MTY {The famous teacher Gamaliel taught MTY me}. I have carefully obeyed those laws, because I have wanted to obey God. I am sure that many of you also carefully obey those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_4","074_22_4","ACT","22","4","4","That is why I previously persecuted those who believe the message that people call the Way that Jesus taught. I continually looked for ways to kill them. Whenever I found men or women who believed that message, I commanded that they should be seized and thrown {people to seize them and throw them} into jail. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_5","074_22_5","ACT","22","5","5","The supreme priest knows this, and so do the other respected men who belong to our Jewish Council. They gave me letters to take to their fellow Jews in Damascus city. By means of those letters, they authorized me to go to there and find people who believed in Jesus. They had written in the letters that I was to bring those people as prisoners to Jerusalem, so that they would be punished here {the leaders here could punish them}. So I went on my way to Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_6","074_22_6","ACT","22","6","6","About noon, my companions and I were getting near Damascus. Suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed all around me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_7","074_22_7","ACT","22","7","7","The light was so bright that I fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me from up in the sky. The one who was speaking to me said, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you (sg) do things to harm me?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_8","074_22_8","ACT","22","8","8","I answered, ‘Who are you?’ He replied, ‘I am Jesus from Nazareth. I am the one whom you (sg) are harming by doing things to harm my followers.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_9","074_22_9","ACT","22","9","9","The men who were traveling with me saw the very bright light, and they heard a voice, but they did not understand what the voice said to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_10","074_22_10","ACT","22","10","10","Then I asked, ‘Lord, what do you want me to do?’ The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus! A man there will tell you (sg) all that I have planned for you to do.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_11","074_22_11","ACT","22","11","11","After that, I could not see, because the very bright light had caused me to become blind. So my companions took me by the hand and led me until we(exc) arrived in Damascus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_12","074_22_12","ACT","22","12","12","A couple of days later, a man whose name was Ananias came to see me. He was a man who greatly respected God and carefully obeyed our Jewish laws. All the Jews living in Damascus said good things about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_13","074_22_13","ACT","22","13","13","He came and stood beside me and said to me, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ Instantly I could see! I saw Ananias standing there beside me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_14","074_22_14","ACT","22","14","14","Then he said: ‘The God whom we(inc) worship and whom our ancestors worshipped has chosen you and will show you what he wants you to do. He has allowed you to see the righteous one, the Messiah, and you have heard him speaking to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_15","074_22_15","ACT","22","15","15","He wants you to tell people everywhere what you have seen and heard from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_16","074_22_16","ACT","22","16","16","So now ◄do not delay!/why delay?► RHQ Stand up, let me baptize you, and by praying to the Lord Jesus ask God to forgive you (sg) for your sins!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_17","074_22_17","ACT","22","17","17","“Later, I returned to Jerusalem. One day I went to the Temple courtyard. While I was praying there, I saw a vision in which ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_18","074_22_18","ACT","22","18","18","I saw the Lord speaking to me. He said to me, ‘Do not stay here! Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not ◄believe/listen to► what you (sg) tell them about me!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_19","074_22_19","ACT","22","19","19","But I protested and said to him, ‘Lord, they know that I went to many of our meeting houses looking for people who believe in you. I was putting in jail those whom I found who believed in you, and I was even beating them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_20","074_22_20","ACT","22","20","20","They remember that when Stephen was killed MTY {when people killed MTY Stephen} because he told people about you, I stood there watching it all and approving what they were doing. I even guarded the outer garments that those who were murdering him had thrown aside. So if I stay here, the fact that I have changed how I think about you will surely impress those leaders of our people.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_21","074_22_21","ACT","22","21","21","But the Lord said to me, ‘No, do not stay here! Leave Jerusalem, because I am going to send you (sg) far away from here to non-Jewish people!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_22","074_22_22","ACT","22","22","22","The people listened quietly to what Paul was saying until he mentioned the Lord sending him to non-Jewish people. Then they began shouting angrily, “Kill him! He does not deserve to live any longer!” They said that because they could not believe that God would save anyone except Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_23","074_22_23","ACT","22","23","23","While they continued shouting, “Kill him!” they took off their cloaks and threw dust into the air, which showed how angry they were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_24","074_22_24","ACT","22","24","24","So the commander commanded that Paul be taken {soldiers to take Paul} into the barracks. He told the soldiers that they should strike Paul with a whip that had pieces of bone/metal on the end of it, in order to make him tell what he had done that made the Jews shout so angrily. So the soldiers took Paul into the barracks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_25","074_22_25","ACT","22","25","25","Then they stretched his arms out and tied them so that they could whip him on his back. But Paul said to the officer who was standing nearby watching, “You(sg) should think carefully about this! You will certainly be RHQ acting unlawfully if you whip me, a Roman citizen whom no one has put on trial and condemned!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_26","074_22_26","ACT","22","26","26","When the officer heard that, he went to the commander and reported it to him. He said to the commander, “This man is a Roman citizen ◄Surely you would not command us to whip him!/Do you really want us to whip him?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_27","074_22_27","ACT","22","27","27","The commander was surprised when he heard that. He himself went into the barracks and said to Paul, “Tell me, are you (sg) really a Roman citizen?” Paul answered, “Yes, I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_28","074_22_28","ACT","22","28","28","Then the commander said, “I am also a Roman citizen. I paid a lot of money to become a Roman citizen.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman citizen, so I did not need to pay anything.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_29","074_22_29","ACT","22","29","29","The soldiers were about to whip Paul and to ask him questions about what he had done. But when they heard what Paul said, they left him immediately. The commander also became afraid, because he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had illegally commanded soldiers to tie up Paul’s hands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC22_30","074_22_30","ACT","22","30","30","The commander still wanted to know exactly why the Jews were accusing Paul. So the next day he told the soldiers to take the chains off Paul. He also summoned the chief priests and the other Jewish Council members. Then he took Paul to where the Council was meeting and commanded him to stand before them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_1","074_23_1","ACT","23","1","1","Paul looked straight at the Jewish council members and said: “My fellow Jews, all my life I have lived respecting our God, and I do not know of anything that I have done that I knew was wrong/evil.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_2","074_23_2","ACT","23","2","2","When Ananias the supreme priest heard what Paul said, he commanded the men who were standing near Paul to hit him on the mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_3","074_23_3","ACT","23","3","3","Then Paul said to Ananias, “God will punish you (sg) for that, you hypocrite MET! You sit there and judge me, using the laws that God gave Moses. But you yourself disobey those laws, because you commanded me to be struck {these men to strike me} without having proved that I have done anything that is wrong!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_4","074_23_4","ACT","23","4","4","The men who were standing near Paul rebuked him. They said, “Are not you (sg) afraid to insult God’s servant, our supreme priest?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_5","074_23_5","ACT","23","5","5","Paul replied, “My fellow Jews, I am sorry that I said that. I did not know that the man who told one of you to hit me is the high priest. If I had known that, I would not have insulted our supreme priest, because I know that it is written {that Moses wrote} in our Jewish law, ‘Do not speak evil of any of your rulers!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_6","074_23_6","ACT","23","6","6","Paul realized that some of the Council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees. So, in order to cause the Pharisees and Sadducees to argue among themselves instead of accusing him, he called out loudly in the Council hall, “My fellow Jews, I am a Pharisee, like my father was. I have been put {You have put me} on trial here because I confidently expect that some day God will ◄cause people who have died to become alive again/raise people from the dead►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_7","074_23_7","ACT","23","7","7","When he said that, the Pharisees and Sadducees started to argue with one another about whether people who have died will become alive again or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_8","074_23_8","ACT","23","8","8","The Sadducees believe that after people die, they will not become alive again. They also believe that there are no angels and no other kinds of spirits. But the Pharisees believe that all people who have died will one day become alive again. They also believe that there are angels and other kinds of spirits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_9","074_23_9","ACT","23","9","9","So the Council members ◄were divided/did not agree with each other►, and they began shouting at one another as they argued. Some of the teachers of the laws that God gave Moses who were Pharisees stood up. One of them said, “We (exc) think that this man has done nothing wrong.” Another said, “Maybe an angel or some other spirit really spoke to him and what he says is true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_10","074_23_10","ACT","23","10","10","Then the Pharisees and Sadducees argued even more loudly with one another. As a result, the commander ◄was afraid/thought► that they would tear Paul to pieces. So he commanded soldiers to go down from the barracks and forcefully take Paul away from the Council members and bring him up into the barracks. So the soldiers did that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_11","074_23_11","ACT","23","11","11","That night, in a vision Paul saw the Lord Jesus come and stand near him. The Lord said to him, “Be courageous! You (sg) have told people here in Jerusalem about me, and you must tell people in Rome about me, too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_12","074_23_12","ACT","23","12","12","The next morning some of the Jews MTY who hated Paul met secretly and talked about how they could kill him. They promised themselves that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed him. They asked God to curse them if they did not do what they promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_13","074_23_13","ACT","23","13","13","There were more than 40 men who planned to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_14","074_23_14","ACT","23","14","14","They went to the chief priests and Jewish elders and told them, “God has heard us promise/vow that we (exc) will not eat or drink anything until we (exc) have killed Paul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_15","074_23_15","ACT","23","15","15","So we request that you go to the commander and ask him, on behalf of the whole Jewish Council, to bring Paul down to us from the barracks. Tell the commander that you want to question Paul some more. But we (exc) will be waiting to kill Paul while he is on the way here.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_16","074_23_16","ACT","23","16","16","But the son of Paul’s sister heard what they were planning to do, so he went into the barracks and told Paul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_17","074_23_17","ACT","23","17","17","When Paul heard that, he called one of the officers and said to him, “Please take this young man to the commander, because he needs to tell him something important.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_18","074_23_18","ACT","23","18","18","So the officer took Paul’s nephew to the commander. The officer said to the commander, “That prisoner, Paul, called me and said, ‘Please take this young man to the commander, because he needs to tell him something important.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_19","074_23_19","ACT","23","19","19","The commander took the young man by the hand, led him off by himself, and asked him, “What do you (sg) need to tell me?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_20","074_23_20","ACT","23","20","20","The young man said, “There are some SYN Jews who have planned to ask you (sg) to bring Paul before their Council tomorrow. They will say that they want to ask him some more questions. But that is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_21","074_23_21","ACT","23","21","21","Do not do what they ask you (sg) to do, because there are more than 40 Jewish men who will be hiding and waiting to attack Paul when he passes by on the way to the Council. They even promised/vowed to God that they will not eat or drink anything until they have killed Paul. They are ready to do it, and right now they are waiting for you (sg) to agree to do what they are asking you to do.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_22","074_23_22","ACT","23","22","22","The commander said to Paul’s young nephew, “Do not tell anyone that you (sg) have told me about their plan.” Then he sent the young man away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_23","074_23_23","ACT","23","23","23","Then the commander called two of his officers and told them, “Get a group of 200 soldiers ready to travel. Take along 70 soldiers riding horses, and 200 other soldiers carrying spears. All of you must be ready to leave at nine o’clock tonight, to go down to Caesarea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_24","074_23_24","ACT","23","24","24","And take along horses for Paul and those accompanying him to ride, and safely escort him to the palace of Governor Felix.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_25","074_23_25","ACT","23","25","25","Then the commander wrote a letter to send to the governor. This is what he wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_26","074_23_26","ACT","23","26","26","“I am Claudius Lysias writing to you. You, Felix, are our governor whom we (exc) respect, and I sincerely send you my greetings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_27","074_23_27","ACT","23","27","27","I have sent you(sg) this man, Paul, because certain Jews seized him and were about to kill him. But I heard someone tell me that he is a Roman citizen, so I and my soldiers went and rescued him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_28","074_23_28","ACT","23","28","28","I wanted to know what those Jews were saying that he had done wrong, so I took him to their Jewish Council. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_29","074_23_29","ACT","23","29","29","I listened while they asked this man questions and he answered them. The things they accused him about were entirely concerned with their Jewish laws. But Paul has not disobeyed any of our Roman laws. So our officials should not execute him or even put him in prison MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_30","074_23_30","ACT","23","30","30","Someone told me that some SYN Jews were secretly planning to kill this man, so I immediately am sending him to you, so that you(sg) may give him a fair trial there. I have also commanded the Jews who have accused him to go there to Caesarea and tell you (sg) what they are accusing him about.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_31","074_23_31","ACT","23","31","31","So the soldiers did what the commander commanded them, taking this letter with them. They got Paul and took him with them during the night down to Antipatris city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_32","074_23_32","ACT","23","32","32","The next day, the foot soldiers returned to the barracks in Jerusalem, and the soldiers who rode horses went on with Paul. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_33","074_23_33","ACT","23","33","33","When the men escorting Paul arrived in Caesarea, they delivered the letter to the governor, and they delivered Paul to the governor. Then the horsemen returned to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_34","074_23_34","ACT","23","34","34","The governor read the letter, and then he said to Paul, “What province are you (sg) from?” Paul answered, “I am from Cilicia province.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC23_35","074_23_35","ACT","23","35","35","Then the governor said, “When the people who have accused you (sg) arrive, I will listen to what each of you says and then I will judge your case.” Then he commanded that Paul be guarded {soldiers to guard Paul} in the palace that King Herod the Great had built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_1","074_24_1","ACT","24","1","1","Five days later Ananias the high priest, having heard that Paul was now in Caesarea, went down there from Jerusalem, along with some other Jewish elders and a lawyer whose name was Tertullus. There they formally told the governor what Paul had done that they considered wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_2","074_24_2","ACT","24","2","2","The governor commanded Paul to be brought {a soldier to bring Paul} in. When Paul arrived, Tertullus began to accuse him. He said to the governor, “Honorable Governor Felix, during the many years that you (sg) have ruled us, we (exc) have lived well/peacefully. By planning wisely, you have improved many things in this province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_3","074_24_3","ACT","24","3","3","Therefore, sir, we (exc) always gratefully acknowledge everything that you have done for all of us, wherever you have done those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_4","074_24_4","ACT","24","4","4","But, so that I will not take up too much of your time, I earnestly request that you kindly listen to me very briefly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_5","074_24_5","ACT","24","5","5","We (exc) have observed that this man, wherever he goes, causes trouble. Specifically, he causes all the Jews everywhere HYP to riot. Also, he leads the entire group whom people call ‘the followers of the Nazarene’, a false sect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_6","074_24_6","ACT","24","6","6","He even tried to do things in the Temple in Jerusalem that would ◄defile it/make it unholy►. So we (exc) seized him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_7","074_24_7","ACT","24","7","7","But Lysias, the commander at the Roman fort, came with his soldiers and forcefully took him away from us SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_8","074_24_8","ACT","24","8","8","Lysias also commanded Paul’s accusers to come here and accuse Paul before you. If you question him yourself, you will be able to learn that all these things about which we are accusing him are true.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_9","074_24_9","ACT","24","9","9","When the Jewish leaders who were listening heard that, they told the governor that what Tertullus had said was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_10","074_24_10","ACT","24","10","10","Then the governor motioned with his hand to Paul that he should speak. So Paul replied. He said, “Governor Felix, I know that you(sg) have judged this Jewish province for many years. Therefore I gladly defend myself, confident that you will listen to me and will judge me fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_11","074_24_11","ACT","24","11","11","You (sg) can easily ascertain that ◄it has not been more than twelve days since/only twelve days ago► I went up went up to Jerusalem to worship God. That is not enough time to cause a lot of trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_12","074_24_12","ACT","24","12","12","No one can claim legitimately that they saw me arguing with anyone at the Temple courts because I did not do that. No one can claim legitimately that they saw me causing people to riot in any Jewish meeting place, or causing trouble anywhere else in Jerusalem city, because I did not do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_13","074_24_13","ACT","24","13","13","So they cannot prove to you the things about which they are now accusing me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_14","074_24_14","ACT","24","14","14","But I admit to you (sg) that this is true: I do worship the God that our ancestors worshipped. It is true that I follow the way that Jesus taught us. The Jewish leaders call that a false religion/teaching. I also believe everything that was written by Moses {that Moses wrote} in the laws that God gave him, and everything that was written by the other prophets {that the other prophets wrote} in their books MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_15","074_24_15","ACT","24","15","15","I confidently expect, just like some of these men also expect, that some day God will cause everyone who has died to become alive again. He will ◄cause to become alive again/raise from the dead► both those who were righteous and those who were wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_16","074_24_16","ACT","24","16","16","Because I am confidently waiting for that day, I always try to do what pleases God and what other people think is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_17","074_24_17","ACT","24","17","17","After I had been in other places for several years, I returned to Jerusalem. I went there to deliver some money to my fellow Jews who are poor, and to offer sacrifices to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_18","074_24_18","ACT","24","18","18","Some Jews saw me in the temple courts after I had completed the ritual by which a person is made {that makes a person} pure. There was no crowd with me, and I was not causing people to riot. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_19","074_24_19","ACT","24","19","19","But it was some other Jews who had come from Asia province who really caused people to riot. They should be here in front of you (sg) to accuse me, if they thought that I did something wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_20","074_24_20","ACT","24","20","20","But if they do not want to do that (OR, But because they are not here), these Jewish men who are here should tell you (sg) what they think I did that was wrong, when I defended myself before their Council. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_21","074_24_21","ACT","24","21","21","They might say that one thing that I shouted as I stood before them was wrong. What I said was, ‘You are judging me today because I believe that God will ◄cause all people who have died to become alive again/raise all people from the dead►.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_22","074_24_22","ACT","24","22","22","Felix already knew quite a lot about what people called ‘the way of Jesus’. But he did not let Paul or his accusers continue to speak. Instead, he said to them, “Later, when Commander Lysias comes down here, I will decide these matters that concern you all.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_23","074_24_23","ACT","24","23","23","Then he told the officer who was guarding Paul to take Paul back to the prison and make sure that he was guarded all the time. But he said that Paul was not to be chained {that the officer was not to fasten chains on him}, and if his friends came to visit him, the officer should allow them to help Paul in any way that they wished. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_24","074_24_24","ACT","24","24","24","Several days later Felix and his wife Drusilla, who was a Jew, came back to Caesarea after having been away for a few days. Felix commanded Paul to be brought in {a soldier to bring Paul in}. Then Felix listened to what Paul said to him. Paul spoke about what Christians believe about the Messiah Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_25","074_24_25","ACT","24","25","25","Paul explained to them about what God requires people to do in order to please him. He also explained about God requiring people to control how they act. Paul also told him that there will be a time when God will judge people. Felix became alarmed after hearing those things. So he said to Paul, “That is all I want to hear now. When there is a time that is convenient I will ask you (sg) to come to me again.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_26","074_24_26","ACT","24","26","26","Felix said that because he hoped that Paul would give him some money to allow Paul to get out of prison. So he repeatedly sent for Paul to come, and Paul repeatedly went and talked with him. But he did not give Felix any money, and Felix did not command his soldiers to release Paul from prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC24_27","074_24_27","ACT","24","27","27","Felix let Paul remain in prison, because he wanted to please the Jewish leaders and he knew that they did not want him to release Paul. But when two years had passed, Porcius Festus became governor in place of Felix. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_1","074_25_1","ACT","25","1","1","Festus, who was now the governor of the province, arrived in Caesarea, and three days later he went up to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_2","074_25_2","ACT","25","2","2","In Jerusalem, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders formally told Festus about the things that they said that Paul had done that were wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_3","074_25_3","ACT","25","3","3","They urgently asked Festus to do something for them. They asked him to command soldiers to bring Paul to Jerusalem, so that Festus could put him on trial there. But they were planning that some of them would hide near the road and wait for Paul and kill him when he was traveling to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_4","074_25_4","ACT","25","4","4","But Festus replied, “Paul is in Caesarea, and is being guarded {soldiers are guarding him} there. I myself will go down to Caesarea in a few days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_5","074_25_5","ACT","25","5","5","Choose some of your leaders to go there with me. While they are there, they can accuse Paul of the wrong things that you say that he has done.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_6","074_25_6","ACT","25","6","6","After Festus had been in Jerusalem eight or ten days, he went back down to Caesarea. Several of the Jewish leaders also went there. The next day Festus commanded that Paul be brought {someone to bring Paul} to him in the assembly hall so that he could judge him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_7","074_25_7","ACT","25","7","7","After Paul was brought to the assembly hall, the Jewish leaders from Jerusalem gathered around him to accuse him. They told Festus that Paul had committed many crimes. But they could not prove that Paul had done the things about which they accused him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_8","074_25_8","ACT","25","8","8","Then Paul spoke to defend himself. He said to Festus, “I have done nothing wrong against the laws of us (exc) Jews, and I have not disobeyed the rules concerning our Temple. I have also done nothing wrong against your government MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_9","074_25_9","ACT","25","9","9","But Festus wanted to please the Jewish leaders, so he asked Paul, “Are you (sg) willing to go up to Jerusalem so that I can listen as these men accuse you there?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_10","074_25_10","ACT","25","10","10","But Paul did not want to do that. So he said to Festus, “No, I am not willing to go to Jerusalem! I am now standing before you, and you (sg) are the judge whom the Roman Emperor MTY has authorized. This is the place where I should be judged {where you should judge me}. I have not wronged the Jewish people at all, as you know very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_11","074_25_11","ACT","25","11","11","If I had done something bad for which I should be executed {concerning which the law said that they should execute me}, I would not plead with them that they not kill me. But none of these things about which they accuse me is true, so no one can legally surrender me to these Jews. So I formally request that the emperor MTY should judge me at Rome.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_12","074_25_12","ACT","25","12","12","Then after Festus conferred with the men who regularly advised him, he replied to Paul, “You (sg) have formally requested that I should send you to the emperor in Rome. So I will arrange for you to go there in order that he can judge you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_13","074_25_13","ACT","25","13","13","After several days, King Herod Agrippa arrived at Caesarea, along with his younger sister Bernice. They had come to formally welcome Festus as the new Governor of the province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_14","074_25_14","ACT","25","14","14","King Agrippa and Bernice stayed many days in Caesarea. While they were there, Festus told Agrippa about Paul. He said to the king, “There is a man here whom Felix kept in prison while he was governor. He left him there when his time as governor ended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_15","074_25_15","ACT","25","15","15","When I went to Jerusalem, the chief priests and the other Jewish elders told me that this man had done many things against their laws. They asked me to condemn him to be executed {judge him so that people could kill him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_16","074_25_16","ACT","25","16","16","But I told them that when someone has been accused of a crime, we Romans do not immediately ◄condemn that person/declare that person to be guilty►. First, we command him to stand before the people who are accusing him and to say whether or not he has done those things. After that, the judge will decide what to do with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_17","074_25_17","ACT","25","17","17","So those Jews came here to Caesarea when I came. I did not delay. The day after we(exc) arrived, after I sat down at the place where I make decisions, I commanded that Paul be brought {soldiers to bring Paul} into the courtroom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_18","074_25_18","ACT","25","18","18","The Jewish leaders did accuse him, but the things about which they accused him were not any of the evil crimes about which I thought they would accuse him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_19","074_25_19","ACT","25","19","19","Instead, what they argued about with him were some teachings that some Jews believe and others do not believe. They argued about a man whose name was Jesus who had died, but the man they were accusing, whose name is Paul, kept saying, ‘Jesus is alive again.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_20","074_25_20","ACT","25","20","20","I did not know what questions to ask them, and I did not know how to judge concerning their dispute. So I asked Paul, ‘Are you (sg) willing to go back to Jerusalem and have the dispute between you and these Jews judged there {and let me judge there the dispute between you and these Jews}?’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_21","074_25_21","ACT","25","21","21","But Paul answered, ‘No. I am not willing to go to Jerusalem! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_22","074_25_22","ACT","25","22","22","Agrippa said to Festus, “I also would like to hear the man myself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_23","074_25_23","ACT","25","23","23","The next day Agrippa and Bernice came very ceremoniously to the assembly hall. Some Roman commanders and prominent men in Caesarea came with them. Then, Festus told an officer to bring Paul. So after the officer went to the prison and brought him, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_24","074_25_24","ACT","25","24","24","Festus said, “King Agrippa, and all the rest of you who are here, you see this man. Many HYP Jews in Jerusalem and also those here in Caesarea appealed to me, screaming that we (exc) should not let him live any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_25","074_25_25","ACT","25","25","25","But when I asked them to tell me what he had done, and they told me, I found out that he had not done anything for which he should be executed {anyone should execute him}. However, he has asked that our emperor should judge his case, so I have decided to send him to Rome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_26","074_25_26","ACT","25","26","26","But I do not know what specifically I should write to the emperor concerning him. That is why I have brought him here. I want you all to hear him speak, and I especially want you (sg), King Agrippa, to hear him. Then, after we (inc) have questioned him, I may know what I should write to the emperor about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC25_27","074_25_27","ACT","25","27","27","It seems to me that it would be unreasonable to send a prisoner to the emperor in Rome without my specifying the things about which people are accusing him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_1","074_26_1","ACT","26","1","1","Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You (sg) are permitted now to speak to defend yourself.” Paul stretched out his hand ◄dramatically/to salute the king► and began to defend himself. He said, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_2","074_26_2","ACT","26","2","2","“King Agrippa, I consider that I am fortunate that today, while you (sg) listen, I can defend myself from all the things about which the Jewish leaders SYN are accusing me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_3","074_26_3","ACT","26","3","3","I am really fortunate, because you (sg) know all about the customs of us Jews and the questions that we (exc) argue about. So I ask you, please listen patiently to what I say.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_4","074_26_4","ACT","26","4","4","“Many HYP of my fellow Jews know about how I have conducted my life, from the time I was a child. They know how I lived in the area where I was born and also later in Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_5","074_26_5","ACT","26","5","5","They have known for many years, and they could tell you, if they wanted to, that since I was very young I obeyed the customs of our religion very carefully, just like the other Pharisees do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_6","074_26_6","ACT","26","6","6","Today I am being put on trial {they are putting me on trial} because I am confidently expecting that God will do what he promised our (exc) ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_7","074_26_7","ACT","26","7","7","Our twelve tribes are also confidently waiting for God to do for us what he promised, as they respectfully worship him, day and night. Respected king, I confidently expect that God will do what he promised, and they also believe that! But that is the reason that these Jewish leaders SYN are accusing me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_8","074_26_8","ACT","26","8","8","They believe that God can cause those who have died to become alive again, so ◄why do any of you refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead?/none of you should refuse to believe that he raised Jesus from the dead!► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_9","074_26_9","ACT","26","9","9","“Formerly I, too, was sure that I should do everything that I could to oppose Jesus MTY, the man from Nazareth town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_10","074_26_10","ACT","26","10","10","So that is what I did when I lived in Jerusalem. I put many of the believers in jail, as the chief priests there had authorized me to do. When the Jewish leaders wanted those Christians killed {someone to kill those Christians}, I voted for that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_11","074_26_11","ACT","26","11","11","Many times I punished the believers whom I found in Jewish meeting places. By punishing them, I tried to force them to speak evil about Jesus. I was so angry with the followers of Jesus that I even traveled to other cities to find them and do things to harm them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_12","074_26_12","ACT","26","12","12","“One day, I was on my way to Damascus city to do that. The chief priests in Jerusalem had authorized and sent me to seize the believers there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_13","074_26_13","ACT","26","13","13","My respected king, while I was going along the road, at about noon I saw a bright light in the sky. It was even brighter than the sun! It shone all around me, and also around the men who were traveling with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_14","074_26_14","ACT","26","14","14","We (exc) all fell to the ground. Then I heard the voice of someone speaking to me in my own Hebrew language MTY. He said ‘Saul, Saul, ◄stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?► RHQ You (sg) are hurting yourself by trying to hurt me MET, like an ox kicking against its owner’s goad.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_15","074_26_15","ACT","26","15","15","Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘I am Jesus. You (sg) are harming me by harming my followers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_16","074_26_16","ACT","26","16","16","But instead of continuing to do that, stand up now! I have appeared to you (sg) to tell you that I have chosen you to serve me. You must tell people about what I am showing you as you are seeing me now, and about what I will show you when I will later appear to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_17","074_26_17","ACT","26","17","17","I will protect you from those who will try to harm you, both your own people and also those who are not Jewish. I am sending you to non-Jews ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_18","074_26_18","ACT","26","18","18","to help them to realize MTY what is true and to stop believing what is false MET. I am sending you to them so that they may let God control them and not let Satan control them any more. Then God will forgive their sins and will accept them as his people because they believe in me.’ That is what Jesus said to me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_19","074_26_19","ACT","26","19","19","“So, King Agrippa, I fully obeyed LIT what the Lord Jesus told me to do when he spoke to me from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_20","074_26_20","ACT","26","20","20","First, I preached to the Jews in Damascus. Then I preached to the Jews in Jerusalem and throughout the rest of Judea province. After that, I also preached to non-Jews. I preached that they must turn away from their sinful behavior and turn their lives over to God. I told them that they must do things that would show that they had truly stopped their sinful behavior.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_21","074_26_21","ACT","26","21","21","“It is because I preached this message that some SYN Jews seized me when I was in the Temple courtyard and tried to kill me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_22","074_26_22","ACT","26","22","22","However, God has been helping me from that time, and he is still helping me today. So I stand here and I tell all of you people, those who are important and those who are not, who Jesus is. Everything that I say about him is what Moses and the other prophets wrote about long ago, things that they said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_23","074_26_23","ACT","26","23","23","They wrote that people would cause the Messiah to suffer and die. They also wrote that he would be the first person to become alive again, to proclaim the message that would be like light, that he would save both his own Jewish people and non-Jewish people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_24","074_26_24","ACT","26","24","24","Before Paul could say anything further to defend himself, Festus shouted: “Paul, you are crazy! You have studied too much, and it has made you insane!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_25","074_26_25","ACT","26","25","25","But Paul answered, “Your Excellency, Festus, I am not raving insanely. On the contrary, what I am saying is true and sensible! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_26","074_26_26","ACT","26","26","26","King Agrippa knows the things that I have been talking about, and I can speak confidently to him about them. I am sure that he knows LIT these things, because people everywhere IDM have heard LIT about what happened to Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_27","074_26_27","ACT","26","27","27","Then Paul asked, “King Agrippa, do you believe what the prophets wrote? I know that you (sg) believe it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_28","074_26_28","ACT","26","28","28","Then Agrippa answered Paul, “◄I hope that you(sg) do not think that by the few things that you have just now said you can persuade me to become a Christian!/You do not think, do you, that by the few things that you have just now said you can persuade me to become a Christian?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_29","074_26_29","ACT","26","29","29","Paul replied, “Whether it takes a short time or a long time, it does not matter. I pray to God that you and also all of the others who are listening to me today will also believe in Jesus like I do, but I do not want you to become prisoners MTY like I am.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_30","074_26_30","ACT","26","30","30","Then the king, the governor, Bernice, and all the others got up ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_31","074_26_31","ACT","26","31","31","and left the room. While they were talking to one another they said to each other, “There is no reason why ◄the authorities/we► should execute this man, or that he should even be kept in prison MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC26_32","074_26_32","ACT","26","32","32","Agrippa said to Festus, “If this man had not asked that the Emperor judge him, he could have been released {we(inc) could have released him}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_1","074_27_1","ACT","27","1","1","When the Governor and those who advised him decided that it was time for us (exc) to get on a ship and go to Italy, they put Paul and some other prisoners into the hands/care of an army captain whose name was Julius. He was the one who would guard us on the journey. Julius was an officer in charge of a group of 100 soldiers that people called ‘the Emperor Augustus Group’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_2","074_27_2","ACT","27","2","2","So we got on a ship that had come from Adramyttium city in Asia province. The ship was going to return there, stopping at cities along the coast of Asia province. Aristarchus, a fellow believer who was from Thessalonica city in Macedonia province, went with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_3","074_27_3","ACT","27","3","3","The day after the ship sailed, we arrived at Sidon city. Julius kindly told Paul that he could go and see his friends who lived there, so that they could give him whatever he might need. So Paul visited the believers there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_4","074_27_4","ACT","27","4","4","Then the ship left Sidon, but the winds were blowing against us (exc), so the ship went along the north side of Cyprus Island, the side that is sheltered from the wind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_5","074_27_5","ACT","27","5","5","After that, we crossed over the sea close to the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia provinces. The ship arrived at Myra city, which is in Lycia province. We got off the ship there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_6","074_27_6","ACT","27","6","6","In Myra, people told Julius that a ship was there that had come from Alexandria city and would soon sail to Italy. So he arranged for us to get on that ship, and we left. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_7","074_27_7","ACT","27","7","7","We sailed slowly for several days and finally arrived close to the coast of Asia province, near Cnidus town. After that, the wind was very strong and did not allow the ship to move straight ahead westward. So instead, we sailed southward along the side of Crete Island that is sheltered from the wind, and we passed near Cape Salmone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_8","074_27_8","ACT","27","8","8","The wind was still strong, and it prevented the ship from moving ahead fast. So we moved slowly along the coast of Crete, and we arrived at a harbor that was called Fair Havens, near Lasea town. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_9","074_27_9","ACT","27","9","9","Much time had passed, so it would have been dangerous if we (exc) had traveled farther by ship because after that time of the year MTY the sea often became very stormy. So Paul said to the men on the ship, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_10","074_27_10","ACT","27","10","10","“Men, I perceive that if we(inc) travel by ship now, it will be disastrous for us. A storm may destroy the ship and the cargo, and possibly we will drown.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_11","074_27_11","ACT","27","11","11","But the officer did not listen to what Paul said. Instead, he decided to do what the pilot of the ship and the owner of the ship advised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_12","074_27_12","ACT","27","12","12","The harbor where the ship had stopped was not a good place to remain during the winter when the weather frequently becomes stormy. So most of the people on the ship decided that we(exc) should leave there, because they hoped that we could stay at Phoenix port during the winter, if we could possibly arrive there. That harbor was open to the sea in two directions, but the strong winds did not blow there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_13","074_27_13","ACT","27","13","13","Then a gentle wind began to blow from the south, and the crew members thought that they could travel as they had decided to do. So they lifted the anchor up out of the sea, and the ship sailed westward along the southern shore of Crete Island. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_14","074_27_14","ACT","27","14","14","But after a while, a wind that was very strong blew across the island from the north side and hit the ship. That wind was called {People called that wind} “the Northeast Wind.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_15","074_27_15","ACT","27","15","15","It blew strongly against the front of the ship. The result was that we could not keep going in the direction in which we had been going. So the sailors let the wind move the ship in the direction that the wind was blowing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_16","074_27_16","ACT","27","16","16","The ship then passed a small island named Cauda. We passed along the side of the island that sheltered the ship from the wind. Then while the ship was moving along, the sailors lifted the lifeboat up out of the water and tied it on the deck. But the strong wind made it difficult even to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_17","074_27_17","ACT","27","17","18","After the sailors hoisted/lifted the lifeboat onto the ship, they tied ropes around the ship’s hull to strengthen the ship. The sailors were afraid that, because the wind was pushing the ship, it might run onto the sandbanks off the coast of Libya to the south and get stuck there. So they lowered the largest sail so that the ship would move slower. Even so, the wind continued to move the ship along. The wind and the waves continued to toss the ship about roughly, so on the next day the sailors began to throw overboard the things that the ship was carrying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_19","074_27_19","ACT","27","19","19","On the third day after the stormy wind had begun to blow, the sailors/we MTY threw overboard most of the sails, ropes, and poles, in order to make the ship lighter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_20","074_27_20","ACT","27","20","20","The wind continued to blow very strongly, and the sky was full of dark clouds day and night. We could not see the sun or the stars for many days, so we could not determine where we were. And the wind continued to blow violently. So we (exc) finally thought that we would drown in the sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_21","074_27_21","ACT","27","21","21","None of us on the ship had eaten for many days. Then one day, Paul stood up in front of us and said, “Friends, you should have listened to me when I said that we (inc) should not sail from Crete. Then we would have been safe, and the ship and its cargo would be in good condition LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_22","074_27_22","ACT","27","22","22","But now, I urge you, do not be afraid, because none of us will die. The storm will destroy the ship but not us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_23","074_27_23","ACT","27","23","23","I know this, because last night God, the one to whom I belong and whom I serve, sent an angel who came and stood by me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_24","074_27_24","ACT","27","24","24","The angel said to me, ‘Paul, do not be afraid! You (sg) must go to Rome and stand before the Emperor there so that he can judge you. I want you to know that God has made it clear to me that all those who are traveling by ship with you will also survive.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_25","074_27_25","ACT","27","25","25","So cheer up, my friends, because I believe that God will make this happen, exactly as the angel told me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_26","074_27_26","ACT","27","26","26","However, the ship will crash on some island, and we (inc) will go ashore there.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_27","074_27_27","ACT","27","27","27","On the fourteenth night after the storm had begun, the ship was still being blown {the wind was still blowing the ship} across the Adriatic sea. About midnight, the sailors sensed that the ship was getting close to land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_28","074_27_28","ACT","27","28","28","So they lowered a weight on a rope to measure how deep the water was. When they pulled the rope up again, they measured it and saw that the water was ◄120 ft./37 meters► deep. They went a little farther and lowered the rope again. That time, they saw that the water was only about ◄90 ft./28 meters► deep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_29","074_27_29","ACT","27","29","29","They were afraid that the ship might go onto some rocks, so they threw out four anchors from the ship’s stern/back and continued to wish/pray that it would soon be dawn so that they could see where the ship was going. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_30","074_27_30","ACT","27","30","30","Some of the sailors were planning to escape from the ship, so they lowered the lifeboat into the sea. In order that no one would know what they planned to do, they pretended that they wanted to lower some anchors from the ship’s front/bow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_31","074_27_31","ACT","27","31","31","But Paul said to the army officer and soldiers, “If the sailors do not stay in the ship, you have no hope of being saved.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_32","074_27_32","ACT","27","32","32","So the soldiers cut the ropes and let the lifeboat fall into the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_33","074_27_33","ACT","27","33","33","Just before dawn, Paul urged everyone on the ship to eat some food. He said, “For the past 14 days you have been waiting and watching and not eating anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_34","074_27_34","ACT","27","34","34","So, now I urge you to eat some food. We (inc) need to do that in order to stay alive. I tell you to do that because I know that none of you will drown IDM.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_35","074_27_35","ACT","27","35","35","After Paul had said that, while everyone was watching, he took some bread and thanked God for it. Then he broke the bread and began to eat some of it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_36","074_27_36","ACT","27","36","36","The rest of us became encouraged, so we (exc) all ate some food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_37","074_27_37","ACT","27","37","37","Altogether there were 276 of us SYN on the ship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_38","074_27_38","ACT","27","38","38","When everyone had eaten as much as they wanted, they threw the grain that the ship was carrying into the sea, and this made the ship lighter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_39","074_27_39","ACT","27","39","39","At dawn, we(exc) could see land, but the sailors did not recognize the place. However, they could see that there was a bay and a wide area of sand at the water’s edge. They planned that, if it was possible, they would steer the ship onto the beach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_40","074_27_40","ACT","27","40","40","So some of the sailors cut the anchor ropes and let the anchors fall into the sea. At the same time, other sailors untied the ropes that fastened the rudders, so that they could steer the ship again. Then the sailors raised the sail at the front/bow of the ship so that the wind would blow the ship forward, and the ship headed towards the shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_41","074_27_41","ACT","27","41","41","But the ship hit a sandbank. The front of the ship stuck there and could not move, and big waves beat against the back of the ship and it began to break apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_42","074_27_42","ACT","27","42","42","The soldiers said to one another, “Let’s kill all the prisoners on the ship, so that they will not be able to swim away and escape.” They planned to do that because they were sure that officials would order them to be executed if they let the prisoners escape. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_43","074_27_43","ACT","27","43","43","But Julius, the army captain, wanted to save Paul, so he stopped the soldiers from doing what they planned to do. Instead, he commanded first that everyone who could swim should jump into the water and swim to land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC27_44","074_27_44","ACT","27","44","44","Then he told the others to hold onto planks or pieces from the ship and go towards shore. We(exc) did what he said, and in that way all of us arrived safely on land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_1","074_28_1","ACT","28","1","1","After we (exc) had arrived safely on the shore, we learned that it was an island called Malta. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_2","074_28_2","ACT","28","2","2","The people who lived there received us kindly. They lit a fire and invited us to come and warm ourselves, because it was raining and it was cold. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_3","074_28_3","ACT","28","3","3","Paul gathered some sticks and put them on the fire. But among those sticks was a snake that had come out from the fire to escape from the heat, and it fastened itself on Paul’s hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_4","074_28_4","ACT","28","4","4","The islanders knew that the snake was poisonous, so when they saw it hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to each other, “Probably this man has murdered someone. Although he has escaped from being drowned, the god ◄who pays people back/who punishes people► for their MTY sins will cause him to die.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_5","074_28_5","ACT","28","5","5","But Paul simply shook the snake off into the fire, and nothing happened to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_6","074_28_6","ACT","28","6","6","The people were expecting that Paul’s body would soon swell up or that he would suddenly fall down and die. But after they had waited a long time, they saw that the snake had not harmed him at all. So then the people changed their minds and said to one another, “This man is not a murderer! Probably he is a god!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_7","074_28_7","ACT","28","7","7","Near where the people had made the fire, there were some fields that belonged to a man whose name was Publius. He was the chief official on the island. He invited us to come and stay in his home. He took care of us for three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_8","074_28_8","ACT","28","8","8","At that time Publius’ father had a fever and dysentery, and he was lying in bed. So Paul visited him and prayed for him. Then Paul placed his hands on him and healed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_9","074_28_9","ACT","28","9","9","After Paul had done that, the other people on the island who were sick came to him and he healed them, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_10","074_28_10","ACT","28","10","10","They brought us gifts and showed in other ways that they greatly respected us. When we were ready to leave three months later, they brought us food and other things that we would need for the trip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_11","074_28_11","ACT","28","11","11","After we had stayed there three months, we got on a ship that was going to Italy and sailed away. The ship had been in a harbor on the island during the months when there are many storms. It had come from Alexandria city. On the front of the ship there were carved images of the twin gods whose names were Castor and Pollux. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_12","074_28_12","ACT","28","12","12","We sailed from the island and arrived at Syracuse city on Sicily island and stayed there three days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_13","074_28_13","ACT","28","13","13","Then we traveled on by ship and arrived at Rhegium port in Italy. The next day, the wind was blowing from behind us, so we sailed along fast. The day after that, we reached Puteoli town, where we left the ship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_14","074_28_14","ACT","28","14","14","In Puteoli we met some believers who invited us to stay with them for a week. After visiting them, we left there and started to travel by land to Rome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_15","074_28_15","ACT","28","15","15","A group of believers who lived in Rome had heard that we (exc) were coming. So they came out from Rome to meet us. Some of them met us at the town called ‘The Market on Appian Road’, and others met us at the town called ‘The Three Inns’. When Paul saw those believers, he thanked God and was encouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_16","074_28_16","ACT","28","16","16","After we (exc) arrived in Rome, Paul was permitted {a Roman official who was responsible for guarding Paul permitted Paul} to live in a house by himself. But there was always a soldier there to guard him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_17","074_28_17","ACT","28","17","17","After Paul had been there three days, he sent a message to the Jewish leaders to come and talk with him. So they came, and Paul said to them, “My fellow Jews, although I have not opposed our people nor spoken against the customs of our ancestors, our leaders in Jerusalem seized MTY me. But before they could kill me, a Roman commander rescued me and later sent me to Caesarea for Roman authorities/officials to put me on trial. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_18","074_28_18","ACT","28","18","18","The Roman authorities/officials questioned me and wanted to release me, because I had not done any bad thing for which I should be executed {they should kill me}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_19","074_28_19","ACT","28","19","19","But when the Jewish leaders SYN there opposed what the Roman authorities wanted to do, I had to formally request that the Emperor judge me here in Rome. But my reason for doing that was not that I wanted to accuse our leaders about anything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_20","074_28_20","ACT","28","20","20","So I have requested you to come here so that I can tell you why I am a prisoner. It is because I believe in MTY our Messiah, the one God long ago promised to send to us (inc) Jews.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_21","074_28_21","ACT","28","21","21","Then the Jewish leaders said, “We (exc) have not received any letters from our fellow Jews in Judea about you. Also, none of our fellow Jews who have arrived here from Judea has said anything bad about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_22","074_28_22","ACT","28","22","22","But we (exc) want to hear what you (sg) think about this Christian sect/group, because we know that in many places HYP bad things are being said {people are saying bad things} about it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_23","074_28_23","ACT","28","23","23","So they talked with Paul and decided that they would come back on another day to hear him. When that day arrived, those Jews came back to the place where Paul was staying, and they brought more Jews with them. Paul talked to them from morning until evening. He talked to them about how God wants to rule people’s lives MET. He tried to convince them that Jesus is the Messiah by reminding them what Moses and the other prophets had written MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_24","074_28_24","ACT","28","24","24","Some of those Jews believed that what was said by Paul {what Paul said} about Jesus was true, but others did not believe that it was true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_25","074_28_25","ACT","28","25","25","So they began to argue with one another. Paul realized that some of them did not want to listen to him, so when they were about to leave, he said, “The Holy Spirit said something to your/our(incl) ancestors. He spoke these words to Isaiah the prophet, and what he said is also true about you: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_26","074_28_26","ACT","28","26","26","Go to your fellow Israelites and tell them, ‘You repeatedly listen to the message of God, but you never understand what God is saying. You repeatedly look at and see the things that God is doing, but you never understand what they mean. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_27","074_28_27","ACT","28","27","27","God also said to the prophet, These people do not understand, because they have become stubborn. They have ears, but they do not understand what they hear, and they have closed their eyes because they do not want to see. If they wanted to obey what I say to them, they might understand what they see me doing and what they hear me saying. Then they might turn from their sinful behavior and I would save them.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_28","074_28_28","ACT","28","28","29","That is what God said to the prophet Isaiah about our ancestors. But you Jews today do not want to believe God’s message. Therefore, I am telling you that God has sent to the non-Jews this message about how he saves people, and they will listen and accept it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_30","074_28_30","ACT","28","30","30","For two whole years Paul stayed there in a house that he rented. Many people came to see him, and he received them all gladly and talked with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("AC28_31","074_28_31","ACT","28","31","31","He preached and taught people about how God could rule their lives MET and taught them about the Lord Jesus Christ. He did that without being afraid, and no one tried to stop him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_1","075_1_1","ROM","1","1","1","I, Paul, who serve Christ Jesus, am writing this letter. God chose me to be an apostle, and I was appointed by him {he appointed me} in order that I should proclaim ◄the good message/the gospel► that comes from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_2","075_1_2","ROM","1","2","2","Long before Jesus came to earth, God promised that he would reveal this good message by means of what his prophets wrote in the sacred Scriptures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_3","075_1_3","ROM","1","3","3","This good message is about the one whom we know as his Son. As to his Son’s physical/human nature, he was born a descendant of King David. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_4","075_1_4","ROM","1","4","4","As to his divine nature, it was shown {God showed} powerfully that he is ◄God’s own Son/the man who is also God►. God showed this by his Holy Spirit causing him to become alive again after he died. He is Jesus Christ our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_5","075_1_5","ROM","1","5","5","He is the one who appointed me, who did not deserve it, to be an apostle. He did that in order that many among the non-Jews would honor him and would obey him as a result of their believing my message about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_6","075_1_6","ROM","1","6","6","You believers who are living in Rome city are included among those whom God has chosen to belong to Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_7","075_1_7","ROM","1","7","7","I am writing this letter to all of you in Rome whom God loves and whom he has chosen to become his people. I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will continue to act kindly toward you and will continue to cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_8","075_1_8","ROM","1","8","8","As I begin this letter, I thank my God for all you believers in Rome. It is because of what Jesus Christ has done for us that I am able to do that. I thank him because your trusting in Jesus Christ is something that people all over the Roman Empire HYP are talking about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_9","075_1_9","ROM","1","9","9","God, whom I devotedly serve as I proclaim to people the gospel concerning his Son, knows that I tell the truth when I say that I always mention you whenever DOU I pray to God HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_10","075_1_10","ROM","1","10","10","I especially ask God that if he desires me to visit you, somehow at last I shall be able to do so. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_11","075_1_11","ROM","1","11","11","I pray this because I long to visit you to help you spiritually, in order that you will become stronger spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_12","075_1_12","ROM","1","12","12","I long to visit you in order that you and I might encourage each other by means of our sharing with each other how each of us trusts in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_13","075_1_13","ROM","1","13","13","My fellow believers, many times I planned to visit you. I certainly want you to know LIT that. But I have not been able to come to you because I have been hindered {things have always prevented me} until the present time. I have wanted to come in order that I might help you to mature spiritually IDM, as I have helped people to mature spiritually in many other non-Jewish groups HYP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_14","075_1_14","ROM","1","14","14","I feel obliged to proclaim the gospel to all non-Jewish people, specifically to people who know the Greek language and culture and to those who do not know it, to people who are educated and to those who are uneducated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_15","075_1_15","ROM","1","15","15","So what I have eagerly desired is that I might proclaim this good message to you who are living in Rome also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_16","075_1_16","ROM","1","16","16","That leads me to say that I very confidently proclaim LIT the good message about what Christ has done, because this good message is the powerful means that God uses to save from the guilt of their sins all people who trust in what Christ has done for them. Specifically, God first has saved the Jews who believe the good message, and then he has saved non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_17","075_1_17","ROM","1","17","17","By means of this good message God reveals how he erases the record of people’s sins (OR, declares people no longer guilty for having sinned); and his doing this is entirely because IDM they trust in Christ. This is confirmed by what a prophet long ago wrote that God said, “Those ◄whose record of sin I have erased/whom I have declared no longer guilty for sin► because they trust in me will live forever.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_18","075_1_18","ROM","1","18","18","From where God rules in heaven he is making it clear to all non-Jewish people who show no respect for God and who do wicked things, that he is angry with them and that they deserve to be punished {that he would punish them} MTY. By means of their behaving wickedly, they keep other people from believing what they know to be true about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_19","075_1_19","ROM","1","19","19","Everyone can clearly know what God is like, because God himself has revealed to everyone what he is like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_20","075_1_20","ROM","1","20","20","People cannot see what God is like. But ever since he created the world, by means of what he created he has clearly revealed what he is like. He has made clear to everyone that he has always been able to do very powerful things. Therefore, we should recognize that God is powerful, completely different from all that he created. So no one has a basis for saying, “We never knew about God.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_21","075_1_21","ROM","1","21","21","Although the non-Jews knew what God is like, they did not honor him as God, nor did they thank him for what he had done. But instead, they began to think foolish things about him, and they became unable to understand MET what he wanted them to know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_22","075_1_22","ROM","1","22","22","Although they claimed that they were wise, they became foolish, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_23","075_1_23","ROM","1","23","23","and they refused to admit that God is glorious and will never die. Instead, they made and worshipped idols that resembled people who will some day die, and then they made other idols that resembled birds and four-footed animals, and finally they made idols that resembled reptiles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_24","075_1_24","ROM","1","24","24","So God allowed the non-Jews do immoral sexual things that they SYN strongly desired, things that their desires were compelling them to do. As a result, they began to dishonor each other’s bodies by their sexual actions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_25","075_1_25","ROM","1","25","25","Also, they chose to worship false gods instead ◄of admitting/of choosing to believe► what is true about God. They worshipped and served things that God created instead of worshipping and serving God himself, the one who created everything. They did this even though he deserves that those he created would forever praise him. Amen!/May it be so! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_26","075_1_26","ROM","1","26","26","So, God allowed the non-Jews to do shameful sexual things that they strongly desired. As a result, many women did not have natural sexual relations with their husbands EUP. Instead, they were doing sexual actions with other women EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_27","075_1_27","ROM","1","27","27","Similarly, many men stopped having/did not have natural sexual relations with women EUP. Instead, they strongly desired to have sexual relations with other men. They committed homosexual acts with other men, acts that were shameful. As a result, God has punished them by sicknesses in their bodies, which is what they deserve because they thought wrongly that God would not punish them for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_28","075_1_28","ROM","1","28","28","Furthermore, because they decided that it was not worthwhile to know God, he allowed their own worthless thoughts to completely control them. As a result, they began doing evil things that God says that people should not do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_29","075_1_29","ROM","1","29","29","They strongly desire to do all kinds of unrighteous things. They strongly desire to do all kinds of evil things to others. They strongly desire to possess things that belong to others. They strongly desire to harm others in various ways. Many non-Jews are constantly envying other people. Many constantly desire to murder people. Many constantly desire to cause strife between people. Many constantly desire to deceive others. Many constantly desire to speak hatefully about others (OR, to speak harmful things about others, things that are not true). Many gossip about others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_30","075_1_30","ROM","1","30","30","Many slander others. Many act especially hatefully toward God. Many speak or act in an insulting way toward others. Many treat others contemptuously. Many boast about themselves to others. Many invent new ways to do evil things. Many non-Jewish children disobey their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_31","075_1_31","ROM","1","31","31","Many non-Jews act in other morally foolish ways. Many do not do what they promised others that they would do. Many do not even love their own family members. And many do not act mercifully toward other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM1_32","075_1_32","ROM","1","32","32","Although they know that God has declared that those who do such things deserve to be killed, they not only habitually do these kinds of evil things, but they also approve of others who habitually do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_1","075_2_1","ROM","2","1","1","God will severely punish non-Jewish people who habitually do evil things, because he has clearly revealed that he is angry with them. So, when God judges people, he will not excuse any one of you Jews to whom I am writing. You (sg) say that God should punish non-Jews for doing evil things. But when any one of you says that, it is you yourself whom you are saying that God should punish, because you (sg) do some of the same evil things that the non-Jews do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_2","075_2_2","ROM","2","2","2","We know very well that God will judge and punish fairly non-Jewish people who do such evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_3","075_2_3","ROM","2","3","3","So, you who say God should punish others for doing evil things yet you do evil things yourself, ◄you should certainly not think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God!/do you think that you yourself will be able to escape from being punished by God?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_4","075_2_4","ROM","2","4","4","And you should not say, “God is acting very tolerantly and patiently toward me, so I do not need to stop sinning DOU.” ◄You should realize that God is acting in a kind manner toward you in order to encourage you (sg) to turn away from your sinful behavior!/Do you not realize that God is acting in a kind manner toward you in order to encourage you (sg) to turn away from your sinful behavior?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_5","075_2_5","ROM","2","5","5","But instead, by your stubbornly refusing to turn away from your sinful behavior DOU, you are causing MET God to punish you even more severely. He will do that at the time when he shows that he is angry and judges people fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_6","075_2_6","ROM","2","6","6","God will pay back everyone according to what they deserve for what they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_7","075_2_7","ROM","2","7","7","Specifically, some people, by continuing to doing good things, strive to be highly honored by God DOU and to receive a life that will not end. God will reward them by enabling them to live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_8","075_2_8","ROM","2","8","8","But some people act in a selfish way and refuse to believe that what God says is true, and they do the things that God says are wrong. God will punish them very severely DOU, MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_9","075_2_9","ROM","2","9","9","He will cause everyone who habitually does evil deeds to suffer greatly, with the result that they will become severely distressed DOU. This certainly will happen to the Jews who refuse to accept God’s message, because God gave them the privilege to be his special people, but it will also happen to the non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_10","075_2_10","ROM","2","10","10","But God will greatly reward spiritually MET, DOU every person who habitually does good deeds. He will certainly do this for the Jews because God chose them as his special people, but he will also do it for the non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_11","075_2_11","ROM","2","11","11","God will do this fairly, because people’s status does not influence him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_12","075_2_12","ROM","2","12","12","Although non-Jews do not have the laws that God gave to Moses, all non-Jews who sin will be eternally separated from God. He will not consider whether or not they knew the laws that he gave to Moses. And all the Jews who have sinned in spite of knowing the laws that God gave to Moses will also be punished {God will also punish them}. They will be punished for disobeying God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_13","075_2_13","ROM","2","13","13","It is right for them to be punished {God to punish them} because it is not those who merely know God’s laws whom he considers to be righteous. On the contrary, it is only those who continually have obeyed all ◄of God’s laws/of the laws that God gave to Moses► ◄whom God will consider righteous/whose record of sins God will erase►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_14","075_2_14","ROM","2","14","14","Whenever the non-Jews, who do not have the laws God gave to Moses, naturally obey those laws, they prove that they have a law within their own minds, even though they do not have the laws God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_15","075_2_15","ROM","2","15","15","They show that they know in their own minds what God commands in his laws MET, as each person in his very own conscience either accuses or excuses/defends himself concerning his own behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_16","075_2_16","ROM","2","16","16","God will punish people at the time when he will judge them according to what they have thought and done. He will judge them even for the things that they have done secretly. He will judge people by authorizing Christ Jesus to judge them. This is what I tell people when I preach the gospel to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_17","075_2_17","ROM","2","17","17","Now I have something to say to any one of you Jews to whom I am writing: You (sg) boast about yourself saying, “I am a Jew.” You (sg) trust that God will save you because you possess the laws that he gave to Moses. You boast that you belong to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_18","075_2_18","ROM","2","18","18","You know what God desires. Because you have been taught {people have taught you} God’s laws, you are able to know which things are right and to choose to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_19","075_2_19","ROM","2","19","19","You are certain that you are able to show God’s truth to non-Jews, as guides show the road to those who are blind MET. You are certain that by what you say you can show God’s way to the non-Jews who do not understand it, as a light shows the way to those who walk in the darkness MET, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_20","075_2_20","ROM","2","20","20","You are certain that you can instruct/correct non-Jews, whom you consider foolish because of their not understanding God’s message. Because you have in God’s laws a written expression of true knowledge HEN, you are certain that you can teach people who, being like children, do not know God’s truth MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_21","075_2_21","ROM","2","21","21","Since you claim that you have all these advantages because you are a Jew, ◄it is disgusting that you who teach other people that they should obey the laws God gave Moses do not obey the laws that you yourself teach!/why is it that you who teach other people that they should obey the laws God gave Moses do not obey the laws that you yourself teach?► RHQ You who preach that people should not steal things, it is disgusting that you yourself steal things! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_22","075_2_22","ROM","2","22","22","You who command people not to have sexual relations with someone to whom they are not married, it is disgusting that you commit adultery yourself! RHQ You who detest idols, it is disgusting that you rob temples where people worship idols! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_23","075_2_23","ROM","2","23","23","You who boast saying, “I have God’s laws,” it is disgusting that you disobey those same laws! RHQ As a result you are insulting God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_24","075_2_24","ROM","2","24","24","You must not be like our ancestors, about whom were written these words in the Scriptures: “The non-Jews speak evil about God because of the evil actions of many of you Jews.” The non-Jews say God must be a hypocrite if he condones the behavior of people like you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_25","075_2_25","ROM","2","25","25","Any one of you who is circumcised to show that he belongs to God can benefit from that if he obeys the laws God gave to Moses. But if you (sg), a circumcised person, disobey God’s laws, God will consider that you who are circumcised are no better in God’s sight than someone who is not circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_26","075_2_26","ROM","2","26","26","This means that God will certainly consider that even non-Jews who are not circumcised can become his people if they obey the things that he commanded in his laws. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_27","075_2_27","ROM","2","27","27","If any one of you disobeys God’s laws, even though you(sg) have the Scriptures and even though someone has circumcised you {you are circumcised} God will punish you. And those people who are not circumcised, but who obey God’s laws, will declare that God is right when he says that he will punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_28","075_2_28","ROM","2","28","28","It is not those who perform rituals to show they are God’s people who are true Jews, and it is not being circumcised in their bodies that causes God to accept them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM2_29","075_2_29","ROM","2","29","29","On the contrary, we whom God has changed inwardly are true Jews MTY. And God has accepted us because we have allowed God’s Spirit to change our hearts, not because we perform rituals. Even if other people will not praise us for that change, God will praise us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_1","075_3_1","ROM","3","1","1","Someone may object to this, saying, “If being circumcised does not cause God to accept us Jews, ◄there is no advantage in being a Jew over being a non-Jew./is there any advantage in being a Jew over being a non-Jew?► RHQ Being circumcised does not benefit us Jews at all!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_2","075_3_2","ROM","3","2","2","I would reply that being Jews benefits us in many ways HYP. First of all, it benefits us because it was to our ancestors that God’s words, words that contain his promises, were given {that God gave his words, words that contain his promises}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_3","075_3_3","ROM","3","3","3","Many Jews did not obey God as they promised that they would. So someone might ask, “Does their not being faithful mean that God will not bless us Jews as he promised that he would?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_4","075_3_4","ROM","3","4","4","I would reply, “No, it certainly does not mean that! God always does what he has promised, even though people do not. All those who accuse God of not keeping his promises to us Jews are very mistaken.” What King David wrote about God’s justly saying that he would punish him for his sins is also true of those who accuse God of not keeping his promises. What he said to God was, “So everyone must acknowledge that what you (sg) have said about them (OR, their sin) is true, and you will always win the case when you are accused {when people accuse you}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_5","075_3_5","ROM","3","5","5","So if we Jews’ being wicked PRS shows that it is right that God does not bless us, what shall we say/conclude? Shall we conclude that it is not right for God to be angry and punish us Jews MTY? I should not be saying these things, but I am speaking as ordinary humans speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_6","075_3_6","ROM","3","6","6","We should certainly not conclude that God should not judge us, because if God did not judge us Jews, ◄it would not possibly be right for him to judge anyone in the world MTY!/how could he judge anyone in the world?► MTY, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_7","075_3_7","ROM","3","7","7","But someone might object and say to me, “The fact that God truly keeps his promises becomes very clear/evident because of my not doing what God has commanded. But the result is that people praise God! So ◄God should no longer say that I should be punished {that he should punish me} on account of my having sinned!/why should God still say that I should be punished {that he should punish me} on account of my having sinned?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_8","075_3_8","ROM","3","8","8","If what you, Paul, say is true, then ◄we might as well/it is all right for us to► do evil things in order that good things like that will result! For example, then people will praise God!” Some people speak evil about me by their falsely saying that I say such things. God will fairly/justly punish people who say such things about me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_9","075_3_9","ROM","3","9","9","If someone would ask, “Shall we conclude that God will treat us Jews more favorably and will treat the non-Jews less favorably RHQ?” I would reply that we can certainly not conclude that! I have already shown you that all people, the Jews and also the non-Jews, have sinned and so they deserve to be punished {that God will punish them} PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_10","075_3_10","ROM","3","10","10","The following words that are written {prophets have written} in the Scriptures support this, No person is righteous. There is not even one righteous person! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_11","075_3_11","ROM","3","11","11","There is no one who understands how to live properly (OR, about God). There is no one who seeks/desires to know God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_12","075_3_12","ROM","3","12","12","Absolutely everyone has turned away MET from God. God considers them depraved (OR, Everyone has become useless to God). There is no one who acts righteously; no, there is not even one! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_13","075_3_13","ROM","3","13","13","What people say MTY is foul/bad, like the smell that comes from a grave that has been {that people have} opened MET. By what people say MTY, they deceive people. By what they say MTY they injure people, just like the poison of snakes injures people MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_14","075_3_14","ROM","3","14","14","They are continually ◄cursing/asking God to do harmful things to► others and saying ◄cruel/harsh/hateful► things MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_15","075_3_15","ROM","3","15","15","They ◄go quickly/are eager► to murder people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_16","075_3_16","ROM","3","16","16","Wherever they go, they ruin everything and make people miserable MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_17","075_3_17","ROM","3","17","17","They have not/never known how to live peacefully with other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_18","075_3_18","ROM","3","18","18","They absolutely refuse to fear/reverence God SYN! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_19","075_3_19","ROM","3","19","19","Furthermore, we know that it is to Jewish people, who are required to obey God’s laws, that Moses wrote those laws PRS. We can infer from this that there are no Jews or non-Jews SYN who are able to say anything in reply to God’s saying that he will punish them for having sinned. God has declared everyone in the world MTY guilty! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_20","075_3_20","ROM","3","20","20","It is not because people have done the things that God’s laws require that God will ◄erase the record of their sins/declare them no longer guilty for sin►, because no one has done those things completely. In fact, the result of our knowing God’s laws is that we know clearly that we have sinned (OR, are sinful). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_21","075_3_21","ROM","3","21","21","But God’s ◄erasing the record of our sins/declaring us no longer guilty► does not depend on our obeying the laws that he gave Moses. It has now been {God has now} revealed to us how he erases the record of our sins by a different way. It was written about by Moses {Moses wrote about it} in the laws PRS God gave him, and it was also written about by the prophets {the prophets also wrote about it}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_22","075_3_22","ROM","3","22","22","God erases the record of our sins because we trust in what Jesus Christ has done for us. God does this for every person who trusts in Christ, because he considers that there is no difference between Jews and non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_23","075_3_23","ROM","3","23","23","All people have done evil, and all people have failed to accomplish the glorious goals that God set for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_24","075_3_24","ROM","3","24","24","Our record of sins has been erased {God erased the record of our sins} by God acting kindly to forgive our sins, without our doing anything to earn it. Christ Jesus accomplished this by dying for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_25","075_3_25","ROM","3","25","25","God showed that Christ was the one who would atone for (OR, forgive) our sins with the blood that flowed from his body when he died. God redeems/forgives us because of our trusting in Christ’s having died for us. God wanted to show that he acts justly. He wanted to do that because, before Jesus came, God did not punish everyone who sinned. So it seemed as though he was not being just. But he was overlooking people’s sins during that time, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_26","075_3_26","ROM","3","26","26","because he is patient. God arranged for Jesus to die for us. By doing that, God now shows that he is just, and he shows that he is justly able to erase the record of sins for everyone who trusts/believes in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_27","075_3_27","ROM","3","27","27","It is not at all RHQ because of our obeying the laws of Moses that God erases the record of our sins. So, ◄there is no way that we can boast that God does that because of our obeying those laws./how can we boast about God erasing the record of our sins because of our obeying those laws?► RHQ Instead, it is because of our believing/trusting in Christ that God erases the record of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_28","075_3_28","ROM","3","28","28","We cannot boast about that, because we conclude that the record of our sins is erased {God erases the record of our sins} because of our trusting in Christ. God does not erase the record of our sins because of our obeying the laws that he gave to Moses, because it is impossible for us to completely obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_29","075_3_29","ROM","3","29","29","◄You who are Jews certainly should not think that you are the only ones whom God will accept!/Do you Jews think it is you alone whom God will accept?► RHQ You certainly should realize that he will accept non-Jews, too. RHQ Of course, he will accept non-Jews also, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_30","075_3_30","ROM","3","30","30","because, as you firmly believe, there is only one God, who will erase the record of Jews’ MTY sins if they trust in what Christ has done, and who will similarly erase the record of non-Jews’ MTY sins if they trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM3_31","075_3_31","ROM","3","31","31","So, if someone should ask concerning the laws that God gave Moses, “By saying that God erases the record of our sins because of our trusting in Christ, does that mean that those laws now are useless?”, I would reply, “Certainly not. Instead, we truly fulfill the laws that God gave Moses.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_1","075_4_1","ROM","4","1","1","Abraham is the revered ancestor of us Jews. So think about what we can conclude from what happened to Abraham about how God can erase the record of our sins. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_2","075_4_2","ROM","4","2","2","If it was because of Abraham’s doing good things that the record of his sins was erased {that God erased the record of his sins}, Abraham could then have been able to boast about that to people, but he would not have had any basis to boast to God about it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_3","075_4_3","ROM","4","3","3","Remember that in the Scriptures it is written {someone wrote} PRS that Abraham believed what God promised RHQ, and as a result the record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_4","075_4_4","ROM","4","4","4","If we receive wages for work that we do, those wages are not considered to be a gift. Instead, they are considered to be what we have earned. Similarly, if God erases the record of our sins because we did things to earn God’s favor, we would not consider that God’s erasing the record of our sin was a gift. Instead, we would consider it as what we had earned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_5","075_4_5","ROM","4","5","5","But suppose that we do not do things to gain God’s acceptance. Suppose that we instead trust in God, who erases the record of sins of wicked people. Then the erasing of the record of our sins because of our trusting in Christ is considered to be a gift to us, not something that we earned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_6","075_4_6","ROM","4","6","6","Similarly, it is as David wrote in the Psalms about people being happy whose record of sins God has erased even though they have not done things to earn it. David wrote: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_7","075_4_7","ROM","4","7","7","God is pleased with people whose sins have been {whose sins he has} forgiven, and whose sins he has decided to forget DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_8","075_4_8","ROM","4","8","8","God causes to be happy the people whose sins he no longer keeps a record of. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_9","075_4_9","ROM","4","9","9","As for our being happy because God has erased the record of our sins, ◄it is not something that only we Jews can experience./is it MTY something that only we Jews can experience?► RHQ No, it is also something that non-Jews can experience MTY. What is written in the Scriptures, that it was because Abraham trusted in God that the record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins}, also shows that this is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_10","075_4_10","ROM","4","10","10","◄Think about when God erased the record of Abraham’s sins./When did God erase the record of Abraham’s sins?► RHQ ◄Consider whether it happened after someone circumcised Abraham to mark him as one who belonged to God, or before someone circumcised him./Did it happen after Abraham was circumcised to be marked as one who belonged to God, or before he was circumcised?► RHQ It happened before he was circumcised, not after he was circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_11","075_4_11","ROM","4","11","11","Many years later, God commanded that Abraham be circumcised. Abraham’s accepting that ritual simply showed that he knew that God had accepted him. He knew that God had erased the record of his sins because he trusted in God while he was still, in effect, a non-Jew because he had not been circumcised. So we can understand that Abraham became ◄a spiritual ancestor/like an ancestor► to all of us whose record of sins has been erased {whose sins God has erased the record of} because we believe in God’s promise, even though some of us are not circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_12","075_4_12","ROM","4","12","12","Likewise, Abraham is the spiritual ancestor of all us Jews who are not merely circumcised but who, more importantly, believe in God’s promise as our ancestor Abraham did, even before he was circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_13","075_4_13","ROM","4","13","13","God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would receive the blessings that he promised to give to the people in the world. But when he promised that, it was not because Abraham obeyed the laws that God later gave to Moses. Instead, it was because Abraham believed that God would do what he promised that he would do. As a result, God erased the record of his sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_14","075_4_14","ROM","4","14","15","If we think that it is those who obey God’s laws who will receive what he has promised, it is useless for us to trust in him. And what he promised is worthless. Remember that it is stated in God’s law PRS that he will punish people who do not perfectly obey them, and remember that wherever MTY laws exist, people disobey them LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_16","075_4_16","ROM","4","16","16","So it is because we trust in God that we will receive the things that he has promised. It is not because we perfectly obey God’s laws. He wants ◄to erase the record of our sins/to declare us no longer guilty► without our earning it. As a result, what God now promises, he guarantees to give to all people who are Abraham’s spiritual descendants. He promises to do that not only for us Jewish believers, who have God’s laws and trust in him as Abraham did, but also for those non-Jews who do not have God’s laws but who trust in him as Abraham did. Abraham is the spiritual ancestor of all of us believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_17","075_4_17","ROM","4","17","17","What is written {What Moses wrote} in the Scriptures about what God promised Abraham shows that this is true. God said to him, “It is in order that you (sg) may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups that I have chosen you.” Romans 4:17b-22 God guaranteed that he would give Abraham many descendants. Abraham confidently believed that God would do that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_18","075_4_18","ROM","4","18","18","even though there was no physical reason for him to hope that he would have descendants, because he and his wife were too old to bear children. But God is the one who causes dead people to live again, and who talks about things that do not yet exist as already existing. God said to Abraham, “You will have so many descendants that they will be as impossible to count as the stars.” And Abraham believed that, and he believed that he would become the ancestor of many ethnic groups. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_19","075_4_19","ROM","4","19","19","He did not doubt that God would do what he promised, even though he knew that his body was already as incapable of begetting children as if he were dead MET because he was about 100 years old. And even though he realized that Sarah had never been able to become pregnant IDM, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_20","075_4_20","ROM","4","20","20","he did not doubt at all that God would do what he had promised. Instead, he trusted in God more/very strongly, and he thanked God for what God was going to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_21","075_4_21","ROM","4","21","21","He was also convinced {very sure} that the thing that God promised, God was able to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_22","075_4_22","ROM","4","22","22","And that is the reason that the record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_23","075_4_23","ROM","4","23","23","The words in the Scriptures, “The record of his sins was erased {God erased the record of his sins},” are not only about Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_24","075_4_24","ROM","4","24","24","They were also written {They also wrote that} for us whose record of sins would be erased {God would erase}. They were written {They wrote it} for us who believe God, the one who caused our Lord Jesus to become alive again after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM4_25","075_4_25","ROM","4","25","25","Jesus allowed men to execute MTY him so that God could forgive our evil deeds. And God caused Jesus to live again because God wanted to show that because of the death of Jesus he was able to erase the record of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_1","075_5_1","ROM","5","1","1","Because we trusted in Christ, the record of our sins has been erased {God has erased the record of our sins}. So we now have a peaceful relationship with God because of our trust in what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_2","075_5_2","ROM","5","2","2","Because of what Christ has done, God has also enabled us to begin experiencing his continually acting toward us in ways that we do not deserve. Also, we rejoice because we are confidently expecting that God will gladly show us how great he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_3","075_5_3","ROM","5","3","3","We rejoice even when we suffer as a result of our trusting in Christ, because we know that when we are suffering, the result is that we learn to endure things patiently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_4","075_5_4","ROM","5","4","4","And we know that when we endure things patiently, the result is that God approves of us. And when we know that God approves of us, the result is that we confidently expect that he will do great things for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_5","075_5_5","ROM","5","5","5","And we are very confident PRS that we will receive the things that we wait expectantly for, because God loves us very much. His Holy Spirit, who has been {whom he has} given to us, causes us to understand how much God loves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_6","075_5_6","ROM","5","6","6","When we were unable to save ourselves, it was Christ who, at the time that God chose, died on behalf of us ungodly people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_7","075_5_7","ROM","5","7","7","Rarely would anyone die on behalf of another person, even if that person were righteous, although someone might be courageous enough to die on behalf of a truly good person person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_8","075_5_8","ROM","5","8","8","Nevertheless, as for God, the way he showed us that he loves us is that Christ died on our behalf while we were still rebelling against God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_9","075_5_9","ROM","5","9","9","The record of our sins has been erased {God has erased the record of our sins} because of what Christ accomplished when his blood MTY flowed when he died. So it is even more certain that we will be saved by Christ {that Christ will save us} from God’s punishing us eternally MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_10","075_5_10","ROM","5","10","10","Even when we were acting hostilely towards God, he enabled us to have a peaceful relationship with him as a result of his Son dying for us. So it is even more certain that we will be saved {Christ will be able to save us} from God’s punishing us MTY because Christ is alive again and because God has enabled us to have a peaceful relationship with himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_11","075_5_11","ROM","5","11","11","And that’s not all! Now we also rejoice about the things that God has done for us because of our Lord Jesus Christ dying for us and enabling us to have a peaceful relationship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_12","075_5_12","ROM","5","12","12","What you can learn from what I have written so far is as follows: All people are sinful PRS, and that is the result of Adam, the first man whom God created, sinning long ago. Adam died PRS because he sinned. So, all people who have lived since then die, because it is as though all people sinned when Adam sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_13","075_5_13","ROM","5","13","13","People in MTY the world sinned before God gave his laws to Moses. But people are not considered by God {God does not consider people} to be guilty for their sins if there is no law stating that what they did was sinful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_14","075_5_14","ROM","5","14","14","But we know that from the time when Adam lived until the time when Moses lived, all people sinned, and they died as a consequence PRS, MET. Even people who sinned differently from the way Adam sinned, died. Adam’s sin affected all people, just like what Christ did, the one who came later, can affect all people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_15","075_5_15","ROM","5","15","15","But the results of God’s erasing the record of our sins as a gift to us are not like the results of Adam’s sinning. The result of one man, Adam, sinning was that many/all people have died. But it is certain, however, that many people have abundantly experienced God’s acting kindly toward them in a way they did not deserve. It is also certain that they have experienced God’s erasing the record of their sins as the result of one man, Jesus Christ, acting kindly toward them/towards them in a way they did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_16","075_5_16","ROM","5","16","16","And there is another way in which God’s freely erasing the record of our sins is not like the results of Adam’s sinning. One person, Adam, sinned. As a result, God declared that all people deserve to be punished. Many people sinned. But what God did was that he erased the record of their sins without their earning it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_17","075_5_17","ROM","5","17","17","All people die MET, PRS because of what one man, Adam, did. But now many of us experience that God has abundantly acted towards us in ways we did not deserve, and we experience that he has erased the record of our sins without our earning it. It is also very certain that we will rule with Christ (OR, share the glory of Christ’s being king), in heaven. This will happen because of what one man, Jesus Christ, did for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_18","075_5_18","ROM","5","18","18","So, because one man, Adam, disobeyed God’s law, that resulted in all people deserving to be punished {that God punish them}. Similarly, because one man, Jesus, acted righteously by obeying God when he died, the result was that God is able to erase the record of all people’s sins and enable them to live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_19","075_5_19","ROM","5","19","19","It was because one person, Adam, disobeyed God that many/all people became sinners. Similarly, it is because one person, Jesus, obeyed God when he died that the record of many people’s sins will be erased {that he will erase the record of many people’s sins}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_20","075_5_20","ROM","5","20","20","God gave PRS his laws to Moses PRS in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them, in a way that they did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM5_21","075_5_21","ROM","5","21","21","He did that in order that just like people everywhere inevitably sin, which results in their dying MET, PRS, people everywhere might inevitably experience God’s acting kindly towards them in a way they do not deserve MET, PRS by erasing the record of their sins. The result is that people can live eternally because of what Jesus Christ our Lord did for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_1","075_6_1","ROM","6","1","1","Someone might RHQ say in reply to what I have written that since God acted kindly toward us in a way we did not deserve because we sinned, perhaps we should continue to sin in order that he may continue to act even more kindly toward us and keep on forgiving us! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_2","075_6_2","ROM","6","2","2","I would reply, No, certainly not! We ought to consider that our sinful desires MET cannot make us do what they want us to do, just like we cannot make a corpse do what we want it to do. So it is not right that we continue to sin! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_3","075_6_3","ROM","6","3","3","When we were baptized {asked someone to baptize us} in order to show that we have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Jesus Christ, our being baptized was to declare that it was as though we died with Christ. ◄I want you to remember that!/Do you not know that?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_4","075_6_4","ROM","6","4","4","So, when we were baptized {someone baptized us}, it was as though we were buried with Christ. We were baptized in order to indicate that we would not let our sinful desires make us do what they want us to do, just like people cannot make a corpse do what they want it to do MET. We were baptized to signify that we would continually conduct our lives in a new way, just like Christ was caused to live again in a new way by the great power of God his Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_5","075_6_5","ROM","6","5","5","Because of our close relationship with Christ, we have separated ourselves from the former way in which we conducted our lives, just like he was separated from his physical life when he died MET. But God will also certainly enable us to live in a new way, just like he enabled Christ to live again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_6","075_6_6","ROM","6","6","6","We must keep remembering that when Christ died on the cross MET, it was as though our sinful nature died with him. It has lost its power to make us do what it wants us to do MET. That happened in order that we would not do the sinful things that our bodies MET, which desire to sin, want us to do, and in order that we would no longer have to sin MET, as slaves have to do what their masters want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_7","075_6_7","ROM","6","7","7","We are, as it were, freed {free} from sinful desires MET controlling us, just like those who have died are free from anything controlling them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_8","075_6_8","ROM","6","8","8","Since it is as though we died with Christ, we believe that we will continue to live with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_9","075_6_9","ROM","6","9","9","We know that since God enabled Christ to live again after he died, Christ will never die again. Nothing will ever be able to make him die again PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_10","075_6_10","ROM","6","10","10","When he died, he died once for people who had sinned, and he will never die again; but in regard to his living again now, he lives in order to serve/honor God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_11","075_6_11","ROM","6","11","11","Similarly, you must consider that it is as though you have become unable to do what your sinful desires MET want, as a corpse is not able to do what anyone wants it to do. You must also consider that because of your relationship to Christ Jesus you are living in a new way in order to serve/honor God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_12","075_6_12","ROM","6","12","12","So, do not let the desire to sin PRS control your bodies MET with the result that you do the sinful things that you desire to do. Remember that your bodies will surely die, but your spirits will never die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_13","075_6_13","ROM","6","13","13","Do not let any of your body parts do wicked things, as you did MET when you were spiritually dead. Instead, present yourselves to God as people who are alive spiritually. Present all your body parts to God, to allow him to use them to do righteous things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_14","075_6_14","ROM","6","14","14","Do not let a desire to sin control you PRS. The laws that God gave Moses did not enable you to stop sinning. But now God controls you and kindly helps you not to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_15","075_6_15","ROM","6","15","15","I suppose that certain people might think about what I have just said and they might say RHQ, “You say that the laws God gave Moses did not enable us to stop sinning, but that God is now treating us kindly in ways we do not deserve. ◄That seems to mean that God permits us to continue sinning./Does that mean that God permits us to continue sinning?► RHQ” My reply to that is no, we should certainly not continue sinning ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_16","075_6_16","ROM","6","16","16","Slaves have to obey what their masters command MET them to do. ◄I want you to remember this./Do you not know this?► RHQ Similarly, if you present yourselves to someone in order to obey him, you will be the slaves MET of the person you obey. Similarly, if you have yielded yourselves to do the sinful things you desire, you are slaves of your sinful desires PRS, and you will be eternally separated from God. If you have yielded yourselves to obey God, you are slaves of God and you need to live righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_17","075_6_17","ROM","6","17","17","You were once slaves to your sinful desires. But you began to sincerely obey the new teaching MET that you were taught {that people taught you}. I thank God for that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_18","075_6_18","ROM","6","18","18","I also thank God that you have been freed {that he has freed you} from being controlled by a desire to sin, and that you have become as though you were slaves MET to living righteously MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_19","075_6_19","ROM","6","19","19","I am illustrating what I say by talking about slavery because your human nature prevents you from understanding spiritual truth easily. In the past you willingly did the immoral and unlawful things that your minds compelled your bodies to do MET, just like slaves do what their masters compel them to do. As a result, you did even more unlawful things. Now, you need to willingly allow your minds to compel your bodies to act righteously MET, in order that you will behave in a holy/pure way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_20","075_6_20","ROM","6","20","20","When you were like slaves because your sinful desires compelled you to do sinful things MET, you were not concerned about behaving righteously MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_21","075_6_21","ROM","6","21","21","Nevertheless, doing those things resulted in your being separated from God, so you did not benefit at all from doing the sinful things that you are now ashamed of. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_22","075_6_22","ROM","6","22","22","But you have been freed {God has freed you} from letting the desire to sin control you. You have become as though you are MET the slaves of God. So now the result is that God has caused you to completely belong to him and, as a result, you will live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM6_23","075_6_23","ROM","6","23","23","What people receive for sinning is that they are eternally separated from God. That is like wages that people receive MET. But what God gives us is a gift. What he gives us is that we live eternally because of our relationship with (OR, because we are united to) Christ Jesus our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_1","075_7_1","ROM","7","1","1","My fellow believers, you know about laws. So you certainly know (OR, I want you to remember) that people have to obey laws PRS only while they are alive. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_2","075_7_2","ROM","7","2","2","For example, a woman is required by the law {the law requires a woman} to obey and be faithful to her husband as long as he is alive. But if her husband dies, she is freed from having to {no longer has to} obey the law about remaining married to her husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_3","075_7_3","ROM","7","3","3","Therefore, a woman will be called {people will call a woman} an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she no longer has to obey that law. Then she will not be an adulteress if she marries another man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_4","075_7_4","ROM","7","4","4","Likewise, my fellow believers, just like people are free from having to obey any law after they die MET, you and I have been freed {God has freed you and me} from having to obey all the Jewish rituals and laws MET. That is because it is as though we died with Christ when he was crucified. Now you and I belong to someone else MET, like a woman who marries again after her husband dies belongs to another man. Specifically, you and I belong to Christ, who has come back to life {whom God has caused to live again after he died}, in order that we may live righteously IDM to honor God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_5","075_7_5","ROM","7","5","5","When our self-directed nature controlled us, desires that led us to sin were acting in our bodies. Those desires were increased because of our knowing God’s laws PRS. As a result we did evil things IDM that caused us to be separated from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_6","075_7_6","ROM","7","6","6","But now we are freed {free} from having to obey all the Jewish rituals— it is as though we have died. The result is that now we are not controlled by those rituals {those rituals do not control us now}. So we serve God, not by having to obey those rituals, which is the old way, but in the new way, as God’s Spirit helps us to serve him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_7","075_7_7","ROM","7","7","7","Someone might object, saying, “◄The laws that God gave Moses must be evil if our sinful desires are increased because of our knowing those laws. MTY/Are not the laws that God gave Moses evil if they stir up our sinful desires?►” MTY, RHQ I would reply that they certainly are not evil, even though our sinful desires are increased. What I would reply is that I, for example, realized that what I was doing was sinful only because of what is written {Moses wrote} in those laws. For example, I realized that coveting is sinful only because he wrote in those laws PRS, “You must not covet.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_8","075_7_8","ROM","7","8","8","And because of what that commandment stated, my sinful desire to have things that belong to others PRS caused me to covet in many ways. Our desire to sin is not stimulated MET when there is no law that prohibits our doing sinful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_9","075_7_9","ROM","7","9","9","Formerly, when I did not know what God’s laws required, I used to live without worrying about what I was doing. But when I became aware that God commanded, “You must not covet,” I suddenly realized PRS that I was sinning, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_10","075_7_10","ROM","7","10","10","and I realized that I was separated from God. The laws that I thought would enable me to live eternally as a result of my obeying them caused me to realize that I was separated from God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_11","075_7_11","ROM","7","11","11","My desire to sin found a way PRS to deceive me by making me think wrongly that I could keep on sinning and at the same time obey those laws enough so that I would live eternally, and thus it caused me to be separated from God PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_12","075_7_12","ROM","7","12","12","So we conclude that the laws that God gave to Moses are holy. What God commanded about not coveting, along with all the other things that he commanded, is also holy, and it is just and good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_13","075_7_13","ROM","7","13","13","So, if someone were to object saying, “The laws that God gave Moses, which are good, ◄resulted in my being separated from God!/did they result in my being separated from God?► RHQ” I would reply, “Certainly they did not do that!” But instead, those laws, which are good, stimulated my desire to sin. I knew that the result was that I was separated from God. And also, because I learned what God had commanded, I knew that what I was doing was truly sinful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_14","075_7_14","ROM","7","14","14","We know that the laws that God gave Moses came from God’s Spirit. But as for me, I am influenced by my self-directed nature. It is as though I have been forced to become a slave of my desire to sin MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_15","075_7_15","ROM","7","15","15","The things that I do, I often HYP do not understand. That is, sometimes HYP it is the good things that I want to do that I do not do. And sometimes HYP it is the evil things that I detest that I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_16","075_7_16","ROM","7","16","16","Since I do the evil things that I do not want to do, I agree that the laws of God are good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_17","075_7_17","ROM","7","17","17","So, it is not that I do evil things because I wish to do them. Instead, what happens is that I do sinful things because the desire to sin causes me to do them. The desire to sin ◄is within/permeates► me PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_18","075_7_18","ROM","7","18","18","I know that my self-directed nature will not let me PRS do anything that is good. I know this because I want to do what is good, but I do not do what is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_19","075_7_19","ROM","7","19","19","I do not do the good things that I want to do. Instead, it is evil things that I do not want to do that I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_20","075_7_20","ROM","7","20","20","Because I do evil things that I do not want to do, it is not that I do evil things because I want to. Instead, I do them because my self-directed nature, which permeates me PRS, causes me to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_21","075_7_21","ROM","7","21","21","I find, then, that what always happens is that when I want to do what is good, there is an evil desire present within me that PRS prevents me from doing good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_22","075_7_22","ROM","7","22","22","With my new inner nature I like the laws of God very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_23","075_7_23","ROM","7","23","23","Nevertheless, I sense that there is a different force that is in ◄my body/me► PRS, SYN. It is opposed to what with my mind I desire to do MET, and it puts me inescapably under the control of MET the sinful desires that I have SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_24","075_7_24","ROM","7","24","24","When I consider this, I feel that I am a very wretched person. I want someone to set me free from the control of what my body desires, in order that I might not be separated from God. RHQ I also think that what I have experienced is the same as what all believers experience. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM7_25","075_7_25","ROM","7","25","25","I thank God that it is by Jesus Christ our Lord that we can be free from the control of what our bodies desire. So, with our minds, you and I on the one hand want to obey God’s laws. But also, you and I often let our sinful desires control us because of our self-directed nature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_1","075_8_1","ROM","8","1","1","Because God has erased the record of our sins because we trust in what Christ has done for us, now God will not condemn and punish those/us who have a relationship with (OR, are united to) Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_2","075_8_2","ROM","8","2","2","God’s Spirit causes us to live in a new way PRS as a result of what Christ Jesus did for us. And he has set up a way by which he frees each of us from continually being forced to sin (OR, to obey our self-directed natures) and from being separated from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_3","075_8_3","ROM","8","3","3","What we could not do by trying to obey the laws of God PRS, because our self-directed nature was too weak to obey them, God did. He sent his own Son into the world in order that his Son might atone for our sin. His Son came having a body (OR, human nature) that was like the body (OR, the human nature) of us people who sin. By sending his Son in this way, he condemned and punished his Son, who never sinned, instead of punishing us, who sinned MTY. He did that by making his Son’s body a sacrifice (OR, by causing his Son’s body to suffer/die) for all our sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_4","075_8_4","ROM","8","4","4","So we can now fulfill all that God required in his laws. We do this, not by our acting the way our sinful human nature desires, but instead by living as God’s Spirit desires us to live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_5","075_8_5","ROM","8","5","5","People who live according to what their self-directed nature desires think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature desires. But people who live according to what God’s Spirit desires think about and are concerned about what God’s Spirit desires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_6","075_8_6","ROM","8","6","6","Those people who PRS think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature desires will not live eternally (OR, will be separated from God). But those people who think about and are concerned about what God’s Spirit desires will live eternally and have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_7","075_8_7","ROM","8","7","7","Let me explain this. To the extent that people PRS think about and are concerned about what their self-directed nature desires, they are acting contrary to God. They do not obey the laws of God. In fact, they are not even able to obey his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_8","075_8_8","ROM","8","8","8","The people who let their self-directed nature control them cannot do what pleases God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_9","075_8_9","ROM","8","9","9","But we do not have to let our self-directed nature control us. Instead, we can let God’s Spirit control us, because he lives within us. If people do not have living in them the Spirit who comes from Christ, they do not belong to Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_10","075_8_10","ROM","8","10","10","But since Christ is living in you/us by his Spirit, although your/our bodies are certain to die because you/we sin, your/our spirits are alive because God has erased the record of your/our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_11","075_8_11","ROM","8","11","11","God caused Jesus to live again after he died. And because his Spirit lives in you/us, God will also make your/our bodies, which now are sure to die, live again after you/we die. God, who caused Christ to live again after he died, will make you/us live again by causing his Spirit, who lives within you/us, to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_12","075_8_12","ROM","8","12","12","Therefore, my fellow believers, we must live as the Spirit directs us. What we do not have to do is to live as our self-directed nature guides us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_13","075_8_13","ROM","8","13","13","If you live the way your self-directed nature directs, you will surely not live eternally (OR, will surely be eternally separated from God). But if by the power of God’s Spirit you quit doing the sinful things that your bodies desire MET, you will live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_14","075_8_14","ROM","8","14","14","We who are guided by the Spirit of God {allow the Spirit of God to guide us} are God’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_15","075_8_15","ROM","8","15","15","You have showed that this is true, because you received from God a Spirit that is not one that makes you fear God again. You are not like slaves who fear their masters MET. On the contrary, we have received a Spirit by whose work in our hearts God has adopted us. The Spirit now enables us to cry out to God, “You(sg) are my Father DOU!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_16","075_8_16","ROM","8","16","16","The Spirit himself confirms what our spirits say, that we are God’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_17","075_8_17","ROM","8","17","17","Because we are God’s children, we also will some day receive/inherit eternal blessings/privileges. We will receive/inherit them from God, and we will also receive/inherit them just like Christ has inherited them. But we must suffer for doing good as Christ did, in order to receive splendor as he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_18","075_8_18","ROM","8","18","18","I consider that what we suffer during the present time is not worth paying attention to, because the future splendor/glory that will be revealed {that God will reveal} to us is so great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_19","075_8_19","ROM","8","19","19","The things that God has created are very eagerly waiting for the time PRS, DOU when God will reveal who his true children are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_20","075_8_20","ROM","8","20","20","God caused the things that he created to be unable to achieve what he had purposed. That was not because they wanted to be unable to do that. On the contrary, God made them that way because he wanted them to keep confidently expecting ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_21","075_8_21","ROM","8","21","21","that the things that he created will be freed {that he will free the things that he created} from their sure decay MET. He will free them in order that he can give them the same glory that belongs to his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_22","075_8_22","ROM","8","22","22","We know that until now it is as though all things that God created have been groaning together, and they long for that glory, just like a mother having the pains before bearing a child groans and longs for her baby’s birth MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_23","075_8_23","ROM","8","23","23","Not only do those things groan, but we ourselves also groan inwardly. We who have God’s Spirit, who is like a partial gift MET we have received as we wait for the future glory, groan inwardly. We groan while we wait eagerly for the time when we will receive our full rights as God’s adopted children. That will include his freeing our bodies from the things that hinder us on earth. He will do this by giving us new bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_24","075_8_24","ROM","8","24","24","Ever since we were saved {since God saved us}, we have continued to confidently expect that future glory. If we had what we waited for, we would not need to wait for it any longer, because those who have something, certainly do not continue to wait for it! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_25","075_8_25","ROM","8","25","25","But because we keep waiting expectantly to receive what we do not yet have, we wait for it eagerly and patiently/perseveringly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_26","075_8_26","ROM","8","26","26","Similarly, in addition to our continuing to wait for what God will give us, God’s Spirit helps us when our spirits feel weak. We do not know what is proper/necessary for us to pray. But God’s Spirit knows, and he prays for us when we groan (OR, he groans) in a way that cannot be expressed in words (OR, prays with us, groaning in a way that cannot be expressed in words). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_27","075_8_27","ROM","8","27","27","God, who examines our inner feelings, understands what his Spirit desires. What God understands is that his Spirit prays for us who belong to God exactly as God wants him to pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_28","075_8_28","ROM","8","28","28","And we know that to those/us who love God, he works out all things that happen to them/us in a way that produces good spiritual benefits for us. He does these things for those/us whom he has chosen, because that was (OR, was according to) what he planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_29","075_8_29","ROM","8","29","29","God knew previously that we would believe in him (OR, would be saved). We are those who God also decided previously would develop a character like his Son’s character. The result of that is that Christ is like a firstborn/highest-ranking son, and those/we who are God’s children MET are like MET many younger brothers of Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_30","075_8_30","ROM","8","30","30","And us who God decided previously that we would become like his Son, he also summoned. And for us whom he summoned, he also erased the record of our sins. And for us whose record of sins he has erased, he also will surely give future splendor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_31","075_8_31","ROM","8","31","31","So ◄I will tell you what we must conclude from all these things that God does for us./what shall we conclude from all these things that God does for us?► RHQ Because God is acting on our behalf, ◄no one can win against us!/can anyone defeat us? (OR, it does not matter if anyone opposes us)!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_32","075_8_32","ROM","8","32","32","God did not spare even his very own Son. Instead, he turned him over to others to cruelly kill him in order that all we who believe in him may benefit from his dying for us. Therefore, because God did that, ◄he will also certainly give us freely everything that we need to live for him, in addition to giving us Christ./will he not also certainly give us freely everything that we need to live for him, in addition to giving us Christ?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_33","075_8_33","ROM","8","33","33","It is God himself who erases the record of our sins. So ◄no one who accuses us before God will win against us (OR, it does not matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen./is it possible that anyone who accuses us before God will win against us (OR, does it matter if anyone tries to accuse us) whom God has chosen?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_34","075_8_34","ROM","8","34","34","It is Christ Jesus himself who pleads with God for us, so ◄no one can condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)./can anyone condemn us (OR, say that we are still guilty for our sin)?► RHQ Christ died for us, but he was also brought back to life {God also raised him from the dead}, and he is now at the place of honor ruling with God MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_35","075_8_35","ROM","8","35","35","Absolutely no one and nothing can cause Christ to stop loving us! RHQ That could not RHQ happen because someone caused us to have trouble DOU, or because someone did things to harm us, or because we did not have anything to eat, or because we did not have enough clothes, or because we lived in a dangerous situation, or because someone killed us with a sword MTY (OR, murdered us). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_36","075_8_36","ROM","8","36","36","Such things may happen to us, just like it is written {as David wrote} that David said to God, “Because we are your (sg) people, other people repeatedly attempt to kill us. They consider that we are only people to be killed, like a butcher considers that sheep are only animals to be slaughtered MET.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_37","075_8_37","ROM","8","37","37","But even though all these bad things may happen to us, we win a great victory/triumph over these things because Christ, who loves us, helps us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_38","075_8_38","ROM","8","38","38","I am absolutely certain that neither being dead (OR, being killed), nor what happens to us while we live, nor angels, nor demons, nor present events, nor future events, nor powerful beings/forces, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM8_39","075_8_39","ROM","8","39","39","nor powerful beings above the horizon or below the horizon MTY, nor anything else that God has created can cause God to stop loving us. God showed us that he loves us by sending Jesus Christ our Lord to die for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_1","075_9_1","ROM","9","1","1","Now I would like to discuss the fact that most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ. Because of my relationship with Christ, I say completely truthfully what I will now tell you. I am not lying DOU! My conscience confirms what I say because the Holy Spirit controls it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_2","075_9_2","ROM","9","2","2","I tell you that I grieve very greatly and deeply DOU about my fellow Israelites. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_3","075_9_3","ROM","9","3","3","I personally would be willing to let God curse me and, as a result, be separated from Christ, if that would help my fellow Israelites, my natural kinsmen, to believe in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_4","075_9_4","ROM","9","4","4","We Jews are Israelites, God’s chosen descendants of Jacob. God has always considered us as his children MET. It was to our ancestors that he used to appear gloriously while they were in the desert. It was with them that God made covenants several times. It was to them that God gave the laws at Sinai Mountain. They were the ones to whom God showed how they should worship him. They were the ones to whom God promised many things, especially that the Messiah would come from their race. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_5","075_9_5","ROM","9","5","5","It was our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whom God chose to found our nation. And, most importantly, it was from us Israelites that the Messiah received his human nature. Nevertheless, most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ, who is the one who controls all things! He is God, the one who is worthy that we praise him forever! This is true! (OR, Amen!) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_6","075_9_6","ROM","9","6","6","God promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that their descendants would all inherit his blessings. But although most of my fellow Israelites have rejected Christ, that does not prove that God has failed to do the things that he promised, because it is not all who are descended from Jacob and who call themselves the people of Israel whom God considers to be truly his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_7","075_9_7","ROM","9","7","7","And it is also not all of Abraham’s natural descendants that God considers to be his people. Instead, God considers only some of them to be Abraham’s children. This agrees with what God told Abraham: “It is Isaac, not any of your(sg) other sons, whom I will consider to be the true father of your descendants.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_8","075_9_8","ROM","9","8","8","That means that it is not all the natural-born descendants of Abraham whom God considers as his children. Instead, it is those who believed what God promised whom he considers to be his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_9","075_9_9","ROM","9","9","9","You know that what God promised to Abraham was this: “About this time next year Sarah your wife will bear a son as a result of my enabling MTY her to do so.” So Abraham knew that it was not through Ishmael, the son that he already had, that God would fulfill what he had promised him (OR, that his true descendants would come). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_10","075_9_10","ROM","9","10","10","And not only then did God show that he did not determine who would be his true children according to who their ancestors were. He showed it again when Rebecca conceived twins by our ancestor Isaac. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_11","075_9_11","ROM","9","11","12","Before the twins, Jacob and Esau, were born, when neither one had yet done anything good or bad, God said to Rebecca about the twins she was to bear, “The older one shall later serve the younger one, contrary to normal custom.” God said this in order that we might clearly understand that what he purposed for people was according to what he himself determined. That is, people’s eternal destiny does not depend on what they do. Instead, their destiny depends on God, the one who chooses them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_13","075_9_13","ROM","9","13","13","And this teaching is ◄supported/shown to be true► by what is written in the Scriptures {what a prophet recorded} that God said: “I favored Jacob, the younger son. I did not favor HYP Esau, the older son.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_14","075_9_14","ROM","9","14","14","Someone might say, “◄Is God unjust by choosing the ones he wants to choose?/I think that God is unjust by choosing the ones he wants to choose!►” RHQ I would reply, “He is certainly not unjust!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_15","075_9_15","ROM","9","15","15","God told Moses, “I will pity and help anyone whom I choose DOU!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_16","075_9_16","ROM","9","16","16","So God chooses people, not because they want God to choose them or because they try hard to do things so that he will accept them. Instead he chooses people because he himself has mercy on undeserving ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_17","075_9_17","ROM","9","17","17","Moses recorded PRS that God had told Pharaoh, “This is why I gave you (sg) authority MTY: It was in order that I might show by how I oppose you how exceedingly powerful I am, and in order that people everywhere HYP would hear about me MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_18","075_9_18","ROM","9","18","18","So we conclude that God kindly helps the ones he wants to act kindly towards. But he makes stubborn the ones such as Pharaoh that he wants to make stubborn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_19","075_9_19","ROM","9","19","19","One of you may object to this by saying to me, “Because God determines ahead of time everything that people do, that also implies that he wants us to do everything that we do. ◄No one has resisted what God has willed!/Who has resisted what God has willed?► RHQ Therefore, ◄it would not be right that God would still condemn a person for having sinned!/why does God still condemn a person for having sinned?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_20","075_9_20","ROM","9","20","20","I would reply that since you (sg) are just a human being, ◄you do not have any right at all to criticize God!/who are you to say that what God does is wrong?► RHQ As a potter is the one who creates a clay pot, God is the one who created you. ◄A clay pot MET certainly would not have a right to criticize the potter by asking PRS, “Why did you (sg) make me this way?”/Would a clay pot have a right to criticize the potter by asking PRS, “Why did you (sg) make me this way?”► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_21","075_9_21","ROM","9","21","21","Instead, ◄the potter certainly has the right to take some clay and from one lump of clay make one pot that people will honor and make another one for ordinary purposes MET./does not a potter have the right to take some clay and from one lump of clay make one pot that people will honor and make another pot for ordinary purposes?► MET, RHQ Similarly, God has the right to carry out what he purposes for people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_22","075_9_22","ROM","9","22","22","Although God desires to show that he is angry about sin, and although he desires to make clear that he can powerfully punish people who have sinned, he tolerated very patiently the people MET who caused him to be angry and who deserved to be destroyed (OR, who were made to be destroyed). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_23","075_9_23","ROM","9","23","23","God has been patient in order that he might make clear how very wonderfully he acts toward those MET whom he intended to act mercifully towards and whom he prepared ahead of time in order that they might live gloriously in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_24","075_9_24","ROM","9","24","24","That means us whom he chose—not only us Jews but also non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_25","075_9_25","ROM","9","25","25","These words that Hosea wrote MTY that God said also ◄show that God has the right/support God’s right► to choose from among both Jews and non-Jews MTY: I will declare that many people who were not my people are now my people. I will declare that many people whom I did not love HYP before, I love now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_26","075_9_26","ROM","9","26","26","And another prophet wrote: What will happen is that in the places where God told them before, “You are not my people,” in those same places people will declare truthfully that they are children of God, who is completely powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_27","075_9_27","ROM","9","27","27","Isaiah also exclaimed concerning the Israelites: Even though the Israelites are so many that no one can count them, like sand particles on the beach beside the ocean, only a small part of them will be saved {God will save only a small part of them}, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_28","075_9_28","ROM","9","28","28","because the Lord will punish completely and speedily the people who live on  this earth, as he said that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_29","075_9_29","ROM","9","29","29","Also, we can understand from what the prophet Isaiah said that God would not save anyone if he did not show mercy: If the Lord, who controls everything in heaven, had not mercifully allowed some of our descendants to survive, we would have become like the people of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, who were SIM, DOU completely destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_30","075_9_30","ROM","9","30","30","We must conclude this: RHQ Although non-Jews did not search out a way by which God would erase the record of their sins, they actually found that way because they trusted in what Christ did for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_31","075_9_31","ROM","9","31","31","But although the people of Israel sought a basis by which God would erase the record of their sins, they did not succeed in fulfilling the true purpose of the laws that God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_32","075_9_32","ROM","9","32","32","The reason RHQ that they did not succeed is that they did not trust that God would provide a way to save them. Instead, they were trying to do certain things in order that God would accept them. Because they did not expect the Messiah to die, the Israelites felt disgusted about Jesus’ death, which is like the stone MET on which people stumble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM9_33","075_9_33","ROM","9","33","33","This is what a prophet predicted when he wrote these words that God said about the Messiah: Listen! I am placing in Israel MTY one who is like a stone MET on which people will stumble. What he does will offend people DOU. Nevertheless, those who believe in him will not be disappointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_1","075_10_1","ROM","10","1","1","My fellow believers, what I deeply desire and what I pray to God earnestly for is that he will save my own people, the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_2","075_10_2","ROM","10","2","2","I declare truthfully about them that although they ◄zealously seek/very much want to know► God, they do not understand how to seek/know him correctly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_3","075_10_3","ROM","10","3","3","They did not ◄submit themselves to/accept► the way that God erases the record of people’s sins. They did not want to recognize that way because they wanted him to do it their own way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_4","075_10_4","ROM","10","4","4","They wanted God to erase the record of their sins as a result of their obeying his laws. But because of what Christ has done, it is no longer necessary for people to obey the laws God gave Moses in order for the record of their sins to be erased. Now God will erase the record of sins of everyone who trusts in what Christ has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_5","075_10_5","ROM","10","5","5","In regard to the old way, Moses wrote concerning people who obey God’s laws, “It is the people who have done perfectly the things that the laws require who will gain eternal life by doing them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_6","075_10_6","ROM","10","6","6","But those whose record of sins God has erased as a result of their believing in Christ can say to anyone PRS as Moses said, “You should not critically think inwardly, ‘◄Someone will have to go up and enter heaven!/Who will go up and enter heaven?►’ RHQ” That is to say, someone will have to go up and bring Christ down to bring the message of salvation to us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_7","075_10_7","ROM","10","7","7","“Or you should not think inwardly, ‘◄Someone will have to go down and enter the place where the spirits of dead persons are!/Who will go down and enter the place where the spirits of dead persons are?►’ RHQ” That is to say, someone will have to go down and bring Christ up from there to bring the message of salvation to us. You should not say that because Christ has already come down to save us, and has already become alive after he died! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_8","075_10_8","ROM","10","8","8","But instead, those who believe in Christ PRS can say what RHQ Moses also said, “You (sg) can find out about God’s message very easily. You can speak MTY about it; you can think MTY about it.” This is the message that we proclaim, that people must believe in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_9","075_10_9","ROM","10","9","9","This message is that if anyone of you confesses/says publicly that Jesus is Lord, and if you (sg) believe that God ◄caused him to become alive again after he died/raised him from the dead►, you will be saved {God will save you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_10","075_10_10","ROM","10","10","10","If people believe that Christ died and that God caused him to become alive again CHI, the result is that God will erase the record of their sins. And for those who state/declare publicly that Jesus is their Lord, the result is that God will save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_11","075_10_11","ROM","10","11","11","It is written {Isaiah wrote} in the Scriptures PRS about the Messiah, “Whoever believes in him will not be disappointed.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_12","075_10_12","ROM","10","12","12","God treats Jews and non-Jews similarly. Because he is the same Lord for all people who believe in him, he abundantly blesses all who ask him to save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_13","075_10_13","ROM","10","13","13","This is just like what the prophet Joel wrote: “All those who ask the Lord God to save them will be saved {The Lord God will save all those who ask him to save them}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_14","075_10_14","ROM","10","14","14","In regard to the people of Israel rejecting the gospel, some people might object by saying, (OR, This raises another problem about the Jews:) “◄They certainly cannot ask Christ to save them if they have not first believed in him!/How can they ask Christ to help/save them if they have not first believed in him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot believe in him if they have not heard about him!/how can they believe in him if they have not heard about him?► RHQ And ◄they certainly cannot hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him!/how can they hear about him if someone does not preach to them about him?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_15","075_10_15","ROM","10","15","15","And those who preach to them about Christ, ◄certainly cannot preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach!/how can they preach if they are not sent by God {if God does not send them} to preach?► RHQ His sending messengers to them would be just like it is written {like someone wrote} in the Scriptures, ‘The arrival MTY of those who preach the good message is wonderful!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_16","075_10_16","ROM","10","16","16","I would reply in this way to people who say such things: God has indeed sent people to preach the message about Christ. But not all the people of Israel have paid attention to the good message! It is like what Isaiah said when he felt very discouraged, “Lord, it seems as if hardly anyone believed what they heard us (exc) preach! RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_17","075_10_17","ROM","10","17","17","So then, I tell you that people are believing in Christ as a result of hearing the message about him, and people are hearing the message as a result of people preaching about Christ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_18","075_10_18","ROM","10","18","18","But if someone were to ask, “Have not the people of Israel heard the message about God?” I would reply that they certainly have heard it! It is like what is written in the Psalms, People living all over the world PRS, MTY have seen the stars, and what they indicate about God’s character has reached people living in the most remote places in the world DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_19","075_10_19","ROM","10","19","19","But someone might ask, “Is it true that the people of MTY Israel understood the message about Christ?” I would reply that certainly they understood it, but they rejected it! Remember that Moses was the first one who warned the people of Israel about disobeying God. He told them that God said, You consider that non-Jewish groups are not nations at all CHI. But some of them will believe in me, and I will bless them. Then you will envy them. I will cause you to be angry with those people whom you Jews think do not understand my ways IRO. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_20","075_10_20","ROM","10","20","20","Remember also what God said very boldly to Isaiah: Non-Jews who did not ◄try to know/seek► me will surely find me DOU! I will surely reveal what I am like to those who did not ask for me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM10_21","075_10_21","ROM","10","21","21","But concerning the people of Israel, Isaiah tells us that God said: For a long time I have held out my arms to people who disobeyed and rebelled against me, in order to invite them to return to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_1","075_11_1","ROM","11","1","1","Because of that, if anyone should ask, “Has God rejected his people the Jews?” I would declare that he certainly has not rejected all of us! You can realize that by remembering that I also belong to the people of Israel. I am a descendant of Abraham, and I belong to the tribe of Benjamin, but God has not rejected me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_2","075_11_2","ROM","11","2","2","No, God has not rejected his people, whom he chose long ago to be people whom he would bless in a special way. Remember RHQ what is written PRS in the Scriptures about Elijah when he mistakenly complained to God about the people of Israel, saying, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_3","075_11_3","ROM","11","3","3","“Lord, they have killed the rest of your (sg) prophets, they have destroyed your altars. I am the only one who believes in you who remains alive, and now they are trying to kill me!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_4","075_11_4","ROM","11","4","4","God answered him like this: “You(sg) are not the only one who believes in me! I have protected for myself not just you, but 7,000 other men who have not worshipped the false god Baal. ◄Remember that!/Do you not remember that?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_5","075_11_5","ROM","11","5","5","So, similarly, there is also at this time a small group of us Jews who have become believers. God has chosen us to become believers (OR, his people) only because he acts kindly toward us, in ways that we do not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_6","075_11_6","ROM","11","6","6","Since it is because he acts kindly toward those whom he chooses, it is not because they have done good things that he has chosen them. If God chose people because they did good deeds, then it would not be because he was acting toward them in a way that they did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_7","075_11_7","ROM","11","7","7","Since God chose only some people of Israel, this is what I conclude: RHQ Most of the people of Israel did not find the way for him to erase the record of their sins, even though some of them were earnestly looking for it. The people of Israel whom God had chosen found it, but the rest of them were {God} made spiritually insensitive/unresponsive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_8","075_11_8","ROM","11","8","8","Our fellow Jews are just like the ones about whom Isaiah wrote, God ◄caused their senses to be dull/made them unable to think clearly►. Up to this very day, they have eyes but they cannot see spiritually MET. They have ears, but they cannot understand spiritually what they hear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_9","075_11_9","ROM","11","9","9","And they remind me of what King David said, when he asked God to cause his enemies’ senses to be dull MET, Make them stupid MTY, like animals that are caught in snares! May they feel secure because of the things that they enjoy but which will catch them like a trap DOU, MET, with the result that you will destroy them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_10","075_11_10","ROM","11","10","10","May their ability to perceive danger be dulled {Dull their ability to perceive spiritually} MET, with the result that they will not become alarmed MET when there is danger. May you cause them to carry heavy loads on their backs continually as slaves do MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_11","075_11_11","ROM","11","11","11","Perhaps someone will ask, “When the Jews sinned by not believing in Christ, did it result in their separating themselves from God permanently?” Then I would reply, No, they have certainly not separated themselves from God permanently! What is happening is that because they sinned, God is saving non-Jews in order to cause the Jews to envy the way he blesses non-Jews and so ask Christ to save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_12","075_11_12","ROM","11","12","12","When the Jews sinned (OR, rejected Christ), the result was that God abundantly blessed other people in MTY the world by offering them the opportunity to believe. And when the Jews failed spiritually, the result was that God abundantly blessed the non-Jews. Since that is true, think how wonderful it will be when the complete number of the Jews whom God has chosen will believe in Christ RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_13","075_11_13","ROM","11","13","13","Now it is to you non-Jews that I am saying what follows. I am the one who is the apostle to non-Jews, and I highly esteem this work that God appointed me to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_14","075_11_14","ROM","11","14","14","But I also hope that by my labors I will make my fellow Jews ◄jealous/want what you non-Jews have►, with the result that some of them will believe and be saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_15","075_11_15","ROM","11","15","15","God has rejected most of my fellow Jews because they refused to believe, with the result that he reconciled many other people in the world MTY to himself. But he will accept my fellow Jews again when they trust in Christ! And ◄this is what the result will be./do you know what the result will be?► RHQ It will be as though God is making them alive again after they have been dead! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_16","075_11_16","ROM","11","16","16","Just like the whole lump of dough will belong to God if people offer to God MET the bread baked from the first part of it MET, so the Jews will belong to God because their ancestors belonged to God. And just like the branches of a tree will be good if the roots are good MET, so the descendants of our great Jewish ancestors who belonged to God will also some day belong to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_17","075_11_17","ROM","11","17","17","God has rejected many of the Jews MET, like branches of a tree are broken off {like people break off dead branches of a tree}. And each of you non-Jews whom God has accepted is like MET a branch of a wild/uncultivated olive tree that was {that someone} grafted among the branches (OR, onto one of the branches) that were left on a cultivated olive tree. God has caused you to benefit from how he blessed our(exc) first Jewish ancestors, as branches benefit from the nutritious sap from the roots of a cultivated olive tree MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_18","075_11_18","ROM","11","18","18","However, you non-Jews must not despise the Jews whom God rejected MET, who are like the branches that were broken off from the tree If any of you wants to boast about having received blessings from God, remember this: Branches do not nourish the roots. Instead the roots nourish the branches MET. Similarly, you are blessed by God because of what you have received from the Jews! It is not what the Jews have received from you that blesses them MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_19","075_11_19","ROM","11","19","19","If one of you then says, “God rejected the Jews MET like branches MET that are broken {that people broke} off a tree and rejected, in order that he might accept us non-Jews, as branches MET of a tree are grafted in {as people graft in branches of a tree},” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_20","075_11_20","ROM","11","20","20","I would reply that this is true. However, it is because the Jews did not believe in Christ that they were rejected MET {that God rejected MET them}. As for you, it is only because you believe in Christ that God has accepted you! So do not any of you become proud, but instead beware of what could happen to you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_21","075_11_21","ROM","11","21","21","Since God did not spare the unbelieving Jews MET who were like a tree’s natural branches, he will not spare any of you if you do not keep trusting in him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_22","075_11_22","ROM","11","22","22","Note then, that God acts kindly, but he also acts severely. He has acted severely toward the Jews who have stopped trusting in him. On the other hand, he acts kindly toward each of you non-Jews only if you continue to appreciate his acting kindly toward you. However, you will be rejected {he will reject you} if you do not keep trusting in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_23","075_11_23","ROM","11","23","23","And if the Jews believe in Christ LIT, God also will reunite them to himself as branches are grafted {as people graft branches} into a tree again, because God is able to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_24","075_11_24","ROM","11","24","24","Each of you non-Jews who were previously separated from God has benefited from the ways in which God blessed the Jews MET. That is like taking branches that have been cut {that someone has cut} from a wild olive tree that just grew without being planted {someone planting it} and, contrary to what people usually do, grafting them into a cultivated olive tree. So God will much more readily receive back the Jews because they belonged to him before MET! That will be like the original branches that had been cut off being grafted {like grafting the original branches that someone cut off,} back into the olive tree to which they originally belonged! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_25","075_11_25","ROM","11","25","25","My non-Jewish fellow believers, I certainly want you to understand LIT this truth that God has now revealed about my fellow Jews who are refusing to believe. You should not proudly think that God now favors you more than the Jews (OR, that you understand God’s further plans for the Jews). Many people of Israel will continue to be stubborn until all the non-Jews whom God has chosen have believed in Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_26","075_11_26","ROM","11","26","26","And then all HYP the people of Israel will be saved {God will save all HYP the people of Israel}. Then these words that are written {that a prophet wrote} in the Scriptures will ◄become true/be fulfilled►: The one who sets his people free will originate from the place where God dwells (OR, from the Jews) MTY. Then he will remove the guilt of the Israelite people (OR, descendants of Jacob) MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_27","075_11_27","ROM","11","27","27","And as God says, The contract that I will make with them is that I will forgive their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_28","075_11_28","ROM","11","28","28","With regard to the Jews rejecting the good message about Christ, God treats them as enemies, which has benefited you non-Jews. But in regard to their being the people whom God chose, God still loves them because of what he promised their ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_29","075_11_29","ROM","11","29","29","He still loves them, because he never changed his mind about the privileges/blessings he gave to them and about his choosing them to be his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_30","075_11_30","ROM","11","30","30","You non-Jews once disobeyed God, but now he has acted mercifully towards you because the Jews disobeyed him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_31","075_11_31","ROM","11","31","31","Now the Jews have disobeyed God. The result is that by the very same way in which he acted mercifully towards you, he will act mercifully towards them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_32","075_11_32","ROM","11","32","32","God has declared and proved that all people, both Jews and non-Jews MET, disobey ◄him/his laws►. He has declared that because he wants to act mercifully towards us all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_33","075_11_33","ROM","11","33","33","I marvel how vast and great are the wise things that God has done and what he has always known DOU! We are completely unable to understand the things that he has decided and the ways in which he acts toward us DOU! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_34","075_11_34","ROM","11","34","34","I remember the Scriptures that say, ◄No one has known what the Lord thinks./Who has known what the Lord thinks?► RHQ ◄Absolutely no one has given him advice about what he should do!/Who has advised him about what he should do?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_35","075_11_35","ROM","11","35","35","And, ◄No one has given anything to God that he did not previously receive from God!/Has anyone given anything to God that he did not previously receive from God?► RHQ So God ◄is not obligated to/does not have to► pay back anything to anyone! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM11_36","075_11_36","ROM","11","36","36","God is the one who created all things. He is also the one who sustains all things. The reason that he created them was that everything he created might praise him. May all people honor him forever! ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_1","075_12_1","ROM","12","1","1","My fellow believers, since God has acted mercifully toward you in so many ways, I appeal to all of you that you present yourselves SYN to him by making yourselves like holy sacrifices MET. Make yourselves sacrifices that he is pleased with, sacrifices that are living/alive, not ones that are dead/killed. Since God has done so much for you/us, this is the only appropriate way to serve him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_2","075_12_2","ROM","12","2","2","Do not let anything non-Christian determine how you should act. Instead, let God change your way of life by making your way of thinking new, in order that you may know what he wants you to do. That is, you will know what is good, and you will know what pleases God, and you will know how to be all that he wants you to be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_3","075_12_3","ROM","12","3","3","Because God has kindly appointed me to be his apostle, which I did not deserve, I say this to every one of you: Do not think about yourselves more highly than what is right for you to think! Instead, think about yourselves in a sensible way that corresponds to the abilities that God has given you because you trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_4","075_12_4","ROM","12","4","4","Although a person has one body, it consists of many parts. All of the parts are needed for the body, but they do not all function the same way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_5","075_12_5","ROM","12","5","5","Similarly we, although we are many, are united into one group because of our relationship with Christ, and we belong to one another. So no one should act as though he is needed by God more than others are! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_6","075_12_6","ROM","12","6","6","Instead, since each one of us can do various things that differ according to the abilities that God has given to us, we should do them diligently and cheerfully! Those whom God has enabled to speak messages from him should speak what corresponds to what they believe God told them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_7","075_12_7","ROM","12","7","7","Those whom God has enabled to serve others should do that. Those whom God has enabled to teach his truth should do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_8","075_12_8","ROM","12","8","8","Those whom God has enabled to encourage/exhort his people should do that. Those who share their goods/money with others should do it sincerely/generously. Those who lead the congregation should do it wholeheartedly. Those who help the needy should do it cheerfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_9","075_12_9","ROM","12","9","9","Love others sincerely! Hate what is evil! Continue to eagerly do what God considers to be good! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_10","075_12_10","ROM","12","10","10","Love one another as members of the same family do; and, you should be ◄the first ones/eager► to honor each other! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_11","075_12_11","ROM","12","11","11","Do not be lazy. Instead, be eager to serve the Lord God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_12","075_12_12","ROM","12","12","12","Rejoice because you are confidently awaiting what God will do for you! When you suffer, be patient! Keep praying and never give up! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_13","075_12_13","ROM","12","13","13","If any of God’s people lacks anything, share with them what you have! Readily take care of travelers who need a place to stay! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_14","075_12_14","ROM","12","14","14","Ask God to be kind to those who ◄persecute you/cause you to suffer► because you believe in Jesus! Ask him to be kind to them; do not ask him to cause bad things to happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_15","075_12_15","ROM","12","15","15","If someone is joyful, you should rejoice also! If someone is sad, you should also be sad! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_16","075_12_16","ROM","12","16","16","Desire for others what you desire for yourselves (OR, Live harmoniously with each other)! Do not do things because you want to be famous! Instead, be content to do tasks that others consider that only unimportant people do (OR, to associate with unimportant people). Do not consider yourselves wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_17","075_12_17","ROM","12","17","17","Do not do something evil to anyone who has done something evil to you. Act in a way that all people will recognize as good! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_18","075_12_18","ROM","12","18","18","Live peacefully with other people whenever it is possible, to the extent that you can influence the situation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_19","075_12_19","ROM","12","19","19","My fellow believers whom I love, do not do something evil in return when people do something evil to you! Instead, allow God to punish them MTY, because it is {someone has} written in the Scriptures that the Lord said, “‘It is my responsibility to take revenge; I am the one who will punish people who do something something evil to you DOU,’ says the Lord.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_20","075_12_20","ROM","12","20","20","Instead of doing something evil to those who have done something evil to you, do as the Scriptures teach: “If your (sg) enemies are hungry, feed them! If they are thirsty, give them something to drink! By doing that, you (sg) will cause them to feel ashamed and perhaps they will change their attitude toward you IDM.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM12_21","075_12_21","ROM","12","21","21","Do not let evil things that others have done to you overcome you (sg) by making you do evil things to them! PRS Instead, overcome the evil things that they have done by doing good deeds to them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_1","075_13_1","ROM","13","1","1","Every believer must be subject to the authorities. Remember that God is the only one who gives officials their authority. Furthermore, those officials that exist are ones who have been appointed by God {God has appointed}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_2","075_13_2","ROM","13","2","2","So whoever resists the officials is resisting what God has established. Furthermore, those who resist officials will bring on themselves from the officials the punishment that God considers fitting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_3","075_13_3","ROM","13","3","3","What rulers do is not to cause people who do good deeds to be afraid. Instead, what they do is to cause people who do evil to be afraid. So, if any of you RHQ wants to be unafraid of officials, do what is good! If you(sg) do good, they will commend you instead of punishing you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_4","075_13_4","ROM","13","4","4","It is in order to serve God by doing their work that every official exists, in order that they may benefit each of you. If any of you does what is evil, you (sg) will rightfully have reason to be afraid, because the authority that they have to punish people MTY is very real LIT! The officials exist to serve God. That is, they act as God’s agents as they punish those who do evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_5","075_13_5","ROM","13","5","5","So, it is necessary for you (pl) to be subject to officials, not only because they will punish you MTY if you disobey them, but also because you know that you should be subject to them ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_6","075_13_6","ROM","13","6","6","It is for this reason that you also pay taxes, because the officials are ones who serve God as they continually do their work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_7","075_13_7","ROM","13","7","7","Give to all the officials what you are supposed to give to them! Pay taxes to those who require that you pay taxes. Pay duties on goods to those who require that you pay those duties. Respect those who ought to be respected. Honor those who ought to be honored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_8","075_13_8","ROM","13","8","8","Pay all of your debts when you are supposed to pay them. The only thing that is like a debt that you should never stop paying is to love one another. Whoever loves others has fulfilled all that God requires in his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_9","075_13_9","ROM","13","9","9","There are many things that God commanded in his laws, such as do not commit adultery, do not murder anyone, do not steal, and do not desire anything that belongs to someone else. But the command by which they are all summed up {that includes them all} is this: Each of you must love the people with whom you come in contact, just like you (sg) love yourself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_10","075_13_10","ROM","13","10","10","If you love people with whom you come in contact PRS, you will not do any evil to them LIT. So, whoever loves others fulfills all that God’s laws require. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_11","075_13_11","ROM","13","11","11","Do what I have just told you, especially since you know the significance of the time in which we are living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active MET, like people who have awakened from sleeping MET, because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world’s pain/sin and sorrow is near. That time ◄is closer than/was not so close► when we first believed in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_12","075_13_12","ROM","13","12","12","Our time to live in this world MTY is almost ended MET, like a night that is nearly ended. The time when Christ will return MTY is near. So we must quit doing wicked deeds MET such as people do in the darkness, and we must be doing the things that will help us resist Satan/evil MET, as soldiers who put on their armor in the daytime get ready to resist their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_13","075_13_13","ROM","13","13","13","We must behave properly, as though the time when Christ will return MTY were already here. We must not participate in drunken carousing HEN. We must not commit any kind of sexual immorality MTY, DOU. We must not quarrel. We must not be jealous of other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM13_14","075_13_14","ROM","13","14","14","On the contrary, you/we should be like the Lord Jesus Christ so that others will see that we belong to him, just as people put on special clothes so that others will see what group they belong to MET. You/We should stop thinking about doing the things that your/our self-directed nature desires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_1","075_14_1","ROM","14","1","1","Accept those who are not sure whether God will permit them to do certain things some people think are wrong. But when you accept them, do not argue with them about what they think/their opinions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_2","075_14_2","ROM","14","2","2","Some people believe that they may eat all kinds of food. Others believe that God does not want them to eat certain things, so they believe that they may not eat meat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_3","075_14_3","ROM","14","3","3","Anyone who thinks that it is all right to eat all kinds of food must not despise those who think it is not all right to eat all kinds of food. Anyone who thinks it is not all right to eat all kinds of food must not ◄condemn/say that God will punish► those who think that it is all right to eat all kinds of food, because God himself has accepted those people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_4","075_14_4","ROM","14","4","4","God is the master of us all, so ◄he is the one who will decide whether those people have done wrong!/who are you to decide whether they have done wrong?► RHQ Therefore, you have no right RHQ to condemn those who eat everything, because they are also God’s servants! And just like it is the servants’ own master who accepts or condemns MTY his servants, it is God who accepts or condemns us. And believers will be accepted by the Lord {the Lord will accept believers} regardless of whether they eat meat or not, because he is able to keep them trusting in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_5","075_14_5","ROM","14","5","5","Some people regard certain days as holy and think that the other days are not holy. Other people regard all days as equally suitable for worshipping God. Each person should be fully convinced about such matters, thinking and deciding for himself and not for others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_6","075_14_6","ROM","14","6","6","As for those who believe that they should worship on a certain day of the week, it is to honor the Lord that they worship on that day. And as for those who think that it is all right to eat all kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they eat those foods, as is clear from their thanking God for the food that they eat. As for those who abstain from eating certain kinds of food, it is to honor the Lord that they do not eat those foods, and they also thank God for the food that they do eat. So doing either of those things is not wrong in itself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_7","075_14_7","ROM","14","7","7","None of us should live merely to please ourselves, and none of us should choose when or how we will die, merely to please ourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_8","075_14_8","ROM","14","8","8","While we live, it is the Lord whom we belong to and should be trying to please, and not just ourselves. And when we die, it is the Lord whom we should be trying to please. So, while we live and also when we die, we should be trying to please the Lord to whom we belong, not just ourselves, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_9","075_14_9","ROM","14","9","9","because the very purpose for which Christ died and became alive again is that he might be Lord whom all people should try to please, both of those who have already died and of those who are still living. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_10","075_14_10","ROM","14","10","10","◄It is disgraceful that you who practice certain religious regulations say that God will punish your fellow believers who do not practice those regulations!/Why do you who practice certain religious regulations say God will punish your fellow believers who do not practice such regulations?► RHQ I say this because the time will come when all of us will stand before God in order that he will say whether or not he approves MTY of what we have done. So you who do not practice such regulations, ◄should not despise your fellow believers who practice them!/why do you despise your fellow believers who practice them?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_11","075_14_11","ROM","14","11","11","We know this because it is written {a prophet/Isaiah wrote} what God has said: Everyone will bow down before me! That is as certain as the fact that I live IDM! Everyone SYN will acknowledge that because I am God, I have the right to judge and punish people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_12","075_14_12","ROM","14","12","12","So it is clear that it is God who will decide whether or not he approves of what each of us has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_13","075_14_13","ROM","14","13","13","Since it is God who will judge everyone, we must stop saying that God should punish some of our fellow believers! Instead, you/we should decide that you/we will not do anything that would be an example that might cause fellow believers to stop trusting in God DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_14","075_14_14","ROM","14","14","14","I am absolutely certain DOU because of my close relationship with (OR, my belonging to) the Lord Jesus that there is nothing that by itself is wrong to eat. But if people think it is wrong to eat something, then to them it is wrong to eat it. So you should not encourage them to eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_15","075_14_15","ROM","14","15","15","If you eat food MET that anyone for whom Christ died thinks that it is wrong to eat, that person might be encouraged {you might be encouraging that person} to do something that he believes is wrong. As a result, you might cause that fellow believer to stop trusting in God. In that way he would be ruined spiritually just because you have stopped behaving as one who loves others should behave! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_16","075_14_16","ROM","14","16","16","Similarly, do not do something that you think is good if, as a result, your fellow believer would sin and then others would speak evil of you who say that you are Christians. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_17","075_14_17","ROM","14","17","17","Letting God rule our lives MET does not mean that we must obey regulations about eating or drinking something! Instead, it means we must live righteously, act peacefully towards others, and be joyful by the power of the Holy Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_18","075_14_18","ROM","14","18","18","Those who serve Christ by acting in such ways please God, and others will also respect them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_19","075_14_19","ROM","14","19","19","So we should always eagerly try to live in a way that will cause peace among fellow Christians, and we should try to do what will help each other to mature spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_20","075_14_20","ROM","14","20","20","Do not destroy what God has done in the life of any believer just because of your eating certain kinds of food MET which that person considers wrong to eat! God permits us to eat every kind of food. But if, by your eating certain kinds of food, you encourage another person to sin by doing what he believes is wrong, you are doing wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_21","075_14_21","ROM","14","21","21","It is good neither to eat meat nor to drink wine, nor to do anything else at any time if it will cause one of your fellow believers to stop trusting in God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_22","075_14_22","ROM","14","22","22","Let God tell you what things are right for you to do, but do not try to force others to accept what you believe. God is pleased with those who do what they know is right and as a result do not feel guilty concerning what they have done, because they have done only those things that they believe are right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM14_23","075_14_23","ROM","14","23","23","But some believers are not certain that God will approve of their eating a certain kind of food. So if they eat it, they think that God will punish them. And they truly will be punished {God truly will punish them}, because they have done things that they believe are not right. Those who do anything without being certain that God considers it to be right are sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_1","075_15_1","ROM","15","1","1","Most of us are sure that God will not punish us for doing certain things that the laws and rituals God gave Moses said the Jews should not do. But we should be patient with those who are uncertain about such things, and we should not let them irritate us. We should not simply please ourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_2","075_15_2","ROM","15","2","2","Each of us should do the things that please the fellow believers with whom we come in contact, and things that will benefit them. We should do those things in order to help them mature spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_3","075_15_3","ROM","15","3","3","We should please our fellow believers, since Christ has set us an example. He did not do things to please himself. On the contrary, he tried to please God even when others insulted him. That was as it is written {as ◄someone/the Psalmist► wrote} in Scripture that the Messiah said to God: “When people insulted you (sg), it was as though they were also insulting me.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_4","075_15_4","ROM","15","4","4","And you need to remember that what was written previously {what God’s servants previously wrote} in the Scriptures, was written {they wrote} to teach us in order that we would be patient and be encouraged by reading/believing  what they wrote. If we do that, we can confidently expect God to do for us all he has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_5","075_15_5","ROM","15","5","5","God is the one who enables us to be patient and encourages us. ◄Ask/Pray to► him that he would enable you all to live harmoniously with each other, doing as Christ Jesus did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_6","075_15_6","ROM","15","6","6","Then, as you are united in what you think and say MTY, you will praise God, who is the heavenly father MET of our Lord Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_7","075_15_7","ROM","15","7","7","So I say to all of you believers at Rome, accept each other. If you do that, people will praise God as they see you behaving like Christ. Accept each other just like Christ accepted you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_8","075_15_8","ROM","15","8","8","I want you to remember that Christ helped us Jews MTY by what he did, in order to show that God ◄is faithful/does what he says he will do►. That is, his coming as our Messiah fulfilled what God promised to our Jewish ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_9","075_15_9","ROM","15","9","9","And by acting mercifully to them, he also caused non-Jews to praise him. What he has done for non-Jews fulfills what is written in the Scriptures that David said to God: “So I will praise you (sg) when I am among the non-Jews, and I will sing to you MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_10","075_15_10","ROM","15","10","10","David also wrote, “You non-Jews, rejoice with us who are God’s people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_11","075_15_11","ROM","15","11","11","And Moses wrote in the Scriptures, “Praise the Lord, all you non-Jews, and may everyone praise him DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_12","075_15_12","ROM","15","12","12","And Isaiah wrote in the Scriptures, “There will be a descendant MET of King David who will begin to rule the non-Jews. They will confidently expect him to fulfill what he has promised.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_13","075_15_13","ROM","15","13","13","God is the one who causes you to confidently expect him to do what he has promised. I pray/ask that he will cause you to be completely joyful and peaceful as you trust in him. As you do that, the Holy Spirit will enable you to more and more confidently expect to receive what God has promised you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_14","075_15_14","ROM","15","14","14","My fellow believers, I myself am completely sure that you yourselves have acted toward others in a completely good way. You have done that because you have known completely all that God wants you to know HYP, and because you are able to teach each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_15","075_15_15","ROM","15","15","15","However, I have written to you quite frankly in this letter about some things in order to remind you about those things. I have written this letter because I have been appointed by God {God has appointed me}, which I did not deserve, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_16","075_15_16","ROM","15","16","16","in order that I would work for Jesus Christ among non-Jews. God has appointed me to act like a priest as I proclaim his good message in order that he will accept the non-Jews who believe in Christ. They will be like an offering MET to God as a result of their being dedicated to him by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit dedicating them to God}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_17","075_15_17","ROM","15","17","17","It follows that, because of my relationship with (OR, because I belong to) Christ Jesus, I am happy about my work for God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_18","075_15_18","ROM","15","18","18","I will speak boldly only LIT about the work that Christ has enabled me to do. I do that work in order that non-Jews might pay attention to the message about Christ as a result of what I have said and done, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_19","075_15_19","ROM","15","19","19","specifically, by my performing many powerful miracles DOU. I have done those things as a result of God’s Spirit powerfully enabling me. As a result of doing those things, while traveling all the way around from Jerusalem to Illyricum province, I have completed my work of proclaiming the message about Christ in those places. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_20","075_15_20","ROM","15","20","20","As I proclaim that message, I am always eagerly trying to proclaim it in places where people have not already heard about Christ. I do that in order that as I work for God I might not be continuing the work for him that someone else already started MET. I do not want to be like a man who builds a house on someone else’s foundation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_21","075_15_21","ROM","15","21","21","On the contrary, I teach non-Jews, so that what happens may be like what was written {the prophet Isaiah wrote} in the Scriptures about the Messiah: “Those who did not hear about him previously will know the truth about him. Truly, those who have not heard about him will hear and understand his message DOU.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_22","075_15_22","ROM","15","22","22","Because I have attempted to preach the message about Christ in places where they have not heard about him, I have been hindered {things have hindered me} many times from being able to visit you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_23","075_15_23","ROM","15","23","23","But now there are no more places in these regions where people have not heard about Christ. Furthermore, for several years I have wanted to visit you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_24","075_15_24","ROM","15","24","24","So I hope to go/come to see you. I hope to do that as soon as I am on my way to the provinces in Spain. I hope to see you as I journey through your area, and I hope that by whatever you give me EUP you will help me on my journey to Spain. But before I go there, I want to enjoy being with you for a little while, although I would like to stay with you longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_25","075_15_25","ROM","15","25","25","But I cannot visit you now, because I am about to go to Jerusalem in order to take money EUP for God’s people there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_26","075_15_26","ROM","15","26","26","The believers in Macedonia and Achaia provinces MTY decided to contribute some money EUP for those of God’s people in Jerusalem who are poor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_27","075_15_27","ROM","15","27","27","They themselves decided to do this, but truly they owe something to God’s people in Jerusalem. The non-Jewish believers benefited spiritually from Jewish believers as a result of hearing the message about Christ from them, so the non-Jews should also help the Jewish believers in Jerusalem by giving them material things (OR, money) EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_28","075_15_28","ROM","15","28","28","So when I have finished this task by safely delivering all this money MET, EUP that the believers in Macedonia and Achaia have given, I will leave Jerusalem and visit you in Rome while I am on my way to Spain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_29","075_15_29","ROM","15","29","29","And I know that when I visit you, Christ will abundantly bless us (OR, enable me to bless you). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_30","075_15_30","ROM","15","30","30","Because we belong to our Lord Jesus Christ and because the Spirit of God causes us to love each other, I urge you all that you help me by fervently/intensely praying to God for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_31","075_15_31","ROM","15","31","31","Pray that I will be protected {that God will protect me} so that the Jews in Judea who do not believe the message about Christ will not harm me. Also pray that God’s people in Jerusalem will accept the money EUP that I take to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_32","075_15_32","ROM","15","32","32","Pray these things in order that I may go/come to you if God wants me to go/come, and that I may go/come joyfully, and that then God will refresh my spirit as a result of my visiting/being with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM15_33","075_15_33","ROM","15","33","33","I pray that God, who causes us to have inner peace, will be with all of you and will help you. ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_1","075_16_1","ROM","16","1","1","By means of this letter I am introducing and recommending to you our fellow believer Phoebe, who will be taking this letter to you. She is a deacon in the congregation in Cenchrea city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_2","075_16_2","ROM","16","2","2","I request that you receive her because of her relationship with the Lord. You should do that because those who are God’s people ought to receive their fellow believers. I am also requesting that you help her by giving her EUP whatever she needs, because she has helped many people, including me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_3","075_16_3","ROM","16","3","3","Tell Priscilla and her husband Aquila that I ◄send greetings to/am thinking fondly of► them. They worked with me for Christ Jesus, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_4","075_16_4","ROM","16","4","4","and they were even willing to die IDM in order to save my life. It is not only I who thank them for helping me, but the people in all HYP the non-Jewish congregations also thank them for saving my life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_5","075_16_5","ROM","16","5","5","Also tell the congregation that meets in their house that I ◄send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of► them. Tell my dear friend Epaenetus the same thing. He is the first man in Asia province who believed in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_6","075_16_6","ROM","16","6","6","Tell Mary, who has worked hard for Christ in order to help you, that I ◄send my greetings to/am thinking fondly of► her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_7","075_16_7","ROM","16","7","7","Tell the same thing to Andronicus and his wife Junia (OR, and his sister Junia) who are my fellow Jews and who were also previously in prison with me. They are well-known/respected (OR, respected by the) apostles, and they became Christians before I did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_8","075_16_8","ROM","16","8","8","I also send my greetings to Ampliatus, who is a dear friend because of his relationship with the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_9","075_16_9","ROM","16","9","9","I also send my greetings to Urbanus, who works for Christ with us, and to my dear friend Stachys. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_10","075_16_10","ROM","16","10","10","I also send my greetings to Apelles, whom Christ has approved because Apelles successfully endured trials. Tell the believers who live in the house of Aristobulus that I send my greetings to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_11","075_16_11","ROM","16","11","11","Also tell Herodion, who is my fellow Jew, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to those who live in the house of Narcissus who belong to the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_12","075_16_12","ROM","16","12","12","Tell the same thing to Tryphaena and her sister Tryphosa, who work hard for the Lord. I also send my greetings to Persis. We all love her and she has worked very hard for the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_13","075_16_13","ROM","16","13","13","Tell Rufus, who is an outstanding Christian, that I send my greetings to him. Tell the same thing to his mother, who has treated me as though I were her son MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_14","075_16_14","ROM","16","14","14","Tell Asyncritus and Phlegon and Hermes and Patrobas and Hermas and the fellow believers who meet with them that I am sending my greetings to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_15","075_16_15","ROM","16","15","15","I also send my greetings to Philologus, to his wife Julia (OR, his sister Julia), to Nereus and his sister, and to Olympas, and to all God’s people who meet with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_16","075_16_16","ROM","16","16","16","Greet one another affectionately, but in a pure way, when you gather together. The believers in all the Christian congregations HYP in this area ◄send their greetings to/say they are thinking fondly of► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_17","075_16_17","ROM","16","17","17","My fellow believers, I exhort you that you beware of those people who are causing divisions among you and who cause people to turn away from God MTY because they teach things that are contrary to the message about Christ that you have learned (OR, that others taught you). Keep away from such people! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_18","075_16_18","ROM","16","18","18","They do not serve our Lord Christ! On the contrary, they only want to satisfy their own desires MTY! Also, by all the eloquent things that they say DOU they deceive those people who do not realize that their teaching is false. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_19","075_16_19","ROM","16","19","19","Believers everywhere know that you have paid attention to the good message about Christ, with the result that I rejoice about you. But I also want you to be wise, with the result that you do what is good. I also want you to avoid doing what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_20","075_16_20","ROM","16","20","20","If you avoid people who teach what is false, what will soon happen MET will be as though God, who causes us to be peaceful, will be crushing Satan under your feet! I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly towards you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_21","075_16_21","ROM","16","21","21","Timothy, who works with me, and Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, who are my fellow Jews, want you to know that they are ◄sending their greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_22","075_16_22","ROM","16","22","22","I, Tertius, one who belongs to the Lord, also want you to know that I am ◄sending my greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. I am writing this letter as Paul tells me what to write for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_23","075_16_23","ROM","16","23","24","I, Paul, am staying in the house of Gaius, and the whole congregation here meets in his house. He also wants you to know that he is ◄sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. Erastus, the treasurer of this city, also wants you to know that he is ◄sending his greetings to/thinking fondly of► you. Our fellow believer Quartus also ◄sends his greetings to you./says he is thinking fondly of you.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_25","075_16_25","ROM","16","25","25","As I proclaim the good message about Jesus Christ, I tell about God, the one who is able to strengthen you spiritually. I also proclaim the truth that was not revealed {which God did not reveal} in all previous ages/times ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_26","075_16_26","ROM","16","26","26","but which has now been {which he has now} revealed. I, along with others, have proclaimed what the prophets wrote about Christ. We are doing what the eternal God commanded us(exc)/me to do. We want people in all ethnic groups to know Christ so that they can believe in him and obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RM16_27","075_16_27","ROM","16","27","27","I desire that by Jesus Christ enabling us, we will forever praise the one who alone is God, who alone is truly wise. ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_1","076_1_1","1CO","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter. Sosthenes, our fellow believer, is with me as I write it. God appointed me to be an apostle of Christ Jesus because that is what God desired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_2","076_1_2","1CO","1","2","2","I am sending this letter to all you who are God’s believers in Corinth city. You have been set apart by God {God has set you apart} for himself because ◄of your close relationship with/you belong to► Christ Jesus. God has appointed you to be his people and to live in a morally pure way, just like he has appointed all the people everywhere who belong to him to live in a morally pure way. You and they have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ MTY. He is their sovereign Lord as well as the sovereign Lord of all of us (inc) who have trusted in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_3","076_1_3","1CO","1","3","3","We (exc) desire that God, who is our heavenly Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our sovereign Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to experience inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_4","076_1_4","1CO","1","4","4","I very often HYP thank God for you because he has acted toward you kindly, acting in ways that you do not deserve. He has done this because of your ◄having a close relationship with/being united to► Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_5","076_1_5","1CO","1","5","5","That is, God has HYP helped you spiritually very much because of your ◄having a close relationship with/being united to► Christ. Specifically, God has very much HYP enabled you to speak messages that his Spirit revealed to you, and he has very much enabled you to know many things HYP that his Spirit revealed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_6","076_1_6","1CO","1","6","6","In that way, he confirmed to you that what we (exc) proclaimed about Christ is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_7","076_1_7","1CO","1","7","7","As a result, while you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to return, within your group you truly have LIT every ability that God’s Spirit gives to believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_8","076_1_8","1CO","1","8","8","God will also cause you to steadfastly trust Christ to the very end of your lives EUP. The result will be that God will not consider you guilty of any sin when our Lord Jesus Christ returns to earth MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_9","076_1_9","1CO","1","9","9","You can depend on God to do that. He is the one who chose you to become intimately associated with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_10","076_1_10","1CO","1","10","10","My fellow believers, by the authority of MTY our Lord Jesus Christ, I urgently appeal to all of you to agree with one another. What I mean is, stop dividing into groups. Instead, be united MET concerning what you understand about spiritual matters,, and be united in what you decide. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_11","076_1_11","1CO","1","11","11","My fellow believers, I urge this because some members of Chloe’s household have told me that you are quarreling among yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_12","076_1_12","1CO","1","12","12","That is, some of you say, “Paul is the one to whom we are loyal,” and others say, “Peter is the one to whom we are loyal,” and still others say, “Christ is the one to whom we are loyal.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_13","076_1_13","1CO","1","13","13","It is ridiculous that RHQ you are quarreling and dividing up into groups instead of being loyal to Christ alone. Christ certainly has not divided himself into parts and distributed those parts out to groups of people who oppose each other! MET, RHQ I, Paul, certainly did not die on the cross for you! RHQ When you were baptized {When someone baptized you}, you certainly did not promise that you were submitting to me! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_14","076_1_14","1CO","1","14","14","I thank God that Crispus and Gaius were the only ones from among you whom I baptized. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_15","076_1_15","1CO","1","15","15","As a result, no one there in Corinth except those two can say, “Paul baptized me so that I would become ◄his disciple/submissive to him►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_16","076_1_16","1CO","1","16","16","Now I remember that I also baptized the household of Stephanas, but I do not remember baptizing anyone else there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_17","076_1_17","1CO","1","17","17","Christ sent me not primarily to baptize people but to preach the good message about him. When I do that, he does not want me to use words that human philosophers consider wise IRO. I do not want the message about what he accomplished when he was nailed to the cross MTY to lose its power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_18","076_1_18","1CO","1","18","18","Those who are perishing spiritually because they do not believe that message consider that the message about what Christ accomplished when he was nailed to the cross MTY is foolish. But to us who are being saved {whom God is saving} spiritually because we believe that message, it demonstrates that God acts powerfully in order to save us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_19","076_1_19","1CO","1","19","19","It is like what God said that a prophet wrote long ago, By the things that I will do, I will show that the ideas of those who think IRO they are wise are completely useless. I will ignore the ideas that they think are IRO so smart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_20","076_1_20","1CO","1","20","20","So, do you know what God thinks about what RHQ people who IRO consider themselves to be wise and scholars and philosophers say? He does not pay attention to what they say, because RHQ he has shown clearly that what unbelievers think is IRO wise is not wise at all, but is really foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_21","076_1_21","1CO","1","21","21","God, acting very wisely, made it impossible for unbelievers to know God by doing what they thought was IRO wise. Instead, he was happy to save those who trust in Christ as the result of their hearing the message that was proclaimed to them, a message that others consider to be foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_22","076_1_22","1CO","1","22","22","The Jews want people to prove, by performing miracles, that their message is true. The non-Jews want to hear only messages consisting of talk that they consider to be very wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_23","076_1_23","1CO","1","23","23","As for us, we proclaim the message about what Christ accomplished for us when he was nailed {when they nailed him} to the cross. That message offends Jews because they do not think that the Messiah will die, and non-Jews think it is IRO a foolish message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_24","076_1_24","1CO","1","24","24","But to us whom God has chosen to belong to himself, both Jews and non-Jews, that message shows that God acted powerfully and wisely by sending Christ to die for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_25","076_1_25","1CO","1","25","25","Unbelievers may think IRO that God was acting foolishly by doing that, but the truth is that he was acting more wisely than unbelievers who just think that IRO they are wise. And unbelievers may think that God was acting weakly by sending his son to die, but he was acting more powerfully than unbelievers who just think IRO that they act powerfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_26","076_1_26","1CO","1","26","26","My fellow believers, remember what kind of people you were when God chose you. Not many of you whom he chose are people whom unbelievers considered to be wise. Very few of you were considered to be important. Very few of you came from families with a high social standing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_27","076_1_27","1CO","1","27","27","Instead, it was usually those whom unbelievers considered to be foolish whom God chose. He did that in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider IRO wise. It was usually those whom unbelievers considered IRO unimportant whom God chose, in order to shame/discredit those whom unbelievers consider important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_28","076_1_28","1CO","1","28","28","It was usually those who are despised and considered {whom unbelievers despise and consider} worthless whom God chose, in order to make completely ineffective what unbelievers consider to be important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_29","076_1_29","1CO","1","29","29","He did that in order that no one could boast to God about being wise or important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_30","076_1_30","1CO","1","30","30","It is because of what God has done that you ◄have a close relationship with/belong to► Christ Jesus. God put into effect his wise plan to save us by what Christ did for us. As a result of what Christ did, God erases the record of our sins, sets us apart for himself, and frees us from our being guilty for our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C11_31","076_1_31","1CO","1","31","31","So, it is the Lord whom we should boast about, not about one spiritual leader being better than another. We should do as ◄a prophet/Jeremiah► wrote in the Scriptures that we should do: Those who boast should boast only about what the Lord has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_1","076_2_1","1CO","2","1","1","My fellow believers, when I came to you, I proclaimed to you the message that God had revealed to me. But I did not proclaim it using eloquent words that would make people think highly of me, nor did I argue in a way that unbelievers would think was very wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_2","076_2_2","1CO","2","2","2","I did that because I decided that I would speak only about Jesus Christ. Specifically, I told you what he accomplished for us when he was killed by being nailed {when they killed him by nailing him} to a cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_3","076_2_3","1CO","2","3","3","Furthermore, when I was with you, I felt that I was not adequate to do what Christ wanted me to do. I was afraid that I would not be able to do it, and because of that I was trembling very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_4","076_2_4","1CO","2","4","4","When I taught you and preached to you, I did not speak words that unbelievers would consider IRO wise in order to convince them that my message was true. Instead, God’s Spirit showed that it was true by enabling me to powerfully perform miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_5","076_2_5","1CO","2","5","5","I taught and preached that way in order that you might believe my message, not because you heard words that people considered to be IRO wise, but because you recognized God’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_6","076_2_6","1CO","2","6","6","I do teach a message that people who are spiritually mature consider to be wise. But I do not teach a message that unbelievers consider to be wise. I also do not teach a message that unbelieving rulers in the world consider to be wise. What they think about it does not matter, because some day ◄they will lose their power/not be ruling any more►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_7","076_2_7","1CO","2","7","7","Instead, I teach about what God planned wisely long ago. It is something that people did not know about previously because God did not reveal it previously. But God determined before he created the world that he would greatly benefit us by his wise plan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_8","076_2_8","1CO","2","8","8","None of those who rule this world knew that wise plan. If they had known it, they would not have nailed our wonderful Lord to the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_9","076_2_9","1CO","2","9","9","But we believers need to remember these words that a prophet wrote in the Scriptures: Things that no one has ever seen, things that no one ever heard, things that no one ever thought could happen, those are the things that God has prepared for those who love him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_10","076_2_10","1CO","2","10","10","God has caused his Spirit to reveal those things to us (inc) believers. His Spirit can do that because he knows thoroughly the meaning of all things. He even knows the things about God that are very difficult to understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_11","076_2_11","1CO","2","11","11","Only a person himself (OR, a person’s spirit) knows what he is thinking. Similarly, only God’s Spirit knows what God is thinking. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_12","076_2_12","1CO","2","12","12","It was not the ideas that unbelievers teach that we accepted. Instead, it was the Spirit who came from God that we received, in order that we might know the things that God has freely done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_13","076_2_13","1CO","2","13","13","Those are the things that I tell you about. As I do that, I do not tell you things that someone whom others thought was IRO wise taught me. Instead, I tell you truths that God’s Spirit taught me, and I explain those spiritual truths to people whose thinking is guided by God’s Spirit (OR, I teach spiritual truths to spiritual people). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_14","076_2_14","1CO","2","14","14","Those who are unbelievers reject the truths that God’s Spirit teaches us (inc), because they consider those truths to be foolish. They cannot understand them, because it is God’s Spirit who enables us to evaluate those truths correctly, and those people do not have God’s Spirit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_15","076_2_15","1CO","2","15","15","We who have God’s Spirit can judge correctly the value of all truths that the Spirit reveals, but unbelievers cannot evaluate us correctly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C12_16","076_2_16","1CO","2","16","16","As one of our prophets wrote: No human RHQ has known what the Lord is thinking. No human RHQ is able to instruct him. But we believers are able to think about things MTY in the way that Christ thinks about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_1","076_3_1","1CO","3","1","1","My fellow believers, when I was with you previously, I was not able to teach you as I would teach people who are controlled by the Holy Spirit {whom the Holy Spirit controls}. Instead, I had to teach you as I would teach people whom their self-directed nature controls. I taught very simple concepts to you who had recently believed in Christ, as a parent would speak very simple words to a baby. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_2","076_3_2","1CO","3","2","2","I did not teach you things that were difficult for you to understand, just like a woman does not give her baby solid food that the baby cannot chew and digest. And just like a woman ◄gives her baby milk/breast-feeds her baby►, I taught you simple spiritual concepts, because at that time you were not able to understand difficult things. And you are still not able to understand difficult concepts, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_3","076_3_3","1CO","3","3","3","because you are still controlled by your self-directed nature. Some of you are jealous and quarreling. ◄That shows that your self-directed nature is controlling you!/Does not that prove your self-directed nature is controlling you?► RHQ It shows that you are acting like unbelievers act. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_4","076_3_4","1CO","3","4","4","By some of you saying, “I am loyal to Paul,” and others saying, “I am loyal to Apollos,” ◄you show that you are acting like unbelievers./does not it show that you are acting like unbelievers?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_5","076_3_5","1CO","3","5","5","So what you really ought to think about Apollos and me RHQ is that we(dl) are merely men who serve God. As a result of our telling you the message about Christ, you trusted in him. Both of us (dl) are merely doing the work that the Lord appointed us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_6","076_3_6","1CO","3","6","6","I was the first one who preached God’s message to you. I was like MET someone who plants seeds. Later, Apollos taught you more of God’s message. That was like MET someone who waters plants after they start to grow. But it is God who enables people to grow spiritually, just like he is the one who causes plants to grow. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_7","076_3_7","1CO","3","7","7","So the person who first preaches God’s message to people is not important, and the person who later teaches people more of God’s message is not important, just like MET it is not the person who plants the seeds or the person who waters the plants who is important. Instead, it is God, who causes plants to grow and who causes people to grow spiritually, who is important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_8","076_3_8","1CO","3","8","8","The person who first preaches God’s message to people and the one who later teaches them more of God’s message MET both ◄are trying to reach the same goal/have the same purpose►. And God will reward each of them according to how they served him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_9","076_3_9","1CO","3","9","9","Remember that Apollos and I are both working together for God. You do not belong to us. Just like a field belongs to its owner, not to those who work in it, you belong to God, not to us who work for him. 1 Corinthians 3:9b-15 Also, a house belongs to its owner. It does not belong to the man who built it. Similarly, God is the one to whom you belong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_10","076_3_10","1CO","3","10","10","Just like a skilled person puts a foundation in the ground before he builds a house, as a result of God kindly helping me MET, I was the first one who declared the message about Christ to you. And, just like others build a house on its foundation, there were others who later taught you more about Christ. But just like each person who builds a house must be careful about what materials he uses to build it MET, each person who teaches God’s truth must be careful about what he teaches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_11","076_3_11","1CO","3","11","11","Just like people can put in only one foundation for a house MET, there is only one message that we can give to people. That message is about Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_12","076_3_12","1CO","3","12","12","Furthermore, people can build a house on its foundation with materials that are valuable and do not burn easily, such as gold, silver, and expensive jewels. Or they could build a house with materials that are not valuable and that burn easily, such as wood, hay, and straw. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_13","076_3_13","1CO","3","13","13","Later it will become clear/evident what kind of material they used to build the house. Similarly, when people teach others God’s truth, it will later become clear what kind of things they taught. God will make that clear/evident at the time when he judges us MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_14","076_3_14","1CO","3","14","14","When a fire starts burning a house, it becomes clear whether the builders used materials in their work that will burn, or materials that will not burn. Similarly MET, when God judges us, it will be clear whether we taught others things that were long-lasting and valuable or not. If the materials that are used to build a house are materials that do not burn, the builder will receive a reward MET. Similarly, if we have taught others things that are valuable and long-lasting, God will give us a reward. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_15","076_3_15","1CO","3","15","15","If the things that we have taught are not valuable and long-lasting MET, we will not get a reward. We will be saved {God will save us} from hell, but that is all that we will get. We will be like a man who escapes from a fire without saving any of his possessions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_16","076_3_16","1CO","3","16","16","You need to remember that God is present among you (pl) as he was present in the Temple in Jerusalem. RHQ God’s Spirit lives within you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_17","076_3_17","1CO","3","17","17","So, just like God will destroy anyone who tries to destroy his Temple, he will destroy anyone who destroys the unity of a congregation. He will do that because he has set you, his people, apart for himself, just like he set his Temple apart for himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_18","076_3_18","1CO","3","18","18","Some among you think that you are wise because unbelievers thought you were wise previously. Stop deceiving yourselves. If you really want to be wise, by accepting what God considers to be wise you should be willing to let unbelievers consider that you are foolish IRO. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_19","076_3_19","1CO","3","19","19","You should do that because things that unbelievers consider to be IRO wise, God considers to be foolish. We can learn from the Scriptures what God says about that: Those who think that they are IRO wise, he messes up their plans by the mistakes they make! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_20","076_3_20","1CO","3","20","20","And we can learn from these words of Scripture, The Lord considers as useless the thoughts of humans who think that they are IRO wise. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_21","076_3_21","1CO","3","21","21","So, stop boasting about how good one Christian leader is or how good another Christian leader is. All of us(exc) exist as leaders only to help you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_22","076_3_22","1CO","3","22","22","Specifically, do not boast about me, or about Apollos, or about Peter! Everything in the world exists to benefit you believers. Whether you live or whether you die, the things that are happening now or the things that will happen in the future, they are all to benefit you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C13_23","076_3_23","1CO","3","23","23","You should boast about Christ, not about your leaders, because you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_1","076_4_1","1CO","4","1","1","So, people ought to consider us apostles (OR, Apollos and me) to be merely servants of Christ. God has given to us (exc) the work of telling others the message that God has now revealed to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_2","076_4_2","1CO","4","2","2","With respect to doing that, those who are given work are required {give others some work to do require them} to do that work faithfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_3","076_4_3","1CO","4","3","3","I am not concerned whether you or the judges in some court decide whether I have done my work faithfully or not. I do not even judge myself about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_4","076_4_4","1CO","4","4","4","I do not think that I have done anything wrong, but that does not prove that I have done nothing wrong. The Lord is the one who judges me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_5","076_4_5","1CO","4","5","5","So, stop evaluating any of us (exc) before the time when God judges everyone MTY! Do not judge us before the Lord comes. He is the one who will reveal the sinful things that people have done secretly. He will even reveal what people have thought. At that time God will praise each person as each one of them deserves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_6","076_4_6","1CO","4","6","6","My fellow believers, I have told you all these things as illustrations of myself and Apollos. I have done this for your sake, in order that you may learn to live according to the saying, “Do not act contrary to what is {what they have} written in the Scriptures.” If you follow that rule, you will not be proud of one spiritual leader and despise another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_7","076_4_7","1CO","4","7","7","◄No one has made any of you superior to others!/Why do any of you think that you are superior to others?► RHQ All the abilities that you have, you received from God. RHQ So if you received them all from God, ◄you should not boast thinking, “I got these abilities from myself, not from God!”/why do you boast thinking, “I got these abilities from myself, not from God?”► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_8","076_4_8","1CO","4","8","8","It is disgusting that you act as though IRO you have already received everything that you need spiritually. You act as though IRO you were spiritually rich (OR, you had received all the spiritual gifts you need). You act as though IRO you had already begun to rule as kings with Christ. Well, I wish that you really were ruling with him, in order that we apostles might also rule with you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_9","076_4_9","1CO","4","9","9","But it seems as though God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners at the end of the victor’s parade. We (exc) are like men who have been condemned to die, who have been put in the arena where everyone can see the wild animals killing them. And not only people, but even angels all over the world are watching us, as people watch those who are performing a play in a theater. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_10","076_4_10","1CO","4","10","10","Many people consider us to be IRO fools because we preach about Christ, but you proudly think IRO that you are wise because ◄of your close relationship with/you belong to► Christ. Many people consider us IRO to be unimpressive, but you proudly think that you impress others. People respect you, but they do not respect us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_11","076_4_11","1CO","4","11","11","Up to this present time we have often been hungry. We have often been thirsty. We have ragged clothes. Often we have been beaten {others have beaten us}. We have traveled so much that we have no regular homes to live in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_12","076_4_12","1CO","4","12","12","We work very hard to earn a living. When we are cursed by people {When people curse us}, we ask God to bless them. When we are persecuted {When people cause us to suffer}, we endure it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_13","076_4_13","1CO","4","13","13","When we are slandered by people {When people slander us}, we reply kindly to them. Up to now, unbelievers consider us to be worthless MET, as though we were just garbage. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_14","076_4_14","1CO","4","14","14","I am writing this to you, not to make you feel ashamed, but instead to warn you as though you were my own dear children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_15","076_4_15","1CO","4","15","15","I say that because as an apostle of Christ Jesus I was the first one who proclaimed the good message to you. As a result, I was the one who enabled you to have eternal life. So even if there were thousands of Christians who instruct you MET, I am the only one who became like a father to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_16","076_4_16","1CO","4","16","16","So I urge you to live for Christ the way I do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_17","076_4_17","1CO","4","17","17","In order to help you do that, I have sent/will be sending Timothy to you. I love him as though he were my son. He serves the Lord faithfully. He will remind you of the way I conduct my life as one who ◄has a close relationship with/belongs to► the Lord. The way I conduct my life is the same as how I teach others to live in all the congregations to whom I have spoken. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_18","076_4_18","1CO","4","18","18","Some of you have become proud, thinking that I will not come there to rebuke your congregation about what they are doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_19","076_4_19","1CO","4","19","19","But if the Lord wants me to come, I will come to you soon. Then I will not pay any attention to what those proud people say. Instead, I will find out whether they have God’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_20","076_4_20","1CO","4","20","20","Remember that God judges whether or not we are letting him rule our lives, not by listening to how we talk, but by seeing whether his power is present ◄among us/in our lives►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C14_21","076_4_21","1CO","4","21","21","So which do you prefer? Do you want me to come to you and punish you because you have not changed your ways, or shall I come to you and act lovingly and gently toward you because you have done what I told you to do? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_1","076_5_1","1CO","5","1","1","Now I want to discuss another matter. It has been {People have} reported to me, and I believe that it is true, that some people among you have been acting in a sexually immoral way, in a way that is so bad that not even ◄pagans/people who do not know about God► act that way. People tell me that a man is living with his stepmother (OR, his father’s other wife). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_2","076_5_2","1CO","5","2","2","You should be sad about what that man is doing! He should have been expelled {You should have expelled him} from your congregation! But you have not done that, so ◄how can you be proud, thinking that you are spiritually mature?/it is disgusting that you are proud, thinking that you are spiritually mature!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_3","076_5_3","1CO","5","3","3","As for me, I have already decided how you should punish that man. And even though I am away from you, my spirit is with you, and you should do as I would do if I were there with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_4","076_5_4","1CO","5","4","4","What I have decided is that when you have gathered together with the authority MTY of our Lord Jesus, and my spirit is with you, and the power of our Lord Jesus is with you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_5","076_5_5","1CO","5","5","5","you should hand that man over to Satan. Then Satan can injure/punish his body, in order that he will turn away from his sinful behavior and his spirit will be saved on the day when the Lord returns MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_6","076_5_6","1CO","5","6","6","It is not good that, while you are letting that immoral man continue to be in your congregation, you are boasting about being spiritually mature. ◄You know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough MET into which it is put {a woman puts it}./Do you not know that a small amount of yeast affects all the bread dough MET into which it is put?► RHQ Similarly, one person who continues to sin will have a bad effect on all the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_7","076_5_7","1CO","5","7","7","So, just like we Jews expel the old yeast from our houses during the Passover celebration in order that we may have a fresh batch of dough without yeast in it MET, you must expel such evil people from your congregation. Do that so that you can truly be holy people, as I know that you really are. Remember that Christ was sacrificed {sacrificed himself} so that God could spare us from being punished for our sins, just like the Jews sacrificed lambs during the first Passover celebration so that God would spare their firstborn sons from being killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_8","076_5_8","1CO","5","8","8","So let us celebrate the fact that God has freed us from being punished us for our sins MET, just like the Jews in later years celebrated Passover to celebrate God freeing them from being slaves in Egypt. They made sure that there was no old yeast in the dough. They ate bread that had no yeast in it. Similarly, we should make sure that there are no people in our congregations MET who act maliciously toward others or act wickedly. Instead, make sure MET that all those in our congregations are ones who act sincerely and speak truthfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_9","076_5_9","1CO","5","9","9","In the previous letter that I wrote to you, I said that you should not associate with sexually immoral people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_10","076_5_10","1CO","5","10","10","I did not mean that you should not associate with unbelievers who are immoral, or who desire things that belong to others, or who ◄forcefully seize things that belong to others/are swindlers►, or who worship idols. You would have to leave this world to avoid all people like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_11","076_5_11","1CO","5","11","11","But now I am stating clearly that when I wrote, I meant that you should not associate with those who say that they are fellow believers, if they are sexually immoral or if they desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or worship idols, or slander others, or become drunk. You should not associate with people like that, and you should not even eat with them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_12","076_5_12","1CO","5","12","12","It is certainly not RHQ my business to judge people who are not believers and who do not belong to Christian congregations. But it certainly is RHQ your business to judge those who are in your congregation! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C15_13","076_5_13","1CO","5","13","13","God is the one who will judge those who are not believers. Do as the Scriptures command: “Expel the wicked person from your midst!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_1","076_6_1","1CO","6","1","1","Now another matter: When any of you believers accuses another believer about some matter, he takes that matter to judges who are not believers, for them to decide the case, instead of asking God’s people to decide it. ◄That is disgusting!/Why do you do that?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_2","076_6_2","1CO","6","2","2","I want you to know that we who are God’s people will some day judge those who are unbelievers. RHQ So, since you will be judging unbelievers, you certainly are capable of judging between believers who disagree on small matters! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_3","076_6_3","1CO","6","3","3","◄You should keep in mind that we will even judge angels!/Do you not know that we will even judge angels?► RHQ So we certainly should be able to judge about matters that relate to how we conduct our lives here on earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_4","076_6_4","1CO","6","4","4","Therefore, when you believers have a dispute, you should certainly not choose as judges to decide your case people whom the congregation cannot respect because those judges are not believers! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_5","076_6_5","1CO","6","5","5","I am saying this to make you ashamed. Surely there is someone among you who is wise enough to judge disputes between believers! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_6","076_6_6","1CO","6","6","6","But instead, some believers among you accuse other believers in a legal court. And what is worse, you let the cases be judged by unbelievers {unbelievers judge the cases}! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_7","076_6_7","1CO","6","7","7","The fact that you have any lawsuits among you shows that you have completely failed as Christians (OR, allowed Satan to defeat you). You should allow other believers to wrong you without taking them to court!! RHQ You should not accuse them when they cheat you! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_8","076_6_8","1CO","6","8","8","But what is happening is that some of you are cheating others and doing wrong to them. That is bad. But you are doing that to fellow believers, and that is worse! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_9","076_6_9","1CO","6","9","9","◄You should keep in mind that wicked people will not become members of the group over whom God will rule./Do you not know that wicked people will not become members of the group over whom God will rule?► RHQ Do not be deceived {Do not deceive yourselves} by thinking wrongly about these matters. People who are sexually immoral, or who worship idols, or who ◄commit adultery/have sex with someone to whom they are not married►, or who happily allow others to commit homosexual acts with them, or who take the initiative in committing homosexual acts, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_10","076_6_10","1CO","6","10","10","or who are thieves, or who desire and forcefully seize things that belong to others, or who are drunkards, or who slander others, or who are swindlers, will not enter the place where God rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_11","076_6_11","1CO","6","11","11","Some of you previously did things like that. But God has freed/cleansed you MET from your sinful behavior. He has set you apart for himself. He has erased the record of your sins because you trusted MTY in the Lord Jesus Christ and because of what the Spirit of our God has done for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_12","076_6_12","1CO","6","12","12","Some of you may say, “God allows us to do anything that he does not forbid.” But I would reply, “That is true, but not everything that God permits us to do helps us.” Yes, as some of you say, God permits us to do anything that he does not forbid. But as for me, I will not let anything make me its slave; that is, I will not do anything that will gain control over me in such a way that I will not be able to stop doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_13","076_6_13","1CO","6","13","13","Some of you may also say, “Food is just for us to put in the stomach, and the stomach is just for us to put food in. And since God will do away with food and stomachs when he gives us our new bodies, what we do with our bodies sexually does not affect us any more than eating food does.” But what you have concluded is wrong, because the Lord does not want us to use our bodies to do sexually immoral things. Instead, the Lord wants us to use our bodies in ways that please him. Also, the Lord wants us to do what is good for our bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_14","076_6_14","1CO","6","14","14","God, by his power, caused the Lord Jesus to live again after he died, and he will cause us to live again after we die, which shows that he is very concerned about our bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_15","076_6_15","1CO","6","15","15","You should keep in mind that your bodies belong to Christ. RHQ So, should I or any other believer RHQ take our body, which belongs to Christ, and join it sexually to a prostitute? No, certainly not! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_16","076_6_16","1CO","6","16","16","When a man has sexual relations EUP with a prostitute, it is as though their two bodies become one body. ◄You should never forget that!/Do you not know that?► RHQ What Moses wrote about people who join together sexually is, “The two of them will become as though they are one body.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_17","076_6_17","1CO","6","17","17","But anyone who is united {who joins himself} to the Lord becomes one with him spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_18","076_6_18","1CO","6","18","18","Always ◄run away from/avoid► committing sexually immoral acts. Other sins that people commit do not affect their bodies, but those who commit sexually immoral acts sin against their own bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_19","076_6_19","1CO","6","19","19","◄Keep in mind that your bodies are like MET temples of the Holy Spirit./Do you not know that your bodies are like MET temples of the Holy Spirit?► RHQ The Spirit, whom God gave you, lives within you. You do not belong to yourselves. You belong to God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C16_20","076_6_20","1CO","6","20","20","because when his Son died for you it was as though MET God paid a price for you. So honor God by how you use your bodies! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_1","076_7_1","1CO","7","1","1","Now I will reply to the things that you wrote to me about. It is good for people not to get married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_2","076_7_2","1CO","7","2","2","But because many people are committing sexual immorality, which God detests, every man should have his own wife with whom he can have sexual relations, and every woman should have her own husband with whom she can have sexual relations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_3","076_7_3","1CO","7","3","3","Every man must continue having sexual relations EUP with his wife, and every woman must continue having sexual relations with her husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_4","076_7_4","1CO","7","4","4","A man’s wife does not have the right over her own body to be the only one to decide about having sexual relations with her husband. Instead, her husband also has a right to decide about that. Similarly, a woman’s husband does not have the right over his own body to be the only one to decide about having sexual relations with his wife. Instead, his wife also has a right to decide about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_5","076_7_5","1CO","7","5","5","You may refuse to have sexual relations with each other EUP only if you both first agree to do that for a short time, in order that you may both have more time to pray. Then after that, begin having sexual relations again EUP in order that Satan will not be able to persuade you to have sex with someone else because you are unable to control your sexual desires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_6","076_7_6","1CO","7","6","6","I am telling you these things to say that God allows you to get married, but he does not say that you must get married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_7","076_7_7","1CO","7","7","7","I myself wish that all people would stay unmarried/single, as I am. But God has enabled each person to live in ways that seem right for them. He has enabled some people to live without getting married, and he has enabled other people to get married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_8","076_7_8","1CO","7","8","8","Now I want to say this to you unmarried people and to you whose spouses have died: It would be good for you to remain unmarried as I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_9","076_7_9","1CO","7","9","9","But if you cannot control your sexual desires EUP, you should get married. It is better to be married so that you can satisfy your sexual desires with your spouse than to constantly have a strong desire EUP for sexual relations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_10","076_7_10","1CO","7","10","10","And now I will give a command for believers who are married. This is not a command from me alone; it also comes from the Lord Jesus. You married women must not ◄separate from/divorce► your husbands! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_11","076_7_11","1CO","7","11","11","But if any of you do that, you must remain unmarried, or else you should be reconciled with your husband and live with him again. Similarly, men must not ◄separate from/divorce► their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_12","076_7_12","1CO","7","12","12","Now I say this to the rest of you, to those who became believers after they were married. This is what I am saying, not what the Lord has commanded. If someone has a wife who is not a believer, if she is willing to keep living with him, he must not divorce her. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_13","076_7_13","1CO","7","13","13","Similarly, if a woman has a husband who is not a believer, if he is willing to keep living with her, she must not divorce him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_14","076_7_14","1CO","7","14","14","I say that because God has set apart every woman’s unbelieving husband for himself because of his wife being a believer, and God has set apart every man’s unbelieving wife for himself because of her husband being a believer. If that were not true, God would consider their children unacceptable. But, the fact is that God does consider them acceptable to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_15","076_7_15","1CO","7","15","15","However, if a woman’s husband who is not a believer or a man’s wife who is not a believer wants to leave, let him or her do so. The husband or wife who is a believer should not force the other one to stay. God has chosen us in order that we may live peacefully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_16","076_7_16","1CO","7","16","16","You women believers should allow your unbelieving spouses to leave you if they want to, because there is no way that you can be sure that God will save your husband if you stay together RHQ (OR, perhaps God will save your husband if you stay together.) Similarly, you men who are believers, there is no way that you can be sure that God will save your wives if you stay together RHQ (OR, perhaps God will save your wives if you stay together.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_17","076_7_17","1CO","7","17","17","However, each person should continue in the status that the Lord gave him, the status that he had when the Lord called him to belong to him. That is the rule that I tell people in all the congregations where I speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_18","076_7_18","1CO","7","18","18","If a man had already been circumcised RHQ when he became a Christian, he should not try to pretend that he is not circumcised. If a man had not been circumcised RHQ before he became a Christian, he should not become circumcised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_19","076_7_19","1CO","7","19","19","You should not try to change your status that way, because it means nothing to God whether someone is circumcised or not. What is important is that we obey what God has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_20","076_7_20","1CO","7","20","20","Generally, each person should remain in the status that he had when he became a Christian. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_21","076_7_21","1CO","7","21","21","If one of you was a slave when you (sg) became a Christian RHQ, do not be concerned about it. However, if you get an opportunity to be free, do what you need to do to become free. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_22","076_7_22","1CO","7","22","22","Do not worry about your previously being a slave, because those who were slaves before they became Christians, the Lord has freed them from Satan’s control. Similarly, those who were not slaves before they became Christians, it is as though MET they are Christ’s slaves because they must do what he tells them to do MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_23","076_7_23","1CO","7","23","23","Christ paid a price to buy you when he died for you. So do not act as if you are evil people’s slaves by doing the evil things that they tell you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_24","076_7_24","1CO","7","24","24","My fellow believers, I repeat that in general each believer, being in fellowship with God, should continue in the status that he had before he became a Christian. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_25","076_7_25","1CO","7","25","25","Now I will answer your question about women who have never married. There is nothing that the Lord has commanded me to write about them, but I am writing this to tell you what I think is best, because the Lord Jesus has mercifully enabled me to say what is reliable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_26","076_7_26","1CO","7","26","26","There are a lot of distressing events happening now (OR, that will soon happen), so I think that it is better for people to remain in the marital status that they now have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_27","076_7_27","1CO","7","27","27","If any of you men are married RHQ, do not try to divorce your wife. If any of you are unmarried RHQ, do not seek a wife. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_28","076_7_28","1CO","7","28","28","But if any of you men get married, you have not committed a sin by doing that. Likewise, if an unmarried woman gets married, she has not committed a sin by doing that. However, those who get married will have many troubles, so I am urging you to remain unmarried in order that you may not experience such troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_29","076_7_29","1CO","7","29","29","My fellow believers, this is what I mean: There is not much time left before Christ returns. So, from now on those men who are married should devote themselves to serving the Lord as much as they would if they were not married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_30","076_7_30","1CO","7","30","30","Those who are sad should devote themselves to serving the Lord as much as they would if they were not sad. Those who are rejoicing should devote themselves to serving the Lord as much as they would if they were not joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_31","076_7_31","1CO","7","31","31","Those who are buying things should devote themselves to serving the Lord as much as they would if they did not possess those things. Because this world as it exists now will soon be gone, those who are actively involved in the affairs of this life should not devote all their time to be involved in those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_32","076_7_32","1CO","7","32","32","Another reason why I encourage you to remain unmarried is that I desire that none of you be anxious about the everyday affairs of this life. Unmarried men are able to be primarily concerned about serving the Lord Jesus and trying to please him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_33","076_7_33","1CO","7","33","33","But married men are often greatly concerned about the affairs of this life. Specifically, they are concerned about pleasing their wives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_34","076_7_34","1CO","7","34","34","So their thinking is divided. Unmarried women are able to be concerned about serving the Lord. They want to set apart their minds and their bodies for serving the Lord. But married women are often concerned about the affairs of this life. Specifically, they are concerned about how to please their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_35","076_7_35","1CO","7","35","35","I am telling you this for your own good. I am not saying it in order to restrict you. Instead, I am saying it in order that you may do what is proper and be able to serve the Lord without being distracted {things distracting you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_36","076_7_36","1CO","7","36","36","Some of you men have asked about your unmarried daughters. I suggest that if any man thinks that he may be treating his daughter unfairly by keeping her from marrying, and if it is already past the right time for her to get married, and if he thinks that she ought to be married, he should do what he wants to do. He should let her get married. He will not be sinning by doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_37","076_7_37","1CO","7","37","37","But if a man feels absolutely sure that it is better that his daughter not get married, and if nothing is forcing her to get married, and if he is free to do what he decides to do on the matter, if he decides that his daughter should not get married, he is doing what is right in keeping her from marrying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_38","076_7_38","1CO","7","38","38","So any man who decides that his daughter should get married is doing what is good, but if he decides that she should not get married, he is doing something even better. (OR, Some of you men have asked about the women to whom you are engaged to marry. If any man thinks that he may be treating that woman unfairly by not marrying her, and if it is already past the right time for her to get married, and if he wants to marry her very much, he should do what he wants to do. He should marry her. He will not be sinning by doing that. But if a man feels absolutely sure that it is better for him not to get married, and if nothing is forcing them to get married, if he is free to make his own decision on the matter, if he decides not to get married, he is doing what is right. So any man who decides that he should get married to the woman he is engaged to is doing what is good, but if he decides that he should not get married, he is doing something even better.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_39","076_7_39","1CO","7","39","39","Women must remain married to their husbands while their husbands are still alive. But if a woman’s husband dies, she is free to marry any unmarried man whom she wants to marry, but he must belong to the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C17_40","076_7_40","1CO","7","40","40","However, I think that she will be happier if she does not marry again. And I believe that the Spirit of God is directing me as I say that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_1","076_8_1","1CO","8","1","1","Now I will answer what you asked about us believers eating meat that has been sacrificed to idols. We know what some of you say, that God has enabled all of us to know the truth about things such as idols. But often we become proud because we say that we know all those things. But instead of being proud about what we know, we should show that we love our fellow believers by helping them to become spiritually mature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_2","076_8_2","1CO","8","2","2","Those who think that they thoroughly know something do not yet know it as they should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_3","076_8_3","1CO","8","3","3","But as for those who love God, they know that they belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_4","076_8_4","1CO","8","4","4","So I will tell you about eating meat that people have sacrificed to idols. We know that it is true, as you say, that idols are not really alive. We also know that there is only one real God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_5","076_8_5","1CO","8","5","5","It is true that there are gods whom people think live in the heavens or whom they think live on earth. Truly, there are many beings that people call gods, and whom they call lords. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_6","076_8_6","1CO","8","6","6","But for us believers there is only one real God. He is our heavenly Father who created everything. He is the one whom we worship and serve. Also, for us believers Jesus Christ is the one and only Lord. He is the one whom God caused to create everything. It is because of what he has done for us on the cross that we have spiritual life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_7","076_8_7","1CO","8","7","7","Nevertheless, some people do not understand that idols are not really alive. In the past, some among you who are believers now were accustomed to believing that idols were really alive. As a result, when they eat such meat now, they still think that it was sacrificed to an idol that is alive. They are not sure that God allows believers to eat meat that has been offered to idols. So, when they eat such meat, they think that they have sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_8","076_8_8","1CO","8","8","8","But God will not think more highly about us if we eat certain foods, or if we do not eat certain foods. That is, we are not more acceptable to God if we do not eat certain foods, nor are we more acceptable to him if we eat those foods. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_9","076_8_9","1CO","8","9","9","However, be sure that you do not do anything that God allows you to do, if by doing that you would encourage any of your fellow believers to do something that they are not sure God allows them to do. As a result, you would be causing them to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_10","076_8_10","1CO","8","10","10","For example, you know that idols are not really alive. Suppose that in a temple where they worship idols you eat food that has been sacrificed to idols. Suppose that someone who is not sure whether God allows us to eat that food sees you eating it. You would be encouraging him to eat it, too. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_11","076_8_11","1CO","8","11","11","As a result, you who know that idols are not really alive, might cause that fellow believer, one for whom Christ died, ◄to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_12","076_8_12","1CO","8","12","12","By sinning against your fellow believer by causing him to do something that he thinks God does not allow us to do, it is as though you are sinning against Christ himself! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C18_13","076_8_13","1CO","8","13","13","So if I, Paul, think that by eating a certain food I might cause a fellow believer to be ruined spiritually, I will never eat such food again. I do not want to cause any fellow believer ◄to be ruined spiritually/to stop believing in Christ►. And you should ◄do as I do/imitate my example►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_1","076_9_1","1CO","9","1","1","I am certainly free to do all the things that God allows me to do. RHQ I am an apostle. RHQ You certainly know that I have seen Jesus our Lord. RHQ It is a result of my work that you have believed in the Lord Jesus. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_2","076_9_2","1CO","9","2","2","And even though other people may think that I am not an apostle, you certainly should know that I am an apostle. Remember that your having become Christians MET as a result of my telling you about the Lord ◄confirms/shows that it is true► that I am an apostle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_3","076_9_3","1CO","9","3","3","In order to defend myself, this is what I say to those who criticize me by claiming that I do not act like an apostle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_4","076_9_4","1CO","9","4","4","As for Barnabas and me, we certainly have the right as apostles to receive from you and other congregations food and drink for our work. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_5","076_9_5","1CO","9","5","5","We have the same right that the other apostles and the Lord Jesus’ younger brothers and especially Peter have. They all take along a wife who is a believer when they travel various places in order to tell people about Christ. And they have a right that the people whom they work among will support their wives, too. So Barnabas and I certainly have those same rights. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_6","076_9_6","1CO","9","6","6","It would be ridiculous to think that Barnabas and I are the only apostles who must work to earn money to pay our expenses while we are doing God’s work! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_7","076_9_7","1CO","9","7","7","Soldiers certainly do not pay their own wages. RHQ Those who plant a vineyard would certainly eat some of the grapes when they become ripe. RHQ Those who care for sheep would certainly drink the milk from those sheep. RHQ Similarly, those who tell others about Christ certainly have a right to receive ◄financial help/food► from the people to whom they preach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_8","076_9_8","1CO","9","8","8","I am saying that, not only because people think that it is right. RHQ No, I am RHQ saying it because it is what God said in the laws that he gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_9","076_9_9","1CO","9","9","9","Moses wrote in one of those laws, “While an ox is threshing grain, you must not tie its mouth shut so that it cannot eat the grain.” ◄God was not only concerned about oxen when he gave that law./Was God only concerned about oxen when he gave that law?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_10","076_9_10","1CO","9","10","10","No, he was RHQ concerned about us, also! Yes, God caused Moses to write those words because he is concerned about us! Those who plow the ground confidently expect to eat some of the crop that grows. Those who thresh grain confidently expect to eat some of the grain that they thresh. Similarly, we who proclaim the message about Christ have the right to confidently expect to receive financial help for our work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_11","076_9_11","1CO","9","11","11","And because we have proclaimed God’s message to you, we certainly have the right to receive from you the things that we need for our bodies MET! MET, RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_12","076_9_12","1CO","9","12","12","Since other people who preached to you had that right, certainly Barnabas and I have the same right. RHQ However, neither of us insisted that you give us the things that we have a right to receive from you. Instead, we were willing to endure anything in order that we not hinder anyone from believing the message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_13","076_9_13","1CO","9","13","13","You should keep in mind that the priests and servants in the Temple eat some of the food that people bring to the Temple. RHQ Specifically, the priests who work at the altar eat some of the food that the people bring to sacrifice on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_14","076_9_14","1CO","9","14","14","So the Lord has commanded that those who proclaim the good message about him should receive from those who hear that message what they need to live on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_15","076_9_15","1CO","9","15","15","However, I have not requested that you give me those things that I have a right to receive from you. Furthermore, I am writing this to you, not in order to request you to begin giving me financial help now. I would rather die than to receive help from you. I do not want anyone to prevent me from boasting about my proclaiming God’s message to you without receiving financial help from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_16","076_9_16","1CO","9","16","16","When I proclaim the message about Christ, I cannot boast about doing it, because Christ has commanded me to do it. I would be very miserable (OR, I am afraid that God would punish me) if I did not proclaim that message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_17","076_9_17","1CO","9","17","17","If I had decided by myself to proclaim it, God would reward me. But I did not decide by myself to do that. I am simply doing the work that God entrusted to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_18","076_9_18","1CO","9","18","18","So perhaps you wonder what my reward is. RHQ I will tell you. When I proclaim the good message about Christ, I do not ask people for financial help. It makes me very happy not to ask for help, and being happy is the reward I get. I do not want to use the rights that I have when I proclaim the gospel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_19","076_9_19","1CO","9","19","19","I am not obligated to do what anyone else thinks that I should do. Nevertheless, when I have been with any group of people, I have made myself do what they believed that I should do, just like a slave does what his master wants him to do. I have done that in order that I might convince more people to trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_20","076_9_20","1CO","9","20","20","Specifically, when I was with fellow Jews, I did the things that Jews think that people should do. I did that in order that I might convince some of them to trust in Christ. Although I am now not obligated to obey the Jewish laws and rituals, when I was with those who believe that they are obligated to obey those laws, I did the things that they think that people should do. I did that in order to convince some of them to trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_21","076_9_21","1CO","9","21","21","When I was with ◄non-Jews/those who do not know those laws►, I did the things that non-Jews think that people should do, in order that I might convince some of them to trust in Christ. I do not mean that I disobey God’s laws. No, I obey the things that Christ commanded us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_22","076_9_22","1CO","9","22","22","When I was with those who doubt whether God will permit them to do certain things that others ◄disapprove of/think it is not right to do►, I avoided doing those things, in order that I might convince some of them to trust in Christ. In summary, I have done all the things that the people I have been with think that others should do, in order that by every possible means I might convince some of them to trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_23","076_9_23","1CO","9","23","23","I do all these things in order that more people will believe the message about Christ, and in order that I, along with other believers, may receive the good things that God promises to give us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_24","076_9_24","1CO","9","24","24","When people run in a race, they all run, but only one of them wins the race and as a result gets a prize. You certainly know that RHQ. So, just like runners exert themselves fully to win a race MET, you should exert yourselves fully to do the things that God wants you to do, in order that you may receive the reward that God wants to give you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_25","076_9_25","1CO","9","25","25","All athletes exercise their bodies strenuously in many ways. They do that in order to receive a wreath as a reward to wear on their heads. Those wreaths fade, but we will receive a reward that will last forever LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_26","076_9_26","1CO","9","26","26","For that reason, I try hard to please God MET, like a runner who runs toward the goal LIT. I try hard to accomplish what God wants me to accomplish, like a boxer tries hard to hit his opponent, not to miss hitting him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C19_27","076_9_27","1CO","9","27","27","I beat my body to make it do what I want it to do MET, as slaves obey their masters, in order that, after I have proclaimed God’s message to others, he will not say that I do not deserve to receive a reward. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_1","076_10_1","1CO","10","1","1","My fellow believers, I want to remind you about our(exc) Jewish ancestors. They were all under the cloud by which God miraculously led them and protected them when they left Egypt with Moses. All those ancestors crossed the Red Sea after God miraculously made the water separate so that they could walk through it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_2","076_10_2","1CO","10","2","2","God caused all of them to begin to live under the authority of MTY Moses when they walked under that cloud and walked through the Red Sea. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_3","076_10_3","1CO","10","3","3","All those ancestors of ours ate the same food that God miraculously provided. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_4","076_10_4","1CO","10","4","4","They all drank water that God miraculously provided. That is, they all drank water that God miraculously made come out of the rock. That rock was a symbol of MET Christ, who went with them. So we conclude that God helped all of those people in many ways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_5","076_10_5","1CO","10","5","5","However, we also conclude that God was angry LIT with most of those people because they sinned against him. He caused almost all of them to die, and as a result their bodies were scattered in the desert. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_6","076_10_6","1CO","10","6","6","Those things that happened long ago became examples to teach us the following things: We should not desire to do evil things as those people desired to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_7","076_10_7","1CO","10","7","7","We should not worship idols as many of those people did. Remember that Moses wrote, “The people sat down. They ate and drank to honor the golden calf that they had just made. Then they got up to dance immorally.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_8","076_10_8","1CO","10","8","8","We should not have sexual relations with someone to whom we are not married, as many of them did. As a result, God punished them by causing 23,000 people to die in only one day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_9","076_10_9","1CO","10","9","9","We should not try to see how much we can sin without the Lord punishing us. Some of them did that, and as a result they died because poisonous snakes bit them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_10","076_10_10","1CO","10","10","10","We should not complain about what God does. Some of them did that, and as a result an angel destroyed them. So God will certainly punish us if we sin like they did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_11","076_10_11","1CO","10","11","11","All those things that happened to our ancestors long ago are examples for us. Moses wrote those things to warn us who are living at this time which is near the end. We are the people for whom God has done the things that he decided to do in the previous periods of time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_12","076_10_12","1CO","10","12","12","So I say this to all those who confidently think that they will always steadfastly continue to believe what God said and will never disobey what he commanded: Be careful that you (sg) do not sin when you are tempted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_13","076_10_13","1CO","10","13","13","Remember that your desires to sin are the same desires that other people have. But when you are tempted to sin, you can trust God to help you. He will not permit you to be tempted {anything to tempt you} more than you are able to resist. Instead, when you are tempted {things tempt you}, he will also provide a way for you to endure it without sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_14","076_10_14","1CO","10","14","14","So, I say to you people whom I love, avoid worshipping idols just like you would run away from anything that is dangerous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_15","076_10_15","1CO","10","15","15","It is to people who think that they are wise that I write. So, you, as wise people, judge whether what I am writing is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_16","076_10_16","1CO","10","16","16","During the Lord’s Supper, after we ask God to bless ◄the wine/the juice► in the cup, we give thanks for it and drink it. By doing that, we certainly are RHQ sharing in what Christ did for us when his blood flowed from his body when he died. During the Lord’s Supper, when we break the bread and eat it, we are certainly sharing in MTY what Christ did for us when his body suffered for us on the cross. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_17","076_10_17","1CO","10","17","17","Because it is one loaf of bread that we break and eat during the Lord’s Supper, it symbolizes that we who are many are one group, because we all eat from the one loaf. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_18","076_10_18","1CO","10","18","18","Consider what happens when the Israeli people eat the food that the priests sacrifice on the altar outside the Temple. They participate in what the priests do at MTY the altar. RHQ Similarly, if you eat food that non-believers have offered to an idol in a temple, you are participating in their worship of the idol there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_19","076_10_19","1CO","10","19","19","By saying that, I do not mean that offering food to an idol makes it anything more than just ordinary food RHQ. I do not mean that an idol is anything more than just an idol. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_20","076_10_20","1CO","10","20","20","No! Instead, I mean that what people sacrifice to idols, they are sacrificing to demons, not to God. So, if you eat food that has been sacrificed to idols, you are participating in worshipping the demons that the idols represent. And I do not want you to participate in worshipping demons! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_21","076_10_21","1CO","10","21","21","When you drink the grape juice/wine in MTY the cup at the Lord’s Supper, you cannot participate in the blessings that the Lord Jesus brought to us and at the same time drink the wine in the MTY cup that people offer to demons! When you eat at the Lord’s table, you cannot participate in the blessings the Lord provided MTY when he died for us and at the same time participate in the things that represent demons by eating food that has been sacrificed to idols ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_22","076_10_22","1CO","10","22","22","If you participate in honoring demons in that way, you will certainly make the Lord very angry RHQ! ◄Remember that you are certainly not stronger than he is./Do you think that you are stronger than he is?► RHQ Certainly not, so you will not escape his punishing you if you honor demons in that way! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_23","076_10_23","1CO","10","23","23","Some people say, “God permits believers to do anything.” But I say that not everything that people do benefits those who do it! Yes, some people say, “God permits believers to do all things.” But not everything that people do helps them to become spiritually mature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_24","076_10_24","1CO","10","24","24","No one should try to benefit only himself. Instead, each person should try to benefit other people spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_25","076_10_25","1CO","10","25","25","This is what you should do: Eat any food that is sold {that people sell} in the market. Do not ask questions to find out if that food has been offered {someone offered that food} to idols, just because you think it would be wrong to eat such food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_26","076_10_26","1CO","10","26","26","Remember that the Psalmist wrote, “Everything on the earth belongs to the Lord God because he created it!” So, food that has been offered to idols belongs to the Lord, not to the idols, and you may eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_27","076_10_27","1CO","10","27","27","If a non-believer invites you to a meal, go if you want to, and eat any food that is set {that he sets} before you. Do not ask whether it was offered to idols, just because you think that it would be wrong to eat such food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_28","076_10_28","1CO","10","28","28","But if someone says to you, “This is food that was sacrificed to an idol,” do not eat it, for the sake of the person who told that to you, and also because someone there may think that it is wrong to eat such food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_29","076_10_29","1CO","10","29","29","I do not mean that you should be concerned about whether it is all right to eat such food. What I mean is that you should be concerned about others who may think that it is wrong to eat such food. Since I know that I ◄am free/have the right► to eat such food without God punishing me, no one should RHQ say that what I am doing is wrong just because he himself thinks that it is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_30","076_10_30","1CO","10","30","30","If I thank God for the food when I eat food that has been offered to an idol, no one should criticize me for eating food for which I have thanked God RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_31","076_10_31","1CO","10","31","31","So I say to you in conclusion, when you eat food, or drink something, or do anything else, do everything in order that people will praise God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_32","076_10_32","1CO","10","32","32","Do not do anything that would hinder Jews or Greeks from becoming believers, and do not do things that would encourage members of God’s congregations to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C110_33","076_10_33","1CO","10","33","33","Do as I do. I try to please everyone in every way. I do this by not seeking to benefit myself. Instead, I try to benefit many others, in order that they may be saved {that God may save them} from the guilt of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_1","076_11_1","1CO","11","1","1","Follow my example, just like I try to follow Christ’s example. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_2","076_11_2","1CO","11","2","2","I praise you because you remember all the things that I taught you and because you follow the instructions that I gave you. You have done just like I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_3","076_11_3","1CO","11","3","3","Now, I want you to know that the one who has authority over MTY every man is Christ, and the ones who have authority over women are men (OR, their husbands), and the one who has authority over Christ is God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_4","076_11_4","1CO","11","4","4","So if any man wears a covering over his head when he prays or speaks a message God gave him, he disgraces himself SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_5","076_11_5","1CO","11","5","5","Also, if any woman does not wear a covering over her head when she prays or speaks a message that God gave her, she disgraces herself (OR, she dishonors her husband). That would be acting like SIM women who are ashamed because their heads have been shaved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_6","076_11_6","1CO","11","6","6","So, if women do not wear coverings over their heads when they pray or speak messages that God gave them, they should let someone shave their heads so that they will be ashamed. But since women are ashamed if someone cuts their hair short or shaves off their hair, they should wear coverings over their heads when they pray or speak messages that God gave them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_7","076_11_7","1CO","11","7","7","Men should not wear coverings over their heads when they pray or speak messages that God gave them, because they represent what God is like MET and they show how great God is. But women show how great men (OR, their husbands) are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_8","076_11_8","1CO","11","8","8","Remember that God intends that men have authority over women. We know that because God did not make the first man, Adam, from the first woman, Eve. Instead, he made that woman from a bone that he took from the man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_9","076_11_9","1CO","11","9","9","Also, God did not create the first man to help the woman. Instead, he created the woman to help the man. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_10","076_11_10","1CO","11","10","10","For that reason, women should wear something to cover their heads as a symbol of their being under their husbands’ MTY authority. They should also cover their heads so that the angels will see that and rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_11","076_11_11","1CO","11","11","12","However, remember that even though God created the first woman from the first man, all other men have been born from women. So men cannot be independent of women, nor can women be independent of men. But all things, including men and women, come from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_13","076_11_13","1CO","11","13","13","Consider this for yourselves: Is it proper for RHQ women to pray to God while they do not have coverings over their heads? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_14","076_11_14","1CO","11","14","14","◄Everyone senses that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair./Doesn’t everyone sense that it is disgraceful for men to have long hair?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_15","076_11_15","1CO","11","15","15","But it is very delightful if women have long hair, because God gave them long hair to be like a beautiful covering for their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_16","076_11_16","1CO","11","16","16","But whoever wants to argue with me about my saying that women should have a covering over their heads when they pray or speak a message from God should consider the fact that we apostles do not permit any other custom, and the other congregations of God do not have any other custom. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_17","076_11_17","1CO","11","17","17","Now I want to tell you about some other things. I do not praise you about them, because whenever you believers meet together, good things do not happen. Instead, bad things happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_18","076_11_18","1CO","11","18","18","First of all, people have told me that when you gather together as a group to worship God, you divide into groups that are hostile to each other. To some extent I believe that is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_19","076_11_19","1CO","11","19","19","It seems that you must divide into groups that despise each other in order that it might be clear/evident which people among you God approves of! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_20","076_11_20","1CO","11","20","20","When you gather together, you IRO eat the meal that you say is to remember the death of the Lord Jesus for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_21","076_11_21","1CO","11","21","21","But what happens when you eat is that each person eats his own meal before he thinks about sharing his food with anyone else. As a result, when the meal is over, some people are still hungry and others are drunk! So it is not a meal that honors the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_22","076_11_22","1CO","11","22","22","◄You act as though you do not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink whatever you want to!/Do you not have your own houses in which you can eat and drink whatever you want to?► RHQ Do you not realize RHQ that by acting selfishly in this way, it is God’s people whom you are despising, and it is the poor people in your group whom you are treating as though they were not important? What shall I say to you about that RHQ? Do you expect me to praise you about what you do RHQ? I certainly will not praise you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_23","076_11_23","1CO","11","23","23","The Lord taught me these things that I also taught you: During the night that Jesus was betrayed {Judas enabled the enemies of the Lord Jesus to seize him}, he took some bread. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_24","076_11_24","1CO","11","24","24","After he thanked God for it, he broke it into pieces. Then he gave it to his disciples and said, “This bread represents MET (OR, is) my body, that I am about to sacrifice for you. Eat bread in this way again and again to remember my offering myself as a sacrifice for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_25","076_11_25","1CO","11","25","25","Similarly, after they ate their meal, he took a cup MTY of wine. He thanked God for it. Then he gave it to his disciples, saying, “The wine in MTY this cup represents MET (OR, is) my blood that will flow from my body ◄to put into effect/to establish► the new agreement that God is making with people. Whenever you drink wine in this way, do it to remember that my blood flowed for you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_26","076_11_26","1CO","11","26","26","Remember that until the Lord Jesus returns to the earth, whenever you eat the bread that represents his body and drink the wine MTY that represents his blood, you are telling other people that he died for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_27","076_11_27","1CO","11","27","27","So, those who eat that bread and drink that wine MTY in a way that is not proper for those who belong to the Lord are guilty of acting in a way that is contrary to what our Lord intended when he offered his body as a sacrifice and his blood flowed when he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_28","076_11_28","1CO","11","28","28","Before any believer eats that bread and drinks that wine MTY, he should think carefully about what he is doing, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_29","076_11_29","1CO","11","29","29","because if anyone eats the bread that represents Christ’s body and drinks the wine that represents his blood without recognizing that all God’s people should be united, God will punish him for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_30","076_11_30","1CO","11","30","30","Many people in your group are weak and sick, and several have died EUP because of the way they acted when they ate that bread and drank that wine. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_31","076_11_31","1CO","11","31","31","If we would think carefully about what we are doing, God would not judge and punish us like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_32","076_11_32","1CO","11","32","32","But when the Lord judges and punishes us for acting wrongly, he disciplines us to correct us, in order that he will not need to punish us when he punishes the people who do not trust in Christ MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_33","076_11_33","1CO","11","33","33","So, my fellow believers, when you gather together to eat food to remember the Lord’s dying for you, wait until everyone has arrived so that you can find out who does not have enough food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C111_34","076_11_34","1CO","11","34","34","Those who are so hungry that they cannot wait to eat until everyone else has arrived should eat in their own homes first, in order that when you gather together God will not judge and punish them for ◄being inconsiderate of/not being concerned about► others. And when I come to Corinth I will give you instructions about other matters concerning the Lord’s Supper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_1","076_12_1","1CO","12","1","1","Now, my fellow believers, I will answer your questions about the things God’s Spirit enables believers to do. I want you to know clearly LIT about these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_2","076_12_2","1CO","12","2","2","You know that before you became Christians, various things led you to worship idols, which are unable to tell you any of God’s message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_3","076_12_3","1CO","12","3","3","So the first thing that I will tell you now is that it is not the Spirit of God who would cause anyone to say, “Jesus deserved to die,” and that the Holy Spirit is the only one who can enable anyone to say, “Jesus is truly the Lord.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_4","076_12_4","1CO","12","4","4","There are various things that God’s Spirit enables various believers to do, but it is that same Spirit who enables us to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_5","076_12_5","1CO","12","5","5","There are many different ways to serve the Lord, but it is the same Lord whom we all are serving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_6","076_12_6","1CO","12","6","6","We believers have the power to do various tasks, but it is the same God who gives all of us the power to do these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_7","076_12_7","1CO","12","7","7","God’s Spirit gives his power to each believer in order to benefit all the other believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_8","076_12_8","1CO","12","8","8","To some, the Spirit gives the ability to speak very wise messages. To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to know things that he reveals to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_9","076_12_9","1CO","12","9","9","To others, the same Spirit gives the ability to believe that God will work miracles. To others, the Spirit gives the ability to heal sick people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_10","076_12_10","1CO","12","10","10","To others, he gives the power to perform miracles. To others, he gives the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. To others, he gives the ability to tell if a message is really from God or not. To others he gives the ability to speak messages in languages MTY that they have not learned. To others, he gives the ability to tell the meaning of those messages MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_11","076_12_11","1CO","12","11","11","It is the same Spirit who gives all these abilities. He gives whatever abilities he wants to give, to whatever person he wants to give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_12","076_12_12","1CO","12","12","12","Although a person’s body has many parts, all the parts form just one body DOU. It is like that with those who belong to Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_13","076_12_13","1CO","12","13","13","When we were baptized {When people baptized us}, the one Holy Spirit caused us to become one group of believers. It does not matter whether we are Jews or non-Jews. It does not matter whether we are slaves or not slaves. When we believed in Christ, the one Spirit came to live MET within all of us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_14","076_12_14","1CO","12","14","14","Our bodies do not have only one part. They have many parts with various functions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_15","076_12_15","1CO","12","15","15","If our foot could talk and say to us, “Because I am not your hand, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_16","076_12_16","1CO","12","16","16","If our ear could talk and say, “Because I am not your eye, I am not a part of your body,” it would still be a part of our body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_17","076_12_17","1CO","12","17","17","If our body were only an eye, ◄we would not be able to hear./how could we hear?► RHQ If our body were only an ear, ◄we would not be able to smell anything!/how could we smell anything?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_18","076_12_18","1CO","12","18","18","But the truth is that God has put all the parts of our bodies together exactly as he wanted to put them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_19","076_12_19","1CO","12","19","19","If our body had only one part, it would not be a body. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_20","076_12_20","1CO","12","20","20","But the truth is that there are many parts in our body, but it is still only one body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_21","076_12_21","1CO","12","21","21","That is why if our eye could talk, it should never say to our hand, “I do not need you!” And if our head could talk, it should not say to our feet, “I do not need you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_22","076_12_22","1CO","12","22","22","Instead, the parts of our body that seem to be weaker are the ones that are absolutely necessary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_23","076_12_23","1CO","12","23","23","And the parts that we do not think highly of are the parts that we clothe carefully. And we protect carefully those parts that we do not show to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_24","076_12_24","1CO","12","24","24","The parts that are all right to show people, we do not need to protect. Instead, God, who has put all the parts of our bodies together, causes us to care for in a special way the parts that we think are less important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_25","076_12_25","1CO","12","25","25","He does that in order that all the parts of our body will work together harmoniously LIT, and so that all the parts will care for all the other parts equally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_26","076_12_26","1CO","12","26","26","If one part of our body hurts, it is as though all the parts of our body are hurting. If we pay special attention to one part of our body, it is as though all the parts of our body feel pleasure MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_27","076_12_27","1CO","12","27","27","Everything I have just said about how the parts of our bodies relate to each other applies to how all of you who belong to Christ should relate to each other. Each of you belongs to him, but you have not all been given the same abilities and work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_28","076_12_28","1CO","12","28","28","God has placed apostles in our congregations. Apostles are first in rank. Next in rank are those who speak messages which come directly from God. Next in rank are those who teach spiritual truth. Then there are those who have the power to work miracles, those who have the ability to heal sick people, those who have the ability to help others, those who have the ability to govern the affairs of the congregation, and those who have the ability to speak messages in languages MTY that they have not learned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_29","076_12_29","1CO","12","29","29","Certainly not all believers are apostles. RHQ They all do not have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. RHQ They do not all have the ability to teach spiritual truth. RHQ They do not all have the power to work miracles. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_30","076_12_30","1CO","12","30","30","They do not all have the ability to heal people. RHQ They do not all have the ability to speak messages in languages MTY they have not learned. RHQ They do not all have the ability to tell others the meaning of those messages. RHQ Certainly not! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C112_31","076_12_31","1CO","12","31","31","But you should eagerly desire to have the abilities that will help other believers the most (OR, the abilities that God considers to be the most important). But now I will tell you the best way to use the abilities that God’s Spirit has given you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_1","076_13_1","1CO","13","1","1","Supposing we could speak all the various languages MTY that people in the world speak and even speak the language that angels speak. If we did not love others, speaking those languages would be as useless as beating a brass gong or clanging cymbals together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_2","076_13_2","1CO","13","2","2","Supposing we had the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, and we could understand the plans that he has not yet revealed to others, and we could know everything about everything, and we believed in God so strongly that we could do impossible things like causing mountains to move. If we did not love others, God would consider all that to be worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_3","076_13_3","1CO","13","3","3","And supposing we would give everything that we own to poor people, and would let others kill us in order that we could boast about sacrificing our own bodies. If we did not love others, we would not get any reward from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_4","076_13_4","1CO","13","4","4","Those who PRS truly love others act patiently and kindly toward them. Those who PRS truly love others are not jealous of them, they do not boast about what they themselves have done, and are not proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_5","076_13_5","1CO","13","5","5","Those who PRS truly love others do not act in disgraceful/disrespectful ways towards them. They do not ◄act selfishly/think only of themselves and what they want►. They do not quickly become angry. They do not keep remembering the bad things that others have done to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_6","076_13_6","1CO","13","6","6","Those who PRS truly love others do not rejoice when people do evil things, but they do rejoice when people act righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_7","076_13_7","1CO","13","7","7","Those who truly love others patiently put up withthe faults of others. They do not quickly assume that others have done something bad. They confidently expect that others will act righteously. They patiently endure all their own troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_8","076_13_8","1CO","13","8","8","We should never PRS let anything stop us from continuing to love others. As for the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, some day that will come to an end. As for the ability to speak languages MTY that we have not learned, that will also come to an end some day. And as for the ability to know things that God reveals to us, that will come to an end some day because it will not be necessary any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_9","076_13_9","1CO","13","9","9","God does not reveal everything to us, and we cannot know everything that he knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_10","076_13_10","1CO","13","10","10","But when everything is perfect after Christ returns, things which are not perfect now, such as the abilities which God’s Spirit gives us, will ◄disappear/come to an end►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_11","076_13_11","1CO","13","11","11","When we were children, we talked like children talk, we thought like children think, we reasoned like children reason. But when we grew up, we got rid of our childish ways MET. Similarly, you need to get rid of your childish thinking about the abilities that the Spirit has given you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_12","076_13_12","1CO","13","12","12","In this life we do not understand everything fully. It is like MET looking at something indirectly by seeing it in a mirror. But when we get to heaven MTY, we will understand everything clearly. It will be like talking to someone face-to-face. Now we know only part of everything that God wants us to know. Then we will know everything completely, just like God knows us completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C113_13","076_13_13","1CO","13","13","13","So now there are three things that we must continue to do: To trust in God, to confidently expect to receive what he will give us, and to love others. But the greatest of those three things is loving others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_1","076_14_1","1CO","14","1","1","You must want to love others more than you want anything else. But you should also eagerly desire the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers. And you should desire most of all to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_2","076_14_2","1CO","14","2","3","I say that because those who speak messages that come directly from God are speaking in languages that they and the other believers in the congregation know, and so they are able to strengthen them spiritually and to encourage and comfort them. But those who speak in languages MTY that they have not learned are not speaking to people. Instead, they are only speaking to God. No one understands them. By the power/guidance of God’s Spirit (OR, From within their own spirit) they speak things that others do not know. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_4","076_14_4","1CO","14","4","4","Those who speak in languages that they have not learned are receiving a blessing for themselves, but those who speak messages that come directly from God are giving a blessing to all the believers in the congregation because they are speaking in a language that the congregation knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_5","076_14_5","1CO","14","5","5","I would like you all to have the ability to speak in languages MTY you have not learned. But I would like even more for you to have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God. People can speak messages in a language that they have not learned, but if there is no one there who can explain the meaning, that situation is not as helpful to the congregation as speaking messages that come directly from God in the language that the congregation knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_6","076_14_6","1CO","14","6","6","My fellow believers, suppose I came and spoke to you in a language that none of you knows and I did not explain the meaning of what I told you. Even if I told you something that God had revealed to me, or told you some message that had come directly from him, or taught you something that you needed to know, ◄that certainly would not help you!/how would that help you?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_7","076_14_7","1CO","14","7","7","It is like lifeless musical instruments, like flutes and harps for example. When they are played, if the notes are not played {if those playing those instruments do not play the notes} clearly, no one will know what tune is being played {what tune they are playing}. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_8","076_14_8","1CO","14","8","8","If someone playing the trumpet wants to signal that the soldiers should prepare to fight a battle, the soldiers certainly will not get ready if the call to battle is not played {he does not play the call to battle} clearly. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_9","076_14_9","1CO","14","9","9","It is the same with you! If you do not speak words that other people can understand, ◄no one will know what you are saying./how will anyone know what you are saying?► RHQ It will be as though you are just speaking to the air! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_10","076_14_10","1CO","14","10","10","There are many different languages in the world, and all of them convey meaning LIT to the people who know those languages. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_11","076_14_11","1CO","14","11","11","But if we do not understand the language that others are speaking, it will be as though they are foreigners to us, and we will be foreigners to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_12","076_14_12","1CO","14","12","12","So I say this to you: Because you are eager to have the abilities that God’s Spirit gives, earnestly desire those abilities that will do the most to help all the believers in the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_13","076_14_13","1CO","14","13","13","So, those who have the ability to speak in languages MTY that they have not learned should pray that God will give them the ability to explain the meaning of what they say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_14","076_14_14","1CO","14","14","14","If they pray in a language MTY that they have not learned, their spirits are praying, but they are not using their minds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_15","076_14_15","1CO","14","15","15","So I will tell you RHQ what we should do. At times we may pray, using only our spirits, in languages we have not learned. And at other times we should pray using our minds, thinking about the words that we are praying. Similarly, at times we may sing using only our spirits, using languages that we have not learned, and at other times we should sing using our minds, thinking about the words that we are singing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_16","076_14_16","1CO","14","16","16","Suppose that any one of you praises God (OR, thanks God for what he has done), using only your (sg) spirit and not using your mind. Maybe some people will be present who do not know about the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers. Because they do not know what you are saying, after you thank God, they will not RHQ know when to say “Amen!/I agree!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_17","076_14_17","1CO","14","17","17","You may be thanking God very well, but you are not helping them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_18","076_14_18","1CO","14","18","18","I thank God that I speak in languages MTY that I have not learned more than any of you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_19","076_14_19","1CO","14","19","19","But during a worship service, in order that others will understand what I am saying, I would prefer to speak five words using my mind, in order that I may teach others, rather than to speak 10,000 words in a language MTY that is not understood by the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_20","076_14_20","1CO","14","20","20","My fellow believers, stop being like little children in the way that you think about these abilities that God’s Spirit gives. Instead, think about them in a mature way. If you really want to be like little children, do as few wicked things as babies do! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_21","076_14_21","1CO","14","21","21","When the Jews long ago refused to obey God, he warned them about what would happen when he allowed their enemies to punish them. In the Scriptures it is written {the prophet Isaiah wrote} what the Lord God said about that, They didn’t listen to prophets speaking their own language, so I will send people from foreign lands to attack my people. Those foreigners will speak languages that my people do not know DOU. In that way, I will warn my people, but they will still not pay attention to what I say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_22","076_14_22","1CO","14","22","22","If we speak in languages MTY that we have not learned, unbelievers who are there will realize that the Spirit of God is truly among us. That will warn them that they need to fear God. But believers do not need such a warning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_23","076_14_23","1CO","14","23","23","Suppose during the worship service everyone started to speak in languages MTY that they have not learned. If unbelievers or people who do not know about the abilities that God’s Spirit gives to believers come in and hear that, they will surely think that you are crazy. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_24","076_14_24","1CO","14","24","24","But if an unbeliever or someone who does not know about those abilities comes in while all of you believers are one by one speaking messages that come directly from God, everything that you say will show that person that he is a sinner and that God will punish him if he does not turn from his sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_25","076_14_25","1CO","14","25","25","He will realize that God knows the evil things that he has done that, things that other people do not know. Then he will kneel down and worship God and say, “God is truly among you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_26","076_14_26","1CO","14","26","26","So, my fellow believers, I will tell you RHQ what I think that you should be doing. When you come together to worship God, some of you may have a hymn to sing. Others may have something to teach the congregation. Others may have something to say that God has revealed to them. Others may give messages in languages that they have not learned. Others will explain the meaning of those messages. Make sure that all of these things that you do will make the congregation become more mature spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_27","076_14_27","1CO","14","27","27","It is all right if two people, or at the most three people, speak in languages MTY that they have not learned. But they must speak one at a time, and someone must explain the meaning of what the others have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_28","076_14_28","1CO","14","28","28","If those who want to speak in a language that they have not learned realize that there is no one there who will be able to explain the meaning of what they will say, they should not speak in that language during the meeting. Instead, they should speak to God by themselves, somewhere else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_29","076_14_29","1CO","14","29","29","During a meeting, two or three people should speak messages that come directly from God, and others who are there should think carefully about what those people have said. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_30","076_14_30","1CO","14","30","30","If someone receives a new message directly from God while someone else is speaking, the one who is speaking should stop speaking and let the other person tell what God has revealed to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_31","076_14_31","1CO","14","31","31","You can all, one by one, speak messages that have come directly from God, in order that you can teach others and all be encouraged {encourage everyone}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_32","076_14_32","1CO","14","32","32","Those who speak messages that come directly from God are in control of their own spirits, so they can wait for their turn to speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_33","076_14_33","1CO","14","33","33","Remember that God does not desire that things be done in a disorderly way during your worship services. Instead, he desires that everything be done in an orderly way. Just like it happens in all the other congregations of believers, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_34","076_14_34","1CO","14","34","34","the women should not be permitted {do not permit the women} to interrupt the meeting by asking questions. They must keep quiet. They must be subject to their husbands. What Moses wrote PRS about how God created the first two people suggests that the women should do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_35","076_14_35","1CO","14","35","35","If they want to know more about something that a speaker said, they should ask their husbands when they get home, for it is disgraceful for women to interrupt a service by asking such questions. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_36","076_14_36","1CO","14","36","36","If you do not agree with these things that I have been telling you, remember that RHQ the message from God did not first come from you people in Corinth. Also, you are not RHQ the only ones who have heard it! Many others have heard it and accepted it, so you should not act as though you are the only believers who have heard the message from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_37","076_14_37","1CO","14","37","37","Those of you who think that you have the ability to speak messages that come directly from God, or think that you have some other ability that God’s Spirit gives, should realize that the things that I have written about in this letter are things that the Lord has commanded. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_38","076_14_38","1CO","14","38","38","But if they are not willing to accept my authority, God will not accept them (OR, they will not be accepted by the congregation). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_39","076_14_39","1CO","14","39","39","So, my fellow believers, be eager to speak messages that come directly from God, and do not prevent anyone from speaking in a language that he has not learned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C114_40","076_14_40","1CO","14","40","40","But make sure that everything that you do during the worship services is done in a proper and orderly way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_1","076_15_1","1CO","15","1","1","Now, my fellow believers, I want to remind you about the message about Christ that I preached to you. It is the message that you received and that you have continued to trust firmly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_2","076_15_2","1CO","15","2","2","If you keep on firmly believing this message that I preached to you, you will be saved {God will save you}. If you do not continue to believe it, your believing in Christ was ◄all for nothing/useless►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_3","076_15_3","1CO","15","3","3","The most important part of the message that I received from the Lord Jesus, and that I told you, was this: Christ died to take away the guilt of our sins, as the Scriptures said that he would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_4","076_15_4","1CO","15","4","4","His dead body was buried {They buried his body}. On the third day after that, God caused him to become alive again, as the Scriptures said would happen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_5","076_15_5","1CO","15","5","5","After that, Christ was seen by {appeared to} Peter. Then he appeared to eleven of the original twelve apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_6","076_15_6","1CO","15","6","6","Later he was seen by {appeared to} more than 500 of our fellow believers. Most of those are still living, but some of them have died EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_7","076_15_7","1CO","15","7","7","Then he was seen by {appeared to} his younger brother James, who became the leader of the congregation in Jerusalem. Then he appeared to all of the apostles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_8","076_15_8","1CO","15","8","8","Finally, he was seen by {appeared to} me, but I became an apostle in a way that was very unusual MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_9","076_15_9","1CO","15","9","9","The fact is, I consider that I am the least important of the apostles. I do not deserve to be an apostle, because I ◄persecuted God’s groups of believers/caused God’s groups of believers to suffer► everywhere I went. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_10","076_15_10","1CO","15","10","10","But it is because God acted kindly toward me in ways that I did not deserve that I became what I am now. And his acting kindly toward me produced a great result LIT, which is that I worked harder for Christ than all the other apostles. But it was not that I was working with my own ability. Instead, God was helping me in a way I did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_11","076_15_11","1CO","15","11","11","So it does not matter whether it was I who was preaching or whether it was the other apostles who were preaching. We all preached the same message, and that message is what you believed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_12","076_15_12","1CO","15","12","12","So now let me ask you this: Since we have all preached to you that Christ was raised again {that God caused Christ to become alive} after he died, ◄no one among you should be saying that God will not cause believers to become alive again after they die!/why do some of you say that God will not cause believers to become alive again after they die?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_13","076_15_13","1CO","15","13","13","If it is true that God will not cause anyone to become alive again, that situation would mean that Christ was not raised from the dead {he did not cause Christ to become alive again}! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_14","076_15_14","1CO","15","14","14","And if Christ was not raised from the dead {if God did not cause Christ to become alive again}, then what we preached to you was useless, and your believing in Christ is useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_15","076_15_15","1CO","15","15","15","If it is true that no one will be raised from the dead {that God will not cause anyone to become alive again after he dies}, we (exc) have been guilty of lying to you about God, because we told you that God caused Christ to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_16","076_15_16","1CO","15","16","16","But if it were really true that no one who has died will be raised {that God will not cause anyone who has died to become alive} again, then Christ was not raised {he did not cause Christ to become alive} again either! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_17","076_15_17","1CO","15","17","17","If it were true that Christ was not raised {that God did not cause Christ to become alive} again after he died, you have believed in Christ for nothing, because God will still punish you for MTY your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_18","076_15_18","1CO","15","18","18","And those people who died EUP while they were trusting in Christ will go to hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_19","076_15_19","1CO","15","19","19","In this life many of us have suffered much for Christ because we confidently expect that he will reward us in heaven. If we have confidently expected this in vain, people should pity us more than they pity anyone else! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_20","076_15_20","1CO","15","20","20","But the truth is that Christ has been raised from the dead {that God has caused Christ to live again after he had died}, and ◄that guarantees/because of that, it is certain► MET that he will also cause those believers who have died EUP to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_21","076_15_21","1CO","15","21","21","What one man, Adam, did affects us all. We all die. Similarly, what one man—Christ—did affects us(inc) all: God will cause all believers to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_22","076_15_22","1CO","15","22","22","Because of what Adam did, all of us who are descended from him die. Similarly, because of what Christ did, all of us who have a close relationship with him will be brought back to life {God will make alive all of us who have a close relationship with Christ}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_23","076_15_23","1CO","15","23","23","But we must all take our turn. God raised Christ first MET. And when Christ returns, God will cause those who belong to Christ to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_24","076_15_24","1CO","15","24","24","Then, after Christ has destroyed all DOU the evil powers that oppose God, the world will end. Then Christ will give to God, his Father, his kingdom to completely rule over it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_25","076_15_25","1CO","15","25","25","You must realize that Christ must rule here on earth until he has completely defeated MTY all his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_26","076_15_26","1CO","15","26","26","The last thing that he will get rid of is death. But he certainly will get rid of death, which is like an enemy to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_27","076_15_27","1CO","15","27","27","In the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that God will cause everything to be under Christ’s authority MTY. But it is clear that the word ‘everything’ here does not include God, because God is the one who will cause everything to be under Christ’s authority MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_28","076_15_28","1CO","15","28","28","After everything is put under the authority of God’s Son, then Christ will put himself completely under the authority of God, the one who gave him that authority. Then God will be completely in control of everything IDM, everywhere. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_29","076_15_29","1CO","15","29","29","Now think about this: Some among you are being baptized (OR, are baptizing people) on behalf of those who died before someone baptized them (OR, who died before they became believers). If, as some people say, believers will not be raised from the dead {God will not cause believers to become alive again}, ◄what is the value in those people doing that?/there is no value in those people doing that!► RHQ If God will not cause any believers to become alive again, it is senseless to be baptized {baptize anyone} on behalf of someone who has died. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_30","076_15_30","1CO","15","30","30","Furthermore, if God will not cause us believers to become alive again, it is RHQ very foolish for me and the other apostles to be constantly putting ourselves in danger because we tell people the gospel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_31","076_15_31","1CO","15","31","31","My fellow believers, every day I am in danger of being killed {people killing me}! That is as true as it is that I am pleased with you because of your close relationship with Christ Jesus our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_32","076_15_32","1CO","15","32","32","If God will not cause us believers to become alive again after we die, ◄I will receive no benefit at all from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly in Ephesus city./what will I gain from having opposed those who attacked me so strongly in Ephesus city?► RHQ They were fighting me like wild beasts! If we believers will not be raised from the dead {If God will not cause us believers to live again}, we might as well say as people often say: “Tomorrow we are going to die, so we might as well enjoy now everything that we can. We might as well feast and get drunk!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_33","076_15_33","1CO","15","33","33","Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_34","076_15_34","1CO","15","34","34","Start thinking correctly again about these matters, as you should, and stop your sinful behavior which has resulted from your wrong thinking. I say that because it seems that some among you do not know God, and as a result they are thinking wrongly. I say that to make you ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_35","076_15_35","1CO","15","35","35","But some of you are asking, “How will dead people be raised {How will God cause dead people to become alive} again? What kind of bodies will they have?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_36","076_15_36","1CO","15","36","36","Anyone who asks such questions is foolish. You know that a seed that is planted in the ground must completely change its form MET before it sprouts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_37","076_15_37","1CO","15","37","37","A seed, such as a wheat seed, is very different from the plant that sprouts from it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_38","076_15_38","1CO","15","38","38","God gives everything that lives the form that he desires. He gives each seed its own form. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_39","076_15_39","1CO","15","39","39","Similarly, people, animals, birds, and fish all have flesh, but each one has a different kind of flesh. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_40","076_15_40","1CO","15","40","40","Also, there are angelic beings in heaven (OR, stars and planets in the sky), and there are people with bodies on the earth. The angelic beings (OR, stars and planets) are beautiful in one way, and people on earth are beautiful in a different way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_41","076_15_41","1CO","15","41","41","The sun is bright in one way, and the moon is bright in a different way, and the stars are bright in a different way. And even the various stars are different from each other in how bright they are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_42","076_15_42","1CO","15","42","42","And it is the same way with our bodies. The bodies that we will have when God causes us to live again after we die will not be the same as the bodies that we have now MET. The bodies that we have now will die and decay. The new bodies that we will have will never die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_43","076_15_43","1CO","15","43","43","We despise the bodies that we have now, before we die. But our new bodies will be glorious. The bodies that we have before we die are weak. But our new bodies will be strong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_44","076_15_44","1CO","15","44","44","The bodies that we have before we die are natural bodies. But our new bodies will be ones that God’s Spirit ◄controls/gives us►. Just like there are natural bodies, there are bodies that God’s Spirit completely controls (OR, makes alive). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_45","076_15_45","1CO","15","45","45","In the Scriptures it is written {we read} that when the first man, Adam, was created, he became a living human being. Christ later also became a human being. But he is different from Adam, because he became a person who gives us spiritual life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_46","076_15_46","1CO","15","46","46","But our bodies that God’s Spirit ◄will completely control/will give us► are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_47","076_15_47","1CO","15","47","47","The first man, Adam, was created {God created the first man, Adam} from the dust of the earth. But Christ, the one who came later, came from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_48","076_15_48","1CO","15","48","48","Everyone on earth has a body like the first man on the earth had. And in heaven, everyone will have a body like Christ, the man who came from heaven, has. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_49","076_15_49","1CO","15","49","49","And just like God gave us bodies like the first man on earth had, so we believers will have bodies like Christ has, who is now in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_50","076_15_50","1CO","15","50","50","My fellow believers, I want you to know that we (inc) SYN cannot go to heaven, where God rules over everything, with our physical bodies, because our bodies cannot last forever. They will die and decay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_51","076_15_51","1CO","15","51","51","But I will tell you something that God has not revealed before: Some of us believers will not die EUP. However, all of us will be changed {God will change all of us}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_52","076_15_52","1CO","15","52","52","It will happen suddenly, as fast as someone can blink his eye MET, when we hear the sound of God’s trumpet for the last time. When we hear that trumpet, all the believers who have died will come back to life and will have bodies that are changed {that God has changed}, bodies that will never decay. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_53","076_15_53","1CO","15","53","53","And the bodies of us who are alive at that time will also be changed {And God will also change the bodies of us who are alive at that time}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into new bodies that will never die; it will be like someone MET getting rid of his old clothes and putting on new ones. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_54","076_15_54","1CO","15","54","54","When that happens, what is written {what ◄a prophet/Isaiah► wrote} in the Scriptures will come true/happen: God will completely get rid of MET death. Our dying will no longer have any power to defeat us; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_55","076_15_55","1CO","15","55","55","Death APO will not win a victory over us. Death will not be able to hurt us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_56","076_15_56","1CO","15","56","56","It is because we sin MET that we die, and it is because we have God’s laws that we know that we have sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_57","076_15_57","1CO","15","57","57","But because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done, he enables us to be free from having to obey God’s laws to be saved and to be free of being afraid to die. We should thank God for that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C115_58","076_15_58","1CO","15","58","58","So, my fellow believers whom I love, continue to hold strongly to the things that you believe. Do not let anything cause you to doubt them. Always be doing enthusiastically the work that the Lord gives you. And remember that the work that you do for the Lord is never ◄in vain/useless►, as it would be if God will not cause us to live again after we die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_1","076_16_1","1CO","16","1","1","Now I will reply to another question that you asked. You asked about the money you are collecting to send to God’s people in Jerusalem. Do what I told the congregations in Galatia to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_2","076_16_2","1CO","16","2","2","Every Sunday each of you should set aside at home some funds EUP for this purpose, in proportion to how much God has prospered you. Then you should save it up, so that when I arrive there, you will not need to collect any more money. Choose some men whom you approve of, to take this money to Jerusalem. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_3","076_16_3","1CO","16","3","3","Then, when I arrive, I will write letters stating that you have authorized these men to take the funds there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_4","076_16_4","1CO","16","4","4","And if you (OR, I) think that it is appropriate, I will go with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_5","076_16_5","1CO","16","5","5","Now I plan to travel through Macedonia province. I plan to come to visit you, but I want to go through Macedonia first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_6","076_16_6","1CO","16","6","6","Perhaps I will stay with you for a short while, or I may stay with you for the whole winter, in order that you yourselves can provide some of the things that I will need EUP for my next trip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_7","076_16_7","1CO","16","7","7","I do not want to see you just for a short time and then continue my trip. I am hoping to stay with you for a while, if the Lord Jesus allows me to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_8","076_16_8","1CO","16","8","8","But I will stay here in Ephesus city until after the Pentecost festival. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_9","076_16_9","1CO","16","9","9","I want to do that because God has given me a great opportunity MET to proclaim his good message here. As a result of my work here, God is producing great results. I also want to stay here because there are many people here who oppose my work, and I need to refute them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_10","076_16_10","1CO","16","10","10","When Timothy arrives there in Corinth, treat him respectfully LIT, because he is working for the Lord just as I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_11","076_16_11","1CO","16","11","11","Do not let anyone despise him. And when he leaves there, give him some of the things that he needs for his trip EUP here, and also ask God to bless him. I am waiting for him to come, along with the other fellow believers who have been traveling with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_12","076_16_12","1CO","16","12","12","You also asked about our fellow believer, Apollos. I urged him strongly that he should go back to you with the three fellow believers who came here from Corinth. He was not at all willing to go now, but he will go later, when he has an opportunity. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_13","076_16_13","1CO","16","13","13","Be on guard against anything that would hinder you spiritually. You have believed the true message; continue believing it firmly. Be courageous. Keep strong in your relationship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_14","076_16_14","1CO","16","14","14","Act in a loving way in everything that you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_15","076_16_15","1CO","16","15","15","You know that Stephanas and his family were the first ones there in Achaia province to believe in Christ IDM. They have devoted themselves to helping God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_16","076_16_16","1CO","16","16","16","My fellow believers, I urge you to submit yourselves to them and to people like them who do God’s work and who work hard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_17","076_16_17","1CO","16","17","17","I was glad when Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus arrived here from Corinth, because they did things for me that you were not able to do because you were not with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_18","076_16_18","1CO","16","18","18","They comforted and encouraged me SYN, and I expect that this news from me will do the same for you. You should honor them, and you should also honor others like them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_19","076_16_19","1CO","16","19","19","The congregations here in Asia province ◄send their greetings to/say that they are thinking fondly of► you. Aquila and his wife Priscilla and the congregation that meets in their house ◄send their warm greetings to/say that they are thinking fondly of► you because both they and you belong to the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_20","076_16_20","1CO","16","20","20","All your fellow believers here ◄send their greetings to/say that they are thinking of► you. Greet each other affectionately, as fellow believers should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_21","076_16_21","1CO","16","21","21","Now I, Paul, having taken the pen from the hand of my secretary, write with my own hand to say that I am thinking fondly of you/to give you my greetings. I do this to show you that this letter really comes from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_22","076_16_22","1CO","16","22","22","◄I pray that God will/May God► curse/cause bad things to happen to ◄anyone who does not love the Lord Jesus. I pray that our Lord will come soon/May our Lord come soon►! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_23","076_16_23","1CO","16","23","23","I pray that our Lord Jesus will/May our Lord Jesus ◄continue to act toward you all kindly/in ways that you do not deserve.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C116_24","076_16_24","1CO","16","24","24","I love all of you who have a close relationship with Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_1","077_1_1","2CO","1","1","1","I, Paul, who write this letter to you, became an apostle of Christ Jesus because God chose me for that. Timothy, our fellow believer, is with me. I am sending this letter to you who are God’s people in the congregations in Corinth city. I want the believers who live in other places in Achaia province to also read this letter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_2","077_1_2","2CO","1","2","2","We(exc) desire that you will experience God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ acting kindly toward you and causing you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_3","077_1_3","2CO","1","3","3","We should praise God, who is the father of our (inc) Lord Jesus Christ. He always pities us and helps us because he is like MET a father to us and we are like his children. He always encourages us (inc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_4","077_1_4","2CO","1","4","4","He has encouraged us (exc) whenever we suffered hardships. As a result, we (exc) are able to encourage others whenever they suffer hardships, just as/just like God has encouraged us (exc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_5","077_1_5","2CO","1","5","5","It is true that just like Christ suffered, we who serve him also continually suffer because we belong to him. But also, because we belong to Christ, God greatly strengthens us ◄just as/just like► God strengthened him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_6","077_1_6","2CO","1","6","6","So, whenever we (exc) experience sufferings, we learn how to encourage you when you experience sufferings. As a result, you will become more and more the kind of people God wants you to be. Whenever God strengthens us (exc) when we are suffering, he does that in order that you may see how he makes us strong when we are suffering. Then, as God encourages you in that way, you will learn to continue patiently trusting him when you suffer as we do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_7","077_1_7","2CO","1","7","7","As a result, we (exc) strongly expect that because you suffer just as/just like we do, God will encourage you ◄just as/just like► he encourages us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_8","077_1_8","2CO","1","8","8","Our fellow believers, we (exc) want you to know LIT about the trouble that we suffered in Asia province. That trouble was so very great that it was much more than we were able to endure. As a result, we (exc) thought that we would certainly die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_9","077_1_9","2CO","1","9","9","Indeed, we felt like a person feels when he has heard a judge say, “I condemn you to die/be executed MET.” But God allowed us to think that we were going to die so that we would not ◄rely on/trust in► our own strength. He wanted us instead to rely only on his strength, because he is the one who has power even to make those who have died live again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_10","077_1_10","2CO","1","10","10","And even though we (exc) were in terrible danger and were about to die, God rescued us. And he will continue to rescue us whenever we are in trouble. We confidently expect that he will continue to rescue us time after time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_11","077_1_11","2CO","1","11","11","And we are also relying on you to help us by praying for us (exc). If many people pray for us, many people will also thank God when he kindly answers those many prayers and delivers us from danger. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_12","077_1_12","2CO","1","12","12","I am happy to say that I have behaved toward all people MTY in an honest and sincere way. My conscience assures me that this is true. Especially, I have behaved toward you honestly and sincerely because that is what God wants us to do. As I have done that, my thoughts have not been the thoughts that unbelieving people MTY think are wise. Instead, I have behaved toward people only as God wants me to, depending on God to help me in ways that I do not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_13","077_1_13","2CO","1","13","13","I say that because in all my letters to you I have always written LIT clearly in a way that you can easily and completely understand when you read them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_14","077_1_14","2CO","1","14","14","Previously some of you, but not all of you, have completely understood that I am always honest and sincere with you. But I confidently expect that soon you will all be fully convinced about that. Then when the Lord Jesus MTY returns, you will all be able to say that you are pleased with me, just like I will be able to say that I am pleased with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_15","077_1_15","2CO","1","15","16","It was because I felt sure that all of you were pleased with me that I was planning to visit you on my way from here to Macedonia province. I also planned to visit you again on my way back from there, so that I could spend time with you twice, and be able to help you more, and I was hoping that you would give me things that I needed EUP for my journey to Judea province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_17","077_1_17","2CO","1","17","17","So then, even though I changed my mind later and did not do what I first planned to do, it was not because I did not have an important reason for changing my plans. Surely you do not really think that I decide what I am going to do like people who do not know God do! RHQ I am not like that. I am not a person who says to people, “Yes, certainly I will do that,” and then for no good reason changes his mind and says, “No, I will not do it.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_18","077_1_18","2CO","1","18","18","Just as surely as God always does what he says he will do, it is true that I have never said, “Yes, I will do this” when I really meant “No.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_19","077_1_19","2CO","1","19","19","I follow the example of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. When I, along with Silas and Timothy, taught you about Christ, we told you that he was not someone who said that he would do something and then did not do it. Jesus Christ never said to anyone, “Yes, I will do what you desire,” and then did not do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_20","077_1_20","2CO","1","20","20","We(inc) know that is true, because everything that God promised to do for his people, he has done completely by sending Christ to save us. That is why we say, “Yes, it is true! God has done everything that he promised to do!” And we praise him for that! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_21","077_1_21","2CO","1","21","21","Now it is only God himself who causes us (exc), as well as you, to keep on believing strongly in Christ. God is the one who chose us (inc) to belong to him and to have a close relationship with Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_22","077_1_22","2CO","1","22","22","He also sent his Holy Spirit into our (inc) lives to mark us as belonging to himself MET. Also, since he has sent his Spirit to live in us (inc), he wants us to know by this that he guarantees MET to give us every other ◄blessing/good thing► that he has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_23","077_1_23","2CO","1","23","23","So now I will tell you why I changed my mind and did not visit you as I intended to do: God himself knows that what I am telling you is true. The reason that I did not return to Corinth was so that I might not have to speak to you severely about the wrong that you had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C21_24","077_1_24","2CO","1","24","24","It is not that Silas, Timothy and I want to boss you and tell you that you must believe only what we say. Not at all! On the contrary, we (exc) are working as partners with you in order to make you happy. We do not try to force you to believe everything that we believe, because we are sure that you are continuing to trust the Lord Jesus Christ and that you are remaining firmly committed to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_1","077_2_1","2CO","2","1","1","Anyway, I definitely decided that I would not come to visit you again now. If I had come, I would have spoken severely to you again, and I would have made you unhappy as I did the last time I visited you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_2","077_2_2","2CO","2","2","2","And if I make you unhappy, I will have made unhappy the only people who can cheer me up, so ◄there will be none of you to cheer me up!/who would cheer me up?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_3","077_2_3","2CO","2","3","3","So, instead of going to visit you at that time, I wrote a letter and sent it to you. I wrote it the way I did so that you would know what you should do. Then when I come to visit you, you will not make me unhappy when you should be causing me to rejoice. I was quite sure that all of you would do what I told you to do in that letter, and because of that I would be happy and you would be happy, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_4","077_2_4","2CO","2","4","4","I wrote to you the way I did because I felt very troubled and distressed about you. I was even crying very much as I wrote. My purpose in writing was not in order to make you feel bad, but, instead, in order that you might know how deeply/much I love you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_5","077_2_5","2CO","2","5","5","Now I want to write about the man who caused all this anguish. What he did was very wrong, but I know that it has caused you much more sorrow than it has caused me, because what he did has affected all of you to some extent. I say, “to some extent,” because I do not want to say that he has done more harm than he really has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_6","077_2_6","2CO","2","6","6","Since he has now stopped sinning in that way, the punishment that nearly all of you decided was right for him has continued long enough. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_7","077_2_7","2CO","2","7","7","So now, instead of punishing him any longer, you need to forgive him and deal kindly with him. If you do not forgive him, he may become so sad that he will begin to think that you will never forgive him (OR, will stop believing in Christ). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_8","077_2_8","2CO","2","8","8","For those reasons, I beg you to forgive him and accept him into your group again, and by doing that assure him that you truly love him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_9","077_2_9","2CO","2","9","9","I feel sure that you will do as I ask, because when I wrote severely to you before, I did it to test you by finding out whether or not you really would do everything that I, as your apostle, asked you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_10","077_2_10","2CO","2","10","10","So since you obeyed what I told you before, I feel sure that now you will obey what I am writing in this letter and forgive the man, as I have done, because I indeed have forgiven him for the wrong thing that he did. Anything he needed me to forgive him for, I have forgiven, and Christ knows that I have forgiven him sincerely. I have done that mainly to help you so that you and I will again have fellowship with each other, and that you will accept him into your group again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_11","077_2_11","2CO","2","11","11","I want you to forgive him so that Satan will not be able to take advantage of the problems among us and make the situation worse. We know very well LIT that Satan is always planning to cause problems among us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_12","077_2_12","2CO","2","12","12","I will continue by telling you what I did after I wrote to you from Ephesus city. I went to Troas city in order to tell people the message about Christ. When I arrived there, I found many people who had been prepared by the Lord Jesus MET to listen to what I told them about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_13","077_2_13","2CO","2","13","13","But because my fellow believer Titus had not arrived with a report from you, I still felt very anxious and concerned about you. So, after spending only a short time at Troas, I said goodbye to the believers who were there and came here to Macedonia province to find Titus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_14","077_2_14","2CO","2","14","14","However, before I tell you any more about that, I want to thank God for what he is doing. As a great leader of fighting men causes all his prisoners to take part in his victory parade MET, God leads us who are his workers to always be victorious over Satan because of our(exc) close relationship with Christ. God causes people to come to know Jesus Christ as a result of our (exc) teaching his message. That message is like MET the smell of perfume. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_15","077_2_15","2CO","2","15","15","When we(exc) tell God’s message about Christ, it spreads out among people like the smell of perfume. Those who believe the message that we tell them are saved {Jesus Christ saves them} from the guilt of their sin. But those who reject that message will be separated from God forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_16","077_2_16","2CO","2","16","16","To those who are on the way to hell, our message is like MET a foul smell because it is about dying and being separated from God forever. But, to those on the way to heaven, the message that we teach is like a pure fragrant smell, because we tell them that they will live forever with God. As we think about that, we think ◄no one is able to do such important work for God!/how can anyone be able to do such important work for God?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C22_17","077_2_17","2CO","2","17","17","But perhaps God considers us(exc) able, because we do not work/act like so many others whom you know. They teach God’s message in a way that they think people will like, and they think that people will pay them for teaching that way. We (exc) certainly do not do that. On the contrary, as servants of Christ, and knowing that God is watching us (exc), we teach sincerely the message that God sent us to proclaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_1","077_3_1","2CO","3","1","1","As I write these things about myself, I am RHQ not doing it to boast about how good I am, as some of you say I do. Some people always carry letters with them that tell how well they work, that other people have written. But I do not RHQ need to bring letters like that when I come to you. Nor do I need to ask you to write letters like that for me when I go to other congregations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_2","077_3_2","2CO","3","2","2","You yourselves are MET like a letter that recommends my work for God to everyone. People see how Christ changed your lives when you believed the message that I taught you. Everyone who knows you can see the result of my work for God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_3","077_3_3","2CO","3","3","3","You are MET like a letter that Christ himself has written that says good things about my work for God in your lives. You show people by the way you now conduct your lives that God has changed your lives as a result of my work among you. People did not find out about you by reading a letter that was written to them on paper with pen and ink. Instead, they saw how the Spirit of the all-powerful God has changed your lives. Nor did people find out about you by reading a letter that was carved on stone slabs like the stone slabs that God gave to Moses. Instead, it was the change that God’s Spirit made in your lives MET that they saw. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_4","077_3_4","2CO","3","4","4","I can very confidently write these things about the work that Silas, Timothy, and I did among you, because God knows that what I write is true. We(exc) are true workers for God because of what Christ has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_5","077_3_5","2CO","3","5","5","We (exc), by ourselves, do not have the ability to do this work. None of us apostles can say, “I have changed the lives of these people.” God is the one who has given us this ability. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_6","077_3_6","2CO","3","6","6","He is the one who enables us (exc) to be his messengers. He has enabled us to tell people the message about the new agreement that he is making with them. This is not a message about obeying all the written laws of his old agreement that he made with the Jewish people. Instead, it is a message about God giving us his Spirit. Previously, God condemned people to be separated from him forever if they did not obey his laws. But by God’s new agreement his Spirit enables people to live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_7","077_3_7","2CO","3","7","7","Moses taught the people that if they did not obey God’s laws completely they would be separated from God forever. God  wrote his laws on stone slabs. Then he gave them to Moses to teach them to the people. Although God’s laws condemned the people  to die, when Moses brought those laws down from Sinai Mountain, God caused Moses’ face to shine Moses’ face to shine radiantly to show the people that these laws were God’s laws. It shone. so brightly that the people of Israel could not keep looking at Moses’ face. They had to look away. But the brightness was slowly fading away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_8","077_3_8","2CO","3","8","8","So, since God showed in such a wonderful way that those laws that condemned the people to die were from him, surely when we (exc) teach people about how God’s Spirit will change their lives, God will show in an even more wonderful way that it is his message. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_9","077_3_9","2CO","3","9","9","The message that Moses taught them was wonderful, but when people heard that message, they realized that they were sinners and that God would punish them. But God’s message that we (exc) teach is a much more wonderful message. We teach people that God will ◄erase the record of/declare people no longer guilty for► the sinful things that they have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_10","077_3_10","2CO","3","10","10","The truth is that, although the work of teaching the people to obey God’s laws was once important, it is not as important now, because the work of teaching people that God will forgive them and enable them to live to please him is far more important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_11","077_3_11","2CO","3","11","11","Furthermore, the message that Moses taught was not a lasting message, just like the brightness on his face was not lasting and soon faded away. But when God gives his Spirit to people, the wonderful work that God’s Spirit does in their lives is much greater because it lasts forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_12","077_3_12","2CO","3","12","12","We (exc) know that the message that we teach is a much more wonderful message than the message that Moses taught. So we can preach boldly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_13","077_3_13","2CO","3","13","13","We do not need to put a veil over our faces when we teach people, as Moses did. Moses put a veil over his face so that the Israelites would not see that the radiance on his face soon faded away. Similarly, the glory of the old agreement has also faded away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_14","077_3_14","2CO","3","14","14","But the Israelis stubbornly refused to understand that the old agreement would end. Even now, when they read the old agreement, they still do not realize that it has ended. It is as if MET that same veil that Moses put on his face is now over their minds, keeping them from understanding God’s true message. They will understand that message only when they come to trust in Christ. Then it will be as though God has removed the veil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_15","077_3_15","2CO","3","15","15","Throughout all these years, even until now, when the Israelis read what Moses write, it is as though a veil is covering their minds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_16","077_3_16","2CO","3","16","16","But when any of them believes in the Lord Jesus, God removes that veil from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_17","077_3_17","2CO","3","17","17","It is by the power of his Spirit that the Lord works in our lives, and the Lord’s Spirit has set us free from trying to obey all the rules and rituals that God gave Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C23_18","077_3_18","2CO","3","18","18","It is as though God has removed the veil from our faces MET. We realize how awesome Jesus is. As we realize that, we are continually being changed {the Holy Spirit is continually changing us} to become more and more like Jesus, so that people can see, more and more, how awesome Jesus is. It is the Spirit of the Lord who does this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_1","077_4_1","2CO","4","1","1","So, because God has acted so kindly toward me, enabling me to teach this great message to people, I never get so discouraged that I stop teaching it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_2","077_4_2","2CO","4","2","2","And I have determined that we (exc) will be honest LIT in everything that we do. We will not do anything that would cause us to be ashamed if people found out about it. We never try to deceive you with clever arguments, as some other people do. We never try to deceive you by changing God’s message, as those same people do. Instead, we always teach people only the truth about Christ, and we teach it clearly. Knowing that God is watching what we do, we teach his message in an honest way, with the result that no one can accuse us (exc) of being deceitful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_3","077_4_3","2CO","4","3","3","And if, as some of you say, some people are not able to understand the message that we teach about Christ, it is not because we do not teach it clearly. It is because those people do not want to believe it. They are going to perish eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_4","077_4_4","2CO","4","4","4","Satan, who is the one who rules this world, controls the thoughts of those unbelievers. He prevents them from understanding the message about how wonderful Christ is. They are not able to understand that Jesus is like God in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_5","077_4_5","2CO","4","5","5","That is why, when we(exc) teach people, we do not boast about ourselves, as some people say that we do. Instead, we teach you that Jesus Christ is our Lord. We ourselves are only your servants. We want to honor and obey Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_6","077_4_6","2CO","4","6","6","When God created the world, he commanded the light to shine where there was nothing but darkness. He is the one who has made his message about Jesus to be like MET a light shining into our (inc) minds. God has done that for all of us who believe in Jesus. He has done that so that we will understand that when people saw Christ, they saw how awesome God himself was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_7","077_4_7","2CO","4","7","7","This work that God has given to us (exc) is MET like a very valuable treasure. But we who have that treasure are as weak as fragile MET clay pots. God has planned it like that in order that people will know that the power that changes lives is God’s power, and not any power of our own. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_8","077_4_8","2CO","4","8","8","We are continually oppressed {People continually oppress us} in many ways, but we have not been prevented {God has not allowed them to prevent us} from teaching the message about Jesus Christ. We often do not know what to do in difficult situations, but we never say, “God has abandoned us.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_9","077_4_9","2CO","4","9","9","We are frequently persecuted {People frequently cause us to suffer}, but God never abandons us. Sometimes we are badly wounded {people badly wound us}, but God does not allow us to be killed {them to kill us}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_10","077_4_10","2CO","4","10","10","Wherever we(exc) go, we continually realize that because people killed Jesus, people may kill us for teaching his message. But we are willing to go on living this way in order that people will know that Jesus is alive and that he is directing us SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_11","077_4_11","2CO","4","11","11","So, although we are still alive, we always realize that we may be killed {that people some day may kill us} because we teach about Jesus. God allows us to suffer in order that people will see that Jesus is alive and that he is strengthening our bodies that are some day going to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_12","077_4_12","2CO","4","12","12","So I conclude that although we apostles are constantly suffering and may soon die, the result of that is that all of you have now received eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_13","077_4_13","2CO","4","13","13","We are not discouraged. We are like the person who wrote in the Scriptures, “God, I trusted in you and so I continue speaking your message.” We (exc) also trust in God, so we continue speaking his message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_14","077_4_14","2CO","4","14","14","We do this because we (exc) know that although people might kill us, God, who caused the Lord Jesus to live again after he died, will also cause us (exc) to live again after we die. God will do this because we belong to Jesus. And then God will bring us (exc), together with you, to be with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_15","077_4_15","2CO","4","15","15","So I say that all these things that we(exc) suffer happen in order to help you. We have suffered all this in order that more and more people, as a result of hearing that God will kindly/freely forgive their sins, will thank him and praise him. Then they will greatly honor him and worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_16","077_4_16","2CO","4","16","16","So, because we know that as a result of our suffering many people will honor God, we (exc) never get so discouraged that we stop teaching his message. Although our bodies are getting weaker, God encourages us every day and strengthens us spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_17","077_4_17","2CO","4","17","17","I know that all these troubles that happen to us in this life are not significant and will not last forever. When we think of the glorious things that God is preparing for us to enjoy forever in heaven, all our suffering now is not important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C24_18","077_4_18","2CO","4","18","18","That is why we say, “We will not continue thinking about all the suffering that we are experiencing now. Even though we cannot see all the things that God has prepared for us in heaven, those are what we should be thinking about.” That is how we should think, because all these troubles that we(exc) have now will last only a short time. But what we will have in heaven, what we cannot see now, will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_1","077_5_1","2CO","5","1","1","We know that these bodies we live in here in this world are like MET tents. They are like temporary living/dwelling places. So we should not be concerned about what happens to our bodies. We know that if we are killed {if someone kills us}, God will give us permanent living places. Those permanent living places MET will not be houses that people have made. They will be new bodies in which we will live forever in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_2","077_5_2","2CO","5","2","2","While we are here on earth, we suffer. We often groan because we desire to go to heaven where God will give us our new bodies MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_3","077_5_3","2CO","5","3","3","When God gives us(inc) our new bodies MET, our spirits will have LIT, MET bodies to live in that will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_4","077_5_4","2CO","5","4","4","It is true that while we are still living in these bodies MET that do not last forever, we often groan DOU because we desire to be free from them. We are not longing to be without a body. Instead, we groan because we desire to receive our new bodies MET in heaven. We long for this to happen so that these bodies that are going to die some day will suddenly be changed into bodies that will live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_5","077_5_5","2CO","5","5","5","It is God himself who has prepared us to receive these new bodies. He is also the one who has guaranteed/assured us (inc) that this will happen. He has guaranteed it by sending his Spirit to live inside us now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_6","077_5_6","2CO","5","6","6","So, because God’s Spirit lives in us, we are always confident that God will give us new bodies. We know that as long as we have bodies here on earth, we are not yet living together with the Lord Jesus in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_7","077_5_7","2CO","5","7","7","While we (exc) live here, we do not have our new bodies, but we are trusting that God will give them to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_8","077_5_8","2CO","5","8","8","As I said, we (exc) are confident that he will give us new bodies. We (exc) would much prefer to leave these bodies which we have now, and be with the Lord Jesus in our home in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_9","077_5_9","2CO","5","9","9","Because of all that, we always want to please Jesus in everything that we do. Whether we (exc) are still living here in these bodies or whether we have left them and are living in our home in heaven, we want to please him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_10","077_5_10","2CO","5","10","10","And we need to try hard to do that because each one of us believers must stand before Christ to be judged by him {when he will judge his people}. At that time he will reward each one of us according to what we have done while we lived in this world in these bodies. He will reward us according to whether we have done good things or whether we have done evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_11","077_5_11","2CO","5","11","11","It makes me fearful to think that some day I will stand before the Lord for him to judge me. So I do everything that I can to convince people that they should believe (OR, that I teach sincerely) God’s message. God knows very well how I conduct my life and what I teach, and I really believe that you know it, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_12","077_5_12","2CO","5","12","12","Once again I say, as I write this, I am not just trying to make you think well/highly of me, as some people will probably say that I am. Instead, I am telling you in this letter why you have good reason to tell those who criticize me that you think highly of me. I am telling you this so that you will know what to say to those teachers of false doctrine among you. They are proud of what they have done, instead of making sure that they are right with God and being pleased with that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_13","077_5_13","2CO","5","13","13","Some of them say that after God has enabled me to see visions, I talk like a crazy person. If that is so, I want you to realize that I talk that way in order to please God. On the other hand, if you think that I speak and act wisely, that is good. I want you to know that I do speak and act wisely in order to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_14","077_5_14","2CO","5","14","14","I speak and act the way I do because the love that Christ has for people influences me in everything that I say and do. When Christ died, he suffered the punishment for the sins of all people. So, we should all think of ourselves as having died with him, being as unresponsive to sinful desires as MET a corpse is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_15","077_5_15","2CO","5","15","15","When Christ died for the everyone, he died in order that we believers who are alive now should not conduct our lives in a way that will just please ourselves. Instead, we should conduct our lives in a way that will please Christ, because he is the one who died for us and was brought back to life {whom God raised} again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_16","077_5_16","2CO","5","16","16","So, because I realize how much Christ loves everyone, I no longer think about people in the way that those who do not believe in Christ think about them. Before I was a believer, I thought about Christ in the way that other non-believers did. But I do not think of him that way any more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_17","077_5_17","2CO","5","17","17","The fact is that God makes every one of us who trusts in Christ to be completely different than we were before. Our old way of conducting our lives is gone. We now have a completely new way of conducting our lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_18","077_5_18","2CO","5","18","18","This complete change in our lives is all something that God does. It is God who made it possible for us to have a peaceful relationship with him. He was able to do that because of what Christ did for us. Now God has sent me, and those who work with me, to tell people that they can have a peaceful relationship with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_19","077_5_19","2CO","5","19","19","That is, he sent us(exc) to tell them that when Christ died, God was making it possible for everyone MTY in the world to have a peaceful relationship with him. He no longer keeps a record of the sinful things that we believers have done. The message that God has given to us to tell people is how we can have a peaceful relationship with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_20","077_5_20","2CO","5","20","20","So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ, it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we say. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C25_21","077_5_21","2CO","5","21","21","You must believe that even though Jesus never sinned, God punished him for all the sinful things that people do, just as if Jesus had done those sinful things himself. And because of our close relationship with Christ, God has erased the record of our sins/declared us no longer guilty for our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_1","077_6_1","2CO","6","1","1","Therefore, because I am working together with God himself, I say this to you very strongly: God has already kindly forgiven you because Christ died for you, so do not now say “It does not matter if I live just to please myself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_2","077_6_2","2CO","6","2","2","For God said long ago in the Scriptures: When it is the right time for me to help you, you will ask me to help you, and I will hear you. Then I will send a Savior to help you. So listen to what I am telling you: God has sent his Savior, so now is the time when God is ready to save people from the guilt of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_3","077_6_3","2CO","6","3","3","Neither I nor the men working with me do anything that would hinder people from trusting in Christ, and so we cannot be accused {no one can accuse us} of not serving God properly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_4","077_6_4","2CO","6","4","4","Instead, in everything that we(exc) say and do, we show people that we serve God faithfully. We patiently endure all the things that happen to us. People cause us many troubles and, as a result, we are anxious and often do not know what to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_5","077_6_5","2CO","6","5","5","Sometimes we have been beaten and bound {People have beaten us and tied us} with chains in prison. Angry mobs have attacked us, wanting to kill us. We have continued working for God until we had no more strength to work. We have had many sleepless nights, and we have often been without food. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_6","077_6_6","2CO","6","6","6","All that we think about and all that we do is pure in God’s sight. Knowing how God wants us to conduct our lives, we do what pleases him. We are patient with those who oppose us. We are kind to everyone. We depend on the Holy Spirit to help us. We love people sincerely as God wants us to love them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_7","077_6_7","2CO","6","7","7","We faithfully teach the true message about Christ, and God gives us his power as we teach it. Like soldiers using weapons MET in a battle, we, by living righteously, defend God’s message and refute those who attack it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_8","077_6_8","2CO","6","8","8","We serve God faithfully, whether people praise us (exc) or whether they despise us, whether people say bad things about us(exc) or whether they say good things about us. We keep teaching the truth, even though some people say that we are deceiving people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_9","077_6_9","2CO","6","9","9","Some people know well that we are true servants of God, and yet others, who know us, refuse to believe that. People have often tried to kill us (inc), yet we are still alive. We have often been beaten, but we have not been killed {People have often beaten us (exc), but they have not killed us}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_10","077_6_10","2CO","6","10","10","Although we (exc) are often very sad because people have rejected our message, we are always joyful because of all that God has done for us. Even though we (exc) are poor, we make it possible for many people to be spiritually rich. It is true that in this world we (exc) have nothing valuable HYP, but because we belong to God’s family, all that God has belongs to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_11","077_6_11","2CO","6","11","11","You fellow believers in Corinth, I have been completely honest with you. I have told you exactly how we(exc) feel about you, that we love you very much IDM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_12","077_6_12","2CO","6","12","12","We are not treating you as though we do not love you, but you are treating us as though you do not love us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_13","077_6_13","2CO","6","13","13","In return for our loving you, will you not love us IDM just as much as we love you? I am writing to you as if you were my own children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_14","077_6_14","2CO","6","14","14","Do not ◄team up/have a close relationship► with anyone who does not trust in Christ. I say this because we who trust in Christ and do what is right should not RHQ want to do things with wicked people. Or to say it in another way, just like light and darkness never join together, so those who belong to Christ and those who belong to Satan should never join together RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_15","077_6_15","2CO","6","15","15","There is no RHQ agreement of any kind between Christ and Satan. So, believers have no RHQ common spiritual interests with unbelievers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_16","077_6_16","2CO","6","16","16","Just as no one would dare to bring idols into the Temple in Jerusalem, believers should never RHQ join with those who worship idols. I say that because MET the Holy Spirit is in us, and so we are like the Temple of the all-powerful God. It is as God himself said in the Scriptures: I will live in my people. I will always be with/helping them. They will say to me, “You are our God,” and I will say to them, “You are my people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_17","077_6_17","2CO","6","17","17","In another place in the Scriptures we read that the Lord said: Get away from those who do evil things; keep yourselves separated from them. Do nothing sinful that would make you unacceptable to me. Then I will welcome you as members of my family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C26_18","077_6_18","2CO","6","18","18","The Lord also said: I will care for you as MET a loving father cares for his children, and it will be as though you are my own sons and daughters. I, the all-powerful Lord, am saying this to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_1","077_7_1","2CO","7","1","1","My friends, whom I love, because God has promised to accept us(inc) as his children, we (inc) must stop doing anything that is sinful. We must not do sinful things with our bodies, and we must not think sinful thoughts. Because we greatly revere God, we must strive to live a completely pure life. By doing that we will become the kind of people that he wants us to be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_2","077_7_2","2CO","7","2","2","So, as I just wrote, I want you to love me (OR, us IDM who are true apostles of Christ). I/we (exc) have never done anything wrong to any of you. I/we have not done anything to harm any one of you spiritually or financially. And I/we have not tried to get money from you ◄for myself/for ourselves►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_3","077_7_3","2CO","7","3","3","It is true that some people among you have said that I have done such things. Nevertheless, I am not trying to make you all feel ashamed because, as I wrote before, I will continue to love you all very much IDM, whether I live with you or die with you. I am very confident about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_4","077_7_4","2CO","7","4","4","I am very pleased with you. You have greatly encouraged me, so that I am now very joyful in spite of all the hardships that I have endured. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_5","077_7_5","2CO","7","5","5","Now I will write more about what I was saying about Titus. When I left Troas and came here to Macedonia province, I still did not get any rest. Everywhere we (exc) went, people were constantly causing us trouble. And not only were people constantly causing us trouble, but I was greatly concerned about you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_6","077_7_6","2CO","7","6","6","But God, who always encourages his people when they are discouraged, encouraged us by sending Titus back to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_7","077_7_7","2CO","7","7","7","I was encouraged by seeing Titus, but when I heard how you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted to see me. He told me that you were very sorry that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me that you are very eager for me to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things, I was very, very happy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_8","077_7_8","2CO","7","8","8","Even though what I wrote in my letter ◄distressed you/made you sad►, I am not sorry that I wrote it. For a while I was sorry that I had written it, because I knew that it would distress you. Now Titus has also told me that it did distress you when you read it, but you were distressed only for a short time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_9","077_7_9","2CO","7","9","9","So now I am happy that I wrote it. I am not happy that you were distressed {that I distressed you}, but I am happy because, when you became distressed, you felt sorry for what you had done and you asked God to forgive you. What I mean is that you felt sorry in the way that God wanted you to feel sorry, so my making you feel sorry did not harm you at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_10","077_7_10","2CO","7","10","10","The fact is that when God causes us to feel truly sorry for having sinned and we turn from our sinful behavior, then God saves us and will not punish us for the sinful things that we have done. And no one is ever sorry about that. However, the people who do not trust in God MTY may be sorry for the sinful things that they have done. But if they do not turn from their sinful behavior and ask God to forgive them, they will remain separated from him forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_11","077_7_11","2CO","7","11","11","But think about what happened when you read my letter: God caused you to be truly sorry for what you had done. You eagerly wanted to do what was right, and you wanted to show God (OR, me) that you had done the right thing. You were angry about what had happened, and you were worried that God would punish you if the situation continued. You also wanted me to visit you to encourage and help you. You wanted me to know that you really do accept me as your apostle, and that you punished the man who had sinned, as I told you to do. By doing all of those things, you have shown me that you have done what is right in this matter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_12","077_7_12","2CO","7","12","12","So, even though I wrote that severe letter to you, I did not write it just so that you would punish the man who had done what was wrong. Also, I did not write it for the benefit of the person whom he had wronged. Instead, I wrote it so that, when you read the letter, God would enable you to realize how much you really do respect my authority. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_13","077_7_13","2CO","7","13","13","So, because you listened to me and did what I asked you to do, ◄I was/we (exc) were all► encouraged. Not only ◄was I/were we► encouraged, but ◄I was/we (exc) were► also very happy to see how happy Titus was when he arrived here. He told me/us that he did not need to worry any more, because he saw that you all had a good attitude toward me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_14","077_7_14","2CO","7","14","14","I had told Titus that I was pleased about you. And I did not need to be ashamed for feeling that way about you, because you did what I knew that you would do. Just like everything that I have taught you and written to you has been the truth, the good things that I told Titus about you were also true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_15","077_7_15","2CO","7","15","15","Now he happily remembers how you all were willing to do what I asked you to do. He is also happy about the way you treated him with great respect. When he thinks about those things, it makes him love you even more than he did when he was with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C27_16","077_7_16","2CO","7","16","16","As for me, I am very happy because now I am certain that I can depend on you to do what you know God wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_1","077_8_1","2CO","8","1","1","Now, my fellow believers, I want to tell you what happened because of God’s acting kindly in the lives of the believers in the congregations here in Macedonia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_2","077_8_2","2CO","8","2","2","Even though the non-believers here have been causing the believers to suffer severely, the believers are always very joyful. Although they are very poor, they gave very generously to help other believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_3","077_8_3","2CO","8","3","3","I know that this is true, because I have seen for myself that they not only gave money EUP that they were able to give, they gave so much money that they did not even keep enough to buy what they needed for themselves. Without anyone telling them to share their possessions, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_4","077_8_4","2CO","8","4","4","they themselves kept requesting us to let them participate in what other believers are doing in sending a gift of money to EUP God’s people in Judea province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_5","077_8_5","2CO","8","5","5","I thought that they would give only a little of their money, but they did much more than that. First, they told the Lord Jesus that they wanted to do what pleases him. After that, they told me that they wanted to do whatever I thought was good for them to do, because they were sure that would be what God wanted them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_6","077_8_6","2CO","8","6","6","So, because Titus was the one who helped you to begin gathering the money EUP, MTY for your gift, I urged him to also help you finish collecting the rest of your generous and loving gift. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_7","077_8_7","2CO","8","7","7","You are doing very well in so many other ways. God’s Spirit enables you to believe that God will do miracles. His Spirit has given you the ability to tell God’s message to others. His Spirit makes you able to know things that he reveals to you. You eagerly want to help people, and you love us (exc) very much. So now, try to also do well in getting your generous gift of money EUP ready to send to the believers in Judea province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_8","077_8_8","2CO","8","8","8","I am not commanding you to do this. But because I have seen how believers in other places are eager to help other believers who do not have ◄what they need/enough to live on►, I want you similarly to show that you love others sincerely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_9","077_8_9","2CO","8","9","9","You already know how much our Lord Jesus did for you that you did not deserve. Everything in heaven belonged to him. But in order to benefit you, he left all of those things behind and became a human being. Here on earth he had very few possessions of his own. But because he became poor like that, he is able to cause you (pl) to become spiritually rich. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_10","077_8_10","2CO","8","10","10","So, as you think of our Lord’s example, I will tell you what I think that you should do in this matter of giving money. As you know, last year, because you desired to give money to help God’s people in Judea province, you began collecting money EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_11","077_8_11","2CO","8","11","11","So now you should finish collecting the money EUP that you began to gather. In that way, everyone will know that you are just as ready to finish collecting this gift as you were to begin collecting it. Give what you are able to give. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_12","077_8_12","2CO","8","12","12","Keep in mind that if you really want to give something to help others, whatever any one of you is able to give will be pleasing to God. God does not expect his people to give more than they can afford to give. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_13","077_8_13","2CO","8","13","13","I do not mean that you should give so much to help others that you yourselves do not have what you need. No, what I want is that both you and others will have what you need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_14","077_8_14","2CO","8","14","14","Right now, when you have ◄more than you need/plenty► and the believers in Judea do not have ◄enough/all that they need►, with your gift you will enable them to have enough. Maybe some day when you do not have ◄enough/all that you need► and they have more than they need, they will be able to help you. Then everyone will have enough (OR, In that way each will share alike). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_15","077_8_15","2CO","8","15","15","If that happens, the result will be like it is written {like someone/Moses wrote} in the Scriptures about the time when God provided manna for his people, If someone gathered a lot of manna, he still did not have more than he needed, because he gave some to someone who did not have enough. And those who gathered only a little manna still had all that they needed LIT, because others who gathered more than they needed gave some manna to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_16","077_8_16","2CO","8","16","16","So now I am sending Titus to visit you again. God has caused him to be just as eager to help you prepare your gift as I am. I thank God for that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_17","077_8_17","2CO","8","17","17","He is going there, not only because we urged him to go, but because he himself is very eager to visit you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_18","077_8_18","2CO","8","18","18","I am sending with Titus another believer whom you know well. All the groups of believers in this area think highly of him because he has faithfully taught the good message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_19","077_8_19","2CO","8","19","19","Not only that, but he was appointed by the congregations in this area {the congregations in this area appointed him} to go to Jerusalem with us (exc). He will go with us when we take the generous gift of money EUP to the believers in Jerusalem. We are taking this gift to honor the Lord Jesus and to show them that we all very much want to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_20","077_8_20","2CO","8","20","20","The believers have given money EUP generously. So, by sending that fellow believer along with Titus to take the money to Jerusalem, we are trying to make sure that no one will be able to accuse us (exc) of taking some of the money for ourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_21","077_8_21","2CO","8","21","21","I say that because we (exc) want to make sure that the Lord God will see that what we (exc) do is right, and other people will see it, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_22","077_8_22","2CO","8","22","22","Furthermore, there is also another believer here whom we are sending to you along with the two men whom I have just mentioned. Many times I have seen his good work for the Lord, and I know that he is eager to serve the Lord. Now, because he knows for sure that you want to give this gift the same as other believers do, he is even more eager than he was before to go with the two other men. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_23","077_8_23","2CO","8","23","23","As for Titus, I have chosen him because he is my partner, and he has worked faithfully with me to help you. As for the other two men, the congregations in this area are sending them as their messengers. These two men honor Christ by everything they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C28_24","077_8_24","2CO","8","24","24","So then, show them that you truly love others, and in that way help other congregations to understand why we (exc) are always saying such good things about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_1","077_9_1","2CO","9","1","1","Now I want to write more about the gift of money EUP that you and other believers are preparing to send to the believers in Judea province. I do not really need to continue writing to you about it, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_2","077_9_2","2CO","9","2","2","because I already know that you really want to help them. In fact, I have been boasting about you, telling the believers here in Macedonia province that you people in Achaia province have been ready to help, since last year. As a result, because you are very eager to help the believers in Judea province, you have made most of the believers here in Macedonia province also want to give a gift. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_3","077_9_3","2CO","9","3","3","However, I am sending Titus and the other two believers in order that they will be able to help you finish collecting the money. Then when I and others arrive later, the people with me will see for themselves that the things that I have been boasting about you are true LIT. I want you to have your gift ready for us(exc) to take to Jerusalem, just like I have been telling others that you were ready. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_4","077_9_4","2CO","9","4","4","When I come, if any of the believers from Macedonia come with me, I do not want them to find that your gift is MTY, EUP not ready. If that were to happen, I would be very ashamed, and you yourselves would be even more ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_5","077_9_5","2CO","9","5","5","So that is why I felt that it was necessary to urge these three believers to go and visit you before I come. In that way, they would be able to help you finish collecting the generous gift EUP that had been promised by you {you had said you would give}. If you do that, not only will the gift be ready by the time that we arrive, but everyone will see that you have given because you really want to give, and not because anyone has forced you to give. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_6","077_9_6","2CO","9","6","6","Do not forget this: “A farmer who sows only a few seeds will not gather/reap a large harvest, but the one who sows a lot of seeds will gather/reap a large harvest MET.” Similarly, if you give just a little to help others, God will give you only a few blessings. But if you give willingly and cheerfully to help people, you will receive in return many blessings from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_7","077_9_7","2CO","9","7","7","Each of you should decide how much you (sg) should give, and then give that amount. You (sg) should not be thinking to yourself, “I really do not want to give this money.” And you(sg) should not give just because someone tells you to give. Instead, you should give willingly and cheerfully, because God loves those who give cheerfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_8","077_9_8","2CO","9","8","8","Moreover, God can enable you to give to others cheerfully. If you give that way, God will in return give you many good blessings. He will do that so that at all times you will always have everything that you need. Indeed, you will have even more than you need. As a result, you will be able to do many more good things to help others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_9","077_9_9","2CO","9","9","9","Those who give willingly and cheerfully will be rewarded like the man about whom it is written {about whom ◄someone/the Psalmist► wrote} in the Scriptures, He generously helps others, he gives to those who are poor. God will remember the good things that he did, and reward him with good things forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_10","077_9_10","2CO","9","10","10","God always gives seeds to farmers to plant, and also gives them food to eat. So, similarly, God will always make it possible for you to have enough money MET, so that you will be able more and more to generously help those who are needy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_11","077_9_11","2CO","9","11","11","God will give you many blessings in many different ways as a result of your generously helping others. Furthermore, the generous gift that you are getting ready for us (exc) to take to the believers in Judea province will cause many people to thank God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_12","077_9_12","2CO","9","12","12","Also remember that when you give money to EUP help God’s people, you not only give them what they need, but also, because of that, many people will thank God very much for you and for what you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_13","077_9_13","2CO","9","13","13","As a result of your giving money to help others, they will praise God, not only because you have believed the good message about Christ, but also because you have generously given some of your possessions so that they and other believers will all have ◄enough/their needs supplied►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_14","077_9_14","2CO","9","14","14","Also, when they pray for you, asking God to bless you, they will remember how grateful they are IDM that God caused you to give very willingly and cheerfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C29_15","077_9_15","2CO","9","15","15","Finally, we should all thank God because he gave us the greatest gift of all when he sent his Son to save/rescue us(inc) ◄from the guilt of our sin/from being punished for our sin►. That is a gift too wonderful for anyone to be able to tell about completely! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_1","077_10_1","2CO","10","1","1","Now I myself, Paul, appeal to you in a gentle and humble way, like Christ would. Certain people among you have falsely accused me by saying, “When Paul is with you, he is humble and speaks gently to you, but when he is away from you, in the letters he writes to you he threatens to punish you.” Those people claim that I do not have authority over you as an apostle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_2","077_10_2","2CO","10","2","2","I strongly plead with you, “Please do not listen to people who say things like that!” I strongly plead with you not to listen to them, so that when I am there with you I will not need to speak severely to you in the same severe way as I plan to speak to those people who think that I behave like people who are not believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_3","077_10_3","2CO","10","3","3","Remember that although I am human like everyone else in the world, I do not fight against those who oppose me in the way that people who are not believers fight those who oppose them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_4","077_10_4","2CO","10","4","4","I will tell you what I mean by that: Just like soldiers use various weapons to fight their enemies MET, I ◄fight against/oppose► those who oppose God’s message, but I do it in a different way. I do not use human arguments and clever/sweet talk, like unbelievers do. Instead, I fight against my opponents with the powerful means that God has given me. With that power I destroy their arguments against God’s message and against me, just like soldiers destroy MET the fortresses of their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_5","077_10_5","2CO","10","5","5","Specifically, I show that the human arguments that they use to deceive people are completely wrong. When they proudly say things that keep other people from knowing God, I show them that they are completely wrong. I also enable people to change their ways of thinking so that they think about everything as Christ wants them to think. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_6","077_10_6","2CO","10","6","6","I am also ready to discipline everyone among you who has not obeyed the things that Christ taught. I will do this as soon as you who truly want to obey Christ show me that you are going to obey him completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_7","077_10_7","2CO","10","7","7","I want you to understand what is happening among you. There are certain people there who are telling you that they know for sure that they are Christ’s representatives and that I am not. Those people should realize that I represent Christ as much as they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_8","077_10_8","2CO","10","8","8","I say that because the authority that the Lord gave me as his apostle is to help you to become mature believers, not to cause you to stop trusting in Christ. So even if I were to boast a little more than I have already done (OR, proudly talk a little more than I have already talked about the authority the Lord gave me as his apostle), no one would be able to make me ashamed by proving that Jesus has not given me that authority. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_9","077_10_9","2CO","10","9","9","I do not intend to make you afraid of me by the letters that I write to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_10","077_10_10","2CO","10","10","10","I say that because some people are saying, “When Paul writes letters, he says severe things in order to make you obey him, but when he is here with you, people look at him and say he is weak, and he certainly is not a skillful speaker.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_11","077_10_11","2CO","10","11","11","The people who say such things should think carefully about this: The kind of severe person that you think me to be when you read my letters is exactly the kind of person I will be when I come. I will do what I wrote that I would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_12","077_10_12","2CO","10","12","12","Those who oppose me tell others how good they are. If they really were superior to me IRO, I would not be so bold as to say that I was equal to them, or to compare myself with them. But they are not superior to me. They make up their own standards about what God’s servants should be like, and then they look at their own conduct and decide whether or not they meet those standards. By doing that, they show that they are foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_13","077_10_13","2CO","10","13","13","But as for me, I will not boast about working among people living in areas outside of the areas that God sent/assigned me to work in. But it is right for me to say that I have worked in the areas that God assigned to me. And since those areas include the one where you live, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_14","077_10_14","2CO","10","14","14","when I talk about working among you, I am not boasting about working in an area where God did not give me the right to work. What those who oppose me say about my not having authority as an apostle to you might be true if I had not already come all the way to your area. But that is not true, because I was the one who first brought the message about Christ to you. I came to Corinth before they did! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_15","077_10_15","2CO","10","15","15","Also, my opponents boast about work that others have done as if it were their own work. It is improper for them to do that, but I do not do as they do. I confidently expect that as you trust more and more in the gospel that I preach, you will more and more agree that God has given me the right to work as Christ’s representative among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_16","077_10_16","2CO","10","16","16","Then I will be able to go to places beyond where you are. I will be able to tell the good message about Christ to people in areas where no one has yet gone to tell that message. And I will be able to talk about the work I myself have done in that area, instead of boasting about work that someone else has already done as if it were my work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_17","077_10_17","2CO","10","17","17","I try to do according to what someone/Jeremiah wrote in the Scriptures, If anyone wants to boast about something, he should boast only about what the Lord God has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C210_18","077_10_18","2CO","10","18","18","You can realize, then, that it is not those who ◄praise themselves/tell you what great things they have done►, as my opponents do, whom you should accept as apostles. Instead, you should accept as true apostles only those whom the Lord commends. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_1","077_11_1","2CO","11","1","1","But now, because my opponents are saying that Christ sent them to you as his representatives and that he did not send me, please be patient with me, too, while I say a few things that may sound as if IRO I am praising myself, like a foolish person would do. You have been ◄putting up with/tolerating► those who teach what is false; now then, ◄put up with/tolerate► me too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_2","077_11_2","2CO","11","2","2","I really do care about what happens to you, just as God cares about what happens to you. Just like a father wants his daughter to be sexually pure when he presents her to the man she will marry MET, I want you to belong to Christ alone and to no other. I want to present you to him as people who remain faithful to him only, and who have not believed the deceitful message of those who are teaching what is false. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_3","077_11_3","2CO","11","3","3","However, just like Satan, when he cunningly appeared as a snake, deceived Eve and caused her to disobey the Lord God, I am concerned that those teachers will cause you to think wrongly so that you will no longer be faithful to Christ alone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_4","077_11_4","2CO","11","4","4","I say that because some people have come among you who are teaching their own thoughts about Jesus. They are saying about him things that are entirely different from what I taught you. They are urging you to receive a powerful spirit who would come to live in you, but it is not the same Spirit that you received from God when you believed in Christ. They preach what they call a good message, and you accept their message, even though it is not the same as the good message about Christ that you heard from me. And you have gladly accepted them and their message! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_5","077_11_5","2CO","11","5","5","I consider that LIT none of those men, even though they think of themselves as being IRO extra-special apostles, are in any way greater than I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_6","077_11_6","2CO","11","6","6","I admit that I am not an eloquent speaker, but I do know God’s message. I have made that clear to you by everything that I have done among you and by everything that I have taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_7","077_11_7","2CO","11","7","7","I refused to accept money from you as pay for teaching you God’s message about Christ. ◄It is ridiculous for you to think that what I did was wrong!/Was that wrong?► RHQ I know that by teaching you without pay, I made myself seem IRO unimportant to you. But I did it to honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_8","077_11_8","2CO","11","8","8","Some people might say that it was as though IRO I was robbing other congregations because I accepted money from them in order that I might work among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_9","077_11_9","2CO","11","9","9","Furthermore, when I was there with you and had no money to buy the things that I needed, I did not cause any of you ◄to have difficulties by my depending on you/by asking you for money/support►, because our (inc) fellow believers who came from here in Macedonia province brought enough money for me to buy everything that I needed. So I have not caused you any difficulty at all by asking you for money, and I never will ask you for money EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_10","077_11_10","2CO","11","10","10","And as sure as you know that everything that Christ says is true, you can be sure that what I say to you now is true. Wherever I go there in Achaia province, I do not let you believers pay me for doing God’s work among you. And no one will be able to prevent me from boasting about that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_11","077_11_11","2CO","11","11","11","No one should wrongly RHQ think that it is because I do not love you that I do not take pay from you. God knows that you truly/really are very dear to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_12","077_11_12","2CO","11","12","12","There are some men there among you who would like to be able to say boastfully that they work among you just as I do. So, in order to make it impossible IDM for them to say that, I have refused to accept pay from you, and I will continue doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_13","077_11_13","2CO","11","13","13","Those men are lying when they say that they are apostles. They work deceitfully. Even though they say that they work for God, they are working only for themselves. They try to make people think that Christ sent them as his apostles, but they do not truly represent him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_14","077_11_14","2CO","11","14","14","I am not surprised that they act like that, because Satan himself causes people to think that he has come as a shining messenger from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_15","077_11_15","2CO","11","15","15","So it should not surprise you if these men, who really serve Satan, do good things in order to make you think they serve God. Some day God will punish them according to what they deserve because of the evil things that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_16","077_11_16","2CO","11","16","16","I say again: I do not want any of you to think that my boasting about myself is like foolish people boast. But even if anyone thinks that I am boasting about myself like a foolish person boasts, listen to what I have to say anyway, just like you listen to those false apostles. They really speak foolishly! Listen to me while I also boast a little. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_17","077_11_17","2CO","11","17","17","About the things that I am going to tell you, boasting confidently about myself, surely you know that they are not the kind of things that the Lord Jesus would say. Instead, I will speak as a foolish person would speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_18","077_11_18","2CO","11","18","18","Because many among you are boasting about their own work, as unbelievers do, I will also boast about myself and my work MTY, IRO. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_19","077_11_19","2CO","11","19","19","I am sure that you, who think that you are so wise, will accept what I say because you gladly accept the false teachers and the foolish things that they say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_20","077_11_20","2CO","11","20","20","When people treat you as if they were your bosses, you gladly submit to them. You think that it is all right when others force you to provide for their needs. You think that it is all right when people take control over you, when they boast about themselves, or when they insult you by slapping you in the face. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_21","077_11_21","2CO","11","21","21","I agree that I was not bold enough to treat you in such ways. Ha! Do you think that IRO I should feel ashamed because I did not do that? So now, talking like a person who does not have any sense, I will boldly tell you some things about myself, just like those false apostles tell you things about themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_22","077_11_22","2CO","11","22","22","Do they tell you that they are Hebrews and can speak the Hebrew language? Well, I can say the same thing about myself. Do they tell you that they belong to God’s people, the nation of Israel? Well, I can say the same thing about myself. Do they tell you that they are descendants of our great ancestor Abraham? Well, he is my ancestor, too. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_23","077_11_23","2CO","11","23","23","Do they tell you how much work they have done for Christ? Now I am talking like a crazy person talks EUP. Well, I work for Christ much more than they do. I have been in prison many more times than they have. Many times I have been beaten {people have beaten me} very severely because I believe in and obey Christ. Many times I almost died because of serving Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_24","077_11_24","2CO","11","24","24","On five occasions Jewish religious leaders beat me 39 times with a whip. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_25","077_11_25","2CO","11","25","25","On three occasions I was beaten {Roman officials beat me} with wooden sticks. On one occasion a large crowd of people threw stones at me to kill me. On three occasions the ship that I was traveling on was wrecked and sank. On one of those occasions I was floating in the water a night and a day before I was rescued. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_26","077_11_26","2CO","11","26","26","As I have often traveled to other places, I have often risked losing my life. For example, sometimes I have been in danger crossing rivers. I have been in danger traveling in places where there were bandits. At times I have been in danger among people of my own nation, the Jews, and at other times I been in danger among those who are not Jews. I have been in danger in cities, and I have been in dangerous situations in barren areas. I have been in dangerous situations when I was traveling in ships. I have been in danger among people who falsely claim to be fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_27","077_11_27","2CO","11","27","27","I have worked very hard DOU to earn ◄a living/what I need►, and often I did not sleep. At times I was hungry and thirsty, and at times I did not have enough time to eat. Sometimes I was cold because I did not have enough clothes to wear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_28","077_11_28","2CO","11","28","28","In addition to all that, I am constantly and deeply concerned about all the congregations that I have helped to begin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_29","077_11_29","2CO","11","29","29","Every time that I hear about fellow believers RHQ who are not strong spiritually, I sympathize with them and try to help them. Every time that I learn about a fellow believer RHQ who causes another believer to do something wrong, that makes me very angry. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_30","077_11_30","2CO","11","30","30","Because it seems that it is necessary for me to continue boasting about myself, I will boast about things that caused some people to think of me as being weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_31","077_11_31","2CO","11","31","31","God, who is the Father of our (inc) Lord Jesus, and who is the one whom we should praise forever, knows that I am not lying about this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_32","077_11_32","2CO","11","32","32","One time when I was in Damascus city, the governor whom King Aretas had appointed to rule part of his area, told his soldiers to guard the gates of the city so that they could seize me if I tried to leave the city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C211_33","077_11_33","2CO","11","33","33","But my friends helped me to escape by putting me in a large basket and lowering me to the ground by a rope through an opening in the city wall. That was really humiliating! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_1","077_12_1","2CO","12","1","1","It seems that I must go on boasting about myself. Although I do not think that my telling you about this will help you to accept me as Christ’s representative to you, I will say this anyway. I will tell you about visions that the Lord gave a certain man and about things that he supernaturally revealed to that man. I will tell you this because some of the people among you boast that it was in visions that they received the things that they teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_2","077_12_2","2CO","12","2","2","The man that I will tell you about is one who believes in Christ. Fourteen years ago he was taken {Christ took him} up into the third heaven, the highest heaven, the place where God is. I do not know whether he went there in his physical body or whether he was outside of his body at that time and only his spirit went. Only God really knows. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_3","077_12_3","2CO","12","3","4","But he was suddenly taken {Christ suddenly took him} up to a place called Paradise, that wonderful place where God lives. I repeat that I do not know whether his body went there or only his spirit. Only God knows that. While he was there, God told him some things that he does not allow human beings to tell others about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_5","077_12_5","2CO","12","5","5","I will proudly talk about that man. However, I will not be boasting as I say that I am the one who saw and heard those wonderful things. I will talk only about the things that cause others to think of me as a weak human being like everyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_6","077_12_6","2CO","12","6","6","But even if I should choose to boast to you about such wonderful things that happened to me, I would not be speaking like a fool, because I would be telling you the truth. But I will not talk proudly about such things, because I do not want any of you to think highly of me because of the things that have happened to me. Instead, I want you to decide what kind of person I am by the way you see me acting and by what you hear me teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_7","077_12_7","2CO","12","7","7","In order that I might not become proud because of those many wonderful things that Christ revealed to me, God permitted Satan to send a messenger to humble me (OR, to make me sick). What that messenger did to me was painful, like MET a thorn pricking my body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_8","077_12_8","2CO","12","8","8","Three times I prayed to the Lord about it, begging him to take this away from me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_9","077_12_9","2CO","12","9","9","But he said to me, “No, I will not take this away from you. Instead, I will kindly help you, and that will be all that you need, because it is when you are weak that I can best work powerfully to help you.” So, because of what the Lord said to me, I will very gladly boast about the things that make me seem weak, so that people may realize that it is Christ who gives me power to serve him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_10","077_12_10","2CO","12","10","10","For that reason, whenever I am weak, or when people insult me, or when I have to endure hardships, or when I am persecuted {people cause me to suffer}, or when I am in situations that distress me, I am content because I am serving Christ. I can say that because at any time when I myself am weak, that is the very time when Christ powerfully helps me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_11","077_12_11","2CO","12","11","11","It has been foolish for me to talk about myself like this, but it is you who forced me to do it. Truly if the Lord would not help me, I would be worthless, as my opponents say that I am. But none of the men whom you wrongfully think IRO are great apostles are greater in any way than I am. So it would have been right/proper for you to say good things about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_12","077_12_12","2CO","12","12","12","You should have done that, because when I was with you I repeatedly did the things that showed you that I am truly an apostle, such as performing many DOU miracles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_13","077_12_13","2CO","12","13","13","And I have certainly treated you as well as I treated the other congregations that I helped to start. Or do you think that by not asking you to pay me for my work, I was not treating you as well as I treated the other congregations? ◄It is foolish for you to think that IRO it was wrong for me not to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask you to forgive me for that!/Do you think that it was wrong for me not to ask for pay from you for my work, and therefore I should ask you to forgive me for that?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_14","077_12_14","2CO","12","14","14","Now listen to me! It is time for me to come to you for a third visit. When I come, I still will not insist that you pay me for my work, because I do not want any of your money EUP! What I want is for you MTY to love and appreciate me. It is not normally the duty of children to save money to provide for the needs of their parents. Instead, it is the duty of parents to provide for their children MET. In the same way, it is not your duty to provide for me. Instead, it is my duty to provide spiritual help for you because you are my spiritual children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_15","077_12_15","2CO","12","15","15","So, for my part, as a good parent would do, I will be very happy to use everything that I have, and do everything that I possibly can, in order to help you. And because I love you very much, ◄I will be very disappointed if you do not love me a little bit, too./will you not love me a little bit, too?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_16","077_12_16","2CO","12","16","16","You all know that I did not depend on you to provide for my needs. However, there are some who accuse me, saying that IRO I was very clever and got money from you by tricking you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_17","077_12_17","2CO","12","17","17","But did I ever do that? No! I never RHQ asked any of the men whom I sent to you to get money from you and bring it to me ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_18","077_12_18","2CO","12","18","18","Titus went and visited you because I urged him to do so. I also sent the other believer, whom you know, to go with Titus. You know that Titus did not RHQ trick you in order to get money from you. And you certainly know that he and I have always RHQ acted in exactly the same honest way towards you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_19","077_12_19","2CO","12","19","19","While you have been reading this letter, if you have been thinking that I have just been saying these things to defend myself against those who accuse me, you are wrong. I have been saying these things honestly, knowing that God is listening to me. I also speak as one who has a close relationship with Christ. Everything that I do and everything that I say is to help you whom I love ◄to grow spiritually/ to become spiritually mature►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_20","077_12_20","2CO","12","20","20","I have written this way to you because I worry that when I come to visit you, I will see that some of you are not conducting your lives the way that I want you to. If that is so, when I get there you will see that I will have to act in a very severe way toward you, and I am sure that you do not want that. Specifically, I am afraid that some of you may be quarreling, or that you are being jealous of each other, or that you quickly get very angry with them, or that you are acting selfishly, or that some of you are saying bad things about others, or that you are ◄spreading false rumors/saying false things► about each other, or that you are acting proudly, or that you are doing things in a disorderly manner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C212_21","077_12_21","2CO","12","21","21","I ◄feel anxious/am concerned► about you. I worry that when I visit you again, God, the one whom I serve, will make me feel ashamed of you when I see that you still are not conducting your lives as believers should. Then I will feel very sad about some of you who were sinning previously and have not stopped your sinful behavior. Some of you may still have impure thoughts. Some of you may be having sexual intercourse with those to whom you are not married. And some of you may be doing other shameful things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_1","077_13_1","2CO","13","1","1","In the Scriptures it is stated that when one person accuses another of wrongdoing, you must not believe his accusation right away. First, you must listen to at least two or three people who actually saw what happened. So keep in mind that this will be the third time that I will visit you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_2","077_13_2","2CO","13","2","2","When I visited you the second time, I warned you that I was going to punish all the wrongdoers among you. And now I am warning you again while I am still away from you. When I visit you this third time, I will punish those who were sinning at the time when I visited you before and who are still sinning, and I will punish the others who have been sinning since then, if they have not stopped their sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_3","077_13_3","2CO","13","3","3","Because you have demanded that I prove to you that Christ is speaking to you when I speak to you, I will show you that I speak to you as his apostle. Christ does not approve of your sinful behavior. On the contrary, he will powerfully discipline you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_4","077_13_4","2CO","13","4","4","It is true that Christ seemed to be weak when he was crucified {when people killed him by nailing him to the cross}. But it is also true that he now lives because God worked powerfully to bring him back to life. Similarly, as I serve God, I also am a weak human being as Christ was. But I also have a close relationship with Christ who is now alive again. And with his authority I will use God’s power to discipline you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_5","077_13_5","2CO","13","5","5","Each of you should ask yourself: “Do I believe God’s message about Christ?” Each of you should examine yourselves to make sure that you truly do believe in Christ and so truly belong to him, and that his Spirit lives in you (pl). When you examine yourselves in that way, I am sure that you will RHQ say to me, “Yes, of course we belong to Christ.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_6","077_13_6","2CO","13","6","6","I am also certain that you will know that I belong to Christ, just like you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_7","077_13_7","2CO","13","7","7","But because I do not want to have to punish you, I am praying to God that he will help you not to do anything evil that would cause me to have to punish you. I pray this, not in order that when people who say that I am not your apostle realize that my ministry among you has been very successful, they will have to agree that I do have authority from Christ. Instead, I pray this because I want you to do what is right, even though that might mean that my opponents would think that I do not have authority from Christ, since I would not have an opportunity to show my authority to discipline you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_8","077_13_8","2CO","13","8","8","If you do what is right, I will not discipline you, because it would not be right for me to do that if you are conducting your lives the way you should, like God’s true message says that you should. What God asks me to do is to help people to know and obey his true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_9","077_13_9","2CO","13","9","9","I am happy whenever you are strongly trusting and obeying Christ, and because of that I do not have to use my authority to discipline you. It does not matter to me if that makes people think that I do not have any authority. Truly, what I am praying for is that God will help you to completely change your conduct. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_10","077_13_10","2CO","13","10","10","That is why I am writing these things while I am still away from you. What I want is that when I visit you, you will already be conducting your lives as God wants you to, and so I will not have to discipline you severely, as the Lord Jesus Christ gave me the authority to do. The authority that I have from the Lord is to help you to become spiritually mature believers, not to cause you to stop trusting in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_11","077_13_11","2CO","13","11","11","Finally, my fellow believers, I say to you, be joyful. Completely change how you conduct your lives, and do what I have urged you to do. Be united in what you think about the matters about which I have written to you. Live peacefully with each other. If you do those things, God, who enables you to love each other and be peaceful, will bless MTY you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_12","077_13_12","2CO","13","12","12","Greet each other affectionately as fellow members of God’s family should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_13","077_13_13","2CO","13","13","13","All God’s people here send you greetings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("C213_14","077_13_14","2CO","13","14","14","I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will act kindly toward all of you, in ways that you do not deserve, that God will show all of you how much he loves you, and that the Holy Spirit will cause you to have good fellowship with him and with each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_1","078_1_1","GAL","1","1","1","I, Paul, write this letter to you. I remind you that I am an apostle. That is not because a group of people appointed me, nor because a human being sent me to be an apostle. Instead, Jesus Christ and God our heavenly Father, who caused Jesus to become alive again after he died, have appointed and sent me to be an apostle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_2","078_1_2","GAL","1","2","2","All the fellow believers who are here with me approve of this message that I am writing. I am sending this letter to the congregations that are in Galatia province. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_3","078_1_3","GAL","1","3","3","I pray that God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ will kindly help you and enable you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_4","078_1_4","GAL","1","4","4","Christ offered himself as a sacrifice in order that he might remove the guilt for our sins. He did that in order that he might enable us to not do the evil things that people who do not know him do. He did this because God, who is our Father, wanted it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_5","078_1_5","GAL","1","5","5","I pray that people will praise God forever. ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_6","078_1_6","GAL","1","6","6","I am very disappointed IRO that so soon after you trusted in Christ you have turned away from God. He chose you in order that you might have what Christ freely/kindly gives. I am also disappointed that so soon you are believing a different message which some say is “good news.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_7","078_1_7","GAL","1","7","7","Their message is not a true message. What is happening is that certain persons are confusing your minds. They are desiring to change the good message ◄that Christ revealed/about Christ► and are creating another message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_8","078_1_8","GAL","1","8","8","But even if we (exc) apostles or an angel from heaven would tell you a message that is different from the good message that we told you before, I appeal to God that he punish such a person forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_9","078_1_9","GAL","1","9","9","As I told you previously, so now I tell you this once more: Someone is telling you what he says is a good message, but it is a message that is different from the good message that I gave you. So I appeal to God that he severely punish that person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_10","078_1_10","GAL","1","10","10","I said that because RHQ I do not desire that people approve me, contrary to what some have said about me. It is God whom I desire to approve me. Specifically, I do not say and do RHQ things just to please people. If it were still people whom I was trying to please, then I would not be one who willingly and completely serves Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_11","078_1_11","GAL","1","11","11","My fellow believers, I want you to know that the message about Christ that I proclaim to people is not one that some person created/thought up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_12","078_1_12","GAL","1","12","12","I did not receive this message from a human messenger, and no human being taught it to me. Instead, Jesus Christ revealed it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_13","078_1_13","GAL","1","13","13","People have told you how I used to behave when I practiced the Jewish religion. They told you that I continually did very harmful things to the groups of believers that God established, and they told you that I tried to get rid of those people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_14","078_1_14","GAL","1","14","14","I practiced the Jewish religion more thoroughly than many other Jews who were my age practiced it. I much more enthusiastically tried to get others to obey the traditions that my ancestors kept. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_15","078_1_15","GAL","1","15","15","Nevertheless, before I was born, God ◄set me apart/selected me►. He chose me to live eternally, something that I did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_16","078_1_16","GAL","1","16","16","He wanted me to know that Jesus is ◄his Son/the man who is also God►, so that I would tell others the message about him in regions where non-Jews live. But I did not immediately go to any human beings SYN in order to gain an understanding of that message. I received it directly from Christ!! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_17","078_1_17","GAL","1","17","17","I did not immediately leave Damascus and go to Jerusalem for that purpose to those who were apostles before I was. Instead, I went away to Arabia region, a desert area. Later I returned once more to Damascus city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_18","078_1_18","GAL","1","18","18","Then three years after God revealed this good message to me, I went up to Jerusalem in order that I might meet Peter. But I stayed with him for only 15 days, which was not long enough for him to teach me thoroughly about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_19","078_1_19","GAL","1","19","19","I also saw James, the brother of our Lord Jesus and the leader of the believers there, but I did not see any other apostle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_20","078_1_20","GAL","1","20","20","God knows that what I am writing to you is completely true LIT! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_21","078_1_21","GAL","1","21","21","After I left Jerusalem, I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_22","078_1_22","GAL","1","22","22","At that time, people in the Christian congregations that are in Judea province still had not met me SYN personally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_23","078_1_23","GAL","1","23","23","They only heard others say about me repeatedly, “Paul, the one who was formerly doing harmful things to us, is now telling the same message which we believe and which formerly he was trying ◄to destroy/to cause people to stop believing►!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL1_24","078_1_24","GAL","1","24","24","And they praised God because of what had happened to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_1","078_2_1","GAL","2","1","1","After 14 years passed, I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas. I took Titus also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_2","078_2_2","GAL","2","2","2","But I tell you that I went up there because of what God revealed to me. It was not because someone there asked me to come. I told people what was the good message that I was preaching in regions where non-Jews live. But I talked privately to those whom your new teachers highly respect. I did that in order that what I was doing and what I had done MET might not become useless MET as a result of people rejecting my message because they thought that I was teaching something that was not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_3","078_2_3","GAL","2","3","3","But even though the leaders of the believers usually insisted that when non-Jews trusted in Christ someone must circumcise them, they did not even insist that Titus be circumcised, even though he was a Greek man who was with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_4","078_2_4","GAL","2","4","4","I talked to them privately because some people successfully pretended that they were fellow believers and associated with the true believers. They did that in order that they might observe closely what we do because we are free from having to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals because of our close relationship with Christ Jesus MET. Those people wanted to make us like slaves MET of those rituals by convincing us that we cannot trust Christ solely but that we must also obey all the Jewish rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_5","078_2_5","GAL","2","5","5","But not even briefly did we (exc) do what they wanted about circumcision. We(exc) resisted them in order that the truth of the message about Christ might continue to benefit you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_6","078_2_6","GAL","2","6","6","The leaders in Jerusalem, whom your new teachers respect, did not add anything to what I preach. And I would add that what status those leaders had did not influence me, because God does not favor certain/important persons IDM more than others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_7","078_2_7","GAL","2","7","7","Instead of those leaders adding to the message that I tell people, they understood that I had been given the good message {God had given the good message to me} so that I might proclaim it to the non-Jews MTY, just like God had given the good message to Peter so that he might tell it to those who are Jews MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_8","078_2_8","GAL","2","8","8","That is, just like God had empowered/authorized Peter in order that he might be an apostle to bring God’s message to the Jews MTY, he also had empowered/authorized me in order that I might be an apostle to bring his message to the non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_9","078_2_9","GAL","2","9","9","And those leaders knew that God had kindly given to me this special work. So James, Peter, and John, the ones whom your new teachers respect because they are leaders MET of the believers, shook hands with us IDM to show that they agreed that Barnabas and I are serving the Lord just like they are, and that we are preaching the same message that they are preaching. They also agreed that we (exc) are the ones whom God was sending to tell his message to non-Jews, but that God is sending them to tell his message to Jews MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_10","078_2_10","GAL","2","10","10","They merely urged that we (exc) still remember to help the poor fellow believers who live in Jerusalem. That is exactly what I have been eager to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_11","078_2_11","GAL","2","11","11","But later while I was at Antioch city, after Peter came there, I told him directly SYN that what he was doing was wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_12","078_2_12","GAL","2","12","12","This is what happened: Peter went to Antioch and started eating regularly with non-Jewish believers there. Later there were certain Jewish believers who came to Antioch who claimed that James, the leader of the congregations in Jerusalem, had sent them. But when those certain men came, Peter gradually quit eating with the non-Jewish believers and would not associate with them. He was afraid that the Jewish believers from Jerusalem would criticize him for associating with non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_13","078_2_13","GAL","2","13","13","Also, the other Jewish believers who were in Antioch SYN acted ◄insincerely/in a way that they knew was not right► along with Peter. The result was that they convinced even Barnabas to stop associating with the non-Jewish believers! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_14","078_2_14","GAL","2","14","14","But when I realized that they were not acting according to the truth of the message about Christ, when all the fellow believers there were present, I told Peter the following: “Although you (sg) are a Jew, you often conduct yourself like non-Jews do by disregarding Jewish laws about food. When you are among non-Jews, you (sg) do not customarily conduct yourself at all like Jews do. So, ◄now it is wrong that you (sg) are causing non-Jews to think that they must obey all the Jewish rituals and customs!/why are you (sg) causing non-Jews to think that they must obey all the Jewish rituals and customs?► RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_15","078_2_15","GAL","2","15","15","Some of us believers were born as Jews. We (exc) were not born as non-Jews. We Jews have always considered non-Jews to be ‘sinners’ because they do not obey the Jewish rituals and laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_16","078_2_16","GAL","2","16","16","But we (exc) now know that it is not because some person obeys the laws that God gave to Moses that God erases the record of that person’s sins. God erases the record of a person’s sins only if that person trusts in what Jesus Christ has done. Even we (exc) Jews trusted Christ Jesus. We (exc) did that in order that God would erase the record of our sins because of our trusting Christ, and not because of our obeying the laws that God gave to Moses. God has said that he will never erase the record of people’s sins just because of their obeying those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_17","078_2_17","GAL","2","17","17","Furthermore, because we (exc) Jews desired that God would erase the record of our sins because of our relationship with Christ, it means that we realized that we ourselves were sinners like non-Jews, whom we called sinners, because we(exc) also were not obeying the Jewish rituals and laws. But ◄we(inc) certainly cannot conclude that it is Christ who causes us to sin./should we conclude that it is Christ who causes us to sin?► RHQ No, Christ certainly does not cause anyone to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_18","078_2_18","GAL","2","18","18","So if I should again believe that God would erase the record of my sins because of my obeying the laws that he gave to Moses MET, I would be like a man who rebuilds an old building that he tore down. It would soon be clear that I am one who disobeys those same laws that God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_19","078_2_19","GAL","2","19","19","When I realized that I could not earn God’s favor by obeying the laws that he gave to Moses, I decided not to respond to what those laws demanded MET, just like a dead person does not respond to anything. Now I live to honor/serve God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_20","078_2_20","GAL","2","20","20","It is as though I was with Christ when he was crucified {died on the cross} MET (OR, It is as though my old way of life ended when Christ died on the cross.) No longer am I directing the way I behave as I did before I believed in Christ. Now Christ is directing how I behave. And whatever I do now while I live, I do it trusting in God’s Son. He is the one who loved me and offered himself as a sacrifice for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL2_21","078_2_21","GAL","2","21","21","I am not rejecting as useless what God did for me ◄kindly/that I did not deserve►, as my opponents are doing. I fully accept that God saved me by acting kindly towards me. If it is because people obey the laws that God gave to Moses that God erases the record of their sins, then Christ died ◄for nothing/needlessly►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_1","078_3_1","GAL","3","1","1","You fellow believers who live in Galatia are very foolish! ◄Someone must have put an evil spell on you!/Did someone put an evil spell on you?► RHQ I clearly explained to you SYN what Jesus Christ accomplished when he was crucified {he died on the cross}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_2","078_3_2","GAL","3","2","2","So, I want you to tell me one thing: Do you think that it was because you obeyed the laws God gave Moses that you received the Holy Spirit? Do you not know that RHQ it was because when you heard the good message concerning Christ, you trusted in him? ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_3","078_3_3","GAL","3","3","3","◄You are acting so foolishly/Why are you being so foolish?► RHQ! You first became Christians as a result of God’s Spirit enabling you. So, ◄you should not now think that it is by what you yourselves do that you will continue to grow spiritually/do you now think it is by your own human efforts that you will continue to grow spiritually?!► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_4","078_3_4","GAL","3","4","4","Keep in mind that if what God has done for you was because of your obeying the laws that God gave to Moses and not because of trusting in Christ, when others caused you to suffer, you suffered many things needlessly! RHQ I certainly hope that you did not suffer like that needlessly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_5","078_3_5","GAL","3","5","5","When God now generously gives to you his Spirit and performs miracles among you, do you think that it is RHQ because you obey the laws that God gave to Moses? Surely you know that it is because when you heard the good message about Christ, you trusted in him RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_6","078_3_6","GAL","3","6","6","What you have experienced is as Moses wrote in the Scriptures about Abraham. He wrote that Abraham trusted God, and as a result, he was considered as being righteous {God erased the record of his sins}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_7","078_3_7","GAL","3","7","7","You must realize, therefore, that it is those who trust in what Christ has done who are like Abraham’s descendants MET because they trust in God as Abraham did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_8","078_3_8","GAL","3","8","8","Furthermore, God planned beforehand that it was when non-Jews trusted him that he would erase the record of their sins. Moses wrote in the Scriptures PRS this good message that God told Abraham: “Because of what you did, I will bless people in MTY all nations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_9","078_3_9","GAL","3","9","9","So, we can conclude that it is those who trust in what Christ has done whom God blesses. That includes all non-Jews and Jews who trust him, along with Abraham, the one who trusted him long ago. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_10","078_3_10","GAL","3","10","10","That is, God will eternally punish all those who mistakenly think that God will erase the record of their sins as a result of their obeying the laws that God gave to Moses. What is written in the Scriptures is that God will eternally punish everyone who does not continuously and completely obey all the laws that Moses wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_11","078_3_11","GAL","3","11","11","But God has declared that if he erases the record of anyone’s sins, it will not be as a result of their obeying the laws God gave Moses. This is evident because the Scriptures say, “Every person whose record of sins God erases because that person trusts God will live spiritually.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_12","078_3_12","GAL","3","12","12","But when God gave his laws to the Jews, he did not say that a person must trust him. Instead, God said that it is those who obey all God’s laws, continuously and completely, who will live. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_13","078_3_13","GAL","3","13","13","Even though we humans have not continuously and completely obeyed God’s laws, Christ rescued us from God punishing us eternally. Christ rescued us by his being the one God condemned instead of God condemning us. What is written {someone/Moses wrote} in the Scriptures shows that this is true. It is written {He wrote}, “God has cursed anyone whom people have executed for his crimes and whose body they have hung on a tree.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_14","078_3_14","GAL","3","14","14","Jesus Christ rescued us in order that as a result of what he has done, God might bless the non-Jews, in a way similar to the way God blessed Abraham. He also desired that as a result of our trusting Christ, we all might receive the Spirit whom God promised to give to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_15","078_3_15","GAL","3","15","15","My fellow believers, I will now illustrate by referring to human relationships. After an agreement is confirmed by two people {two people have signed an agreement}, no one can reject it or add to it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_16","078_3_16","GAL","3","16","16","God declared to Abraham and his descendant that he was promising to give blessings to Abraham. The words that God spoke were not “and your descendants.” He was not referring to many persons. Instead, he was referring to one person, who is Christ, because the words that God spoke were, “and your descendant.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_17","078_3_17","GAL","3","17","17","This is what I am saying: Since God gave the laws to the Jews 430 years after he declared to Abraham what he was promising to do for Abraham, those laws do not cancel that agreement with Abraham that God himself had previously agreed about PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_18","078_3_18","GAL","3","18","18","Remember that if it is because we obey God’s laws that he gives to us what he has promised to give to us, then it is not just because he has promised that he would give those things to us. God freely gave to Abraham what he had promised to give to him, just because God had promised that he would give it to him. Similarly, it is not because we obey God’s laws that God gives to us what he has promised to give to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_19","078_3_19","GAL","3","19","19","So, if someone should ask, “Why did God later give his laws to Moses?” I would reply that it was in order that people might realize how sinful they were. Those laws were valid until Jesus came. He was the descendant that God was referring to when he made the promises to Abraham. The laws were given {God gave his laws} to Moses by God’s causing angels to speak to him. Moses was the mediator, the one who told the laws to the people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_20","078_3_20","GAL","3","20","20","Now, when a mediator functions, one person is not speaking with another directly; but God himself made his promises directly to Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_21","078_3_21","GAL","3","21","21","If someone should ask, “When God gave his laws to Moses long after he told Abraham what he was promising to give to him, was he changing his mind?” I would reply that God certainly did not change his mind when he did that! If God had given a law that could enable people to live eternally, then it actually would be because of people obeying that law that God would erase the record of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_22","078_3_22","GAL","3","22","22","But instead, what we read in the Scriptures PRS is that God caused all people to be unable to escape being punished for their sins MET, just like people in prison are unable to escape PRS, MET. God did that in order that he might give what he promised to those who trust Jesus Christ, just because they trust him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_23","078_3_23","GAL","3","23","23","Before God revealed the good message about trusting in Christ, the laws PRS that God gave to Moses were confining/imprisoning us Jews MET, as a prisoner in jail is confined. We were unable to escape obeying those MET laws. This happened in order that we might believe the good message concerning Christ, the message that God would reveal later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_24","078_3_24","GAL","3","24","24","Like a father supervises his immature son by appointing a servant to take care of him MET, God was supervising us by his laws MET, PRS until Christ came. He did this in order that he might erase the record of our sins only because we trust Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_25","078_3_25","GAL","3","25","25","But now that God has revealed the message about trusting in Christ, the laws that God gave to Moses are no longer supervising us Jews PRS, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_26","078_3_26","GAL","3","26","26","Now all of you Jews and non-Jews are as though you are God’s children because you trusted Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_27","078_3_27","GAL","3","27","27","That is, you who began a relationship with Christ when you were baptized identified yourselves MET with Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_28","078_3_28","GAL","3","28","28","If you are believers, it does not matter to God if you are Jews or non-Jews; slaves or ones who are not slaves; males or females, because all of you are as one sort of person because of your relationship with Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL3_29","078_3_29","GAL","3","29","29","Furthermore, since you belong to Christ, you are like Abraham’s descendants because you trust God as Abraham did, and you will possess/receive all that God has promised MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_1","078_4_1","GAL","4","1","1","Now, I will further discuss children and heirs: An heir is a person who will later control all that his father has. But as long as that heir is a child, others control him, with the result that he is just like a slave MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_2","078_4_2","GAL","4","2","2","Until the day that his father previously determined, other persons supervise him and manage his father’s property. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_3","078_4_3","GAL","4","3","3","Likewise, when we (inc) (OR, we (exc) Jews) were like young children MET, we were controlled by the spiritual powers of this world. They controlled us like masters control their slaves MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_4","078_4_4","GAL","4","4","4","But exactly at the time MTY that God had previously determined, he sent Jesus, who is ◄his Son/the man who is also God►, into the world. Jesus was born to a human mother. He had to obey the laws that God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_5","078_4_5","GAL","4","5","5","God sent Jesus in order that he might redeem us who had to obey God’s laws. God wanted us all to receive from God the status of being his children MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_6","078_4_6","GAL","4","6","6","Furthermore, we know that we are God’s children because God sent the Spirit, who is intimately related to Jesus, to live in our ◄inner beings/hearts►. The Spirit enables us to pray fervently, “Daddy, Father!” This shows that we are God’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_7","078_4_7","GAL","4","7","7","So, because of what God has done, no longer is each of you like a slave. Instead, each of you is a child of God. Furthermore, since each of you is God’s child, God has also made you his heir, one who will receive all that he has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_8","078_4_8","GAL","4","8","8","When you did not have a relationship with God MET, you served gods that really did not exist MET. You were their slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_9","078_4_9","GAL","4","9","9","But now you have come to know God. Perhaps it would be better to say that now God knows you. So now you are acting foolishly! ◄You are again believing that by obeying rules and rites you will benefit spiritually! RHQ Those rules are ineffective and inadequate! You are wanting to obey them again MET like slaves obey their masters. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_10","078_4_10","GAL","4","10","10","You non-Jews are carefully practicing Jewish rules and rituals about what you should do ◄on Sabbaths/on Jewish days of rest► and on the first day of each month and on special seasons and years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_11","078_4_11","GAL","4","11","11","I ◄worry/am concerned► about your mistaken ideas. I do not want to have so strenuously served you in vain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_12","078_4_12","GAL","4","12","12","My fellow believers, I strongly urge you that you do as I do. Stop thinking that you have to obey ◄Jewish rules and rituals/ceremonial laws►. When I was with you, I did not obey all the Jewish rules and rituals, just like you did not obey them. At that time you treated me entirely as you should have LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_13","078_4_13","GAL","4","13","13","You know that the first time I preached to you, I went to your area to regain my health, because I was physically weak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_14","078_4_14","GAL","4","14","14","Although you might have despised me because I was physically weak, you did not despise me or act contemptuously/disrespectfully toward me. Instead, you welcomed me like you would welcome an angel from God. You welcomed me like you would welcome Christ Jesus! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_15","078_4_15","GAL","4","15","15","◄I am disappointed that you have forgotten that then you declared that you were pleased with me./Have you forgotten that then you declared that you were pleased with me?► RHQ I can testify that you would have done anything to help me. You would have gouged out your eyes and given them to me, if that would have helped me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_16","078_4_16","GAL","4","16","16","So I am very disappointed that you now act as though RHQ I have become hostile to you because I have kept speaking the true message about Christ to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_17","078_4_17","GAL","4","17","17","Those who are insisting on obeying Jewish rules are eagerly showing interest in you, but what they are doing is not good. They even want you not to associate with me and other true believers, because they want you to eagerly show interest in them, not in us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_18","078_4_18","GAL","4","18","18","But just like it always feels good to have others show that they appreciate you, I would like you always to appreciate me, and not only when I am with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_19","078_4_19","GAL","4","19","19","You who are like my children, once again I am very worried/concerned about you MET, and I will continue to be worried/concerned until Christ’s nature becomes developed in you completely and wholeheartedly MET as a child becomes developed in his mother’s womb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_20","078_4_20","GAL","4","20","20","But I do wish that I could be with you now and that I might talk more gently with you, because I do not know what to do about you while we are apart. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_21","078_4_21","GAL","4","21","21","Some of you desire to obey all the laws that God gave Moses. I say that you should consider RHQ the implications of what Moses wrote in the Scriptures. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_22","078_4_22","GAL","4","22","22","He wrote that Abraham became the father of two sons. His female slave, Hagar, bore one son, and his wife Sarah, who was not a slave, bore the other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_23","078_4_23","GAL","4","23","23","Also, the sons differed. Ishmael, the son born by the female slave, was conceived naturally. But Isaac, the son born by his wife who was not a slave, was conceived miraculously as a result of what God had promised Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_24","078_4_24","GAL","4","24","24","I am telling you this as an illustration. These two women symbolize two agreements. God made the first agreement, which involved obeying the laws that God gave to Moses at Sinai Mountain. Because that agreement forces those who accept it to keep obeying all its rules MET, it is like a slave mother who gives birth to slaves. So Hagar, the female slave, symbolizes that agreement. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_25","078_4_25","GAL","4","25","25","Also, the word ‘Hagar’ is associated with Sinai Mountain, which is in Arabia land. Hagar, the female slave, also represents Jerusalem as it is today. Jerusalem is like MET a slave mother, and those who live there PRS are like her slave children MET because they all must obey the laws that God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_26","078_4_26","GAL","4","26","26","But there will be a new Jerusalem in heaven MTY, and we who will go there are free from having to obey Jewish laws. We who belong to that city consider it to be our mother MET city because we are God’s true children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_27","078_4_27","GAL","4","27","27","Our new city will have more people than those who live in Jerusalem now. It will be just like Isaiah foretold about the people whom he expected would come back to Jerusalem from exile. He expected that they would be more numerous than those who were taken into exile. He wrote: You who live in Jerusalem, you will rejoice! Now you have no children, like a barren woman who does not give birth to children! But some day you will shout joyfully, ◄without restraint/as loudly as you can►, even though now you are few in number, like a woman who cannot give birth to children, and you feel deserted. You will be very happy because you will have many children who will come to you. Those children will be more than the children any woman with a husband could have borne. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_28","078_4_28","GAL","4","28","28","Now, my fellow believers, you have become children of God as a result of believing God’s promise to us, as Isaac was born as a result of Abraham believing what God promised to him MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_29","078_4_29","GAL","4","29","29","Also, long ago Abraham’s son Ishmael, the one who was conceived naturally, caused trouble for Abraham’s son Isaac, who was conceived supernaturally MET. Similarly, now those who think that we must obey the laws that God gave Moses in order that God will save us are causing trouble for those who are trusting Abraham’s descendant, Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_30","078_4_30","GAL","4","30","30","But these are RHQ the words in the Scriptures PRS: “The son of the woman who was not a slave will inherit what his father has. The female slave’s son will certainly not inherit those things. So send away from this place the female slave and her son MET!” That means that you should certainly expel from your groups those who insist that we obey all the laws God gave Moses MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL4_31","078_4_31","GAL","4","31","31","My fellow believers, Hagar symbolizes the laws that God gave to Moses. But we are not those who must obey all the laws that God gave to Moses MET. So we are not the female slave Hagar’s spiritual descendants MET. But Sarah’s descendants are those who were born as a result of believing what God promised to Abraham. So we are the spiritual descendants of Sarah, the woman who was not a slave MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_1","078_5_1","GAL","5","1","1","It is in order that we might live without ◄being obliged to/having to► obey all the Jewish rituals that Christ freed us from God condemning us because of our disobeying those rituals. So, firmly reject the false teaching that someone must circumcise you, and do not live like slaves again MET by letting others force you to obey those rules and rituals again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_2","078_5_2","GAL","5","2","2","Consider very carefully what I, Paul, an apostle, now tell you: If, to fulfill Jewish ritual laws, you are permitting yourself to be circumcised {someone to circumcise you}, what Christ has done for you will not benefit you at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_3","078_5_3","GAL","5","3","3","Instead, I solemnly declare again to every man who is circumcised {has someone circumcise him} in order for God to accept him, that you must perfectly obey all of the laws that God gave Moses, in order for God to save you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_4","078_5_4","GAL","5","4","4","Those of you who are sure that God will erase the record of your sins because you obey the laws that God gave to Moses, you have separated yourselves from Christ. You have abandoned/rejected God’s true method of saving you, which was by kindly erasing the record of your sins, in a way that you did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_5","078_5_5","GAL","5","5","5","But we who have a relationship with Christ and who trust in Christ are eagerly waiting to receive what God’s Spirit assures us that we can expect. We can expect to receive it because God has erased the record of our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_6","078_5_6","GAL","5","6","6","As for us who have a relationship with Christ Jesus, God is not concerned whether we are circumcised or not circumcised. Instead, God is concerned about whether we trust in Christ, with the result that we love other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_7","078_5_7","GAL","5","7","7","You were progressing well spiritually MET. You should not have let someone influence you so that now you are not believing the true message about Christ RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_8","078_5_8","GAL","5","8","8","God, the one who chose you, is not the one who is persuading you to think like this! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_9","078_5_9","GAL","5","9","9","Remember that this false doctrine that someone is teaching you will affect all of you, just like MET a little yeast causes all of the dough to swell up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_10","078_5_10","GAL","5","10","10","Nevertheless, because of my relationship with the Lord, I am certain that you will think only as I do about forcing people to obey rules and rituals. Furthermore, God will punish anyone who is confusing you by teaching this false message, even if he is an important person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_11","078_5_11","GAL","5","11","11","But, my fellow believers, although someone claims that I am proclaiming that men must be circumcised, I certainly am not still proclaiming that. Remember that the Jews are still ◄persecuting me/causing me to suffer►. If I were still proclaiming that men must be circumcised in order for God to accept them, ◄the Jews would not be persecuting me./why would the Jews be persecuting me?► RHQ They would RHQ not be persecuting me/causing me to suffer because then the Jews would no longer be offended. They ◄are offended/do not want to accept what I teach► because I proclaim that Christ, the Messiah, died on the cross MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_12","078_5_12","GAL","5","12","12","I would even wish that those who are disturbing you by insisting that men be circumcised would also emasculate EUP themselves, with the result that they would be expelled from your congregations! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_13","078_5_13","GAL","5","13","13","My fellow believers, God chose you in order that you might live without having to obey rules and rituals. But do not assume that because you are free from having to obey rules and rituals, God permits you to do whatever your self-directed nature desires. Instead, constantly, as you love each other, serve each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_14","078_5_14","GAL","5","14","14","Keep in mind that we can sum up all of the laws that God has given us in one law, which is: “You must love each person you come in contact with, just like you love yourself.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_15","078_5_15","GAL","5","15","15","Since you are attacking and injuring MET each other by the things that you say MET, I warn you that if you continue doing that, you will totally ruin each other spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_16","078_5_16","GAL","5","16","16","So I tell you this: Constantly let God’s Spirit direct you. If you do that, you will certainly not do the things that your self-directed nature wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_17","078_5_17","GAL","5","17","17","Your self-directed nature ◄opposes God’s Spirit/does not want you to do what God’s Spirit wants you to do►, but also his Spirit opposes your self-directed nature. These two are always ◄fighting with/opposing► each other. The result is that you do not constantly do the good deeds that you truly desire to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_18","078_5_18","GAL","5","18","18","But when you are led by God’s Spirit {when God’s Spirit directs you}, you can do what pleases God, now that you are no longer obligated to obey all the laws that God gave Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_19","078_5_19","GAL","5","19","19","You already know how people think and act PRS because of their self-directed nature. These are some of the things that they do: People are sexually immoral. People commit unnatural sexual acts. People act indecently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_20","078_5_20","GAL","5","20","20","People worship false gods and things that represent those gods. People perform ◄rituals in order that evil spirits might act for them/sorcery►. People are hostile to others. People quarrel with each other. People are ◄jealous/resent other people’s status►. People behave angrily. People try ◄to get others to think highly of them/to exalt themselves► and ◄do not consider what others want/act selfishly►. People do not associate with others. People associate only with those who agree with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_21","078_5_21","GAL","5","21","21","People want what others have. People get drunk. People ◄revel/participate in wild parties►. And people do other things like these. I warn you now, just like I warned you previously, that the ones who constantly act and think like that will not receive what God has for his own people when he begins to rule over us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_22","078_5_22","GAL","5","22","22","But God’s Spirit causes us to do these things: We love others. We are joyful. We are peaceful. We are patient. We are kind. We are good. We are ones whom others can trust. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_23","078_5_23","GAL","5","23","23","We are gentle. We control our behavior. There is no law that says people should not think and act in such ways. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_24","078_5_24","GAL","5","24","24","Furthermore, we who belong to Christ Jesus have stopped obeying our self-directed nature and stopped doing all the evil things that we desire to do MET. It is as though MET we nailed them to the cross! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_25","078_5_25","GAL","5","25","25","Since God’s Spirit has caused us to be spiritually alive, we should conduct our lives the way the Spirit directs us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL5_26","078_5_26","GAL","5","26","26","We should not be saying how great we are. We should not be making ourselves more important than others. We should not envy each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_1","078_6_1","GAL","6","1","1","My fellow believers, if you discover that a person among your congregation is sinning, those of you whom God’s Spirit is directing and empowering should gently correct that person. Furthermore, each of you who corrects another person should be very cautious in order that you might not sin like that when you are tempted {when something tempts you}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_2","078_6_2","GAL","6","2","2","When there are ones who have problems, you should help each other. By doing that, you will complete what Christ requires. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_3","078_6_3","GAL","6","3","3","Keep in mind that those who refuse to help others because they think that they are more important than other people, although they are not really more important, are deceiving themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_4","078_6_4","GAL","6","4","4","Instead, each of you should constantly test/judge and decide if you can approve what you yourself are doing and thinking. Then you can boast because of what you yourself are doing and thinking, and not because what you are doing is superior to what other persons are doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_5","078_6_5","GAL","6","5","5","Keep in mind that you must each perform your own individual tasks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_6","078_6_6","GAL","6","6","6","You who are being taught {whom others are teaching} God’s truth should share your various material things EUP with your teachers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_7","078_6_7","GAL","6","7","7","You should not deceive yourselves. Remember that God is never outwitted {no one ever fools God}. Just like a farmer will reap exactly the kind of crop that he plants MET, God will reward people according to what they have done MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_8","078_6_8","GAL","6","8","8","God will punish eternally those who do what their self-directed natures urge them to do. But those who please God’s Spirit will live forever with God because of what God’s Spirit does for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_9","078_6_9","GAL","6","9","9","But we should not ◄tire of/become discouraged while► doing what pleases God, because eventually, at the time that God has determined, we will receive a reward MET, if we do not stop doing the good things that we have been doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_10","078_6_10","GAL","6","10","10","So, whenever we have opportunities, we should do what is good to all people. But especially we should do what is good to all our fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_11","078_6_11","GAL","6","11","11","I am now writing this last part of this letter to you in my own handwriting. Notice the large letters with which I am now writing. I am doing this in order that I might emphasize this: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_12","078_6_12","GAL","6","12","12","Some Jewish believers are trying to force you to perform certain rituals so that other Jews will think highly of them. They are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone must circumcise you}. They are doing that only in order that other Jews would no longer ◄persecute them/cause them to suffer► for proclaiming that God will save us because of our trusting in what Christ accomplished when he died on the cross MTY, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_13","078_6_13","GAL","6","13","13","The reason that I say that is that the ones who are insisting that you be circumcised {that someone circumcise you} do not themselves fully obey the laws that God gave to Moses. Instead, they desire that you let someone circumcise you in order that they might boast to those Jews who would ◄persecute them/cause them to suffer► that you did that because they insisted MTY that you do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_14","078_6_14","GAL","6","14","14","I myself, however, strongly desire that I never boast about anything like that. The only thing I will boast about is what our Lord Jesus Christ accomplished by dying on the cross MTY. Because of what Christ did on the cross, I no longer am interested in the things that those who do not trust Christ MTY think are important, and those people are no longer interested in the things that I MET think are important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_15","078_6_15","GAL","6","15","15","I will boast about Christ dying on the cross because God is concerned neither that people are circumcised nor that people are not circumcised. Instead, he is concerned only that people conduct their lives in a completely new way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_16","078_6_16","GAL","6","16","16","I pray that God will give inner peace and act kindly towards all who will act according to this new way of life. It is all those who live according to this new way of life who are now truly God’s people MET, as the Israeli people were God’s people previously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_17","078_6_17","GAL","6","17","17","Finally, I say that people have persecuted me/caused me to suffer for declaring the truth about Jesus, and as a result I have scars on my body. Your new teachers do not have scars like mine! So do not trouble/bother me about these matters again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("GL6_18","078_6_18","GAL","6","18","18","My fellow believers, I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will kindly accomplish what he desires within you. ◄Amen!/May it be so!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_1","079_1_1","EPH","1","1","1","I, Paul, am an apostle whom God appointed ◄to represent/to proclaim the message about► Christ Jesus because that is what God wanted. I am writing this letter to you who are the people of God in Ephesus city. You are people who ◄faithfully/continue to► trust in Christ Jesus and who have a close relationship with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_2","079_1_2","EPH","1","2","2","I pray that God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_3","079_1_3","EPH","1","3","3","Praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because of our relationship with Christ, he has blessed us spiritually in every way by giving us blessings that come from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_4","079_1_4","EPH","1","4","4","Before God created the world, he chose us to be his people because of our ◄relationship with/union with► Christ, in order that God could consider us to be completely holy DOU. Because God loves us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_5","079_1_5","EPH","1","5","5","he decided long ago that he would adopt us to be as though we were his own children because of what Jesus Christ has done. He decided to do that because it pleased him to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_6","079_1_6","EPH","1","6","6","He did it in order that we would praise him for acting very kindly toward us in a wonderful way that we did not deserve. He did it because of our relationship with his beloved Son {one, who is also God, whom he loves}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_7","079_1_7","EPH","1","7","7","When the blood of Christ flowed when he died MTY, it was as though he paid a price to free/save us from the guilt of our sins. That ◄provided a way/made it possible► for God to act very kindly toward us to forgive us for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_8","079_1_8","EPH","1","8","8","He acted very kindly toward us and enabled us to become wise about many HYP things and to understand his truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_9","079_1_9","EPH","1","9","9","He has enabled us to know the things that he had planned secretly (OR, that he had not revealed to anyone yet). He did that because he wanted to do that, and because he planned to do that by means of the things Christ would do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_10","079_1_10","EPH","1","10","10","God planned that at the time that he appointed, he would unite all things/beings in heaven and all things/beings on earth (OR, all beings in heaven and all things on earth), and cause Christ to be the one who will rule them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_11","079_1_11","EPH","1","11","11","Because of our close relationship with Christ, God has also chosen us (inc) (OR, us (exc) Jews) to receive what he has promised to give us. He decided long ago to do that. It was exactly what he planned. He accomplishes everything exactly as he plans and desires, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_12","079_1_12","EPH","1","12","12","in order that we(exc) Jews, who confidently expected the Messiah to do great things for us before the non-Jews expected such things (OR, we (inc) who were already confidently expecting Christ to do great things for us) will praise him for his greatness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_13","079_1_13","EPH","1","13","13","You Ephesians also heard the true message, the good message about how God saves you. People put their seal on something to show that it belongs to them. Similarly, when you believed in Christ, God showed that you also belong to him by sending you the Holy Spirit as he promised to do MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_14","079_1_14","EPH","1","14","14","The Holy Spirit is like MET a ◄deposit/down payment►. That is, he ◄guarantees/assures us► that we will receive all that God has promised to give us, at the time when God will give to those who belong to him MET everything that Christ freed us to receive. God also assures you that you belong to him, in order that you would praise him for his greatness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_15","079_1_15","EPH","1","15","15","Because of what God has done for you, and because people told me that you continue to trust in the Lord Jesus and that you love all those who belong to God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_16","079_1_16","EPH","1","16","16","I thank God for you constantly LIT, HYP. I ◄mention/pray for► you constantly, whenever I pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_17","079_1_17","EPH","1","17","17","I pray that God, who is the glorious/wonderful Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, may cause his Spirit to make you wise, and that his Spirit will reveal God to you so that you may fully know him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_18","079_1_18","EPH","1","18","18","And I pray that God would enable you to understand MTY his truth, in order that in your ◄inner beings/hearts► you may know the things that we believers should confidently expect to receive because he chose us to be his people. And I pray that you will know how God will bless his people in a very wonderful way when we finally receive all that he has promised to give us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_19","079_1_19","EPH","1","19","19","And I pray that you will know how very powerfully God helps us who continue to trust in Christ. He works powerfully for us ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_20","079_1_20","EPH","1","20","20","just like he acted powerfully for Christ when he caused Christ to become alive again after he died, and put him in the place of highest/greatest honor MTY in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_21","079_1_21","EPH","1","21","21","There, Christ is the supreme ruler over every powerful spirit of every level of authority. His rank is much higher than any powerful spirit can receive, not only now, but forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_22","079_1_22","EPH","1","22","22","God has caused all beings to be subject to Christ MTY, and he has also appointed Christ, who rules over all things, to rule MET over all believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP1_23","079_1_23","EPH","1","23","23","We believers relate to Christ like the parts of a person’s body MET relate to its head. Christ uses all his power among us just like he uses his power throughout the whole universe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_1","079_2_1","EPH","2","1","1","Formerly, because you were habitually sinning DOU, you were ◄spiritually dead/as unable to please God as a corpse MET is►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_2","079_2_2","EPH","2","2","2","You were acting in the same evil way as those who oppose Christ MTY act. That is, you were behaving in the evil ways that Satan wanted you to behave. He rules over evil spiritual beings that no person can see MTY. He is the spirit who now powerfully controls the people who disobey God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_3","079_2_3","EPH","2","3","3","Formerly, we all used to disobey God as they do. We did the things that our self-centered nature wanted us to do. We habitually did those evil deeds that our bodies and our minds wanted to do. When we were acting like that, it was certain that God would punish MTY us, just like he will certainly punish all other evil people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_4","079_2_4","EPH","2","4","4","But God always acts very mercifully, and he loves us very much. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_5","079_2_5","EPH","2","5","5","As a result, even when we were ◄spiritually dead/as unable to please God as a corpse MET is► because we were habitually sinning, he enabled us to receive spiritual/eternal life because of our relationship with Christ. Do not forget this: It is only because God has acted so kindly toward you, in a way that you did not deserve, that you are saved {that he saved you} from the guilt of your sin ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_6","079_2_6","EPH","2","6","6","And it is as though God gave us spiritual life when he caused Christ Jesus to be alive again after he died MET. And it is as though God caused us to sit and rule MTY with him in heaven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_7","079_2_7","EPH","2","7","7","in order that he might show to everyone at all times in the future that he has acted toward us in an extremely kind way because of what Christ Jesus did for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_8","079_2_8","EPH","2","8","8","It is only by God acting PRS toward you in a way that you did not deserve that you have been saved {that he has saved you} as a result of your trusting in Christ. You did not save yourselves. His saving you was his gift to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_9","079_2_9","EPH","2","9","9","He did not save any of you because of anything you yourselves did. Because you have done nothing to save yourselves, you cannot be proud of your efforts to save yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_10","079_2_10","EPH","2","10","10","It is God who has made us what we are now. Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, he has enabled us to receive spiritual/eternal life in order that we should conduct our lives habitually doing the good deeds that God previously planned for us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_11","079_2_11","EPH","2","11","11","You Ephesians have been non-Jews from the time that you were born. The Jews ◄insult you/say that you are not God’s people► by calling you ‘those who are not circumcised’. They proudly call themselves ‘we (exc) who are circumcised’. They have allowed people to circumcise them to indicate that they are God’s people, but that has only changed their bodies, not their ◄inner beings/hearts►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_12","079_2_12","EPH","2","12","12","You should constantly remember these things: Formerly you did not have any relationship with Christ. You did not belong to the people of Israel, the people whom God chose. You did not know about the things God promised in his agreements with his people. You did not confidently expect to go to heaven after you die (OR, that God would save you). You lived in this world without knowing God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_13","079_2_13","EPH","2","13","13","But now, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, God has brought you, who had no relationship with him MET, into his family MET. He did that because you trusted in what Christ accomplished when his blood MTY flowed from his body when he died on the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_14","079_2_14","EPH","2","14","14","Christ himself has caused us Jewish and non-Jewish believers to have peace with each other. He has made both of our groups to become one group. Just like people ◄tear down/demolish► a wall that separates groups of people MET, he has destroyed the hatred between Jews and non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_15","079_2_15","EPH","2","15","15","By dying MTY for us on the cross he made it no longer necessary for us to obey all the Jewish laws and rituals in order to be saved. He did that in order to enable the two groups to become one new group because of our relationship with him. The result was that he has caused us to have peace with each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_16","079_2_16","EPH","2","16","16","By dying on the cross MTY he caused both Jews and non-Jews to have a peaceful relationship with God. That is how he caused us to no longer be MET enemies with God (OR, with each other). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_17","079_2_17","EPH","2","17","17","He came to earth and proclaimed that you non-Jews, who did not have a relationship with MET God, and us(exc) Jews, who considered that we(exc) belonged to MET God’s family, can all now have peace with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_18","079_2_18","EPH","2","18","18","We know that he has done that because we both, Jews and non-Jews, are now able to approach God the Father in prayer by the help of his Spirit, because of what Christ has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_19","079_2_19","EPH","2","19","19","So God no longer treats you non-Jews as people treat MET foreigners and strangers who live among them MET. Instead, along with all God’s people, it is as though you have become citizens of a country that he rules over, and as though you have become members of the family of which he is the father MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_20","079_2_20","EPH","2","20","20","Just like a building is built {as someone builds a building} on a foundation, God has joined you into one group that originated/began from what the apostles and prophets taught. Christ Jesus is the most important one in that group, just like a cornerstone is the most important part of a building. And ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_21","079_2_21","EPH","2","21","21","just like a builder might join together all the parts of a building to make it a temple that people will dedicate to the Lord MET, Christ is continually causing all of you who have a relationship with him to be united, in order that you will become one holy group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP2_22","079_2_22","EPH","2","22","22","And because of your relationship with Christ, God is joining you non-Jews together with Jewish believers to be like one building MET in which his Spirit lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_1","079_3_1","EPH","3","1","1","Because God has done all this for you non-Jews, I, Paul, pray for you. I want you to know that it is because I serve Christ Jesus for your sake that I am in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_2","079_3_2","EPH","3","2","2","I ◄assume that/think that probably► someone has told you how God acted very kindly toward me, appointing me so that I would proclaim the gospel to you non-Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_3","079_3_3","EPH","3","3","3","God revealed to me the message that he had not revealed to others. When you read what I have already written briefly about that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_4","079_3_4","EPH","3","4","4","you will be able to understand that I understand clearly that message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_5","079_3_5","EPH","3","5","5","Formerly, God did not reveal that message to anyone, but now his Spirit has revealed that message to ◄his holy apostles and prophets/people who tell messages that come directly from God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_6","079_3_6","EPH","3","6","6","That message, which he has now revealed, is that because of our (inc) relationship with Christ Jesus, all of us, non-Jews as well as Jews MTY, will receive the great spiritual blessings that God has promised as we all form one group MET as a result of our believing the good news about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_7","079_3_7","EPH","3","7","7","By God powerfully enabling me, and because God acted kindly toward me, doing what I did not deserve, and chose me to do that work, I became someone who tells others this good message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_8","079_3_8","EPH","3","8","8","Although I am the least worthy of all God’s people, God kindly appointed me to proclaim to the non-Jews the message about the great spiritual blessings that they can receive from Christ, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_9","079_3_9","EPH","3","9","9","and to enable everyone to understand clearly how God accomplished what he planned. God, who created everything, has now revealed this message, which he never revealed to anyone before. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_10","079_3_10","EPH","3","10","10","What he planned was that all ◄believers/people who belong to Christ► would be the ones who would reveal to all the ranks DOU of spiritual beings in heaven that what God had planned is wise in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_11","079_3_11","EPH","3","11","11","That is what God had always planned, and it is what he accomplished by what our Lord Jesus has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_12","079_3_12","EPH","3","12","12","Because of what he has done and because of our relationship with him, when we pray we can approach God confidently and without being afraid. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_13","079_3_13","EPH","3","13","13","So I ask that you do not be discouraged because of my suffering many things for you here in prison. You should feel honored that I am willing to suffer these things for your sake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_14","079_3_14","EPH","3","14","14","Because God has done all this for you, I kneel and pray MTY to God our Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_15","079_3_15","EPH","3","15","15","He is the one who is like a father of all the believers who are now in heaven and those who are still on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_16","079_3_16","EPH","3","16","16","I pray that, using his unlimited resources, he will cause you to be strengthened by his Spirit {cause his Spirit to strengthen you} in your ◄inner beings/hearts► with all God’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_17","079_3_17","EPH","3","17","17","That is, I pray that because of your trusting in Christ, his Spirit may live in your ◄inner beings/hearts► (OR, he may live in your hearts). And I pray that because you love Christ firmly and faithfully/continually MET, you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_18","079_3_18","EPH","3","18","18","along with all other believers, may be able to know how very DOU much Christ loves us(inc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_19","079_3_19","EPH","3","19","19","I want you to experience how very deeply he loves us, even though it is not possible for us to understand fully how much he loves us. And I pray that God will enable you to be filled with {have a full measure of} all the qualities of his character that he himself has. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_20","079_3_20","EPH","3","20","20","God is able to do much ◄greater things/more► than we could ask him to do, or even that we might think that he can do, by his power that is working within us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP3_21","079_3_21","EPH","3","21","21","Because of our relationship with Christ Jesus, may all ◄believers/those who belong to him► praise him forever. ◄Amen!/May it be so!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_1","079_4_1","EPH","4","1","1","Therefore I, who am in prison because I serve the Lord Jesus, urge you, whom God has chosen to be his people, to do these things: Conduct your lives as God’s people should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_2","079_4_2","EPH","4","2","2","Always be humble, and do not demand your own rights. Be patient with each other, and, because you love each other, endure each other’s ◄irritating behavior/behavior that you do not like►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_3","079_4_3","EPH","4","3","3","God’s Spirit has caused you to be united with one another, so do all that you can to remain united with one another by acting peacefully toward each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_4","079_4_4","EPH","4","4","4","All we believers form just one group MET, and we have only one Holy Spirit. Similarly, you were chosen {God chose you} in order that you all might confidently keep expecting one set of good things from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_5","079_4_5","EPH","4","5","5","There is only one Lord, Jesus Christ. We all believe the same teaching about him. It was to show that we belong to him alone that we had someone baptize us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_6","079_4_6","EPH","4","6","6","There is one God, who is the spiritual Father of all us believers. He rules over all his people; he enables all his people to do powerful things (OR, he sustains all his people); and his Spirit lives in all his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_7","079_4_7","EPH","4","7","7","Christ has generously given to each one of us spiritual gifts, just like he decided to give them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_8","079_4_8","EPH","4","8","8","When Christ gave gifts to his people, it was similar to what the Psalmist said about God receiving tribute money from those whom he had conquered, When he ascended to heaven, he gave as gifts to people the things that he had taken from the people whom he captured: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_9","079_4_9","EPH","4","9","9","The words ‘he ascended’ certainly imply/indicate RHQ that Christ had also previously descended to the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_10","079_4_10","EPH","4","10","10","Christ, who descended to earth, is also the one who ascended to the most exalted position in heaven, in order that he might show his power MTY throughout the universe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_11","079_4_11","EPH","4","11","11","He appointed some people to be apostles. He appointed some people to be ◄prophets/ones who reveal messages that come directly from God►. He appointed some people to be ◄evangelists/ones whose work is to tell others the message about Christ►. He appointed some people to lead and teach the congregations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_12","079_4_12","EPH","4","12","12","He appointed all of these in order that they would prepare God’s people to do God’s work, so that all the people who belong to Christ MET might become spiritually mature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_13","079_4_13","EPH","4","13","13","He wants all of us believers to be united because we all believe in the Son of God (OR, the man who was also God) and because we all know him. He wants us to become spiritually mature; that is, he wants us to be ◄perfect/all that God wants us to be►, just like Christ was ◄perfect/all that God wanted him to be►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_14","079_4_14","EPH","4","14","14","Then we will no longer be spiritually immature, like MET little children are immature. We will no longer be constantly changing what we believe, like MET waves of the sea are constantly changing as the wind blows and tosses them back and forth. We will not allow people who teach what is false and who scheme to deceive/influence us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_15","079_4_15","EPH","4","15","15","Instead, by loving others as we behave as God’s truth requires (OR, speak in a loving manner what is true), we will become more and more like Christ in every way. He is the one who controls/guides all his people MET, just like a person’s head controls/guides his body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_16","079_4_16","EPH","4","16","16","He enables all those who belong to him to mature spiritually. A person’s body grows stronger, as each part of the body is joined to the others by the ligaments and as each part ◄functions properly/works as it should►. Similarly, believers will become mature spiritually by loving each other and by each of them doing the work that God wants them to do MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_17","079_4_17","EPH","4","17","17","The Lord Jesus has authorized me to strongly tell you that you must no longer conduct your lives like unbelievers do. The futile/worthless way in which they think MET controls how they conduct their lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_18","079_4_18","EPH","4","18","18","They are unable to think clearly MET about what is right and what is wrong. Because they have decided that they do not want to know about God and because they stubbornly IDM refuse to listen to his message, they do not have the eternal life that God gives us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_19","079_4_19","EPH","4","19","19","The result is that because they have ceased ◄to care/to be concerned► about what is right and what is wrong, they have ◄deliberately committed themselves to doing/wholeheartedly decided to do► the shameful things that their bodies want, and they commit all kinds of immoral acts, and continually are eager to do more of those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_20","079_4_20","EPH","4","20","20","But when you learned about Christ, you did not learn to behave like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_21","079_4_21","EPH","4","21","21","I am sure that you heard the message about Christ, and because you are people who have a close relationship with him, you were taught {others taught you} the true way to live that Jesus showed us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_22","079_4_22","EPH","4","22","22","You were taught {They taught you} that you must put aside MET your evil nature; that is, that you must not behave like you formerly did. Your evil desires deceived you, making you want to do evil things and causing you to think that doing that was good for you; and your thinking like that was destroying you spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_23","079_4_23","EPH","4","23","23","Others taught you that instead, you must let God’s Spirit change the way you think, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_24","079_4_24","EPH","4","24","24","and that you must start being MET the new persons that God made you to become. That is, your behavior must be righteous and truly/genuinely devout. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_25","079_4_25","EPH","4","25","25","Therefore, quit lying to one another. Instead, because we all belong to just one group of believers, speak truthfully to each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_26","079_4_26","EPH","4","26","26","If you get angry, do not sin as a result of getting angry. Before the end of the day MTY, stop being angry; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_27","079_4_27","EPH","4","27","27","by doing that, you will not allow the devil to make you do evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_28","079_4_28","EPH","4","28","28","Those who have been stealing must not steal any longer. Instead, they should work hard to earn ◄their living/what they need► ◄by their own efforts/by what they do themselves► MTY, in order that they may have something to give to those who are needy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_29","079_4_29","EPH","4","29","29","Do not use MTY foul language. Instead, say only things that are useful for helping people when they need help, things that will help spiritually the people that you talk to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_30","079_4_30","EPH","4","30","30","God has given you his Spirit ◄to confirm/to assure you► that some day God will claim all you people whom Christ has redeemed MET, just like people confirm that something belongs to them by putting their seal on it. So do not cause God’s Holy Spirit to be sad ◄by the way you talk/by the things that you say►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_31","079_4_31","EPH","4","31","31","Do not be resentful at all towards others. Do not become angry in any way. Never shout abusively at others. Never ◄slander/say bad things about► others. Never act maliciously/be mean in any way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP4_32","079_4_32","EPH","4","32","32","Be kind to one another. Act mercifully toward each other. Forgive each other, just like God forgave you because of what Christ has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_1","079_5_1","EPH","5","1","1","◄Imitate/Behave like► God, because he loves you who are as though you were SIM his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_2","079_5_2","EPH","5","2","2","Do everything in a way that shows that you love people, just like Christ loved us and willingly died for us. He offered himself to God as a sacrifice that was very pleasing to God, just like Jewish priests offered sweet-smelling animal sacrifices to God MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_3","079_5_3","EPH","5","3","3","Do not commit any kind of immoral act DOU, and do not desire more things than you need. Do not act in such a way that others could even ◄spread rumors/talk► about your acting in such ways, because it is not appropriate/fitting for God’s people to do such things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_4","079_5_4","EPH","5","4","4","Do not use obscene/shameful language when you talk to people. Do not talk foolishly. Do not use vulgar/indecent language, because it is not appropriate/fitting that God’s people should talk like that. Instead, tell people how much you thank God for all he does for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_5","079_5_5","EPH","5","5","5","You can be sure of this: No person who is sexually immoral or who acts indecently/shamefully will be among those people whom God rules over MET in heaven. Neither will those who desire more things than they need. Such people worship their possessions instead of worshipping God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_6","079_5_6","EPH","5","6","6","Do not let anyone deceive you by suggesting that God will really not punish people who commit such sins, because God certainly will punish MTY those who habitually disobey him by doing such things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_7","079_5_7","EPH","5","7","7","So, do not commit the same kinds of deeds that such people do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_8","079_5_8","EPH","5","8","8","because formerly you did not know God’s truth MET, as those who are in darkness do not know what is around them. But now it is as though you are in the light MET because you know God’s truth because of your relationship with the Lord Jesus. So do those things that those who know God’s truth MET should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_9","079_5_9","EPH","5","9","9","Keep in mind that as light MET causes good things to grow, those who know God’s truth should do those things that are good, righteous, and honest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_10","079_5_10","EPH","5","10","10","And as you do that, try ◄to find out/to discover► what pleases the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_11","079_5_11","EPH","5","11","11","Do not do the worthless deeds that the people ◄who are in spiritual darkness/who do not know God’s truth► MET do. Instead, let others know that those people’s deeds are worthless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_12","079_5_12","EPH","5","12","12","It is shameful for God’s people to even talk among themselves about those evil deeds that evil people do secretly and habitually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_13","079_5_13","EPH","5","13","13","But when God’s people rebuke those evil people about their deeds, it will be clear/evident how evil their deeds really are, just like everything exposed to the light becomes visible {as light MET reveals everything that we cannot see in the darkness}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_14","079_5_14","EPH","5","14","14","Just like something on which a light shines reflects that light MET, whoever has learned God’s truth reveals that truth to others. That is why we believers say this: You who are not aware of your sins, become aware of them MET! It is as though you are sound asleep, so wake up! Be like dead people who are becoming alive again! Christ will cause you to know God’s truth, just like a light MET that shines causes people to know what is in the darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_15","079_5_15","EPH","5","15","15","So be very careful how you behave. Do not behave as foolish people do. Instead, behave as wise people do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_16","079_5_16","EPH","5","16","16","Use your time carefully, because these days MTY people do extremely evil deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_17","079_5_17","EPH","5","17","17","So do not be foolish. Instead, understand what the Lord Jesus wants you to do, and do it! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_18","079_5_18","EPH","5","18","18","Do not become drunk by drinking alcoholic drinks, since people are unable to control their behavior when they are drunk. Instead, let God’s Spirit control your behavior at all times MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_19","079_5_19","EPH","5","19","19","Sing to each other ◄Psalms/songs with words from the Scriptures►, sing other songs that the congregation knows, and songs that God’s Spirit gives you. Sing these Psalms and other songs sincerely to praise the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_20","079_5_20","EPH","5","20","20","At all times thank God, who is our heavenly Father, for everything, especially for what the Lord Jesus Christ MTY has done for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_21","079_5_21","EPH","5","21","21","Humbly submit yourselves to each other because you reverence Christ, who is our example. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_22","079_5_22","EPH","5","22","23","Because husbands have authority over MET their wives, just as all of us believers form one group under the authority of Christ, you women should submit yourselves to the authority of your husbands just as you submit yourselves to the Lord Jesus. He is the one who saves all his people from the guilt of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_24","079_5_24","EPH","5","24","24","Just like all believers submit themselves to the authority of Christ, the women must submit themselves completely to the authority of their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_25","079_5_25","EPH","5","25","25","Each of you husbands, love your wife as Christ loved all of us who would become believers, with the result that he willingly died for our sake, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_26","079_5_26","EPH","5","26","26","in order that he might ◄set us apart for himself/cause us to belong to him►. That is, by revealing his message to us, he wanted to remove the guilt of our sin, just like people remove dirt from something by washing it MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_27","079_5_27","EPH","5","27","27","Christ did that in order that he might cause all of us believers to be a glorious group of people that belong to him, people that do not have any moral flaws/imperfections, but instead might be completely pure DOU when he gathers us ◄to his presence/to himself►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_28","079_5_28","EPH","5","28","28","In the same way, each man should love his wife as he loves his own body. Men who love their wives, it is as though they love themselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_29","079_5_29","EPH","5","29","30","This is shown by the fact that no one ever hated his own body. Instead, he feeds his own body and cares for it, just like Christ also cares for all us believers. We have become one group of believers that belongs to him MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_31","079_5_31","EPH","5","31","31","What someone has written in the Scriptures about people who marry is this, When a man and a woman marry, they should ◄permanently leave/no longer live with► their fathers and mothers. They should be joined as husband and wife, and the two of them shall become as though they were one MET person. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_32","079_5_32","EPH","5","32","32","It is very difficult to understand the meaning of these things that God has now revealed to me, but I am telling you that those words also refer to the relationship between Christ and all those who belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP5_33","079_5_33","EPH","5","33","33","However, as for you(pl), each man must love his wife just as he loves himself, and each woman must respect her husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_1","079_6_1","EPH","6","1","1","You children, because you ◄belong to/have a close relationship with► the Lord Jesus, obey your parents, because it is right for you to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_2","079_6_2","EPH","6","2","2","God commanded in the Scriptures, Greatly respect your father and mother. That is the first law that God commanded in which he also promised something. He promised, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_3","079_6_3","EPH","6","3","3","If you do that, you will prosper, and you will live a long time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_4","079_6_4","EPH","6","4","4","You parents (OR, You fathers), do not treat your children so severely that they become angry. Instead, bring them up well by instructing them and by disciplining them in the manner that the Lord Jesus wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_5","079_6_5","EPH","6","5","5","You slaves, obey those who are your masters. Obey them very respectfully and sincerely DOU, just like you obey Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_6","079_6_6","EPH","6","6","6","Obey them, not only when they are watching MTY you, and not only to cause them to think highly/well of you. Instead, obey them as though you were MET slaves of Christ, not slaves of your masters. Do enthusiastically what God wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_7","079_6_7","EPH","6","7","7","Serve your masters zealously/wholeheartedly, as you would serve the Lord Jesus, not as you would serve ordinary people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_8","079_6_8","EPH","6","8","8","Do this because you know that some day the Lord Jesus will reward each person for whatever good deeds that person has done. He will reward people who are slaves and people who are not slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_9","079_6_9","EPH","6","9","9","You masters, just like your slaves should serve you well, you similarly must treat them well. Stop threatening to beat them if they do not do their work well. Do not forget you and they have the same Lord who is in heaven. So he is the one who will say to you and your slaves whether he approves of what you and they have done, and when he judges people, he does not act more favorably toward some than he acts toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_10","079_6_10","EPH","6","10","10","Finally, at all times rely/depend completely on the Lord Jesus to strengthen you spiritually by his own mighty power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_11","079_6_11","EPH","6","11","11","Just like a soldier puts on all his ◄armor/things to help him fight► MET, you should use every spiritual resource/help that God provides for you, in order that you may successfully resist the devil when he cleverly tries to oppose you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_12","079_6_12","EPH","6","12","12","You must do this because the fighting that we believers do is not only against human beings SYN. Instead, we are also fighting against evil spirits who rule and have authority over all that is evil MET in the world. And we are fighting against evil spirits who are in heavenly places (OR, everywhere). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_13","079_6_13","EPH","6","13","13","Therefore, just like a soldier puts on all his ◄armor/things to help him fight► MET, use well all the spiritual resources/helps that God provides for you. Do that in order that you may be able to resist successfully the devil and all his powerful evil spirits MTY every time they ◄attack you/tempt you to sin or cause something bad to happen to you►. Do it also in order that when you have done all that you can to resist them when they attack you, you will still be ready to resist them when they attack you the next time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_14","079_6_14","EPH","6","14","14","You must be ready to firmly resist the devil and his evil spirits MET, just like soldiers must be ready to resist the enemy. Prepare for doing that by doing these things: To be strong spiritually, hold firmly to God’s truth, just like soldiers prepare ◄to stand firm against/to firmly resist► their enemies by fastening their belts around their waists MET. Act righteously in order to protect yourself against demonic attacks, just like soldiers put on breastplates to protect their chests against their enemies’ attacks MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_15","079_6_15","EPH","6","15","15","Hold fast the good message that gives us peace with God, just like soldiers put on their boots firmly MET ◄to stand firm against/to firmly resist► their enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_16","079_6_16","EPH","6","16","16","In addition, keep trusting firmly in the Lord. That will enable you to protect yourselves from anything that Satan, the evil one, may do to harm you spiritually, just like soldiers carry shields to protect themselves against the arrows that have flaming tips that their enemies shoot at them MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_17","079_6_17","EPH","6","17","17","And rely/depend on the fact that God has saved you, in order to protect yourselves against demonic attacks, just like soldiers put on a helmet to protect their heads from attacks by their enemies MET. And be ready to use the weapon that God’s Spirit has given you, which is the message of God, in order to fight against ◄demonic powers/Satan►, just like soldiers use their swords to fight against their enemies MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_18","079_6_18","EPH","6","18","18","As you are doing that, keep praying to God at all times, and requesting him to do things for you and others; and let God’s Spirit direct what you pray. For this purpose, always be spiritually alert/watchful, and ◄always be persistent in/never quit► praying for all God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_19","079_6_19","EPH","6","19","19","And specifically, pray for me. Pray that God will tell me what I should say MTY whenever I speak, in order that I may boldly tell others the good message about Christ. People did not know that message before, but God has now revealed it to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_20","079_6_20","EPH","6","20","20","I am ◄a representative of Christ/one who speaks on behalf of Christ► as I tell this message to others, and I am in prison MTY because of that. Pray that when I tell others about Christ, I may speak without being afraid, because that is how I ought to speak. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_21","079_6_21","EPH","6","21","21","In order that you may know about what is happening to me and what I am doing, I am sending Tychicus to you with this letter. He will tell you everything that is happening here. He is a fellow believer whom we all (inc) love very much, and he serves the Lord Jesus faithfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_22","079_6_22","EPH","6","22","22","That is the reason that I am sending him to you; I want you to know ◄how my companions and I are/what is happening to my companions and me►, and I want him to encourage you SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_23","079_6_23","EPH","6","23","23","I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will cause all of you fellow believers to have inner peace, and enable you to love each other and to continue trusting in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("EP6_24","079_6_24","EPH","6","24","24","I pray that God will continue to act kindly to you and to all others who love our Lord Jesus Christ and will never quit loving him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_1","080_1_1","PHP","1","1","1","I, Paul, and Timothy, who is with me, are men who serve Christ Jesus. I am writing this letter to all of you who are pastors and deacons in Philippi city and to the rest of God’s people there who have a close relationship with Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_2","080_1_2","PHP","1","2","2","We both (OR, I) pray that God, who is our Father, and Jesus Christ, who is our Lord, will continue to be kind to you and will continue to cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_3","080_1_3","PHP","1","3","3","I thank my God whenever I think about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_4","080_1_4","PHP","1","4","4","Every time DOU I pray for you, I joyfully pray DOU for all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_5","080_1_5","PHP","1","5","5","I thank God and rejoice because you have been working together with me in order to make known the good message about Christ. You started doing that when you first MTY believed it, and you have continued doing it until now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_6","080_1_6","PHP","1","6","6","I am completely confident that God, who has begun to do in you what is good, (OR, that since God has begun to do in you what is good, he) will continue to do that until he finishes doing it on the day Christ Jesus MTY returns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_7","080_1_7","PHP","1","7","7","During this time that I have been a prisoner MTY and during the times I was previously able to defend the good message about Christ and proved/confirmed to others that it is true, all of you have been sharing with me (OR, have helped me) in this work that God kindly gave to me to do. So indeed it is right that I feel joyful about you all, because you are very dear IDM to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_8","080_1_8","PHP","1","8","8","God can verify that Christ Jesus causes me to love and long for all of you very much, just like Christ loves you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_9","080_1_9","PHP","1","9","9","And what I pray for you is that God will enable you to truly know and learn how to love one another more and more in every situation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_10","080_1_10","PHP","1","10","10","And I pray that he will enable you to completely understand how you should believe and act. I pray this in order that you might be spiritually pure and faultless (OR, completely faultless DOU) on the day that Christ returns MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_11","080_1_11","PHP","1","11","11","and in order that you might conduct your lives IDM completely righteously as a result of Jesus Christ enabling you to do so, in order that people will honor God and praise him (OR, people will praise God very much DOU). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_12","080_1_12","PHP","1","12","12","My fellow believers, I want you to know that the troubles I have experienced have not prevented me from proclaiming the good message to people. Instead, these things that I have experienced have enabled even more people to hear the good message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_13","080_1_13","PHP","1","13","13","Specifically, all the military guards who are stationed here in Rome and many other HYP people in this city HYP now know that I am a prisoner MTY because I proclaim the good news about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_14","080_1_14","PHP","1","14","14","Also, most of the believers here now proclaim the message from God more courageously and fearlessly because they trust the Lord more firmly to help them. They trust the Lord more because they have seen how the Lord has helped me while I have been a prisoner MTY here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_15","080_1_15","PHP","1","15","16","Some people proclaim the message about Christ as I do because they are happy with my work. They proclaim the message about Christ because they love me and because they know that God has placed me here to defend the message about Christ CHI. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_17","080_1_17","PHP","1","17","17","Others proclaim the message about Christ because they envy me and oppose me. They proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives. They wrongly assume that because they are causing many people to follow them, I will be jealous, and as a result, I will feel more miserable while I am a prisoner MTY here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_18","080_1_18","PHP","1","18","18","But it does not matter whether people proclaim the message about Christ because they have wrong motives, or whether people proclaim the message about Christ because they have right motives. The important thing in either case is that the message about Christ is being proclaimed {people are proclaiming the message about Christ}. And because of that I rejoice! Philippians 1:18b-26 Furthermore, I will continue to rejoice, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_19","080_1_19","PHP","1","19","19","because when I experience troubles, I know that some day God will say that he approves of what I have done (OR, that the Roman authorities will set me free). This will happen as a result of your praying for me, and as a result of God’s Spirit, whom Jesus Christ gave me, helping me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_20","080_1_20","PHP","1","20","20","I know that this will happen because I very confidently expect DOU that I will faithfully honor Christ. I expect that like I always have done, Christ will be greatly honored {I will continue now also to very boldly honor Christ} by means of all that I do SYN, MTY, whether by the way I live or by the way I die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_21","080_1_21","PHP","1","21","21","As for me, I live in order to honor Christ. But if I die, it will be better for me than if I continue to live, because then I will be with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_22","080_1_22","PHP","1","22","22","On the other hand, if I continue to live, that will enable me to continue to serve Christ effectively. As a result, I do not know which to choose. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_23","080_1_23","PHP","1","23","23","That is, I am not sure which of those two I prefer. I long to leave this world and go to be with Christ, because that will be very much better for me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_24","080_1_24","PHP","1","24","24","Nevertheless, it is more important that I remain alive than that I go to be with Christ because you still need me to help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_25","080_1_25","PHP","1","25","25","Since I am convinced of this, I know that I will remain alive and that I will go/come to be with you all. As a result, you will believe in Christ more firmly, and as a result of that, you will rejoice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_26","080_1_26","PHP","1","26","26","That is, you will be able to rejoice very greatly because of Christ Jesus bringing me to be with you again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_27","080_1_27","PHP","1","27","27","Most importantly, as fellow believers in Christ, conduct yourselves just like you learned you should do when you heard the message about Christ. Do that in order that whether I come and see you, or whether I am away from you and people tell me about you, what I hear or see will make me happy. They will tell me that you are unitedly and cooperatively resisting those who oppose the message about Christ (OR, oppose you). I will know that you are not allowing others to influence you to believe a message that is different from the gospel about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_28","080_1_28","PHP","1","28","28","And I will know that you are not at all frightened by {afraid of} the people who oppose you. This will show/prove to those people that God will destroy them, but this will show/prove to you that God will save you eternally. It is God who is doing all this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_29","080_1_29","PHP","1","29","29","Remember that he has not only kindly enabled you to believe in Christ, he has also kindly allowed you to suffer for the sake of Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP1_30","080_1_30","PHP","1","30","30","As a result, you are having to resist those who oppose the good message, just like you saw that I had to resist such people there in Philippi, and just like you hear that I still have to resist such people here now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_1","080_2_1","PHP","2","1","1","Since Christ encourages us, since he loves us and comforts us, since God’s Spirit fellowships with us, and since Christ is very merciful DOU to us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_2","080_2_2","PHP","2","2","2","make me completely happy by doing the following things: Agree with one another, love one another, be closely united with one another, and live harmoniously with one another DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_3","080_2_3","PHP","2","3","3","Never try to selfishly make yourselves more important than others nor boast about what you are doing. Instead, be humble, and in particular, honor one another more than you honor yourselves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_4","080_2_4","PHP","2","4","4","Each one of you should not only be concerned about your own affairs. Instead, each of you should also be concerned ◄that you help/about the needs of► one another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_5","080_2_5","PHP","2","5","5","You should think/act just like Christ Jesus thought/acted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_6","080_2_6","PHP","2","6","6","Although he has the same nature as God has, he did not insist on keeping all the privileges of being equal with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_7","080_2_7","PHP","2","7","7","Instead, he willingly gave up divine privileges. Specifically, he became a human being and took the attitude of a servant. When he had become a human being, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_8","080_2_8","PHP","2","8","8","he humbled himself even more. Specifically, he obeyed God even to the extent of being willing to die. He was even willing to be nailed to a cross, to die as though he were a criminal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_9","080_2_9","PHP","2","9","9","As a result, God promoted him to a rank that is above every other rank. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_10","080_2_10","PHP","2","10","10","God did that in order that every being SYN in heaven and on earth and under the earth should worship MTY Jesus, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_11","080_2_11","PHP","2","11","11","and in order that every person SYN should declare that Jesus Christ is Lord. As a result of everyone doing that, they will honor God, his Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_12","080_2_12","PHP","2","12","12","My dear friends, as you consider this, since you have always obeyed God, each of you should very reverentially DOU try to do those things that are proper for people whom God has saved. You should do those things not only when I am with you. Instead, you should try even more to do them now when I am not with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_13","080_2_13","PHP","2","13","13","You are able to do these things, since God himself causes you to desire to do what he wants you to do, and he also enables you to do what he wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_14","080_2_14","PHP","2","14","14","Do everything God or your leaders ask you to do. Never complain about what they want you to do, or argue with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_15","080_2_15","PHP","2","15","15","Behave like that in order that you may be completely faultless DOU and may be perfect children of God DOU while you live in the midst of people who are wicked and do very wicked things DOU. As you live among them, show them clearly MET the way they ought to behave, just like the sun, moon, and stars show the road clearly to us SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_16","080_2_16","PHP","2","16","16","Tell them how to have eternal life. I ask that you do that in order that on the day Christ returns I may be able to rejoice MTY, that I did not labor DOU so hard among you in vain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_17","080_2_17","PHP","2","17","17","Perhaps the Roman authorities will execute me, and my blood will pour out MET as the wine pours out when the priest offers it to God MET. For your part, you believe in Christ firmly. As a result, you have given yourselves completely to God in order that you might do what he wills MET, just like a priest offers a sacrifice completely to God MET. Because I dedicate myself wholly to God together with you, even if they are about to execute me, I will greatly rejoice DOU, because I am giving myself wholly to God, and because you all are giving yourselves wholly to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_18","080_2_18","PHP","2","18","18","Similarly, you too should rejoice because you are giving yourselves wholly to God, and you should rejoice because I am giving myself wholly to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_19","080_2_19","PHP","2","19","19","My relationship with the Lord Jesus leads me to confidently expect that he will enable me to send Timothy to you soon, in order that his telling you the news about me will encourage you. But I also expect that his returning to me and telling me the news about you will encourage me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_20","080_2_20","PHP","2","20","20","Keep in mind that I have no one else like him who genuinely cares for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_21","080_2_21","PHP","2","21","21","All the others whom I have considered that I might send to you are concerned only about their own matters. They are not concerned about what Jesus Christ considers important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_22","080_2_22","PHP","2","22","22","But you know that Timothy has proved that he serves the Lord and others faithfully. You know that he has served the Lord closely together with me in proclaiming to people the message about Christ as though he were SIM my son and I were his own father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_23","080_2_23","PHP","2","23","23","So then he is the one I confidently expect to send to you as soon as I know what will happen to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_24","080_2_24","PHP","2","24","24","And I am confident that I will soon be released {the authorities will soon release me} so that the Lord will enable me also to come/go to you soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_25","080_2_25","PHP","2","25","25","I have concluded that it is really necessary that I send Epaphroditus back to you. He is a fellow believer and my fellow worker, and he endures difficulties together with me MET, just like soldiers endure difficulties together. You sent him to me in order that he might help me when I was needy EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_26","080_2_26","PHP","2","26","26","But I have concluded that I must send him back to you because he has been longing to see you all. Furthermore, he has been very distressed because he knows that you heard that he had become sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_27","080_2_27","PHP","2","27","27","Indeed, he was so sick that he almost died. However, he did not die. Instead, God pitied him and he also pitied me, and as a result he healed him. God pitied me because he did not want me to be even more sorrowful than I already was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_28","080_2_28","PHP","2","28","28","So, I am sending him back to you as quickly as possible, in order that you may rejoice when you see him again and in order that I may be less sorrowful than I was. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP2_29","080_2_29","PHP","2","29","30","Welcome him very joyfully just like believers in our Lord Jesus should welcome one another. While he was working for Christ, he was helping me in place of you because you were far away. He knew that he might die as a result of helping me, and truly he nearly did die. So honor him, and honor all those who are like him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_1","080_3_1","PHP","3","1","1","Now there are other things that I want to write about. My fellow believers, continue to rejoice because you belong to the Lord. Though I will now write to you about those same matters that I mentioned to you before, this is not tiresome for me, and it will protect you from those who would harm you spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_2","080_3_2","PHP","3","2","2","Beware of those people who are dangerous MET like wild dogs. They are dangerous evildoers DOU. Beware of them since they are like people who cut other people’s bodies MET. They will harm you spiritually by insisting that you must let someone circumcise you in order for you to become God’s people MTY, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_3","080_3_3","PHP","3","3","3","Those people think that they are God’s people because someone has circumcised them. But we, not they, are truly God’s people MET, whether or not someone has circumcised us. God’s Spirit enables us to MTY worship God; we praise Christ Jesus because he has enabled us to become the people of God. We do not believe that God will consider/make us his people as a result of what someone has done to our bodies MTY, SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_4","080_3_4","PHP","3","4","4","We do not trust in those rituals to make us acceptable to God, although I could very well do that if it would be useful for me. Philippians 3:4b-6 In fact, if I could benefit from it for my salvation, I could rely upon what I have done and who I am MTY, SYN more than anyone else could! I will tell you why. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_5","080_3_5","PHP","3","5","5","I was circumcised {Someone circumcised me} when I was one week old. I am from the people of Israel. I am from the tribe of Benjamin. I am completely Hebrew in every way. While I was a member of the Pharisee sect, I strictly obeyed the laws that God gave Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_6","080_3_6","PHP","3","6","6","I was so zealous to make people obey those laws that I caused the people who believe in Christ to suffer because I thought they were trying to abolish those laws. Indeed, as far as my obeying those laws is concerned, no one could have accused me by saying that I had disobeyed any of those laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_7","080_3_7","PHP","3","7","7","Nevertheless, all such things as those, which I used to consider to be useful to me, those very things I now consider worthless, because I want to know Christ (OR, in order that I may know Christ). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_8","080_3_8","PHP","3","8","8","More than that, I consider all things to be worthless, compared to how great it is to know Christ Jesus my Lord. Because I want to know him better (OR, In order that I may know him better), I have rejected all things as worthless. I consider them as useless as MET rubbish, in order that I may have a close relationship with Christ MET, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_9","080_3_9","PHP","3","9","9","and in order that I may completely belong to him. It was not as a result of my obeying the laws he gave Moses that God erased the record of my sins. Instead, it is because I have trusted in Christ that God has declared that I am no longer guilty for my sins, and he enables me to act righteously. It is God himself who has erased the record of my sins, and he enables me to act righteously, only because I have trusted in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_10","080_3_10","PHP","3","10","10","I want to know Christ better and better. Particularly, I want to continually experience his working powerfully in my life, just like God worked powerfully when he caused Christ to become alive after he died. I also want to be continually willing to suffer in order that I may obey God, just like Christ suffered in order that he might obey God. I also want to be completely willing to die for Christ, even as he died for me, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_11","080_3_11","PHP","3","11","11","because I expect that, as a result of God’s goodness, he will cause me to live again after I have died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_12","080_3_12","PHP","3","12","12","I do not claim that I have already become completely like Christ Jesus; that is, I have not already become all that God intends me to be DOU. But I earnestly try to become more and more like Christ, because he chose me in order that I might become like him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_13","080_3_13","PHP","3","13","13","My fellow believers, I certainly do not consider that I have already become completely like Christ. But I am like a runner. A runner does not look backward MET. Instead, he leans/stretches forward as he runs straight toward the goal in order that he might win the race and get the prize. Similarly, I do not think about what I have already done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_14","080_3_14","PHP","3","14","14","Instead, I concentrate only on continuing to become more and more like Christ right up to the end of my life MET. As a result, because of my relationship with Christ Jesus, God will call/summon me to receive a reward from him in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_15","080_3_15","PHP","3","15","15","So, all of us who are spiritually mature should think this same way. If any of you do not think this same way regarding what I have written here, God will reveal that to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_16","080_3_16","PHP","3","16","16","What is important is that we must conduct our lives according to what God has already revealed to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_17","080_3_17","PHP","3","17","17","My fellow believers, all of you should follow my example, and observe those people who act as I do, in order that you may imitate them also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_18","080_3_18","PHP","3","18","18","Keep in mind that there are many people who say that they believe in Christ, but who act in such a way that shows that they are opposed to the teaching about Christ dying on the cross MTY. I have told you about those people many times before, and now I am sad, even crying, as I tell you about them again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_19","080_3_19","PHP","3","19","19","God will severely punish them. The things their bodies desire MTY have become like gods to them MET. They are proud of the things they should be ashamed of. They think only about what unbelievers MTY think about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_20","080_3_20","PHP","3","20","20","But remember that we are citizens of heaven. And we eagerly wait for our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to return from there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP3_21","080_3_21","PHP","3","21","21","By the power that enables him to put everything under his own control, he will change our weak bodies to become like his glorious body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_1","080_4_1","PHP","4","1","1","My fellow believers, I love you, and I long for you. You make me happy MTY, and I am ◄proud of/pleased with► you. Dear friends, on the basis of all that I have told you, continue to believe firmly in the Lord doing what I have just taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_2","080_4_2","PHP","4","2","2","I urge you(sg), Euodia, and I urge you(sg), Syntyche, to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, because you both have a relationship with the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_3","080_4_3","PHP","4","3","3","And, my faithful comrade/partner, I request that you (sg) help them to again have a peaceful relationship with each other, because they have faithfully proclaimed the message about Christ together with me, even though many people have opposed us (exc). They have faithfully proclaimed that message together with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book in which God has written the names of all those people who will live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_4","080_4_4","PHP","4","4","4","Because you have a relationship with the Lord, always rejoice! I’m saying it again, rejoice! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_5","080_4_5","PHP","4","5","5","Act in such a way that everyone can know that you are gentle. The Lord is coming soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_6","080_4_6","PHP","4","6","6","Do not worry about anything. Instead, in every situation, pray to God, tell him what you need, and ask him to help you DOU. Also thank him for what he does for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_7","080_4_7","PHP","4","7","7","As a result, God will enable you not to worry about anything MTY (OR, God will protect your minds in every way) PRS. That is, he will cause you to have inner peace because you have a relationship with Christ Jesus. You will not be able to understand PRS how you can be so peaceful in such difficult circumstances!! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_8","080_4_8","PHP","4","8","8","My fellow believers, there is one more thing I want you to do. Whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is right, whatever is morally pure, whatever is pleasing, whatever is admirable, whatever is good, whatever deserves praise, those are the things that you should continually think about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_9","080_4_9","PHP","4","9","9","Those things that I have taught you and that you have learned from me, those things that you have heard me say and that you have seen me do, those are the things that you yourselves should continually do. As a result of your doing those things, God, the one who causes us to have inner peace, will ◄be with/bless► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_10","080_4_10","PHP","4","10","10","I rejoice greatly and thank the Lord because now, after some time, by sending money to me you have once again shown that you are concerned about me EUP. Indeed, you were concerned about me all the time, but you had no opportunity to show that you were concerned about me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_11","080_4_11","PHP","4","11","11","I am saying this not because I am concerned that I lack things that I need. In fact, I have learned to be content in whatever situation I am. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_12","080_4_12","PHP","4","12","12","Specifically, I know how to be content when I do not have what I need, and I know how to be content when I have plenty. I have learned how to be content in any and every situation DOU. Specifically, I have learned how to be content when I have enough to eat, and I have learned how to be content when I do not have enough to eat. I have learned how to be content when I have plenty DOU of what I need, and I have learned how to be content when I lack things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_13","080_4_13","PHP","4","13","13","I am able ◄to cope with/to handle► every situation because Christ gives me the strength to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_14","080_4_14","PHP","4","14","14","Nevertheless, you did very well by helping me (OR, giving me money) EUP while I have been suffering hardship. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_15","080_4_15","PHP","4","15","15","My friends there at Philippi, you yourselves know that when I first proclaimed the message about Christ to you, and then left there to go to Macedonia province, you were the only group of believers LIT who sent me gifts EUP in order that I might proclaim that message to others just like I did for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_16","080_4_16","PHP","4","16","16","Even when I was in Thessalonica city, you sent money EUP to me two different times IDM in order to supply what I needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_17","080_4_17","PHP","4","17","17","I say this, not because I desire that you give me money now. Instead, I desire that God will abundantly bless MET you as a result of your helping me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_18","080_4_18","PHP","4","18","18","But I have received a very generous gift EUP from you, and as a result, I have plenty. I have an abundant supply of what I need because I have received from Epaphroditus the money EUP that you sent to me. God considers that your gift is very acceptable, and he is very pleased with it. Your gift is like a nice-smelling sacrifice MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_19","080_4_19","PHP","4","19","19","Moreover, God, whom I serve, has an unlimited supply of everything that we(inc) need. And as a result, because of your relationship with Christ Jesus, he will completely supply everything that you need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_20","080_4_20","PHP","4","20","20","So, praise God our Father forever and ever! Amen! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_21","080_4_21","PHP","4","21","21","Greet for me/us(exc) all of God’s people there, that is, all those who have a relationship with Christ Jesus. The fellow believers who serve God together with me here send their greetings to you (OR, say they are thinking fondly of you). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_22","080_4_22","PHP","4","22","22","All of God’s people here send their greetings to you. Especially the fellow believers who work in the palace of the emperor send their greetings to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PP4_23","080_4_23","PHP","4","23","23","My desire is that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_1","081_1_1","COL","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter to you, and our fellow believer Timothy is with me. I am an apostle who represents Christ Jesus, because that is what God wanted. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_2","081_1_2","COL","1","2","2","I am sending this letter to you who are in Colossae city, and who are God’s people, and our faithful fellow believers who have a close relationship with Christ. We pray that God our Father will be acting kindly towards you, and that he will cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_3","081_1_3","COL","1","3","3","Very often HYP we thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_4","081_1_4","COL","1","4","4","because we have heard that you believe in Christ Jesus, and that you love all God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_5","081_1_5","COL","1","5","5","You do that because you confidently expect to receive that which God is ◄reserving/keeping safe► for you in heaven, which you heard about previously when you heard the true message, that is, the message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_6","081_1_6","COL","1","6","6","People proclaimed it PRS to you, just like people have proclaimed it in many different countries HYP, IDM. The true message is changing more and more people’s lives, just like it changed your lives because you heard it and you truly experienced that God acts kindly towards us in ways we do not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_7","081_1_7","COL","1","7","7","That is just what Epaphras taught you would happen. We love Epaphras. He serves Christ together with us and works for Christ faithfully for your benefit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_8","081_1_8","COL","1","8","8","He told us that you love all God’s people, just like God’s Spirit has enabled you to (OR, spiritually). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_9","081_1_9","COL","1","9","9","Because of what we heard about you, we have also been praying LIT very often to God for you HYP, ever since we heard this report about you. We pray that you will truly know all that God wants you to do; that is, that you will become very wise, and that you will understand spiritual matters well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_10","081_1_10","COL","1","10","10","We have been praying like that in order that you will conduct yourselves as the Lord’s people should conduct themselves, in order that you will please the Lord in every way. Specifically, we have been praying like that in order that you will be doing every sort of good deed IDM and in order that you will be getting to know God truly, more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_11","081_1_11","COL","1","11","11","And we pray that God will greatly strengthen you spiritually with the mighty power that he has shown to people, in order that you will always be steadfast and patient when you experience difficulties, while at the same time you will be rejoicing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_12","081_1_12","COL","1","12","12","And we pray that you will be thanking God our Father, because he has enabled you/us to receive the things that he will give to his people in heaven SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_13","081_1_13","COL","1","13","13","God our Father rescued us spiritually so that the evil one no longer rules us MET, MTY, and he caused us now to be ruled by his Son,, whom he loves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_14","081_1_14","COL","1","14","14","That is, because of our relationship with his Son (OR, because of what the one who is also God did), God has redeemed/bought us; in particular, he has forgiven our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_15","081_1_15","COL","1","15","15","God’s Son reveals perfectly what God, his Father, is like, whom no one can see. God’s Son existed before and ranks above everything that God has created. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_16","081_1_16","COL","1","16","16","When God created everything that is on the earth, he did it by having his Son do it. He created everything that people can see, and also everything which is in heaven that people cannot see. In particular, his Son created all ranks of important spirit beings. And his Son ranks above everything, because God by the work of had his Son, and because by his Son all things were created {because God had his Son create everything} in order that everything might praise his Son, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_17","081_1_17","COL","1","17","17","and because it is his Son who existed before anything else existed, and because God sustains everything by what his Son does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_18","081_1_18","COL","1","18","18","And God’s Son ranks above everything, because it is his Son who rules over his people MET as a person’s head controls his physical body, because his Son causes his people to live spiritually. God’s Son is the first one who became alive again, in order that he should become more important than anything and everyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_19","081_1_19","COL","1","19","19","God’s Son reveals perfectly what God his Father is like, because his Father chose to live completely in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_20","081_1_20","COL","1","20","20","God our Father caused his Son to rule us, because he decided to reconcile with himself everything that is on earth and that is in heaven by what his Son did, in order that everything might honor his Son; that is, God our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself as a result of his Son’s blood flowing when he died on the cross. The chiastic material is rearranged below so that the directly related propositional clusters are joined together. 13 God our Father rescued us spiritually so that we are no longer ruled by the evil one, and God our Father caused us now to be ruled by his Son (OR, the man who is also God) whom he loves. 14a That is, by means of what his Son did, we have been redeemed by God, our Father. 14b In particular, our sins have been forgiven by God, our Father. 20 God, our Father, has done this because he decided to reconcile to himself, by means of his Son, everything that is on earth and that is in heaven, in order that his Son might be honored; that is, God, our Father decided to reconcile everything to himself by means of God’s Son’s blood flowing out when he died on the cross. 15b God cannot be seen by anyone, 15a but his Son reveals perfectly what God—his Father—is like, 19a because it is in his Son that the Father chose 19b that he himself would dwell completely. 15c God’s Son ranks above everything 15d that has been created, 16 because it was by means of God’s Son that God created everything that is on the earth and that can be seen by people, and also everything that is in heaven and that cannot be seen by people. In particular, all types of important spirit beings were created by means of him, since everything has been created by God by means of God’s Son. And his Son ranks above everything, because everything has been created by God, in order that God’s Son might be honored by everything, 17 and because it is he who existed before anything else existed, and since everything is sustained by God by means of God’s Son. 18 And God’s Son ranks above everything because it is he who rules over all believers, just like a person’s head controls his physical body, because he causes all believers to live spiritually. His Son is the first one who rose from among those who have died, in order that he should become more important than everything and everyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_21","081_1_21","COL","1","21","21","As for you, although formerly God considered you his enemies (OR, God considered you as alienated from him) and although you were formerly hostile to God because you thought evil thoughts and because you did evil deeds, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_22","081_1_22","COL","1","22","22","nevertheless, God our Father has now reconciled you with himself. He did that as a result of his Son dying physically. He did it in order that you should be completely holy when he brings you into his presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_23","081_1_23","COL","1","23","23","He wants you to continue DOU to believe the message about Christ; specifically, he wants you to continue to be stable/steadfast and to continue to confidently expect to receive that which you heard about when you heard that message. That message has been proclaimed {They have proclaimed that message} to people in very many places HYP; and I, Paul, also become someone who tells it to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_24","081_1_24","COL","1","24","24","At the present time I am rejoicing that I am suffering for your benefit; that is, I am completing what Christ decided that I should suffer physically for the benefit of all believers, who are as dear to him as his own body. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_25","081_1_25","COL","1","25","25","I myself became someone who serves God’s people, because I was appointed {God appointed me} to be responsible to help you who are non-Jews. I became one who serves God’s people in order that I should make known to you non-Jews the whole message from/about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_26","081_1_26","COL","1","26","26","We did not know this message previously; that is, God concealed it from the people who lived in all the previous ages, but he has now revealed it to his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_27","081_1_27","COL","1","27","27","That is, God decided to reveal to them this message, which declares that he will greatly bless the non-Jews. Specifically, this message declares that Christ, by his Spirit, will live in you who are non-Jews, with the result that you confidently expect that you will experience how glorious God is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_28","081_1_28","COL","1","28","28","We tell about Christ to every class of persons; we warn them, and specifically, we teach everyone very wisely. We do this in order that every person who ◄has a close relationship with/is united to► Christ may be ◄all that God wants them to be/perfect► when we present them to Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL1_29","081_1_29","COL","1","29","29","In order that I might achieve/accomplish this, I am also working very hard, depending on Christ to empowering me very greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_1","081_2_1","COL","2","1","1","In particular, I want you to realize that I am ◄exerting myself very greatly/working very hard► on your behalf, on behalf of those who are in Laodicea city, and on behalf of all those others who have not seen me personally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_2","081_2_2","COL","2","2","2","I am doing this in order that they and you SYN might be strengthened spiritually as you are united in loving one another. And I am doing this in order that they and you might fully and thoroughly DOU understand the message that God has now revealed; that is, in order that they and you might truly know the message from God our Father and about Christ, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_3","081_2_3","COL","2","3","3","who alone is able to cause them and you to understand thoroughly DOU this very important message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_4","081_2_4","COL","2","4","4","I am telling you this in order that no one may deceive you by persuasive arguments; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_5","081_2_5","COL","2","5","5","because, even though I am absent from you physically, I am very concerned about you. At the same time, I am rejoicing because I know that you are united with each other and that you believe firmly in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_6","081_2_6","COL","2","6","6","In a way that is ◄consistent/in harmony► with the message that you received about Christ Jesus, who is our Lord, conduct yourselves as you should, since you have a close relationship with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_7","081_2_7","COL","2","7","7","Specifically, continue believing and practicing MET, DOU what you were first taught about Christ. Continue to do this more and more; continue to fIrmly believe all the true teaching, just like Epaphras taught it to you. And continue thanking God, our Father, very much for all that he has done for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_8","081_2_8","COL","2","8","8","Make sure that no one forces you (pl) to become his disciples MET by his teaching you a religious philosophy/doctrine that is worthless and false. Such a philosophy is false because it teaches what mere human beings think, because it teaches people elementary regulations/rules that are concerned merely with what is external/physical, and because it teaches what is contrary to the true teaching about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_9","081_2_9","COL","2","9","9","It is in Christ’s body that God lives completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_10","081_2_10","COL","2","10","10","And you are spiritually complete because you have a close relationship with Christ, who rules over every other ruler. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_11","081_2_11","COL","2","11","11","Specifically, because of your close relationship with Christ, it is as though MET you were circumcised {Christ circumcised you} spiritually. This does not mean that someone circumcised you physically MTY, but it means that Christ completely removed your self-directed nature. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_12","081_2_12","COL","2","12","12","And specifically, when you were baptized, it was as though MET you had died and were buried with Christ, and it was as though MET God caused you to live again with Christ as a result of your believing that God acted powerfully; specifically, by your believing that God caused Christ to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_13","081_2_13","COL","2","13","13","And specifically, you who are non-Jews, because of your sins, you were spiritually dead before you trusted in Christ. You were uncircumcised spiritually; that is, your self-directed nature controlled you. Nevertheless, it was you whom God caused to become alive spiritually because of their close relationship MET with Christ. And specifically, God forgave us all our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_14","081_2_14","COL","2","14","14","It is just as though he canceled ◄the charges against us/the sins that we had committed► for which God will punish us. And it was just as though MET it was the charges on that document/paper that he canceled by nailing them to the cross when they nailed Christ on the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_15","081_2_15","COL","2","15","15","And specifically, God defeated the evil spirit beings that rule, and he demonstrated/showed that publicly; that is, he triumphed over them as a result of what Christ did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_16","081_2_16","COL","2","16","16","So disregard anyone who says that God will punish you because you eat certain foods and because you drink certain drinks or because you do not celebrate special yearly festivals or celebrate the time when the new moon appears or weekly ◄Sabbaths/Jewish days of rest►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_17","081_2_17","COL","2","17","17","Disregard such people because those regulations/rules about food and drink and festivals are only like a shadow MET that is cast by something that is approaching; that is, they merely represent the real spiritual blessings that Christ has given to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_18","081_2_18","COL","2","18","18","Disregard those who say that God will punish you because you do not worship God in the way that they say that you should; that is, they insist that you should humiliate yourselves and that you should worship the angels. Disregard such people since they base their authority on things that they have never seen, and since they are proud without reason because their self-directed nature controls what they think, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_19","081_2_19","COL","2","19","19","and since they do not teach the true teaching about Christ MET. Christ is the one who causes all of his people to develop/grow spiritually as God plans that they should develop/grow, just like MET a person’s head directs how his body grows, as it is held together by its joints and ligaments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_20","081_2_20","COL","2","20","20","It is as though MET you died with Christ. So you no longer have to obey elementary regulations/rules that are concerned merely with what is external/physical, just like a dead person no longer has to do anything. So, do not submit to regulations/rules ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_21","081_2_21","COL","2","21","21","such as ‘Do not handle certain things’, ‘Do not taste certain things’, ‘Do not touch certain things’, as if you still had to obey such regulations/rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_22","081_2_22","COL","2","22","22","All those things are intended to cease to exist when we use them. And do not obey such regulations/rules, because they are what mere human teachers command and teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL2_23","081_2_23","COL","2","23","23","Do not obey such regulations/rules; they only cause people to do what their self-directed nature wants to do. Those regulations seem to be wise because they urge people to worship as mere human teachers have decided. They urge that people should humiliate themselves, and that people should treat their bodies harshly. But those regulations/rules do not help people at all to not do the sinful things that their self-directed nature wants to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_1","081_3_1","COL","3","1","1","You now are alive spiritually, and it is as though you were given new life {God caused you to become alive} when he caused Christ to become alive again. So be constantly wanting what is associated with heaven MTY, where Christ is. There God has given him supreme authority and the highest honor. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_2","081_3_2","COL","3","2","2","Be constantly wanting the blessings that God has prepared for you in heaven MTY. Do not be constantly wanting to do the evil deeds that people on earth do MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_3","081_3_3","COL","3","3","3","because you have ceased to behave as you formerly did. You are like people who have died. You now live spiritually together with Christ in the presence of God; and people cannot see that you have a new life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_4","081_3_4","COL","3","4","4","When Christ, who causes you to live spiritually, is publicly revealed, then God will also reveal you publicly together with Christ, and you together with Christ will be glorious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_5","081_3_5","COL","3","5","5","Get rid of your evil practices/deeds MET, MTY as though they were enemies whom you were killing (OR, Stop doing evil things MET, MTY, just as dead people do not do what is evil). Specifically, do not practice sexual immorality. Do not commit unnatural sexual acts. Do not desire to act like that, and do not desire to do anything that is evil. Do not desire to have more things than you need, because, if you do that, you are ◄worshipping material things instead of worshipping God/making material things to become your god►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_6","081_3_6","COL","3","6","6","Do not behave like that since God will punish MTY those who disobey him, because of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_7","081_3_7","COL","3","7","7","You also formerly did those things when you were disobeying God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_8","081_3_8","COL","3","8","8","Now, however, as for you, do not do any of these evil deeds: Do not get angry in any way DOU. Do not act maliciously. Do not ◄slander/talk evil about► people. Do not talk abusively to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_9","081_3_9","COL","3","9","9","Do not lie to one another. Do not do those things, because you have ◄disposed of/stopped obeying► your former evil nature and stopped doing what you did when you had that former evil nature, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_10","081_3_10","COL","3","10","10","and because you have received a new nature. God is causing your new nature to become more and more like his own nature. He created your new nature in order that you might get to know God truly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_11","081_3_11","COL","3","11","11","As a result of that, it is not important whether anyone is a non-Jew or a Jew, or whether anyone is circumcised or not, or whether anyone is a foreigner, or even uncivilized, or whether anyone is a slave or not a slave. But what is important is Christ, who is supremely important in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_12","081_3_12","COL","3","12","12","Because God has chosen you to be his people; and because he loves you, be compassionate to one another. Be kind to one another. Be humble. Be meek (OR, be considerate toward one another), be patient with one another, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_13","081_3_13","COL","3","13","13","and tolerate one another’s flaws. Forgive one another, if one of you has a grudge/complaint against another. Just like the Lord Jesus freely/willingly forgave you, you too must freely/willingly forgive one another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_14","081_3_14","COL","3","14","14","And what is more important than all of these is that you love one another, because by doing that you will be perfectly united together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_15","081_3_15","COL","3","15","15","Because God chose you to live peacefully with one another in your local congregations, let that peace which Christ gives control your ◄inner beings/hearts►, and be constantly thanking God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_16","081_3_16","COL","3","16","16","And continue to let the message about Christ govern/direct all you think and do, as you very wisely teach and warn one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs (OR, songs that God’s Spirit gives you), while you sincerely and thankfully sing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_17","081_3_17","COL","3","17","17","Whatever you say, and whatever you do, do all of this in the manner that those who are representatives MTY of the Lord Jesus should do, while you constantly thank God, our Father, as you ask the Lord Jesus to take your prayers to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_18","081_3_18","COL","3","18","18","You women, be subject to your husbands, since that is what you should do because you have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_19","081_3_19","COL","3","19","19","You men, love your wives; and, do not be harsh with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_20","081_3_20","COL","3","20","20","You children, obey your parents in every circumstance, because the Lord God is pleased when you do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_21","081_3_21","COL","3","21","21","You parents (OR, you fathers), do not correct your children more than you need to, in order that they do not become discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_22","081_3_22","COL","3","22","22","You slaves, obey your earthly masters in every circumstance. Do not obey your masters only when they are watching MTY you, like those who merely want to impress their masters favorably. Instead, obey your masters sincerely. Do this because you reverence the Lord Jesus (OR, God). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_23","081_3_23","COL","3","23","23","Whatever work you do, work wholeheartedly. Work wholeheartedly, like those who are working for the Lord Jesus. Do not work like those who are working merely for their masters, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_24","081_3_24","COL","3","24","24","because you know that it is the Lord who will properly/justly repay you. That is, you will receive what God has promised. Remember that it is Christ who is the real master whom you are serving. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL3_25","081_3_25","COL","3","25","25","But God will judge everyone impartially. He will punish you according to what you have done that is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_1","081_4_1","COL","4","1","1","You masters, treat your slaves justly and fairly, because you know that you have a master who is in heaven who will say whether he approves of what you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_2","081_4_2","COL","4","2","2","Pray to God persistently, and as you pray, be alert and be thanking God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_3","081_4_3","COL","4","3","3","Since I am in prison MTY because I declared the message about Christ that God has now revealed, pray also for me that God will give me opportunities MTY to speak, in order that I might declare it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_4","081_4_4","COL","4","4","4","That is, pray for me that God will enable me to make his message known publicly. I need to do this because I know that I should declare it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_5","081_4_5","COL","4","5","5","Act wisely towards those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus MTY; use every opportunity to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_6","081_4_6","COL","4","6","6","In particular, always speak graciously and in a pleasant way to those who do not believe in the Lord Jesus. As a result, you will come to know in what manner you should answer each one of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_7","081_4_7","COL","4","7","7","Tychicus will tell you all that has been happening to me. He is a fellow believer whom I/we (exc) love and who helps me faithfully and who serves the Lord Jesus together with me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_8","081_4_8","COL","4","8","8","The reason that I am sending Tychicus to you with this letter is that he might know how you are and in order that he might strengthen you spiritually. (OR, in order that you might know about us (exc) and in order that he might comfort you.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_9","081_4_9","COL","4","9","9","I am sending him to you with Onesimus, who is a faithful fellow believer whom I/we (inc) love and who is your fellow townsman. They will tell you all about what has been happening here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_10","081_4_10","COL","4","10","10","Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, and Mark, who is Barnabas’ cousin, ◄say that they are thinking fondly about you/send you their greetings►. I have instructed you about Mark, so if he comes to you, welcome him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_11","081_4_11","COL","4","11","11","Jesus, who is also called Justus, also ◄says that he is thinking fondly about you/greets you/sends you his greetings►. These three men are the only Jewish believers who are working with me in order that people would submit to God as their king, and they have all comforted me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_12","081_4_12","COL","4","12","12","Epaphras, who is your fellow townsman and who serves Christ Jesus, ◄says that he is thinking fondly about you/greets you/sends you his greetings►. Epaphras prays earnestly for you very often, that you might be spiritually mature and that you might know fully all that God wills for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_13","081_4_13","COL","4","13","13","I can assure you that he prays this because he is deeply concerned for you, for those who live in Laodicea city, and for those who live in Hierapolis city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_14","081_4_14","COL","4","14","14","Luke, the doctor, whom I/we (exc) love, and Demas ◄say that they are thinking fondly about you/send you their greetings►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_15","081_4_15","COL","4","15","15","Tell the fellow believers who live in Laodicea city and Nympha and the congregation that meets in her house that we ◄are thinking fondly about them/send them our greetings►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_16","081_4_16","COL","4","16","16","After someone reads this letter publicly to you, cause someone to also read it to the congregation that is in Laodicea city. And as for the letter that I wrote to the congregation that is in Laodicea city, make sure that it is also read among you {you should also read that letter} publicly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_17","081_4_17","COL","4","17","17","Say to Archippus, “Make sure that you complete the task that God appointed you to do, because you have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("CL4_18","081_4_18","COL","4","18","18","I, Paul, ◄am thinking fondly about you/send you my greetings►. Having taken the pen from my scribe, I am now writing this myself in order that you may know that I have truly sent this letter. Remember to pray about the fact that I am in prison MTY. I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ would continue to act graciously towards you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_1","082_1_1","1TH","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy are with me. We(exc) are sending this letter to you who are the congregation of believers in Thessalonica city. We (inc) all worship (OR, trust in) God our Father MET and our Lord Jesus Christ. We three desire/pray that God, our Father, and Jesus Christ, our Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and will continue to cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_2","082_1_2","1TH","1","2","2","We always thank God for you all when we mention you while we pray (OR, when we pray for you). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_3","082_1_3","1TH","1","3","3","We thank God because we continually remember that you work for God because you trust in him and you earnestly/energetically help people because you love them. You also endure it when people cause you to suffer. You endure it because you confidently expect that our Lord Jesus Christ will soon return from heaven to rescue you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_4","082_1_4","1TH","1","4","4","My fellow believers whom God loves, we also thank him because we know that he chose you to become his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_5","082_1_5","1TH","1","5","5","We know that he chose you because when we told that message to you, we did not speak only words. The Holy Spirit helped us to speak powerfully/effectively, and he strongly assured us that he was powerfully working in you by means of the message about Christ that we told to you. You yourselves know that, because you know how we spoke and how we conducted ourselves when we were with you, in order that we might help you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_6","082_1_6","1TH","1","6","6","We also know that God chose you because we have now heard that you have endured your troubles when people caused you to suffer very much because you believed in Christ. You endured just like the Lord Jesus Christ endured, and just like we did when people caused us to suffer. At that time you were joyful because the Holy Spirit caused you to be joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_7","082_1_7","1TH","1","7","7","As a result of your joyfully enduring your troubles, all the believers who live in Macedonia and Achaia provinces have heard how firmly you trust God. So they know that they should firmly trust in God as you do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_8","082_1_8","1TH","1","8","8","Other people have heard you tell the message from the Lord Jesus. Then they also have proclaimed the message to people who live throughout Macedonia and Achaia provinces. Not only that, but people who live in many far-away places HYP have heard that you trust in God. As a result, we do not need to tell people what God has done in your lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_9","082_1_9","1TH","1","9","9","People who live far from you are telling others what happened when we were with you. They also report that you stopped worshipping things that ◄you/your ancestors► considered to be gods and now you worship God. As a result, you serve the God who is all-powerful and who is the real God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H11_10","082_1_10","1TH","1","10","10","They tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, from God’s punishing us MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_1","082_2_1","1TH","2","1","1","My fellow believers, you know that our time with you was very worthwhile/effective LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_2","082_2_2","1TH","2","2","2","Although people in Philippi city previously mistreated us (exc) and insulted us, as you know, our God caused us to be courageous. As a result, we told you the good message that originates/comes from God, even though some people in your city also strongly ◄opposed us/tried to prevent us from telling God’s message►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_3","082_2_3","1TH","2","3","3","When we exhorted/urged (OR, tried to convince) you to obey God’s message, we did not tell you an untrue message. Instead, we told you a true message. We do not want to get something for ourselves by immoral means. We do not try to deceive you or other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_4","082_2_4","1TH","2","4","4","On the contrary, we tell God’s message because he trusted us to do that, because he examined us and considered us to be acceptable to tell people the message about Christ. As we teach people, we do not say what they like to hear. Instead, we say what God wants us to say, because he examines everything that we think and what we desire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_5","082_2_5","1TH","2","5","5","We never ◄flattered you/said nice things about you insincerely►, as you know. We were never greedy, so we never needed to use words to ◄hide greediness from you/cause you to think that we were not greedy►. God knows that this is true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_6","082_2_6","1TH","2","6","6","We never tried to get people to honor us, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_7","082_2_7","1TH","2","7","7","although we could have demanded that you should honor/respect us, because we are apostles who represent (OR, speak for) Christ. On the contrary, we were gentle when we were among you, as a mother gently takes care of her own children SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_8","082_2_8","1TH","2","8","8","So, because we love you, we were delighted to personally tell you the good message that God gave us. But also we were delighted to lovingly do all that we could do to help you SYN because ◄you had become very dear to us/we had begun to love you very much►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_9","082_2_9","1TH","2","9","9","My fellow believers, you remember that we worked very hard DOU in order to ◄support ourselves/earn money to buy what we needed► while we were with you. We worked during the day and also at night in order that we would not have to ask any one of you to give us what we needed, while we proclaimed to you the good message that God gave us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_10","082_2_10","1TH","2","10","10","You know that it is true, and God knows that it is true, that we conducted our lives in a very pure, right, and faultless DOU manner toward you believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_11","082_2_11","1TH","2","11","11","You know also that we lovingly behaved/acted toward each one of you, just like a father lovingly behaves/acts toward his own children SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_12","082_2_12","1TH","2","12","12","Specifically, we kept strongly exhorting/urging and encouraging you that you conduct your lives in the way that God’s people should, because he has invited you to become his people over whom he will rule in a wonderful way HEN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_13","082_2_13","1TH","2","13","13","We also continually thank God because when you heard the message that we told to you, you accepted it as the true message, the good message that God gave to us. We did not invent it. We also thank God that he is changing your lives because you trust this message PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_14","082_2_14","1TH","2","14","14","My fellow believers, we know that you sincerely believed the message from God, because the manner in which you acted was just like the manner in which the congregations in Judea acted. They also worship God, and they ◄have a close relationship with/are united to► Christ Jesus. Specifically, you endured it when your own countrymen mistreated you because you believe the message from God, in the same manner that those Jewish believers in Judea endured it when the Jews who do not believe in Christ mistreated them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_15","082_2_15","1TH","2","15","15","Unbelieving Jews are the ones whom God considers guilty for killing the Lord Jesus, as well as for killing many prophets. Other unbelieving Jews forced us to leave many towns. They really make God angry; and they are opposed to what is best for all human beings! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_16","082_2_16","1TH","2","16","16","Specifically, when we tell the good message to non-Jewish people in order that they can be saved {that God will save them} spiritually, these unbelieving Jews try to stop/prevent us from doing that. Because they continually sin more and more, they are almost reaching the limit that has been set by God MET! God will soon punish them MTY, at last, for all their sins! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_17","082_2_17","1TH","2","17","17","My fellow believers, when for a short time IDM those people forced us to be separated from you, we felt like parents ◄who had lost all their children/whose children had died► MET. Although we were far away from you, we were still emotionally concerned about you, and we strongly desired to be present with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_18","082_2_18","1TH","2","18","18","You can know that we wanted to return to you. Indeed I, Paul, tried to return twice IDM. But we did not return because each time Satan prevented us from returning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_19","082_2_19","1TH","2","19","19","We were strongly desiring to be with you, because truly you RHQ are the ones about whom we are proud and joyful! It is because we are confident that you will ◄remain faithful/continue believing in God► that we will be joyful! You are the ones who we confidently expect will keep strongly trusting in God! It is because you will ◄remain faithful/continue believing in God► that we will be proud of the work that we have done MET, RHQ when our Lord Jesus examines what we all have done, at the time when he comes back to earth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H12_20","082_2_20","1TH","2","20","20","Indeed, it is because of you that even now we are pleased and joyful! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_1","082_3_1","1TH","3","1","1","As a result of that, when I could no longer endure worrying about you, I decided that Silas and I would stay behind alone in Athens city, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_2","082_3_2","1TH","3","2","2","and we two sent Timothy to you. You know that he is our close associate and also works for God by proclaiming the message about Christ. Silas and I sent him in order that he would urge you to continue to strongly trust in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_3","082_3_3","1TH","3","3","3","We wanted none of you to consider turning away from Christ as a result of people causing you to suffer. You know that God has planned that we who trust in him will suffer like that when people do that to us who trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_4","082_3_4","1TH","3","4","4","Remember that when we were present with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted {that people would cause us to suffer}. And because that is what happened, you know that what we said was true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_5","082_3_5","1TH","3","5","5","I was afraid that Satan, the one who tempts us, had caused you to stop trusting in Christ. If that had happened, we would have worked uselessly while we were present with you! So I sent Timothy to you in order to find out whether or not you were still trusting in Christ. I sent him because I could no longer endure not knowing ◄about your spiritual condition/whether or not you were still trusting in Christ►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_6","082_3_6","1TH","3","6","6","Now Timothy has just returned to Silas and me from being with you, and he has told us the good news that you still trust in Christ and that you love him (OR, each other). He told us also that you always happily remember us and that you strongly desire that we visit you, just like we strongly desire to visit you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_7","082_3_7","1TH","3","7","7","My fellow believers, even though we are suffering very much DOU because of what people are doing to us here, we have been cheered up because Timothy told us about your still trusting in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_8","082_3_8","1TH","3","8","8","Now we feel very encouraged IDM that you continue to strongly trust in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_9","082_3_9","1TH","3","9","9","◄We cannot thank God adequately for what he has done for you!/How can we thank God enough for what he has done for you?► RHQ We greatly rejoice concerning you when we pray to our God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_10","082_3_10","1TH","3","10","10","We constantly HYP and fervently/earnestly ask God that we will be able to visit you SYN and that we will be able to help you to trust in Christ/God more strongly! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_11","082_3_11","1TH","3","11","11","We pray to God, our Father, and to our Lord Jesus, that they will ◄clear the way/make it possible► so that we can return to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_12","082_3_12","1TH","3","12","12","As for you, we pray that the Lord Jesus will help you to love each other and other people more and more, just like we continue loving you more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H13_13","082_3_13","1TH","3","13","13","We pray that our Lord Jesus will strengthen your resolve to do what pleases God (OR, strengthen you spiritually). We pray that God our Father will enable you to conduct your lives in a way that is pure and that no one can justly criticize, so that when Jesus comes back to earth accompanied by all those who belong to him, he will be pleased with you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_1","082_4_1","1TH","4","1","2","Now, my fellow believers, I want to write about some other matters. Because we all have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus, we(exc) strongly urge you DOU to live in a way that pleases God. We taught you to do that, and you know that we lived that way as a result of what the Lord Jesus told us. We know that you are conducting your lives that way, but we strongly urge that you do that even more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_3","082_4_3","1TH","4","3","3","God wants you to live pure lives that will show that you completely belong to him. He wants you to avoid doing any sexually immoral acts (OR, avoid being sexually immoral in any way). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_4","082_4_4","1TH","4","4","4","That is, he wants each one of you to know how to control your own sexual desires EUP. He wants you to live pure lives that all people will see as good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_5","082_4_5","1TH","4","5","5","You must not lustfully desire to do immoral acts as unbelievers MTY do who do not obey God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_6","082_4_6","1TH","4","6","6","God wants each one of you to control your sexual desires, in order that no one of you sin against your fellow believer and take advantage of him or her by doing things like that. Remember that we strongly warned you previously DOU that the Lord Jesus will punish all people who do sexually immoral acts. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_7","082_4_7","1TH","4","7","7","When God chose us believers, he did not want us to be people who behave in a sexually immoral way. On the contrary, he wants us to be people who behave in a morally pure way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_8","082_4_8","1TH","4","8","8","So I warn you that those who disregard this teaching of mine are not just disregarding me. On the contrary, they are disregarding God, because God commanded it. Remember that God sent his Spirit, who is holy, to live in you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_9","082_4_9","1TH","4","9","9","I want to urge you again that you should love your fellow believers MET. You do not really need that anyone write to you about that, because God has already taught you how to love each other, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_10","082_4_10","1TH","4","10","10","and because you already are showing that you love your fellow believers HYP who live in other places in your province of Macedonia. Nevertheless, my fellow believers, we urge you to love each other even more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_11","082_4_11","1TH","4","11","11","We urge you also to eagerly strive/try to mind your own affairs and to not meddle/interfere with the affairs of others. We urge you also to work at your own occupations/jobs to earn what you need to live. Remember that we taught you previously to live like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_12","082_4_12","1TH","4","12","12","If you do these things, unbelievers will acknowledge/see that you behave decently/properly, and you will not have to depend on others to ◄supply/give to you► what you need. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_13","082_4_13","1TH","4","13","13","My fellow believers, we also want you to understand well LIT what will happen to our fellow believers who now are dead EUP. You must not be/do like the unbelievers. They grieve deeply for people who die because they do not confidently expect people to live again after they die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_14","082_4_14","1TH","4","14","14","We believers know that it is true that Jesus died and that he came back to life again. So we also know well that when Jesus returns, God will cause those believers who died EUP to live again and to come with Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_15","082_4_15","1TH","4","15","15","I write this because the Lord Jesus revealed to me what I am now telling you. Some of you may think that when the Lord Jesus comes back, he will consider that we believers who are still living will be superior to those believers who have died EUP, because we will meet Jesus first. That is certainly not true! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_16","082_4_16","1TH","4","16","16","It is the Lord Jesus himself who will descend from heaven. When he comes down, he will command all of us believers to rise from their graves. The chief angel will shout loudly, and another angel will blow a trumpet for God. Then (OR, As a result), the first thing that will happen is that the people who trusted in Christ before they died will live again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_17","082_4_17","1TH","4","17","17","After that, God will powerfully take up into the clouds all of us believers who are still living on this earth. He will take us and those other believers who have died, in order that we all might together meet/welcome the Lord Jesus in the sky. As a result of that, we all will be with him forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H14_18","082_4_18","1TH","4","18","18","Because all this is true, encourage/comfort each other by reminding each other of this teaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_1","082_5_1","1TH","5","1","1","My fellow believers, I want to tell you more about the time or period when the Lord Jesus will come back. Really, you do not need me to you about that, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_2","082_5_2","1TH","5","2","2","because you yourselves know accurately what will happen! You know that the Lord Jesus will return MTY unexpectedly (OR, when some people are unprepared). People will not expect him, just like no one knows when a thief comes unexpectedly at night SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_3","082_5_3","1TH","5","3","3","At a future time many people will say, “All is peaceful and we are safe!” Then suddenly the Lord Jesus will come to punish people severely! Just like a pregnant woman who experiences birth pains cannot stop those pains, those people will definitely not have any way to escape their punishment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_4","082_5_4","1TH","5","4","5","Just like people in the dark are unaware of what is happening around them, most people will not be aware of what is about to happen to them MET, PRS. Just like a thief comes unexpectedly for people who are unaware, that time of punishment will come when people are not expecting it SIM. But you, my fellow believers, are people who are very much aware LIT of what is going to happen. As a result, you will be expecting LIT those things MTY to happen PRS. All of us believers are people IDM who do what is right, as people usually do in the daytime MET when their actions can be seen. We are not people who do evil things, as some people do when it is dark MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_6","082_5_6","1TH","5","6","6","So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must be watching carefully, as people who are awake watch for a thief MET. We must be self-controlled, as people who are ◄sober/not drunk► are able to control what they do MET. People who sleep MET are unaware of what is happening, and unbelievers are like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_7","082_5_7","1TH","5","7","7","It is at night when people become drunk and they do very wrong actions/things, and are unaware of what is happening because they are asleep. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_8","082_5_8","1TH","5","8","8","But we believers are people who should do what is right MET, so we must be self-controlled, as people in the daytime are usually not drunk and are able to control what they do MET. As Roman soldiers protect themselves by putting on breastplates and helmets MET, we believers must protect ourselves by continuing to trust and love the Lord Jesus and by continuing to confidently expect that he will save us from God’s punishing us at the time when he will punish other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_9","082_5_9","1TH","5","9","9","When God chose us, he did not plan for us to be people whom he will severely punish MTY. On the contrary, he decided that he would save us because of our trusting in what our Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_10","082_5_10","1TH","5","10","10","Jesus died to atone/pay for our sins in order that we might be able to live together with him, whether we are alive MET or whether we are dead EUP when he returns to earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_11","082_5_11","1TH","5","11","11","Because you know that this is true, continue to encourage/comfort each other, as indeed you now are doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_12","082_5_12","1TH","5","12","12","My fellow believers, we three ask that you recognize/honor as leaders those people who work hard for you. Specifically, respect those who lead you as fellow believers who ◄have a close relationship with/are united to► the Lord Jesus. They warn you to stop doing what is wrong (OR, they teach you to do what is right). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_13","082_5_13","1TH","5","13","13","That is, we ask that you consider those leaders to be very important and that you love them, because they work hard to help you. We also urge you to live peacefully with each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_14","082_5_14","1TH","5","14","14","My fellow believers, we urge that you warn believers who will not work in order to ◄obtain/earn the money to buy► things that they need to live. Tell them that they are behaving wrongly. We urge you that you encourage believers who are fearful (OR, discouraged), and that you help all people who are weak in any way. We also urge you to be patient with everyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_15","082_5_15","1TH","5","15","15","Make sure that none of you does evil things to anyone who has done evil to you. On the contrary, you must always try to do good things for each other (OR, to fellow believers) and to everyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_16","082_5_16","1TH","5","16","16","Be joyful ◄at all times/always►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_17","082_5_17","1TH","5","17","17","pray continually, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_18","082_5_18","1TH","5","18","18","and thank God ◄in all circumstances/regardless of what happens►. God wants you to behave like that because of what Christ Jesus has done for you (OR, because you have a close relationship with Christ Jesus). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_19","082_5_19","1TH","5","19","19","Do not refuse the urging from God’s Spirit when he is working MTY among you. That would be like throwing water on a fire MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_20","082_5_20","1TH","5","20","20","Specifically, do not despise messages that the Holy Spirit reveals to someone, and reject them automatically. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_21","082_5_21","1TH","5","21","21","On the contrary, evaluate all such messages. Accept the messages that are truly from God, and obey them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_22","082_5_22","1TH","5","22","22","Do not obey any kind of evil message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_23","082_5_23","1TH","5","23","23","We pray to God that he will change you to become more and more like his people should be. He is the one who causes his people to have inner peace. That is, we pray that he will help you so that in all that you think, in all that you desire, and in all that you do, you will be without fault. We ask him that he will keep doing that until our Lord Jesus Christ comes back to earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_24","082_5_24","1TH","5","24","24","Because God has invited you to be his people, you can certainly trust him to keep on helping you to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_25","082_5_25","1TH","5","25","25","My fellow believers, pray for me and for Silas and for Timothy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_26","082_5_26","1TH","5","26","26","When you gather together as believers, greet each other affectionately, as fellow believers should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_27","082_5_27","1TH","5","27","27","Make certain that you read this letter to all the believers who may be absent when you read it at first, knowing that the Lord Jesus wants you to do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H15_28","082_5_28","1TH","5","28","28","I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_1","083_1_1","2TH","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy are with me. We are sending this letter to you. You are the congregation of God’s people in Thessalonica city. You belong to God our Father, and you belong to Jesus Christ our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_2","083_1_2","2TH","1","2","2","We pray that God our Father, and Jesus Christ our Lord, will continue to act kindly toward you and will continue to cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_3","083_1_3","2TH","1","3","3","Our fellow believers, we thank God very frequently HYP for you because we believers ought to thank God for each other, and specifically it is appropriate/right that we should thank God for you. We thank him that you are trusting in the Lord Jesus more and more, and that each one of you is loving each of the others more and more. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_4","083_1_4","2TH","1","4","4","As a result, we keep proudly telling about you to other congregations who worship God. Specifically, we tell them that you are being steadfast and that you continue believing in the Lord Jesus, even though you are frequently suffering DOU as a result of people causing you trouble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_5","083_1_5","2TH","1","5","5","Your being steadfast ◄shows/indicates to► us clearly that God will judge all people justly. Specifically, he will publicly declare that you are worthy as his people to be in that place where he will rule forever, because you also are suffering as a result of telling others about letting God rule your lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_6","083_1_6","2TH","1","6","6","God will certainly cause trouble for those people who are troubling you, because he considers that it is just that he should punish such people for doing that to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_7","083_1_7","2TH","1","7","7","He also considers that it is the right thing to do to reward you who are being troubled, by ◄giving you relief/causing your suffering to end►. He will do that for both you and us when our Lord Jesus will descend from heaven, together with his powerful angels and with blazing fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_8","083_1_8","2TH","1","8","8","Then he will punish those people who do not want to know him and those who refuse to heed the message about our Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_9","083_1_9","2TH","1","9","9","Our Lord Jesus will forbid them from ever coming near to him and near to the glory which he has because he is so powerful (OR, the glory that is manifested by his power). He will cause those people to suffer forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_10","083_1_10","2TH","1","10","10","The Lord Jesus will do this when he comes back from heaven at the time that God has decided. As a result, all we who are his people will praise him because of what he has done for his own people, and all we believers will marvel at our Lord because of what he has done. And you will be there, too, because you believed what we testified to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_11","083_1_11","2TH","1","11","11","In order that you might praise Jesus like this, we are also praying very frequently HYP for you. We pray that you will be able to show our God that you are worthy to receive that which he chose you to receive. We pray also that he would powerfully enable you to do good in every way that you desire, and that he would also enable you to do powerfully every good thing that you do because you believe in Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H21_12","083_1_12","2TH","1","12","12","We pray this because we want you to praise our Lord Jesus, and we want him to honor you. This will happen because God, whom we worship/serve, and our Lord Jesus Christ will keep acting kindly toward you in ways that you do not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_1","083_2_1","2TH","2","1","1","Now I want to write to you about the time when our Lord Jesus Christ will return and when God will gather us together to where Jesus is. My fellow believers, I urge you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_2","083_2_2","2TH","2","2","2","that you think calmly about any message that claims/says that the Lord has already come again. Do not be shaken or alarmed/worried by any such message. It does not matter if it is a message that someone claims God’s Spirit revealed to him, or if it is some other message that someone has spoken, or whether it is a message that someone claims that I wrote in a letter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_3","083_2_3","2TH","2","3","3","Do not allow anyone to deceive you in any way with the result that you believe any such message. 2 Thessalonians 2:3b-5 The Lord will not come MTY immediately. First, many people PRS will rebel against God. The result of their rebelling will be that they will accept and obey the man who will sin very greatly against God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_4","083_2_4","2TH","2","4","4","He will be the supreme enemy of God. He will proudly exalt himself above everything that people consider to be some god and above everything that people worship. As a result of wanting people to worship him, he will even enter God’s Temple and sit down there to rule. He will publicly proclaim that he himself is God! But God will certainly punish that man forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_5","083_2_5","2TH","2","5","5","◄I am sure that you remember that I kept telling you these things while I was still with you there in Thessalonica./Do you not remember that I continued telling you these things while I was still with you there in Thessalonica?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_6","083_2_6","2TH","2","6","6","You also know that there is something (OR, someone) that is preventing this man from being revealed {from revealing himself}. This man is being ◄held back/restrained► now for him to be revealed {that he reveal himself} at the time that God has planned MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_7","083_2_7","2TH","2","7","7","Although Satan is already secretly causing people to reject God’s laws, ◄the one/God► who is preventing this man from revealing himself now will continue to prevent him from doing that until he/God removes him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_8","083_2_8","2TH","2","8","8","It is then that God will allow this man, who rejects God’s laws completely, to be revealed {to reveal himself}. Then the Lord Jesus will destroy him, by simply commanding it MTY. Jesus, by his own glorious arrival, will cause him to become completely powerless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_9","083_2_9","2TH","2","9","9","But before Jesus destroys him, Satan will make him very powerful. As a result, he will do all kinds of supernatural miracles and amazing things DOU that will seem as though God has enabled him to do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_10","083_2_10","2TH","2","10","10","And by doing wicked things, he will completely deceive those who will certainly ◄perish/go to hell►. He will deceive them because they will have refused to love the true message. So they will not be saved {God will not save them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_11","083_2_11","2TH","2","11","11","So, God, by his power, will enable this man to easily deceive people, so that they will believe what this man falsely claims/says that he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_12","083_2_12","2TH","2","12","12","The result will be that everyone will be rightly condemned {that God will justly condemn everyone} to be punished who did not believe the true message, but who instead gladly chose to be doing what is wicked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_13","083_2_13","2TH","2","13","13","Our fellow believers, whom our Lord Jesus loves, we thank God very frequently for you. It is appropriate/right for us to do that, because God chose you ◄from the beginning MTY of creation/before the world existed► in order that he might save you as a result of your believing the true message and as a result of God’s Spirit setting you apart for God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_14","083_2_14","2TH","2","14","14","We thank God that he chose you as a result of our proclaiming the message about Christ to you, in order that you might ◄share in/have► some of the glory that our Lord Jesus Christ has. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_15","083_2_15","2TH","2","15","15","So, our fellow believers, continue to be firm concerning what you believe; that is, continue believing the true teaching that we gave to you by our speaking to you and by our writing a letter to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_16","083_2_16","2TH","2","16","16","Our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God, our Father, loves us and encourages us and causes us to confidently expect to receive the eternal things that he has promised to give to us as a result of Christ acting kindly toward us in a way we did not deserve. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H22_17","083_2_17","2TH","2","17","17","We strongly pray that God and Jesus together will encourage you! And we pray that they will cause you to continue doing and saying things that God considers to be good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_1","083_3_1","2TH","3","1","1","As for the other matters, our fellow believers, pray for us that more and more people will hear PRS our message about our Lord Jesus. Pray that they will believe this message, as you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_2","083_3_2","2TH","3","2","2","Pray also for us that we will be rescued {that God will rescue us} from those very perverse/evil people here who cause us to suffer. Pray like that because they and many others refuse to believe LIT this message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_3","083_3_3","2TH","3","3","3","Remember that our Lord Jesus is trustworthy! So we are sure that he will cause you to continue to be steadfast. We are also sure that he will protect you from Satan, the evil one (OR, from evil). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_4","083_3_4","2TH","3","4","4","Because of your close relationship with our Lord Jesus, we are confident that you are obeying what we have commanded you, and we are confident that you will obey what we are commanding you in this letter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_5","083_3_5","2TH","3","5","5","We pray that our Lord Jesus would enable you to continue knowing that God loves you. We pray also that Christ will cause you to continue being steadfast (OR, being steadfast as he was steadfast). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_6","083_3_6","2TH","3","6","6","Our fellow believers, we command you, with the authority MTY that our Lord Jesus Christ has given to us, that you stop associating with every fellow believer who is lazy and refuses to work. That is, you must stay away from those who are not conducting their lives in the manner that we taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_7","083_3_7","2TH","3","7","7","We tell you this because you yourselves know that you should behave like we behaved. We ◄did not just sit around without working/were never lazy► while we were living among you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_8","083_3_8","2TH","3","8","8","Specifically, we did not eat anyone’s food if we did not pay that person for it. Instead, we worked very hard ◄to support ourselves/to earn the money to buy what we needed►. We worked hard DOU during the day and during the night, in order that we would not have to depend on any of you to supply what we needed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_9","083_3_9","2TH","3","9","9","We have always had the right to depend on you for money, but instead we worked hard in order to make ourselves examples for you, in order that you should behave like we behave. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_10","083_3_10","2TH","3","10","10","Remember that when we were there with you, we kept commanding you that if any fellow believer refuses to work, you should not give him food to eat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_11","083_3_11","2TH","3","11","11","We are commanding the same thing again now, because someone has told us that some of you are lazy and not working at all, just interfering with what other people are doing! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_12","083_3_12","2TH","3","12","12","We command those fellow believers who are not working, and urge them by the authority MTY of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they settle down and ◄support themselves by working/work to earn money to buy what they need►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_13","083_3_13","2TH","3","13","13","Fellow believers! Do not ever get tired of doing what is right! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_14","083_3_14","2TH","3","14","14","If any fellow believer refuses to work and does not obey what I have written in this letter, ◄publicly identify that person/tell the congregation what that person is doing►. Then do not associate with him, in order that he may become ashamed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_15","083_3_15","2TH","3","15","15","Do not think of him as though he was your enemy; instead, warn him as you would warn your other fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_16","083_3_16","2TH","3","16","16","I pray that our Lord Jesus himself, who gives inner peace to his people, will give inner peace to you always ◄and in every situation/whatever happens►. 2 Thessalonians 3:16b-18 I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to help you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_17","083_3_17","2TH","3","17","17","Now, having taken the pen from my scribe, I, Paul, am sending this greeting to you as I write this myself SYN. I do this in all my letters in order that you may know that it is truly I who have sent this letter. This is how I always end my letters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("H23_18","083_3_18","2TH","3","18","18","I pray that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly to you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_1","084_1_1","1TI","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter. You know that I am an apostle. I represent Christ Jesus because God and Christ Jesus commanded me to do it. God is the one who saved us, and Jesus is the one for whom we are confidently waiting to return. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_2","084_1_2","1TI","1","2","2","You, Timothy, are like MET a true son to me because you trusted in Christ after I told you about him. I pray/desire that God, who is our Father, and Christ Jesus, who is our Lord, will continue to act kindly and mercifully to you, and that they will give you inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_3","084_1_3","1TI","1","3","3","I urge you now, just like I urged you when I was going to Macedonia province, that you remain there in Ephesus city. Stay there so that you may command certain persons who teach other believers that they not teach false doctrines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_4","084_1_4","1TI","1","4","4","And tell people to not continually give their attention to stories that tell about our ancestors, stories in which there are ◄genealogies/lists of our ancestors’ names► that seem to be endless. You must command your congregation not to think that these stories are valuable, because whenever people think that, they just start arguing about things uselessly, instead of teaching God’s plan, which is concerned with what we believe (OR, which we know because we trust in Christ). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_5","084_1_5","1TI","1","5","5","Teach them to have pure desires MTY and so to know that God approves of what they do, and to sincerely believe the true teaching. By doing that, they will love God well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_6","084_1_6","1TI","1","6","6","There are some people who have turned away from these true teachings. As a result, they just discuss what is useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_7","084_1_7","1TI","1","7","7","They desire to teach the laws that God gave to Moses, but they do not understand what they are really saying, or the things about which they ◄confidently speak/say that they understand well►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_8","084_1_8","1TI","1","8","8","We know that the laws that God gave to Moses are good if people consider correctly what God intended them for. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_9","084_1_9","1TI","1","9","9","We must remember that God did not give Moses those laws in order to condemn righteous people. By those laws he condemns people who act as though there were no laws and who refuse to obey anyone. He condemns those who do not revere God and those who sin habitually. By them he condemns those who refuse to perform rituals that are pleasing to God and who show no respect for religion. He condemns those who murder their fathers and who murder their mothers and who murder other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_10","084_1_10","1TI","1","10","10","He condemns those who are sexually immoral and those who are homosexuals. He condemns those who kidnap/steal people in order to make them slaves. He condemns those who lie and those who promise something strongly but do not do what they promised. He condemns every other action that is contrary to our true teaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_11","084_1_11","1TI","1","11","11","This is what we teach people when we tell them the glorious/wonderful message about Christ that our awesome God has revealed and that he gave to me to teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_12","084_1_12","1TI","1","12","12","I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord who enabled me to do this work, because he considered that I could be trusted. So he appointed me in order that I would serve him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_13","084_1_13","1TI","1","13","13","Formerly I said evil things about him, I caused his people to suffer, and I acted very cruelly toward them. But Christ acted in a kind way toward me since I ◄acted ignorantly/did not know that I was doing wrong► because I did not believe in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_14","084_1_14","1TI","1","14","14","Our Lord kindly did for me what I did not deserve, so that I now believe in Christ Jesus and I love others (OR, him) because I belong to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_15","084_1_15","1TI","1","15","15","Something that all we believers say is certainly true and is worthy for us to fully accept is that Christ Jesus came into the world in order to save sinful people so that God would not punish them for their sins. As for me, I consider that I have sinned more than all others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_16","084_1_16","1TI","1","16","16","Yet Christ Jesus acted mercifully to me in order that he might demonstrate to people that he is perfectly patient with them. He did that by his being patient with me, one who has sinned worse than everyone else. He wanted what he did for me ◄to be an example/to demonstrate his patience► to people who would later believe in him, and as a result would live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_17","084_1_17","1TI","1","17","17","I desire that people will honor and praise the only true God forever! Even though no one can see him, he is the King who rules for all time, who will never die! ◄Amen!/That is true!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_18","084_1_18","1TI","1","18","18","Timothy, you are like MET a son to me. So, ◄based on/in accordance with► what someone previously ◄prophesied/told what God revealed to them► about you, I am instructing you to strongly oppose those who teach false doctrines. You should oppose them like MET a soldier ◄fights strongly against/opposes► those who attack his countrymen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_19","084_1_19","1TI","1","19","19","Continue to believe the true teaching and do only what you know to be right! Remember that some people have ◄pushed aside/rejected► the true teaching. As a result, they no longer believe MET what is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T11_20","084_1_20","1TI","1","20","20","Among the ones who have done that are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I put in the hands of Satan, in order that when Satan punishes them they may learn not to teach wrong teaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_1","084_2_1","1TI","2","1","1","The first (OR, most important) thing that I urge you to tell your congregation is that Christians should continually ask God for what they need. They should also pray to God for all other people, and they should be thanking God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_2","084_2_2","1TI","2","2","2","Specifically, they should pray for rulers and for all other people who ◄are in important government positions/have authority►, in order that God will help them to rule. As God enables the rulers to rule well, we can live very peaceably as we conduct ours lives doing all that God and others consider to be right and proper. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_3","084_2_3","1TI","2","3","3","It is good to pray like that, and it pleases God, who saves us, when we pray like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_4","084_2_4","1TI","2","4","4","He desires to save everyone. He wants everyone to fully know and accept his true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_5","084_2_5","1TI","2","5","5","He is the only one true God! And there is only one person who talks to God on behalf of people. That person is Christ Jesus, who himself is a man! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_6","084_2_6","1TI","2","6","6","He gave ◄his life/himself► as a sacrifice in order to ransom/redeem all people, which showed at the proper time that God desires that all people be saved {to save all people}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_7","084_2_7","1TI","2","7","7","As for me, he appointed me to declare this message and to be an apostle. I am telling the truth about God appointing me. I am not lying! He appointed me to teach the non-Jews that they should believe God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_8","084_2_8","1TI","2","8","8","I desire that in every place where believers worship, the men who pray publicly MTY should be men who are not practicing sin. When they pray, they should not be angry with anyone and they should not doubt that God will answer their prayers (OR, should not quarrel with anyone). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_9","084_2_9","1TI","2","9","9","I would like that the clothing that women wear be ◄modest and sensible/proper and appropriate► DOU. I want them to not fix their hair in fancy/elaborate ways, nor wear gold jewelry, nor pearls, nor expensive clothing in order that they may make themselves attractive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_10","084_2_10","1TI","2","10","10","Instead, they should be doing things that women who ◄claim to/say that they► worship God should do; that is, they should be doing good deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_11","084_2_11","1TI","2","11","11","Women must learn to listen quietly during the worship services and to fully subject themselves to the leaders of the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_12","084_2_12","1TI","2","12","12","I do not permit women to teach men spiritual truth publicly, and I do not permit them to have authority over men. Instead, I desire that women listen quietly during the worship services. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_13","084_2_13","1TI","2","13","13","Keep in mind that God made Adam first, and afterwards he made Eve, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_14","084_2_14","1TI","2","14","14","and that it was not Adam whom Satan deceived. As a result of the woman being deceived, she sinned. She did what God had told her not to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T12_15","084_2_15","1TI","2","15","15","But even though she did that, now women will be saved {God will accept women} as they bear children if they continue to trust God and if they continue to love others, and if they continue to live in a way that is more and more ◄acceptable to God/like God wants them to►, and if they continue to be modest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_1","084_3_1","1TI","3","1","1","Anyone who aspires to be an elder in the congregation (OR, a bishop) desires a noble/honorable task. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_2","084_3_2","1TI","3","2","2","Since that is a task that others should respect, an overseer must live in such a way that no one can truly ◄say that he has done anything that is wrong/find fault with him►. Specifically, he must be faithful to his wife. He must think clearly about what he does. He must be able to control his behavior. He must be sensible. He must be dignified/respectable. He must welcome and care for guests. He must be able to teach God’s truth well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_3","084_3_3","1TI","3","3","3","He must not be a drunkard. He must not be ready/quick to fight those who make him angry. On the contrary, he must be gentle and he must not be quarrelsome. He must not be greedy for a lot of money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_4","084_3_4","1TI","3","4","4","He must lead and care for his own household/family well. For example, he must be a man whom his children obey and completely respect, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_5","084_3_5","1TI","3","5","5","because if anyone does not know how he should lead well and care for well the people who live in his own house, ◄he certainly cannot care for God’s congregation!/how can he care for God’s congregation?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_6","084_3_6","1TI","3","6","6","He must not be one who has just recently trusted in Jesus, because if you choose a man like that, he might become conceited/proud because you chose him so soon. As a result of his being conceited/proud, God will condemn him like he condemned the devil because he was conceited/proud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_7","084_3_7","1TI","3","7","7","Moreover, an elder must live in such a way that non-Christians speak well of him, because if he conducts himself like that, people will not say evil things about him, and the devil will not capture/trap him MET like people capture animals in a trap. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_8","084_3_8","1TI","3","8","8","Those whom you choose to serve as deacons likewise must be ones who conduct themselves suitably/appropriately. Specifically, they must be ◄serious/worthy that people respect them►. They must ◄be sincere/mean what they say►. They must not like to drink a lot of alcohol. They must not ◄be greedy/have a strong desire to get money►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_9","084_3_9","1TI","3","9","9","They must sincerely believe the message that God has now revealed to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_10","084_3_10","1TI","3","10","10","Like you do for the elders, you must examine ◄their character/how they conduct their lives► before you appoint them to serve. Then if they are without fault, let them serve as deacons. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_11","084_3_11","1TI","3","11","11","Their wives (OR, The women who are deacons) likewise must conduct themselves suitably/appropriately. Specifically, they must be ◄serious/worthy that people respect them►. They must not speak evil about people. They must not drink a lot of alcohol. They must be faithful in everything that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_12","084_3_12","1TI","3","12","12","Deacons must be faithful to their wives, and they must lead well and care well for their children and other people in their houses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_13","084_3_13","1TI","3","13","13","Because if deacons serve well, people will respect them, and they will be able to speak very boldly/confidently about what they believe concerning Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_14","084_3_14","1TI","3","14","14","Although I hope that I will come and visit you soon, I am writing these things to you now ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_15","084_3_15","1TI","3","15","15","in order that if I ◄am delayed/things prevent me from visiting to you soon►, you will know how believers should conduct their lives and you will be able to teach that to them. I am talking about all those who are members of God’s family, all the congregations that belong to the all-powerful God, all those who uphold/support MET the true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T13_16","084_3_16","1TI","3","16","16","It is certainly true that the message that God has now revealed is very wonderful! From it, we learn this spiritual truth that we say/sing about Christ (OR, We affirm this teaching to be true and very important.) It is what shows us how to live ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►. It is what God has now revealed, even though it was not known before. We ◄affirm/say that it is true► concerning Jesus Christ that, He is the one who appeared on the earth in a human body. God’s Spirit showed/demonstrated that he is/was truly the Messiah (OR, that he always acted righteously); Angels saw him; people preached about him in many nations; People in many parts of the world believed the message about him. God took him up into heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_1","084_4_1","1TI","4","1","1","God’s Spirit has clearly told us that in later times some people will stop believing the teaching that all of us believe. Instead, they will listen to evil spirits who deceive people. They will also believe the false doctrines/teachings that they receive from these evil spirits. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_2","084_4_2","1TI","4","2","2","The people who teach those false doctrines/teachings are liars! And they do not feel at all guilty MET when they teach such teachings! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_3","084_4_3","1TI","4","3","3","For example, they forbid believers to marry because they say that it makes us unacceptable to God. They also command that people abstain from eating certain foods. But God created such foods in order that we can eat them! We who believe in Christ know the true teaching, and we thank God for the food that he gives us. That is why we can eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_4","084_4_4","1TI","4","4","4","We can eat all kinds of food because God has created all food, and it is all good. We should not refuse to eat certain kinds of food if we thank God for it when we eat it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_5","084_4_5","1TI","4","5","5","It is acceptable to God because God long ago said that all things that he made are good, and because we pray that God will bless it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_6","084_4_6","1TI","4","6","6","When you teach these things to your fellow believers, you will be showing that you, whom Christ Jesus appointed, serve them well. You will have become strong spiritually ◄by holding fast/by obeying► the true message that we all believe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_7","084_4_7","1TI","4","7","7","You must completely reject godless, silly/foolish stories from your ancestors that old people tell. Keep training yourself so that you have more ◄godly behavior/behavior that pleases God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_8","084_4_8","1TI","4","8","8","Some people say, “It helps us in some ways if we exercise our bodies.” But I say that people benefit very much if they live ◄in a godly way/in a way that pleases God►, because if people live in a godly way, that will benefit them both while they live now and when they live in the future life in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_9","084_4_9","1TI","4","9","9","Those are words that are absolutely true, and everybody should believe them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_10","084_4_10","1TI","4","10","10","This is the reason why we work so hard DOU for others, because we confidently expect that God, who is all-powerful, will do the things that he has promised. He is the one who wants to save all people, so he protects them. He certainly protects us who believe in Christ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_11","084_4_11","1TI","4","11","11","Command these things and teach these things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_12","084_4_12","1TI","4","12","12","Timothy, by the way you conduct your life, show the believers in your congregation how they should conduct their lives. Specifically, speak good things, conduct yourself well, love people, trust God, and be pure in every way. If you do all that, no one will have any reason ◄to belittle/to treat you disrespectfully► because of your being young. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_13","084_4_13","1TI","4","13","13","Until I come, be sure that you read the Scriptures to the congregation and that you exhort/urge them to obey the Scriptures, and teach them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_14","084_4_14","1TI","4","14","14","Do not forget to use the abilities that God gave to you as a result of people/us ◄prophesying/telling what God revealed to them► about you, and as a result of the elders putting their hands on you to commission/appoint you to do God’s work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_15","084_4_15","1TI","4","15","15","Do these things that I have told you to do! ◄Concentrate on them/Do them sincerely and wholeheartedly► in order that everyone may see that you are improving in how you do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T14_16","084_4_16","1TI","4","16","16","Be careful that you conduct yourself well. By continuing to do that, you will save yourself. And if you continue to teach the good doctrine/teaching, the result of your teaching will be that God will save the people who listen to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_1","084_5_1","1TI","5","1","1","Do not rebuke/scold older men. Instead, exhort/advise them respectfully as you would exhort/advise your father. Exhort/advise younger men gently as you would exhort/advise your brothers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_2","084_5_2","1TI","5","2","2","Exhort/advise older women respectfully as you would exhort/advise your mother. Exhort/advise younger women gently as you would exhort/advise your sisters; but you must act in a completely proper way as you do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_3","084_5_3","1TI","5","3","3","Make sure that the congregation takes care of widows who have no one to care for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_4","084_5_4","1TI","5","4","4","If a widow has children or grandchildren, these children or grandchildren should learn that they are to take care of their own family first. By doing that they can repay their parents and grandparents for all that they did for them when they were young, because doing that pleases God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_5","084_5_5","1TI","5","5","5","The widows who are really alone and have no one to help them confidently expect that God will help them. So night and day they pray, earnestly asking DOU God that he will help them and others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_6","084_5_6","1TI","5","6","6","But widows who just want to have a lot of pleasure are spiritually MET dead, although they are physically alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_7","084_5_7","1TI","5","7","7","And tell the congregation that the children or grandchildren should do these things in order that no one can ◄criticize the believers/say that the believers are doing anything that is wrong►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_8","084_5_8","1TI","5","8","8","If anyone does not take care of those who live in his own house, and especially if he does not take care of his own family, he has ◄denied/quit believing► what we believe and we should consider that he is worse than a person who does not believe in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_9","084_5_9","1TI","5","9","9","You have a list of widows who will do work for the congregation and receive money. Put women’s names on the list only if they are more than 60 years old, and if they were faithful to their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_10","084_5_10","1TI","5","10","10","Put women’s names on that list only if it is known that they have wholeheartedly done every kind of good deed, if they have helped children who were afflicted/suffering, if they have ◄brought up/cared for► their children properly/well, if they have welcomed and cared for guests, and if they have humbly served MTY other believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_11","084_5_11","1TI","5","11","11","As for younger widows, do not put their names on that list, because they promise to do work for the congregation, but instead of doing that, they usually want to marry again (OR, marry an unbeliever) when they have a strong desire to get married. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_12","084_5_12","1TI","5","12","12","If that happens, they may become guilty of not having done what they had promised to do for the congregation (OR, promised Christ that they would do.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_13","084_5_13","1TI","5","13","13","In addition, they generally become lazy. Specifically, as they just go about from house to house, they also begin ◄to gossip/to talk about people► and to meddle in other people’s affairs, saying what they should not say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_14","084_5_14","1TI","5","14","14","So I advise that instead of putting the names of younger widows on the list, they marry again, that they bear/have children, that they manage their homes well, and that they do nothing for which an enemy can say bad things about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_15","084_5_15","1TI","5","15","15","I say this because some younger widows have stopped obeying Christ in order to obey Satan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_16","084_5_16","1TI","5","16","16","If any woman who believes in Christ has widows in her household/family, she should take care of them. The congregation should not be burdened by having {She should not depend on the congregation} to take care of their needs. The congregation should take care of the widows who truly have no one to care for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_17","084_5_17","1TI","5","17","17","Each congregation should pay well the elders who lead well. They should greatly honor them, especially those who preach and those who teach. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_18","084_5_18","1TI","5","18","18","Long ago Moses wrote in the Scriptures, “While an ox is threshing grain, you must not tie its mouth so that it cannot eat the grain,” and Jesus said, “People should pay those who work for their benefit.” So we know that congregations should support their leaders. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_19","084_5_19","1TI","5","19","19","When some person accuses an elder about doing wrong, accept what he says only if there are at least two or three persons who ◄testify/say that► they saw him do that wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_20","084_5_20","1TI","5","20","20","But as for any elder who repeatedly sins, rebuke him before the whole congregation, in order that the rest of the elders will be afraid to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_21","084_5_21","1TI","5","21","21","I solemnly tell you that as you keep in mind that God and Christ Jesus and the holy angels know everything that you do, obey these commands about elders! As you consider what others say about an elder doing wrong, do not easily/quickly decide that what they say is true. And treat them all equally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_22","084_5_22","1TI","5","22","22","Do not be in a hurry to put your hands on a man ◄to set him apart/to appoint him► as an elder. Wait until you have examined him to see how he conducts his life, because God will consider that you are responsible if you approve a person who sins, saying that he should become an elder. Keep your life pure in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_23","084_5_23","1TI","5","23","23","And Timothy, no longer drink only water, but instead, drink a little wine also, because that may help to cure your stomach’s frequent illnesses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_24","084_5_24","1TI","5","24","24","I tell you not ◄to set apart/appoint► elders hastily, without seeing how they conduct their lives, because some people sin secretly, so that it is not known what they have done until after someone examines them (OR, before God judges them). But some people sin openly, so that people know what they have done before anyone examines them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T15_25","084_5_25","1TI","5","25","25","Similarly, although some people do good things openly, with the result that people know what they have done, some people do good things secretly, yet the good things that they have done cannot remain secret either. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_1","084_6_1","1TI","6","1","1","As for slaves DOU who are believers, teach them that they should consider that it is right for them to honor their masters in every way. If they do that, people will not speak ◄against/evil about► God MTY and they will not speak ◄against/evil about► that which we apostles teach, because they will see that the slaves are being respectful of their masters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_2","084_6_2","1TI","6","2","2","Slaves who have masters who believe in Christ must not be disrespectful to their masters just because their masters are fellow believers. Instead, they should serve their masters even better because their masters are fellow believers whom God loves and who benefit when the slaves serve them well. As you teach these things to your congregation, exhort/urge people that they do them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_3","084_6_3","1TI","6","3","3","Some people teach things that are different. What they teach ◄does not agree with/is not like► the correct teaching that our Lord Jesus Christ taught (OR, that is about our Lord Jesus Christ). They do not say that we should conduct our lives ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_4","084_6_4","1TI","6","4","4","Such people are very proud and do not understand anything HYP. Instead, they abnormally/wrongly desire to argue about unimportant matters and about certain words. As a result, people who listen to them ◄envy others/desire to have what others have►. They quarrel with others and with one another. They say bad things about others. They suspect/think that others have evil ◄motives/reasons for doing what they do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_5","084_6_5","1TI","6","5","5","Their whole way of thinking has become completely wrong because they have rejected the true doctrine/teaching. As a result, they mistakenly think that ◄by practicing religion/by saying that they believe in God► they will gain a lot of money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_6","084_6_6","1TI","6","6","6","Well, we truly do gain great benefit when we conduct our lives ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God► and we are content with what we have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_7","084_6_7","1TI","6","7","7","We brought nothing into the world when we were born, and we cannot take anything out of it when we die, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_8","084_6_8","1TI","6","8","8","so if we have food and clothing, we should be satisfied with these. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_9","084_6_9","1TI","6","9","9","But some people strongly desire to be rich. As a result, they do wrong things to get money, and this will cause them to be caught/trapped MET as animals get caught in traps. They foolishly desire many things, and those desires cause them to get hurt. And God will completely reject them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_10","084_6_10","1TI","6","10","10","All kinds of bad things will happen to people who PRS desire to have a lot of money. Because some people longed for money, they have stopped believing the doctrine/teaching that all of us believe and they have caused themselves much grief/sadness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_11","084_6_11","1TI","6","11","11","But as for you, who are a man who serves God, ◄keep completely away from such love of money/do not be like the people who love money►. Decide that you will do what is right, and that you will ◄be godly/do what pleases God►. Decide that you will trust God, and that you will love others. Endure difficult circumstances. Always be gentle with people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_12","084_6_12","1TI","6","12","12","Try earnestly and with all your energy/strength MET to live in accordance with what you believe. Continue to do your tasks well in order that you will know for sure that you will live eternally. Remember that God chose you to live with him, and that when many elders were listening you said strongly ◄what you believe/that you trust in Christ►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_13","084_6_13","1TI","6","13","13","God, who gives life to all things, knows everything that you do. Christ Jesus also knows everything that you do. He strongly declared what was true when he was on trial before Pontius Pilate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_14","084_6_14","1TI","6","14","14","I command you that as you keep all that in mind, in every way you ◄hold fast/obey► to what Christ has commanded us DOU. ◄Hold fast/obey► to those teachings in a way that our Lord Jesus Christ cannot ◄criticize you about/say that what you did was wrong►, until he comes again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_15","084_6_15","1TI","6","15","15","Remember that God will cause Jesus to come again at the proper time. God is awesome! He is the only Ruler! He rules over all other people who rule! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_16","084_6_16","1TI","6","16","16","He is the only one who will never die, and he lives in heaven surrounded by light that is so bright that no one can approach it! He is the one whom no person has ever seen and whom no person is able to see! My desire is that all people will honor him and that he will rule powerfully MTY forever! ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_17","084_6_17","1TI","6","17","17","Tell the believers who are rich here in this present world that they should not be proud, and that they should not trust in their many possessions, because they cannot be certain how long they will have them. Teach them that instead of trusting in their wealth, they should trust in God. He is the one who generously gives us everything we have in order that we may enjoy it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_18","084_6_18","1TI","6","18","18","Also, tell them that their good deeds must be as plentiful as their money. Specifically, they should share very generously with others what they have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_19","084_6_19","1TI","6","19","19","If they do that, Jesus will give them a great reward. It will be as though they are piling up in heaven treasure for themselves that will ◄be a good basis on which they may rely for/result in their► receiving a great reward in the future (OR, which will be as solid as the foundation MET of a house). By doing this they will experience what real life is like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_20","084_6_20","1TI","6","20","20","Timothy, faithfully proclaim/protect the true message (OR, do the work) that Jesus has given to you. ◄Avoid/Do not listen to► people who want to chatter about things that are not important to God. ◄Avoid/Do not listen to► people who claim/say that they have ‘true knowledge’ but who say things that oppose/contradict our true teaching. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T16_21","084_6_21","1TI","6","21","21","◄Keep completely away from/Reject completely► such teaching. Remember that some people who claim to have this ‘knowledge’ have stopped believing what all of us believe. ◄I desire that/May► God continue to act kindly toward you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_1","085_1_1","2TI","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter. I am an apostle whom Christ Jesus chose so that I would do what God wanted. He chose me to tell people that God has promised that they will live eternally as a result of their having a close relationship with Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_2","085_1_2","2TI","1","2","2","I am writing to you, Timothy, whom I love as if you were my own son. I pray that God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord will continue to act kindly to you, be merciful to you, and cause you to have inner peace, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_3","085_1_3","2TI","1","3","3","I thank God for all that he has done for you. I serve him, and my ancestors served him, too. I serve him in a manner that I know to be right. I thank him while repeatedly I pray for you at night and during the day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_4","085_1_4","2TI","1","4","4","While I am thanking God for you, I very much want to see you because I remember how you cried MTY when we separated. I want to see you in order that I may be ◄filled with joy/very happy►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_5","085_1_5","2TI","1","5","5","I thank God because I remember that you sincerely believe in Christ Jesus. First, your grandmother, Lois, and your mother, Eunice, believed in him and, I am ◄convinced/very sure► that you also believe in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_6","085_1_6","2TI","1","6","6","Because I am sure that you believe in him, I remind you to do fervently/wholeheartedly MET what God has ◄assigned for/appointed► you to do and what he has enabled you to do. God ◄assigned for/appointed► you to do it as a result of my putting my hands on you to show/indicate that he had chosen you to do his work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_7","085_1_7","2TI","1","7","7","Remember that God has put his Spirit within us. His Spirit does not cause us to be afraid. Instead, he causes us to be powerful to work for God, and he helps us to love others and to control what we say and do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_8","085_1_8","2TI","1","8","8","So never be ashamed/reluctant to tell others the message about our Lord. And do not be ashamed of me, even though I am a prisoner because I preach about him. Instead, be willing to suffer as I do as you proclaim the message about Christ. Endure what you will suffer by letting God empower you to endure it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_9","085_1_9","2TI","1","9","9","God saved us and chose us to conduct our lives in a pure way. It was not our doing good deeds/actions that caused him to do this for us—something that we did not deserve. Instead, before ◄time began/he created the world► he purposed/planned to be kind to us as a result of what Christ Jesus would do for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_10","085_1_10","2TI","1","10","10","Now, as a result of our Savior Christ Jesus having come, it has been revealed {he has shown} that he acts kindly toward us. Specifically, Christ Jesus has declared that we will not remain dead after we die! He has also revealed that, as a result of our hearing and accepting the message about Christ, we will live forever in bodies that will not decay! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_11","085_1_11","2TI","1","11","11","I was chosen {Christ chose me} to go as an apostle to many places and proclaim that message to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_12","085_1_12","2TI","1","12","12","So, even though I suffer here in this prison, I am not ashamed of being here (OR, I am very confident), because I know Christ Jesus, the one whom I have trusted, and I am convinced/sure that he is able to keep safe the good message that he has entrusted to me (OR, the things that I have entrusted to him), and that he will reward me at the time MTY when he comes again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_13","085_1_13","2TI","1","13","13","Be sure that you tell others the same correct message that you heard from me. And as you tell it, keep trusting in Christ Jesus and keep loving others as Christ Jesus enables you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_14","085_1_14","2TI","1","14","14","Do not let anyone persuade you to change the good message that God has entrusted/given to you. Allow the Holy Spirit who lives in us to direct what you say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_15","085_1_15","2TI","1","15","15","You know that almost all the believers in Asia province have ◄turned away from/abandoned► me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_16","085_1_16","2TI","1","16","16","But I pray that the Lord will be kind to the family of Onesiphorus for the following reasons: Often he cheered me up and, even though I was a prisoner MTY, he was not ashamed ◄of me/to admit he was my friend►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_17","085_1_17","2TI","1","17","17","On the contrary, when he came here to Rome, he diligently searched for me until he found me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T21_18","085_1_18","2TI","1","18","18","I pray that the Lord will be kind to him on that day MTY when he, the Lord, will judge people. And how much Onesiphorus served me in Ephesus city, you know very well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_1","085_2_1","2TI","2","1","1","You are like a son to me. So I urge also that you let God empower you spiritually as a result of Christ Jesus acting kindly toward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_2","085_2_2","2TI","2","2","2","As you do that, remembering that the message that you heard from me is the same message that other people have affirmed/declared to you, you must entrust/give that message to people whom you can trust, people who will be competent/able/qualified to teach others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_3","085_2_3","2TI","2","3","3","Endure as I do what we suffer for Christ Jesus, like a good soldier endures what he suffers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_4","085_2_4","2TI","2","4","4","You know that soldiers, in order to please their captain, do not ◄become involved in civilian affairs/spend time doing other kinds of work► MET. So, like soldiers, do not let other matters ◄distract you as you serve/hinder you from serving► Christ Jesus! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_5","085_2_5","2TI","2","5","5","Similarly, you know that athletes who do not obey the rules of the contest will not be given {not win} the prize MET. So, like athletes, do all that Christ Jesus has commanded so that God will reward you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_6","085_2_6","2TI","2","6","6","You also know that a hard-working farmer should be the first to receive some of the harvest MET. So, like farmers, work hard for Christ Jesus and expect that God will reward you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_7","085_2_7","2TI","2","7","7","Think about what I have just written, because, if you do, the Lord will enable you to understand everything that you need to understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_8","085_2_8","2TI","2","8","8","Endure everything by remembering how Jesus Christ endured it when he suffered. Remember that he came back to life {God raised him from the dead} and God affirmed/declared him to be king as his ancestor King David was. Those are things that I tell to people when I tell them the message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_9","085_2_9","2TI","2","9","9","I am suffering here in prison because some people oppose the good message that I tell. They have even put me in chains as if I were a criminal. Nevertheless, the message from God is not chained {nothing is preventing MET others from proclaiming the message from God}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_10","085_2_10","2TI","2","10","10","Therefore I willingly endure all that I am suffering for the sake of those whom God has chosen. I do this in order that Christ Jesus will save them, too, and that they will be forever with him in the glorious place where he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_11","085_2_11","2TI","2","11","11","Endure everything as you remember that these words that we all say/sing (OR, that we teach people) are trustworthy: Since we have stopped behaving as we did in the past, as though we died when he died, we shall also live with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_12","085_2_12","2TI","2","12","12","Since we are also patiently enduring what we suffer, we shall also rule with him. But if we say that we do not know him, he also will say that he does not know us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_13","085_2_13","2TI","2","13","13","If we ◄are unfaithful/stop doing what he tells us to do►, he will treat us just like he promised to do, because he ◄can never be untrue to himself/always does what he says that he will do►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_14","085_2_14","2TI","2","14","14","Those whom you appointed to teach others God’s truth, keep reminding them about these things that I have told you. Tell them strongly that, since God knows what they are doing (OR, that God will judge them for everything that is wrong that they do, and therefore) they must not quarrel ◄about words/about matters that are not important►, because, when teachers quarrel, it helps no one, and because, when they quarrel, they spiritually destroy those who hear them (OR, they cause those who hear them to quit ◄being committed to Christ/believing in Christ►.) ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_15","085_2_15","2TI","2","15","15","◄Do your best/Try hard► to be the kind of person that God will approve of. Be like a good worker as you teach the true message accurately. If a worker works well, he will not need to be ashamed of (OR, will be pleased about) what he does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_16","085_2_16","2TI","2","16","16","◄Stay away from/Do not talk with► those who talk foolishly and ◄godlessly/say things that displease God►, because those who talk foolishly will become even more ◄ungodly/displeasing to God►, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_17","085_2_17","2TI","2","17","17","and because their message will harm people SIM like gangrene/cancer does. You know Hymenaeus and Philetus. They are two such people who talk in this manner. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_18","085_2_18","2TI","2","18","18","Specifically, they teach a wrong message; that is, they say wrongly that God will not cause dead people to live again because he has already given us spiritual life. They claim that our spiritual life is the only new life that we will receive. By saying that, they cause some people ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_19","085_2_19","2TI","2","19","19","not to continue to believe in Christ. However, the congregations of God are strong MET. They are like a strong foundation on which is written: “The Lord knows the people who really belong to him,” and “Every person who calls Jesus MTY ‘Lord’ must stop doing wicked things”. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_20","085_2_20","2TI","2","20","20","In a wealthy person’s house there are not only utensils made of gold and of silver, but also utensils made of wood and of clay. The gold and silver utensils are used at special occasions/events, and the others are used at ordinary occasions. Similarly, in a congregation there are those who ◄are ready/desire► to do great things for the Lord Jesus, and there are those like the teachers of false doctrines/teachings who are not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_21","085_2_21","2TI","2","21","21","Therefore, those who rid themselves of what is evil in their lives will be able to work well for the Lord. They will be like utensils MET used at special occasions, set apart for and especially useful to the owner of the big house. They will be like fine utensils that have been prepared {are ready} to do any kind of good work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_22","085_2_22","2TI","2","22","22","Because of that, you (sg) must avoid doing the wrong actions that many young people desire to do. Instead, you must earnestly do right actions, believe the true teaching, love God and others, and you must continually be at peace with those who ask the Lord to help them and who are pure in every way (OR, who serve Jesus faithfully). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_23","085_2_23","2TI","2","23","23","Do not talk with anyone who foolishly wants to argue about matters that are not important. Do not talk with them, because you know that when people talk about foolish things, they begin to quarrel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_24","085_2_24","2TI","2","24","24","But those who serve the Lord must not quarrel. Instead, they should be kind to all people, they should be able to teach God’s truth well, and they should be patient with people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_25","085_2_25","2TI","2","25","25","That is, they should gently instruct/teach people who oppose the true message. They should do that in order that perhaps God will cause others to completely change what they think, so that they may acknowledge/believe the true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T22_26","085_2_26","2TI","2","26","26","In that way they may get free from what is like MET a trap set by the devil. The devil has deceived them in order that they might do what he wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_1","085_3_1","2TI","3","1","1","You need to realize that during the last days MTY before Christ returns, evil people will make it difficult for believers to behave as they should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_2","085_3_2","2TI","3","2","2","This is because such evil people will be habitually loving themselves and loving money. They will habitually boast about themselves, they will be proud, and will often say bad things about others. They will disobey their parents. They will not be thankful, nor will they respect anything that is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_3","085_3_3","2TI","3","3","3","They will not even love their own family, nor agree with anybody (OR, they never forgive anyone). They will tell lies about people. They will not control what they say and do, nor allow anyone to control them. They will not love anything that is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_4","085_3_4","2TI","3","4","4","They will ◄betray others/hand others over to their enemies► and act foolishly. They will be overly/very proud of themselves, and they will love to please themselves instead of loving God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_5","085_3_5","2TI","3","5","5","And, although they will pretend that they worship God, they will not let God’s Spirit work powerfully in their lives. Do not associate with such people (OR, Do not let such people join your congregation), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_6","085_3_6","2TI","3","6","6","because some such people, even now, subtly/deceivingly persuade foolish women to let them come into their houses, and then they deceive those women so that they control what those women think. These women have been burdened with sins {have sinned very much} and they have been led to do {they do} the many evil things that they strongly desire to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_7","085_3_7","2TI","3","7","7","Even though they are always wanting to learn new things, they are never able to recognize what is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_8","085_3_8","2TI","3","8","8","Just like Jannes and Jambres long ago very much opposed Moses, so also some people now oppose the true message. Those people think only what is evil. God rejects them because they do not believe what is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_9","085_3_9","2TI","3","9","9","Nevertheless, they will not continue to succeed, because most HYP people will understand clearly that such people are foolish, just like people also realized clearly that Jannes and Jambres were foolish. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_10","085_3_10","2TI","3","10","10","But as for yourself, you have fully known what I have taught. You have known and imitated the way in which I conducted my life, and what I have been trying to do. You have trusted God as I have. You have been patient as I have been. You have loved people as I have, and you have endured as you suffered like I have suffered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_11","085_3_11","2TI","3","11","11","You know how I endured many times when people harmed me. They caused me to suffer at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra cities. But although they caused me to suffer, I endured it; and every time they did those things to me, the Lord rescued me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_12","085_3_12","2TI","3","12","12","◄Indeed/You know that►, for us (inc) who want to live ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►, we will always be persecuted {there will always be people who will cause us to suffer} because we have a close relationship with Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_13","085_3_13","2TI","3","13","13","Evil people (OR, And those) who deceive other people will ◄get worse/teach things that are more and more wrong►. Specifically, they will deceive other people, and those who hear them will deceive others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_14","085_3_14","2TI","3","14","14","But you, in contrast, must continue to believe what you have learned and ◄been assured of/firmly believe►. I know that you are confident/sure that it is true because you know that you have learned it from all of us who taught you ◄God’s truth/what is right►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_15","085_3_15","2TI","3","15","15","From the time when you were a child you have known the holy writings/Scriptures. You now know that they enabled you to become wise so that God saved you because of your believing in Christ Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_16","085_3_16","2TI","3","16","16","God ◄inspired/put into men’s minds► everything that is written in the Scriptures {they wrote in the holy writings}, and those writings are all useful to teach us what is true, to cause us to know when we are wrong and then ◄to correct us/to show us what we have done that is wrong►, and to train/teach us to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T23_17","085_3_17","2TI","3","17","17","What is written {they wrote} is useful to help us who serve God to be ready/prepared to do all that we should do. By means of it, we are equipped {God gives us what we need} in order to do every kind of good deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_1","085_4_1","2TI","4","1","1","Christ Jesus is going to come back and judge those who are living when he comes and those who will have died. He will judge them concerning what rewards they deserve, and he will rule everyone. So, knowing that he and God are watching everything that we do, I solemnly/earnestly command you ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_2","085_4_2","2TI","4","2","2","that you proclaim the true message to people. Always be ready/prepared to proclaim it, whether people want to hear it or not. Some people are saying things that are not correct; ◄refute their teaching/show why their teaching is wrong►. Rebuke them when they are doing wrong. Tell them what they ought to do. Be very patient while you teach them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_3","085_4_3","2TI","4","3","3","Do these things because there will be a time when people will not listen to good teaching. Instead, they will bring in many teachers for themselves who will tell them just what they want to hear IDM. The reason that they will bring in such teachers is that they want to do the evil things that they desire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_4","085_4_4","2TI","4","4","4","That is, they will not listen to MTY what is true, but will listen instead to strange stories from our ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_5","085_4_5","2TI","4","5","5","Furthermore, I command that you always control what you think and do. Be willing to endure hardships/suffering. Your work should be telling people the message about Christ Jesus. As you serve the Lord, do everything that God has told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_6","085_4_6","2TI","4","6","6","Timothy, I say these things to you because as for me, it is as though MET they are now about to kill me. It is as though my blood will be poured out {they will kill me} as a sacrifice on the altar; that is, I know that it is the time for me to die EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_7","085_4_7","2TI","4","7","7","And as to telling people the good message and defending it, I have ◄exerted myself thoroughly/done it with all my energy► MET, like a boxer does. As to doing the work that God gave me to do, I have completed it, like a runner who finishes MET the race. As to what we believe, I ◄have been loyal to it/continue to believe it►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_8","085_4_8","2TI","4","8","8","So, like people award a prize MET to the winner of a race, the Lord, who judges rightly, will give me a reward because I have lived righteously. He will give me that reward when MTY he judges people. And not only will he reward me, but he will also reward all those who very much want him to come back. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_9","085_4_9","2TI","4","9","9","◄Do your best/Try hard► to come to me soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_10","085_4_10","2TI","4","10","10","I say that because Demas has left me. He wanted very much the good things that he might enjoy MTY in this world right now, and so he went to Thessalonica city. Crescens went to serve the Lord in Galatia province, and Titus went to Dalmatia district. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_11","085_4_11","2TI","4","11","11","Luke is the only one who is still with me of those who were helping me. And when you come, bring Mark with you, because he is useful to help me in my work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_12","085_4_12","2TI","4","12","12","Tychicus cannot help me because I sent him to Ephesus city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_13","085_4_13","2TI","4","13","13","And when you come, bring the coat that I left with Carpus in Troas city. Also, bring the books, but ◄most of all/especially► I want ◄the parchments/the animal skins► on which important things are written. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_14","085_4_14","2TI","4","14","14","Alexander, the man who makes things from metal, did many evil/harmful things to me. The Lord will punish him for what he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_15","085_4_15","2TI","4","15","15","So you, too, must beware of him. He will try to destroy your work if he can, because he very much opposes the message that we proclaim. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_16","085_4_16","2TI","4","16","16","When I first defended myself in court here, no one came along to help defend me. Instead, they all left me. I pray that it will not be counted against {God will forgive} them LIT for leaving me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_17","085_4_17","2TI","4","17","17","Nevertheless, the Lord was with me and strengthened me. He enabled me to fully preach the message, and all the non-Jewish people in the court (OR, people from many nations) heard it. And I was rescued by the Lord {the Lord rescued me} from great danger, as if I were taken MET out of a lion’s (OR, wild animal’s) mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_18","085_4_18","2TI","4","18","18","Therefore, I am sure that the Lord will rescue me from everything that is truly evil and will bring me safely to heaven, where he rules. Praise him forever! ◄Amen!/May it be so!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_19","085_4_19","2TI","4","19","19","Greet for me Priscilla and her husband Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_20","085_4_20","2TI","4","20","20","Erastus stayed in Corinth city. Trophimus, I left in Miletus city because he was sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_21","085_4_21","2TI","4","21","21","◄Do your best/Try hard► to come to me before ◄the stormy season/winter►. Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and many other fellow believers in this city ◄send their greetings to/say that they are thinking affectionately about► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("T24_22","085_4_22","2TI","4","22","22","I pray that the Lord will help you in your spirit, Timothy, and that he will act kindly toward all of you believers who are there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_1","086_1_1","TIT","1","1","1","I, Paul, am writing this letter to you, Titus. God appointed me to be his servant and to be an apostle who represents Jesus Christ. God appointed me in order that I might teach those whom God has chosen to be his people to correctly believe in him. He wants me to teach them the true teachings about God, in order that they will learn to behave ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_2","086_1_2","TIT","1","2","2","As a result of my doing these things, his people confidently expect that God will cause them to live forever. God, who never lies, promised before he created the world that his people would live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_3","086_1_3","TIT","1","3","3","Then at the time that he chose, he revealed to us his message. Specifically, God our Savior gave this message to me, and he trusted me to proclaim it to people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_4","086_1_4","TIT","1","4","4","Titus, I am writing this letter to you because you are like a true son MET to me because I led/helped you to believe the same teachings about Christ that I do. ◄I pray that/May► God our Father and Christ Jesus our Savior will continue to act kindly toward you and cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_5","086_1_5","TIT","1","5","5","When I asked you to stay on Crete island, I wanted you to do these things: Teach the believers what they need to know so that they can understand correctly the spiritual matters about which some are teaching wrongly. Appoint elders in the congregation in each town in the manner in which I told you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_6","086_1_6","TIT","1","6","6","When you appoint men as elders, you must choose men whom no one can justly accuse of habitually doing what is wrong (OR, whom everyone speaks well of). Specifically, appoint men who have been faithful to their wives. Appoint men whose children faithfully obey them. Do not appoint men whose children habitually do all the things that their bodies urge them to do, or who refuse to obey their parents. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_7","086_1_7","TIT","1","7","7","Leaders of the congregation must be men who, as everyone knows, habitually do what is good (OR, whom no one can justly accuse of doing what is wrong), because it is on God’s behalf that they will direct/serve the congregation. Specifically, they must not be arrogant/proud. They must not easily become angry. They must not be men who drink much alcohol. They must not be men who ◄act violently/fight► when they are angry. They must not be men who are ◄greedy for/strongly desire to get► money. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_8","086_1_8","TIT","1","8","8","Instead, they must be ones who welcome and take care of guests. They must ◄be devoted to/like to do► what is good. They must do what God considers to be right. They must be ◄holy/completely dedicated to God►. They must be men who do what their minds tell them is right to do and not what their emotions/desires urge them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_9","086_1_9","TIT","1","9","9","They must firmly believe in the message about Jesus Christ exactly as I/we(inc) taught it, in order that they might be able to teach the believers what is correct and to urge them to follow it well. If they firmly accept our message, they will be able to convince those who oppose what is correct that they are wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_10","086_1_10","TIT","1","10","10","I say this because there are many people who oppose the correct teachings. They refuse to obey people who have authority over them, they talk ◄on and on/without stopping►, saying what helps no one, and they deceive people. The Jewish believers MTY who insist we must obey all the Jewish rituals are especially doing this. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_11","086_1_11","TIT","1","11","11","You and the leaders whom you appoint should prevent such people from teaching the believers. They are causing whole families to stop believing in the correct teachings MET by means of their teaching people wrong ideas/teachings. They are teaching people only in order that people will give them money, which is very shameful for them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_12","086_1_12","TIT","1","12","12","A man from Crete island whom they consider a prophet said, “My fellow Cretan people are always lying to one another! They are like dangerous wild animals MET! They are lazy and always eat too much food SYN!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_13","086_1_13","TIT","1","13","13","The words that this man said about the Cretan people are still true, especially about their being liars. So, rigorously convince/show those Cretan believers that those false teachings are wrong. Tell them to firmly believe in the correct teachings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_14","086_1_14","TIT","1","14","14","Teach them that they should no longer listen to the stories that the Jews ◄made up/invented►. Especially they should refuse to obey those who reject our true teachings, because those people are teaching things that only come from human beings, not from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_15","086_1_15","TIT","1","15","15","Believers should reject what they teach about food, because no food that we eat can make us unacceptable to God if we are pure in our ◄inner beings/hearts►. But if people are evil and they do not trust in Christ Jesus, there is no ritual that can make them acceptable to God. Such people’s way of thinking has been ruined {Such people have ruined their way of thinking}, and they do not even feel guilty when they do what is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT1_16","086_1_16","TIT","1","16","16","Even though they claim/say that they know God, by what they do they show that they do not know ◄God/his true teaching►. They do not obey God, and they are unable to do anything that he considers to be good. So God considers them to be absolutely disgusting! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_1","086_2_1","TIT","2","1","1","But as for you (sg), teach the believers what agrees with the correct teachings. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_2","086_2_2","TIT","2","2","2","Specifically, tell the older men that they should control themselves ◄in all situations/whatever happens►, that they should behave in such a manner that all people will respect them, and that they should control what they say and do. And tell them that they should firmly believe in the correct teachings, that they should sincerely love others, and that they should always be steadfast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_3","086_2_3","TIT","2","3","3","Similarly, tell the older women that they should behave ◄in a reverent manner that shows that they are devoted to God/in a manner that honors God►; specifically, they should not ◄slander others/talk evil about others►, and they should not ◄be drinking much/habitually  drinking► alcohol. Tell them that they should teach the younger women what is good, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_4","086_2_4","TIT","2","4","4","in order that they may love their husbands and their children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_5","086_2_5","TIT","2","5","5","Older women should teach younger women to control what they say and do and to be pure in every way, to be good workers at home and submissive to their own husbands. The younger women should behave like this in order that no one will speak against the message about God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_6","086_2_6","TIT","2","6","6","As for the younger men, similarly, urge them to control themselves in all that they say and do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_7","086_2_7","TIT","2","7","7","You yourself must continually do what is good in order that others will see how they should behave. Teach the believers sincerely and seriously; ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_8","086_2_8","TIT","2","8","8","teach what is correct and what no one can justly criticize. Do this in order that when the believers conduct their lives in a proper manner, anyone who opposes ◄us/our message► will be disappointed because there will be nothing bad that they can justly say about us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_9","086_2_9","TIT","2","9","9","As for slaves, specifically, urge them to be submissive to their masters in everything. They should please their masters; specifically, they should not ◄contradict/refuse to obey► their masters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_10","086_2_10","TIT","2","10","10","They should not steal things that belong to their masters. Instead, they should always be completely honest/reliable and thus show their masters that their masters can completely trust them. They should behave like this in order that as a result of all the slaves conducting themselves well, people will realize that the teachings about God our Savior are very desirable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_11","086_2_11","TIT","2","11","11","The believers should behave in a good manner, since God did for us what we did not deserve, sending Jesus Christ to earth in order that he might save all people PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_12","086_2_12","TIT","2","12","12","God teaches/tells us PRS how to stop doing what he dislikes, and to stop desiring the things that ◄ungodly people/people who habitually do things that do not please God► desire MTY. He wants us to control our behavior and to do what is right and to do what pleases him while we live in this present age/time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_13","086_2_13","TIT","2","13","13","Do not forget that we are waiting expectantly for that which will make us very happy indeed MTY! We are expectantly waiting for our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, to come gloriously! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_14","086_2_14","TIT","2","14","14","He is the one who willingly gave himself ◄to die/as a sacrifice► on our behalf to set us free from all sinful behavior! He wants ◄us to get rid of all our evil behavior/to make our lives pure► MET. He wants us, who are his very own people, to be people who are eager to do what is good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT2_15","086_2_15","TIT","2","15","15","Teach the believers these things! Urge them to do them! Correct those who do not obey them! As you do this, you have my full authority; so do not allow anyone to disregard you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_1","086_3_1","TIT","3","1","1","Remind the believers that they should submit to all those who rule them or have authority over them, and that they should obey them. They should be ready to do anything that is helpful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_2","086_3_2","TIT","3","2","2","They should never say bad things about anyone, they should not quarrel with people, they should be patient when others ◄irritate them/do things that they do not like►, and they should always treat all people as important. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_3","086_3_3","TIT","3","3","3","Remind your congregations about these things because formerly we believers ourselves were also foolish, just like all people who do not believe in Christ are now. We did not obey ◄God/God’s message►. We let others deceive us. We ◄spent all our time doing/continually did► what is evil and could not stop ourselves from doing all the things that our bodies liked DOU. We were ◄envying others/desiring to have what others have►. We were causing people to hate us and we were hating one another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_4","086_3_4","TIT","3","4","5","Even though we were behaving sinfully like this, God our Savior acted kindly and lovingly to us PRS, and saved us! He did this, not because we did things that are right, but just because he wanted to be merciful to us! He washed us inwardly and gave us a new way of living as a result of the Holy Spirit changing us inwardly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_6","086_3_6","TIT","3","6","6","Because we trusted in Jesus Christ our Savior, God put the Holy Spirit within us in order to wonderfully change us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_7","086_3_7","TIT","3","7","7","He wanted to erase the record of our sins even though we did not deserve that, and he wanted us to receive all that God desires to give us. These are the things that we confidently expect to receive when we live with him eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_8","086_3_8","TIT","3","8","8","These words that I have written are trustworthy. So, I want you to confidently teach the things that I have written about in this letter to those who have trusted in God, in order that they will be constantly devoted/attempting to do deeds that are good and helpful for others. Titus 3:8b-11 These teachings are beneficial and profitable for all people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_9","086_3_9","TIT","3","9","9","but there are people who foolishly dispute/argue with you, wanting you to believe senseless ◄myths/stories that came from your ancestors►, stories in which there are ◄genealogies/lists of your ancestors’ names►. They argue and quarrel with you, ◄insisting/telling you► that you must obey the Jewish laws. ◄Stay completely away from/Do not talk with► them, because arguing about such things is not profitable for anyone. It is completely worthless! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_10","086_3_10","TIT","3","10","10","Those people, by teaching things that are false, are causing others ◄to turn away from/to quit believing► the true teachings. You must warn them that God will judge them if they continue doing that. If they do not stop, warn them one more time. If they still do not stop, then no longer have anything o do with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_11","086_3_11","TIT","3","11","11","You will know clearly that such persons have deliberately ◄turned away from/quit believing and obeying► the true teachings. They know that they are doing what is sinful, but they deliberately keep on doing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_12","086_3_12","TIT","3","12","12","I expect to send either Artemas or Tychicus to you. As soon as one of them arrives, ◄make every effort/try hard► to come to me quickly at Nicopolis city, because it is there that I have decided to go and stay during the stormy/winter season. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_13","086_3_13","TIT","3","13","13","As for Zenas ◄the lawyer/the expert in the law► and Apollos, when they are ready to leave Crete Island, help them as much as you can in order that they may have everything LIT that they need as they travel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_14","086_3_14","TIT","3","14","14","Moreover, our fellow believers also should learn ◄to devote themselves to doing/to constantly do► good deeds for people who need help in order that they, our fellow believers, will live very useful LIT lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("TT3_15","086_3_15","TIT","3","15","15","As I finish this letter, everyone who is with me ◄says that they are thinking affectionately about you/wants me to send greetings to you►. Tell those who are there who love us and believe as we do that we ◄are thinking affectionately about/greet► them. I pray/desire that our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward all of you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_1","087_1_1","PHM","1","1","1","I, Paul, am a prisoner who serves Christ Jesus. I am here with Timothy, our fellow believer. I am writing this letter to you, Philemon, our dear friend and fellow worker. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_2","087_1_2","PHM","1","2","2","I am also writing to your wife, Apphia, and to Archippus, who is like MET our fellow soldier because he serves Christ steadfastly together with us. I am also writing this to the congregation that meets/gathers in your (sg) house. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_3","087_1_3","PHM","1","3","3","I pray that God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ will continue to act kindly toward you all and will continue to cause you to have inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_4","087_1_4","PHM","1","4","4","I always thank my God when I pray for you (sg), because I hear people say that you love all God’s people CHI ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_5","087_1_5","PHM","1","5","5","and that you continue to trust in the Lord Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_6","087_1_6","PHM","1","6","6","I pray that as a result of your knowing all the good things that God/Christ has done for us, you may ◄be effective/influence many others► as you tell others what you believe, in order that they may honor Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_7","087_1_7","PHM","1","7","7","I have rejoiced greatly and have been greatly encouraged because you, my dear friend, have acted lovingly toward God’s people by encouraging them SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_8","087_1_8","PHM","1","8","8","So I have a request/favor to ask of you. I am completely confident that I have authority to command you to do what you ought to do, because I am an apostle of Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_9","087_1_9","PHM","1","9","9","But because I know that you love God’s people, I request this instead of commanding you to do it. It is I, Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner because I serve Christ Jesus, who am requesting it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_10","087_1_10","PHM","1","10","10","I request that you do something for someone who has become like my own son because I told him about Christ MET while I have been a prisoner MTY here. His name is Onesimus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_11","087_1_11","PHM","1","11","11","Although his name, as you know, means ‘useful’, formerly he was useless to you. But now he is useful both to you and to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_12","087_1_12","PHM","1","12","12","Although ◄he is as dear to me as/I love him as much as I love► MET my own self MTY, I am sending him back to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_13","087_1_13","PHM","1","13","13","I would like to have kept him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf, while I am a prisoner MTY because of my preaching the message about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_14","087_1_14","PHM","1","14","14","Nevertheless, because I had not yet asked you and you had not yet permitted me to keep him here with me, I decided not to keep him here. I decided that I should not do anything without your permitting it. I decided that you should help me only if you really want to help me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_15","087_1_15","PHM","1","15","15","Perhaps the reason that God permitted Onesimus to be separated from {to leave} you for a little while was that he would believe in Christ, and as a result you would have him ◄back/with you► forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_16","087_1_16","PHM","1","16","16","You will no longer have him only as a slave. Instead, you will have him as someone who is more than a slave. You will have him as a fellow believer! He is especially dear to me, but he certainly will be more dear to you than he is to me (OR, I love him very much, but you will certainly love him more than I do), because now he not only belongs to you but he also belongs to the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_17","087_1_17","PHM","1","17","17","So, if you consider me to be your partner in God’s work, receive him as you would receive me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_18","087_1_18","PHM","1","18","18","If he has wronged you in any manner or if he owes you anything, ◄charge that to me/tell me so that I can pay you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_19","087_1_19","PHM","1","19","19","I, Paul, am now writing this in my own handwriting: I will repay you what he owes you, although I might mention to you that you owe me even more than Onesimus may owe you, because it was the result of my telling you about Christ that God saved you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_20","087_1_20","PHM","1","20","20","◄Yes/I say it again►, my dear friend, because you and I both have a relationship with the Lord, I want you to do this for me. Encourage me SYN by receiving Onesimus kindly, just like you encourage others who believe in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_21","087_1_21","PHM","1","21","21","I have written this letter to you, confident that you will do what I am requesting you to do. In fact, I know that you will do even more than what I am requesting you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_22","087_1_22","PHM","1","22","22","Also, keep a guest room ready for me to stay in, because I confidently expect that as a result of your prayers for me, I will be released from prison and will come to you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_23","087_1_23","PHM","1","23","23","Epaphras, who is suffering with me in prison because of his serving Christ Jesus, ◄sends his greetings to you/wants you to know that he is thinking fondly about you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_24","087_1_24","PHM","1","24","24","Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, who are my other fellow workers, also ◄send their greetings to you/want you to know that they are thinking fondly about you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("PM1_25","087_1_25","PHM","1","25","25","I pray that the Lord Jesus Christ will ◄continue to work kindly in all your lives/kindly keep accomplishing what he desires within you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_1","088_1_1","HEB","1","1","1","Long ago God communicated frequently to our ancestors in various ways by what the prophets said and wrote. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_2","088_1_2","HEB","1","2","2","But now when this final age is beginning, God has communicated to us just once by means of what ◄his Son/the man who was also God► said and did. God appointed him in order that he would possess everything that truly belongs to God. God also appointed him in order that he would create the universe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_3","088_1_3","HEB","1","3","3","He manifests God’s glory. He exactly represents what God is like. He ◄sustains everything by means of his powerful words. When he had enabled people to be freed from the guilt of their sins MET, he sat down in heaven EUP to rule at the place of greatest honor MTY with God MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_4","088_1_4","HEB","1","4","4","By doing that, he showed that he was very much greater than the angels, to the extent that his relationship MTY to God, as his Son, is more excellent than the relationship the angels have to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_5","088_1_5","HEB","1","5","5","We know that because in the Scriptures no one RHQ ever reported that God said to any angel what he said to his Son, You (sg) are my Son! Today I have declared to all that I am your Father DOU! And he said in another Scripture passage, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_6","088_1_6","HEB","1","6","6","And we know his Son is greater than the angels because in another Scripture passage someone wrote this about God’s esteemed Son, when God was about to send him into the world: All God’s angels must worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_7","088_1_7","HEB","1","7","7","And in the Scriptures it is written that someone said this about the angels: God makes the angels who serve him to be changeable like MET winds and flames of fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_8","088_1_8","HEB","1","8","8","But on the other hand, in the Scriptures it is written that God said this to his Son: You (sg) who are also God will rule forever MTY, and you will reign righteously over your kingdom MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_9","088_1_9","HEB","1","9","9","You have loved people’s righteous deeds and you have hated people’s lawless deeds. So I, your God, have caused you to be more joyful MTY than anyone else. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_10","088_1_10","HEB","1","10","10","And we also know that his Son is superior to angels because in the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that someone said to God’s Son, Lord, it was you who created the earth in the beginning. You also made the rest of the universe (OR, the things in the sky) MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_11","088_1_11","HEB","1","11","11","Everything in the universe will disappear, but you will keep on living forever. They will wear out as clothing wears out. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_12","088_1_12","HEB","1","12","12","You will dispose of them as one rolls up an old coat before getting rid of it. Then, you will exchange everything that is in the universe for what is new, as someone puts on a new garment in exchange for an old garment SIM. But you are not like what you created; You stay the same, and you live forever LIT! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_13","088_1_13","HEB","1","13","13","We also know that his Son is superior to angels because no one ever stated RHQ in the Scriptures that God said to any angel what he said to his Son, Sit in the place of honor next to me and rule with me MTY while I put all of your enemies completely under your control MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB1_14","088_1_14","HEB","1","14","14","The angels are only spirits who serve God RHQ. God sends them to earth in order to help those he has saved (OR, those whom he will save). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_1","088_2_1","HEB","2","1","1","So, since that is true, we must pay very careful attention to what we have heard about God’s Son, in order that we do not drift away from it, as a boat drifts off its course when people do not guide it MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_2","088_2_2","HEB","2","2","2","God’s laws that were given by angels were valid, and God justly punished all who rejected them and all who disobeyed DOU them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_3","088_2_3","HEB","2","3","3","So, we will certainly not escape God punishing us if we ignore such a great message about how God MTY saves us! RHQ This new message was first spoken by the Lord Jesus {The Lord Jesus first spoke this message}. Then it was confirmed to us by those who heard what the Lord told them {those who heard what the Lord told them confirmed it to us}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_4","088_2_4","HEB","2","4","4","God also confirmed to us that this message was true by enabling believers to do many things that showed God’s power, to do other miraculous things DOU, and to do other things by the gifts that the Holy Spirit distributed to them according to what God desired. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_5","088_2_5","HEB","2","5","5","God has determined that the angels will not rule over everything. Instead, he has determined that Christ will rule in the new world that God will create. That is the new world about which I am writing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_6","088_2_6","HEB","2","6","6","Someone spoke to God about this somewhere in the Scriptures, saying, ◄No one is worthy enough for you to think about him!/Who is worthy enough for you to think about him?► RHQ ◄No human is worthy enough for you to care for him!/Is any human worthy enough for you to care for him?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_7","088_2_7","HEB","2","7","7","So it is surprising that you have caused people to be for a little while inferior in rank to angels. You have greatly honored DOU them MET, as kings are honored with a crown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_8","088_2_8","HEB","2","8","8","You have put everything under people’s control MET. God has determined that people will rule over absolutely everything LIT. But now, at this present time, we perceive that people do not yet have authority over everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_9","088_2_9","HEB","2","9","9","But we do know about Jesus, who truly has authority over everything! Hebrews 2:9b-13 Jesus, for a little while, became inferior in rank to angels in order to die on behalf of MET everyone. He became inferior when he suffered and died, as God kindly planned. But now he has been greatly honored DOU by being crowned as kings are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_10","088_2_10","HEB","2","10","10","It was fitting that God make Jesus ◄perfect/all that God intended him to be►. God was enabling many people who would belong to him MET to share his glory. God is the one who created all things, and he is the one for whom all things exist. He perfected Jesus by causing him to suffer and die. Jesus is the one whom God uses to save people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_11","088_2_11","HEB","2","11","11","Jesus is the one who ◄makes people holy/sets people apart for God►, and they all belong to God’s family. As a result, Christ gladly LIT proclaims them to be like his own brothers and sisters. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_12","088_2_12","HEB","2","12","12","The Psalmist wrote what Christ said to God about us becoming his brothers, in these words: I will proclaim to my brothers how awesome you are (OR, what you ◄are like/have done►) MTY. I will sing praise to you in the presence of the congregation! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_13","088_2_13","HEB","2","13","13","And a prophet wrote in another Scripture passage what Christ said about God, I will trust him. And in another Scripture passage, Christ said about those who are like his children, I and the ones that God has given me are here. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_14","088_2_14","HEB","2","14","14","So, since those whom God calls his children are all human beings MTY, Jesus also became a human being just like them. The devil has the power to cause people to be afraid to die, but Christ became human in order that by his dying he might make the devil powerless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_15","088_2_15","HEB","2","15","15","Jesus did that to free all of us who are like slaves MET all the time we live, because we are forced to be afraid to die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_16","088_2_16","HEB","2","16","16","Because Jesus became a human being, it is not angels whom he wants to help. No, it is we who trust God as Abraham did whom he wants to help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_17","088_2_17","HEB","2","17","17","So, since he came to help humans, not angels, he had to be made exactly like us whom he calls his own brothers and sisters. He wants to be a Supreme Priest who acts mercifully to all people and who faithfully does what God wants, so that people who had sinned would be declared no longer guilty. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB2_18","088_2_18","HEB","2","18","18","Specifically, he is able to help those/us who are tempted to sin. He can do that because he suffered, and he was also tempted to sin like we are tempted to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_1","088_3_1","HEB","3","1","1","My fellow believers, God has set you apart and has chosen you, just like he chose me. So consider Jesus. He is God’s messenger to us. He is also the Supreme Priest whom we say we believe in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_2","088_3_2","HEB","3","2","2","He faithfully served God, who appointed him, just like Moses faithfully served God’s people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_3","088_3_3","HEB","3","3","4","Just like every house is made by someone {as someone makes every house}, Jesus made everything, and he is God/Divine. So God has considered that Jesus is worthy that people honor him more than they honor Moses, just like the one who builds a house deserves that people honor him more than they should honor the house he built. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_5","088_3_5","HEB","3","5","5","Moses very faithfully served God as he ◄helped/cared for► MET God’s people, just like a servant faithfully serves his master. The result was that Moses testified about what Jesus would say later. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_6","088_3_6","HEB","3","6","6","But Christ faithfully serves God as he ◄helps/cares for► his own people MTY, MET, just like a son helps/cares for his own family. And we are God’s people MTY if we continue to confidently believe in Christ and if we continue to confidently wait for what God will do for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_7","088_3_7","HEB","3","7","7","The Holy Spirit caused the Psalmist to write these words in the Scriptures to the Israelites: Now, when you (pl) hear God speaking to you MTY, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_8","088_3_8","HEB","3","8","8","do not stubbornly ◄disobey/refuse to obey him► IDM, as your Jewish ancestors stubbornly disobeyed him when they rebelled against him in the desert. At that time, God said to your ancestors, “They tried to determine how many things that displeased me they could do in the desert without me punishing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_9","088_3_9","HEB","3","9","9","Your ancestors repeatedly tested whether I would be patient with them, even though for 40 years they saw all the amazing things I did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_10","088_3_10","HEB","3","10","10","So, I became disgusted with those people who saw those things, and I said about them, ‘They are constantly disloyal to me, and they do not understand how I wanted them to conduct their lives.’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_11","088_3_11","HEB","3","11","11","As a result, because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, ‘They will not enter the land of Canaan where I would let them rest MTY!’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_12","088_3_12","HEB","3","12","12","So, my fellow believers, be careful that none of you is so evil that you stop trusting in Christ. That would cause you to reject God who is all-powerful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_13","088_3_13","HEB","3","13","13","Instead, each of you must encourage each other every day, while you still have the opportunity IDM, in order that none of you may stubbornly reject God by letting others deceive you (OR, as you deceive yourselves), with the result that you (sg) sin PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_14","088_3_14","HEB","3","14","14","We must encourage one another, because we (inc) benefit from all Christ has done only if we firmly keep trusting in him from the time when we first confidently trusted in him until the time when we die EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_15","088_3_15","HEB","3","15","15","We can do this by paying attention to what the Psalmist wrote in that Scripture passage in which God said, Now, when you hear me speaking to you(pl) MTY, do not stubbornly disobey me as your ancestors stubbornly disobeyed me when they rebelled against me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_16","088_3_16","HEB","3","16","16","◄You must keep trusting in God because you must remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard him speaking to them./Do you remember who it was who rebelled against God although they heard him speaking to them?► RHQ It was people who had certainly experienced LIT God’s power. It was all those people whom Moses led miraculously out of Egypt. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_17","088_3_17","HEB","3","17","17","And ◄you must remember who it was that God was disgusted with for 40 years./do you remember who it was that God was disgusted with for 40years?► RHQ It was those same people who had sinned like that, and who as a result died in the desert! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_18","088_3_18","HEB","3","18","18","And ◄you must remember about whom God solemnly declared, “They will not enter the land where I would let them rest.”/do you remember about whom God solemnly declared, “They will not enter the land where I would let them rest”?► RHQ It was those Israelites who disobeyed God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB3_19","088_3_19","HEB","3","19","19","So, from that example we (inc) realize that it was because they did not keep trusting in God that they were unable to enter the land where they would rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_1","088_4_1","HEB","4","1","1","The Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest. But God has still promised us that we can enter the place of resting in heaven eternally. So we must beware of the possibility that God may consider that some of you have failed to enter the place of resting eternally as the Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_2","088_4_2","HEB","4","2","2","We have heard the message about Christ, just like the Israelites heard what God promised. But just like the message did not benefit most of those who heard it because they did not believe it as Joshua and Caleb did, it will not benefit us eternally if we do not keep believing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_3","088_4_3","HEB","4","3","3","We who have believed in Christ are able to enter the place of resting eternally. We know there is a place where we will rest eternally because God said, Because I was angry with them, I solemnly declared, “They will not enter the land where I would let them rest.” God said that even though he ceased his work of creating things after he created the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_4","088_4_4","HEB","4","4","4","What someone wrote somewhere in the Scriptures about the seventh day after he had spent six days creating the world, supports that: Then, on the seventh day, God rested from his work of creating everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_5","088_4_5","HEB","4","5","5","But note again what God said about the Israelites in the passage that I quoted previously: They will not enter the land where I would let them rest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_6","088_4_6","HEB","4","6","6","Some people experience entering that place of resting eternally. But those Israelites who first had the good message preached to them {first heard the good message} about what God promised them did not enter that place of resting, because they refused to believe God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_7","088_4_7","HEB","4","7","7","But God appointed another time when we may enter that place of resting. That time is now! We know that is true because much later than when the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert, he caused King David to write what I have already quoted, Now, when you understand what God is saying to you, do not stubbornly disobey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_8","088_4_8","HEB","4","8","8","If Joshua had led the Israelites to enter the place of resting, God would not have spoken later about another time when we could rest MET. So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_9","088_4_9","HEB","4","9","9","So, just like God rested on the seventh day after he finished making everything, there remains a time when God’s people will rest eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_10","088_4_10","HEB","4","10","10","Specifically, whoever enters God’s place of resting has ceased doing things to gain God’s favor, just like God ceased doing his work of creating everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_11","088_4_11","HEB","4","11","11","God severely punished the Israelites because they disbelieved his message. So we must strive to experience entering that place of resting eternally, in order that he will not severely punish any of us for not believing his message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_12","088_4_12","HEB","4","12","12","Beware of being insincere about doing this, because the message God has given us very powerfully penetrates our thinking more than a two-edged sword penetrates flesh MET. It penetrates deeply into our souls and spirits, as a sharp sword can penetrate into our joints and marrow. That is, by his message God PRS discerns all that we think about, and he discerns all that we desire to do MTY (OR, His message exposes to us all our thoughts and all our desires). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_13","088_4_13","HEB","4","13","13","God knows everything about everyone. Everything is completely exposed DOU to him, and he is the one SYN who will say whether he approves of what we have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_14","088_4_14","HEB","4","14","14","We have a great Supreme Priest who ascended through the heavens when he returned to God’s presence. He is Jesus, ◄God’s Son/the man who is also God►. So let us firmly profess what we believe about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_15","088_4_15","HEB","4","15","15","Our Supreme Priest can indeed LIT compassionately deal with us who tend to sin easily, because he also was tempted to sin in every way that we are tempted to sin, and yet he did not sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB4_16","088_4_16","HEB","4","16","16","So, let us come boldly to Christ MTY, who rules MET from heaven and does for us what we do not deserve, in order that we might experience his acting mercifully toward us, and in order that we might experience his helping us in a kind way whenever we need help. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_1","088_5_1","HEB","5","1","1","Every Jewish Supreme Priest was chosen by God {God chose every Jewish Supreme Priest} from among ordinary men. They were appointed {He appointed them} in order that they would come before him on behalf of the people. Specifically, God appointed them in order that they would bring gifts to him on behalf of the people, and in order to sacrifice animals to him for people who sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_2","088_5_2","HEB","5","2","2","The Supreme Priests could deal gently with those who ignorantly sinned, since the Supreme Priests themselves tended to sin easily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_3","088_5_3","HEB","5","3","3","As a result, they had to offer something to God for their own sins, just like they had to offer something to God for other people who sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_4","088_5_4","HEB","5","4","4","Furthermore, it is an honor to be a Supreme Priest so no one honors himself by appointing himself to become a Supreme Priest. Instead, God chose each man to become a Supreme Priest, as he chose Aaron to be the first Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_5","088_5_5","HEB","5","5","5","Similarly, Christ also did not honor himself by appointing himself to become a Supreme Priest. Instead, God appointed him by saying to him what he never said to any other priest, what the Psalmist wrote in the Scriptures, You (sg) are my Son! Today I have declared that I am your Father! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_6","088_5_6","HEB","5","6","6","And he also said to Christ what the Psalmist wrote in another Scripture passage, You are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_7","088_5_7","HEB","5","7","7","When Christ lived on the earth MTY, he prayed DOU to God and tearfully cried out loudly to him. Specifically, he asked God, who was able to help him, that he would not fear the sufferings just before he died. As a result, God listened to him, because Christ reverently submitted to what God wanted him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_8","088_5_8","HEB","5","8","8","Although Christ is God’s own Son, he learned to obey God by suffering before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_9","088_5_9","HEB","5","9","9","By becoming ◄all that God intended him to be/perfect►, he has now become fully qualified to be our Supreme Priest. As a result, he is the one who saves eternally all who obey him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_10","088_5_10","HEB","5","10","10","Furthermore, God has designated him to be our Supreme Priest in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_11","088_5_11","HEB","5","11","11","Although there is much to say to you(pl) about how Christ resembles Melchizedek, this is hard for me to explain to you because you now understand things so slowly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_12","088_5_12","HEB","5","12","12","You became Christians long ago. So by now you should be teaching spiritual truths to others. But you still need someone to teach you again the truths that God has revealed. I am talking about the truths that we teach people when they first believe in Christ. You need those elementary truths like babies need milk MET. You are not ready for advanced teaching, which is like the solid food which mature people need MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_13","088_5_13","HEB","5","13","13","Remember that those who are still learning these elementary truths MET have not become familiar with what God says concerning becoming/being righteous. They are just like MET babies who need milk! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB5_14","088_5_14","HEB","5","14","14","But the more advanced spiritual truth is for people who are spiritually mature, just like MET solid food is for people who are physically mature. They can tell the difference between what is good and what is evil, because they have trained themselves to keep doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_1","088_6_1","HEB","6","1","1","So, we (inc) must not keep discussing the elementary principles about Christ. Instead, we must proceed to the teaching that will make us spiritually mature MTY. We must not be people who always need someone to teach them the elementary truths about Christ that are like MET a foundation. I am referring to the teaching that people who do sinful things must turn away from their sinful behavior, things that those who are spiritually MET dead do. I am referring to the teaching that people must believe in God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_2","088_6_2","HEB","6","2","2","I am referring to the teaching about what various Jewish and Christian rituals for purifying people signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by laying hands on them MTY. I am referring to the teaching that God will ◄cause those who have died to live again/raise people from the dead►. And I am referring to the teaching that God will judge some people and punish them eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_3","088_6_3","HEB","6","3","3","Instead of continuing to discuss these elementary truths, we (inc) (OR, I) will go on to give people mature teaching, if God allows it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_4","088_6_4","HEB","6","4","4","I will explain why it is important to do that. Some people have at one time fully understood the message about Christ MET. They have experienced a relationship with Jesus Christ that God EUP/MTY gave to them. They have received the Holy Spirit the same as others have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_5","088_6_5","HEB","6","5","5","They have experienced that God’s message is good. And by what they have experienced now, they know how God will work powerfully in the future. If those people reject the message about Christ, it will not be possible for anyone to persuade them to turn away from their sinful behavior again! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_6","088_6_6","HEB","6","6","6","What those believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though MET they themselves are nailing the Son of God to a cross again! They are causing others to publicly despise Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_7","088_6_7","HEB","6","7","7","Think about this: It is land on which rain has frequently fallen PRS and on which plants grow PRS that is useful for the people who prepare the land that God has blessed. Similarly, it is those believers who have received many good things from God and who do good deeds/things that please God, whom God will bless MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_8","088_6_8","HEB","6","8","8","But what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land on which only thorns and thistles grow MET. Such land is worthless. It has almost become land that God will curse, and eventually he will burn its vegetation MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_9","088_6_9","HEB","6","9","9","Although I am writing to you like this as a warning, I am certain concerning you whom I love that you are doing better than that. Specifically, I am sure that you are doing the things that are appropriate for those whom God has saved. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_10","088_6_10","HEB","6","10","10","Since God always acts justly LIT, he will not overlook all you have done for him. He will also not overlook MTY your showing that you love him by the way you helped your fellow believers and by the way you still help them. Instead, God will reward you for doing good deeds. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_11","088_6_11","HEB","6","11","11","I very much want each of you to diligently continue to fully expect to receive what God has provided for you, until you finally receive everything that you have confidently expected to receive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_12","088_6_12","HEB","6","12","12","I do not want you to be lazy. Instead, I want you to imitate those who, because they patiently continued to trust in God, are receiving what he promised them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_13","088_6_13","HEB","6","13","13","When God promised to do things for Abraham, he said that he would punish himself if he did not do that, because there was no one of greater importance to ask to punish him if he did not do it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_14","088_6_14","HEB","6","14","14","He said to Abraham, “I will certainly bless you (sg), and I will certainly increase the number of your descendants SYN.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_15","088_6_15","HEB","6","15","15","As a result, after Abraham patiently waited for God to do what he promised, he received what God promised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_16","088_6_16","HEB","6","16","16","Keep in mind that when people promise something, they ask a more important person to punish them if they do not do what they promise. Furthermore, when people ask God to punish them if they do not tell the truth, that causes people who are disputing to stop disputing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_17","088_6_17","HEB","6","17","17","So, when God wanted to demonstrate very clearly ◄to us/to those people► who would receive what he had promised that he would not change what he had purposed to do, he solemnly guaranteed that he would declare himself guilty if he did not do what he promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_18","088_6_18","HEB","6","18","18","He did that to strongly encourage us as a result of our knowing that God has done two things that cannot change. Namely, he promised to bless us, and he solemnly declared that he would declare himself guilty if he did not bless us. We know that God, who did those things, cannot lie. We have fled to him in order that we might continue confidently to expect to receive what he promised us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_19","088_6_19","HEB","6","19","19","Our confidently expecting SYN to receive what he has promised is like an anchor MET that very firmly DOU holds us fast. The one we confidently expect to help us SYN is Jesus, who goes into God’s very presence, just like the Supreme Priests went behind the curtain into the innermost part of the tent in the barren area MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB6_20","088_6_20","HEB","6","20","20","Jesus went into God’s presence ahead of us (inc) to help us when he became a Supreme Priest eternally in the way that Melchizedek was a Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_1","088_7_1","HEB","7","1","1","Now I will say more about this man Melchizedek. He was the king of Salem city and was a priest of God, the one who is greater than anyone else. He met Abraham who was returning home after he and his men had defeated the armies of four kings SYN. Melchizedek asked God to bless Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_2","088_7_2","HEB","7","2","2","Then Abraham gave to him one tenth of all the spoils he took after winning the battle. Melchizedek’s name means firstly ‘king who rules righteously’, and since Salem means ‘peace’, he was the ‘king who rules peacefully’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_3","088_7_3","HEB","7","3","3","In the Scriptures there is no record of who his father was, nor is there any record of who his mother was, nor is there any record of who his ancestors were. There is no record of when he was born, nor is there any record of when he died. For these reasons, it is as though he continues to be a priest forever, and for this reason he is like God’s Son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_4","088_7_4","HEB","7","4","4","You can realize how great this man Melchizedek was from the fact that Abraham, our famous ancestor, gave him ◄a tithe/one tenth► of the spoils from the battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_5","088_7_5","HEB","7","5","5","According to the laws God gave Moses, the descendants of Abraham’s great-grandson Levi, who were priests, should take tithes from God’s people who were their relatives, even though those people also were Abraham’s descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_6","088_7_6","HEB","7","6","6","But this man Melchizedek, who was not among the descendants of Levi, took tithes from Abraham. He also asked God to bless Abraham, the man to whom God promised many descendants. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_7","088_7_7","HEB","7","7","7","We know for certain that it is the more important people who ask God to bless the less important people. And Melchizedek blessed Abraham. So we conclude that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_8","088_7_8","HEB","7","8","8","In the case of the priests who are descendants of Levi, men who some day will die receive tithes. But in the case of Melchizedek it is as if God testifies that he was still living, since there is no record in Scriptures about his death. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_9","088_7_9","HEB","7","9","9","And it was as though Levi himself, and all the priests descended from him—who received tithes from the people—paid tithes to Melchizedek. And when Abraham paid tithes, it was as though Levi and all the priests descended from him acknowledged that the work Melchizedek did as a priest was greater than the work Levi did, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_10","088_7_10","HEB","7","10","10","since the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born was still in Abraham’s body EUP when Melchizedek met Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_11","088_7_11","HEB","7","11","11","God gave his laws to his people at the same time he gave regulations about the priests. So, if what the priests who were descended from Levi did could have provided a way for God to completely forgive people for disobeying those laws, certainly no other priest like Melchizedek would have been necessary. RHQ Instead, priests who were descended from Aaron, Levi’s descendant, would have been adequate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_12","088_7_12","HEB","7","12","12","But we know they were not adequate, because a new type of priest like Melchizedek has come. And since God has appointed a new type of priest, he also had to change the regulations concerning how priests were appointed {he appointed priests}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_13","088_7_13","HEB","7","13","13","Jesus, the one about whom I am saying these things, is a descendant of someone else, not a descendant of Levi. None of the men from whom Jesus descended ever served as priests MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_14","088_7_14","HEB","7","14","14","We know that since it is obvious that it is from the tribe of Judah that our Lord was descended. Moses never said that any of Judah’s descendants would become priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_15","088_7_15","HEB","7","15","15","Furthermore, we know that the priests who were descended from Levi were inadequate, since it is even more obvious that another priest has appeared who is like Melchizedek. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_16","088_7_16","HEB","7","16","16","Jesus became a priest, but not because he fulfilled what God’s law required about being a descendant of Levi. Instead, he has the kind of power that came from a life that nothing can destroy (OR, enabled him to live again after he was killed). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_17","088_7_17","HEB","7","17","17","We know this since God confirmed it in the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son, You (sg) are a priest eternally just like Melchizedek was a priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_18","088_7_18","HEB","7","18","18","On the one hand, God canceled what he commanded previously concerning the priests because it failed in every way to enable anyone to become all that God intended. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_19","088_7_19","HEB","7","19","19","Remember that no one was able to become all that God intended by obeying the laws that God gave Moses. On the other hand, God caused that we could confidently expect better things than we could expect by obeying God’s laws. He did that by his establishing Christ as priest. Now by means of Christ sacrificing himself for us we can come near to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_20","088_7_20","HEB","7","20","20","Furthermore, when God appointed Christ, it was when God solemnly declared that Christ would be a priest LIT. When God appointed former priests, it was not by his solemnly declaring that they would be priests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_21","088_7_21","HEB","7","21","21","However, when he appointed Christ to be a priest, it was by these words that the Psalmist wrote in Scripture: The Lord has solemnly declared to the Messiah, —and he will not change his mind— “You will be a priest forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_22","088_7_22","HEB","7","22","22","Because of that, Jesus guarantees that the new covenant will be better than the old one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_23","088_7_23","HEB","7","23","23","And formerly, the priests could not keep serving as priests, because they all died PRS. So there were many priests to take the place of the ones who died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_24","088_7_24","HEB","7","24","24","But because Jesus lives eternally, he will continue to be a Supreme Priest forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_25","088_7_25","HEB","7","25","25","So, he can completely and eternally save those who come to God by trusting in what Jesus has done for them, since he lives forever to plead with God to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_26","088_7_26","HEB","7","26","26","Jesus is the kind of Supreme Priest that we need. He was holy; he did no wrong; he was completely innocent. God has now taken him up to the highest heaven separated from living among sinners. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_27","088_7_27","HEB","7","27","27","The other Supreme Priests need to sacrifice animals day by day as well as year by year. They do this, firstly, to atone for their own sins, and then to atone for other people who have sinned. But because Jesus never sinned, he does not need to atone for his own sin. The only thing he needed to do to save people was to sacrifice himself once! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB7_28","088_7_28","HEB","7","28","28","We need a Supreme Priest like him, because in the laws that God gave Moses PRS the ones who would be appointed to be priests would be men who tended to sin easily. But God solemnly declared PRS after he had given his laws to Moses that he would appoint ◄his Son/the man who is also God► to be a Supreme Priest. Now ◄his Son/the man who is also God► has forever become all that God intends him to be. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_1","088_8_1","HEB","8","1","1","The main point of all that I have written is that we have a Supreme Priest like that. He has sat down to rule MTY with God EUP at the place of greatest honor in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_2","088_8_2","HEB","8","2","2","He ministers in the Most Holy Place, that is, in the true place of worship in heaven. That is a place that Moses’ tent represented. The Lord set up the true place of worship. No human set it up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_3","088_8_3","HEB","8","3","3","Every Supreme Priest was appointed {God appointed every Supreme Priest} to offer to God gifts and sacrifices for people who sinned. So, since Christ became a Supreme Priest, he also had to offer something. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_4","088_8_4","HEB","8","4","4","Since there are already Jewish priests who offer gifts as God’s laws require, if Christ were now living on the earth, he would not be a Supreme Priest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_5","088_8_5","HEB","8","5","5","The Jewish priests perform rituals which are only a model DOU of what Christ would do in heaven MTY. What God told Moses when Moses was about to set up the tent for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said, “Be sure that you (sg) make everything according to the model that I showed you on Sinai Mountain!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_6","088_8_6","HEB","8","6","6","But now as it is, Christ ministers in a more excellent way than the Jewish priests do. Likewise, the new covenant that he established between God and people is better than the old one. When the new covenant was established {God established the new covenant}, he promised us better things than the laws that God gave Moses did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_7","088_8_7","HEB","8","7","7","If that first covenant had been perfectly adequate LIT, God would not have thought that he needed another covenant/agreement to replace it. But it was not adequate, so he needed a new one. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_8","088_8_8","HEB","8","8","8","Because God declared that the Israelites were guilty of not obeying the first covenant, he wanted a new covenant. This is what ◄a prophet/Jeremiah► wrote about that: The Lord says, “Listen! There will soon be a time when I will make a new covenant with the people MTY of Israel and the people MTY of Judah. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_9","088_8_9","HEB","8","9","9","That covenant will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors when I led them out of Egypt MET like a father leads a child by the hand. They did not continue to obey my covenant, so I rejected them,” says the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_10","088_8_10","HEB","8","10","10","“This is the covenant that I will make with the Israelites MTY, after the first covenant has ended MTY,” says the Lord: “I will enable them to understand my laws MTY, and I will enable them to obey them (OR, truly know them) MTY sincerely. I will be their God, and they will be my people DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_11","088_8_11","HEB","8","11","11","As a result, no one will need to teach a fellow citizen or tell his fellow kinsmen, ‘You need to know the Lord,’ because all my people will know me: My people of every status will know me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_12","088_8_12","HEB","8","12","12","I will mercifully forgive them for the wicked things they have done. I will no longer consider that they are guilty for DOU their sins.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB8_13","088_8_13","HEB","8","13","13","Since God spoke about a new covenant, he considered that the first covenant was no longer in use, and that it would soon disappear, just like anything that gets old will disappear MET, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_1","088_9_1","HEB","9","1","1","To continue: In the first covenant, God regulated how people should perform rituals, and he told them to make MTY a sanctuary. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_2","088_9_2","HEB","9","2","2","That sanctuary was a tent that the Israelites set up. In its outer room there was the lampstand and the table on which they put the bread that the priests presented to God. That room was called ‘the holy place’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_3","088_9_3","HEB","9","3","3","Behind the curtain inside the holy place there was another room. That was called ‘the very holy place’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_4","088_9_4","HEB","9","4","4","It had an altar, made from gold, for burning incense. It also had the chest which they called the chest of the covenant. All its sides were covered with gold. In it was the golden pot which contained pieces of the food they called manna. That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land. In the chest there was also Aaron’s walking stick that budded to prove that he was God’s true priest. In the chest were also the stone tablets on which God had written the Ten Commandments. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_5","088_9_5","HEB","9","5","5","On top of the chest were figures of winged creatures that symbolized God’s glory. Their wings overshadowed the chest’s lid where the high priest sprinkled the blood ◄to atone for/to forgive► those who had sinned. I do not need to write about these things in detail now. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_6","088_9_6","HEB","9","6","6","After all those things were prepared {After they had prepared all those things like that} in the two rooms of the tent, the Jewish priests habitually went into the outer room of the tent to perform their rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_7","088_9_7","HEB","9","7","7","But into the inner room, only the Supreme Priest went, once a year. He always took LIT the blood of animals that they had slaughtered. He offered them to God for his own sins and for the sins that other people had committed. They included sins that they did not realize were sinful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_8","088_9_8","HEB","9","8","8","By those things the Holy Spirit indicated that just like God did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter into the inner room while the outer room still existed MET, similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_9","088_9_9","HEB","9","9","9","The things that the priests did inside the outer room MTY symbolized what was true during the time when the first covenant was in effect. According to the first covenant (OR, In that outer room), priests offered gifts and other sacrifices to God. But by offering them, the people who brought them were unable to make themselves feel that they were no longer guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_10","088_9_10","HEB","9","10","10","They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices according to regulations concerning things to eat and drink, and according to rules that required people to wash various things. God declared that those regulations about our bodies were to be in effect until he put into effect the new covenant; that was a better system. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_11","088_9_11","HEB","9","11","11","But when Christ came as our Supreme Priest, he brought the good things that are now available. When he appeared, he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a MET very great and perfect tent not made by humans {which no human made} SYN; that is, it is not part of the world God created. It was better than the tent Moses set up here on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_12","088_9_12","HEB","9","12","12","When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes goats’ blood and calves’ blood to offer as a sacrifice. But Christ did not do that. It was as though he went into that very holy place only once, taking his own blood with him. By doing that, he eternally redeemed us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_13","088_9_13","HEB","9","13","13","The priests sprinkle on people goats’ blood and bulls’ blood and the water that has been filtered through the ashes of a red heifer that has been completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually cleanse the bodies of those who are ceremonially unclean. Furthermore, performing those rituals enabled people to have fellowship with God again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_14","088_9_14","HEB","9","14","14","So, because we know what Christ accomplished when his blood flowed when he died for us PRS, MTY, we will be very certain that we are not guilty of having done those things that those who are spiritually dead do. As a result, we can serve God, who is all-powerful. The priests always offer to God animals with no defects. Similarly, when Christ offered himself as a sacrifice to God, he was sinless MET. He did that as a result of God’s eternal Spirit helping him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_15","088_9_15","HEB","9","15","15","By dying for us, Christ ◄redeemed/set free from the penalty for their sins► even those who disobeyed the conditions of (OR, during the time of) the first covenant. So, because no one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant, now Christ establishes between God and people a new covenant. He does that in order that those whom God has chosen may eternally have the blessings that God has promised them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_16","088_9_16","HEB","9","16","16","A covenant is like a will. In the case of a will, in order to put its provisions into effect, someone must prove that the one who made it has died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_17","088_9_17","HEB","9","17","17","A will goes into effect only when the one who makes the will has died. It is not in effect when the one who made it is still alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_18","088_9_18","HEB","9","18","18","And so God put the first covenant into effect only LIT by means of animals’ blood that was shed when they were slaughtered. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_19","088_9_19","HEB","9","19","19","After Moses had declared to all the Israelites everything that God commanded in the laws that God gave him, he took calves’ and goats’ blood mixed with water. He dipped into it scarlet wool that he tied around a sprig of hyssop. Then he sprinkled with some of the blood the scroll itself containing God’s laws. Then he sprinkled more of that blood on all the people, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_20","088_9_20","HEB","9","20","20","saying to them, “This is the blood which brings into effect the covenant that God commanded that you obey.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_21","088_9_21","HEB","9","21","21","Likewise, he sprinkled with that blood the tent and every object that they used in performing rituals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_22","088_9_22","HEB","9","22","22","It was by sprinkling blood that they ritually cleansed almost everything. That was what was stated in God’s laws. If blood is not shed when people offer a sacrifice, God cannot forgive the person who is making the sacrifice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_23","088_9_23","HEB","9","23","23","So, by rituals like that, it was necessary for the priests to cleanse the things that symbolized what Christ does MTY in heaven. But God has to consecrate the people who will enter MTY heaven by means of better sacrifices than those. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_24","088_9_24","HEB","9","24","24","Christ did not enter a sanctuary that humans made. That one only represented the true sanctuary. Instead, he entered heaven itself, in order to now be in God’s presence to plead with God for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_25","088_9_25","HEB","9","25","25","The Jewish Supreme Priest enters the very holy place once every year, taking blood that is not his own, to offer it as a sacrifice. But when Christ entered heaven, it was not in order to offer himself repeatedly like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_26","088_9_26","HEB","9","26","26","If that were so, he would have needed to suffer and shed his blood repeatedly since the time when God created the world. But instead, in this final age, Christ has appeared once in order that by sacrificing himself he could cause that people no longer will be punished for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_27","088_9_27","HEB","9","27","27","All people must die once, and after that God will judge them for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB9_28","088_9_28","HEB","9","28","28","Likewise, when Christ died, God offered him once to be a sacrifice, to punish him instead of the many people who had sinned. He will come to earth a second time, not in order to sacrifice himself again for those who have sinned, but in order to complete his saving those who expectantly wait for him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_1","088_10_1","HEB","10","1","1","Just like a shadow vaguely represents the thing that it is a shadow of, the laws that God gave Moses only poorly represent MET the good things that were to come later. Those laws were not all the good things themselves that God has promised. So, by offering the same kinds of sacrifices every year, people PRS who approach God can never become ◄perfect/all that God intends them to be►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_2","088_10_2","HEB","10","2","2","If God had removed the guilt for having sinned of those who brought the sacrifices, they would not feel that they were still guilty. So they would certainly have stopped offering those sacrifices! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_3","088_10_3","HEB","10","3","3","But rather, the fact that they offer those sacrifices each year reminds them that they are still guilty for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_4","088_10_4","HEB","10","4","4","The principle is that blood of animals such as bulls or goats can never remove the guilt of those who have sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_5","088_10_5","HEB","10","5","5","So, as Christ was coming into the world, he spoke to his Father about offering himself as a sacrifice for people’s sin. The Psalmist wrote this that Christ said: It is not sacrifices and offerings that you (sg) have wanted, but you have prepared for me a body to serve you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_6","088_10_6","HEB","10","6","6","Animals that are completely burned up as sacrifices have not pleased you, and other sacrifices that atone for those who have sinned have not pleased you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_7","088_10_7","HEB","10","7","7","Then because of this, I said, “My God, ◄listen!/here I am!► I have come here in order to do what you want me to do, just like has been written {as they have written} about me in the Scriptures.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_8","088_10_8","HEB","10","8","8","First, Christ said, “It is not sacrifices and offerings and animals that the priests have completely burned up and other offerings to atone for those who have sinned that you have really wanted. They have not pleased you.” Christ said that even though those things were offered {they offered all those things} according to the laws God gave Moses! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_9","088_10_9","HEB","10","9","9","Then, concerning his offering himself as a sacrifice to atone for people’s sin, he said, “Listen! I have come here to do what you want me to do!” In that way Christ got rid of the first way of atoning for sin, in order to establish the second way of atoning for sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_10","088_10_10","HEB","10","10","10","Because of Jesus Christ doing what God wanted him to do, we have been dedicated to {he has set us apart for} God by his offering his own body only once as a sacrifice, a sacrifice that will not need to be repeated. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_11","088_10_11","HEB","10","11","11","As every Jewish priest stands daily in front of the altar, he performs rituals and offers the same kind of sacrifices that could never remove the guilt from anyone who sinned MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_12","088_10_12","HEB","10","12","12","But Christ offered a sacrifice that will be adequate forever, and he offered it only one time! Then he sat down to rule with God at the place of highest honor MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_13","088_10_13","HEB","10","13","13","From now on, he is waiting for God to completely subdue all Christ’s enemies MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_14","088_10_14","HEB","10","14","14","By offering himself once, he has provided that those whom God has set apart will be eternally made ◄perfect/all that God intends them to be►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_15","088_10_15","HEB","10","15","15","The Holy Spirit also confirms to us that this is true. First the Lord says: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_16","088_10_16","HEB","10","16","16","When the time MTY when the first covenant that God made with my people has ended, I will make a new covenant with them MTY. I will do like this for them: I will cause them to understand my laws and I will cause them to obey them (OR, enable them to know them sincerely). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_17","088_10_17","HEB","10","17","17","Then the Lord said: I will forgive them for their DOU sins, and I will consider that they are no longer guilty for having sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_18","088_10_18","HEB","10","18","18","When God has forgiven someone’s sins, that person does not need to make any more offerings to atone for his sin! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_19","088_10_19","HEB","10","19","19","So, my fellow believers, because we trust in what Jesus accomplished when his own blood flowed for us, we can confidently go into God’s very presence that was symbolized by the very holy place in the tent MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_20","088_10_20","HEB","10","20","20","Jesus enabled us to go into God’s presence by making a new and effective way. Specifically, he offered his body as a sacrifice for us in order that nothing would stop us from entering God’s presence, just like MET the curtain of the very holy place prevented people from entering God’s presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_21","088_10_21","HEB","10","21","21","Christ is a great priest who rules over us, who are God’s people MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_22","088_10_22","HEB","10","22","22","Just like the priests were sprinkled {as Moses sprinkled the priests} with blood MET to symbolize that they were no longer guilty for having sinned, we also no longer are guilty for having done evil. Just like the priests ceremonially washed their bodies with pure water to prepare themselves to serve God, we are allowing God to continually make us pure. So, we (inc) must approach God sincerely by confidently trusting in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_23","088_10_23","HEB","10","23","23","We must unwaveringly keep holding tight to what we believe. Since God faithfully does all he promised to do, we must confidently expect him to keep doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_24","088_10_24","HEB","10","24","24","Since God faithfully does all that he promised to do, let us consider how each of us can motivate other believers, in order that believers  will love each other, and in order that each one will do good things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_25","088_10_25","HEB","10","25","25","We must not stop assembling ourselves to worship the Lord, as some people have done. Instead, each one of us must encourage/exhort other believers. Let us do that even more since we know that the day that the Lord will return MTY is near. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_26","088_10_26","HEB","10","26","26","We(inc) must do those things, because if we deliberately and habitually sin after we have known the true message about Christ, no other sacrifice will remove our guilt for having sinned in that way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_27","088_10_27","HEB","10","27","27","Instead, we must fearfully expect that God will judge and angrily punish his enemies in a furious fire MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_28","088_10_28","HEB","10","28","28","Everyone who rejected the laws that God gave Moses was mercilessly killed when at least two or three people testified that they had done that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_29","088_10_29","HEB","10","29","29","That was severe punishment. But Christ is ◄God’s Son/the man who is also God►. His blood, by means of which he put into effect the new covenant, is sacred. Because of Christ’s MTY blood flowing for us when he died, God freed us from our guilt. So, you can be sure RHQ that anyone who shows contempt for those truths and who insults the Spirit of God, the one who acts with kindness toward us in a way we do not deserve, deserves to be punished even worse than those Israelis were punished MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_30","088_10_30","HEB","10","30","30","We can be sure of that (OR, need to think about that carefully) since we know that God said, “I myself will get revenge on those who sinned, and I will punish them as they deserve DOU.” Moses wrote, “The Lord will judge his people.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_31","088_10_31","HEB","10","31","31","It will be a terrible thing if God who is all-powerful MTY seizes and punishes you IDM! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_32","088_10_32","HEB","10","32","32","Recall previous times when you first understood MET the message about Christ. You endured a hard struggle, but you continued to trust him when you suffered because you believed in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_33","088_10_33","HEB","10","33","33","At times you were publicly insulted {people publicly insulted you} and you suffered {people persecuted you}. But you showed great concern for those who were treated like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_34","088_10_34","HEB","10","34","34","You not only were kind to those who were in prison because they believed in Christ, but you also accepted it joyfully when unbelievers took away your possessions. You accepted it because you yourselves knew very well that you have eternal possessions in heaven that are much better than those that they took from you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_35","088_10_35","HEB","10","35","35","So, do not become discouraged when they cause you to suffer {you are persecuted}, because if you continue to trust in God, he will greatly reward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_36","088_10_36","HEB","10","36","36","You must patiently continue to trust in him in order that, because of your doing what God wants you to do, he will give you what he has promised. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_37","088_10_37","HEB","10","37","37","You must do that since a prophet wrote in the Scriptures that God said about the Messiah, In just a short time the one I promised would come will surely come; he will not delay coming. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_38","088_10_38","HEB","10","38","38","But those whom I have summoned, who act righteously, must continually live trusting in me, because if they, in a cowardly manner, cease to trust in me, I ◄will not be pleased/will be angry► with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB10_39","088_10_39","HEB","10","39","39","But we are not ones who in a cowardly manner stop trusting in God, with the result that God will severely punish us. Instead, we are ones who trust in him, with the result that God will save us SYN eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_1","088_11_1","HEB","11","1","1","It is because people trust God that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect God to give them. They are also certain that they will see those things, though no one sees them yet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_2","088_11_2","HEB","11","2","2","It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_3","088_11_3","HEB","11","3","3","It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding it to exist. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_4","088_11_4","HEB","11","4","4","It was because Adam’s son Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what his older brother Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him about trusting God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_5","088_11_5","HEB","11","5","5","It was because Enoch believed God that God took him up to heaven. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {God had removed him} from the earth to heaven. Before God took him away, he testified that Enoch pleased him well. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_6","088_11_6","HEB","11","6","6","It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek to know him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_7","088_11_7","HEB","11","7","7","It was because Noah trusted God that after he was warned by God {after God warned him} about a flood that had not yet happened, Noah showed that he revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he showed all the people who did not believe him MTY that they deserved to be condemned {that God would condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_8","088_11_8","HEB","11","8","8","It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when God told him to go}, he obeyed God, he left his own country, and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_9","088_11_9","HEB","11","9","9","It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that God had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_10","088_11_10","HEB","11","10","10","Abraham was waiting to live in a city in heaven that would exist forever MET. It was a city that God is building DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_11","088_11_11","HEB","11","11","11","It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he was able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age when women bear children, God promised that he would give her a son, and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_12","088_11_12","HEB","11","12","12","So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, just like God promised him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_13","088_11_13","HEB","11","13","13","It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, it was as though they saw those things in a distance. They were glad to know about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_14","088_11_14","HEB","11","14","14","As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for a place that will become their true native land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_15","088_11_15","HEB","11","15","15","If they had been thinking about that place being the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_16","088_11_16","HEB","11","16","16","But, instead, they desired a better place in which to live; that is, they desired a home in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live with him, and he is pleased LIT for them to say that he is their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_17","088_11_17","HEB","11","17","17","It was because Abraham trusted God that he was ready to kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God tested him. This same man to whom God promised to give ◄a son/many descendants► was going to sacrifice that same son, the only son whom his own wife had borne! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_18","088_11_18","HEB","11","18","18","It was to Abraham that God said, “It is only from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_19","088_11_19","HEB","11","19","19","Abraham considered that to fulfill that promise, God could make Isaac live again even if he had died after Abraham sacrificed him! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back after God told him not to harm Isaac, it was as though he received him back even after he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_20","088_11_20","HEB","11","20","20","It was because Isaac trusted God that he prayed that after he died, God would bless his sons Jacob and Esau. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_21","088_11_21","HEB","11","21","21","It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he prayed that God would bless each of the sons of his own son Joseph. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick before he died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_22","088_11_22","HEB","11","22","22","It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die in Egypt, he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed that his people should carry his bones with them when they ◄left Egypt/returned to Canaan►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_23","088_11_23","HEB","11","23","23","It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid their son for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of disobeying what the king of Egypt had commanded, namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_24","088_11_24","HEB","11","24","24","The daughter of the king, whom they called Pharaoh, raised Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to accept the privileges that would have been his if people considered that he was ◄the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_25","088_11_25","HEB","11","25","25","He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully in the King’s palace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_26","088_11_26","HEB","11","26","26","This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more in God’s sight than his owning all the treasures of Egypt that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that because he looked forward to the time when God would give him an eternal reward. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_27","088_11_27","HEB","11","27","27","It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry because of his doing that. He ◄kept going/did not turn back► because it was as though he kept seeing God, whom no one can see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_28","088_11_28","HEB","11","28","28","It was because Moses believed that God would save his own people that he instituted the festival called Passover. He did that by commanding that the people should kill lambs and sprinkle their blood on their doorposts. They did that in order that the angel who causes people to die would not kill EUP the oldest male Israelites when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_29","088_11_29","HEB","11","29","29","It was because they trusted God that when  the Israelite people walked through where the Red Sea had been, it was as though they walked on dry land! But, when the army of Egypt also attempted to cross that same water, they drowned, because the sea came back and flooded them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_30","088_11_30","HEB","11","30","30","It was because the Israeli people trusted God that the walls around Jericho city collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_31","088_11_31","HEB","11","31","31","Rahab had been a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those inside Jericho who disobeyed God. Joshua sent some spies into the city in order to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies peaceably. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_32","088_11_32","HEB","11","32","32","I do not know what more I should say RHQ about others who trusted in God. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the other prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_33","088_11_33","HEB","11","33","33","It was because they trusted God that some of them did great things for him. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled Israel and justly punished those men and nations who rebelled against God. Some obtained from God the things that he promised to give them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_34","088_11_34","HEB","11","34","34","Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from being killed with a sword MTY. Some of those people who trusted God were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies that came from foreign lands to run away from them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_35","088_11_35","HEB","11","35","35","Some women who trusted God received their relatives back again when God ◄made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead►. But others who trusted God were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when their captors said, “We will release you if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that, because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than continuing to live on earth after having almost died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_36","088_11_36","HEB","11","36","36","Other people who trusted God were mocked; some had their backs cut open by being struck with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_37","088_11_37","HEB","11","37","37","Some of those believers were stoned to death {People killed some of those believers by throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land wearing garments made only of skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_38","088_11_38","HEB","11","38","38","The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that they did not deserve to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other large holes in the ground. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_39","088_11_39","HEB","11","39","39","Although all these people were commended by God {God commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them while they were alive. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB11_40","088_11_40","HEB","11","40","40","God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them later would be better than giving them immediately what he promised. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_1","088_12_1","HEB","12","1","1","We know about many people like that who showed they trusted in God. They are like a crowd of spectators who are cheering for us inside a stadium MET. Knowing that, we must put away all the things that hinder us, as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy MET. Especially we must put away sinful actions that hinder us, as a runner sets aside clothes he does not need, clothes that would entangle him MET. Let us wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone in a race wholeheartedly runs the course that is before him MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_2","088_12_2","HEB","12","2","2","And let us keep our minds on Jesus, as a runner keeps his eyes on the goal MET. Jesus is the one we should imitate in the way he perfectly trusted God. When he died on the cross he endured it as he suffered greatly MTY, instead of thinking about the things he would rejoice about later. He disregarded being disgraced by dying that way. He is now sitting at the place of highest honor MTY at the throne where God rules. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_3","088_12_3","HEB","12","3","3","Jesus patiently endured it when sinful people acted so hostilely against him. Try to act the way he did, so that you do not give up trusting God or become discouraged. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_4","088_12_4","HEB","12","4","4","While you have struggled against being tempted to sin, you have not yet bled and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_5","088_12_5","HEB","12","5","5","Do not forget RHQ these words that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God would exhort you as his children: My child, pay attention LIT when the Lord is disciplining you, and do not be discouraged when the Lord punishes you DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_6","088_12_6","HEB","12","6","6","because it is everyone whom he loves whom the Lord disciplines, and he punishes everyone whom he accepts as his child. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_7","088_12_7","HEB","12","7","7","It is in order that God may discipline you that he requires you to endure the disagreeable things that happen to you. When God disciplines you he is treating you as a father treats his children. All fathers RHQ discipline their children LIT. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_8","088_12_8","HEB","12","8","8","So, if you have not experienced God disciplining you just like he disciplines all his other children, you are not true children of God MET. You are like illegitimate children; no father disciplines them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_9","088_12_9","HEB","12","9","9","Furthermore, our natural fathers disciplined us when we were young, and we respected them for doing that. So we should certainly more readily accept God our spiritual Father disciplining us, with the result that we live eternally RHQ! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_10","088_12_10","HEB","12","10","10","Our natural fathers disciplined us for a short time in a way that they considered right, but it wasn’t always right, but God always disciplines us in a right way, to help us. He does it so that we may be holy as he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_11","088_12_11","HEB","12","11","11","During the time that God is disciplining us, that does not seem to be something about which we should rejoice. Instead, it is something that pains us. But later it causes those who have learned from it to be peaceful and to live righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_12","088_12_12","HEB","12","12","12","So, instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted, renew yourselves MET spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_13","088_12_13","HEB","12","13","13","Go straight forward in your Christian life MET, in order that believers who are uncertain about their faith will imitate you and not ◄leave God’s way/become useless to God► MET. Instead, they will be spiritually restored MET as an injured and useless limb is restored. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_14","088_12_14","HEB","12","14","14","Try to live peacefully with all people. Seek to be holy, since no one will see the Lord if he is not holy. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_15","088_12_15","HEB","12","15","15","Beware that none of you stops trusting in God, who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve (OR, Beware that you have never experienced God kindly saving you). Be on guard lest any of you act in an evil way towards others, because your doing that will grow like MET a root grows into a big plant, and the result of your doing that will be that many believers will sin and become unacceptable to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_16","088_12_16","HEB","12","16","16","Do not let anyone be immoral, or be irreligious as Esau was. He exchanged the rights he had as a firstborn son for only one meal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_17","088_12_17","HEB","12","17","17","You know that after he did that, he wanted to receive what his father would promise to give him if he blessed him. But his father was unable to change what he had already done. And Esau found no way to change things, even though he sought tearfully to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_18","088_12_18","HEB","12","18","18","In coming to God you have not experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced at Sinai Mountain. They approached a mountain that God told them they should not touch. They approached a blazing fire, and it was gloomy and dark DOU, and there was a hurricane/cyclone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_19","088_12_19","HEB","12","19","19","They heard a trumpet sounding and they heard God speak. The result was that those who heard it pleaded for God not to speak to them like that again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_20","088_12_20","HEB","12","20","20","When God commanded them saying, “If a person or even an animal touches this mountain, you must kill him/it by throwing stones at him/it,” they were terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_21","088_12_21","HEB","12","21","21","Truly, because Moses was terrified after seeing what happened on the mountain, he said, “I am trembling because I am very afraid!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_22","088_12_22","HEB","12","22","22","Instead, it is as though you have come to the presence of God in heaven MET. That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship God on Zion Hill, in Jerusalem, in the city of God who is all-powerful. You have come (OR, you are coming) to where there are countless angels, who are rejoicing as they have gathered together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_23","088_12_23","HEB","12","23","23","You have joined all the believers who have privileges like firstborn sons, whose names God has written down in heaven. You have come to God, who will judge everyone. You have come to where the spirits of God’s people are, people who lived righteously before they died, and who now have been made perfect in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_24","088_12_24","HEB","12","24","24","You have come to Jesus, who arranged a new covenant between us and God. You have accepted what he accomplished when his blood flowed when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us. That is better than the blood of Abel, who just wanted revenge because his brother Cain murdered him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_25","088_12_25","HEB","12","25","25","Beware that you do not refuse to listen to God who is speaking to you. The Israeli people did not escape God punishing them when Moses (OR, God) warned them here on earth. So we shall surely not escape God punishing us if we reject him when he warns us from heaven! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_26","088_12_26","HEB","12","26","26","The earth shook PRS then when he spoke MTY at Sinai Mountain. But now he has promised, “I will shake the earth again, one more time, but I will shake heaven too.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_27","088_12_27","HEB","12","27","27","The words “again, one more time” indicate that things on earth will be shaken {that he will shake things on earth}, meaning that he will set aside all that he has created, in order that the things in heaven that cannot be shaken {that nothing can shake} may remain forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_28","088_12_28","HEB","12","28","28","So, let us thank God that we are becoming members of a kingdom that nothing can shake. Let us worship/serve God in a way that pleases him by being greatly in awe DOU before him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB12_29","088_12_29","HEB","12","29","29","Remember that the God we worship/serve is like a fire that burns up everything that is impure MET! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_1","088_13_1","HEB","13","1","1","Continue to love your fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_2","088_13_2","HEB","13","2","2","Do not forget to be hospitable to needy travelers LIT. You need to know that by being hospitable, some people have entertained angels without knowing it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_3","088_13_3","HEB","13","3","3","Remember to help those who are in prison because they are Christians, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are being mistreated {whom people are mistreating} because they are believers. As you do that, consider that you you could suffer as they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_4","088_13_4","HEB","13","4","4","You must ◄respect/keep sacred► the marriage relationship in every way, and you must keep sexual relations EUP pure, because God will surely condemn those who act immorally and those who act adulterously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_5","088_13_5","HEB","13","5","5","Live without constantly coveting money, and be content with the things you possess, remembering what Moses wrote that God has said about supplying what you need, I will never leave you, I will never stop providing for you DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_6","088_13_6","HEB","13","6","6","So we can say confidently as the Psalmist said, Since the Lord is the one who helps me, I will not be afraid! People can do nothing to me that will deprive me of God’s blessings RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_7","088_13_7","HEB","13","7","7","Your spiritual leaders used to tell you the message from God before they died. Remember how they conducted their lives. By considering ◄how they died/what resulted from how they lived►, imitate how they believed in Christ/God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_8","088_13_8","HEB","13","8","8","Jesus Christ is the same now as he was previously, and he will be the same forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_9","088_13_9","HEB","13","9","9","So, do not let yourselves be diverted {let anything divert you} so that you believe various teachings that are contrary to God’s truth. It is good that God acts kindly toward us so that we may be strengthened spiritually. Obeying rules about various foods, rules that have not benefited those who obeyed them, will not benefit us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_10","088_13_10","HEB","13","10","10","We have Jesus MTY. All those who continue to observe the Jewish rituals MTY of sacrifice have no right to obtain the benefits of his sacrifice MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_11","088_13_11","HEB","13","11","11","After the high priest brings into the most holy place the blood of animals that they have sacrificed to atone for sins, the bodies of those animals are burned {they burn the bodies of those animals} outside the camp. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_12","088_13_12","HEB","13","12","12","Similarly, Jesus suffered and died outside the gate of Jerusalem in order that he might make us, his people, holy by offering his own blood as a sacrifice to atone for our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_13","088_13_13","HEB","13","13","13","So, we must abandon performing Jewish sacrifices and rituals MET in order to be saved, and let us go to Jesus to be saved. As we do that, we must be willing to let others reproach us just like people reproached Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_14","088_13_14","HEB","13","14","14","Here on earth, we believers do not have a city such as Jerusalem where we must continually offer sacrifices MET. Instead, we are waiting for a future heavenly city that will last forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_15","088_13_15","HEB","13","15","15","With the help of Jesus, we must continually praise God. That will be something we can sacrifice to him MET instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times. Specifically, we must say openly MTY that we have trusted in Christ MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_16","088_13_16","HEB","13","16","16","Be continually LIT doing good deeds for others, and be continually sharing with others the things you have, because doing things like that will also be as though you are offering sacrifices that will please God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_17","088_13_17","HEB","13","17","17","Obey your spiritual leaders; do what they tell you, since they are the ones who are looking out for your spiritual welfare SYN. Some day they will have to stand before God so that he can say if he approves of what they have done. Obey them in order that they can do the work of guarding you joyfully, and not have to do it sadly, because if you cause them to do it sadly, that will certainly not help you at all (OR, they will not be able to help you at all). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_18","088_13_18","HEB","13","18","18","Pray for me. I am certain that I have not done anything that displeases God. I have tried to act honorably toward you in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_19","088_13_19","HEB","13","19","19","I urge you earnestly to pray that God will quickly remove the things that hinder my coming to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_20","088_13_20","HEB","13","20","20","Jesus provides for us, protects us, and guides us as a great shepherd does for his sheep MET. And God, who gives us inner peace, brought our Lord Jesus back to life. By doing that, God ratified his eternal covenant with us by the blood that flowed from Jesus when he died on the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_21","088_13_21","HEB","13","21","21","So I pray that God will equip you with everything good that you need in order that you may do the things that he desires. May he accomplish in our lives whatever he considers pleasing as a result of Jesus Christ equipping us. May Jesus Christ be praised forever. ◄Amen!/May it be so!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_22","088_13_22","HEB","13","22","22","My fellow believers, I appeal to you that you patiently consider what I have written in this short letter, to exhort you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_23","088_13_23","HEB","13","23","23","I want you to know that our fellow believer Timothy has been released {the authorities have released our fellow believer Timothy} from prison. If he comes here soon, he will accompany me when I go to see you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_24","088_13_24","HEB","13","24","24","Tell all your spiritual leaders and all the other fellow believers in your city that ◄I am thinking fondly about them/I am sending them my greetings►. The believers in this area who have come from Italy want you to know they are ◄thinking about you/sending you their greetings►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("HB13_25","088_13_25","HEB","13","25","25","I pray that you will continue to experience God’s acting kindly toward you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_1","089_1_1","JAS","1","1","1","I, James, am a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am writing this letter to all the Jewish people who trust in Christ (OR, to all God’s people) who are scattered throughout the world. I send my greetings to you all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_2","089_1_2","JAS","1","2","2","My fellow believers, rejoice greatly, even when you experience various kinds of difficulties/troubles. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_3","089_1_3","JAS","1","3","3","God sometimes allows you to experience difficulties in order to test whether or not you will continue to trust him. Whenever that happens, you need to realize more and more that if you continue to trust him, you will be able to bravely/patiently endure difficulties. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_4","089_1_4","JAS","1","4","4","Keep on enduring difficulties bravely/patiently by trusting God more and more firmly PRS, in order that you may become all that he intends you to be DOU (OR, spiritually mature and complete), not lacking ◄any good quality/anything you need to conduct your lives as God wants you to►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_5","089_1_5","JAS","1","5","5","If anyone of you does not know how to act wisely in order to endure difficulties/trials well, he should ask God to show him what he should do, because God wholeheartedly/gladly helps all people who ask and does not scold anyone for asking. Those who ask, God will give them wisdom to know what they should do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_6","089_1_6","JAS","1","6","6","But when you ask God, you should firmly trust him. You should not doubt that he wants to help you always, because people who keep doubting God are unstable/changeable SIM like a wave of the sea that is blown back and forth by the wind {that goes back and forth when the wind blows} DOU, SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_7","089_1_7","JAS","1","7","7","Indeed, people who doubt should not think that the Lord God will do anything that they request him to do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_8","089_1_8","JAS","1","8","8","because they are people who cannot decide whether they will commit themselves to God, and they are unstable/undecided in everything that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_9","089_1_9","JAS","1","9","9","Believers who are poor should be happy that God considers them very valuable (OR, has exalted them spiritually) MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_10","089_1_10","JAS","1","10","10","And believers who are rich should be happy that they have humbled themselves in order to trust in Jesus Christ (OR, but rich people can only take pride in the fact that God will humble them when he judges everyone IRO), because they and their riches MTY will pass away, just like wild flowers wither SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_11","089_1_11","JAS","1","11","11","When the sun rises, the scorching hot wind dries plants, and their flowers fall and are no longer beautiful. Similarly, rich people will die MET while they are busy working, leaving behind their riches. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_12","089_1_12","JAS","1","12","12","God is pleased with people who bravely/patiently endure difficulties. And when, by bravely enduring difficulties, they have proved that they truly trust him, he will give them eternal life. That is the reward MET that he has promised to give to those who love him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_13","089_1_13","JAS","1","13","13","If people are tempted to do something that is evil, they should not think that it is God who is tempting them, because God is totally/completely good. He never tempts anyone to do what is evil, nor can he ever be tempted to do anything evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_14","089_1_14","JAS","1","14","14","But people strongly desire to do evil PRS things, and as a result they are tempted by those desires {those desires stimulate them} to do something evil PRS, DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_15","089_1_15","JAS","1","15","15","Then, because they have desired MET to do evil PRS things, they begin to MET do PRS them. And when they have become ones who habitually do what is evil MET, if they do not turn away from their sinful behavior, they will be separated from God forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_16","089_1_16","JAS","1","16","16","My fellow believers whom I love, stop deceiving yourselves, thinking that God does evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_17","089_1_17","JAS","1","17","17","The truth is that God, our heavenly Father MTY, does only good DOU things for us, in order to help us become all that he intends us to be. He is not like all the things in the sky that he created to give light, because they change; that is, they do not shine the same all the time. But God never changes. He is always good. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_18","089_1_18","JAS","1","18","18","And because he wanted to help us, he gave us spiritual life as a result of our trusting in his true message. So now we have become the first ones of all the people MET that he created to ◄be totally dedicated to/completely belong to► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_19","089_1_19","JAS","1","19","19","My fellow believers whom I love, you know (OR, I want you to now) that every one of you should be eager to pay attention to God’s true message. Don’t speak without thinking, nor get angry easily, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_20","089_1_20","JAS","1","20","20","because when any one of you gets angry, you will not be doing the righteous things that God wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_21","089_1_21","JAS","1","21","21","So stop doing all kinds of evil DOU things, and humbly obey (OR, submit to) the message that God put in your ◄inner beings/hearts►, because he is able to save you SYN if you accept his message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_22","089_1_22","JAS","1","22","22","Do what God commands in his message. Do not only listen to it, because people who only listen to it and do not obey it are wrong when they think that God will save them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_23","089_1_23","JAS","1","23","23","Some people hear God’s message but do not do what it says MET. They are like someone who looks at his face in a mirror SIM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_24","089_1_24","JAS","1","24","24","Although he looks at himself, he goes away from the mirror and immediately forgets what he looks like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_25","089_1_25","JAS","1","25","25","But other people look closely at God’s message, which is perfect and which sets people free to voluntarily do what God wants them to do. And if they continue to examine God’s message and do not just hear it and then forget it, but do what God tells them to do, God will bless them because of what they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_26","089_1_26","JAS","1","26","26","Some people think that they worship God in the right way, but they habitually say evil things MTY. Those people are wrong in thinking SYN that they worship God rightly. The fact is that they worship God ◄in vain/uselessly►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM1_27","089_1_27","JAS","1","27","27","One of the things that God has told us to do is to take care of orphans and widows who suffer hardship. Those who do that and who do not think or act immorally like those who do not obey God MTY truly DOU worship God, who is our Father, and God approves of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_1","089_2_1","JAS","2","1","1","My fellow believers, because you trust our Lord Jesus Christ, the one who is glorious/wonderful, stop honoring some people more than others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_2","089_2_2","JAS","2","2","2","For example, suppose that a person who wears gold rings and fine clothes enters your meeting place. Then suppose that a poor person who wears shabby/ragged clothes also comes in. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_3","089_2_3","JAS","2","3","3","And suppose that you ◄show special attention to/treat better► the one who is dressed in fine clothes by saying, “Sit here in this good seat!” and you say to the poor one, “Stand there or sit on the floor MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_4","089_2_4","JAS","2","4","4","Then you have obviously RHQ caused divisions in the congregation (OR, you are clearly treating one better than the others, and you are using evil motives/reasons to ◄evaluate people/decide whether people are important or not►). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_5","089_2_5","JAS","2","5","5","Listen to me, my fellow believers whom I love: God has chosen RHQ poor people whom unbelievers consider to possess nothing of value, so that he might bless them greatly because they trust in him, and in order that they will enter the place where he will rule MET forever. That is what he has promised to those who love him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_6","089_2_6","JAS","2","6","6","But you dishonor the poor people. Think about it! ◄It is rich people, not poor people, who are causing you to suffer!/Isn’t it rich people, not poor people, who are oppressing you?► RHQ ◄It is the rich people who forcibly take you to court to accuse you in front of judges!/Is it not the rich people who forcibly take you to court to accuse you in front of judges?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_7","089_2_7","JAS","2","7","7","◄And they are the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy of praise, to whom you belong!/Are they not the ones who say evil things about Jesus Christ, the one who is worthy of praise, to whom you belong?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_8","089_2_8","JAS","2","8","8","In the Scriptures God has commanded each of you to love other people like you love yourself. That commandment was also given by Jesus our King MTY. If you are loving others, you are doing what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_9","089_2_9","JAS","2","9","9","But if you honor some people more than others, you are ◄doing wrong/sinning►. And because you do not do what God commanded us to do, he condemns you PRS because you disobey his laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_10","089_2_10","JAS","2","10","10","Do not forget that those who disobey only one of God’s laws, even if they obey all his other laws, God considers them to be as guilty as anyone who has disobeyed all of God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_11","089_2_11","JAS","2","11","11","For example, God said, “Do not commit adultery,” but he also said, “Do not murder anyone.” So if you (sg) do not commit adultery but you (sg) murder someone, you (sg) have become a person who disobeys God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_12","089_2_12","JAS","2","12","12","Continually speak and act toward others as people should who will be judged {whom God will judge} by the law that frees us from being punished {God punishing us} for our sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_13","089_2_13","JAS","2","13","13","Speak and act like that, because when God judges us, he will not act mercifully toward those who do not act mercifully toward others. But when we are merciful to others, we can rejoice, because our being merciful shows that we are acting like people whom God has mercifully saved from being judged (OR, we can rejoice because God will judge us mercifully). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_14","089_2_14","JAS","2","14","14","My fellow believers, there are some people who say, “I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ,” but they do not do good things for other people. ◄Their saying that will certainly not do them any good!/What good will their saying that do for them?► RHQ God will certainly not save people like that who say that they believe, but do not do good things! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_15","089_2_15","JAS","2","15","15","To illustrate, suppose that fellow believers, either men or women, don’t have enough clothing or food for each day. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_16","089_2_16","JAS","2","16","16","And suppose that one of you says to them, “May God bless you and supply the clothing and food that you need!” but you (sg) do not give them the things that they need. ◄That would be no help to them!/What help is that to them?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_17","089_2_17","JAS","2","17","17","Similarly, those who do not do good things to help others, what they have said about their believing in Christ is as useless MET as a dead person is useless. They do not really believe in Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_18","089_2_18","JAS","2","18","18","But someone may say to me, “God saves some people only because they trust in him, and he saves others because they do good deeds to people.” I would answer that person, “You(sg) cannot prove to me that people truly trust in God if they do not do good things for others. But by doing good things for others I will prove to you that I truly trust in God” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_19","089_2_19","JAS","2","19","19","Think about it! You believe that there is only one God, and you are right to believe that. But the demons also believe that, but they tremble with fear because they know that God is going to punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_20","089_2_20","JAS","2","20","20","Also, you foolish person, I will RHQ prove to you (sg) that if someone says, “I trust in God,” but he does not do good things, what that person says will not benefit him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_21","089_2_21","JAS","2","21","21","◄It was certainly because of what our revered ancestor Abraham did, when he prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered by God {that God considered him} to be a righteous, obedient person./Was it not because of what our revered ancestor Abraham did, when he prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac, that he was considered by God {that God considered him} to be a righteous, obedient person?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_22","089_2_22","JAS","2","22","22","You (sg) can realize that he was not only trusting in God, but he was also doing what God told him to do, and you(sg) can realize that he was able to trust in God more completely because of having done what God told him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_23","089_2_23","JAS","2","23","23","And so it happened as it is written in the Scriptures: “Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered by God to be {God considered that he was} righteous.” And God also said about Abraham, “He is my friend.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_24","089_2_24","JAS","2","24","24","From the example of Abraham, you can realize that it is because people do good things that God considers them to be righteous, and not only because they trust in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_25","089_2_25","JAS","2","25","25","Similarly, it was certainly RHQ because of what Rahab did, that God considered her to be a righteous, obedient person. Rahab was previously a prostitute, but she cared for the Israelite men who came to ◄spy out the land/see what that area was like► and she helped them to escape by sending them home on a different road from the one that they came on. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM2_26","089_2_26","JAS","2","26","26","Remember that when our spirits permanently leave our bodies, our bodies are dead and useless. Similarly SIM, if someone says, “I trust in God,” but does not do things to help others, what that person says about trusting in God is useless. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_1","089_3_1","JAS","3","1","1","My fellow believers, not many of you should desire to become teachers of God’s truth, because you know that God will judge us (exc), who teach others, more severely than he will judge other people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_2","089_3_2","JAS","3","2","2","It is true that we all in many ways do things that are wrong MET. But those who always LIT control what they say will be all that God intends/wants them to be. They will be able to control all their actions MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_3","089_3_3","JAS","3","3","3","To illustrate, if we put a small metal bit into the mouth of a horse in order to cause the horse to obey us, we can cause the horse to turn and go where we want it to MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_4","089_3_4","JAS","3","4","4","Think also about ships. Although a ship may be very large and although it can be moved by strong winds {strong winds can move it}, by turning a very small ◄rudder/steering paddle► people can direct the ship wherever they want it to go. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_5","089_3_5","JAS","3","5","5","Similarly, although our tongues are very small, if we do not control them, we can harm many people by what we proudly say MTY. Think also about how just a small flame of fire can cause a large forest (OR, a large area of brushwood) to burn. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_6","089_3_6","JAS","3","6","6","Just like a fire damages a forest MET, when we say things that are evil, we harm many people. What we say MTY reveals that we are very evil. What we say contaminates/defiles everything that we think and do PRS, MET. Just like a flame of fire easily causes the whole surrounding area MET to burn, what we say MTY can cause others to want to do evil. It is the devil himself MTY who causes us to say evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_7","089_3_7","JAS","3","7","7","Indeed, although people are able to tame/control all kinds of wild animals, birds, reptiles and creatures that live in the water, and people have actually tamed/controlled them, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_8","089_3_8","JAS","3","8","8","no person ◄on his own/by himself► is able to control what he says MTY. And when people say evil things, it shows that they are unstable/uncontrolled and wicked MTY. As the poison of a snake kills people MTY, we harm others MET by what we say. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_9","089_3_9","JAS","3","9","9","We use our tongue to praise God, who is our Lord and Father, but we also use our same tongue to ask God to say evil things to people. That is very wrong! God made people like himself, so we should speak as respectfully to others as we speak to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_10","089_3_10","JAS","3","10","10","We praise God, but with our same mouth we also ask for evil things to happen to others. My fellow believers, this should not be! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_11","089_3_11","JAS","3","11","11","Surely bitter water and good water do not come out of the same spring! RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_12","089_3_12","JAS","3","12","12","My fellow believers, a fig tree cannot RHQ produce olives. Nor can RHQ a grapevine produce figs. Neither can a salty spring produce good water. Similarly, we should say only good things, and we should not say evil things MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_13","089_3_13","JAS","3","13","13","If any of you thinks RHQ that you are wise and know a lot, you should always act in a good way to show people that your good actions are the result of your being truly wise. Being wise helps us to act gently toward others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_14","089_3_14","JAS","3","14","14","But if you are very MET jealous/unhappy when you see that someone else is succeeding, and always want to have what you want, regardless of what others want, you should not say that you are wise, for by boasting like that, you are saying that ◄God’s message/what God says about you► is not true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_15","089_3_15","JAS","3","15","15","Those who have such attitudes are not wise MTY in the way that God wants them to be. Instead, they are only thinking and acting like ◄ungodly people/people who do not please God►. They think and act according to their own evil desires. They do what the demons want them to do (OR, they think and act as demons do). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_16","089_3_16","JAS","3","16","16","Keep in mind that people who have such attitudes ◄are unruly/do not submit to authority► and do all kinds of evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_17","089_3_17","JAS","3","17","17","But when people are wise PRS in the way that God MTY wants them to be, they are pure in every way, which God considers to be very important. They also act peaceably towards others, they ◄are considerate of/think about the rights and feelings of► others, they are willing to yield to the wishes of others, they act compassionately toward others, and they do all kinds of good things for others MET. How they treat others does not depend on ◄others’ status/whether others are important or not►, and they are sincere in all they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM3_18","089_3_18","JAS","3","18","18","Those who act peaceably toward others cause others to also act peaceably, with the result that they all live together acting toward each other in a righteous way MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_1","089_4_1","JAS","4","1","1","Now I will tell you why you are fighting among yourselves and quarreling with each other RHQ. It is RHQ because each of you wants to do evil things PRS. You keep on wanting to do things that are not what God wants you to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_2","089_4_2","JAS","4","2","2","There are things that you very much desire to have, but you do not get those things, so you want to kill HYP those who hinder you from getting them. You desire what other people have, but you are unable to get what you desire, so you quarrel and fight with one another HYP. You do not have what you desire because you do not ask God for it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_3","089_4_3","JAS","4","3","3","And even when you do ask him, he does not give you what you ask for because you are asking for the wrong reason. You are asking for things in order that you may use them just to ◄enjoy yourselves/make yourselves happy►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_4","089_4_4","JAS","4","4","4","Like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him any more MET. Those who are behaving as evil people do MTY (OR, Those who love the evil pleasures of this world) are hostile toward God. Perhaps you do not realize that RHQ. So those who decide to act as evil people do MTY become enemies of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_5","089_4_5","JAS","4","5","5","◄Surely you remember that God told us in the Scriptures that he eagerly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love God only!/Do you think that it is for no reason that God told us in the Scriptures that he strongly desires that his Spirit, who lives in us, will help us to love God only?► RHQ God has a reason for desiring that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_6","089_4_6","JAS","4","6","6","It is because he is kind to us and he wants very much to help us. That is why ◄someone said/King Solomon wrote► in the Scriptures, “God opposes those who are proud, but he helps those who are humble.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_7","089_4_7","JAS","4","7","7","So submit yourselves to God. ◄Resist the devil/Refuse to do what the devil wants►, and as a result he will run away from you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_8","089_4_8","JAS","4","8","8","Come near spiritually to God, and as a result he will come near to you. You who are sinners, stop doing what is wrong, and do only what is good SYN, MET. You who cannot decide whether you will ◄commit yourselves to God/obey God completely►, stop thinking wrong thoughts, and think only pure thoughts MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_9","089_4_9","JAS","4","9","9","Be sorrowful and weep/mourn DOU because of the wrong things that you have done. Do not laugh DOU, ◄enjoying only what you selfishly/enjoying only what you yourselves► desire. Instead, be sad because you have done what is wrong. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_10","089_4_10","JAS","4","10","10","Humble yourselves before the Lord, and as a result he will honor you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_11","089_4_11","JAS","4","11","11","My fellow believers, stop saying evil things about one another, because those who say something evil about a fellow believer and are therefore condemning one who is like a brother to them are really speaking against the law that God gave us to obey. In this law, God commanded MTY us to love others, and those who say evil things about fellow believers, it is as though they are saying that we do not have to do what God commanded. If you (sg) say that you do not have to do what God commanded, you (sg) are not obeying God’s law. Instead, you (sg) are claiming that you have the authority to condemn others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_12","089_4_12","JAS","4","12","12","But in fact, there is only one who has the authority to tell people what is right to do and to condemn them, and that is God. He alone is able to save people or to destroy people. So, ◄you (sg) certainly have no right to decide how God should punish other people./who are you to decide how God should punish other people?► RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_13","089_4_13","JAS","4","13","13","Some of you are arrogantly saying, “Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city. We will spend a year there and we will buy and sell things and earn a lot of money.” Now, you listen to me! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_14","089_4_14","JAS","4","14","14","You should not talk like that, because you do not know what will happen tomorrow, and you do not know how long you will live! Your life is short MET, like a mist that appears for a short time and then disappears. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_15","089_4_15","JAS","4","15","15","Instead of what you are saying, you should say, “If the Lord wills/desires, we will live and do this or that.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_16","089_4_16","JAS","4","16","16","But what you are doing is boasting about all the things that you arrogantly plan to do. Your boasting like that is evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM4_17","089_4_17","JAS","4","17","17","So if anyone knows the right thing that he should do, but he does not do it, he is sinning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_1","089_5_1","JAS","5","1","1","Now I have something to say to the rich people who do not believe in Christ and who ◄oppress you/cause you to suffer►. Listen to me, you rich people! You should weep and wail loudly DOU because you will experience terrible troubles PRS! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_2","089_5_2","JAS","5","2","2","Your wealth of various kinds is worthless MET, as though it were rotted. Your fine clothes are worthless MET, as though termites had ruined them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_3","089_5_3","JAS","5","3","3","Your gold and silver are worthless MET, as though they were corroded. When God judges you, this worthless wealth MTY of yours will be evidence PRS that you are guilty of being greedy, and as rust and fire destroy MET, SYN things, God will severely punish you SIM. You have ◄in vain/uselessly► ◄stored up/accumulated► wealth at a time when God is about to judge you MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_4","089_5_4","JAS","5","4","4","Think about what you have done. You have not paid wages to the workmen who have harvested your fields for you, with the result that PRS those reapers are crying out to God for him to help them. And God, the all-powerful Lord, has heard their loud cries. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_5","089_5_5","JAS","5","5","5","You have lived luxuriously, just to have pleasure here on earth. Just like cattle fatten themselves, not realizing that they will be slaughtered MET, you have lived just for pleasure MTY, not realizing that God will severely punish you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_6","089_5_6","JAS","5","6","6","You have arranged for others/judges to condemn innocent people. You have arranged for others to kill some people. And even though those people had not done anything wrong, they were not able to defend themselves against you. My fellow believers, that is what I say to the rich people ◄who oppress you/cause you to suffer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_7","089_5_7","JAS","5","7","7","So, my fellow believers, although rich people cause you to suffer, be patient until the Lord Jesus Christ comes back. Remember that when farmers plant a field, they wait for their valuable crops to grow. They must wait patiently for the rain that comes at the planting season and for more rain that comes just before the harvest season. They wait for the crops to grow and mature before they can harvest them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_8","089_5_8","JAS","5","8","8","Similarly, you also should wait patiently and trust the Lord Jesus firmly, because he is coming back soon and will judge all people fairly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_9","089_5_9","JAS","5","9","9","My fellow believers, do not complain about each other, in order that you will not be condemned and punished by the Lord Jesus {in order that the Lord Jesus will not condemn you}. It is he who will judge us, and he is ready to appear. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_10","089_5_10","JAS","5","10","10","My fellow believers, as an example of how to be patient, ◄consider/think about► the prophets whom the Lord God sent long ago to speak his messages MTY. Although people caused the prophets to suffer a lot, they endured it patiently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_11","089_5_11","JAS","5","11","11","And we know that God ◄approves of/is pleased with► those who endure suffering for him. You have also heard about Job. You know that although he suffered much, the Lord God finally caused things to turn out well for Job because he endured that suffering (OR, because he continued to trust God). And from that we know that the Lord is very compassionate and kind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_12","089_5_12","JAS","5","12","12","Also, my fellow believers, I want to say something important about how you talk. If you say that you will do something, do not say, “If I do not do it, may God in heaven MTY punish me.” Do not even say, “If I do not do it, may someone here on earth MTY punish me.” Do not say anything like that. Instead, if you say “Yes,” then do what you said that you would do. If you say “No,” then do not do it. Otherwise, God will condemn you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_13","089_5_13","JAS","5","13","13","Whoever among you is experiencing trouble RHQ should pray that God would help him. Whoever is cheerful/happy RHQ should sing songs of praise to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_14","089_5_14","JAS","5","14","14","Whoever among you is sick RHQ should call the leaders of the congregation to come to pray for him. They should put olive oil on him and, with the Lord’s authority MTY (OR, calling on the Lord to heal him), pray. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_15","089_5_15","JAS","5","15","15","And if they truly trust in the Lord when they pray PRS, the sick person will be healed. The Lord will heal him. And if that person has sinned ◄in a way that caused him to be/and because of that he became► sick, if he ◄confesses what he did/says that he did what is wrong►, he will be forgiven {the Lord will forgive him}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_16","089_5_16","JAS","5","16","16","So, because the Lord is able to heal the sick and to forgive sins, tell each other the sinful things that you have done, and pray for each other in order that you may be healed {that God may heal you} physically and spiritually. If righteous people pray and ask fervently for God to do something, God will certainly do it in a powerful way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_17","089_5_17","JAS","5","17","17","Although the prophet Elijah was ◄an ordinary person/just a human being► like us, he earnestly prayed that it would not rain. As a result, it did not rain for three and a half years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_18","089_5_18","JAS","5","18","18","Then he prayed again, asking God to send rain, and as a result God MTY sent rain, and plants grew and produced crops again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_19","089_5_19","JAS","5","19","19","My fellow believers, if anyone of you stops obeying the true message from God, someone from among you should persuade that person to once again do what God has told us to do. If he stops doing what is wrong, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JM5_20","089_5_20","JAS","5","20","20","the one who persuaded him should realize that because he has enabled the person who was sinning to stop doing what is wrong, God will save that person from ◄spiritual death/being separated from him forever►, and will forgive his many sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_1","090_1_1","1PE","1","1","1","I, Peter, who have been appointed by Jesus Christ {one whom Jesus Christ has appointed} to be an apostle, am writing this letter to you believers whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are living in the Roman provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia. Just like the Jews who lived in Israel long ago were scattered to other countries far from their homes MET, you now live far from heaven, which is your true home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_2","090_1_2","1PE","1","2","2","God our Father previously chose you, and his Spirit has set you apart in order that you would obey Jesus Christ. He did that in order that just like Moses sprinkled the Israelites with blood when God established the old covenant MET, Jesus would establish his new covenant with you with the blood that flowed from his body when he died. May God act very kindly to you, and may he give you much inner peace. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_3","090_1_3","1PE","1","3","3","Praise God, who is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! Because he has been very merciful to us, he has given us new life MET. Because he has caused Jesus Christ to become alive again after he died, he has enabled us to live very confidently; that is, to fully expect to receive the things that God/he has promised to give us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_4","090_1_4","1PE","1","4","4","He has enabled us to expect to receive an absolutely imperishable/indestructible TRI inheritance that has been {that God has} preserved in heaven for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_5","090_1_5","1PE","1","5","5","God, by his mighty power, is guarding you as you trust in Jesus. He is keeping you safe so that he may, at the end of the time in which we now live (OR, when Jesus returns), completely deliver you from Satan’s power. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_6","090_1_6","1PE","1","6","6","You rejoice because of what will happen then, but now you are grieving for a short time while God is allowing you to be tested {various things to test you MET}, as precious metals are tested {someone tests precious metals} to see if they are pure. These trials that you are experiencing are necessary ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_7","090_1_7","1PE","1","7","7","to prove that you really do trust in Jesus. His proving that will be more valuable than gold, which does not last forever even though it is purified by being put {someone tries to make it pure by putting it} in a hot fire. As a result of your passing the test and proving that you really do trust in Jesus, God will honor you very highly TRI when Jesus Christ comes again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_8","090_1_8","1PE","1","8","8","You love Jesus, although you have not seen him. Although you do not see him now, you rejoice very much DOU ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_9","090_1_9","1PE","1","9","9","because you are experiencing the result of your believing in him; that is, God is saving you SYN from the guilt of your sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_10","090_1_10","1PE","1","10","10","As for those who long ago spoke messages that God had revealed to them about how God would act kindly toward you in ways which you did not deserve, they ◄investigated very carefully/tried very hard to learn► DOU about how God would save you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_11","090_1_11","1PE","1","11","11","They wanted to know whom the Spirit of Christ that was in them was referring to, and what time he was talking about, when he told beforehand that the Messiah would suffer and die, and that glorious/wonderful things would happen to him and to us afterwards. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_12","090_1_12","1PE","1","12","12","It was revealed to {God told} them that it was not for their own sake that he was revealing these things to them, but that it was for your sake. It was these things that were proclaimed to you by those who told you the message about Christ {that those who told you the message about Christ proclaimed to you}. They proclaimed these things to you because the Holy Spirit whom God sent from heaven enabled them to do that. And even angels would like to know more about these truths about how God saves us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_13","090_1_13","1PE","1","13","13","Therefore, prepare your minds MET as people fasten their belts around their waists to prepare to work. What I mean is that you should ◄discipline your minds/control what you think about►, and by doing that conduct your lives fully and confidently expecting to receive the good things that God will kindly do for you when Jesus Christ returns from heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_14","090_1_14","1PE","1","14","14","And because you should obey your heavenly Father SIM, as children ought to obey their fathers here on earth, do not do the evil things that you used to desire to do when you did not know God’s truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_15","090_1_15","1PE","1","15","15","Instead, just like God, the one who chose you to belong to him, is ◄holy/separate from evil►, you also must be ◄holy/separate from evil► in everything that you do, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_16","090_1_16","1PE","1","16","16","because it is {someone/Moses has} written in the Scriptures that God said, “You must be ◄holy/separate from evil► because I am ◄holy/separate from evil►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_17","090_1_17","1PE","1","17","17","God is the one who ◄impartially/without favoritism► judges what each person does. Since you call him ‘Father’, live ◄reverently/with great respect for him► during the time that you are living here on earth. While you are living here, you are like exiles/foreigners MET because you are away from heaven, which is your true home. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_18","090_1_18","1PE","1","18","18","Live reverently because you know that it was not with things that will not last forever, things like gold and silver, that God bought you to free you from your useless life-style that you learned from your ancestors. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_19","090_1_19","1PE","1","19","19","Instead, it was with the precious blood of Christ that flowed from his body when he died that God bought you. Christ’s death was a perfect sacrifice for us MET, like the lambs that the Jewish priests sacrificed were perfect, without any blemishes/defects/flaws or spots DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_20","090_1_20","1PE","1","20","20","Christ was chosen by God {God chose Christ} before the world was created {he created the world}. But it was not until now, when the time in which we are living will soon end, that he was revealed for your sake. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_21","090_1_21","1PE","1","21","21","Because of what Christ has done, you are trusting in God, who caused Christ to become alive again after he died, and greatly honored him. As a result, God is the one in whom you are trusting and confidently expecting that he will do great things for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_22","090_1_22","1PE","1","22","22","Because you have been made pure by obeying the truth, with the result that you sincerely love your fellow believers, continue to love each other earnestly and sincerely/wholeheartedly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_23","090_1_23","1PE","1","23","23","I ask you to do this, because you now have a new life MET. It was not by means of something that will perish that you received this new life. Instead, it was by means of something that will last forever; that is, by believing the life-giving and enduring message of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_24","090_1_24","1PE","1","24","24","We know that this is true because, as the prophet Isaiah wrote, All people will die SIM, like grass dies. And all the greatness/honor that people have will not last forever, like the flowers SIM that grow up in the grass do not last long. The grass withers and the flowers die, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P11_25","090_1_25","1PE","1","25","25","but God’s message endures/lasts forever. This message that endures/lasts is the message about Christ that was proclaimed to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_1","090_2_1","1PE","2","1","1","Therefore, do not act maliciously in any way or deceive others. Do not ◄be a hypocrite/try to make others think that you have qualities that you do not really have►, and do not ◄envy/be jealous of► others. Do not ever slander anyone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_2","090_2_2","1PE","2","2","2","Just like newborn babies long for their mothers’ pure milk MET, you should long for God’s spiritual truth, so that by learning it you may become spiritually mature. You need to do this until the day when God will free you completely from all the evil in this world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_3","090_2_3","1PE","2","3","3","Also, you need to do this because you have experienced that the Lord acts in a good way toward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_4","090_2_4","1PE","2","4","4","You have come to the Lord Jesus. He is like an important stone MET put in the foundation of a building, but he is alive, not lifeless like a stone. He was rejected by many people {Many people rejected him}, but God chose him and considers him to be very precious. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_5","090_2_5","1PE","2","5","5","And like men build houses with stones MET, God is causing you to be joined together into a group in which God’s Spirit lives, in order that you, because of what Jesus Christ did for us, might, like priests who offer sacrifices, do things that are pleasing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_6","090_2_6","1PE","2","6","6","What Isaiah wrote in the Scriptures shows us that this is true. He wrote these words that God said: Note this well: I am placing in Jerusalem MTY one who is like MET an extremely valuable DOU ◄stone/cornerstone, the most important stone in the structure of a building►, and those who believe in him will never be disappointed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_7","090_2_7","1PE","2","7","7","Therefore, God will honor you who believe in Jesus. But those who refuse to believe in him are like the builders that this Scripture talks about: The stone that the builders rejected has become ◄the cornerstone/the most important stone in the foundation of the building►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_8","090_2_8","1PE","2","8","8","And it is also written {Isaiah wrote} in the Scriptures: He will be like a stone that causes people to stumble, like a rock that people trip over. Just as people are injured when they stumble over a rock, people who disobey the message about Jesus are injured spiritually, and that is what God determined would happen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_9","090_2_9","1PE","2","9","9","But you are people whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are a group that represents God like priests do, and you rule with God MET like kings. You are ◄a holy group of people/a group of people who are separate from evil►. You are people who belong to God. This is in order that you might proclaim the virtues of God. He has called you from your former ways, when you were ignorant of his truth, into the marvelous understanding that he gives us MET. That is, he has called you out of spiritual darkness into spiritual light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_10","090_2_10","1PE","2","10","10","What the prophet Hosea wrote is true of you Formerly, you were not a people who had a relationship with God, But now you are God’s people. At one time God had not acted mercifully toward you, But now he has acted mercifully toward you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_11","090_2_11","1PE","2","11","11","You people whom I love, I urge you to consider that you are like foreigners MET, DOU whose real home is in heaven. As a result, avoid doing the things that your self-directed nature desires, because those desires ◄fight against/always oppose► your souls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_12","090_2_12","1PE","2","12","12","Keep conducting your lives in a good way among those who do not know God. If you do that, although they may accuse you, saying that you are people who do evil things, they will see your good behavior, and at the time when God comes to judge people, they will ◄give honor to him/say that what he does is right►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_13","090_2_13","1PE","2","13","13","For the sake of the Lord Jesus, submit yourselves to every human authority. That includes submitting yourselves to the king, who is the most important authority, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_14","090_2_14","1PE","2","14","14","and to governors, who are sent by the king {whom the king sends} to punish those who do what is wrong and to commend/honor those who do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_15","090_2_15","1PE","2","15","15","What God wants is that by your doing only what is good you will cause foolish people who do not know God to be unable to say things ◄to condemn you/to show you why you should be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_16","090_2_16","1PE","2","16","16","Conduct your lives as though you were free from having to obey authorities, but do not think “Because I am free from having to obey authorities, I can do evil things.” Instead, act as servants of God should. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_17","090_2_17","1PE","2","17","17","Act respectfully toward everyone. Love all your fellow believers. Revere God, and honor the king. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_18","090_2_18","1PE","2","18","18","You slaves who are believers, submit yourselves to your masters and completely respect them. Submit yourselves not only to those who act in a good and kind DOU way towards you, but also submit yourselves to those who act in a harsh way towards you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_19","090_2_19","1PE","2","19","19","You should do that because God is pleased with those who, knowing that he is aware of what is happening to them, endure the pain that they suffer because of being treated unjustly by their masters {their masters have treated them unjustly}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_20","090_2_20","1PE","2","20","20","God will certainly not RHQ be pleased with you if you do something that is wrong and as a result you are beaten {someone beats you}! But if, instead of doing something that is wrong, you do what is good, and as a result of that, you suffer for doing something that is good, and you endure that suffering, God will ◄commend/be pleased with► you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_21","090_2_21","1PE","2","21","21","One of the reasons why God chose you is that you would suffer. When Christ suffered for you, he became an example for you, in order that you would ◄imitate what/do like► he did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_22","090_2_22","1PE","2","22","22","Remember how Christ conducted himself: He never sinned, And he never said MTY anything to deceive people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_23","090_2_23","1PE","2","23","23","When people insulted him, he did not insult them in return. When people caused him to suffer, he did not threaten ◄to get revenge/to cause them to suffer►. Instead, he decided to let God, who always judges justly, prove that he ◄was innocent/had done nothing that is wrong► (OR, he left his case in the hands of God, who always judges justly). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_24","090_2_24","1PE","2","24","24","He himself endured physically the punishment for our sins when he died on the cross, in order that we would stop sinning (OR, no longer respond to sinful desires) and start living righteous lives. It is because he was wounded {they wounded him} that your souls have been saved MET from being sinful, as people’s bodies are healed from being sick. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P12_25","090_2_25","1PE","2","25","25","Truly you were like sheep that had gone astray SIM, but now you have returned to Jesus, who cares for your souls as a shepherd cares for his sheep MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_1","090_3_1","1PE","3","1","1","You women believers, just like slaves should submit themselves to their masters, submit yourselves to your husbands. Do that in order that if any of them do not believe the message about Christ, they may become believers without it being necessary for you to say anything to them about their relationship to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_2","090_3_2","1PE","3","2","2","They will believe in Christ when they see that you respect them and that your way of life is pure. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_3","090_3_3","1PE","3","3","3","Do not be trying to make yourselves beautiful by decorating the outside of your bodies, such as ◄by the way you comb your hair/by your hair style► or by wearing gold jewelry and fine clothes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_4","090_3_4","1PE","3","4","4","Instead, make your ◄inner beings/hearts► beautiful with qualities/attitudes that will not fade away. Specifically, have a humble and quiet/calm attitude, which is something that God considers to be very valuable. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_5","090_3_5","1PE","3","5","5","◄The devout women/The women who habitually worshipped God► who lived long ago and who trusted in God made themselves beautiful by having attitudes like that, and by being submissive to their husbands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_6","090_3_6","1PE","3","6","6","Sarah, for example, obeyed her husband Abraham and called him ‘my master’. You will be as though you are MET her daughters if you do what is right and are not afraid of what your husbands or anyone else may do to you because you are believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_7","090_3_7","1PE","3","7","7","You men who are believers, just like your wives should respect you, you should conduct your lives in an appropriate way with them. Treat them respectfully, realizing that they are usually weaker than you are, and realizing that ◄they share with you/both of you have► the gift that God has kindly given to you, which is eternal life. Do this so that nothing will hinder you from praying (OR, hinder God ◄from answering/from doing what you ask for► when you pray). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_8","090_3_8","1PE","3","8","8","To end this part of my letter, I say to all of you, agree with each other in what you think. Be sympathetic toward each other. Love each other as members of the same family should. Act compassionately toward each other. Be humble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_9","090_3_9","1PE","3","9","9","When people do evil things to you or insult you, do not ◄retaliate/repay them by► doing evil things to them or insulting them. Instead, ask God to bless them, because that is what you have been chosen by God {what God called you} to do, in order that you may receive a blessing from him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_10","090_3_10","1PE","3","10","10","Consider what the Psalmist wrote about the proper way of conducting our lives, As for those who want ◄to enjoy life/to live happily► and experience good things happening to them every day, they must not say MTY something that is evil or say MTY something that deceives others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_11","090_3_11","1PE","3","11","11","They must continually turn away from doing anything that is evil, and must do things that are good instead. They must deeply desire to enable people to act peacefully toward each other; they must zealously urge people to act in a peaceful way, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_12","090_3_12","1PE","3","12","12","because the Lord sees MTY what righteous people do and he appreciates/likes what they do. He listens to righteous people when they pray, and he answers them. But he is MTY opposed to those who do evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_13","090_3_13","1PE","3","13","13","If you ◄are eager/try very hard► to do good things, most people will not harm you. RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_14","090_3_14","1PE","3","14","14","But even if you suffer because of doing what is right, God will bless you. Do as Isaiah wrote: “Do not be afraid of people who ◄threaten you/say things to cause you to be afraid of what they might do to you►, and do not worry about DOU what they might do to you.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_15","090_3_15","1PE","3","15","15","Instead, acknowledge that Christ is the one who is in complete control of your lives. Always be ready to answer everyone who demands that you tell them about what you confidently expect God to do for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_16","090_3_16","1PE","3","16","16","But answer them humbly and respectfully, and make sure that you ◄do/have done► nothing wrong, in order that those who say evil things about you may be ashamed when they see the good way in which you are conducting yourselves because of your relationship with Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_17","090_3_17","1PE","3","17","17","It may be that God wants you to suffer. But it is better to do good things, even if you suffer for doing them, than to do evil things and suffer for doing that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_18","090_3_18","1PE","3","18","18","I say that because Christ died once for the sake of people who have sinned. He was a righteous person who died for unrighteous people. He died in order that ◄he might bring us to/we might begin an intimate relationship with► God. During the time that he had an ordinary body, he was killed {people killed him}, but God’s Spirit caused him to become alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_19","090_3_19","1PE","3","19","19","The Spirit also helped him as he went to proclaim God’s victory to the evil spirits whom God had imprisoned in the heavens (OR, to the spirits of those who had died, and who were in the place where the spirits of dead people are). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_20","090_3_20","1PE","3","20","20","Long ago, during the time that Noah was building a big boat, those evil spirits disobeyed God when he waited patiently PRS to see if people would turn from their evil behavior. Only a few people were saved {God saved only a few people} in that boat. Specifically, God brought only eight persons safely through the waters of the flood, while all the others drowned in it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_21","090_3_21","1PE","3","21","21","That water, by means of which eight people were saved when God punished the other people MET, represents the water in which we are baptized to show that God has saved us from being punished. The water in which we are baptized does not remove dirt from our bodies. Instead, it shows that we are requesting God to assure us that he has removed our guilt for having sinned. And because Jesus Christ became alive again after he died, we know that God accepted his sacrifice for us and because of that he was able to remove our guilt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P13_22","090_3_22","1PE","3","22","22","Christ has gone into heaven and is ruling MTY in the place of highest honor ◄next to God/at God’s side►, after God caused all the evil and powerful spirit beings DOU to be made subject to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_1","090_4_1","1PE","4","1","1","Therefore, because Christ suffered physically, you also must think the way that he did when he was willing to suffer, because those who suffer physicallybecause of belonging to Jesus have stopped sinning the way they used to sin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_2","090_4_2","1PE","4","2","2","As a result, during their remaining time here on earth, they do not do the things that sinful people desire to do, but instead they do the things that God wants them to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_3","090_4_3","1PE","4","3","3","I say that to you because SAR you have already spent too much of your time here on earth doing what the people who do not know God like to do. In the past you committed all kinds of sexually immoral acts DOU, you got drunk and then participated in ◄orgies/wild parties► and carousing/revelry, and you worshipped idols, which is very displeasing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_4","090_4_4","1PE","4","4","4","Because you used to do those things, your friends are surprised that you do not join them any more when they participate in that kind of wild behavior that ◄is rushing to/will quickly► destroy them like MET a flood. As a result, they say evil things about you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_5","090_4_5","1PE","4","5","5","But God is ready to judge the people who are living now and the people who have died, and he is the one who will decide whether he approves of what each of them has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_6","090_4_6","1PE","4","6","6","That is the reason why the message about Christ was preached {people preached the message about Christ} to believers who have now died. That message was preached to them in order that even though sinful people might judge them and say that they are guilty, God’s Spirit would enable them to live eternally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_7","090_4_7","1PE","4","7","7","It is almost the time when everything on this earth will come to an end. Therefore, keep thinking sensibly/reasonably and control what you think DOU, so that you can pray clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_8","090_4_8","1PE","4","8","8","Most important of all, love each other earnestly/wholeheartedly, because if we love others PRS, we will just ignore many of the sinful things that they do to us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_9","090_4_9","1PE","4","9","9","Provide food and a place to sleep for those who come to your community, and do it without complaining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_10","090_4_10","1PE","4","10","10","Believers should all use the spiritual gifts that God has given them to serve others. They should manage/use well the various gifts that God has kindly given them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_11","090_4_11","1PE","4","11","11","Those who speak to the congregation should do that as though they are speaking the very words of God. Those who do kind things to others should do it with the strength that God gives them, in order that God may be honored by all this {that all this may honor God} as Jesus Christ enables us to do it. I pray that we will praise God (OR, Jesus) and allow him to rule over us forever. ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_12","090_4_12","1PE","4","12","12","You whom I love, do not be surprised about the painful things that you are suffering because you belong to Christ. Those things are testing you as metals are tested by people putting them in a fire. Do not think that something strange is happening to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_13","090_4_13","1PE","4","13","13","Instead, rejoice that you are suffering the same kinds of things that Christ endured. Rejoice when you suffer, in order that you may also be very glad DOU when Christ returns and reveals how glorious/wonderful he is. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_14","090_4_14","1PE","4","14","14","If you are insulted {If people insult you} because you believe in Christ MTY, God is pleased with you, because it shows that the Spirit of God, the Spirit who reveals how great God is, lives within you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_15","090_4_15","1PE","4","15","15","If you suffer, do not let that suffering be the result of your being a murderer or a thief or as a result of doing some other evil thing, or as a result of interfering in someone else’s affairs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_16","090_4_16","1PE","4","16","16","But if you suffer because of being a Christian, do not be ashamed about it. Instead, praise God that you are suffering because of belonging to Christ MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_17","090_4_17","1PE","4","17","17","I say that, because it is now time for God to begin judging people, and first he will judge those who belong MTY to him. Since he will judge us believers first, think about the terrible things that will happen to RHQ those who do not obey the good message that comes from him! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_18","090_4_18","1PE","4","18","18","That will be as it is written in the Scriptures, Many righteous people will have to suffer many difficult trials before going to heaven. So ungodly and sinful people will surely have to suffer much severe punishment from God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P14_19","090_4_19","1PE","4","19","19","Therefore, those who suffer because of its being God’s will that they suffer because of being Christians should commit themselves to God, the one who created them and the one who always does what he promises to do. And they should continue to do what is right. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_1","090_5_1","1PE","5","1","1","Now I will say this to those among you who are elders in the congregations: I also am an elder. I am one of those who saw Christ when he suffered, and I am also one who will share some of the glory/greatness that Christ has in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_2","090_5_2","1PE","5","2","2","I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your congregations MET as shepherds take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get a lot of money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically/wholeheartedly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_3","090_5_3","1PE","5","3","3","Do not act like domineering bosses over the people MET whom God has assigned/entrusted to you, but instead be examples to them by the way in which you conduct your lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_4","090_5_4","1PE","5","4","4","If you do that, when Jesus, who is like our chief shepherd MET, appears, he will give each of you a glorious/wonderful reward MET. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to victorious athletes, but your reward will never wither like wreaths do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_5","090_5_5","1PE","5","5","5","Now I will say this to you young men and women: Just like married men and women are ◄to be subject/to submit themselves► to their spouses, you must ◄be subject/submit yourselves► ◄to the older men/to the leaders► of the congregation. And all of you believers should act MET humbly toward each other, because this proverb is true: God opposes people who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_6","090_5_6","1PE","5","6","6","Therefore, realizing that God has great power MTY to punish proud people, humble yourselves, in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_7","090_5_7","1PE","5","7","7","Because he takes care of you, let him take care of all the things that you are worried/concerned about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_8","090_5_8","1PE","5","8","8","Always be fully alert, because the devil, who is your enemy, is going/sneaking around, looking for people to destroy. He is like SIM a lion who roars as it prowls around, seeking someone to kill and devour. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_9","090_5_9","1PE","5","9","9","You must resist him by continuing to firmly trust in Christ and his message, remembering that your fellow believers all over the world are experiencing similar sufferings that the devil is bringing to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_10","090_5_10","1PE","5","10","10","God is the one who kindly helps us in every situation, and he is the one who chose us to share his eternal glory/greatness in heaven because of our relationship with Christ. And after you have suffered for a while because of things that people do to harm you, he will remove your spiritual defects/imperfections, he will strengthen you spiritually DOU, and he will support you emotionally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_11","090_5_11","1PE","5","11","11","I pray/desire that he will rule powerfully forever. ◄May it be so!/Amen!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_12","090_5_12","1PE","5","12","12","Silas has written this letter for me as I have ◄dictated it to him/told him what to write►. I consider/know that he is a faithful fellow believer. I have written this short letter to you to encourage you, and I want to assure you that what I have written is a true message about the things that God kindly does for us, things that we do not deserve. Continue to firmly believe this message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_13","090_5_13","1PE","5","13","13","In this city that is sometimes referred to as ‘Babylon’ MET, the believers SYN, whom God has chosen to belong to him just like he chose you, ◄send you (pl) their greetings/say that they are thinking affectionately about you►. Mark, who is MET like a son to me, also ◄sends you his greetings/says that he is thinking affectionately about you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P15_14","090_5_14","1PE","5","14","14","Greet each other with a kiss on the cheek to show that you love each other. I pray that God will give inner peace to all of you who have a relationship with Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_1","091_1_1","2PE","1","1","1","I, Simon Peter, am writing this letter to you. I serve Jesus Christ, and am an apostle appointed by him. I am sending this letter to you whom God has caused to believe in Christ just like he caused us(exc) apostles to believe in Christ. You and we have ◄equally been given the/both been given the same► privilege of believing in Jesus Christ. He is God, he is righteous, he is the one whom we worship, and he is our Savior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_2","091_1_2","2PE","1","2","2","I pray that God will continue to act very kindly towards you, and give you ◄a deep/very much► inner peace, because you truly know God and Jesus, who is our Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_3","091_1_3","2PE","1","3","3","God PRS has given us everything that we need in order that we might receive eternal life and in order that we might live  ◄in a godly way/in a way that pleases him►. He gives us that by the power that he has because he is God, and he has also given it to us as a result of our knowing him. He is the wonderful and perfect one who chose us to be his people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_4","091_1_4","2PE","1","4","4","Being glorious and perfect, he has promised us that he will do very great and ◄priceless/very precious► things for us. He has also promised you that by believing what he has promised you will be able to act righteously, just like God acts righteously, and that you will be free from being morally depraved/corrupted, and that you will not be like those who do not believe in Christ and are morally depraved because of their desire to do things that are evil. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_5","091_1_5","2PE","1","5","5","Because God has done all that, by trying very hard, make sure that you not only believe in Christ, but that you are also living morally good lives. And make sure that you are not only living morally good lives, but that you also know what God desires (OR, behave wisely). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_6","091_1_6","2PE","1","6","6","And make sure that you not only know what God desires (OR, behave wisely), but that you also control what you say and do. And make sure that you not only control what you say and do, but that you are also steadfast/patient. And make sure that you are not only ◄steadfast/patient when you suffer►, but that you are also godly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_7","091_1_7","2PE","1","7","7","And make sure that you not only ◄are godly/live in a way that pleases God►, but that you also have a concern for your fellow believers, as brothers and sisters ought to have for each other. And make sure that you not only have a concern for your fellow believers, but that you also love others. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_8","091_1_8","2PE","1","8","8","If you do these things, and if you do them more and more, that demonstrates that knowing our Lord Jesus Christ ◄is very effective/produces good results► LIT in your lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_9","091_1_9","2PE","1","9","9","If these qualities are not present in people, it means they are not aware that these things are important, just like a blind person is not aware of what is around him. They think only about earthly matters, just like MET a shortsighted person sees clearly only things that are near. It seems that they have forgotten that God has forgiven them for their former sinful lives. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_10","091_1_10","2PE","1","10","10","Instead of acting like those people, try to confirm/prove by the way you conduct your lives that you are among those whom God has chosen DOU to be his people. If you do that, you will certainly never become separated from God, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_11","091_1_11","2PE","1","11","11","and God will very wholeheartedly welcome you into the place where our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will rule his people forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_12","091_1_12","2PE","1","12","12","I intend to keep on reminding you very frequently HYP about these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly convinced that they are true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_13","091_1_13","2PE","1","13","13","I consider it right that I should help you to continually think about these matters by reminding you about them as long as I am alive EUP, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_14","091_1_14","2PE","1","14","14","because I know that I shall die EUP soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ clearly has revealed to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_15","091_1_15","2PE","1","15","15","Moreover, I will ◄make every effort/try hard► by writing these things down to enable you to remember them at all times after I have died EUP. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_16","091_1_16","2PE","1","16","16","We apostles told you that our Lord Jesus Christ acts powerfully and that he is coming back some day. We were not basing what we told you on stories that we had cleverly ◄invented/made up►. Instead, we told you what we ourselves saw with our own eyes, that the Lord Jesus is supremely great. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_17","091_1_17","2PE","1","17","17","God, our Father, greatly honored him when God’s great glory/brightness surrounded him, and God MTY said, “This is my Son, whom I love very much; I am very pleased with him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_18","091_1_18","2PE","1","18","18","We (exc) ourselves heard God MTY say that from heaven, when we were with Christ on that holy/sacred mountain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_19","091_1_19","2PE","1","19","19","We also have the Scriptures that the prophets wrote about Christ long ago, which are completely reliable/trustworthy. You should ◄pay attention to/think carefully about► what they wrote, because what they wrote enables you to know whether what is taught to you is true or whether it is false SIM, like a lamp that is shining in a dark place enables people to see where they are going SIM. You should ◄pay attention to/think carefully about► what they wrote until our Lord Jesus Christ comes back and enables you SYN to know God fully, which will be like when MET ◄a day dawns/daylight comes► and the morning star rises and we can see it clearly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_20","091_1_20","2PE","1","20","20","It is important that you realize that no one can interpret/explain by himself the meaning of what the prophets wrote in the Scriptures without the help of God’s Spirit (OR, no part of the Scriptures originated with the prophet himself), ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P21_21","091_1_21","2PE","1","21","21","because no human beings decided to make those prophecies. On the contrary, those who spoke messages from God did that because it was the Holy Spirit who caused them to do it, and therefore the Spirit must help us to interpret/understand their meaning. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_1","091_2_1","2PE","2","1","1","Just like there were false prophets among the Israeli people long ago, so there will also be teachers who teach false things among you. They will enter your congregations without you realizing what/who they are, and they will spiritually injure some people by what they teach. Specifically, these teachers will even deny that the Lord Jesus died to pay for the guilt of our sins. As a result, they will soon destroy themselves spiritually, and God will also punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_2","091_2_2","2PE","2","2","2","And many people will behave in an extremely immoral manner, imitating the extremely immoral way these teachers who teach false things behave. As a result, unbelievers will ◄discredit the true message/say the true message is false►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_3","091_2_3","2PE","2","3","3","Because the teachers of false teaching want a lot of things that other people have, they think that by telling you stories that they themselves have ◄made up/invented►, they will get money from you. God decided long ago that he would punish them, and he has not fallen asleep LIT! He will certainly destroy them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_4","091_2_4","2PE","2","4","4","God destroyed LIT the angels who sinned. He threw them into the worst place in hell and imprisoned them there in darkness in order to keep them there until he judges and punishes them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_5","091_2_5","2PE","2","5","5","He also got rid of LIT the people who lived in MTY the world long ago. He saved only eight of them, including Noah, who was a righteous preacher. God saved them when he destroyed in a flood all ◄the ungodly people/the people whose lives were not pleasing to him► who were living then. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_6","091_2_6","2PE","2","6","6","He also condemned Sodom and Gomorrah cities; that is, he destroyed them by burning them completely to ashes. By doing that he gave a warning to those who afterwards would live in ◄an ungodly way/a way that is displeasing to him►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_7","091_2_7","2PE","2","7","7","But he rescued Abraham’s nephew, Lot, who was a righteous man. Lot was ◄greatly distressed/very sad► because the people in Sodom were doing very immoral things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_8","091_2_8","2PE","2","8","8","That righteous man’s soul ◄was tormented/suffered great agony► day after day because he saw and heard those wicked people behave in a very lawless/wicked manner when he was living among them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_9","091_2_9","2PE","2","9","9","And since the Lord God rescued Lot, you can be sure that he knows how to rescue ◄other godly people/people whose lives please him► from their sufferings, and he is able to preserve ◄ungodly people/people whose lives do not please him►, whom he has started to punish even now, until the time when he will finish judging them and punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_10","091_2_10","2PE","2","10","10","He will punish especially severely those ungodly teachers who teach false things who do the things that their self-directed nature desires, things that ◄defile them/cause them to be completely impure►. Those teachers of false teachings despise all beings who rule over them. 2 Peter 2:10d-16 Because those teachers of false doctrines are extremely arrogant/proud DOU, they ◄are not afraid to insult/boldly speak evil about► glorious beings in heaven (OR, glorious/wonderful beings who rule over people). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_11","091_2_11","2PE","2","11","11","In contrast, angels do not insult those teachers when those teachers accuse the angels of blasphemy while the Lord God is watching, even though the angels are much more powerful DOU than the teachers of false doctrines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_12","091_2_12","2PE","2","12","12","Because those teachers of false doctrines are like animals that cannot think as humans do DOU, they say evil things about spiritual things which they know nothing about. As a result, God will destroy them like people destroy animals, animals that are born only in order to be hunted and killed {in order that people should hunt and kill them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_13","091_2_13","2PE","2","13","13","God will punish those teachers in return for the unrighteous actions/things that they have done. They even like ◄to carouse/to drink and revel noisily► in the daytime as well as at night. And as they indulge/enjoy themselves just like they want to while they are feasting with you, they cause you to become impure, as MET stains and blotches DOU ruin a clean garment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_14","091_2_14","2PE","2","14","14","They want to commit MTY adultery with every woman whom they look at. They never stop seeking opportunities to sin. They entice/persuade those who are spiritually unstable to join them in doing the sinful things that they do. Because of their ever-increasing ◄greed/desire to have more and more things►, they are doomed to eternal punishment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_15","091_2_15","2PE","2","15","15","They have ◄rejected good moral standards/quit doing what everyone knows is right►. They have imitated what the prophet Balaam, the son of Bosor, did long ago. He, acting very unrighteously, wanted the enemies of the Jews to pay him if he asked God ◄to curse/to do bad thing to► the Jews. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_16","091_2_16","2PE","2","16","16","But God rebuked him for having done that which was wrong and for behaving very foolishly. And even though donkeys do not speak, God used a donkey to hinder Balaam by enabling it to speak to him with a human voice. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_17","091_2_17","2PE","2","17","17","These teachers who each false things mislead/deceive people by promising what they cannot do, as MET dried-up springs mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect to get water from them. They mislead/deceive people MET just like clouds that are blown along by strong winds mislead/deceive people by causing them to expect rain, but no rain falls. Therefore, God has reserved the darkness of hell for those teachers of false doctrines. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_18","091_2_18","2PE","2","18","18","By boasting proudly as they make speeches that are worthless, they entice people who have recently become believers and have stopped doing the things that wicked people do. Urged on by their self-directed nature, they entice them into sin by encouraging them to do  evil things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_19","091_2_19","2PE","2","19","19","The false teachers tell people that they are free to do whatever they want to do, even though they themselves are like slaves MET because their own self-directed nature forces them to do sinful things. Think about these well-known words: “Whenever a person is controlled by something {something controls a person}, it is as though that person has become a slave of what controls him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_20","091_2_20","2PE","2","20","20","Those who teach false truths learned about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As a result, they stopped doing those things that ◄defile people/cause people to become impure► spiritually. Since they have begun to do those evil things again, with the result that they are unable to stop doing them, they are in a worse condition than they were in before they knew Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_21","091_2_21","2PE","2","21","21","Because God will severely punish them, it would have been better for them if they had never known what it means to live in a righteous way. It is too bad that although they knew how to live in a righteous way, they stopped doing the things that God commanded people to do, the things that were taught to them ◄by us apostles/by Christ► {that ◄we apostles/Christ► taught to them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P22_22","091_2_22","2PE","2","22","22","The way they are behaving again is just like ◄the proverbs/what people often say►: They are like dogs that return to eat their vomit, and they are like pigs that have been washed and then roll again in the mud. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_1","091_3_1","2PE","3","1","1","This letter that I am now writing to you whom I love, is the second letter that I have written to you. In both these letters I have reminded you about the things you already know, in order that I may stimulate/cause you to think sincerely about those things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_2","091_3_2","2PE","3","2","2","I want you to remember the words that were spoken by the holy prophets {that the holy prophets spoke} long ago, and also to remember what our Lord and Savior commanded, things that we, your apostles, told you about. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_3","091_3_3","2PE","3","3","3","It is important for you to understand that in the time immediately before Christ comes back, there will be people who will ridicule the idea of his coming back. Those people will do whatever evil things they wish to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_4","091_3_4","2PE","3","4","4","They will say, “Although it was promised that Christ will come back, ◄nothing has happened that would indicate that he is coming back./what happened to the promise that he is coming back?► RHQ We say that because ever since the Christian leaders who lived long ago died EUP, everything has remained the same. Things are as they always have been since God created the world!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_5","091_3_5","2PE","3","5","5","They will say that because they ◄deliberately overlook the fact/have decided to ignore what they know► that God, by commanding long ago that it should be so, caused the heavens to exist, and he caused the earth to appear out of water and to be separate from the water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_6","091_3_6","2PE","3","6","6","And God, by commanding that it should be so, later destroyed the world that existed at that time, by causing the earth to be flooded with water {water to flood the earth}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_7","091_3_7","2PE","3","7","7","Furthermore, God, commanded that the heavens and the earth that exist now remain until the time when he will judge ◄ungodly people/people whose lives are not pleasing to him►. And at that time he will destroy the heavens and the earth by burning them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_8","091_3_8","2PE","3","8","8","Dear friends, I want you to understand well that the Lord God is willing to wait a long time to judge the people in the world! How much time passes before the Lord God judges the people in the world does not matter to him! He considers that one day passes no more quickly than 1,000 years, and he also considers that 1,000 years pass as quickly as one day passes to us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_9","091_3_9","2PE","3","9","9","Therefore, you should not think that because Christ has not yet come back to judge people, the Lord God is ◄delaying/slow to do► what he promised. Some people think that this is so, and they say that Christ will never come back. But you should understand that the reason why Christ has not yet come back to judge people is that God is being patient with you, because he does not want anyone to be lost eternally. Instead, he wants everyone to turn away from their sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_10","091_3_10","2PE","3","10","10","Although God is being patient, at the time MTY that he has chosen, the Lord Jesus Christ will certainly come back to judge people. He will come back unexpectedly, like a thief SIM comes unexpectedly. At that time there will be a great roaring sound. The heavens will cease to exist. ◄The elements/The parts of which the universe consists► will be destroyed by fire, and the earth that God made and everything on it that people have made will disappear (OR, will be burned up). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_11","091_3_11","2PE","3","11","11","Because God will certainly destroy all these things like I just said, you certainly know how you should behave. RHQ You should behave ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_12","091_3_12","2PE","3","12","12","while you eagerly/expectantly wait for Christ to return on the day that God has chosen MTY, and you should try to make that day come soon. Because of what God PRS will do on that day, the heavens will be destroyed. ◄The elements/The parts of which the universe consist► will melt and burn up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_13","091_3_13","2PE","3","13","13","Although all those events/things will happen, we rejoice because we are waiting for the new heavens and new earth that God has promised. The only people who will be in the new heavens and on this new earth will be people who are PRS righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_14","091_3_14","2PE","3","14","14","Therefore, dear friends, because you are waiting for these things to happen, do all that you can live ◄in a godly manner/in a manner that pleases God►, in order that Christ will see that you are completely pure DOU and that you are living peacefully with each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_15","091_3_15","2PE","3","15","15","And think about this: Our Lord Jesus Christ is patient because he wants people to be saved. Our dear ◄brother/fellow believer► Paul also wrote wise words to you about these same matters, because God enabled him to understand these ◄events/things that will happen►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_16","091_3_16","2PE","3","16","16","In the letters that Paul wrote there are certain things that are difficult for people to understand. People who are spiritually ignorant and ◄unstable/do not believe firmly in Christ► interpret these things wrongly, as they also ◄interpret/explain the meaning of► the other parts of the Scriptures wrongly. The result is that they will destroy themselves spiritually, and God will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_17","091_3_17","2PE","3","17","17","Therefore, dear friends, since you already know about those who teach what is false, ◄guard against them/beware►. Do not let those wicked people deceive you by telling you things that are wrong, with the result that you yourselves begin to doubt what you now firmly believe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("P23_18","091_3_18","2PE","3","18","18","Instead, live in such a manner that you experience more and more our Savior Jesus Christ being kind to you, and that you get to know him better and better. 2 Peter 3:18b I pray/desire that Jesus Christ will be honored both now and forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_1","092_1_1","1JN","1","1","1","I, John, am writing to you about the one who existed before there was anything else. He is the one whom we apostles listened to as he taught us! We saw him! We ourselves looked at him and touched him! He is the one who taught us the message that enables people to have eternal life (OR, live spiritually). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_2","092_1_2","1JN","1","2","2","Because he came here to the earth and we have seen him, we proclaim to you clearly that the one whom we have seen is the one who has always lived. He was previously with his Father in heaven, but he came to live among us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_3","092_1_3","1JN","1","3","3","We proclaim to you the message about Jesus, the one whom we saw and heard, in order that you may have a close relationship with us. The ones whom we have a close relationship with are God our Father and his Son Jesus Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_4","092_1_4","1JN","1","4","4","I am writing to you about these things so that you ◄will be convinced/believe► that they are true, and as a result we may be completely joyful. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_5","092_1_5","1JN","1","5","5","The message that we heard from Christ and proclaim to you is this: God is pure in every way. He never sins. He is like MET a brilliant light that has no darkness at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_6","092_1_6","1JN","1","6","6","If we claim to have a close relationship with God, but we conduct our lives in an impure manner, that is like living MET in evil darkness. We are lying. We are not conducting our lives according to God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_7","092_1_7","1JN","1","7","7","But living in a pure manner, as God is living in a pure manner MET in every way, is like living in God’s light. If we do that, we have a close relationship with each other. Not only that, but God ◄acquits us/removes the guilt► of all our sins because he accepts what his Son Jesus did for us when his blood flowed from his body when he died. So we should conduct our lives ◄in a manner according to what God says is pure►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_8","092_1_8","1JN","1","8","8","Those who say they never behave sinfully are deceiving themselves, and refusing to accept as true what God says about them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_9","092_1_9","1JN","1","9","9","But God will do what he says that he will do, and what he does is always right. So, if we confess to him that we have behaved sinfully, he will forgive us for our sins and ◄will free us from/remove► the guilt of all our sins. Because of that, we should confess to him that we have behaved sinfully. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J11_10","092_1_10","1JN","1","10","10","Because God says that everyone has sinned, those who say/claim that they have never behaved sinfully talk as though God lies! They reject what God says about us! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_1","092_2_1","1JN","2","1","1","You who are very dear to me, I am writing this to you to say, “Do not sin!” But if any of you believers sins, God can forgive you because we have Jesus Christ, who is the righteous one, who speaks to the Father on our behalf and asks him to forgive us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_2","092_2_2","1JN","2","2","2","Remember that Jesus Christ voluntarily sacrificed his own life for us, so that as a result God forgives our sins. Yes, God is able to forgive our sins, but not only ours! He is also able to forgive the sins of people everywhere! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_3","092_2_3","1JN","2","3","3","I will tell you how we can be sure that we ◄know/have a close relationship with► God. If we obey what he commands us to do, that shows us that we have a close relationship with him. So we must always obey what he commands us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_4","092_2_4","1JN","2","4","4","Those who say, “We ◄know/have a close relationship with► God,” and do not obey what God commands us to do, are liars. They are not conducting their lives according to God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_5","092_2_5","1JN","2","5","5","But those who obey what God commands them to do are the people who love God in the manner in which he wants us to. I will tell you how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_6","092_2_6","1JN","2","6","6","If we say that we are living as God wants us to, we should conduct our lives as Christ did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_7","092_2_7","1JN","2","7","7","Dear friends, I am not writing a new additional command to you. Instead, I am writing to you a command which was given to you when you first MTY believed in Christ. That command is part of the message that you have always heard. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_8","092_2_8","1JN","2","8","8","Nevertheless, I can say that the command I am writing to you is a new command. It is new because what Christ did was new, and what you are doing is new, because you have been ceasing to conduct your lives in a morally impure manner and are now truly conducting your lives in a pure manner. That is like MET no longer living in darkness. Instead, it is like living where a brilliant light is already shining. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_9","092_2_9","1JN","2","9","9","Those who claim that they are pure in every way, like people MET living in the light, but hate any of their fellow believers, are still behaving in an impure manner, like MET people who are continually living in darkness. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_10","092_2_10","1JN","2","10","10","But those who love their fellow believers are continuing to conduct their lives like people who are living in the light. They are people who please God LIT. So you should love your fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_11","092_2_11","1JN","2","11","11","But those who hate any of their fellow believers are still conducting their lives in an impure way, like MET people who are living in darkness. They do not know that they will eventually destroy themselves eternally. They have become spiritually blind PRS, MET, unaware of spiritual truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_12","092_2_12","1JN","2","12","13","I am writing this to you whom I love as though MET you were my little children, to you who are spiritually mature people who are like MET fathers, and to you spiritually vigorous/strong people who are like MET young men. Remember that your sins have been forgiven {God has forgiven your sins} on account of what Christ MTY has done. You now know Christ, the one who always existed. You have defeated the evil one, Satan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_14","092_2_14","1JN","2","14","14","I will say it again: I have written this to you because you have come to know the Father, because you now know Christ, the one who always existed, because you are spiritually strong, because you continue to obey God’s word, and because you have defeated the evil one, Satan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_15","092_2_15","1JN","2","15","15","Do not desire to conduct you lives in the evil manner in which godless people in the world MTY conduct their lives, and do not love anything that the evil people in the world MTY consider to be good. Those who desire to conduct their lives in the evil manner in which other people of the world MTY conduct their lives do not really love God, their Father, at all. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_16","092_2_16","1JN","2","16","16","Keep in mind that all the evil human desires in the world are actions/things such as these: People desire to do what their self-directed nature strongly desires. People desire to possess whatever ◄appeals to their senses/they see or hear about►. People boast about the material things that they possess. Such evil ways of living do not originate/come from the Father! Instead they originate/come from the ◄godless people in the world/people in the world who conduct their lives in a manner that displeases God► MTY! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_17","092_2_17","1JN","2","17","17","The godless people in the world MTY, along with what they desire, will disappear, but those who do what God wants them to do will live forever! You know that it is now the final period of this age when there are liars who deny that Jesus is God’s Chosen One. But you have the power of God’s Spirit and you know what is true and what is false. So continue to live according to the true message that you heard when you began to believe in Christ, in order that you may continue to live united both to God’s Son and to the Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_18","092_2_18","1JN","2","18","18","You who are very dear to me, it is now ◄the final part MTY of this age/the final period of time before Jesus returns►. Just like you heard from us apostles that a person who opposes Christ will come/appear, even now there are many people who oppose Christ. That is why we know that it is the final part of this age (OR, before Jesus returns) MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_19","092_2_19","1JN","2","19","19","The people who oppose Christ refused to remain in our congregations, but they never really ◄belonged with us/were fellow believers►. If they had ◄belonged with us/been fellow believers►, they would have remained with us. But because they left, everyone can clearly know that none of them ◄belongs with us/is a fellow believer►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_20","092_2_20","1JN","2","20","20","But as for you, you have been given the power of God’s Spirit, which comes from Christ (OR, God), the Holy One. As a result, you all know how to ◄distinguish false teaching from/recognize what is false teaching and what is► the true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_21","092_2_21","1JN","2","21","21","I am writing this letter to you, not because you do not know what is God’s true message, but because you do know what it is. You also know that no false message originates/comes from God, who is the source of all truth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_22","092_2_22","1JN","2","22","22","The worst liars are the ones who deny that Jesus is ◄the Messiah/the one whom God chose to rescue us►. They are the ones that we told you about, the ones who oppose Christ. They refuse to acknowledge/admit that God is the Father and that Jesus is his Son (OR, the one who is also God). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_23","092_2_23","1JN","2","23","23","Those who refuse to acknowledge/admit that Jesus is God’s Son do not have a relationship with the Father. But those who acknowledge/admit that Jesus is God’s Son not only have a relationship with God’s Son, but they have a relationship with the Father also. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_24","092_2_24","1JN","2","24","24","So, as for you, you must continue to conduct your lives according to the true message that you heard when you began MTY to believe in Christ. If you continue to do that, you will continue to have a close relationship with both God’s Son and the Father. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_25","092_2_25","1JN","2","25","25","And what God told us is that he will cause us to live forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_26","092_2_26","1JN","2","26","26","I have written this to you to ◄warn you about/tell you to beware of► those who want to deceive you concerning the truth about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_27","092_2_27","1JN","2","27","27","As for you, God’s Spirit, whom you received from Christ, remains in you. So you do not need anyone to teach you anything else that they claim/say is the truth. God’s Spirit is teaching you all of God’s truth that you need to know. God’s Spirit is truthful and never says anything that is false. So continue to conduct your lives in the way that he has taught you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_28","092_2_28","1JN","2","28","28","Now, while some people are trying to persuade you to accept their false teaching, I urge you, who are all very dear to me, to continue to have a close relationship with Christ. We need to do that in order that we may be confident that he will accept us when he comes back again. If we do that, we will not be ashamed when we stand before him when he comes. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J12_29","092_2_29","1JN","2","29","29","Since you know that Christ always does what is right, you know that all those who continue doing what is right are the ones who have become children of God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_1","092_3_1","1JN","3","1","1","Think about how much our heavenly Father loves us! He allows us to ◄say that we are/be called► his children! And it is indeed true that we are his children. But people in the world MTY who are unbelievers have not understood who God is. So they do not understand who we are, that we belong to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_2","092_3_2","1JN","3","2","2","Dear friends, even though ◄at present/now► we are God’s children, he has not yet ◄made clear/revealed► to us what we will be like in the future. However, we know that when Christ comes back again, we will be like him, because we will see what he is really like. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_3","092_3_3","1JN","3","3","3","So, all those who confidently expect to see Christ as he actually is/what Christ is like when he returns must keep themselves pure in every way, just like Christ, who is pure in every way. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_4","092_3_4","1JN","3","4","4","But everyone who continues sinning is refusing to obey God’s laws, because that is what sin is, refusing to obey God’s laws. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_5","092_3_5","1JN","3","5","5","You know that Christ came in order to completely remove the guilt of our sins. You know also that he never sinned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_6","092_3_6","1JN","3","6","6","Those who continue doing what Christ wants them to, do not continue sinning repeatedly. But those who repeatedly sin have not understood who Christ is, nor have they had a close relationship with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_7","092_3_7","1JN","3","7","7","So I urge you, who are all very dear to me, do not let anyone deceive you by telling you that it is all right to sin. If you continue doing what is right, you are righteous, just like Christ is righteous. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_8","092_3_8","1JN","3","8","8","But if anyone continues sinning, he is like the devil, because the devil has always been sinning. And the reason why God’s Son became a human being was to destroy what the devil has done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_9","092_3_9","1JN","3","9","9","People do not continue sinning repeatedly if they have become children of God. Instead, they continue to conduct their lives according to the character/nature that God produced in them MET. They cannot continually sin because God has caused them to become his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_10","092_3_10","1JN","3","10","10","Those who are God’s children are clearly different from those who are ◄the devil’s/Satan’s► children. The way that we can know who are Satan’s children is this: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children. Specifically, those who do not love their fellow believers are not God’s children Instead, they are Satan’s children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_11","092_3_11","1JN","3","11","11","The message that you heard when you first MTY believed in Christ is that we should love each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_12","092_3_12","1JN","3","12","12","We should not hate others as did Adam’s son, Cain, who belonged to Satan, the evil one. Because Cain hated his younger brother, he murdered him. ◄I will tell you about why he murdered his brother./Do you know why he murdered his brother RHQ?► It was because Cain habitually conducted his life in an evil way, and he hated his younger brother because his younger brother conducted his life righteously. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_13","092_3_13","1JN","3","13","13","You should not be amazed/surprised, my fellow believers, when unbelievers MTY hate you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_14","092_3_14","1JN","3","14","14","We know that we have been changed from being spiritually dead MET to being spiritually alive. We know this because we love our fellow believers. Those who do not love their fellow believers are still spiritually MET dead. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_15","092_3_15","1JN","3","15","15","Those who hate any of their fellow believers, God considers MET them to be murderers. And you know that no murderer has eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_16","092_3_16","1JN","3","16","16","The way that we now know how to truly  love our fellow believers is by remembering that Christ ◄voluntarily died/gave his life► for us. So, when our fellow believers need something, we should be willing to help them. We should even be willing to  die for them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_17","092_3_17","1JN","3","17","17","Many of us have the things that are necessary for us to live in this world. If we become aware that any of our fellow believers do not have what they need and if we refuse to ◄provide for them/give to them what they need►, it is clear that we do not love God as we claim/say that we do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_18","092_3_18","1JN","3","18","18","I say to  all of you whom I love dearly, let us not merely say MTY that we love our fellow believers! Let us genuinely/really love them by doing things to help them! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_19","092_3_19","1JN","3","19","19","When we truly love our fellow believers, we can be sure that we are conducting our lives according to the true message. As a result, we will not feel guilty/ashamed when we talk MTY to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_20","092_3_20","1JN","3","20","20","We can pray confidently, because although we might feel guilty/ashamed about our sins, God is ◄greater/more worthy to be trusted► than what we feel. He knows everything about us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_21","092_3_21","1JN","3","21","21","Dear friends, when we do not feel guilty because of our sins, we can pray to God confidently. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_22","092_3_22","1JN","3","22","22","And, when we confidently pray to him and request something from him, we receive it because we do what he commands us to do, and because we do what pleases him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_23","092_3_23","1JN","3","23","23","I will tell you what he commands us to do: We must believe that Jesus Christ is ◄his Son/the one who is also God►. We must also love each other, just like he commanded us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J13_24","092_3_24","1JN","3","24","24","Those who do what God commands are ones who have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. I will tell you how we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us: It is because we have his Spirit, whom he gave to us, that we can be sure that God has a close relationship with us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_1","092_4_1","1JN","4","1","1","Dear friends, many people who have a false message are teaching it to people MTY. So do not trust every message that someone claims/says that God’s Spirit MTY gave to him. Instead, ◄test/think carefully about► the teachings that you hear in order to know whether they are from God or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_2","092_4_2","1JN","4","2","2","I will tell you how to recognize teachings that come from the Spirit of God: Those who affirm/say that Jesus Christ came from God to become a human like us are teaching a message that is from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_3","092_4_3","1JN","4","3","3","But those who do not affirm/say that about Jesus are not teaching a message from God. They are teachers who oppose Christ. You have heard that people like that are coming to be among us. Even now they are already here! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_4","092_4_4","1JN","4","4","4","As for you who are very dear to me, you belong to God, and you have refused the false messages that those people teach, because God, who enables you to do what he wants, is ◄greater/more powerful► than ◄Satan/the devil►, who enables ◄godless people/people who conduct their lives in a way that displeases God► MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_5","092_4_5","1JN","4","5","5","As for those who are teaching what is false, they are ◄godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God► MTY. Because of that, they teach what ◄godless people/people whose lives are displeasing to God► MTY want to hear. That is why the ◄godless people/people whose lives displease God► MTY listen to them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_6","092_4_6","1JN","4","6","6","As for us (exc), because we belong to God, whoever ◄knows/has a close relationship with► God listens to us. But those who do not belong to God do not listen to us. That is how we can know whether the things that people are teaching MTY are true or whether they are false, and deceiving people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_7","092_4_7","1JN","4","7","7","Dear friends, we must love each other, because God enables us to love each other, and because those who love their fellow believers have become God’s children and ◄know/have a close relationship with► him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_8","092_4_8","1JN","4","8","8","God’s nature is to love all people. So those who do not love their fellow believers do not ◄know/have a relationship with► God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_9","092_4_9","1JN","4","9","9","I will tell you how God has shown us that he loves us: He sent ◄his only Son/the only one who was also God► to live on the earth to enable us to live eternally as a result of our trusting in what he accomplished for us by dying for us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_10","092_4_10","1JN","4","10","10","And God has shown us what it means to love another person: It does not mean that we loved God, but it means that God loved us and sent ◄his Son/the one who was also God► to sacrifice his life in order that our sins might be forgiven {he might forgive our sins}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_11","092_4_11","1JN","4","11","11","Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_12","092_4_12","1JN","4","12","12","No one has ever seen God. Nevertheless, if we love each other, it is evident that God lives within us and that we love others just like he intends/wants us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_13","092_4_13","1JN","4","13","13","I will tell you how we can be sure that we have a close relationship with God and that God is within us: He has put his Spirit within us. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_14","092_4_14","1JN","4","14","14","We apostles have seen ◄God’s Son/the one who is also God►, and we tell people that the Father sent him to save the people in the world MTY from being punished for their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_15","092_4_15","1JN","4","15","15","So those who affirm/say that Jesus is the ◄Son of/one who is also► God, God is within them, and they have a close relationship with God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_16","092_4_16","1JN","4","16","16","We have experienced how God loves us and we believe that he loves us. As a result, we love others. Because God’s nature is to love people, those who continue to love others have a close relationship with God, and God has a close relationship with them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_17","092_4_17","1JN","4","17","17","We should love others completely. And if we do that, when the time comes for him to judge us, we will be confident that he will not condemn us (OR, that we have a close relationship with him). We will be confident of that because of our conducting our lives in this world as Christ did. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_18","092_4_18","1JN","4","18","18","We will not be afraid of God if we truly love him, because those who love God completely cannot possibly be afraid of him. We would be afraid only if we thought that he would punish us. So those who are afraid of God certainly are not loving God completely. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_19","092_4_19","1JN","4","19","19","We love God and our fellow believers because God loved us first. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_20","092_4_20","1JN","4","20","20","So those who say “I love God” but hate a fellow believer are lying. Those who do not love one of their fellow believers, whom they have seen, certainly cannot be loving God, whom they have not seen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J14_21","092_4_21","1JN","4","21","21","Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_1","092_5_1","1JN","5","1","1","All those who believe that Jesus is the ◄Messiah/person God sent to rescue us► are ones who have truly become children of God. And everyone who loves a man who is someone’s father will be expected to love that man’s children as well. Similarly, those who love God, who has caused them to become his children MET, should love their fellow believers, whom God has also caused to become his children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_2","092_5_2","1JN","5","2","2","The way we can be sure that we truly love God’s children is this: We are loving them when we love God and do what he commands us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_3","092_5_3","1JN","5","3","3","I say this because our obeying what God commands us to do is the same as loving him. And it is not burdensome/difficult for us to do what God commands us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_4","092_5_4","1JN","5","4","4","All of us whom God has caused to become his children have been able to successfully resist ◄doing what/conducting our lives like► the people MTY who oppose God do. It is only by our trusting in Christ that we are able to ◄resist doing what/conducting our lives like► people in the world who are opposed to God MTY do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_5","092_5_5","1JN","5","5","5","◄I will tell you who are the ones who are able to resist doing what the people who are opposed to God do./Do you know who are the ones who are able to resist conducting their lives like the people who are opposed to God MTY do? RHQ► It is those who believe that Jesus is ◄God’s Son/the man who is also God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_6","092_5_6","1JN","5","6","6","Think about Jesus Christ. He is the one who came to earth from God. God showed that he had truly sent Jesus when Jesus was baptized in water MTY and when Jesus’ blood flowed from his body when he died. God showed this not only when Jesus was baptized MTY, but also when Jesus’ blood flowed from his body when he died. And God’s Spirit declares truthfully that Jesus Christ came from God. The Spirit always speaks what is true. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_7","092_5_7","1JN","5","7","7","There are three ways  by which we know that Christ came from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_8","092_5_8","1JN","5","8","8","Those three ways are: What God’s Spirit tells us, what God said when Jesus was baptized MTY in/with water, and Jesus’ blood that flowed from his body when he died on the cross. These three things all tell us the same thing, that Jesus came from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_9","092_5_9","1JN","5","9","9","We usually believe what other people say. But what God says is more reliable/trustworthy than what people say. So we must believe what God has said is true about ◄his Son/the one who is also God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_10","092_5_10","1JN","5","10","10","Those who trust in the Son of God know within their ◄inner beings/hearts► that what God says about his Son is true. But those who refuse to believe that what God says is true are saying that God is a liar, because they refuse to believe what God has said about ◄his Son/the one who is also God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_11","092_5_11","1JN","5","11","11","This is what God says to us: “I have given you eternal life!” We will live forever if we have a close relationship with his Son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_12","092_5_12","1JN","5","12","12","Those who have a close relationship with God’s Son (OR, who have accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have already begun to live forever. But those who do not have a relationship with ◄God’s Son/the one who is also God► (OR, who have not accepted what God’s Son has done for them) have not begun to live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_13","092_5_13","1JN","5","13","13","I have written this letter to you who believe that Jesus is MTY ◄God’s Son/the one who is also God► in order that you may know that you have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_14","092_5_14","1JN","5","14","14","Because we have a close relationship with him, we are very confident that he hears us when we ask him to do anything that is in accordance with ◄his will/what he desires►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_15","092_5_15","1JN","5","15","15","And since we know that he hears whenever we ask him for something, we also know that it is as though he has already done what we requested him to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_16","092_5_16","1JN","5","16","16","Those who see one of their fellow believers sinning in a way that does not result in being eternally separated from God should ask God to help that fellow believer; and as a result God  will help that fellow believer and enable him or her to live eternally. But some people  sin in a manner that causes them  to be separated from God eternally. I am not saying that you should  ask God to help  people who sin like that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_17","092_5_17","1JN","5","17","17","Everyone who does what is wrong is sinning, but there are some sins that do not cause a person to be separated from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_18","092_5_18","1JN","5","18","18","We know that if a person has new life from God MET, that person does not continue sinning. Instead, the ◄Son of/one who is also► God protects him so that Satan, the evil one, does not harm him spiritually. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_19","092_5_19","1JN","5","19","19","We know that we belong to God, and we know that the evil one controls all the evil people in MTY the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_20","092_5_20","1JN","5","20","20","We also know that ◄God’s Son/the one who is also God► has come to us, and we know that he has enabled us to know God, the one who is really/truly God. So now we have a close relationship with God because we belong to Jesus Christ, the one who is the ◄Son of/man who is also► God. Jesus Christ is truly God, and he is the one who enables us to have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J15_21","092_5_21","1JN","5","21","21","I say to you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from worshipping gods that have no real power! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_1","093_1_1","2JN","1","1","1","You all know me as the chief Elder. I am writing this letter to all of you MET in your congregation. God has chosen you, and I love you truly! Not only do I myself love you, but all those who know and accept the true message that Jesus taught also love you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_2","093_1_2","2JN","1","2","2","All of us believe God’s true message. It is in our ◄inner beings/hearts► and we will continue to believe it forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_3","093_1_3","2JN","1","3","3","God the Father and Jesus Christ, who is ◄his Son/the man who is also God►, will continue to act kindly and mercifully toward us because they love us. They will enable us to have inner peace, because we believe their true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_4","093_1_4","2JN","1","4","4","I am very happy because I learned about some of you SYN who are conducting your lives in a manner that is ◄consistent/in accordance► with God’s true message. You are doing that just like our Father God commanded us to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_5","093_1_5","2JN","1","5","5","And now, dear congregation MET, there is something that I am requesting you to do. I am writing this not to command that you do something new, but that you continue to do what God commanded when we first began MTY to believe his true message. What he commanded is that we love each other. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_6","093_1_6","2JN","1","6","6","And we really/truly are loving God when we are conducting our lives in accordance with whatever he commands us to do. What he commands us to do is to continue to love one another. That is exactly what you heard when you first began MTY to believe God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_7","093_1_7","2JN","1","7","7","Many people who deceive others have left your congregation and have now gone out among other people who are in your area MTY. They are the ones who ◄do not acknowledge/refuse to say► that Jesus Christ became human. They are the very ones who deceive people and oppose what we teach about Christ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_8","093_1_8","2JN","1","8","8","So be sure that you do not let those teachers deceive you! If you let them deceive you, you will lose the reward which we, together with you, have been working for, and you will not receive the complete reward of being eternally united to God! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_9","093_1_9","2JN","1","9","9","Those who change what Christ taught and do not continue to believe what he taught do not have a relationship with God. But those who continue to believe what Christ taught have a close relationship with both God, our Father, and with ◄his Son/the one who is also God►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_10","093_1_10","2JN","1","10","10","So when anyone comes to you who teaches something different from what Christ taught, do not welcome him into your homes! Do not encourage him by ◄wishing him well/greeting him as a fellow believer► in any way! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_11","093_1_11","2JN","1","11","11","I say that because if you treat people like that as you would treat a fellow believer, God will punish you along with them for the evil that they do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_12","093_1_12","2JN","1","12","12","Even though I have much more that I want to tell you, I have decided not to say it in a letter MTY. Instead, I expect to be with you soon and talk directly with you. Then we can be completely joyful together. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J21_13","093_1_13","2JN","1","13","13","Your fellow believers here MET, ones whom God has also chosen, ◄send their greetings to you/say that they are thinking affectionately about you►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_1","094_1_1","3JN","1","1","1","You(sg) know me as the chief Elder. I am writing this letter to you, my dear friend Gaius, whom I truly love. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_2","094_1_2","3JN","1","2","2","Dear friend, I ask God that things may go well for you in every way, specifically, that you will be physically healthy just like you are spiritually healthy MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_3","094_1_3","3JN","1","3","3","I am very happy because some fellow believers have come here and told me that you conduct your life in a manner that is consistent with God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_4","094_1_4","3JN","1","4","4","I am very happy when I hear that ◄people whom I helped to believe in Christ/my spiritual children► are conducting their lives like you are! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_5","094_1_5","3JN","1","5","5","Dear friend, you are serving Jesus loyally/faithfully whenever you do things to help fellow believers, even those whom you do not know, who are traveling around doing God’s work. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_6","094_1_6","3JN","1","6","6","Some of them have reported before the congregation here how you have showed that you love them. You should continue to help such people in their travels in a way that is pleasing to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_7","094_1_7","3JN","1","7","7","When those fellow believers went out to tell people about Jesus MTY, the people who do not believe in Christ did not give them anything to help them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_8","094_1_8","3JN","1","8","8","So we who believe in Christ ought to give food and money to such people to help them as they teach others God’s true message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_9","094_1_9","3JN","1","9","9","I wrote a letter to the congregation telling them to help those fellow believers. However, Diotrephes does not ◄acknowledge my authority/pay any attention to what I wrote►, because he ◄desires to be in charge/wants to be the leader► of the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_10","094_1_10","3JN","1","10","10","So, when I arrive there, I will publicly tell what he does: He tells others evil nonsense about us in order to harm us by what he says, and he is not content with only doing that. He himself refuses to receive the fellow believers who are traveling around doing God’s work, and he also stops those who want to receive them by expelling them from the congregation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_11","094_1_11","3JN","1","11","11","Dear friend, do not imitate a bad example like that. Instead, keep imitating good examples. Remember that people who do good deeds ◄truly belong to God/are spiritual children of God►, but those who do what is evil do not ◄know/have fellowship with► God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_12","094_1_12","3JN","1","12","12","All the believers who know Demetrius say that he is a good person. The fact that he conducts his life in a way that is consistent/in accordance with God’s true message shows that he is a good person, and we also say the same thing about him. You know that what we say about him is true. So it will be good if you welcome him and help him. He is the one who will be bringing this letter to you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_13","094_1_13","3JN","1","13","13","When I began to write this letter, I had much more that I intended to tell you. But now I do not want to say it in a letter MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_14","094_1_14","3JN","1","14","14","Instead, I expect to come and see you soon. Then we will talk directly with one another. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("J31_15","094_1_15","3JN","1","15","15","I pray that God will enable you to experience inner peace. Our friends here ◄send you their greetings/say that they are thinking affectionately about you► MTY. Tell our friends there that we ◄send our greetings to/are thinking fondly about► them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_1","095_1_1","JUD","1","1","1","I am Jude. I serve Jesus Christ like a voluntary slave MET. I am a younger brother of James, the leader of all the congregations. I am writing to you whom God has chosen to belong to him. You are loved by God our Father and protected by Jesus Christ (OR, whom God has protected to present to Jesus Christ). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_2","095_1_2","JUD","1","2","2","I pray that you will continue to experience very much God acting mercifully toward you, causing you to have inner peace, and loving you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_3","095_1_3","JUD","1","3","3","You whom I love, I ◄was very eager/very much wanted► to write to you about that which we all ◄share/have in common►, which is how ◄God/Jesus Christ► has saved us. But now I realize that it is necessary for me to write to you in order to exhort you to defend the truth about Christ that we believe. Jesus and his apostles gave that truth once and for all to us who belong to God, and we must not let it be changed {anyone revise/change it}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_4","095_1_4","JUD","1","4","4","Some people falsely teach that because God kindly does for us what we do not deserve, it ◄does not matter/is all right► if we continue to sin. Those people show by the way that they conduct their lives that they do not want to admit/accept that Jesus Christ is our only Master and Lord. It was written long ago {Someone long ago wrote} that God would condemn ◄such ungodly people/people like that whose lives are displeasing to him►. But some of those people have entered MET like crawling snakes into your congregations and oppose the truth about Christ, so you must resist/oppose them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_5","095_1_5","JUD","1","5","5","Although you previously knew all these things, there are certain things about which I desire to remind you. Do not forget that although the Lord rescued his people from Egypt, he later destroyed most of those same people, ones who did not believe in him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_6","095_1_6","JUD","1","6","6","And there were many angels to whom God assigned/gave positions of authority in heaven. But many did not continue to rule with authority in those positions. Instead, they abandoned the place that God gave them to live in heaven. So God has put those angels in chains forever in the darkness in hell. They will stay there until the great day when God will judge and punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_7","095_1_7","JUD","1","7","7","Similarly, the people who lived MTY in Sodom and Gomorrah cities and the nearby cities committed sexual immorality. They sought all kinds of sexual relations that differ from what God permits. So God destroyed their cities. What happened to those people and those angels shows that God will punish people, such as the ones who teach false doctrine, in the eternal fire of hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_8","095_1_8","JUD","1","8","8","Similarly, these ungodly people in your midst also defile their own bodies by living immorally, because they claim/say that God revealed in visions that they should act that way. They refuse to allow anyone to have authority over them, and they ◄revile/speak evil about► God’s glorious/wonderful angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_9","095_1_9","JUD","1","9","9","When ◄the devil/Satan► argued with the chief angel, Michael, about who would take away the body of the prophet Moses to bury it, Michael did not do as these teachers of false doctrine do. Even though Michael has much more authority than they do, he did not disrespectfully ◄revile/say evil things to► Satan and accuse/condemn him. Instead, he only said, “I desire that the Lord God will rebuke you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_10","095_1_10","JUD","1","10","10","But the ones in your midst who teach false doctrine ◄revile/speak evil against► the spiritual beings that they do not understand. They also do the evil things that they desire, things that they know about ◄naturally/without needing to think►, things that they just do without considering the consequences/results, like animals. So they destroy themselves. But they will also be punished by God {God will also punish them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_11","095_1_11","JUD","1","11","11","God will do terrible things to those who teach false doctrine! They conduct their lives wickedly like Cain, who murdered his brother because he was ◄jealous/angry because God accepted his brother’s sacrifice and did not accept his►. These false teachers ◄devote themselves to MET doing wrong things like Balaam, who tried to induce God’s people to sin in order to get the money that was offered to him. They will perish like Korah, who rebelled against the authority that God gave to Moses. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_12","095_1_12","JUD","1","12","12","Those teachers of false doctrine are as dangerous to you as MET ◄hidden rocks on a reef/rocks underneath the surface of the ocean► are to a boat. When you gather together to eat the meals that help you believers to love each other more and have a closer relationship with each other, they join you and carouse shamelessly, caring only for themselves and not for others. Because they do not do anything to help others MET, they are as useless as clouds that are blown along by the wind {that the wind blows along} but that do not produce/give any rain. They are as disappointing as MET trees that do not produce fruit in the autumn as we expect them to. They are not only spiritually MET dead themselves, but they are not able to cause others to be alive spiritually, just like MET trees that have been {that someone has} uprooted and as a result are unable to produce any fruit. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_13","095_1_13","JUD","1","13","13","They are restless MET, like the pounding waves of the ocean. Just like waves produce foul-smelling foam on the shore, those teachers of false doctrine do shameful MTY deeds. We cannot depend/rely on them to show us how to conduct our lives MET, just like we cannot depend/rely on ◄meteors/falling stars► to show us the way when we travel. God has reserved intense darkness for them forever in hell. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_14","095_1_14","JUD","1","14","14","Enoch, the sixth person in the line of people who descended from Adam, prophesied this about those teachers of false doctrine: “Listen carefully to this: The Lord will certainly come with a countless number of his holy angels in order ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_15","095_1_15","JUD","1","15","15","to judge everyone, and to punish all wicked and ◄ungodly people/people whose lives are displeasing to God► for all the ◄ungodly things/things that displease God► that they did in ◄an ungodly way/a way that displeases God►, and for all the harsh things that ungodly sinful people have spoken against him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_16","095_1_16","JUD","1","16","16","Those teachers of false doctrine grumble about the things that God does. They complain about what happens to them. They do the sinful things that their bodies desire. They talk boastfully. They ◄flatter/say nice things to► people, only in order to get those people to give them the things that they want. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_17","095_1_17","JUD","1","17","17","But you people whom I love need to remember the things that were predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ {that the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ said would happen}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_18","095_1_18","JUD","1","18","18","They told you, “In the final period of time in which we are now living there will be people who will laugh at the truths that God has revealed. They will do the ◄ungodly things/things that are displeasing to God► that their bodies desire.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_19","095_1_19","JUD","1","19","19","That describes the teachers of false doctrine well, because they are the ones who cause divisions among believers. They do what their own minds tell them to do. The Spirit of God does not live within them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_20","095_1_20","JUD","1","20","20","But you people whom I love, ◄hold/continue to trust► firmly to the very sacred truths that you believe. Pray by letting the Holy Spirit enable/empower you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_21","095_1_21","JUD","1","21","21","Keep conducting your lives in a way that is appropriate for those whom God loves. Keep constantly expecting that our Lord Jesus Christ will act mercifully toward you. Keep expecting that until the time when we begin living eternally with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_22","095_1_22","JUD","1","22","22","Mercifully help those who are not certain what teaching they should believe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_23","095_1_23","JUD","1","23","23","Rescue others from the influence of those who teach what is false MET, as you would rescue things by snatching them from a fire. Pity those whom the teachers of false doctrine have completely convinced, but beware that you yourselves are not influenced by them {that they do not influence you}. Detest doing or even thinking about the sins that those people commit, just like you would detest MET touching not only filthy things but the clothes that were stained by those things {that those things stained}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_24","095_1_24","JUD","1","24","24","God is able to keep you from ceasing to trust in him (OR, from sinning), and he is able to bring you into his glorious presence. As you stand before him, there will be nothing for which you will be condemned {he can condemn you}, and you will be rejoicing greatly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("JD1_25","095_1_25","JUD","1","25","25","He is the only true God. He has saved us as a result of what Jesus Christ our Lord did for us. God was glorious and great and mighty and he ruled with great authority before time began. He is still like that, and he will remain like that forever! ◄Amen!/That is true!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_1","096_1_1","REV","1","1","1","This book tells the message that God revealed to Jesus Christ. God revealed it to him in order that he might reveal to his servants the things/events that must happen soon. Jesus communicated this message to me, his servant John, by sending his angel to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_2","096_1_2","REV","1","2","2","As I write it, I, John, am truthfully reporting everything that I saw and heard, the message from God that Jesus Christ truthfully reported to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_3","096_1_3","REV","1","3","3","God is pleased with those who read this book to the congregations, and he will be pleased with those who listen carefully to it and obey what he has commanded in this prophetic message that I am writing. So read this message to the congregations, listen carefully to it, and obey it, because these things that Jesus has revealed will happen soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_4","096_1_4","REV","1","4","4","I, John, am writing this to you believers in the seven congregations that are located in Asia province. I pray that God the Father, God’s Spirit, and Jesus Christ be kind to (OR, bless) you and cause you to have inner peace. God the Father is the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. The Spirit of God, who is in front of God’s throne, has all kinds of power (OR, The Spirit of God is symbolized by seven spirits who are in front of God’s throne). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_5","096_1_5","REV","1","5","5","Jesus Christ is the one who has faithfully told people about God. He is the first one ◄whom God has raised from the dead/who became alive again after being dead►, in order to show that God will raise us who trust in Jesus. Jesus is the one who rules the kings of the earth. He is the one who loves us. He is the one who has erased the record our sins. He did that by shedding his blood when he died on the cross. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_6","096_1_6","REV","1","6","6","He is the one who has caused us to become people whose lives God rules, and he has made us to be priests who serve  God his Father. As a result of this, we acknowledge that Jesus Christ is eternally divine and eternally powerful. ◄Amen!/That is true!► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_7","096_1_7","REV","1","7","7","Listen carefully! Christ will surely come in the midst of the clouds in order that he may judge the rebellious people of earth, and everyone SYN will see him come. Even those who are responsible for piercing and killing him MTY will see him come. People from all people-groups on earth will mourn because he will punish them. ◄Amen!/May it be so.► ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_8","096_1_8","REV","1","8","8","The Lord God declares, “I am the one who created everything, and I am the one who will cause everything to end MET.” He is the one who exists, who has always existed, and who will always exist. He is the Almighty One. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_9","096_1_9","REV","1","9","9","I, John, your fellow believer, am suffering as you are because of our letting Jesus rule our lives. We are steadfastly enduring trials because of our relationship with him. I was punished by being sent/exiled to Patmos island because of my proclaiming God’s message and telling people about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_10","096_1_10","REV","1","10","10","God’s Spirit took control of me on one of the days that we believers met to worship the Lord. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_11","096_1_11","REV","1","11","11","At that time, I heard behind me someone speaking to me as loudly and as clearly SIM as a trumpet. He was saying to me, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to seven congregations. Send it to the congregations in Ephesus city, in Smyrna city, in Pergamum city, in Thyatira city, in Sardis city, in Philadelphia city, and in Laodicea city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_12","096_1_12","REV","1","12","12","In this vision I turned in order that I might see who had spoken to me SYN. When I turned, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_13","096_1_13","REV","1","13","13","I saw seven golden lampstands. In the midst of the lampstands there was someone who looked like he came from heaven. He wore a robe that reached to his feet, and he wore a gold band around his chest. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_14","096_1_14","REV","1","14","14","The hair on his head was white like white wool or like snow. His eyes were shining brightly SIM, like a flame of fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_15","096_1_15","REV","1","15","15","His feet looked like brass that glows as it is being purified {as people purify it} in a furnace. When he spoke, his voice sounded like the sound made by a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_16","096_1_16","REV","1","16","16","In his right hand he held seven stars. A sword that had two sharp edges extended from his mouth. His face shone as bright as the sun shines at midday MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_17","096_1_17","REV","1","17","17","When I saw him, I fell down at his feet and was unable to move or speak SIM, as though I were dead. But he put his right hand on me and said to me, “Don’t be afraid! I am the one who created all things and the one who will cause all things to end. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_18","096_1_18","REV","1","18","18","I am the living one. Although I died, I am alive again and will live forever! I have the power to cause people to die, and I have authority over the place where all the dead people are. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_19","096_1_19","REV","1","19","19","So write the vision that you are seeing. Write about the conditions that exist now, and the events that are about to happen next. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV1_20","096_1_20","REV","1","20","20","The meaning of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands that you saw is this: The seven stars in my hand represent the leaders, who are like angels, who watch over the seven congregations, and the seven lampstands represent the seven congregations.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_1","096_2_1","REV","2","1","1","He also said to me, “Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Ephesus city: ‘I am saying these things to you: I am the one who firmly holds the seven stars in my right hand. I am the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_2","096_2_2","REV","2","2","2","I know what you do: You labor for me intensely, and you continue to serve me steadfastly. I know that you cannot tolerate people who teach what is evil MTY, and that you investigated people who falsely claimed that they are apostles, and you found that they were lying. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_3","096_2_3","REV","2","3","3","I know also that you continue to serve me steadfastly. Even when people ◄caused you to suffer/persecuted you►, you continued to serve me because you believe in me, and you have not become too tired to keep on serving me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_4","096_2_4","REV","2","4","4","Nevertheless, I have this complaint against you: You no longer love each other and me as you did when you first MTY trusted in me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_5","096_2_5","REV","2","5","5","So, I tell you to remember how you used to love me and each other, and to realize that you no longer love as you did. I tell you to turn away from your sin of not loving me and each other, and start loving each other and me again as you did at first. If you do not turn away from your sinful behavior, I will come to judge you and cause your group to cease to be a Christian congregation MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_6","096_2_6","REV","2","6","6","But you have the following good quality: Those Nicolaitans teach you believers that you can worship idols and that you may act immorally. However, you hate such teaching, just like I also hate it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_7","096_2_7","REV","2","7","7","Everyone who wants to understand my message MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who overcomes Satan, I will give the right to eat fruit MTY from the tree that gives eternal life, the tree that is in God’s garden.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_8","096_2_8","REV","2","8","8","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Smyrna city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am the one who caused everything to have a beginning and who will cause all things to end. I am the one who died and became alive again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_9","096_2_9","REV","2","9","9","I know that you suffer because of what unbelievers do to you, and that you lack material possessions. But I also know that you are spiritually MET rich. I know that people ◄slander/say evil things about► you. They say that they are Jews, but I do not consider that they are Jews. I consider that they belong to the group that Satan controls! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_10","096_2_10","REV","2","10","10","Do not be afraid of any of the things that you are about to suffer. The truth is that the devil is about to put some of you in prison, to tempt you to deny that you believe in me. For a short period of time you will suffer because of what people will do to you MTY. Continue to trust in me, even if they kill you because you trust in me. As a result, I will reward you with eternal life, just like MET people reward a victorious athlete by putting a wreath on his head. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_11","096_2_11","REV","2","11","11","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations. After those who conquer Satan die, they will live with God. They will never suffer again, even though many others will suffer as though they died a second time.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_12","096_2_12","REV","2","12","12","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Pergamum city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am the one who has the sharp two-edged sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_13","096_2_13","REV","2","13","13","I know where you live: It is where Satan controls MTY people. I know that you firmly believe in me MTY. You did not deny that you believe/trust in me, not even in the time when Antipas, ◄my faithful witness/who faithfully told people about me►, was alive. He was killed {People killed him} in your city, a city where people habitually obey Satan. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_14","096_2_14","REV","2","14","14","Nevertheless, I have this complaint against you: You permit some of your members to teach things like Balaam taught long ago. He taught Balak to persuade the Israeli people to sin. Specifically, he taught them to eat food that had been offered to idols, and to practice sexual immorality. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_15","096_2_15","REV","2","15","15","In that way, you are also permitting some of your members to practice what the Nicolaitans teach, which is like what Balaam taught. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_16","096_2_16","REV","2","16","16","So you must stop doing this. If you do not stop doing it, I will come to you suddenly. Using the words that I will say I will fight against those who believe this false teaching MTY, and I will ◄condemn them/say that they must be punished►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_17","096_2_17","REV","2","17","17","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations. To everyone who conquers Satan, I will give blessings that will be like the food called manna that is in a jar that is {that someone has} hidden. I will also give them a white stone on which I will engrave a new name, a name that no one but the ones who receive it will know.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_18","096_2_18","REV","2","18","18","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Thyatira city: ‘I, ◄the Son of God/the one who is also God►, am saying these things to you: I am the one whose eyes shine SIM like a flame of fire, and whose feet shine MET like fine brass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_19","096_2_19","REV","2","19","19","I know that you love me and each other, and that you trust in me. I know that you serve others and that you steadfastly endure a lot of difficulties/trials. I know that you are doing these things more now than you have done them in the past. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_20","096_2_20","REV","2","20","20","Nevertheless, I have this complaint about you: You tolerate that woman among your members who is like MET that wicked queen Jezebel who lived long ago. She says that she ◄is a prophetess/proclaims messages that come directly from God►, but through what she teaches she is deceiving my servants. She is urging them to commit sexual immorality and to eat food that they have offered to idols. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_21","096_2_21","REV","2","21","21","Although I gave her time to stop her sexual immorality and pagan practices, she did not want to stop doing them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_22","096_2_22","REV","2","22","22","As a result, I will cause her to become very ill MTY. I will also cause those who act immorally as she does MET to suffer greatly, if they do not stop doing what she does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_23","096_2_23","REV","2","23","23","Some have become like her children by doing what she teaches MET; I will certainly get rid of them. As a result, all the congregations will recognize that I am the one who finds out what everyone thinks and desires MTY. I will reward each of you according to what you have done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_24","096_2_24","REV","2","24","24","But I have something good to say about the rest of you believers in Thyatira. It is good that you do not accept that false teaching. It is good that you reject what those teachers call their ‘secret practices’, practices that Satan inspired (OR, what those teachers facetiously call the secret, profound practices that Satan inspires). I will not burden you with any commands other than that which you already have been told. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_25","096_2_25","REV","2","25","25","Just keep believing firmly in me, and obey me until I return. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_26","096_2_26","REV","2","26","26","As for those who conquer Satan and who (OR, because they) keep on doing what I command until they die, I will give them authority, just like I myself received it from my Father. They will exercise that authority over the nations that rebel against God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_27","096_2_27","REV","2","27","27","They will rule them severely as if they were striking them HYP with an iron rod. They will destroy those who do evil things just like people shatter clay pots MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_28","096_2_28","REV","2","28","28","I will also enable everyone who conquers Satan to shine gloriously like the morning star does MTY, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV2_29","096_2_29","REV","2","29","29","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_1","096_3_1","REV","3","1","1","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Sardis city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am the one who can give to people all the power of God’s Spirit (OR, in whom is the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power; OR, who has God’s Spirit, who is symbolized as seven spirits), and I am the one who has the seven stars. I know everything that you have done. You (pl) appear to be alive spiritually, but you are so weak spiritually it is as though you are dead MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_2","096_3_2","REV","3","2","2","Become aware of your spiritual need as though you were awaking from sleep MET, and strengthen yourself spiritually, because you are so useless that you are like someone who is about to die MET. You must do this because I know that my God considers that nothing that you do is satisfactory. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_3","096_3_3","REV","3","3","3","So then, keep remembering God’s message, what you accepted when you heard it. Obey it continually, and turn away from your sinful behavior. If you do not become aware of your spiritual need and turn away from your MET sinful behavior, I will come to you when you are not expecting me, as a thief comes SIM. You will never know at what time I will come to judge you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_4","096_3_4","REV","3","4","4","Nevertheless, there in Sardis you have a few members who have not been doing what is wrong. It is as though they have not soiled their garments MET. As a result, because they are worthy to live with me, they will live with me and will be pure in every way MET, like people who are dressed in pure white clothing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_5","096_3_5","REV","3","5","5","Everyone who conquers Satan I will dress in these same white garments MET (OR, will be pure in every way as though they are dressed in these white garments), and I will never erase their names from the book that contains the names of the people who have eternal life. Instead, as my Father and his angels are listening, I will acknowledge that they MTY belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_6","096_3_6","REV","3","6","6","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_7","096_3_7","REV","3","7","7","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Philadelphia city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am God’s Holy One, the True One. Just like King David had authority MTY to allow people to enter the ancient city of Jerusalem, so I have the authority to allow people to enter my kingdom. I am the one who opens doors so that no one can close them, and who closes doors so that no one can open them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_8","096_3_8","REV","3","8","8","I know everything you have done. Be aware that I have opened a door before you, a door that no one can close. I know that although there are not many believers (OR, much spiritual strength) MTY in your congregation, you have obeyed what I say, and you have not denied that you believe in me MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_9","096_3_9","REV","3","9","9","I am aware that some of your people meet together with those who follow/worship Satan. They claim to be Jews, but I know that they are not true Jews. They are lying. I will cause them to come to you and to bow down humbly at your feet and to acknowledge that I love you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_10","096_3_10","REV","3","10","10","Because you have paid attention to the message to endure patiently when you suffered, I will keep you safe from those who will try to harm you spiritually during the period/time that is about to come. At that time God will cause rebellious people on the earth to suffer, in order that I can determine whether they will turn away from their sins or not. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_11","096_3_11","REV","3","11","11","I am coming soon. So continue believe firmly the message that you have received, in order that no one may cause you to lose the reward that God has reserved for you. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_12","096_3_12","REV","3","12","12","I will make everyone who conquers Satan secure. They will stand in the temple of my God, they will stand firm like MET pillars, and they will remain there forever. I will mark them with the name of my God, showing that they belong to him. I will also mark them with the name of the city of my God, showing that they will live there. That city is the New Jerusalem, the city that my God will cause to descend down from heaven. I will also mark them with my new name, showing that they belong to me. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_13","096_3_13","REV","3","13","13","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_14","096_3_14","REV","3","14","14","“Write this message to the leader MET of the congregation in Laodicea city: ‘I am saying these things to you. I am the one who ◄guarantees everything that God’s promises/confirms that he will do all that he has promised► MET. I am the one who testifies about God reliably and accurately. I am the one who God used to create everything. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_15","096_3_15","REV","3","15","15","I know everything that you have done: You neither deny that you trust in me nor love/obey me zealously/wholeheartedly. You are like water that is neither cold nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_16","096_3_16","REV","3","16","16","Because you are neither enthusiastic about me nor concerned about your lack of spiritual growth MET, I am about to reject you MET, as if I were spitting lukewarm water out of my mouth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_17","096_3_17","REV","3","17","17","You are saying, “Because we have all that we need spiritually, we are like rich people who have acquired a lot of wealth. We lack nothing!” But you do not realize that you are lacking in so many ways spiritually that you are like MET people who are very wretched and pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_18","096_3_18","REV","3","18","18","I advise you to obtain from me all that you need spiritually, as though you were buying from me gold that has been refined by fire {that fire has refined}, in order that you may be truly rich MET spiritually. Let me make you righteous, as though you were MET buying from me white garments in order that you might wear clothes instead of being naked and ashamed. Let me help you to perceive spiritual things, as though MET you were buying from me eye salve to put in your eyes in order that you might see. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_19","096_3_19","REV","3","19","19","Since I rebuke and correct all those whom I affectionately love, earnestly stop your sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_20","096_3_20","REV","3","20","20","Be aware that I invite each one of you to respond to me as though MET I was standing waiting at your door and knocking. I will come to all those who hear my voice and respond to me, and I will fellowship with them as friends do when they eat together MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_21","096_3_21","REV","3","21","21","I will permit everyone who conquers Satan to sit and rule with me on my throne, just like I conquered Satan and now sit and rule beside my Father on his throne. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV3_22","096_3_22","REV","3","22","22","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to the message that God’s Spirit speaks to the congregations.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_1","096_4_1","REV","4","1","1","After these things I, John, saw in the vision that there was a door open in heaven. The one whose voice was like SIM a loud trumpet, the one who had spoken to me previously, said to me, “Come up here! I will show you events that must happen later.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_2","096_4_2","REV","4","2","2","Immediately I experienced that God’s Spirit was specially controlling me. There was a throne there in heaven, and on the throne someone was sitting and ruling. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_3","096_4_3","REV","4","3","3","He shone like SIM a brilliant crystalline jasper jewel and like a brilliant red carnelian jewel. Around the throne was a rainbow that shone like a brilliant green emerald jewel. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_4","096_4_4","REV","4","4","4","Around the throne there were 24 other thrones. On these thrones 24 elders were sitting. They were wearing pure white garments and had golden crowns on their heads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_5","096_4_5","REV","4","5","5","From the throne there came lightning and rumblings and thundering. Seven torches of fire were burning in front of the throne. Those represent the Spirit of God, who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_6","096_4_6","REV","4","6","6","In front of the throne there was what looked like an ocean made of glass. It was clear, like crystal. On each of the four sides of the throne there was a living creature. Each one was covered with eyes in front and behind. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_7","096_4_7","REV","4","7","8","The first living creature was like a lion. The second living creature was like an ox. The third living creature had a face like a man’s face. The fourth living creature was like an eagle that was flying. Each of the four living creatures had six wings. They were covered with eyes, all around their bodies and under their wings. Day and night they continually LIT sing: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty One. He is the one who has always existed, who exists now, and who will always exist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_9","096_4_9","REV","4","9","10","The living creatures praise, honor DOU, and thank the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever. Whenever they do that, the 24 elders ◄prostrate themselves/kneel down► before the one who sits on the throne, and they worship him, the one who lives forever. They lay their crowns in front of the throne and sing: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV4_11","096_4_11","REV","4","11","11","Our(exc) Lord and God, you are worthy that all beings praise you, you are worthy that all beings honor you, and you are worthy that all beings acknowledge that you are the powerful one, because you alone created all things. Moreover, because you planned that they should exist, you created them, and so they exist. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_1","096_5_1","REV","5","1","1","I saw that there was a scroll in the right hand of the one who was sitting on the throne. The scroll was written on its outside as well as on its inside, and it was sealed {Someone had written on the outside as well as on the inside of the scroll and sealed it} with seven seals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_2","096_5_2","REV","5","2","2","I saw a strong angel who was announcing in a loud voice, “◄The person who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it should come to do it!/Who is worthy to break the seals of the scroll and then to open it?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_3","096_5_3","REV","5","3","3","But no created being in heaven nor any created being on the earth nor any created being under the earth was able to open the scroll and see what was written on it. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_4","096_5_4","REV","5","4","4","I cried loudly because there was no one worthy to do that. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_5","096_5_5","REV","5","5","5","But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry any longer! Look, the one who is called the Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Messiah who is the descendant of King David, has overcome Satan! As a result, he is worthy to break the seven seals on the scroll and open it!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_6","096_5_6","REV","5","6","6","Then I saw Jesus, the one who is like a MET sacrificial lamb, standing there. He stood near the throne, in the midst of the four living creatures and the elders. It appeared that he had been killed {that people had killed him}, but he was alive again. He had seven horns on his head, and he had seven eyes that symbolize the Spirit of God who has all kinds of power (OR, who is also symbolized as seven spirits). He sends God’s Spirit out into all the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_7","096_5_7","REV","5","7","7","He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_8","096_5_8","REV","5","8","8","When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the 24 elders ◄prostrated themselves/knelt down► before Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, to worship him. They each had a harp, and they had golden bowls full of incense that represents the prayers of God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_9","096_5_9","REV","5","9","9","The living creatures and the elders sang a new song. They sang: You are worthy to receive the scroll and to open its seals, because you were killed, and because you redeemed/bought people for God from every tribe, language MTY, people-group, and nation with the blood that flowed from your body when you died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_10","096_5_10","REV","5","10","10","You have caused them to become a people over whom our God rules, and to become priests who serve him, and they will rule on MTY the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_11","096_5_11","REV","5","11","11","As I continued to look, I heard the voices of many angels around the throne and around the living creatures and the elders. There were millions of them, a crowd so large that no one could count them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_12","096_5_12","REV","5","12","12","They were singing in a loud voice: “The one who is like a lamb was killed {whom his enemies killed} but he became alive again. He is worthy that all created beings acknowledge that he is infinitely powerful, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, and infinitely strong! He is worthy of being honored and praised by all created beings!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_13","096_5_13","REV","5","13","13","I also heard every creature that is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the ocean, every creature in all those places, saying (OR, singing): “We must forever praise and honor the one who sits on the throne and the one who is like a lamb, May they reign with complete power forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV5_14","096_5_14","REV","5","14","14","The four living creatures said, “◄Amen!/May it be so!►” Then the elders prostrated themselves and worshipped God and Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_1","096_6_1","REV","6","1","1","I saw that Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, opened the first of the seven seals of the scroll. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice as loud as SIM thunder, “Come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_2","096_6_2","REV","6","2","2","Then I saw a white horse come out. The one who sat on it had a bow and arrows. God gave him a crown to show that he was the king. Then the one who conquers people went out to continue to conquer people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_3","096_6_3","REV","6","3","3","When the one who was like a lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_4","096_6_4","REV","6","4","4","Then a red horse came out. The one sitting on it was allowed {God allowed the one sitting on it} to cause people to no longer live peacefully, but instead to be killing each other. For this purpose he was given {God’s agent gave to him} a large sword. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_5","096_6_5","REV","6","5","5","When the one who is like a lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” This time, I saw a black horse come out. The one who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_6","096_6_6","REV","6","6","6","I heard a voice that sounded like it was coming from among the four living creatures. It was saying ◄to the horseman/to the man who was sitting on the black horse►, “A quart of wheat will cost so much that a man must work a whole day to earn enough money to buy it, and three quarts of barley will sell for the same price. But do not cut off the supply of olive oil or the wine MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_7","096_6_7","REV","6","7","7","When the one who is like a lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature say, “Come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_8","096_6_8","REV","6","8","8","This time I saw a pale horse come out. The one who sat on it is named ‘The one who causes death PRS’, and the one that is named ‘The place where dead people go’ accompanied him. God gave them authority over one quarter of the people on earth to incite them to kill each other with weapons SYN, and also authority to kill them ◄by causing them to starve, by their causing them to become sick from epidemics, and by their causing them to be attacked by wild animals. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_9","096_6_9","REV","6","9","9","When the one who is like a lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under (OR, at the base of) the altar in heaven the souls of God’s servants who had been killed {whom people had killed} because of their believing God’s message, and because they told others the message about Jesus. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_10","096_6_10","REV","6","10","10","They spoke loudly to God saying, “Sovereign/Almighty Lord, you are holy and faithful. How long will it be before you judge and punish the people on earth who murdered us(exc)?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_11","096_6_11","REV","6","11","11","God gave to each of them a long white robe, and he told them to rest a little longer until people killed all the believers who served the Lord with them. They were believers whom God wanted to die in just the same way that these others had been killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_12","096_6_12","REV","6","12","12","I saw that when the one who is like a lamb opened the sixth seal, the earth shook violently. The sun became as black as cloth made ◄of black wool/of pitch►. The whole moon became red SIM like blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_13","096_6_13","REV","6","13","13","The stars fell to the earth in great numbers, just SIM like immature figs fall when a fig tree is shaken by a strong wind {when a strong wind shakes a fig tree}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_14","096_6_14","REV","6","14","14","The sky split open and rolled up on either side just SIM like an old scroll rolls up when it is split in two. Every mountain and island moved out of its place. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_15","096_6_15","REV","6","15","15","As a result, all the rebellious people of the earth, including kings, high-ranking people, generals, the rich people, the powerful people, along with everyone else, both slave and free, hid themselves in caves and between the mountain rocks. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_16","096_6_16","REV","6","16","16","They shouted to the mountains and to the rocks, “Fall on us (exc) and hide us (exc) in order that the one who sits upon the throne will not be able to see us (exc) MTY, and in order that the one who is like a lamb will not be able to punish MTY us (exc). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV6_17","096_6_17","REV","6","17","17","This is the terrible day on which they will punish MTY us (exc), and when that happens, no one will be able to survive! RHQ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_1","096_7_1","REV","7","1","1","After this I saw four angels. One was standing at the north, one at the east, one at the south, and one at the west. They were restraining the winds that blew from all directions MTY to keep them from blowing destructively on the earth or on the ocean or even on any tree. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_2","096_7_2","REV","7","2","2","I saw another angel come up from the east. He was carrying God’s seal. With this seal God, who is all-powerful, marks his own people to protect them. The angel called out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom he had given power to harm the earth and the ocean. He said ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_3","096_7_3","REV","7","3","3","to them, “Do not harm the earth or the ocean or the trees until we (exc) have marked the servants of our (inc) God on their foreheads.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_4","096_7_4","REV","7","4","4","Then the angel and his fellow angels marked all God’s servants. I heard the number of people who were marked {whom the angels marked} because of their being God’s servants. The number was 144,000. They were from all the tribes of Israel. They symbolized the complete number of people whom God would protect. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_5","096_7_5","REV","7","5","5","The angels marked 12,000 people from the tribe of Judah, 12,000 from the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 from the tribe of Gad, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_6","096_7_6","REV","7","6","6","12,000 from the tribe of Asher, 12,000 from the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 from the tribe of Manasseh, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_7","096_7_7","REV","7","7","7","12,000 from the tribe of Simeon, 12,000 from the tribe of Levi, 12.000 from the tribe of Issachar, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_8","096_7_8","REV","7","8","8","12,000 from the tribe of Zebulun, 12,000 from the tribe of Joseph, and 12,000 from the tribe of Benjamin. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_9","096_7_9","REV","7","9","9","After these things I saw a huge crowd. There were so many people that no one would be able to count them. They were from every nation, every tribe, every people-group, and every language MTY. They were standing before the throne and before Jesus, the one who is like a lamb. They were wearing white robes and held palm branches to wave them in order to celebrate. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_10","096_7_10","REV","7","10","10","They shouted loudly, “O our (exc) God, you who sit on the throne, and Jesus, you who are like a lamb, you two have delivered us(exc) from Satan’s power!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_11","096_7_11","REV","7","11","11","All the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. They all bowed down before the throne with their faces to the ground and worshipped God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_12","096_7_12","REV","7","12","12","They said, “May it be so! We(exc) praise, thank, and honor you, our (exc) God, forever! We(exc) acknowledge that you are completely wise, the powerful one, who is forever able to accomplish everything he wants to. ◄May everyone acknowlege that it is so!/Amen!►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_13","096_7_13","REV","7","13","13","Then one of the elders asked me, “These people who are wearing white robes, do you know who they are, and where they come from?” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_14","096_7_14","REV","7","14","14","I answered him, “Sir, I do not know. Surely you know who they are!” He said to me, “These are the people ◄whom others have caused to suffer greatly/who have been persecuted►. Because they believed that Jesus, the one who is like a sacrificial lamb, atoned for our sin when his blood flowed from his body when he died, it is as though MET they have washed their robes and have made them clean and white. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_15","096_7_15","REV","7","15","15","Because of this, they are in front of God’s throne, and they serve him day and night in his heavenly temple. God, the one who sits on the throne, will shelter/protect them MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_16","096_7_16","REV","7","16","16","As a result, they will never again be hungry. They will never again be thirsty. The sun will never again ◄beat on/burn► them, nor will any heat scorch them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV7_17","096_7_17","REV","7","17","17","This is because the one who is like a lamb who is at the throne will take care of them, just like a shepherd takes care of his sheep MET. He will guide them to the source of eternal life, just like a shepherd leads his sheep to springs of water, which enable the sheep to live MET. God will cause them to no longer be sad. It will be as if he were wiping away all tears from their eyes MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_1","096_8_1","REV","8","1","1","When Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, opened the seventh seal, there was no sound at all in heaven for ◄a very short time/about half an hour►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_2","096_8_2","REV","8","2","2","I saw the seven angels who stand in front of God. A trumpet was given {◄God/An angel► gave a trumpet} to each one of them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_3","096_8_3","REV","8","3","3","Another angel, who had a golden container for burning incense, came and stood at the altar. He was given {An angel gave to him} a large quantity of incense, in order that he might offer it, with the prayers of all God’s people, upon the golden altar that is in front of God’s throne. Then he burned this incense on the altar. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_4","096_8_4","REV","8","4","4","From the pot in the angel’s hand, the smoke of the incense, along with the prayers of God’s people, went up to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_5","096_8_5","REV","8","5","5","In response, the angel took the golden incense burner and filled it with coals of fire from the altar. He threw the contents of the MTY incense burner onto the earth. Thunder sounded and rumbled, lightning was flashing, and the earth shook. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_6","096_8_6","REV","8","6","6","The seven angels, each of which had one of the seven trumpets, prepared to blow them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_7","096_8_7","REV","8","7","7","When the first angel blew his trumpet, hail and fire mixed with blood poured down onto the earth. As a result, a third of everything on the surface of the land was burned up {the fire burned up a third of everything on the surface of the land}. A third of the trees were also burned up {It also burned up a third of the trees}, and a third of all the green grass was burned up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_8","096_8_8","REV","8","8","8","When the second angel blew his trumpet, something that was like a huge burning mountain fell into the ocean. As a result, a third of the ocean became red like MTY blood, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_9","096_8_9","REV","8","9","9","a third of the living creatures in the ocean died, and a third of the ships in the ocean were destroyed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_10","096_8_10","REV","8","10","10","When the third angel blew his trumpet, a huge star, which was burning like a torch, fell from the sky into a third of the rivers and into a third of the springs. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_11","096_8_11","REV","8","11","11","The name of the star is Bitterness. As a result, the water in a third of the rivers and springs became bitter, and many people died from drinking the water because it had become bitter. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_12","096_8_12","REV","8","12","12","When the fourth angel blew his trumpet, God struck the sun, the moon, and the stars, so that they lost a third of their light. The sun also did not shine during a third of the day, and the moon and stars did not shine during a third of the night. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV8_13","096_8_13","REV","8","13","13","As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying high in the sky, shouting in a loud voice, “Terrible things will happen to rebellious people who live on the earth! Terrible things will happen when the three remaining angels blow their trumpets! And they are about to blow them!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_1","096_9_1","REV","9","1","1","The fifth angel blew his trumpet. Then I saw an evil angel. He was like a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. He was given {Someone gave him} the key to the shaft that descended ◄to the underworld/to the deep dark pit►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_2","096_9_2","REV","9","2","2","When he opened that shaft, smoke arose from it like smoke from a huge burning furnace. The smoke prevented anyone from seeing the sky and the light of the sun. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_3","096_9_3","REV","9","3","3","Locusts came out of the smoke onto the earth. They were given {God gave them} power to sting people, like scorpions sting people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_4","096_9_4","REV","9","4","4","God told the locusts that they should not harm grass, nor any plants, nor any tree. God said that they should harm only those people who did not have a mark on the forehead to show that they belonged to God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_5","096_9_5","REV","9","5","5","God did not allow the locusts to kill those people. Instead, he allowed them to continue torturing people for five months. When they tortured people, the pain those people felt was like the pain a scorpion causes when it stings someone. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_6","096_9_6","REV","9","6","6","During the time when the locusts torture rebellious people, the pain will be so bad that people will want to find a way to die, but they will not be able to PRS. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_7","096_9_7","REV","9","7","7","The locusts looked like horses that are ready for battle. They had on their heads what looked like golden crowns. Their faces were like the faces of people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_8","096_9_8","REV","9","8","8","They had long hair like the long hair of women. Their teeth were strong, like lions’ teeth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_9","096_9_9","REV","9","9","9","They wore metal breastplates. When they were flying, their wings made a noise like the roar when many horses pull chariots as they are rushing into battle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_10","096_9_10","REV","9","10","10","They had tails like scorpions have. With their tails they stung people for five months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_11","096_9_11","REV","9","11","11","The king who ruled over them was the angel of the underworld. His name in the Hebrew language is Abaddon. In the Greek language it is Apollyon. Both of those names mean ‘Destroyer’. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_12","096_9_12","REV","9","12","12","That was the end of the first terrible event. Be aware that two tragic events are still to come. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_13","096_9_13","REV","9","13","13","The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice from the four corners of the golden altar that is in God’s presence. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_14","096_9_14","REV","9","14","14","It was saying to the sixth angel, the one who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels whom I have bound at the great river Euphrates!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_15","096_9_15","REV","9","15","15","The four angels were released, those who had been {He released the four angels, whom God had} kept ready for that exact hour of that day, of that month, of that year. They were released {He released them} in order that they might enable their soldiers to kill a third of the rebellious people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_16","096_9_16","REV","9","16","16","The number of the soldiers riding on horses who did that was 200 million. I heard someone say how many there were. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_17","096_9_17","REV","9","17","17","In the vision I saw what the horses and the beings that rode them looked like. They wore breastplates that were red like fire, dusky blue like smoke, and yellow like sulfur. The heads of the horses were like the heads of lions. From their mouths came fire, smoke, and fumes of burning sulfur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_18","096_9_18","REV","9","18","18","Those three things—the fire, the smoke, and the burning sulfur from the horses’ mouths—killed a third of the rebellious people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_19","096_9_19","REV","9","19","19","The horses had power with their mouths and with their tails. Their tails have heads like snakes by which they harm people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_20","096_9_20","REV","9","20","20","The rest of the rebellious people, those who were not killed by these plagues of fire and smoke and burning sulfur, did not turn from their sinful behavior. They did not stop worshipping the idols that they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshipping demons and idols that were made of gold, of silver, of bronze, of stone, and of wood, even though they are idols that can neither see nor hear nor walk. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV9_21","096_9_21","REV","9","21","21","They did not stop murdering people, or practicing sorcery, or acting in sexually immoral ways, or stealing things. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_1","096_10_1","REV","10","1","1","In the vision I saw another mighty angel that was coming down out of heaven. A cloud surrounded him. There was a rainbow over his head. His face shone SIM like the sun. His legs looked like pillars of fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_2","096_10_2","REV","10","2","2","He had in his hand a small scroll that was open. He set his right foot on the ocean and his left foot on the land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_3","096_10_3","REV","10","3","3","He shouted something with a loud voice, a voice like the roar of a lion. When he shouted this, it thundered seven times, speaking words that I could understand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_4","096_10_4","REV","10","4","4","When it thundered like that, I was about to write the words that I heard, but a voice from heaven said to me, “Keep secret what the thunder said! Do not write it down!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_5","096_10_5","REV","10","5","5","Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the ocean and the land raised his right hand toward heaven, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_6","096_10_6","REV","10","6","6","and he asked the one who lives forever, the one who created heaven and everything that is in it, who created the earth and everything that is in it, and who created the ocean and everything that is in it, to affirm that what he said was true. He said that he would surely no longer delay what he had planned to do. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_7","096_10_7","REV","10","7","7","He said that when the time came for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, he would complete what God had secretly planned, just like he announced long ago to his servants, the prophets. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_8","096_10_8","REV","10","8","8","The one whose voice I had heard from heaven spoke to me again. He said, “Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the ocean and on the land.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_9","096_10_9","REV","10","9","9","So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, “Take it and eat it. In your mouth it will taste sweet like honey, but it will make your stomach bitter.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_10","096_10_10","REV","10","10","10","I took the little scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. In my mouth it tasted sweet like honey, but when I had eaten it, it made my stomach turn sour. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV10_11","096_10_11","REV","10","11","11","The one whose voice spoke from heaven said to me, “You must ◄prophesy again/proclaim again what I will reveal to you► about many people-groups, many nations, speakers of many languages MTY, and many kings.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_1","096_11_1","REV","11","1","1","An angel gave to me a reed similar to a measuring stick. He said to me, “Christ says this: ‘Go to the temple where people worship God, measure it and the altar in it, and count the people who worship there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_2","096_11_2","REV","11","2","2","But do not measure the courtyard outside of the temple DOU, because it has been given {God has given it} to the non-Jewish people. As a result, they will trample Jerusalem city for 42 months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_3","096_11_3","REV","11","3","3","I will appoint my two ◄witnesses/men who will tell others about me►. They will proclaim what I reveal to them for 1,260 days. They will wear rough clothes made from goat’s hair to show that they are sad about people’s sin.’ ” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_4","096_11_4","REV","11","4","4","Those witnesses are the ones that are represented by the two olive trees and the two lampstands that are in the presence of the Lord who rules the earth SYM. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_5","096_11_5","REV","11","5","5","If enemies try to harm those witnesses, fire will come from the mouths of the witnesses and destroy them. If people want to harm them, the two witnesses will certainly kill them similarly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_6","096_11_6","REV","11","6","6","Those witnesses will have authority to keep rain from falling during the time that they are proclaiming what God reveals to them. They also will have authority to cause water everywhere to become red like MET blood, and authority to cause all kinds of plagues to occur. They will do this as often as they want to. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_7","096_11_7","REV","11","7","7","When they have finished proclaiming to people the message from God, the beast that comes up ◄from the underworld/from the deep dark pit► will attack them, overcome them, and kill them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_8","096_11_8","REV","11","8","8","The dead bodies of the two witnesses will lie in the street of the great city where their Lord was crucified, the city that is symbolically named Sodom or Egypt because its people are very evil, like the people who lived in Sodom and Egypt. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_9","096_11_9","REV","11","9","9","Individuals of many people-groups, tribes, language groups MTY, and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days. But these individuals will not allow anyone to bury their bodies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_10","096_11_10","REV","11","10","10","When the rebellious people who live on the earth see that the witnesses are dead, they will rejoice and celebrate. They will send gifts to each other, because these two prophets had caused plagues to occur which tormented the rebellious people on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_11","096_11_11","REV","11","11","11","But after three and a half days, God will cause those two witnesses to breathe again and live. They will stand up, and those who see them will be terrified. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_12","096_11_12","REV","11","12","12","The two witnesses will hear a loud voice which came from heaven saying to them: “Come up here!” Then they will go up to heaven in a cloud. Their enemies will see them as they ascend. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_13","096_11_13","REV","11","13","13","At that same time there will be a terrible earthquake, which will cause a tenth of the buildings in MTY the city will collapse, and 7,000 people will die. The rest of the people will be afraid and acknowledge that the God who rules in heaven is awesome. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_14","096_11_14","REV","11","14","14","That will be the second terrible event. Be aware that the third tragic event will happen soon. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_15","096_11_15","REV","11","15","15","Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. Angels in heaven shouted loudly, “Our Lord God and the Messiah whom he has appointed can now govern everyone in MTY the world, and they will continue to rule people forever!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_16","096_11_16","REV","11","16","16","The 24 elders who sit on their thrones in God’s presence ◄prostrated themselves/bowed down low► and worshipped him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_17","096_11_17","REV","11","17","17","They said: Lord God, you are the Almighty One! You are the one who exists now! You are the one who has always existed! We thank you that you have defeated by your power everyone who has rebelled against you, and you now rule over everyone in the world. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_18","096_11_18","REV","11","18","18","The unbelieving people of MTY the nations were raging at you. As a result you have become very angry with them. You have decided that this is the appropriate time for you to judge all the dead people. You have also decided that it is the time for you to reward all your servants, both the prophets and the rest of your people who reverence you MTY, whether they were considered socially significant/important or socially insignificant/unimportant. It is time for you to reward all of them! You have also decided it is the time for you to destroy the people who are destroying others on the earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV11_19","096_11_19","REV","11","19","19","Then God’s temple in heaven was opened {was open} and I saw in the temple the sacred box/chest that contains God’s commandments. Lightning was flashing, it was thundering and rumbling, the earth shook, and large hailstones fell from the sky. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_1","096_12_1","REV","12","1","1","Then something very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a woman, whose appearance and clothing were MET as bright as the sun. The moon was under her feet. On her head was a crown that was made of twelve stars. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_2","096_12_2","REV","12","2","2","She was pregnant. Then, as she was about to give birth, she cried out because she was suffering pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_3","096_12_3","REV","12","3","3","Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. It was a huge red dragon. It had seven heads and ten horns. On each of its heads was a royal crown. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_4","096_12_4","REV","12","4","4","The dragon’s tail dragged a third of the stars from the sky and threw them to the earth. The dragon set himself in front of the woman who was about to give birth, in order that he might eat her child as soon as it was born. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_5","096_12_5","REV","12","5","5","The woman gave birth to a son, who is destined to rule all the nations with complete authority as if he was using MET an iron rod MET. God snatched away her child and took him to rule from his throne. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_6","096_12_6","REV","12","6","6","The woman fled to a desert. She has a place there that God has prepared for her, in order that the angels may take care of her for 1,260 days. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_7","096_12_7","REV","12","7","7","In the vision I saw that there was a battle in heaven. Michael and the angels that he commanded fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels fought back against Michael and his angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_8","096_12_8","REV","12","8","8","But the dragon did not win the battle, so God did not allow the dragon and his angels to stay in heaven any longer. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_9","096_12_9","REV","12","9","9","The huge dragon was thrown {Michael and his angels threw the huge dragon} out of heaven. The dragon is the ancient serpent, the one who is called the Devil and Satan. He is the one who deceives people all over the earth. He was thrown down to the earth, along with all his angels. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_10","096_12_10","REV","12","10","10","Then I heard someone in heaven shout loudly, saying, Now our God has saved his people by his power, and he rules everyone! Now the Messiah, the one who is the supreme ruler whom God appointed, has authority to rule all people, because our God has thrown out of heaven the one who accuses our fellow believers! The dragon is the one who accuses them day and night before our God, saying that they have sinned and that God ought to punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_11","096_12_11","REV","12","11","11","Our fellow believers overcame the dragon because they never stopped trusting (OR, never stopped telling people about) Jesus, and because they trusted in what Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, accomplished when his blood flowed when he died. Even though those believers wanted to live, they were willing to let people kill them for speaking the truth about him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_12","096_12_12","REV","12","12","12","So, all you angels living MTY in heaven, rejoice! But terrible things will happen to you ungodly people who MTY live on the earth and on the ocean, because the devil has come down to you! He is very angry because he knows that he has only a short time during which he can harm people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_13","096_12_13","REV","12","13","13","When the dragon realized that he had been thrown {that the angels had thrown him} down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to a son. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_14","096_12_14","REV","12","14","14","But the woman was given two wings like the wings of a very large eagle, in order that she might fly to a desolate place. That is a place that God has prepared for her. There she was taken care of {God’s angels took care of her} for three and a half years. The serpent, that is, the dragon, was not able to reach her there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_15","096_12_15","REV","12","15","15","The serpent spewed water like a river from his mouth in the direction of the woman, in order that the water might sweep her away. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_16","096_12_16","REV","12","16","16","But the ground helped the woman by opening up and swallowing the river that the dragon spewed out from his mouth! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_17","096_12_17","REV","12","17","17","Then the dragon was very angry with the woman, so he went away to fight against the people who are like the rest of her descendants. They are the people who obey God’s commandments and who tell other people about Jesus (OR, hold fast to what Jesus taught them). ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV12_18","096_12_18","REV","12","18","18","The dragon stood on the ocean shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_1","096_13_1","REV","13","1","1","I saw a beast that was coming up out of the ocean. It had ten horns and seven heads. On each of its horns there was a royal crown. On each of its heads there was a name that insulted God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_2","096_13_2","REV","13","2","2","The beast that I saw was like a leopard. But its feet were like the feet of a bear, and its mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The dragon gave the beast power. From his own throne he also gave it authority to rule people DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_3","096_13_3","REV","13","3","3","One of the heads of the beast had been wounded {The Lord had wounded one of the heads of the beast}, causing the beast to almost die. But its wound was healed. As a result, nearly all the people of the earth HYP, MTY marveled at the beast and became his disciples. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_4","096_13_4","REV","13","4","4","They worshipped the dragon, because he had given to the beast authority to rule people. They also worshipped the beast, saying, “No one is as powerful as the beast!/ RHQ ◄No one would dare to fight against it!/Who would dare to fight against it?►” RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_5","096_13_5","REV","13","5","5","The beast was allowed {God allowed the beast} to speak MTY in a boastful way and to insult God. It was also allowed {God also allowed it} to rule over people for 42 months. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_6","096_13_6","REV","13","6","6","It MTY insulted God, insulted the place where he lives, and insulted everyone who lives with him in heaven. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_7","096_13_7","REV","13","7","7","It was allowed {God allowed it} to fight against God’s people and to conquer them. It was allowed {God allowed it} to have authority to rule over every tribe, over every people-group, over speakers of every language MTY, and over every nation. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_8","096_13_8","REV","13","8","8","Most of HYP the people living on earth worshipped it. They were people whose names were not written in a book by the one who is like a lamb, the one who had been killed. Since the beginning of the world he wrote in it the names of the people who will have eternal life. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_9","096_13_9","REV","13","9","9","Everyone who wants to understand MTY must listen carefully to this message from God: ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_10","096_13_10","REV","13","10","10","If God has determined that some people will be captured by their enemies, they will be captured. If God has determined that some people will be killed with a sword, they will be killed with a sword. So God’s people must be steadfast, and remain faithful to him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_11","096_13_11","REV","13","11","11","I saw another beast, which was coming up from the earth. It had two small horns on its head like a sheep has. But it spoke things to deceive people, like the dragon does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_12","096_13_12","REV","13","12","12","While the first beast watched, it used all the same authority to rule people that the first beast had. It forced the people who live on the earth MTY, DOU to worship the first beast, that is, the one who was healed of the wound that had caused it to almost die. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_13","096_13_13","REV","13","13","13","The second beast performed awesome miracles, even causing fire from the sky to fall to earth while people watched. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_14","096_13_14","REV","13","14","14","He performed miracles ◄on behalf of/with the authority of► the first beast. By doing that he deceived the unbelieving people on the earth so that they believed that they should worship the first beast. But this happened only because God allowed it to happen. The second beast told the people living on earth to make an image of the first beast, the one that people had almost killed with a sword and that then came back to life again. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_15","096_13_15","REV","13","15","15","The image of the first beast was allowed to breathe, in order that it might speak and in order that it might command that whoever refused to worship its image should be killed {that people should kill whoever refused to worship its image}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_16","096_13_16","REV","13","16","16","The second beast required also that the first beast’s name be marked {its agents mark the first beast’s name} on the right hand or on the forehead of everyone, those of little social importance and of great social importance, the rich and the poor, free people and slaves. Everyone! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_17","096_13_17","REV","13","17","17","They did this in order that people could not buy anything or sell anything if they did not have the mark, which represents the name of the beast or the number of its name, on their foreheads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV13_18","096_13_18","REV","13","18","18","You must think wisely to understand the meaning of the mark. Anyone who thinks wisely should calculate from the number of the beast what the man’s name is. That number is 666. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_1","096_14_1","REV","14","1","1","But then I saw the one who is like a lamb standing on Zion Hill in Jerusalem. With him were 144,000 people. His name and his Father’s name had been written {He had written his name and his Father’s name} on their foreheads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_2","096_14_2","REV","14","2","2","I heard a sound from heaven, which was as loud SIM as the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water) and which was also as loud as SIM mighty thunder. The sound that I heard was like the sound that people make when they are playing their harps. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_3","096_14_3","REV","14","3","3","The 144,000 people were singing a new song while they stood in front of the throne, in front of the four living creatures, and in front of the elders. Only the 144,000 people, the ones who have been {whom the one who is like a lamb has} redeemed/bought from among the people on the earth, could learn that song. No one else could learn the song that they sang. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_4","096_14_4","REV","14","4","4","Those 144,000 are the people who are spiritually pure, like virgins are morally pure. They have not ◄defiled themselves/made themselves impure► MET by worshipping any false god. They are the ones who accompany Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, wherever he goes. They represent all those whom he has redeemed/bought for God from among the people of earth, in order that he might offer them to God and to himself. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_5","096_14_5","REV","14","5","5","Those people never lie when they speak MTY, and they never act immorally. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_6","096_14_6","REV","14","6","6","I saw another angel that was flying between the sky and heaven. He was bringing God’s eternal good message to earth, in order that he might proclaim it to people who live on the earth. He will proclaim it to every nation, to every tribe, to speakers of every language MTY, and to every people-group. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_7","096_14_7","REV","14","7","7","He said in a loud voice, “Revere God and honor him, because it is now time for him to judge people! Worship God, because he is the one who created the heaven, the earth, the ocean, and the springs of water.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_8","096_14_8","REV","14","8","8","A second angel came after him saying, “The very evil cities (OR, city) represented by Babylon are completely destroyed! God has punished their people because they have persuaded people of all the nations to forsake God, just like a prostitute MET persuades men to drink strong wine and as a result commit sexual immorality.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_9","096_14_9","REV","14","9","9","A third angel came next, saying in a loud voice, “If people worship the beast and its image and allow its mark to be put {its agent to put its mark} on their foreheads or on their hands, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_10","096_14_10","REV","14","10","10","God will be angry with them and punish them very severely MET. They will be tormented {God will torment them} in burning sulfur in the presence of his holy angels and in the presence of the one who is like a lamb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_11","096_14_11","REV","14","11","11","The smoke from the fire that torments them will rise forever. They will be tormented {God will torment them} continually, day and night. That is what will happen to the people who worship the beast and its image and who allow its name to be marked on them {allow its agent to mark them with its name}.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_12","096_14_12","REV","14","12","12","So God’s people, those who obey what God commands and who trust in Jesus, must faithfully continue obeying and trusting him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_13","096_14_13","REV","14","13","13","I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: God will now abundantly bless the people who have a close relationship with the Lord Jesus for the rest of their lives.” God’s Spirit says, “Yes, after they die, they will no longer have to work hard. Instead, they will rest, and the record of the good deeds MTY that they have done will go with them (OR, God will reward them for the good deeds that they have done).” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_14","096_14_14","REV","14","14","14","Then I was surprised to see a white cloud, and on the cloud someone was sitting who looked like the one who came from heaven. He was wearing a golden crown on his head. In his hand he held a sharp sickle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_15","096_14_15","REV","14","15","15","Another angel came out of the temple in heaven. In a loud voice, speaking figuratively about gathering people for God to judge them, he said to the one who was sitting on the cloud, “The time has come to reap the grain on the earth, so with your sickle reap the grain, because the grain on the earth is ripe.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_16","096_14_16","REV","14","16","16","The one who was sitting on the cloud forcefully gathered together all the people on earth, as MET a farmer reaps grain with his sickle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_17","096_14_17","REV","14","17","17","Another angel came out of the sanctuary in heaven. He also held a sharp sickle. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_18","096_14_18","REV","14","18","18","From the altar came another angel. He is the one who takes care of the fire of the altar. Also speaking figuratively about gathering the wicked people for God to judge and punish them, he said in a loud voice to the angel who held the sharp sickle, “With your sharp sickle cut off the clusters of grapes in the vineyards on the earth! Then gather the clusters of grapes together, because its grapes are ripe!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_19","096_14_19","REV","14","19","19","So, just like a man would cut off with his sickle the clusters of grapes in his vineyard MET, an angel forcefully gathered the wicked people on the earth. Then he threw them into the huge place where God will angrily punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV14_20","096_14_20","REV","14","20","20","The wicked people were trampled on {God’s agent trod on the wicked people} in the winepress outside the city. The blood that came out from the winepress flowed in a stream so deep that it reached to the bridles of the horses, and extended ◄180 miles/300 kilometers►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_1","096_15_1","REV","15","1","1","Something else very unusual appeared in the sky. I saw seven angels, whose duty it was to punish (OR, inflict hardship upon) rebellious people with seven different plagues (OR, in seven different ways). God is so angry with rebellious people that this is the last time that he will punish them with the purpose of giving them an opportunity to turn away from their sinful behavior. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_2","096_15_2","REV","15","2","2","I saw what looked like an ocean that was made of glass and mixed with fire. And I saw the people who overcame the beast by not worshipping it or its image, or allowing its agent to mark them with the number that corresponds to the beast’s name PRS. They were standing by the ocean that looked like it was made of glass. They had harps for praising God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_3","096_15_3","REV","15","3","3","They were singing a song like God’s servant Moses sang long ago. They sang like this to praise Jesus, the one who is like a lamb: Lord God Almighty, whatever you do is powerful and marvelous! You always act righteously and truthfully. You are king forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_4","096_15_4","REV","15","4","4","O Lord, you alone are holy! People of MTY all nations will come and worship you, because you show everyone that you have judged everyone righteously. So, everyone will fear you and honor you! RHQ. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_5","096_15_5","REV","15","5","5","After this, in the vision I saw in heaven the temple that ◄corresponds to/was represented by► the tent that the Israelites pitched in the desert. That was the tent that contained the Ten Commandments. The temple door was opened {was open}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_6","096_15_6","REV","15","6","6","The seven angels who had the bowls containing the seven plagues came out of the temple. The angels were dressed in clean, white linen garments, and they wore gold bands around their chests. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_7","096_15_7","REV","15","7","7","One of the four living creatures gave each of the seven angels a golden bowl, filled with wine/liquid. That wine/liquid symbolized that God, who lives forever, would severely punish rebellious people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV15_8","096_15_8","REV","15","8","8","The temple was filled with smoke that symbolized the presence of the glorious and all-powerful God. No one was able to enter the temple until the seven angels finished pouring out the seven plagues. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_1","096_16_1","REV","16","1","1","In the vision I heard someone in the temple speak in a loud voice to the angels who had the seven bowls. He said, “Go from here and pour out on the earth the wine/liquid in MTY the seven bowls. This will show that God is angry with rebellious people and will punish them.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_2","096_16_2","REV","16","2","2","So the first angel went and poured out on the earth the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl. As a result, horrible and painful sores broke out on God’s enemies who had allowed the beast’s agents to mark them and who worshipped the image of the beast. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_3","096_16_3","REV","16","3","3","The second angel poured out on the ocean the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl. As a result, the water in the ocean stank like the blood of a person who has died. And MTY every living creature that was in the ocean died. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_4","096_16_4","REV","16","4","4","The third angel poured out on the rivers and water springs the wine/liquid MTY that was in his bowl. As a result, the water in the rivers and springs turned into blood. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_5","096_16_5","REV","16","5","5","I heard the angel who has authority over the waters say to God, “O God, you exist and have always existed. You are the holy one. You judge people justly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_6","096_16_6","REV","16","6","6","The rebellious people murdered your holy people and prophets. So you are just in punishing them by giving them blood to drink. This is what they deserve!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_7","096_16_7","REV","16","7","7","Then I heard an angel respond from the altar PRS, “Yes, Lord God, you who are almighty, you punish people rightly and justly!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_8","096_16_8","REV","16","8","8","Then the fourth angel poured out on the sun the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl. He enabled the sun to scorch people with fiery heat. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_9","096_16_9","REV","16","9","9","Because people were severely burned by the intense heat {the intense heat severely burned people}, they said evil things about God MTY, because he had the power to strike people with plagues like those. But they refused to stop their evil behavior and refused to honor him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_10","096_16_10","REV","16","10","10","When the fifth angel poured out on the throne of the beast the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl, it became dark in the kingdom that the beast ruled. As a result, the beast and the people whom it ruled were biting their tongues because they were suffering intense pain. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_11","096_16_11","REV","16","11","11","They insulted God who rules in heaven, because their sores were so painful. But they refused to stop doing the evil things that they were doing. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_12","096_16_12","REV","16","12","12","The sixth angel poured out on the huge river Euphrates the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl. As a result, the water in the river was dried up so that the rulers from the eastern MTY countries could cross it with their armies SYN. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_13","096_16_13","REV","16","13","13","I saw evil spirits that looked like frogs. One came out of the mouth of the dragon, one from the mouth of the beast, and one from the mouth of the false prophet. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_14","096_16_14","REV","16","14","14","Those spirits were demons who were able to perform miracles. They went out to the rulers of the whole world, in order to gather their armies SYN together to the battle that they will fight on the wonderful day when Almighty God punishes his enemies MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_15","096_16_15","REV","16","15","16","The evil spirits will gather the rulers at a place that is called in the Hebrew language Armageddon. I heard the Lord Jesus say, “You must listen carefully to me: I am coming unexpectedly SIM, like a thief. So, I will be happy with those who stay alert and keep on living righteously so that they will not be ashamed, just like MET a person keeps his clothes on so that he will not be ashamed like a person who is naked.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_17","096_16_17","REV","16","17","17","The seventh angel poured out into the air the wine/liquid that was in MTY his bowl. As a result, someone said with a loud voice from the throne in the temple, “The time for God to finish punishing rebellious people is about to be start.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_18","096_16_18","REV","16","18","18","When the angel emptied his bowl, lightning flashed, there were rumblings and thunder, and the earth shook. It shook more violently than it has ever shaken since people first lived on earth. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_19","096_16_19","REV","16","19","19","And as a result, the very evil city that is symbolized by Babylon split into three parts. God also destroyed cities in other nations. God did not forget that the people of MTY the very evil city symbolized by Babylon had sinned very much. So he caused the people with whom he was furiously angry MET to drink a cup of very poisonous wine/liquid that represented his punishment. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_20","096_16_20","REV","16","20","20","Also as a result of the earthquake, every island disappeared, and the mountains became flat land. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV16_21","096_16_21","REV","16","21","21","Also as a result of the angel’s emptying his bowl, huge hailstones, each weighing about 100 pounds, fell from the sky onto the people. Then people insulted God because he had caused the destructive hail to fall on them in that terrible plague. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_1","096_17_1","REV","17","1","1","One of the seven angels, who had one of the seven bowls, came to me. He said to me, “Come with me, and I will show you how God will punish the very evil city that is represented by SYM a prostitute, a city in which there are many canals of water. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_2","096_17_2","REV","17","2","2","It is as though the rulers of earth have acted immorally and idolatrously with the people of that city MET, and they have persuaded people who live on the earth to act immorally and idolatrously with them MET, just like a prostitute persuades men to drink the strong wine she gives them, resulting in their becoming drunk and then committing sexual immorality. with her.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_3","096_17_3","REV","17","3","3","Then, as God’s Spirit controlled me, the angel carried me away to a desolate area. There I saw a woman who was sitting on a red beast. The beast had names written all over itself. They were names that ◄insulted/spoke evil against► God. The beast had seven heads and ten horns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_4","096_17_4","REV","17","4","4","The woman that I saw was wearing purple and red clothes; and gold, precious stones, and pearls were fastened to her clothes and her body. She held in her hand a golden cup. The cup was full of a liquid that represents SYM the detestable/disgusting, idolatrous things and filthy immoral things that she does. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_5","096_17_5","REV","17","5","5","This name, that has a hidden/secret meaning, was written on her forehead: “This woman is Babylon, the very evil city! She acts like the mother of the prostitutes on the earth. She teaches them to act immorally and to worship idols.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_6","096_17_6","REV","17","6","6","I saw that the woman had become drunk as a result of drinking the blood of God’s people, those who had told others about Jesus. When I saw her, I was very bewildered/perplexed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_7","096_17_7","REV","17","7","7","The angel said to me, “Do not be bewildered RHQ! I will explain to you the hidden/secret meaning of the woman and of the beast on which she rides, the beast that has the seven heads and the ten horns. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_8","096_17_8","REV","17","8","8","The beast that you saw lived previously. Eventually God will destroy him, but now he is dead. He is about to come up ◄from the underworld/from the deep dark pit►. When the beast who had previously lived, and who then had died, reappears, the people who live on the earth will be amazed. They are people whose names were not in the book in which are written the names of people who will have eternal life. The angels have been writing those names in a list ◄from the beginning of the world/from the time when the world began►. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_9","096_17_9","REV","17","9","9","Those who think wisely can understand this: The seven heads of the beast on which the woman sits symbolize the seven hills of the city that the woman represents. They also symbolize seven rulers. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_10","096_17_10","REV","17","10","10","Five of those rulers have died. One is still alive. The seventh ruler has not yet come. When he comes, he must remain on earth for only a short time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_11","096_17_11","REV","17","11","11","The beast that lived before and then was not alive will be the eighth ruler. He will be evil like the seven rulers were, but God will surely destroy him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_12","096_17_12","REV","17","12","12","The ten horns that you saw represent ten rulers who have not yet begun to rule. They, together with the beast, will be authorized to rule people for only a short time, as if it were MET for one hour. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_13","096_17_13","REV","17","13","13","Those rulers will all agree to do the same thing. As a result they will give to the beast their power to rule people as well as their authority to rule people DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_14","096_17_14","REV","17","14","14","The rulers and the beast will fight against Jesus, the one who is like a lamb. He will defeat them, because he is Lord who rules over all other lords and the King who rules over all other kings. Those people who are with Jesusand helping him are the ones whom God has chosen, and who keep serving him faithfully.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_15","096_17_15","REV","17","15","15","Then the angel said to me, “The waters that you saw in the city where the prostitute sits represent people-groups, multitudes of people, nations, and speakers of many languages MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_16","096_17_16","REV","17","16","16","The ten horns that you saw represent rulers SYM. They and the beast will hate the people in the city MTY that the prostitute represents. As a result, they will take away everything that is in the city, as if they were MET leaving it naked. They will destroy it as if MET devouring flesh/meat, and they will burn it with fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_17","096_17_17","REV","17","17","17","They will do that because God has caused them to decide to do what he wants them to do. As a result, they will let the beast have their power to rule until what God has said is fulfilled {until they fulfill what God has said} MTY. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV17_18","096_17_18","REV","17","18","18","The prostitute that you saw represents the very evil city whose leaders MTY rule over the kings of the earth.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_1","096_18_1","REV","18","1","1","After this, in the vision I saw another angel, who had great authority, coming down from heaven. The earth became bright because he was shining so intensely/brightly. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_2","096_18_2","REV","18","2","2","He shouted with a very loud voice, “God is about to completely destroy DOU all the very evil cities (OR, the very evil city) that Babylon represents. As a result, all kinds of evil spirits DOU will live there, and all kinds of foul and detestable DOU birds will live there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_3","096_18_3","REV","18","3","3","God will destroy those cities because their rulers have persuaded the people of MTY all nations to act very immorally and idolatrously with the people of MET those cities, just like a prostitute persuades men to drink strong wine and then commit fornication with her. The rulers of the earth have also acted immorally and idolatrously with the people of MTY those cities. The merchants of the earth have become rich because the people of those cities strongly desired and bought from the merchants many ◄luxuries/expensive things►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_4","096_18_4","REV","18","4","4","I heard Jesus speak from heaven. He said, “My people, flee from those cities, in order that you do not sin as the people of those cities do. If you sin as they do, I will punish you as I will punish them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_5","096_18_5","REV","18","5","5","It is as though their sins have been piled {have piled} up to heaven, and God remembers them DOU, so now he will punish them MTY.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_6","096_18_6","REV","18","6","6","To the angels whom God assigned to punish those cities, Jesus said, “Pay back/Punish the people of those cities to the same extent that they harmed other people. Cause them to suffer twice as much as they caused other people to suffer DOU, MET. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_7","096_18_7","REV","18","7","7","To the same extent that they have boasted about themselves and done the things that they wanted to do, to that extent torment them and cause them to grieve. Do that because in their minds they think, ‘We rule as queens! We are not widows, and we will never mourn as widows do’! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_8","096_18_8","REV","18","8","8","So in one day terrible calamities/troubles will come upon them. The people in those cities will die, others will mourn for them, people will be hungry because there will be no food, and their cities will be burned up. The Lord God is able to punish those cities like that, because he is very powerful.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_9","096_18_9","REV","18","9","9","“The kings of the earth who have acted immorally with people of those cities and have lived with the people of those cities, doing just what they wanted to do, will weep and mourn DOU for them when they see the smoke of the fire that is burning those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_10","096_18_10","REV","18","10","10","They will stand far away from those cities, because they will be afraid that they will suffer just like the people of those cities are suffering. They will say, ‘Terrible things will happen to the awesome and mighty cities represented by Babylon! God will punish them suddenly and swiftly MTY!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_11","096_18_11","REV","18","11","11","The merchants of the earth will weep and will mourn DOU for those cities, because no one will ever again buy the things that they have to sell to the people in those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_12","096_18_12","REV","18","12","13","They sell ornaments made of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls. They sell expensive cloth made of fine linen and silk, expensive cloth that is dyed purple and crimson. They sell all kinds of rare wood, all kinds of items made of ivory, costly wood, bronze, iron, and marble. They sell cinnamon, spice, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour, and grain. They sell cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots. They even sell human beings SYN, DOU to become slaves. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_14","096_18_14","REV","18","14","14","The merchants will say, ‘The good things you people longed to have are gone! All your luxurious and splendid DOU possessions have vanished!! They will be gone forever/You will never have them again LIT!’ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_15","096_18_15","REV","18","15","15","The merchants who sold these things and who had become rich by supplying them for those cities will stand far away, because they will be afraid that they will suffer just like the people of those cities are suffering. They will weep and mourn DOU, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_16","096_18_16","REV","18","16","16","and they will say, ‘Terrible things DOU have happened to the awesome/great MET cities! They were like queens who dressed themselves in clothes made of MTY fine linen cloth and expensive cloth dyed purple and crimson, and who were adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_17","096_18_17","REV","18","17","17","But suddenly and swiftly MTY God has destroyed these expensive things.’ Every ship captain, all people who travel by ship, all ◄sailors/those who work on ships►, and all others who earn their living by traveling on the ocean will stand far away from those cities. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_18","096_18_18","REV","18","18","18","When they see the smoke of the fire that is burning those cities, they will shout, ‘No other cities have ever been so awesome!’ RHQ ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_19","096_18_19","REV","18","19","19","They will throw dust on their heads to show that they are sad, and they will shout, weep, and mourn DOU. They will say, ‘Terrible things have happened to the awesome/great cities, the cities that made all people who own ships that sail on the ocean become rich by carrying their costly ◄things for them to sell/merchandise►! God has suddenly and swiftly destroyed MTY those cities!’” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_20","096_18_20","REV","18","20","20","Then someone spoke from heaven saying, “All you who live in heaven, rejoice over what has happened to the cities represented by Babylon! You who are God’s people, including you apostles, you ◄prophets/who speak messages that come directly from God►, rejoice, because God has justly punished the people of those cities because they acted in an evil way toward you!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_21","096_18_21","REV","18","21","21","Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large stone for grinding grain, and threw it into the ocean. Then he said, “O you people in APO the awesome/great cities represented by Babylon, your cities will be destroyed so that they will disappear just like that stone disappeared in the ocean! Your cities will be gone forever LIT! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_22","096_18_22","REV","18","22","22","In your cities there will never again be anyone playing harps, singing, playing flutes, and blowing trumpets. There will no longer be any ◄skilled workers/craftsmen► making things. There will never again be people grinding grain at MTY the mills. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_23","096_18_23","REV","18","23","23","No lamplight will ever again shine. There will never again be the happy voices of a bridegroom and his bride. God will destroy your cities because your merchants were the most deceitful men in the world. You persuaded them to deceive people of MTY all nations. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV18_24","096_18_24","REV","18","24","24","You are also responsible for killing MTY the prophets and others of God’s people. Indeed, you are the ones who are guilty for the deaths of all those who have been {whom others have} killed on the earth!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_1","096_19_1","REV","19","1","1","After these things I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven. They were shouting things like, “◄Hallelujah!/Praise our God!►” “He has saved us!” “He is glorious and mighty!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_2","096_19_2","REV","19","2","2","“Praise him because he judges truly and justly!” “He has punished the very evil cities that are like a prostitute, because their people persuaded the other people of earth MTY to act immorally and idolatrously like they do.” “Praise him because he has punished them for murdering his servants MTY!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_3","096_19_3","REV","19","3","3","The crowd shouted a second time saying: ◄Hallelujah!/Praise God!► The smoke of the fire that is burning the cities will rise forever! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_4","096_19_4","REV","19","4","4","The 24 elders and the four living creatures ◄prostrated themselves/knelt down► and worshipped God, who sits on the throne. Then they said, “It is true! ◄Hallelujah!/Praise God!►” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_5","096_19_5","REV","19","5","5","Someone spoke from the throne and said, “All you who are our God’s servants, praise him! All you who reverence him, whether you are socially significant or insignificant, praise him! Everyone!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_6","096_19_6","REV","19","6","6","I heard something like the noise of a huge crowd of people, like the sound of a huge waterfall (OR, a great/wide river of rushing water), and like the sound of loud thunder. They were shouting: ◄Hallelujah!/Praise God!► Because the Lord God, the Almighty One, reigns! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_7","096_19_7","REV","19","7","7","We should rejoice, we should be extremely glad, and we should honor him, because it is now time for Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, to be united permanently with his people, which will be like a man MET marrying his bride, and because those who belong to him have prepared themselves to be united with him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_8","096_19_8","REV","19","8","8","God has permitted them to be completely pure, like a bride who MET dresses in fine linen that is bright and clean. Fine bright and clean linen represents the righteous acts of God’s people. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_9","096_19_9","REV","19","9","9","Then the angel said to me, “Write this: God will abundantly bless the people who are {whom he has} invited to the feast that celebrates Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, permanently uniting with his people, like someone MET marrying a wife.” He also said to me: “These words that God declares are true!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_10","096_19_10","REV","19","10","10","I immediately ◄prostrated myself/knelt down► at his feet in order to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not worship me! I am just your (sg) fellow servant and the fellow servant of your (sg) fellow believers who tell people about Jesus. God is the one whom you should worship, because it is the Spirit of God who gives people the power to tell others about Jesus (OR, those who tell others about Jesus are truly declaring the words that the Spirit of God has given them)!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_11","096_19_11","REV","19","11","11","In the vision I saw heaven opened {open}, and I was surprised to see a white horse. Jesus, the one who was riding on the horse, is called ‘Trustworthy and Genuine/True’. He judges all people according to what is right, and fights righteously against his enemies. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_12","096_19_12","REV","19","12","12","His eyes shone like MET a flame of fire. There were many royal crowns on his head. A name had been written on him. Only he knows the meaning of that name. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_13","096_19_13","REV","19","13","13","The robe he was wearing was drenched with blood. His name is also “◄The one who expresses what God is like/The Word of God►.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_14","096_19_14","REV","19","14","14","The armies of heaven were following him. They were also riding on white horses. They were wearing clothes made of clean white linen. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_15","096_19_15","REV","19","15","15","The words that Jesus speaks are like MTY a sharp sword with which he will strike the rebellious people of the nations. He himself will rule them powerfully, as though he had MET an iron rod. He will crush his enemies just like MET a person crushes grapes in a winepress. He will do this for God Almighty, who is extremely angry with them because of their sins. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_16","096_19_16","REV","19","16","16","On his cloak close to his thigh a name had been written {he had written a name}, which is “King who rules over all other kings and Lord who rules over all other lords.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_17","096_19_17","REV","19","17","17","I saw an angel who was standing in the light of MTY the sun. He called loudly to all the flesh-eating birds flying high in the sky, “Come and gather for the wonderful feast that God is providing for you! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_18","096_19_18","REV","19","18","18","Come and eat the flesh of all God’s enemies who are dead— the flesh of kings, army commanders, people who fought powerfully, horses and the soldiers who rode them, and the flesh of all other kinds of people, whether they were free or slaves, socially insignificant or significant. All kinds!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_19","096_19_19","REV","19","19","19","Then I saw the beast and the kings of earth with their armies gathered together to fight against the Rider on the horse, and against his army. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_20","096_19_20","REV","19","20","20","The beast and the false prophet were captured {He captured the beast and the false prophet}. The false prophet is the one who had performed miracles in the beast’s presence. By doing that he had deceived the people who had accepted the beast’s mark on their foreheads and who worshipped its image. The beast and the false prophet were thrown {He threw the beast and the one who falsely said that he spoke messages that came directly from God} alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV19_21","096_19_21","REV","19","21","21","The rider on the horse killed the rest of their armies just by speaking words, which were like MTY a sword that extended from his mouth. All those birds gorged themselves on the flesh of the people whom he had killed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_1","096_20_1","REV","20","1","1","I saw an angel coming down from heaven. He had the key to the deep dark pit, and he was carrying a large chain in his hand. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_2","096_20_2","REV","20","2","2","He seized the dragon. That dragon is the ancient serpent, the devil, that is, Satan. The angel bound him with the chain. That chain could not be loosed {No one could loose that chain} for 1,000 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_3","096_20_3","REV","20","3","3","The angel threw him into the deep dark pit. He shut the door of the pit, locked it, and sealed it to prevent anyone from opening it. He did that in order that Satan might no longer deceive the people of the nations MTY, until those 1,000 years are ended. After that time, Satan must be released {God/God’s angel must release Satan} for a short time in order that he can do what God has planned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_4","096_20_4","REV","20","4","4","I saw thrones on which people were sitting. They were given {God gave those people} authority to judge other people. I also saw the souls of people whose heads had been {whose heads others had} cut off because of their telling people about Jesus and declaring God’s message. They were people who refused to worship the beast or its image, and who did not allow the beast’s agents to put the beast’s mark on them, either on their foreheads or on their hands. They became alive again, and they ruled with Christ during those 1,000 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_5","096_20_5","REV","20","5","5","They were the ones who lived again the first time that God caused dead people to live again. The rest of the believers who had died did not live again until after those 1,000 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_6","096_20_6","REV","20","6","6","◄God will be pleased with/How happy will be► those who live again that first time. God will consider them holy. They will not die PRS a second time. Instead, they will be priests who serve God and Christ, and they will rule with Christ during those 1,000 years. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_7","096_20_7","REV","20","7","7","When the 1,000 years are ended, Satan will be released {God’s angel will release Satan} from the deep pit in which he was imprisoned. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_8","096_20_8","REV","20","8","8","He will go out to deceive rebellious people in nations IDM all over the earth. These are the nations that the prophet Ezekiel called Gog and Magog. Satan will gather them to fight against God’s people. There will be so many of them fighting against God’s people that no one will be able to count them SIM, just like no one can count the grains of sand on the ocean shore. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_9","096_20_9","REV","20","9","9","They will march over the whole earth and surround the camp of God’s people in Jerusalem, the city that God loves. Then God will send fire down from heaven, and it will burn them up. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_10","096_20_10","REV","20","10","10","The devil, who had deceived those people, will be thrown {God’s angel will throw the devil, who had deceived those people} into the lake of burning sulfur. This is the same lake into which both the beast and the false prophet had been thrown {he had thrown both the beast and the false prophet}. As a result, they will continually suffer severely forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_11","096_20_11","REV","20","11","11","Then I saw a huge white throne on which God was sitting. He was so awesome that the earth and the sky disappeared from his presence completely; they were completely destroyed {God completely destroyed them}. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_12","096_20_12","REV","20","12","12","I saw that the people who had died but now lived again were standing in front of the throne. They included people of every social status! The books in which God records what people do were opened {God/God’s angel opened the books in which God records what people do}. Another book was opened {He opened another book}, which is called the Book of Life, in which God has written the names of people who have eternal life. God judged the people who had died and now lived again according to what they had done, just like he had recorded it in the books. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_13","096_20_13","REV","20","13","13","The people whose bodies were buried in the sea became alive again in order to stand before God’s throne. Everyone who had been buried on the land (OR, Every person who was waiting in the place where dead people stay) became alive again, in order to stand before the throne. God judged each one of them according to what each one had done. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_14","096_20_14","REV","20","14","14","All the unbelievers PRS, MTY —those who had been in the place where they waited after they died— were thrown into the burning lake. The burning lake is the place in which people die the second time. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV20_15","096_20_15","REV","20","15","15","The people whose names MTY are not in the book, the one where God has written the names of people who have eternal life, were also thrown {◄God/God’s angel► threw them also} into the lake of fire. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_1","096_21_1","REV","21","1","1","Then in the vision I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and the oceans no longer existed. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_2","096_21_2","REV","21","2","2","I saw God’s holy city, which is the new city of Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. The city had been prepared and decorated {God had prepared and decorated the city} as SIM a bride is decorated {decorates herself} beautifully in order to marry her husband. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_3","096_21_3","REV","21","3","3","I heard a loud voice that spoke from the throne of God. It said, “Listen to this! Now God will live with people. He will live right in the midst of them DOU! They will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_4","096_21_4","REV","21","4","4","As a result, he will cause them to no longer be sad. It will be as though he will MTY wipe every tear from their eyes. None of them will ever again die or mourn or cry DOU or suffer pain, because the former things that make us sad will have disappeared.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_5","096_21_5","REV","21","5","5","Then God, who sits on the throne, said, “Listen to this! I am now making everything new!” He said to me: “Write these things that I have told you, because you can trust that I will certainly cause them to happen.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_6","096_21_6","REV","21","6","6","He said to me, “I have finished doing all the things I needed to do. I am the one who began all things MET and the one who will cause all things to end MET. To everyone who is spiritually thirsty MET, I will ◄freely give/give as a free gift► water from the spring that causes people to live forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_7","096_21_7","REV","21","7","7","I will give this to every person who is victorious over the evil powers (OR, over Satan). I will be their God, and they will be my children. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_8","096_21_8","REV","21","8","8","But those who are cowardly, those who do not believe in me, those who do detestable things, those who are murderers, those who sin sexually, those who commit sorcery, those who worship idols, and every liar, will all suffer in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. Anyone who suffers in that lake will be dying the second time.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_9","096_21_9","REV","21","9","9","One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls that had been full of the wine/liquid causing MTY the seven last plagues came and said to me, “Come with me and I will show you the people who have permanently united with Christ, the one who is like a lamb! They will be like MET a bride for him.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_10","096_21_10","REV","21","10","10","Then, while God’s Spirit controlled me, the angel took/carried me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me God’s holy city, the New Jerusalem. It was coming down out of heaven from God. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_11","096_21_11","REV","21","11","11","It was shining with his glory. The city was shining like a very precious jasper stone shines, and it was clear like crystal. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_12","096_21_12","REV","21","12","12","Around the city was a very high wall. The wall had twelve gates. An angel was at each gate. The names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written {God had written the names of the twelve tribes of Israel} over the gates. Each gate had the name of one tribe. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_13","096_21_13","REV","21","13","13","Three gates were on the east side, three gates were on the north side, three gates were on the south side, and three gates were on the west side. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_14","096_21_14","REV","21","14","14","The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones. On each foundation stone was the name of one of the twelve apostles of Jesus, the one who is like a lamb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_15","096_21_15","REV","21","15","15","The angel who was speaking to me carried a golden measuring rod, in order to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_16","096_21_16","REV","21","16","16","The city was square in shape; it was as long as it was wide. After the angel measured the city with his rod, he reported that it was ◄1,500 miles/2,400 kilometers► long, and that its height was the same as its length and width. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_17","096_21_17","REV","21","17","17","He measured its wall and reported that it was ◄216 ft./70 meters► thick (OR, high). The angel used the measure that people normally use. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_18","096_21_18","REV","21","18","18","The city wall was made of something like the green stone that we call jasper. The city itself was made of something like pure gold that looked like clear glass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_19","096_21_19","REV","21","19","19","The foundations of the wall of the city were beautifully made with wonderful stones that are like precious stones on earth. The first foundation stone was a crystalline stone like jasper, the second foundation stone was a blue stone like sapphire, the third foundation stone was a green stone like agate, the fourth foundation stone was a green stone like emerald, ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_20","096_21_20","REV","21","20","20","the fifth foundation stone was a brown and white layered stone like sardonyx, the sixth foundation stone was a red stone like carnelian, the seventh foundation stone was a yellow stone like chrysolite, the eighth foundation stone was a green stone like beryl, the ninth foundation stone was a yellow stone like topaz, the tenth foundation stone was a green stone like chrysoprase, the eleventh foundation stone was a blue stone like hyacinth, and the twelfth foundation stone was a purple stone like amethyst. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_21","096_21_21","REV","21","21","21","The twelve gates of the city were something like huge pearls. Each gate was like it was a single pearl. The ground of the main plaza of the city (OR, The streets of the city) appeared to be pure gold that looked like clear glass. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_22","096_21_22","REV","21","22","22","There was no temple in the city. The Lord God Almighty himself, and the one who is like a lamb, are there, so there was no need for MET a temple. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_23","096_21_23","REV","21","23","23","The city will not need the sun or the moon to light the city, because the glory of God will illuminate the city, and Jesus, the one who is like a lamb, will also be its light. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_24","096_21_24","REV","21","24","24","The people of MTY the nations will live with the light of the city shining upon them. And the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into the city to honor God and the one who is like a lamb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_25","096_21_25","REV","21","25","25","The gates of the city will not be shut {No one will shut the gates of the city} at the end of each day as they usually are shut, because there will be no night there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_26","096_21_26","REV","21","26","26","The people of the world will also bring their wealth into the city to honor God and the one who is like a lamb. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV21_27","096_21_27","REV","21","27","27","No one who is morally impure, no one who does things that God considers detestable, and no one who tells lies, will ever enter that city. Only those people whose names are written in the book of the one who is like a lamb {whose names the one who is like a lamb has written in his book}, the names of people who have eternal life, will be there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_1","096_22_1","REV","22","1","1","The angel showed me the river of water that causes people who drink from it to live forever. The water was sparkling and clear like crystal. The river was flowing out from the throne where God and the one who is like a lamb were sitting. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_2","096_22_2","REV","22","2","2","It flowed down through the middle of the main street of the city. On each side of the river were trees bearing fruit that causes people who eat it to live forever. The trees bear twelve crops (OR, twelve kinds) of fruit; they produce one crop each month. The people of the nations MTY use the leaves of these trees as medicine in order that they may feel stronger ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_3","096_22_3","REV","22","3","3","There will never be anyone or anything there that God will be under God’s curse. The throne of God and the one who is like a lamb will be in the city. And God’s servants will worship him there. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_4","096_22_4","REV","22","4","4","They will see him face-to-face, and his name will be written {he will write his name} on their foreheads. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_5","096_22_5","REV","22","5","5","There will never again be night. God’s servants will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine his light upon them. And they will rule forever. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_6","096_22_6","REV","22","6","6","The angel said to me: “These words that God has revealed to you are true, and he will certainly do what he has promised to do. The Lord God who ◄inspires the prophets/tells the prophets what to say► sent his angel to show the people who serve him the events that must happen soon.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_7","096_22_7","REV","22","7","7","Jesus says to all his people, “Listen to this! I am coming soon; God will abundantly bless everyone who obeys what has been commanded in this book.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_8","096_22_8","REV","22","8","8","I, John, am the one who heard and saw in a vision these things that I have written down. When I had heard and seen them, I immediately knelt down at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me, in order to worship him. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_9","096_22_9","REV","22","9","9","But he said to me, “Do not worship me I am just your fellow servant! I am also the fellow servant of your fellow believers who are ◄the prophets/the ones who tell messages that come directly from God►, and I am a fellow servant of those who obey what has been commanded in this book. Instead, worship God!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_10","096_22_10","REV","22","10","10","He also said to me, “Do not keep secret the message about what God has foretold in this book, because it is almost time MTY for him to what he has promised to do in this message. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_11","096_22_11","REV","22","11","11","Since that time is near, if those who act in an evil manner want to continue to act that way IRO, that is up to them. God will soon ◄pay them back/punish them► for that. If those who are vile want to continue to be vile IRO, that is up to them. God will soon ◄pay them back/punish them► for that. Those who are acting righteously should continue to act righteously. And those who are holy should continue to be holy.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_12","096_22_12","REV","22","12","12","Jesus says this to everyone: “Listen! I am coming soon! And I will pay back everyone according to what each one has done, by punishing or rewarding them. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_13","096_22_13","REV","22","13","13","I am the one who began all things MET and the one who will cause all things to end MET. I existed before all things existed and I will exist at the end of all things DOU. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_14","096_22_14","REV","22","14","14","God is very pleased with the people who wash their robes, making themselves spiritually clean MET, because they will be able to eat the fruit of MTY the tree that enables people to live forever, and because they will be able to enter the gates into the holy city. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_15","096_22_15","REV","22","15","15","People who are unholy will not be allowed to enter the city. They include people who practice sorcery, people who sin sexually, murderers, idol worshipers, and everyone who enjoys telling lies and are continual liars. They can never enter that city.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_16","096_22_16","REV","22","16","16","“I, Jesus, sent my angel in order that he might tell you who are in the congregations that all these things that have been said are true. I am the descendant of King David whom the prophets promised would come MET. I am the one who is like the bright morning star MET, the one that Moses promised would come.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_17","096_22_17","REV","22","17","17","God’s Spirit and his people, who are like MET the bride of Christ, say to each one who desires to believe, “Come!” Whoever hears this should also say to each one who desires to believe, “Come!” Spiritually thirsty people should come MET! Everyone who desires the water that enables people to live forever should take it as a free gift! ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_18","096_22_18","REV","22","18","18","“I, Jesus, solemnly warn everyone who hears what I have foretold in this book: If anyone adds anything to this message, God will cause him to experience the plagues that are {that I have} described in this book. ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_19","096_22_19","REV","22","19","19","If anyone omits any of the message about what I have foretold in this book, God will take away that person’s right to eat fruit from MTY the tree that enables people to live forever. He will also take away that person’s right to enter God’s city. Both these things are described {I have described both these things} in this book.” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_20","096_22_20","REV","22","20","20","Jesus, who says that all the things written here are true, says, “Certainly I am coming soon!” I, John, reply, “◄May it be so!/Amen!► Lord Jesus, come!” ");
INSERT INTO eng_t4t_vpl VALUES ("RV22_21","096_22_21","REV","22","21","21","I pray that our Lord Jesus will continue to act kindly to all of you who are God’s people. ◄Amen!/May it be so!► ");
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